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Members of battleschool practice during a rehearsal on Tuesday. Go to page 8 for a story on the band’s upcoming tour and new album. Photo by Brady Wolfe/Herald Journal

From the editor kburgess@hjnews.com ject of this week’s cover story, got its start EFORE I MOVED TO LOGAN B four years ago, one of my friends back at venues like these, and now the hard work is paying off. The quintet has a new album in Salt Lake City expressed skepticism that I would come to such a remote place.

“You’re going to the Northern Wastes?” he said, adding that there was pretty much nothing here except fields, cows and maybe a gas station or two.

A few weeks after that inspiring conversation, I made the 80mile journey with a bet of trepidation, but I’m glad to say that I quickly discovered that there’s a lot more to Cache Valley than livestock.

While it’s true that cows aren’t in short supply around here, local hang-outs like Why Sound and the Logan Arthouse & Cinema also provide an element of counterculture , booking acts that often only make it to bigger cities. And of course Utah State’s Taggart Student Center, Kent Concert Hall and Performance Hall are always a hub of arts and activities.

Battleschool, a local band that is the sub-

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out and will soon embark on a national tour that includes over 30 stops.

Not bad for a product of the Northern Wastes!

On another note, I recently announced my engagement in this column and asked for any advice on how to have a good marriage. As always, resident poet Bill Humphrey rose to the challenge, imparted several gems of wisdom. Bill is a charming widower who enjoyed many happy years with his wife, so he’s got credibility. I can’t argue with any of these great suggestions and will do my best to implement them.

1. Try not to get mad at the same time as your partner.

2. Make up as quickly as possible after fights.

3. Choose someone with similar interests so you’re not in conflict over how to spend your time.

4. View your partner as an equal.

— Kim Burgess Cache Magazine editor

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Tops at Sundance: four films that will make it to theaters

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Pet: Jacob From: Cache Humane Why he’s so lovable: Jacob is a cutie! Friendly with children 4 years and older, Jacob is used to an active household. He likes other friendly dogs and is even friendly with strangers. Jacob is almost housetrained, and only needs consistency and timing from his new guardians. He is a little guard dog, and barks at strangers coming to the home, but loves them after he’s been introduced. He has not been tested with cats. To learn more about Jacob, call 792-3920.

Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.

Cookies, brownies and cakes, oh my C ACHE VALLEY chocolate lovers, start your ovens! The Valentine Chocolate Festival is back for its 24th year, and will be more deliciously decadent than ever before. Tasting begins at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5, at Accolades, Hamilton’s new event venue, 2427 N. Main St. Tickets are $10 per adult and $5 for children 12 and under, and will be available at the door.

A fundraiser for Utah Planned Parenthood, the Chocolate Festival is an opportunity to sample tasty treats whipped up by professional and amateur Cache Valley chocolatiers. A silent auction of all entries begins at 6:30 p.m. A live auction of the winning desserts

and other items donated by local merchants follows at 8 p.m. This will be the first time the event will be held at Accolades. The Bullen Center served as a fine home for the Chocolate Festival for many years, but due to the event’s growing popularity, organizers decided to book a larger venue.

Amateur and professional dessert makers are welcomed to submit entries. Taste these fabulous delicacies or for a modest donation, you can take home a special sampler bags for your sweetheart.

Better yet, stay and bid on the award winners at the live auction.

Adventurous chefs may enter desserts in the following categories: cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, chocolates. For those delicacies

that transcend these definitions, we have reserved a special category called “potpourri.” Entry forms and more information can be found on our website at www. thechocolatefestival.org. Judges will award the best entries in each category, including best amateur and best professional chef. Other awards will include best teen and best parent/child collaboration.

People’s Choice Awards will be decided by the public who will cast their vote for their favorite mouth-watering treats.

The chocolate festival is the sweetest way to support affordable health care in our valley.

Each year, more individuals rely on Planned Parenthood for their general reproductive health.

Evolution spotlighted at USU anthropology museum evolutionary macaroni skeletons.

Anthropology is on the USU parking is available in the VOLUTIONARY theories are in the spottheories concern“This event will be campus in the south turret of adjacent lot, south of the E light when Utah State Uniing reproduca great way to learn the historic Old Main buildbuilding. versity’s Museum of Anthropology presents its next “Saturdays at the Museum” event, and a guest speaker is featured.

In activities Saturday, Jan. 29, the museum hosts Kristen Hawkes, a professor in the University of Utah Anthropology department.

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tion. The lecture about women’s role in begins at 1 p.m. evolution,” said Melisat the museum. sa Allen, a Saturdays Activities for series program coorchildren and dinator. “Dr. Hawke’s adults are availlecture will be interestHawkes able throughout ing and educational, the day. Guests and our activities can create their own sketch should be lots of fun for the of a person using dominant whole family.” and recessive genes and make The USU Museum of

ing, Room 252.

In addition to its Saturday program hours, the Museum of Anthropology is open to USU students and members of the public six days a week, with regular hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

For Saturday activities, free

Funding for Saturday events is provided by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online (www.imls.gov).

For more information about this event, call 797-7545 or visit the museum website (anthromuseum.usu.edu).

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All mixed up

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All mixed up

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HE BRIDGER FOLK Music Society proudly welcomes the Matt Flinner Trio to the newly-remodeled Utah State University Taggart Student Center Auditorium at 7:30 pm. on Friday, Jan. 28.

Tickets are available at the door and are $10 for USU students; $15 for the general public. The Dry Lake Band, an emerging local bluegrass group, will open for the Matt Flinner Trio.

The Matt Flinner Trio, consisting of Matt Flinner on mandolin, Ross Martin on guitar and Eric Thorin on bass, is currently touring in support of their latest Compass Records release MUSIC DU JOUR. With

the backdrop of the Rockies to inspire them, Flinner, Ross Martin and Eric Thorin threw down a challenge to one another to write a new tune each day while on tour and perform it that evening. The players each rose rapidly to meet the challenge, and the tunes composed over the course of three Western tours show the depth and inspiration of these performers. As part of the MUSIC DU JOUR tour, the Matt Flinner Trio will be composing pieces of music the day of the Logan show.

With MUSIC DU JOUR, the Matt Flinner Trio sets a new standard for the bluegrass trio configuration. Matt Flinner

remains one of the most recognized mandolin players in the acoustic music world. More information about the Matt Flinner Trio and music samples are available at www.mattflinner. com or www.myspace.com/ mattflinner.

