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Photographer Mel Torrie claims he’s not an artist, but most who see his photos would disagree. He uses sophisticated technology to make images of the ruggedness of nature that catch the eye and give the viewer a feeling of “visual vertigo.” Photo by Mel Torrie.

From the editor

LOOK THROUGH THIS week’s Cache Magazine shows that there is a lot of good live music coming up in this valley over the next few weeks. What strikes me is the variety: You’ve got a yodeling cowboy, a jazz guitarist and pianist, a chorus and orchestra performing Haydn, a couple of folk musicians and more. And if that none of those suit you, head over to WhySound, where there’s an ever-changing cycle of hip-hop, rock, metal, indie, alternative and most any other genre you could dream up. I think it’s pretty significant that all the innovations in music recording and playback haven’t stopped live music. There’s something about the multi-sensory

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experience of attending a concert. The visual spectacle of an illuminated band surrounded by darkness. The sounds of the music, often improvised and adapted in new ways that can’t exist in a recording. Even the smell and movement of the crowd. It’s different for every genre and setting, and I recommend you take in as many of those concert experiences as you can. I’ve experienced it as a fan and as a performer, and it’s one of the supreme joys of life. Headphones and an iPod just can’t compete. One more thing: Recently, someone criticized the photo that runs here when I write for Cache Magazine. She said I looked like a “dweeb.” I didn’t take it personally, but I decided maybe she was right. That’s why I decided to dress up the photo a bit, as you can see. Who could look like a dweeb when he’s surrounded by lasers? — Devin Felix Cache Magazine assistant editor

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Wassermann goes jazz for its final performance

ASSERMANN Festival director Dennis Hirst promised diversity this year, and the conclusion of the concert series more than meets that promise. The final concert offering features a jazz pianist — a first for the Wassermann — with the appearance of Bill Mays at 7:30 p.m Tuesday, March 23 at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are available through the Caine School of the Arts Box Office, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center, FAC 139B on the USU campus and at the door, depending on availability, performance night. Tickets are available online (http:// csaboxoffice.usu.edu/) or call 797-8022. Adult reserved seats are $20 and student tickets, available to all students — not just USU students — are $8. The Wassermann Festival is presented by the Department of Music in the Caine School of the Arts at USU. Concerts and master classes are a part of the festival. Hirst is excited about exploring the realm of jazz piano at the Wassermann Festival. “Since I began directing the festival, I’ve been interested in exploring how

• Jazz pianist Bill Mays • USU Performance Hall • Tuesday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. • $20 for adults, $8 for students.

the piano is used in a variety of ways in music,” Hirst said. “There’s been a strong focus on how the piano is used in the classical recital setting, but that is only part of what we do. I’ve been interested in other collaborations, and when the opportunity to include a jazz pianist presented itself, I jumped. I’m excited to bring one of the living jazz greats to the festival to share his artistry as a pianist.”

In Logan, Mays will announce the concert program from the stage. Hirst said the program will include a mix of original compositions, jazz improvisations based on classical works and traditional jazz charts. Mays will be featured both in solo performance and with a trio that includes bass and drums. Joining Mays in the trio are bass player Aaron Miller and drummer Jay Lawrence. Mays’ career as a jazz artist is long and distinguished. He is a noted performer, composer and arranger. Reviews provide audiences a glimpse of what to expect at a Mays performance. “One of the masters of color and touch among today’s pianists,” said a review in “Jazz Times.” “Mays plays on pure inspiration, that exalted level where mere technical concerns have been long forgotten,” said Mark Miller in the “Toronto Globe and

Mail.” “The result is jazz of a sophistication and sheer spontaneity that’s rarely heard.” In addition to his concert appearance, Mays will provide a demonstration class, open to the public, Tuesday March 23, at 12:30 p.m., at the Performance Hall. Admission to the master class is free for USU students, $10 general admission for all others. The Mays appearance concludes the 2010 Wassermann Festival. The USU festival honors Irving Wassermann, a noted pianist and educator, who established the piano program at USU and was a long-time faculty member and department head in the music department. “We’ve had a fantastic 2010 festival,” Hirst said. “Our audiences were truly treated to diverse performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. I’d like to thank our sponsors and enthusiastic audiences.” For information on the 2010 Wassermann Festival, visit the festival Web site (www.usu.edu/wassermann) or contact Hirst at 797-3257 or Dennis.Hirst@usu. edu.

Western concert to help home explosion victims

Larry Wilder

BENEFIT CONCERT will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, March 26 at Mountain Crest High School. Proceeds will benefit the Sorenson family, whose home in College Ward was destroyed in a gas explosion last October. Tickets cost $5 per person, or $25 per family. The concert will feature Larry Wilder, a multitalented Western musician from Portland, Ore. Local groups Saddle Serenade and Tumbleweeds will also perform. Wilder performs bluegrass, folk, Americana roots, gospel, and cowboy - featuring fancy and harmony yodeling. He has 30 years of experience in music and has toured nationwide, as well as in Japan and Europe. He performs on banjo, guitar and

autoharp, as well as singing and yodeling. He has opened for and shared the stage with musicians including Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss, Trisha Yearwood, Merle Travis, Rose Maddox and many others. Wilder will also teach a yodeling workshop the following Saturday morning at 10 a.m. March 27 at the Book Table in Logan, 29 S. Main St. in Logan. A $10 donation is suggested. Two members of the Sorenson family, siblings Tony and Mary Sorenson, were in the home Oct. 22 when it exploded and they sustained injuries. The home was completely destroyed. For more information on the concert or how to contribute, contact Dale Major at 770-0089.

