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Poet of the Year Cove resident honored for heartfelt writings

The Herald Journal

MAY 11-17, 2012

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May 11-17, 2012

THEATER 5 Check out local auditions

MOVIES 7 ‘Dark Shadows’ a re-

hash of Burton/Depp duo

PROFILE 5 Meet Stefan Espinosa

MISC. 3 Gardeners’ Market begins Saturday in Logan

4 Mormon scholar to speak at Kiger Hour

3 Cache Valley Stargazers hold monthly meeting tonight

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your stuff 10 Two poems by local writers

12 Spring photos

COLUMN 10 Luba the dog shares feelings about fetch and dressing up

CROSSWORD 14 Can you complete this week’s puzzle?

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

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Michelle Pfeiffer portrays Elizabeth Collins Stoddard in a scene from “Dark Shadows.” On the cover: Dawnell Griffin, Utah’s Poet of the Year, sits in her home in Cove. (Cody Gochnour/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR

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here’s a plant in my living room that has been on the verge of dying since February, when I began caring for it.

Its poor leaves will be limp and about to fall off before I remember I haven’t watered it in weeks.

In a matter of hours, after giving it a drink, it will perk up and look healthy and strong. And then I forget to water it, and the cycle continues.

I like to garden. I may not give house

plants the attention and care they need, but whatever I plant outside in flower beds is nurtured and loved.

This time of year, I enjoy visiting local greenhouses. I am fascinated by the colors and names of plants. One time I picked out flowers with my niece and, like me, she was absorbed in the options. We walked out the greenhouse with flats of flowers that had colors like “strawberry sizzle.”

Tending beautiful flowers is a long tradition in my family, and some of my earliest memories involve gardening.

I remember going to my grandma’s home and helping her weed. When I was growing up, my mom would always

plant geraniums, marigolds, impatiens and alyssum in her plot of dirt. I can still see the tiny purple and white blooms bordering my mom’s immaculate flower beds. My sisters both have amazing yards.

There is a great satisfaction in planting flowers and watching them grow.

Some of my favorite flowers to plant include zinnias and portulacas. One year, zinnias that started at just a few inches tall were up to my elbows by fall.

The colors of spring are beautiful, and Logan resident Megan Lee has captured some lovely photos of flowers. Take a look on page 12.

— Arie Kirk

Stargazers to learn about nebulae The Cache Valley Stargazers welcomes anyone with an interest in astronomy to attend the club’s regular monthly meetings.

Cache Valley luckily has fantastically dark skies, allowing stargazers with modest telescopes or binoculars to see the sky up close and personal.

The Cache Valley Stargazers is a local astronomy club that provides a venue for people interested in astronomy and the night sky to connect with other people with similar interests. The group meets the second Friday of every month to talk and learn about astronomy, and to observe together when the weather permits.

The goal of the club is to provide a quality astronomical experience for everyone, regardless of age or astronomical expertise.

The monthly club meetings feature regularly scheduled events, ranging from talks covering the latest news in astrophysics, to telescope clinics that diagnose participants’ troubles with telescopes, to discussions about the best way to find and see the greatest splendors of the night sky from local backyards.

The May meeting for the Cache Valley Stargazers

– Stefan Espinosa, page 5

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 11, in Room 244 of the Science-EngineeringResearch (SER) Building on the USU campus (free parking in the lot adjacent to SER, behind the Performance Hall).

The meeting will feature a talk by Katie Breivik from USU entitled “Planetary Nebulae: The Mysterious Death Shrouds of

Stars.” She will cover the nebulae that form when stars like the Sun die, what they look like through telescopes, and some of the mysteries astronomers are still trying to understand about these beautiful spectacles in the sky.

For information visit www.cachestargazers.org or email cache.stargazers@ gmail.com

WHAT: Cache Valley Stargazers monthly meeting When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 11 Where: Room 244 of the Sciene-EngineeringResearch Building on the USU campus Who: Everyone with an interest in astronomy

Gardeners’ Market begins Saturday in Logan The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market will start the 2012 summer season May 12 at Merlin Olsen Park in Logan. Every Saturday morning through Oct. 20, the park will be filled

“I find the more I work with kids, the more they astound me with what they can do, with what they are capable of when you trust them, and they see you trust them.”

with vendors selling fruits, vegetables, homemade salsa, artisan bread, freshsqueezed lemonade, locally made cheese, fine pastries and handmade crafts.

The Gardeners’ Market

offers a vibrant scene and community of people shopping, listening to music, visiting and having fun.

Some of the entertainment on the schedule for this year includes Robert

Linton, Uncommon Collective, Hilary Murray,Who’s Your Daddy Blues Review and more.

For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.gardenersmarket.org.

Pet: Cosmo From: Cache Humane Society Why she’s so lovable:

Cosmo has, perhaps, the biggest eyes the Cache Humane Society has ever seen. She’s a sweet, petite kitty, but also shy. Because Cosmo is afraid of loud noises, she would not do well in a household with young children or dogs.

She is already spayed and has short, easy-to-groom fur. If you feel your quiet home would be good for Cosmo, come meet and fall in love with her.