The Bridger Folk Music Society is a non-profit all-volunteer organization located in Logan that is dedicated to supporting folk music in its many forms.

Last year the organization celebrated its 30th anniversary. To learn more, go to the website www.bridgerfolk.org.

For more information about the show, contact Sean Damitz at 770-6104.

American West Heritage Music Theater West to present ‘The Music Man’ Center seeking volunteers T H

J. DAVIS AND VANESSA Ballam lead Music Theatre West’s talented cast in Meredith Willson’s memorable, musical masterpiece, “The Music Man” at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Feb. 10 to 12 and 14 to 15 (adding a matinee on the 12th). For tickets and information, please visit www.musictheatrewest.org.

This production brings together 88 of your favorite actors and actresses of all ages from Music Theatre West, Cache Regional Theatre, Old Barn, Pickleville Playhouse and Utah Festival Opera Company. The show will be performed with a 25-piece orchestra.

“There’s simply nothing like a live orchestra in musical theatre,” explains producer and conductor Jay Richards.“We have living, breathing actors and singers on the stage. Living, breathing musicians beneath the stage are no less important. These amazing musicians sit down there night after night listening to every word, every note, every nuance, and breathe right along with the people on the stage. They laugh at every funny line and even cry in the tender scenes. They are as much the soul of musical theatre as anyone involved.”

This show will delight audiences of

all ages with a heartwarming story based on Meredith Willson’s upbringing in small town Iowa. The local librarian, Marian (played by Vanessa Ballam) isn’t convinced when Harold Hill (played

by T.J. Davis), a charismatic scoundrel, arrives in town and persuades the locals to organize a boys marching band. Come enjoy some of Broadway’s most timeless music.

AVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED to learn how to quilt, make butter or milk a cow? Are you looking for a family-friendly volunteer opportunity? Have you made a goal to learn more about pioneer and agricultural history? The American West Heritage Center is preparing for another funfilled year, and seeks volunteers to be part of it.

New and returning volunteers are invited to the annual Volunteer Orientation and Pancake Breakfast at the AWHC from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26.

Volunteers are an essential part of the AWHC’s mission to celebrate and teach about the history of the West during the period of 1820 to 1920. Some volunteers dress in historical clothing, interact with visitors and animals and share their knowl-

edge and skills with people of all ages. Other volunteers help behind the scenes with construction and restoration projects. There is even a need for volunteers to drive a train!

The AWHC event calendar (found at www.awhc.org) is filled with festivals of all kinds (such as Baby Animal Days, Daily Adventures during the summertime, and Fall Harvest Days), which means there are many opportunities suited to many interests. For college students, internship credit may be available.

Those who attend the Volunteer Orientation and Pancake Breakfast can expect a delicious meal, information about policies and procedures and an overview of the events and projects at the AWHC in 2011.

For more information about the Volunteer Orientation and Pancake Breakfast, contact volunteer coordinator Lorraine Bowen at 245-6050 x 24.

Local team shows off skills at fundraiser

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ust Jumpin’, A local jump rope team, presents THE JOLT, a day-long jump rope workshop and master jump rope exhibition.

The event is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Smithfield Recreation Center, 315 E. 600 South, Smithfield. The workshop will run from 1 to 4 p.m. with a silent auction at 6 p.m. and a jump rope show at 7 p.m. Cost for the workshop is $20 per jumper and includes a new rope. The master jump rope exhibition is $5 per person or $20 per family.

Workshop instructors include USA Jump Rope All Stars Jeremy Lindstrom, Lee Reisig, Billy Jackson and the Just Jumpin’ rope team. The event will raise money for the team to compete in the USU Jump Rope National Championship in June in Galveston, Texas.

The only competitive

jump rope team in Utah, Just Jumpin’ includes 14 advanced jumpers from Cache Valley. The group has been performing and jumping competitively for seven years. Just Jumpin’ appears at schools, community events and half time shows throughout the state.

The team teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced jump rope skills at weekly workshops for children and youth in Cache Valley and Park City and has taught

more than 3,000 students.

Three of THE JOLT’s staff are USA Jump Rope All Stars who perform throughout the United States and around the world in jump rope exhibitions. The trio have performed on national television shows like America’s Best Dance Crew, Ellen DeGeneres and the Disney Channel’s Shake It Up. For more information, contact Patrice Winn at patricewinn@thejumpinco.org or go to www.justjumpin.org.

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Getting a jump on it:

‘Earth from Space’ lands at BC Museum G

IGANTIC IMAGES captured by high-tech satellites circling the globe will be on display in the Brigham City Museum-Gallery’s exhibition “Earth from Space” from the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibit presents 41 freestanding color banners with sights like the swirling arms of a massive hurricane, the shadows cast by the Great Pyramids, and ancient lava flows in New Mexico.

Earth from Space opens Jan. 29 and continues through March 27. Admission is free.

The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

A Magic Planet digital video globe with a sphere-shaped

screen complements the traveling exhibition. The animations on the screen allow patrons to observe the global extent of images from orbiting satellites.

The term remote sensing

describes the instruments and techniques that watch the earth from a distance. Data from remote sensing satellites are recorded from radio transmissions, stored in computer systems and then transformed into images. Most remote sensing satellites can detect many wavelengths of light simultaneously.

Colors are assigned to each wavelength and digitally combined to create color pictures.

With this technology, it is possible to look at the entire globe, scan hemispheres or examine small details. Remote sensing is useful in studying numerous disciplines from geography to biology to ecology.

Through the eyes of space satellites, patrons will have the

occasion to view South Africa’s Victoria Falls which has the largest curtain of water in the world at 5,604 feet wide. The Falls are located on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Another view from high above the clouds is Mount Taranaki, which is a large volcanic peak on New Zealand’s North Island. It provided the backdrop for the 2003 movie “The Last Samurai” with Tom Cruise. Many scenes were filmed beneath Mount Taranaki because of its resemblance to Japan’s Mount Fuji.

Two images taken 25 years apart zoom in on the effects of forests cut down for logging and agriculture in Brazil’s Amazon

rainforest. One photograph catches the distinctive fish bone pattern of deforestation in its early stages, while the other shows profound changes in the same region.

A photo that would be impossible to shoot on the ground documents at least five groups of fires burning in California.