Saddle Serenade

Tumbleweeds

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Rhythms

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All mixed up

Parker Quartet concludes CMSL season

AILED BY THE New York Times as “something extraordinary’” and by the Boston Globe for “fiercely committed performances,” the Parker Quartet will perform for a Cache Valley audience March 30 at USU’s Performance Hall as the last concert of the Chamber Music Society of Logan’s 2009-10 concert series. The Quartet will arrive in Logan on the cusp of its appointment to the first-ever Artists-InResidence Program with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and American Public Media (APM). The musicians will be responsible for live regional concerts and educational outreach programs in Minnesota and nearby states. The Parker Quartet’s members hold graduate degrees in performance and chamber music from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music. They come from Los Angeles, Houston, Wisconsin and Seoul, South Korea.

In 2005, the quartet won the Utah Arts Council. Concert Artists Guild CompetiFor its March 30 performance, tion and the Grand Prix and the quartet will feature music Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux from Schumann, Dvorak and International String Quartet Schoenberg, beginning with Competition. Most recently, Schumann’s “Quartet in F Major they won Opus 41, #2.” the 2009-11 It was written Cleveland in 1849 and Quartet is one of only Award. three quartets The Parker he wrote. The Quartet works piece features ★ Who: The Parker Quartet ★ When: 7:30 p.m. March 30 extensively a striking ★ Where: Manon Caine Russell- slow first with young Kathryn Caine Wanlass musicians movement Performance Hall at USU through edufollowed by ★ Tickets: $24 single, cational resia set of varia$10 student with ID; available dency activitions with at the concert door or at csaboxties. This more than office.usu.edu year it will one theme. ★ More information: Visit www. spend three Schumann cmslogan.org or call 752-5867 days working was a driving in residency force in the programs with USU, Logan young Romantic Movement in High School and Mount Logan Germany. Middle School music students, The second performance will with monetary support from feature Dvorak’s “Selections the Chamber Music Society of from Cypress B 152.” Dvorak Logan, the city of Logan and the wrote a set of 18 songs based on

“Something extraordinary”

poems of the Moravian writer Gustav Pfleger-Moravsky and called them the Cypresses. In later life he rewrote 12 of the songs for string quartet. The music is known for being gently romantic, rarely sentimental and full of Dvorak’s gift for fluid melody. The last selection will be

Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg’s “String Quartet in D minor Opus 7,” which was written in 1905. It was his first quartet and is considered the masterpiece that sealed his reputation as a composer. It is remarkable for its density and intensity of orchestration with only four instruments.

‘The Creation’ to conclude Festival Chorus season T HE AMERICAN Festival Chorus and Orchestra, with Craig Jessop conducting, 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 Cindy Dewey and 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 half-price with student ID at ticket office outlets and at the door. Tickets are available in person at the CSA Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center 139-B and at

the Eccles Theatre in Texas, LouiTicket Office, 43 S. siana, Ohio and Main St.; by calling West Virginia. 797-8022; or online • Tenor Cory at www.american Evans is director festivalchorus.org. of choral activiHaydn was a ties at USU. He devout Mason and also serves as recognized God as music director the great architect of the Northern of the universe, Utah Choral Jessop said. The Society and as Brainerd Dewey Evans text for the work executive director an active performer, appearcomes mostly from of Music Resering regularly in recital and the biblical books of Genesis vata of Utah. He has soloed with symphonies in the United with the Vancouver Symphony and Psalms. The three soloists States and Canada. She made represent angels who narrate and Utah Chamber Orchestra her New York debut in the and comment on the six days and appears on the CD “Sing award-winning opera “Intimaof creation. The overture is Me to Heaven.” tions,” where her performance recognized for its portrayal of • Award-winning baritone received praise in the New the chaos before the creation, Clayton Brainerd has amassed and the work is also known for York Times. Dewey has also an extensive list of accolades performed leading opera and its monumental choruses. in the last decade, singing operetta roles with companies • Soprano Cindy Dewey is 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.

27. USU guitar students are admitted free, with $5 admission for all others. For time and location, contact Christiansen at 797-3011. In 1999 Taylor was given an honorary doctorate from the University of Paisley, Scotland, and in 2002 he was appointed the royal distinction of MBE for “Services to Jazz Music” in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which he received personally from Queen Elizabeth II at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. Taylor is self-taught, and his career spans four decades. During that time he invented and developed a way of playing the guitar that is admired — and often imitated — by guitarists around the world. His solo shows combine virtuosity, emotion, humor and strong stage presence. He spends much

Choreographer and dancer to perform and discuss his work ROFESSIONAL DANCER P and choreographer Juan-Carlos Claudio will perform and discuss his cre-

ative work and sources of inspiration in a performance and lecture March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Performance Hall at Utah State University. The performance and lecture are free and open to the public. The event is part of the yearlong Crossing Boundaries series at USU, and the evening’s activities are presented by the Department of Art. Claudio and two others will present a dance performance followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session. As a former Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company member, Claudio is a firm promoter of the significant role dance plays in the education of the “whole man.” Claudio will discuss his creative work and sources of inspiration, as well as malemale relationships as a source for choreography. He will also conduct master-classes in modern dance technique and in improvisation/composition. Nationally and internationally recognized, Claudio has performed in much of the United States, as well as in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, England, Scotland, Singapore, Zimbabwe and China. Claudio is an assistant professor and lecturer in the department of modern dance at the University of Utah, where he recently completed a master of fine arts degree. He

received his bachelor’s degree in dance from USU in 1995, then performed with the renowned Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in Salt Lake City from 1996 to 2006. His short film collaborations have been screened at festivals in Los Angeles, in Salt Lake City and in North Carolina. He recently presented his own choreographic and collaboration works at the Harare International Arts Festival in Zimbabwe. For more information, call 797-7373, or by email, scott.foster@usu.edu.

