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Utah band Dyer Highway opens for Diamond Rio tonight at Romney Stadium

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Diamond Rio

The Herald Journal

July 1-7, 2011

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar On the cover: Publicity photos Diamond Rio.

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for Dyer Highway (background) and

What’s inside this week Noon Music schedule

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(Page 5) Six pianists to put on concert

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y family used to wake up before daylight and listen to trivia contests on the radio. They were usually giving away free pizza and my brothers and I liked to call in and give (or guess) answers to questions about all sorts of random things, mostly pop culture.

I was 5 or 6 at the time, and for some reason, thinking about those mornings, the five of us crowded on my parents’ bed, reminds me of the song “Kokomo” by The Beach Boys. I that station they must have played it a lot back then, or maybe that was the song programmed for my parents’ alarm. I’m not really sure.

But I loved that song then and can still hear my mom singing along.

I went to The Beach Boys last night to hear some of those old summer songs I grew up listening to. Along with Vanilla Ice, Weird Al and the soundtrack of

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“Annie” (of all soundtracks), The Beach Boys were one of my first tapes. I’m not going to sit here and claim to be one of their biggest fans, but I know I’ve listened to “California Girls,” “Twist and Shout” and “Fun, Fun, Fun” too many times to count. I remember watching them play on “Full House” with John Stamos and seeing them perform at Stadium of Fire.

Tonight Cache Valley is hosting Diamond Rio and I’m going to be there, too.

Sometimes there isn’t anything better than a summer night with friends, live music and fireworks. And since Diamond Rio has been around for a long, long time, it’ll be fun to hear more of the songs I used to listen to as a kid.

For the feature story this week, Diamond Rio and Utah band Dyer Highway answered questions about their music, patriotism and previous visits to Cache Valley (page 8). I feel like they, along with The Beach Boys, are a great kick-off to July, the month I feel is the best part of summer.

— Manette Newbold Cache Magazine editor

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Museum to share world wonders earn about the archaeoL logical wonders of China, Egypt, Rome and the Americas at the next

Willow Valley Singers

A night of patriotism and pop Orchestra and Willow Valley Singers perform Sunday ache Symphony Orchestra C is performing its third and final concert of the summer pop concert series Sunday, July 3. The performance begins at 7 p.m., and will be held at the Kent Concert Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center, which is located on USU campus. Admission is free.

The orchestra, directed by Robert Frost, is excited to announce that the Willow Valley Singers, organized under the direction of Bonnie Slade in 2005, are featured as guest performers for this July 3 concert.

The Willow Valley Singers group takes the original name of Cache Valley, and specializes in researching and performing popular 1800s American

hymns, folk songs, American spirituLowden’s arrangement of “Armed als, sentimental songs and specialty Forces Salute” in honor of the Indenumbers. The group was originally pendence Day performance. “For made up of neighbors living in Nibley, Once in My Life” by Orlando Murden, but has expanded to include sing“Cowboy Fantasy” by Bill Holcombe, ers from Hyrum and Mendon, all of Alfred Reed’s musical setting of whom meet Sunday evenings to study “The Pledge of Allegiance for Mixed their music. Singers include Bonnie Chorus and Orchestra,” “The Stars and Larry Slade, Vaughn and Linda and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Griggs, Shane Brown, Jenna Oakey, Sousa, arranged By Merle Issac, and Sheri Schiess, Melissa and Arianne “Palladio, Concerto Grosso for String Houser, Leigh Hopkins, Susan Huff, Orchestra” by Karl Jenkins will also Todd Slade and Wes Smedley. be performed.

The program includes “The Star The Cache Symphony Orchestra is Spangled Banner” by John Stafford grateful for the support and enthusiSmith, harmonized and orchestrated asm of the community, and would also

by Walter Damrosch, “America like to express its sincere appreciation the Beautiful” by Samuel A. Ward, to Terrace Grove Assisted Living and arranged by Alfred Reed, and Bob Aqua Worx for their support.

“Saturdays at the Museum” event provided by Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology.

“Ancient Wonders of the World” is the theme for Saturday, July 2, during the museum’s regular Saturday hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities include educational displays on the country’s archaeological wonders, and visitors can experience the food, arts and crafts of the four regions of the ancient world. A short documentary will run throughout the day.

“There is so much mystery and excitement surrounding the archaeology and culture of these four regions of the ancient world,” said Melissa Allen, a Saturdays series program coordinator. “We are pleased to offer the community a fun and educational way to experience these wonders.”

Community members, as well as Utah State students, can visit the museum during its operating hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Funding for the Saturday events is provided by a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services.

More information about the IMLS is available online (www.imls.gov).

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.

For more information about this event, call museum staff at 435-7977545 or visit the museum website (anthromuseum.usu.edu).

The Museum of Anthropology is part of the Anthropology Program at USU in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

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All mixed up

All mixed up Quilt exhibit opens in Brigham City Registration open for summer vocal camp he 15th annual T Summer Vocal Performance Camp 2011 for

Many visits to small villages in France have filled Lenore Crawford with creative energy that she has poured back into her art quilts. Fifteen works by the artist will hang in the Brigham City Museum-Gallery’s Quilt Invitational exhibition July 1 through Aug. 17. Crawford, who is from Midland, Mich., is the museum’s featured art quilter.

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

Admission is free.

youth ages 12 through 18 is gearing up for another exciting camp full of fun and learning about great singing and performing. The Randall Smith camp focuses on group classical vocal training, choral singing and musical theater production numbers. This camp is a cross-training camp that teaches youth safe and solid vocal technique with a focus on vibrant musical

Noon Music FREE CONCERTS FOR EVERYONE At logan high auditorium

Friday, JuLY 1 Irv Nelson

Irv Nelson is a keyboardist, guitarist, bass player and vocalist with nearly 50 years of performing experience.

Last summer, he performed a program of Bach and Mozart on the pipe organ at the Logan tabernacle. This year, with the organ unavailable because of the change in venue, he will instead pick the guitar and tickle the piano ivories,

in a program of popular “oldies” from the early 1970s.

Selections will include songs from some of the best acoustic music artists of that era, including Billy Joel, Elton John, The Eagles, Neil Young, James Taylor and others.

