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What’s inside this week Review: ‘Green Zone’ ruined by Shaky-cam

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“Millville Moon” by Woody Shepherd, 2009, oil and acrylic on hardwood panel. With their varied textures and interfused fragments, Shepherd’s paintings are all about perception. He says his scenes are a means to escape: “Not only the physical escape of being out in the woods, but also an escape into your own mind.” Read more about the USU artist and see some of his work on Page 8. Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

From the editor

T SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE is obsessed with one TV show or another these days — “Lost,” “The Office,” “Big Love” — but I have to confess I’ve never seen, or liked, any of them. Besides my two staples, “House” and “24,” I don’t watch shows on TV. Sure, I’ll get TV on DVDs from Netflix sometimes, but there’s just not much out there I can stand. I have lately become a fan of “How I Met Your Mother” and “Grey’s Anatomy” (notice how much of a latecomer I am), but I can only watch them on DVD. Yes, I have a DVR at home, but I still can’t stand waiting a week between episodes. I’d rather wait a year between DVD releases then watch all 20-plus episodes in a super marathon.

Slow Wave

American West Heritage Center looking for more volunteers

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The last TV show I got from Netflix was “Big Love,” and I got a little more than halfway through season one before I packed them all up and returned them. Coming next is “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” a show I’ve heard lots of good things about; I have also been told I should watch “Dexter,” a Showtime drama about a “sympathetic serial killer.” Most of the time you’ll find me watching a Jazz game, Sportscenter or an old sitcom on Nick at Nite (“Roseanne” is an all-time favorite). We keep trying to tune into the newer sitcoms that play on primetime, but we can’t find one that doesn’t make us want to throw the TV out the window. If you have any suggestions for me, please let me know! Have a great weekend, everyone! — Jamie Baer Nielson Cache Magazine editor

The magical adventures of a supertaster

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pet photo of the week

This dog is available for adoption! Pet: Hank From: Four Paws Rescue Why he’s so lovable: “Hank is an English setter that was picked up by animal control. He wasn’t claimed by his people and is now looking for a new family and forever home. He is a young adult, neutered male. He is wonderful with other dogs and loves to play. He has lots of energy and would love to go on long hikes or walks. Hank is very affectionate and is also good with cats! Hank’s adoption fee is $125, which covers our cost for his neuter and vaccinations (parvo/distemper and rabies).” To meet Hank, e-mail scfourpaws@hot mail.com or leave a message at 752-3534.

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

Acoustic performer John Lilly coming to Crumb Brothers RIDGER FOLK B Music Society will host John Lilly in the first

Joseph is back with his technicolor dreamcoat

HE OLD BARN Community Theatre will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Friday and Saturday through March 27. Matinees will start at 2:30 p.m. March 13 and 20. “Joseph” is a humorous, lighthearted show that retells the story of Joseph from the Bible with

excitement, energy and a musical score that includes many different styles. This classic musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber has charmed audiences around the world for years with songs such as “Close Every Door” and “Any Dream Will Do.” This production is directed by Laura Lee and Marvin Hull. Some cast members include Jed Chris-

tensen as Joseph, Afton Lovell as the Narrator and Jay Greene, David Hull, Craig Thunell, Matt Jeppesen, Cameron Clark, Brett Kirby, Josh Hirschi, Brett Herron, Travis McKee, Skylar Williams and Matthew Baker as Joseph’s brothers. The Old Barn Theatre is at 3605 Bigler Road in Collinston. Reservations can be made at www.oldbarn. org or by calling 435-458-BARN.

AWHC looking for animal breeders, owners

S ONE OF NORTHERN Utah’s most beloved events, Baby Animal Days, presented by the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville on April 8, 9 and 10, has traditionally featured many animals for holding, cuddling and admiring. Animal breeders and animal owners are invited to bring their animals to display at this event. Spaces are limited, but breeders of dogs, camels, snakes, birds or just about any other kind of animal have the opportunity this year to show-

case and sell their animals at this event. Anyone wishing to display or sell their animals must pre-register by contacting Cody Merchant at 245-6050 or cmerchant@awhc.org.

Typically nearly 20,000 people attend Baby Animal Days each year. It is one of the Intermountain region’s most popular and cherished spring events. Visitors have the chance of interacting with animals of all kinds; breeders and animal owners who wish to participate can determine the amount to which they will let visitors handle their animals, but they are expected to showcase their animals for the full three days, even if they sell.

of a series of house concerts along the Wasatch Front, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East, Logan. Coffee and baker items will be served starting at 7 p.m. Cost is a suggest donation of $15. Seating is limited; for tickets, contact Lisa or Ron Goede at 7529650, 757-5420 or queenrags@gmail.com. Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer from Charleston, W.Va., specializing in Americana, country roots and traditional folk music. He writes new songs that sound as old as the hills, and performs older songs like they were made yesterday. According to one reviewer, “If Hank Williams had a sunny disposition, he’d be John Lilly.” Lilly has released four self-produced CDs. His latest, “Haunted Honky Tonk,” achieved the No. 1 position on both the Freeform American Roots (FAR) and the Euro Americana radio charts. “Broken Moon,” released in 2000, earned enthusiastic reviews and widespread radio airplay. Bluegrass Unlimited magazine called it one of the “most unusual and interesting acoustic disks of the year.” Lilly’s second CD, 2003’s “Last Chance to Dance,” debuted at No. 1 on the FAR radio chart and rose to No. 4 on the Euro Americana radio chart. His 2005 CD release, “Blue Highway,” is a collaboration with legendary Tennessee fiddler Ralph Blizard.

Recognized internationally as a powerful performing songwriter, Lilly won the national Ghost Writers in the Sky songwriting contest in 2005. He also won a customized guitar for his original song “Blue Highway.” Lilly was a finalist in the 2002 Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, N.C., chosen from 853 entries and placing third in the country category for his song “Broken Moon.” Lilly was born in Illinois in 1954 and has traveled and performed widely. A former member of the Green Grass Cloggers dance team, Lilly spent years playing traditional string band music with groups including Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers. He is a former a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and is currently editor of West Virginia’s Goldenseal magazine. For more information about John Lilly, visit www.johnlillymusic.com.

