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Cache Magazine On the spot

Local improv group loves laughing with their audience

The Herald Journal

AUGUST 19-26, 2011

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August 19-26, 2011

MUSIC 5 See what shows are coming up

movies 6 ‘One Day’ opens this weekend

7 ‘Conan the Barbarian’ a big bore

theater 3 Logan Youth Shakespeare play opens tonight

BOOKS 12 See reviews and best sellers

PROFILE 5 Meet musician and world

traveler Wade Evans

COLUMN 10 Dennis Hinkamp

shows nature’s dark side

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

MISC. 4 ‘Saturdays at the Museum’ continues

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Comedians Jordan Todd Brown, Jonathan Ribera, and Mike Grover talk in the Logan Arthouse before the start of their Logan Out Loud improv show. On the cover: Mike Grover and Jordan Todd Brown perform an improv sketch.

FROM THE EDITOR

ast week you may have noticed Cache Magazine got a bit of a makeover. The changes are not huge, but some of the fonts have been mixed up a bit, the cover and contents pages look different and I’ve added some bigger, bolder headers at the top of many of the pages. While the main focus of Cache will stay the same, I felt it was time for something new. This week I believe everything is the way I want it, but don’t be too surprised

if there are tweaks here and there down the road. The redesign actually went through a little slower than originally planned because I was hesitating on a few ideas. I guess you could say I was nervous about making the final decision on all of those “little” things — the fonts, the colors, the layout. It’s funny how sometimes the things others may or may not notice mean so much to you. I hiked part of the Wellsvilles with a friend the other day and we were able to see a gorgeous view of the entire valley just before sunset. This time it was my friend who was noticing all the little things — the colors of the fields in emerald, rust and sunflower, the way

the sun hit the mountains right then. So often little things don’t matter, and then, so often they do. I think it’s been about six months since I’ve been in this job and I’m hoping to keep up with what editors before me started. I’m hoping you’ll still send me your poems (page 11) and photos (page 13). I’m also planning to add a few new features in the coming months. For now though, here is the start of the little things: colors, fonts and page design. If you have any feedback or ideas of what you’d like to see in Cache, feel free to send me an email at mnewbold@hjnews.com anytime. — Manette Newbold

Kids take on Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ Rebellion simmers across England and King Henry is losing his tenuous hold on the throne. A wild magician leads an army in the west. Powerful generals, led by the fiery young Hotspur, have turned against him and threaten from the north. To make things worse, his own son — the dashing but wild Prince Hal — has abandoned him, preferring the company of Falstaff, a witty, old fat knight, and his crew of tavern ruffians. Featuring political intrigue, comedy both deep and broad, lots of action, beautiful language and characters so real you’ll swear you’ve met them before, the young actors of Logan Youth Shakespeare bring the Bard’s most popular history play to life tonight on the Logan Arthouse stage, 795 N. Main St. There will be four performances: Friday, Aug. 19, at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 20, at 2 p.m.; Friday Aug. 26, at 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m.. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for kids. No children younger than 5, please.

“Yeah, [rabbits] are cute, but cute will only get you so far in this world; just ask Lindsey Lohan.” – Dennis Hinkamp Page 10

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

Ceramic class signups now open The Cache Valley Center for the Arts Ceramic program starts their fall session on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pottery classes are geared for all ages and all skills. If you are just beginning on the wheel or if you are looking for advanced techniques, CVCA’s ceramic studio is the place to find them. All pottery classes take place in the Bullen Center Ceramics Studio located at 43 S. Main in Logan. The Ceramic Studio is located in northwest corner of the center. The CVCA Ceramic program provides weekly classes Monday through Thursday for children, teens and adults. Most classes are offered in five- or 10-week sessions and run year-round. New students are always welcome. Students ages 5 to 10, will learn about clay and create their own ceramic work using a variety of hand-building techniques, children younger than the age of 5 must be accompanied by an adult. Students ages 10 to 19 will learn about clay construction techniques and choose what

they most wish to create with a strong focus on wheel throwing. Students in the adult class will choose what they wish to create throughout the 10 weeks of classes; additional lab times are available. All classes must have a minimum enrollment of six students so consider signing up with a friend or attending with a family member. Register online now or stop by the CVCA ticket office between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or before heading to class. Space is limited and available on a first-come-firstserved basis. Children and preteen/teen classes are $71 for five weeks (includes $15 materials fee) or $106 for 10 weeks. Adult classes are $151 for 10 weeks (includes 25 pounds of clay and firing). Additional materials may be purchased as needed. Interested in booking a private lesson or a group ceramic class at the center? Visit our website or call 435-752-0026 to check availability or for registration info.

Pet: Bowser From: Cache Humane Society Why he’s so lovable: Beagles make great family pets, and Bowser is no exception. He is friendly with kids, other nice dogs and even likes cats. Bowser is a house-trained inside dog who loves to explore and play outside. Being a pack animal, he needs human companionship and love to thrive. Bowser is frightened of loud noises and fireworks and will let you know if any strangers come to your house.

