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On the cover:

“The Mermaid” by Lois Sorensen — When Sorensen gets up in the morning, she doesn’t have to go far to find something to occupy her day. Working out of her Smithfield home, she creates items including bracelets, earrings and necklaces from an inventory of thousands of beads. Read more about the self-proclaimed “queen of over-embellishment” on Page 8.

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AST WEEKEND MY BROTHER and I — along with one of our good friends — went on our annual Halloween outings in Logan and Salt Lake City.

First we hit up the Bear River Bottoms for their haunted river trail, which, if you read my column regularly, you’ll know is our favorite local attraction.

The next night we met up in the big city for a showing of “Paranormal Activity.”

Here’s my one-paragraph amateur review: After all the Internet hype, I was expecting something pretty amazing. In that respect, I was a little disappointed, but I won’t say I wasn’t scared out of my mind. The camerawork was pretty awesome, the acting wasn’t great, the scares were top-notch and the ending was a little hokey.

Next we went out to Nightmare on 13th, which was recently featured on The Travel Channel as one of America’s scariest attractions; has been on the cover of Haunted Attraction magazine as one of the industry’s most successful operations; and has been

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recognized by USA Today as one of the best haunted houses in the U.S. According to www.americahaunts.com, “Nightmare on 13th is Utah’s largest and longest-running haunted attraction ... (and) is 36,000 square feet of sheer terror. ... Nightmare on 13th takes pride in being on the cutting edge of the latest technological advances in the haunted house industry. They have pioneered the ‘Nightmare Theatre’ concept, which is an animated, computer-driven experience that every customer gets to walk through before entering the haunted house. Nightmare also has a second attraction called the ‘Extreme.’

This walkthrough incorporates ideas that are so intense that they cannot be offered in the main attraction due to time and space restraints.”

To say I screamed or jumped a lot would be an incredible understatement — I actually fell to the ground at one point. The special effects were also amazing, and the entertainment while you’re standing in line for an hour is totally worth it. You can find more information at www.nightmareon13th.com.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

— Jamie Baer Nielson Cache Magazine editor

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pet photo of the week

Pets: Benson and Willow From: Linda Gillespie Why they’re so lovable: “Willow loves her big brother Benson! Benson is our GSP who was a Four Paws foster found in, yes, Benson, that we fostered for awhile and have now adopted. He is a favorite at the dog park where he keeps things mellow and easy. He loves everyone, dogs and people. He’s the best! Willow is a Weimaraner beagle mix with the color and body of a Weim and the size and VOICE of a beagle. She was very shy and scared when she came to us as a foster, but now, thanks to Benson, she is learning doggy rules and is more outgoing. She was recently adopted by a wonderful couple who will love her and spoil her very much — just what she needs most right now.”

Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.

Help celebrate Dia de los Muertos at USU anthropology museum

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Mexican skulls are used to celebrate Day of the Dead.

Alliance for Varied Arts to host Masquerade Ball HE ALLIANCE FOR T the Varied Arts will present its traditional Mid-

night and Crimson Masquerade Ball from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the Carousel Ballroom at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door, and available at the Ellen Eccles ticket office or at the AVA, 35 W. 100 South. For more information, call 7532970 or visit www.avaarts. org. Only adults 21 and older will be admitted.

There will be a costume contest with numerous prizes, live music by The Rain Dogs and plenty of appetizers and desserts provided by Lee’s Marketplace and the AVA. The purpose behind this event is to raise money for the AVA, a nonprofit company that promotes local artists and brings art classes to the community. There will also be a silent auction with art,

jewelry, photographs, massages and more items from local businesses. All proceeds from ticket sales and the auction will go directly to funding these programs that are geared toward enriching the community with art, dance and music.

N SATURDAY, OCT. 31, the USU Museum of Anthropology’s “Saturdays at the Museum” series will celebrate Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos. This Hispanic holiday traces its origins back to the Mexoamerican Aztec culture.

Museum guests will have the opportunity to participate in Day of the Dead traditions and explore the cultural meaning behind the holiday.

“Dia de los Muertos is a centuriesold tradition that allows people to remember the dead in a positive way,” said USU student and program planner Deborah Neville. “It’s a great opportu-

nity for us to honor and remember our loved ones.”

Visitors at the museum can decorate a sugar skull, make a calaveras (dancing skeleton) and collect traditional recipes.

USU students and members of the public are invited to participate in the celebration at the museum any time during the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday hours.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

For more information, call 797-7545 or visit anthromuseum.usu.edu.

Canyon Winds inspired by Bach OGAN CANYON L Winds, Utah State University’s faculty wind quintet in

the Department of Music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Performance Hall at USU. General admission tickets are $8 and available at the Caine School of the Arts box office (caineschool. usu.edu) or at the door. USU and public school students will be admitted without charge.

The program, “Inspired by Bach,” features works either written by Johann Sebastian Bach or based on those by the most famous of all Baroque composers. In addition to regular ensemble members Leslie Timmons (flute), Bonnie Schroeder (oboe), Nicholas Morrison (clarinet), Steve Park (horn) and Carolyn Bodily (bassoon), the quintet will be joined by guest pianist Mark Neiwirth.

Neiwirth, adjunct professor of piano at Idaho State University in Pocatello, has maintained a busy career for the last 30 years as piano soloist, concerto soloist, col-

Logan Canyon Winds, from left: Bonnie Schroeder (oboe), Nicholas Morrison (clarinet), Carolyn Bodily (bassoon), Steve Park (horn) and Leslie Timmons (flute).

laborative musician, studio teacher, lecturer, adjudicator and arts administrator. He served as chair of the piano department at the Sun Valley School of Music for six years and has performed 36 different piano concerti with orchestras throughout the Northwest region. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, he was

represented for many years by Columbia Artists Management in New York and is a Distinguished Steinway Artist.

Neiwirth joins the quintet for “Fantasy on a Fugue of J. S. Bach” by Lowell Liebermann. Neiwirth will also perform Bach’s B minor “Prelude and Fugue,” on which the Liebermann work is based.

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All mixed up

Cache Theatre kicks off holiday season with ‘Modern Millie’

Three Weeks ready to rock fall HREE WEEKS, T a Cache Valley group that performs

original “family-friendly” music, will host their Fall Concert at 8 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 30, in the historic Wellsville LDS Tabernacle. Admission is $5 and everyone is invited.

