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The Outdoor Photography of Cache Valley’s Dick Spencer THE HERALD JOURNAL

FEBRUARY 3-9, 2017

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Feb. 3-9, 2017

COVER 6 Cache Valley native

Dick Spencers shares his favorite outdoor photos

THE ARTS 3 Annual chocolate event slated for next Saturday

3 Hatch planing a magical

evening for Valentine’s Day

4 Ned LeDoux to headine Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous in Hyrum

4 AFCO helps raise funds for Cache Valley for Hope

4 ‘Three Sisters’ coming to USU’s Black Box Theatre

5 Sky High Players bring

‘Little Mermaid’ to the stage

MOVIES 8 Matthew McConaughey has lost his ‘Gold’ touch

9 Two stars: Sparks takes formulaic love story into space with ‘Between Us’

COLUMN 5 Dennis Hinkamp tries to put a column on the moon with his latest offering

CALENDAR 12 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley

A rainbow emerges on a wet day in upper Logan Canyon in a photograph taken by Dick Spencer in 2006. On the cover: fresh snow covers sagebrush and mountains in a Spencer photograph from 2009. (Photographs courtesy of Dick Spencer)

FROM THE EDITOR I hate to admit it, but there is a direct correlation between photography and jealousy.

A lot of it has to do with equipment. At one time or another, no matter who you’re working for and/or how much money you’re making, some other photographer has better, more expensive equipment. And I can guarantee you that if you’re shooting a major sporting event or wildlife, you’re going to experience lense envy when someone wonders over with a much longer lense attached to their camera.

But then there’s the photos, themselves.

No matter how many great photographs you might have taken in your life, it’s really easy to see a great shot that another photographer has taken that makes you jealous.

Take this week’s cover subject, Dick Spencer. While looking through the dozens of great photographs that the longtime Cache Valley photographer shared with us to illustrate Jeff DeMoss’s story, it was real easy for me to quickly evaluate each one and think: OK, I have one like that. That’s alright, but I have something similar. Wait? How did he get that? I want a photo like that! Where and when was that taken? And what was I doing when he took it?

The prime jealous examples are Spen-

cer’s photo above (I have numerous rainbow shots around Cache Valley, but nothing like that in Logan Canyon), as well as several aurora borelis photographs that he passed onto us. A good photograph of the Northern Lights has been my “white whale” for close to two decades, with every serious attempt coming up extremely disappointing.

Sure, with photography, there is a great deal of luck involved. But you are certainly rewarded more often if you put in the effort to try and be in the right place at the right time. And the added benefit of years and years of local knowledge, like Spencer has, absolutely helps.

Which makes me jealous, of course.

— Jeff Hunter

Fundraising event slated for Feb. 11 The Chocolate Festival is all grown up. A true millennial, she is bold, creative and fearless. But she is not living in her parents’ basement.

She is thriving and raising money for Planned Parenthood of Utah.

On Saturday, Feb. 11, the community will celebrate the Chocolate Festival’s 30th anniversary. That’s a full generation of continuous, joyous support for Planned Parenthood of Utah and the Logan Clinic.

Held at the Four Seasons Event Center at 140 E. 2200 North in North Logan, tickets for the festival are $10 per adult and $5 per child 12 and under, and they will be available at the door. The public tastings and silent auction begin at 6:30 p.m. The live auction will start at approximately 8:45 p.m.

Participants will sample delicious homemade and professionally crafted desserts and vote for the “people’s choice” winners. They can also bid on desserts and non-dessert items donated by local merchants at the silent auction.

Best of all, they can stay and cheer on the winners and take part in a friendly bidding war at the live auction.

On their way out, they can pur-

Utah State students to present Mozart’s ‘La finta giardiniera’

A fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of Utah, the Chocolate Festival will begin at 6:30 p.m. Satuday, Feb. 11, at the Four Seasons Event Center in North Logan.

chase bags of custom-made treats to take home. Most folks simply catch up with friends, root for their favorite dessert and enjoy light-hearted competition.

Amateurs and professionals may submit entries in the following categories: cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, chocolates and treats made by parent-child teams. And, just to be fair, organizers created a potpourri category for “non-chocolate sweets.”

Everyone can participate. Judges

will choose first- and second-place winners from the professional entries and for each dessert category. The grand prize will go to the best dessert created by an amateur chef. The public will have a chance to pick their favorites when they vote on which dessert should win the “People’s Choice Award.”

Entry forms and more information can be found at thechocolatefest. com, and on Facebook at facebook. com/groups/chocfest.

