The Herald Journal
Sept. 11-17, 2009
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The Bluebird Candy Company has a long and rich history, dating back to 1914 when the Carden and Newberger families started a soup and sandwich shop. The Bluebird moved locations, from its small shop on East Center to its Main Street location where it stands today. “As I understand, it was the most elegant place in Cache Valley,” said Joanne Fraser, manager of Bluebird Candies. Read all about it on Page 8. Photo by Eli Lucero/Herald Journal
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ARNING: READING this week’s cover story might make you drool. I love chocolate. I love white chocolate and milk chocolate. I love chocolate-covered graham crackers, chocolate-covered almonds and chocolate-covered chocolate. I love chocolate bars, chocolate milk, chocolate candies, chocolate doughnuts and chocolate cookies. I once made these cake-ball things that were basically blobs of cake batter covered in chocolate, and my new favorite cookies are these big chocolate Oreo things my sister-in-law, Maquel, made last weekend. My mom’s chocolate-velvet cake is to die for. The bad thing about loving chocolate is, well, the whole loving chocolate thing. With all the crazy technology out there these days, why hasn’t somebody made
The Cache Stargazers club is keeping an eye on the cosmos
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just-as-good-tasting chocolate that’s good for you and won’t go straight to your thighs? So reading all about the Bluebird Candy Company made my mouth water, especially when paired with the delicious photos HJ photographer Eli Lucero took. The cool thing about the Bluebird is that all their candy is handmade — they still have real-live humans who dip the chocolates and create their signature swirls on top of each piece. It’s fun reading about the Bluebird’s history and how it’s all made, because who hasn’t had Bluebird chocolates? They’re a favorite holiday tradition for many and, as the story tells, they’re a favorite treat for guys to give their sweethearts (I myself have received many customized boxes from my husband). So check it out, head downtown to pick up a box and have a great weekend, everyone!
Many fall activities are coming to the Heritage Center
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(Page 12) You don’t want to miss this Sept. 11 memorial concert
pet photo of the week
Pet: “Best Friends!” From: Masako Nakashio Why they’re so lovable: “They are my favorite pets. I love them so much because they are always together. They make me smile every day.”
— Jamie Baer Nielson Cache Magazine editor
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Volunteers sought to build new playground
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Top: Part of the Whittier Community Center, where the Adventure Playground will be built starting Monday, Sept. 14. Inset: An image from Leathers and Associates showing what the playground could look like.
UT ON YOUR work gloves and stop by the Whittier Community Center because the much-anticipated Adventure Playground is being built Sept. 14 through 19. The park will be built entirely through volunteer labor on 20,000 square feet of land adjacent to the Whittier Center at 290 N. 400 East in Logan. This one-of-a-kind project was developed with the help of local schoolchildren and will feature a tree house, pirate ship, castle, music area and more. Once complete, the playground will be open for community use at no charge and will include picnic tables, green space and shady benches, which will create a park atmosphere that all can enjoy. In addition, the playground will be 100 percent disabilityaccessible. While the playground is truly an amazing structure, the biggest draw to this project is the community volunteerism that is making
Nino Reyos & hoop dancers to perform at Allinger Theatre in Montpelier, Idaho ATIVE AMERICAN N flutist Nino Reyos will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the
Allinger Community Theatre in Montpelier. Tickets are $13. A dinner-and-show package is available for $29; dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Reyos is a member of the Northern Ute and Laguna Pueblo Indian Nations. He was born the youngest of 11 children among the Ute People in Northeastern Utah near Fort Duchesne, where he spent the majority of his adolescent life. Reyos, the only member of his family to receive a degree of higher education, holds a master’s degree in social work. He is also a Native American veteran, having received an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps.
He is a Northern Traditional Dancer, carrying on the tradition of the warrior and wearing the eagle bustles of past days. Reyos is also a cultural presenter, educating and entertaining audiences of all ages. He has used his cultural background as a foundation for his teaching of indigenous craft, dance and music conducting workshops in the areas of flute playing. He has performed throughout the U.S., including at the well-known Indian Summer gathering in Milwaukee, as well as with musicians such as Douglas Spottedeagle and Bill Miller. Reyos was one of five flute players selected to be part of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies held in Salt Lake City. His third CD was released in the spring of 2004 and
won an international Telly award, a Native American Music Nomination. He is currently a voting member of the Grammy Awards committee. Reyos will present school assemblies on Thursday, Sept. 10, at Bear Lake Middle School, Bear Lake High School and Clover Creek High School. He will perform dance, flute and stories along with his hoop dancers. He will also be teaching a flute class on Saturday. You can sign up for the flute class Friday night at the concert. Tickets are available at Peg Leg’s Trading Post inside the National Oregon/California Trail Center, on the corner of Fourth and Clay streets in Montpelier, or by going to www.oregontrailcenter.org. For more information, contact Becky Smith at 208-847-3800.