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Library featuring accomplished musician A new exhibit organized by University Libraries at Utah State University takes a unique look at one of Cache Valley’s musical leaders who played a role in the cultural development of Logan. During the 1920s to 1940s, Frances Winton Champ was a unique talent in Northern Utah. Few residents then, or even now, had her comprehensive musical training in concert performance. She was known to devote eight to 10 hours a day to practice. Champ’s unique talent and items from her personal collection provide the foundation for “Frances Winton Champ — Cornerstone of Cache Valley Musical Culture: An Exhibit.” Now open in the foyer of the Merrill-Cazier Library on the USU campus, the exhibit can be seen through Oct. 2. The exhibit is free and open to the public. USU student Jeff Lyon led efforts to assemble the exhibit with an internship funded by the Champ family. An employee with Special Collections and Archives, he also brought a per-

sonal and professional interest to the project through his studies as a music student at USU where he is a senior music education major. As exhibit curator, Lyon conducted the research for the exhibit as well as its physical installation. “The exhibit is divided into three major sections that highlight Frances Winton Champ’s musical life — her work as a composer, pedagogue and performer,” Lyon said. Introductory panels provide family background and photographs as well. Frances Winton Champ was the wife of Frederick Percival Champ, a former president of the Board of Trustees for USU and a leader in Cache Valley banking. Frances Champ was an accomplished performer, gifted composer and effective teacher. Her personal music library, a gift from the Champ family, is unique and can be found at the library’s Special Collections and Archives. Portions of the collection are available to the public while additional items are being catalogued.

As a composer, Frances Champ penned sacred songs as well as contemporary works. In an award-winning effort, one of her compositions was included in the Relief Society Songbook for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Examples of her musical manuscripts are displayed. Champ’s collection of scores spans nearly a century of music publication and several are on display, some with her performance notations. Concert programs are included as are a number of news clippings. An exhibit panel highlights news comments about Mrs. Champ’s performances. A reception for the exhibit, with performances of Frances Champ’s music, will be held Monday, Sept. 12, at the exhibit site. USU’s Department of Music provides support and funding for the concert and will move a Steinway concert grand piano to the library for the event. A number of her original compositions — both published and unpublished — will be performed by music department musicians.

Museum presents stories of USU Art Barn The Museum of Anthropology’s future home — and the human stories associated with the structure — provide the focus for the next “Saturdays at the Museum” activity at Utah State University. The unique history of the Aggie Barn, or the old Art Barn, is presented Saturday, Aug. 20, by Jason Neil, a graduate student and member of the USU Barn research team. Neil has conducted exten-

sive research on the many human stories of the barn and will share his findings in a two-part lecture at the museum. The first lecture begins at 11 a.m., with the second at 1 p.m. A question and answer session follows both. Activities for children are planned throughout the day. Plans call for the Aggie Barn to become the new home of a USU Welcome Center and an expanded Museum of Anthro-

pology. “The Barn has gone through as many progressive changes as the university,” said Melissa Allen, a Saturdays series program coordinator. “We are very excited to share the stories of the barn and the museum’s future.” 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) 797-7545 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.

COMING UP

hough Wade Evans doesn’t need a lot of money, his life has been rich with experience. The 32-year-old Paradise native has traveled around the world a few times visiting Central and South America, the Middle East and has lived in India for months at a time. And wherever he goes, music comes with him. Evans says he plays mostly string instruments and began with the guitar and mandolin long ago. He now performs on various Eastern and North Indian instruments such as the Turkish oud, sitar and Afghani rubab. He’s played for gatherings as close and intimate as the Gardener’s Market in Logan, and as far away and foreign as a camel festival in India. He’s recorded albums along the way — the most recent one in Bolivia — and plans to take on several projects in the future. “Hopefully I have a long life ahead of me to continue traveling with music,” he says.

• During his mid-20s Evans lived in a teepee for eight months of the year for five years. He grew a lot of his own food and traded it at the farmer’s market for produce and bread. • “These were skills I learned traveling around the world. You learn to live the gypsy life. There were times I would go months and never own more than $20 at a time. That may be the happiest period of my life.” • When Evans travels he is always finding ways to play music and learns new skills from teachers. He plans to return to India to study with one of his old teachers there. • “Nature inspires music. My dreams inspire music. Epic poetry inspires my music.” • One of Evans’ goals is to write and record a soundtrack to some silent footage of Afghanistan his grandfather took in the ‘50s.

Text by Manette Newbold Photo by Jennifer Meyers

Milk Carton Kids return to Logan Acoustic duo Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan will be performing Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Logan Arthouse, 795 N. Main St., Logan. Their new album, “Prologue,” was on iTunes’ top 10 singer/songwriter albums. Cost for the show is $8 in advance plus $1 service charge for online sales; $10 at the door.

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Oldies Night will take place tonight starting at 6 p.m. with acoustic artist Becky Kimball. She will play and sing wonderful tunes from the ’60s and ’70s, from artists you remember and love, like The Beatles. She will be followed starting at 7 p.m. by Scott Olsen, who is a one-man band with a wide variety of fun oldies. The western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform Saturday, Aug. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. If you’ve never heard these guys before, they are great entertainers.

Why sound shows

• “I play the Afghani rubab and other instruments from that area. So one of my goals is to help my grandpa finish his movie, my grandpa who I never met.”