Dinner, magic at Old Rock Church The historic Old Rock Church at 10 S. Main Street in Providence will be transformed into a dinner theater for Valentine’s Day. The evening will feature fine dining by Iron Gate Catering followed by a magic show by deceptionist Richard Hatch of the Hatch Academy of Magic & Music.

Beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, Hatch will perform pre-dinner, close-up magic to stimulate the

appetite. Once the diners have made their Tuscan chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, strawberry almond salad, fresh fruit and New York cheesecake disappear, he will re-appear to give a formal platform performance to engage the senses and aid the digestion.

Seating is limited, so advance reservations are required. Tickets for the semi-formal event are $37 each.

For tickets and additional infor-

mation, call the Old Rock Church at 752-3432 or visit oldrockchurch. com.

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Old Rock Church was completed in 1873 and is the oldest structure of its stature in Cache Valley.

Until 1922 it was also home to the Providence Opera House and today is a bed and breakfast and event center.

Utah State University Opera Theatre is producing Mozart’s opera “La finta giardiniera” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2-4 in the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, Feb. 4.

“La finta giardiniera” tells the story of a wronged countess who disguises herself as a gardener in order to navigate the intricacies of courtly love, revenge and the usual temporary operatic insanity. Both comedic and dramatic, the piece will be performed in Italian and English with English subtitles

by USU vocal performance students. It is accompanied by the USU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Sergio Bernal. The production is guest directed by Daniel Helfgot.

“I wanted to produce Mozart for the student’s benefit,” Dallas Heaton, director of the opera theatre program in the Caine College of the Arts, said. “La finta giardiniera is the perfect fit for the talent we have this semester and allows each cast member an intensive chance to work in a semi-professional setting. We’ve brought in a professional and highly successful director and collaborated with the USU Symphony Orchestra to present this piece in an authentic manner.”

While this is not the first time the opera theatre program has collaborated with the orchestra or the first show they’ve produced in Italian, it will be the first time they’ve done the two together, Heaton said.

“The cast, orchestra, production team and everyone else involved have put in many hours of preparation,” Heaton said. “I suspect this show will be another crowning achievement for the ensemble and a unique source of cultural enrichment for the university and community. This is truly an event you won’t want to miss.”

Tickets for the opera are $10 adults, $8 seniors/youth, $5 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, contact the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit cca.usu.edu.

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all mixed up AFCO set to celebrate ‘The Power of Love’ Celebrating its ninth season, the American Festival Chorus & Orchestra has become a leading artistic voice in Northern Utah and has sought to enrich the lives it touches through performance, education and appreciation of choral art.

This year, the American Festival Chorus & Orchestra has decided to add a Valentine benefit concert for Cache Valley for Hope entitled “The Power of Love.” AFCO will also be joined by special guests, pianist Brandon Lee and vocalist McKenzie Lee.

The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Ticket prices are $50 single/$90 couple; rear orchestra and balcony, $25 single/$40 couples. VIP reception and concert tickets are $80 single/$150 couple; reception will begin at 6 p.m. For ticket information, visit americanfestivalchorus.org or call 752-0026.

Cache Valley for Hope Cancer Foundation is a community organization that provides assistance to

families and individuals suffering with cancer. Founded in 2011, hundreds of people have been helped and touched by the foundation, thanks to the generosity of the community, its partners and their donations. Aid is provided to families and individuals in need paying their everyday living expenses like mortgages, rent insurance utilities, etc., so they can focus their energies and attention on fighting and recovering.

Visit cachevalleyforhope.org for more information.

The American Festival Chorus & Orchestra will perform “The Power of Love” on Feb. 11.

LeDoux headlines Rendezvous Annual Cache Valley event scheduled for March 3-5 in Hyrum

The Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous is pleased to announce its lineup for the seventh annual event slated to he held March 3-5 at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum.

Headlining this year’s event will be Ned LeDoux, Don Edwards, Waddie Mitchell and Dyer Highway. Also returning and aiding in the CVCR Educational Outreach program will be Trinity Seely, Ernie Sites, Gary Allegretto, Ed Peekeekoot, Clive Romney and Sam DeLeeuw.

Saturday night’s concert at the Cowboy Rendezvous will feature Ned Ledoux. In country music, a last name like LeDoux casts a big, storied and bittersweet shadow, but it’s one Ned LeDoux doesn’t mind standing in one bit. Having been a drummer in his father Chris LeDoux’s band Western Underground since 1998, Ned knew from an early age that he had “No Plan B” but to play music, “Once I got the taste of the road, and being in front of a crowd and just the sound of it, it was ... freedom,” he says.

