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FEBRUARY 10-16, 2017

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February 10-16, 2017

COVER 6 River Heights resident surprised by return of his father’s WWII dog tag

THE ARTS 4 Annual Cache Valley

Cowboy Rendezvous set for March 3-5 in Hyrum

4 AFCO helps raise funds for Cache Valley for Hope 5 Annual chocolate event

slated for next Saturday

5 Sky High Players bring

‘Little Mermaid’ to the stage

8 Utah Festival Opera &

Musical Theatre tickets going on sale on Feb. 14

10 Music Theatre West presents ‘My Fair Lady’

MOVIES 3 Three stars: Will Arnett

returns in familiar role in ‘The Lego Batman Movie’

3 ‘Split’ continues hold on top spot at the box office

9 Three and a half stars: Keanu is back as hitman in ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’

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

Actor Richard Hatch, right, poses for a photograph with a fan at the inaugural Salt Lake Comic Con in September 2013. Best known as Apollo in the original “Battlestar Galactica,” Hatch died on Tuesday at age 71. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal) On the cover: Bob Atwood holds a dog tag that belonged to his father, who served as a bombardier on a B-17. The dog tag was sent to Atwood after being found in England, more than 70 years following the end of World War II. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR Cancer did what the Cylons never were able to do.

Richard Hatch passed away on Tuesday at the age of 71 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

To be clear, this Richard Hatch was not the first “Survivor” survivor, nor was he the local musician, who is still slated to perform on Valentine’s Day (see Page 5).

Rather, this was the Richard Hatch of my childhood. Or more specifically, Captain Apollo of the briefbut-much-beloved TV series, “Battlestar

Galactica.” Back around 1978, my friend, Jeff, and I would regularly imagine our matching Raleigh MX bicycles to be Colonial Vipers, with him portraying Apollo while I was always Lt. Starbuck (Dirk Benedict).

Fortunately, while attending and covering the inaugural Salt Lake Comic Con in September 2013, I had the opportunity to meet and chat with both Hatch and Benedict. While I primarily talked about Montana and fly fishing with Big Sky native Benedict, I actually had a local connection with Hatch.

Although I unfortunately didn’t know it at the time, Hatch was in Cache Valley in December 2010, serving as the director of a short film entitled “White Wings.”

Written by Sue Rowe of Kaysville, a few scenes for “White Wings” were shot along Center Street and in downtown Logan, including at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. But when I asked Hatch about the film three years later, he said a lack of funding had left the film uncompleted (however, a 92-second trailer is on YouTube, if you’re curious).

But while Hatch, who also replaced Michael Douglas as Karl Malden’s partner on Season 5 of “The Streets of San Francisco,” may not have been able to finish off “White Wings” during this lifetime, it would seem that he found another way to acquire them.

— Jeff Hunter

Caped Crusader takes little from ‘Lego Movie’

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

The best thing “The Lego Batman Movie” does is it doesn’t try to be a sequel to “The Lego Movie.” It’s only connection to that movie is the mention of Batman being a Master Builder. Other than that, this movie exists in its own hilarious universe.

More of a Batman movie than a Lego movie, “Lego Batman” takes aim at just about everything in the Batman canon. It delights in lambasting the franchise and pointing mockingly at its excesses. Did you know that one of Batman’s villains is the Condiment King who shoots weaponized ketchup and mustard? Now you do.

The comedy here is so layered and takes on all sorts of different contexts within the Batman universe (and beyond) that it’s hard to believe this is a “kids’ movie.” Of course, it’s not just a movie meant for the young ones, but most parents might think that.

Don’t make that mistake.

The humor in “Lego Batman” is witty enough for any dis-

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Michael Cera, left, and Will Arnett lend their voices to “The Lego Batman Movie.”

★★★ ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Director // Chris McKay Starring // Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams, Jason Mantzoukas, Seth Green Rated // PG for rude humor and some action

cerning adult. Even skeptical ones, or downright grumps, will more than likely give into its charm.