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All mixed up

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All mixed up

Volunteers needed for upcoming year at AWHC

HE AMERICAN West Heritage Center in Wellsville will host its annual Volunteer Orientation on Saturday, March 13. New and returning volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. for the annual pancake breakfast and introduction to opportunities for the coming year. The orientation is a lively introduction to the myriad of opportunities that exist for pioneer wannabes and others. The event is free to the public. “Entire families come and volunteer here,” said David Sidwell, program director at the Heritage Center. “It’s so fun to see the kids with their parents, all having a good time here doing oldfashioned things and helping people understand and live our heritage.” Potential volunteers attending orientation can expect to participate in hands-on activities in many of the various areas available, including 1917 farm life, pioneer life, mountain man and fur trade

activities, and other “behindthe-scenes” volunteer opportunities. Everywhere you look at the Heritage Center throughout the year, volunteers help make it happen. At the organization’s largest event, Baby Animal Days, scheduled for April 8-10, volunteers help take care of and help visitors interact with the animals, help take tickets and other tasks. Some will even help manage the baby bears that are scheduled to make an appearance this year. Volunteers may also find themselves helping set the scene and assisting visitors to enjoy Daily Adventures, and at other events and functions. Many dress up for the part and come in pioneer clothes or clothes from 1917. Part of the orientation includes how to find clothing that represents the period by either making it or borrowing it from the Heritage Center. Other volunteer opportunities include performing in the Heritage Family Players or at

other venues such as summer melodramas and special dinner events. Volunteers are also needed for the many handcart treks conducted each summer. Some volunteers help organize special events or fix antique machinery. Behind-the-scenes opportunities include helping set up and take down events, running sound equipment, managing databases, doing graphic design work, helping with social networking or even taking photographs. The Heritage Center also has plenty of opportunities for large groups to come and do service, whether it be church groups, youth groups or others. A quick glance at their schedule indicates a large number of Boy Scouts doing service projects for their Eagle awards, too. For large group inquiries or Boy Scout Eagle projects, contact the Heritage Center at 2456050; orientation is more for single volunteers or families. For more information, visit www.awhc.org.

Bruce Draper enjoys volunteering in the 1917 heirloom Victory Garden at the American West Heritage Center.

Festival Chorus, Orchestra closes out season with ‘Creation’ HE AMERICAN Festival Chorus and OrchesT tra, with Craig Jessop conduct-

ing, rounds out its season with Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation” on Saturday, March 27, in the Kent Concert Hall at Utah State University. The performance features soloists Dr. Cindy Dewey and Dr. Cory Evans, both faculty members at USU, as well as internationally acclaimed baritone Clayton Brainerd. Tickets are $12, $16 and $18. In a special arrangement, tickets for high school and junior high/ middle school students are halfprice with student ID at ticket office outlets and at the door. Tickets are available in person at the CSA Box Office in the Chase

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Fine Arts Center 139-B and at the Eccles Theatre Ticket Office, 43 S. Main St.; by calling 7978022; or online at www.american festivalchorus.org. Haydn was a devout Mason and recognized God as the great architect of the universe, Jessop said. The text for the work comes mostly from the biblical books of

Genesis and Psalms. The three soloists represent angels who narrate and comment on the six days of creation. The overture is recognized Brainerd for its portrayal of the chaos before the creation, and the work is also known for its monumental choruses. • Soprano Cindy Dewey is an active performer, appearing regularly in recital and with symphonies in the United States and Canada. She made her New York debut in the award-winning

opera “Intimations,” where her performance received praise in the New York Times. Dewey has also performed leading opera and operetta roles with companies in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and West Virginia. • Tenor Cory Evans is director of choral activities at USU. He also serves as music director of the Northern Utah Choral Society and as executive director of Music Reservata of Utah. He has soloed with the Vancouver Symphony and Utah Chamber Orchestra, and appears on the CD “Sing Me to Heaven.” • Award-winning baritone Clayton Brainerd has amassed an extensive list of accolades in the last decade, singing leading

roles with the major orchestras and opera companies of the world. His imposing stage presence and magnificent voice have electrified audiences in Europe, New Zealand, Canada, North and South America, Korea and Japan. The professional American Festival Orchestra is composed of USU music faculty, outstanding musicians in the community and the Northern Utah region and top select senior USU students, Jessop said. Principal strings are the Fry String Quartet. The Chorus consists of 260 singers who live within a 50-mile radius of Logan. The University Inn is offering a special $59 rate in conjunction with the concert. For a reservation, call 797-3679 and ask for Allison.

HE GEORGE S. Eccles Ice Center in North Logan will host its seventh annual Spice on Ice fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25. The event consists of a cook-off featuring some of the most talented chefs in Cache Valley, a live auction with fabulous prizes, and on-ice entertainment. Last year the fundraiser generated more than $26,000 for the Ice Center, which is the only Olympic-size, non-profit ice arena in the Intermountain West. This year, chefs from the Indian Oven, Elements, Firehouse Pizzeria, USU Catering, Smokin’ Blues Barbeque, Hamilton’s Steak and Seafood, Belle Monte and Tandoori Oven will prepare some of their best dishes for judges and guests. They will compete for three different titles: Judge’s Choice, People’s Choice and Chef of the Year. Last year’s big winner was

Greg Chambers of Firehouse Pizzeria as he won the overall Chef of the Year and People’s Choice awards. Tandoori Oven won the Judge’s Choice award. On-ice entertainment will be provided by Ice Center patrons who benefit from the rink’s programs on a daily basis. A live auction will be held to help raise money for the ice arena’s educational programs and facility needs. Tickets are on sale now at the Ice Center. Cost is $50 per person and includes appetizers from a variety of restaurants, an entrée from each competing chef and dessert. Sponsorship tables are also available for the event and start at $600. Tables seat eight people. Those who would like to participate in the live auction may do so without purchasing a ticket. The live auction will begin after the dinner and is free to the public. For more information, contact Tommy or Deborah at 787-2288.

