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USU offers self-guided tours of campus sculptures

The Herald Journal

NOVEMBER 11-17, 2011

CONTENTS

November 11-17, 2011

MUSIC 3 American Festival

Chorus will perform war requiem tomorrow night

4 Guitarist coming to USU 5 USU percussion concert will take stage Tuesday

THEATER 5 ‘Little Women’ opens tonight at Preston High

MOVIES 6 Aaron Peck previews the holiday season

COLUMN

10 Exercise keeps getting weirder according to Dennis Hinkamp

MISC.

“Light and Time Incident” art piece by Dale Eldred is located in the Merrill-Cazier Library. This is one of 36 sculptures on USU campus. Brochures of a walking tour that includes all campus sculptures is now available at artmuseum.usu.edu. On the cover: A portion of “Untitled Mosaic” by Gaell Lindstrom and Everett C. Thorpe is located in USU’s Biology and Natural Resources building. (Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal)

4 Music and magic show

FROM THE EDITOR

5 AIDS impact will be

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set for next week

discussed during USU events

BOOKS

12 See reviews and best sellers

13 Cache Valley native

publishes children’s book

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

y grandpa used to tell his children they could only eat with their elbows on the table if they had been around the world. This clearly meant only he could put his elbows on the table.

My grandpa, John Curtis, was a United States Merchant Marine during World War II and worked on six ships that took soldiers to various countries. I don’t know a lot about his time serving during the war and since he died five years ago, it’s too late to ask.

I called my grandma yesterday to get a few more details. In her 80s, she doesn’t

remember a lot of my grandpa’s service, but she also said he hardly talked about it.

My grandpa was the silent type and any information had to be pried out of him; even my grandma agrees.

Today is Veterans Day and I’ve thought about it more this year than most. If my grandpa were still here I’d want to know more about his experience, though he never had to actually fight. Other veterans in my life include two cousins and a couple friends in the Army who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq. They’ve all been lucky and returned home, and one continues to stay safe abroad.

This year I’ve been thinking more about the soldiers and their families who are not so lucky. A few weeks ago American Fes-

tival Chorus Director Craig Jessop talked to me about the loss of human life in war.

It’s tragic. It’s heartbreaking. It’s real.

Jessop and more than 300 musicians are prepared to share that message through “Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem Opus 66” Saturday at Ellen Eccles Theatre. I think it will be the perfect way to reflect on service of our soldiers and the reality that our world is so far from perfect.

A few weeks ago President Obama announced all troops in Iraq will return home for Christmas. How great for them and their families and friends. And when they come back, maybe they should be allowed to eat with their elbows on the table.

— Manette Newbold

Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ depicts the tragedy of war

By Manette Newbold Cache Magazine editor

Sometimes it’s hard to express the real tragedy of war. Perhaps this is because it’s not understood, or maybe some people don’t feel a direct connection to it. Sometimes, however, music and art can help with perception and that is one of Craig Jessop’s goals in presenting the “Benjamin Britten War Requiem, Opus 66” in Logan Saturday.

The requiem, which Jessop says theatrically and musically depicts the loss of life in war, will be performed by more than 300 musicians and singers at Ellen Eccles Theatre on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

“War is really about the slaying of boys,” he said.

“It’s very grim and it’s very real. Every time I hear of another person lost in Iraq or Afghanistan, this is a real person with a mom and a dad and a wife and a child.

The human toll is huge and this causes us to think. This piece is for them.”

The American Festival Chorus and Orchestra will perform the requiem, joined by the Fry Street Quartet, the Logan Canyon Winds, USU’s Chamber Singers and the Cache Children’s Choir. Guest soloists will include soprano Carol Vaness and tenor Stanford Olsen from the Metropolitan Opera and baritone Christopher Grundy, a rising star in the opera world, Jessop said.

Benjamin Britten wrote

–Heather Theurer, author of “Thaddeus the Boss”

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This image has been used for publicity posters for the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra performance of “Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem” which will take place Saturday at Ellen Eccles Theatre.

his requiem after he was commissioned to write a piece for the 1962 dedication of a new Coventry Cathedral in Great Britain which was destroyed in 1940 by Hitler’s bombers.

He combined his music with

the poetry of Wilfred Owen, an English soldier killed in World War I. Owen’s poetry depicted the horror, pity and futility of war and when combined with Britten’s piece, the “War Requiem” is a large mass requiem writ-

ten to impress upon listeners the realities of war and human suffering.

Reserved seats are $12, $16 and $18 and can be purchased by calling 752-0026 or online at www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

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Honoring the soldiers’ sacrifices

“I have five kids so I’ve read a lot of children’s books. I wanted a book that would be both engrossing for the kids who read it as well as the adults. I want people to actually read together.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Master guitarist will perform Saturday at USU Peppino D’Agostino, master fingerstyle guitarist, will perform Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the USU Performance Hall.

