The Desert Star Theatre in Murray is famous for its hilarious and cute parodies of life in Utah and classic tales.

The latest is "Miracle on 47th Street," which is an enjoyable play until the last scene, which has made some in the audience cringe just a bit. One of the actresses, a child portraying a fourth-grader in the play, is dressed up like Cindy Lou from the Grinch. She is very cute -- until the last scene, when she pulls a gun out of her stocking, fires it and kills the Grinch.

No word on whether Utah legislators got free tickets to the play. They would have loved it.

Here's to kid power» I wrote recently about 8-year-old Tia Smart of Salt Lake City who founded her own volunteer charity group, calling it "kid power," and by fundraising at her school, neighborhood and church, raised about $1,000 to buy hundreds of Thanksgiving turkeys for needy families.

Here's the final tally:

She and her army of "kids" ended up raising $2,070. Dan's Super Markets provided a $1,500 match and together that amount was enough to purchase more than 400 turkeys and close to 800 cans of food, all delivered to the Utah Food Bank in time for Thanksgiving.

Above and beyond: Camilla Zieber and her husband were driving through Sugar House on Nov. 26 and were approaching the intersection of 1300 East and 2100 South when they saw a man fall down in the intersection.

As they were preparing to stop, they noticed the driver of a UTA bus, which was already stopped at the light, suddenly turn the bus hazard lights on. The driver exited the bus, walked across the crosswalk and helped the young man, who appeared to be disabled, back on his feet and onto the sidewalk. The act of kindness occurred at 10:33 a.m. The bus number was 0120, route number 220 Highland.

Coby to the rescue: M.L. Fayer was walking her dog on Fieldcrest Lane (4975 South) in Holladay on the morning of Nov. 11 when another dog, running loose, bounded across the street and attacked.

The dog went straight for her yellow Labrador's throat. Fayer was helpless to pull it off.

She began screaming for help when, suddenly, Coby Cory and his crew from Trees Inc. came to the rescue. Cory kicked the attacking dog off its victim and got it under control.

"If it weren't for Coby," said Fayer, "I'm sure my dog would be dead."

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