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What’s inside this week (Page 10) What’s really real these days?

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Carli Bell, 6, of Smithfield, works on her skills while attending Just Jumpings The Jolt event at the Smithfield Recreation Center Saturday. Photo by Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal.

From the editor COMPLETED THE Ito JUST short walk from the HJ parking lot my office cubicle and I’m going to

take a moment to point out the obvious — it’s cold. Like really, really cold.

Bone-chilling, mindnumbing, frost biteinducing cold. Cache Valley probably does have it better than blizzard-shrouded Chicago and New York, but still, minus 5 degrees is pretty ridiculous.

I always know it’s bad when my three kitties — Bodie, Lucky and Neco — refuse to leave the house. Any cat owner is familiar with the phenomenon: your pet meows pitifully in front of the door, then peers out into the Arctic conditions, sniff the air and runs back inside. Annoying, yes, but I can’t say I blame them.

These days, Cache Valley is less a winter wonderland and more a hypothermia hazard.

Slow Wave

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With trips outside losing their appeal, I often spend the subzero days curled up under the covers with a big bag of Doritos. My exercise initiative tends to drop to 0 along with the temperature.

Lately, the only thing that has gotten me moving is my recently-acquired Nintendo Wii, specifically the Just Dance game. Even in my deepest hibernation, I still can’t resist Ke$ha and Lady Gaga.

I can sometimes also muster up the energy to work out while I watch movies. I’m a cinemaphile, but I often get busy with other things and fall behind on my viewing. I finally saw “Inception” this week and plan on renting “The Social Network” next.

Yeah, I’m the last person in the country who hasn’t seen it, something I’m determined to remedy — hopefully in time for the Oscars, where it’s sure to win big.

Stay warm, everyone!

— Kim Burgess Cache Magazine editor

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20 pianos, 1 monster concert

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Vienna Piano Trio next for Chamber society

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as well as several awards HE CHAMBER (Gramophone Editors Choice, Music Society of Logan BBC Radio 3 Record of the brings The Vienna Piano year, The London Times ClasTrio to perform a concert at 7:30 sical Album of the Year.) p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the In addition to its performancUtah State University Perfores and recordings, the ensemble mance Hall. has begun teaching on a reguOne of the world’s leading lar basis. The three musicians ensembles of violin, cello and piano, for almost 20 years, the have given Master classes in London, Sydney, Finland, Vienna Piano Trio has been France and the U.S. In 2011performing regularly around 12 they will be ‘Ensemble in the world. Il Piccolo Trieste Residence’ at noted their Wigmore-Hall “Flawless If you go... in London, presentation… where they with interprehave begun tations that ★ Who: Vienna Piano Trio teaching. were remark★ When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 Vienna ably true to ★ Where: Manon Caine RusPiano Trio’s the work, full sell-Kathryn Caine Wanlass founder and of power and Performance Hall at USU violinist, Wolfunusual range ★ Season tickets: Regular, gang Redik, of timbre.” $96; student, $40 ★ Single concert tickets: attended mas“Unrivalled Regular, $24; student, $10 ter classes with performances, ★ Single tickets can be purIsaac Stern and …with musichased at the door prior to has frequently cal intelthe concert, by visiting arts. followed ligence usu.edu/htm/box-office or by invitations to spare.” calling 797-8022. as a tutor for declares the ★ More information: www. chamber music BBC Music cmslogan.org master classes Magazine. in international Recently the youth orchestras. As a chamgroup was awarded a prize by ‘Asociacion de Criticos Musi- ber-musician and soloist, he cales de la Argentina ‘2009 for appears regularly at the leading music festivals and performs best foreign chamber group.

They have recorded CDs of all with other chamber musicians of Franz Schubert’s piano trios and orchestras. Since 2007 he has been a professor for chamas well as those of Antoion Dvorak. Their recordings have ber music at Univ. Mozarteum Trio earned the trio critical acclaim in Salzburg.

Smetanna, who is pianist Stewidely regarded fan Mendel Quartet to host ‘sneak preview’ as the ‘Father of started playThe Vienna Piano Trio will perform and speak to students Czech music.’ ing piano in the Logan High School Choir room from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.

His compositions at age 5. In on Tuesday, Feb 15. This activity is free and open to the include sym1993 he was public. Contact Susan Salmon, 753-2560, for details. phonies, operas, awarded the dances, piano ‘Grand Prix works and chamber music. This Franz Schubert’ by the Interna- first cello lessons came from his father. He was a founding selection he wrote for his daughtional Schubert Society for his member of ‘Viatores Quarter, who had musical talent, but outstanding recitals. Besides tet’ and a solo cellist with the died at the age of four. his main work with the Vienna Munich Chamber Orchestra.

The last selection is Piano Trio Piano Trio he frequently perThe Logan concert will begin in B-flat major, op. 99, D.898 forms with Hagen Quartet with the Haydn’s Piano Trio in E by Franz Schubert. Although he and the Vienna Philharmonic Flat H XV: 30. Haydn was one died at an early age, Schubert Orchestra. of the most prominent composers was tremendously prolific.

In 2001, Matthias Gredler of the Classical period.

For more information on the joined the Vienna Piano Trio Next we will hear Piano Trio concert and the Chamber Music as the new cellist. As the son in G-Minor, op15 by Bedrich Society, go to cmslogan.org. in a family of musicians, his

Multitalented guitarist coming to USU ATIONALLY N acclaimed guitarist Craig Wagner performs at Utah

State University’s Performance Hall as a guest of the guitar program in the Department of Music Monday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m.

“We are honored to host one of the most multitalented guitarists across the nation today,” said

Corey Christiansen, assistant professor of music at USU’s Caine College of the Arts.

Wagner performs a number of musical styles and has played at festivals such as Lollapalooza, the New Orleans Jazz Festival and HullabaLOU. “In addition to his jazz talents, Craig’s classical guitar skills are world-class,” Chris-

tiansen said.

As a guest performer, Wagner has appeared with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Windsor Philharmonic Orchestra. His work has also been featured in “Guitar One,” “Acoustic Guitar” and “Just Jazz Guitar.”

Additionally, Wagner has been a solo performer at the

Kentucky Arts Council’s Master Musicians Festival and is currently a faculty member at the University of Louisville.

Tickets are $15 general admission; $5 for all students and can be purchased at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online (arts.usu.edu) or call 797-8022.

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Rhythm

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All mixed up

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.

Radio executive looks at industry’s future

OW DOES SOCIAL H media impact over-theair broadcast? What are the job

prospects in radio today?

John Dimick, vice president of programming and operations at Lincoln Financial Media, returns to Utah State University from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Haight Alumni Center to deliver the College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Distinguished Alumni lecture.

He will discuss challenges and opportunities facing the industry.

Dimick’s talk, enjoy today.”

