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Amazon Woman North Logan mom spends ‘life-changing’ eight days in Peruvian rainforest, immersed in another culture

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April 24-30, 2009

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What’s inside this week 2009 Summer Movie Preview: A breakdown of this year’s blockbuster season — the must-sees, maybes & misses — by movie critic Andy Morgan (Page 12-13)

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This photo of the horizon in a small village along the Amazon River is just one of 800 taken by Danene Dustin during her “life-changing” eight-day trip to the Peruvian rainforest. “I want to seize every opportunity out there to learn about other cultures and lifestyles,” she says. “I want to take on any adventure that comes my way.” Learn about Dustin’s trip with the City as Text program on Page 8.

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JUST LOVE WHEN SUMMER

rolls around — not just because it’s warm and beautiful and there’s so much to do, but because we get to read Cache Magazine movie critic Andy Morgan’s annual Summer Movie Preview.

The summer months are always jam-packed with blockbuster releases, and this year is no exception. Of course I always enjoy the dramatic movies that are likely to make a run at the next year’s Academy Awards, but I’ll also admit I have a thing for action movies. You know, those films that really don’t have a great plot but are full of explosions, car chases, gun fights and beautiful people. You can go to the theater, buy some popcorn and a soda and completely shut your mind

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off for a couple of hours while you grip the edge of your seat. Sometimes we all need a little mind time off.

Some of the blow-’em-up, sure-tomake-millions flicks hitting theaters between now and August that I’m looking forward to include: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” starring Hugh Jackman, “Terminator: Salvation” starring Christian Bale, “Inglorious Basterds” starring Brad Pitt, “Public Enemies” starring Johnny Depp and “The Taking of Pelham 123” starring John Travolta.

Turn to pages 12 and 13 to find out what Andy thinks of these movies, plus a bunch of others coming out. He’s sorted them into three categories, “must see,” “maybe” and “miss,” so you can plan your date nights accordingly.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

— Jamie Baer Nielson Cache Magazine editor

Celtic harpist Patrick Ball is coming to USU

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Cute

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pet photo of the week

Pet: Agnes From: Macriss Family Why she’s so lovable: “Agnes came to the Macriss’ home from a breeding setting in which she was considered non-productive. This means she had never been outside to learn to play, run or even bark. With the love and patience of her new family she gained confidence and an incredible zest for life. She learned to run, play, bark, chase toys and wag her tail so fast you would think she might take flight. Most importantly she taught her new family about the unconditional love of a dog, something they had never experienced before. Horribly, Aggy was killed on Easter Sunday by a vicious dog attack.

As a community we must take the steps

necessary to stop this ever-increasing event from happening. Let’s protect our pets and children by speaking to our neighbors and community leaders about this very important issue.”

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.

Help honor Harrison & Iva Lou Groutage

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HE LIFE AND work of Harrison and Iva Lou Groutage will be celebrated at an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at the David B. Haight Alumni Center. Harrison Groutage will also be honored with an Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award for his outstanding service and contributions to his profession and to the artistic community. His work and Iva Lou’s quilts will be on display along with a slideshow presentation of his paintings, sculptures and more. The Lightwood Duo will play live music and everyone is invited.

The Groutages’ display will be available to the public during the Alumni Center’s regular hours, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 27 and 28.

Friends of the David B. Haight Alumni Center Chairwoman Bernice McCowin said the Professional Achievement Award is presented to a person who has demonstrated excellence in his or her professional career, and Harrison Groutage’s accomplishments certainly fit the criteria.

“Besides being a professor of art at USU for 32 years and art department head for 10 years,

he is a very versatile artist whose work is included in over 500 public and private collections throughout the nation,” she said. “Many of Cache Valley’s homes and businesses have a Groutage painting or print on display.”

Groutage is widely recognized for his artistic work in painting, printmaking, drawing and murals. His work is included in more than 500 private and public collections and is recognized and honored in galleries throughout the nation. His works have received more than 55 awards and honors including the Utah Heritage Foundation Award for significant and unique contribution to art, Altro T. Hibbard Memorial Award for his painting “Mormon Country” and the Governor’s Award for 1999 Utah Artist of the Year.

Iva Lou Groutage is an artist in her own right. In recent years she has become known for prize-winning quilts created with an eye toward unique color combinations and patterns. Her quilts are eagerly received by her six grandchildren as they reach milestones in life. Iva Lou has won numerous awards for her quilts in shows including

the American Heritage Quilt Show and has been a member of the Cache Valley Quilt Guild and Utah Quilt Guild for decades. She is also a member of the Clio Club of Cache Valley and the Red Hat Society.

Harrison’s work has been on display in Salt Lake City at the Sugarhouse’s Groutage Gallery, which opened in March 2005.

The Groutage Gallery has been a successful and opened as a way to showcase the work of

Harrison and a number of other artists connected to him.

Harrison and Iva Lou have three children: Farol Ann Nelson of Richmond, James Harrison Groutage of Pocatello and Hilary Groutage Weible of Ona, W.Va.

Skating Club to present sixth annual spring show HE CACHE VALLEY T Figure Skating Club will present its sixth annual spring

show, “Once Upon a Time in 2009,” at 8 p.m. April 24 and 25 at the Eccles Ice Center. The performance will showcase fairy tales with a modern twist.

Performers include awardwinning club skaters along with special guests from the Eccles Ice Center’s Learn-toSkate and Hot Chocolate Club programs, as well as students from the USU figure skating class. They will also be joined

by Scott Smith, a nationally Alan Murray/Herald Journal ranked skater. General admisJesse Knight, 12, runs through a dress sion is $5 and reserved seating rehearsal for “Once Upon a Time in is $8. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Eccles Ice 2009” at the Eccles Ice Center.

Center or at the door on the evenings of the shows.

The Cache Valley Figure Skating Club consists of skaters of all ages dedicated to the sport of figure skating. Members of the club compete at various events throughout the state of Utah and the western United States. Most recently, club skaters brought home 19 placement medals from the Jackson Hole Invitational in March.

As a featured guest, CVFSC is honored to have Scott Smith perform. Smith began skating at age 7 after trying it at a friend’s birthday party. He then participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program. He quickly progressed through for-

mal lessons, and by age 12 he was performing triple salchows (his favorite jump), triple toe loops and numerous spins.

Skating on the national and international level since age 13, Smith became the U.S. Junior Men’s Champion in 1998. He also won his first senior medal at the U.S. National Championships in 2003. He is the only U.S. skater other than Timothy Goebel to land a quad salchow in competition.

One of Smith’s biggest lifedefining moments was placing fourth at the 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. The skater hopes to establish more memorable on-ice moments by achieving his ambitious

goals, which includes improving his consistency, during the upcoming seasons. After his skating career he would like to skate in Smith shows, teach and do skating commentary on television.