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Acclaimed musician to be Mormon scholar to speak featured in valley Choirfest at USU’s next Kiger Hour Internationally acclaimed composer and conductor Rollo Dilworth will be featured this weekend at the Cache Valley Choirfest (CVC).

The festival will include seven children’s choirs from Utah and Idaho performing individually and together as a mass choir. The festival concert will be Saturday, May 12, at 4 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall on the USU cam-

pus. The hosting choir, Cache Children’s Choir (CCC), is celebrating its 25th season of providing quality music education to Cache Valley; CCC commissioned Dr. Dilworth to create a new work to commemorate this special anniversary.

He will conduct the 215voice CVC Mass Choir in the world premiere of his arrangement of the spiritual “Let Me Fly.” Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for stu-

Rollo Dilworth

dents and seniors and are available at the Kent Concert Hall box office and online.

Logan Tabernacle to host two vocal groups Thursday The next concert at the Logan Tabernacle will be a combined performance by the Imperial Glee Club and the American Heritage Youth Chorus at 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 17. Entitled the Sing for Spring Concert, the event is free and everyone is invited.

The Imperial Glee Club of Logan, directed

by Warren Barton, is one of the oldest independent and continuously performing male choruses in the western United States. Founded in 1916 by a small group of male singers in the Logan Sixth LDS Ward, the Club has grown and maintains a membership of 20 to 30 men from communities throughout Cache Valley.

With a goal to foster and preserve four-part male vocal music the

WHAT: Imperial Glee Club and the American Heritage Youth Chorus When: 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 17 Where: Logan Tabernacle

Imperial Glee Club annually performs at 20-30 venues throughout Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. Twice each year (in the springtime and during the Christmas season), the Imperial Glee Club performs public concerts in Logan. The club also performs for civic programs, patriotic gatherings, religious services, organizational parties and funerals. Because it is a service organization, its members accept as many invitations to serve as is possible.

The American Heritage Youth Chorus is an LDS-oriented choral organization for children and youth ages 8-18 sponsored by the American Heritage School in American Fork. Enrollment in the group is open to all children and youth regardless of school affiliation, drawing membership from across Utah and Salt Lake counties.

The chorus has toured Southern Utah (2010) and Northern California in 2011. This year’s tour takes the group to Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. The choir has had opportunities to perform alongside talented artists like Alex Boye, Michael Ballam, Steven and Janice Kapp Perry, Roger and Melanie Hoffman, Lex de Azevedo, Dallyn Bayles and others.

Nearly every election season, Philip Barlow, the Leonard Arrington Professor of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University, is contacted by members of the press for insights about how a Mormon president would lead the nation. Barlow will discuss his experience communicating religious complexity into palatable clips for reporters at the next Kiger Hour on May 17.

His talk, “Religion in Soundbites: Dealing with Media in the Presidential Campaign,” reveals the challenges scholars face when discussing their research in a medium not designed for nuance. Barlow, director of USU’s Religious Studies Program, has recently been quoted in The New York Times, Al Jazeera and USA Today for his take on Mitt Romney and the impact of his faith on his candidacy for president. For Barlow, conversing with members of the press on matters as multifaceted and sensitive as religion can be like mastering another language.

“The results can be effective, admirable, distorting, dangerous or comic,” he said. “News reporters in television and print media speak a different language — and work in different time zones — than scholars. The former search to distill the essence of sometimes complex issues to single paragraphs or sentences, and may have only days or hours to craft their work. Scholars, by contrast, conduct their research over months and years, perhaps conveying their analysis in articles and books.”

Barlow is an expert of American religion and Mormonism. He has authored several books and dozens of articles on American religion and Mormonism. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford “Handbook to Mormonism.”

Learn more about his research and experience with the media during Kiger Hour, an intellectual program presented by Utah State University

Philip Barlow is the Leonard Arrington Professor of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University. He is an expert of American religion and Mormonism.

WHAT: Philip Barlow speaking at USU’s Kiger Hour When: 5:15 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17 Where: Hamiltons Steak and Seafood Cost: $6.95 per person. Includes a buffet with appetizers.

and sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Caine College of the Arts. The event will be Thursday, May 17, from 5:15 to 7 p.m. at Hamiltons Steak and Seafood, 2427 N. Main St., Logan.

A buffet with appetizers, desserts and soft drinks, iced tea or coffee is available. Cost is $6.95 per person (plus tax and gratuity) and billed on an individual basis. Guests can also order from the menu, and a cash bar is available. For planning purposes, please RSVP to Natalie Archibald Smoot in the college office, 435797-2796, or email, natalie. archibald@usu.edu.

Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre Conservatory

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riginally from Tucson, Ariz., Stefan Espinosa made his home in Logan after two previous summers acting with the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre Company in Logan. He’s currently the Conservatory supervisor for the UFOMT, a fairly new program for aspiring performers ages 4-18. The Conservatory offers acting, dance and musical theater classes for children and teens from September through May. Espinosa says he grew up in the theater world, acting in various productions since he was 8 years old.