The timing couldn’t be more right for Ned to pick up a guitar and belt out “Western Skies;” it has been over 10 years since Chris LeDoux passed and he

Photo courtesy of Ned LeDoux

The son of Western music legend Chris LeDoux, Ned LeDoux will headline this year’s Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous March 3-5 at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum.

believes people want to hear something new. Ned has boxes of song ideas his dad never finished and is digging through those for inspiration, “I will kind of stick with what dad used to do but bring my own stuff to the table.”

In July 2015, Ned traveled to Nashville

with some of those unfinished songs and met up with Mac McAnally to put that inspiration to work. Mac produced Chris’ last two studio records and wrote his hit “Horsepower,” so the collaboration with See LEDOUX on Page 10

‘Sisters’ opens at Utah St. Famed playwright Anton Chekov’s “Three Sisters” will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3-4 and 7-11, in the Black Box Theatre.

A year after the death of their army officer father, Olga, Masha and Irina, the Moscow-bred Prozorov sisters, are finding life drab and increasingly hopeless in a small provincial town in prerevolutionary Russia. Only the proximity of a nearby army post and the company of its officers make their existence bearable. The sisters are desperate to change their situation, leave behind the disappointments and failures of their lives and follow their dream to go to Moscow.

Tickets for “Three Sisters” are $13 adults, $10 seniors/youth, $8 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For tickets, contact the CCA Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit cca.usu.edu.

lion is ... If we can invent a computer that can win “Jeopardy,” why can’t we?: • Put something

besides $20 bills in ATM machines? The selfcheckouts at the grocery store do this. Coke and Pespi vending machines do this; why not the places where we entrust our money?

• Have carless (not careless) drivers? There are many, many people who should not have access to a car no matter how young, rich or wellsighted they are. If after multiple infractions and input from your family and peers you fail at driving, we issue you a selfdriving car?

• Make front loading-

washing machines that don’t stink unless you buy extra stink-proofing chemicals to put in them?

This is this where our technology has stalled?

We now have the choice between saving water and having a laundry room that that smells like the socks before we washed them.

• Make cars that find you? It is so embarrassing trying to find your Prius among all the other Priuses at the Public Radio Fundraiser or the parking lot of Whole

Pickleville Playhouse is casting all roles for both of its 2017 summer productions.

“Shrek: The Musical” and “A Matter of Love & Death Starring Juanito Bandito” will be performed from June 9 to Sept. 9, at the Pickleville Playhouse in Garden City.

Pickleville is seeking male and female actors, ages 8 to 12 and 18 years old and older. All cast and crew are paid positions.

Auditions will be held in Logan on Monday, Feb. 6, at 1280 E. 3100 North in North Logan. Auditions by appointment are 4 to 6 p.m., with callbacks beginning at 7 p.m.

Call (435) 668-3364 to schedule an audition time.

Logan High Concerto

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The Logan High School Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Amanda Kippen will present Concerto Night 2017 at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Logan High School Auditorium, 162 W. 100 South.

A longstanding LHS tradition, Concerto Night features seven outstanding student soloists: Samantha Armstrong, Christina Blanchard, Emma Cardon, Christina Carter, David Kim, Raymond Li and Nalani Matthias.

Junior and senior students participating in the LHS orchestra, band and choral programs, as well as those studying piano outside of school, are eligible to audition for the honor of being soloists. In October, students auditioned for a panel of judges, and the final seven were chosen.

Their varied repertoire features: Armstrong, Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb, Rondo; Blanchard, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in d minor; Cardon, Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33; Carter, Bizet Près des remparts de Séville; Kim, Vivaldi Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, “Winter”; Li, Vaughan Williams Prelude and Galop from Suite for Viola and Orchestra; and Matthias, Strauss Mein Herr Marquis.

The Logan High School music department is excited to present Concerto Night 2017 in the newly-renovated LOgan High School Auditorium, which boasts improved acoustics, all-new seating and elegant lighting.

Bethany Anderson will play Ariel in the Sky High Players’ production of “The Little Mermaid” on select dates from Feb. 9-18.

‘Tarzan’ musical auditions

‘Mermaid’ coming to SVHS Sky High Players to present popular musical, Feb. 9-18 The Sky High Players will present Disney’s beloved musical, “The Little Mermaid” Feb. 9-11, 13 and 16-18 at the Sky View High School Auditorium in Smithfield.

Performances begin at 7 p.m. except for on Saturday, Feb. 11, when the matinee on that date will start at 1 p.m.

Prices vary from $6 for groups to $10 for adults. Family prices are also available. Tickets at the door cost an additional $2, so please get your tickets online.

Tickets can be purchased online at skyhighplayers.org.

The Sky High Players, under the direction of David Sidwell, have also produced audience favorites such as “The Music Man,” “Seussical: The Musical,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and more.