it happen. The park will be built entirely with volunteer labor over the course of six days, leaving each participant with an everlasting sense of pride and accomplishment. Skilled and unskilled laborers are needed for building, food service, childcare and more. Each build shift ranges from three to four hours between 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. An on-site daycare will be provided at no cost so that parents can work unhindered. As a thanks for their participation, volunteers will be served free meals donated by local restaurants including Angie’s, Bluebird, Cafe Sabor/Hamilton’s Steak & Seafood, Copper Mill/Elements, Costa Vida, Crumb Brothers, Einstein Bros, Firehouse Pizzeria, Great Harvest Bread, Iron Gate Grill, Lee’s Marketplace, Le Nonne, Macey’s, Old Grist Mill, Subway, Wendy’s and more. For more information, visit www.whittiercenter.org/play ground or call 753-9008. Nino Reyos
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All mixed up
Stargazers club keeping an eye on the cosmos
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HE CACHE Valley Stargazers will host their monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in Room 115 of Old Main Hall at USU. Shane Larson will speak on “Eyes on the Cosmos: Big Telescopes and Big Observatories” Everyone is invited. For more information, visit www.cachestargazers.org or e-mail cache. stargazers@gmail.com. This year is the International Year of Astronomy (http://astronomy2009.us/) commemorating the 400th anniversary of the invention of the astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei. Here in Cache Valley we are particu-
larly fortunate to have fantastically dark skies, allowing stargazers with modest telescopes or binoculars to see the sky in much finer detail than Galileo did with his first telescope. The Cache Valley Stargazers is a new astronomy club that provides a venue for people interested in astronomy and the night sky to connect with other people with similar interests. They meet the second Friday of every month to talk and learn about astronomy, and to observe together when the weather permits. Anyone with an interest in astronomy or a desire to learn more about the constellations and night sky is
welcome to join. The club’s goal is to provide a high-quality astronomical experience for everyone, regardless of age or astronomical expertise. Everyone from absolute beginners to seasoned deep-sky observers are encouraged to join. The monthly club meetings feature regularly scheduled events ranging from talks covering the latest news in astrophysics, to telescope clinics that diagnose troubles you’re having with that scope in your closet, to discussions about the best way to find and see the greatest splendors of the night sky from your own backyard.
USU music department launches 2009-10 recital series HE MUSIC T Department, Caine School of the Arts, at Utah
State University will launch the 2009-10 Faculty Recital Series with a performance by harpist Chilali Hugo and flutist Leslie Timmons at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at USU’s Manon Caine Russell-Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall. Admission is $10 for the general public and free for students. Tickets are available in
advance at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 139B, online (http:// boxoffice.usu.edu) or over the phone, 797-8022. Tickets will also be available at the door. Clarinetist Nicholas Morrison will join the duo for an arrangement of “Sous le dome epais” from “Lakmé” by Léo Delibes. The performance will conclude with Romanian composer Carmen
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Petra-Basacopol’s “Sonata for Flute and Harp,” a dramatic work composed in 1961.
Hugo holds degrees from the University of Michigan and a diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, London. She is in her second year as the harp instructor in the music department and teaches privately while maintaining a freelance career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. She has worked with such popular performers as Dave Brubeck, Josh Groban and the Celtic singing group Anuna, with
Barn enthusiasts invited to meeting HE UTAH T Heritage Foundation and Bear River Heritage
Area will host an initial meeting to discuss the formation of a Utah Barn Alliance to preserve and rehabilitate Utah’s historic barns at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Memorial House in Memory Grove Park, 485 N. Canyon
Road, Salt Lake City. Directions can be found at www.memorialhouseutah.com. Those who wish to attend should use the call box on the west side to receive driver’s entry into the park. Topics to be introduced for discussion include the need for an organization that will work toward the
documentation and stabilization of Utah’s historic barns; models of other barn alliances in the United States; how the alliance would be set up; and what role the National Barn Alliance could play. The alliance is a community effort, so anyone interested in preservation and rehabilitation of his-
toric barns is welcome. For more information, contact Lisa DuskinGoede, coordinator at the Bear River Heritage Area, at 713-1426 or lisad@ brag.utah.gov; or Kirk Huffaker, executive director of Utah Heritage Foundation, at 801-533-0858 ext. 105 or kirk@utah heritagefoundation.org.
whom she recorded the TV special “Christmas Memories.” Hugo is certified as a Music Practitioner (CMP), providing therapeutic bedside music. Timmons teaches the flute studio at USU and has traveled extensively, performing with Morrison as the duo AirFare and also with the Logan Canyon Winds faculty woodwind quintet. This is the first collaboration between Hugo and Timmons.
said Sidwell. “We love the harvest season, and we do so many fun activities that we ourselves love doing so much. It’s a good thing.” It being harvest season, the Heritage Center will be putting on various cooking workshops where visitors can see how the harvest was cooked up and enjoyed 100 years or more ago. From smoked sausage making to Dutch-oven cooking and more, it’s a great opportunity to learn new cooking skills from old ways. The Heritage Center is primarily a living history museum so there will be living history activities and crafts for young and old. These include threshing, apple pressing, corn shelling, corn husk doll making and many other diversions from its five major sites: a 1917 farm, a pioneer settlement, a mountain man camp, a Shoshone Indian encampment and frontier town shops with woodwright and milliner.
Farmtastic Fall! The American West Heritage
Center in Wellsville is once again putting on a host of activities for the fall and Halloween season with its “Farmtastic Fall!” event, which runs Sept. 19 through Oct. 31. “Farmtastic Fall!” features one of the largest corn mazes in the area, this year depicting the Headless Horseman if looking from above. Other activities include train rides on the Heritage Center’s newly acquired train, the infamous pitch-dark “Blackout Maze,” Potato Sack Super Slide, Cowboy Carousel, Mini-Pumpkin Patch Express, Hay Fort Jump and many more activities. One particularly exciting feature is the addition of the popular Deads End Yard Haunt, normally run by the Wentz family on Canyon Road in Logan, but this year appearing at the Heritage Center beginning Oct. 9, because of the tragic floods in the area earlier this summer. “We’re thrilled that Deads End is coming here,” said Program Director David Sidwell. “This is museum-quality, detailed and amazing spookiness that we have the privilege of hosting.” The Wentz family has been running Deads End on Canyon Road for 13 years, and they hated to see a year go by without it. Visitors will also have the chance to contribute to the Wentz family to help pay for damages done to their home by the devastating flooding of the canal. Additionally, each week will feature special harvest-oriented events on Wednesdays and Saturdays that are hands-on and family-friendly. “Farmtastic Fall!” runs Mondays through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. A calendar with all dates and activities can be found at the Heritage Center’s Web site at www.awhc.org.
