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Cache Magazine New course in town Disc golfers have place to play again The Herald Journal

SEPTEMBER 16-22, 2011

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September 16-22, 2011

theater 4 USU will perform ‘Proof’ next week

4 Stunt show coming to

Logan

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5 Meet ‘Annie’ orphans

movies 7 ‘Drive’ may be on its way to the Oscars

6 ‘I Don’t Know How She

Does It’ and ‘Straw Dogs’ opened today

BULLETIN

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11 Two poems featured by local writers

BOOKS 12 See reviews and best sellers

COLUMN 13 Dennis Hinkamp

shares his inspirational toolbox

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

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Above: Kids gather around to putt on the ninth hole at the new Providence disc golf course Tuesday evening (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal). Top right: Ryan Gosling, left, and Carey Mulligan are shown in a scene from “Drive” (AP photo). Bottom right: Kate Bosworth is shown in a scene from “Straw Dogs” (AP photo). On the cover: Will Swick finishes off the eighth hole at the new Providence disc golf course Tuesday evening (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal).

FROM THE EDITOR

n the beginning of the movie “While You Were Sleeping” the main character, Lucy (played by Sandra Bullock), talks about the influence her father had in her life. “He would get these far-off looks in his eyes and he would say ‘Life doesn’t always turn out the way you plan,’” she said. “I just wish I’d realized at the time, he was talking about my life.” It’s true life often takes us by sur-

prise, whether good or bad, and each of us may wonder why our lives turned out the way they have, lucky or not. Whenever I have those moments of surprise in my life, I like to go for long drives or plant myself at the top of a hill where I can see the valley and think about the future, the past, the things I’m thankful for and what it all means. Most of these moments happen during sunset or later, when the sky is dark and the moon is glowing. There is something great about the nighttime — something pretty, something peaceful. This week a few readers sent in pictures they took of the moon

(page 10), and one sent a photo taken just before sundown. It seemed he’d been in the same place I like to think the most, on Bonneville Shoreline Trail at the mouth of Logan Canyon. In fact, I went there the other day when the moon was full. Where do you like to go when you want to be alone in your thoughts? Where do you go to think when life hasn’t turned out as you planned? If you want to take a picture of that place and send it to me, I may just print it in next week’s issue. Until then, happy thinking. — Manette Newbold

Homecoming 2011 at USU Here is a list of some of the week’s highlights. For a complete listing of events visit http://www.usu.edu/homecoming/.

MONDAY

– Brandon Merzlock, talking about disc golf (page 8)

8 p.m. — Street Painting, 700 North 9 p.m. — Paint Dance, HPER Field

TUESDAY 8 p.m. — Battle of the Bands, Amphitheater

PET OF THE WEEK

WEDNESDAY 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. Alpha Chi Omega Dollar Days, TSC Patio 7:30 p.m. — Mr. USU, TSC Ballroom, $2 per person, $1 with can of food

Available for adoption

THURSDAY 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. Powder Puff Football, Quad 10:30 p.m. — Powder Puff Championship Game, Romney Stadium

FRIDAY

8 p.m. — Pep Rally Campout, Quad 11 p.m. — Guinness World Record Kissing Chain, Quad Midnight — True Aggie Night, The “A.” Become a “True Aggie by kissing someone on the block “A.” Open to all. Free

SATURDAY

7-10 a.m. — Spirit Squad/Young Alumni Scholarship 5k Run, Quad 10 a.m. — Homecoming Parade, Main Street (100 South to 800 North) 6 p.m. — Aggie Football game vs. Colorado State, Romney Stadium 9 p.m. — Homecoming Dance/After Party, TSC (’50s attire)

The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, St. Petersburg, Russia, by DeAnn Thompson Chambers of Providence.

Peach Days exhibit

Many hands have left their mark on the Brigham City MuseumGallery’s 2011 Peach Days Art Competition and Exhibition that continues through Sept. 22. About 80 works were entered in the competition with 59 selected for exhibit. The competi-

tion was open to current and former residents of Box Elder County 16 years and older. They submitted oil paintings, watercolors, photographs, drawings and sculpture. A companion exhibit presents acrylic illustrations by Ned Young

for his books “Zoomer” and “Zoomer’s Summer Snowstorm.” Artwork can be viewed at the Brigham City Museum-Gallery at 24 N. 300 West. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.

Pet: Romeo From: Cache Humane Society Why he’s so lovable: Romeo is a sweetheart. He is a striking shepherd/pointer mix, good with other friendly dogs, loves kids and is house trained. Romeo is not good with cats. He can be shy/nervous around men because of his past, but with time and love he will adjust. He already knows the commands sit, stay, down, off, heel and come. Romeo would love a family with kids and a big yard. He loves stuffed toys.

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“I don’t know if the parks departments just haven’t caught on yet, but it really is one of the fastest growing sports in America.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Stunt show coming to Logan

USU students to perform ‘Proof’

Pulitzer Prize and Tony When: Sept. 22 to 24, Sept. Award-winning play “Proof” 26 to Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. by David Auburn premieres Where: USU’s Chase next week on the Utah State University campus. Fine Art Center’s Black Box First produced in 2000, Theatre “Proof” hit Broadway and won TICKETS: $13 for adults, the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for $10 for seniors and youth, $8 Drama and a Tony Award for for faculty and free for USU Best Play. students with ID. The central character in “Proof” is a girl named CathRobert’s old student, Hal, porerine, played by USU theater trayed by USU theater student student Felicia Stehmeier. Adam Earl, discovers a pad of Catherine has just laid her paper filled with profound calmathematician father to rest culations in Robert’s desk. Hal after suffering a long-term assumes the work is Robert’s, mental illness. Robert, Cathbut in reality Catherine wrote erine’s father, played by prothe mathematical proof; howfessional actor Kent Hadfield, was once a gifted professor but, ever, no one believes her. For tickets visit the CCA as his illness progressed, he Box Office located in room was no longer able to work as 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts a mathematical genius. Center on USU’s campus, call The audience quickly learns 435-797-8022 or go online that Catherine herself is brilliant, but Catherine worries she (arts.usu.edu). “Proof” contains strong lanmight possess the same mental illness that destroyed her father. guage and is not recommended for children younger than 13. Catherine is soon torn when