Tr3ason will perform metal with Unthinkable Thoughts, Deicidal Carnage and Downfall on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. Cost is $5.

• To hear Evans play some of his music, stop by the Porcupine Music Festival in Paradise on Saturday, Aug. 27.

Laurelin Kruse will perform acoustic music with Charliegh Petersen and Ryan Miller on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. Cost is $5.

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Meet WADETraveling musician

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movies Maybe it was all more resonant, more poignant on the page: the many highs and lows and major life shifts that occur during the decades-spanning friendship/romance between Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess). But here they feel so cursory and rushed, it’s as if we’re watching a filmed version of the CliffsNotes of David Nicholls’ best-seller. The central conceit is this: Em and Dex meet after a long night of post-college graduation partying July 15, 1988. “One Day” keeps coming back to that one day, year after year, and checks in with them as they date other people, forge careers, share awkward dinners and basically wait around until the inevitable July 15 when they’ll be together. Big, weighty moments are thrust before us — and these should be serious hanky moments — but since the emotional groundwork hasn’t been laid for them, we’re not moved. We’re just not there yet. Emma and Dexter feel more like ideas, types, rather than fleshed-out characters, so the supporting players who supposedly play crucial roles for them barely register either. It’s a handsome misfire, though. And it’s all the more curious coming from Danish director Lone Scherfig, whose last film was the excel-

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Director // Lone Scherfig Starring // Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess Rated // PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity, language, some violence and substance abuse lent “An Education” (2009), which was nominated for three Academy Awards including best picture. 104 minutes.

This makes you realize just how crucial Jane Lynch is to the Fox TV show’s success. She’s nowhere to be found in this peppy concert film, shot over two days during the recent North American tour, and her trademark snark as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester is sorely missed. Instead what we’re left with are the musical performances, which are admittedly glossy, high-energy and infectious, but they seem awfully earnest on their own. Director Kevin Tancharoen doesn’t offer much that you haven’t already seen on the ridiculously popular television series. The actors, in character, perform many of the songs that have become fan favorites with the same choreography and sometimes even the same costumes from the show. If you’re looking for revealing behind-the-scenes foot-

age, forget it. And yet, if you love “Glee,” you’ll be psyched. These are your idols, leaping into your laps in crisp, bright 3-D. They’re all multitalented, dedicated young performers who have pulled off the difficult feat of working their butts off but making it look effortless and even fun. Fan testimonials and inspirational back stories grind the film to a halt; thankfully, Tancharoen keeps coming back to the music. 83 minutes.

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New ‘Conan’ a barbaric bore No one ever turns into a giant snake in the new “Conan the Barbarian.” That, in a nutshell, is what’s wrong with this remake: The knowing sense of big, ridiculous fun that marked the 1982 original is gone, and in its place we get a self-serious series of generic sword battles and expository conversations. Fight, talk, fight, ols), whom he’s been talk, fight, talk, then an tasked with protecting. enormous throwdown Not quite as poetic as followed by a denoueone of Schwarzenegment that dangles the Director // Marcus Nispel ger’s most famous possibility of a sequel lines: “To crush your (dear God, no) — that’s Starring // Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman and Rose enemies, see them the basic structure here. McGowan Rated // R for strong bloody violence, some sexual- driven before you, and And yet, despite seemity and nudity to hear the lamentation ing so simplistic, direcof their women.” But at tor Marcus Nispel’s least we know he’s confilm is mind-numbingly bona fide movie star — 6-foot-5 physique of up- fident enough to avoid convoluted. The fact looks extremely dated and-coming action star suffering an existential that it’s been converted nearly 30 years later, it Jason Momoa. If you’re crisis. Good for him. to a murky, smudgy, still functions just fine into that kind of thing, He also doesn’t evolve, barely-used 3-D doesn’t as both an epic adventhat is — he is a specthough, which doesn’t help matters. At one ture tale and an admittacle to behold, albeit in make him terribly compoint, I scrawled in my ted guilty pleasure. a romance-novel coverpelling. It didn’t seem notes: “IncomprehenThere’s very little model kind of way. possible for there to be sible underwater serpent that’s pleasurable in “I live. I love. I slay even less characterizaattack.” There you have this new “Conan,” ... I am content,” Conan tion than there was in it. aside from allowing us says to the innocent the original “Conan,” The script is credited to ogle the muscular, Tamara (Rachel Nichbut voila. to three writers, based on Robert E. Howard’s Conan character, but PLAYING AUGUST 19-25 Action! MOVIE HOTLINE 435-753-1900 everyone involved would probably prefer UNIVERSITY 6 STADIUM 8 1225 N 200 E., BEHIND HOME DEPOT that you not think of 535 W. 100 N. PROVIDENCE MIDNIGHT SHOW FRI/SAT $6.00 2297 N. Main COWBOYS AND ALIENS this as a remake. in Digital THE HELP (PG-13) MOVIE HOTLINE 753-6444 WWW.WALKERCINEMAS.NET 12:45 3:35 6:25 9:15 GLEE LIVE in Digital 3D Remakes have ALL SEATS ALL TIMES $3.00 CAPTAIN AMERICA in Digital 3D OpEN SuN-THuRS AT 3:30pM FRIGHT NIGHT (R) become Nispel’s bread OpEN FRI & SAT 11:30AM FOR OuR MATINEES FRIGHT NIGHT 12:35 2:50 5:05 7:20 9:35 and butter in recent RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES CONAN THE BARBARIAN in 2D (R) KuNg Fu in Digital SupER 8 years. The longtime 12:40 3:40 6:40 9:40 pANdA (pg-13) 7:35 & 9:50 17 MIRACLES in Digital music-video director THE BARBARIAN (pg) 4:40 HARRY POTTER 7 PART 2 in 2D (PG-13) CONAN in Digital 3D Fri & Sat Mat 12:15 & 2:30 also made the 2003 1:10 3:50 6:30 9:30 FINAL DESTINATION 5 in Digital 3D HARRy pOTTER version of “The Texas SPY KIDS 4 in 2D (PG) ANd THE WINNIE THE 12:40 2:40 4:40 6:40 8:40 Chainsaw Massacre” MOVIES STADIUM 5 dEATHLy 2450 NORTH MAIN pOOH (g) and the 2009 version SMURFS in 2D (PG) HALLOWS pART 2 CAPTAIN AMERICA in 2D 4:30 & 6:00 12:30 2:35 4:40 6:45 8:50 (pg-13) 4:00, 7:00 & 9:45 of “Friday the 13th.” Fri & Sat Mat THE HELP Fri & Sat Mat 1:00 11:50, 1:30 & 3:00 30 MINUTES OR LESS (R) But while the origiCOWBOYS AND ALIENS 1:40 3:40 5:40 7:40 9:40 nal “Conan” — the ONE DAY pIRATES OF THE TRANSFORMERS 3 FINAL DESTINATION 5 (R) movie that signaled SPY KIDS 4 dARK SIdE OF THE MOON 1:15 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:15 CARIbbEAN: 4:30 6:30 FRI/SAT 8:30 ON STRANgER TIdES the arrival of Arnold (pg-13) 3:45, 6:40 & 9:35 GIFT BOOKS AND CARDS AVAILABLE Fri & Sat Mat (pg-13) 6:45 & 9:25 12:30 Schwarzenegger as a BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.MOVIESWEST.COM

