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‘My heart is in the mountains’ For Becky Blankenship, photography is a natural way of life

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July 9-15, 2010

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What’s inside this week Hinkamp: A little guilt can save your life

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Photographer Becky Blankenship usually travels to location on horseback — For the owner of Steep Mountain Photography, taking pictures isn’t just a business — it’s a way of life, and she spends every moment she can in the mountains photographing wildlife. “It’s a lifestyle,” she says. “That’s the goal, just to be able to go and photograph.” Read more about Blankenship and see some of her work on Page 8. Photo submitted by Becky Blankenship

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these benefit me in any way, of course, but sometimes I just have to break the rules or I’ll go crazy. I say there’s nothing wrong with just doing what you want once in awhile (especially when no one’s looking).

People who are always on a strict diet or won’t ever stray off the path once in a while bore me. How do you keep things exciting if you always follow the rules?

Sometimes you just have to order french fries instead of a salad, or drink three Diet Pepsis in a day instead of one, or buy that pair of shoes even though you should probably save your money for the gas bill, or spend the day reading on the patio while your house stews in its own filth.

Not that I’ve ever done any of these, of course. I’m just throwing out ideas ...

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ENNIS HINKAMP’S column about guilt (see Page 10) got me thinking about my own guilty pleasures and the fact that I’m OK with them — in small doses, of course.

Take last night, for instance. I had two Krispy Kreme donuts and a 20-ounce Diet Pepsi for dinner.

Terrible? Of course.

Delicious? Oh yeah! So even when I was cursing myself later for the awful stomachache I’d given myself, I decided it was totally worth it.

As they say, no pain, no gain — even when that does apply to weight gain.

I also love sneaking in a cookie with my coffee on a Saturday morning, sitting around the house in my pjs all day watching “True Blood” and “Six Feet Under,” ordering stuff I don’t need off the Internet and buying hoodies. None of

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Gear up for the downtown summer gallery walk!

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Coming soon: Youth programs at SNC

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HE STOKES Nature Center will offer four summer youth programs on July 15 and 16. Children can sign up for one or both programs in their age group.

For children entering first and second grades, programs will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. In “Get a Move On!” on July 15, participants will explore the physics of moving things.

They will build a toy that moves by itself and learn about solar energy and wind power. On July 16, participants will have a chance to learn about animals with really big teeth in “Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh WOW!” They’ll build a food web, create a habitat and spend

some time outside looking for evidence of predators. They’ll also learn how big predators survive and how they depend on their neighbors for help.

For children entering third and fourth grades, programs will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. On July 15, participants will delve into the fascinating world of physics in the program “FUNdamental Physics.” They’ll learn about forces and motion through handson activities, and they’ll use the physics of simple machines to build gadgets and toys to take home.

In “Habitat for Sale” on July 16, participants will check out the environment around Stokes Nature Center and learn more

about what lives there and why. They’ll build a habitat and design a food web as they try to understand how change affects animals and plants.

Each class is based on Utah’s core curriculum for science education and will reinforce, in a handson interactive (and fun!) way, concepts children may have covered in the classroom.

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. The cost for one program is $5 per child ($4 for SNC members).

The cost for both programs in one age group is $8 per child ($6 for SNC members). For more information or to sign up, call 755-3239 or visit www.logannature.org.

‘Enthusiastically embracing change’: Rachael Sage stopping at Crumb Bros. notch musicianship with tan neighborhood she’d recorded more than two INGER, SONGhilarious between-song lived in for over a decade, dozen tracks in one week S writer and producer banter, what The New York as a creative starting point. with drummer/composer Rachael Sage has penned quirky, melodic pop songs since she was old enough to reach the piano keys. Over the course of her career, she has steadily built a loyal grassroots fan base with a rigorous international tour schedule that has seen her sharing stages with such seminal artists as Eric Burdon, John Lee Hooker, Judy Collins and Colin Hay, and prompted Performing Songwriter magazine to name her “One of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years.” Leaving aside set lists in favor of a more spontaneous approach, every show she performs combines top-

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• Who: Rachael Sage • When: 7:30 p.m. July 10 • Where: Crumb Brothers, 291 S. 200 West • Tickets: Available by calling 757-3468

Sage’s “inner Fanny Brice.”

Delving into the writing process for her latest album, “Delancey Street,” with her typical fervor, the twotime Independent Music Award winner turned to her immigrant Jewish heritage, combined with the prospect of finally moving from the same East Village Manhat-

Movement and her own personal desire to “redefine what ‘environment’ means to me,” Sage decided to give herself exactly a year to let go of more than a decade’s worth of accumulated miscellanea, and to move to the musically vibrant Lower East Side.

In January 2009, Sage

Quinn (Tracy Chapman, Marshall Crenshaw), whom she’d met only a few weeks before while on tour in Los Angeles.

Gradually whittling the track list down to a dozen originals and a couple covers, Sage enlisted an impressive array of NYCbased players to help her flesh out a collection she describes as “an album about enthusiastically embracing change ... and breaking the patterns of behavior that can make that process so daunting.”

For more information, visit www.bridgerfolk.org or www.rachaelsage.com.

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Noon Music at the Tabernacle under way

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he ninth annual Noon Music at the Tabernacle series is in full swing. All concerts are free to the public and begin at noon. Be sure to check Cache Magazine every week for profiles on upcoming performers. (The schedule is always subject to change!)

For more information, visit www.cachecommunityconnections.com.

