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Show 1'' & ryTfnsi $r VOLUME 100 Pet of NUMBER 13 the Week CE 6 ' - - nr- fillLafk-tdOA-i mpiress "s'8Wrt8S-- r?uwriiwijp IbirDimgs deDoglhitt to Stoeeti: MaSira The Empress Theatre once (Jennifer Joseph) is crabby by the facial gestures she makes. With one look, she could surely stop the big yellow school bus. At times, Lucy has a stem face, other times she is bright as a child. again has brought laughter to Magnas historic Main Street. Last weekend it opened, Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown to the applause of audience members. The colored vividly scenery jumps straight from the Sunday new spuper comics drawn by Charles Schulz and so does the play. The screenplay is cleverly adapted to go from page to stage. The colors, the Peanuts choiacters and the short sketches stay theme. true to the comic-stri- p With some scenes as short as the weekday comic and other stretching to the length of the Linus (Shawn Timothy) carries his blanket, tumbling on stage like a kid. Sally Brown (W'endy Chipman) pleads for a better grade on an art project. Chipman brings real innocence and naiveness to Sally. Snoopy (Robert Yeun) is the loveable dog we all know. His energetic character dances on the red roof of his doghouse. Children love Snoopy and Yeun helps make the Thumb-suckin- ever-prese- Sunday comics, the show goes by quickly keeping the audience entertained throughout. Director Kristopher Heywood welcomed theater patrons and introduced the play, before the characters bounced on to the stage, he said, If we only had as much wisdom as these olds. The cast, much older than six years, didnt showcase die wisdom of the characters but rather the thought processes of the mind of a six-ye- Lucy gives Charlie Brown advice for a nickel in Youre a Good about singing to fighting the Suppertime Red Baron atop his Sopwith Camel, Snoopy leaves his paw print on your mind when the child, which is really the beauty behind the laughter. Each of the six actors gets their moment to shine on the stage. Charlie Brown played to April 1. Those who were unaware of the change were called April fools. In France, the tradition is for children to secretly stick paper fishes on the backs of victims and shout Poisson dAvril! by Jamie Terry may not be as bald as the original but he is just as sympathy evoking when he tries with futility to catch the eye of litde red headed girl. Terry brings the unabashed optimistic Charlie Brown for the audience to enjoy. The six players bring the Marie Evans (L) Peanut crew to life, just like we remember them. Shroeder d (Fergus Brown) plays his baby grand piano. doubts Nobody Lucy pint-size- The bottom line is Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown, is a lighthearted, entertaining and very family friendly. For more information call (801) 347-737- 3. a day for pranks (April Fish!). Scots call the holiday Huntigowk Day and send people to hunt the gowk a w'ild another mile goose chase. VVoildwide, people seem to dream up mischief on April 1 In New York City, there has been an April Fools Day Parade on Fifth Avenue every year since 1986. Media hoaxer Joey Skaggs sends out press releases detailing each years theme, and a bevy of camera crews and spectators arrive on the scene to secure a spot. Of course, theres no parade. In celebration of the jests . I J A show is over. Man, Charlie Brown. and jesters everywhere, The 2007 Old Fanners Almanac reports on some of the most famous pranks played over the years. Here are a few: an In the April Fools Day article in the Boston Post reported that workmen removing trees from the Boston Common had uncovered a hidden trapdoor leading to a cave filled w ith treasure. Treasure seekers flocked to the Common, but, alas, no door was found. In 1957, the BCC aired a newsreel explaining how the mild winter had produced a harvest for Swiss spaghetti farmers. shown Swiss women-wer-estands of pasta plucking n from trees, while a broadcaster noted that the disappearance of the spaghetti weevil had also boosted growth. The broad mid-1800- higher-than-norm- s, al well-know- caster noted that years of careful cultivation had allowed the spaghetti to grow to a uniform length. Viewers were so intrigued that they called the BBC and asked where they might buy their own spaghetti bushes. A flurry of warned that the Internet would be out of service for for 24 hours cleaning between March 31 and April 2, 1997. Users were advised to disconnect all devices. This was an updated version of an old phone joke, in were which customers instructed to place bags over phone receivers to catch dust blown out during phone line cleaning. The Old Farmers aM presents an award to Hope Clark(r) Call the Magna Senior Center or go in and you are sure to be greeted by Donna Coates. She is one of the many volunteers that help keep the Center running smoothly. Last Thursday, the Center held a dinner