Much like fast-paced comedic sitcoms like “Arrested Development,” the jokes here

are fast and furious. They’re so densely packed together in a tightly wound script that if you laugh at a joke you might miss the one that comes immediately after it.

“Lego Batman” is enthrall-

ing in its kaleidoscopic action.

It’s constantly moving, with only a few moments of rest and an animation style that makes it look extremely close to stop-motion. As we learned with “The Lego Movie,” they’re not using stop motion techniques, but they are trying to mimic them. This gives the movie a tactile look that pops off the screen.

There’s also a great story serving as the catalyst for the wacky hijinks. Batman (voiced by Will Arnett), is dark, depressed and thrives in

his loneliness. He doesn’t want or need other people around.

He’s comfortable doing everything himself even with more powerful superheroes out there like Superman (side note: Batman’s beef with Superman in this movie is one of the many hilarious subplots).

“The Lego Movie” was a story about accepting that even the most ordinary of us can do extraordinary things.

“Lego Batman” flips the lesson around and suggests that even the extraordinary need help from ordinary sources.

That even the strongest, most capable people we know still respond to the same things we do: love, fear, and anger.

Perhaps I’m getting too deep here, but “Lego Batman” contains multitudes. It isn’t just a colorful electronic babysitter for the kids. It’s got something for the parents, as well. Actually, most of its appeal is geared toward a more knowledgeable audience. Kids aren’t going to understand the numerous jokes about past Batmen, but their parents will and they’ll be laughing their heads off.

If you’re looking for a movie to share with the whole family that contains something different for just about everyone, then “Lego Batman” is your guy. But don’t tell him I told you that. He likes to go it alone.

‘Split’ tops box office for third straight weekend NEW YORK (AP) — M. Night Shyamalan’s multiple-personality thriller “Split” led the box office for a thirdstraight week, an unusual streak for a low-budget horror film.

According to studio estimates Sunday, “Split” came out on top again

with $14.6 million in North American ticket sales, bringing the Universal Pictures release’s three-week haul to $98.7 million.

The run for the Universal Pictures release has come in an especially slow period at multiplexes. Hollywood tra-

ditionally skips significant new releases on Super Bowl weekend due to the game’s enormous television audience.

Surely hurt by the continued strength of “Split,” Paramount’s horror option, “Rings,” came in second with an estimated $13 million. The sequel was an

attempted revival the dormant franchise begun with 2002’s “The Ring” and followed up with 2005’s “The Ring Two.” That release, though, opened with See BOX on Page 9

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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.

Rendezvous returns to Hyrum Annual Cache Valley event scheduled for March 3-5 at MCHS

The Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous is pleased to present “The Bard and the Ballardeer” — a.k.a. Waddie Mitchell and Don Edwards.

Mitchell and Edwards will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4, in the Mountain Crest High School Auditorium in Hyrum.

Paired together, this duo returns to Cache Valley and is sure to please those who loved to hear them back during the days of the Festival of the American West.

This year’s Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous will be held March 3-5. Other offerings at the annual event include a Friday night “Cowboy Opry” featuring Ernie Sites, Gary Allegetto, Ed Peekeekoot and poet Marleen Bussma. Following the Opry will be the Cowboy Family Dance featuring Dyer Highway. Saturday evening will include a concert featuring Ned LeDoux, Trinity Seely and Sam DeLeeuw.

And then it all winds up Sunday morning at the Cowboy Church held in the livery stable at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville.

All concert ticket prices are $10 to $50. Dance tickets are $10 for adults, $5 seniors, students and children, and $25 per family. Opry tickets are $10 for adults; $1 for children. Tickets are on sale now. For

Don Edwards, above left, and Waddie Mitchell, above right, will perform during this year’s Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous March 3-5 at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum.

more information and to purchase tickets, visit cvcowboy.org.

Grammy-nominated Edwards continues to build a legacy that enriches our vision of the American West. In tales of the day-to-day lives and emotions of those who lived it, his ballads paint a sweeping landscape of both mind and heart, bring-

ing to life the sights, sounds and feelings of this American contribution to culture and art.

