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Show Times Newspaper Page C2 Thursday, May 23, 2002 Continued from page C1 Bervice to the community by placing white crosKes at the Orem Cemetery in honor of the veterans who are buried there. Max De StJoer, Commander of the Orem Veterans of Foreign Wars, has custody of the white crosses, and fashions new ones, each year, to provide for the growing needs. This year, veterans vet-erans and members of their families will erect the white crosses at the Orem Cemetery on the Saturday before Memorial Day. During the past year, a number num-ber of veterans have been interred at the Orem Cemetery, and white crosses, bearing their names, will join the crosses of other veterans this year. Memorial Day also brings I'oppy Day, the nation's annual memorial to the war dead, which is held on the Saturday Recreationists advised of information for Memorial Day Vacations Kecreationist planning Memorial day vacations may want to try picnicking, camping, camp-ing, fishing, hiking and other popular activities on their national forests. Visitors who choose to stay close to home this year, and recreate in the Uinta National Forest, are advised to be aware of the following fol-lowing information: High mountain areas are still wet and snowpacked, and most back country hiking and camping is limited. All lower elevation campgrounds will be open. Several roads are still wet and muddy. Caution should be used when traveling in these areas to avoid damaging fragile soil and wetlands. Stay on designated des-ignated routes and check with local Forest offices for current off-highway vehicle informa tion. Heber Range District: Most campgrounds will be open, except Mill Hollow and Wolf Creek which are inaccessible due to snow. Lodgepole Campground will open July 12. Currant Creek campground is inaccessible from Lake Creek, Highway 35 and the Lake Creek road. Highway 35 has been plowed and is open to llanna. Roads and trails are muddy andor snowpacked at higher elevations. Co-op Creek Road will not open until June 30. Boaters should use caution Free healthfitness fair at Seville Be active, be fit, and be healthy! The Seville invites you to join them in celebrating National Senior Health and Fitness Day. On Wednesday, May 29th from 9:30-11:30 a.m., The Seville retirement residence resi-dence will be hosting a free health and fitness fair at its facility, located at 325 W. Center in Orem. Many local businesses and agencies will be on hand giving information and demonstrations. demonstra-tions. Participants include Kensington Home Medical, Prestige Hearing Center, Osteo n A miTiPim HI Hi to 5"& 1 ii-J pi 1 1. State, ion (moss from Los Hermanos & Pizza Factory) Eagle Project Fundraiser All proceeds be used to build charitable organization for children before Memorial Day. These small flowers are offered to the public by volunteers, such as women of the American Legion Auxiliary and Girls Staters. The poppy is a remembrance of the wild poppies that bloomed amid the rubble of war in Flanders fields in France, during World War I. The tiny blossoms also covered the graves of American fighting fight-ing me, who had fallen on the battlefield. Soon, they became a symbol of sacrifice to the living. liv-ing. America owes a great debt of gratitude to those gallant men and women who answer the calls of their country in times of crisis. The Orem Cemetery now provides a final resting place for many of them in a quiet, peaceful setting. For each of these honored dead a white cross is raised in tribute and in gratitude on this Memorial Day 2002! and watch for floating debris and submerged land structures in Currant Creek, Soldier Creek and Strawberry Reservoirs. The Strawberry Visitor's Center will be Open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. beginning Memorial Day weekend. week-end. Pleasant Grove Ranger District: All campgrounds will be open by May 24. The Alpine Loop road will also open May 24. The roads to Silver Lake and Mineral Basin are Open, However travelers should be aware of rough sections on each road. A recreation pass is required for the American Fork Canyon-Alpine Loop area. Visitors using facilities within this area can purchase passes at local Forest Service offices, or at entrance station on the Alpine Loop. All roads and trails above 8500 feet are muddy andor snowpacked. Spanish Fork Ranger District: All campgrounds will be open by Memorial Day weekend. week-end. The Mt. Nebo National Scenic Byway is open from Payson canyon to Payson Lakes and Blackhawk campgrounds, and on the south side from Nephi to Devil's Kitchen. The top of the Byway is still snowpacked. snow-packed. Santaquin Canyon road is closed due to a massive snow slide. The right fork of Hobble Creek, above Balsam Imaging, and Dr. Humphyreys, podiatrist. Take advantage of free tai chi classes, cholesterol screening, bone scans, massages, mas-sages, and participate in the walk-a-ton. Door prizes will be awarded every half-hour. The Seville is just one of over 1000 groups nationwide who are participating in this annual event. Over 150,000 older