The Cache Valley Center for the Arts season opens with Cirque Mechanics. Audiences seeking adventure and excitement can find both at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts when Cirque Mechanics presents “Boom Town,” a show that flies, climbs and contorts their way through rotating gears, trampoline walls and aerial hoops set in a prospector’s haven. The show, produced by Cirque de Soleil veteran Chris Lashua, includes humor alongside high-flying acrobatics. “It’s a wonderful show that entertains young and old,” said Wally Bloss, executive director for the Cache Valley Center for the Arts. “It’s the perfect combination of a cirque-style show with exuberant acrobatics, a mixture of clowning, some amazing machinery combined with a lovely mining town storyline.” The show tells the story of a small 1860s frontier town of Rosebud, where two ambitious saloon owners have set up shop in the hopes of cashing in on the town’s gold rush frenzy. The town’s early mining machinery and Old West props provide a playground for prospectors and adventure seekers performing an array of impressive and humorous acrobatics. The circus that ensues when they begin to feud for the townsfolk patronage, leads to a series of explosive events, exciting brawls, an unexpected romance and a lucrative discovery. Cirque Mechanics explores the relationship between man and machine. Inspired by early mining equipment and the spirit of adventure that brought prospectors and entrepreneurs alike out west

When: Sept. 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Ellen Eccles Theatre TICKETS: $25-$35 and can be purchased online at www. EllenEcclesTheatre.org or the CVCA ticket office, 43 S. Main in Logan.

searching for gold, “Boom Town,” features innovative and one-of-a-kind mechanical apparatus that serve both as scenery and performance

prop. You will find performers climbing up swaying telegraph poles, dancing on a swinging chandelier, flying high and fast on a revolving crane, flipping and jumping on moving ore carts or balancing on whiskey jugs. Enjoy an evening of balancing tricks and juggling stunts that will raise your pulse. The performers will entertain you with several routines that will make you laugh and add some fun comic relief after spine-tingling acrobatics.

“To just keep going if you get put down. Just stand right up again and always have faith in yourself.” Grace Mickelson, 10 What do you think other kids can learn from this play? “They could learn how orphans are in real life.” Jenny Albrechtsen, 10 What is your favorite song in the play? “‘You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile’ because I like the dancing.” Rachel Cardon, 10 What’s your favorite part about being in the play? “Being with the orphans, and it’s just so fun. I like the first part with all the orphans.” Sarah Larsen, 11 What is your favorite part about acting? “I just like being someone else and trying to do things that I would want to do as someone else.” Shanae Larsen, 12

By Manette Newbold Cache editor

According to Music Theatre West Director Debbie Ditton, 10-year-old Grace Mickelson is someone you just can’t take your eyes off when she’s singing. Acting as the main role in “Annie” this week, Mickelson was chosen out of more than 150 girls for the part. “We heard a lot of pretty voices and I called back three girls for Annie. They were all super talented, but I couldn’t take my eyes off of Grace,” Ditton said. “She’s Was trying out for the play scary? “Yeah, it was kind of scary because I was wondering ‘will I make it or not?’ Then I saw my name on the computer and I was all happy.” Sofia Low, 8, What are the orphans in Annie like? “They’re like mean because they got half their life taken away because they don’t have parents or family.” Rachel Merriam, 10 Has it been hard to learn the dances? “No, not really. I’ve been in many plays. (Kids will like the play) because it has cool songs.” Alicia Metcalf, 10 What do you like most about being in “Annie?” “It’s all fun. I like the songs. It was fun (to try out).” London Mortensen, 8

on stage and it doesn’t matter who “We are all just really good else on stage. You have to watch friends and we have lots of fun her.” together,” she said. Mickelson said she’s been acting During a rehearsal two weeks since she was 6 years old and has ago the girls told a little about been in “Joseph and the Amazing themselves backstage, shared their Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Sound favorite scenes of the show and of Music, “Music Man” and others. expressed why other kids may like Mickelson said she likes playseeing the production. ing Annie and describes her as “Annie” continues playing at happy and “likes pretty much Ellen Eccles Theatre Sept. 16-20. everybody.” Tickets are $17 to $19 and can be Mickelson has also enjoyed purchased at centerforthearts.us. working with Ellie (a local dog Ditton also mentioned there will who will be playing Sandy), and be bins for non-perishable food the 16 other girls who act as other items at each performance which orphans. will benefit Cache Food Pantry. Have you been in other plays? “‘Madame Butterfly’ when I was 3 years old. I’ve been in ‘Music Man.’ My mother was an actress when she was really little, too.” Elizabeth Needham, 11 What are the orphans like in the play?

Why do you think other kids will like “Annie?” “‘Annie’ is funny and really good. We’re just awesome and amazing.” Maya Simmons, 11 What do you think other kids can learn from this play?

“They’re tough and they work hard and they are so fun and love each other.”

“If you’re young you can still make a difference.”