“You can take Dimick, a 1990 USU the boy out of graduate, began workthe country,” ing in radio at age 15 recounts his 27and never stopped. As year career in radio an undergraduate, he and addresses the worked the midnight future of over-theto 6 a.m. shift at local air-broadcast in an radio stations and open forum format. served on the first TV Dimick “I am extremely broadcast team of the excited to come home,” Dimick Cache Valley Report with classsaid. “I’ve been away far too mate Kerry Bringhurst, who now long from an institution that was serves as news director of Utah instrumental to the success that I Public Radio.

He spent the next three decades honing his skills at stations from Seattle to New York, working as a news anchor, on-air talent and program executive for one of the nation’s largest hip hop stations. The former history major is now responsible for the oversight of station brands, as well as developing the interactive and HD strategies for the radio division at Lincoln Financial Media.

“If it wasn’t for Utah State I wouldn’t be working in radio on

this scale,” Dimick said. “One of the best lessons I learned at USU was that even a small town boy can do something out in the real world given caring instructors and a good education.”

Inspiration for his talk came from the experiences he learned growing up in rural Utah and from faculty at USU, which he later applied in the business world, Dimick said.

For more information, contact Natalie Smoot in the college office at 797-2796.

Dean Kaelin

Anna Kaelin

ers) and many others. He has opened for George Strait, Dave Matthews, Train, the Goo Goo Dolls, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and was a featured per-

former at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. He has recorded seven CDs of his own, and produced many for others. He wrote much of the

music performed at the 2004 Day of Celebration at Rice/Eccles Stadium, and was the Artistic Director for the Utah/Moscow games in 2004.

Kaelin can play over a dozen instruments. He has recently traveled to Austria, Poland, Australia, England, Ireland, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco conducting Vocal Seminars. He has also been the voice coach for American Idol finalists, Star Search winners and his students have performed on Broadway, signed major record deals and have performed at every major Theme Park in the U.S.

Anna Kaelin, a native of Utah, is currently living in Nashville, Tenn. She was most recently seen on the eighth season of American Idol, where she qualified as a semi-finalist and can be heard on several Konami “Dance, Dance, Revolution” games, as a singer and songwriter for the games.

She has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Mexico and Canada and has shared the stage with artists such as Vince Gill and David Archuleta. Her self-titled debut album was released in summer 2010 and her debut music video was released in October 2010.

Getting groovy One ‘monster’ performance T

arrangements with most of HE COMBINED these songs so they will fit the choirs of the Utah State choir genre,” Evans said. “Ours University Music Department may be the first-ever choral join forces with the local cover arrangement of ‘Stairway to band The Fender Benders to Heaven,’ and I’m excited to present “That ‘70s Concert” hear how it is received.”

Friday, Feb. 11.

Performing choirs include “It’s been exciting to see the the USU students Chamber Singlearn tunes ers, University from the Chorale and ‘70s,” said the Women’s Cory Evans, Choir. The director of USU Chamber choral activiSingers CD, ties at USU. “Show Me “They are Thy Ways,” having fun was recently singing the a Grammy songs and are Award nomiexpanding nee. their ability The concert is presented at 6 to perform different genres of p.m. and again at 8 p.m. in the music.”

USU Performance Hall. TickThe choral groups will perets are $8 general admission form some of the greatest hits and free for USU students. of Styx, Led Zeppelin, The Purchase at the Caine ColEagles and many more. The songs will be a mix of standard lege of the Arts Box Office in covers inserted with choral har- room 139-B of the Chase Fine monies in place of a solo singer. Arts Center, online at arts.usu.

“We have done our own edu and by calling 797-8022.

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TAH STATE UNIVERSITY presents the annual Youth Conservatory Monster Concert featuring 20 pianos, 200 students, the Cache Children’s Choir and a special guest monster at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5, in the Kent Concert Hall.

Tickets are $3 general admission, $10 per family and free for USU students “The sound of the students and pianos is so intense, it’s like listening to a piano orchestra in surround sound,” said Kevin Olson, the director of the Youth Conservatory.

The concert features a full stage of pianos, played by more than 200 pianists of a variety of ages, some as young as 5 years old.

“The effect we get in the final concert is awesome — 20 pianos playing the same song at the same time,” said Olson.

Between musical numbers, students will participate in short readings and skits with the help of

a costumed monster, making this concert even more engaging, said Olson.

Each year, the music selected for the concert is based on a theme, with this year’s focus on

music from around the world.

As a special contribution to this year’s event, some pieces will feature the Cache Children’s Choir.

“USU has wonderful music educational opportunities for children in the valley, and this concert is a great opportunity for our groups

to perform together,” said Barbara Moon, artistic director for the Cache Children’s Choir.

The Cache Children’s Choir, organized in 1988, rehearses on the USU campus, providing musical training to singers from ages 3 to 15.

The Monster Concert has been an annual event at USU since the mid-1980s and is one of the Youth Conservatory’s most popular performance events.

Proceeds from the concert benefit operating costs of the Youth Conservatory and the organization’s scholarship fund, providing piano lessons to children of families who could not otherwise afford tuition.

Tickets can be purchased at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 139-B, or

online (arts.usu.edu).

For more information, contact the Youth Conservatory at 797-3018 or youthconserva tory@gmail.com.

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ean Kaelin and his daughter, Anna, will be singing at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Logan Tabernacle. The performance is free.

Dean Kaelin, who recently appeared at the Tabernacle’s Christmas concert series, is a singer, songwriter, musician, performer, arranger and teacher. He began his professional career at the age of 9 and has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Africa.

He has performed with numerous stars, including Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Peter Gallagher, Leslie Ann Warren, Tom Johnston (Doobie Broth-

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Film New This Week “The Rite” Rated PG-13 ★★1⁄2 Anthony Hopkins classes this up, as you can imagine he would in almost every situation. But even his otherworldly powers can only make this overly familiar demonic possession thriller engaging for so long. Despite the ads that would suggest otherwise, Hopkins is a supporting player here.

The center of the film is Colin O’Donoghue, making his confident, impressive feature debut as Michael Kovak, an aspiring Catholic priest suffering a spiritual crisis.

Following his mother’s death, Michael joined his father (Rutger Hauer) in the family mortuary business. Swedish director Mikael Hafstrom (“Evil,” ‘’1408”) details the painstaking process of cleaning and preparing a body for a funeral with precise, clear-eyed detail, which makes it seem even creepier. Still, Michael is obviously a caring and conscientious young man, and it makes sense that he’d be interested in tending to others through the church. Trouble is, he’s not sure what he believes. Michael Petroni’s script, “suggested by” a novel that was “inspired by” actual events, is surprisingly reasonable and eventempered with its discussions about the nature of faith. For a while, it is neither hyperbolic nor preachy, but open to all possibilities and levels of devotion — or lack thereof. All of this intelligent setup, as well as the moody, atmospheric way Hafstrom takes advantage of locations in Rome and Budapest, make the over-the-top climax feel like even more of a letdown. PG-13 for disturbing thematic material, vio-

lence, frightening images and language including sexual references. 113 minutes.