He recently directed his first show, “Narnia,” which included 53 young actors and two casts. While it is sometimes a challenge, Espinosa says he loves working with kids in theater.

• Espinosa earned his bachelor’s degree at University of Arizona in musical theater and Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Houston in acting.

• Espinosa’s favorite roles to play are the villains.

• “I’m always playing villains. I typically play the bad buys.

I don’t know why. I guess I’m good at being bad on stage. I like to be bad on stage.”

• Although Espinosa loves being on stage, he’s also always been drawn to theater education.

• “I like working with kids a lot and I had a lot of meaningful experiences when I was very young which helped shape many aspects of my life and my personality and my self confidence and all of those things.”

• He remembers a particular director who really paved the way for his future in acting and theater education.

• “I was 8 years old. The director would treat me like a company member. He didn’t treat me like a problem that he had to deal with or somebody that he had to try and explain things to in a low-level way or talk down to me. And, you know, I’ve never forgotten when adults treated me like a person and not like a child.”

• “It’s easy to just sort of assume kids don’t understand, kids don’t know any better, can’t do any better, can’t be challenged. Can’t, can’t, can’t. I find the more I work with kids, the more they astound me with what they can do, with what they are capable of when you trust them, and they see you trust them. They really embrace that. They respond to that.”

• The goal of the Conservatory is to bring all elements of musical theater together for kids, with technique being the main focus.

• While the Conservatory ends for the summer, kids can still get involved with Broadway Bound, a week-long musical theater intensive program taught by members from the opera and musicals. This year Broadway Bound will be Aug. 6-11.

• For more information about the UFOMT Conservatory, visit www.ufoc.org, or contact Espinosa at 750-0300 ext. 126.

Text by Manette Newbold Photo by Jennifer Meyers

AUDITIONS ‘Hello Dolly’ Auditions for The Old Barn Community Theatre’s “Hello, Dolly!” will be May 14 and 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. with callbacks May 19 at 1 p.m. All roles are open.

Performances are

scheduled for July 27 to Aug. 18.

Please prepare 16 measures from a Broadway-style show and come prepared to learn a short dance sequence.

Auditions will be at 3605 Bigler Road, Collinston.

‘West Side Story’ Auditions for Four “Romeo and Juliet” will Seasons Theatre take stage this fall Company’s “West in Cache Valley. The Side Story” will be company is looking for Monday, May 14, singers and dancers. from 4 to 8 p.m. This All parts are open. Visit Academy and Tony fourseasonstheatre.org award-winning musical for audition informabased on Shakespeare’s tion.

‘Les Misérables’ Auditions for Top of Utah Entertainment’s fall production of “Les Misérables” will be at several local schools throughout the valley. Auditions are open to any high school students including those who will be freshmen in the fall as well as the current graduating seniors.

The junior cast auditions are open to anyone in 8th grade or younger. Remaining auditions will be May 17 at Logan High School, May 18 at Preston High School and May 19 at Wilson Elementary School

(junior cast only).

Students will perform the musical Sept. 6-15 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. The show will include a live orchestra directed

by Dan Stowell. Students wishing to participate in the orchestra should schedule an audition by calling 435-225-3416 and leave their contact information and instrument they play.

For more information visit www.topofutahentertainment.com, call 435-225-3416, or email topofutahentertainment@gmail.com.

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movies ★★★ ‘The Avengers’ Director // Joss Whedon Starring // Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson Rated // PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference The hype has been building for years and it couldn't possibly be more deafening at this point. After a series of summer blockbusters that individually introduced Iron Man, The Disney Incredible Hulk, Thor Chris Hemsworth portrays Thor, left, and Chris Evans and Captain America, all portrays Captain America in a scene from “The Avengers.”

The problem that plagues so many Judd Apatow productions — the one that keeps good comedies from being great ones — unfortunately exists here, too. It’s a matter of knowing when to say when, of knowing which bits should be trimmed and which should have been cut altogether. “The FiveYear Engagement” is so scattered and overlong, it really feels like it lasts five years, and even the inherent likability of stars Jason Segel and Emily Blunt cannot overcome the film’s pervasive sense of strain.

It becomes so tortured, it almost gets to the point where you hope these two will break up for good, just because it’s the pragmatic

★★ ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ Director // Nicholas Stoller Starring // Jason Segel, Emily Blunt and Chris Pratt Rated // R for sexual content and language throughout thing to do and because it would finally wrap things up. And that’s a shame, because the movie reunites Segel with Nicholas Stoller; the two also co-wrote 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” one of the more well-balanced Apatow productions, with Stoller once again directing and Segel starring as the doughy everyman. As

in that earlier film, “The Five-Year Engagement” touches on themes of love found and lost in a serious way, and to its credit it does find some moments

these characters come together alongside several other friends and foes. And with director and co-writer Joss Whedon, they couldn't be in better hands. He's pulled off the tricky feat of juggling a large ensemble cast and givof emotional truth amid the inconsistent laughs. But man, it can be a messy slog to get to them. Segel and Blunt star as a newly engaged couple who encounter multiple obstacles on the way to the altar, including cross-country moves, career ambitions and family issues. If it sounds like a drag, that’s probably because it is, and wacky supporting players including Brian Posehn and Chris Parnell don’t exactly liven things up. 124 minutes.