Allison Oborn, 13

Annie Spach, 9

What is your favorite part about acting? “Probably the singing. I mean, the dancing.“ (Her favorite song to dance to in “Annie” is “Hard Knock Life.”) Anna Oborn, 7 What other plays have you been in? “‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,’ ‘Broadway Showcase,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’” Rebecca Oborn, 10

What’s your favorite part about the play? “I like saying ‘Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!’ This is my first big play.” Sofia Stolworthy, 10 What is your favorite scene in the play? “‘You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile’ because it’s funny and I get to be a puppet.” Lily Swink, 7

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What can other kids learn from seeing “Annie?”

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movies

When you’re a wife and working mother, there’s this inescapable, selfimposed pressure to do everything right all the time. The idea of having it all — a great job and a loving family, a toned body and a sane mind — is as appealing as it is elusive. Douglas McGrath’s comedy, based on the bestselling novel of the same name, gets that dynamic, that incessant juggling act, and the ways in which we selfflagellate in trying to perfect it. This is not exactly a new concept but it’s increasingly prevalent, and McGrath finds just the right tone in depicting that. Sometimes. Too often, though, he smothers those nuggets of insight with a jaunty, sitcommy tone, with gags that are telegraphed from a mile away and music that works awfully hard to cue our emotional responses. It doesn’t help that Sarah Jessica Parker, as the film’s star, chimes in early and often with voiceovers that sound exactly like the kinds of observations she used to Paul Rudd hops from one sofa to another to another as the title character, and that’s sort of what the film itself does, too. Rudd stars as an amiable, ambling dude named Ned who has no real goals in life; what he does have is a guilelessness that consistently gets him into trouble, both with his family and with the law. He has a knack for always saying or doing the wrong thing, even though he always means well. The movie makes no sense — there’s a gap of logic and emotion that’s hard to overcome. 90 minutes.

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★★ ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’ Director // Douglas McGrath Starring // Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammer Rated // PG-13 for adult situations and language

The setting has been moved from the British countryside to the swamps of Mississippi, and the lead actors got better looking, but Rod Lurie's film is essentially identical to the 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller he's remaking. Names, graphic details, bits of dialogue, even a parallel editing structure that unfolds during a pivotal moment — they're all here. And the themes and messages that were problematic in the original exist here as well. It's a movie that purports itself to be an indictment of violence, a critical exploration of the depraved depths to which man can sink when pushed. Yet Lurie ("The Contender," ''Nothing But the Truth"), as writer and director, depicts this brutality in vivid, glorious detail, to the point of almost fetishizing it. Similarly, James Marsden's character — a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated screenwriter — only truly gains the respect of his disdainful attackers, and only finds his own sense of self-worth, once he unleashes the primal fury he never knew he had inside of him in order to protect his wife and their home. Marsden and Kate Bosworth co-star as a husband and wife who return to her family's farm after her father's death. Alexander Skarsgard, as

★ ‘Our Idiot Brother’

Director // Jesse Peretz Starring // Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer and Zooey Deschanel Rated // R for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout

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Director // Rod Lurie Starring // James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård Rated // R for strong, brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content and pervasive language

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violent. Gosling is a chameleon actor. He embodies each role no matter how varied they are. “Drive” is certainly one of the year’s first Oscar contenders.

★★★★

else? It’s hard to tell. Driver soon meets a woman who lives down the hall in an apartment Director // Nicolas Winding Refn building he just moved Starring // Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and into. Her name is Irene Bryan Cranston (Carey Mulligan). She’s Rated // R for strong brutal bloody violence, lana nice girl, with a young guage and some nudity son, and a husband who’s due to get out of jail any day now. Driver builders. Here’s a movie becomes attached to Refn builds unbelievthat understands that able suspense with lulls her and her son. A man, simply going faster than who previously seemed in the action. He knows the cops isn’t enough. that it isn’t the constant to have nothing but visual and audial assault You’ve got to outwit driving, now has somethem, and usually that that entertains, rather thing else to live for, but means darting into a well-told story that when they’re threatened, dark alleys and parkknows when to push he bursts into action. back and when to go for ing under overpasses to “Drive” understands lose them. It’s a far cry the jugular. that a true climactic Known only as Driver, from a Michael Bay car feeling only comes from chase which would have well-placed moments in the credits, Ryan destroyed three city Gosling plays a softof tension and suspense. spoken stunt driver who blocks and killed count- That’s what sets “Drive” less innocent bystanders. apart from your run-ofdoubles as a getaway We don’t ever really driver for L.A.’s nefarithe-mill revenge thrillknow what the driving ous criminals. He’s got ers. Refn masterfully force behind Driver’s a strict set of rules, but forms a suspenseful if you follow them he’ll actions is. He’s a calm, feeling with his lincollected man, who almost assuredly get gering scenes and his seems to have appeared you to where you need thumping electronica out of nowhere. No to be while evading soundtrack which calls backstory is offered, the cops. The openforth reminiscing of because none is needed. ’80s action movies. At ing scenes, involving He’s more interesting as times “Drive” can Driver picking up a this mysterious force. Is actually be sweet and couple of guys after a he good, bad, something big heist, are tension

‘Drive’

charming, and then the next second, brutal and

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The Reel Place Aaron Peck

It’s that time of year during the movie season where we start seeing the movies that will vie as contenders come Oscar time. This is the time of year where we leave the summer blockbusters in the past as we get more inventive, less mass marketed movies. “Drive,” starring Ryan Gosling, is one of the first movies in this contender category. “Drive” is being billed as a car-chase fueled action movie. While it does have momentary snippets of action, it really isn’t an action movie by conventional standards. If you saw George Clooney’s “The American” then you know a bit more what to expect. “Drive” is a little faster paced, but in essence it’s “The American” with cars. There aren’t many movies like “Drive” out there, because most of them aren’t brave enough to venture into this kind of territory. Movies nowadays are packed full with as much climactic action as possible. There are no lulls or breaks. Instead, viewers are flung head first into a melee of flying fists, exploding cars and whizzing bullets. Rarely do we know where any of the characters exist within the geographical space provided. That isn’t important to those types of filmmakers. What is important is throwing up as much shaky-cam action on the screen as humanly possible. That’s why when a director like Nicolas Winding Refn comes along you cherish what he’s able to put together.