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Mountain Crest Young Artist Cup winners w/Ted Erekson (July 13)

★ Crystal Erekson has been playing the flute for six years. She was the soloist for the Mountain Crest marching band in 2007 and three years in a row she qualified for state solo ensemble. For college she plans to attend Southern Utah University, where she will study English and graphic design, and possibly minor in music. ★ Joseph Ditton recently graduated from Mountain Crest, where he participated in choir and musical theater productions. He is enjoying his summer performing as a cowboy in Pickleville Playhouse’s production of “Crazy for You” and just finished recording his premiere guitar album, “Rhythm.” ★ Jesseca Scholle is 17 years old and a senior at Mountain Crest. She is the daughter of Chris and Glynn Scholle of Mendon. ★ Emma Mark, 16, has been singing since childhood. She has also learned to play the piano and violin and enjoys acting, writing original stories, drawing and spending time with her friends. ★ Taylor Clark began playing the cello at age 11. He has been a part of the Northern Utah Youth Symphony since it started five years ago and was selected to be in the Utah All-State Orchestra in 2009 and 2010. ★ Cole Fronk has performed major roles in four plays and five musicals, has played Clueso for Mountain Crest’s “Clue” dinner two consecutive years, and in those same two years was awarded Best Actor for the School. He enjoys swordfighting and hiking and will be a senior next year. ★ Richie Albrechtsen is the son of Doug and

Connie Albrechtsen of Providence. He has studied piano for 10 years and graduated from Mountain Crest in May as a valedictorian. This fall he will be attending USU majoring in biological engineering. ★ Rebekah Wakefield just turned 16 and is going to be a junior at Mountain Crest. She keeps busy playing the piano and violin, working on her black belt in karate and playing with her dog. ★ Nicole Morgan is the daughter of Michael and Laura Morgan of Mendon. She will be a senior at Mountain Crest this fall. Nicole has been playing the violin for eight years; she plays in the Mountain Crest Orchestra and is a member of the tennis team. ★ Katie Israelsen is the daughter of Dave and Michelle Israelsen of Providence. She enjoys playing the trumpet, singing and many outdoor activities.

Ted — Ted Erekson has been

telling stories since he was a kid. He lives in Providence with his wife, Meg, and has three children, Rachaal, Ishmaal and Izaak; an incredible daughterin-law, Vanessa; and a granddaughter, Toad (others call her Elizabeth), who is the joy of his life. His family is a huge inspiration for his stories. By profession he is a banker and manages the North Office of Cache Valley Bank, but his passion is storytelling. He is also a member of the Bridgerland Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild and the National Storytelling Guild.

Above, from left: Katie McGregor, Samantha Loosli, Mindy Fluckiger, Brielle Nichols, Katie Anderson, Sasha Murray and Sarah Johnson Right: Caitlin Johnson ight of Carolyn Bentley’s harp students, ranging in E age from 14 to 20, will play a variety of solos and ensemble pieces ranging from classical to pop, including a finale of their traditional “Sound of Music” medley. There will be approximately 375 strings among the eight harps, so if anyone has some major cheese to slice, they can get that done quickly (kidding). They will also feature Kristi Toone Gilbert on both cello and vocals (not kidding).

Marisa Nielsen (July 10) arisa Nielsen, Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen, M loves singing and has been spreading joy through her music since she was 6 years old. She has performed

with Utah Festival Opera, Cache Regional Theatre and recently at Romney Stadium for the Logan city fireworks. Marisa has the natural ability to connect with the audience and is excited to perform in the beautiful Logan tabernacle. Marisa has invited her dear friend, Whitney Merrifield, Miss Utah 2009, to perform with her.

Lee Cannon (July 14) Cannon will return to the taberLwitheenacle series for an afternoon filled the ballads of Broadway. Lee will

be using his rich voice that has been heard across the globe to tell the stories of Broadway’s most famous melodies. A recent graduate of USU, Lee has started his career in public relations consulting. The Brigham City native has been recognized across the state for his charity concerts and service to USU as the president’s ambassador director.

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By Kristi Grussendorf

Iron Gate Grill

S.E. Needham Jewelers

Federal Avenue The Studio

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Global Village Gifts

By Lynda Burruss

HE ANNUAL CACHE VALLEY Center for the Arts Gallery Walk will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 9, at various downtown Logan businesses and galleries. For more information, call 7536518 ext. 11 or contact Tricia Hancock at thancock@centerforthearts.us. Maps can be found at any of the participating businesses.

The Gallery Walk is the first event following the merger of the Cache Valley Center for the Arts and the Alliance for the Varied Arts, which has closed its office in the Thatcher-Young Mansion and retired its name. The valuable arts programming the AVA featured in the past is now under the administration of the CVCA, including the Gallery Walk in historic downtown Logan.

Continuing a long-standing tradition, July’s Gallery Walk will feature the work of local artists, much of which will be for sale. Also, the Raindogs will perform live music from 7 to 10 p.m. on Church Street, just outside Caffe Ibis.

Participating galleries include: • Thatcher-Young Mansion, 35 W. 100 South: Watercolor artists Kristi Grussendorf, Dianne Adams and Lynda Burruss will present “Signature Women Celebrate Water Media.” These women have all recently received signature status in the Utah Watercolor Society.

• Fuhriman’s Framing, 75 S. Main: Miranda Trostle’s white earthenware work will be featured.

• Utah Public Radio, 43 S. Main: Exhibit will feature Jim Morgan’s “Playing with Light.”

• Logan Arthouse & Cinema, 795 N. Main: Featuring work by Tyler Vance and Brittany Henderson.

• The Studio, 106 N. Church St.: Work from members of The Cache Valley Photographers Meetup Group will be on display. Members are local photographers of all skill levels with varied subject interest from portraiture to landscape to flowers to fighter planes. The group is open to new membership.

• Global Village Gifts, 146 N. 100 East:

Main Street

By Dianne Adams

Center Street

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Gear up for the summer gallery walk!

Utah Public Radio Fuhriman’s Framing Thatcher-Young Mansion

100 South Featured will be creative works from around the globe.

• S.E. Needham Jewelers, 141 N. Main: Exhibit will show the photography of Ron Adaire.

• Iron Gate Grill, 155 N. Church St.: The Iron Gate Grill’s new downtown location

will feature the imaginative art of Jerry Funk.

• The Art Center, 25 W. 100 North: Featuring work by the center’s many resident artists.

• Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.: Holly Johnson’s visual “Single Serve Nation” show will be on display.

USU professor to present ‘Art on the Haitian/Dominican Border’ ARIA DE JESUS M Cordero, associate professor of Spanish, will present “Art on the

Haitian/Dominican Border: A Journey to Rio Limpio and Batey Libertad” as part of USU’s HASS Hour on Thursday, July 15, at Hamilton’s Steak and Seafood, 2427 N. Main, Logan. A social gathering will begin at 5:15 p.m., and Cordero’s TimePiece will start at approximately 6 p.m. A buffet with appetiz-

ers, desserts and soft drinks, iced tea or coffee is available for $6.95 per person. For planning purposes, RSVP to Natalie Archibald Smoot at 797-2796 or natalie.archibald@ usu.edu.