Three Weeks was formed in December 2003 and currently consists of four members, including Cache Valley natives and brothers Bryce and Austin Wood. Bryce is lead vocalist and guitarist

and Austin is an accomplished keyboardist and guitarist who plays the harmonica and assists with vocals. Drummer Kent Scott, a native of Pingree, Idaho, also provides back-up vocals.

The band recently added Christian Hathaway, a native of Burnley, England, as bass player and back-up vocalist.

Their first CD, “Not Just for Tonight,” was released a couple of

years ago, and they recently released their second CD, “Alive Again.” They have performed in many local and state venues, including a summer appearance as part of the Temple Square Concert Series and a feature on KUTV’s morning show earlier this year.

For more information and to listen to some of their music, visit www. threeweeksrock.com.

SNC to auction nationally renowned artist’s work TOKES NATURE S Center’s annual fundraiser on Nov. 7 will feature an original illus-

tration from an award-winning book, “The Illuminated Desert,” by two Utah daughters: celebrated writer Terry Tempest Williams and artist Chloe Hedden.

The book’s annotated index lists and describes the ancient people, flora and fauna so beautifully illuminated in the main part of the book.

Hedden was born and raised in Utah.

Although she now Hedden lives in San Francisco, she maintains strong roots in her native red desert lands. She recently donated an original painting from “The Illuminated Desert” to support Stokes Nature Center programs. The painting, which sells for more than $3,000 in a gallery,

will be in a live auction paired with a copy of the book signed by Terry Tempest Williams.

For more information, contact Annalisa at 755-3239. Tickets for the fundraiser are available at Fuhriman’s Framing & Fine Art (75 S. Main), the College of Natural Resources dean’s office at USU or by calling 755-3239.

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HE CACHE Regional Theatre Company will kick off its 2009 holiday season with the Tony-Award winning musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5, 6, 7 and 9 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. A matinee will show at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7. Tickets, $17, $14 and $12 can be purchased at www.Ellen EcclesTheatre.org or by calling 752-0026.

Small-town girl Millie Dillmount has big-time ambitions when she arrives in New York City, not the least of which is to find, and of course marry, the perfect boss. Along the way she dodges obstacles from the disapproval of socialites to the distractions of true love to the schemes of her evil landlady — who is selling her tenants into slavery. Set in the 1920s and based on the 1967 film, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” took Broadway by storm in 2002, winning six Tony Awards (including Best Musical).

Fans of the film should not expect a slavishly faithful representation of the movie. The musical celebrates its theatricality with a few new plot twists, brand new songs by Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan, and some uniquely stage-friendly conventions such as stenographers who demonstrate their typing skills by — of course — tap dancing.

Pulling on talent as far

Megan Bagley as Millie Dilmount south as Salt Lake City and up into Idaho, the 45-member cast is small by Cache Regional Theatre Company’s standards, which is a bit of a relief for assistant director and costumer Kody Rash, who is charged with the responsibility of creating more than 100 costumes for the show.

The Cache Regional Theatre Company has offered annual productions in Cache Valley for many years, back to the late

1980s if you count from the days of its predecessor organizations, the Eugene Tueller Community Theatre and the Capitol Arts Alliance Theatre Society.

Entirely volunteer run, this community theater organization relies heavily on the support of a host of specialists and amateurs ranging from sewers, builders, administrators and technicians to actors, directors, designers and choreographers.

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HEN UTAH photographer Ben Kuhns wanted to gain access to the roof of an abandoned cement factory with no outside staircase (it had been removed), he was not deterred and climbed some metal support girders holding up a nearby silo where he accessed a walkway.

On another occasion, Kuhns and fellow photographer Sam Scholes couldn’t top a hill on a dirt road in their minivan en route to a remote ghost town in the desert west of Wendover. When they tried to drive around the hill, their vehicle got stuck in the soft dirt. With sticks, bare hands and a spare tire jack, they were able to free the car and return to the road.

These are only two of the many adventures both men have experienced photographing deserted sites and neglected buildings locally and nationally. They have documented their explorations in about 50 color images for the exhibit “Forgotten Places.”

Both Kuhns and Scholes have favorite locations to shoot, and the sites receive multiple visits, specifically a lime plant, a rail line and a mine. Unstable floors, poor air quality and collapsed ceilings are all hazards the photographers encounter as they wander forsaken places.

After returning to the Delle

If you go ... ★ What: “Forgotten Places” ★ When: Through Nov. 11 ★ Where: Brigham City Museum-Gallery (24 N. 300 West) ★ Admission: Free ★ For more information: Call 435-723-6769

Chemical Lime plant numerous times during the day, Kuhns decided to visit at night. With no natural light to make photographs, he was left with a blank canvas of industrial decay.

Armed with a few small camera flashes against the darkness, the photographer was able to compose and sculpt his subjects with his own light. Kuhns selected “Above the Lime Pile” to show in the exhibit.

Scholes also photographed the lime plant, specifically the front steps and doorway of the office building, and titled it “Seeing Red.” Since it was also a night shot, he lit the inside with a red road flare and fired some off-camera flashes outside to light up the stairs.

The lime plant is located in Utah’s west desert.

Kuhns and Scholes have photographed deserted places in Delle, Draper, Goshen, Leamington, Logan, Ogden

and Salt Lake City, to name a few. Photos were also taken in California and Nevada.

Kuhns was born in 1987 in Lincoln, Neb. Five years later the family moved to Logan.

After graduating from Logan High School, he moved to Salt Lake City. Kuhns studied graphic design at the University of Utah for three years. He’s currently employed at Pixels Foto & Frame in Sandy.

When Kuhns puts down his camera, it’s usually because he wants to long board, ski, disc golf, hike, play guitar or spend time with family and friends.

Scholes was born in Logan in 1983 and raised in a number of cities, including Boise and Farmington. The artist currently lives in South Jordan and works part-time for GoEngineer. He anticipates graduating from Utah Valley University in 2010 with a degree in anthropology.

The photographer has been making pictures since childhood. He says, “My dad would load an old 35mm camera for me and moments later I would return, having taken an entire roll of nothing but cloud photos.