The quality of this cowboy balladeer’s music stems from the fact that he is so much more than a singer. A historian, See HYRUM on Page 11

‘Sisters’ on stage at USU 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.

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 purchase 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.

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

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.

‘Mermaid’ coming to SVHS COMING UP 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

‘Love’ at the Tabernacle The Tabernacle Concert and Lecture series will

present a free Valentine’s Day concert at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Entitled “Falling in Love,” the concert will feature love songs from Broadway to folk to opera, performed by Michael Bailey, Natalie Bailey Burningham, Susan Haderlie and Betty Hammond, accompanied by Karla Axtell.

The New Horizons Orchestra, directed by Janice McAllister and Patty Bartholomew, will complete the program with orchestral selections. The singers will join them for a finale of romantic favorites.

Valentine’s Day magic

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 TusBethany Anderson will play Ariel in the Sky High Players’ production of “The can chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, strawberry almond salad, fresh fruit and New York cheesecake Little Mermaid” on select dates from Feb. 9-18. disappear, he will re-appear to give a formal platfeatures many classic favorites cal, Ariel solves her own problems form performance to engage the senses and aid the such as “Part of Your World,” at the end, and we get a rich back- digestion.

Seating is limited, so advance reservations are “Under the Sea” and “Kiss the story about the mermaid family’s required. Tickets for the semi-formal event are $37 Girl.” history. It’s more touching and “I think the stage musical is real for me, especially with live each. For tickets and additional information, call actually better than the original the Old Rock Church at 752-3432 or visit oldrockfilm,” Sidwell said. “In the musiSee SVHS on Page 11 church.com.

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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

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Chocolate Festival celebrates 30th year

OUT of the BLUE River Heights resident able to reconnect with late bombardier father through World War II dog tag

Lt. Frank Halm of the 331st squadron flew his first mission with the crew on the 14th. With two indoctrination missions on his record Frank recalls that he felt ready to go and does not remember being especially apprehensive.

Since the weather was warm he had just worn his leather A-2 flight jacked instead of the prescribed warmer clothing. Flying the bomb run was known to require some physical effort by the pilot, but being a big man it hadn’t bothered him during training.

On this day during the bomb run, flak started bursting nearby. Frank noted the activity, but he didn’t experience any great fear. He did notice, though, that the temperature rose and great rivulets of sweat were trickling down his spine.

By instinct he turned off the cabin heat. The crew responded immediately by saying the heat had gone off and they were freezing. At this point, Frank Halm learned that for him the sight of flak dangerously close did not create the usual coming fear, but rather it caused him to break into a vicious sweat.

He realized that his inward apprehensions were standard but were simply revealed in a different way.

— “Lingering Contrails of the Big Square A: A History of the 94th Bomb Group (H) 1942-1945” by Harry Slater Robert D. Atwood was on the four-engine bomber piloted by Lt. Frank Halm on Aug. 14, 1944. Named “Gremlin’s Hotel,” the B-17G dropped its load on pre-selected targets in Mannheim in southwestern Germany, then returned to its air base in Bury St Edmunds, England.

A 22-year-old first lieu-

tenant in the United States Army Air Force, Atwood served as the bombardier aboard “Gremlin’s Hotel,” and the Portland, Maine native was charged with taking over control of the Flying Fortress just prior to reaching the B-17’s target and then dropping the plane’s load via use of the highly regarded Norden

The envelope Bob Atwood received from England contained his father’s dog tag and part of a throat microphone.

bombsight.

Atwood survived that first flight with Halm, as well as one the following day over Munster, and then a third run on Aug. 16 above Altenburg. By the end of 1944,

the crew of “Gremlin’s Hotel” had completed 21 bombing runs, nine short of what was then the 30 flights required for airmen to be able to return home during the latter months of World

War II in Europe.

Against extremely long odds, Atwood and his fellow crewmen managed to complete 30 sorties, finishing up with a bombing run against targets in Brandenburg on March 31, 1945.

In an effort to keep Atwood in England, the USAAF offered to promote him to captain if he would fly five more missions against Germany.