While the college of HASS no longer exists, its popular series will continue in September with a new name. The focus remains the same — the monthly activity highlights faculty discussing timely topics in

a casual atmosphere. When it continues, the series will feature faculty from the university’s two new colleges: the Caine College of the Arts and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Cordero’s presentation will include an overview of her trip to the Haitian/Dominican area as well as earlier research for an article.

Cordero joined the faculty at USU in 1998 and was named an

associate professor in 2004. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish with minors in comparative literature, theology and women’s studies; a master’s degree in comparative literature from New York University in 1980; a second master’s degree in 1992 from Princeton University in romance languages and literature; and a doctorate in 1998 at Princeton in romance languages and literature.

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Film Still playing “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” Rated PG-13 ★★ With Stephenie Meyer’s franchise under new management again, this time director David Slade (best known for the hard-core vampire horror flick “30 Days of Night”), and a stronger story than the first two movies, “Eclipse” manages to do what its two dreadfully dumb predecessors could not.

It almost makes believers out of those of us who don’t much care whether Kristen Stewart’s moon-eyed teen Bella Swan chooses vampire stud Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) or werewolf hunk Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Almost. The trouble is, while “Eclipse” may not be dreadfully dumb, it’s still pretty dumb. Slade uses that to his advantage here and there, lightening up on the relentless gloom of the earlier movies by making fun of some of the franchise’s silliness. Still, the movie

mostly wallows in what fans love most, that whiny romantic triangle among a schoolgirl and her two beastie boys. Not as if it’s news to Meyer’s millions of readers, but this time out, vamps and wolves team up to stop an army of extra-nasty newborn bloodsuckers. PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality. 121 min.

“The Last Airbender” Rated PG ★ A joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn’t come until the very end. That’s when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us. Hopefully, that won’t happen. Based on the Nickelodeon animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” this live-action fantasy adventure has epic scope and soaring ambitions, exotic locations and a cast of thousands, but manages to get everything wrong on every

level. It is yet another misstep for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whose career has been steadily on the decline since the marvel of “The Sixth Sense.” A 2-D movie converted to 3-D, “The Last Airbender” often has a smudged and blurry look about it, as if there’s some kind of schmutz on your clunky plastic glasses. This is especially true during moments of darkness or scenes that take place at night — and that’s a problem, since a lot of pivotal stuff takes place at night. At least, one can surmise as much. The script is so incomprehensible, it’s often difficult to follow, despite several instances of characters stopping whatever they’re doing to explain what’s going on. Noah Ringer stars as Aang, the prophesied Avatar who will unite the tribal nations of Air, Water, Earth and Fire — people who can manipulate or “bend”

those elements, and have been torn apart by war. Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, Nicola Peltz and Jackson Rathbone co-star. PG for fantasy action violence. In 2D and 3-D. 103 min.

“Grown Ups” Rated PG-13 ★ Shockingly inept even by the standards we’ve come to expect from a Happy Madison production, this feels as if it were made without considering whether an audience would ever actually see it. It assaults us with an awkward mix of humor (which is rarely funny) and heart (which is never touching), but even more amateurishly, it features copious cutaways to characters laughing at each others’ jokes. For long stretches of time, Adam Sandler and Co. sit around a New England lake house goofing on each other, telling stories and reminiscing about old

times. Given that these other characters are played by Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider, you would hope that some of the lines would work (from James and Rock, at least). One gets the distinct impression that these guys, four out of five of whom are “Saturday Night Live” alumni, improvised most of their insults and one-liners, and there just happened to be a camera or two rolling. The plot, which is essentially “The Big Chill” with jokes about flatulence and bunions, finds these five childhood friends reuniting for the funeral of the basketball coach who led them to a championship in 1978. PG-13 for crude material including suggestive references, language and some male rear nudity. 98 min.

— All reviews by The Associated Press

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“Despicable Me” t’s easy to lose count of how many 3-D animated features have hit theaters in the last year, and “Despicable Me” is just another CG film with 3-D attached to lure kids into begging their parents to go because “3-D is like, so cool!”

It really is a shame that the focus of marketing for “Despicable Me” is on the 3-D aspect rather than the funny, and at times touching, story. Even the near masterpiece “Toy Story 3” has been mired down in a bunch of 3-D ads that make it look like 3-D is what makes it a good movie. Isn’t it about time movie studios stop advertising 3-D as the big selling point and focus on how good the movie actually is?

Okay, enough of my 3-D ranting. It’s just that a movie as well done as “Despicable Me” shouldn’t be sold to the public solely on the fact that you get to wear glasses during its presentation. There’s so much more to this movie than gimmicky effects where objects fly off the screen.

Gru (Steve Carrell) is an evil genius mastermind who lives in a quaint suburb. (Seriously, wouldn’t the suburbs be the best birthplace for evil?

Tom Hanks and “The Burbs” taught us as much.) In a row of pristinely kept cookie-cutter houses, Gru’s dark, looming mansion sticks out like a sore thumb. Gru is sulking. He’s supposed to be the most evil super-villian in the world, but somebody out there has bested him by stealing the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Who could pull off such a feat? Only Gru’s nemesis, Vector (Jason Segel). After Vector steals Gru’s shrinking ray, all-out super-villian warfare is declared. Vector has a soft spot for cookies, and after ordering a load of them from three cute orphans, Gru decides to adopt the orphans as a way to get into Vector’s lair when they deliver the cookies.

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“Despicable Me” Rated PG

“Predators” Rated R

“Predators” “Despicable Me” is a lot of fun. There’s just no other way to say it. It is a playful, surprising little film that may catch parents off guard, kind of like “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” did. It’s clever; it does for super-villians what “The Incredibles” did for superheroes. Though “Despicable Me” lacks that emotional tug most Pixar movies contain, it still greets us with a warm spirit and storyline that will please both adults and children.

The movie does follow the age-old formula of acceptance, love, betrayal, then love again, but it does it in such an endearing and surprising way that we forget we’ve seen this type of stuff before. Gru’s army of little yellow minions are one of the high points of the movie and provide great humor for the kids. The three orphans, Margo, Agnes and Edith, warm to Gru and his evil ways, providing much-needed affection in a world of mayhem.