Fall Harvest Fest Kicking off the Heritage Center’s fall events is the beloved Fall Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
Mike Young helps a youngster press apples with the old cider press.
Registration opens for annual fiddle contest
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he American West Heritage Center invites fiddlers and folk musicians of all ages to participate in the 10th annual Heritage Old-Time Fiddle Contest, to take place during the Heritage Center’s Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19. Prizes will be awarded to all winners in each division. Participants must preregister for this competition by Wednesday, Sept. 16. Categories for fiddlers include 1. Pee Wee Division (younger than 8); 2. Small Fry Division (ages 8-11); 3. Junior Division (ages 12-16); 4. Adult Division. Participants will each be given a pre-arranged time
19. Heritage harvest activities include threshing with the old steam machinery, corn shelling and other living history demonstrations. One of the Heritage
slot of four minutes and will each will play three songs: a hoe-down, a waltz and a tune of the contestant’s choice. Entrance fees are $8 for Pee Wee, Small Fry and Junior Divisions and $11 for all other divisions. This fiddle contest is not a National Fiddle Contest-sanctioned event; instead, the focus is on fun, showmanship and playing good, neighborly music. Joining the judging this year is Kate MacLeod, nationally recognized fiddler and recording artist. To see all the rules of the competition and to download registration forms, visit www. awhc.org.
Center’s favorite machines is the old thresher, driven this year by the steam tractor that once again runs and toots its welcoming whistle throughout the day.
Antique tractors and machines will make an appearance this year, too. “This is always one of our favorite events of the year,”
Haunted Hollow The Haunted Hollow (open
Oct. 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 and 30) will be an event that is intended to chill and thrill visitors. Heritage Center folks do not recommend small children at this activity. This year the Haunted Hollow will present “Grimm’s Trail of Terror,” depicting scenes from the Grimm’s fairy tales — the REAL Grimm fairy tales in which, as one example, Cinderella’s sisters cut off parts of their feet so the slipper fits. Other stories featured are the real “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty” and a few slightly more obscure tales such as the “Juniper Tree” and “The Seven Ravens.” All in all, there will be lots to do at the Heritage Center, which puts on these activities to help visitors explore and celebrate the heritage of our area. These activities are also fundraisers for its educational programs, in which school classrooms come to learn about the past in fun ways. For more information about any event at the American West Heritage Center, visit www.awhc.org.
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Film New this week “Sorority Row” Rated R (N/A) A review for “Sorority Row” was not available from The Associated Press. In lieu, please accept this synopsis from www.RottenTomatoes.com: “When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.” R for strong bloody violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and partying. 101 min. “Whiteout” Rated R (0%) A review for “Whiteout” was not available from The Associated Press. In lieu, please accept this synopsis from www.RottenTomatoes. com: “Antarctica ... the most isolated landmass on Earth. Six million square miles of ice. Six months of darkness. Temperatures at minus-120 degrees. Winds at 100 mph. Nature never intended you to survive here. For U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko,
things are about to get even more dangerous. The only law enforcement in this unforgiving territory, she has just been sent to investigate a body on the ice. Antarctica’s first homicide. A shocking discovery in itself, it will plunge her into an even more bizarre mystery and the revelation of secrets long-buried under the endless ice ... secrets that someone believes are still worth killing for. As Stetko races to find the killer before he finds her, winter is already closing in. In the deadly Antarctic whiteout, she won’t see him till he’s a breath away.” R for violence, grisly images, brief strong language and some nudity. 96 min.
Still playing “Ponyo” Rated G ★★ If you’re 5 years old, or under the influence of some hallucinogenic drug, this movie is probably awesome. Clearly, these are the ideal scenarios in which to watch the latest animated fantasy from Japanese writer-director Hayao Miyazaki. For everyone else, though, “Ponyo” will seem beautiful but surprisingly boring: a children’s film that’s at once overly simplistic and needlessly nonsensical. The hand-drawn images can be
wondrous and inventive as they are in all of Miyazaki’s films, but this story of a goldfish who longs to be a little girl lacks the sophisticated depth and engaging weirdness of his most acclaimed and best-known work, such as the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away” and the Oscar-nominated “Howl’s Moving Castle.” It feels safe — and that extends to the casting in this English-language version. Rather than playing in Japanese with subtitles, “Ponyo” comes to you with a team of all-stars voicing the characters, with Pixar Animation guru John Lasseter among the co-directors and Melissa Mathison (“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”) writing the translated screenplay. It might have been easier to immerse ourselves in Miyazaki’s story, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Little Mermaid,” if it featured unknown actors rather than Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson and Cate Blanchett. Exceedingly capable as they are, they also remind you of their stardom with every word. Meanwhile, Ponyo is voiced with girlish enthusiasm by Noah Cyrus, Miley’s younger sister, with the Jonas Brothers’ younger sibling Frankie (otherwise known as the “Bonus Jonas”) playing Sosuke, the boy she befriends on land. G. 100 min.