“No way,” he replied. “I have a wife and son back home.”

——— Robert D. Atwood Jr. was that son.

A resident of River Heights, the longtime Cache Valley attorney is now 72 years old, and fighting a potentially deadly battle of his own against a rare form of blood cancer. Atwood was diagnosed with multiple myeloma a couple of years ago, and underwent a bone marrow transplant in February 2016 that was “deemed pretty successful.”

That extra year of life has been memorable for Atwood, who stepped away from his office four years ago, but still practices law in a limited basis out of his home. He and his wife, Annie, spent three weeks in France last November, visiting many World War II battle sites along the way.

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Story and Photographs by Jeff Hunter

Clockwise from left: A photo of Lt. Robert D. Atwood, Sr. taken during World War II. Robert D. Atwood, Jr. talks about his father at his home in River Heights. Atwood’s father kept a record of his B-17’s bombing missions on a piece of wood he passed onto his son. Part of a throat microphone that accompanied the dog tag from England. Atwood also has his father’s Distinguisded Flying Cross and dress uniform.

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Utah Festival Opera tickets going on sale Single tickets for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre’s silver anniversary season will go on sale at 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Thanks to increased popularity and by using the newly restored Utah Theatre, the Festival’s season has been extended additional weeks and will run from June 23-Aug. 9.

“This season is a celebration of iconic genius,” said Michael Ballam, founding general director. “All the works are the supreme offerings in each form of storytelling through music.”

The Festival kicks off its 25th season with

“Seussical,” a musical that celebrates childhood with catchy tunes and charming stories through the stories of Dr. Seuss. The wonderfully whimsical “Seussical” at the Utah Theatre features favorite Whoville characters including the Cat in the Hat and Horton the Elephant.

Join Quasimodo in the bell tower in a lush retelling of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

This epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero features songs from the Disney animated feature that will make your heart swell with

including Best Musical.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” is comical farce and classical operetta at its finest.

The pirates are celebrating young Frederic’s coming-of-age but he doesn’t want to be a pirate.

Then there’s “Rex,” the serious and poignant tale of England’s most notorious monarch, Henry VIII. Michael Ballam will bring Photo courtesy of UFOMT to life the powerfully Tickets will go on sale Tuesday for “The Music Man” and problematic Tudor King other Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre productions. coached by lyricist Shellaughter, tears and awe. back to the innocence and don Harnick (“Fiddler on the Roof”) featuring the Disney’s Oscar-nominated charm of 1912 in River music of Richard RodgCity, Iowa, where smallscore is augmented with ers (“Sound of Music”). town antics could bring additional new music.

The show is generating out the best in its citizens “The Music Man” is the national attention with after traveling con man most iconic Americana Harold Hill dupes them Broadway producers, musical of all time. Travel into buying marching band who, along with members uniforms and instruments of the Richard Rodgers for a new boys band. Win- family, will be attending ner of five Tony Awards the festival this summer.

Puccini’s immortal masterpiece “Madame Butterfly” is perfect for the first-time operagoer.

A young Japanese geisha clings to the belief that her arranged marriage with a visiting American naval officer will be loving and permanent. “Butterfly” is one of Giacomo Puccini’s greatest accomplishments.

Tickets for special concerts will also go on sale Feb. 14. It may be a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend an evening with 93-year-old Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning genius in “A Tribute to Sheldon Harnick” July 19. Harnick wrote “Fiddler on the Roof” and dozens of other musicals.

He is scheduled to personally narrate the See OPERA on Page 10

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“Falling in Love” A Valentines Concert featuring love songs from Broadway to folk to opera, will be performed.

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In “John Wick,” it felt like we barely scratched the surface of what was possible in Wick’s world.

“John Wick: Chapter 2” dives deeper into the hitman underworld, which is equal parts fascinating and terrifying.

“John Wick: Chapter 2,” masterfully avoids the pitfalls of being a sequel to a surprise hit.

The first movie was nonstop action from start to finish.

Here the film starts off with a big set-piece, but then it takes a rest and reunites us with John Wick and the insanely detailed sphere he inhabits.