“Despicable Me” is charming, clever and funny without trying too hard. Sure, it doesn’t measure up to the Pixar masterpieces we’ve seen over the years, but it stands its own ground among the onslaught of CG animation.

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hose pesky Predators are sick and tired of traveling all the way to Earth to hunt and kill humans, so they’ve thought of something even more sinister: Kidnap earthlings and drop them into an interplanetary game reserve used just for hunting humans. Now the Predators don’t have to travel so far and deal with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Only these aren’t just any humans. As the trailers make it abundantly clear, the Predators want a challenge and the only way to make hunting humans

challenging is to hunt the most dangerous ones. Over half a dozen killers, mercenaries and criminals land smack-dab in the middle of the jungle. Special Forces, Yakuza swordmasters and even one of the FBI’s Most Wanted group together to figure out what’s going on.

Leadership of the killer squad falls more or less into the hands of a grizzled mercenary played

by Adrian Brody, sporting the ever-popular super-deep gruff voice that is now a pre-requisite for anyone even considering action-hero work. Brody’s character, whose name remains a mystery until the end, figures things out marvelously fast.

While the others stand around

scratching their heads, he’s figured out within the first 15 or 20 minutes that this is indeed a game preserve, and they are being hunted. (This is before they find out they’re on a different planet.) No matter — he’s one smart cookie, which is why he’s there I guess.

Other members of the group include a young Latin woman, the Yin to Brody’s Yang. Brody’s character has no feelings or remorse; his only object is to get off whatever planet they’re on. She, on the other hand, feels sympathy and humanistic emotions toward the other members of the group. She’s See REEL on p.13

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‘Despicable’ charming; ‘Predators’ big, fun

Becky Blanken

‘My heart is in the mountains For Becky Blankenship, photography is a natural way of life

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ecky Blankenship has always enjoyed taking photographs, but for her, the click of the shutter is more than just a hobby — it’s a way of life.

“It’s a lifestyle,” she said. “That’s the goal, just to be able to go and photograph.”

Blankenship, a Wellsville native, is the owner and photographer of Steep Mountain Photography. She takes portraits and photos of wildfires, weddings and wildlife, which is the focus of her business.

“I just have a love for taking pictures of wildlife,” she said.

Blankenship said she hopes her photos capture life and “animals just doing what they do.” Blankenship

recalled watching and photographing elk bugling in the fall and a grizzly bear chewing on a stick and diving into a river in Alaska.

“It’s mainly just the seconds that you don’t think mean anything at all but are the most precious, you know?

And it happens on a daily basis with humans or animals,” she said.

She has photographed animals including turkeys, elk, deer, moose, grizzly bears, black bears, mountain lions and waterfowl.

Blankenship, 31, takes most of her photos in the mountains of Cache Valley. She has taken photos in Alaska and Idaho, as well.

Blankenship usually travels to location on horseback, hauling a pack of equipment that can weigh

up to 40 pounds. She said traveling by horseback has its advantages — she can get farther into canyons, and horses are quieter so animals don’t run away as quickly.

She said sometimes she’ll encounter an animal as she is riding and will take a photo, but she also tracks animals and waits for them.

Shoots can be a weekend or an evening, she said, and she goes every moment that she can.

Blankenship said typically, she will get one good photo per shoot. Her favorite photos, she said, are of the moments she hasn’t captured. She said she’ll miss something because the lighting was bad, the animal moved too fast or she simply didn’t take a picture. She may not have the

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Guilt saves lives

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ET ME CONFESS that I like television and just about everything on McDonald’s, Taco Bell’s and Pizza Hut’s menus. Sausage and bacon make anything taste better. I like to drink too much caffeine and alcohol and look at all the pictures in the Sport Illustrated swimsuit issue. I want a big, greasy apple fritter right now. I could also easily spend twice as much time on whatever the newest Internet timewaster of the week is.

Only when you admit that you like the bad stuff can you be free of its siren call. It’s the people who brag about their discipline you have to worry about. I give you John Edwards and a parade of public figures who quickly went from icons to lowlifes; the fat to fabulous and back to fat diet gurus; and just about anyone who prefaces a statement with, “I would swear on a stack of Bibles.”

The reason I’m still alive at age 54 and don’t succumb to everything all the time on this short list of vices is that little Catholic voice in the back of my head. It reminds me that all things that seem good are actually bad for me, and that misery here on earth will only make the afterlife seem more funfilled. Even though I no longer consider myself a practicing Catholic, I thank the church for this philosophical foundation. Guilt has served me well — probably more so than either prayer or faith.

Prayer can too easily become the Swiss Army knife tool used for anything from winning wars to finding a good parking spot.

Prayer is too hard to predict because of that complex “prayer vs. prayer” algorithm. The number, duration and intensity of people also praying to win the war, World Cup or the same parking spot as you may cancel the opposing prayers out. Then there are those who claim all prayers are answered; it’s just that answer is often “no.” This leads to the awkward situation where God is thanked in the winning locker room but never criticized in the locker room of the losers.

Faith is useful, but it often takes a long time to play out. For instance, I have faith there will be

Slightly Off Center

By Dennis Hinkamp

an economic recovery; it just might not be in my lifetime. Faith nibbles while guilt takes shark bites out of you. Faith is a marathon and guilt is a 20-yard dash. And, because it is difficult to gauge others’ honesty, your faith may be wasted on the wrong person or cause.

Guilt is much more direct and reliable. Guilt is like a little taser gun attached to the back of your head. Occasionally you can aim the taser at others, but mainly you are just reminding them of the guilt they already have. Of course, guilt can spill over into self-loathing, but that’s not all bad either. Most of the young people I run into these days could use a little more self-loathing and humility and less self-esteem.

Man, that children’s self-esteem movement in the ’80s really backfired, didn’t it?

Guilt makes you get out of bed, put down the Haagen-Dazs and pledge to public radio. Guilt probably prevents and solves more crimes than the police. Embrace it.

Dennis Hinkamp would like to add that guilt is also great for helping you meet writing deadlines. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at dhinkamp@msn.com.