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Kamin Thai Cuisine’s Jo Musicabud, center, gives a few final instructions as runners prepare to deliver her restaurant’s Kai Bai Magrood dish to the judges during last year’s Spice on Ice fundraiser at the Eccles Ice Center.

Renowned songwriter bringing his talents to Logan residents Griffith asked Mondlock to HE BRIDGER FOLK sing on a show she was taping T Music Society will presfor Irish television. She ended ent award-winning songwriter

Learn how to save lives in the wilderness with SNC

tokes Nature Center will S host a two-day Wilderness First Aid Course, taught by the

Wilderness Medicine Institute, on April 10 and 11. This course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics for people who travel and work in the outdoors. It can be used for certain

wilderness medicine re-certifications, including Wilderness First Responder, for those with previous training. Tuition is $195. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information or to sign up, call 755-3239 or e-mail nature@logannature.org.

Buddy Mondlock at 7:30 p.m. Saturday March 27, at Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West, Logan. Tickets are $13 and available by calling 7573468, or you can take your chances at the door. Seating is very limited, so advance purchase is recommended. Buddy Mondlock writes songs. He does it so well that some great songwriters have recorded his songs on their own albums, including Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith and Janis Ian. When Mondlock’s not on the road you can find him in Nashville but he grew up in Park Forest, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. His parents paid for guitar lessons when he was 10 and they never asked, “When are you going to get a real job?” He sang Crosby, Stills and Nash songs with his sisters

and answered his little brother’s questions from the top bunk. In 1987 Mondlock was a New Folk Award winner at Kerrville and released his first album, “On the Line.” Mondlock did some writing with this other new kid in town named Garth Brooks (they had the same manager), then Janis Ian heard him singing at the Bluebird Cafe and asked him if he’d like to write with her. Their song “Amsterdam” got recorded by Joan Baez. Nanci

up liking the song so much that she recorded “Comin’ Down in the Rain” on her Grammy Award-winning collection, “Other Voices, Other Rooms.” Mondlock’s second album, produced by Steve Addabbo, got picked up by Son Records, a small label in Ireland started by members of U2, and he was well received on the island of poets. Mondlock’s new album, “The Edge of the World,” is his most personal recording to date. The song cycle is an introspective journey from childhood through to the recent breakup of a marriage and beyond. And while always a wry observer of the social interactions of human beings, the song “Big Fish, Shallow Water” takes on a political edge as well. For more information, visit www.buddymondlock.com.

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Local cuisine featured at Spice on Ice

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Film New this week “She’s Out of My League” Rated R ★★ Remember the hoo-ha over whether Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl made a believable couple in “Knocked Up”? The makers of “She’s Out of My League” sure do. They’ve built an entire comedy from the premise, pairing string-bean Jay Baruchel with gorgeous newcomer Alice Eve and surrounding them with a chorus of Doubting Thomas friends who tell them their relationship can never work. The central idea, vaguely lurking around the edges of the movie’s gross-out humor and then spelled out at the end, is pure wish-fulfillment. Nerds and babes can hook up (really!), just so long as the geek possesses a good heart and healthy self-esteem. One problem. The filmmakers forgot to give Baruchel’s yammering, stammering airport security worker an actual personality that might appeal to the opposite sex. Say what you want about the professional prospects of Rogen’s weedloving loafer in “Knocked Up,” you have to admit the dude made you laugh. And, from what we’ve heard, women do like a sense of humor. R for language and sexual content. 107 min.

Still playing “Alice in Wonderland” Rated PG ★★ Alice has grown — not by “drink me” potion or “eat me” cake — into a 19-year-old girl in Tim Burton’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. Working from Linda Woolverton’s very Hollywood adaptation, Burton shifts the story from a child Alice to a near-adult Alice (the startlingly promising Mia Wasikowska). This is Alice’s second journey down the rabbit hole, though she doesn’t recall the first. This time is less “Who-o-o are you-o-o?” self-discovery, but a formulaic (if madcap) tale of proving oneself. One misses the light wit and the “simple and loving heart of her childhood” from Carroll’s book. Burton’s film is whimsical and several moments glimmer — the big slobbering tongue of a Bandersnatch, the tweaky March Hare — but it’s heavy with the dread of Danny Elfman’s score and the impersonal rebooting of

New this week! “Remember Me” Rated PG-13 ★★ Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from “Twilight,” apparently in search of his “Five Easy Pieces” or “Rebel Without a Cause.” In the film, directed by Allen Coulter (“Hollywoodland”), Pattinson plays a self-destructive, poetic 21-year-old who quotes Gandhi in voiceover, makes love to Sigur Ros and (understandably) can’t be moved to laughter by “American Pie 2.” Set in the summer of 2001 in New York, “Remember Me” is a story of Alice as dragon-slayer. Helena Bonham Carter is brilliant as the thin-skinned and bigheaded Red Queen. Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter is rootless but entertaining. The Cheshire Cat, voiced by Stephen Fry, feels like a bow made out of courtesy. No, this is a dog’s movie: Baynard the Bloodhound is one of the finer movie mutts in some time. PG for fantasy action-violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar. 109 min. “Crazy Heart” Rated R ★★★ In some not too far-fetched parallel universe, Jeff Bridges really might be living the life of a boozy country singer. Bridges seems like the real thing in this musical portrait, rasping out songs in the comfortable remnants of a whiskey-and-tobacco-seared voice that you might swear you’ve heard on a hundred jukeboxes in a

young romance (Emilie de Ravin plays his love interest) full of dread. Long before the big reveal ending, one begins to feel “Remember Me” is romanticizing — even fetishizing — tragedy. Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper play the fathers, each giving considerable heft to Will Fetters’ uneven script. But this is Pattinson’s vehicle (he also executive produced). He has unmistakable screen presence, but he pours it on thickly and self-consciously. Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and smoking. 113 min. hundred anonymous roadhouses. He plays the aptly named Bad Blake, a country-music veteran performing in dive bars and bowling alleys as he continues to drink and smoke himself toward an early grave. Accustomed to one-night stands, Bad falls for a single mom and small-town journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who interviews him. Robert Duvall co-stars as Bad’s buddy and Colin Farrell plays his old protege, now a superstar hankering for Bad to write him some new songs. Bridges may not have a great singing voice, but it’s a soulful one, and he matches it with one of the finest performances of his career, just playing the hell out of this guy whose self-abuse has carried him to a precipice where he either leaps into the pit or turns back and cleans up. R for language and brief sexuality. 111 min. — All reviews by The Associated Press