The culture of the world’s preeminent killer-for-hire organization is fleshed out, rules are discussed and promises are binding. That’s what’s so great about these movies.

You go in expecting frenzied action (which you get in spades), but what you’re not expecting is this intense worldbuilding initiative that provides a richness and character depth as context for the action scenes.

“John Wick: Chapter 2” does try to recreate some of the magic of the first one, as is evidenced by a character exclaiming “Oh!” when they find out John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is coming. It’s not as revelatory this time around, but provides a nice chuckleworthy moment.

Chad Stahelski’s direction is on point.

His action sequences

characters and their movements are lost in darkness and shadows. In lesser action movies, the camera would be bobbling around and we’d only get glimpses of the whole.

Here the lighting and camera position allow a fight that takes place in the blackness of Rome’s sewers to be vivid and full of depth instead of obscured both have guns, and by the lack of light. they’re inches apart, but There are so many every time one of them inspired settings in squeezes off a round the gun is forced away by the this movie that it’d take too long to disother person.

This creates a tense and cuss them all, but wholly original sequence these filmmakers are where guns are present in really thinking about how they can elevate close combat, but have been rendered ineffective their chosen genre.

There isn’t much to because the men wielding do, story-wise, with a them are that good.

“John Wick: Chapter 2” revenge action flick. also has style. Cinematog- However, not only rapher Dan Laustsen has have they built upon created some gob-smack- the world to make it ing visuals, and has done intriguing to watch, but they’ve also something that many upped the game when action films are unable it comes to providing to do: piece together distinct, trademarked an exciting and visible extended action sequence action sequences that will amaze and horbathed in darkness. rify.

So often the action,

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Keanu Reeves stars in a scene in the new sequel, “John Wick: Chapter 2.”

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fights happening. Like a blood-spattered ballet, Wick ducks and dives as would-be assassins come at him, using his gun in director // Chad Stahelski unimaginably inventive Starring // Keanu Reeves, John Leguizamo, Ian ways. They aren’t just McShane, Bridget Moynahan, Laurence Fishburne shooting at each other; rated // R for strong violence throughout, some they’re dancing with bullanguage and brief nudity lets.

Take for example a should be revered study allows us to take in the scene between Wick and material in any class scene, to understand the teaching action filmmak- geography and follow the another assassin named ing as an art. His camera amazingly choreographed Cassian (Common). They

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Box Continued from Page 3 $35.1 million. Like “Independence Day Resurgence,” ‘’Bad Santa 2” and many more, “Rings” served as yet another questionable decision to recharge a franchise long out of theaters. It cost a relatively minimal $25 million to make and pulled in $15.2 million internationally over the weekend. But it won’t come close to the $249.3 million the first install-

ment made globally, or the $161.5 million “The Ring Two” made.

The weekend’s other debut, “The Space Between Us,” flopped altogether. The STX Entertainment release, starring Asa Butterfield as a boy who comes to Earth after being raised by astronauts on Mars, made a mere $3.8 million. It cost $30 million to make.

Universal’s “A Dog’s Purpose” came in third with $10.8 million in its second weekend.

Several Oscar contenders continued to pad their

totals. “Hidden Figures” earned $10.1 million for a seven-week total of $119.4 million. “La La Land” added $7.5 million to bring its domestic total to $118.3 million in nine weeks of release. And “Lion” took in $4 million in its 11th week for a cumulative total of $24.7 million.

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MTW presents ‘My Fair Lady’ Opera “My Fair Lady” is the standard by which all other shows are measured.

Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” with book, music and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe, “My Fair Lady” is triumphant. Don’t miss the opportunity to see Music Theatre West at its finest.

“My Fair Lady” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-25 and 27, and March 3-4, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. A matinee is also scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4.

Tickets for MTW’s production are available at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office, online at musictheatrewest.org or by phone at 7520026.

“My Fair Lady” presents a locally star-studded cast in this classic transformation story. Eliza Doolittle

Blue Continued from Page 6 was particularly sweet for Atwood because in the mail that had collected during his vacation was an envelope from England.