By Paula Zsiray Taken June 26 in Pastor Corinne Thul’s backyard

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INCE MY LAST wine article, the cool early summer has turned hot. Chilled wines go better with summer food, and that means rosé and white wines. Also, red Beaujolais wines are served chilled. 2009 is apparently a fantastic year for German riesling and French Beaujolais. There is none of the 2009 vintage on our shelves or in the DABC catalogue. These are wines that may become available before the end of summer. I love a French Beaujolais in the summer, but I would pass on the current selection in the Logan Liquor Store.

I was also disappointed in the local selection of rosé and pink wines. There are six pink wines from California, but only one is not white zinfandel, which is a sweet wine. The exception is the 2008 Vin Gris de Cigare at $11.99. This wine is a blend, but contains 58 percent grenache, which is the best grape for rosé wines. This is a dry wine at 13 percent alcohol and low residual sulfites. For flavor, strawberry comes forth with a crisp acidity. My favorite remains the 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec Rosé at $11.99 from Argentina. This is an atypical rosé with bold flavors of berry and still quite dry.

This wine can be paired with many dishes that would overwhelm other rosé wines.

Looking for other summer wines brings me back to dry riesling. I continue to like the 2008 Jacobs Creek Riesling at $12.99 and the 2008 Pewsey Vale Riesling at $13.99, both from Australia. There is still the 2007 Trimbach Riesling at $17.88 from Alsace. From California there is the 2007 Pacific Rim Dry Riesling at $11.98.

The Pewsey Vale Riesling went well with the salmon and baked eggplant slices I enjoyed recently. The Pacific Rim Dry Riesling is well-rated and has less than 1 percent residual sugar. In the Mosel style is the 2008 Loosen Bros. Dr. L Riesling at $12.24. This offdry, citrus-flavored riesling has a modest 8.5 percent alcohol.

All of these rieslings are highly rated nationally.

Another possible varietal for summer is gewürztraminer, which I have neglected for several years. There are six of these wines on a front rack in the local store. These wines are spicy with a special grapefruit flavor. I have purchased the 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Gewürztraminer at $7.99 from the Columbia River valley.

Eric Asimov in The New York Times recently tasted 20 American gewürztraminers, and this is the only one on his list we have in locally.

A close relative to riesling is the 2008 Hopler Gruner Velt-

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liner at $12.99 from Austria.

This greenish-yellow wine is dry with flavors of fruits with some acidity. I liked the alcohol content at 11 percent. We do not often see Gruner Veltliner wines in Logan.

There are a couple more white wines worthy of summer drinking. The 2008 Yalumba Viognier at $9.99 is rated 88, and Yalumba has been on a run with good viognier wines. This is their secondary label, but still a great value with floral aromas and flavors of peach.

I was slightly shocked to note this wine is 14.5 percent alco-

Recommended F 2008 Vin Gris de Cigare at $11.99 F 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec Rosé at $11.99 F 2008 Jacobs Creek Riesling at $12.99 F 2008 Pewsey Vale Riesling at $13.99 F 2007 Trimbach Riesling at $17.88 F 2007 Pacific Rim Dry Riesling at $11.98 F 2008 Loosen Bros. Dr. L Riesling at $12.24.

F 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Gewürztraminer at $7.99 F 2008 Hopler Gruner Veltliner at $12.99 F 2008 Yalumba Viognier at $9.99 F 2008 Yalumba Viognier Eden Valley at $18.90 (SLC)

hol. The 2008 Yalumba Viognier Eden Valley at $18.90 is one of the best viognier wines I have tasted. It is available in Salt Lake and Park City. Viognier blended with roussanne produces an excellent white wine. We once had the wrattenbully blend, but it is no longer available.

The 2007 vintage port is rated 98 by the Wine Spectator.

I have been given a bottle of the 2007 Graham Vintage Port.

What do I do with this fantastic wine? A vintage port does not reach maturity for 20 years, but I cannot wait that long.

So I can either drink the wine early, or give it to my daughter and she can wait.

Since I do not drink port in the summer, I can put off this decision until the coming winter. You have to go to Salt Lake City or try to order it through our store, as we have no 2007 vintage port wines.

We do have some 10-year-old tawny port wines that are reasonably priced. Reading about vintage port wines, I find that all of the famous port houses are owned by the Symington family, who started buying port houses in the 19th century and now own 23 estates in Portugal.

The British have dominated the port wine trade, and that is why we have names like Dow, Graham and Taylor Fladgate.

William Moore is retired from the Utah State University chemistry and biochemistry department and currently lives in Smithfield.

He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at wmoore3136@msn.com.

Review: Country twang poisons Bret Michaels album

By The Associated Press

THERE’S ONE THING IthisFBretyear’s Michaels learned in winning top prize on “The Celebrity

Apprentice,” Donald Trump’s businessthemed reality TV show, it’s expanding a brand to appeal to the widest possible audience.

Unfortunately, it looks like the Poison frontman paid way too much attention to an episode in which the contestants had to market country music artists. Michaels drenches this entire disc in country-fried grease that’s a jarring departure from his

1980s-hair metal franchise.

It’s a strategy that paid off for fellow hair heroes Bon Jovi with “Lost High-

way,” which became one of their biggest albums ever, and netted a hit single in “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” a duet with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles.

Michaels does likewise here, reprising Poison’s power ballad “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” with Brad Arnold, Chris Cagle and Mark Willis. And his duet with Miley Cyrus on “Nothing to Lose” is catchy enough to become a major hit.

But ultimately, this all sounds and feels fake, the obvious attempt of a guyliner metalhead pandering to a new demographic. It’s doubtful true country fans will love this album, and just as

doubtful Michaels’ metal minions will warm to it either.

Don’t underestimate Michaels, who is one of the hottest rockers around right now. Having won “The Celebrity Apprentice” weeks after surviving a near-fatal episode of brain bleeding, then jumping out on tour before being fully recovered, Michaels has gotten more publicity than any singer not named Lady Gaga in recent months.

But once the fiddles and steel guitars are packed away, it won’t be long before he’s back in pink and purple spandex, belting out “Talk Dirty to Me.”

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All mixed up

Authentic pioneer fun for the whole family

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HE ANNUAL Spirit of ’47 Pioneer Jubilee will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 24 at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville. This event features authentic pioneer activities for the whole family, including the largest Pioneer Water Party in the West, Gatling Gun demonstration, the annual Wild West Marbles Tournament, pioneer games, Bridgerland Games and more.