“Inglourious Basterds” Rated R ★★1⁄2 If only Quentin Tarantino the director weren’t so completely in love with Quentin Tarantino the writer, this might have been a great movie rather than a good movie with moments of greatness. Everything that’s thrilling and maddening about his films coexists and co-mingles here: the visual dexterity and the interminable dialogue, the homage to cinema and the drive to redefine it, the compelling bursts of energy and the numbingly draggy sections. And then there is the violence, of course: violence as a source of humor, as sport, violence merely because it looks cool on camera, and because the 46-year-old Tarantino still has the sensibilities of a 12-year-old boy. “Inglourious Basterds” also reflects the discipline, or lack thereof, of an adolescent — one who’s never been told “no.” Certain scenes of his wildly revisionist World War II saga have a palpable tension,
but then he undermines them by allowing them to go on way too long. As for the plot ... well, it might be in there somewhere amid the many meandering threads. The film follows a band of Jewish American soldiers, led by twangy Tennessean Lt. Aldo Raine (a hilarious Brad Pitt), who hunt Nazis. Tarantino also intertwines the stories of Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent), who fled to Paris and opened a movie theater after Nazis killed her family; Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), the Nazi colonel who orchestrated that attack; German movie star Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), who’s an undercover agent for the Brits; and Nazi war hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Bruhl), who’s about to become a star by playing himself in a propaganda flick about his exploits. R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality. 152 min. — All reviews by The Associated Press
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ESPITE THEIR admirable intentions and acclaimed names on both sides of the camera, the vast majority of movies made about the Iraq war have failed to hit the mark. Either they felt too preachy, like “Rendition” and “In the Valley of Elah,” or they were rather standard action pictures like “The Kingdom.” “The Hurt Locker” is by far the most effective film yet on this subject — and what’s ironic about that is, it doesn’t even feel all that specific to the Iraq war. Its insights and reach extend far beyond what’s happened there over the past several years. The film follows the efforts of an elite U.S. Army bomb squad, whose members have 38 days left before they can leave Baghdad in the summer of 2004. They’re under enormous pressure to avoid mistakes, because every time they’re called out to investigate a suspected explosive device, the tiniest false move can mean not only their deaths but the deaths of untold numbers of people around them. At the same time, they’re under their own internal stress to get the job done and get home. Into this intense situation comes the swaggering Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner, a Spirit Award nominee for the performance earlier this year), who approaches each task with a healthy mix of artistry and bravado. The other members of his team (a charismatic Anthony Mackie and a shy Brian Geraghty) don’t quite know what to make of him; James might be
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“The Hurt Locker” Rated R
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a genius at his job or he might be an egomaniacal showoff. Maybe he’s a little bit of both. At one point, James rips off the helmet of his clunky “space suit” to inspect a possible car bomb, his reasoning being: “If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die comfortable.” The script from journalist Mark Boal, who spent time embedded with this kind of bomb squad, presents James as a fascinating but always believable jumble of contradictions. He’s talented as hell but infuriating. He’s clearly addicted to the rush of war but, in a more relatable sense, he has a passion for a job that defines and drives him. James also shows flashes of sensitivity here and
there, which are disarming in their own way. So at its core, “The Hurt Locker” is an unexpected character study, but through the eyes of veteran action director Kathryn Bigelow (“Point Break,” “K-19: The Widowmaker”), it also offers an intimate look at gritty, visceral combat. Bigelow doesn’t go for sweeping battle scenes or glossy, computergenerated explosions. She also avoids political stands on the war. Rather, she makes you feel
the claustrophobia and anxiety of her characters’ daily lives — the heavy breathing inside their protective gear, the crunch of gravel beneath their boots — as
well as the aggressive way they blow off steam and the camaraderie they experience within their isolation. (The only small complaint: She might have trimmed a couple of scenes to make “The Hurt Locker” even leaner and meaner.) Besides the main cast, excellent across the board, Bigelow gets strong work in a couple of tense cameos from Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes, and some rare levity from David Morse as a blowhard superior. But perhaps the most surprising part of all: She ends on an uplifting note, though it may not be the kind you’d choose for yourself. “The Hurt Locker,” a Summit Entertainment release, is rated R for war violence and language. Running time: 130 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.
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‘Hurt Locker’ strongest Iraq war film yet
t was the mid-1920s when Charles W. Speierman met a young Preston High School teacher named Delilah Higgs. Charles, as many young men often do, wanted to show his affection for his young sweetheart — and what better way than a box of hand-dipped chocolates from the local candy shop? After a lovely courtship filled with plenty of hand-made chocolates, Charles and Delilah married in 1924 and started a family, but hardships would soon follow. The tough economic times of the Great Depression forced the Speiermans to move to southern California in search of work. Years later, in the 1940s, Charles
became a bishop in a California ward for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His calling required him to travel to Salt Lake City for conferences, but each trip to Salt Lake was also accompanied by a trip to Logan, where he would buy a box of hand-dipped chocolates for his sweetheart and now mother of his five children. His trips to Logan became a way for Charles to hold on to the memories of a simpler time, when the only thing that worried his mind was buying a box of chocolates for the girl he loved — a tradition he would continue the rest of his life. Similar stories could be found in the family histories of hundreds of people who are descended from Cache Valley resi-
dents, and it is the Bluebird Candy shop that joins them all together. The Bluebird Candy Company has a long and rich history, dating back to 1914 when the Carden and Newberger families started a soup and sandwich shop. The Bluebird moved locations, from its small shop on East Center to the Main Street location where it stands today. “As I understand, it was the most elegant place in Cache Valley,” said Joanne Fraser, manager of Bluebird Candies. In the 1960s the Bluebird Candy Company bought a separate building dedicated to just making candies. That building, bought 50 years ago, still functions as Bluebird Candy and still
makes fine-quality, hand-dipped chocolates like they did decades ago. Many of the recipes and techniques remain unchanged since the beginning.
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Suzan Bryner, left, and LeReta Andersen hand-dip chocolates.
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people that grew up with it.” The candy-making process consists of several steps, all time-tested and proven. The chocolate goes through several stages before it gets packaged into the powder-blue box. But before it ends up as a small, bitesized piece of candy, it starts as a liquid in a large pot in batches of 20 to 50 pounds. Teresa Varner and Karen Huffman are the magicians behind the curtain who create the variety of center fillings that go into each chocolate. They boil the candy in large copper pots and use only wooden or plastic tools to stir it. After the candy has been cooked, they allow it to firm up before they place it on several heated and cooled tables. Many of the machines used in the candy shop are more than 60 years old. “They are well worn,” Varner said. “We don’t have too many problems with them, just basic maintenance.” Depending on what candy they are making, Varner and Huffman will use different machines to create the desired taste or effect.
