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Cache Magazine Freedom Fire event brings classic rock to Logan — Guitarist Rich Williams reflects on band’s success

The Herald Journal

JUNE 29-JULY 5, 2012

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June 29-July 5, 2012

ART 3 Art on the Lawn in its eighth year

10 Brigham City Museum displays Hawaiian quilts

MUSIC 4 Austin Weyand coming to Logan in July

5 Music series continues at the Logan Tabernacle

MOVIES 7 Family Guy fans will

probably like ‘Ted’

YOUR STUFF

Photo courtesy Rick Diamond

Kansas band members from left to right: Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh, Rich Williams, Billy Greer and David Ragsdale. The rock group will headline the Freedom Fire celebration Tuesday, July 3, at Utah State University’s Romney Stadium.

10 Three poems featured

FROM THE EDITOR

12 Summer citizen shares

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by locals

photos of Wellsvilles, ducks

BOOKS 13 See reviews and best-sellers

CROSSWORD 14 Check out this week’s puzzle

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening in Cache Valley

’ve been feeling like a bit of a basket case lately. On Monday, I sat in the parking lot of Wal-Mart crying for a variety of reasons, none of which should have been as big of a deal as I made them.

I knew this even then, but somehow couldn’t stop the tears and boogers from taking over my face. I couldn’t go home because I’d come to Wal-Mart for a reason, but I couldn’t enter the store either knowing my eyes were all red, puffy and leaking.

We all have those moments, right?

Where we are just a little too upset for the situation? Where something catches us off guard and suddenly we’re in front of a big box superstore sequestering ourselves in our cars until we can get the nerve to exit

and face the world again to buy a spray bottle and dish soap? Please say yes.

My tears were flowing because I’d been catching box elder bugs in my apartment for three days. These insects find their way inside my apartment year round, but I usually only see one every couple weeks.

Last Sunday, after being gone all day, I caught 10 within a half hour on my ceilings, walls and windows.

There are two designated plastic cups for bug catching at my place, and instead of killing the critters, I’ve been releasing them outside for the last year. I’m so uncomfortable with bugs, however, that getting near them is kind of hard for me.

So, catching 10 to 20 box elder bugs at once caused some trauma, especially since a bunch more were congregating around my porch. This was a real-life nightmare for me. Catching, releasing and knowing they would probably just come back

somehow. By Monday I’d had enough.

I ended up at Wal-Mart buying something that would get rid of them; my friends suggested dish soap. Now I’ve begun spraying them outside, but that still makes me feel bad. Call me crazy or whatever, but it doesn’t make me feel much better to kill them.

Anyway, I’m always trying to remind myself that all things are temporary.

There’s really no reason to cry. The box elder bugs will eventually be gone. A good reminder of impermanence hit me this week when I learned more about the band Kansas that will perform Wednesday in Logan. One of their songs is stuck in my head now. I’m sure you know it.

“Carry on my wayward son There’ll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don’t you cry no more.”

— Manette Newbold

Art on the Lawn to raise funds for students In its eighth year, Art on the Lawn will take place this weekend at the Old Crookston Home, 1491 E. 2300 North in North Logan.

The annual event raises funds for the Dean F. and Bessie C. Peterson Foundation for Cache Valley Arts and Literacy. A sneak peek opens the event tonight from 5 to 7 when Texas Roadhouse will provide light h’ordeuvres.

On Saturday, guests are welcome from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction, entertainment by several local bands, a chili cookout and more. Plein air artists are welcome to come with easels and paint around the property. There will also be an old car show on the lawn.

This year, some money will be raised for the Daniel Robert Lynch Art Education and Scholarship Program which benefits high school students in the county. Most of the teens in years past have used the tuition money to attend USU. This fundraiser includes an opportunity for someone to come away with great art for very little in donations.

Mountain Crest High School teacher Michael Bingham has organized “Mini Masterpiece Mystery” for Art on the Lawn.

Patrons can purchase a 5-by-7-inch piece of art in a bag. Some patrons will receive work valued up to $300 from professional artists, others will get student artwork from Sky View or Mountain Crest High.

Either way, customers will end up with something really nice, said event organizer Lucy Peterson Watkins. All proceeds will benefit the

“We wanted to write our own solid material, not sing about cars and girls and ... not play songs with the same four chords and with the same beats and same time signatures.”

– Rich Williams, Kansas guitarist

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students in the Cache County School District for art education and scholarship opportunities.

Students from Logan High School have been making ceramic chili bowls which will be on sale during the cookout for $10 starting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Beehive Grill is sponsoring this event.

During the auction, a signed print from Wyland

Worldwide titled “Dolphin Tribe” will be for sale. The piece is valued at more than $1,200.

Some of the artist work to be displayed includes oil paintings by Ryan Cannon, oil and pastel works by Colleen Howe Bleinberger, sculptures by Daryl Reece

and William Hedgecock, glass work by Ginger Payant and much more. There will also be photography, jewelry and other art by various artists.

The event and parking are free. Leashed dogs are welcome. For more information, visit artonthelawn.net.

Pet: Trix From: Cache Humane Society Why he’s so lovable: Trix

likes to be held and has a sweet disposition. He is friendly and such a heart-stealer. Trix can guard a home from burglars and snuggle in a lap at the same time.

Trix is an unclaimed stray so his history is unknown. He will need a medium amount of exercise every day.

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Art

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ALL MIXED UP Learn how native plants were used for cultural purposes The executive director of the American West Heritage Center is the next featured guest at Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology and its “Saturdays at the Museum” series. The theme for Saturday is ethnobotany.

Bill Varga offers a presentation at the museum at 1 p.m., discussing how American Indians and pioneers used plants found in northern Utah for medical, culinary and cultural purposes. Many of these plants can still be used for the same purposes today.