The dry Santa Ana winds blowing off the Mojave Desert carried these fires toward populated areas, destroying homes and causing a number of deaths.

Other images gathered by the high-tech machines feature the changing seasons of the Bering Sea, Russia’s Lena Delta, the Florida Everglades and the ocean of sand on the YemenSaudi Arabia border.

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Film Still playing “True Grit” Rated PG-13 ★★★ One of the most mainstream, crowd-pleasing films Joel and Ethan Coen have ever made. It’s sort of a screwball Western, if you will, with vivid performances and strikingly vast, picturesque vistas, the always gorgeous work of the always great Roger Deakins, the Coens’ frequent cinematographer.

But it’s a minor entry from the writing-directing brothers, especially when you consider the inventiveness and strength of their canon and the close aesthetic resemblance to “No Country for Old Men,” their masterpiece. While “True Grit” is entertaining, it’s also surprisingly lacking in emotional resonance, as well as the intriguing sense of ambiguity that so often permeates Coen pictures. Only toward the end does it feel like anything is at stake, but at least it’s enjoyable while you’re waiting. Hailee Steinfeld in her film debut is a revelation as Mattie Ross, the 19th-century pioneer teenager who demands vengeance for her father’s murder. She seeks help from a man she hears has true grit: one-eyed, alcoholic U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. Jeff Bridges plays the role that earned John Wayne his only Academy Award as gruff and grizzled, a lawman who’s lived a long and well-lubricated life, but who also has attained a certain self-possession about it.

Matt Damon again proves he can do anything, joining the duo on the trail as a preening Texas Ranger.

PG-13 for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images. 110 minutes.

“Black Swan” Rated R 1 ★★★ ⁄2 At once gorgeous and gloriously nutso, a

portray the fierce sexuality of the Black Swan. Enter Lily (Mila Kunis), a savvy and confident newcomer who represents Nina’s biggest threat to getting the lead role. R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use. 110 minutes.

“The Dilemma” Rated PG-13 ★★ Add to Vince Vaughn’s canon of gonzo enthusiasm the blissful image of him using a makeshift blowtorch on a suburban block, screaming, “I’m going to burn your face off!” His act maybe isn’t as fresh as it once was, but Vaughn still puts a charge into movies. Ron Howard’s comedy begins and ends in hokey cliche, but for a brief period in the middle, it carries a slight hint of Billy Wilder, playing uncomfortable stuff for not entirely dumb laughs. Chicago engineers and buddies Ronny Valentine (Vaughn) and Nick Brannen (Kevin James) each have long-term partners: Ronny’s girlfriend,

Beth (Jennifer Connelly), and Nick’s wife, Geneva (Winona Ryder). After Ronny sees Geneva cheating on Nick with another man (Channing Tatum), he descends into a world of infidelity where seemingly everyone is cheating.

Unfortunately, Howard’s light-but-thorny examination of marital disfunction becomes distracted by pratfalls and standard bromance comedy. Ryder matches Vaughn’s wildness, but Connelly isn’t given a chance and James isn’t up to it. Sports metaphors proliferate until the film sinks into them, finally, senselessly concluding on an NHL rink. PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving sexual content.

trippy, twisted fantasy that delights and disturbs in equal measure. Darren Aronofsky takes the same stripped-down fascination with, and appreciation for, the minutiae of preparation that he brought to his Oscar-nominated “The Wrestler” and applies it to the pursuit of a different kind of artistry: ballet. But then the director mixes in a wildly hallucinatory flair as “Black Swan” enters darker psychological territory.

Working with his frequent cinematographer, Matthew Libatique, and incorporating some dazzling visual effects, Aronofsky spins a nightmare scenario within a seemingly gentle, pris-

tine world. The visions and dreams soar over-the-top at times, but always knowingly so, and with great style; “Black Swan” wallows in its grandiosity, and if you’re willing to go along with it, you’ll find yourself wowed by one of the best films of the year. Natalie Portman gives it her all in a brave and demanding performance as Nina, a driven but innocent New York City ballerina. When it comes time to stage a bold, new production of “Swan Lake,” the company’s artistic director (a skeevy and manipulative Vincent Cassel) thinks Nina is perfect to play the White Swan. But he needs a dancer who also can

“The Green Hornet” Rated PG-13 ★ Someday soon, hopefully, 3-D will be exposed for the sham that it is. We will all realize that, for the vast majority of films, shooting in or converting to 3-D offers absolutely nothing from a narrative standpoint, and very little visually; all this gimmick really adds is money at the box office through higher ticket prices.

But until that blessed day comes, we will continue to be bombarded with mediocre action pictures like this.

It didn’t have to be this way.

There was reason for hope.

“The Green Hornet” comes from director Michel Gondry, who’s known for visually inspired films including “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Science of Sleep.” Hearing his name attached to a big, studio superhero movie — starring Seth Rogen, of all people — may have sounded incongruent, but at least it was intriguing. Instead, Gondry has come up with a surprisingly generic, bombastic action movie. Based on the 1930s radio show, “The Green Hornet” stars Rogen as Britt Reid, playboy heir to the Los Angeles publishing empire built by his father (Tom Wilkinson).

But when his father dies suddenly, Britt realizes he has a chance to use his fortune for good, and decides to become a vigilante crime fighter with the help of his father’s mechanic, the softspoken but ever-resourceful Kato (Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou). PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content. 118 minutes.

“No Strings Attached” Rated R ★★ It begins with an intriguing premise: A guy and a girl agree to have sex wherever they want, whenever they want, without all those pesky emotions getting in the way. This is what the kids these days, with their rock ‘n’ roll music and their video games, refer to as being “friends with benefits.”

What’s intriguing about it is that the girl in the equation, a young doctor played by Natalie Portman, is the one who suggests this arrangement, and the guy, an aspiring TV writer played by Ashton Kutcher, is the one who breaks the rules and falls in love. It’s a reversal of traditional gender roles, and an indication that we might be in for something fresh, daring and different. Except, we’re not. This romantic comedy from Ivan Reitman — the first film he’s directed since the less-than-super

“My Super Ex-Girlfriend” from 2006 — falls into all the usual traps. The fear of commitment that plagues Portman’s character is enough of a contrivance without all the additional troubles that get piled on.