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Whedon keeps a tight rein on some potentially unwieldy material, and the result is a film that simultaneously should please purists (one of which he is) as well as those who aren't necessarily comic-book aficionados. He also stays true to the characters while establishing a tone that's very much his own.

As he did with the recent horror hit "The Cabin in the Woods," which he co-wrote and produced,

Whedon has come up with a script that's cheeky and breezy, full of witty banter and sly pop-culture shout-outs as well as self-referential humor. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., assembles a dream team of superheroes to retrieve the Tesseract, the cosmic blue cube that gives its bearer unlimited power, when the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston) descends from Asgard and steals it. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) are among those on the case — once they stop fighting each other, that is. 143 minutes.

The Reel Place Aaron Peck

Since 2005 Tim Burton has directed five featurelength films and they’ve all starred Johnny Depp as an eccentric weirdo (with the exception of “Corpse Bride,” which only used his voice talents). “Dark Shadows,” which is based off a television show that aired in the late ’60s and then was reimagined in the early ’90s, is the fifth film in that list. There’s a reason why the Burton/ Depp collaboration has been so prolific. Burton is adept at creating oddball fantasy worlds which always seem just slightly off kilter, while Depp excels at embodying Burton’s weird creations.

You’ll have to go all the way back to 1990 and “Edward Scissorhands” to make this pairing seem fresh though. The act appears to be somewhat stale after all these years.

The story is thus. Barnabas Collins (Depp) is a wealthy youngster who lives with his well-to-do parents in their self-titled town of Collinsport. The time is 1752. The Collins family has taken 15 years to build their dream mansion. Barnabas’ true love is Josette DuPres (Bella Heathcote), but he carries on a torrid affair with one of the house maids, Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). When Barnabas chooses Josette, Angelique becomes angry. It doesn’t help matters that she’s actually a witch. She soon curses Barnabas to live as a vampire for the rest of eternity, entombs him in a chained coffin, and there he stays for close to two centuries. The next time Barnabas sees the light of day it’s 1972.

Nothing has been spoiled as of yet, since

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Gully McGrath portrays David Collins, left, and Johnny Depp portrays Barnabas Collins in a scene from “Dark Shadows.”

★★ ‘Dark Shadows’ Director // Tim Burton Starring // Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green Rated // PG-13 for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking

all this is explained in a quick flashback overview at the beginning of the movie. After Barnabas rises in 1972 he finds that the Collins family line is still alive and living in his beloved mansion, although now they’re not as rich.

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) runs the household as the mother. She has one kid of her own, Carolyn (Chloë Grace Moretz), who is a full-blown hippie. Her brother, Roger (Jonny Lee Miller), is a money-grubbing thief who cares little for his own son, David (Gulliver McGrath), who claims

he can see and speak to his dead mother. The non-family members of the house include Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), a raging alcoholic who also happens to be David’s live-in psychiatrist and Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley), the bungling gardener/fix-it man who doesn’t seem to be doing much work around the house ever. As you can see the cast is varied and peppered with seasoned actors who all inhabit their roles with as much over-acting excess as can be mustered.

When Barnabas rises in the ’70s the movie

soon turns toward comedy. How does a 200-year old vampire act in the ’70s is basically the entire middle of the movie. Barnabas sees his first McDonald’s sign. Barnabas hangs out with a group of potsmoking hippies. Barnabas throws a ’70s party out the house. Many of the jokes feel like tiny

vignettes, or “Saturday Night Live” skits about an out-of-time vampire dealing with the technology of the modern world.

It’s funny at first, but becomes tiresome.

Angelique, being a witch, is still alive and still very much infatuated with Barnabas. Soon the humor comes to an end and “Dark Shadows”

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With “The Avengers” still in theaters and still atop most people’s list of what to see, it’s hard to imagine “Dark Shadows” making a dent in its box office at all. Especially since it ended up being a rehash of the Burton/ Depp duo which has sadly grown a little bit duller film after film.

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Written recovery As her son healed from a serious accident, Dawnell Griffin put pen to paper. Those writings earned her the title of Poet of the Year.

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uring the summer of 2010, Dawnell Griffin of Cove received that one phone call that is every mother’s nightmare: her son Joshua had been in a serious accident in Colorado. He had been flown to a Denver hospital where he was being prepared for surgery.

Doctors didn’t know if he would survive.

During the next four months, Dawnell soothed her fears in journaling and poetry while she waited for a glimpse of the son she had raised.

Dawnell said these poems are representative of her most personal thoughts, from the darkest hours to the faintest glimpses of hope and the triumph that comes with recovery.

Many of these thoughts are so personal she hasn’t even shared them with all of her family.

Personal as they were, she typed up a selection of them, placed them in a manila envelope, and dropped them into the mailbox with a moment of panic as the package disappeared into the box.