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‘Drive’ is well-paced, brutal and sweet

Disc frenzy As disc golf becomes more popular, fans of the game have a new place to play Providence city and USU alum work together on 9-hole course

or more than 15 months, disc golf enthusiasts in Cache Valley didn’t have a course to call their own. Thanks to the collaborative effort of 50 or so people, coupled with the support of Providence city, local residents don’t have to drive to Brigham City to play on an organized course anymore. That’s because the nine-hole Blind Gully Disc Golf Course, located at Von Baer Park (350 E. Center St.), opened at the beginning of August. The project was spearheaded by Brandon Merzlock, a Utah State University graduate who has now designed six disc golf courses. “I don’t know if parks departments just haven’t caught on yet, but it really is one of the fastest growing sports in America,” Merzlock said. “It’s very addictive and it can be as leisurely as you want or as challenging as you want.” Merzlock had been searching for a place to install a new course after USU closed Cache Valley’s one and only course in May of 2010. The course, which was located on

the northwest corner of USU’s campus, was a liability issue due to a wealth of broken dorm and car windows. After considering his options for more than a year — “we had gone and searched every park and unused area in this valley,” Merzlock said — the 34-year-old made his decision. However, the course wouldn’t have become a reality if not for the support of Providence city. Merzlock pitched the idea to Randy Eck, the city’s public works director, in February, and Eck was initially skeptical. Eck wasn’t convinced there would be enough room at the park to accommodate the course, and wasn’t sure enough people would use it. But once the snow melted and the issue was revisited, Eck “realized it’s not going to take as much space as I thought it would.” Eck also called the city’s insurance carrier, which informed him general liability coverage would suffice, “and so we went for it.” Merzlock assured Eck the course would

bring in at least 15 people a day who otherwise wouldn’t use the park, and Eck was pleasantly surprised to see that come to fruition. “All we’ve had to do was really throw out some money to buy the cages, and it’s just taken off,” Eck said. “And it amazes me the number of people that are up there using that course.” All but a couple of the nine holes are situated in the hills on the east side of the park, meaning the area now actually serves a purpose. Two of the holes are located on the trail adjacent to Spring Creek, giving the course a true disc golf feel. “We’re very happy to have it in our community,” Eck said. “Brandon has been great to work with. We can’t say enough good about Brandon, and we think it’s a good fit. Nine holes, maybe eight of those holes never had any foot traffic before the golf course was put in, so it’s using areas that were just not being used. See GOLF on page 11

By Jason Turner • Photos by Eli Lucero

Top left: Kids gather around to putt on the ninth hole at the new Providence disc golf course Tuesday evening. Above: Will Swick throws his disc on the ninth hole at the new disc golf course Tuesday evening. Right: Jon Peek throws his disc at the new disc golf course Tuesday evening.

Disc frenzy As disc golf becomes more popular, fans of the game have a new place to play Providence city and USU alum work together on 9-hole course

By Jason Turner • Photos by Eli Lucero

Good night moon

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Photos by you

Clockwise: View of the valley taken on the bench at the mouth of Logan Canyon by Mike Christensen of Nibley; the moon rising over the mountains near Hyrum by Debbie Olson; the moon at 5 a.m. Sept. 11 a.m. by Sonja Bair of Benson; photo of the moon peeking over valley mountains by Matthew Bogard of Tremonton.

Send your photos to mnewbold@hjnews.com.

COMING UP Two art exhibitions will be showcased this fall at Utah State University featuring work completed by study abroad participants. The “Study Abroad Exhibition: Germany” runs Sept. 19-30 from noon to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday in Gallery 102 located in the Chase

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Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus with an opening reception Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. The “Study Abroad Exhibition: Vienna” runs Oct. 3-14 from noon to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday in Gallery 102 with an opening reception Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.

Golf Continued from page 8 “... Providence prides itself on its parks. We have a lot of parks, and we’re very proud of this one. And it can only get better from here.” Merzlock, a member of the Professional Disc Golf Association (www.pdga.com) who competes in 20 to 30 tournaments a year, designed the course, but received plenty of help installing it. The native of Pocatello, Idaho, — which is a hotbed for disc golf — was not only aided by several fellow disc golf regulars, but a couple of Providence-based scout troops. One of those scouts was Dylan Petersen, who brought everyone together to build and install the course for his Eagle Scout Project. The project took place over a couple of days and entailed using shovels to level out and build tee pads — which is the equivalency of a tee box in conventional golf — dig holes for the baskets and secure those holes with cement. The group also built the baskets, which were provided by Providence City. “I think it will be really good for all the people in Providence and Logan and all of Cache Valley, because it’s the first disc golf course in Cache Valley, other than the one they used to have up at Utah State,” said Petersen, a 14-year-old South Cache student. “... It’s just a great thing for people to have here to go out and be active.” Since the course opened, Providence city has cleared out many

of the dead trees that impeded the course. Rudimentary hole and tee box markers have been installed, but Merzlock plans on having more professional ones designed in the future. YESCO Electronics has agreed to design those, Merzlock said. Other course improvements planned for the future involve building a bridge across Spring Creek that separates holes 6 and 7, constructing tee signs with hole descriptions and lengths and designing a centrally-located course map. Merzlock said he could think of at least 10 more Eagle Scout Projects that would beautify and improve the course. Additionally, Eck plans on bringing in a portable toilet in the near future. Von Baer Park does have bathrooms, but they are only opened when people rent the park. “We’re just trying to make it as nice as we can,” he said. In an effort to make the course enjoyable for those of all abilities, Merzlock designed each hole to have and A and B tee pad, with the A pad being the more difficult and lengthier route. Compared to other nine-hole disc golf courses, this one is relatively short. Only the final two holes are longer than 100 yards, but the abundance of trees and shrubbery, coupled with several ascents and descents, make it plenty challenging. “I like that it combines technical (ability) with elevation,” said Providence resident Caleb Wolfe. “A lot of courses don’t have a ton of elevation change. ... It’s really challenging for as short as it is, so Brandon did a good job with the space that he had.” Wolfe is arguably the top disc golf player in the valley.