Letting the tension evolve naturally from the insecurities of relatable, welldeveloped figures would have been preferable, but once Kutcher’s character goes all soft and gooey, the movie does too. For a while, though, the very modern relationship writer Elizabeth Meriwether lays out for us has a snappy, spirited energy and an appealing, unexpected raunchy streak.

Greta Gerwig, Mindy Kaling and Kevin Kline are among the well-chosen supporting cast. R for sexual content, language and some drug material. 102 minutes.

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EFORE I HEAD home from Sundance I’d like to put together a small list of films that you should be on the lookout for when they start hitting theaters.

This year Sundance had quite a few films that will be finding their way to the big screen shortly. “My Idiot Brotherâ€? – This movie stars Paul Rudd as Ned who is an eternal optimist. He has three sisters who are eternal pessimists. Ned is always trying to be a good person, but it backfires on him because the people around him constantly prey on his naivetĂŠ. “My Idiot Brotherâ€? is charming and full of great performances.

It’s a comedy about trying to be a good person and never wavering from that path. It’s one you’ll have to see when it hits theaters. “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey� – It’s unlikely that this one will ever get a wide release, but at some point it will be on DVD available from Netflix and Redbox and when that time comes please pick it up and watch it. “Being Elmo� is a documentary about the man behind the famous puppet Elmo. His name is Kevin Clash and his sole purpose on earth is to bring happiness to children. I couldn’t help but smile the entire way through this movie. It’s uplifting, heartfelt and one of the best films I saw at Sundance.

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Kevin Clash and his alter ego Elmo pose at Sundance (AP Photo)

“Win Win� – Paul Giamatti stars here as a high school wrestling teacher/ family lawyer who’s fallen on hard times.

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has never acted before, but he gives the best performance of this year’s festival. This is a movie that treats teenagers with respect. Oftentimes the teenagers are more well adjusted than the adults.

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It would have been a chore to cut down 4,500 hours into 90 minutes, but “Life in a Day does it to perfection. This is a living time capsule of July 24, 2010. A living, breathing account of what happened on Earth during that day.

From the mundane (like people brushing their teeth) to the extraordinary (like a woman finding out she’s pregnant), “Life in a Day� covers everything.

It’s a beautiful celebration of life and a triumph of the human spirit. It’s just amazing. Check it out when you can.

I hope in the coming months that you’ll be able to see and experience these films. If you can get down to Salt Lake and Park City this weekend to see one or two of these, I highly recommend it.

Film critic Aaron Peck has a bachelor’s degree in English from USU. He recently launched a movie website called TheReelPlace.com and writes for several other sites. Peck lives in Logan. Feedback at aaronpeck46@gmail. com.

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From Sundance to the multiplex

Top photo: Clint Holgate practices with his band, battlleschool, on Tuesday. Bottom photo: battleschool guitarist/vocalist Nate Sorenson

Battling on.............

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ith a new album release and an upcoming tour, local band battleschool has a lot to look forward to.

On Feb. 1 the five-musician band will pack up and head west for a 36-day, 27show tour in Southern Utah, Arizona, California, Oregon and Idaho. Then in March and April the group plans to head east, play shows in the Midwest, and tour down the East Coast from New York to Florida.

The band, which is the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Nate Sorenson and brothers Clint and Riley Holgate (keyboardist and guitarist respectively), began in December 2008 with an electronic emphasis. The three of them would write songs and record together in the Holgates’ home studio.

Various members of the band have come and gone over the last two years, but it seems they’ve now found a group that gels. Eric Woolley joined battlschool a little more than a year ago doing lights and visuals during shows; he now plays

Local band battleschool releases new CD, heads off on national tour drums as well. Bass guitarist Britton Noel joined battleschool a few months ago.

Battleschool has played several local shows at Why Sound and house parties, has traveled to Rexburg several times and did their first tour in the West last summer. The band plays a mix of pop, emo and electronic music and focuses a lot of energy on not only the way they sound, but their presentation as well. Lights around the stage flash and blink to the beat and change with every song.

Riley said in the beginning most of their fans were their friends, as is the case with most bands. But over the last year battleschool has been able to play for more diverse audiences and meet several other

bands.

“When you first start out it’s a lot of your friends (coming to shows),” Riley said. “You start feeling good when people you don’t know, know you.”

After their brief tour last summer, they feel pretty confident that they will be able to make it on album and merchandise sales.

“The majority of our shows were for people we didn’t know,” Sorenson said, adding that the sales of CDs and shirts paid for their gas to get to each city. “That was a real confidence booster for us — that we could support ourselves on a tour.”

Being part of the band has its share of sacrifices, but the group says it’s been worth it.

Clint and Sorenson decided not

to attend classes this semester and Riley, Noel and Woolley all gave up promotions at work to tour. Noel also recently purchased a van formerly used as a Jewish school bus that the group affectionately named “Gary.”

The van will make traveling easier than last year when they crammed everything into a small five-seater SUV. “I was holding CDs on my lap and there was stuff by our feet,” Riley said. “We had things falling on our heads — ketchup, Cap’n Crunch.”

The last few weeks battleschool has been spending all their free time finishing their new album and designing and ordering T-shirts, stickers and other merchandise. Their new album was released Wednesday and is called “Everyone vs.

Everyone.” It can be purchased at shows or by contacting the band at www.battleschoolmusic@gmail.com. Battleschool can be followed on Facebook, Twitter and their website, www. battleschoolmusic.com. To preview the band’s music, visit www.myspace.com/battleschoolmusic.

* Story by Manette Newbold * Photos by Brady Wolfe

Above photos from left: Britton Noel, Eric Woolley and Nate Sorenson

Britton Noel practices with his band, battleschool, on Tuesday.

Top photo: Clint Holgate practices with his band, battlleschool, on Tuesday. Bottom photo: battleschool guitarist/vocalist Nate Sorenson

Battling on.............

W

ith a new album release and an upcoming tour, local band battleschool has a lot to look forward to.

On Feb. 1 the five-musician band will pack up and head west for a 36-day, 27show tour in Southern Utah, Arizona, California, Oregon and Idaho. Then in March and April the group plans to head east, play shows in the Midwest, and tour down the East Coast from New York to Florida.

The band, which is the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Nate Sorenson and brothers Clint and Riley Holgate (keyboardist and guitarist respectively), began in December 2008 with an electronic emphasis. The three of them would write songs and record together in the Holgates’ home studio.