Despite my initial propensity towards cloud photography, my dad continued to encourage me and to pay for the film. ...”

Scholes also enjoys travel, art, pottery and listening to all kinds of music.

“Hauntingly sad”: This photo, titled “Going Upstairs,” is featured in the exhibit “Forgotten Places” at the Brigham City Museum-Gallery. The image was shot by Sam Scholes at an abandoned building in Nephi.

USU Wind Orchestra to present fall concert with guest soloists HE UTAH STATE T University Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Thomas P.

Rohrer, will perform its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center at USU. Admission is $8 for adults; USU and school music students will be admitted at no cost. For more information, call 797-3004.

Tickets are available at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in Fine Arts 138-B; by calling 7978022; or online at http://boxoffice.usu.edu. They will also be available at the door.

Hayes

Nicholson

Joining the Wind Orchestra are Christopher Hayes, professor of trombone at Ohio University; and Jason Nicholson, previously from the University of North Texas and the new

professor of percussion in the Department of Music at USU. An active performing artist, Hayes has appeared at national and international events. He completed his undergraduate study at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, N.Y., and at the University of Louisville, completing a bachelor’s degree in trombone performance and in music education. He earned a master’s degree in trombone from the University of Louisville and completed his doctorate in music education at the University of Missouri.

Nicholson is an assistant

professor at USU, coming from North Carolina to head the percussion program. He received his doctorate in percussion from the University of North Texas. From 2005 to 2008, he was a graduate teaching fellow in percussion at UNT, where he taught applied lessons, percussion methods and percussion ensemble.

Nicholson has been an active performer in orchestral, jazz, chamber, solo, pop and world genres throughout the Dallas/ Fort Worth, Miami and Charlotte metropolitan regions.

In addition to his training on

traditional Western percussion instruments, Nicholson has extensive experience in AfroCuban drumming and African Drumming.

The Wind Orchestra is the flagship ensemble of the USU Bands and is a 45-member ensemble of the finest wind and percussion players in the school.

The USU Bands’ upcoming schedule includes the annual “Sounds of the Stadium” marching band concert on Nov. 21, the Tri-State Band Symposium Finale Concert on Dec. 5 and the holiday concert on Dec. 6.

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Film New this week “Capitalism: A Love Story” Rated R ★★★ How do you make a movie about the country’s current economic crisis and actually get people to see it? Two obstacles most obviously arise: illustrating such a potentially dry subject in a compelling way, and persuading audiences to pay money for information they can get at home — and feel depressed about — for free.

Having Michael Moore as our guide certainly helps. Twenty years after he took on General Motors with his powerful debut “Roger & Me,” the proud provocateur is taking aim at the same sorts of targets with his latest documentary. It’s vintage Moore, reflecting both the filmmaker’s fondness for manipulation and his strengths as a showman.

As he did with “Sicko” and “Fahrenheit 9/11,” he typically oversimplifies a complicated topic to make it accessible for

the broadest possible audience, but he also tells moving stories of specific families who’ve lost their homes to foreclosure.

With a big assist from his crack team of archivists, he brilliantly juxtaposes 1950s footage of wholesome guys and gals extolling the virtues of capitalism with all-too familiar shots of contemporary hardship. But we also see home movies of a young, towheaded Moore, excitedly visiting Wall Street from his home in Flint, Mich., which will become even more relevant when Moore returns to the economic vortex in the film’s final, dramatic moments. In making the argument that capitalism is evil, Moore is all over the place, and he doesn’t even make the vaguest attempt at finding balance journalistically. But at least he’s equal opportunity, blaming politicians on both sides of the aisle for allowing the influence of Wall Street to lead us into the troubles we’re in today. R for some language. 126 min.

Still playing “Paranormal Activity” Rated R ★★★ The no-budget ghost story “Paranormal Activity” arrives 10 years after “The Blair Witch Project,” and the two horror movies share more than a clever construct and shaky, handheld camerawork. The film’s title has become a nightly fixture among Twitter’s trending topics, despite playing only midnight shows in 33 theaters when it opened earlier this month. Best advice: See it late at night in a packed theater. Half the fun of the movie comes from the communal experience of sharing in something that feels like it hasn’t been market-tested within an inch of its life. “Paranormal Activity” opens with a title card,

thanking the families of Micah Sloat and Katie Featherstone as well as the San Diego Police Department, an immediate signal that the “found footage” we’re about to see won’t have a happy outcome. Micah (Micah Sloat) has bought a video camera to document the “weird (stuff)” that has been happening in the two-story San Diego home he shares with his girlfriend of three years, Katie (Katie Featherstone). It turns out that freaky things have been happening to Katie since her family’s house burned down when she was 8.

Since then, Katie has suffered through nightmares and felt the presence of a “shadowy figure” at the foot of her bed. The young couple consult a psychic (Michael Bayouth), who senses the bad mojo and refers them

to a demonologist. The entire film takes place at the couple’s cookie-cutter dwelling, its layout and furnishings indistinguishable from just about any other readymade home constructed in the past 20 years. Its ordinariness makes the eerie, nocturnal activities all the more terrifying, as does the anonymity of the actors adequately playing the leads.

The thinness of the premise is laid bare toward the end, but not enough to erase the horror of those silent, nighttime images seen through Micah’s bedroom camera. “Paranormal Activity” owns a raw, primal potency, proving again that, to the mind, suggestion has as much power as a sledgehammer to the skull.

R for language. 84 min.

— All reviews by The Associated Press

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ATCHING “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” will have fans grieving once again, but this time, it won’t only be for the fallen King of Pop, but for what we lost — a brilliant entertainer who gave every inch of his body and soul for what might have been one of the most spectacular comebacks of all time.

Jackson never got to complete that comeback, dying days before his London concerts were to begin in July, but “This Is It,” culled from hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage for those shows, does it for him.

Even though it’s been well edited, the amazing performances Jackson delivers in this film are not a result of camera magic, but Jackson’s own.

When Jackson announced his “This Is It” concerts earlier this year, many wondered whether Jackson had any magic left at all. Besides his tattered reputation, he was rumored to be in frail health and hadn’t performed a major concert in almost a decade. There were well-deserved skepticism about whether Jackson had the vocal and physical agility to stage the kind of concerts that wowed fans in his prime two decades earlier.