Still playing “The King’s Speech” Rated R 1 ★★★ ⁄2 This is the kind of handsomely photographed, weighty-yetuplifting period drama that seems to arrive amid great fanfare come awards time each year. It’s based on a true story about British royalty, features a glittery cast and hits every note you expect it to hit. And yet the film is so flawlessly appointed and impeccably acted, you can’t help but succumb. If you can get past the nagging sensation that what you’re watching is a cynical calculation to appeal to the Academy, well, you’ll be delighted, because the “The King’s Speech” is undeniably charming. Director Tom Hooper and writer David Seidler give the people what they want: This is high art for the masses, but you could also look at it as familiar fare that’s been gussied up. At times it feels like no less of a mismatched-buddy comedy than the Todd Phillips road-trip flick “Due Date,” although the opposites who initially clash and eventually cling to one another are played by the esteemed Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Firth is arrogant and uptight as King George VI, who’s struggled all his life against a debilitating stutter; Rush plays speech therapist Lionel Logue, who persuades the priggish royal to loosen up with his unorthodox methods. And there’s even a climactic deadline they have to make: The king, or “Bertie” as Lionel calls him to his annoyance, must deliver a radio address to inspire his people as the country stands on the brink of World War II. R for some language. 118 minutes.

New This Week

“The Mechanic” Rated R ★★★ It’s probably blasphemy to even think this, much less say it out loud, but here goes: This remake starring Jason Statham is better than the 1972 original starring Charles Bronson — and Statham is better in the lead role than Bronson was. Now, “The Mechanic” may not have been one of Bronson’s stronger films during this era but it has achieved a certain following among genre fans. In retrospect it was a bit languid, it meandered here and there with its groovy vibe — although it did feature a breathtakingly wordless, 15-minute opening as Bronson’s assassin character laid out the works for an elaborate kill in a seedy, downtown Los Angeles apartment building. That’s the whole

point of both films: The hit men at the center of them pull off assassinations that don’t look like assassinations. Both function in a world where morals and rules don’t seem to apply, where law enforcement is practically nonexistent and the relationship between a hit man and his mentor is meant to seem as touching as the one between a father and son. Director Simon West (“Con Air”) and screenwriter Richard Wenk have taken those core concepts from Lewis John Carlino’s original script, moved the action to steamy New Orleans and pumped out a movie that’s slicker and sleeker, leaner and meaner — not in an idiotic way, but rather to reflect the actor and the times. R for strong violence, language, some sexual content and nudity. 92 minutes.

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EBRUARY IS never a big month for movies, but it is a big month for the movie business. The Oscars are this month.

The Oscar telecast will air on February 27th. I know that there are around a dozen other award shows that happen before the Oscars that make the whole award ceremony thing seem very selfcongratulatory, but the truth is the general public usually has an interest in who wins certain Oscars.

It isn’t a fluke that Oscar nominees and winners see a bump in sales year after year. People want to see why these movies were considered the best of the best.

This year there were hardly any surprises in the nominations. It seems like this year, more than the past few years, was already hashed out before the nominations were made public.

We all knew that “True Grit,� “Black Swan,� and “Inception� were going to get hordes of nominations.

We’ve known that since the movies hit the theaters last year.

Here I’ll discuss my favorites to win in the major categories, plus some upsets that could take place if the winds blow the right way.

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Movies nominated for this year’s Best Picture category are: “127 Hours,� “Black Swan,� “The Fighter,� “Inception,� “The Kids Are All Right,� “The King’s Speech,� “The Social Network,� “Toy Story 3,� “True Grit,� and “Winter’s Bone.�

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The biggest snub of this year was when the Academy decided to not even include Christopher Nolan in the Best Director category for his work on “Inception.� I was flabbergasted when the nominations came out and he received nothing here.

The nominees are: Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan�), David O. Russell (“The Fighter�), Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech�), David Fincher (“The Social Network�) and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (“True Grit�).

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Upset: This is by far the most decided category. It’s between the two above. If I had to pick though, I’d vote for “Inception� to win. Absolutely loved that movie.

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Upset: The only upset I can picture is if the Academy decides to go the more artistic route and hand the award to Aronofsky. That’s highly unlikely though.

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This category I’m not so sure about. There’s three people here I think could take it.

The nominees are: Javier Bardem (“Biutiful�), Jeff Bridges (“True Grit�), Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network�), Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech�) and James Franco (“127 Hours�).

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His role in “127 Hours� is riveting and probably the best of the year. If he took it I don’t think many people would complain.

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This category is full of fantastic performances so it’s pretty hard for me to pick a winner.

The nominees are: Annette Benning (“The Kids Are All Right�), Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole�), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone�), Natalie Portman (“Black Swan�) and Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine�).

Prediction: Any one of these performances is worthy of taking home the prize, but I think that Portman has the slight edge and will eventually win out.

Upset: I’d love to

see newcomer Jennifer Lawrence win here. Her work on “Winter’s Bone� was just amazing. If you haven’t seen the film, you should.

In an effort to save some room in the newspaper today, I’m going to cut off at that point. Those are the four major categories that everyone is excited about come Oscar time, and those are my humble predictions.

Aaron Peck also writes for his new movie website, TheReelPlace.com.

Feedback at aaronpeck46@gmail.com.

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Best bets and upsets at the 2011 Oscars

Jump for

Joy

Above: Millie Miggin, 9, of Hyde Park jumps rope at the beginnig of The Jolt event. Right center: Hunter Trysdale, 7, of Smithfield stretches at the beginning of the Jump Rope Workshop Saturday.

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t was a jumpin’ good time last Saturday at the Smithfield Recreation Center.

Which makes sense, because local jump rope team Just Jumpin’ hosted a clinic in the afternoon and then put on a show that evening.

The whole event was titled Jolt.

With close to 100 participants coming to the three-hour clinic and a big crowd turning out for the master jump rope exhibition in the evening, Just Jumpin’ coach Patrice Winn was pleased. The event was held to help the team, which is the only competitive one in the state, raise some money for going to regionals at Idaho Falls, Idaho, and nationals at Galveston, Texas.

“It was really good and will help the kids a lot,” Winn said.

Just Jumpin’ has 16 members who compete, but Winn believes there are a few more close to being good enough to move up to the competition level. There are many more youth that come to the weekly workouts held at River Heights Elementary.

The team was started more than seven years ago when Kathryn Mickelson prodded Winn to organize one.

Mickelson is now a senior at Mountain Crest High School.

“Kathryn Mickelson came to me and said, ‘hey let’s start a team here, try it and see how long it lasts,” Winn said. “It started out so crazy. ... We had 100 kids coming every week. We didn’t know what we were doing. We just plugged along.”

They are now known on the national scene, as many members of Just Jumpin’ have brought home regional and national top finishes. Mickelson and her older sister Sarah are two examples.

“Yeah, we have done really well on the national level,” Kathryn Mickelson said.

Which makes the 17-year-old smile. Seven years ago when she started the sport, Kathryn wasn’t sure about herself.

“I couldn’t play sports,” Kathryn Mickelson said. “I tried soccer and all these other sports, I couldn’t do anything. I heard there was an after school clinic. I tried it and decided I wanted to be the best at it. I was good at something and just stuck with it.”