In addition to the presentation, there will be crafts for children, including making cordage and paper flowers.

The museum will also give tours of the exhibits “Atlatls, Nets and Pinyon Nuts: Gathering Food in the Prehistoric Great Basin” and “Great Basin Basketry.”

Event organizers offer a description of “ethnobotany,” provided by the National Tropical Botanical Garden.

“Ethnobotany along with the related disciplines of ethnobiology and ethnoecology are of central importance for understanding and improving the sustainability of our relationships with the living world.”

Varga’s presentation at the museum will demonstrate how an understanding of the living world allowed American Indians and pioneers alike to prosper in the harsh land that defines northern Utah.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

Austin Weyand to share light, acoustic sound Finger-style guitarist Austin Weyand will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

Weyand is passionate about the guitar and has run the gamut of performing situations. From playing guitar concertos with symphony orchestras, jazz jam sessions in Chicago, bluegrass and Celtic music on a tour through Europe, a local rock band which plays regularly in the Intermountain West, to Spanish Flamenco for an eightweek run of the U.S. premiere of “Zorro the Musical,” Weyand can’t get enough of the guitar.

Drawing from this range of musical styles and experiences, Weyand uses what he has and violin, each of which are learned to enhance his special skill in composing and arrang- dedicated to his three young daughters. It contains songs ing for finger-style guitar. he wrote specifically for each He has a pianistic approach, daughter such as “Carry Me,” displaying melody, harmony, “Kiki’s Smile” and “Crawling.” bass lines, even percussion in It also has covers of songs arrangements and composithat have special meaning to tions. the girls such as “Time in a Weyand’s new CD is Bottle” by Jim Croce, “Conentitled “They Call Me Dad: cerning Hobbits” from “The Songs for my Daughters.”

Lord of the Rings,” as well as Weyand composed and/or others. arranged 11 pieces for guitar

Weyand is the 2012 champion of the State of Utah Finger-Style Guitar Competition and holds the same title in Wyoming for 2008.

Weyand did his undergraduate music/guitar study at Utah State University with Mike Christiansen and then earned a master’s degree in guitar/ jazz studies from Northern Illinois University where he studied with classical jazz,

jam band and world music virtuoso Fareed Haque. Weyand has been featured as a soloist and ensemble musician in concerts, television, radio and various recordings. He makes his home in Honeyville and enjoys performing and teaching whenever he can.

Both of Weyand’s solo albums can be purchased through his website, www.austinweyand. com, or on iTunes.

Vocal camp to offer professional training for kids The Cache Children’s Choir is currently registering singers for their 16th annual Vocal Performance Camp 2012 for teens ages 12 through 18 years. Bonnie Slade will be the director. The camp, attracting teens from around the country, will be Aug. 6 through Fedkenheurer 10 from 10 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. at the Utah State University Chase Fine

Arts Center. The focus of the camp is to provide a top level training experience in vocal production in classic traditions and musical theater. Singers receive instruction in small group voice classes, choir and musical theater production ensembles.

Featured guest artist and teacher is Liesel Fedkenheurer, currently adjunct voice faculty at USU. Fedkenheurer grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and began her musical studies at the age of 5 on the violin.

She went on to the University

of Toronto to complete her vocal performance degree. She completed a post-graduate program at the University of Toronto’s opera school, and continued with her opera studies as one of only six singers to be accepted into the prestigious ensemble program at the Canadian Opera Company. She was the winner of the Marilyn Horne Competition, which led to recitals in New York and at Lincoln Center as well as becoming a recitalist on the Marilyn Horne Foundation roster.

Other camp faculty include

Dr. Cory Evans, choir; Laurie Hart, Edythe Wagstaff, Brianna Craw Krause, Randall Smith, among others, in voice; Dawna Campbell and Stephanie White, choreography; Brandon Lee, camp accompanist. Visit www. cachechildrenschoir.org for registration forms. The camp offers 38 hours of instruction for $90 and does not provide housing.

Class sizes are limited. Deadline without late fee is July 28.

No prior training is required.

Bonnie Slade can be reached at 435-760-7361 for information.

All shows will be at noon and are free to the public Friday, June 29 Megan Line and Randall Bagley Megan Line, from American Fork, started playing the piano at the age of 6 where she continued to take lessons for 12 years. She started vocal training at the age of 14 and began writing music when she was 16 years old.

She moved to Logan in the summer of 2011 where she attended Utah State University and studied music education.

Randall Bagley has been performing stand up comedy for almost 20 years and this is his fourth year in a row performing at the Tabernacle Summer Series. He is a past winner of the Utah State University Comedy Competition and has opened for the Smothers Brothers.

Monday, July 2 Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

Singers and musicians from the UFOCMT perform selections of their own choosing every Monday. The music often previews numbers from the UFOCMT productions but there is always a good mix of popular music, Broadway show tunes and opera. Always well attended, it is best to come a little early to get the best seats.

Wednesday, July 4 Brandon Lee and Sisters: Piano Virtuosi

Relic is a group of veteran musicians based in Cache Valley that performs easy listening, acoustic oldies. With more than 100 years of performing experience between its three musicians, Relic is an appropriate name for the group ... but don’t let that scare you. Their sound is fresh and their performance is entertaining. With three guitars and three voices, Relic paints a musical landscape with their intricate harmonies. Their song list includes numbers from the great artists of the ’60s and ’70s, such as The Beatles, The Eagles, James Taylor, Bread, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Kansas and America — songs that everyone remembers and loves from the “golden era” of popular music.