Smith works as a coach part time and swims on a team in Salt Lake City. His most prized possession is his 2000 silver VW Beetle and his hobbies include tennis, ping pong, skating, swimming, movies and music. He is also a dog lover.

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All mixed up

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All mixed up

Graphic design students strut their stuff

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N THE ACADEMIC WORLD there are differences within degree categories, and in the humanities — especially the arts — a bachelor’s of fine art degree, the BFA, is considered a professional degree that requires additional work. Art students at Utah State University who will receive their BFA this spring are planning a series of year-end exhibitions to showcase their art.

Among the BFA students are those in the graphic design program in the art department, and their work will be showcased in two sessions Tuesday, April 28, in activities at USU’s Chase Fine Arts Center. The students’ USU student Angella Arakaki designed and pro- electronic portfolios can be seen in an grammed a game in Flash then created packag- Interactive Show from 3:30 to 5:30 ing for the game (seen here). Her work is included p.m. in the Tippetts Gallery and print portfolios can be seen in the Print in the BFA Graphic Design Showcase at USU.

Showcase from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center courtyard (weather permitting).

The Print Showcase is the highlight of the one-day event and all are invited. Those viewing the students’ portfolios will be treated to live music and refreshments.

“The BFA exhibition is the capstone course for BFA candidates in graphic design,” said faculty member Dave Smellie. “Although I help coordinate the event, the exhibition is completely designed and created by the students and gives them an opportunity to present their design work to a public audience. The students have created a fun event, but it’s a great opportunity for design professionals to review the excellent work this group has produced during their studies at USU.”

Angella Arakaki is a senior participating in the BFA show. She designed and programmed a game in Flash, then created packaging for the game. Her work is an example of the diversity of ideas, items and products created by students in the graphic design area.

“You can define my work as being colorful, imaginative or animated,” Arakaki said. “Luckily, my professors at USU encourage design students to showcase as much individuality in their work as possible. I think one of the best things you can offer as a designer is a fresh perspective, something really unique, sprinkled with a little bit of good typography, form, precision and a punch of color.”

Arakaki has studied at USU for the past two years after transferring from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Mendon auctioning art to raise funds for trails to school

USU physiologist, professor to unwrap mysteries of the heart

ENDON CITY WILL HOST AN M online art auction from April 27 to May 18 to raise money to build trails for students to

U and pre-med advisor Andy Anderson will pres-

use as they walk to and from school.

Since the new Mountainside Elementary School opened last fall, parents have been concerned about children’s safety as they walk to school on busy streets without sidewalks.

A committee has been formed in hopes of raising money to pay for trails to be built on major school walking routes. The committee has earned some grant money, but estimates it will need to raise another $100,000.

To help with the fundraising, Wellsville artist Mike Malm has donated his painting “Washington’s Prayer” to be auctioned, with proceeds going toward the trails. The 20-by30-inch painting depicts George Washington praying at Valley Forge. People can bid on the painting from April 27 to May 18 at www. mendoncity.org.

Malm’s painting will be displayed at the Mendon Station during the city’s annual May Day celebration on Saturday, May 2. It will also be displayed at a school open house at Mountainside Elementary the evening of Thursday, May 7. Both events will also feature photos and other art for sale by other local artists.

To view Mike Malm’s artwork, visit www. mikemalm.com.

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ent “Matters of the Heart” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, in the Eccles Science Learning Center auditorium as part of Science Unwrapped, a free monthly presentation series hosted

by USU’s College of Science. Attendees can sign up to dissect pig hearts following the presentation.

For more information, visit www.usu.edu/science /unwrapped or call 7973517.

“We’ll explore the structure and anatomy of the heart, as well as common ailments that attack this vital organ,” said Anderson, pre-med advisor and principal lecturer of human anatomy, physiology and human dissection in the USU biology department.

During his talk, Anderson will literally “unwrap the heart” by dissecting the

heart of a pig — an organ similar in size and structure to the human heart.

Following his talk, attendees will have the opportunity, on a first-come, firstserved basis, to dissect pig hearts with assistance from Anderson and his team of undergraduates.

Anderson A sign-up sheet for dissections will be available in the lobby of the Emert Auditorium prior to Anderson’s talk.

Children age 9 and older may participate in the dissection lab.

Educational displays about the heart’s anatomy and study in USU’s College of Science will follow the presentation. Light refreshments will be served.

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HE BRIDGER FOLK Music Society will present Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball in concert at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 24, in the Eccles Conference Center auditorium at Utah State University. Tickets will be available at the door for $18 ($16 for students). Advance tickets for $16 can be purchased at Sunrise Cyclery, KSM Guitars and the USU Spectrum ticket office.

Patrick Ball is one of the premier Celtic harp players in the world and a captivating spoken-word artist. He has recorded seven instrumental and three spoken-word albums, which have sold more than 500,000 copies internationally and won national awards in both the music and spo-

ken-word categories.

Along with “Celtic Harp and Story,” his beguiling blend of music and spoken-word concerts, Ball has written and currently performs two acclaimed solo musical theater pieces: “O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music,” which brings to the stage the legendary life, turbulent times and glorious music of Ireland’s most celebrated and beloved musician, Turlough O’Carolan; and “The Fine Beauty of the Island,” a musical journey to Ireland’s legendary Blasket Islands in search of a deeply haunting tune and the vanished islanders who played it.

For more information, visit www. patrickball.com or e-mail info@ bridgerfolk.org.

Check out these plays, both opening this weekend What’s playing: “The Women” he Heritage Theatre will presT ent “The Women,” written by Clare Booth Luce and directed by

Ross T. Reeder, at 7:30 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Monday April 24 through May 16, with a matinee scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2. Tickets are $9 for adults and $8 for seniors and children. For reservations, call 435723-8392. The Heritage Theatre is at 2505 S. Highway 89 in Perry.

“The Women” is a sort-of “Desperate Housewives” set in the late 1940s, complete with deceit,

infidelity, back-biting and catfighting. Playwright/author Booth wrote the original play in 1937 after listening in on the gossip and conversations of women at the beauty salons, tea rooms, restaurants and nightclub restrooms of the 1930s. This is a fictional story of the lives of socialites, actresses and countesses and how their lives are intertwined in lies, deceit and infidelity among a group of friends.

The show is set in New York and Reno, Nev. The group of

friends includes the lead roles of Mary, the jilted wife, played by Melissa Jones; Sylvia, her notto-be-trusted friend, played by Ann Reeder; the naive newlywed, played by Janica Owen; the everpregnant Edith, played by Rachel Carling; and the cynical virgin, Nancy, played by DeLicia Leach.

It is recommended that children younger than 12 not attend; children 3 and younger will not be admitted. For more information, visit www.heritagetheatre utah.com.

From left: Ann Reeder of Perry, Janica Owen of Tremonton, Rachel Carling of Willard, Melissa Jones of Kaysville and DeLicia Leach of Brigham City.