Juan-Carlos Claudio

of the year travelling the world playing in concert halls in Europe, North America, Japan, Asia and Australia. In addition to earning the Order of the British Empire, Taylor received the prestigious BBC Radio 2 “Heart of Jazz” award in 2007 in recognition of his career in music. He was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Wales Jazz Guitar Festival for his “Contribution to Jazz Guitar Worldwide,” and he was voted Best Guitarist in the British Jazz Awards for a record 11th time. “I’m sure that those attending Martin Taylor’s concert in Logan will be talking about it for years to come,” Christiansen said. “I would encourage not only guitarists, but anyone who enjoys listening to guitar to take advantage of this rare opportunity.”

New exhibit showcases portraits of day laborers

HE NORA ECCLES Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University will house a new exhibit of paintings by painter John Sonsini. The exhibit will run March 23 through May 29, with an opening reception March 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum, located in the Fine Arts Building on USU campus. The artist will attend the reception and discuss his work during a public lecture at 7 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium on the USU campus. Sonsini will also take part in a public interview conducted by art curator Michael Duncan at noon, March 24. The interview will take place at the study center gallery in the museum. Duncan is a corresponding editor for the magazine Art in America and will discuss and explore the issues and political undertones of Sonsini’s artwork during the public interview. Sonsini is a Los Angeles-based painter who paints portraits of Latino day workers living in Southern California. The artist pays the workers their usual hourly wages to pose, fully-clothed, in straightforward poses. His simple portraits address the complex issues of immigration,

labor, work and art. The exhibition at USU will include the artist’s piece “Day Labor,” a series of 20 small portraits produced during a month-long project when Sonsini worked outside in the parking lot of the Hollywood Community Job Center, an agency that helps laborers find employment. Each day, one man would be selected by lottery to receive $60 to sit for Sonsini.

“Jorge,” 2002, John Sonsini.

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TAH STATE University will host a concert by internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Martin Taylor at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are available at the Caine School of the Arts box office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, by calling 797-8022 or online at http://boxoffice. usu.edu. Tickets cost $20 or $5 for students. “We are very fortunate to have a guitarist the caliber of Martin Taylor perform on our campus,” said Mike Christiansen, head of USU’s guitar program. “He is indeed one of the premier jazz guitarists in the world.” Prior to the concert, Taylor will be featured in a workshop for interested guitarists, also held Saturday, March

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Film New this week “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” Rated PG ★★1⁄2 The film adaptation of

Jeff Kinney’s wildly successful cartoon novel series manages to put flesh and bone on the books’ stick figures without altering the series’ mildly subversive comic tone. That fidelity plays mostly for the good, though the books’ moronplagued, middle-school protagonist — sixth-grader Greg (Zachary Gordon), who, let’s be honest, comes off as kind of self-absorbed, lazy and petty — loses some of his appeal when viewed under the harsh light of the camera. What’s funny on the page is less sympathetic on the screen, meaning the wimpy kid who’s going to win the hearts and minds of most moviegoers is not the title character, but his best buddy, supernerd Rowley (Robert Capron). While Greg tries various “rackets” to win popularity, Rowley remains true to his own passions. He’s the hero, while Greg is kind of a wet blanket. PG for some rude humor and language. 91 minutes. “Repo Men” Rated R ★ In this movie’s happy

future, if you need a pancreas, you can get a pancreas. It’ll cost you $618,000 and, if you miss one of your “easy” payments, you’ll find yourself hounded by a hired goon who will slice you open, retrieve the organ and leave you bleeding to death. But at least you enjoyed a little extra time with your loved ones, right? “Repo Men” is a trashy movie that offers its slick dystopian vision as a pretense to lacerate a few dozen bodies in a fashion that makes “Nip/Tuck” look like “Marcus Welby, M.D.” The movie’s plot thickens after an on-the-job accident forces Jude Law’s repo man to have a literal change of heart about his career. The hunter becomes the hunted, and the movie trades its meager social satire for buckets of blood, but not improving a lick in the process. R for strong bloody violence, grisly images, language and some sexuality/nudity. 111 minutes.

Still playing “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 21year-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 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. Pattinson has unmistakable screen presence, but he pours it on thickly and selfconsciously. Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and smoking. 113 min. “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” Rated PG ★★ Uma Thurman with

snakes for hair and a killer stare is almost enough on her own to make this Greek-mythinspired adventure worth seeing. Throw in the absurdity of former James Bond smoothie Pierce Brosnan, now put out to stud as a mythical centaur with a horse’s rump, and this latest supplicant for the Harry

Potter fantasy crowd has two decent elements in its favor. The trouble with this return to youth fantasy is that for every worthwhile moment, there’s a clunker merely filling up time, or worse, wasting it. Based on the first book in Rick Riordan’s fantasy series, the movie stars Logan Lerman as Percy, a teen who learns he’s the demigod son of Poseidon, lord of the sea. Falsely accused of stealing boss god Zeus’ lightning bolt, Percy travels America with two fellow young heroes (Brandon

T. Jackson and Alexandra Daddario) to save his mom (Catherine Keener) from the underworld and recover Zeus’ bolt. The fitful movie has OK action and effects, but it lacks spark. With Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd. PG for action violence and peril, some scary images and suggestive material, and mild language. 119 min. — All reviews by The Associated Press