Nelson will be backed on some numbers by his bandmate, Scott Olsen. Nelson and Olsen are members of the popular local classic rock band The Fender Benders. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear them “unplugged” on the grand piano and acoustic guitars.

theater singing.

Sponsored by Cache Children’s Choir Academy of Singing and directed by Bonnie Slade, the camp is staffed by an experienced faculty. Randall Smith, USU graduate in choral music education and choral director at Logan High School, is this year’s featured guest artist. Smith will teach boys voice and share his outstanding tenor voice at a noon recital. He will offer tips on auditioning for the musical theater spotlight selections. Other faculty include Dr. Cory Evans, choir; Laurie Hart, Edythe Wagstaff, Brianna Craw, Margaret Purser, Melody Francis, Amy Cropper, voice; Dawna Campbell and Stephanie

Saturday, JuLY 2 Old Lyric Repertory Company Noon Music is proud to present Utah State University’s Old Lyric Repertory Company (OLRC).

Returning to Northern Utah this summer with four entertaining stage productions at the historic Caine Lyric Theatre, the OLRC, led by artistic director Dennis Hassan, is a professional theater program based in the Theatre Arts Department in the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State.

“We are looking forward to the 2011 season,” said Hassan.

The theater is currently playing “See How They Run,” which continues July 2, 5, 8, 21, 26, Aug. 2 and 6.

More information about the Old Lyric Repertory Company’s 2011 season, including the complete performance calendar, is online (arts.usu.edu/lyric).

White, dance.

The camp runs from Aug. 8 through 12 with 6 1/2 hours of intense daily training and is held in the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU campus. Classes are limited and singers are admitted on a first come basis. Registration fee is $90 and closes July 20. No prior training is necessary.

The camp concludes with public grand recitals and performances in the USU Morgan Theater on Friday, Aug. 12.

Contact Bonnie Slade for further information at 7531806. Registration forms may be downloaded from Cache Children’s Choir Summer Camps 2011 website, www.cachechildrenschoir.org/

Twelve hands, two pianos tah Festival Opera & U Musical Theatre is pleased to present six highly accomplished

pianists in concert Wednesday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

The concert “Eight Hands, Two Pianos” will actually feature 12 hands, all creating musical magic as they perform solos, duets trios and quartets of favorite piano masterpieces including Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee,” Rachmaninoff’s “Waltz and Romance in A Major,” Mendelssohn’s “Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and many other beautiful selections.

Pianists include Stephen Carey, K. Bruce Ford, Dallas Heaton, Hadley McCarroll, Elena Ryepkina, and Cache Valley favorite Benjamin Salisbury.

Benjamin Salisbury is a doctoral candidate in piano performance and assistant lecturer at the University

of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Salisbury is proud of his Cache Valley heritage, having graduated summa cum laude from Utah State University’s Caine School of the Arts.

Elena Ryepkina has performed across the U.S. and Europe, garnering fans for her fluid and graceful style. Born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine, Ryepkina holds three master’s degrees: two in piano performance from the Tchaikovsky Music Conservatory and New Jersey’s Rowan University, plus a double master’s degree in opera coaching and chamber music from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Stephen Carey is in his fifth season with Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, where he is cover conductor for Boris Godunov and Don Giovanni, and chorus master for both those operas and The Merry Widow.

Tuesday, JuLY 5 Michelle Broadbent

Pianist Hadley McCarroll received her training in Berlin and in the Washington D.C. area at the Levine School of Music and the Washington Conservatory of Music.

K. Bruce Ford, originally from Ogden, has worked with the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre for 10 seasons as a coach/pianist and chorus master.

Dallas K. Heaton currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he recently received an Artist Diploma in opera coaching. Heaton is an avid recitalist with a special interest in early music and song. In addition to his activities in music, Heaton is also passionate about linguistics, math, art and computers, and enjoys a relaxing evening at home with his wife, children, dog and some Oreos.

Tickets for “Eight Hands, Two Pianos” are $10-$60 and can be purchased by calling 800-262-0074 or visiting www.ufomt.org.

Wednesday, JuLY 6

Thursday, JuLY 7 The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen is a popular Cache Valley barbershop quartet. They have performed locally and throughout the Intermountain area, singing a wide variety of traditional barbershop songs, as well as religious and contemporary numbers. With Terry Wright, tenor, John Brenchley, lead, Jerry Clark, baritone, and Clyde Anderson, bass, this is the 37th year they have been entertaining audiences.

Con Allegrezza

Michelle Broadbent is part of a family of performers who sing individually and collectively and have performed in many of the western states and Canada. She has also performed as a soloist in Italy, Guatemala and England.

Broadbent graduated with a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from USU and a master’s degree from BYU. She was presented the BYU “Singer of the Year” award.

The Con Allegrezza quartet is comprised of local musicians and has been performing in Cache Valley for more than 15 years. The quartet has been featured on the Logan tabernacle summer concert series for several years now. The current quartet is comprised of Kathleen Lloyd, first violinist, from Smithfield; Linda Kemp, second violinist, from Logan; Robert Frost, violist, from Smithfield; and Kennita Thatcher, cellist, from North Logan. The quartet performs throughout the year for weddings, socials, community activities and professional gatherings. The group’s repertoire includes traditional works by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, as well as light classical works, familiar themes from Broadway musicals, and fiddles tunes. This year’s program will feature movements from selected quartets as well as shorter works of the masters.

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Film New this week “Larry Crowne” Rated PG-13 ★1⁄2 You can have two of the most likable, bankable stars on the planet together, but strong writing is crucial to making them shine. Even the combined, blinding brilliance of Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts cannot salvage the corny, contrived script — which Hanks, who also directed the film, co-wrote. His longtime friend Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) was his collaborator, and the shticky nature of her style is just overpowering. Main characters behave in unbelievable ways and say just the right poignant things at just the right times, while supporting players are relegated to one-note roles that are straight out of a sitcom. But the main problem is that Hanks is as bland as the film’s title. Larry Crowne undergoes a major life change when he finds himself downsized out of his job at a behemoth superstore; middle-aged and divorced, he decides it’s finally time to go to college. But there’s not much momentum, and

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it’s hard to get a handle on who he is beyond his generically pleasant demeanor, so his transformation lacks the punch it should have had by comparison.