Though the event is free, there is a $4 charge for pony and train rides. Lunch vendors will also be present. The popular Pioneer Handcart Progressive Dinner is that evening, where guests push and pull handcarts to the various parts of their meal and for pioneer-style activities at each stop (reservations are required for the dinner; call 245-6050).

Among the special guests at the event will be Ray Howser, an antique-weapons aficionado and collector who will be

bringing a few of the canons in his collection to shoot off.

One of the most popular Jubilee events is the Pioneer Water Party. One crowd favorite from 2009 was Bucket Roulette, where if you said the wrong thing (which was ironically the “right” thing), you got a bucket of water in the face. The old water wagons from the past provided an effective backdrop.

The Bridgerland Games is a type of pioneer Olympics with feats of skills for all ages and genders. Events include panning for gold, log sawing with an old-fashioned buck saw, knot tying and lashing, buffalo chip tossing and other pioneer games. It is team competition for mostly families, though in the days of the Festival of the American West, cities and towns sent representatives to compete. Last year the Loy Moser family of Logan won.

Of course there will also be living history activities at several sites, including a 1917

farm, a pioneer settlement (where much of the action happens for this event), a mountain man camp, a Shoshone encampment and trade shops such as an old-fashioned woodwright and a milliner (hat maker). They will have various shows and performances throughout the day as well, including the cast of Wild West Shakespeare and members of the gunfighter club.

The annual Pioneer Handcart Progressive Dinner closes the day beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner guests push and pull handcarts to various destinations to procure the various parts of their meal. Along the way are pioneer activities that give visitors a feel for the fun times the pioneers had along their journey.

Cost is $12 for adults, $8 for kids or $36.50 for a family of up to six.

For more information about the Pioneer Jubilee, contact the Heritage Center at 245-6050 or visit www.awhc.org.

Volunteer Paul Wheeler drives the train for visitors at the American West Heritage Center.

USU encourages community to read ‘Outcasts United’ TAH STATE U University President Stan L. Albrecht received a copy of

Luma Mufleh

“Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference” by Warren St. John — this year’s selection for the Connections program’s Common Literature Experience.

The Common Literature Experience encourages the entire campus community, the local community and USU’s newest students to read the book and attend an August convocation lecture featuring the coach of the legendary refugee soccer team, Luma Mufleh.

St. John, a New York Times reporter, brought Clarkston, Ga., to national attention in 2007

with a series of articles about the changes in a small Southern town brought about by an influx of refugees from all over the world. This book comes out of those articles.

It gives more detail about the town and, most particularly, the three soccer teams composed of refugee boys (the Fugees) who were coached by Mufleh, an Americaneducated Jordanian woman.

The book is a sports story, a sociological study, a tale of global and local politics and the story of a determined woman who became involved in the lives of her young charges. Keeping the boys in school and out of gangs, finding a place for them to practice and helping their families survive in a new world all

became part of her daily life. “‘Outcasts United’ can promote discussion about the intricacies of

today’s global environment and the challenges of understanding diverse perspectives,” said Noelle Call, director of Retention and Student Success and the Connections program director. “Other themes in the book include immigration issues, refugee resettlement, local and global politics, cultural conflict and change, identity and intergenerational issues, biculturalism, the value of team sports and community building.”

The literature experience culminates with a convocation lecture

by Mufleh, who will speak Saturday, Aug. 28, in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center on campus. Everyone is invited.

For more information, contact Call at 797-1194.

Deford channels Nicholas Sparks in new novel

By The Associated Press

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LENTY OF PEOPLE

know Frank Deford as an award-winning sportswriter or the guy with the loud outfits on HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,” but who knew he had a soft spot for Nicholas Sparks’ novels?

“Bliss, Remembered” could have been ghostwritten by that master of romantic pulp fiction. Readers who pick it up because of Deford’s reputation as a sports journalist will be surprised.

It does have a little some-

thing to do with sports, but most of the action isn’t of the athletic variety. The events of the novel are set in the 1930s and early ’40s, with much of the plot taking place at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

The novel features two first-person narrators — 61year-old Teddy Branch and his 86-year-old mother. Sydney Stringfellow Branch — an American swimmer who fell in love with a German — is dying of cancer, and she wants to tell her son a slice of her life story before it’s too late.

The tone will remind read-

ers of Deford’s voice on “Real Sports” or NPR. Mom is a child of the Great Depression and never misses a chance to remind Teddy of that fact. “In the olden days, people were in control of their lives,” she says.

“They had to know the world to survive in it. But us — the more things we just turn on, the dumber we get.”

Once the more fantastic elements of the story are revealed, including a face-to-face meeting with Adolf Hitler himself and a party at Joseph Goebbels’ house, the pages turn fast enough. The last 30 or so are

filled with twists that force readers to see Sydney in a very different light.

But Deford never lets readers forget he’s writing a love story. All the Nazis, FBI agents and 100-meter backstrokes are just grace notes as the old woman sings the song of how she met, lost and again found her soul mate.

You can almost see Deford winking as he crafts the sentence that gives the novel its title: “Mom stopped and smiled that special smile that I recognized only comes from bliss, remembered.”

In new novel, ‘Lucy’ is half-ape, wholly a person

By The Associated Press

NTHROPOLOGIST A Jenny Lowe rescues another scientist’s orphaned

daughter when war breaks out in the Congo. But when she returns to Chicago with the 15year-old girl, Lowe begins to notice some bizarre traits: Lucy can hear termites in the wall.

She makes a nest to sleep in a tree. Encountering an escalator for the first time, she emits a series of fearful barks.

Jenny also rescued the journals of Lucy’s father, the only record of his work in the Congo. Skimming through them, Jenny realizes the reclusive scientist had hatched a mad plan: Convinced the Congo’s great apes would

Reel Continued from p.7 been hardened by combat, but she still has a heart. And that’s what the Predators are counting on.

See, they don’t just jump in front of the humans with energy pulses blasting. They like to make it interesting by setting

become extinct, Donald Stone decided to preserve their best traits by combining their genes with those of humans to create a new, superior species.

