Mark Fordham of Provo, UT, is passionate about playing the role of Darth Vader. As a long time member of the 501st Alpine Garrison costuming club, he dresses up for charitable events many times a year.

Quidditch players from Utah Quidditch scrimmage during a team practice at Reservoir Park in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, December 1, 2015. The community team is made up of two squads: the Utah Crimson Elite and Crimson Flyers, and players come from across the valley

Lucy, an 18-month-old Texas Heeler plays a wicked game of soccer. She has come a long ways since contracting a rare disease among puppies called hypertrophic osteopathy, (HOD). At three months old she caught the painful condition that destroys bone near the growth plates in her leg and hip joints that made her unable to walk or stand. She survived with intensive care. After several months of gathering her strength back and slow rehabilitation she is now a force on the soccer field. She is mostly self taught, instinctually taking to the game after watching youth soccer games near her house. She uses nose and head like a person’s foot to push the soccer ball upfield, pass it and defend. She understands out of bounds lines and is now working on scoring goals into the net.

If Rob Rutledge is serving, expect a sour beer.
Rutledge, a member of the ZZ Hops homebrew club and a home brewer since 2002, enjoys the creativity and the competition of producing a great batch.
His story is part of the The Tribune’s “I Love” video series, which features people with a passion, at ilove.sltrib.com.
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Tim O’Leary loves being a blacksmith. He uses his blacksmith skills on the job as he teaches students as the Assistant program coordinator for the Sorenson Unity Center Citylab teen program in Salt Lake City, Utah.