Thursday, July 5 A Broadbent Family Affair: Musical Variety

Richard and Merrilee Broadbent and family began singing together in college. When it became apparent that their duo was too good to break up, they got married and increased the size of their ensemble by four. (Thanks to some great marriages, they’ve added two more.) Michelle is a graduate of USU and BYU, was BYU’s “Singer of the Year,” and has studied and performed internationally. Nicole has performed since childhood and sung in musicals, and several elite choirs. James, also a musical veteran, sang leading roles as a freshman with USU Opera Theater and in Chamber Singers.

He added another talented member when he married Annie Ferrin last year. Finally, we have Christopher, age 12, who sings in the Cache Children’s Choir.

Tuesday, July 3 Relic: ’60s and ’70s Pop Music

Friday, July 6 Debbie Ditton and Students: Vocal The Lee Family Pianists have been thrilling audiences for more than 20 years with their unique ability to perform together on a single instrument. The music they will perform Wednesday will include a selection of patriotic, classical and Latin infused compositions, as well as American Songbook Classics. Brandon and Sherilyn are each graduates of USU’s Caine College of the Arts, and are currently student teachers there. Shannon has completed high school studies and is deciding which field she would like to enter for collegiate study. They are all proud to be Cache Valley residents and continue to support arts in the area.

Debbie Ditton has lived and taught voice in Cache Valley for 18 years. She currently directs with Music Theatre West, a local theater company, with credits including “Annie,” “Music Man” and “Slipper and the Rose.” This fall, she will return to the stage as Mrs. Fairfax in Jay Richards’ “Jane Eyre.” Her noon music performance will include some of her favorite pieces from various genres and she will be joined by a few of her friends and students. Debbie is a great supporter of the arts in Cache Valley and has just accepted the job of director for the Summerfest Arts Faire for 2013 and beyond.

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movies Steven Soderbergh makes movies about sexy subjects, then strips away the sexiness about them. He is fascinated by process, often to a clinical extent. In recent years this has been true of “The Girlfriend Experience” (starring real-life porn star Sasha Grey as a high-priced Manhattan call girl), “Contagion” (about a viral outbreak that claims lives worldwide) and “Haywire” (featuring mixed-martial artist Gina Carano as a special-ops agent seeking revenge for a betrayal).

Even the glitzy, star-studded “Ocean’s 11,” one of Soderbergh’s most pleasingly escapist films, takes its time laying out every detail of its ambitious Las Vegas casino heist.

Now he’s directed “Magic Mike,” about the cheesy world of male stripping in the cheesy setting of Tampa, Fla. Yes, the dance numbers themselves exude masculine, muscular heat — how could they not with guys like Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer and Joe Manganiello strutting on stage in barely-there costumes? — but Soderbergh and writer Reid Carolin take us behind the scenes and linger over the mundane minu-

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for Pettyfer’s character, Adam, who becomes known as The Kid. A neophyte in this neoncolored world, he serves as our guide once the more established Mike (Tatum) recruits him to be a dancer at the Club Xquisite male revue. R for pervasive sexual content, brief graphic nudity, language and some drug use. 110 minutes.

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Guitarist Rich Williams shares his story, Kansas history

R

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ich Williams suddenly recalls one summer night during his childhood in Topeka. Several decades have passed, but the scene is now fresh in his mind.

The boy of about 12 lies in his bed. The windows are open, and the music from a nearby block party pervades more than just his room.

“There was something about that moment that I really identified with,” Williams said. “In hearing that band play when I was young, it was kind of like the boy who wanted to join the circus.

There was something about all of that that called me. And that was really ... the first time that I had really felt that before.”

Now 62 years old, Williams — one of two original members of the rock band Kansas — has been called one of the greatest guitar players of his generation. It was a “calling,” rooted in those impressionable years.

Williams said he had “completely forgotten” about that memory until recently.

“I always said, ‘It’s when I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan; you know, that’s when I (decided) that I wanted to be a guitar player’ and this and that,” he said. “It was before that, you know, in hearing the bands play kind of in the neighborhood. It’s something I personally just was born to do.”

In the early 1970s, Williams said he and the other Kansas originals were unified by a desire to make music that was authentic.

“We wanted to write our own solid material, not sing about cars and girls and ... not play songs with the same four chords and with the same beats and same time signatures,” he said. “We really wanted to be original.”

Williams added, “I think that’s what brought all of us together was we really wanted to pursue this as a real band of creating music, writing our own material, doing this seriously — not as a little

Legendary rock band Kansas will headline this year’s “Freedom Fire” Independence Day celebration at Utah State University’s Romney Stadium July 3.

The American Festival Orchestra will accompany Kansas.

Other acts include the following: American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, John Jacobson’s America Sings! with more than 300 local youth performers, Mile Marker 6, Old Lyric Repertory Company, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre and Enlight Ballroom Company.

Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $25 general admission and can be purchased online at www.arts.usu.edu, as well as by phone at 435-797-8022.

income boost.”

In fact, the group, originally formed in Topeka during 1973, struggled financially early on. By the time “Leftoverture” — Kansas’ fourth album — came out in 1976, the band was “heavily in debt” with the record company, having signed a “terrible record deal,” according to Williams.

He continued, “We had to pay for the costs of virtually everything out of our share, which was peanuts. So while they were making tons of money, they’re recouping from us all the costs of everything from our pittance they were throwing us. So it wasn’t until ‘Leftoverture’ actually went gold that we broke even with past debt.”

The first track on that album, “Carry on Wayward Son,” was the group’s first Top 40 hit. The song continues to be a mainstay on classic rock radio and is featured on the games “Guitar Hero II” and “Rock Band II” — which translates to greater exposure to the younger generation.

Asked why that song and other singles such as “Dust in the Wind” (from 1977’s “Point of Know

Return”) have had such staying power over the years, Williams responded that their ambiguity may partly explain it.

Referring to “Carry On,” Williams said it “can mean a lot to a lot of people — and not necessarily the same thing.”