Roberts co-stars as the professor who becomes Larry’s unlikely love interest, while Gugu MbathaRaw plays the impossibly gorgeous fellow student who gives him a makeover. 98 minutes.

“Monte Carlo” Rated PG

★★ The French Riviera, that golden-hued playground of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, here gets taken over by teeny-

boppers. In her biggest role yet, Disney Channel

star and pop singer Selena Gomez plays Grace, a Texas 18-year-old who has long dreamed of visiting Paris. Traveling with her best friend (Katie Cassidy) and stepsister (Leighton Meester), their visit to the French capital is a bust. But when a British heiress look-alike (also played by Gomez) turns up, Grace impersonates her and earns a private-jet trip to Monte Carlo the next day. In Monaco, the scheme mostly leads to romance and sappy self-discovery.

Impersonating a famous heiress, one would think, might lead to numerous comical situations. But this isn’t “Some Like it Hot”; “Monte Carlo” likes it lukewarm. Gomez, while endearingly ear-

nest, doesn’t command the screen, and Meester and Cassidy ultimately carry the movie. Nevertheless, director Thomas Bezucha (“The Family Stone”), production designer Hugo LuczycWyhowski and composer Michael Giacchino (“Up,” “Super 8”) do exceptionally well in giving the limp material a first-rate production. Giacchino’s graceful work is like a B-side to his superb score to “Ratatouille.”

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ight after “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” gets through pretentiously rewriting history (apparently the space race of the ’60s was brought about because a Transformer spaceship crashed on the moon), the first image we see is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s (Meghan Fox’s replacement) tanned butt cheek hanging out of her tight-fitting panties. As if to remind us that, yes, Michael Bay did indeed direct this movie.

Don’t worry, because if you end up forgetting that fact later on, there is another ridiculous shot where Bay actually tries to visually compare Rosie’s curves with that of an antique car. Or another, where explosions light up the background as Rosie stares slightly off camera, lips pouted, robots flipping end-over-end behind her in slow motion. All of this so you can remember this is a Bay movie.

Poor Buzz Aldrin.

What he’s subjected to in this movie seems inexcusable. A national hero — someone who was involved in one of mankind’s greatest achievements — and he’s trotted out in front of the camera by Bay in order to explain the moon landing was all a giant cover-up. The real reason they were there was to find a spaceship that had crash-landed, which came all the way from Cybertron. Trying to figure out why seasoned actors like John Malkovich, Frances

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1/2 star “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Rated PG-13 McDermond and Alan Tudyk are in this is equally frustrating.

“Dark of the Moon” is a hulking, clunky mess. There’s nothing new here. Some people may say, “You just have to turn off your mind when you go and see it.” I say to those people, “What’s the point then?”

Action movies are fun when they’ve got something inventive to show. “Dark of the Moon” is the same incoherent whirring metal-on-metal action we saw in the first two “Transformers” movies. It’s almost like the action scenes from those movies were cutand-pasted into this

one. Optimus Prime skates down a street dismantling Decepticons. Explosions flare, robotic body parts fly, and there’s no reason to care. First of all, it’s nearly impossible to tell who is who. Secondly, this is regurgitated action from the other movies. Lastly, there’s no reason for us

to care what happens to anyone in this movie.

They’re all pretty contemptible people (and machines).

Somewhere along the line, Bay promised this movie wouldn’t contain the same stupid humor that was in the second movie. He lied. It may not have an image of gigantic roboballs hanging from a Transformer, but it has other gags that are just as nauseating. Sam Witwicky’s parents are up to their old tricks again. In the second movie his mom ate pot brownies; here she tries to give him awkward sex advice. The second movie featured two of the most racist characters (robots) to have ever appeared on screen; this movie just switches them out with stereotypical Scottishaccented robots. Which makes perfect sense, right?

“Dark of the Moon” seems to have no linear timeline. We jump around for a grueling two hours from scene

to scene without any explanation as to why.

Characters disappear for large amounts of the movie, only to reappear at crucial moments without explanation of how they got there. Bay’s musical choices are painfully obvious. He’s one step away from choosing REM’s “It’s the End of the World” when the Decepticons begin tearing apart Chicago.

“Dark of the Moon” isn’t bigger, louder or funnier than its predecessors, but it sure is dumber. It’s a mean-spirited, nihilistic piece of Hollywood garbage. It’s a junkyard full of heaps of talking metal that were once considered childhood toys. That memory is gone now, replaced with sour reminiscing of Bay’s vision of Transformers. A vision that has turned them into incomprehensible piles of whirling metal parts clanging together without any real rhyme or reason.

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‘Transformers’ sequel a hulking mess

ery few acts command as much attention and play with as much energy as Diamond Rio. From their soulful ballads praising God and America to their upbeat, fastpaced ditties, they are a band synonymous with country. Formed in 1984, the band features six members: lead vocalist and guitarist Marty Roe, guitarist Jimmy Olander, drummer Brian Prout, bassist Dana Williams, keyboardist Dan Truman and guitarist and vocalist Gene Johnson, who also plays the mandolin and fiddle.

They have been nominated for a Grammy Award 13 times, and took home the award for the first time this year in the best southern, country or bluegrass gospel album category.

Has Diamond Rio, or a member of the band, ever visited Utah before?

Dan Truman (keyboards) is from St. George, Utah, and we, as a group, have played in Utah many times, including BYU Homecoming. We all love the beauty and friendly people of Utah.

What do the members of Diamond Rio consider patriotic and how do they think one can best show their patriotism and love of their country?

There are six members of Diamond Rio, with six different political opinions, but one thing we all agree on and have done as a group, as well as individually, is show support for our fighting men and women wherever they are.

Other than Christian or country, are there other forms of music you enjoy listening to or playing?

I played bluegrass for many years before being involved in country. It remains one of my favorite forms of music.

What is the best part of performing a show?

The best thing about playing music on the road is performing to a new audience every night and seeing their reactions to songs like “One More Day,” which is one of my favorite songs to play.

How did the band's name come about?