What’s playing: “The Curious Savage” ogan High School will presL ent “The Curious Savage” by John Patrick at 7:30 p.m. April 24, 25 and 27 in the Logan High auditorium.

The play centers around Mrs. Ethel Savage (Sara Ackerman), who has been left $10 million by her late husband and wants to make the best use of it — in spite of the efforts of her grown-up

stepchildren (Michael Francis, Tasha Bush and Brad Rasmussen) to get their hands on it.

Eventually the children commit Ethel to a sanitarium to “bring her to her senses.” While there, Mrs. Savage meets the staff and other guests of the Cloisters (Erica Hale, Luke Monday, Emily Lyons, Conner Nesbitt, Haley Manning, Lily Eiman and Ashley

Ward), who help her to see the world through their eyes as they also help carry out her plans to save her inheritance.

This comedy leaves the audience with a feeling that the neglected virtues of kindness and affection have not been entirely lost in a world that seems motivated at times only by greed and dishonesty.

Tasha Bush and Sara Ackerman.

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Celtic harpist coming to USU

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Film New this week “Fighting” Rated PG-13 ★★ Channing Tatum has the proper presence as a bruiser rising to stardom in New York City’s underground fighting circuit, yet he, Terrence Howard and their cast mates are stuck in a dull, cliche-sodden drama during the many moments when someone’s fist isn’t connecting with someone else’s jaw. Director Dito Montiel’s followup to his debut, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” has a tired, old premise as an underdog (Tatum) finds a wise but down-and-out mentor (Howard) to take him to the big time and a nice, new girlfriend (Zulay Henao) to lend him emotional support. Yo, Rocky!

The forgettable script drowns in boring dialogue, including incoherent monosyllabic scenes where Tatum and Howard seem to engage in a mumbling duel.

But you don’t go to see a movie called “Fighting” for the patter.

You go for the fisticuffs, and Montiel delivers with some nasty bare-knuckle rows that should satisfy fans’ bloodlust. But while Tatum has an impressive physique, he’s so clearly outclassed by the skilled boxers and martial-arts experts he goes up against that his success creates a serious credibility gap for the movie. PG-13 for intense fight sequences, some sexuality and brief strong language. 105 min.

“Obsessed” Rated PG-13 (N/A) A review for “Obsessed” was not available from The Associated Press. In lieu, please accept this synopsis from www.

RottenTomatoes.com: “Idris Elba of ‘The Wire’ stars in this thriller as a man who seems to have a perfect life. He is married to Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles) and he has just earned a promotion at work. But destruction looms when a pretty temp (Ali Larter of ‘Heroes’) grows a little too fond of him.” PG-13 for sexual material including some suggestive dialogue, some violence and thematic content. 91 min.

“The Soloist” Rated PG-13 ★1⁄2 Inspiring, relevant and real, the story of Nathaniel Ayers

New this week at the Art Cinema!

“The Great Buck Howard” Rated PG ★★ No amount of psychological manipulation from John Malkovich can make us believe this lightweight comedy is as poignant or profound as it aspires to be. Malkovich completely goes for it here as the film’s titular mentalist — don’t call him a magician — a role that allows him to luxuriate in his off-kilter, theatrical diva persona. But it’s in the service of a rather facile, softhearted satire about this business we call show. Long past his prime, Buck still regales anyone who will listen with tales of appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (61 times!) even though these days he’s performing feats for half-empty auditoriums in Bakersfield, Calif., and Akron, Ohio. (Regardless of the city, he arrives with the hearty proclamation, “I love this town!” and an even more enthusi— a schizophrenic but wildly talented Juilliard-trained cellist living on the streets of downtown L.A. — captivated Los Angeles Times readers in 2005. The fact that columnist Steve Lopez didn’t just ignore him like most people would — that he not only spoke to Ayers but befriended and wrote movingly about him — added to the unexpected humanity of the tale. “The Soloist” takes all those innately engaging details and turns them into what is essentially a madefor-Lifetime movie, albeit one populated by Oscar winners and nominees. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Lopez, with Jamie Foxx playing opposite him as Ayers.

Wunderkind Brit Joe Wright

astic handshake, a repeated gag which isn’t particularly funny the first time.) He’s got the spiel down to a science by now, but he needs a new road manager and personal assistant. Law school dropout Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) answers his ad in hopes of gaining the life experience he needs to become a writer and gets swept up in Buck’s sad, kitschy vortex. Writer-director Sean McGinly relies too heavily on voiceover from Hanks to make observations that should be pretty obvious: “He was cheesy and there was no denying that, but he also had a sort of timeless charm that the audience really seemed to love.” But things perk up when Emily Blunt arrives as a publicist assigned to help Buck promote a mysterious new trick in Cincinnati. PG for some language including suggestive remarks and a drug reference.

87 min. (“Pride & Prejudice,” “Atonement”) is the director, working from a script by Susannah Grant (“Erin Brockovich”). On paper, you can see how this project had major promise (and it was initially scheduled to come out at the height of prestige-movie season last year, only to be bumped to pre-summer). In execution, it’s an awkward mix of gritty city visuals and mawkish sentiments in which even actors the caliber of Downey, Foxx and Catherine Keener seem to have had difficulty finding nuance. PG-13 for thematic elements, some drug use and language. 116 min.

— All reviews by The Associated Press

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T’S FUNDAMENTAL, cycle-of-life stuff that happens all day, every day, year-round, worldwide.

Seasons change. Animals give birth and die. They migrate to find food. Some are hunters, some are hunted.

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly — sunrise, sunset.

But all these basic, familiar occurrences are photographed and edited with such striking scope, clarity and ingenuity in the documentary “Earth,” you’ll feel as if you’re learning about them for the first time. And for the children who are the targets of much of this material, “Earth” offers colorful entertainment with, thankfully, a not-tooheavy-handed message about the perils of climate change.

The debut from the Disneynature label, directed by Brits Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, follows three species of mothers and babies over a year — polar bears in the Arctic, elephants in Africa’s Kalahari Desert and humpback whales near the Equator — with a variety of wondrous creatures mixed in between. Narrator James Earl Jones provides the necessary gravitas to accompany these majestic images, and the score composed by George Fenton and performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is appropriately sweeping and grand.

Many of the aerial shots — of sand dunes and waterfalls, of caribou traveling across the tundra or birds taking flight against a bold sunset — will take your breath away. Yet the more intimate images will make you wonder, “How’d they do that?” Some behind-the-scenes

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footage accompanies the closing credits, so stick around, but there could have been another entire documentary devoted to the filmmakers’ struggles and achievements. Hopefully that’ll appear on the DVD. A great example comes early, when a mother polar bear emerges from her den followed by her two cubs, who are seeing the outside world for the first time. With their furry paws and curious snoots, they stumble as they take their first hesitant steps on the silent snow.