Sarah felt she was “too old,” but attended a clinic with her younger sister seven years ago. She has been hooked ever since.

“After a couple of weeks I absolutely loved it,” Sarah Mickelson said.

“Ever since then, I have not been able to stop jumping. I just love it.”

Jumping rope is a family affair for the Mickelsons. Not only do Sarah

To see a video of the Jolt jump rope workshop, go to www.hjnews.com. and Kathryn compete, but younger brothers Eric and Daniel are also members of Just Jumpin’ In fact, an older sister is a coach in Idaho, and their parents are judges.

“One of the things I love most about jump rope is spreading it, teaching new people how to jump, just sharing jump rope with people,” Sarah Mickelson said. “A lot of people have not seen jump rope before, especially competitive jump rope. A lot of people think you go skip with ropes and see how many jumps can you do. As you saw tonight, it’s not just that. I think anybody can do it, if they just practice enough.”

The show did involve a lot more than just simply counting how many times you can jump without messing up. Flips and many acrobatic moves were part of show.

Ten years ago, Winn, a physical education teacher at River Heights Elementary, needed new jump ropes.

She heard the American Heart Association was giving them away free.

One thing led to another and a jump rope club was formed.

“It’s so fun,” Winn said. “It helps the kids timing, helps their coordination, just helps everything and is good cardiovascular.”

So now the team spreads the

word of jumping rope via clinics and performances at schools, community events and halftime shows at professional and university events throughout the state. The team usually has two big clinics a year like the one Saturday in Smithfield.

“I do like teaching, because someone taught me,” Sarah Mickelson said. “Sometimes it’s not the easiest thing to give up your time to teach, but I always think of whoever was giving up their time to teach me. It’s something most jumpers will do once they get good.”

The clinic began with USA Jump Rope All Star Jeremy Lindstrom gathering the group together and sharing his enthusiasm.

“Why is today awesome?” he asked. “Because we get to jump rope, and what could be more fun.”

Lindstrom has certainly had a lot of fun with jump rope. The 25-year-old from Rexburg, Idaho, has been enjoying jumping rope for 16 years. He, along with fellow USA team members Lee Reisig and Billy Jackson, were instructors, as well as the Just Jumpin’ team members.

The trio, who all live in Boise, Idaho, now are national and world champion jumpers and have performed on national television in

Story by Shawn Harrison • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

shows such as America’s Best Dance Crew, Ellen DeGeneres and Disney Channel’s Shake It Up. But before one can do amazing tricks, learning the basics is a must.

“Every difficult trick is a combination of five to 10 smaller things,” said Reisig, who is from Montana and has been competing for 18 years. “When we go up in the air, the rope is going four times under, that’s basically the same as doing the trick four times on the ground. Then you can take it up and do it all in the air. It’s a lot of technique, learning how to stop your body, where your legs and arms need to be.”

The show Saturday evening began with those that attended the clinic being able to show what they learned.

“That is part of what jump rope is all about,” said Jackson, who is originally from Louisiana and has been competing for 14 years. “It is such a small sport, so it is part of the older jumper’s job to go around and help smaller teams and their communities. ... We all help each other out in the sport.”

The show was action packed with many amazing tricks.

“It takes working hard and dedication,” Reisig said. “Jump rope is something that doesn’t come easy to a lot of people. There are tricks that take years to learn. You make mistakes, but learn from them.”

Lindstrom was especially happy to be in Cache Valley. He helped Winn get Just Jumpin’ started. He used to be on a team in Rexburg that has performed in the valley before.

The goal of Saturday’s even was simple for the three guests, and Lindstrom summed it up: “I hope they learn enough in jump rope that they can just have fun with it and then stick with it. The sport is so rewarding. The people in it are wonderful. It teaches hard work and diligence and team work while having fun. I’ve had more fun than any other sport. Jump rope pulls a certain caliber of people with it. It’s a really good culture.”

For those interested in checking out one of the weekly clinics, they are held at River Heights Elementary (780 E. 600 South) on Thursdays from 3:40 to 4:50 p.m. Open to kindergarteners through adults. Cost is $25 per month or $7 per class.

Above: Just Jumping member Kathryn Mickelson, 17, teaches some moves. Below left: Jeremy Lindstrom, 25, of Boise, leads the Jump Rope Workshop. Below right: Avery Taylor, 7, of Smithfield, participates in the Jump Rope Workshop. Bottom left: Jeremy Lindstrom. Bottom right: Participants in the Jump Rope Workshop warm up

Jump for

Joy

Above: Millie Miggin, 9, of Hyde Park jumps rope at the beginnig of The Jolt event. Right center: Hunter Trysdale, 7, of Smithfield stretches at the beginning of the Jump Rope Workshop Saturday.

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t was a jumpin’ good time last Saturday at the Smithfield Recreation Center.

Which makes sense, because local jump rope team Just Jumpin’ hosted a clinic in the afternoon and then put on a show that evening.

The whole event was titled Jolt.

With close to 100 participants coming to the three-hour clinic and a big crowd turning out for the master jump rope exhibition in the evening, Just Jumpin’ coach Patrice Winn was pleased. The event was held to help the team, which is the only competitive one in the state, raise some money for going to regionals at Idaho Falls, Idaho, and nationals at Galveston, Texas.

“It was really good and will help the kids a lot,” Winn said.

Just Jumpin’ has 16 members who compete, but Winn believes there are a few more close to being good enough to move up to the competition level. There are many more youth that come to the weekly workouts held at River Heights Elementary.

The team was started more than seven years ago when Kathryn Mickelson prodded Winn to organize one.

Mickelson is now a senior at Mountain Crest High School.

“Kathryn Mickelson came to me and said, ‘hey let’s start a team here, try it and see how long it lasts,” Winn said. “It started out so crazy. ... We had 100 kids coming every week. We didn’t know what we were doing. We just plugged along.”

They are now known on the national scene, as many members of Just Jumpin’ have brought home regional and national top finishes. Mickelson and her older sister Sarah are two examples.

“Yeah, we have done really well on the national level,” Kathryn Mickelson said.

Which makes the 17-year-old smile. Seven years ago when she started the sport, Kathryn wasn’t sure about herself.

“I couldn’t play sports,” Kathryn Mickelson said. “I tried soccer and all these other sports, I couldn’t do anything. I heard there was an after school clinic. I tried it and decided I wanted to be the best at it. I was good at something and just stuck with it.”

Sarah felt she was “too old,” but attended a clinic with her younger sister seven years ago. She has been hooked ever since.

“After a couple of weeks I absolutely loved it,” Sarah Mickelson said.

“Ever since then, I have not been able to stop jumping. I just love it.”

Jumping rope is a family affair for the Mickelsons. Not only do Sarah

To see a video of the Jolt jump rope workshop, go to www.hjnews.com. and Kathryn compete, but younger brothers Eric and Daniel are also members of Just Jumpin’ In fact, an older sister is a coach in Idaho, and their parents are judges.