Various members of the band have come and gone over the last two years, but it seems they’ve now found a group that gels. Eric Woolley joined battlschool a little more than a year ago doing lights and visuals during shows; he now plays

Local band battleschool releases new CD, heads off on national tour drums as well. Bass guitarist Britton Noel joined battleschool a few months ago.

Battleschool has played several local shows at Why Sound and house parties, has traveled to Rexburg several times and did their first tour in the West last summer. The band plays a mix of pop, emo and electronic music and focuses a lot of energy on not only the way they sound, but their presentation as well. Lights around the stage flash and blink to the beat and change with every song.

Riley said in the beginning most of their fans were their friends, as is the case with most bands. But over the last year battleschool has been able to play for more diverse audiences and meet several other

bands.

“When you first start out it’s a lot of your friends (coming to shows),” Riley said. “You start feeling good when people you don’t know, know you.”

After their brief tour last summer, they feel pretty confident that they will be able to make it on album and merchandise sales.

“The majority of our shows were for people we didn’t know,” Sorenson said, adding that the sales of CDs and shirts paid for their gas to get to each city. “That was a real confidence booster for us — that we could support ourselves on a tour.”

Being part of the band has its share of sacrifices, but the group says it’s been worth it.

Clint and Sorenson decided not

to attend classes this semester and Riley, Noel and Woolley all gave up promotions at work to tour. Noel also recently purchased a van formerly used as a Jewish school bus that the group affectionately named “Gary.”

The van will make traveling easier than last year when they crammed everything into a small five-seater SUV. “I was holding CDs on my lap and there was stuff by our feet,” Riley said. “We had things falling on our heads — ketchup, Cap’n Crunch.”

The last few weeks battleschool has been spending all their free time finishing their new album and designing and ordering T-shirts, stickers and other merchandise. Their new album was released Wednesday and is called “Everyone vs.

Everyone.” It can be purchased at shows or by contacting the band at www.battleschoolmusic@gmail.com. Battleschool can be followed on Facebook, Twitter and their website, www. battleschoolmusic.com. To preview the band’s music, visit www.myspace.com/battleschoolmusic.

* Story by Manette Newbold * Photos by Brady Wolfe

Above photos from left: Britton Noel, Eric Woolley and Nate Sorenson

Britton Noel practices with his band, battleschool, on Tuesday.

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Rock legend Wanda Jackson back on top

By The Associated Press

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HE SPOTLIGHT that made Wanda Jackson’s crystalline blue eyes sparkle and her white-fringed blouse shimmer was tinged with pink as she took center stage in front of hundreds of fans in Third Man Record’s concert space.

She was surrounded by an impossibly hip 11-piece lineup that included a horn section, backup singers and Jack White as band leader. It was another high point in a remarkable renaissance for the 73-year-old “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” who was in the midst of a mini-tour that would take her from her first Grand Ole Opry appearance in 56 years to slots on the “Late Show With David Letterman” in New York and “Conan” in Los Angeles.

“I want to thank Jack White

for making all this happen for me,” Jackson said at an event last week. “He forgets I’ve got to watch my heart. I’m an old lady. But boy I don’t feel it tonight.”

She told the crowd about the

release of her new White-produced album, “The Party Ain’t Over,” released Tuesday. The collection of rock ‘n’ roll, country and gospel covers makes a loose-legged run through songs like Bob Dylan’s “Thunder on the Mountain,” Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” and “Busted,” the Harlan Howard song made famous by Johnny Cash, with White and an all-star band backing her.

Jackson and White got together to record a couple of songs to be released as a vinyl single

by White’s Third Man Records, they explained in an interview with The Associated Press last July. They bonded over their shared love of rockabilly and things went so well, they kept going.

“I’m a rockabilly fan first and foremost when it’s all said and done,” White said then. “I’m really well versed in her early

recordings. ... So we could go and talk for hours and hours about those records.”

Jackson played a pivotal but often overlooked role in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. She is considered to be the first woman to record a rock song, 1955’s “Let’s Have a Party,” stepping up to the mic at the urging of emerging star Elvis Presley. The diminutive dynamo’s knives-out vocal delivery helped lay the groundwork for all the women of rock and launched a 50-plus year career that has taken her around the world several times.

White wanted to capture the flavor of her wide-ranging career and brought Jackson songs from some odd places. She jokingly called him a “slave driver” in the studio, pushing for more and more from her vocal performances than even she thought she was capable of doing.

“He brought some unusual

songs to the table and I had to stop and think about some,” Jackson said in July. “But he’s got such a sweet way about him, he talked me into some of them. He stretched me.”

Jackson is hoping for the same kind of bump from her association with White that Loretta Lynn got in 2004 when the two teamed up on “Van Lear Rose.”

That album was hailed by fans and critics and netted the country music icon two Grammy Awards after a long dormant period.

Jackson never achieved great success in the United States, but she has been popular for decades overseas. The Oklahoma native was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 — with the backing of people like Dylan and Bruce Springsteen — and she received

a lifetime achievement award from the Americana Music Association last year.

Vittles & Fiddles fundraiser at Whittier HE WHITTIER T Community Center’s annual Vittles & Fiddles fundraiser will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Whittier Center, 290 North 400 East. Come enjoy dinner prepared by a variety of valley restaurants, served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The music on the Main Stage will be provided by Sas-

safras, Beyond the Bay and Dry Lake Band. In the Pink Café enjoy coffee and dessert while listening to the musical talents of Antonio & Todd and GoodTunes. Dinner is $12 per person at the door. The evening will end with a free dance beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Call 753-9008 for more information.

Scrabble contest to support literacy HE SIXTH ANNUAL T Bridgerland Literacy Scrabble Scramble will

By Susanna Oliverson E-mail submissions to kburgess@hjnews. com or call 792-7229 for more informa-

take place from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28 at Utah State University.

Expect an action-packed evening filled with fun, food and prizes! To register a three-member team (two players and a score keeper) for a $50 minimum contribu-

tion, call Arrin at 245-2151 or Jami at 208-339-5549 or send an email to blit@batc. edu. All levels of play are welcome — from youngsters to pros. The event also features a silent auction, lifesized Scrabble and a viewing of literacy movie “Like Stars on Earth” Your support is as vital for the newly reorganized Bridg-

erland Literacy program as reading is to every citizen in our community.