“Country Town” By Billy Bird Like Merzlock, Wolfe routinely competes in tournaments in the professional division. In fact, the 32-year-old recently took second place in a tourney in Pocatello, which is his hometown. Needless to say, Wolfe, who Merzlock said can throw a driver disc upward of 500 feet, was “extremely excited” to see the course open. “I went from having three courses in Pocatello to having nothing in Cache Valley, and having to go to Brigham City to play,” said Wolfe, who recently brought a group of teenagers to the course for an LDS Church activity. “... And the fact that it ended up being three blocks below my house was just an added bonus.” Wolfe and Merzlock, among others, will be ushering in the grand opening of the course on Saturday, Oct. 1. A group known as the Cache Valley Disc Drivers are organizing the Blind Gully Grand Open, a tournament that will feature five divisions (advanced, intermediate, beginner, women and junior). The event will feature two rounds of play, with the opening round starting at 10 a.m. A free clinic on learning the rules and techniques of disc golf will be held from 9:30-10. Prizes will be awarded to the top players from each division, said Merzlock, the tournament’s director. More information about the tourney can be found at www. discgolfscene.com. “There’s a huge presence in the valley for disc golf,” Merzlock said. “I think by mid-summer next year, you’re going to see a lot people on this course on a daily basis.”

Little country town, Where malice and gossip rule. Cliques and meanness spread like darkness, And make-believe is cool. When they try to fool you, Into thinking they are fine. Put some cotton in your ears, Don’t listen to them whine. Yes, they try to gang up on you, Fairness they don’t like. So keep a big stick with you, In case you have to strike. An evil outpost will not change, That you now can see. Don’t waste your time upon it, Go where a soul is free. If you ever get the chance Leave while the getting’s good. You don’t have to hang around, You’re not a Robin Hood.

“My Angel” By Terri Barnes An angel came into my room, One dark and lonely night He gently touched my weary face And said everything will be all right I know your life’s been quite a trial Each and every day But you have faced it with a smile Because he made you that way Your gentleness and tenderness Has touched most everyone You always smile through your tears With each rising sun So when your life is over And your journey’s at its end Know I will be standing there waiting To say, “Welcome home, my friend.”

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Books Lynch’s ‘Happy Accidents’ heartfelt, funny By Emily Fredrix The Associated Press

Unlike the conniving, feisty — and hilarious — character on megahit “Glee” that has catapulted her to fame, Jane Lynch does have a heart. The deliciously evil Sue Sylvester’s voice is drowned out by Lynch’s heartfelt and hilarious forthrightness in her new memoir, “Happy Accidents.” Lynch took a long, varied path to stardom on “Glee” — her biggest role to date — and recalls her struggles and triumphs. From hawking electronic flea collars on the graveyard shift of a home-shopping

television network to playing Carol Brady in a live rendition of the Brady Bunch, Lynch has done it all. Now she’s the winner of a Golden Globe and Emmy for her role on the Fox TV series, and was selected as host of this year’s Emmy Awards. Her road to fame was bumpy, including moving back in with her parents at 25, struggling with her sexuality, battling alcohol addiction and later, having a tough time finding steady acting work and love. Lynch takes her challenges in stride in the memoir, which sheds new light on one of TV’s biggest stars. Lynch delights in recounting her

alcoholism, her sexuality. Everything she’s experienced in life she considers a “happy accident” and this glass-halffull optimism fuels her book. She knew from a young age growing up on Chicago’s South Side that acting was her destiny. She tried to map her way, even writing to Vicki Lawrence and asking to be cast on her show. But, Lynch writes, despite all her mapping and planning, “Providence was able to sneak in there and lead me to exactly where I needed to be next.” That includes her chance encounters with past, even when the topics are tough — her body, her

Ebert: ‘Life Itself’ is more than movies By Douglass K. Daniel The Associated Press

A gentle look back, “Life Itself: A Memoir” is as moving as it is amusing, fresh evidence that Roger Ebert is a writer who happens to love movies, not a movie lover who happens to write. It’s an episodic tale with a huge cast of characters, kind of like a Robert Altman movie with Ebert at the center, and sometimes on the edges, but taking it all in. He balances Everyman tales of growing up in postwar Middle America with moments from a singular life. An only child in a workingclass Catholic home in Urbana, Ill., Ebert began writing as a kid. He was a teenage reporter, a college journalist and then a local reporter before joining the Chicago Sun-Times. One day in 1967 he was told he was the paper’s new movie critic. Eight years later he was the first film

writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Ebert and critic Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune turned their love-hate relationship into gold with their TV shows critiquing films. The relationship with Siskel may be the most complicated of his life. (One observer told them: “You guys have a sibling rivalry.

