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Show 83-8302.00 Utah Press Assoc. 307 West 00 South H5005 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 . !. Orphan Mary Lennox (Ashley Jarrett) discovers love and healing in the magical new musical The Secret Garden", directed by Syd Riggs and playing August 4-19 at 8:00 p jn. at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre in Orem. (Photo by Mark Philbrick) SCERA offers community theatre premiere of "Secret Garden" For Orem's SCERA Shell Outdoor Out-door Theatre, getting the Utah community theatre premiere of the recent Broadway hit "The Secret Garden" was as much a case of persistence per-sistence as anything else. When veteran director Syd Riggs first heard the music, she knew she wanted to present it at the SCERA Amphitheatre. "She made me call on the rights several times a year," said Norm Nielsen, SCERA president. "We know this will probably be the most produced musical in the region soon, which makes us especially glad to offer our interpretation first." "The Secret Garden" will open August 4 at 8:00 p.m. at the SCERA Shell, 699 South State Street in Orem. Additional performances are August 5-19, nightly except Sunday. Tickets will be available at the gate beginning at 7:00 p.m., for $6 adults and $3 children age 3-11. The performances are sponsored by Patrick Kerry Studios and K-TEC. K-TEC. "What I saw the first time I watched the musical was the magic in Frances Hodgson Burnett's book," Riggs said. Tm prepared to offer the same kind of magic, but under the summer stars." Riggs applauds the spirit of the work, saying, "There is a deep love among the cast for the play. Because Be-cause the piece is so simple, it has to have a rich texture. In our rehearsals, re-hearsals, we are moved by the characters and care about what happens to them." "The Secret Garden" tells about the redemption of an orphan girl, her crippled cousin, and his father, accomplished via the metaphor of a special, private, and neglected garden. A chorus of. ghosts take care of the orphan, Mary, until the real people in her life are healed enough to enrich her life. Everyone Reviewing the candidate be held August 19 at Provo Park hotel, are Women In Leadership officers with Melody Downey, Orem City Recorder, one of the workshop presenters. needs to care for something, and the magic unfolds as everything dormant begins to bloom. Mike Handley, of the BYU theatre producton faculty, designed the set. Although suggestive sugges-tive of the garden, he has left much of it to the imagination. - "We all carry a secret garden with us," Riggs said. "It may be an exotic oriental space, a tropical paradise, or an ordered English garden. I want everyone to recall their special garden as they watch the play." Junior high drama teacher Janae Koralewski will play Lily, the beloved deceased wife in the play. She calls her experience "enchanting", "enchant-ing", adding that "the musical captures cap-tures childhood moments we can all celebrate no matter what our age. It's a healing show where kindness, caring, and love triumph." tri-umph." Among the hundreds of children who auditioned for Mary, Riggs selected Ashley Jarrett of Salt Lake Valley. She is the understudy for the role when it plays in Salt Lake later this year. Also performing are Jeff Whiting, Whit-ing, Tregony Shepard, Randall Shirley, Matt Bean, Jan Shelton, Natalie Banks, Jason Webb, Walt Price, Zack Wilson, and Nancy Douglas. Barry Bonous of the BYU music faculty will play Archie, the father. Choreography is by Mary Linda Thomas, and Christiaan Crans is music director. Benjamin Sanders has designed the lighting and Dennis Wright the costumes. The 1995 Shell season is supported sup-ported by Alard & Losee Jewelers, Coca-Cola of Provo, Lowry Doors, Keystone Motors, KB YU-TV Channel Chan-nel ll;and Orem Family City USA. For more information, call SCERA from 10-5 weekdays at (801)225-2569. V i "s ; guidelines booklet to be included in the Utah Women's Campaign School to Community policing emphasis in Orem's Department of Public safety Parti of 2 parts by REVA BOWEN City Editor Don't be surprised if you see a police officer riding a bike through your Orem neighborhood, neighbor-hood, or taking the time to stop and talk with residents. It's all part of a philosophy called "community policing" that is currently receiving emphasis in the Orem Department of Public Safety. Local swimmer reaches milestone Orem resident and Lakeridge Seminary teacher Ralph Olson, 59, thought he would be getting a T-shirt T-shirt for completing 1,000 miles of swimming recently at the Orem Recreation Center. What Olson got instead (or in addition) was a party complete with cake, balloons, a card, and a plaque provided by staff at the Rec Center to help celebrate the achievement. And after completing complet-ing that 1,000th mile, what was Olson going to do next? ' "I'm going to Disneyland!" he declared, noting that his family, was leaving for the trip the next day. , All of the 1,000 miles have been logged at the Orem Recreation Center. Olson said Brigham Young University swimmer Tiffany Bel-liston Bel-liston got him started on July 10, 