Irresistibly cute — until Jones informs us that it’s likely one of these little guys won’t be alive in a year because warmer temperatures have made it harder for them to find nourishment.

Yes, “Earth” can be as harrowing as it is beautiful, in the classic Disney tradition of frightening us with stories of animals

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in danger. One impossibly long tracking shot follows a caribou calf that gets separated from the herd and ends up being chased by a ravenous wolf. On and on it goes, across vast expanses and up and down hills. We won’t tell you how it ends, but suffice it to say it’s thrilling.

At the same time, some of the most gorgeous scenes are also the simplest. Time-lapse photography reveals an entire year of

season changes over a matter of seconds. Exotic birds of paradise in unreal colors strut their stuff.

It’s all rapturous and amusing and enlightening enough without voiceover adding unnecessary anthropomorphism to the animals’ activities. As the young polar bears — now grown

— forage on their own at the film’s end, Jones intones: “Their father’s brave spirit will always live on in their hearts.” Really?

How do we know? The technique gets a little cloying — and, if you really want to be uptight, it seems arrogant — although, understandably, it’s intended to make the movie’s lessons more accessible for little ones.

That’s a minor complaint, though, about a film that otherwise has a major visual and emotional impact.

“Earth,” a Disneynature release, is rated G. Running time: 89 minutes.

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This is ‘Earth’ — and it’s spectacular

By Lance Frazier

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anene Dustin wanted nothing — nothing!

— more on her trip to the Amazon rainforest than to hold a monkey, her alltime favorite pet-I-would-chooseif-I-could-really-have-one.

Yet when she finally got a chance to play with one, courtesy of a family living in a house built on stilts to avoid seasonal flooding, Martin the squirrel monkey chewed on her arm like a starving man going after an ear of corn. Luckily the bites didn’t break the skin, and neither being chomped by a monkey nor bug bites that left welts for weeks nor an encounter with a deadly ferde-lance could diminish Dustin’s enjoyment of her trip.

As program coordinator for the Honors Program at Utah State University, Dustin was at a conference in San Antonio last year when she was introduced to the City as Text program, a style of teaching based on active learning. Students immerse themselves in a location and culture to learn as much as they can experientially. When Dustin, who had served an LDS mission in Bogota, Columbia, and speaks Spanish, saw that the 2009 program was going to be held in the Amazon, her all-time favorite place-I-would-love-to-go-if-I-evergot-the-opportunity, she knew she wanted in.

But such a trip would be expensive and mean time away from her family, as well as traveling alone

internationally. She mentioned it to her husband, Kevin, who replied, “You’re going.”

Which is how the North Logan mother of three came to spend eight days in the Peruvian rainforest last month. Even though Dustin had lived in South America and had seen Third World countries, she says this trip was nothing short of “life-changing.”

Compared to the lifestyle most Americans enjoy, she says, “You forget how the rest of the world has so little, and we get caught up in wanting stuff.”

Dustin says watching people in Peru spend long afternoons in a rocking chair and seeing how the children spent most of their lives outside playing marbles or soccer reminded her that “you can be happy with less,” although she was well aware of the hardships and poverty endured by many.

“People there seemed so content and happy with such a simple life,” she says. “It’s not the tangible things, the big house, the nice car, the newest gadgets, that bring happiness.”

The program, called The Amazon Institute: The Rainforest Frontier, threw Dustin together with five strangers from other schools and required that they venture well off the beaten path. As a result, participants went to villages that are rarely visited by tourists. In a typical assignment, on their first day — after flying in to Iquitos, a city accessible only by plane or boat — Dustin and her roommate were told simply to “go to Punchana.”

Snapshots from the Amazon

They eventually found the city on the outskirts of Iquitos and spent the day interviewing the locals about their work.

Part two of the assignment was to meet with the other participants to discuss their various assignments. Each person was seeing the country from a unique perspective.

For the biologist, for example, “everything was about bugs.” The geologist “was fascinated by rock formations.” As for herself, with a master’s degree in folklore, Dustin says, “I loved the people.”

Many of the 800 photographs she took are of villagers and their homes. Few of the Peruvians owned cameras, so they often came running when they saw hers.

“Families would gather their kids, bring out the pets and get in formation,” she says. One elderly man posed first with his Bible, then

with his walking stick and then with his machete, clearly showing off his proudest possessions.

On Day Two, Dustin dove into the Belén market, one of the world’s most vibrant, where she saw endless varieties of fruit displayed alongside seafood, live animals for sale and hanging raw meat of chickens, cattle and who knows what else.

“We didn’t do our assignments too well that day,” she admits, noting she was supposed to find a quiet corner to write about her observations but couldn’t pull herself away from the spectacle. “That was one of the craziest days of my life. The mass of humanity, the smells ... they were selling everything from toucans to sloths to cattle skulls with the eyes left in.”

At the end of the day she gave away her Asics running shoes to

a woman who asked her to footwear, one of many chan would have to barter. Dusti plans to run the Bear Lake thon this summer, had put t to good use around the tow She collected many an ama stare, since having time to r recreation is a clear sign of ence there.

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The Yagua Indians would come to Dr. Devin to trade handmade crafts or baby snakes and caimans for medicine or money. A bottle of aspirin would fetch a hand-etched wooden bowl or beaded necklace, Dustin says, adding that D batteries, T-shirts and Blow Pops were also highly sought after by the locals. Most families kept pigs or chickens and relied on a diet of fish fresh-caught by their children.

“Every day I would say, ‘Today’s even better than yesterday,’” Dustin recalls. “This was so up my alley.”

All too soon the group was back in the boat for the 12-hour return to Iquitos, giving Dustin time to write about her experience and what she wanted to pass on to her students and her own children. At USU she will teach the Connections class next fall for incoming freshmen and plans to base her curriculum on City as Text. She even dreams of taking a group of high schoolers down to Peru to conduct research at Dr. Devin’s. At home, she has noticed her children seem more open to change and new experiences (even if her teenage son did turn up his nose at a couple dollars’ worth of lunch money last week because it was in coins instead of bills. Peruvian kids “would swoop that up in a heartbeat,” she steams).

Most of all, Dustin notices the change within herself.

“I want to seize every opportunity out there to learn about other cultures and lifestyles,” she says. “I want to take on any adventure that comes my way.”

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North Logan mom spends ‘life-changing’ eight days in Peruvian rainforest, immersed in another culture

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Influential Cache Valley woman thanked, honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

By Jenni Whiteley For Cache Magazine

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UCILLE HANSEN, recipient of this year’s Women Over 65 Lifetime Achievement Award, said during her acceptance speech: “This is probably the nicest thing that’s ever happened to me.” Every year, members of the Advisory Board to Utah State University’s Women’s Center select and honor women from the valley who have made a difference in the community and women’s lives.

The award ceremony took place in USU’s Taggart Student Center East Ballroom last week. Live background music performed by pianist Moragh Morrison and cellist James McWhorter played while supporters gazed at murals highlighting past award recipients.