adults are expected to participate and celebrate health and fitness. For more information please call (801) 224-8044. III In. Iy 21 a playhouse for a 1 Flanking the area where white crosses will be erected on Saturday, honoring the American veterans, whose graves are located here, Is the sign, which marks the location of the Orem Veterans Memorial to be constructed here, following the successful completion of the fund drive now underway in the community to finance the project. campground, is open and accessible acces-sible to Springville Crossing. Visitors may continue the drive from the Crossing down to Sixth Water and complete the route down through Sheep Creek. Indian Creek road is closed due to snowpacked conditions. con-ditions. Visitors bringing horses to recreate should remember that only certified weed free hay, straw or pellets are permitted on the Forest. Stream and rivers are swift and high due to the melting snowpack. Visitors should exercise exer-cise extreme caution when recreating around water sources. Children should be supervised at all times. Currently, there are no fire restrictions in place. Campfires are allowed ' in designated areas. When building camp-fires, camp-fires, visitors are urged to use extreme caution. Visitors should plan to bring their own wood for campfires and maintain main-tain a fire that can be easily controlled. Campfires should never be left unattended and should be completely extinguished extin-guished before leaving the site. Charcoal briquettes should be completely extinguished before disposing of them in appropriate appropri-ate containers. Visitors should call Uinta National Forest dispatch, dis-patch, 801-370-8930, to report wildfires. SCERA Shell Hilarity, chaos and mistaken mistak-en identity will reign at SCERA Shell Outdoor Theater when the classic farce "See How They Run" opens the 2002 summer season with performances per-formances under the stars May 24 through June 3. The play begins nightly excluding Sundays at 8:00 p.m. at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theater, located at 699 S. State (in SCERA Park), Orem. General admission tickets tick-ets are $9 Adult, $5 Child, available in advance from 10-5 weekdays at SCERA, 745 South State, Orem or by calling call-ing (801)225-2569 or 225-ARTS. 225-ARTS. Tickets will also be available at the Shell gate beginning one hour before the show on performance nights. Set in World War II London, "See How They Run" blends a motley bunch of characters ranging from an American movie-addicted maid, to actors, clergymen, a tipsy old maid and an escaped Russian convict. At its premiere, the play was praised as an excellent excel-lent farce that deserved a long run for its rollicking good humor. "That initial review still holds up," says Robinn3 Booth, who is both directing and taking tak-ing a role in front of the spotlight spot-light as the drunken spinster. "And it is so fast paced and funny, that no only the actors, but also the audience, are happily hap-pily exhausted at the end of the play." Booth says her biggest personal per-sonal challenge is making sure VETERANS MEMOR1M- Visitors are reminded to "Leave No Trace" and "Tread Lightly" by practicing the following fol-lowing principles: "Leave No Trace": Stay on designated trails and roads, use designated or already impacted campsites when appropriate, select campsites camp-sites 200 feet or more from water sources, use existing fire circles in heavy-use areas, build fires away from trees, shrubs, rocks, and meadows, dig catholes 200 feet or more from camp, trails, and streams, and pack it in, pack it out. "Tread Lightly": Travel only where motorized vehicles are permitted, respect the rights of others to enjoy their activities undisturbed, avoid streams, lakeshores, meadows, muddy roads, trails, and steep hillsides, hill-sides, and drive responsibly. To make campground reservations, reser-vations, contact the National Recreation Reservation Service at 1-877-444-6777, or www.reserveusa.com For current road, trail and campground conditions, call the Heber Ranger District at 435-54-0470, the Pleasant Grove Ranger District at 801-785-3563, the Spanish Fork Ranger District at 801-798-3571, Nephi office at 435-623-2735 or the Uinta National Forest Supervisor's office at 801-377-5780. to open season with "See How They Run" every little detail is included in the play. "Phillip King wrote this so well, and I don't want to miss a single joke or punch line. My actors have to be sharp on the delivery, because we need a crisp presentation to maximize the play's potential. I'm pleased that we're achieving achiev-ing that." She has directed the show several times and says she looks forward to presenting it on the Shell's big outdoor stage because the generous space allows the audience to watch the actors do a lot of what the show's title suggest-running feverishly in and out of the set's four doors, but not quite running into each other. Nine actors- all with key roles-comprise the cast. They include Miriam Latour as Penelope Toop, an American actress married to and English vicar. Scott Healy plays