After they make the center, they take the block of candy into the next room and use a variety of machines to cut the candies into precise, half-ounce pieces. This ensures that each box weighs the right amount. After each piece has been cut, Varner and Huffman load the pieces onto a tray that is placed on a rack and ready for chocolate. From there the candy is ready for the famous hand dippers: LeReta Andersen and Suzan Bryner. During the summer the Bluebird has just two hand dippers, but during the busier holiday season they will add an additional two to handle the increase in demand. Hand dipping the chocolate takes a lot of practice, which is one thing the dippers have had plenty of — Andersen has worked at Bluebird Candy for 44 years and Bryner has been at the company for five. “It takes practice,” Bryner said. “… It probably takes about six weeks before we do something that they can use. But it probably took a couple years learning to get more chocolate on each candy.”
Andersen and Bryner take the trays loaded with cooked candy and, with deft skill, coat each one with a thick layer of chocolate. Each takes a different chocolate, one working with dark, the other with milk chocolate. There are two bins on the table they work at that hold a couple gallons of melted chocolate, which are then used to coat the candy. Watching the hand dippers is like watching a seasoned seamstress thread the needle in and out of a cloth, except they work their magic with chocolate-covered hands and pieces of candy. The hand dippers work quickly and efficiently, making around 1,000 pieces a day each during the holiday season. Each candy is rolled around in their hands like a marble until it has been covered with a nice coat of chocolate. After the hand dipper feels the piece has a sufficient amount of chocolate on it, they will place it on a sheet of wax paper, but before they let go they use what is called a “string” — a small strand of chocolate from their finger to the candy — and mark the chocolate with a signature.
Each piece of candy has a different signature on its top, allowing the packagers to tell the difference between the different candies. Bluebird did not always mark their candies, but as the business grew, it became more of a necessity than anything else. “We’ve had some times when we’ve mixed up the candy,” Varner said. The dippers are required to learn how to make several dozen signatures for the different pieces of candy, some harder than others. “When you’re first starting, you’re trying to just get chocolate on it and not drop a big drop of chocolate,” Bryner said. “… When you first started they wouldn’t come out and you would drop a big wad of chocolate on it. It’s not as easy as it looks.” After the hand dippers finish with a tray of candy they place it on a rack, or “tree,” and let the chocolate set up. After the candy sits on the tree for a while, they place each piece on a conveyer belt that cools the candy even further. And if you’re
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ate, chocolate: The Bluebird Candy Company still hand-dips their chocolates.
Teresa Varner, right, and Karen Huffman coat candy in powdered sugar.
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Helping you find what you’re looking for
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HERE IS A GREAT shortcut to find wines that are in the inventory of the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverages. Use a search engine like Google and type in a varietal name like “Malbec Utah DABC” — this will list all the malbec wines in the system. Some of my archived wine articles may also be listed if I discussed malbec wines. This will also work for some regions like Rhone, but not for Burgundy. If there is a wine or other beverage that is not carried locally, you may be able to get the item sent to the local store by giving them the code number. The local store can then determine where and how much of that beverage is in the system. If the item is available, you may get it within a few weeks — but don’t hold your breath. If you want to order a wine that is not in the system, you have to order a whole case. There will be some items marked SPA and that indicates there is a special price during the current month. A complete list of alcoholic beverages can be obtained by going to www.alcbev.state.ut.us. When the site is displayed click on first “products,” then “product list,” then “click here” and finally “view entire list.” This list can be downloaded into Excel. There will be approximately 6,900 items, so that is why there is a big warehouse in
Salt Lake City. It is much easier to use the search feature for varietal wines. Last month I went to the final Deer Valley concert with Elvis Costello and the Utah Symphony. This was a fun event to watch the audience as much as to listen to the performance. Most of the people brought picnic baskets filled with goodies and beverages. There was a mixture of wine and beer being consumed around our section. We had a beautiful 2006 Hartford Zinfandel along with various cheeses and sliced meats. I did not see anyone over-indulging or tipsy. By the time of the concert I was wearing a heavy jacket, a hat and gloves; still, this was an event to enjoy. I tasted a couple of chardonnays recently, and there are some nice ones available in the local store. The 2007 Foxglove Chardonnay at $14.99 has flavors of tropical fruit and pear. Foxglove Chardonnay has had a high rating for several vintages. The 2007 Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay Vintners Reserve at $15.99 is barrel fermented and aged in French oak for five months with flavors of melon and honeysuckle. The 2007 La Crema Chardonnay Sonoma at $19.81 has flavors of tropical fruit. All three of these wines are rated at 90 by the Wine Advocate. While I admire small wineries that make a fine wine, I
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am really impressed when La Crema can produce more than 500,000 cases of a highly rated chardonnay. By contrast, the La Crema Russian River Chardonnay was only produced in 6,200 cases. These chardonnays are all from California. The 2007 Crios de Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina at $14.99 has to be about the best value in cabernet in the local store. This deep-purple wine with flavors of blackberries and spice was aged in oak for nine months and bottled without any filtering or fining. It should age wonder-
nay at $14.99 F 2007 Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay V.R. at $13.99 F 2007 La Crema Chardonnay Sonoma at $19.81 F 2007 Crios de Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon at $14.99 F 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Cotes du Rhone at $12.47 F 2005 Domaine La Garrigue Vacqueyras at $18.21 F 2007 Brouilly Domaine de Grand Croix Beaujolais at $14.99 F 2007 Beaujolais Villages Flower Label at $13.99 F 2007 Morgon Flower Label Beaujolais at $12.99 F 2005 Louis Jadot Pinot Noir at $12.42 F 2005 Castano Hécula Monastrell at $9.99
is also a blend from the famous Vacqueyras region in the southern Rhone Valley. Then there are the 2007 Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais wines. The 2007 Brouilly Domaine de Grand Croix Beaujolais at $14.99, the 2007 Morgon Flower Label Beaujolais at $12.99 and the 2007 Beaujolais Villages Flower Label at $13.99 are all fresh, fruity, red wines that should be served slightly chilled. Each one has a slightly different flavor, but they are all highly rated. A French wine on sale is the 2005 Louis Jadot Pinot Noir at $12.42 from Burgundy. I am told the wine is worth this price, but not at the original $24. Finally, we are still getting some of the 2005 Castano Hécula Monastrell at $9.99. This is a wonderful full-flavored red wine from Spain. My current bottle has a slight amount of sediment, which I consider to be a plus.
