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Show Page 10 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, November 1, 2007 Becoming a bugler briefs: veterans At, ego, where he fulls ill with rheumatic fever, recovers rapidly. Ioes to bugler school, und finully bourds his "lurge, white, beautiful ship," the battleship I '.S'.S West Virginia, in Bremerton, Bremer-ton, Wash. s a bugler, we had fill t0 lt';lin ' l,r)f" ,u '''' ca"s COm I nuinds, if you " V will. I a h had to U Uln' ready in your mind without hesitation. At the end of that schooling, my instructor ersonally gave me an exam I blew my head off and was pooped, but he didn't know it. As I left the room. I heard him say. "I couldn't break hint!" I was now u Bugle Master .'5rd Class. I he West Virginia was not painted white, as I expected, but w as decked out in lighting camouflage colors that varied I t orn light gray to pale and dark blues. Still, she was a massive. Ix'autil ul thing to see. I here was much excitement in the air The workmen were still putting on the finishing touches of reconstruction. The West Virginia had leen raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbor Har-bor after the attack by the Japanese, having taken seven torpedoes on the port side. Si ill. she was able to come to Bremerton under her own power So she was new better than new. (She'd been first commissioned in 11124.) All her armament, the suerstructure, and her functions had been rebuilt, re-built, woi Id-class. She also had the latest radar equipment and Inst and secondary gun control con-trol The newest and best of everything had been installed. We were about to "get even" with the Japanese. We wanted revenge - for all the dead young men entombed inside the old Arizona, which still lay at the Ixittom of Pearl Harbor; and for the prisoners taken at Bataan. My living quarters were in the steering all, deep and remote re-mote in the bowels of the ship, so I hurried there to take my pick of the bunks. I t(X)k the lop one near the hatch (door). I had noted a fresh-air supply duct near iny head, but 1 failed to notice the very large steel shafts going past my bunk to the rudder of the ship. 1 sxn found that the projxT name QUALITY CABINETS FOB EVERY BUDGET ORDER NOW Hove A Complete New Kitchen For Your Holiday Entertaining This Complete Kitchen Package KNOTTY CHERRY OR MAPLE CABINETS EVEN INCLUDES tljfHfffif COUNTERTOPS! AND HARDWOOD OR TILEFLOORING ALL INSTALLED FOR JUST $9,000.00' 'Appliances Not Included Professional Designers for New Homes, Remodeling and Commercial 523 N. Geneva Rd,llndonj785,f774 4' 5 . .. ' 1 V 1 Editor's note. This is the fourth in u series about Mux lyne, un Orem native who now lives in California. This week, I'yne is sent to San Di for my quarters was "Torpedo Junction." But the compartment compart-ment assignment was irrevocable. irrevo-cable. Here I must stay during my tour of the South Pacific. I became part of the navigation naviga-tion department, responsible for the guidance of the ship. All watches in this department would be in the pilot house, the navigation bridge, and the chart house. All our watch X)sit ions were about ninety . feet above the waterline, a great place to see any coming show, but totally exposed and a target for all the bad things the Japs had to offer. Each of us was also assigned a battle station, and mine was the five-inch five-inch 38, and sometimes loader on a 40 mm quad, both very effective weapons, but also loud. I think my hearing suffered suf-fered some in later life from that assignment. We steamed down the West Gast toward Long Beach, pulling targets for our antiaircraft anti-aircraft guns which were not very accurate, frankly. We were told on arrival that we could contact our families for one last visit before "shipping "ship-ping out." I don't know how Dad was able to get off work, but the family drove to Long Beach immediately. They came aboard, and someone seated them in folding chairs on the quarter deck just beneath be-neath one of the turrets. I was paged on the P.A. system with instructions to meet them there. There was Dad in his test suit, tall and straight, wearing a No. 5 white Beaver Stetson hat; Mother was wearing wear-ing a dark-blue suit, hat, and matching hanky and gloves. Was I glad to see them, but there was little time for talk. My mother asked me one question; "Where are the guns." I pointed to the two large tubes over her head. The largest gun my mother had ever seen was Dad's 30 caliber deer rifle. "Are those really guns?" she asked. Next week: Max heads for battle. r KITCHENS DIRECT rr"i T!ILXJWW,rT ' ,tw",wp' 0 Metropolitan Opera Star to perform at Lone Peak High School New York Met-roX)litan Met-roX)litan Opera performer Jenny Welch-Babidge and her husband, Darrell ISabidge, who has also performed at the Met and is now BYU professor and vocal instructor, will be performing at the I .one Peak High Sch(X)l Auditorium Nov. Hi. The production, entitled "An Evening with Joseph and Kmma," is a two-person musical musi-cal tribute to the romance of Joseph Smith and his wife, Kmma as they struggled through difficult times in the early days of the LDS Church. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for reserved seating and $10 for general admission and can be purchased at The Music Store next to Kohlers in Highland. Some of the proceeds from the evening will go to the Lone Peak High School Music Department. De-partment. Welch-Babidge is a recipient recipi-ent of many awards, including the 2001 ARIA Award and the 2001 Richard Tucker Career Grant. She was also a winner of the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions in the spring of 1007 and a graduate grad-uate of the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Babidge graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music Mu-sic in England where he was recognized with four awards. He received his Master's degree de-gree from Brigham Young University, and in 2001 received re-ceived his lYofessional degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music, funded by the Birgitt Nilsson scholarship. For more information on the production, see www.josep-handemma.com. www.josep-handemma.com. Dance Benefit for family of Kevin Seipert A benefit dance concert, "United Soles," will be held on Nov. 19 at' 7:30 p.m. at the Orem High Auditorium to help the family fam-ily of Kevin Seipert. Seipert died in a house fire in Orem in September and in addition to the loss of their husband and father, the family lost all their belongings. Tickets to the benefit are $7 each or $35 for an immediate family and can be purchased from Sara Judd at 473-3115. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. The show will be a fam- -J:r-VJIl:0ip;M7v7 Utah County's Real Estate O Leader, Hi j vis "kv.; bvt T ! J TORNOW I (BP) 6-15 acre recreational estates underground utilities electric, phone state-of-the-art water system restrictive covenants architectural review committee well-maintained roads year-round access call B01 368 8272 soldiersummit.com 1" il.Hl WW ' "mm, WMwWBy mm iwipmi mill i: . J K ' J A . , , , v ''-. tit "z Jennifer and Darrell Babidge fright teach a vocal student. ily -friendly variety show of dance, including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and "Land of Oz," a one-act dance version of "The Wizard of Oz." "United Soles" includes members of Orem High Dance Company, Classical Ballet Academy, and Athena Dance Company from Academy of Ballet. Lehi Arts Council Cinderella Musical The Lehi Arts Council Children's Musical Theatre presents the Getting to Know (G2K) version of Rodgers and Ham-merstein's Ham-merstein's Cinderella on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 at the Covey Center Cen-ter for the Arts, 425 W. Center Street, Provo. Curtain rise is at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are sold at 801-852-7007. Tickets are $7.50 adults$5.00 children 12 and under and senior citizens, ages 60 and older. Timpanogos Festival Orchestra and Chorus Rehearsals for "Messiah" to begin The Timpanogos Festival Orchestra and Chorus will present its 11th annual "Messiah" Sing-in on Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpine Tabernacle, Taber-nacle, located at 100 East State St. in American Fork. Lois Stout is the conductor. Lisa Brodie is Chorus Master. Experienced singers are be ing recruited to participate in the 100-voice chorus. 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Please bring a copy of the Schirmer edition of "Messiah" "Mes-siah" (available at local music stores). Also, bring a pencil and highlighter for taking notes during rehearsals. Singers Sing-ers may also want to buy a CD of "Messiah" (entire unabridged). un-abridged). The recording by the Toronto Symphony with Andrew Davis conducting is excellent. Utah Valley State College "Ah, Wilderness!" UVSC Theatrical Arts Department continues their 2007-08 season of "the American experience" with the family comedy, "Ah, Wilderness!" by Eugene O'Neill, the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning playwright. "Ah, Wilderness!" is performed per-formed through Nov. 3 at the Ragan Theater, on the Utah Valley State College Campus in Orem at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $6 to $10. PFRA SCERA Center becomes Gi-antland Gi-antland SCERA's Theater for Young Audiences is presenting pre-senting Ronald Dahl's "The BFG: Big Friendly Giant." The play is 60 minutes long and, featuring a cast of adult actors, is designed specifically to introduce the magic of live theatre to children. It is one of two the SCERA Center for the Arts will produce this, year in March 2008, Peggy Looking For a Great 1 ininfinifi IW lllf l If Mi lfllflM rtf Richard K. Sharp, M.D. DryCreek .g Family Practice 766-42ia We Accept Most W Insurance Plans CW 1 . , S , Xf L 3500 N. RUNNIN(CREEK3VSLEl 833 S. 170 E. Provo 377-1011 boxmartofprovoyahoo.com v 625 N. State St. Orem 224-2698 boxmart qwestoff ice, net t'i - rlt " A - - at & w - - ' I ni 1 ir . - - J Ufa- - i i Courtesy Babidge family Parish's beloved book "Amelia Bedelia" will come to life as a new musical. "The BFG" runs through Nov. 9, with public showings show-ings on Friday and Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. Reserved-seat tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children (age 3-11), students (wID) and seniors (65 and older). Special matinee performances for school field trips take place at 10 a.m. Mondays-Fridays. Groups of 20 or more may attend at-tend for $2person. Advance reservations are required. Tickets are available at the SCERA Center for the Arts weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (745 S. State St., Orem), by calling (801) 225-ARTS, at www.scera.org or at the door 30 prior to the show. Pleasant Grove PG Players to present "Steel Magnolias" The comedy drama "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling continues now through Nov. 5 on Friday, Saturday Sat-urday and Monday evenings as well as a Saturday matinee in the Keith Christenson Little Theater on the first floor of the Pleasant Grove Library, 30 E. Center St. The performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. The matinee mat-inee shows will begin at 3 p.m. "Steel Magnolias" explores the friendship of six southern women in northwest Louisiana. Louisi-ana. The play is set in Truvy's Beauty Salon. Characters include, Truvy, her assistant Annelle, curmudgeon Ouiser, eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee, social leader M'Lynn and daughter Shelby. Tickets are $7 for adults and $6 for students and se-niorst se-niorst A family ticket is available avail-able for $25 Individual tickets ' re $ 1 less for matinees. . j Family tickets are $20 for ' f jnatinees. Reserved seating ''; and advanced ticket 'sales are available through City Hall,: 70 S. $0 East or by, calling ) 801-78J-5045. ' ' . ; 1 V V m ft ...... ..v .A.fcrii.u.,.. |