He added, “It is spiritual in that it is inspirational. It’s not spiritual in a religious sense, as much as it is ... more of a promise in your search that something good will happen.”

Another explanation, Williams said, is that the song has perhaps helped people in times of trouble.

“They’ve found maybe a bit of an answer there,” he said.

And on the lighter side, Williams said the hit is noteworthy for what it lacks: “cheesy cliches about cars and girls ... that make you sound like an idiot when you’re in your 60s singing it.”

Almost 40 years after Kansas was formed, Williams and Phil Ehart, who plays drums, remain with the band.

Asked why he’s stayed all these years, Williams said the “grass was never greener for me.”

“You know, I never thought of the band as something holding me back from what I wanted to do,” Williams said. “In my personal opinion, what we were best at was the combination of the experience and talent — all of those things combined made Kansas. ... The individual parts weren’t near as strong to me as the unit.”

He said the fact that the band is still going strong means a lot.

“Love us or hate us, we’re a force to be reckoned with, and we’ve put a giant footprint, you know, in rock ’n’ roll history,” Williams said. “I think what I’m proudest of now is just that we are here — almost 40 years later.”

— By Charles Geraci

Guitarist Rich Williams shares his story, Kansas history

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Photo courtesy Rick Diamond

ich Williams suddenly recalls one summer night during his childhood in Topeka. Several decades have passed, but the scene is now fresh in his mind.

The boy of about 12 lies in his bed. The windows are open, and the music from a nearby block party pervades more than just his room.

“There was something about that moment that I really identified with,” Williams said. “In hearing that band play when I was young, it was kind of like the boy who wanted to join the circus.

There was something about all of that that called me. And that was really ... the first time that I had really felt that before.”

Now 62 years old, Williams — one of two original members of the rock band Kansas — has been called one of the greatest guitar players of his generation. It was a “calling,” rooted in those impressionable years.

Williams said he had “completely forgotten” about that memory until recently.

“I always said, ‘It’s when I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan; you know, that’s when I (decided) that I wanted to be a guitar player’ and this and that,” he said. “It was before that, you know, in hearing the bands play kind of in the neighborhood. It’s something I personally just was born to do.”

In the early 1970s, Williams said he and the other Kansas originals were unified by a desire to make music that was authentic.

“We wanted to write our own solid material, not sing about cars and girls and ... not play songs with the same four chords and with the same beats and same time signatures,” he said. “We really wanted to be original.”

Williams added, “I think that’s what brought all of us together was we really wanted to pursue this as a real band of creating music, writing our own material, doing this seriously — not as a little

Legendary rock band Kansas will headline this year’s “Freedom Fire” Independence Day celebration at Utah State University’s Romney Stadium July 3.

The American Festival Orchestra will accompany Kansas.

Other acts include the following: American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, John Jacobson’s America Sings! with more than 300 local youth performers, Mile Marker 6, Old Lyric Repertory Company, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre and Enlight Ballroom Company.

Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $25 general admission and can be purchased online at www.arts.usu.edu, as well as by phone at 435-797-8022.

income boost.”

In fact, the group, originally formed in Topeka during 1973, struggled financially early on. By the time “Leftoverture” — Kansas’ fourth album — came out in 1976, the band was “heavily in debt” with the record company, having signed a “terrible record deal,” according to Williams.

He continued, “We had to pay for the costs of virtually everything out of our share, which was peanuts. So while they were making tons of money, they’re recouping from us all the costs of everything from our pittance they were throwing us. So it wasn’t until ‘Leftoverture’ actually went gold that we broke even with past debt.”

The first track on that album, “Carry on Wayward Son,” was the group’s first Top 40 hit. The song continues to be a mainstay on classic rock radio and is featured on the games “Guitar Hero II” and “Rock Band II” — which translates to greater exposure to the younger generation.

Asked why that song and other singles such as “Dust in the Wind” (from 1977’s “Point of Know

Return”) have had such staying power over the years, Williams responded that their ambiguity may partly explain it.

Referring to “Carry On,” Williams said it “can mean a lot to a lot of people — and not necessarily the same thing.”

He added, “It is spiritual in that it is inspirational. It’s not spiritual in a religious sense, as much as it is ... more of a promise in your search that something good will happen.”

Another explanation, Williams said, is that the song has perhaps helped people in times of trouble.

“They’ve found maybe a bit of an answer there,” he said.

And on the lighter side, Williams said the hit is noteworthy for what it lacks: “cheesy cliches about cars and girls ... that make you sound like an idiot when you’re in your 60s singing it.”

Almost 40 years after Kansas was formed, Williams and Phil Ehart, who plays drums, remain with the band.

Asked why he’s stayed all these years, Williams said the “grass was never greener for me.”

“You know, I never thought of the band as something holding me back from what I wanted to do,” Williams said. “In my personal opinion, what we were best at was the combination of the experience and talent — all of those things combined made Kansas. ... The individual parts weren’t near as strong to me as the unit.”

He said the fact that the band is still going strong means a lot.

“Love us or hate us, we’re a force to be reckoned with, and we’ve put a giant footprint, you know, in rock ’n’ roll history,” Williams said. “I think what I’m proudest of now is just that we are here — almost 40 years later.”

— By Charles Geraci

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Quilts depict Hawaiian culture at Brigham City Museum next month Over thousands of years, seeds, plants and trees were carried to the Hawaiian Islands by sea winds, birds and people.

Because of the islands’ tropical warmth and humidity, they’re teeming with exotic flowers, fruits and other forms of green plant life. Dianna Grundhauser of Makawao, Hawaii, has immersed herself in the lushness of the “aloha state” to create art quilts that will hang in the Brigham City MuseumGallery’s National Quilt Invitational Exhibition July 3 through Aug. 28. The museum will be open July 4.