A table also displayed pictures and artifacts about Hansen’s accomplishments and life.

After a welcome and introduction by board members, Hansen spoke to an audience of friends, board members, family and supporters of the Women’s Center. After gifts of flowers and a silver frame were presented, a buffet of chicken sate, quiche, egg rolls, cake and cookies, punch and coffee finalized the ceremony.

According to a statement made on the Women’s Center Web site, the Lifetime Achievement Award “counters society’s emphasis on youth in America and educates that people live very active and productive lives in later years.”

This is definitely true of Lucille Hansen. At 74, she still coordinates and runs the Noon Tabernacle Summer Concert Series and the Christmas concert series she established seven years ago.

But the tabernacle concerts are only one of many accomplishments for Hansen — she has also raised four children

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Lucille Hansen greets guests prior to the start of a concert at the Logan tabernacle on June 15, 2007.

as a single mother and is the proud grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of three, with one more on the way.

During the introduction, Camille O’Dell, an advisory board member, said Hansen’s son e-mailed the following: “When I think of Mother, I think of someone who made a difference to a lot of people; she makes you feel good about yourself just by being around her. She’s the most selfless, generous person I know.” A sister described Lucille as “a sparkler on the Fourth of July”; another sister called her “a Logan treasure.”

Hansen’s “sparkler” personality and humor shone through during her acceptance speech as she described herself as a “social butterfly”: “I’d flit around and visit people and my mother didn’t always know where I was,” she said.

Hansen said she chose to go to BYU because she saw a picture of the basketball team

in the newspaper and thought they were “so cute” and imagined how much fun it would be to go there. After her first term, her father clipped her butterfly wings a bit and told her he did not send her to BYU so she could just play — he told her, “If you want to do that, you can come home.” She then went to work and completed her bachelor’s in elementary education and music in 1957. She married and moved with her husband to Idaho Falls. For 10 years she stayed home with her children and then returned to teaching after a divorce.

As Hansen briefly sketched her life, she said her butterfly wings were clipped by her first marriage. She humorously thanked her ex-mother-in-law for finding her ex-husband a new wife so “he and his problems could move on.”

“Life doesn’t always turn out the way you think as a Beehive Girl (the LDS

Church’s title for 13- to 14year-old girls). For example, as a Beehive Girl, I never dreamed I’d be standing here receiving this award,” she said.

Twenty-three years after earning her bachelor’s degree, Hansen earned her master’s in education from USU. “I have a huge thirst for knowledge and am always taking a class,” she said. Even at 74, her education continues; currently she is enrolled in religious studies and LDS Institute classes.

Hansen taught in the public schools for 31 years and said, “I was a right-brained butterfly. I like to have fun while I’m learning.” She said she felt it was her duty to travel and learn about all the cultures and places she taught about in social studies. She has visited six out of seven continents, has either judged or helped coordinate Utah’s Geography Bee for the past 21 years, and has been involved in UofU’s Mid-

dle East Outreach Programs.

Before formally retiring from teaching in 1998, Hansen spent one year teaching in China at the University of Science and Technology (equivalent to the U.S.’s M.I.T.).

After returning from China, Hansen dealt with some health issues and worked as a tabernacle guide to slow down, which she really did not do; instead, she started giving tours that told about the history of the tabernacle.

“I’d taught Utah history for many years so could tell a few stories about the tabernacle — and occasionally they were true, but they (visitors) never knew the difference,” she said.

In 2002 she decided the tabernacle atmosphere “was dead” and needed some “livening up,” and that’s when she came up with her idea for the free summer noon concert series. In May 2002, Hansen got the approval to go ahead with her idea, giving her just three weeks to fill the approximately 60 concert slots that were to begin June 1 and last all summer. Seven years of full concert series attest to its success.

“I’m really having a good time with this and like to involve as many people in the community and allow them to improve their talents,” Hansen said. “It’s really a win/win situation for the performers and those who get to hear the concerts.”

Hansen ended her speech saying she was “honored to be part of such a prestigious group of women.” Over the past 23 years, the Woman’s Center Advisory Board has honored more than 90 women from the valley and welcomes future nominations for this award.

Applications, a list of past recipients, and more information can be found at www.usu. edu/womencenter/involvement/.

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Gerry Mulligan

HE JAZZ KICKS band, sponsored by the USU music department and led by Larry Smith, will present a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in USU’s Manon Caine Russell-Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall.

Admission is $5 for the general public and free for students.

For this concert, the Jazz Kicks Band will feature a number of compositions and arrangements by the baritone saxophonist and composer Gerry Mulligan. As a teenager, Mulligan arranged for bands in Philadelphia; he first gained national recognition arranging for the Gene Krupa, Claude Thornhill and Elliot Lawrence

bands. In the late 1940s he wrote for and played in the Miles Davis nine-piece “Birth of the Cool” band in New York City.

Early in the 1950s he moved to Los Angeles to write for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The pieces he wrote for Kenton became instant classics and are considered to be some of the best recordings ever made by the Kenton group. While in L.A., Mulligan played baritone sax with a pianoless quartet that also included trumpeter Chet Baker. The quartet immediately became the most popular small jazz group in the U.S. He started winning readers and critics polls as the best baritone sax player and continued to do so for as long

as he lived. In the mid-1950s he led a sextet for a couple of years but returned to the quartet format again.

In 1960, Mulligan started his exciting Concert Jazz Band, a 13-piece band with great jazz soloists who toured North America and Europe for several years. He then returned to the quartet format. In the late 1970s he once again led a big band for a few years and won a Grammy award.

The Jazz Kicks Band’s spring concert will feature selections from Mulligan’s various incarnations: big band, quartet and sextet. All the band members will be featured as soloists in the program: Baritone saxophonist Jon Gudmundson has

numerous solos fulfilling Mulligan’s role in many of his pieces; Todd Fallis is bass trombone soloist on “Makin’ Whoopee”; guitarist Brad Wright and keyboard player Ryan Conger are soloists on Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight”; Karlee Heaps will sing “Why Don’t You Do Right” and “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To”; and Liz Woolley will sing “I Wish You Love” and “I Thought About You” with the band.

Jazz Kicks Band members also include Greg Wheeler, Tyler Whittaker, Larry Smith, Mike Reeder, Hal Briggs, J. Paul Ward, Grayson Osborne, Jason Gamer, Roger Karren, Andrew Watkins, Sarah Houghton, Jim Schaub and Travis Taylor.

Valley Dance ‘Shift’ing into motion ALLEY DANCE V Ensemble, Cache Valley’s own modern dance company,

will present their spring concert, “Shift,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in downtown Logan. Admission is $12 for adults, $6 for students and children and $25 family; to buy tickets, visit www.centerforthearts.us or call 752-0026. A reception at the Thatcher-Young Mansion will follow the performance.