Your problem is, you both think you’re the older brother.”) Ebert maintains that the hate was meaningless and the love deep. Ebert cares about lots of things besides movies — books, for example, the 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk, and a special walk through the streets and parks of London. Deciding whether he would prefer to spend eternity in a chair at his secret spot in Venice or at the counter of any Steak ‘n Shake might be a close call. The movie figures he sketches — Robert Mitchum, Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman are among them — leave the lightest impression in the book. Instead, people like Ebert’s father (an electrician who wanted more than a blue-collar life for his son), newspaper pals Bob Zonka and John McHugh, Ebert’s wife, Chaz, and an endearing gadfly at the Cannes Film Festival are the breakout stars of what Ebert calls “the movie of my life.”

director Christopher Guest that led to her first big break as a tough, no-nonsense lesbian dog trainer in his movie “Best in Show.” Anyone reading the book will know where Lynch is now — playing one of the most delightfully mean, naughty and amusing characters on television. But attention “Glee” fans: The TV show craze that truly launches Lynch to stardom appears in the last third of the book. So stop whining, as Sue Sylvester would say. There’s a lot more to Lynch than insults and tracksuits.

new york times best sellers HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Kill Me If You Can,” by James Patterson and Marshall Karp 2. “The Sookie Stackhouse Companion,” by Charlaine Harris 3. “A Dance With Dragons,” by George R. R. Martin 4. “A Trick of the Light,” by Louise Penny 5. “Flash and Bones,” by Kathy Reichs HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “In My Time,” by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney 2. “A Stolen Life,” by Jaycee Dugard 3. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 4. “In the Garden of Beasts,” by Erik Larson 5. “The Greater Journey,” by David McCullough PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION 1. “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett 2. “One Day,” by David Nicholls 3. “Sarah’s Key,” by Tatiana de Rosnay 4. “Safe Haven,” by Nicholas Sparks 5. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett Paperback Nonfiction 1. “Heaven is for Real,” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent 2. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot 3. “Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell 4. “The Glass Castle,” by Jeannette Walls 5. “Unlikely Friendships,” by Jennifer S. Holland Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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beer with Einstein. 2. Counting your blessings: You don’t have to be religious to use this tool. It’s a reliable, though temporary, fix used to convince oneself that things could be worse. After this bandage wears off, you realize that the corollary is that many people are also happier and more well-off than

you. I suspect that it is a poorly kept secret that the extremely rich, beautiful and athletic people really are happy most of the time. 3. Nonsectarian affirmations: There really aren’t many good ones. Since depression is the favorite creative state of mind for writers, positive affirmations come off as being trite, shallow and hastily written compared to their depressive counterparts. Cuteness, just depresses me further. 4. Favorite foods: This one has limited effectiveness because I tend to want to eat the same bad food and inebriating beverages when I am happy as when I’m depressed. There are only a limited number of days when I am neither. I can’t

recall when the last one ing around in your head. was. Who can sleep with 5. Marine Corps: This “Wake Me Up Before is sort of a new one You Go Go” pulsing for me. I call upon all through their head? the boot camp movies 7. Wasting time I have watched and online: This isn’t timechannel my inner drill tested enough, but sergeant. It goes someI have to say it has thing like this, “Wake worked for me lately. up soldier! Are you It’s comforting to throw waiting for breakfast your sadness out to the in bed? Another gloriuniverse without the ous day in the corps, help of a licensed theraevery meal is a banquet, pist or literary agent. every paycheck is a forDennis Hinkamp would tune! Every coworker is also like to just slap hima genius!” This works self out of it sometimes. for a while until I think of the actual wars asso- He is among a number of freelance writers whose ciated with it. columns appear in The 6. Happy music: This Herald Journal as part is great and I have been of an effort to expose known to loop the same readers to a variety of song 18 times when community voices. He is I’m trying to cheer up. not an employee of the This works except when newspaper. Feedback you want to go to sleep can be sent to dennis. and you have that way hinkamp@usu.edu. too perky song bounc-

Review: ‘Circus’ stuffed with 3 rings of wonder By Chris Talbott The Associated Press

Let’s go ahead and get the obvious adjectives for Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel, “The Night Circus,” out of the way: Magical. Enchanting. Spellbinding. Mesmerizing. Morgenstern — in much the same way as her cast of magicians and performers might — builds a fantastic creation out of words and spells and ink and paper and the power of imagination. And like her colorful characters, she’s not dealing in illusions and sleight of hand. This is real magic. “The Night Circus” is the story of two magicians locked in a duel to the death near the turn of the 20th century, a time when magic seems to be losing its importance to humankind. Their stage is

the mysterious Le Cirque des Reves, a traveling circus filled with wonders from both this world and the one beyond. The contestants, Celia and Marco, two fated lovers locked in a magical combat with unclear rules mostly against their will, create new attractions for the circus, each more beautiful and nuanced than the last. One tent may contain a contortionist, another The Tree of Wishes. Acrobats perform without nets in the biggest of tents while a labyrinth full of an infinite number of rooms is contained within one of the tiniest. In one tent stories are held in containers and told in sounds and smells and memories. In another, circus-goers can relieve deep sadness by casting them with a stone into a pool of tears. Celia is the illegitimate

daughter of Prospero the Enchanter, a grand illusionist known throughout the world. Forced to live with her father after her mother’s suicide, Celia immediately shows her natural gift for manipulating the world around her.

Prospero challenges an old rival, the mysterious man in the gray suit, to a contest, pitting his own daughter against a foe of the man’s choosing. The man picks an orphan boy and teaches him the old way of making magic, using symbols, and spells, and the knowledge of the ages to build his illusions. Morgenstern deftly weaves the story of the two magicians, the creation of the circus and its resulting passionate following, and the inevitable trouble that brews when things fall out of balance. She moves back and forth in time, carving both her characters and her settings with a sharp, and tasteful, eye for detail. In its opening pages, “The Night Circus” feels a little familiar. The era, the focus and the setting have been done before — and occasion-

ally done well. But Morgenstern quickly leaves those other stories behind, crafting something completely ... magical.