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Culture

A feminized Bond hits the runway

By The Associated Press

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ROSS-DRESSING “James Blonds” embraced their feminine sides at Jean Paul Gaultier — proving for once and for all that 007 looks good in everything, even stilettos — while French luxury label Louis Vuitton and New York’s Adam Kimmel infused their manly silhouettes with a touch of David Lynch-ian strangeness on Thursday, day two of Paris’ fiveday-long menswear displays.

Like Gaultier, Rick Owens borrowed from women’s wardrobes for fall-winter 2011-2012, delivering sweaterdresses and pleated kilts. That his models still managed to look, if not manly, at least unisex was a testament to just how hardcore nature Owens’ outerwear — in beaten black leather — is.

At Issey Miyake, designer Dai Fujiwara pushed his iPad aside, paying sweet, anachronistic homage to that utensil of a simpler past — the pen. Narrow pockets lurked, pen-ready, on the lapels of jackets and shirts and were hidden along the seams of the hightech polyester pants.

At Dries, there was no gimmick at all, just real clothes real men really want to wear.

Paris menswear reaches the halfway point on Friday, with ever-spectacular shows by John Galliano and Givenchy.

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER France’s king of kink delivered a saucy “James Blond” who was equal parts womanizer and maneater — a pistol packing, stilettoheel wearing secret agent who relies on his masculine muscle and feminine charms to save the world.

“James Bond is an icon of masculinity, so much so that he’s become a sort of sex object — just like the Bond girls he’s seducing,” Gaultier said in an interview after the show.

absolutely faithful to the label’s somber, post-apocalyptic, unisex aesthetic.

Sweater dresses? Check. Long sleeveless vests with square-cut tails? Check. Drop-crotched cashmere sweatpants? Check.

All the staples were there, the pieces layered upon one another to create looks steeped in Owens’ trademark blend of coziness and foreboding.

Winter is the California-born designer’s strongest season, the moment for Owens to show off outerwear, which is what he does best. The motorcycle jackets, some with puffer coat turtleneck collars or oversized toggle clo AP photos sures, were to die for, and the Left: A model presents a creation by French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his Men’s fall-winter 2011/2012 fashion collection. Center: A model wears a creation by Paul Helbers and Marc side-zip coats with leather panelJacobs for Louis Vuitton Men’s fall-winter 2011/2012 fashion collection. Right: Models wear creations of ing were mouthwatering.

Still, there were notably few Dries Van Noten Men’s fall-winter 2011/2012 fashion collection. new pieces for Owens’ packs of RICK OWENS At first, Gaultier’s Bond cut been a while since he’s dealt such rabidly loyal fans to lust after.

There was little to surprise but a dashing figure in a microfiber a good hand, with bravado temOnly the models’ hairdos — much to please at Rick Owens, tuxedo, a long silken scarf draped pered by seduction and a hefty gravity-defying cowlicks — were with a collection that remained lazily round his neck and a Walhelping of humor. truly of the moment. ther PPK glinting menacingly from its holster.

But as the models strutted their stuff, the Bonds started dropping not-so-subtle hints they were perHARDCOVER FICTION haps more sexually ambiguous 1. “The Inner Circle” by Brad Meltzer 2. “The Sentry” by Robert Crais than the movies let on. Fishnet 3. “The Girl...The Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson tights peeked out from under 4. “Dead Or Alive” by Tom Clancy with G. Blackwood their slacks, and the back of their 5. “What The Night Knows” by Dean Koontz tails were a sexy web of peekaboo cutouts. Monte Carlo-ready PAPERBACK (TRADE) FICTION tuxedo jackets were paired with 1. “True Grit” by Charles Portis scuba leggings made from neo2. “The Girl...The Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson prene that was perhaps a tad too 3. “Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese clingy.

4. “The Girl...Played With Fire” by Stieg Larsson 5. “Winter Garden” by Kristin Hannah Then emerged “James Blond” Keep your reading list updated in high-wattage glamour, with at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/ HARDCOVER NONFICTION long platinum hair a cascade of 1. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand loose curls, in vertiginous heels 2. “Decision Points” by George W. Bush and a black trench, cinched at 3. “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vo1. 1” by Mark Twain the waist with revealing noncha4. “Cleopatra” by Stacy Schiff lance. As the “Goldfinger” theme 5. “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua song pulsed over the soundtrack, the blond Bond appeared again, PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. “Heaven Is For Real” by Todd Burpo with L.Vincent an 18-karat icon in a revealing 2. “Inside Of A Dog” by Alexandra Horowitz fur vest, packing a pistol of pure 3. “Just Kids” by Patti Smith gold.

4. “What The Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell Gender-bending has long been 5. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert Gaultier’s calling card, but it’s

* This week’s New York Times Best-seller List *

Libraries embracing digital era

By The Associated Press

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IBRARIES HAVE been lending e-books for longer than there’s been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That’s changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library e-books on some popular devices: iPhones, iPads and Android-powered smart phones.

However, I’m sad to report that reading library e-books is still more hassle than buying them. The whole process could be smoother, and there are questions about how libraries are going about the transition to the e-book world.

But let’s focus first on the good news: You can now download library books straight to your Apple or Android device.

Once you’ve figured out the system and are lucky enough to find a book you want, it takes only a few minutes to start reading.

— First, you need a library

card. Visit a local branch if you don’t have one.

— Second, download a free application called OverDrive Media Console to your Apple or Android device. OverDrive Inc. runs the lending system for the 5,400 U.S. public libraries that offer e-books — a bit more than half of all public libraries.

— Third, follow the app’s instructions to get an “Adobe ID” and tie your device to it. It’s an e-mail address and password registered with Adobe Systems Inc. to prevent you from sharing borrowed books with the whole world. The books you borrow won’t be readable on devices that aren’t “authorized” with this ID. — If you’re still with me after dealing with three different parties just to get started, you can now tap “Get Books” in the app.

That fires up the Web browser, where you can find your local library’s website. Once there, you can search for e-books. You’ll need to enter your library card number and usually a passcode that comes with it.

There’s a particular lingo to learn. Your “shopping cart” of books that you want to check out is called “My eList.” The books you have checked out already are “My eCheck Outs.” Most libraries have entirely separate systems for physical books, and if you blunder into that part of the site, getting back to e-books can be challenging.