Based on the beloved Disney film, “The Little Mermaid” features the young mermaid, Ariel, and her dangerous quest through love, legs and menacing eels to get her human man, Prince Eric. It features music by Disney’s go-to composer, Alan Menken; the show

Pickleville auditions

features many classic favorites such as “Part of Your World,” “Under the Sea” and “Kiss the Girl.”

“I think the stage musical is actually better than the original film,” Sidwell said. “In the musi-

cal, Ariel solves her own problems at the end, and we get a rich backstory about the mermaid family’s history. It’s more touching and real for me, especially with live See SVHS on Page 11

Four Seasons Theatre Company announces auditions for “Tarzan the Stage Musical” February 6-8.

Actors should prepare two contrasting musical pieces in the style of Tarzan, one monologue and participate in a dance audition.

More audition information and registration is available at fourseasonstheatre.org.

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Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP

It is a well-worn cliché that “If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we (fill in the blank)?”

It has been more than 40 years since we put a man on the moon, so then maybe if we could put a man on the moon, we could come up with a new cliché. And, I might add, that we put multiple men on the moon with the equivalent of stone knives and abacuses compared to the computing power everyone now has in their dumb smartphone.

My nomination for the new cliché for $1 mil-

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Aiming higher than the moon COMING UP

Photographer Dick Spen Dick Spencer’s passion for nature photography

takes him from the lofty heights of the Mount Naomi Wilderness to the lowlands of Cutler Marsh — and just about everywhere in between.

Top, Cache Valley photographer Dick Spencer poses for a portrait at First Dam. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal) Above, bighorn sheep battle it out in Wyoming.

Story by Jeff DeMoss

Spencer was born in Logan, but he moved north to the Cove area at a very young age.

Growing up in the countryside instilled a deep love of nature in him, made stronger by fishing trips and horseback rides with his father. It wasn’t long before Spencer picked up a camera and started taking pic-

tures of the idyllic scenes they would encounter on their outings.

“I just realized there were so many beautiful things out there, and I started snapping shots,” said Spencer. “As I got older, it became an overwhelming desire to photograph, kind of like I was meant to do this.”

Spencer parlayed those early experiences into a lifelong passion for photography, which he continues to pursue year-round in Cache Valley, with occasional trips to Jackson Hole, Wyoming or around southern Idaho.

Today, his work can be seen all around the valley, adorning walls in hospitals and businesses. He’s become a mainstay at Logan’s Summerfest Arts Faire, where his work has been on display for two decades.

Lacking the funds to buy

ncer: ‘It’s about seeing with your heart’ the expensive long lenses needed for wildlife photography, he started out focusing on landscapes until he was able to buy some telephoto equipment. Much of his more recent work is centered around wildlife, and he has spent years learning the best spots in the valley to find it.

“You’ve got to keep things in mind like the migration routes of geese, or just the seasonal migrations of animals like deer from the mountains down into the val-

ley in winter,” he said. “You can do it year-round if you know where to go at the right times.”

Just spending time outside, observing sunrises, sunsets and weather patterns, is key to the images he captures.

“Most people don’t see the subtle things — the changing light, how light affects what you’re looking at,” he said. “It’s about seeing with your heart and just feeling the whole experience.”

Some of his favorite spots

to shoot include the wetlands around Benson Marina for migratory birds and other wildlife, and the wildflower fields in the Tony Grove area that burst with color in July.

When the snow falls, he straps on the snowshoes and shoots while getting his favorite form of exercise.

Perhaps his favorite spot in the area is High Creek Canyon, partly because it’s his old stomping grounds, but mainly because of the canyon’s sheer rugged beauty and the pres-

ence of an alpine lake at the top — a rarity in the canyons of the Bear River Range.

“I think it’s probably the prettiest place in Cache Valley,” he said.

While the majority of his work is done in the valley, one of his most memorable moments came last November, when he came across two bighorn sheep rams butting heads on a trip to Wyoming.

“That was a dream that finally came to pass,” he said.

“I’ve seen bighorns many

times, but to catch them in the act made it one of the best trips I’ve ever taken.”

Spencer is now retired after more than 20 years working for the U.S. Forest Service and the Logan Forestry Sciences Laboratory at Utah State University, giving him more time to pursue his craft.

For awhile he ran a business that he named Pika Street Photography, after a backpacking trip with friends in See HEART on Page 11

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McConaughey loses ‘Gold’ touch ‘A Dog’s Purpose’

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer

ana”), is a fictionalized account of the notorious Bre-X Minerals swindle of the 1990s in which a The Reformation Borneo prospector named toppled the RenaisMichael de Guzman falsisance but the decline fied core samples of an of the McConaissance Indonesian site’s richness is harder to delineate. in gold. The fraud eventuIt was probably ally came crashing down, inevitable that Matbut not before his apparthew McConaughey’s ently historic discovery bold rebirth — that made Bre-X a $6 billion terrific run of “True company and the toast of Detective” ‘’Magic AP Photo Mike,” ‘’The Wolf of Matthew McConaughey, left, and Edgar Ramirez share a Wall Street and the mining industry.