fully if you have the patience. We have several French wines worth buying. The 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Cotes du Rhone at $12.47 is a blend of grenache, mourvedre and syrah. It has a deep-purple color and flavors of dark berries. There is also the 2005 Domaine La Garrigue Vacqueyras at $18.21, which
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. Feedback at wmoore3136@msn.com.
Recommended F 2007 Foxglove Chardon-
Imagine Ballet to present performance by Calo Flamenco: Ballet de Martín Gaxiola BALLET IballetMAGINE Theatre, an Ogden-based company in residence at
Peery’s Egyptian Theater, will present an evening of traditional Spanish dance with Calo Flamenco: Ballet de Martín Gaxiola on Saturday, Oct. 3. The performance also couples with Imagine Ballet’s fall gala fundraiser and includes an evening of varied entertainment. There will be appetizers, a silent auction, dinner, dessert and dancing following the show.
The evening begins at 6 p.m. and the Calo Flamenco performance will start at 8 p.m. Tickets for the entire evening are $100 per person, or $30 per person for the Flamenco performance only, and can be purchased through the Peery’s Egyptian Theater box office in Ogden, through SmithsTix venues or online at www. smithstix.com. Artistic director Martín Gaxiola created Calo Flamenco in 2003, and the group has toured extensively throughout the
United States with great success, including such dance hubs as New York City. With more than 15 talented dancers and musicians, Calo Flamenco stands as one of the largest professional flamenco companies in the nation. Gaxiola himself has been studying dance since 1992 and has made his passion the art of flamenco. Gaxiola has studied in the flamenco heartland of Sevilla, Spain, as well as other areas in Spain, the dance form’s land of origin.
THE FIRST IeringNHASS Hour gathat Utah State
University on Thursday, Sept. 17, Charles S. Prebish, head of USU’s Religious Studies Program, will use his unique insights to look at “Religion and Sport: The Meeting of Sacred and Profane.” HASS Hour is Prebish a social and intellectual gathering sponsored by USU’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. The series is open to everyone and is held at Hamilton’s Steak and Seafood each month. It features USU faculty from the college’s departments and programs discussing a variety of topics from their areas of expertise, presented in what is called the “TimePiece.” Organizers promise an hour of good food, good company and intellectual engagement. HASS Hour begins at 5:15 p.m., with the TimePiece beginning at approximately 6 p.m. The foundation of Prebish’s TimePiece goes back to a 1981 essay he published in The New York Times titled “Spirit in Sport Inspires New Faith.” For planning purposes, please RSVP to Teri Guy, 797-4072.
Folk duo coming up at Why Sound
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OU & YOURN WILL perform with The News Boys and Deadbeat (alternative/folk) at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave., Logan. Cover charge is $6. For more information, visit www. myspace.com/whysound. Love, then music, then marriage … the story continues. Since 2001, Heather and Nic Dillon, the force behind You & Yourn, have recorded together and toured throughout the United States and Canada, performing with the band Winter in Alaska and under their former name, Casados. Their newest self-
engineered/recorded project, “It Would Make Things Worse,” is a culmination of a sonic evolution that has brought them out of the pedestrian indie-folk-singer-songwriter genre and into their current coat: lyrically driven, atmospheric chamber-folk. This album is a gentler, more deliberate dynamic that alludes not only to the more gleeful aspects of life and love, but also the darker. “It Would Make Things Worse” is slated for national release on Parasol Records in September 2009. For more information, visit www.youandyourn.com.
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Hass Hour to feature ‘Religion and Sport’
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All mixed up
Craig Jessop’s choir, LDS organist to be featured in 9/11 memorial concert
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Craig Jessop leads the American Festival Chorus in rehearsal for a performance in December 2007.
Candy Continued from p.9 thinking about that scene from “I Love Lucy,” it looks just like that. “Everyone that comes through, they ask us if we’ve seen the Lucille Ball show,” Bryner said. “We’ve been asked that 100 times at least.” It takes the candy about six minutes to go down the belt and reach the other side, where Donna Bennett and any other packers receive them and wrap them. Each piece is loaded into a box full of the same kind of candy. Once the box is full, they take it to a table that is covered with a variety of different candies, one of every kind. From the table, Bennett creates
the assorted boxes and any custom boxes, placing each candy in its own small wrapper and placing them in the powder-blue boxes. Each box is weighed to make sure it’s the correct weight. “At Christmastime, a lot of people want their favorite kind or something, and we’ll do those,” Bennett says.