1991, when she suggested he keep track at the facility and earn a T-shirt T-shirt for swimming 100 miles. Four years later, Olson has passed not only the 500-mile mark, but now the 1,000-mile, at a pace of 24 miles a month a mile a day, ' for about 288 miles a year. "I've seen the light at both ends of the pool 50,000 times, and they all look the same," Olson quipped. The swimmer said his heart has been a concern for him, and he doesn't enjoy walking for exercise. A swimming and water safety instructor in-structor for many years, Olson has found that swimming fills the exercise exer-cise bill and helps him control his blood pressure. Olson plans to continue con-tinue his swimming regimen, although al-though he may not officially record all the miles. Olson is originally from Vernal. He attended BYU and served an LDS mission to Montana. He served in the 24th Infantry Division with the 121st Airborne. He began teaching seminary in 1963. v Jan Lewis, lett, Judy Bell, ngm, Director of Public Safety Jay : A. Carey, Jr., said community policing is becoming a more and more popular "buzzword" in the police and government arena, and there are almost as many definitions for it as there are "professors" of the philosophy. But two of the components ; featured in the theory are: first, involvement with the community, com-munity, where police actively solicit citizen input in their ac-l ac-l tivities; and second, systematic j community problem-solving, j where the police ideally work in ! partnership with the people. TACKLE COMMUNITY ISSUES IS-SUES Carey said that through com-; com-; munity policing, officers tackle not just criminal justice problems, but also community is-; is-; sues. He gave as an example com-1 com-1 munity clean-up. Signs of decline . or breakdown in an area can in-t in-t elude broken windows, weeds in vacant lots, or other small things that go unfixed. Police involvement involve-ment can help reclaim an area. "Police serve as a catalyst in the community," Carey emphasized. em-phasized. "The reason for that is that they are often considered the 1 Continued on page 2 N - - x With Orem Qty Recreation staff, DEADLINE NEARS FOR UTAH WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN SCHOOL Women running for office are frequently paces behind because they lack political savvy, according to Judy Bell, Orem city council member, and Jan Lewis, former member of Alpine School Board. To help narrow the gap, Bell and Lewis co-founded Women In Leadership (WIL), a non-partisan organization formed to prepare women for elected and appointed offices or committees on a city, county, and state level. STATE-WIDE SUPPORT Encouraged and backed by a state-wide advisory board, WIL is now sponsoring their first Utah Women's Campaign School to be held August 19 at the Provo Park Hotel in Provo, Utah. For Bell and Lewis, and others in WIL, the school is the fulfillment of a dream. Although Bell was top vote getter in her race for city council, coun-cil, she believes, "I could have been a lot more effective if I'd known the most visible arm of government the most approachable." He said police officers generally "see a lot more than other people do" because they are on patrol. s p $3 Detective Guy Gustman (left) and Detective Bob Conner are part of The Orem Department of Public Safety's emphasison Community policing. The officers participated in bicycle patrols in Orem neighborhoods. neighbor-hoods. " ." " '" T" "" Tt?;"!?"-"-'- f'.,l Ralph Olson celebrates the comple ropes, and I think I could be more effective now with more information." informa-tion." Lewis agrees. Her experience on the school board proved to her that women have much to contribute con-tribute and are needed in all levels of government to provide an important im-portant balance and perspective. , ORTON TO SPEAK The school's day-long agenda will provide a lot of political savvy from many leaders in public office. U.S. Congressman Bill Orton (D-Dist. (D-Dist. 3) is featured as the keynote luncheon speaker. Applications for the event are available by calling Judy Bell at (801) 225-1310 or Jeanne Thayne at (801) 225-2717 or writing to Campaign Cam-paign School, 1008 E. 120 North, Orem, UT 84057. Cost is $40 and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, snack and resource materials. To be sure of a reservation reserva-tion and materials, apply by Carey noted that Orem City has "a lot going for it". He said it - - .4 i .4 tion of his 1,000th mile of swimming August 7. Registration will be from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at the Provo Park Hotel. Continued on page 2 Slug-the-Bug mobile immuiiiza-tion immuiiiza-tion unit to be in Orem The Slug-the-Bug mobile im-. im-. munizationunitwillbeinOremon Friday, August 4, 1995, at the Albertson's parking lot at 25 West Center from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please bring an immunization history. Cost is $3 per shot, but immunizations im-munizations will not be denied due to inability to pay. The shot clinic is sponsored by CNS Home Health Plus, the State of Utah Department of Health, and the Orem area Kiwanis Club. if t 1 Z - w- , :. .... , I t w a if f V i |