“Shift” will feature Valley Dance Ensemble’s adult performing company and highlight

students from the community dance classes. The concert will feature a work by Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Ririe-Woodbury’s artistic director. Other guest choreographers include Jan Knerr of Kamas, Utah, and Laurel Anderton of Logan. The concert will integrate dance with a variety of music forms — from opera to Metallica — and offer a range of choreographic styles and moods for the audience to experience. The concert will also include a new African piece and pieces presented by the community dance classes.

Donny Osmond tickets are now on sale from USU! ULTI-TALENTED STAR M Donny Osmond will headline a Memorial Day tribute concert at 8

p.m. Monday, May 25, at the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center at USU. Tickets are on sale now for $48, $40 and $35 (depending on the location of the seats) through the Caine School of the Arts Box Office (http://boxoffice. usu.edu).

The event is a benefit concert for USU’s departments of music and theater arts and is being coordinated by department head Craig Jessop.

Osmond will perform his solo segment from the “Donny & Marie” show now in the midst of its soldout, two-year run at The Flamingo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

For more information, call the box office at 797-8022.

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e honest: When commercials for this sequel or prequel (depending on the angle you take, it could be both — maybe it’s a futurequel?) come on television, you can’t help but hear

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“Terminator: Salvation”

like J.J. Abrams (“Mission: Impossible III”) as much as the next guy, but I have never been what you might call a “Trekkie.” I re-watched a couple of the original movies to see if I was overly bitter and jaded, and the results are in — I’m not. But I’m willing to trust Abrams and the trailers look fantastic. Abrams’ version is a prequel, telling how Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty and the Enterprise gang linked up to start producing multitudes of Captain’s logs. If this ends up looking like a George Lucas CGI lovefest, I will be very grumpy. — (May 8)

“Star Trek”

airy Hugh Jackman (“Australia”) is back as the feisty, clawed superhero with this go-around set 20 years prior to the other “X-Men” movies. We learn about Wolverine’s past and his relationship with Sabertooth (Liev Schreiber). If you’re a movie pirate, you may have already downloaded the unfinished film off the Internet a few weeks ago.

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“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

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sies and begin four months of vulgarity for hot-as-an-oven cars and crispy fried lawns.

May, June, July and August also means a barrage of movies that will definitely sap my bank account. As such, I’ve divided the releases by must see, maybe and miss. This way we can all save some dough and we won’t have to ask the president for an entertainment bailout.

To see all the trailers for these films, visit www.AndyAtTheMovies.com and click on Summer Movie Preview.

* By Cache Magazine movie critic Andy Morgan *

t’s that time of year again, when winter runs away, the sun comes out, the grass turns green and shorts and flip-flops come out of hibernation, generally attached to legs the color of fluorescent white. It’s the time of year when we forget all the deals with the devil we made during the winter, offering to sell our souls if we could simply make a small fortune and move to the Caribbean. Yes, summertime is upon us and that means we can now stop cursing Old Man Winter for providing frozen toot-

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“Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”

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he nerd in me wants to see this movie kick booty at the box office, but the realist in me says Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy”) will find some way to muck it up.

Still, don’t think for a minute I won’t be geeking out seeing Snake Eyes, Duke, Destro, Storm Shadow, Zartan and The Baroness on the big screen. — (Aug. 7)

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“G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra”

acha Baron Cohen (“Borat”) dons another false persona, this time Brüno, a gay fashion reporter from Austria. The film almost got the dreaded NC-17 rating, so look for shocking scenes, most likely involving male nudity and Ron Paul.

My only question is: Can Brüno be an intelligent and raunchy comedy at the same time, like “Borat” was? Or is Cohen’s shtick getting tiresome? — (July 10)

“Bruno”

Leguizamo (“The Happening”) return with Seann William Scott (“Role Models”), Josh Peck (“The Wackness”) and Queen Latifah (“Hairspray”) for a third installment of the prehistoric CGI animated movie that should have stopped after the first.

Sure, parents will take their kids and the kids will love it, but seriously, the little squirrel and his acorn bit is getting old. Real old. — (July 1)

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his movie from director Harold Ramis (“Groundhog Day”) stars Jack Black (“Tropic Thunder”) and Michael Cera (“Juno”) as two hunter-gathers who get booted from their village and

“Year One”

his little sci-fi film that premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival is part “2001: A Space Odyssey” and part “Solaris.” It’s directed by Davie Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, and stars Sam Rockwell (“Frost/ Nixon”). It only has a limited release on June 12, so you may have to travel outside Cache Valley to catch this surefire gem. Stranded on the moon and going insane?

How could it not be a winner? — (June 12)

“Moon”

ike Tyson playing air drums to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” was all I needed to put this comedy on my list of must-see summer movies. Directed by Todd Phillips (“Old School”), the story follows four friends and their bachelor party shenanigans. — (June 5)

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“The Hangover”

ll you need to know about this movie is one word: Pixar (“Wall-E,” “Ratatouille,” “Cars,” et al). That should be enough. — (May 29)

“Up”

Christian Bale (“The Dark Knight”) yelling obscenities at the movie’s director of photography (“Oh, gooooood for yooooooou!

And how was it? I hope it was ******* good!”). I know I do. Either way, Bale is a great actor and this movie looks awesomely explosive.

Essentially it follows John Connor’s future leadership of the humans’ resistance effort against the machines that have taken over the world. — (May 21)

know, I could be deported to the soon-to-be-defunct Guantanamo Bay for saying this, but I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter books. I’ve enjoyed all of the Potter movies and can say with a certainty — based on the trailer — that this could be the best one yet. Ironically, with how dark the film appears in the preview, it’s been tagged with a PG rating. If I had to wager, I’d say Mr. Potter will wind up the box office champ. — (July 15)

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“Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”

his is director Michael Mann’s first feature since 2006’s “Miami Vice,” and with the exception of that stray from perfection, Mann is a master (see: “Collateral,” “Ali,” “The Insider,” “Heat” and “The Last of the Mohicans”). This movie follows the life and times of gangster John Dillinger and stars Johnny Depp (“Pirates of the Caribbean”), Christian Bale (“The Dark Knight”) and Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”). — (July 1)

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“Public Enemies”

ow could it be summer without hearing Shia LeBouf (“Eagle Eye”) yell the only dialogue he’s good for, his trademarked, “Noooo nooo nooo nooo no! Wait wait wait wait wait wait!” Still, let’s be frank, even with how annoying LeBouf can be, this is Michael Bay (“Transformers,” “Armageddon,” “The Rock”) and it’s Autobots versus Decepticons: Round Two. This might be vapid and full of explosions, but sometimes we need brainless and explosives in our lives. — (June 26)

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“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

then start on, what appears to be, the Biblical Backlot Tour.

This almost was on the maybe list, but I have a hard time thinking the aforementioned trio could, despite Jack Black being a one-trick pony, sink this Monty Python-esque comedy.