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On the spot. Local improv group loves laughing with their audience

iven their druthers, the Logan Out Loud comedy troupe probably wouldn’t have chosen to perform “sitting around doing nothing” on a recent Saturday night, but they didn’t have much choice. As an improv group, Jonathan Ribera, Jordan Brown, Mike Grover, Kendall Peck and Taylor Miles often solicit suggestions from the audience about topics for skits. During a bit in which the comics (on this night Peck and Miles were missing) were to act out scenes from the life of an audience member, a young man had suggested Park City as a vacation destination. That seemed to offer plenty of possibilities, until he was asked what sort of activities he did there. His answer: Pretty much just sit around. Grover and Ribera hesitated only a moment. Flopping down on the couch on the stage at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema, the duo proceeded to riff on the comforts of sitting. “This feels so good,” Ribera said. “We haven’t sat like this since we left home.” “Well, except for that time in the car,” Grover replied, melting back into the couch. “It’s like our bodies were made for this.” The audience reacted with appreciation at the group’s ability to conjure something out of nothing, the very essence of the old Seinfeld sitcoms. Of course there was more. During the 75-minute show

From left: Comedian Jordan Todd Brown performs with Logan Out Loud at the Logan Arthouse; Mike Grover, left, and Jordan Todd Brown perform an improv sketch; Mike Grover laughs during an improv skit.

the trio acted out an alien adoption, weaved random text messages from audience members’ phones into a dialog, and played a game in which each of their lines had to be given in the form of a question. And, as Ribera said, “It’s all made up on the spot.” Afterwards, the actors were still buzzing. “It’s kind of an adrenaline rush being onstage, and the laughter is the drug,” Ribera said. “You don’t think too much up there while you’re doing it but it takes a while to come down from the highs of a good show.” After a show the group will meet to go over the performance, and, as Ribera noted, “It seems everyone (in the audience) has a good time, but the performers are the ones who are either really excited or disappointed.” Each of the Logan Out Loud-ers has done standup or improv, as well as some acting. They came together at the Arthouse, which Ribera bought a year ago, and hit it off from the beginning. The group plans to take their show on the road eventually. “Every group has its own chemistry and style,” Ribera said, “but I love the chemistry we built so each show, even though is different, has our own unique ‘nerds who discovered a team sport’ vibe.” Before each performance the actors sit down and pick a few topics, such as Late For Work. With the viewers’ help, those topics will expand into a full show. Their notes for this night easily fit on an index card, and the rest of their preparation revolved