Wall Street,” ‘’Interscene in “Gold.”

Gaghan and co-writers stellar,” ‘’Mud” and Patrick Massett and John “Dallas Buyers Club” “Gold,” which follows the films and “Gold,” McCoZinman have extrapolated — would dissipate. almost as equally disapnaughey has maintained a the tale and, in doing so, Could it have been pointing “Sea of Trees” torrid commitment to his distorted it beyond both those Lincoln ads that and “Free State of Jones,” roles. But the quality of recognition and plausibilsignaled the end to his confirms that the McCothe material isn’t holding ity. The filmmakers may grand second act? naissance, wonderful as up. have had in mind a stylit was, is over. It’s not for “Gold,” directed by In any case, the ized romp like “The Wolf lack of effort. In those Stephen Gaghan (“Syriwoefully misguided of Wall Street”: a movie about fraud that is its own

earns $18 million

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opening in theaters amid controversy over animal treatment on set and calls for a boycott, “A Dog’s Purpose” still managed to earn $18.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Tracking expectations had pegged the family film to open in the mid $20-million range, but it had a healthy debut nonetheless for a movie that cost only $22 million to produce.

Representatives of Universal Pictures, which distributed the Amblinproduced film starring Dennis Quaid, say the opening was in line with their hopes.

Audiences gave the See GOLD on Page 10 film an “A’’ CinemaS-

core, indicating that word of mouth should be positive going forward.

“It’s a great start for what I think is going to be a long-term playout on the title,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution.

First place at the box office went again to M. Night Shyamalan’s multiple personality thriller “Split.” It grossed $26.3 million in its second weekend in theaters — a relatively minuscule 34 percent drop from its first weekend, which is nearly unheard of for a horror thriller.

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Back on Earth, ElonMusk type Nathaniel Shepherd (Gary Oldman) frets over the boy’s existence. Gardner isn’t even supposed to exist and, as far as the AP Photo world knows, he doesn’t.

Britt Robertson and Asa Butterfield share a scene in “The Space Between Us.” Shepherd hid the fact of the baby from everyone No matter, the sciencey in order to save his comstuff isn’t important pany, but now they’re because these two kids planning on bringing are in love. him back. What could Seriously, unless I Director // Peter Chelsom go wrong, right? blinked at the wrong Starring // Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Carla Essentially, “The Space Gugino, Gary Oldman, Janet Montgomery, B.D. Wong time, I’m almost posiBetween Us” turns into a tive that the movie never road trip movie as GardRated // PG-13 for brief sensuality and language explains why or how ner sets out to figure out Gardner and Tulsa (Britt where he came from and Skype — a video conferand generally resents Robertson) are e-pen pals. who he is. You know, all encing tool so powerful the adults around him.

They just are and we’re that it overcomes the that coming-of-age stuff.

Somehow Gardner has Mars-to-Earth communi- not supposed to care established contact with Tulsa accompanies him cation lag that we learned about the details, because, on his journey, and they a random girl on Earth, about in “The Martian.” and they talk via futureyoung love. make goo-goo eyes at

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Earns Continued from Page 8 million, new opener “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” in fourth with $13.9 million, and “La La Land” in fifth place with $12.1 million.

Damien Chazelle’s candy colored musical crossed the $100 million mark domestically after earning 14 Oscar nominations that helped fuel its earnings.

“They definitely got a

nice boost,” comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said.

“They’re riding that perfect wave of Oscar attention with the perfect release pattern.”

But even with the newly anointed Oscar nominees and the sleeper hit of “Split,” many eyes were on “A Dog’s Purpose” this weekend.

On Jan. 18, TMZ released a video of a frightened dog from “A Dog’s Purpose” that apparently was forced into rushing water during the making of the film.

The footage quickly went viral.

PETA called for a boycott of the film, while the studio and filmmakers canceled its press junket and premiere but still proceeded with releasing the film in over 3,000 locations as planned.

Carpou acknowledged that the video, which he and the filmmakers have said is “highly edited,” surfaced at “a very inopportune moment in the buildup to the release of our movie” and they knew that it would have some effect.

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It’s fine. Aggressively fine. Even though it’s based in science fiction, the screenplay plays fast and loose with the science whenever it might get in the way of the narrative.

Oh well, that’s to be expected.