Dawnell was named Poet of the Year by the Utah State Poetry Society, and as such, she won the Pearl M. Olsen book award. Her collection, titled “On Judgment Day,” will be published and available for purchase this fall.

Dawnell’s work was judged by Lowell Jaeger, who said her poems are “brave in their honesty, but braver in their restraint.” They are derived “from the sting of real pain” and “brave in their willingness to face tragedy without a trace of self pity.”

——— Josh Griffin was 31 years old in July 2010.

He spent his days working as a ranch manager for a resort ranch in Granby, Colo., a remote area west of Denver.

After a long day of fixing fences, taking care of the horses and supervising the staff, he liked to go out with his friends and have a good time.

One night in particular, he went out longboarding. As the evening drew to a close, he and his friends were about ready to head home. Josh removed his helmet, and packed it up.

Then he decided to make one last run down a steep hill, reaching speeds as high as 35 miles per hour, on a road that was littered with dips and divots in the pavement.

When he arrived at St. Anthony’s in Denver, he had a large hemotoma on the right side of his brain and many small blood clots in his brain. His skull was fractured horizontally, nearly three-quarters of the way around his head.

——— Dawnell said her husband Wade got the call at about midnight. Wade is a retired police officer and paramedic.

“He was much more aware of the implications of that phone call than I was,” she said.

“He just laid down on the floor and sobbed.”

In the middle of the night, they packed their bags with a few meager essentials, and got in the car. They drove all through the night, not knowing if their son would still be alive when they got to Denver.

He was alive. But it was a shock to see him.

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Story by Amy Macavinta • Photo by Cody Gochnour

I write, not to fill the hours, but to fill the spaces in my heart, heal my thoughts, solidify hope, identify connection points between myself and anyone — everyone who has ever kept this vigil, day and night.

An excerpt of a poem called “Free Verse,” written by Dawnell Griffin

Written recovery As her son healed from a serious accident, Dawnell Griffin put pen to paper. Those writings earned her the title of Poet of the Year.

D

uring the summer of 2010, Dawnell Griffin of Cove received that one phone call that is every mother’s nightmare: her son Joshua had been in a serious accident in Colorado. He had been flown to a Denver hospital where he was being prepared for surgery.

Doctors didn’t know if he would survive.

During the next four months, Dawnell soothed her fears in journaling and poetry while she waited for a glimpse of the son she had raised.

Dawnell said these poems are representative of her most personal thoughts, from the darkest hours to the faintest glimpses of hope and the triumph that comes with recovery.

Many of these thoughts are so personal she hasn’t even shared them with all of her family.

Personal as they were, she typed up a selection of them, placed them in a manila envelope, and dropped them into the mailbox with a moment of panic as the package disappeared into the box.

Dawnell was named Poet of the Year by the Utah State Poetry Society, and as such, she won the Pearl M. Olsen book award. Her collection, titled “On Judgment Day,” will be published and available for purchase this fall.

Dawnell’s work was judged by Lowell Jaeger, who said her poems are “brave in their honesty, but braver in their restraint.” They are derived “from the sting of real pain” and “brave in their willingness to face tragedy without a trace of self pity.”

——— Josh Griffin was 31 years old in July 2010.

He spent his days working as a ranch manager for a resort ranch in Granby, Colo., a remote area west of Denver.

After a long day of fixing fences, taking care of the horses and supervising the staff, he liked to go out with his friends and have a good time.

One night in particular, he went out longboarding. As the evening drew to a close, he and his friends were about ready to head home. Josh removed his helmet, and packed it up.

Then he decided to make one last run down a steep hill, reaching speeds as high as 35 miles per hour, on a road that was littered with dips and divots in the pavement.

When he arrived at St. Anthony’s in Denver, he had a large hemotoma on the right side of his brain and many small blood clots in his brain. His skull was fractured horizontally, nearly three-quarters of the way around his head.

——— Dawnell said her husband Wade got the call at about midnight. Wade is a retired police officer and paramedic.

“He was much more aware of the implications of that phone call than I was,” she said.

“He just laid down on the floor and sobbed.”

In the middle of the night, they packed their bags with a few meager essentials, and got in the car. They drove all through the night, not knowing if their son would still be alive when they got to Denver.

He was alive. But it was a shock to see him.

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Story by Amy Macavinta • Photo by Cody Gochnour

I write, not to fill the hours, but to fill the spaces in my heart, heal my thoughts, solidify hope, identify connection points between myself and anyone — everyone who has ever kept this vigil, day and night.

An excerpt of a poem called “Free Verse,” written by Dawnell Griffin

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Listen up, humans, and stop dressing me up Hi, I’m guest columnist Luba, Dennis Hinkamp’s dog. Let me introduce myself. I was born in Russia nine years ago when Putin was president the first time or second time, I can’t remember. Now he is president again, and I don’t care.

I was taken from my parents at a wee age which accounts for my impeccable English skills and how well adjusted I am. Really, humans hang around their parents way too long. This accounts for most of your faults.

