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THE PENN
News Editor: Casey Kelly – C.E.Kelly2@iup.edu Lead News Writer: Kali Ledgard – K.J.Ledgard@iup.edu
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The ‘Hawks and Hounds’ calendar, featuring Indiana County Humane Society dogs and the IUP men’s basketball team, will be for sale in December at the Co-Op store, the ICHS and IUP sporting events.
Humane society, IUP basketball collaborate for a cause ‘Hawks and Hounds’ 2016 calendar helps find shelter dogs homes By MADELINE WILLIAMS Contributing Writer M.R.Williams@iup.edu
IUP has created numerous partnerships within the community, but something the university has yet to experience is the collaboration of sports and dogs. That isn’t the case any longer, however, as the Indiana County Humane Society (ICHS) and the IUP men’s basketball team have started their own calendar for 2016, “Hawks and Hounds.”
Brooklynne Sharbaugh (senior, early childhood education/special education) generated the idea with her father. As a part of the ICHS fundraising committee, Sharbaugh thought that creating the calendar would be a great way to integrate IUP and ICHS, while helping to raise money and awareness for the society. Sharbaugh said that the calendar will feature the entire men’s basketball team, any pups available for the shoot and Darryl Webb, a former Crimson Hawk and Outstanding Alumni honoree.
The proceeds from the calendar sales will be used to help the organization in various ways such as purchasing animal supplies, providing medical attention and maintaining facility upkeep. Also involved in this project is Nicolette Deyarmin (junior, English education), who photographed the pups and players. Deyarmin is also a photographer for The Penn. Because of her personal interest in photography and history of photographing her own dog, she had been referred to Sharbaugh by a friend.
“My dog, Banjo, was actually in this photo shoot,” Deyarmin said in a Nov. 11 email. “My family rescued him form the Indiana County Humane Society three years ago.” Deyarmin said she is used to working with animals and has learned to be patient with them during shoots, but was unsure of how they would respond and cooperate with other dogs and the numerous basketball players. Both young women admitted, however, that working with the players was great, and Deyarmin specifically com-
mented on how they were cooperative and enthusiastic about the photo shoot. Sharbaugh said she hopes to have the calendar ready for sale in December at the Co-op Store, the ICHS, sporting events and other venues. Sharbaugh thanks Shannon Jackson, the president of ICHS’s board, Lisa Weir, the ICHS director and the ICHS staff for their help in coordinating the calendar. “This has been a great experience so far,” Sharbaugh said, “but there is still plenty of work to be done.”
Jimmy Stewart Museum presents updated ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ By TYLER MILLER Staff Writer T.C.Miller2@iup.edu
It truly is a wonderful life – Tim Harley, president of the Jimmy Stewart Museum, announced Nov. 2 that a “unique” version of the cult-classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” featuring Indiana’s own Jimmy Stewart, will be shown this holiday season. The plot of the original 1946 film follows an angel that helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman, George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. This refurbished version, compiled by artist George H. Rothacker, merges the original black-and-white film with the original musical score composed for
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The Jimmy Stewart Museum will present ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ with an updated soundtrack from Nov. 21 to Jan. 3.
the movie in 1946 by Diomitri Tiomkin, which never made it into the actual film. The museum, located on the third floor of Indiana’s public library, highlights Indiana native and famous Hollywood actor Stewart’s accomplishments in film, radio and TV.
His roles as military hero, civic leader, family man and world citizen are also woven into gallery displays and presentations. Rothacker said he noticed the “missing” music while gathering information for his new series of paintings “The Movies and Music of Hollywood.” He
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located a CD of the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Newman, which included the score. “Working patiently, I was able to match the music to the film,” Rothacker said in a press release, “raising and lowering volumes as necessary in the film and on the CD so that the dialogue and existing music would not be altered. “Fortunately, so little music was included in the movie that the pairing fit perfectly without disruption,” he said. The score was originally left out of the movie due to the score being “a little somber,” Harley said. The movie, to be released at Christmas, did not leave a lot of time to edit in a new score. Director Frank Capra and producers felt the public would react negatively if the movie was released with the original
music, the only solution was to leave out much of the music. The score’s dark mood “certainly goes with some parts of the film,” said Harley, “but I think the studio felt it was too heavy and scrapped it all together. “It’s not an overwhelming presence in the film, so I don’t think that many people will realize the difference. But I think it is just very interesting to have the score that Tiomkin produced reunited with [the film].” The updated version of the film will be presented in the viewing room of the museum from Saturday, Nov. 21, through Jan. 3. Rothacker will also have his “Movies and Music of Hollywood” paintings on display and a limited edition of signed and numbered prints for sale in conjunction with the viewings.
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