As a matter of fact, everything about this movie is expected, predictable. It’s the same story you’ve seen played over and over again only with the born-on-Mars element added in for good measure.

There are quite a few heavier themes of self-examination that are left unexplored. Everything is shoved aside for the love story, which is good for the love story, but detrimental to the movie. If you’re going to think up a new scenario, why not deeply explore some of its inherent ideas? The answer is because it’s not that kind of movie. Don’t think, remember?

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The Reel Place Aaron Peck

There are movies that stick with you because they’re either really good or really bad. “The Space Between Us” isn’t that type of movie.

Instead it’s the kind of movie that benignly washes over you while you sit there with a glazed-over look, thinking about nothing much in particular. That’s actually saying a lot since this is from the same writer that brought us “Collateral Beauty.”

“The Space Between Us” is a Nicholas Sparks’ love story — but in space (it’s better if you pronounce it “spaaaaaaaace”). Technically, it’s only sort of in space, but the love spans two planets and a whole lot of plot holes, but it’s love nonetheless.

Well, movie love, which is often times silly and unrecognizable from the real thing, but we accept it anyway, because, as I mentioned before, we’re not thinking.

There’s a whole prologue that goes along with Gardner’s (Asa Butterfield) origin story, so let’s paraphrase. We earthlings finally sent astronauts to Mars, one of the astronauts was unexpectedly pregnant, she gave birth on Mars to Gardner and now we have a movie.

Gardner has lived all 16 of his years on Mars. Having been born on Mars, his body has matured in low gravity making it nearly impossible for him to return to Earth. He’s raised by the best and brightest NASA has to offer as astronauts routinely cycle on and off the planet.

Like any moody teenager on Mars, Gardner recklessly takes deathdefying trips in rovers

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‘Between Us’ finds young love in space

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Moon

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Gold

Continued from Page 5 Foods. So, why can’t you just whistle for it to come to you? Thousands of identically dressed penguins in an Antarctic rookery can find each other based solely on sound; why can’t we invent hybrid cars that can find us?

• Bonus round: Why don’t we have follow-me shopping carts? Who needs a drone to follow your every move? I want a self-aware shopping cart that avoids collisions and follows me like a dog that thinks I have bacon in my pocket.

• Make SmartWool socks that are really smart? Seriously the only things I know about them are that they are comfy and expensive. If they were really smart, they could find each other in the laundry basket rather than spreading themselves randomly around the house.

• Invent self-closing toothpaste dispensers? This could save lives and rela-

Continued from Page 8 kind of fraud, taking viewers along for a ride.

But, unmoored from reality, “Gold” plays like a cheap knockoff version of Martin Scorsese’s film and others (“The Big Short,” ‘’American Hustle”) that have plundered more deeply and more specifically into the fool’s gold of get-rich-quick America.

Bre-X founder and penny stock trader David Walsh has been turned into Kenny Wells (McConaughey), a mining executive desperate to strike it rich with his inherited company. The Calgarybased Bre-X has been turned into Washoe Mining and transplanted to Reno. Tall tales about the American Dream, after all, don’t work so well in Canada.

De Guzman has been made into Michael Acosta, a confident mineral expert played by

tionships • Develop algorithms that warn you not to buy certain products based on reviews and your current credit balance? I have come to accept that products pop up when I browse the Internet.

Generally they are based on my web searches and Facebook posts. This is sort of good, but I would like to insert some filters based on my budget and tolerance for risk.

• Make selfie-improvement sticks?

Selfie sticks just play to our vanity. We need a stick that raps you on the head and says, “No, no, no, you are wasting your life.”

• Make robots that do something useful? You know, if I have a spill on the floor I can take care of that in three minutes with a mop or our dog; what I really want is a robot to shovel snow at 6 a.m. in 10-degree weather. I also want that and a dishwasher that will load and unload itself.

——— Dennis Hinkamp is proud of himself for writing 570 politics-free words.

an Edgar Ramirez who looks unsure of both his character and the film he finds himself in. (Considering the silly twist that befalls him late in the movie, Ramirez has good reason to feel on shaky ground.)

McConaughey, however, is not one to ever look lost. He pours himself into Wells, a good-natured, potbellied huckster with a receding hairline. He’s not a bad guy, though, and his idealism, his wide-eyed love for mining gold makes him both likable and uninteresting. He’s an old-school entrepreneur increasingly out of his depth in a corporate world he doesn’t understand. He’s a dreamer and a sucker — the hoax’s mark not its perpetuator.

It’s a fine protagonist that would fit another film, but not one with him as the central figure in a billion-dollar scandal of his own making.