For instance, Dennis is kind of an ungrateful jerk. I’m the brains behind most of these columns; he hasn’t had an original thought since about 2003. All he does is drink coffee

and complain about stuff and somehow dribbles words onto a computer screen and calls that writing. OK, he does do a little coherent writing, but I do all the heavy editing and what do I get for it? Infrequent walks, unwanted baths and the occasional piece of meat gristle that he didn’t want.

I must say, for all his faults Dennis at least only dresses me up for the occasional Christmas or Easter photo, but I get free food, housing and ... veterinarian care really is never free, is it? Can pets have a pet peeve?

Well, mine is dressing me up. Stop it! Dogs, well except for those freaky Mexican hairless things, were born with a fur coat. When the fur coat gets too hot, we just

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shed a little of it. You stupid humans are jealous because you have to keep buying stuff. All I have is a few toys.

Speaking of toys, whenever I bring one of you bipeds a toy, you take it out of my mouth and throw it? What’s up with that? Did you ever consider that not every dog in the world

Your Stuff “Orphan Billy”

By Billy Bird

Lonely orphan Billy, He has no one.

Time goes fast, There is no fun.

There is no support, Still he carries on.

Does the best he can, Singing along.

Days come and go, Cook and wash the pan.

It isn’t easy, Being a man.

Billy does a great job, The shape he is in, Doing the house work, And always wants to win.

When you see Billy, Say hello and wave a hand.

Make him feel good, Like playing in a band.

wants to play fetch?

Look at me, I’m not a Retriever; do I look like an obsessive compulsive drool hound? I was just bringing the toy to you to show you I hadn’t ripped it apart, and as a way to say thanks.

I know I’m not classically trained in dog tricks, but I’m no idiot either. My breed is a combination of adorable traits. Why don’t people do this? Humans keep breeding their genetic traits into the ground instead of refining them into a thing of odd beauty, like me. Did you know we used to be able to fly? We could; this poem by my dearly departed pal Ken Brewer explains the whole thing.

Why Dogs Stopped Flying Before humans, dogs flew everywhere.

Their wings of silky fur wrapped hollow bones.

Their tails wagged like rudders through wind, their stomachs bare to the sullen earth.

Out of sorrow for the first humans — stumbling, crawling, helpless and cold — dogs folded their great wings into paws soft enough to walk beside us forever.

They still weep for us, pity our small noses, our unfortunate eyes, our dull teeth.

They lick our faces

clean, keep us warm at night.

Sometimes they remember flying and bite our ugly hands.

— Kenneth W. Brewer Luba gave Dennis a chance to proof read this but he was too busy taking a nap. Dennis is taking an unspecified leave of absence and will have guest columnists fill in while he’s gone. 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 can be sent to dennis.hinkamp@usu. edu.

CALLING ALL MOMS! PL AY OUR 2012

“Never Spoken”

By Eileen B. Cox

She was quick and organized — I’m not.

I am gentle and dreamy — She wasn’t.

She hid her pain and survived.

I lance my pain to survive.

She struck outward — I strike inward — Different souls, with different needs Tied together through blood and time.

Mother — daughter Daughter — mother Children of God on a lonely road, Nodding and smiling and getting by.

Where Love holds, we touched.

Silent wishes never spoken — And now she’s gone.

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CVCA ceramics camp registration open now Those wanting to create and explore within the ceramic art form can register for summer ceramic classes. The Cache Valley Center of the Arts offers pottery classes for all ages and abilities. Summer classes begin June 4 and run through July 6. Each four-day kids camp is $50, plus $15 for materials.

Sign up for one or all four classes (discount available for multiple class registrations). All completed works will be fired, not glazed. The CVCA ceramics camps will be at the Bullen Center.

Ceramics classes are a fun way for children and adults to explore different pottery techniques from hand-building techniques to wheel throwing essentials. Ceramic classes are a great summer activity and provide the perfect opportunity to get hands dirty.

Children’s camps will be offered

Sign up for art camps Parents trying to decide how to keep their kids busy with this summer can enroll them in an art camp at the Bullen Center offered by the Cache Valley Center of the Arts.

Art Camp is an engaging summer program that offers a wide variety of unique hands-on activities from cooking to ceramics, music to dance, photography to drumming, all for kids 5-11 years of age.

There are three camps for children ages 5-11.

Camps are Monday through Thursday. The cost is $90 per child per session.

For dates, times, camp themes and registration, visit the CVCA Ticket Office at 43 S. Main St., go online at www.cachearts.org or call 435-7520026.

Mother’s Day Special 6 MONTHS No Interest* Check out our layaway program

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the preteen and teen classes from 1 to 3 p.m. on June 4-7, June 18-21, June 25-28 and July 2-3 and 5-6. The cost to participate in all four camps is $195.

Students can glaze their work July 6 for $14.

The adult class will be Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The cost is $75 for five classes and includes 25 pounds of clay and firing. Additional materials may be purchased as needed.

Class sizes are limited, so register early at www.cachearts.org, or stop by the CVCA offices (43 S. Main St.) between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Actress Sissy Spacek writes tender, touching book

By Douglass K Daniel Associated Press

Actress Sissy Spacek’s autobiography is as tender and touching as many of her best movie roles.