He altered the genes of one bonobo so the ape could carry a child of mixed parentage.

Then he used his own sperm to inseminate the animal. After a dozen or so tries, Lucy was born.

Jenny and Lucy do their best to keep Lucy’s parentage a secret, but when the girl becomes ill with a disease only animals can contract, the truth is revealed.

“Lucy” is Laurence Gonzales’ first novel in more than two decades. He is best-known for his nonfiction work, including the best-seller “Deep Surtraps and following their prey through the jungle in cloaked body armor. I guess they realize they have a significant advantage and don’t want it to end quite so fast.

They’re still the same old Predators we grew up with and have seen re-created over the years as they’ve fought Schwarzenegger, Danny Glover and even crossed paths with the aliens from “Alien.” They still

vival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why.” Gonzales’ background in science journalism serves him well

with “Lucy,” which is eminently believable despite its preposterous premise. With science and medicine often progressing faster than society can come to grips with the ramifications, it seems plausible that a renegade academic could conduct experiments with outcomes we’re not prepared to handle.

Gonzales also taps into current politics. His Congress passes a law defining a human as someone whose genetic code matches that on file with the National Institutes of Health.

In real life, North Dakota lawmakers voted down a bill last year that would have defined a human as “any organism with the genome of Homo sapiens.” Supporters said the bill was meant to

bestow human rights on fertilized human eggs.

But despite the complex scientific and political issues raised, “Lucy” is fundamentally a story about love — between a mother and daughter, between friends, between a man and woman. Gonzales also excels at creating universal moments. For example, anyone who has lost a child can understand Jenny’s inability to stay in her home once Lucy is gone. The reminders — a prom dress, shoes, hairbrush — are too painful.

Yet Gonzales skillfully juxtaposes scenes of tragedy with those of hope, so that “Lucy” is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, hard to put down and hard to forget. It is original like Lucy.

see through heat vision, which always turns out to be their greatest weakness. You’d think after all this time hunting humans they would have learned they should probably invent some better technology to help them see.

“Predators” is big, dumb fun — with extra emphasis on the dumb. There are plenty of unintentional guffaws to be had, especially when the Yakuza swordmaster slowly strips

off his shirt in order to engage in hand-to-hand combat with a predator. It’s just a known fact you must be shirtless in an action movie when fighting for your life. It makes you more manly. There’s really not much of a storyline here, just a bunch of gun-toting maniacs who find themselves on the other side of the war. There’s a twist at the end that comes out of nowhere, like it’s from a different movie.

It seems very out of place and doesn’t add much to the overall effect. Fans of the past movies will like this one; it’s definitely better than the awful “Alien vs.

Predator.” “Predators” is one step closer to bringing the franchise back into relevancy.

Film critic Aaron Peck also writes for BlogCritics.org and HighDefDigest.com. Feedback at aaronpeck46@gmail.com.

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Answers from last week

Calendar Friday Everyone is invited to join a weekly peace vigil from 5:30 to 6 p.m. every Friday on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North in Logan. For more information, e-mail info@loganpeace.org.

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A Sidewalk Sale Jewelry (and Silver) Extravaganza will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday on the sidewalk at SE Needham Jewelers, 141 N. Main, Logan. The Palmer Collection features antique and estate jewels and costume jewelry and there will be hundreds of pieces from three charity collections.

A Flatline Tragedy will perform with Dethrone the Sovereign, Breaux and Great Glorious Grapevine (metal) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why

Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $6. For more information, visit www. myspace.com/whysound.

p.m. Friday at various downtown Logan businesses and galleries. For more information, call 753-6518 ext. 11.

It’s Honor Our Military Week for Daily Adventures at the American West Heritage Center with five sites open for hands-on living history activities. A children’s Victorian tea party will be held at 2 p.m. (reservations required).

Pony rides and train rides take place all day. Most activities are included with admission. Military personnel get in free this week.

The American West Heritage Center’s Wild West Shakespeare production of “A Whole Lotta Fussin’ Over Nothin’” will play Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $8-$10. A chuckwagon dinner sponsored and prepared by Elements can be added for $10. Reservations are required; call 245-6050.

The Antics will perform improv comedy at 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema, 795 N. Main St. Admission is $5 and everyone is invited. For more information, visit www.loganarthouse.com.

The Cache Valley Center for the Arts Gallery Walk will be held from 6 to 9

Three Weeks guitarist Bryce Wood will perform at 6 p.m. and Joel Roberts will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

Everyone is invited. There is no cover charge, although tips are encouraged.

Saturday The new Cache Valley Swap Meet is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. most

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Roof Top Bandits will perform with American Attic and The Sidekick (alternative/rock) at 8 p.m. Saturday at Why Sound.

Cover charge is $5.

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at the Cracker Barrel Cafe in Paradise. Everyone is invited.

Daily Adventures continues at the American West Heritage Center. A tepee party will be presented at 2 p.m. with Shoshone games and activities. Art Every Day is at 3 p.m.

Pony rides and train rides take place all day.

An auction/raffle/bake sale/community yard sale to benefit 4-year-old Nicholas Robinson will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Elk Ridge Park, 2500 N. 1100 East, North Logan. All proceeds will go to the Robinson family to help pay medical bills and travel expenses for Nicholas, who was run over by a riding lawn mower in March. For more information, visit www.need4nic.org.

Rachael Sage will perform at 7:30 p.m.

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

Stokes Nature Center will host “The History & Lore of Logan Canyon” from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free and everyone is invited. Elaine Thatcher of the Mountain West Center at USU will present stories from SNC’s podcast series. Participants will also take a virtual tour through Logan Canyon and hear various tales. For more information, call 755-3239.

Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology will open a new exhibit, “Fibers of Inheritance: Peruvian Textiles,” in conjunction with its “Saturdays at the Museum” series. This exhibit is a collection depicting the life and culture of ancient Peru through the medium of woven fabric. A short introduction will be given at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Activities for children will also be available. For more information, call 797-7545.

Larry Durrant of Larry’s Pharmacies will present “A Pharmacist’s Perspective of Fibromyalgia” for the Utah Fibromyalgia Association meeting from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Logan Regional Hospital (Room 5 or 1). For more information, visit www.nufibro conn.org.