“This is It” gives both answers an emphatic yes. Even though Jackson’s looks — with his weirdly delicate face and his stick-thin frame — still makes one squirm with discomfort, once he starts to perform, that discomfort gives way to amazement. At 50, Jackson was still an amazingly gifted dancer with moves that leave your mouth agape. Though we only see him do the moonwalk once, and just fleetingly, his stop-on-a-dime spins, deft footwork and body jerks recall the Jackson the world fell in love with 25 years earlier with “Thriller.” And Jackson’s voice still dazzles — even when he’s trying to play it down.

“I’m trying to conserve my voice,” Jackson says at one point — then delivers a vocal that is spine-tingling — and these are just run-throughs, not the actual show.

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Fans never get to see what would have been the “This Is It” concert — full dress rehearsals weren’t due to happen until the show went overseas for final rehearsals. Instead, the movie takes from segments of taped rehearsals, and also weaves in film segments Jackson planned for the concert to give at the very least an idea of how the concert might have looked.

A graveyard scene meant to be in 3D was planned for Jackson’s performance of “Thriller,” and a computer-

animated dancing army would have accompanied Jackson on screen for a militaristic version “They Don’t Care About Us.” Jackson kept much of the same moves from his classic “The Way You Make Me Feel” video — including the floor humping — as well as the groundbreaking choreography from his “Beat It” clip.

But whether it was through new visuals and different musical arrangements, he appeared to be breathing new life into his well-worn catalog, promising

★★★★ “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” - Rated PG fans a show that would have taken Jackson and his fans to new heights. Jackson is gentle but authoritative as he demands perfection from his crew, whether it’s gently taking the audio crew to task for making his earpiece too loud or attempting to elicit a grand performance from his young star guitarist.

“This is your time to shine,” he says in that famously soft soprano voice before delivering a high wail and challenging her to do the same on her guitar.

The film doesn’t give viewers much insight into Jackson outside of performance mode — we only see him rehearsing or hear him talking about music, or the meaning of his songs. Yet the film does give a glimpse into Jackson’s personality — alternatively playful and shy, firm yet understanding, often saying phrases like “with

love” after giving a command.

The film also splices together different performances of the same song at times, leaving one to wonder why. Is it for a visual effect? Or did he not complete enough in one take?

Thankfully, there appears to be enough full takes so one’s mind does not play into conspiracy theories. There were certainly critics of “This Is It” before its release — those who wondered whether it would be an exploitative flick, a quick attempt to cash in on his newfound popularity, and those who felt the preparations for the concert contributed to his death.

But “This Is It” is a beautifully made, loving tribute that gives Michael Jackson what he so desperately wanted — affirmation that he indeed was the greatest entertainer of our time.

“Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” released by Columbia Pictures, is rated PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images. Running time: 111 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

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Meet Cache Valley’s ‘queen of over-emb

hen Lois Sorensen gets up in the morning, she doesn’t have to go far to find something to occupy her day. Working out of her Smithfield home, Sorensen creates items including bracelets, earrings and necklaces from an inventory of thousands of beads.

She starts working at about 7 a.m. and beads every day. More than 40 boxes of beads line her workspace with dozens of additional tubes and strands of beads and stones sitting around her desk.

But she isn’t simply stringing beads on a single thread. Not always, at least.

Sorensen makes hand-sewn necklaces with multiple stands, layers and types of beads. Sorensen said one customer bought a necklace to frame, not to wear: “She framed it like a piece of art.”

Sorensen’s hand-sewn necklaces

begin with twisted strands of seed beads. Then, between the high points of the twist, she attaches beads of all shapes and sizes.

Right now, Sorensen is working on a fallthemed necklace that is in its beginning stage with a base of greens, blues and some orange.

Though she said it’s poor timing for a fall piece, she found leaves made of copper that she really liked and wanted to use in a necklace. And that’s how many of Sorensen’s necklaces begin — with a piece she sees and would like to make the focal point.

The hand-sewn necklaces feel a bit heavier than the average piece of jewelry but Sorensen said they are still wearable.

Sorensen said she isn’t sure how many beads are on each necklace — completion depends on the looks of it. She said that sometimes, though, she gets carried away.

“I’m the queen of over-embellishment,” she said, laughing.

Sorensen uses 10-pound test fishing line to hold the beads.

She has made about six necklaces of this variety.

One necklace, which Sorensen

named “Luna-C,” was made with pearls and glass beads, and is white and peach colors. The main bead on that piece is a profile of the goddess Luna.

Sorensen said she would like to make a companion piece using dark blue colors and a bead with the face of the goddess Aurora.

Sorensen said she isn’t a visual learner and can’t work by following directions.

“I have to just kind of have the picture in my mind,” she said.

She said she likes to make things that are unique, and designs that

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“I get a real kick out of naming ’em ... I have such a warped sense of humor,” she said.

There are a couple of necklaces that Sorensen said she put her “whole heart and soul into” and once they are sold, she misses them.

In addition to her heart and soul, ensen said hand-sewn aces also take a lot of d money, adding that has close to $200 or f beads.

They’re extremely timeut it’s so satisfying to

see what they look like when they’re done and the fact that that lady framed hers just made me feel really good.”

Sorensen said she has even wondered if she should frame all of her hand-sewn necklaces and then sell them.

“I love doing the hand-sewn pieces even though they’re stressful and they take a long time because they’re mine and there will never be another one just like it,” she said.

After retiring from teaching school, Sorensen began beading. She said it has helped fill the void retirement left in her life. She described beading as an “obsession.”

She began making jewelry in 2006 and opened a business, Glitz Biz, with Myra Lynch.

Whatever the project, Sorensen said she has always been into art.

She admits there are a lot of beading techniques she can’t do but, for her, it’s been “a lifesaver.”

Lois Sorensen makes beaded necklaces at her home in Smithfield last week.

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Suffering from chronic irritability syndrome Slightly Off Center

By Dennis Hinkamp

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WISH I COULD SAY that my writing inspiration came from my spirit animal muse that sends words wafting down like bronze-hued aspen leaves on the waning days of fall. However, it’s not like that.