Granted, there’s not much tender or touching about “Carrie” (1976). One of the scarier horror films ever made, her breakthrough movie depicts high school and adolescence as a teenage nightmare.

And toughness as much as tenderness marks “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980), the biopic that won Spacek an Oscar. Besides turning in a musical performance worthy of country singer Loretta Lynn — she shadowed Lynn for weeks on end and sang with her — Spacek captured the inner strength that Lynn needed to survive the journey from hill

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country to stardom.

Those two roles define Spacek’s career, more so than any of the dozens of others she’s played over 40 years.

One of the delights of “My Extraordinary Ordinary Life”

The first two weeks were the most critical for him.

“There was such a risk of infection and we didn’t know if he was going to live,” she said.

Continued from p. 8 The large fracture in his skull actually gave the room to swell “He was hooked up to all of during the healing process and these machines, and he had a in time, he did begin to heal, bolt in his head, he was just covered from head to toe,” said very slowly.

When Dawnell could finally Dawnell. “It is really, really difficult, that first initial shock.” touch him, she often sat holding his hand. He didn’t entirely In those first days, Josh was know she was there, but he in a medically induced coma would reach for her hand if she and Dawnell couldn’t even let go. touch him.

Wade and Dawnell took Someone recommended turns staying in his hospital she keep a journal, because it might be therapeutic for her. It room. His brothers came, but he didn’t know them. His siswas a natural suggestion for ters came, and he called each Dawnell, because writing was always something that brought by the other’s name.

He was eventually transher a great deal of joy. ferred to Craig’s Hospital, ——— where he was met with a lot of Josh is the youngest of five mental and physical therapy. sons and the middle child It was a long, tedious journey between his brothers and his and through it all, Dawnell three younger sisters. Dawnell said Josh is everyone’s favorite wrote.

She kept a journal. She of the Griffin children.

is how it sparks memories of any number of films in which Spacek has moved us, from “Badlands” (1973) and “Missing” (1982) to “Crimes of the Heart” (1986) and last year’s “The Help.”

In playing such deeply emotional roles as the suicidal daughter in “’night, Mother” (1986) and the grieving wife and mother in “In the Bedroom” (2001), you’d think Spacek must have drawn inspiration from a troubled personal life. Hardly. She had a wonderful childhood in east Texas, anchored by loving parents and two rascally brothers.

Nearly half of her book recounts those days, and with good reason. Life as a tomboy in little Quitman, Texas, in the 1950s and 1960s formed Spacek’s core as a person and as a performer. That’s where wrote poetry. She poured it all out of her heart onto paper.

“They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and that is the truth,” she said.

Josh has no memory of his accident, and during his recovery, he started asking more questions about what happened to him.

Dawnell compiled all of her writing for him.

“I typed it up and gave it to him for Christmas with my heart in my throat,” she said.

What was therapeutic for her became healing for Josh as well.

——— Today, Dawnell says Josh is doing very well. He can’t go back to the ranch work he loves, so he is attending the University of Utah and he is engaged to be married later this summer.

“He is remarkable,” said Dawnell. “He is just a little miracle that we are very grateful for.”

she developed the courage and self-confidence to skip college and go off to New York City to try to make it as a singer, and later to move to Los Angeles to see if she could achieve a career as an actress.

When you consider movies like the underrated “Raggedy Man” (1981), “The River” (1984) and “The Straight Story” (1999), you can imagine Spacek tapping the kinds of small-town experiences she shares in the pages of “My Extraordinary Ordinary Life.”

She reminisces just a bit about some of her fellow actors — people like Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Martin Sheen

and Jack Lemmon — and offers passing observations about top directors she’s known — Terrence Malick, Brian DePalma, Costa-Gavras, Robert Altman and David Lynch among them. The production designer and art director Jack Fisk is more prominent, of course. He and Spacek met while making “Badlands” and have been married since 1974.

Light and endearing, “My Extraordinary Ordinary Life” is no tell-all. Or is it? Spacek may well be telling all about what really matters to her — her family, her friends and her art. What else do we need to know?

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Friday A spring photography workshop will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday, May 11, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Cost is $25 for Stokes Nature Center members and $30 for non-members. Photographer Jim Parrish will lead the class with a review of general photography techniques, a group wildflower shoot and critique session. Registration required. For more information, call Stokes Nature Center at 435-755-3239 or email nature@ logannature.org.

Corey Walton will perform acoustic music with The Promise Morning, Matt Miles and Once the Lion at 8 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

Linda Wentz will entertain on the piano at 4 p.m. Friday, May 11, at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. All are welcome; the performance is free. For more information, call 435-7920353.

Indie artist Allie Harris will perform from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m.

Friday, May 11, at Caffe Ibis.

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Acoustic oldies group Relic, featuring Irv Nelson, Scott Olsen and Steve Roberts, will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South.

SATURDAY Join Stokes Nature Center for a fun morning of paper crafting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 12. Cost is $7 for SNC members and $10 for non-members. Learn how to repurpose old magazines into elegant jewelry or trendy home decor with simple supplies.