around poking fun at themselves. “I think every parent looks at their baby and thinks, ‘I want him to tell jokes,’” Grover deadpanned before the show. Ribera added, “the good news is, if it goes badly, we’re comics so we don’t care, we weren’t expecting anything anyway.” “We’re pretty legit,” Brown said, frowning seriously before breaking into laughter. “It’s a Mad Lib, essentially.” Improvisational theater — or theatre, if you’re from England — goes back centuries, when traveling jesters would present off-the-cuff shows. That’s more or less the model Logan Out Loud follows today, with more cell phone jokes. It’s a form of entertainment that requires adjustment for some. “People are used to going to a show and turning off their cell phones and being quiet,” Ribera noted, as Brown chimed in, “Yeah, live entertainment is scary.” The group does indeed call on the audience for feedback, but no one is forced to participate, and the actors, while sometimes walking a fine line, strive to keep the show “PG-13.” Nevertheless, a dead audience makes for a very dead show. “The audience is always involved with the show,” Ribera said, and the actors can never go on cruisecontrol. “One of the fun things that makes or breaks a show is that as a performer you have to be thinking three or four steps ahead.” Eventually the group hopes to build a fan base of USU students and people from the community. Even if you’ve seen one show, Ribera points out, that doesn’t mean you know what they’ll do next time. “With improv, every show is completely different — anything can happen at any point,” he said. “It’s a lot more enjoyable than stand-up because you have no idea what will happen.”

By Lance Frazier • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

On the spot. Local improv group loves laughing with their audience

From left: Comedian Jordan Todd Brown performs with Logan Out Loud at the Logan Arthouse; Mike Grover, left, and Jordan Todd Brown perform an improv sketch; Mike Grover laughs during an improv skit.

By Lance Frazier • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

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Nature isn’t all cute, flowery and glowing I’ve never cared much for nature writing because there is usually too much wafting, glimmering and shimmering — things that seldom happen in real life. I prefer to think of our backyard as an Elmore Leonard short story. It’s just another day at the hummingbird bar where an ugly mood hangs in the air like secondhand smoke. Every hummer is nudging for position like it’s the last five minutes of happy hour. The jukebox keeps playing that one shrill metallic song. Punch drunk on sugar water, the males zip awkwardly up and down like wounded helicopters to either impress the ladies or scare off other males. The females fidget on the sidelines waiting for their turn at the juice when some saucy Oriole plops down on a sugar well bar stool. She tries to

Slightly Off Center By Dennis Hinkamp

act like she knows what she’s doing, but the piercing stares of eight pairs of eyes convince her she’s in the wrong neighborhood. She takes just a sip of her drink and quickly leaves. One of the frantic hummingbirds comes within an inch of my ear. I shouldn’t have worn a red shirt today. I curse them and threaten to replace their sugar with Splenda just to see what would happen. But in the end I relent and restock their bar with the good sugary stuff because I know what it’s like. Sometimes we all need a drink and an excuse to puff out our

chests. On the other side of the yard the squirrels are barking at me as they tap dance down their power line highway. They think they are cute and clever hiding their winter stash all over the property. In truth, they are belligerent and greedy. They loot the dog’s outdoor bed for their nesting material. They squabble with magpies over some useless bit of turf. Neither of them will back down, but they agree to disagree as if one is Hamas and the other Israeli Likud. I discover they have been storing their festering pile of seeds and nuts in my travel trailer. I curse their existence and put an iron fry pan over their entryway. I throw their stash in the compost heap with no regrets. This is war, and I’m not the United Nations.

The rabbits freeze in their clover patch thinking they are invisible. They act like shy teenagers who think if they are quiet for long enough, you’ll stop asking questions and leave them alone. The rabbits flourish only because this neighborhood has only house cats and lazy dogs. Their only enemy is the little girl next door who has a slingshot and an eye for mischief. So they live a lavish life as a solitary link no longer connected to the food chain. Yeah, they are cute, but cute will only get you so far in this world; just ask Lindsey Lohan. There are also a couple quail families out there; one a perfect nuclear family of a mother, father and five chicks. The other family is a single mother with a lone chick. It’s mean streets out there with all the hawks and owls, and

she only pops out in the open for the briefest moments. I wonder what stories she could tell. Was her mate eaten? Or did she split because he was fooling around with that barfly Oriole? Dennis Hinkamp would like to thank the cast of characters in the yard for inspiring him. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback can be sent to dennis.hinkamp@ usu.edu.

Celebrate America show returns next month Returning to the Utah State University campus, the 12th Annual Celebrate America Show, “In The Miller Mood,” combines the elements audiences have come to love: Dinner, show and dance. This swinging musical show captures the timeless sound and style of Glenn Miller’s music and the big band era. During the 1940s, Miller, along with Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, made a significant contribution to the morale of the nation through music. It was music that filled the airwaves, lifted sprits, boosted patriotism and helped sell War Bonds when America was in the midst of World War II. The aim of The Celebrate America evening is to recreate that atmo-

ence is transported to the big band era with stops in Chicago, St. Louis and New York City. “In The Miller Mood” plays nightly from Sept. 6-10 at 7 p.m. in

sphere by taking the audience back in time to the glamorous Hotel Pennsylvania (where Miller was inspired to write his

hit tune, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”). In a delightful toe-tapping journey on the Chattanooga Choo Choo, the audi-

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Your Stuff “Mom” By Glenda Grindeland When my children were young, I thought it was my right for my children to love me because I was Mother. I am old and my children are grown. I found out it was a privilege for my children to love me. It is their choice. You could say I was really surprised when my daughter told my granddaughter the same thing last year. Her daughter said, “Most of my friends don’t like their mothers.” Needless to say I told my daughter what I had told my son. It is a privilege not to be abused because children don’t always listen to their mothers. When my son and daughter from out of state call to see how I am doing, I always say, “I love you, take care, be good, and thank you for calling me.” My son says I don’t have to thank him for calling me because he loves me. My daughter says the same. We have become a three-way support system for each other. My oldest daughter and I have gotten past our differences and we do not say or do anything to break the peace between us. Send your poems and stories to mnewbold@hjnews.com.