My inspiration comes from being easily irritated. Do you know what drives me crazy?

Everything. This is actually a useful trait to have for a column writer, but it can make your head hurt and render you not so pleasant to be around. I’ve perfected the persona of being a quiet, thoughtful person because if I give voice to all the things that annoy me, I would end up a muttering homeless person.

Some people see ghosts; I see insanity everywhere. For instance, I found myself mentally yelling at the radio yesterday

when NPR ran a story about their staffers’ favorite kind of cake.

Seriously, I just gave these people money to help them keep their Baghdad news bureau open, not so they could investigate frosting preferences. They weren’t even interviewing Martha Stewart, just some staff person who liked to bring cake to the break room.

Then I was out running last week in St. Louis when I saw the words “The Lord is my shepherd” literally written in stone on a church. What? Did anyone think this through? Doesn’t the shepherd eventually sell the lambs for meat and the wool for clothes? Isn’t the shepherd just protecting the financial interest of the owner? Maybe “shepherd” is a bad metaphor for God. Maybe it would be better if we thought of God as a police

officer or an air traffic controller — someone who really did protect us without ulterior motives.

Just about every exchange with customer service on the phone drives me crazy, especially when it starts off with “your call may be monitored for training purposes.” Seriously? Aren’t they just doing this to keep you from threatening them?

Anybody who has a Bluetooth cell phone thing in their ear and walks around seemingly talking to themselves drives me crazy. I understand the misguided attempt at being a safer driver, but if you are just walking around Walmart, why not just put the phone up to your ear and mouth just like the old days? What if I got two ear things and two phones? I could put one in each ear and then I

actually could talk to myself.

Clichés also drive me crazy.

Every time someone says “my plate is full” or “at the end of the day,” fireworks go off in my head. Pronunciation is equally irritating. Today it was someone pronouncing “program” as “pro– grum.” “There is no letter ‘u’ in that word!” I yelled at the radio.

I’m sure I will wake up tomorrow and someone will mispronounce “junta” or tell me that I’m mispronouncing “Nevada” and I’ll go crazy again.

So now you know my secret source of inspiration.

Dennis Hinkamp explains that it’s only his inner voice and typing fingers that are screaming. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at dhinkamp@msn.com.

Science Unwrapped listens for ‘Whispers from the Cosmos,’ gravity’s hidden message TAH STATE U University’s October Science Unwrapped presenta-

tion combines science with music to display the dazzling talents of world-renowned musician and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo. Inquiring minds of all ages are invited to “Whispers from the Cosmos: Listening to Gravity’s Hidden Message” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the USU Performance Hall. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Centazzo’s portion of the

program, titled “Einstein’s Cosmic Messengers,” features images projected on a cinema screen and complemented by live synchronized music performed with an array of acoustic Centazzo and digital percussive instruments.

Shane Larson, USU assis-

tant professor of physics, will open the program with a brief introduction to the mysterious gravitational waves — “messages from the cosmos” — that emanate from outer space. Famed physicist Albert Einstein described these “ripples in space-time” as clues to the fundamental nature of gravity.

Friday’s presentation is the final segment in Science Unwrapped’s “Windows on the Cosmos” series, which celebrates the International

Year of Astronomy. The monthly presentation series takes a break in November and December but returns with the new “Origins” series in January 2010.

Initiated by the College of Science in February 2009, Science Unwrapped is a free monthly presentation series featuring varied scientific topics in a relaxed, familyfriendly format.

For more information, visit www.usu.edu/science/ unwrapped or call 797-3517.

Heritage Center seeking artists for March of Socks

T HE HOLIDAYS ARE

approaching and to help celebrate, the American West Heritage Center is getting ready for its fourth annual March of the Socks Christmas Stocking Exhibit, an auction and exhibit featuring stockings that have been painted, welded, carved, sewn, quilted, sculpted and otherwise creatively crafted by artists, many of whom are

nationally renowned.

Once the stockings are completed, painted or decorated, they are auctioned off in a silent bidding process.

Benefits from the event will be used to assist the Heritage center with its “Artists & Exhibits” program and to help maintain its historic quilt collection.

The exhibit is open to participation by any inter-

ested artist, who can create their own stockings from scratch, or they can request a blank canvas stocking with which to do their magic by contacting David Sidwell at dsidwell@awhc.org or 7642006.

Participating artists in the past have included Larry Winborg, Jeremy Winborg, Michael Bingham, Jim Davis, Lucille Watkins and

others. Stockings have been made from welded steel, intricately carved walnut wood, bamboo, denim, leather and stained glass, in addition to the more traditional quilted stockings and other materials.

This will be a juried event, with a $100 prize for the winner. There is no entrance fee, but deadline for finished stockings is Nov. 30.

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Butterfinger Eyeballs YOU WILL NEED: Wax paper 1 cup creamy peanut butter (not all-natural) 2 tbls. butter or margarine 2 cups powdered sugar 1 Butterfinger candy bar 2 cups white chocolate chips 3 tbls. vegetable shortening 2 pkgs. Butterfinger BB’s candy 1 small tube red decorator icing Wooden pick or skewer for dipping DIRECTIONS: 1. Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper 2. Beat peanut butter and butter in large bowl until creamy. Beat in powdered sugar until mixture holds together and is moistened. Stir in chopped Butterfinger. Shape into 1-inch “eyeballs.” Place on prepared baking sheets. Freeze for one hour.

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HAPPY HALL OWEEN!!!!!

1 minute 30 seconds; stir. Morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until melted. Remove one baking sheet of frozen “eyeballs” from freezer (keep other sheet in freezer until ready to use).

4. Dip on “eyeball” into melted morsel mixture using a wooden pick or skewer. Shake off excess and return to baking sheet. Gently press one Butterfinger BB on top of “eyeball” to make a “pupil.” Repeat procedure with remaining eyeballs on baking sheet. Refrigerate until coating is set. Repeating with remaining sheeting of eyeballs and coating. You may find it necessary to reheat morsel mixture before dipping second batch. Before serving, pipe decorator icing around eyeballs to create bloodshot markings.

Store in covered container in refrigerator. Best served cold.