There will be several examples for inspiration, and all the tools needed to make a collection of good-for-the-earth goodies to take home. Bring old magazines

to share, or use Stokes Nature Center’s. Registration (which is required) includes tools and materials to create at least one craft. For more information, call 435-755-3239 or email nature@ logannature.org.

Dodge This, a dodgeball tournament fundraiser for Special Olympics of Utah, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Logan Rec Center. Cost is $150 per team of six to 10 players. All participants will get a T-shirt and headband. Each team is guaranteed three games. To register, contact Misty Garn at mistygarn@gmail.com. Day-of registration and warm-up begins at 9 a.m.

The Walk to CURE FM will be hosted by the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association on May 12 at Willow Park. There will be a walk, a program with speakers, music entertainment and a health fair.

Later in the evening there will be a candlelight vigil at Old Main Hill. Visit www.fmcpaware.org for more information.

The Folka Dots will perform folk/country/blues music with Horse Bones and Alarmingly Charming at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The Willow Park Zoo will hold their annual spring event “What’s New at the Zoo? Colors of Spring” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Activities will include crafts, games and educational fun. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children (ages 3-12). A free punch pass will be given for every child’s paid admission. For more information concerning this and other Logan Parks and Recreation Department programs or facilities, call 435-716-9250, stop by 195 S. 100 West in Logan or visit www. loganutah.org.

Logan Eagles Lodge will present a charity dinner, Bingo and raffle Saturday, May 12.

Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.,

Bingo at 7:30 and the raffle at 9:30. Everyone 21 and older with a valid ID is welcome to come.

For more details, call 752-8776.

The next Family Nature Club outing will be from 10 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, May 12, at Denzil Stewart Nature Park, 100 S. 800 East in Logan.

The Logan Downtown Alliance Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children will show a free movie at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West in Logan. The film is “What’s On Your Plate” and is most appropriate for ages 8 and older. For more information, please visit www.logandowntown. org.

The western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform at Pier 49 Pizza in Providence from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday, May 12.

The Tic Seamons Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 435-792-0353.

The Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. There is no cover charge; everyone is welcome.

SUNDAY Alone for Mother’s Day? A Mother’s Day dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. For more information, call 435-792-0353.

Katherine Lindbloom will perform on piano at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 435-792-0353.

The Old Ephraim String

Band will perform a final show from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at Caffe Ibis.

MONDAY The Cache County Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) will sponsor the annual Bike to Work Week from May 14-18 at the Logan Transit Center. Those who leave their cars at home each day and stop by the Transit Center will be rewarded with bike safety and clean commuting literature, prizes and free Caffe Ibis drinks. Visit between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. For questions or to learn how to participate in BPAC, call Paul Rogers at 7522544.

The Cache Valley Parkinson’s support group will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14, at the Coppermill Restaurant. Dr. Lance Gunnell, D.D.S., will discuss Parkinson’s dental issues.

The public is invited. For more information, call Bill Lindauer at 435-752-7666.

Register by noon Monday, May 14, to attend the Bridgerland SHRM spring conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the Bridgerland Applied Technology College, 1301 N. 600 West in Logan, Room 840. Cost is $50. RSVP at www.bridgerlandshrm.org.

TUESDAY CAPSA volunteer training begins Tuesday, May 15. Please call 753-2500 for more information. Ask for Elsbeth.

WEDNESDAY InTech Collegiate High School will host information sessions for those interested in enrolling or learning more about the school at 6:30 p.m. May 16 and 17 at 1787 N. Research Parkway, North Logan. The school specializes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and early college programs. Enrollment is open for ninth-, 10th- and 11th-grade

students. For more information, call JaDean Frehner at 435-7537377.

Summit Elementary is holding an Usborne Books and More book fair May 16-18 in the library before school, during lunch and after school. The sale will also be open during Summit’s 100 year celebration, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 17. Also, go online at www.myubam.com/ BF52313 to shop and support Summit. For questions, call Crystal Sears at 232-2830.

Scott Bradley will teach a free Constitution class, “To Preserve the Nation,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at The Book Table (upstairs). For questions, call 753-8844.

THURSDAY Summit Elementary will present a “Centennial Celebration” on Thursday, May 17. Summit turns 100 years old this year. All alumni, friends, family and anyone else who loves this school are invited to celebrate this monumental event. There will be live music starting at 5:30 p.m., with a program by the students and faculty starting at 6. Cake will be served. Bring a lawn chair.

Visit Hogle Zoo with OPTIONS for Independence on Thursday, May 17. The group will leave Logan around 8 a.m.

Bring a lunch or money to purchase food there. OPTIONS will provide drinks and a treat during lunch only. Transportation is $5 and admission is $8.75 for adults and $6.75 for seniors and children. Space is limited.

RSVP to Mandie at 435-7535353 ext. 108.

The May meeting of the Sons of Utah Pioneers will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the Coppermill Restaurant. The speaker will be Mark Anderson, owner of Anderson’s Seed and Garden.

His talk is titled “How to Ensure a Successful Garden in Cache Valley.”

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