When we were looking for a new name for the group (formally known as The Tennessee River Boys), we wanted a name that didn't give anyone an impression of the style of music we played. We took the name Diamond Rio (from a kind of big-rig truck, Diamond Reo) because it was cool sounding and conveyed no musical impression.

he Freedom Fire event tonight at Romney Stadium has been billed as an entertainment spectacular the likes of which Logan has never seen before. As part of the Independence Day-themed festivities, two bands will be performing sets.

“We’ve got this wonderful, brand new country act, a brother and two sisters. They’re called Dyer Highway.

They just finished their first EP and they sound fabulous.

They’re going to open the show,” says Michael Huff, director of special programs for USU’s Caine College of the Arts. “After a whole lot of other acts, Diamond Rio

then plays for about 75 minutes ... you’ve got some of the best that Nashville has to offer.”

In anticipation for the show tonight, The Herald Journal asked guitarist and vocalist Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio and singer and guitarist Tel Dyer of Dyer Highway, some questions about their bands and the spirit of Independence Day. The Freedom Fire event starts at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Romney Stadium or online at www.arts.usu. edu.

– All text by Casey Rock

heir piano and violin pull at your heartstrings, their mandolin and fiddle make you sink to the beat, and their guitar puts fire in your soul. Their lyrics uplift and give you a feeling of camaraderie. Dyer Highway is a family band that currently lives in Highland, though they claim Delta as their hometown. All members began their love interest with music at a young age and have performed together for 10 years. Tel began singing at the age of 5, his sister, Tiann (also known as “Fire Fingers Ti”), started playing the violin at age 4, and the youngest in the band, Mady, began playing both the violin and mandolin when she turned 4. Their shows, which feature playful banter between each other, are never scripted.

Has Dyer Highway ever visited Cache Valley before? If so, where, when and why?

Our granddad and two of our uncles attended USU. I want to eventually attend school there as well. Aside from that, we developed a relationship with our producer Jason Deere for about four years before we were in a position to ask him if we could sing for him. In November of 2010, country singers Due West had a concert at the arts building on campus at Utah State. Jason Deere was their producer and was going to be at the show. We asked if we drove to Logan if he would listen to us play. He said that if it was really worth it to us to drive all the way up, wait for the show to be over, and then play one song, he would be there to listen. We told him we were up to it and the next night we drove to Logan, played for Jason, and from there we made our record in Nashville in April and have started a busy concert schedule this summer opening for acts like Diamond Rio, and playing our own shows as well. Things happen in Cache Valley for us!

Has anyone ever played on a makeshift instrument or any unconventional instruments?

Mady’s first instrument at the age of 4 was a set of two wooden spoons.

What is the best part of performing a show?

For me it is singing an original song about something real in life, looking out in the crowd and seeing someone who gets the song ... who has lived the song, who has been there and understands it.

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ery few acts command as much attention and play with as much energy as Diamond Rio. From their soulful ballads praising God and America to their upbeat, fastpaced ditties, they are a band synonymous with country. Formed in 1984, the band features six members: lead vocalist and guitarist Marty Roe, guitarist Jimmy Olander, drummer Brian Prout, bassist Dana Williams, keyboardist Dan Truman and guitarist and vocalist Gene Johnson, who also plays the mandolin and fiddle.

They have been nominated for a Grammy Award 13 times, and took home the award for the first time this year in the best southern, country or bluegrass gospel album category.

Has Diamond Rio, or a member of the band, ever visited Utah before?

Dan Truman (keyboards) is from St. George, Utah, and we, as a group, have played in Utah many times, including BYU Homecoming. We all love the beauty and friendly people of Utah.

What do the members of Diamond Rio consider patriotic and how do they think one can best show their patriotism and love of their country?

There are six members of Diamond Rio, with six different political opinions, but one thing we all agree on and have done as a group, as well as individually, is show support for our fighting men and women wherever they are.

Other than Christian or country, are there other forms of music you enjoy listening to or playing?

I played bluegrass for many years before being involved in country. It remains one of my favorite forms of music.

What is the best part of performing a show?

The best thing about playing music on the road is performing to a new audience every night and seeing their reactions to songs like “One More Day,” which is one of my favorite songs to play.

How did the band's name come about?

When we were looking for a new name for the group (formally known as The Tennessee River Boys), we wanted a name that didn't give anyone an impression of the style of music we played. We took the name Diamond Rio (from a kind of big-rig truck, Diamond Reo) because it was cool sounding and conveyed no musical impression.

he Freedom Fire event tonight at Romney Stadium has been billed as an entertainment spectacular the likes of which Logan has never seen before. As part of the Independence Day-themed festivities, two bands will be performing sets.

“We’ve got this wonderful, brand new country act, a brother and two sisters. They’re called Dyer Highway.

They just finished their first EP and they sound fabulous.

They’re going to open the show,” says Michael Huff, director of special programs for USU’s Caine College of the Arts. “After a whole lot of other acts, Diamond Rio

then plays for about 75 minutes ... you’ve got some of the best that Nashville has to offer.”

In anticipation for the show tonight, The Herald Journal asked guitarist and vocalist Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio and singer and guitarist Tel Dyer of Dyer Highway, some questions about their bands and the spirit of Independence Day. The Freedom Fire event starts at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Romney Stadium or online at www.arts.usu. edu.

– All text by Casey Rock

heir piano and violin pull at your heartstrings, their mandolin and fiddle make you sink to the beat, and their guitar puts fire in your soul. Their lyrics uplift and give you a feeling of camaraderie. Dyer Highway is a family band that currently lives in Highland, though they claim Delta as their hometown. All members began their love interest with music at a young age and have performed together for 10 years. Tel began singing at the age of 5, his sister, Tiann (also known as “Fire Fingers Ti”), started playing the violin at age 4, and the youngest in the band, Mady, began playing both the violin and mandolin when she turned 4. Their shows, which feature playful banter between each other, are never scripted.

Has Dyer Highway ever visited Cache Valley before? If so, where, when and why?