to honor Coates and all the volunteers that give their time to the Center. Volunteers perform many tasks at the Center from taking the trash can to the curb to calling bingo. Vickie Hansen works with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for Salt Lake County. Hansen said 1,300 seniors volunteer in RSVP throughout the county. At the dinner, Hansen told the Centers volunteers that they make the Center it is. the community Marie Evans, the Centers director, echoed the same sentiment. She told volunteers, You are the people that keep this Center running. Evans singled out Hope was not wearing a helmet. After hospitalization, he was transferred to a rehabilitation facility for an extended UDOH Report Shows 5 New Injuries Every Day in Utah stay. This month an estimated Almanac is one of several publications published by 174 Utahns will suffer Yankee If youre a male or you live Publishing of Dublin, New Hampshire. Serin Center shows appreciation (or volunteers 'It dog loveable. te From Fools7 April t) nt black-and-whi- ar April Fools Day, a time for pulling harmless pranks on gullible victims, is uniThese popular. versally hoaxes range from subtle stunts pulled on unknowing victims by family and friends to false stories being spread by media organizations in print, on the air, and on the Internet. On this one day of the year, everyone and anyone is considered fair game. According to The Old Farmers Almanac, the history behind April Fools Day is a little gray, although many people agree that the tradition began in 1582 when France switched to the calendar and Gregorian moved New Years Day from March 25 back to January 1. Prior to this change, the New Years celebration had lasted a full week, from March 25 g Clark as Volunteer of the Year. Clark has been a long time volunteer at the Center. After she was commended for her many years as a volunteer at the Magna Center , Clark insisted that she had been a volunteer at the Center long before she was a senior. Another senior volunteer given special recognition was Millie Sisman for her service on the Advisory Council at the Center. Sisman retired from the Council. In all, over thirty volunteers were recognized at the dinner held in their honor. Among them was George Olsen of whom Evans said, HeTl bake anything for us. Also recognized was Bill Tarpley. Evans called him the gadget man. Evans called the volunteers the heart of the Center. She was grateful for their good work and stellar character that makes the Center exceptional. She said, The Center is only as great as the people who come to it. life-alteri- injuries to the brain. off the Wasatch Front, your risk is even higher than that of other Utahns. The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) today a report that released reviewed traumatic brain injuries, otherwise known as TBI, in Utahns from It looks at the overall impact these injuries continue to have on the individuals, their families and communities. The leading cause of TBI is motor vehicle-relate- d incidents for those under 65 years of age, with the second most common cause being injuries in those over age 65, said Trisha Keller, Manager, UDOH Violence and Injury Prevention Program. Sadly, these injuries are largely preventable, she said. Still an average of five new incidents that either require hospitalization or result in death occur each day. Typical examples of head injuries, taken from 2005 data, include the following: male liv. A a rural in ing county suffered severe head and neck injuries when he crashed his motorcycle into a car. He 2000-200- fall-relat- 3. male was . A sustained a severe skull fracture in a single car rollover that left him hospitalized for more than a month. Tests showed marijuana in the teens bloodstream. Today he remains dependent on others for daily care. According to the data, these two incidents likely resulted in an average charge for inpatient hospitalization of more than $19,000 per case. These costs do not include the costs of rehabilitation or the ongoing expenses associated with daily support services. During the report period, nearly twice as many males as females experienced a TBI. Among those cases unintentional sampled, such as motor vehiinjuries, cles and falls, were the most common cause of TBI for 71 of males and 82 of females. In rural Utah, the overall TBI rate is 53 higher than in urban Utah. The findings in this report are intended to increase awareness and lead to actions that will reduce the terrible physical, emotional, and financial costs of TBI to individuals, families and communities in Utah, says Keller. March is Brain Injury Awareness month. For more information on resources available in your community, visit the Brain Injury Association of Utah Web site at www.biau.org. For a full copy of the TBI in Utah 2000-200- 3 report, visit the and Violence Injury Prevention Program Web site at www.health.utah. govvipppdfTB I ReportFin al.pdf |