Other artists invited to display their quilts are Marta Amundson of Wyoming, Kathie Briggs and Lenore Crawford of Michigan, Patty Hawkins of Colorado and Kathy McNeil of Washington.

Quilters from Utah will also participate.

The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West. Admission is free. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

For further information, call 435-226-1439 or visit www. brighamcitymuseum.org.

In her quilts, Grundhauser

Ted Continued from p. 7 and watching “Flash Gordon” (one of the gloriously bad movies of that generation).

Somehow John has landed Lori (Mila Kunis) as his girlfriend. Yeah, it’s really hard to believe that a stoner who works a dead-end job at a car rental service was able to land her, but he did. Lori, however, is finally becoming sick of Ted’s immature shenanigans and puts forth an ultimatum: her or the bear.

“Ted” plays out like an extended, live-action version of a “Family Guy” episode,

Your Stuff “Un Pregunta”

By Heather Malmberg Do you ever stand up after sitting on your leg for over an hour and you fall over and land on your face breaking your nose which starts gushing blood so you grab something to mop up your face and realize it’s your little brother’s diaper which has not been used a blessing for which you thank any listening gods.

Your nose is in excruciating pain but you are unable to drive to the hospital because you leg is still completely numb so you trip around your house limping and screaming in pain while your dog confused and afraid pees in your favorite shoes?

Yeah, me neither.

“Sliced Pineapple” by Dianna Grundhauser and Joan Davis.

perpetuates the cultural histake a look around, then dive tory and traditions of Hawaii. back down again.”

Some of her pieces have a Many of the artist’s designs distinctive Hawaiian style that have meaning like her quilt utilizes large, ray-like symmet- “Sliced Pineapple” which ric patterns. refers to the hospitality of the Grundhauser’s delight in Hawaiian people. This piece watching the honu or sea was a collaborative project turtle while kayaking with her with Maui artist Joan Davis. husband Bruce is conveyed in Grundhauser was born in her quilt “Flying Solo.” She Orange, California, and raised recalls, “Sometimes it is so in Southern California where quiet on the water you can she lived until 1992 when she actually hear the turtles exhale and her husband moved to when they swim to the surface, Maui. only the movie is rated R so they’re able to deliver such MacFarlane is able to do any rapid-fire jokes simultaneously. joke his heart desires. He “Ted” can be too referential doesn’t have to edit it down to at times. If you haven’t seen FCC standards for broadcast “Flash Gordon,” many of the television. Maybe that’s why movie’s primary jokes will the movie is, at times, overly simply float over your head. crude. All this material has Even being a “Family Guy” been bottled up in MacFarfan, I left scratching my head lane’s brain and he finally has at some references of the TV a platform to release it to the show. In the screening I attendworld. ed, there were only pockets of Credit goes to Wahlberg people laughing at any given though. Usually when actors reference to obscure ’80s pop perform opposite something culture. constructed entirely from comIf you’re into really crude puter graphics, the conversahumor, and you enjoy MacFartions lack a certain humanistic lane’s brand of it, then “Ted” is substance. The exchanges for you. It is not, I repeat not, between Ted and John feel for the easily offended. extremely natural though. They Feedback can be sent to aar have their chemistry down onpeck46@gmail.com. to perfection which is why

“Lime Green”

By Abbey Owen Lime green is the smell of fresh cut grass in the morning Lime green is the taste of watermelon on a hot day Lime green is the sound of a snake slithering in the grass Lime green is the color of a neon fish in the ocean Lime green feels like lime sherbet on a hot day Lime green is leaves blowing in the wind

“Words”

By Robb Russon Lips formed in shapes, My ears aware, When I prepare and seek My thoughts to share, In rhythmic words to speak.

With mighty words the Gods create The timeless spheres On which to contemplate.

And I consult imagined mirrors, Reflecting sounds to duplicate.

Uttered words can oft convince To cover judgements made in haste; Best not to format sound at all for Thoughtless words can sometimes waste Conferred intentions and good taste.

Send your poems and stories to mnewbold@hjnews.com.

Charming, politically incorrect ‘Private Lives’ amuses critic

The Old Lyric Repertory Company’s ongoing production of “Private Lives” is an utterly charming and hilarious theater experience. The three-act classic comedy opened Thursday, June 21, with a performance that was still fresh as a daisy more than 80 years after the play was written by Noël Coward.

One of the thrills of repertory theater is seeing performers whose work you previously enjoyed try on new faces and personalities in a different show.

Nicholas Dunn (Elyot) and Tamari Dunbar (Amanda) are After appearing as a Texan shown in a scene from the Old Lyric Repertory Company mother and daughter team production of “Private Lives.” in “Steel Magnolias” in mid-June, Tamari Dunbar temporary playwright, the and Amanda Mahoney are comedy would probably back as Amanda and Sibyl, have concluded predictthe opposing points of a ably with at least somebewildering love triangle. body living happily ever Both actresses are comafter. But Noël Coward pletely convincing, pordidn’t write “Private traying 1930s-era British Lives” as a fairy tale and socialites without a hint of the OLRC performers are stereotyping or a false note skillfully portraying his in the upper-crust English characters as flesh and accents that are obligatory blood people too stubin a Noël Coward play. bornly set in their ways The unlikely object to quietly accept an “all’s of their combined affecwell that ends well” fate. tion is Nicolas Dunn as Part of the charm of Elyot, an unapologetic cad “Private Lives” is that the Dennis Hassan for the lush who loves the mercurial play is politically incorrect set design of Amanda’s Amanda so much that he to an astonishing degree. apartment in Paris during can’t stand living with or After all, modern society Acts II and III of the play. without her. After a stormy tells us that there is nothRepertory performances three-year marriage, Elyot ing funny about infidelity, of “Private Lives” will divorces Amanda, then spouse swapping, drunkcontinue at the Caine Lyric marries the deceptively enness, verbal abuse and Theater at 28 W. Center St. saccharine Sibyl. When domestic violence. But in Logan through Aug. 17.