— (June 19)

fter success with the holiday release of “Night at the Museum” back in 2006, the studio thinks Ben Stiller can give this

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“Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”

might be one of a small group of people who hated both “The Da Vinci Code” in book and in movie. I enjoy Tom Hanks (“Charlie Wilson’s War”) and Ron Howard (“Frost/Nixon”), so here’s to hoping this second installment isn’t as truncated and boorish as the first. — (May 15)

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“Angels and Demons”

MAYBES

uentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction,” “Kill Bill”) has been working on this opus for the better part of a decade and has handled it with extreme care because, as he puts it, “(it was) some of the best writing I’ve ever done.” The film stars Brad Pitt (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) as the leader of a group of Jewish-American soldiers who are sent to take down a group of Nazis in Germanoccupied France. Expect lots of blood and lots of quintessential Tarantino quirkiness and dark humor. — (Aug. 21)

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“Inglorious Basterds”

he third film from Judd Apatow (“The 40 Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up”) stars Adam Sandler as a comedian who reflects on his life and choices when he learns he’s dying. I love Apatow’s ability to bring real life — messy, obscene and unfiltered — to the screen in a way that warms and winces at the same time. It stars Apatow regulars Seth Rogan (“Knocked Up”), Jonah Hill (“Superbad”) and Leslie Mann (“17 Again”), as well as Eric Bana (“The Other Boleyn Girl”) and Jason Schwartzman (“The Darjeeling Limited”). — (July 31)

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he trailer for this comedy with Sandra Bullock (“Premonition”) and Ryan Reynolds (“Adventureland”) is pretty funny, but I worry about all the funny bits having been played out in the preview. Here’s to hoping the Reynolds/Bullock chemistry and the supporting cast of Craig T. Nelson, Mary Steenburgen and Betty White can give it an extra push. — (June 19)

“The Proposal”

rom director Tony Scott (“Déjà Vu”) comes this remake of two previous remakes based on a novel of the same name.

Say that 10 times fast. It stars John Travolta (“Wild Hogs”) as a New York subway hijacker and Denzel Washington (“American Gangster”) as the hostage negotiator. — (June 12)

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“The Taking of Pelham 123”

love Will Ferrell, but this looks like just too much Will Ferrell for me. I’m actually more excited to see how Danny McBride holds up, as his supporting comedy roles in “Pineapple Express” and “Tropic Thunder” were wetyour-pants funny. — (June 5)

“Land of the Lost”

am Rami tries to help us all forget he directed the atrocious “Spiderman 3” by giving us this creepy horror/thriller about a bank teller (Alison Lohman) who is cursed by a creepy old hag who just got booted for not paying her mortgage. Justin “I’m a Mac” Long co-stars. — (May 29)

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“Drag Me to Hell”

sequel enough to juice to make waves in a summer chock-full of heavyweights. I think it’s better suited for another holiday release, especially going headto-head with “Terminator Salvation.” — (May 22)

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hree words: Talking guinea pigs. Sigh. — (July 24)

“G-Force”

ddie Murphy plays a dad who discovers all the solutions to his problems lie in his daughter’s imagination, whereupon he gets greedy, his daughter gets mad and he finally does the right thing.

Please, for the love of all that is holy, do not see this movie.

This is like feeding the animals at the zoo. — (June 12)

“Imagine That”

ou know what I hate? Terrorists. You know what I hate next to terrorists? Spoof movies like “Epic Movie” and “Meet the Spartans.” I hope this doesn’t even break the top 10, and if you see this, you should seriously consider institutionalizing yourself.

— (May 22)

“Dance Flick”

his movie looks like “Smokin’ Aces” and “Friday” got together and had a baby and what came out was something that should never be viewed by anyone with a speck of taste and/or pride.

— (May 8)

“Next Day Air”

atthew McConaughey plays a womanizing bachelor who is visited by all his past girlfriends in order to realize he truly loves Jennifer Garner. Yawn. Isn’t this the premise of pretty much every McConaughey movie?

Enough already. — (May 1)

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Local seniors awarded with art scholarships HE CACHE EDUCATION T Foundation and The Daniel Robert Lynch Art Education and

Scholarship program has announced its DRL Art Education Scholarship recipients for 2009 — Amy Lambert of Sky View and Greyson Bankhead of Mountain Crest.

A celebration was held at the Summerfest office in honor of these two accomplished artists with attendance from DRL Art Committee members and guests.

Each year, two $2,500 scholarships are given to graduating high

school seniors who desire to pursue a higher education degree with a focus on art. Lambert will be attending BYU and Bankhead will attend USU. The Daniel Lambert Robert Lynch Art Program also provides grants for art specialists and accredited art teachers within the Cache County School District, as well as donat-

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For those who would like to donate to The Daniel Robert Lynch Art Education and Scholarship Program, contact Teri Bankhead Lewis of the Cache Education Foundation at 755-2022.

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Friday Utah State University’s Caine School of the Arts will sponsor the first USU-Tube Short Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Caine Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center, Logan. Tickets are $5. For more information, along with links to view and vote for the selected films, visit http://caineschool.usu.edu/filmfest.aspx.

Julia Mecham will perform live music at 7 p.m. and Krista Mitton will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 115 E. 1200 South, Logan.

For more information, call 713-4949.

Utah State University’s Wind Orchestra will host Roy Poper in a concert at 7:30 p.m.

Friday at the Kent Concert Hall. Admission is $5 for the general public and free for USU staff and students, as well as public school band students. Tickets are available by calling 797-8022 or online at http://boxoffice.usu.edu.

The Logan River Ladies Golf Association will be hosting their annual social at 6 p.m. April 28, at Hamilton’s with a light dinner to kick off the 2009 golf season.

Dues are $35 if paid on or before the social or $40 thereafter. Refreshments are $10 at the door. RSVP by Friday to Vicki at 760-3437.

Cal and Teddy Linford, a brother/sister duo from Star Valley, Wyo., will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Allinger Community Theatre in Montpelier, Idaho. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at Peg Leg Smith’s Trading Post inside The National Oregon/ California Trail Center, The News Examiner or Zions Bank in Montpelier. For more information, call 208-847-3800.

Overview will perform with Spartan Straights and The Dockets (psychedelic/ rock/soul) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave., Logan. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com.

at the City Square. A tree will be planted and dedicated in honor of an outstanding Wellsville citizen. A short program and light refreshments will be provided.

Achievement in Music (AIM) Festival on Saturday at the Dansante Building. For more information, contact Bonnie Slaughter at 208852-3390 or bonnie@uthamta.org.

The Cache Practical Shooters (CAPS) will host its monthly pistol match at 9 a.m.

Saturday at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range. The match will consist of six stages, including a USPSA Classifier. Approximately 150 rounds of ammunition are required. A required New Shooter Orientation Class will begin at 7:45 a.m. and join the match at 9.