N STEVEN Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight,” George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez memorably created romantic sparks while huddled in the trunk of a car. By contrast, the action-laden romantic-comedy “The Bounty Hunter” begins with Jennifer Aniston bursting out a trunk in a smokey blaze of ignited flares as Gerard Butler chases after her. As incubators of chemistry, the trunk of “Out of Sight” has the stuff, while “The Bounty Hunter” is up in smoke. The premise of “The Bounty Hunter” is as much an absurd gimmick as it is an effective hook. Butler, the buff, smirking Scottish star of “300” and “The Ugly Truth,” plays Milo Boyd, a former cop turned bounty hunter who gets the job of his life: the opportunity to drag his ex-wife (Aniston) to jail. As Nicole Hurley, Aniston, somewhat incredibly, is a hard-nosed crime reporter for the New York Daily News (its offices make a cameo). While tenaciously pursuing a lead on a suspicious murder on the Lower East Side, Hurley misses a court appearance for a car accident, and the judge issues a warrant for her arrest. But neither actor is playing a character as much as they’re playing movie stars. At no point in “The Bounty Hunter” are you anything but fully aware that you’re watching Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler — and perhaps that’s the idea. For better and worse, “The Bounty Hunter” is an opportunity to sit in the dark with these two likable, attractive stars, rather than piece together distorted glimpses of them in the tabloids.

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“The Bounty Hunter” Here is Aniston smartly dressed in tight skirts and heels, composed and discombobulated at once; and Butler: brash, unshaven, a little sweaty and at one moment — to the glee of half the audience — shirtless. Exactly why Milo and Nicole split after a relatively brief marriage is never specified (she was too career-focused, he says; he wasn’t understanding, she says), but they certainly can’t stand each other anymore. Thrown back together, they gradually rehash the past as they travel from Atlantic City back to New York, their course repeatedly thrown off by various attackers. A number of supporting characters are summoned for comic flashes: Jason Sudeikis (as a fellow News reporter in love with Nicole), Jeff Garlin (as Milo’s boss), Christine Baranski (as

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Nicole’s mother) and Jayne Houdyshell (as a landlady), among them. Director Andy Tennant (”Hitch,” ‘’Fool’s Gold”) over-

stuffs the film with constant overlaid music, impatient cutting and a generally unsettled approach. The film, from Sarah Thorp’s unimaginative screen-

play, works best when the circus pauses. But this is a film for its stars. As Butler adds romantic comedies to his action film base, he can be a fresh bit of rugged energy. He remains exceptionally watchable, a quality Aniston shares. But her movie career, launched in earnest after “Friends,” continues to pile up forgettable romantic comedies that fall short of her talent. Divorce has often been excellent fodder for comedies (Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in the superb “The Awful Truth” is the gold standard), but “The Bounty Hunter” has little to offer besides some face-time with handsome stars. “The Bounty Hunter,” a Columbia Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for sexual content including suggestive comments, language and some violence.

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‘Bounty Hunter’ all about star-watching

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Photos by Mel Torrie Story by Brendon Butler

Photo classes with Mel Torrie: Torrie will co-teach a class on travel photography at the Cache Valley Photography Club meeting on Wednesday, April 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Studio. For more info, go to www.meetup. com/cvphotographers.

el Torrie isn’t your photographer. It’s o since a family mem how a camera work since then he’s sold both online and at Logan’s Summ at the Cache County Fair and beg downtown studio. Tonight, he’ll at Caffé Ibis. Torrie says he doesn’t think of himself as an artist, but after a single look at one of his photographs you’d be hard pressed to believe that statement. His photos render animals, sunrises, sunsets, landscapes, flowers and bees in such intense colors that to look at them induces a sort of visual vertigo. You have to wonder how the world can be so rich. Doesn’t he use computers to digitally enhance his work? “Maybe,” Torrie says with a sm fact, he does use computers, but you’d think. He explains that the more levels of light than a camer one click. For example, the huma adjusting for all kinds of light, bu faced with the strong light of a su tough time distinguishing the sha foreground. “The camera cannot expose fo into the lens as well as for the re “In fact, the eye can see 24 ‘stop era can see nine.” (A “stop” refer So Torrie approaches his land a method called high dynamic ra trick is to shoot more than one ph each time exposing for a differen Later, he’ll combine the photos u the result is a photo with super ri ing as an electronics engineer ha decisions as he’s learned the HD “I’m all about electronics,” he degree was in.” He may be a whiz with electro that he has a good eye for perspe color too.

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or both the sun coming eflection,” says Torrie. ps’ of light, while a camrs to a doubling of light.) dscape photography using ange imaging, where the hoto of the same scene, nt aspect of the picture. using a computer, and ich colors. His trainas informed many of his DR technique. e says. “That’s what my