IGHT BEFORE the war in Iraq started we were all under the impression they were hiding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) all over their country. At least this is what we had been told by our leaders and all major news outlets; now we know differently. We didn’t find a single WMD. It was blamed on bad intelligence, but “Green Zone” will have you believe it was something much more sinister. Was it much more sinister? We can’t really say for sure, but “Green Zone” is adamant in its stance that the entire thing was fabricated, much like the war in “Wag the Dog,” just to get the U.S. to go to war. “Green Zone” seems oddly ill-timed. It’s not long enough after the main offensive in the Iraqi war that we regard it as a “historical” account, but it’s also been long enough that Americans at large don’t care much anymore. It’s true our historical thinking about these kinds of things tends to be short-lived, but the fact of the matter is, “Green Zone” (starring Matt Damon as a WMD hunter in Iraq) ends up being a heavy-handed, preachy film, which comes at a time when the majority of Americans have accepted what happened and have moved on. Damon’s character, Chief

The Reel Place

★★ “Green Zone” Rated R

By Aaron Peck

Miller of the U.S. Army, has been assigned the duty to hit all the high-priority targets that are sure to contain WMDs. But when Miller and his crew get to each site they end up coming up empty again and again. If they didn’t know any better they’d think there were no WMDs in Iraq. Miller takes it upon himself to unweave what turns out to be a very knotted-up conspiracy that just may reach the highest levels of government. You can tell director Paul Greengrass, who also directed

the “Bourne” movies, has a formulated opinion on why this WMD intelligence was bad. After a while the movie starts to feel more like his personal soapbox than a factual account of what happened. A documentary about what really happened might be much more exciting and worthwhile; instead, “Green Zone” takes the idea that the American people were set up by their leaders and runs with it — literally runs. It seems like Miller never stops running and he’s always chasing some-

one down (enter Greengrass’ patented Shaky-cam technique). In an effort to apparently make just about everything that happens on screen an unintelligible mess, Greengrass flings his camera back and forth without actually framing a shot. This kind of filmmaking is getting nauseating; the novelty has worn off since Greengrass first introduced us to handheld filming in “The Bourne Supremacy.” Shaky-cam’s intended effect is to make you understand how hectic the situ-

ation is, when its true effect is throwing off your equilibrium. The final chase scene in the movie is a blurry mess. It’s ugly filmmaking. It’s almost impossible to tell who is who, where they’re running and who they’re running from. If it weren’t for Greengrass’ Shaky-cam, “Green Zone” would at least be watchable, but the camerawork turns this film into a mess. Not just because of its hammed-up preaching, but because you can’t ever tell what’s happening on screen. I found myself hoping they would indeed find WMDs — then they could’ve strapped the Shaky-cam to them and set them off. Film critic Aaron Peck has a bachelor’s degree in English from USU. He also writes for BlogCritics.org, HighDefDigest. com, and is starting up a new movie Web site called TheReelPlace.com. He currently lives in Logan. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at aaronpeck46@gmail.com.

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Shaky camerawork ruins ‘Green Zone’

Story by Dave Sweeney

Artwork by Woody Shepherd Portrait by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

Utah State University art professor Woody Shepherd poses in the school’s Studio 102 gallery in front of some of the pieces in his “New Paintings” show. The exhibit will hang through Friday, March 26.

or artist and viewer alike, Woody Shepherd’s paintings are a means to escape. The 29-year-old Utah State University professor has always loved the quiet solitude of painting and the pastoral, even though he was schooled for six years amid the hustle and bustle of New England. But his latest scenes, unveiled March 4 in USU’s new Studio 102 gallery, can be a retreat for visitors as well: “Not only the physical escape of being out in the woods,” he says, “but also an escape into your own mind.” Abstract patterns and “sense data” simulate a mental state, he says. “It’s kind of that slippage between what’s right there — what you’re seeing — and what you’re internalizing.”

Shepherd’s striking style certainly plays on the psychology and perception of the viewer. Up close, each painting seems a jigsaw of interlayered fragments, ranging from rough, mottled splotches to glossy monochromes. Viewed from a distance, the segments form a tight-knit mosaic. “Light and dark, anything that’s opposite creates a visual tension,” Shepherd says. “It’s like the artist Matisse would say: Beauty is not a standard convention or anything like that. It’s the difference between things.” Creating that beauty can take just weeks or months, or in the case of “Millville Moon” — the shimmering night sky invites comparison to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” — even a few years to complete. And, of course, each painting is the culmination of years of practice.

Growing up in Alabama, Shepherd always had a fondness for painting and drawing. In school, art drew his interest more than anything else. “There wasn’t much other choice, really, for me,” he admits. “I had fairly bad dyslexia and I struggled in school a lot.” After two years of AP art classes, his high school portfolio earned him acceptance to the Rhode Island School of Design. He followed that up with a master’s degree at Yale, and upon graduation he applied for teaching jobs out West. He started teaching at USU in 2005, and after years struggling to find places to paint in the city, he found the perfect muse in Cache Valley’s scenery. Here, any canyon cove can be worthy of a painting, but Shepherd especially likes secluded, densely wooded settings.

“I like the challenge of dealing with thickets and light being chopped up every which way possible,” he says. Once he finds that spot, he starts surveying. He’ll hit the same location on two or three occasions, at the same time of day and under the same conditions. He does a handful of drawings and collects samples of the local color before heading back to his home studio. There he experiments with florescent composites, figuring out how to “optically mix” brighter tones to simulate a dulled-out shade of green or gray. For example, the bark of one aspen, grayish from afar, on closer inspection vibrates with kaleidoscopic pinks, purples and yellows. Shepherd begins the actual painting

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adds more paint. Through addition and subtraction, he “knits together different representations of the same thing.” The finished product typically measures 5 to 8 feet to a side and can fetch up to $40,000 at one of his showrooms in Palm Desert, Calif., or Greece. “New Paintings,” as his latest exhibition is aptly called, will remain in the USU gallery through Friday, March 26. Studio 102 is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays but will be closed next week for spring break. For more on the artist and his work, visit www.woodyshepherd.com.