Each library has a limited number of copies of each e-

book to lend out. If it has five electronic copies of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” then five patrons can have the book at once. Others have to place an “eHold” on it and wait till one of the five “return” the e-book, which happens automatically at the end of the borrowing period, usually three weeks, if the borrower didn’t voluntarily return it earlier.

That’s right: there’s no more hunting around the house for overdue books, no more late fees.

That alone should make up for some of the hassle of e-book borrowing.

But the selection of e-books is small, and the limited number of copies is frustrating. Right now, I’m No. 62 out of 98 people waiting to read Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “The Black Swan” at the New York Public Library. It has 12 electronic copies, so I can expect one to free up in about four months.

The OverDrive Media Console has some limitations compared with other e-book software. You

can’t change page margins or the color of the page, and there’s no iPad version.

Another e-book application deals with those shortcomings, but it can’t load e-books straight from the Web. You need a Windows or Mac computer and Bluefire Reader, free software that works with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, but not Android.

As with Overdrive, you need a library card and an Adobe ID. You also need Adobe Digital Editions, another free application.

Instead of browsing for e-books on your Apple device, you do so on the computer. You download books to the computer and open them with Digital Editions.

Then, connect the Apple device to the computer with the usual cable. In iTunes click the name of the device and navigate to the Apps tab.

Under “File Sharing,” you’ll find an icon for Bluefire. Click the “Add” button and find the e-book file on your hard drive.

Click “Open” to transfer it to the iPad.

Interesting family dynamics fill ‘Sisters’

By The Associated Press

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N ELEANOR BROWN’S debut novel, the Andreas sisters come home to their small college town of Barnwell after learning their mother has breast cancer. Or rather, her cancer provides a convenient opportunity for all three of them to move back home and start getting their lives back on track.

The eldest sister, Rose (Rosalind), never left Barnwell, becoming a math professor at the college. She’s engaged to another professor who accepts a teaching position in England, forcing Rose to choose between the life she knows and the life she could have. As the story opens, she

cannot make that choice because she’s trapped by her own fear and sense of self-importance.

The middle sister, Bianca, known to everyone as “Bean,” has just been fired from her job at a New York law firm. That particular scene is rather implausible, but Bean’s desire to live well beyond her means, then returning home, humiliated and in debt after failing to make it in New York City, contains much truth. Bean craves attention, preferably from men, and this threatens to prevent her personal growth.

Finally, Cordelia has opted to live a somewhat outdated bohemian gypsy lifestyle, dropping out of college to roam around the

country, but when she becomes pregnant, she realizes it is time to settle down, even if she has no idea how to do that.

Their father is a professor of Shakespeare at the college and, more than that, is obsessed with Shakespeare’s works. All three sisters are named after Shakespeare heroines — the title of Brown’s novel itself comes from “Macbeth.” More than that, Professor Andreas communicates with his family almost exclusively via Shakespeare, photocopying pages from the plays and highlighting various passages.

It’s in this way he informs his daughters of their mother’s cancer: “Come, let us go; and pray to all the gods/ For our beloved

mother in her pains” (that’s from “Titus Andronicus”). It’s an eccentric twist on the emotionally distant father type, and though the liberal sprinkling of Shakespeare quotes often strains credibility (and one’s patience), Brown makes it work.

“The Weird Sisters” is written in first-person plural, the sisters speaking as a single voice, and it is equal parts clever and heartfelt. As a discourse on sibling dynamics, the book very much succeeds. While each sister’s story of self-improvement is fairly predictable, Brown nails the sentiment conveyed by the book’s tag line: “We love each other. We just don’t happen to like each other very much.”

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Books

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Answers from last week

Actor sorry he passed on ‘King’s Speech’

By The Associated Press

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RITISH ACTOR PAUL Bettany regrets not taking Colin Firth’s Oscar-nominated role in “The King’s Speech.”

Screenwriter David Seidler has said he wrote the screenplay — also nominated — with Bettany in mind for the role of King George VI, with Oscar-nominated Geoffrey Rush as his speech therapist.

In an interview at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, shortly after it was announced that the film had received 12 Oscar nominations, Bettany explained what he regrets most

about not accepting the role: “Number one, of course, it is a regret not to be working with such great, and really great people, Geoffrey Rush and (director) Tom Hooper.

Crossword 99

“I think it is a little inelegant for me to discuss it,” continued Bettany. “I had been working for five months steadily and my son missed me and I missed my son.

Both of my sons and my wife,” explained the actor, referring to his work on “The Tourist” as Inspector John Acheson. Bettany is married to actress Jennifer Connelly and they have two sons together.

“Do I regret it?” said Bettany.

“I regret not working with such amazing, amazing actors and directors and writers. But no, I have to do the right thing by my family every time.”

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Friday

Monday

Thursday

New Millennium will present the Veterans Aid and Attendance Program at 3:30 p.m. on Friday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. The presentation will be followed with a hot chocolate bar and assortment of breads. For more information, call 792-0353.

The UFO Opera Guild will hold a gathering at noon on Monday at the Dansante, 59 S. 100 West. Warren Burton will speak on several opera stories. Bring your own lunch.

For more information, call Kurt Smith at 7524526.

The Delroys with Water and Walls and Gypsy Cab will perform indie/alternative music at 8 p.m. on Thursday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

Rivals with TBA will perform rock music at 8 p.m. on Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

Tuesday

The Bridger Folk Music Society welcomes the Matt Flinner Trio at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at USU’s Taggart Student Center Auditorium.

Tickets are available at the door and are $10 for USU students; $15 general. The Dry Lake Band, an emerging local bluegrass group, will open.

Bridgerland Literacy’s Scrabble Scramble will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday at USU. To register a team (two players and a score keeper) for a $50 minimum contribution, call Arrin at 245-2151 or Jami at 208-339-5549 or e-mail blit@batc.edu.

Saturday The Utah State University College Republicans will offer a concealed weapons class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday on the USU campus in Agriculture Science Room 202. Anybody over age 21 is welcome to attend. Cost is $45.

Enjoy a beautiful winter’s day with Stokes Nature Center and USU naturalist Mark Larese-Casanova. The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Free.

Identify animal tracks, learn about snowflakes and play snow games. Cocoa, snacks, and snowshoe rental included. Registration required.

Global Village Gifts will be closed for inventory Saturday. The store will reopen regular days and hours starting Feb. 4.

Racecar Racecar with TBA will perform acoustic and pop music at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

Colleen Gordin and Doris Finchum will sing at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. For more information, call 792-0353.