Our granddad and two of our uncles attended USU. I want to eventually attend school there as well. Aside from that, we developed a relationship with our producer Jason Deere for about four years before we were in a position to ask him if we could sing for him. In November of 2010, country singers Due West had a concert at the arts building on campus at Utah State. Jason Deere was their producer and was going to be at the show. We asked if we drove to Logan if he would listen to us play. He said that if it was really worth it to us to drive all the way up, wait for the show to be over, and then play one song, he would be there to listen. We told him we were up to it and the next night we drove to Logan, played for Jason, and from there we made our record in Nashville in April and have started a busy concert schedule this summer opening for acts like Diamond Rio, and playing our own shows as well. Things happen in Cache Valley for us!

Has anyone ever played on a makeshift instrument or any unconventional instruments?

Mady’s first instrument at the age of 4 was a set of two wooden spoons.

What is the best part of performing a show?

For me it is singing an original song about something real in life, looking out in the crowd and seeing someone who gets the song ... who has lived the song, who has been there and understands it.

See DYER on page 10

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Two shows to see at Old Barn Dyer Continued from page 9

‘Guys and Dolls’

For Mady it is when everything clicks and she can groove on the bass or the mandolin. She loves the music side of it all. Tiann loves when a song comes together and our voices match up and it feels like we’re gliding through the song on each other’s energy.

Running July 2, 8, 11, 16, 22, 25, 30; Aug. 5.

Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.

There will be a matinee July 30 at 2:30 p.m.

For more information visit www.oldbarn.org.

Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy is considered by many to be the perfect musical as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters who have become legends in the canon.

‘Into the Woods’ Running: July 1, 9, 15, 18, 23, 29; Aug. 1, 6 Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.

There will be a matinee July 23 at 2:30 p.m.

For more information visit www.oldbarn.org.

An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A witch who raps? They’re all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale.

What do the members of Dyer Highway consider patriotic? How do they think one can best show their patriotism and love of their country?

What a great question! We are big on patriotism.

We consider a patriot someone who loves their country enough to give their time and energy to making the country a better place that fits the ideals that it was founded on, while respecting the country and its leaders as a whole. We want people to not be ashamed to stand up wherever they are, take off their hat, and put their hand over their heart whenever the flag of this great country is presented. We want people to know what a great place this country is and be proud to be part of it.

How did the band’s name come about?

Family is a big deal to us. Our last name is Dyer and we wanted to incorporate it. We needed something to add to it and highway feels like a country band’s name. Therefore ... Dyer Highway.

Photos taken near Tony Grove by summer citizen resident Edward Kasloff of Florida.

Gear up for Logan’s

SUMMER GALLERY WALK JULY 8 DOWNTOWN

oin the Cache Valley J Center for the Arts Downtown on Friday, July 8, from

6 to 9 p.m. for the CVCA Gallery Walk. More than 16 locations will be participating.

Walk downtown, just look for the yellow banner at various participating locations or stop in one of the participating business listed below and pick up a map. Information and maps can also be downloaded to your phone by visiting www.cachearts.org.

This summer walk features masterpieces by some of Cache Valley’s favorites and some up and coming artists including: Jerry Fuhriman, Joan Justis, Colleen Howe,

David Sidwell, Michael Bingham, Jim Sinclair, Jerry Funk, Jonathan Ribera, Andi Jorgensen, The Cache Valley Watercolor Society, and many more. This walk also features the Street Dance hosted by Café Ibis on Church and Federal.

Summer is the perfect opportunity to go outside for a stroll and visit with friends and family. During the walk you can enjoy a little music and a lot of great art. Galleries and businesses will stay open late to showcase their artists. The Gallery Walk is the perfect time to see what local artists are creating, purchase an original piece of art

by one of the featured artists, and just hang out. Don’t forget that art makes the perfect gift year-round! Support your local artists and extend the gallery walk experience by taking a piece of art home with you. While you are here, check out all the wonderful local restaurants Downtown Logan has to offer.

For more information call 435-752-0026. If you are an artist and would like to be considered for a future walk, email events@centerforthearts.us or call 435-753-6518 ext. 11. Mark your calendars for the remaining 2011 CVCA Walks: September 9, and December 2.

PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES CACHE VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU Historic Courthouse, 199 N. Main “Summer Places” by Joan Justis Oils and watercolors

CAFFE IBIS GALLERY DELI 52 Federal Ave “Fiat Lux: The Photographs of Jim Sinclair” THE CREPERY & CITRUS AND SAGE 130 N. 100 East Children’s Art

DANCE ILLUSION 36 S. Main “Something for Everyone” studio clearance/silent auction.

All original art in a variety of mediums by Michael Bingham.

FUHRIMAN’S FRAMING & FINE ART 75 S. Main

New pastels by Colleen Howe Highlights by Howe’s students

GIA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 119 S. Main “Mysterious World” by David Sidwell Photography

GLOBAL VILLAGE GIFTS 146 N. 100 East Other Worlds: Other Art – “Rags to Riches” Visit www.globalvillagegifts.org for details.

IRON GATE GRILL 155 Church Street ”Flowers and Abstract Quilts” by Jerry Funk

ITALIAN PLACE 48 Federal Ave “Dotz” by Elyse Johnson

Abstract painting by Jacob Bryner Ceramics by Jeff Oliver & Lee Burningham & The Clay Crew Photos by Roger Rigby

LOGAN ARTHOUSE & CINEMA 795 N. Main “Reflections and Cloth” by Jonathan Ribera

SDESIGNS at THE THATCHERYOUNG MANSION 35 W. 100 South “Miniatures” by the Utah Watercolor Society Cache Valley Chapter (UWS-CVC members)

S.E. NEEDHAM JEWELERS 141 N. Main “Drawing for a Drawing” by Grant Lund Drawings held at 7 and 8 p.m.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 85 E. 100 North “Along the Path” by Andi Jorgensen

SUMMERFEST ARTS FAIRE 69 E. 100 North (W of St. John’s) Summerfest Scholarship Silent Auction & featured artist Auction items by various artists & mediums.

UTAH PUBLIC RADIO 43 S. Main “Watercolors of Cache Valley” by Jerry Fuhriman

WINBORG MASTERPIECES ART GALLERY 55 N. Main, 208 “Watercolors, Oils, & Gicleé Prints”

by Larry Winborg & Jeremy Winborg

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The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board

“The Duel”

by Arther L. Olsen

“Angel”

by Devin Leishma n

He slouched all alone in a corner, A cigarette hung from his lip.