Brad Paisley to release a book NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country superstar Brad Paisley is set to release his first book on Nov. 1. It’s called “Diary of a Player” and shows how the guitar gods of country, blues and rock ‘n’ roll have shaped his life. Paisley is the reigning Country Music Association entertainer of the year. The book is co-written with Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild and published by Howard Books, and imprint of Simon & Schuster.

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1. Religion: I find limited comfort from telling myself “it was meant to be” or that it is part of some deity’s plan for me. This line of reasoning will work from a few hours to a few days until I really start to overanalyze the predicament. Any time you employ pre destiny it is too much like time travel in bad science fiction movies. One tiny thing you could have done years ago could have changed everything that happened today; which just makes you feel worse because you now question everything you did that made you responsible for your current sad state. I probably should have flossed more. If I get a time machine, that will be second on my list right after having a

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I started off Monday morning biting into my usual peanut butter covered toast only to find it contained something mysteriously crunchy and unflavorful. Upon further inspection it turned out to be the crown that had departed from the top of one of my teeth. Much cursing, dental work and projected bills ensued. I’ve had a series of bad days like this involving pain, broken plumbing and car repairs which have taken huge chunks out of both my joie de vivre and my savings account. The other resource that is waning is the contents of my inspirational bag of tricks I rely on to pull myself out of a funk. These are in no particular order of importance.

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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Chesterfield, e.g. 5. Mendicant 11. No-goodnik 15. Ululates 19. De novo 20. Cause of hereditary variation 21. First word of “The Raven” 22. Not name 23. “Blue Suede Shoes” 27. Rig or spill leader 28. Crossword feature 29. Election shocker 30. Serviceable 31. Dentist’s advice 33. Flipper 35. Declares in court 36. Break out 37. Wish, with “to” 40. George W. Bush’s alma mater 41. Island of Spain 43. Slip away 46. It has moles: Abbr. 49. “MacArthur Park” 54. It needs refinement 55. Sonny and Cher, e.g. 56. Display fear 57. Present occasion 58. Karl Marx, for one 60. Augmented 61. Wood sorrels 62. Merino mother 63. Wild ___ 67. Mous starter, it’s huge! 69. Ordinal suffix 70. Weight not charged for 72. Opportune 74. “Far out!” 78. Baddies 80. Fodder 82. Kind of tissue 83. Overworked horse 84. “With a Little Help From My Friends” (Joe Cocker version) 88. Bando of baseball 89. Waders

90. Beneficiary, of a kind 91. Complicated problem 92. Floral leaves 93. Party acronym 97. Splinter 100. “O tempora! O mores!” orator 103. Gourmand 104. Organic radical 105. Burgundy grape 106. Flavor 110. Groove-billed ___ 111. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” 115. Foil-like blade 116. Chevron competitor 117. Black ___ 118. Goes down 119. Some M & M’s 120. Like some shows 121. Fumes partner 122. Kind of weight Down 1. Hew, in a way 2. “Mourning Becomes Electra” playwright 3. Wooden wheel part 4. Shoemaker’s tool 5. Shower alternative 6. Apart from this 7. Latch (onto) 8. Biology branch 9. Pale ___ 10. Scraps 11. Word with fly or radish 12. “___ Laughing” (play based on Carl Reiner’s early life) 13. Genuine 14. Linda ___, Supergirl’s alias 15. Soft slipper 16. Membranous sacs 17. Triangular road sign 18. Eyesores 24. Start of a wonderful life? 25. Harvest goddess

26. Tall plant with yellow flowers 32. Circular opening? 34. Borneo ape 35. Perry Como’s “___ Loves Mambo” 37. Cattle breed 38. Site of a 1976 uprising 39. Something to fall back on? 40. Two-masted sailing vessel 42. Film company sans studio, informally 43. Call up 44. Evening hour 45. Words to live by 46. Medicinal bark 47. Copacati worshipper 48. Census data 49. Peruvian coin 50. Canada’s Grand ___ National Historic Park 51. Recommendation 52. “Maid of Athens, ___ we part”: Byron 53. Works a horn 59. Twitter post 64. Seed coverings 65. Diacritical mark 66. Alters, in a manner 68. Multi- ___ 69. Spine-chilling 70. Picks up a pickup, maybe 71. Eastern pooh-bah 73. Mania start 75. Drifts 76. Beatnik’s exclamation 77. Halloween prankster’s aid 79. Hornswoggle 80. Exec 81. Noted blind mathematician 82. East African people 85. Mitch Miller’s instrument 86. Testifiers 87. Red Cross supplies

91. Noted economist 92. Detonate 94. Persevering one 95. Region of northeastern Italy 96. Square-toed 97. Singer, Leo 98. Split to unite 99. Aware, with “in” 100. Approximately 101. Concealed, casually 102. Newspaper div. 103. Slip 105. Chipper 107. Easy anagram? 108. Put forward 109. Avenues of escape 112. Anatomical duct 113. Not worth a ___ 114. Body shop fig.

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The Dry Lake Band will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. at Caffe Ibis on Friday, Sept. 16. “Awaken the Master Within” festival/fundraiser will take place Sept. 16 and 17 at Crystal Hot Springs. All proceeds go to help those with mental illness in our community. This is more than a festival. You will have numerous networking opportunities and ways to get in touch with your heart-space being, your individual, creative self. For more information contact Lori Christensen at 435227-6040. Cache Singles 31+ will hold a mid-singles dance Friday, Sept. 16, for ages 31 to 45. The dance will be held at the Cobblestone church located at 420 W. 100 North in Providence. There will be a get-toknow-you activity before the dance, dance instruction from 8:30 to 9 p.m., with the dance following until midnight. ID is required for admission to the mid-singles dance, no exceptions. The Cache Valley Vintage Car Club will be showing off their cars at the Pioneer Valley Lodge on Friday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m. Come get free hot dogs and sodas. Pioneer Valley Lodge is located at 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. For more information call 7920353. Chucks will perform punk/ rock music with American Attic and Welcome to the Woods on Friday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5. Hillcrest Elementary School Fall Festival will be held Friday, Sept. 16, at 5 p.m. There will be blow-up slides, games, face painting, train rides, hay rides, silent auction baskets and more. Come help us kick off our 50th celebration.