D’Agostino is a “guitarist’s guitarist,” and incorporates a stunning variety of styles into his music. Influences include classical, pop, folk, Brazilian, country, blues, ragtime, ethnic and world styles. An Italian, D’Agostino started playing the guitar at age 10, later producing his first CD, “Bluerba,” in 1981 and “Silk and Steel” two years later.

D’Agostino moved to the U.S. in 1985 and has since released a number of instructional DVDs and has produced 13 CDs. His lat-

Where: USU Performance Hall TICKETS: General admission tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door.

Children younger than 12 are $9.

Advance tickets may be purchased online at www.arts.usu.edu, at the USU Taggart Student Center, and USU Fine Arts Center Box office (139B). For more information see peppinodagostino.com, austinweyand.com, and bridgerfolk.org.

est, “Nine White Kites,” was released in 2010.

The readers of Guitar

Magazine voted him Best Acoustic Guitarist in 2007. The follow-

ing year in Acoustic Guitar’s People’s Choice Awards he won

a bronze medal for USU concerto competiBest Acoustic Album tion and winner of the of All Time for his 2008 state of Wyoming 2002 release of “Every Fingerstyle Guitar Step of the Way” and Competition. He has another bronze award performed with various for Fingerstyle Guitarist bands including In One of the Year.

Ear and recorded projD’Agostino also ects for the CBS televiworked with luthier sion show “Touched by Robert Godin on an Angel.” Weyand’s designing a signature influences draw from Seagull guitar that classical, swing, jazz won a Silver People’s and folk. His new CD, “Too Much Information,” Choice Award for showcases 11 solo guiAcoustic Guitar of the tar instrumentals, nine Year from Acoustic of which are Weyand’s Guitar magazine in own compositions and 2008. arrangements.

Opening his concert Come enjoy an evenext week will be USU ning of guitar artistry guitar studies alum sponsored by the BridgAustin Weyand. Weyer Folk Music Society and also has a master’s with support from Utah degree in jazz studies Public Radio, Import from Northern Illinois University. Weyand is a Auto and the Cache County RAPZ fund. two-time winner of the

Hatches will perform final show for the year

The final "Matinée Enchantée" performance at the Thatcher-Young Mansion in 2011, featuring deceptionist Richard Hatch, violinist Rosemary Hatch and their son, pianist Jonathan Hatch, will be Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m.

"We traditionally reserve December for private engagements and family time," said Richard Hatch. "We do plan to resume the performances at the Mansion in 2012, possibly as early as January."

A newly-installed piano will be featured for the first time in this performance. The 1995 Weber upright piano was the first piano Jonathan Hatch played when he began taking lessons as a child in Houston, Texas. The piano was a gift to the Hatches from his grandpar-

When: Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.

Where: Thatcher-Young Mansion TICKETS: Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children 12 and younger.

As only 56 seats are available, advance purchase is strongly advised to avoid disappointment. Tickets may be purchased online at the Hatch Academy website www.HatchAcademy.com or by calling 435-932-0017.

ents, Anne and Eastman Hatch of Logan. The piano traveled from Texas to Cheyenne, Wyo., several years later when the Hatches upgraded to a baby grand piano and the Weber was passed on to Richard's sis-

ter, Annie Hatch, and her family. Recently Annie upgraded to a Steinway grand piano and

The Nov. 19 performance will feature favorites from past programs such as "The Music Box of Anna Eva Fay," which made its debut at the Mansion in August and "The Ink of the Enamored," an effect conceived by the great Viennese conjurer, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser (1806-1875). Punx's "Heart of Glass," accompanied

by Saint-Saens' "The Swan" and Dai Vernon's "Symphony of the Rings" accompanied by Fritz Kreisler's "Tambourin Chinois" are also among the pieces to be included on the program. Musical selections — both solos and pieces performed simultaneously with magic — by Bach, Bartok, has released the Weber back to Miyagi and others will again Logan for use in the Thatcherbe part of the afternoon perforYoung Mansion performances. mance.

Photo courtesy Teresa Chipman

Back row: Rickie Priestly, Cory Swainston and Katie Swainston. Front row: Sariah Seare and Ami Higley

‘Little Women’ musical opens tonight at Preston High School Director Kimberly Hobbs and Choral Director Paul Seare announced Preston High School will perform “Little Women” on Nov. 11, 12, 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

Little Women is a musical adaptation of the beloved literary classic by Louisa May Alcott. This exhilarating musical follows the saga of the March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — as they grow up in Civil War America. This story tenderly portrays their journey as a

family through trial and triumph. With a book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, this show is sure to charm young and old alike.