The match is free to first-time shooters. Eye and ear protection are required and spectators are welcome. For more information, visit www.utahshooters.org or contact Rich at 7878131 or drmeacham@comcast.net.

The Business Resource Center will host a workshop titled “Blogging to Drive Business to Your Web Site” from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 1826 of the BATC West Campus.

Cost is $15. For more information, call 2138713 or visit www.cachebrc.com.

The Wellsville Tabernacle Center for the Arts Community Concert, “In Harmony,” will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium at the Wellsville LDS Tabernacle. This concert features the Wellsville Tabernacle Children’s Choir and other musicians from the community. Tickets are $5 for ages 12 and older and $3 for children ages 5-11. Tickets may be purchased at the door. This concert is not appropriate for children younger than 5.

The USU Museum of Anthropology will spotlight the old West as part of its “Saturdays at the Museum” series. Guests can learn how the culture of the Old West was shaped by railroad workers, gold diggers and pioneers and how their culture impacts today’s culture.

There will also be a lecture that examines the men and women of the Old West and the ethnic groups who built the railroads and towns of the era. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 797-7545.

The American West Heritage Center in Wellsville will host its final Animals Only Days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Tickets are $5. For more information, call 245-6050 or visit www.awhc.org.

Candi of USU Food Sense will share some “My Pyramid” healthy/low-cost meals for the whole family at a free cooking and community class from noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; to reserve a spot, call 753-3301.

The Cosmic Nudge will present a free workshop, “The Power of Connection,” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East, Logan.

Guests will learn how to connect with others, lessons in teamwork and lessons in attitude.

For more information, call 435-363-7173.

Delores Michael will conduct birth doula training Friday and Saturday. Cost is $300.

If interested, contact Delona Muhlestein at cdmuhlestein@plmw.com or 208-852-0403.

The Unicorn Children’s Theatre will present its final production of “Half a King Is Better than None” at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bullen Center. Admission is $2.

Saturday

The Beginning at Last will perform with Split Lid (hip hop/metal) at 8 p.m. Saturday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

Bruce Moulton will play live music at 7 p.m. and Matt Miles and Jordan Bianucci (of The Dockets) will perform at 8 p.m.

Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

The Cache Valley Veloists Bicycle Touring Club will go for a ride Saturday.

Meet at 10:30 a.m. at Merlin Olsen Park. This will be a moderate pace for about 30 miles through Nibley, Hyrum and Mendon. For more information, visit www.cvveloists.org.

Wellsville has been designated “Tree City USA” for the 21st year and an Arbor Day celebration will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday

A women’s volleyball fundraising tournament will start at 9 a.m. Saturday at Preston High School, 151 E. 2nd South. Cost is $120 per team. For more information, contact Dana at 208-406-1552 or Tara at 208-406-9017.

Bring your kids (ages 3-13) to the Providence Macey’s Little Theater anytime between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday. Let them have fun making a craft, having a treat and watching a movie while you do your shopping in peace. For more information, call 753-3301.

The Utah Music Teacher’s Association’s Bridgerland Chapter will host an

Sunday The Cache Chamber Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Kent Concert Hall at USU. Admission is free. Featured soloist will be Konlin Shen, a 16-year-old senior at Logan High School.

The Cache Valley 31 and Over Singles LDS club will host a special fireside at 7 p.m. Sunday at 340 W. 700 South in Logan.

Special speaker will be Elder John H. Groberg. For more information, visit www. cachesingles.org.

Ryan and Brad will provide Sunday jazz from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Caffe Ibis. For more information, call 752-4777.

Monday Sego Lily Camp DUP will meet at 1 p.m.

Monday at the Hyrum Civic Center. Geneva Crookston will give the lesson.

Take your family ice skating from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. For a complete and up-to-date schedule, call 787-2288.

Logan High School will conduct parent-teacher conferences from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Monday in the LHS Lobby and Crimson Gym. Smithfield native and author April Churchill will sign copies of her new book, “A Special Place in Hell ... Healing an Epidemic of Unhappy Women,” at an informal meet-and-greet from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at her childhood home, 723 E. 350 South, Smithfield. The author will discuss her book with a local book club following the signing.

Tuesday Join OPTIONS for Independence for an afternoon at Crystal Hot Springs on Tuesday.

Transportation will be provided. For price, to sign up or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353.

Dr. Dee Stevens will host a free seminar on “Spinal Decompression: Treatment for Herniated or Building Discs and Spinal Degeneration” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Stevens Chiropractic, 1300 N. 200 East, Ste. 110, Logan. Refreshments will be served. RSVP now to 755-7654.

Curtis Peoples will perform with Tony Lucca, Josh Hoge and Grafted (acoustic) at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $8.

Mercy Henriquez, owner of Henriquez Mexican and Salvadorian Restaurant, will share some of her dishes and help get you

ready for Cinco de Mayo at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. To reserve a spot, call 753-3301.

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

Wednesday at The Book Table (upstairs). For more information, call 753-2930 or 753-8844.

A Brain Injury Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at OPTIONS for Independence. For more information, contact Heather at 753-5353.

Ye Olde Tyme Quilters will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at OPTIONS for Independence. For more information or to schedule transportation, call 753-5353.

The Franklin County Theatre/Arts Council will present the musical duo Moon Light at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Worm Creek Opera House in Preston. Moon Light is made up of Dr. Stephen Oliverson and his 10-year-old daughter, Aubree, on the violin. Suggested donation for the performance/fundraiser is $10 a seat.

Lyle Hillyard will give a Legislative update at the Logan Kiwanis Club meeting at noon Wednesday at The Copper Mill Restaurant.

For more information, call 563-0618.

Bridgerland Cruise Nights will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cracker Barrel in Paradise. Bring your street rod, classic car or specialty vehicle, or just come check out the cars and trucks. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Jerry at 563-6488.

Stephanie Skewes will show how to make a decadent three-tier chocolate cake just in time for Mother’s Day at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. To reserve a spot, call 753-3301.

Thursday The Brigham City Fine Arts Center will present “Play On!,” a comedy by Rick Abbot, at 7 p.m. April 30 and May 1, 2 and 4.

Directed by Barbara Dawson, a cast of teenage actors will bring life to the comedic efforts of a playwright who keeps changing her play.

Upcoming events The Bel Canto Chorus will present their annual spring concert, “Sacred Anthems of Praise,” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. Admission is free. The chorus will sing favorite sacred anthems from the past and present.

The March of Dimes’ 2009 Cache-Box Elder March for Babies will start at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, May 16, at Willow Park. Register today or the day of the race starting at 9 a.m.

There will be a 5-mile route or a 3-mile alternate route. There is no fee to participate but all walkers are asked to raise at least $25.

Pick up a walker envelope at Kmart or register online at www.marchforbabies.org. For more information, contact Cindy at 245-7966.

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