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Books ‘Submission’ looks at how 9/11 left U.S. fragmented By M.L. Johnson The Associated Press

Having chosen a winning design for the World Trade Center memorial, a jury in New York opens the envelope with the architect’s name and gets a shock: He is Muslim. Ten years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, former New York Times reporter Amy Waldman takes a tough look at how the jury divided the nation, despite calls for unity and surface expressions of tolerance. Her debut novel is a sharp work with complex characters and an unflinching skepticism about human motivation. Waldman recognizes the tragedy of 9/11 without indulging in sentimentality. Her jury has only one family member on it: the beautiful, rich, Harvard-educated lawyer Claire Burwell. The young widow captured national attention with an angry rebut-

tal of allegations that 9/11 families were milking the system for compensation money. Having seen Claire on television, the governor appointed her to the jury in the hope that her late husband’s art collection was an indicator of his wife’s taste as well.

Having manipulated the other jurors’ pity and survivors’ guilt to ensure her choice wins the competition, Claire initially is the architect’s strongest supporter. Her liberal husband wouldn’t hold his religion against him, she says. Her art-loving husband would want the design to stand on its own merits. But Claire gradually turns on its creator, her doubts about his religion and dislike of his reticence eating away at her as she struggles with loneliness and the fading memory of her husband. Mohammad Khan has struggled in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. Airport searches and a lost promotion have made the ambitious, American-born architect bitter. Entering the memorial competition seems like a way to revive his career and stick it to a country he believes has unfairly made him a target of

Teen hunts vampires in new novel By Summer Moore The Associated Press

Alex Van Helsing finally belongs somewhere. It just happens to be an underground organization that secretly hunts and kills vampires. “Voice of the Undead” is Jason Henderson’s second novel in the Alex Van Helsing series. The first, “Vampire Rising,” published last year, was an interesting twist on an old tale, but a slow read. “Voice of the Undead” is a more actionpacked story, and the characters are more fully developed. In the first book, Alex enrolled at the prestigious allboys Glenarvon Academy near Lake Geneva, where he was

quickly attacked by a fanged woman. He also noticed that he gets a strange static in his head that warns him when vampires are near. Because of this ability, the 14-year-old was recruited by the Polidorium organization, where his English teacher is a high-ranking officer, to become a vampire hunter. In “Voice of the Undead,” Alex attends school during the day and spends his nights searching Lake Geneva for the magicprotected Scholomance, an

ancient vampire school. During one of these missions, he burns down Glenarvon Academy, which is forced to relocate to an all-girls academy down the road. Meanwhile, the Polidorium want Alex to track down a vampire named Ultravox. The Alex Van Helsing series is tapping into the market of books for young adult boys and does so successfully. The novels are engaging and suspenseful, without relying on a central love story.

suspicion. Mo is unprepared for the furor generated by his selection and the questions of faith it provokes within him. Buffeted by the media storm, Claire and Mo find themselves manipulated by reporters, right-wing zealots, the liberal left and a governor with hopes of higher office. Claire faces jealousy from a firefighter’s brother who lusts for the spotlight and believes he should have been on the jury. The unabashedly secular Mo finds no more acceptance from observing Muslims than the Jewish head of the selection committee. The fight over the memorial leaves both haunted, aware — even if

unwilling to acknowledge — that they have lost their best selves. Much of the power in Waldman’s writing comes from her ability to gradually reveal layer upon layer of her characters’ circumstances, creating a continual sense of enlightenment as the story progresses. “The Submission” is sure to generate controversy with its harsh take on many widows and firefighters’ families. But it’s a novel whose time has come. A decade after the attacks, it’s possible now to look with perspective on who we were, who we became and who we want to be.

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he Cache Valley T community is invited to join incoming USU freshmen

their academic career, Connections students are required to read the literature selection and write a short paper. enrolled in Connections in This year’s selection is reading “Zeitoun” by Dave about Abdulrahman and Eggers. Along with the firstKathy Zeitoun, who run a year USU students, USU house-painting business in President Stan L. Albrecht and Logan City Mayor Randy New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina Watts will be reading the approaches, Kathy evacubook. ates with their four young Many freshmen come to children, leaving Zeitoun campus a few days early and to watch over the business. enroll in the Connections In the days following the course, which is specifically designed to ease new students’ storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned transition to university life. The summer literature experi- animals and helping elderly ence is part of the larger Con- neighbors. Then, on Sept. 6, police officers armed with nections program. To begin

M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, “Zeitoun” is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. “Zeitoun offers a transformative experience to anyone open to it, for the simple reasons that it is not heavy-handed propaganda, not eat-yourpeas social analysis, but an adventure story, a tale of suffering and redemption, almost biblical in its simplicity, the trials of a good man who believes in God and happens to have a canoe. Anyone who cares about America, where it

is going and where it almost went, before it caught itself, will want to read this thrilling, heartbreaking, wonderful book,” said Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times. The literature experience culminates with a Convocation on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 9:30 a.m. in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center on campus, where all are invited to attend. This year’s speaker is Chris Rose, writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper. His talk will include reflections on “Zeitoun” and postKatrina New Orleans.