Female singer/guitarists Keiyana Osmond and Cherish Ross will perform Friday, Sept. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Take an evening to come and enjoy these talented musical artists; you won’t be disappointed. Everyone is invited.

SATURDAY Acoustic oldies group Relic will perform live from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza on Saturday, Sept. 17. Many people in the valley have heard The Fender Benders classic rock band. Relic is the “light” version of that band, featuring Irv Nelson, Scott Olsen and Steve Roberts “unplugged.” Preview them at relicacousticband.com. Come enjoy great pizza and music. The Western Singing Duo Tumbleweeds will perform at LD’s Cafe in Richmond Saturday, Sept. 17 from 6 p.m. to closing. Bring your kids (ages 3 and up) to Macey’s Little Theater for a free craft, video and treat Saturday, Sept. 17, from noon to 3 p.m. Demolition Bio will perform metal/rock music with Atilast on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5. Then next Loaves and Fishes Community Meal will be held Sept. 17 at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 W. Center Street in Logan, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Our mission is to serve a free, hot, nutritious meal every third Saturday of the month to those in need. Danny Royer will be singing for us Saturday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. Please come and join us for this free event that is open to the public. For more information please call

792-0353.

SUNDAY Jacob Earl will perform at Caffe Ibis on Sunday, Sept. 18, from noon to 2 p.m.

MONDAY The Wm P. Preston Camp DUP will meet Monday, Sept. 19, at 1 p.m. at Copper Mill Restaurant for their opening social. Dues to be paid at this time. William Hyde Camp DUP will meet Monday, Sept. 19, at 1:30 p.m. in the Hyde Park Civic Center. Pioneer Dutch oven lunch will be served. Bring your own tin plate and tin cup. Pioneer dress is requested but not required. Welcome back from summer to the Elizabeth Matthews DUP. We will meet Monday, Sept. 19, at 1:30 p.m. at Copper Mill Restaurant, 55 S. Main, Logan. Hostesses are Marilyn Miller and Margaret Jorgensen. History given by Vera O’brien, lesson by Margaret Jorgensen and artifacts presented by Carolyn Wyatt.

TUESDAY The Cache Valley Gluten Free Group will be meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in classrooms 2 and 3 at the Logan Regional Hospital. We will be discussing a new approach to food storage and sharing in GF samples. Annette has found some fun new information about a different approach to food storage. The AARP Senior Defensive Drivers Class will be held from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Cache County Senior Center. Cost is $12 for AARP members or $14 for non-members. The certificate of completion will reduce auto insurance rates.

Call Susie at 435-753-2866 for reservations. Back by popular demand, the Grocery Guru will be here to teach us how to plan 15 meals on a $35 budget. He will give food away and teach couponing, too at a free cooking and community class at Macey’s Little Theater on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 7 to 8 p.m. You may be one of the lucky ones who gets to shop with him. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will be holding a cycling activity Tuesday, Sept. 20. Cost is $30. Cache Valley is a gorgeous place to ride your bike, especially in the countryside. We will be heading out there for some fresh air. For more information call 713-0288. Chick-Fil-A in Logan is holding a Daddy Daughter Date Night on Sept. 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. Contact meganlee.cfalogan@gmail.com to make a reservation. Reservation includes dinner, beverages and dessert. The Bel Canto Chorus, a long standing women’s chorus in Cache Valley, will begin fall rehearsals on Tuesday,Sept. 20. We invite new members to join. Positions are available for soprano, second soprano and alto singers. Please contact Laurel Maughan, 245-3204, for information regarding membership. OPTIONS for Independence will take a trip to Utah’s “Fruit Way” and at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 20. We will also be going to lunch. Cost is $2 for transportation while lunch prices will vary. For more information or to schedule a ride, please call Mandie at 435-7535353, ext. 108.

WEDNESDAY The Cache Community Band is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a concert on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at

7:30 p.m. at the Logan Senior Citizens Center, 240 N. 100 East. Guest singer will be Dan Birschbach. Sky View swimming pool has sign-ups going on for fall and winter swimming lessons. Lessons run for five weeks on Saturdays for 55 minutes a day. Cost is $35. For more information or to sign up call 435-563-5625 or go online to www.ccsdut.org/skyviewhigh. cfm under the services tab. Scott Bradley will teach a free Constitution class, “To Preserve the Nation,” on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at The Book Table (upstairs). No charge. For more information call 753-2930 or 753-8844.

THURSDAY Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will be holding a barbecue Thursday, Sept. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. Let’s finish summer with a bang. The barbecue will celebrate all our efforts throughout the summer and will be held at 355 N. 100 East in Logan. For more information call 713-0288. The Knotty Knitters meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the Senior Citizens Center. Come in through the South Doors by the Dining Room. Come knit, crochet, or spin. For more information, contact Cathy at 752-3923. Celebrate 90 years with the Smithfield Public Library Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. Former Smithfield mayor Chad Downs will be presenting stories and a short history of the library. Light refreshments will be served. Call 563-3555 for more info. Are you concerned about your bone and joint health? A free seminar on the subject will take place Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. at 2540 N. 1600 East, North Logan. All attending guests will receive a certificate for a free couple Japanese massage.

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