One beer bottle lay on the table, His six-gun hung low on his hip.

He nervously drummed his long fingers, While steely eyes studied the door Ignoring the harsh talk and laughter, The roaches that crawled ’cross the floor.

The bartender watched with suspicion, A shotgun stood cocked at his side.

Some stranger was here on a mission Defending his life – or his pride.

The sweat stood out on his forehead, He spat through a hole in the floor While cold eyes stayed glued to the entrance, Determined to settle a score.

The swinging doors creaked on their hinges, A hush fell over the place.

The steely eyes squinted, then faltered, The color drained out of his face.

A figure moved towards his corner The stranger trembled with fear, Slowly he rose from the table And swallowed the last of his beer.

His cigarette fell, and he struggled To wipe off the traces of foam.

He sheepishly grinned at his mother, And quietly followed her home.

“The Love of Money”

by Billy Bird The love of money, Is a very powerful thing.

So think about the money, Not the sorrow it can bring.

The way to get more money, Is by making others poor.

Never think of others, It’s the money you adore.

Last night we share d the most beautifu l dream, it was so rea l, or so it seemed.

While my restless sle ep bound me to be heard a soothing vo d, I ice and this is what it said.

I whispered a small prayer, “Dear Lord, please send to me your most special an gel with beauty never be fore seen.”

I pled with our lord, not just any angel wi do, she must be a qu ll een with an endless so true. love It was then the heav ens parted and I co not believe my sight, uld soaring down to me was the most beautiful an gel in flight.

As she flew closer and closer, I knew my prayer had come tru e, but I should have known all along tha t the most beautiful angel is you.

If you get enough money, You can stand above the rest.

Doesn’t matter how you get it, They’ll think that you are the best.

Then go for the money, Not the good that you might do.

With lots of money in the bank, You never could be blue.

The man who’s got the money, Is a leader don’t you know.

But the road that he is leading down, I wouldn’t want to go.

If you want respect from others, And the things that wealth can buy.

Then go for the money, Take it with you when you die.

Power comes with money, If that is now your goal.

You can gain the whole wide world, But it cannot save your soul.

When you get the money, You can say, “Well, now I’m free.”

But you’re not the kind of person, That I would want to be.

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Review: How humans fared among other species

By Carl Hartman For The Associated Press

rom the title of this F book and the colorful dust cover, prospective readers may expect it will deal with matters such as bacteria and tapeworms.

These do get some mention, but “The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today” mostly deals with encounters among humans and other species — fire ants, woolly mammoths, Indian tigers, pronghorns, aurochsen — and how the writer, biologist Rob Dunn, feels about the results.

At least as interesting, and

more controversial, he treats humans like just another species striving for survival. The reader can look at his watch, think of history books and take some satisfaction knowing we’ve succeeded — so far. Makes you think, and entertains you, too.

Some of those ants seem better organized than humans, and some of those prehistoric cave paintings of aurochsen are as fascinating as what you see in many museums.

Never heard of aurochsen?

They were the ancestors, now extinct, of today’s cattle, in height and weight more like a small elephant. Dunn sees the co-development of cattle and humans as so important that

it dominates a section of the book, under the title, “How We Tried to Tame Cows (and

* This week’s New York Times Best-seller List * HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Against All Enemies,” by Tom Clancy 2. “One Summer,” by David Baldacci 3. “State of Wonder,” by Ann Patchett 4. “Folly Beach,” by Dorothea Benton Frank 5. “Carte Blanche,” by Jeffery Deaver HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “The Greater Journey,” by David McCullough 2. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 3. “In the Garden of Beasts,” by Erik Larson 4. “Demonic,” by Ann Coulter 5. “Seal Team Six,” by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin Paperback Mass-Market Fiction 1. “A Game of Thrones,” by George R. R. Martin 2. “Worst Case,” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 3. “The Spy,” by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott 4. “A Clash of Kings,” by George R. R. Martin 5. “Foreign Influence,” by Brad Thor Paperback Nonfiction 1. “The Original Argument,” by Glenn Beck with Joshua Charles 2. “Heaven is For Real,” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent 3. “Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell 4. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot 5. “Thank You Notes,” by Jimmy Fallon with the writers of “Late Night”

Crops) but Instead They Tamed Us and Why It Made Some of Us Fat.” The story begins about 9,000 years ago, when aurochsen began to move into human settlements, thriving on grasses that grew in areas that humans had cleared.

Humans cannot digest grass the way aurochsen can, and many adults couldn’t digest milk either. But some of the grass seeds — today’s grains — became staples. Those humans who were able to digest milk tended to survive and produce offspring while those who couldn’t died off, producing fewer children with the same weakness.

“By some estimates,” the book says, “75 percent of

‘Girl in Blue Beret’ is storytelling at its best

By Kim Curtis For The Associated Press

he new novel from T best-selling author Bobbie Ann Mason will send you

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

all the food consumed in the world (now) comes from just six plants and one animal. If cows went extinct tomorrow, millions of humans would die, just as would happen with wheat or corn and once did happen with the blight of potatoes” — an allusion to the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, which heavily reduced the island’s population.

“Cows may look at us with mopey-eyed stares, but we are partners.”

Humans outnumber cows in the world, he points out, but they outweigh us. So, “depending on how you count it is ambiguous whether they or we have had, in our coming together, more success.”

dashing to the shelves to devour everything else she’s ever written — it’s that good.

Inspired by the experiences of her father-in-law, Mason weaves a spellbinding tale of war, love and survival in “The Girl in the Blue Beret” that alternates seamlessly between World War II and modern Europe.

Marshall Stone is a 60-year-old former bomber pilot whose age forces him to retire from his beloved airline job. To the surprise of his friends and family, he picks up and moves to Paris, intent on finding the ordinary people who hid him and led him safely out

of France during the war after his B-17 crashed. Through his eyes, we meet members of the French Resistance who sacrificed greatly and often risked their lives to help downed airmen. We also learn about a cocksure young man slow to realize the high price of war to those who lived through it.

Mason’s writing is exquisite. Not a single word is wasted or out of place, and she never drifts toward sentimentality — even in her descriptions of combat and the wreckage left behind. Perhaps most impressive, though, is her ability to experience the world through a nolonger-middle-aged widower.