“Before we left for France, I got an email out of the blue that asked me, ‘Are you related to Robert D. Atwood?’” he recalls. “I replied that I was his son, and they said, ‘We think we might have found your father’s dog tag.’”

Being an attorney, Atwood says he has a “pretty good sense of what seems legitimate and what might be a fraud, and I had a feeling, This is too realistic to be anything but a truthful email.”

“So, I said, ‘I would be more than happy to pay for the shipping if you want to send them to me,’” Atwood continues. “I mean, they weren’t going to get much postage out of me anyway. If it was a fraud, it wasn’t a very profitable one.

“But I got another email back that said, ‘No, we appreciate so much what the American servicemen did for us in World War II that we would like to mail them to you.’”

(Sarah Huff), a rough Cockney girl, meets Colonel Pickering (Cary Youmans) and Henry Higgins (Craig Winder) in Covent Garden where she’s selling flowers. Higgins and Pickering set about to transform this common flower girl into a princess.

It is a humorous and heartwarming journey that has delighted audiences for over 60 years. The cast is rounded out by local favorites, Teresa Jones (Mrs. Higgins) and Debbie Ditton (Mrs. Pearce) and introduces newcomer Jeremy Gross as the dashing Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

This American classic has been called “the perfect musical” and Lerner and Loewe’s unforgettable numbers, like “Let a Woman in Your Life,” “I Could’ve Dance All

What eventually arrived in River Heights via Steve Goldstein in Red Lodge, Suffolk, England, was one dog tag containing Atwood’s father’s name, as well as what appears to be part of a throat microphone like those used by crewmen aboard B-17 Flying Fortresses during World War II. “The envelope had a letter in it, and, by darn, I had his dog tag, for sure, and possibly his radio mic,” Atwood says. “So, that was pretty exciting. I’ve since shared this all with my family, and they’ve been as interested in it as I have been.”

——— Robert Atwood, Sr. graduated from the University of Maine in 1941, then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the intention of becoming a pilot.

However, due to a shortage of bombardiers and navigators, his training was steered in a different direction and he was soon commissioned as a second lieutenant. He also became a married man, meeting Aileen Hansen, a nurse from Dayton, Idaho, while training in Salt Lake City.

Robert and Aileen welcomed the first of their two sons — Robert Jr. — in 1944 while he was assigned to Pyote Army

Night” and “I Have Often Walked Down this Street Before’” are likely the reason why. Needless to say, lovers of classic American music theater are definitely in for a real treat with a full orchestra, exquisite costumes and Broadway level talent.

Directed and conducted by Music Theatre West’s founding director Jay Richards, choreographed by Stephanie R. White and costumes designed by Maren Lyman and Jolene Jacobs, this production will sparkle and shine at each turn.

Music Theatre West’s full orchestra and talented singers, coached by Luke Shepherd, will transport audiences for the evening and send them home humming Lerner and Loewe’s memorable songs.

Air Base in Texas. But in July of that year, he and his bomber crew were shipped to the European Theater, where they flew as part of the Eighth Air Force’s 94th Bombardment Group.

“Our family comes from England, and so he tried to get around the country as much as he could,” Atwood says of his father. “He talked about how much he enjoyed going to London, and we have a photo of him with Big Ben in the background.”

Following the war, Robert Sr. returned to Utah, working for an insurance company in the Salt Lake City area. A second son, Thomas, was born in 1947, but when Robert Jr. was 12, the couple divorced and the elder Atwood returned to Maine, where he eventually remarried and had a daughter, Anne.

Despite living on the East Coast, Robert Sr., who joined the LDS Church shortly after marrying Aileen, had season tickets to BYU football, and remained close to his oldest son, who graduated from Utah State University before going to law school at the University of Utah. He was serving as the city assessor for Saco/Biddeford in southern Maine when he retired in 1980.

“He looked forward to

Continued from Page 8 evening through his music and memories of his career of nearly seven decades.