“Naomi Wilderness” — 2009, oil and acrylic on hardwood panel

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Cheers to the light, fruity rosé wines

HE LAST TIME I was in the Park City Wine Store I purchased two imported rosé wines; both are dry, light and fruity. One, from Provence (2008 Dom Massamier Rosé at $8.99), is mainly made from cinsault grapes, and the other one from Spain (2008 Masroig Les Sorts Rosat at $13.99) is made from grenache grapes. We have a poor selection of rosé wines in Logan, and currently there are only two I consider excellent. First there is the 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Rosé at $12 from Argentina that is made from the malbec grape. The second is the 2009 Mulderbosch Rosé at $12.99 from South Africa that is made from pure cabernet sauvignon. Both of these wines are dry and fruity with more body than a typical French rosé. I have always been fond of the rosé wines from Provence, and drank them quite often during a hiking and bike tour in 2005. Now these wines are catching on in the U.S.; during 2009, imported rosé wines increased 28 percent (half from Provence) while other wines saw little increase, and American rosé wines actually declined. The reasons for the increased interest are not clear, but are probably related to the American wine drinker’s trend toward drier wines at reasonable prices. Even with the highvalued Euro, most imported wines can undersell comparable American ones. California does not produce

dry rosé wines partly because there are few grenache and cinsault vines. James Laube, with an article in the Wine Spectator, indicates there are only 7,000 acres of grenache in all of California. He would like to see more wineries develop this grape; I am skeptical of this approach. Southern France and Spain have developed this varietal over hundreds of years. I recently purchased an outstanding wine in Park City from France rated 92 (2008 Dom Cabirau Grenache S&N at $19.99). There is no way California wineries could compete since the wines Laube lists are priced from $60 to $120. Another example of excellent quality and price is the 2007 Capcanes Mas Donis Barrica at $11.99 from Spain with 85 percent grenache and 15 percent syrah. Aged for eight months in oak, it was bottled without fining or filtration. This wine continues a tradition of good vintages and is rated 90 with flavors of dark berries and spices. There are several other Spanish grenache wines in our local store, but no French ones. It is so difficult to find an excellent cabernet sauvignon wine for less than $50 that I usually go with other varietals. I did find three wines rated 89 to 90 in our local store that should satisfy anyone with a craving for this red wine. They are the 2008 Foxglove Cabernet Sauvignon at $14.99 from California, the 2007 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Estates at $13.99 from Washington, and

Cache Wines By William Moore

the 2007 Crios de Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon at $15 from Argentina. Strangely, these are all second-level wines from their respective wineries. I have found that second-level wines can rate higher than the corresponding premium wine. The only one I have personally tasted is the Crios de Susana Balbo and the wine justified the rating of 90 from the Wine Advocate with great flavor and aroma. Foxglove also makes a nice white wine in the 2008 Foxglove Chardonnay at $14.99, and is rated 91. This wine is not oaked and has crisp, tropical flavors. I have also enjoyed previous vintages of this label. Back on the shelves is the 2008 d’Arenberg Stump Jump at $9.99 from Australia, rated at

Donis Barrica at $11.99 F 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Rosé at $12 F 2009 Mulderbosch Rosé at $12.99 F 2008 Foxglove Cabernet Sauvignon at $14.99 F 2007 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Estates at $13.99 F 2007 Crios de Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon at $15 F 2008 Foxglove Chardonnay at $14.99 F 2008 d’Arenberg Stump Jump at $9.99 F 2008 Fontanafredda Barbera at $12.99 F 2008 Dom Massamier Rosé at $8.99 (Park City) F 2008 Masroig Les Sorts Rosat at $13.99 (Park City) F 2008 Dom Cabirau Grenache S&N at $19.99 (Park City) F NV Lustau Almacenista Amontillado for $16.51

one of the best values in the Logan store. We do not often see wines from the Piedmont region of Italy. A nice addition is the 2008 Fontanafredda Barbera at $12.99 and rated 88 by the Wine Spectator. This nice offering has soft tannins with flavors of plums and dark berries. You can find this wine in the mixed red wine section instead of under Italian. Every wine listed this month is rated over 88 and none costs more than $20. I know there is a limited audience here for the Spanish sherries, but I have been a wintertime sherry sipper since my time spend in England many years ago. Before leaving Cambridge I gave a late afternoon party where the only beverage served was Harvey’s Amontillado. I have never been to, or given such, a party here. At our local store I purchased the NV Lustau Almacenista Amontillado for $16.51. This is the most unusual and fantastic amontillado I have ever tasted. The wine is dry with nutty and toffee flavors. I drink this sherry as an aperitif.

90 by the Wine Spectator. This red wine is a blend of grenache, shiraz and mourvedre, and aged in oak for 18 months. The Stump Jump has had a good run with excellent ratings for 2006, 2007 and 2008. Again, this secondary label for d’Arenberg rates as well as the premium label. The wine is smooth with good dark berry flavors. This is

William Moore is retired from the Utah State University chemistry and biochemistry department and currently lives in Smithfield. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at wmoore3136@msn.com.