“The Girl in the Blue Beret” is not only a remarkable work of historical fiction, it’s also storytelling at its best.

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Answers from last week

‘Adrenaline’ will get your pulse racing

By Jeff Ayers For The Associated Press

eff Abbott delivers J “Adrenaline,” a thriller that will get even the most

jaded reader’s pulse racing.

Sam Capra works as a consultant for the CIA in London. During a work meeting, he gets a call from his pregnant wife asking him to immediately come outside the building.

He arrives on the sidewalk just as his wife is driving away with a stranger.

Then the building explodes, killing those inside.

Evidence reveals that a bomb was placed at Capra’s desk, and he and his wife are considered traitors. Capra is put

in a prison cell, and the people he had trusted now use everything in their arsenal of tricks to get him to confess.

Capra refuses to play along. Somehow he must escape, track down his missing wife and find the real culprit.

“Adrenaline” rivets the reader from the

Crossword

very first paragraph, and Capra proves to be a character with enough skills and depth to be extremely compelling, even when the action lags, which isn’t often.

Abbott’s previous thrillers have been good, but this one is a grand slam home run.

Everyone will want to see what Abbott, and Capra, have up their sleeve next.

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Shoat cote 4. Start of a refrain 9. Couches 14. Homely tangelo?

18. Brown family member 19. Renaissance fiddle 20. Ancient musical instrument 21. Coax 22. Got rid of suddenly 26. School of whales 27. Peace 28. Beanery sign 29. Light parody 30. Tack on 32. Poland’s Walesa 33. Court attentiongetter 34. Zhu Zhu Pets, e.g.

37. Aquarium type 38. Cass Elliot 41. Musical Alpert 43. ___ Park, Calif.

45. Most comely 48. Anthem contraction 50. Card catalog abbr.

51. Become friends quickly 58. Panhandle city 59. Torment 60. Exchanges 61. Shade 63. Religious retreats 67. Chinese dialect 68. Yanks 70. Hitchcock title 72. Rank above maj.

73. Election loser 76. Not like the three magi 80. Reduce to shreds 82. Honors recipients

84. Odd, as a sock 87. Adage about patience 91. “___ the Nation” 92. Stop running 93. Most concise 94. Volatile liquid 97. Ted Hughes title 100. With a discount of 101. Rabbit ___ 105. 1980’s White House nickname 106. In apple-pie order 108. ___ Who 110. Discount department store 112. Colossus 114. Declined 115. “Idol” winner Allen 117. Garden party?

118. Working late 123. Analogous 124. “Four Quartets” poet 125. Labor leader’s cry 126. Paella pot 127. Jiffs 128. Monopoly income 129. Tea-like drinks of South America 130. “___ to Joy” Down 1. Fix 2. ___ l’oeil 3. Nope’s counterpart 4. Place to walk in place 5. 1981 Beatty film 6. Name of one of the first two monkeys in space to return alive 7. Hula hoop?

8. Poisonous fruit 9. Excoriate

10. Admiring sounds 11. To’s partner 12. On pins and needles 13. Ate with a spoon 14. Machinating about 15. Urban art?

16. Abraham’s nephew 17. Rite answer?

18. First name in mystery 23. Stock holder 24. “From ___ according to his ability...” (Marx slogan) 25. Move like molasses 31. Application 32. Emit coherent light 33. Corpulent plus 35. Purim’s month 36. Expunge 39. Covering that develops from the ovule stalk 40. River in southern Vietnam 42. Waker-uppers 44. Send elsewhere 46. Urdu poet 47. Spanish appetizer 49. Précis 51. Beta’s follower 52. Screen letters 53. Mountain lakes 54. It might have a clutch 55. Tolkien cannibal 56. Yorkshire river 57. Kind of power 62. Supplanting one 64. Category of arachnids 65. ___ 6 66. Olympic racers 68. Hyperbolic tangent 69. Hungry

71. Works 74. Largish combo 75. Big bird of stories 77. Classic opener 78. Monsoonal 79. George Harrison’s “___ It a Pity” 80. Ties up the phone 81. Water cannon target 83. It’s handed down 85. Noun suffix 86. High standings

87. Way out there 88. City on the Brazos 89. ___ chromosome 90. Trattoria entree 95. Start for trust or hero 96. Less fleshy 98. Little hooters 99. Fancy 102. Ancient 103. Bad-mouth 104. Grave marker 107. Go fish

109. Ignominy 111. Carolina ___ 113. Watering holes 114. Opportunity 115. Join 116. Confirmation, e.g.

118. ___-relief 119. It has strings attached 120. Malaysian export 121. Chain letters?

122. Overly

Friday Pioneer Valley Lodge retirement community, located at 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan, invites area seniors to any of its free upcoming 4th of July weekend events. The community is hosting a picnic July 1 at 12:30 p.m., a performance from the British Columbia Girls Choir and a dessert bar July 2 at 2:30 p.m., and a community parade with root beer floats on July 4 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, or to RSVP, please call Pioneer Valley Lodge at 435-792-0353.

Stokes Nature Center invites curious toddlers, ages 2-3, to join them for Parent Tot from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, July 1.

Explore animals, plants and nature through music, crafts and games. This program is parent interactive, and all toddlers must have a parent present to participate and explore along with their child. The program fee is $3 ($2.50 for SNC members). For more info, call 435-755-3239 or visit www. logannature.org.

Saturday A Youth/Open Speed Event Jackpot will be held at the Plymouth Arena on July 2. Sign-ups start at 9 a.m. and the event starts at 10 a.m. Cost is $5. All age groups welcome.

The Jackpot will include barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, dummy roping, stick-horse barrels and ribbon pull. For more information contact Kellie at 435-279-4759 or Jamie at 435-230-5024.

Hyrum’s Star Spangled Celebration will begin Saturday, July 2. Events start with a youth parade at 10:30 a.m., a water fight with firemen at 11 a.m., and Hyrum Hornets baseball games at 5 and 7 p.m. at Hyrum East Park. On Sunday, July 3, a patriotic program will be held at 7 p.m. at City Square. Guest speaker will be Gail Miller, wife of Larry H. Miller. Music by the Imperial Glee Club will follow.