“One of the things I love most about jump rope is spreading it, teaching new people how to jump, just sharing jump rope with people,” Sarah Mickelson said. “A lot of people have not seen jump rope before, especially competitive jump rope. A lot of people think you go skip with ropes and see how many jumps can you do. As you saw tonight, it’s not just that. I think anybody can do it, if they just practice enough.”

The show did involve a lot more than just simply counting how many times you can jump without messing up. Flips and many acrobatic moves were part of show.

Ten years ago, Winn, a physical education teacher at River Heights Elementary, needed new jump ropes.

She heard the American Heart Association was giving them away free.

One thing led to another and a jump rope club was formed.

“It’s so fun,” Winn said. “It helps the kids timing, helps their coordination, just helps everything and is good cardiovascular.”

So now the team spreads the

word of jumping rope via clinics and performances at schools, community events and halftime shows at professional and university events throughout the state. The team usually has two big clinics a year like the one Saturday in Smithfield.

“I do like teaching, because someone taught me,” Sarah Mickelson said. “Sometimes it’s not the easiest thing to give up your time to teach, but I always think of whoever was giving up their time to teach me. It’s something most jumpers will do once they get good.”

The clinic began with USA Jump Rope All Star Jeremy Lindstrom gathering the group together and sharing his enthusiasm.

“Why is today awesome?” he asked. “Because we get to jump rope, and what could be more fun.”

Lindstrom has certainly had a lot of fun with jump rope. The 25-year-old from Rexburg, Idaho, has been enjoying jumping rope for 16 years. He, along with fellow USA team members Lee Reisig and Billy Jackson, were instructors, as well as the Just Jumpin’ team members.

The trio, who all live in Boise, Idaho, now are national and world champion jumpers and have performed on national television in

Story by Shawn Harrison • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

shows such as America’s Best Dance Crew, Ellen DeGeneres and Disney Channel’s Shake It Up. But before one can do amazing tricks, learning the basics is a must.

“Every difficult trick is a combination of five to 10 smaller things,” said Reisig, who is from Montana and has been competing for 18 years. “When we go up in the air, the rope is going four times under, that’s basically the same as doing the trick four times on the ground. Then you can take it up and do it all in the air. It’s a lot of technique, learning how to stop your body, where your legs and arms need to be.”

The show Saturday evening began with those that attended the clinic being able to show what they learned.

“That is part of what jump rope is all about,” said Jackson, who is originally from Louisiana and has been competing for 14 years. “It is such a small sport, so it is part of the older jumper’s job to go around and help smaller teams and their communities. ... We all help each other out in the sport.”

The show was action packed with many amazing tricks.

“It takes working hard and dedication,” Reisig said. “Jump rope is something that doesn’t come easy to a lot of people. There are tricks that take years to learn. You make mistakes, but learn from them.”

Lindstrom was especially happy to be in Cache Valley. He helped Winn get Just Jumpin’ started. He used to be on a team in Rexburg that has performed in the valley before.

The goal of Saturday’s even was simple for the three guests, and Lindstrom summed it up: “I hope they learn enough in jump rope that they can just have fun with it and then stick with it. The sport is so rewarding. The people in it are wonderful. It teaches hard work and diligence and team work while having fun. I’ve had more fun than any other sport. Jump rope pulls a certain caliber of people with it. It’s a really good culture.”

For those interested in checking out one of the weekly clinics, they are held at River Heights Elementary (780 E. 600 South) on Thursdays from 3:40 to 4:50 p.m. Open to kindergarteners through adults. Cost is $25 per month or $7 per class.

Above: Just Jumping member Kathryn Mickelson, 17, teaches some moves. Below left: Jeremy Lindstrom, 25, of Boise, leads the Jump Rope Workshop. Below right: Avery Taylor, 7, of Smithfield, participates in the Jump Rope Workshop. Bottom left: Jeremy Lindstrom. Bottom right: Participants in the Jump Rope Workshop warm up

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The drying game

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CIENCE, MEDICINE and technology are sucking the fun out of everything. You can’t see, hear or otherwise experience anything beautiful or spectacular without wondering if it’s really real. You could go down the Matrix rabbit hole and accept that it doesn’t really matter; but doesn’t it?

Someone breaks an athletic world record; they must be using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).

Athletes have been manipulating their bodies since Pheidippidies passed out and died in Athens after inventing the marathon because he didn’t drink enough Gatorade on his run. Better running shoes and sports drinks have now made marathons a piece of cake.

The thing is, almost all great athletes have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) so it’s hard to tell if they just work out all the time or if they take PEDs. It’s easy to watch a professional football game and dismiss all the players as being bulging steroid-created freaks in pads.

Then watch the Tour De France and all you see is a bunch of sinewy geeks in spandex. By all reports professional biking is more awash in drugs than the whole NFL. You see a beautiful photograph; it must be photoshopped. For the most part, people no longer even equate magazine covers and centerfolds as being anything other than the mere representations of a real-ish people. It’s just like the agreed upon disconnect between the picture of a frozen pizza on the box and the actual pizza. Beauty, and pizza, is in the eyes of the stylists, lighting specialist and photoretouching artists. Unfortunately this is trickling down to news and nature photography. If you see a great shot, you can’t be sure the photographer didn’t bait the animal into the frame or if a war correspondent added a charred teddy bear to the photo to ratchet up the pathos. This doesn’t matter if you think of photos as entertainment; it does matter if you think photos capture reality.

You hear a great song; it must be over dubbed or pitch controlled.

Lip-synching is the worst offense, but that has been going on since the

Slightly Off Center

By Dennis Hinkamp

Photo by Scott Hillyard Want a piece of the action? E-mail submissions to kburgess @hjnews.com or call 792-7229 for more information! original American Bandstand way back when Dick Clark actually looked his age. Has he had some work done? No, I think he’s gone directly to Beelzebub and cut a deal that will be revealed at the next New Year’s Eve Times Square countdown. The newer technology actually changes the voice of a mediocre singer to one with perfect pitch. This technology rights the terrific wrong nature has dumped on us; not all great singers are great beauties and vice versa.

You see an attractive person of any gender; they probably have had some work done. Young women are getting after-market parts for high school graduation presents. Really?

Were they given the choice of new breasts or a new car? If you start surgically adding and subtracting stuff at age 18, by the time you get to be retirement age you’ll look like a Picasso portrait. I must confess that I have been surgically sliced more times than a spiral cut Christmas ham, but none of it has been done to make me prettier. It’s all been done because am/was an OCD athlete.

Dennis Hinkamp is only a fictional character in his own mind. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at dhinkamp@msn.com.

Beloved ‘Bandito’ rides into Utah State

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FTER THREE months of sold-out performances at the theatre in Bear Lake last summer, Pickleville Playhouse is reviving its hit show “Bandito Rides Again” on Feb. 5 and 7 at Utah State University’s Eccles Conference Center. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with a 3 p.m. matinee on the 5th. An optional Sweetheart’s Buffet catered by The Copper Mill is available at 6 p.m. before the show. Tickets can be pur-

chased by calling 755-0968, or see www.picklevilleplayhouse.com for additional details.