The World Cup game for third place will show from noon to 3 p.m., Out of the Blue will perform improv comedy at 6 p.m. and the band Hectic Hobo will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema. Admission is free for the World Cup and $5 for each other event.

OPTIONS for Independence will visit the Golden Spike Monument in Promontory and

eat lunch at Call’s from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. To sign up, schedule transportation or for more information, contact Mandie at 7535353 ext. 108.

A Wendy’s three-on-three hockey shootout will be held from 8:45 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. These will be 10minute games between teams based on skill level. Two games guaranteed. There will be awards and prizes. Four players max per team; cost is $40 per team. Open to high school age and older.

Nashville recording artist Steven Halliday will perform at 6 p.m. and Katie Jo will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

Charlotte Skinner will play her accordion at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 792-0353.

It’s Children’s Day at the Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market, open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at Merlin Olsen Park.

Teenage author Koltn Burbank will be selling, signing copies and doing readings of his book, “Fiddle of Fire”; there will be a Stokes Nature Center booth where kids can learn how to plant peanuts and receive a peanut plant to take home; the Unicorn Children’s Theatre will be doing performances throughout the day; and there will be free nature-related crafts and other activities for kids. For more information, visit www.gardenersmarket.org.

Sunday Utah State University’s Alumni Band will present its annual Independence Day concert at 7 p.m. Sunday on the USU Quad east of Old Main. Admission is free and everyone is invited. A salute to both veterans and currently serving members of the armed forces is also included in the program. This week’s intermission feature will be the Lightwood Duo. The Summer Citizen Group’s Sunday Afternoon Series continues with Dr. Ross Peterson at 1 p.m. on the great lawn adjacent to Old Main on campus. Bring your own chairs. In case of rain, meet in the Old Main building. For more information, contact Norman Palmer at 787-1406.

Members of the Northern Chapter of the American Bikers Aiming Towards Education (ABATE) will hold their monthly meeting at noon Sunday at Ruby Tuesday, 43 E. 1400 North, Logan. All interested motorcyclists 18 and older are invited.

The World Cup Finals will show from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema. Admission is free.

The Cache Hikers will hike to the Jardine Juniper Tree via Wood Camp Hollow on Sunday. This is a steady but gradual uphill hike, about five miles with a 1,900-foot elevation gain. Bring water, lunch and appropriate clothing, and a donation for gas if carpooling. Meet

at 8 a.m. in the southwest corner of the Smith’s Marketplace parking lot at 700 N. Main. For more information, contact Jim at 760-5049.

The Post-Mormon Community Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. Newcomers welcome. For more information, visit www.PostMormon.org/logan.

Monday A Locks for Love event will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Beyond Hair, 1115 N. 200 East, Logan. Cost is $5 per haircut. For more information, call 787-8153.

A free meditation/self-awareness class is held from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Cosmic Nudge, 843 S. 100 West, #309, Logan. For more information, call 435-363-7173.

Tuesday The Caine College of the Arts at USU will present a one-time showing of the comedic, classic silent movie “Safety Last” with live accompaniment by organ specialist Mike Ohman at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the USU Performance Hall. Tickets are $15 and available through the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 139-B; online at boxoffice.usu.edu; or by calling 7978022. For more information, visit arts.usu.edu.

Cache Valley Visitors Bureau’s Summer Speaker Series at the historic Cache County Courthouse. Admission is free but seating is limited. For more information, call 755-1890.

Rubedo will perform with 3am and Dopest Rhymes (rock/psychedelic) at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

Daily Adventures continues Wednesday at the American West Heritage Center. A mountain man party will be held at 2 p.m.

Also: pony rides, train rides and living history activities for all ages. Art Every Day is at 3 p.m. Most activities are included with admission.

The John Birch Society (JBS) meeting will host a discussion on current events and legislation at 7 p.m. Wednesday at The Book Table. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Ye Olde Tyme Quilters will meet at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main, Logan. The group will eat lunch afterward (prices vary). For more information or to schedule free transportation, contact Aimee at 753-5353 ext. 105.

Paradise’s Farm and Garden Market is open from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the Town Square. Featured are local produce, crafts, music and activities for all ages.

It’s The Ways of Wood Week for Daily Adventures at the American West Heritage Center. A children’s Victorian tea party will be held at 2 p.m. (reservations required).

Pony rides and train rides take place all day.

Most activities are included with admission.

The Food Sense girls will share some of their quick and easy meal ideas, along with some freezer meal recipes, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. There is no charge. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

The education center at Logan Regional Hospital will host a Capable Kids class from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Classroom 1.

This class helps prepare children ages 7-13 for self-care when they are home alone. Cost is $13. Call 716-5310 to register.

Thursday

A Family Emergency Preparedness 101 workshop series will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. July 13, 20 and 27 at the Cache County Administration Building, 179 N. Main St., Ste. 109. Cost is $10 per person for the entire series and includes workshop materials, binders, handouts and refreshments. Pre-registration is required; call 752-6263.

A Survivors of Suicide Support Group will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Logan NAMI office, 90 E. 200 North.

The next session of Hockey Power will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday through Aug. 3, at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. Cost is $30.

Wednesday Darrin Smith, author of “Logan Reflections: Photographs Then, Now and InBetween,” will speak about some of Logan’s colorful history and autograph copies of his book at 7 p.m. Wednesday as part of the

Daily Adventures continues Thursday with The Ways of Wood Week at the American West Heritage Center. A pioneer party will be held at 2 p.m. with classic games and activities. Pony rides, train rides and hands-on living history activities are offered for all ages.

Most activities are free with admission.

Scout & Youth Days will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday at the American West Heritage Center. This month’s activity is the popular Pioneer Water Party, so come prepared to get wet. This is for youth groups and Scouts of all ages and genders. Reservations are required; call 245-6050.

Annette Hepner and her friend visiting from Japan will demonstrate how to make the perfect sushi from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. There is no charge. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot. For more information, visit www.maceys.com.

The Knotty Knitters meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. Everyone is invited to work on their crochet, knitting, needlework, crossstitch projects and more. For more information, contact Cathy at 752-3923.

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Saturdays and Sundays at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Local restaurants will provide snacks. Everyone is invited to attend, buy or sell. For more information, call 755-6106 or 757-4417.

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