On Monday, July 4, the Black-

smith Fork Freedom Run will be held, followed by a chuckwagon breakfast, flag ceremony, Main Street Mile, a parade, booths, entertainment at City Square, fireworks at dusk and a youth dance.

Sunday During Sunday in the Park on July 3, Vanessa Shukris, well known performer at the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater will be speaking and entertaining the group. Her appearance is always memorable and entertaining. We will meet as usual at 1 p.m. on the lawn adjacent to the Old Main building on the USU campus.

Bring your own chairs. In the event of rain we meet in the Family Life Building, Room 206. Questions? Call Norman Palmer, 787-1406.

The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant, every Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. We welcome newcomers! For more information call Jeff at 7704263, or go to our website at www.postmormon.org/logan.

Tuesday The UFO Opera Guild meeting will meet Tuesday, July 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dansante Building. Everyone is welcome to participate with all activities. The UFO Opera Guild is planning a social event and is currently organizing this year’s boutique and needs volunteers to serve at the operas. If interested please call Kurt Smith at 752-4526.

Pintech Computers will be offering its free computer class Tuesday, July 5, at 6 p.m. The subject is “Organizing your photos on your computer.”

Classes are held at 270 N. 400 West, Suite C, Hyrum. Call Don Pinkerton at 435-245-8324 for more information.

A Selena Gomez dance

class will be held starting Tuesday, July 5, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Sport Academy, 1655 N. 200 East, North Logan.

Cost is $25. This is a three-day class. The first two days will be spent learning dances to Selena Gomez songs and the third day will be rehearsal and a performance for parents. Ages 5-12 are accepted. Please call for more information.

Wednesday Stokes Nature Center invites all ages to Nature Night: Native Plants, a free program held from 4 to 7 p.m. July 6.

Participants will learn about the plants of Logan Canyon and have the opportunity to help maintain the Center’s native plant garden. All are welcome to drop in; activities are ongoing.

For more information, call 435755-3239 or visit www.logan nature.org.

Scott Bradley will teach a free Constitution class, “To Preserve the Nation,” on Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. at The Book Table (upstairs). For more information call 753-2930 or 753-8844.

OPTIONS for Independence will be taking a group to dinner at Chuck-a-Rama and “South Pacific” at Ellen Eccles Theatre on July 5. Dinner is at 5 p.m. with the show starting at 7.

Transportation is $2. For more information call 753-5353.

Expo will be playing live at The Paradise Market. Chad plays acoustic guitar and sings, usually along with another guitarist and violinist. Their music is mostly alternative/pop and they do some popular cover songs.

A Tyler Newbold basketball camp will be held Wednesday, July 6, at the Sports Academy, 1655 N. 200 East, North Logan.

Cost is $40. For more information and times when camps will be held call 435-753-7500.

Thursday The public is invited to a town

hall question-and-answer meeting with United States Sen. Orrin Hatch on Thursday, July 7, at 6 p.m. at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West in Logan.

An Autism Spectrum Disorders support group will be held Thursday, July 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at OPTIONS for Independence.

No August meeting will be held.

Trina Thomas loves to cook Japanese food ... come and find out why! Trina will share some of her wonderful family favorites with us. The class is Thursday, July 7, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. This class is a free cooking and community class. Seating is limited, so reserve a seat at the service desk, or by calling 753-3301.

Stokes Nature Center invites ages 4-7 to Knee-High Naturalist Camp on July 7 from 9 a.m. to noon. Campers will be inspired by stories, laugh their way through games, and create nature-themed art during this fun outdoor learning time. This session’s theme is wolves. The cost is $30 ($25 for SNC members).

Registration required. For more information, call 435-755-3239 or visit www.logannature.org.

StankBot Tyranny with Welcome to the Woods, Soulway Spaceman and Julius Brown will perform alternative/punk/rock music Thursday, July 7, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

Ongoing Mountain West String Academy Summer Strings classes will be held July 11-22 (weekdays) at USU Room 104.

Second year students meet at 9 a.m. and first year students at 10:30 a.m. Sign ups are going on now. Early registration is preferred but sign ups will be accepted through July 11. Please send $40 to MWSA at P.O. Box 203, Mendon, Utah 84325. Please indicate: name, instrument: year in MWSA, school and phone number.

The first annual bicycle Ride

Around the Wellsvilles will be held Saturday, July 16. This is a non-competitive event sponsored by the Logan Rotary Club. The 72-mile ride begins and ends in Logan at the Willow Horseshoe Park, 500 W. 700 South. The route goes over Wellsville Canyon to Brigham City and continues along the east side of the Wellsvilles returning to Cache Valley via the Valley Highway then to Mendon, finishing at the park in Logan. For a detailed route map, more information and online registration go to www. rotaryraw.com.

The Utah State Courts is offering a free class each month for children kindergarten through 12 years old whose parents have filed for divorce or whose parents are divorced. There is no charge to attend the class, which is offered the last Thursday of the month from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Cache County Courthouse, 135 N. 100 West. For more information, call 750-1300 or go to www.utcourts.gov and click on Divorce Education Classes.

Sky View High School swimming pool has swimming lesson sign-ups going on now.

Sessions run for 10 days Monday through Friday, 40 minutes a day. Cost is $35 a session.

For more information or to sign up, please call 435-563-5625 or go to www.ccsdut.org/skyviewhigh.cfm. We are under the services tab.

The Art Center will be hosting drawings classes for ages 6-adults. Class sessions run through July. Each session includes four classes for $50.

Register through the Art Center at 25 W. 100 North in Logan or call 753-0333. Classes are taught my Michelle Montrose Larsen, who has a bachelor’s degree in art education.

Free True Blue Cheese Tours are held Monday through Thursday at 1:30 p.m. through Aug. 25. Come learn about how we make cheese at the Nurtrition and Food Sciences building on USU campus.

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Breads • Great Sandwiches • Soups 78 East 400 North, Logan 753-6463

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792-7263

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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981 South Main St., Logan 755-0262

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Logan 880 South Main • 435-787-4222 11 am - 10 pm Mon - thur 11 am - 11 pm Fri - Sat

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