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Show Thursday, June 26, 2008 OREM TIMES Page 7 One Orem man takes path to become Mario Ruiz DAILY HERALD I J I 1 ou would think r y " by walking 1 around M ike Olsen's Orem r S home that an 1 I entire team of professional landscapes and gardeners is responsible for the design and maintenance of his home garden, but Olsen alone is responsible for the well maintained, colorful design. Olsen spends nearly 15 hours a week after work and on Saturdays cultivating, pruning, prun-ing, planting, mowing, edging, designing, moving, tilling, feeding, fertilizing and loving his gardea Fifty-six-yearold Olsen has been gardening for 20 years, but first fell in love with it as a boy when he would prune the trees, mow the lawn and maintain the garden at his grandfather's cherry orchard in Orem. Olsen says he enjoyed working work-ing on his grandfather's orchard or-chard and reminisces of those days when he works on his own garden. "I'm just anxious to get out and putt around the yard," he said. Olsen's hard work pays off. Stepping into the garden you're immediately surrounded sur-rounded by neatly kept trees and bushes as the path below you gently suggests a route r I Wasatch Winds Summer Concert Join the Wasatch Winds under the summer sky for a celebration of American favorites, from Sousa marches to film scores. July 7 at 7 p.m., at the American Ameri-can Fork Amphitheater, 851 E. 700 North. The evening's performance per-formance will also feature vocalist vo-calist Deborah Hansen and the American Fork High School Marching Band. The Wasatch Winds Symphonic Band is an adult community band of some 70 members under the direction direc-tion of John Miller. For more information, visit wwTwa-satchwinds.org wwTwa-satchwinds.org or call Shazelle at 330-2186. Cost: Free. GH550B39 We carry building materials, paint, cabinets, lighting fixtures, furniture and appliances. BEST PRICES ON LITTLE CIANT LADDERS! Donate all your surplus building materials, hardware, tools, and furniture to Habitat for Humanity Hu-manity to help Utah families and further our cause. tftlhhiUt for Humanity 626 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo Restore n GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. through colorful flower beds. "To me it's the most relaxing thing in the world," Olsen said. So what's his secret? Olsen is a master gardener through the USU extension program and says he's willing to share his thoughts and expertise with anyone who asks. He suggests just a few important things: I Maintenance It's going to take time, he warns. "It has become consuming to me to figure out how to maintain main-tain it." Olsen says it is very important impor-tant to make sure you regularly regular-ly till and cultivate the ground around flowers and plants. Prune your shrubs It's important to neatly prune your trees and shrubs, he says. Olsen makes sure dead leaves and branches are pruned off. I Manage color Olsen suggests sug-gests home gardeners research what color shrubs and flowers will be at any given point in the year, and then plant according to what color palette suits you. "Everything blooms. You might as well take advantage of it," he said. These are just a few of Olsen's suggestions, and he recommends homeowners learn more about what trees and flowers to plant. "I think green thumbs are more earned than blessed," he says. If you want to look at Olsen's gardea go to 1186 N. 1100 East in Orem. Hale Center Theater Orem Little Women: The Broadway Musical Louisa May Alcott's beloved book, which has been transformed into a touching and exciting new Broadway musical, will appear now through July 26 at the Hale Center Theater Orem. 225 W. 400 North, with performances nightly, except Sundays. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees are scheduled for July 12, 19, and 26 at 3:30 p.m. The theater will be dark June 3, 4, 10,11, and July 4. Ticket prices range from $13.50 to $17.50, depending on night and seating location. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 226-8600. 226-8600. The play focuses on the experiences of four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil War. The play is directed by Chris Clark, with Call 3RESTOR for questions (373 7867) 10-6 M-Ff 9-3 Sat LIVE UNITED V-4 j(. n Mike Olsen of Orem takes a break from cultivating the ground Olsen has been gardening for more than 20 years. musical direction and choreography chore-ography by Korianne Orton-Johnsoa Orton-Johnsoa uvsc Leonardo Da Vind at the Woodbury Art Museum The Da Vinci Experience, an international in-ternational traveling exhibit based on the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, win be featured at UVSCs Woodbury Art Museum Muse-um at the University MaH now through Oct. 4. The exhibit consists of working mechanical mechani-cal models based on the drawings draw-ings found in Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks. Admission wTfll be $14 for adults, $11 for seniors (65) and $6 for students (wID), active ac-tive military and their family members and children (ages 5-18). Family group rates are available for immediate family for $28. Children age 5 and under un-der are free. Group rates are offered with a rninimum of 15 in a group, $3 n 1 per person for student groups, $4 per person for youth groups and $7 per person for adult groups. The Woodbury Art Museum is located on the second floor of the University MaD in Orem in the southeast corner just west of Nordstrom. The exhibit is open Monday from noon to 9 p.m. and Tuesday -Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Saturdays, the exhibit is open from 1 1 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information on the exhibit, visit www.uvu, edumuseum. Valley Center Playhouse New play to open "Never Kiss on a Park Bendf win run Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays Satur-days through July 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the VaHey Center Playhouse, Play-house, 780 N. 200 East, Lindoa Ticket prices are $6 for regular reg-ular admissioa $5 for students, children and seniors and $25 SATISFACTION L, . i X r W m 1 "V ' IS YOUR G I J f ""tiff nil master gardener x v&z&r stj- rhetor -nr- t tZLA'Sti) around his flowerbeds at his home, June 18. Master gardener for families. The is the premiere performance perfor-mance for the show, which was written by California playwright Don Crosley. The musical romantic comedy is appropriate for aU ages, however how-ever those attending are asked not to bring babes in arms or children under 5. For reservations call 785-1186. 785-1186. Audition notice Auditions for an upcoming production of "RockroDers and Pancakes-win Pancakes-win be held Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to noon and July 1 from 7-9 p.m. at the Valley Center Cen-ter playhouse. 780 N. 200 East, Lindon. Needed are two women ages 30-65. two men ages 30-65, one man age 16-25, two boys ages 6-13 and two girls ages 14-20. Rehearsals start on July 8. The play wiU run Monday, Friday and Saturday from Aug. 22 to Sept. 29. The play was written and will be directed by Bin Brown. For information, call 372-1068 or 4894980. Wi xrtm i PEDAL YOUR STUFF FOR ARAGE FAC :KLP WITH STUFF YOU WNT USE? MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Showtime Utah! Night of the Indies Showtime Show-time Utah! win introduce Night of the Indies Saturday at 10 p.m. with a screening of "CTU Provo," an independent film shot in Provo starring Donny Osmond and Jimmy Chunga. The film's name is short for Counter Terrorist Unit Provo.. 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