Other concerts include The Pianists, the International Opera Semifinals and Finals, and Giuseppe Verdi’s crowning achievement, “The Verdi Requiem.” The work will join forces of the American Festival Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Craig Jessop, with the Festival’s world-class orchestra and soloists.

The productions will be presented in repertory with full orchestra, and the season bursts with concerts, breakfast with the stars, Academy lectures and interactive classes, backstage tours and more.

Performance tickets will be available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 ext. 3 or in person at the box office located in the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West. Ticket prices vary by performance and start at $13. Discounts are available for season ticket purchases and groups. Students of all ages receive a 25 percent discount with ID.

retirement and retired when he was 62, which turned out to be a good plan on his part because he only lived seven years after that,” Robert Jr. says of his father, who died of a heart attack in 1987.

Before he passed away, the elder Atwood gave his oldest son a piece of wood in which he had written all of the dates and targets of the “Gremlin’s Hotel,” as well as his dress uniform and his Distinguished Flying Cross medal.

“The war had a big impact on him, as it did a lot of people that served,” Atwood says.

“Some people didn’t like to talk about it, but my dad liked to talk about it. He was really proud of his service and his experience, and he enjoyed talking about the war.”

——— While he’s happy to have one of his father’s dog tags back in the United States, Robert Atwood Jr. is still a little perplexed by the mystery of its discovery.

“I never could get a clear explanation as to what they had found,” he says of the Goldsteins. “They just said they had been digging around, but they didn’t say if it had been on their property or somewhere else. Obviously it was near their house, and

they must have come across a whole cache of World War II memorabilia that appeared to have been discarded from the air base that was there.”

Atwood says he’s tried to reconnect with Steve Goldstein and his wife, Maria, but has yet to receive a response.

The address they provided with the letter is from Red Lodge, which is near Bury St Edmunds, but well on the other side of the city from the site of the air base, which is now known as Rougham Airfield.

“And I haven’t got a good idea of how they found me,” he adds. “The only way that I can see that they made such a connection would be on an LDS genealogy website called FamilySearch, where my dad is clearly identified with a photo and there’s some information that shows me as his son.”

While he says he’ll keep trying to get more information about the discovery of his father’s dog tag, Atwood says “it’s just remarkable to have something like that back in the family after 71 years.

“It’s hard to describe the feeling of being able to hold something like that in my hand,” he adds, “because that’s something that probably that flew on these missions with my Dad.”

All ages are invited to USU’s Science Unwrapped at 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 10, in the Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium.

USU physicist Maria Rodriguez presents “CSI: Black Holes in the Universe.” Admission is free.

Learning activities and refreshments follow the talk. For more information, call 797-3517 or visit usu.edu/science/unwrapped.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend at Elite Hall in Hyrum with live big bands, dinner catered by Firehouse Pizzeria and dance instruction from the USU Big Band Swing Club. Jazz Night will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 9-11, at Elite Hall, 83 W. Main St. in Hyrum. The USU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble directed by Jon Gudmundson and Greg Wheeler will perform, and free dance instruction will be provided by the USU Big Band Swing Club every night at 6 p.m. Thursday night is dancing only; catered dinner will only be served Friday and Saturday. Cost is $10 for dancing; $25 for dinner and dancing.

Visit cca.usu.edu for more information.

Looking for something special to do for Valentine’s Day? Now taking reservations for the Val-

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 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,

entine’s dinner and concert with Hooper-based Western singer Brenn Hill on Feb. 10-11 at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville. Dinner starts at 7 p.m. and concert at 8 p.m. Concert-only tickets are available.

For more information including pricing, please visit awhc.org or call 245-6050. Concert tickets are $18 per person and $35 per couple; dinner package is $75 per couple.

community will celebrate the Chocolate Festival’s 30th anniversary. Held at the Four Seasons Event Center at 140 E. 2200 North in North Logan, tickets for the annual Planned Parenthood fundraiser 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.