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“I tried to learn some of the foundational principles … like the rule of thirds, leading lines, depth of field, how sharpness is used to attract the eye and keep it engaged.” Torrie says. “So that’s helped. You’d like to think that you have an eye for that, but definitely learning the principles helps.” It also takes time to get good photos, he says. He’s invested in semi-professional grade camera gear and he carries it at all times. Often he’s stopped to take a picture of a beautiful sunrise early in the morning on the way home from exercising, still wearing his basketball shorts and a pair of rubber gumboots. Once he stood at the camera till his gumboots sank to their tops in the wet mud, he says. “Lots of people have seen me in the ditch along Highway 30. There’ll be people honking at me, throwing stuff,” Torrie says with a laugh. “You try to be safe.” He takes his older boys down to Yellowstone three or four times a year to search out wildlife photos, and they’ve been there enough times now that they have a pretty good idea of where the animals hang out. “No matter where I’m driving, if there’s wildlife, I’m bailing into a ditch,” Torrie says. In fact, photography has changed his outlook on the outdoors, Torrie says. He used to dread the wintertime Scouting camps with his kids. That’s changed ever since his first camera. “I picked up the photography habit and now I’m begging to go. Now I want to go hiking. Now I like stormy weather instead of just sunny days because it’s more dramatic. It’s amazing ... Now I love stormy days — I love rain and I love hail and lightning is awesome — instead of the sunny days I’d always hoped for before.” His kids also have taken to nature photography, Torrie says. “Now when we go out, instead of stepping on the spider they want to go take a picture of it,” Torrie says. “Instead of throwing trash on the ground, they want to take a picture of a plant. So that’s been good.” Just a few years ago, Torrie may not have imagined that he’d someday chase butterflies, or spend two hours in front of a single flower getting the perfect shot of a bee drunk with pollen. “It’s embarrassing,” Torrie says with a chuckle. But his wife, Raeghn, smiles. Her husband’s hobby has enriched the family’s life and created opportunities to connect with each other and the natural world. And who would be embarrassed about that? Torrie’s photography exhibit, “Water and Sun,” opens tonight with a reception from 6 to 8 at the Caffé Ibis on Federal Avenue. Visit Torrie’s Web site to view more of his images or to contact him: www.meltorrie.com/.

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Hate paying taxes? Consider it patriotism

NE OF THE many things likely to make my head explode is watching, hearing or reading about politicians politicking about reducing taxes. “Well, you all seem to have meals, a warm place to live and a generous health care plan all paid for by taxes, why would you want to reduce them?” I think. “Or, why not practice what you preach and let the first tax cut start with you?” I’d like to see more politicians stand up for taxes. In fact it should be downright patriotic to pay taxes. Technically, much of what we consider our money was made possible by everyone’s taxes. Taxes paid for part or all of your education. Roads, sidewalks and public transportation that get you to work are supported by taxes. Even having a secure monetary system

that allows you to exchange currency with a minimum of fraud and counterfeiting is supported by taxes. Yes, we did have a recent financial crisis, but we were not forced to go back to bartering chickens, pigs and sea shells to buy dinner. Our currency is still preferred by drug dealers around the world, so it must still be valuable. I wish I lived in the nation of Utopia, but last I checked, locks and keys are still selling quite well. So, you may curse that taxes pay for police when they give you a parking ticket, but they sure are a bargain when they risk their lives to prevent gun-wielding deranged disgruntled employees and students from killing more people than they already do. Firefighting and ambulance service are other tax-assisted services that you don’t want to have to shop for

Slightly Off Center By Dennis Hinkamp

on Amazon.com in an emergency. Although there is an occasional speed burst on yellow, I also like that we have a

system where everyone stops on red and goes on green. Even if the extent of your literary experience is renting the animated Shakespeare on Netflix, you have to agree that libraries are good thing. If nothing else, they are one of the few quiet places left in most cities. If you haven’t been to a library for awhile, you might be surprised by all the DVDs you can check out and computer services you can use for just the price of your taxes. Ever been to Montello, Nev.? Not many people have, and no free-market system would build a road there. If not for taxes I doubt that it would even exist. And isn’t it pretty cool that it costs the same 44 cents to get a letter there as it does to get my Logan utility bill one mile across town? Taxes paid for my father’s

military funeral service, burial plot and head stone because taxes also paid for him to serve in the Navy. I don’t have any children in the system, but I’m glad we have schools. I aspire to peace, love and understanding, but I’m also thankful we have armies and prisons. I just sent in my state and federal taxes; I consider it a thank-you note. We should probably worry less about becoming a highly taxed socialist country like Sweden and worry more about becoming a lowly taxed anarchist country like Afghanistan. Dennis Hinkamp believes in taxes but still would prefer not to have a tax audit. 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 dhinkamp@ msn.com.

Pottery classes offered at the AVA HE ALLIANCE T for the Varied Arts will begin offering spring

ceramics classes the week of March 22. Choose from a five-week class or a 10-week class to fit your schedule and budget. The AVA offers preteen and teen wheel throwing classes Mondays starting March 22 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The 10-week class costs $90, plus $15 for a 25-pound bag of clay. The Children’s Play with Clay class (for kids 5 to 10 years old) will take place

Thursdays from 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. and will start March 25. The five-week class costs $55, and the 10week class costs $90. Both

classes include the cost of clay. The adult wheel throwing or hand building class will be held Wednesdays starting March 24 from either 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. or from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The class is 10 weeks and the cost is $13, plus $15 for a 25-pound bag of clay. You can register at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts box office at 43 S. Main or at the AVA at 35 W. 100 South. Contact the AVA at 753-2970 or Beth at 7642286.

‘Celebrate America’ auditions coming up UDITIONS FOR A dancers and singers to perform in the Broadway-

By Brenda Schoenfeld E-mail submissions to jbaer@hjnews.com or call 792-7229 for more information!

style big-band 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. Producers are also looking for a young girl to sing and tap dance Shirley Temple-style. Call 753-1551

to schedule an audition. Female dancers and male and female singers will perform in a dynamic production with a live orchestra, plus receive three hours credit and a cash bonus. For more information visit www.celebrateamericashow. com.