After it is packaged, the candy is ready for sale. The majority of the candy is sold straight from the Bluebird Candies store; however, some of it is taken to other locations, such as Aggie Ice Cream. The candies are sold in halfpound increments, ranging from half a pound to 5 pounds. For all the candy makers, owners Dick and Jan Motta, managers Bud and Joanne Fraser, Huffman, Varner, Andersen, Bryner and Bennett, working at Bluebird Candy is a job unlike any other. They get to add to the sweetness of life, one piece of chocolate-covered candy at a time. It is a candy that has stayed the same for nearly 90 years, providing memories that will last a lifetime, just as it did for Charles Speierman when he gave young Delilah Higgs that first powder-blue box of chocolates.
RIDAY, SEPT. 11, marks the eighth anniversary of the events of 9/11. A memorial and commemoration program will be held at 7 p.m. at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. The program will include a memorial to remember all victims of that day and of following conflicts and a commemoration program to celebrate the founding of Cache Community Connections. Also featured will be the America Festival Chorus conducted by Dr. Craig Jessop and accompanied by Mormon Tabernacle Choir organist Clay Christiansen. The program will include: • Processional: “America the Beautiful,” arranged by Mack Wilberg • Moment of silence
• “God of Our Fathers” (The Lord Is My Shepherd) • Remarks by Doug Thompson • Organ solo by Clay Christiansen, “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean” • Remarks by Said Christiansen Ghabayen • American Festival Chorus, “For the Beauty of the Earth” • Remarks by Pastor Heins • American Festival Chorus, “Distant Land” • Remarks by Pastor Thul • American Festival Chorus, “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” • Processional: Organ postlude
Donna Bennett packages up chocolates for Bluebird Candies.
• Maya’s Corner
(1 N. Main) will feature 19th century Chinese Art and European antiques.
• Winborg Art Gallery (55
N. Main, Ste. 208) will feature “Small Original Works” by Larry and Jeremy Winborg.
• Mountain Place Gallery
(129 N. Main) will present Russ Fjeldsted’s exhibit, “Faces.”
S.E. Needham Jewelers
Federal Avenue Caffe Ibis
Mountain Place Gallery The Art Center
100 North
• S.E. Needham Jewelers
(141 N. Main) will feature Pandora’s “Design With Beads.”
• Caffe Ibis (52 Federal Ave.)
will have Royden Card’s new exhibit, “Vertical Landscape Slices,” on display.
• Global Village (146 N. 100
East) will feature Kikuyu Women and their “Kazuri Beads.”
• Utah Public Radio’s
downtown studio (43 S. Main) will exhibit work from Bob Child, an internationally known wildlife artist who specializes in watercolor.
Winborg Art Gallery
Maya’s Corner
Center Street Utah Public Radio Fuhriman’s Framing AVA Gallery
100 South
• Fuhriman’s Framing & Fine Art (37 N. Main)
100 East
(25 W. 100 North) will feature Trent Gudmundsen’s “Some Really Awesome New Paintings.”
200 North
will present “Metal Moondog Mania,” a one-night-only exhibit featuring stainless steel sculptures by artist Jerry Fuhriman and Moondog Ball memorabilia collected by Buddy Smith. Fuhriman’s current sculpture is an extension of the sculptural process used in creating Missy’s Rocket, a 10-foot stainless steel rocket currently on display at Abravanel Symphony Hall plaza in Salt Lake City. Missy’s Rocket was created by Fuhriman and Arthur Taylor of Black Dog Manufacturing. The sculpture will be displayed through 2010 as part of the Salt Lake City Arts Council’s “Flying Objects Competition.” For questions about this show, call 752-0370.
Global Village
• The AVA Gallery
(35 W. 100 South) will be showing the annual AVA Members Show. There will be a variety of works on display from watercolor to oil and jewelry. This show runs through Saturday, Oct. 10.
• The Art Center Gallery
Main Street
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HE ALLIANCE FOR the Varied Arts will present its fall Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18. Many businesses and galleries in the downtown area will be open later than usual that night with a display of artwork and live music for all ages. For more information, call 753-2970, visit www.avaarts. org or e-mail ava_gallery@yahoo.com. Some of those participating include:
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Get ready for the 2009 fall Gallery Walk
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Ongoing events Tickets are now on sale for Providence city’s annual Sauerkraut Dinner & Bazaar, to be held Oct. 24. There will be dinner, free kids’ games, craft booths, children’s entertainment, drawings and an auction for a piano. For more information or to buy tickets, call 752-9441 ext. 14. Music for the Small and Tall 2009 Fall Session is currently holding registration. Classes start Tuesday and are held at The Book Table. This is a program for children ages 6 months to 6 years based on the Orff Schulwerk approach to teaching music. For more information, contact Ewa at 755-0853.
Friday USU’s Senior University Class will begin Wednesday. This weekly class covers a variety of topics taught by USU faculty. Cost is $10 for the entire semester; registration will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Friday and Monday at the Senior Citizen Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. For more information, call 801-635-5525. Robert Hamlin will perform at 6 p.m. and Colleen Darley will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South. For more information, visit pier49logan.com. The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform in connection with the carnival and auction fundraiser for Taylie Abbott from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Richmond City Park. They will also perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at the Cracker Barrel Cafe in Paradise. Everyone is invited. Pioneer Valley Lodge will host an apple fest at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Participation is free and everyone is invited. A carnival and auction fundraiser for Taylie Abbott, the 4-year-old daughter of Brett and Lacey Abbott from Richmond who was just diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Richmond park, 100 S. Highway 91. There will be a carnival, auction and food. There will also be a community garage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the same park. Gold Rush will perform with Danny Hunt and Irv Nelson (bluegrass/acoustic) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave., Logan. Cover charge is $6. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound. Kids ages 4-13 are invited to a behindthe-scenes tour of Macey’s from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. Only 25 spots are available; to reserve a spot, call 753-3301. Kids will receive a goody bag.