Elyot coincidently bumps try keeping a straight face into newly-married Aman- while all that and more da on his wedding night, Charlie Schill is a former takes place on stage during their old spark reignites. city editor of The Herald Act II. Journal. He has directed That leaves Sibyl out in In a minor role as an and performed with theater the cold with Amanda’s incomprehensible French jilted spouse Victor, who maid, young Katie Francis groups in the United States, South Korea and Germany. is played with just the threatens to steal a couple Schill also served as theater right degree of stupefyof scenes in the third act. critic for The Temple Daily ing pomposity by Gordon Given that she was sharing Telegram in Temple, Texas Dunn. Confused? That’s the stage with such veteran and Pacific Stars & Stripes just Act I. performers, that was no and Japan Times, both If “Private Lives” had mean feat. daily newspapers in Tokyo, been written by a conKudos are also due to Japan.

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Idaho Days Celebration June 27th - June 30th A few of our Saturday events include...

• 7:00 am

Breakfast in the Park

• 8:00 am

Co-ed Volleyball 4-on-4 Tournament Booth & Venders in the Park

• 10:00 am

Idaho Days Parade

• 11:00 am

Tractor Pulls @ Legacy Ranch

Charlie Schill

Geocache Treasure Hunt • 3:00 pm

Hypnotist

• 5:00 pm

Dinner in the Park

• 7:00 pm

Idaho Days Benefit Auction

• 10:00 pm

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For a complete list of events, times and our Stage Schedule please visit our Facebook page

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Photos by summer citizen Roger Baillargeon of Apache Junction, Ariz.

The Wellsville Mountains reflect on Cutler Marsh near Benson Marina. Right: Two ducks relax along a Logan canal bank.

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Cronkite book excels at telling it the way it was

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press

Memo to bloggers: Earning the title “most trusted man in America” doesn’t happen overnight.

For longtime “CBS Evening News” anchor Walter Cronkite, decades spent reporting — not rendering opinions — preceded his unofficial coronation as the person to turn to for the straight story.

It didn’t have to be that way.

As historian Douglas Brinkley relates in his detailed and insightful biography, Cronkite could have become a crusader like his CBS News colleague Edward R. Murrow. Or he could have turned temporary gigs hosting a morning show or a game show into his life’s work. For that matter, he could have returned to his native Missouri.

But reporting the news favored Cronkite’s nature — he enjoyed finding facts and talking to people — and it matched his training as a newspaperman and his early experiences in radio and as a wire service

reporter. For him, reporting with accuracy and fairness was a worthy calling — and at times an exciting one.

Cronkite (1916-2009) was a good writer and tireless when it came to getting information.

He moved from United Press postings in Kansas City and New York to London as the U.S. entered World War II. His experience as a war correspondent and as a postwar reporter in Moscow further seasoned his perspective and added to his

credibility.

Cronkite joined CBS News in 1950, a late arrival to big-time broadcasting — the loyal “Unipresser” had turned down Murrow’s offer of a radio job during the war — but then excelled in the new medium with a wide variety of assignments. Brinkley writes of Cronkite’s stature in 1960, two years before he began a 19-year run as the network’s evening news anchor: “He had come to personify the CBS eye even more than Murrow, and was anointed by the TV viewers as America’s most likable and professional eyewitness to the 20th century.”

Professional but not flawless. Brinkley points out that Cronkite had a sizable ego and found it difficult to fault himself whenever he suffered a career stumble. He stayed neutral on the air during the McCarthyism period, apparently not wanting to risk derailing his own career, and later saw nothing wrong with being a cheerleader for the space program or the environmental movement.

Cronkite allowed his low opinion of Sen. Barry Gold-

Book brings values to the dinner table Winner of the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award in children’s education, “Epic Stories for Character Education” is a collection of short, illustrated, non-doctrinal stories from the Bible, Book of Mormon and classic literature. The purpose is to provide families with a resource to restore Judeo-Christian values in a time of moral decline.

Drawing on Biblical traditions, author C.A. Davidson of Logan acknowledges everyone has to eat dinner and parents can naturally transmit traditional family values, without preaching, by sharing inspira-

Regional Reads tional stories at dinner time.

According to Davidson, sharing scriptural stories builds Biblical faith and protects families from unholy influences.

In response to September 11, 2001, Davidson sought to restore the “dinner talk” tradition as a way to strengthen families. She created the “Epicworld Dinner Topics” website, and has been providing online dinner topics for more than ten years.

“Epic Stories for Character Education” is available at Hast-

water to affect his coverage of the conservative Republican, then for years accepted with little skepticism the Johnson administration line on Vietnam.

Brinkley notes that Cronkite’s influential break with President Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam War in 1968 came later than it did for some reporters.

The anchorman is reported to have urged Robert Kennedy to run for president, and he was known as a soft interviewer, especially with presidents, regardless of party.

Still, in those three decades when hardly a day went by without Cronkite appearing on CBS, his overall reputation for honesty and evenhandedness was enviable and contrib-

uted greatly to establishing the medium’s standards. That made the cold shoulder Cronkite received in the 1980s from the new regime at CBS difficult to take. The million-dollar contract he enjoyed for many years, Brinkley writes, was more about preventing the CBS icon from publicly criticizing the company and his evening news replacement, Dan Rather, than having him contribute to its airwaves.