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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Lends, in a way 7. Drift ashore 13. Wets 19. Tennis great Gibson 20. Soup cracker 21. Condor condo? 22. Twinkle-toed soul pioneer? 25. 1950’s British P.M. 26. Motor City team 27. Driving off 28. Soak up again 30. Tomato sauce maker 32. “Tootsie” Oscar winner 33. “___ House” (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hit) 34. Color ___ 36. Romantic interlude 38. Bad spots? 40. Makes right 42. Shooter pellet 43. Blue ___, Ohio 46. Twinkle-toed preCivil War leader? 51. Load to bear 52. High hat 53. Uneaten morsel 54. Attire 55. “The One I Love” group 56. Double-reed instrument 57. Long bones 60. Exclamation of pleasure 61. Talks foolishly 63. Toklas partner 64. Wary 68. Unmatched 69. Master 70. Mysterious letter 71. Female hare 72. Tyrone ___, American boxer 75. Nine-sound signal 76. Gaming table fabric 78. Unit of loudness 79. Twinkle-toed “Family

Ties” star? 84. Work with a shuttle 85. Class 86. Sports shoes 87. Piquant 88. Visibly shaken 90. Grasshopper sound 91. Figured out 92. Atomic no. 86 95. Girder material 97. Red mullet 102. Newspaper department 104. Some Romanovs 106. Largest of seven 107. Twinkled-toed TV icon? 111. Combat zones 112. Czech monetary unit 113. Asseverate 114. Club-shaped tool 115. Sound ___ 116. Put under Down 1. Worse, as excuses go 2. Dodge 3. In a fog 4. Cuts of meat 5. Common Market: abbr. 6. Chantey singer 7. Admonish 8. “___, Babylon” (Frank novel) 9. It’s often sloppy 10. Start for cup 11. Release 12. Active 13. Neighbor of Java 14. In equal shares 15. Lateral 16. Kind of kitchen 17. “___ Number” (The Cure single) 18. “The Playboy of the Western World” author 20. Patronizer 23. ___ France 24. Most fortunate 29. Pleads

30. Pilgrimage to Mecca 31. “Major” animal 34. Mutation target 35. Prevarication 37. Mail boat 38. Breathing woe 39. Underground comic artist 40. “I’m outta here!” 41. Distribute 42. ___ Noël 43. Vatican vestment 44. Word with bum or bunny 45. Monopoly token 47. Fix firmly 48. Bellyache 49. Virus type 50. Island near Kauai 51. Venus or Mars 56. Senior 58. Ring in 50-Down 59. Dainty biter 60. Tack on 62. Classic clown 63. Cummerbund 64. Greek liqueurs 65. Kind of committee 66. Like some patches of soil 67. Hopper, to friends 69. Wallop 70. Fissure 72. Halloween decoration 73. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo” 74. Giant Hall-of-Famer 75. Twill-weave fabric 77. “When it’s ___” (old riddle answer) 78. Embarrassing booboos 80. .001 inch 81. Burn with desire 82. Jewish month 83. Gait between walk and canter 88. Packing a punch 89. Of a positively charged electrode 90. Orchestra chairs

91. Chatterbox 92. Précis 93. Dig deeply? 94. Small change 96. Japanese verse form 97. Misses 98. It needs refinement 99. Keys 100. ___ of Vicksburg 101. More than unpopular 103. Good news on Wall Street 104. Trident part 105. Rebuke 108. Dot-com’s address 109. Nod, maybe 110. Resembling

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Friday “Perfecting the Technique,” a Tae Kwon Do seminar, will take place Friday, Aug. 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 310 N. 800 East in Hyrum. Stokes Nature Center invites curious toddlers, ages 2 to 3, to join them for Parent Tot from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19. 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. “The Lion in Winter” continues Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Caine Lyric Theatre in Logan. The play takes you through the dynamics and politics of King Henry, his wife Eleanor and their three sons. The play is rated M for mature for language and sexual themes. A matinee will take place Aug. 20 at 2 p.m. Cost is $10. For more information visit http://arts.usu. edu.