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The magical adventures of a supertaster Food preferences are based on the complicated science of taste By Lael Gilbert

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VE ALWAYS KNOWN my husband is a superhero. He washes dishes. He wrestles on the floor with the kids. Our yard is gorgeous thanks to him (and a lot of help from Anderson’s Seed and Garden). But he has a secret. He’s tried to conceal it, but a wife can always tell. I think he is a supertaster. The guy’s food preferences flummox me. He despises cheese, but he likes yogurt. He enjoys healthy fare like broccoli and fish, but he would rather chew on a wicker basket than eat whole wheat. He enjoys sugar-dense treats like divinity and fudge, but doesn’t like apple pie. And when I say he doesn’t like, I mean if there were a thermo-nuclear explosion incinerating all food from the face of the earth except for one warm, fresh-baked, sweettart caramel apple pie with a flaky lattice crust and melted sugar on top, he still wouldn’t eat it. Sometimes I just sit at the kitchen table and stare at him. I know I’m not alone. You probably know someone who has “particular” food preferences, or you may have your

own peculiarities about what you put in your mouth. Some preferences come from the way we are raised. If our mothers (or our cultures) tell us that tomatoes taste good, chances are they eventually will. But not all variation in food preference can be accounted for this way. Scientists have discovered that people live in different sensory worlds. In 1931, a DuPont chemist (who was probably married to a picky eater) discovered that a certain chemical tastes bitter to some people while others found it tasteless. Foods that taste nutty and mild to one person may taste acrid and bitter to another. Some people — supertasters — experience bitter flavor with greater intensity than average. To find out if my husband is a supertaster, I brought him to meet Dr. Silvana Martini, assistant professor in the department of nutrition and food science at Utah State University. Martini spends her days thinking about the way people taste food. Martini tested us by having us taste seven

little pieces of filter paper saturated with increasing amounts of the bitter chemical propylthiouracil (PROP). At the lowest level, about 25 percent of the population (supertasters) can taste the bitter. About half the population tastes nothing until the middle and higher levels of the concentration. About 25 percent of people taste nothing, even at the highest levels (nontasters). It didn’t go like I planned it. I noticed a strong bitter flavor at the second level. My husband popped paper after paper into his mouth, completely unaffected by the PROP flavor. I tried level four, just to make sure I had tasted the right thing, and had to spit out the tinny acrid wad and rinse out my mouth. He tasted nothing, even at the most intense level. I am a supertaster, and my husband is a non-taster. He can’t taste PROP at all. The fault is in his genes. Genes create (or don’t) something called fungiform papillae on our tongues. These mushroom-shaped tastebuds can sense bitter chemicals. If you have a lot of these tastebuds, you can taste the bitter in foods like broccoli and soy, and you are a supertaster. If you don’t have these receptors you don’t taste the bitter, even though it still crosses your tongue. Bitter is an acquired taste. Children don’t like bitter flavors because they are still relying on their genes to tell them what tastes good and what

doesn’t. To our genes, sweet tastes good because we are hard-wired to know our body needs sucrose for energy. Salty is pleasant because our body knows it needs sodium chloride for equilibrium in our cells. We like the savory flavor umami (oo-mah-mee) because it means the food contains monosodium glutamate … a flavor our genes interpret as protein. Sour and bitter are the ugly stepchildren of flavor. Our genes associate these two flavors with poisonous plants. Just give a baby a grapefruit and in her response you can see our genes at work, trying to keep us from killing ourselves by ingesting bitter substances like strychnine. But obviously there are many foods that taste bitter and won’t put us in our grave. Our brains learn this through experience, said Martini. As we grow, our brains override our genetic wiring and we begin to enjoy the bitter flavor of grapefruit, coffee and dark chocolate. So why do I, the supertaster, tolerate lots of different types of foods and my husband, the non-taster, stick with his “particular” cuisine? Studies show being a supertaster is actually not very useful in predicting whether a person will be a picky eater, said Martini. Taste is complicated. In addition to the marriage between genetic disposition and experience, there is a world of other variables that play a part. The whole olfactory thing, for instance. The majority of nuanced flavor comes through our nose. Just like taste, what individuals smell may be actually different (from what the receptors in our nose are able to pick up) or

interpreted differently by the brain. And then there is texture. And habit. And psychology. And food availability. And health. And the manner in which you chew, swallow and ponder your food. And good old-fashioned bad vibes (I will never eat another fresh cherry without thinking of that one summer when my dad forgot to spray the tree). So we can’t use flavor as a predictor of food preference. But we can expand our communication about food to others, said Martini. You can learn to think about what you are eating and try to develop a vocabulary to better express your experience, she said. The researchers at Martini’s lab are trained for six months in taste vocabulary before they even start eating cheese (in a research setting, anyway).

Even though he isn’t a supertaster, any husband willing to come and taste filter paper for his wife really is a superhero. I’ll leave him to his bag of peppered beef jerky and soda today because no matter what he likes to eat, I know he has good taste. He married me. Lael Gilbert is a food lover and freelance writer living in Logan. She is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. Feedback at laelgilbert@ gmail.com.

‘Gatlinburg’ an epic tale of heroism By The Associated Press

ORGAN Kinneson, just 17, climbs Kingdom Mountain in the snow, bound for Canada with a runaway slave on the last leg of the Underground Railroad. And he is in a hurry. When he completes his mission of mercy, he intends to turn south, toward Gettysburg, where his older brother, Pilgrim, a doctor, is missing in action. But things don’t turn out as Morgan planned. Almost within sight of freedom, the runaway is gunned down by a team of slave catchers, and Morgan barely escapes with his life. In his pocket, placed there by the runaway, is a smooth stone carved with

mysterious runes. Morgan has no idea what they mean. But he does know the slave catchers want it, and they are hot on his trail as he travels south, mostly on foot, in search of his brother. In a trek that will remind discerning readers of “The Iliad,” Morgan crosses from his native Vermont to New York, treks across the Adirondacks, takes a boat down a length of the Erie Canal, follows the Susquehanna River the length of Pennsylvania to Gettysburg, and finds that his brother, if he is still alive, has ventured further south. So Morgan presses on, dodging and occasionally battling with the slave catchers, through West Virginia, down to Richmond, and across the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky

Mountains to the little town of Gatlinburg. This being a Howard Frank Mosher novel, Morgan inevitably encounters a host of

irresistibly quirky characters along the way. There’s a dying gypsy and his pet elephant, a crazy old man who re-enacts the battle of Charleston every day in memory of his dead soldier-son, a courtly Gen. Robert E. Lee, three colorful villains obsessed with murdering Underground Railroad stationmasters, a seductive slave girl, some feuding mountain folk and even a pair of ghosts. “Walking to Gatlinburg” is the 10th novel by Mosher, a superb storyteller who is the closest thing we have to Mark Twain. The author introduced readers to the remarkable Kinneson family in “On Kingdom Mountain.” That book, set in the 1930s, tells the story of the feisty Jane Hubble Kinneson, a

woman intent on protecting the family’s beloved mountain from encroaching development. Jane does so in part by expertly firing Lady Justice, the ancient .54-caliber rifle handed down by her father. In “Walking to Gatlinburg,” we come to understand that Jane’s stubbornness and courage are Kinneson family traits. And we get to see Lady Justice being forged. “Walking to Gatlinburg” is at once an epic tale of heroism, a love letter to the country’s lost wilderness, an exploration of violence in the American character, an examination of the limits of pacifism and a rumination on the conflict between religion and science. And the story is beautifully told in Mosher’s charming, homespun style.