Brinkley’s impressive chronicle of one of the century’s great journalists burnishes Cronkite’s reputation anew. It’s a celebration of the triumph of hard work, dedication and the belief that getting the story and getting it right mattered most.

new york times best-sellers COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION 1. “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E. L. James 2. “Fifty Shades Darker,” by E. L. James 3. “Fifty Shades Freed,” by E. L. James 4. “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn 5. “Bared to You,” by Sylvia Day COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION 1. “The Amateur,” by Edward Klein 2. “Cowards,” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe 3. “Wild,” by Cheryl Strayed 4. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 5. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Calico Joe,” by John Grisham 2. “The Mission to Paris,” by Alan Furst 3. “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn 4. “The Third Gate,” by Lincoln Child 5. “Porch Lights,” by Dorothea Benton Frank HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “The Amateur,” by Edward Klein 2. “Cowards,” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe 3. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 4. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 5. “It Worked for Me,” by Colin Powell with Tony Koltz

ings, The Book Table and Winborg Art Gallery.

Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Book before Romans 5. Computer command 9. Russian unit of length 14. River to the Rio Grande 19. Tart plum 20. ___ and anon 21. Matrikin 22. Came to 23. Epoch from 63 million to 58 million years ago 25. Moon of Saturn 26. Tried to keep one’s seat 27. 1926 Agatha Christie mystery 30. Subject of Rachel Carson book 31. Haw’s partner 32. Biology class abbr.

33. Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham 34. Blunt 38. Shaped like a Slinky 41. Campaign 44. One of Henry VIII’s six 45. Horse coloring 46. Slothful 48. Jodi Foster starred in the movie version 55. Most unwavering 56. Medieval stringed instruments 57. Exemplars of twinship 59. “My Name Is Asher ___” (Chaim Potok novel) 60. Agnew and namesakes 62. Shipboard plank 64. Dared 69. On Soc. Sec. 70. Attractive 72. “___ of the Storm” (Doors song) 73. Celestial 76. Propeller 77. Gelatin substitute 78. Cow 79. They travel through

the air at 186,000 miles per second 85. Medieval mystery

by Ellis Peters 89. Stir violently 90. Mosque V.I.P. 91. Food for sea urchins 92. Film a scene anew 95. Black diving duck 98. Latitude 100. Put away 101. Chinese dynasty 103. “That’s disgusting!”

104. Hollywood org.

105. 1984 Tom Clancy novel 114. Sales profits 115. Fireplace 116. Perfume ingredient 118. Give extreme unction to 119. Nat and Natalie 120. Bakery option in India 121. One who hasn’t turned pro?

122. College periods 123. Burgoos, e.g.

124. Pond organism 125. In ___ (actually) Down 1. Death on the Nile cause, perhaps 2. Symbol of happiness 3. Medicinal balsam 4. Nostradamus, for one 5. Pull out 6. Manifest 7. Ashcroft’s predecessor 8. Not kosher 9. President, at times 10. Conundrum 11. Part of A.P.R. 12. Thomas the Tank Engine narrator 13. Occupancies 14. Place in Monopoly?

15. The America’s Cup trophy, e.g.

16. Eclipse phenomenon

17. Green-lighted 18. Letter getter 24. Type of ratio 28. German wine valley 29. Burnett 34. Ad- and co- followers 35. Thai money 36. Family ___ 37. Comic villain 38. Princes, e.g.

39. Treaties 40. Kind of ticket 42. ___ Today 43. Throughout, in music 45. One of the Canterbury pilgrims 47. “___ Eyes” (Guess Who hit) 49. Do-nothing 50. Property claims 51. Positions 52. Cosa ___ (Italian motor racing team) 53. Overcome 54. Pseudonym of H. H. Munro 58. “Hold on a ___!”

61. Hindu life force 62. Way down 63. Beat 64. ___ burner 65. Baltic capital 66. Rodin sculpture at the Met 67. Preceding even the first 68. Twos of a kind?

71. Sin city 74. Madoff and Gordon 75. ___ fraiche 78. Sitology 80. Not nigh 81. Stirred 82. Avon anti-aging brand 83. A constellation 84. Spot 86. Pi follower 87. Bobby or Tina 88. Church donation 92. Drum sound

93. Odorless gas 94. Missile type 96. Shorebird 97. Scary female in folklore 98. The girl from Ipanema, for one 99. They give people big heads 102. “Otherwise...”

104. Skinny one 106. Member of The Band 107. Partakes of 108. Rake’s look 109. Spanish lady 110. ___ Roberts 111. Highlands hillside 112. Almost forever 113. Falls apart 117. Kind of dye

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Friday Tragedy Never Fails will perform rock/metal music with Fire in May at 8 p.m. Friday, June 29, at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The annual Rodeo Action will be at 7 p.m. June 29 and 30 at the Cache County Fairgrounds.

Pre-rodeo action begins at 6:30 p.m. each night with miniature bull riding. Tickets are $10 at the gate or $8 in advance from IFA Country Stores, Cache Valley Visitors Bureau and Petersen’s Country Store. Children ages 5 and younger are free. For more information, call 435-563-3465.

International historical romance author Marcia Lynn McClure will be at the American West Heritage Center for an exclusive VIP dinner/meet and greet Friday, June 29, from 5 to 10 p.m. in the livery stable.

Guests will be spoiled with a catered dinner, prizes and giveaways, as well as a reenactment of one of her classic books.

Books will be available for purchase, and McClure will sign up to two books for each guest. To make reservations and for more information, visit www.distractionsink.com. The next evening, June 30, the AWHC will host a free book-signing with Marcia from 6 to 10. Only two books will be signed per guests, but “Marcia Merchandise” and a collection of her works will be available for purchase.

Guitarist-extraordinaire Zac Bettinger will perform from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m. Friday, June 29, at Caffe Ibis. Free.