Lionel Toop, her husband. Booth will play the old maid, who has had her romantic roman-tic eye set on the vicar for some time. Melissa Smith plays Ida, a maid who watches so many American movies that she speaks in movie lingo. She falls for handsome American soldier Clive, played by Doug Shattuck. Other players include Ben Wake, a bishop; Josh 'Curtis, a Russian spy and escaped prisoner; pris-oner; Jeremy Showgren, as Humphrey another vicar, and Dave Hanson as Sgt. Towers. Serving as assistant director direc-tor is Janet Hailing. Free summer programs start Memorial weekend Timpanogos Cave National Monument in partnership with the Uinta National Forest are pleased to announce the return of the free summer evening program series (does not include $3.00 entrance fee). The programs will be held throughout the summer at various var-ious locations throughout American Fork Canyon. Friday's programs will be held at Granite Flat campground camp-ground 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bring your own seating and something warm to wear. Saturday's program will be a Ranger lead hike to Stewart Falls 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wear good hiking shoes and bring water. Participants for the hike are asked to meet a few minutes early at the Aspen grove trailhead. Monday's evening programs will be held at the Timpanogos Cave visitor center 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information call 801-756-5238. These are fun programs for all ages. May 24 - Granite Flat Campground, 7:30-8:30 p.m. "Stories and Reflections of American Fork Canyon". Ranger Jay Allen presents this always popular program about the colorful history of American Fork Canyon. He will include Annual Hidden Garden Benefit Tour to be held The tour offers a chance to peek at some of the most outstanding out-standing private gardens in Utah County. The twelve gardens, gar-dens, in Provo, Orem and Lindon, range from country-farm country-farm to small and intimate. The Hidden Garden Benefit Tour is a fun event providing attendees with the opportunity opportuni-ty to gather new ideas for their gardens, or to just have a relaxing day-enjoying the beauty.: ;-.- : There are ' garden workshops work-shops both days before the tour at Thanksgiving Point for ticket holders only. There will also be a plant sale at four gardens during the tour. Tour days are Friday, May 31, 2002 noon to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 1, 2002 10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 each. Tickets may be purchased during dur-ing the event at one of the gardens gar-dens for $15 each. Children must have a ticket. Babes in arms are okay. Tickets are Photo by Dean OfTrett Top to bottom are Josh Curtis (The Intruder), Melissa A. Smith (Ida), Roblnne Booth (Miss Ski I Ion), Doug Shattuck (Cllve), Miriam Latour (Penelope Toop) and Scott Healy (Rev. Toop) in SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre's production of "See How They Run" playing May 24 to June 3. stories of the railroad that operated in the canyon and the miners who were seeking their fortunes. ; May 25 - Aspen Grove Trail, 4:00-7:00 p.m. "Hike with a Ranger to Stewart Falls". Ranger Jody Rowell will lead this first hike of the summer to scenic Stewart Falls. Enjoy the spring wildflowers and majestic majes-tic views as you learn about the area and the plants and animals ani-mals that live there. May 27 - Timpanogos Cave Visitor Center, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. "Caves the Last Great Unknown". Ever wonder what it would be like to discover a cave, explore it and help protect it? Ranger Kowallis had done all these things and he will share this stories and pictures with you. Utah has many of these fragile and you will learn how to become a caver or you can just enjoy the beautiful slides of caves from this area. May 31 - Granite Flat Campground, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. "Being Thoreau in Nature". Ranger Naomi Hancock shares the inspirational nature writings writ-ings of famous authors and conservationist con-servationist such as John Muir, Aldo Leapold and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Try your hand at nature writing. available at most garden centers cen-ters and nurseries in Utah County, or at all of the three IHC hospitals. The Hidden Garden Benefit Tour raises funds for the expansion of the pediatric Rehabilitation Center of Utah County. This center helps children chil-dren with developmental disorders dis-orders such as, autism, cerebral cere-bral palsy, Down's syndrome, spina bifida, and others,, and those with brain or spinal cord injuries. Rearing a child with these challenges is something no parent is prepared to do without with-out a great deal of help. Access to comprehensive rehabilitation rehabilita-tion services is critical to help children develop as much as possible. For ticket location and more information: please call the IHC Celebration of Health Foundation 801-357-7600 or see there website at www.hid-dengarden.org. , A- rjl ' f. ! 0 . &f mi f I y , K "I n 1 (POORC i. |