Juanito Bandito is back in a hilarious, high-energy Pickleville melodrama. The laughs will not stop in this, the third installment of the Bandito “saga” created specifically for the Pickleville stage. Join a talented cast of performers to see what happens when Bandito and his outlaw gang join forces with a self-proclaimed Wicked

Witch to contend with a band of dangerous Pirates seeking revenge on their mutinous ex-Captain. Throw into the mix a dashingly handsome cowboy hero, a savvy damsel in distress and a whole slew of hysterical twists and turns and you’ve got yourself an unforgettable Pickleville melodrama experience.

The show features an original score and script written

by T.J. Davis, directed by Andrea Davis and choreographed by Sharli King.

“Sunny”

by Carmen Snyder

“That Cat”

by Carmen Snyder She sits upon my writing table — that cat — An independent soul, that walks in and out of my life at pleasure and leaves me smiling.

You, white shaggy bundle, Posed for my attention On hind legs; Your black nose Pinned on flared whiskers, And coy brown eyes Cocked through wisps of hair; How can I write a poem About anything — Except love!

GET YOUR STUFF PUBLISHED!

“Fantastic Lady”

by William Humphrey My wife Lois is a knock out, I think she is real neat.

She has a lot of class, et. en Wh walking down the stre Clothes always look so great When she is wearing them.

She adds a lot of charm, Even to the hem.

She is a lot of fun, And easy on the eyes.

And oh how she can cook, When home baking pies.

She is so kind and thoughtful, Cheers me when I’m blue.

If I didn’t have her, I wonder what I’d do.

The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board is a place for our local community to share, well ... anything! From short stories to poems to recipes to photos to unique tips when it comes to rearranging your closet, Cache Magazine wants your stuff! Send it all to kburgess@ hjnews.com, or mail it to Cache Magazine, 75 W. 300 North, Logan, UT 84321.

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Stage

Pair of musicals set for the stage

Take a trip over the rainbow

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oin the magic at Sky View High School as we “click our heels” in anticipation of this year’s musical, The Wizard of Oz. There may be “no place like home,” but that is not where you want to be on Feb. 10 to 12 and 14. With a matinee on the 12th at 1:30 and evening shows each night at 7:30 p.m.

We invite you to accompany Dorothy (Azure Kline) “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in the

Submitted photo

Azure Kline as Dorothy in Sky View High’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ dazzling Land of Oz; a dreamthe flying for the popular musicome-true world with witches cal “Wicked,” and the recently and monkeys that really fly. opened Broadway production of Of course the flying is with the Spiderman). There are enchanted help from ZFX Flying Effects, forests, a singing scarecrow (Max the same company that flew Benson), a tap dancing tinman Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan, does (Grant Fuller), a comedic cow-

Something wicked...

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n their first performance of the new year, Logan Youth Shakespeare presents Macbeth in its entirety at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema, 795 N. Main in Logan. Showtime is 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Feb 5. Tickets available at the door, $5 for adults, $3 for 18 and under. No children under five. This beloved play follows ambitious Macbeth, a Scottish lord who receives a tantalizing prophecy of royal success. When Lady Macbeth convinces him to kill the king, Macbeth becomes trapped in a spiral of horrific events in one of Shakespeare’s most intense and action-packed plays.

ardly lion (Thomas Belliston) , and, of course, that famous Yellow Brick Road.

To add a special twist, the costumes are designed by Kody Rash with a turn of the century look, instead of the “traditional” style. “Still definitely Wizard, but so much more fun and absolutely amazing”, says director Nan Wharton. She went on to say, “the stage set is beautifully designed by Danny Rash and very detailed and we have professionally painted backdrops we have rented for the show.”

Join over 125 students who bring this classic show to life.

Katie Packard’s choreography is delightful and will have you dancing in your seat. A number

cut from the original production, The Jitterbug, is a show-stopper in this production. Katie was assisted with this number by Scott Henderson. The musical direction of Karen Teuscher (choral) and Richard Kline (orchestration) round out the directing staff, with flying supervisor, Steve Wellington, and technical director, Kayden Jensen, also working assisting the students. Sky View is also fortunate to have joining them Shawn Gordon, a professional make-up artist, who will be doing all of the specialty make-up for the show.

Buy tickets at www.skyviewtix.org or ezticketslive for $6.

Door price is $7. Tickets are by reserve seat.

Local notables lead Music Man

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J. Davis and Vanessa Ballam lead Music Theatre West’s cast in Meredith Willson’s “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.

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.

Iconic singer sizzles in ‘Heat Wave’

By The Associated Press

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NE OF THE MOST celebrated entertainers of mid-20th century America, Ethel Waters was as contradictory as she was talented.

Waters never could read music and didn’t engage a voice instructor until well into her career, but she worked over songs like “Heat Wave” and “Stormy Weather” until they carried her unique signature. Bisexual, she longed for intimate relationships, but she denied lovers, husbands and children the attention she lavished

on her career. She was deeply religious, yet she had a terrible temper and routinely cursed and fought with those who dared to cross her.

In her day, a poor black woman needed divine guidance as well as fire and commitment to blaze a path from the ghetto to Broadway and Hollywood. Donald Bogle’s “Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters” chronicles her journey and the creation of an icon of American entertainment.

While a teenager in Philadelphia, Waters (1896-1977) drew notice as a down-and-dirty blues

‘Shortcut Man’ is powerful, clever

By The Associated Press

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ICK HENRY IS THE guy people mean when they say, “I know a guy.” He gets hired to take care of things that would otherwise be tangled in bureaucratic or legal red tape.

He’s the “shortcut man.” And he gets paid very well.

In p.g. sturges’ “Shortcut Man,” readers are introduced to Henry as he forcibly evicts a delinquent tenant who refuses to leave his apartment, a violent job that he follows up by championing an elderly woman who’s been ripped off by a disreputable contractor.

When Henry is asked by multimillionaire porn producer Art Benjamin to shadow his wife and confirm she’s unfaithful, it seems like an easy task and easy money, until Henry real-

izes the woman he’s been hired to track is the woman he’s been sleeping with.

This series debut by sturges, son of writer-director Preston Sturges, sets up the promise of a classic noir story with all the familiar elements: the slightly amoral hard-boiled hero, the femme fatale and the menacing goons, all set against the sultry, seamy backdrop of Los Angeles.And sturges pays off on all these promises, with interest. The action doesn’t so much unfold as it careens down perilously twisty roads as Henry learns he must end his affair with the woman he didn’t know was married, and find someone to take the fall for him.

“Shortcut Man” is a glorious read: powerful, clever, suspenseful and filled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan, and convert those who aren’t already.

singer. She gradually cleaned up her image and became one of the first black women to record her music and perform on the radio.

Later, she reinvented herself again as a dramatic actress on stage, film and television.

For many years racism kept her from a wider audience — complaints from Southern listeners ended her national radio show in 1934 — and racism slowed her efforts to broaden her material. She accepted as a fact of life that blacks wouldn’t be admitted to many of the theaters where she performed.