The intense charisma of McConaughey is nearly enough to keep “Gold” from sinking. But the

film keeps restyling itself in progressively absurd shifts. Sometimes it’s a buddy film about Wells and Acosta. Other times it decides Wells’ previously forgotten wife (Bryce Dallas Howard) is crucial, after all, to the story, only to dispense with her again.

McConaughey, in one of his lesser periods, already made a film called “Fool’s Gold,” a misbegotten romantic comedy with Kate Hudson. He has since left those days behind him, but “Gold” proves that for even the reborn McConaughey, there are limits. So instead of seeing “Gold,” go back and watch his cocainesniffing, chest-thumping scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Now that was pure 24-karat stuff.

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“Gold,” a Weinstein Co. release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “language throughout and some sexuality/nudity.” Running time: 121 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

The Logan Dance Factory will meet from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 3, at the Whittier Community Center, 300 N. 400 East. Dance lesson will begin at 7:30 p.m.; Bruce Howe will DJ. Singles and married couples welcome. Donation of $7 requested at the door; snack donations also appreciated. Music throughout the evening from the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Snack table donations are appreciated.

Sales & Co. will perform along with The Wednesday People at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at WhySound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7. Visit whysound.com for more information.

SATURDAY The Bridal Faire will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at The Riverwoods Conference Center, 615 Riverwoods Pkwy. The Bridal Faire is a one-stop destination to visit

Heart Continued from Page 7 which he came across a group of the small mammals in a rock slide area. He has since officially closed the business, but a website remains and people call him occasionally to purchase a print they saw on the site.

While he sells the occasional print as a source of funding for new equipment, Spencer said money is not what drives him to take pictures.

“When I first started, I hoped I could make a career of it, but that just didn’t happen,” he said. “My philosophy is to share the beauty of nature with people, and it’s rewarding to me just the way it is.”

For most of his life, Spencer has bucked technology trends by shooting only film.

He finally started using digital cameras about a year ago

many wedding professionals in one location at one time — everything from the ring to the honeymoon. Many prizes and discounts are given away. Admission and parking is free. Visit bridalfaire.org for more information.

A “No Ban” rally in support of immigrants and refugees will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in front of the Historic Cache County Courthouse, 199 N Main St. The Stand Together Logan group will host an in-depth discussion of issues related to refugees and immigration from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in the Jim Bridger Room at the Logan Library. Julie Margueritte Taqun from Cache Refugee Connection will talk about the refugee resettlement process, CRC activities and ways you can take action the help refugees nationally and locally.

The Cache Valley Folk Dancers and Bridger Folk Music

and immediately noticed the advantages it offers.

“It’s really great for wildlife,” he said. “You can see what you’ve got right away, so you know if you got what you want or you have to keep shooting.”

He still uses a lot of film, however, and has no plans to abandon it anytime soon despite the difficulty of finding it and getting it processed.

“I love the look of landscapes done with film,” he said. “You can still get film, but there are so many extra steps involved.”

Regardless of what medium he’s using, to Spencer, just being outside and observing the wonders of nature is what really drives him.

“Just focusing on the whole experience, sometimes it really lifts up your spirits,” he said. “It’s not always the things you photograph — it’s the things you see and hear out there.”

Society will host their monthly “first Saturday” contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Live music will be provided by Leaping Lulu; Will Aoki will be calling. A $7 donation is suggested at the door; $4 for children under 12. Beginners and families are welcome, all dances are taught. For more information about contra dancing call 7532480 or 753-5987, or visit bridgerfolk.org.

MONDAY The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. This week’s movie is “Suicide Squad” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free.

The Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 6, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “He’s Just Not That Into You,” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free.

LeDoux Continued from Page 4 Ned was a natural fit and lead to the first new Chris LeDoux co-write in nearly two decades.

On tour, you’re guaranteed to hear “This Cowboy’s Hat” — the song most requested by his fans and a request Ned is honored to oblige. His personal favorite song to sing though is one called “You Can’t Tell Me We Ain’t Got It

SVHS Continued from Page 5 actors. Also, it’s so fun working with these amazing performers, professional choreographers and an outstanding music director.”

The music director for the show is Karen Teuscher, also director of the choir programs

Yogurtland will raise a spoon to the first-ever International Frozen Yogurt Day Celebration on Monday, Feb. 6. Logan’s Yogurtland lovers will be able to enjoy free frozen yogurt and toppings in a limited-time only cup from 4 to 7 p.m. at 1007 N. Main St. #120. Visit yogurt-land.com for information.

Four Seasons Theatre Company announces auditions for “Tarzan the Stage Musical” February 6-8. Actors should prepare two contrasting musical pieces in the style of Tarzan, one monologue and participate in a dance audition. More audition information and registration is available at fourseasonstheatre.org.

