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Show Concert Sunday, May 13, 2007 HERALD DAJLY 12 Santa Catalina Island residents light to clean up from fire Continued from Bl - . V Gillian Flaccus Hero Flight enlisted the help THE ASSOCIATED PRSS of BYU graduate and musical composer Rob Gardner, who in 2002 created a concert, AVALON, Calif. Firefighters aided by cooler weather musical titled "The Price of Freedom," about the letter cor battled to surround a 4,200-acr- e wildfire Saturday deep in respondences between soldiers the rugged, unpopulated intewho served in world War II rior of Santa Catalina Island and the mothers, wives and while the resort's main town girlfriends they left behind. returned to life days after it Its composite characters are constructed from the letters of was threatened by the blaze. "We have a sense of duty actual participants and their to the town to bring it black to families. "Instead of giving a history normal," delicatessen owner lesson, we wanted to show the Rick Miller said as he unloaded human story, not the battles, tomatoes, olive oil and other supplies from his but the emotions of soldiers van. "People get hungry and it and their correspondences back and forth," Gardner said. doesn't hurt to see businesses Since 2002, the concert musi- open andcalm restored." cal has been presented several Foggy weather and highs in the 60s diminished chances times in Arizona, Arkansas that the fire would spread on and Utah, he said. its fourth day. It was isolated McSweeney said the side in the back country of the of the war from the mothers', island. wives' and girlfriends' perspec tive is one that's not often told. "Conditions are definitely in "It's a tremendous, moving our favor. The humidity is up, the wind and temperature are story and it helps people realsun-drie- d ize the impact," he said. "They (should) bring Kleenex." To make a contribution to help send the veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial or for more informa tion on Hero Flight, visit its Web site at www.heroflight. com. down," Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Andrew Olvera said. The fire was 41 percent contained, he said, meaning its advance was halted in those areas. It was expected to be fully surrounded by Tuesday evening. One home and six industrial businesses burned on Thursday and no one had been seriously injured. In the island's interior, firefighters used chain saws and picks to clear fire breaks in a charred landscape that stood out starkly against a backdrop of blue sea. In canyons' northwest of Avalon, crews of prison inmates struggled up a steep slope to cut smoldering trees where the fire had raced up to a winding mountain road. At one point, firefighters discovered a rattlesnake that had survived the inferno under a cactus. "We've been finding a lot of hot spots along the perimeter and that's a concern for us," Capt. Scott Hayermann of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. "You get a good ocean breeze and you see some smoke." Benefit concert What: Hero Flight's "The Price of Freedom" benefit musical and concert When: May 26, at 7:30 p.m. (preshow begins at 7 pm.) Where: Orem's SCERA Shell Outdoor Theater at 699 S. State (behind SCERA Park swimming pool) in Orem Tickets: Available online at www.heroflight.com or by phone at Advance tickets are $12, $15 that night. 386-510- LANCE This on image provided by The Camp Pendleton Scout Catalina Island. in the island's interior, Avalon Fire Chief Steven Hoefs said. sprawling Griffith Park and reopened Saturday after Bill Agresta, chief engineer the containment of a wildfire said three at station KBRT-Athat burned more than 800 contractors had been cutting acres. Fire crews pulled out steel antenna cable with a generator. Friday night but many roads circular saw on ThursEnvironmentalists said it and hiking trails in the park was too early to tell how the remained closed. day when the fire ignited. The cause of the fire was unAgresta said he saw a small blaze affected the island's rare animal and plant life, including blaze and ran inside the stader investigation. Police said a homeless man who was burned tion to call 9 1 1. By the time he the Catalina Island fox. Four bald eaglets that after he fell asleep while smokreturned, it had moved several hatched earlier this year hundred feet downhill and ing a cigarette in the park was without human help were engulfed the contractors' tool questioned but released. ! It was the third menacing truck. unharmed, said Bob Rhein, a The men unsuccessfully ; spokesman for the Catalina Is- fire in the Hollywood Hills land Conservancy, which owns this spring and officials have fought the fire with two handmost of the island. Scientists held extinguishers, he said. warned that drought condi- said been reintroduche had warned have tions have brought extreme daily to lounge on the beach, slowly Agresta the men a day earlier against fire danger earlier than usual. ! play golf or take inland tours. ing eagles, which were wiped out decades ago by chemical On Catalina, just 2 inches of The cause of the fire reusing a cutting torch because contamination. mained under investigation but of fire danger. rain have fallen this year. No- it appeared to have been ig"I quizzed these guys and tices in hotel bathrooms urge: J Meanwhile, about 50 miles nited by contractors working "Please turn off water while ; away on the mainland, golfthey seemed to know what on antennas at a radio station they were doing but they sure ers returned to Los Angeles's shaving & brushing teeth." Nearly 4,000 evacuated residents began heading back to the island on Friday to inspect their apartments and homes and reopen businesses that largely cater to tourists. Ferries had barred tourists sea from making the trip but planned to start carrying them again this week. "All of Avalon is really secure ... so they should be ready for visitors on Monday," said Elaine Vaughn, a vice president for the Catalina Express " ferry line. the summer, Tin esDuring timated 10,000 visitors arrive didn't know the island was dry," he said. The truck's blackened hulk remained at the site Saturday, along with a partially melted to m m Nissan from Ken Garff can last forever... Well; almost! A -- i WHitfWIIfllHfim ita t (HE) SLC , Looking South For Real Estate? Looking for the Perfect Partner? 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