SATURDAY Stokes Nature Center invites all ages to a storytelling program at Ephraim’s Grave in Logan Canyon. Daniel Bishop, the storyteller, will share the tale of Old Ephraim, the great grizzly. Carpool leaves Logan Ranger District parking lot at 6 p.m. Registration required. An Alzheimer’s benefit breakfast and yard sale will take place Aug. 20 at 7:30 a.m. at Cache Valley Assisted Living, 233 N. Main St., Providence. Breakfast starts at 8 a.m. and is $5 or $25 for a family of six. Cache Pilates Studio is

having fall registration Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 to 11 a.m. at studio No. 4 at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East, Logan. Classes begin Monday, Aug. 22. The semester runs for 15 weeks. Cost is $150 for the full semester; a discount is given for multiple classes. Classes are mat based using small equipment. For any questions or for placement call Tora at 787-8442 or leave a message at 753-3633. Wellsville’s Concert on the Square will feature local talent, as well as guests presenting a variety of entertainment from vaudeville music to cowboy poetry Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. The Cache Bash demolition derby starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Music starts at 6 p.m. with 8-Track Mind. There will be food and drinks as well as giveaways including a Fender Electric Guitar. Discount tickets available at KSM Music, 50 W. 400 North. Drop off all your unused over-the-counter and prescription medications Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Spence’s Pharmacy located at 550 E. 1400 North in Logan. This is a community disposal event so the medications can be safely destroyed. Everyone who disposes of medicine at the event will receive a coupon from Firehouse Pizzeria. This event is coordinated by Bear River Health Department, Logan City Police Department, Northern Utah Substance Abuse Prevention Team (NUSAPT), Spence’s Pharmacy, Cache County Sheriff’s Office, and Firehouse Pizzeria. For more information, go to www.brhd.org.

SUNDAY The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left

first draft screenplay for the Mormonism. The Cache Valley forthcoming motion picture chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant “MARLOWE: An Elizabethan Tragedy.” every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. We welcome newcomers. For more information call Jeff at 770-4263, or go to our website Lincoln Elementary at, www.postmormon.org/logan. School’s back to school night will be Aug. 24 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. School begins Aug. 25 at 9 a.m. It’s canning season! Time to test your pressure canner Robert Linton will be playgauge. Bring your lid to the ing his guitar for Paradise USU Cache County ExtenPark visitors on Wednesday, sion Office on Monday, Aug. Aug. 24, at 6 p.m. His relaxing, 22, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. to classical guitar style sounds have your gauge tested for similar to harp music. Come free. We’ll also test gauges out and listen to the soothing at Smithfield Implement the sounds while you enjoy an same day from 2 to 5 p.m. for evening in the park. free. Testing on other days is available at $3 per gauge by Common Ground Outdoor appointment at the USU Cache County Extension Office at 179 Adventures is conducting a canoeing activity WednesN. Main, Logan. Phone 752day, Aug. 24 at 5:30 p.m. Cost 6263 for more information. is $3. We will be heading to Tony Grove, Porcupine and the Mountain Crest Softball is Marsh. proud to sponsor the Annual Wellsville Labor Day Softball Ye Olde Tyme quilters, Tournament. This two-week Spanish speaking group, will tournament will start the week take place Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. of Aug. 22 and run through at OPTIONS for Independence, Labor Day. This will be a four1095 N. Main in Logan. Lunch game guarantee with pool play will follow. For information or to to determine seeding for a schedule transportation, condouble elimination bracket play tact Royella at 435-753-5353 for both divisions. Tournament ext. 105. entry fee is $150. For questions or to sign up, please call Auditions for the AmeriDiane Roundy at 770-1967. can Festival Chorus for men and women will take place Common Ground Outdoor Wednesday, Aug. 24. To Adventures is holding at Bike schedule an audition appoint‘n’ Ice activity Monday, Aug. ment, contact Elaine Olson 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost at 435-797-7942 or elaine. is $5. We will start at Comolson@usu.edu. Come premon Ground (355 N. 100 East pared to sing one verse of a in Logan), ride for a half hour, hymn or folk song acappella. then grab some delicious ice Download the audition applicacream. tion from the American Festival Chorus website, www.americanfestivalchorus.org, and bring it completed to the audiAuthor Francis Hamit will tion. If you are accepted into be signing books at Hastthe choir, rehearsals will begin ings on Aug. 23, to promote that evening. Please check the Hamit’s Civil War novel “The website for additional informaQueen of Washington.” The tion regarding the audition and book signing will also include costs associated with the choir. Hamit’s previous novel “The Shenandoah Spy” and the

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THURSDAY Starting Aug. 25 and ending Sept. 29, The Bear River Area Agency on Aging is sponsoring six weekly workshops on how to plan now for long-term health care in the home or other health care facilities. On Aug. 25, Darren Hotton of the Utah Division of Aging Senior Health Insurance Program will present information on long term care insurance at 6:30 at the Cache County Administration Building, 179 N. Main in Logan, Room 109. Cache Humane Society is looking for two or three people who would like to help spruce up the facility. Molly Hysell is heading this project, and she would love help planting irises on the shelter grounds. Those who would like to help can call the shelter at 792-3920 and we sign up. This project will start Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Spring Creek Camp will host a summer picnic Thursday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Zollinger Park in Providence. Special guests will be the Elizabeth Matthews Camp. Shauna Flammer will teach us great freezer meal recipes at a free community and cooking class Thursday, Aug. 25, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Macey’s Little Theater. OPTIONS for Independence will attend the Box Elder fair and rodeo Thursday, Aug. 25. Arrive at 5:30 p.m. Cost of rodeo to be announced. Dinner prices vary and transportation is $2. To RSVP and to schedule transportation, call Mandie 435753-5353 ext. 108.

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