Author writes about loss, family in India and U.S. By The Associated Press

OMETIMES THE S image in our minds of what we have lost is far greater

than the loss itself, and so it is for Asha, who was given up for adoption by her birthparents in India. Boys are the prized possession in the Indian village where Kavita Merchant gives birth to a daughter. She loves this child and cannot bear to have her husband, Jasu, leave her to die, as he did with their first girl. In secret, she names her Usha, or dawn, and painstakingly makes her way from her village to then-Bombay when the baby is just days old. She leaves the child at an orphanage, and every day for the rest of her life, she lives with the pain of her decision. But for Kavita, it was the only way to save the girl. The child is renamed Asha, meaning hope, and adopted by a couple — an Indian man

and his American wife — who live in California. Krishnan and Somer Thakkar are both doctors. Slowly, Somer begins to realize what it means to be a mother, about the small and large sacrifices. But her child doesn’t look like her, and Somer worries that she will one day lose Asha to her native land. The relationship between the couple begins to unravel as Somer refuses to accept the Indian culture, rarely visiting her husband’s family. This also strains her relationship with Asha. Kavita, on the other hand, gives birth to a son, Vijay, and is thus able to keep him. Jasu persuades her to move to Mumbai, where they can try to pursue a better life. But they are met instead by the squalor of the Dharavi slums. Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s flair for detail is evident in the way she describes the clothes, food, the streets and their smells of this land teeming with people

and poverty in “Secret Daughter.” This story about motherhood, loss, family and forgiveness is authentic in every way. The reader need not be a mother to feel Kavita’s pain. The prose is so achingly touching, it draws the reader in with every description and emotion of the characters. Gowda shows how Kavita

goes hungry so her husband and son can eat. “Kavita steps outside to make chai in the dead embers of last night’s fire. There is some leftover khichdi from dinner, which she divides into two portions, one each for Jasu and Vijay.” Through hard work, Kavita and Jasu manage to leave the slums. But it is Vijay, who becomes embroiled in illegal dealings as a young man, that brings them more money. He moves them into a bigger apartment, allowing them to have little luxuries like a taxi ride home from an evening out. But his presence in their lives also diminishes, and the authorities are after him. “What else should I have done for him? How could I have kept him from this fate?” Kavita asks herself. At one point in the story, Jasu and Kavita save a girl being harassed by men. “Kavita doesn’t say what she

is thinking, how nice it was to hold the girl’s frail body in her arms until it stopped shaking, to wipe away her tears and stroke her long hair. To sing sweetly to her in the car, as her own mother used to sing to her. As she has imagined singing to her own secret daughter.” In the end, Asha comes to India for a fellowship at a newspaper, bonds with her father’s family and learns about her culture. She also locates Kavita’s apartment, but she never meets her. Asha realizes her parents had a child they chose to keep, that she was unwanted. When Kavita is sick, Jasu goes back the orphanage and asks the director if his daughter has done well in life. The director gives him a letter that Asha left. “America,” Kavita said. “So far from home. All this time, she’s been so far from us.” And Jasu reads her the letter he has memorized.

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Book reviews

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Celebrate America announces auditions

UDITIONS FOR singers and dancers to perform in the Broadway-style bigband production of the 2010 Celebrate America Show, “Hooray for Hollywood,” will be held between noon and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at Thomas Edison School, 200 E. 2600 North, North Logan. Dancers should wear a dance leotard and tights, and bring dance shoes. Singers need to come prepared to sing both a Broadway and a ballad-style

song. Wear clothes you can dance in. Producers are also looking for a young girl to sing and tap dance Shirley Temple-style. Call 753-1551 to schedule an audition time. Female dancers and male and female singers will perform in a dynamic production with a live orchestra, plus receive three hours credit, a rehearsal stipend and payment per show. For more information and to download an audition packet, visit www. celebrateamericashow.com.

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Answers from last week

Ongoing events Curves of Cache Valley is now sponsoring its annual Food Drive. Donations will be accepted at any of the three Cache Valley Curves locations. In support of this focus, there will be no sign-up fee charged through March 20. For more information, call 752-9293 (Logan), 5635657 (Smithfield) or 245-4734 (Hyrum).

Friday The newly formed Bridgerland Storytelling Guild will present a storytelling festival at 7 p.m. Friday at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. Admission is free and everyone is invited. This event will feature several tellers familiar with Cache Valley residents, including Ted Erekson and David Sidwell. Tellers Omar and Lori Hansen will also come down from Idaho Falls to present their special brand of musical storytelling performance. Liz Woolley will perform live music from 6 to 7 p.m. and Todd Milovich & Friends will perform from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South, Logan. Everyone is invited. Michael Miller will perform with Jesse Barrus and Julius Brown (acoustic) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound. Everyone is invited to join a weekly peace vigil from 5:30 to 6 p.m. every Friday on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North in Logan. For more information, e-mail info@loganpeace.org or call 755-5137. An art reception for Mel Torrie will start at 7 p.m. Friday at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 753-4777. Logan City School District kindergarten registration will be held Friday, Monday and Tuesday at the Logan City School District building, 101 W. Center, Logan. The child must be 5 before Sept. 2, in order to register. Bring an official birth certificate, your kindergartenaged child and proof of immunizations. For more information, contact Kelly at 755-2300.

Saturday

an unplugged jam. Program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 7553239 or e-mail nature@logannature.org.