Sarah Sample: Saturday, April 10 Crumb Brothers Bakery ARAH SAMPLE WILL S perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at Crumb Brothers Bakery,

291 S. 300 West, Logan. Tickets are $10 and available by calling 7573468, or you can take your chances at the door. Seating is limited. If you could patent a failsafe formula for a marked upswing in creativity and artistic productivity, it could certainly look a lot like this: • Record a debut album (2004’s “Rotate”), learn from its victories and not-so-victories. • Rub shoulders with up-and-comers and seasoned success stories. • Move from Utah to Texas to Wyoming to Seattle. Wanderlust, anyone? • Live and soak in Austin, songwriting capital of the free world. • Be a featured guest at your alma mater’s Mountain West Songfest & Symposium. • Honorable mention at ’05 and ’06 Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase. • Play all over the Four Corners, and then some. • Play the Founders Title Folk Festival, and crash the party with the Go Girls unofficial SXSW Showcase, and Gorilla Showcases at Folk Alliance. After all that, the last thing Sarah Sample wanted to make was just

Buddy Mondlock: March 27 Crumb Brothers Bakery WARD-WINNING A songwriter Buddy Mondlock at 7:30 p.m. Saturday March 27, at Crumb

another folkie-girl-with-acoustic-guitar album. Sure, the songs were born as just an acoustic guitar and a voice. And, in the folk tradition she loves and respects so much, would likely be taken across America that way. But she didn’t want to document them that way. At least not this time. Enter Scott Wiley (Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Elliott Smith) and a new sonic palette. With plenty of reverence for the songs, they set out to take Sarah’s music into new territory. The album “Never Close Enough” is to Sarah Sample as “Flaming Red” is to Patty Griffin: a marked departure from a promising, acoustic debut but never too far away from her soulful folk roots. Sarah’s passionate, soulstirring voice is still up front. For more information, go to www. bridgerfolk.org or www.sarahsample. com.

Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West, Logan. Tickets are $13 and available by calling 757-3468, 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 Griffith

Spice on Ice 2010 promises to satisfy

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 Fire-

house 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.

asked Mondlock to sing on a show she was taping for Irish television. She ended 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.

Comedian T.J. Miller perfoms next week • Where: USU’s Morgan Theatre • When: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., March 27 • Tickets: $10 advance purchase, $12 day of show • Miller has performed in the movies “Cloverfield” and the newly released “She’s Out of my League.”

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Bridger Folk presents two acoustic shows

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Books Search for fastest-ever pitcher has few answers but lots of fun By The Associated Press

ASEBALL IS so obsessed with statistics you might think it’s easy to identify who threw the fastest fastball. Not so, Tim Wendel tells us in “High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time.” In fact, he says, Major League Baseball doesn’t recognize radar gun readings as official. And what’s more, some of the most famous fireballers showed their stuff long before radar guns were first aimed at pitchers in the 1970s. So Wendel did his own research, including interviews

with players and scouts. He settled on 10 candidates, including such famous names as Bob Feller, Satchel Paige and Nolan Ryan, and less-known ones, like Steve Dalkowski and Amos Rusie. And then he made his choice. Feel free to disagree with his conclusion, but be sure to enjoy the book. Far from just a statistical inquiry, it’s packed with stories about baseball and some of its extraordinary players. We read about men throwing a baseball through a wooden fence or a wire-mesh backstop, knocking over a surprised hot dog vendor in at least one case. Rusie was said to have hunted jack rab-

This week’s New York Times Bestseller List HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult 2. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett 3. “Fantasy in Death” by J.D. Robb 4. “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” by Seth Grahame-Smith 5. “Worst Case” by James Patterson PAPERBACK (TRADE) FICTION 1. “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave 2. “A Reliable Wife” by Robert Goolrick 3. “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks 4. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson 5. “The 8th Confession” by James Patterson PAPERBACK (MASS-MARKET) FICTION 1. “A Patriot’s History of the United States” by Larry Schweikart 2. “The Lost City of Z” by David Grann 3. “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis 4. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson 5. “The Survivors Club” by Ben Sherwood HARDCOVER ADVICE 1. “Payback Time” by Phil Town 2. “Switch” by Chip & Dan Heath 3. “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin 4. “Use Your Head to Get Your Food in the Door” by Harvey Mackay 5. “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss

bits with stones when he was a child, throwing with deadly speed and accuracy. Ryan tells about the day when, as

a ninth-grader, he threw a softball the length of a football field. Sandy Koufax, as a kid in New York City, peppered his buddies with softballs from so far away they couldn’t fire back. That kind of arm is a gift, but Wendel shows it’s not enough for major-league success. He concludes that the expectations that come with the talent are so great that it may have led to suffering and even failure more often than success. He traces how fireballers left their marks on the game, spurring such innovations as the walk and a lengthening of the distance from the mound to home plate. (Another inno-

vation, the elbow operation known as Tommy John surgery, is reflected on by former pitcher Tommy John himself.) Wendel talks about the fear batters feel when they face those lightning bolts from the mound, and how Ty Cobb exploited Walter Johnson’s own fear of hurting somebody when Cobb stepped to the plate. This is a fascinating book for a baseball fan. And it shows Feller had the right idea when Wendel told him about his quest. “Who was the fastest pitcher of all time?” Feller mused. “The world will never know, may never agree, but it sure is fun to talk about, isn’t it?