Saturday Katie Jo will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. The United Way of Cache Valley will host an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social as a way to kick off its fall fundraising campaign from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday on the Logan LDS
Tabernacle grounds. There will be free ice cream and cookies and live music. All partner non-profit agencies will be represented. The second annual Cache Valley historic home show tour will be from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday in Logan. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Macey’s Food & Drug, Lee’s Marketplace, the USU Haight Alumni Center and the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau. For more information, call 755-1890. Stokes Nature Center will host a Beading Workshop for ages 16 and older from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Supply fee is $20. Class is limited to the first six participants; register by calling 755-3239. Linda Chadwick will be signing copies of her new book, “Second Chances,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Logan Borders. The 31st annual Peach Days Family Picnic and Car Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Park in Brigham City. Details are available at www. bonnevillscarclub.org. An AARP driving class will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cache County Sheriff’s Complex. Cost is $12 for members and $14 for non-members. To sign up, contact Gayle at 764-0834. Jeremy Threlfall will perform show tunes at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited. The Cache Democrats will host their annual picnic at 4 p.m. Saturday at Merlin Olsen Park. For more information, contact Kathy at 770-1535. Ogden author Fred Civish will sign copies of his new book, “Losing Weight for Life,” from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Hastings. Tuning for Tuesday will perform with Benton & Nate and Pacific Pride (alternative/acoustic) at 8 p.m. Saturday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5. A Family Fun Triathlon will start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. This is a learning triathlon for all members of the family. There will be individual or two- and three-person teams. Cost is $15 and up. For more information, contact Natalie at 753-7500. The Child & Family Support Center will host its second annual Slow Pitch Softball Tournament featuring fire departments and law enforcement agencies from Logan city and Cache County at 5 p.m. Saturday on the Willow Park Quad, 419 W. 700 South, Logan. There will also be food, entertainment and children’s activities. For more information, call 752-8880 or visit www.cachecfsc.org. The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at Merlin Olsen Park, 200 E. 100 South, Logan. For more information, visit www.gardeners market.org. Beaver Mountain will host its first-ever music festival from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $25 for adults; children 12 and younger get in free. There will also be food/ beverage/treat vendors, children’s face paint-
ing and henna tattoos. Overnight camping (RV hook-ups and tent sites) and lift rides to the top of the mountain ($5 for adults, free for kids) will be available. For more information, call 563-5677. The Fibromyalgia Education Group will present “How Specific Foods Affect Fibromyalgia” from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Logan Regional Hospital Education Center Room 5, 500 E. 1400 North. For more information, call 753-4148.
Sunday Members of the Northern Chapter of American Bikers Aiming Toward Education will host their monthly meeting at noon Sunday at Ruby Tuesday, 43 E. 1400 North, Logan. Topic is the final details of the Teddy Bear Run on Sept. 26. All interested motorcyclists older than 18 are invited to attend.
Wednesday The Blue Thong Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Members will be carpooling to Second Dam for a cookout. For more information, contact Sarah at 753-9690. Scott Bradley’s “To Preserve the Nation” class will not be held this week; instead, everyone is invited to attend the 18th annual Cache Valley Constitution Commemoration of the Signing of the U.S. Constitution “Prelude to Freedom” fireside at 7 p.m. at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. Michael Ballam will be the keynote speaker. Admission is free. Blood on the Dance Floor will perform with Electric Valentine, Crush and The Sidekick (electro/rock) at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $6.
Houston Guy will perform Sunday at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. For more information, call 753-4777.
Lisa Clawson, owner of Great Harvest, will share some back-to-school family favorites from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; to reserve a spot, call 753-3301.
Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson will speak/perform at a fireside for youth and their parents at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Logan LDS Tabernacle.
Paradise hosts a farm and garden market from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the town park.
Monday The Cache Valley Chapter of NARFE will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. The program will be a slide presentation of leaves and fall colors by Don Huber. There will also be a discussion of how individual voting will take place on the National NARFE Dues Referendum. All retired and active federal employees and their spouses are encouraged to attend.
The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market’s produce market is open from 4 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Historic Cache County Courthouse, 199 N. Main, Logan. Bridgerland Cruise Nights will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at McDonald’s, 700 N. Main, Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Jerry at 563-6488.
Thursday
Take your family ice skating from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Monday at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. For a complete schedule, visit www.ecclesice.com.
A public Neighborhood Council meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Logan City Hall conference room. For more information, call 716-9025.
Tuesday
Chris Merritt will perform with Clayton Pabst and Clay Summers (rock/alternative/electronica) at 8 p.m. Thursday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $6.
Piano-heavy indie rock quartet We Shot the Moon will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at USU’s Taggart Student Center. Tickets are $8. For more information, visit www.weshot themoon.com. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a canoe activity at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Jim Boone will lead an exploration of Cutler Marsh and Benson Marina. Cost is $5 and volunteers are always welcome. For more information, visit www.cgadventures.org. The Women’s Resource Center’s Power of Positive Thinking Workshop on “Transitioning” will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in TSC Room 336. If you can’t join but would like to be involved, e-mail womenscenter@usu.edu.
Shauna Flammer will share her vegetable lasagna and salad at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Come hungry! Seating is limited; call 753-3301. The Knotty Knitters meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 752-3923.
Upcoming events
A Depression and Disabilities Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main, Logan. For more information, call 753-5353.
The Brigham Young University Museum of Art will present a lecture and slideshow on Western artist Minerva Teichert at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Cache County Courthouse, 199 N. Main, Logan. Marian Wardle, Teichert’s granddaughter and curator of American Art at BYU, will present the program. Admission is free and everyone is invited.
Pioneer Valley Lodge will serve a homemade Mexican buffet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
CAPSA’s volunteer training starts Sept. 22. For more information, call 753-2500.
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