“Speed Networking.” To register or for more information, visit www.cachechamber.com to or call 752-2161.

The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge will host “Tundra Swan Day” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Wildlife Education Center. Program is free, open to all ages and family-friendly. To register, call 435-734-6425.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a rock climbing clinic at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Rockhaus. Cost is $8. Learn to climb or challenge yourself on a difficult route. For more information, visit www.cgadventures. org or call 713-0288.

Spencer Jensen will perform live music from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Everyone is invited. Curves of Hyrum will host a weight management class Saturday. There will be free food and recipes. Special topics including reading food labels at 10:30 a.m., a weightloss program at 11 a.m. and a permanent weight management program at 12:30 p.m. There is no cost. For more information, call 245-4743.

Sunday Live brunch music will be performed at noon Sunday at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli. Everyone is invited. 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 770-4263.

Monday A Logan youth group going to Washington, D.C., in June will host a fundraiser from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Cache Valley Fun Park. Cost is $6 per person and includes two activities with shoe rentals, a slice of pizza and a small drink. Socks are required. The Utah State University Summer Citizen Program will host a free 45-minute informational presentation at 12:45 p.m. Monday in the Logan Senior Citizen Center’s multipurpose room, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. This is for local senior citizens to learn more about the opportunities of participating in the Summer Citizen Program. For more information, contact program coordinator LeeAnn Lundgreen at 797-2028 or leeann.lundgreen@usu.edu.

The Cache Valley Gluten Intolerance Group will share some gluten-free breakfast ideas at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. There will be samples. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot. For more information, e-mail cache valleyGIG@gmail.com.

Wednesday The third meeting for Get Ready, Get Set, Learn! — Canyon Elementary’s kindergarten readiness training for parents of children who will enter kindergarten this fall — will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the school media center. To register, call 792-7684, pick up a form at the school or register the evening of the 17th. Child care will be provided at no cost. Training will cover a variety of topics with specific teaching ideas and materials to help parents prepare their children for a successful school experience. There is no cost. For more information, call 792-7684. The Blue Thong Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Margie’s house, 1817 E. 1850 North, North Logan. For more information, call 752-9448. 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. The National Osteoporosis Foundation Northern Utah Support Group will host a meeting for anyone affected by osteoporosis at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Smithfield Physical Therapy, 136 E. 800 South, Ste. B, Smithfield. Meeting will focus on education about osteoporosis and exercises. For more information, call 563-0750. A Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital.

The Utah Fibromyalgia Association will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Logan Regional Hospital, Education Room 5. Emerald Green from the Sports Academy will teach fibromyalgia exercises and a special membership arrangement to encourage better health for UFA members. Please wear loose clothing and bring water and a yoga mat if you have one. For more information, contact Laura at 764-6502 or laura@nufibroconn.org.

Bridgerland SHRM’s monthly luncheon meeting will be held at noon Thursday at Hamilton’s. Todd Anderson will speak on “How to prepare for an unemployment hearing.” Cost is $10 for members or $12 for nonmembers. RSVP by Monday to Pat Hall at hallpaa@kellyservices.com or at www.bridger landshrm.org.

Tuesday

Music for the Small and Tall will start its spring session Wednesday. This is a music program for children ages 6 months to 5 years. All classes are held Wednesdays at The Book Table and include a family class at 10:15 a.m., a babies and tots class at 11 a.m. and a preschool class at 12:15 p.m. For more information, contact Ewa Wilczynski at 7550853 or music4st@comcast.net, or visit sites. google.com/site/music4st.

Stokes Nature Center will host Music in the Canyon, a morning of acoustic music for adults, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. This will be an entertaining, educational and interactive jam session for anyone interested in

The Cache Chamber of Commerce will host its “Third Tuesday Luncheon” at noon Tuesday at The Copper Mill Restaurant, 55 N. Main. Bring business cards and a door prize and share your business during the quarterly

“Jazz and Cocktails” — featuring the Jon Gudmundson Quartet — are served up from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday at Le Nonne, 129 N. 100 East, Logan. In addition to its regular menu, the restaurant also features a

selection of crepes on Wednesday nights. For more information, call 752-9577. The Wreckers will perform with Hero’s Last Mission for a St. Patrick’s Day Party at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

Thursday Damon Cann, assistant professor in USU’s political science department, will present “Is the Electoral College Bad for America?” as part of the next HASS Hour on Thursday at Hamilton’s, 2427 N. Main, Logan. Event starts at 5:15 p.m.; Cann will speak at approximately 6 p.m. A buffet will appetizers, desserts, soft drinks, ice tea or coffee will be offered for $6.95 per person. Guests can also order from the menu, and a cash bar will be available. For planning purposes, RSVP to Natalie at 797-2796 or natalie.archibald@usu.edu. The Knotty Knitters meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. Everyone is invited to work on their crochet, knitting, needlework, crossstitch projects and more. For more information, contact Cathy at 752-3923. Shauna Flammer will demonstrate how to make some mouth-watering desserts at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

Next weekend A peace vigil and walk marking the seventh anniversary of the Iraq War will take place Friday, March 19, on the east side of Main Street between 100 North and Center Street in Logan. The vigil starts at 5:30 p.m.; a peace walk from the vigil to the historic Cache County Courthouse will start at 6 p.m. at 199 N. Main. At the courthouse, participants will gather for some silence, speeches, music and a candlelight vigil. Everyone is invited to participate and share thoughts, music, readings, etc. For more information or to volunteer to help, e-mail info@loganpeace.org. The Sky View Booster Club will host a luau at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the Castle Manor in Hyde Park, 170 W. 3900 North. Food will be provided by Pounders. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from any Sky View athlete, cheerleader or Vistaun. The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge will host “Sense of Wonder Day” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in the Wildlife Education Center. Come celebrate the legacy of Rachel Carson with activities, nature walks, refuge tours and more. Program is free, open to all ages and family-friendly. To register, call 435-734-6425. The Logan Regional Hospital Community Education Center will host a babysitting class for ages 9-14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in classroom 4. Cost is $30 and includes a light lunch and bag. To register, call 716-5310.

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