New local performing act Margie and Irv will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 29, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

A chocolate dipping cooking demonstration will be at 3 p.m.

Friday, June 29, at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. The lodge is celebrating “Old Fashioned Chocolate Month.”

Snow birds and locals 55 and older are all welcome. For more information, call 435-792-0353.

SATURDAY Kathy Lindbloom will perform on piano at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. For more information, call 435-792-0353.

Your Former Forever will perform rock music with Atomica and Power Outlet at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The Bear Lake 5K for Cancer will be held at 8 a.m. June 30.

Cost is $25 or $15 for children ages 8 to 16. There will be door prizes, live music, remembrance balloons, free snacks and drinks, free wrist bands and the first 300 to register get a free shirt. Public parking will be available at 50 S. 100 West in Garden City. All proceeds will go to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.

The seventh annual yard sale fundraiser for Four Paws Rescue will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at 855 W. 600 South in Logan. Free parking will be available at Woodruff School parking lot.

Salt Lake City-based acoustic duo Melody and Tyler will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. There will be no cover charge, but tips are appreciated.

The next Logan M1 Grand Match will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range, 2851 W. 200 North, Logan. This is a Civilian Marksmanship Program sanctioned match which will qualify participants to purchase an M1 rifle from the CMP. Match fee is $25 and $15 for juniors.

Any iron-sighted-as-issued, manually operated, military rifle is eligible to participate. Space is limited; pre-register at the range or contact Terry Johnston at 435-

750-6102 or Terence.Johnston@ comcast.net.

and more, visit www.July4lewiston.blogspot.com.

ONGOING

The Wimmer’s XC mountain bike race for all ages and abilities will be Saturday, June 30, at Sherwood Hills. Registration opens at 8 a.m., with a beginner race at 9 a.m., a sport race at 11 a.m., and a pro and expert race at 1:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded after each race. Cost is $28 for children 12 and younger, $49 for the pro race and $40 for all others. For more information, visit www.intermountaincup.com, www.amespromoting.com, or call 435-757-4310.

WEDNESDAY

The Logan Parks and Recreation Department is now registering for the Herald Journal tennis tournament at the Logan Community Recreation Center, 195 S. 100 West, or online at www.loganutah.org/parks_and_ rec. The singles tournament will be held July 16-21. Entry deadline is Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m. The doubles tournament will be July 23-28. Entry deadline is Thursday, July 19, at 8 p.m. Entry fee for singles events is $12 per person, per event or $20 per doubles team, per event.

SUNDAY A Cache Symphony pops concert will be held at 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 1, at the Kent Concert Hall. Highlights include “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Chariots of Fire,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Amazing Grace,” and the Armed Forces Salute.

Sundays in the Park continues at 1 p.m. July 1 on the lawn adjacent to the Old Main Building on the USU campus. Professor Ross Peterson will speak on “Confessions of a Liberal Mormon.” Bring lawn chairs. In the event of rain, the group will meet in the Family Life Building, Room 206. For questions, call Norman Palmer at 435-787-1406.

Acoustic duo Melody and Tyler will perform from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 1, at Caffe Ibis. Free.

MONDAY The Logan Library will screen “Independence Day” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 2, in the Jim Bridger Room. Free. The movie is rated PG-13.

TUESDAY Lewiston’s annual Independence Day Celebration will be July 3 and 4. For a complete list of events including a pancake breakfast, quilt and art sale, music, a horse pull, fireworks

Lewiston holds an annual 1-mile, 5K, and 10K run for the 4th of July celebration. All races start at 7 a.m. on July 4th at the Lewiston City Center. Registration is $6 per person plus $6 for an optional T-shirt, or $24 per family. Food and prize drawings will be held after the race on the church lawn. Register at www. patriotborderrun.com. Preregistration ends July 2 at 8 p.m.

The Cache Stake Scout Troop will hold a flag ceremony at 7 a.m. July 4 with a speaker and breakfast to follow. The breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. and goes until 10:30 at the LDS church located at 125 E. 500 North in Logan.

Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family.

THURSDAY Logan Library’s summer storytime begins at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 5. The event is free and no pre-registration is required.

Storytime for children ages 0-5 (accompanied by an adult) will be held in the Jim Bridger room.

Storytime for children ages 6-10 will be held simultaneously in the children’s area of the library.

A duplicate storytime will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, in the Jim Bridger room. Storytime will continue throughout July on Thursday mornings and Wednesday evenings.

The Logan Parks and Recreation Department will register for Logan junior tackle football from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 5, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 7. Register at the Logan Community Recreation Center, 195 S. 100 West. Bring a Logan City utility bill, birth certificate, proof of insurance and physical signed by a doctor. Teams are based on age and weight.

Leagues are offered for youth ages 7 to 14. Fee is $105 and includes a jersey that can be used through 2012.

The Logan Parks and Recreation Department, 195 S. 100 West, is soliciting participation for the Pioneer Day Parade to be at noon Tuesday, July 24. Businesses, families, floats, buggies, city royalties, city councils, Mayors, youth councils, mule teams and horse-drawn wagons are all welcome. There is no entry fee to participate.

Registration forms are available at the Logan Community Recreation Center or at www.loganutah.org. For more information concerning this or other Logan Parks and Recreation Department programs or facilities, call 435-716-9250.

The Celebrate America Show “In the Miller Mood” has an immediate opening for a baritone with sparkling stage presence and a middle-aged man, bass or baritone, to perform in the annual big band show. For more information, call 435-7531551.

Market on Main Street in Hyrum is currently seeking vendors for its farmers market and craft booths. Applications are available at 675 E. Main St. in Hyrum, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

For more information, call 2453570. The market will open July 12 at 5:30 p.m. and run each Thursday night until it gets cold.

Everyone welcome.

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