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Books

Suspense novel or love story? You decide “The Sister Pact” by Cami Checketts (Bonneville Books, 2009, $15.99)

Regional Reads

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ACHE VALLEY writer Cami Checketts has written what the cover claims to be a suspense novel, and even though there is an attempted murder, an unsolved attack and a handsome detective involved, for this reader the love story takes front and center.

Savanna Compton’s older sister, Ally, is happily married with a young child when a casual acquaintance with evil intent begins to stalk her. On an evening when her husband is out of town, Wes makes his move and Ally ends up at the foot of her stairs in a pool of blood while her 2-year-old child screams for his mommy from his crib.

Savannah becomes alarmed when she can’t reach Ally on the phone and finally decides to go to her sister’s home, where she finds Ally.

Enter drop-dead gorgeous detective Noah Shumway of the Cache County Sheriff’s

By Charlene Hirschi

Office, who immediately pegs Savannah as his prime — and only — suspect. There’s just one small problem: In spite of the precarious condition of the sister, Savannah and Noah are immediately attracted to each other and for the next 229 pages sparks fly as they both fight to resist the attraction.

Against his better judgment, Noah agrees to keep his suspicions of Savannah from her family and shadows her 24/7, while still trying to find even one shred of evidence that she isn’t the one who attacked Ally. In a scene where Noah

has finally decided the jig is up and it’s time to haul Savannah off to jail, she pleads, “‘Please believe me. Someone’s setting me up. ... You’ve got to believe me, so we can protect her.’”

Noah’s reaction to her plea makes her feel “like a parasite.

She took her hand back and clutched both of her hands together to keep them from

shaking. ... He didn’t look at her as he flipped on his blinker and turned south. ‘Where are you going?’ ... ‘Where do you think I’m going?’ He released a pent-up breath. ‘Hope you have a good lawyer.’”

There is suspense as Noah and his sidekick, Jason, try to figure out who has put Ally in the hospital in a coma and who is slipping a drug in Ally’s IV to keep her comatose. Savannah, in the meantime, has a penchant for keeping secrets that continue to point to her as the culprit when they are uncovered. The reader is in on the “who” and “how” from the beginning, and that is probably why the suspense isn’t as strong as it could be. Most suspenseful moments come when Wes finally shows his colors and kidnaps Savannah. Some of the best chapters in the book come near the end when Noah and the police department are closing in on the suspect.

This is the second of Checketts’ books I’ve received for review. Both have the same problem of the first few chap-

ters being over-written. I didn’t finish the first book, putting it down after the first couple of chapters and checking it off to amateur writing. This time around, the first several chapters are full of so much handwringing on Savannah’s part that I was about to do the same with this one. I’m glad I didn’t — I discovered that the writing really takes off after chapter eight, and I found myself unable to put the book down. It took me a week to read the first seven chapters, and an afternoon to read the final 12. She writes powerful love scenes and builds suspense in the final chapters that pull the reader forward on every page.

Book critic Charlene Hirschi holds her master’s in English from Utah State University. She 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.

Authors, readers and editors are invited to visit www.charlene hirschi.com.

Biography tracks rise, fame of glam rocker David Bowie

By The Associated Press

AVID BOWIE D knows what he’s singing about when he performs

“Changes.” After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White Duke, an artsy Berlin angst rocker, the “straight” Bowie of “Let’s Dance” and more recently the distinguished rock elder who goes to fashion events with his model wife, Iman.

The career full of characters obscures the less fantastic, but very interesting, back story of David Jones, a British teen in the ’60s who desper-

Review ately wanted to make it big.

He joins some R&B bands, dabbles in acting and mime, changes his last name to Bowie and records a painfulto-listen-to-now single titled “The Laughing Gnome” that seems to channel Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Nothing in particular sticks until he records the 1969 single “Space Oddity.” Bowie later goes all-in with his pioneering glam character Ziggy, the one with the screwed up eyes and snow-white tan.

Bowie never looks back, never

stops changing.

Spitz, a music journalist, does a decent job of tracking Bowie’s evolution through copious research and interviews with dozens of people who knew him.

Spitz clearly gets Bowie, and this is an unapologetic fan-boy biography. He is good at analyzing what Bowie accomplished, why it matters and what was likely influencing him at the time. He has insightful things to say about landmark Bowie songs “Life on Mars?” and “Heroes.”

But be warned: Unlike a lot of top-rate biographers, Spitz is not big on narrative and crafting

scenes. Events are recounted, at length, through gushy quotes from Bowie’s old chums.

And sometimes Spitz doesn’t know when to turn the spigot

off on himself. The book is littered with superfluous pop culture references (example: Bowie was in a band called the King Bees, and Spitz informs readers not only that it was named after the blues classic “(I’m a) King Bee,” but that John Belushi sang it years later on “Saturday Night Live” dressed like a bee).

Worse, Spitz has the selfindulgent habit of interrupting Bowie’s story with vignettes about HIS story of being a Bowie fan. Who cares?

The result is a book at turns interesting and irritating that reads like a very long music magazine article.

By The Associated Press

E

VEN OUTSIDE the rigid social structures of adolescence, Leopold Bloom King is something of a freak.

His severely bug-eyed appearance earns him the nickname “Toad” from his classmates. His domineering mother, a former nun who also serves as his high school principal, named him after the protagonist from James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” much to his chagrin. And he’s a few years removed from a mental hospital, where he landed after discovering his older brother in the bathtub with his wrists slit.

Leo is also a criminal, serving the last days of his probation after police find him carrying a half-pound of cocaine. “South of Broad” begins as the story of Leo’s struggle to redeem himself, but becomes the tale of the closeknit circle of friends who help him do it. They support each other over the following decades as they contend with illness, emotional breakdowns, death and other perils of adulthood.

Pat Conroy is known for sprawling, character-driven novels like “The Prince of Tides,” “The Great Santini” and “The Lords of Discipline.” “South of Broad” is another good read, but has too many flaws to be considered their equal.

Conroy’s latest novel revisits prominent themes from his previous books, namely suicide, sexual abuse, and race relations and class struggles in the Deep South. Also like Conroy’s past novels, “South of Broad” is part love letter to the author’s hometown of Charleston, S.C. It’s when he pays tribute to

the so-named “Holy City” that Conroy’s prose is at its most lyrically authentic: “I carry the delicate porcelain beauty of Charleston like the hinged shell of some soft-tissued mollusk. My soul is peninsulashaped and sun-hardened and river-swollen. The high tides of the city flood my consciousness each day, subject to the whims and harmonies of full moons rising out of the Atlantic.”