Booklore Club will meet at the home of Lois Dewey at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6.

TUESDAY The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Jim Bridg-

er Room. This week’s theme is “So Crafty!” Visit library.loganutah. org for more information.

THURSDAY “Deepen Your Relationship Pool with Regular Cups of Connection” will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Skyroom in the Taggart Student Center at USU. Cost is $17 per person or $30 per couple. Looking for some great ideas for keeping your relationship fresh and exciting? David Schramm is a marriage expert, dynamite speaker and a devoted family man. To register, visit dinner-date-night-david-schramm. eventbrite.com.

Anton Chekov’s “Three Sisters” will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3-4 and 7-11, in the Black Box Theatre. Tickets for “Three Sisters” are $13 adults, $10 seniors/youth, $8 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, call 797-8022 or visit cca.

All.” It’s the first original song Ned co-wrote with his dad and seems to pick up right where Chris left off. And thankfully there is more to come as there is a new voice to carry on the LeDoux sound.

Michael Martin Murphey will be headlining Friday night’s Cowboy Family Dance, while the Friday night Cowboy Opry will feature some of the school performers, including Gary Allegretto, Ernie Sites, Ed Peekeekoot and poet Marleen Bussma.

The Saturday matinee will feature Grammy-ominated songster Don Edwards and Waddie Mitchell, “The Bard & the Balladeer.”

All concert ticket prices are $10 to $50; dance tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and $5 for children.

Cowboy Opry tickets are $1 for children and $10 for adults. Tickets are on sale now. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit cachevalleycowboyrendezvous.com.

at Sky View High School.

“For me, it’s just so exciting to perform in a theatre where every small detail matters, from the cake on the Prince’s table to the cool special effects like the glowing trident and smoke coming out of the rocks when he blasts Ariel’s human collection,” said Emily Benson, student assistant director for the production.

Bethany Anderson plays

Ariel, which is a dream come true for her. She even had her hair dyed red for the show.

Prince Eric is played by Christian Clarke. Both actors have been seen and heard in many other productions before across Cache Valley.

Ursula is played by Liz Godwin, who was seen recently at the stage manager in Sky High Players’ production of “Our Town” last fall.

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pond 94. Vexed 95. Units of volume 99. Battery terminal 101. Upper body 103. Altar vow 104. Spanish cloak 106. Olympic swimmer Janet 110. Biz bigwig 111. SA monkey 113. Little bit 115. Shoe part 116. Scottish whiskey distiller 118. Oscar winner 123. Malay palm 124. Praised in a poem 125. Least wild 126. Like some prices 127. Put emphasis on 128. Fixes Down 1. Went ballistic 2. Conjure up a spirit 3. Wall division 4. Absorbed, as a cost 5. Deviation 6. “The English Patient” setting 7. Took steps 8. “Well ___-di-dah . . .”

9. Canticle 10. The latest 11. Showed pleasure 12. “___ it’s easy as 123” Jackson 5 song 13. Piano duet parts 14. Super Bowl XXXV champions 16. Needle 18. Stupid 19. Unfavorable 21. Prime-time hour 23. Police sting 25. Scoundrel 31. Ideology suffixes 32. Composed 34. One side in baseball negotiations 35. US racketeering law (abbr.)

37. Brief vacation

39. Open the door 41. Southpaw 42. Valueless 43. ___ a good plan!

44. Chinese tea 45. Scaleless fish 46. Perennial plants of the Andes 49. White heron 50. Conservative beginning 51. New York’s Russian ___ Room 52. Chop down 53. Certain ’60s teens 54. Presage 55. Trade 60. Whistle blower 63. No. 2 in the statehouse 65. Knucklehead 66. Pyramid, sometimes 67. Fight with 68. Aaron Spelling’s daughter 69. 1920s design style 71. Prefix with -genous 74. Amateur video subject, maybe 75. Sister or mother 76. Cavern, in poetry 77. Ukraine seaport 78. Desertlike 79. “Red Letter Year” singer DiFranco 83. Undermine 84. Tool 85. Return envelope, abbreviation 86. “The Karate ___” (1984) 88. Territory of India 89. Engages for service 90. Mischief 91. European capital 95. Attracted 96. Jail outbreak 97. Popular potato 98. Fares, at times 99. Butting heads

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101. Bill’s “excellent adventure” cohort 102. Some team members 105. Half courses, in golf 107. Perplexed 108. Deafening 109. Small denominations 112. Negative question 114. Toward the stern 117. “King ___” movie 119. The Who song “Love, Reign __ Me” 120. Salt Lake tribesman 121. May celebrants 122. Decision maker, abbr.

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