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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 CHUBBY CHECKER TWISTS INTO TOWN, C-2 www.parkrecord.com NONPROFITS WILL PAIR WINE WITH FILM C-3 C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, FEBRUARY 10-13, 2018 Historians will recount Park City plane crash WINTERFEST CELEBRATION Team USA Brings Olympic Spirit to Park City with the WinterFest Celebration from 1-7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Main Street Garage, 825 Main St. The Team USA WinterFest tour presented by Hershey’s will make its stop on Main Street between 7th and 9th avenues. Olympians Shannon Bahrke (ski and snowboard), Jeremy Bloom (ski and snowboard), Picabo Street (ski and snowboard), Meryl Davis (figure skating), Charlie White (figure skating) and Vonetta Flowers (bobsled and skeleton) will host a meet and greet with fans. The tour stop will feature a number of interactive elements, including a Hershy’s S’moresmobile, bobsled boomerang and stage, along with Oreos’s Team USA Curling Challenge and the Social Media Truck. JOHN O’HURLEY AT THE DEJORIA CENTER Award-winning actor, voice actor and singer John O’Hurley will present “A Man With Standards,” his concert featuring the Great American Songbook and stories of his life and career at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the DeJoria Center, 970 N. S.R. 32 in Kamas. O’Hurley, known for his TV work on “Seinfeld,” is also known for his Broadway performances as King Arthur on Monty Python’s “Spamalot” and Billy Flynn in “Chicago.” Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by visiting www.dejoriacenter.com. COURTESY OF STEVE LEATHAM A B-18 bomber, similar to this aircraft, crashed into Iron Mountain on Nov. 17, 1941. Two of the plane’s seven crew members lost their lives. LITTLE NATURALIST STORY TIME The Little Naturalist Story Time will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 12, at the Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. The event, designed for ages 3 to 5, will feature a nature themed book reading, exploration of the Swaner Preserve and a craft. The cost is $2. For information, visit www. swanerecocenter.org. MEET THE DOULAS The monthly meet the doulas event will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. Couples and mothers can meet with and learn about doulas. The event will also feature give aways and refreshments. For information, visit www.beautifulbirthdoulas.com. COURTESY OF STEVE LEATHAM Historian Steve Leatham, seen with a piece of metal from a B-18 bomber that crashed into Iron Mountain in 1941, will give a presentation about the crash with fellow historian David Nicholas. During World War II a B-18 bomber slammed into Iron Mountain A NIGHT OUT WITH YOUR VALENTINE SCOTT IWASAKI Mindful Cuisine, in partnership with Oil and Vinegar, will present A Night Out with Your Valentine from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 354 Aspen Lane. Couples can create meal and learn how oils and vinegar can be used to boost the flavor. Each couple will take home a Valentine’s gift -bottles of oil and vinegar. For information and to register, visit https://www. mindfulcuisine.com/calendar/a-nightout-with-your-valentine. A dark, stormy night on Nov. 17, 1941, a B-18 Bomber hit the peak of Iron Mountain, soared a few miles east before turning 270 degrees and slamming into the mountain’s saddle in a fireball. Shortly after the first impact, six of the seven crew members tried to parachute to safety. “As the wind blew their chutes the plane had doubled back and flew straight The Park Record at them, catching one of the chutes, which belonged to Major Robert E. L. Pirtle, who was the flight commander of the 88th Squadron, on the wing,” said historian Steve Leatham. “He was thrown over the fuselage and fell to his death, ironically, in the Park City Cemetery.” The other casualty was Sgt. Jack D. Anderson, the flight’s engineer, said historian David Nicholas, Leatham’s research partner. “He was only 20 years old and was engaged to get married,” Nicholas said. “We don’t know if he was knocked unconscious.” What the two historians do know is that Anderson didn’t have time to reach the parachutes stored in the back of the plane before it crashed. “We know that he was burned and de- COURTESY OF RENEE NICHOLAS Historian David Nicholas will speak with fellow historian Steve Leatham on Feb.13 about the B-18 bomber that crashed on Iron Mountain in 1941. capitated in the crash,” Nicholas said. “In talking with his family, the only way he was identified was by his bomber jacket.” Leatham and Nicholas will share their findings during a free lecture titled “Abandon Ship! Part 2” at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Park City Museum’s Education and Collections Center, 2079 Sidewinder Drive. The presentation is an updated version of their lecture they did a few months ago, Nicholas said. “We have a couple of distinguished guests, including the son of the naviga- tor of the B-18, and a gentleman named Rory Murphy, who served in the Airborne Corps, who will be joining us,” Nicholas said. “Rory will talk about what it’s like to parachute out of a plane on a dark and stormy night.” “Abandon Ship! Part 2,” which will run about an hour and a half, is designed to commemorate the heroism of the crew, Nicholas said. “We were first interested in the crash site, but the more we learned and studied, Please see Lecture, C-4 |