Conroy’s poetic flair has always been one of his strengths, but there are moments when he lays it on a little thick.

The same could be said of the woe that he seeds so liberally throughout the book. There are many tragedies in “South of Broad,” any one of which could have sprouted its own novel. To see them all mashed together feels a bit gratuitous.

Furthermore, “South of Broad” has a way of rapidly shifting gears that will disorient some readers. The novel’s midsection resembles the seminal 1983 baby boomer film, “The Big Chill”: a festive but painful reunion of 30-something child-

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hood friends, complete with infidelity and movie stars. Only this time, the participants are brought together not by a dead friend but a dying one. (The novel is partly set in 1980s San Francisco during the groundswell of the AIDS epidemic.)

“South of Broad” also borrows from other literary genres including the sports-tinged coming-of-age story and the blood-soaked suspense thriller. Two sibling characters are stalked by their abusive,

deranged father, who eventually expands his campaign of terror to the rest of the group. Unfortunately, this plotline seems unnecessary, and is wrapped up a little too easily. So is another thread involving the death of Leo’s brother.

“South of Broad” is still a pleasure to read, and a must for Conroy’s fans. But it lacks much of the cohesion that held together his earlier books. Newcomers to his work may be better off starting there.

Klosterman analyzes Cobain, football, ABBA

By The Associated Press

C has a theory. A lot of them, actually. He has a theory about

HUCK KLOSTERMAN

why grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain was like the late cult leader David Koresh, why the read-option offense signifies something deep and meaningful about football, why ABBA will never reunite, and why Garth Brooks created that goofy alter ego a decade ago.

“I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time searching for the underrated value in ostensibly stupid things,” Klosterman writes in this book of essays. So true.

Klosterman’s trick is to use stupid-sounding subjects as grist for smart, funny essays.

Klosterman has built a career on this, gaining early attention for defending ’80s hair metal bands and later writing about popular culture for Spin and Esquire.

Klosterman performs literary high-wire acts with his essays: they’re great when he succeeds but things hit with a thud when he missteps. He mostly succeeds in this book.

Klosterman has more insights per page than most cultural critics and he really does think these things through. His riff on the different ways major sports leagues market themselves is dead-on and funny. His quirky takes on laugh tracks and Una-

bomber Ted Kaczynski’s manifesto are worth reading. And while many people have written about the cultural impact of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” Klosterman is probably the first critic to compare it to Keith Richards’s guitar playing and Snidely Whiplash’s mustache.

In the same sentence.

Klosterman is so entertaining that readers might gloss over his tendency to pepper his arguments with ridiculously broad statements and the occasional sophistry. Consider this assertion: “People who follow politics closely cannot comprehend people who aren’t partially lying.”

And his argument tying the late Nirvana frontman Cobain to infamous Branch Davidian sect leader Koresh based on some similarities in their personalities is clever, but silly.

Here’s another comparison in the spirit of Klosterman: The essays in this book are like guitar solos by his beloved Eddie Van Halen. They show exceptional talent and are original. They can soar and part of the fun is trying to guess where they’ll end up.

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Pat Conroy returns with ‘South of Broad’

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AFC to present ‘Evening of John Rutter Choral Music’ HE AMERICAN T Festival Chorus opens its 2009-10 season with “An

Evening of John Rutter Choral Music” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Kent Concert Hall on the campus of Utah State University. Seating is reserved; tickets are $12, $16 and $18 and available in person at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center 138B; at the Eccles Theatre Ticket Office, 43 S. Main St.; by calling 797-8022; or online at www.

americanfestivalchorus.org.

Music Director Craig Jessop called Rutter “one of the most famous living composers in the world today and certainly one of the most popular.” The chorus and orchestra will perform an entire concert of Rutter’s works.

The first half of the concert will highlight Rutter’s shorter works, including numbers such as “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” “Distant Land” and “The Lord Bless You and Keep You.” The second half will feature

Rutter’s “Mass for the Children,” with the Cache Children’s Choir as guest performers. The mass was written after the untimely death of Rutter’s youngest son.

Rutter’s career has spanned more than four decades and his compositions are anchored in the Classic and Romantic periods of music.

The American Festival Chorus consists of 300 singers who live within a 50-mile radius of Logan. The group is commencing its second year.

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Friday Spencer Jensen will perform live music at 6 p.m. and Colin Botts will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South, Logan.

For more information, visit pier49logan.com.

The Eccles Ice Center will host the Utah State Hockey Team as they play Weber State at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students and youth 17 and younger, and will be available at the door.

“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” will play at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center at USU. Tickets are $13 for adults and free to USU students, and available at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in FA 138-B or online at boxoffice.usu. edu. For more information, call 797-8022.

A fundraiser carnival for the Jacob and Lacie Bastow family, who has a premature baby at Primary Children’s Medical Center, will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Little Wonders Learning Center, 3223 S. Main, Nibley. There will be pizza, hot dogs, a silent auction, carnival rides, bounce house and more. Local businesses interested in donating items for the silent auction can call 752-2266 for more information.

Providence Elementary will host a Halloween Carnival from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Friday. There will be pizza, blow-up activities, games, prizes, silent auction and a free photo spot to take pictures of your kids.

A chef-prepared Halloween buffet will be served at 12:30 p.m. and Tim Holwig will perform at 2 p.m. Friday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. There will also be dancing and prizes. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 792-0353.

Battle School will perform with WeDropLikeBombs and The Shuttles (electronics/progressive/visual) at 8 p.m.

Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www. myspace.com/whysound.

All are invited to participate in a Peace Vigil every Friday between 5 and 6 p.m. on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North in Logan. For more information, call 755-5137.

Saturday All kids are invited to a Halloween Carnival from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East, Logan. Activity tickets are 10 cents; activities include a spook alley, fish pond, cake walk, Halloween cookie decoration, duck pond, face painting, donut-on-a-string, toss-a-rat, crossbows, fortune teller, shell game and more.