Family fun will come to the Logan Library on Saturday, Feb. 10. The library will be extending its hours of operation to host a family game night, which will begin at 6 p.m. and go until 8:30 p.m. Games will include, bingo and Loteria, as well as jumbo board games, Dance, Dance Revolution, Pictionary, chess, Jenga and more. There will be free nachos and popcorn. Everything is free and everyone is invited; no library card required

All ages are invited to the USU Geology Department’s Rock and Fossil Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Geology Building at the northeast corner of the USU Quad. Visit the USU Geology Museum, learn how streams flow and rocks break and view rock sections under a microscope. Bring your rock, mineral or fossil for identification by a geologist. Kids enjoy a fossil dig and dinosaur cookies. Free admission. For more information, call 797-1273 or visit geology.usu.edu.

SATURDAY Gleewood will perform along with Curtis Wardle at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11, at WhySound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7. Visit whysound.com for more information.

On Saturday, Feb. 11, the

Cache Valley Eagles are hosting a charity bingo night with a Valentine’s dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at 170 W. 900 North. Proceeds will benefit the fight against heart disease.

Everyone 21 and over is welcome.

student assistant director for the production. “It really takes this production to another level.”

One of the challenges of the stage musical is meeting the expectations of audiences who have seen the movie so many times.

“Yes, that is a challenge,” laughed Sidwell. “We have gone to great lengths to make the show spectacular to watch.

We have glowing coral reefs, Triton’s glowing trident, cool glowing jellyfish, a magic glowing shell — I don’t think we’ve ever had so many LED lights or glowing things on this stage before.”

Bethany Anderson plays Ariel, which is a dream come true for her. She even had her

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

Monday, Feb. 13, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “About Time,” which is rated R. Popcorn and admission is free.

TUESDAY The Tabernacle Concert and Lecture Series will present a free Valentine’s Day concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14. Entitled “Falling in Love,” the concert will feature love songs from Broadway to folk to opera, performed by Michael Bailey, Natalie Bailey Burningham, Susan Haderlie and Betty Hammond, accompanied by Karla Axtell.

The New Horizons Orchestra, directed by Janice McAllister and Patty Bartholomew, will complete the program with orchestral selections. The singers will join them for a finale of romantic favorites.

The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Bored!” Visit library. loganutah.org for more information.

This Valentine’s Day, Ridge-

hair dyed red for the show. She took a workshop in January on stage kissing to get things just right with her leading man.

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.

Costumes were designed by Christine Hall and lights by Kenneth Bell of Magic Productions. Professional choreographers include Katie Packard, Scott Henderson, Dawna Small, Stephanie White and others.

For more information, call 563-6273.

line High School in Millville will be holding a Blood Drive directed by ARUP. We would love for community members to come donate blood between 9 and 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the entrance of the auditorium at RHS. Parking will be available on the north end of the building.

The Logan Library would like to invite the public to join library staff and board members in discussing the library’s future at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Logan History Room. For more information, call 716-9120 or visit library.loganutah.org for minutes of past meetings and this month’s agenda.

WEDNESDAY Do you enjoy chess? Would you like to improve your skills?

The Logan Library is sponsoring an evening of chess at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 18. The library makes chess boards available every first and third Wednesday in the Jim Bridger Room. All skill levels are welcome. Light refreshments are served. Games are open for anyone age 8 to 108. For more information, call or email Joseph Anderson at 716-9137 or joseph.anderson@ loganutah.org.

Hyrum Continued from Page 4 author and musicologist, unusually well-versed in cowboy lore and musical traditions, Edwards brings a rare complement of knowing and loving his craft. Mostly though, there is the soul of a poet, a man who has never succumbed to the temptations of presenting a glamorized or romanticized version of the West.

From his earliest days on the remote Nevada ranches where his father worked, Mitchell was

immersed in the cowboy way of entertaining, the art of spinnin’ tales in rhyme and meter that came to be called cowboy poetry, a Western tradition that is as rich as the lifestyle that gave birth to it. Within his stories, told in a voice that is timeless and familiar, are the common bonds we all share, moments both grand and commonplace, the humorous and the tragic, the life and death struggles and triumphs that we each recognize.

And yet, Mitchell presents his material with personal insights and the lessons learned during his life spent as a buckaroo.

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