Becoming a star didn’t trump prejudice, not even her own.

Waters often said she was most comfortable with “my people,” both socially and as a performer, though she was suspicious of better-educated blacks. She never lost her distrust of whites.

Waters alone was responsible for some of her career mis-

steps. While a standout in the 1943 all-black MGM musical “Cabin in the Sky,” she proved so difficult that she was all but banned from Hollywood films.

An Oscar-nominated comeback in the racially charged drama “Pinky” in 1949 led to an even

greater triumph on the stage the following year in “The Member of the Wedding.”

With her days as a lean-andsexy siren but a memory, she became a symbol of black dignity and, as a regular member of the Rev. Billy Graham’s national crusades, a grass roots evangelist.

Bogle, the leading scholar on blacks in film, provides an enlightening look at AfricanAmerican culture and society as he describes Waters’ life and career. He stumbles badly, however, in filling his story with unnecessary detail that overwhelms an intimate portrait of an artist in her time.

And Ethel Waters was an artist, in more than one medium and in more than one art. For the generations that will know her only through old recordings and a handful of films, Bogle’s “Heat Wave” shows just how special she truly was.

* This week’s New York Times Bestseller List * HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Shadowfever” by Karen Marie Moning 2. “Strategic Moves” by Stuart Woods 3. “The Girl...The Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson 4. “The Inner Circle” by Brad Meltzer 5. “The Sentry” by Robert Crais PAPERBACK (TRADE) FICTION 1. “True Grit” by Charles Portis 2. “Water For Elephants” by Sara Gruen 3. “The Girl...Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson 4. “Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese 5. “Winter Garden” by Kristin Hannah HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand 2. “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua 3. “Decision Points” by George W. Bush 4. “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1” by Mark Twain 5. “Cleopatra” by Stacy Schiff PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. “Heaven Is For Real” by Todd Burpo with L. Vincent 2. “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horowitz 3. “Just Kids” by Patti Smith 4. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls 5. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert

Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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Books

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Crossword 100

www.ThemeCrosswords.com

by Sally York and Myles Mellor Across 1. Lunar trench 5. Atlantic food fish 9. Jenny Lind, e.g.

14. Iridescent gem 18. Sundae topper 19. Trig function 21. Edible fish 22. Exotic vacation spot 23. McCartney’s 1976

tour 26. Communicate silently 27. Hooked 28. Slow, musically 29. Killed, in a way 31. Reunion attendees 32. Certifies 34. ___ Violet, Warhol

“superstar” 35. Unit of capacity 36. Wilkes-___, Pa. 38. Capri, e.g.

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attended by Lennon

and McCartney 48. Energy 51. Traffic director 52. Dull 53. Intro 54. ___ League 56. Book part 58. D-Day beach 60. Top ___ Club, Beatles venue in Hamburg 61. Gold standard 63. Pipe problem 66. Much less 69. Site of pivotal Beatles

performance 74. Leadfoot’s likely

locale 76. Eat 77. From the top 80. Lennon’s widow

81. Erect 83. Lady of pop 87. Lake near Niagara

Falls 88. Medieval dagger 91. Certain violin 94. Earned 96. “___ not!”

97. Beatles’ “home

movie” 101. Auto parts giant 102. Seed structure 103. Sells (for) 106. Astringent fruit 109. Unfortunate one 113. Transitioned smoothly 115. Corners of the eye 117. Opponent 118. Guaranteed to bring a profit 120. Evict 121. Early band name 124. Gratis 125. Physics lab device, for short 126. Author Zola 127. Clock sound 128. Minnesota ___ 129. Most trifling 130. Palm reader, e.g.

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10. Unfermented malts 11. “Silas Marner”

novelist 12. Datebook abbr.

13. Nestling hawk 14. Antiquated 15. Do watercolors 16. Tattered Tom’s

creator 17. Paul’s wife for 29

years 20. Water chestnut 24. Picturesque 25. Falling star 30. Garden bulb 32. French collagist 33. Close relative 36. Nota ___ 37. Quarter 39. Ermines 41. Tennessee athlete,

for short 42. Short visit 43. Dogma 44. African antelope 45. Indecent 46. Adult-to-be 47. Sea bird 48. Ringo’s son 49. Roth ___ 50. Musical composition

for two voices 55. Thai money 57. Winter bug 59. Female lobster 62. Bus. card abbr.

64. Doyens 65. ___ Baba 67. “I get it!”

68. Orchestra alternative 70. Cap attachment 71. Kind of testing 72. Earthquake 73. Relax

74. Last, e.g.

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screen 82. Chester White’s

home 84. ___ nitrate 85. Box office take 86. Botheration 89. Kitchen areas 90. Digital money

92. Discordant 93. Grow worse 95. Exclamation of

triumph 98. ___-di-dah 99. Same old, same old 100. Boat race 104. Word with relations or records 105. Blue-ribbon 106. Knock, with “at” 107. A Bush

An exploration of Islam at USU anthropology museum

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HE HISTORY and traditions of Islam are the focus of the next “Saturdays at the Museum” activity at Utah State University.

USU’s Museum of Anthropology presents “Islam: A Discussion of Culture and Religion” Saturday, Feb. 5. Guests from the Logan Islamic Center

are featured in a presentation between 1 and 2 p.m.

The day’s activities include educational displays and activities for families and children. The event focuses on increasing awareness of the basic beliefs and practices of Muslims, both locally and in Muslim countries around the world.

“I’m looking forward to hearing from the Islamic community about their culture first hand,” said museum intern Emily Baker.

“This Saturday’s event is a great opportunity to get an informed perspective on Islamic traditions and to understand the belief systems of this ancient religion.”

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in Old Main building, Room 252.

In addition to its Saturday program hours, the Museum of Anthropology is open six days a week, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

108. Dawn 110. Detroit’s Joe Louis ___ 111. Credit cards 112. Kick out 113. Curl one’s lip 114. Office stations 116. “___ do you good” 118. Cheese on crackers 119. Fit 122. Hurry 123. German resort

Answers from last week

Ongoing events The Post-Mormon Community is a nonsectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. Newcomers welcome. For more information, visit www.PostMormon.org/logan or call

Friday Sketch City w/Mermaid Baby Arches will perform rock/alternative music at 8 p.m. on Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

Dry Lake Band will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. Stokes Nature Center invites curious toddlers, ages 2 to 3, to join them for Parent Tot from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday. Explore animals, plants, and nature through music, crafts, and games. This program is parent interactive, and all toddlers must have a parent present to participate and explore along with their child. The program fee is $3 ($2.50 for SNC members).

For more info, call 755-3239 or visit www. logannature.org.

The Fry Street Quartet will perform from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for USU faculty and staff, free for USU students. For more information, go to http://arts.usu.edu.

By popular demand JF Prince Gallery is continuing its current exhibition “Color Memory” by Andrew Williams-Dremeaux until Feb 14.