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Halloween night at the Cracker Barrel Cafe in Paradise.

Everyone is invited.

The annual Bridgerland Band Invitational will take place from 9:30 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at USU’s Romney Stadium. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and $25 for a family of six. Mountain Crest and Sky View bands will perform, along with 24 other bands from Utah and Idaho.

The Providence Macey’s will host trickor-treating, professional pictures with the Witches Caldron and more from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Everyone is invited.

on Wednesday. Walk-up microchipping and vaccinations available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; a $5 processing fee applies to clients getting vaccinations only. Space is limited and available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Intake starts at 8 a.m. Animals must be between 8 weeks and 6 years old and weigh at least 2 pounds. Do not feed pet after 9 the night before surgery if pet is older than 4 months; do not feed after 6 a.m. if pet is younger than 4 months. Water OK. No sick animals.

Cats must be in labeled carriers and dogs on leashes. For more information, call 1-866PETS-FIX or visit www.utahpets.org.

Sunday

Tuesday

Choir rehearsals are beginning for the annual Christmas Benefit Concert to be held Dec. 13 (to gather supplies for the food bank) and for Handel’s Messiah, which will be performed Dec. 12. The choirs rehearse at 6 p.m. for the Benefit Concert and 7 p.m. for “Messiah” every Sunday at the Dansante building, 59 S. 100 West. For more information, contact John Ribera at 754-7184.

Siren will perform with Los Rasquetis and The Champion Theory (indie/alternative/rock) at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Why Sound.

Cover charge is $5.

The Crimson Rose band will perform at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge.

Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Members of the Northern Chapter of the American Bikers Aiming Towards Education will host their monthly meeting at noon Sunday at Ruby Tuesday’s, 43 E. 1400 North, Logan. Agenda includes elections and upcoming Christmas events. All motorcyclists 18 and older are invited to attend.

The Post-Mormon Community is a nonsectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. Newcomers welcome. For more information, visit www.PostMormon.org/logan or call 770-4263.

Monday Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a nature project at 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Cost is $4. For more information, visit www. cgadventures.org or call 713-0288.

The Booklore Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the home of Carma Watts.

Program will be given by Barbara Olson.

The Cache Valley Retired School Employees Association will meet at 1 p.m.

Monday at The Copper Mill Restaurant.

Registered nurse Sher Anderson will lecture on “Gratitude and its Benefits.” All retired school employees in the valley are invited to attend. Reservations are necessary; contact Barbara Jensen at 753-1070.

District 7 Soccer will host a late-fall UYSA D License course Nov. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14 in Perry. The D License is required to coach or assistant coach state-level competition. Class includes course and field work; 100 percent attendance is required. Cost is $125.

To register, visit www.uysa.or/education.html.

The Big Fix Discount Mobile Spay/ Neuter Clinic will be at the Logan Petsmart (1050 N. Main) on Monday; in the Smith’s parking lot in Brigham City (156 S. Main) on Tuesday; and at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton (320 N. 1000 West)

Candi and Stacy with USU Food C will discuss sweet potatoes and share recipes at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

The Cache Wood Carvers Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Logan Senior Citizens Center, 236 N. 100 East. This will be an open carving evening; bring your own project to work on. Visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Neil at 752-8789.

The USU Campus Wellness Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Taggart Student Center. The Wellness Expo provides an opportunity for people around the valley to share ideas, products and other wellness-related information that can improve your quality of life. Themes include sustainability, fitness, nutrition, relaxation and wellness. For more information, e-mail caroline. shugart@usu.edu or call 797-0735.

Wednesday Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a hiking activity at 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday up Smithfield Canyon. Cost is $3.

Scott Bradley will lead a “To Preserve the Nation” Constitution class at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at The Book Table (upstairs).

Participation is free. For more information, call 753-2930 or 753-8844.

Melonie Turley will talk about how to use and make great-tasting food using food storage items at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

Thursday Helicon West will host an open microphone reading at 7 p.m. Thursday at True Aggie Café, 117 N. Main, Logan. Creative writers are invited to share up to seven minutes of original poetry, fiction, nonfiction or other writing. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Dry Lake Band will perform with The Orcas Fair Whale and The Jerry Fels

(acoustic/alternative) at 8 p.m. Thursday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

Natalie and Chalene will bring back their famous “Turkey Cannon” to help you make the best-ever Thanksgiving dinner at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m.

Thursday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301.

Jennifer Jarret of Engineers Without Borders will speak at the AARP meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Citizens Center in Logan.

Auditions for “The Miracle Worker” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7, at The Heritage Theatre, 2505 S. Highway 89, Perry. Cast requirements include eight children ages 6 to 12; four women ages 20 to 50; and three men ages 20 to 50s. Be prepared to read cold from the script. Bring a wallet-sized photo of yourself and a detailed list of all evening and Saturday conflicts from Nov. 9 through Feb. 6, as well as a resumé or list of acting experience.

BATC’s fashion merchandising students will present their annual fall fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Bridgerland Applied Technology College, 1301 N. 600 West. This year’s theme is “Rubbish Revived.”

Tickets are $5 and available in advance at the BATC bookstore or at the door the night of the show. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 750-3236.

Spanish classes are taught from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at the Spanish Learning Center, 172 N. 300 West, Logan. All ages and levels are invited. For more information, email spanish_4you@hotmail.com.

Upcoming events Casino Nights will be held at the Logan Golf and Country Club from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Friday, Nov. 6, and from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7. Party includes casino games, a live band, full cocktail bar and more than $10,000 in door prizes. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call 770-8891.

A Holiday Treasures Boutique featuring juried work by 23 local artists will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 6 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7 at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, 200 W. Center. There will be fiber art, jewelry, pottery, holiday bread, photography, soap and much more. This is a community effort to help the community.

Stokes Nature Center will host its 12th annual Dinner & Auction Fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at The Copper Mill Restaurant in Logan. This year’s theme is “Flower Power!” and will celebrate the ’60s with all the appropriate paraphernalia. Event includes dinner, music, entertainment, live and silent auctions and more. For more information, visit www.logannature.org.

Bluegrass band The Red Desert Ramblers will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West, Logan. Tickets are $10 and available by calling 757-3468.

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