The Whittier Community Center’s annual Vittles & Fiddles fundraiser will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday at the Whittier Center, 290 N. 400 East. Enjoy dinner prepared by a variety of valley restaurants, served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Music on the main stage will be provided by Sassafras, Beyond the Bay and Dry Lake Band. In the Pink Café, enjoy coffee and dessert while listening to Antonio & Todd and GoodTunes.

Dinner is $12 per person. Call 753-9008 for more information.

A master jump rope show by USA jump rope all stars and Just Jumpin’ jump rope team will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, at the Smithfield Rec Center, 315 E. 600 South. Cost $5 per person or $20 per family.

The UFO Opera Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Dansante, 59 S. 100 West. Those interested in becoming members should attend. For more information, call Kurt Smith at 752-4526.

Learn to cook perfect Chinese food with Trina Thomas from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Macey’s in Providence.

The Cache Carvers Woodcarving Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Senior Citizen Center, 236 N. 100 East. The Public is invited. For more information, call Roger Lincoln at 563-6032.

Wednesday Scott Bradley teaches a class on the Constitution called “To Preserve The Nation” at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the BookTable.

Free. For more information, call 753-2930 or 753-8844.

A Quarterly Arts Summit will be held at noon on Wednesday in the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. In this forum, those who plan arts events meet to coordinate their calendars, share best practices and discuss issues of common concern. All are invited to attend. For more information, contact Tricia at 753-6518 ext. 11 or thancock@ CenterForTheArts.us.

Stokes Nature Center will host Wild Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the center, located in Logan Canyon.

February’s theme is Groundhog Day. Participants will learn about animal legend and lore and how plants and animals have long been used to predict everything from the length of winter to personal good fortune. Wild Wednesday is a free program for all ages held the first Wednesday of every month. For more information, call 755-3239 or visit www.logannature.org.

Join OPTIONS for Independence for craft day at the center at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at 1095 N. Main St. The cost of the craft is $2. This activity is part of the Community Integration Program at OPTIONS for Independence, which encourages people with disabilities to take part in the variety of recreational and leisure activities available within the community. To sign up, schedule transportation or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

A Low Vision Clinic is being offered by specialists from the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Wednesday at OPTIONS for Independence at 1095 N. Main St. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Royella at 753-5353 ext. 105.

USU’s Mathematics and Statistics Department is sponsoring a talk at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 164. Dr. Xiaofeng Shao, assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will speak on a “self-normalized approach to statistical inference for time series.” Everyone is welcome.

Ongoing events Join us at Chick-fil-A for a fun time! We provide a craft, story time, singing and playdough time. Free. From 10 a.m. to noon every Monday at 1323 N. Main St. District 7 Soccer is holding Spring Recreation Registration from Jan. 26 to Feb. 12. We have age divisions for all kids born between Aug. 1995 and July 2006. Cost is $25 for U6 players and $30 for all players U8 and older. Logan city charges and additional $5 for all Logan players as a field fee. Games begin in April. Please visit our District 7 website for more information on how and when to register: www.soccer7.org.

The Bel Canto Women’s Chorus is beginning its spring rehearsals on Tuesday evenings at the Logan Fourth/Yorkshire Ward Building, 294 N. 100 East. Women interested in joining the chorus should contact Laurel Maughan, 245-3204, for audition information.

Singers are needed for all sections (S,SS,A).

The Utah State Courts is offering a free class each month for children 9 to 12 years old whose parents have filed for divorce or whose parents are divorced. There is no charge to attend the class, which is offered from 3:30 to 5 p.m. the last Thursday of the month at the Cache County Courthouse, 135 N. 100 West. For more information, call 7501300 or go to www.utcourts.gov and click on Divorce Education Classes.

USU Extension is now registering for the 2011 Beginning Master Gardener Classes.

Weekly class topics include soils, fertilizers, fruits, vegetables, insects, turf grasses, pesticides, ornamental plants, diseases and others. Many participants join the Master Gardener Organization that serves the community in a variety of ways including 4-H, fair judging, landscape tours, community gardens and other fun activities. Classes start Feb. 1.

Registration is $95. To download a registration form or for further information, visit: http:// extension.usu.edu/cache/htm/horticulture or call 752-6263.

The Logan Family History Center offers free classes on topics like ancestry.com, Legacy, Hispanic research and others. Class sizes are limited. To assure a seat, register in advance by calling 755-5594. To see a list of classes and obtain a class handout go to www.rootsweb.com/~utcfhc.

Attention Dog Lovers: Dog training classes will now be held every Wednesday at

5 p.m. at the Cache Humane Society shelter, located at 2370 W. 200 North. This class is mandatory for dog volunteers who joined CHS before December. We will discuss how to train shelter dogs basic obedience skills like sit, down, stay; all without punishment or pushing. We will also learn the “wrap” technique for dogs that drag you, loose leash walking, how to read dog body language, etc.

Many new techniques at the shelter to learn for the dog volunteers. You must register for the class as space is limited. Please contact Marcia Robinson at marciacachehumane@ gmail.com and confirm the month and day you are interested in.

A weekly Peace Vigil is held from 5:30 to 6 p.m. on Fridays on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North.

For more information, e-mail info@loganpeace.org or call 755-5137.

Ye Olde Tyme Quilters meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main St. Lunch will follow. Prices will vary. For more information or to schedule free transportation, contact Royella at 753-5353 ext. 105.

The Post-Mormon Community’s Cache Valley chapter meets every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. The group supports people who have left Mormonism. For more information, call Jeff at 770-4263, or go to www.postmormon.org/logan.

The Knotty Knitters meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the Senior Citizens Center. Come in through the south doors by the dining room. For more information, call Cathy at 752-3923.

Mom or Dad & Me sessions are held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East. For $6 a session, preschool age children skate for free with a paying adult and receive a complimentary hot chocolate. Call 787-2288 or visit www.ecclesice.com for more information.

“Out of the Blue” entertainment puts on a changing weekly show of improv comedy, sketch comedy, stand-up comedy, stunt comedy and puppet-prov at 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays at the Brigham City Fine Arts Center, 58 S. 100 West. Ticket price is $5 at the door.

‘Happenings’ calendar debuts at hjnews.com Keep up with area events and submit your own using the new calendar feature at hjnews.com.

It’s easy to find.

Just look for it at the top of the homepage.

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