‘The very lightest of reading and happy endings all around’ “The Girl Who Chased the Moon” (Bantam Books, 265 pages, $25), by Sarah Addison Allen. Sarah Addison Allen stays on familiar ground in her latest offering, “The Girl Who Chased the Moon,” dishing up light doses of magical realism and romance, all in the North Carolina landscape where she grew up. It’s a formula that has worked well for her, including putting her first novel, “Garden Spells,” on the best-seller list. In this latest book, teenager Emily Benedict is sent to her mother’s hometown, where she’s never been, and to a grandfather she doesn’t know, after the death of her mother, a social activist who dedicated her life to good causes and training others, including her daughter, to work for them as well. Her mother never talked about her youth, her hometown or her father. Emily finds that he is a giant, over 8 feet tall. He’s apparently indifferent to

her arrival, and certainly not eager to talk about her mother. In fact, no one in Mullaby wants to talk about her. Next-door neighbor Julia, a baker of extraordinary cakes, tells Emily that her mother was the leader of the most popular group of students in high school. Julia, who was a gothic misfit in school, eventually adds that Emily’s mother constantly tormented her, bringing dog food and flea powder to school, or barking at her because of the dog collar she wore at the time. The other crack in the wall of silence is another teenager, Win Coffey, who would be bullied unmercifully in any other town for wearing suits, bow ties and even a straw “boater.” Although it may be hard to believe that people cling to high school hurts as long as the people in Mullaby apparently do, the book offers enough pleasures to make for an enjoyable read, including dark family secrets, wallpaper that changes

to fit a mood, cakes that can bring back lost love, people with a “sweet sense” and strange lights that appear and disappear. “The Girl Who Chased the Moon” — the literary equivalent of a chick flick — offers the very lightest of reading and happy endings all around. — The Associated Press

REAK OUT the B briefs and red cape, if you dare. More tales of “Captain Underpants” are coming. Author Dav Pilkey has agreed to write four more of the multimillion-selling series that helped establish the giggly genre known as “poop fiction.” The first book, “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future,” comes out in August with a worldwide printing of 1 million copies, Scholastic announced Thursday. “I think fans of Captain Underpants will be very happy with this new book,” Pilkey said

in a statement Thursday. “It has all of the action, laffs and ridiculousness that kids love, plus all the unapologetic irreverence and questionable potty humor that grumpy curmudgeons love to complain about. It’s got something for everybody!” The new book is the first “Captain Underpants” in four years. In an e-mail message to The Associated Press, Pilkey said he and his wife “had to take some time off to care for my father, who had terminal cancer.” (His father, David M. Pilkey, died in 2008). The return of “Captain Underpants” may not be amusing to all. In 2002,

the American Library Association ranked the “Underpants” books among those most frequently complained about by parents and educators. That year, “Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants” was removed from an elementary school in Page, North Dakota, after a parent objected to the book’s language and “innuendos.” In 2006, a high school principal in Long Beach, New York, banned students from dressing up as the title character. The “Underpants” series has more than 45 million copies in print.

The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board

“Waitress Honey” by Bill Humphrey One day I was at a small cafe, to have a piece of pie. This darling waitress came my way, and really caught my eye. I called her Waitress Honey, ‘cause she was sweet as could be. That is how it all began, now she means too much to me. I had my pie, now I am hitched, and happy as can be. I married Waitress Honey, to start a family tree. Today we have a small cafe, right here in our home, and Waitress Honey serves me pie. I no longer need to roam, ‘cause I love Waitress Honey and she loves me. We’ve children playing in our yard, we’re happy as can be, since I met Waitress Honey and she met me.

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Irreverent Captain Underpants returns!

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Musicians to compete in 2010 Young Artist Cup HE YOUNG ARTIST T Cup Committee, in association with the Performing Arts

Department at Mountain Crest High School, will present its 11th Annual Music Competition at 7 p.m. April 1 and 2 in the Mountain Crest High School auditorium. The vocal and instrumental com-

petition will be held Thursday, and the piano and strings competition will be held Friday. The public is invited free of charge. Students compete for cash prizes and trophies in six areas: graphic arts design, female vocalists, male vocalists, strings, brass/ winds/percussion and piano.

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Answers from last week

Ongoing events Millville city will celebrate its sesquicentennial on June 12. Individuals or families currently or formerly from Millville may submit their information for the 1990-2010 (separate edition) of the “Millville Memories” book to millville150@gmail.com. Submissions will be accepted until April 15 and should be 200 words or fewer (picture may be included). Also include your name, parents’ names (optional), children’s names, how you came to live in Millville and what made/makes this a great place for you/your family to live. The Alliance for the Varied Arts is now taking registration for spring ceramics classes, scheduled to start the week of March 22. Children meet from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. Thursdays; teens meet from 3:45 to 5:15 or 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays; and adults meet from 2 to 5 p.m. or 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Classes run either five or 10 weeks. For more information, call the AVA at 753-2970 or contact Beth Calengor at 764-2286.

OPTIONS for Independence will take a trip to the Cache Valley Home and Garden Show and eat lunch at Angie’s Restaurant from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday. Cost for the garden show is $2; lunch prices will vary. For more information or to schedule transportation, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

Saturday A free weight loss class will be held Saturday at the Curves in Logan. There will be a weight-management class at 10:30 a.m.; reading food labels at noon; and permanent weight management at 12:30 p.m. These are interactive classes and everyone is invited. For more information, call 755-9293. The Bridgerland Honor Festival Concert will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at USU’s Kent Concert Hall. Auditioned seventh-, eighthand ninth-graders from Box Elder, Cache, Logan and Preston schools will be performing. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Friday

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at LD’s Cafe in Richmond. Everyone is invited.

Mount Logan Middle School will present “Flower Power,” a musical comedy celebrating the ’60s, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the MLMS auditorium. Come enjoy an evening of authentic ’60s music, dancing and more. Cost is $5 per person or $25 for a family of six.