Saturday Utah State University presents the annual Youth Conservatory Monster Concert featuring 20 pianos, 200 students, the Cache Children’s Choir and a special guest monster at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Kent Concert Hall. Tickets are $3 general admission, $10 per family and free for USU students with ID. Proceeds from the concert benefit operating costs of the Youth Conservatory and the organization’s scholarship fund, providing piano lessons to children of families who could not otherwise afford tuition. Tickets can be purchased at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 139-B, or online (arts.usu.edu).

The Cache Valley Folk Dancers and The Bridger Folk Music Society are hosting their monthly “first Saturday” contra dance on Saturday. The dance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Live music will be provided by Logan band “The FourPotatoes Three” with calling by our usual pool of talented local callers. A $6 donation is suggested at the door, $3 for children under 12. Beginners and families are welcome, all dances are taught. For more information, call 753-2480 or 753-5987 or visit www.bridgerfolk.org.

Charlotte Skinner will perform a concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. For more information please call 792-0353.

“Breakfast With Your Legislators” Town Hall meetings with all Cache Valley State Legislators will be held at 7:30 a.m. each Saturday through March 5 in the Cache County offices multi-purpose room, 179 N. Main St. All are welcome. Free continental breakfast provided.

Sunday Todd Milovich will give a “Sunday Brunch” perform on Sunday at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

Monday MedSource is offering free assistive technology maintenance training and assessments from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main St. For more information or to schedule a home visit, contact Janice at OPTIONS for Independence at 753-5353 ext. 102.

The Cache Valley Retired School Employees Association will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday at the Copper Mill Restaurant. The program will be presented by a singing group called The Buttar’s Sisters. All retired school employees in the valley are invited to attend.

Reservations are necessary. If you plan on attending, please call Diane Esplin at 5636412.

Nationally acclaimed guitarist Craig Wagner performs at Utah State University as a guest of the guitar program in the Department of Music at 7:30 p.m. on Monday at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are $15 general admission and $5 for all students and can be purchased at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online (arts.usu.edu) or call 7978022.

The Booklore Club will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday at the home of Nancy Daines, 515 E. 1100 North.

Tuesday The Estate Planning Council of Northern Utah is meeting for lunch at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Copper Mill Restaurant. There will be an Estate Planning Client Panel, and the topic will be “Panel Discussions.” The cost is $25. Attorneys, CPAs, Financial Advisors, Insurance Agents and the general public are invited. RSVP to Suzanne Poole at 752-6496.

Logan High School will be holding evening SEOP sessions for 9th going 10th grade from 3 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 8, 9 and 10 in the high school media center. SEOP sessions for 10th and 11th grade will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 15, 16 and 17. Registration for next year’s classes as well as post high plans will be discussed. Each session should take between 15 and 20 minutes. Parents please

plan on attending with your student anytime between 3 and 6 p.m.

A Living Well with a Disability support group, which assists people to develop healthy behaviors, achieve worthwhile goals and live a rich, meaningful life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main St. To reserve your sport, for more information or to schedule transportation, contact Kathleen at 753-5353 ext. 104.

The annual Valentines Lunch with OPTIONS for Independence will be at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Hamilton’s. Lunch prices will vary. To sign up, schedule transportation or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

The Utah Watercolor Society-Cache Valley Chapter will hold a general membership meeting on Tuesday at the Logan Library Jim Bridger Room, 255 N. Main St. Critique at 6:30 p.m., general membership meeting at 7 p.m. The guest artist will be Catherine Hostetter, former president of Utah Watercolor Society and acrylic, oils and watercolorist artist. Catherine will be presenting a demo using a special ground on a board.

Chris Conte, associate professor of history at USU, recently led a group of undergraduates into Green Canyon to better understand how local residents have shaped the landscape since its settlement. Findings will be highlighted in a talk at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the North Logan Library. Students will speak to issues of intensive water and land use, the canyon’s health, and its chances for longevity.

For more information, contact Kristen Munson at 797-0267.

Wednesday Scott Bradley will lead a “To Preserve the Nation” Constitution class at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at The Book Table. There is no charge. For more information, call 753-2930.

Canyon Elementary’s kindergarten readiness parent training (for parents of children who will enter kindergarten this fall) will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the school media center. There will be additional classes for parents on Feb. 23, March 9 and March 23. Interested parents should plan to attend all four meetings. Free to parents in the school boundary. To register, call 792-7684 or pick up a form at the school. You may also register the evening of the 9th. Child care will be provided at the school at no cost.

The Cache Historical Society presents author Jay D. Schvanevelt at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Cache County Courthouse.

Schvanevelt, a USU history graduate, will discuss his recent book “History of Weston, Idaho.”

The Towne Singers have begun their spring rehearsals and are excited to invite new members to join. They are especially looking for tenors, baritones and basses. This valley

choir has been in existance for over 40 years and performs a Christmas and spring concert each year, as well as singing at Valley rest homes. Practices are held each Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Dansante building, 75 S. 100 West. For more information, contact Karen Hoffman at 563-5177.

Thursday

A self-advocacy group for people with a disability, their family and support staff is offered by OPTIONS for Independence and the Grassroots Advocacy Partnership at 6 p.m. on Thursday at OPTIONS, 1095 N. Main St. The group will learn about the political and disability communities and how they can make their voice heard more effectively. To join, for more information or to schedule transportation, contact Traci at 753-5353 ext. 106.

“Enjoying Family Traditions and Making Memories” is the topic for the monthly Eat and Educate workshop held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday at the USU Extension Office in Cache County, 179 N. Main St. Dr. Stacey MacArthur will share ideas for giving your family happy memories every day. A light lunch will be served. The cost is $3 per person. The Utah Commission on Marriage will co-sponsor this event in celebration of Marriage Week.

Call 752-6263 to reserve your spot.

Cache Valley Assisted Living will hold a Valentine’s Dance from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday at 233 N. Main St., Providence. All ages are welcome. Event includes big band swing music, dance lessons, desserts and a raffle. For more information, call 792-4770.

Derek and Taylor McMurdie, owners of Temptation Cupcake, will teach how to make perfect treats from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Macey’s in Providence. The event includes give-aways.

Poor Ophelia w/SoulFire and TBA will perform alternative/rock music at 8 p.m. on Thursday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

Music Theatre West will perform “The Music Man” at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Feb. 10-12 and 14-15 (matinee on the 12th). Vanessa Ballam and T.J. Davis lead the cast in Meredith Willson’s memorable musical. Harold Hill cons his way into the lives of a midwestern Iowa town, and quite possibly into the heart of demure local librarian, Marian. For tickets and information, go to www.musictheatrewest.org.

Sky View High School presents “The Wizard of Oz” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 to 12 and Feb. 14, in the school auditorium, 520 S. 250 East, Smithfield. Tickets are $6 to $7. Group rates available for groups of 20 or more by contacting the school directly before the show dates.

A Sweetheart’s Ball featuring The Tic Seamon’s Band will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m on Thursday at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 12351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Enjoy a night of dancing to Big Band music. Call 792-0353 for more info.

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