The Sky View Booster Club will host a luau at 6 p.m. Saturday 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 Aaron Ashton Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday as part of the Music in the City series at the Brigham City Fine Arts Center, 58 S. 100 West. Tickets are $8 for the public or $5 for students with ID; reservations are encouraged by calling 435-723-0740. Stokes Nature Center invites kids ages 2 and 3 to Parent Tot Nature Hour from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday. Explore animals, plants and nature through music, crafts and games. This program is parent interactive, and all toddlers must have a parent present. Cost is $3 ($2.50 for SNC members). To register, call 755-3239. A peace vigil and walk marking the seventh anniversary of the Iraq War will take place Friday 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 Cache County Courthouse will start at 6 p.m. at 199 N. Main St. At the courthouse, participants will gather for some silence, speeches, music and a candlelight vigil. For more information or to volunteer to help, call 755-5137. Poor Ophelia will perform with Beacon Hill and Atl Atl (alternative/rock) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www. myspace.com/whysound. An opening reception for “Water and Sun,” photographs of Mel Torrie, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Evening will include live music and light refreshments. For more information, call 753-4777.

The Logan Regional Hospital Community Education Center will host a babysitting class for kids ages 9-14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in classroom 4. Participants will learn about infant care, safety, first aid and fun activities. A homework packet must be picked up at the time of registration and completed before class begins. Cost is $30 and includes a light lunch and bag. To register, call 716-5310. Bring your kids (ages 2 to 14) to the Macey’s Little Theater any time between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday while you do your shopping in peace. Kids will make a craft and have a treat; they can also stay and watch a video. For more information, call 753-3301. The Utah Mud Motor Association and Pacific Corp will host a Cutler Marsh clean-up day Saturday. Meet at Benson Marina at 9 a.m. There will be plenty of boats to transport people. Lunch will be cooked at 1 p.m. back at the ramp (sponsored by Camp Chef). The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge will host “Sense of Wonder Day” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Wildlife Education Center. Come celebrate the legacy of Rachel Carson with activities, nature walks, refuge tours and more. Program is free and family-friendly. To register, call 435-734-6425.

Sunday The Post-Mormon Community 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.

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

regular menu, the restuarant also features a selection of crepes on Wednesday nights. For more information, call 752-9577.

Tuesday

Thursday

Health for Life will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. Jeanne Harold will discuss “A Whole-Body Tune-up.” Harold is a zonologist and teaches anatomy, physiology and immunology. Everyone is invited.

Hidden Village Partners in Preparedness Inc. will sponsor a free raised-bed gardening meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wilson Elementary School auditorium, 89 S. 500 East, Logan. Landscape designers Ben and Pam George from Tony’s Grove Nursery and Garden will speak on “Front and Backyard Produce Gardens: How to Build Raised-Bed Frames, Easy Raised-Bed Soil Recipes and Landscape Designing.” There will be a display and handouts. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Sue Shaw at 770-3976.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a rock climbing activity at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Rockhaus. Learn to climb or challenge yourself on a difficult route. Cost is $8. For more information, visit www.cgadven tures.org or call 713-0288. OPTIONS for Independence will take a trip to the Pepperidge Farm Outlet Story from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday. For more information or to schedule transportation, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108. The Constitution Party of Cache County Caucus will host a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Logan Middle School, Room 401. For more information, contact Mark at 213-9411. The Slants will perform with The IB and Road Trip to Hawaii (electro/rock) at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5. Candi and Stacy from USU Food C will demonstrate how to enjoy fiber-filled, healthy, great-tasting meals the entire family will enjoy at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

Wednesday Dr. Grover will talk about how to change your sleeping habits to get the best night’s sleep, and how food plays a big part, at a free community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. There will be refreshments and giveaways. Seating is limited; call 753-3301. 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. Ye Olde Tyme Quilters will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main St., Logan. This is a support group for persons 55 and older with low vision, but is open to all who wish to attend. Members will have lunch afterward (prices vary). For more information or to schedule free transportation, contact Aimee at 753-5353 ext. 105. Jerry Joseph (acoustic) will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $12. “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

The seventh annual Spice on Ice fundraiser will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. The event includes a cook-off featuring Cache Valley chefs, live auction and on-ice entertainment. All proceeds benefit the Ice Center and its programs. Tickets are $50 and include appetizers, an entrée from each chef and dessert. For information, call 787-2288. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a trip to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy on Thursday. Volunteers are always needed. For more information, call 713-0288. Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation will host an open house celebrating the completion of six houses built in the Mutual Self Help Housing Program from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Shadow Crest Subdivision, 2600 S. 900 West, Nibley. Open house signs will be posted in front of participating houses. The community is invited to come and walk through these homes and learn more about this affordable housing program. For more information, call 753-1112. The Utah Native Plant Society, Cache County Master Gardeners and USU Extension will sponsor a workshop where you can learn to start both seeds and cuttings from your own home, at 7 p.m. Thursday and either 9 a.m. or 2 p.m. March 27 at the USU Crop Physiology Lab, 1410 N. 800 East, Logan. Waterwise and native plants will be highlighted. Seeds, cuttings, soil, a comprehensive workbook and other materials will be provided. Cost is $25 ($20 for Master Gardeners and Plant Society members). Class sizes are limited; download a registration form at www.extension.usu.edu/cache/horticulture. 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.

Upcoming event Cache Valley Civic Ballet will present “Firebird” at 7:30 p.m. March 26 and 27 at the Eccles Theatre. A matinee will start at 1:30 p.m. March 27. Tickets are $8-$12 and can be purchased at the Eccles Box Office, 43 S. Main. For more information, visit www.cvcballet.org.

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