Assisted by choreographer Laurie Hemsley, pianist Sandra Flippence, orchestra director Jill Durrant, and costume director Pauline Woodward, this year’s cast promises to take audiences all the way to the heart of Orchard House, Concord, Mass.

The charming cast

Saith and friends coming to Why Sound next week

Three touring acts from Arizona are coming to Logan to perform at Why Sound on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m.

Saith, Adam Smith and Redland are all friends and set up the tour together.

The main act, Saith, found his inner rocker with Nirvana,

STP, Green Day, Offspring and Aerosmith at age 11. At 12 he asked his parents for piano lessons as he discovered how it can evoke such powerful emotions. By 14 he began teaching himself guitar. Come see his eclectic style next week.

ensemble will be led by Sariah Seare (Jo), Ami Higley (Amy), Katie Swainston (Meg), Rickie Priestley (Beth), McKenzie Shuman (Marmee), Andrew Robinson (Professor Bhaer), Cory Swainston (Laurie), Tate Bradfield (Mr. Laurence), Jonathan Swainston (Mr. Brook) and Melissa Shaffer (Aunt March).

Tickets for the musical can be purchased at Preston High School and are $6 for adults and $4 for students and children.

When: Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Kent Concert Hall TICKETS: Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. Tickets can be purchased online at the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at arts.usu.edu or by calling 435-797-8022.

USU will hold events to portray impact of AIDS HIV/AIDS is a disease that impacts the community; the scars it leaves are real. For Todd Milovich, education outreach program coordinator at Utah State University’s Access and Diversity Center, the issue has become a personal one, having lost two friends to the disease.

“Even though the mass hysteria has passed, the disease has not,” Milovich said. “More people than ever are contracting and dying from AIDS. Education and awareness based in reality, not morality, is the cure, not blind ignorance.”

To highlight the issue and commemorate World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), Utah State University will display panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt in the USU Taggart Student Center Stevenson Ballroom Monday, Nov. 28, through Thursday, Dec. 1.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, founded in 1987, is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world, with more than 40,000 panels, each memorializing a life lost to AIDS. At USU, a host of events accompanies the memorial display to foster remembrance, awareness and hope, event organizers said.

NEXT WEEK’S EVENTS WHAT: Free screening of “We Were Here” When: Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

Where: Taggart Student Center Auditorium what: Panel discussion entitled “Perspectives on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic” wHEN: Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. wHEre: USU Museum of Anthropology

In advance of the AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit, the Utah Film Center will sponsor a screening of “We Were Here” Nov. 16, 7 p.m. at the USU Taggart Student Center Auditorium.

The award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary chronicles the tragic and empowering lives of five individuals whose lives were irreversibly changed by the AIDS epidemic in SanFrancisco. Additionally, on Nov. 19, the USU Museum of Anthropology hosts a panel discussion entitled “Perspectives on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic” beginning at 1 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

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The USU Percussion Ensembles will present their concert “Vespertine Formations” on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m.

“Vespertine Formations” will feature percussion instruments from a variety of cultures in numerous settings, including a marimba ensemble, large percussion ensemble and a percussion trio. Diverse literature ranging from percussion classics such as Varese’s “Ionization” to modern works like Christopher Deane’s “Vespertine Formations” will be performed.

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Aaron Peck’s holiday movie preview With the summer movie season in our rear view, and the sparse movie-going days of September and October behind us we can now look forward to the holiday season — a season filled with presents, turkey, twinkling lights, and yes, loads of new movies.

The last two months of every year are usually reserved for three types of movies: a few big blockbusters, popular family movies hoping to capitalize on the season’s family togetherness, and finally, movies intending to be remembered for their Oscar-winning capabilities. There’s usually something for everyone at the theaters this time of year. Let’s take a look at the most notable releases that you can expect in the coming weeks.

Nov. 18

“Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” The “Twilight” series of movies is slowly drawing to a close (too slowly in my opinion, but I’m not a fan of the books in the first place). The vampire versus werewolf saga continues as Bella and Edward are prepared to tie the knot. Marriage, pregnancy, betrayal, it’s all there in the movie’s trailer which looks exactly the way every “Twilight” fan wants that movie to look like. Will it be good?

Well, that’s simply a matter of preference.

complete without a few blockbuster thrillers in the theaters. “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” sports an ensemble cast with character actor extraordinaire Gary Oldman headlining. Directed by Tomas Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”) this thriller is sure to have a more European flavor to it. It may not appeal to everyone, but it’s sure to raise a few eyebrows once the award nominations come around.

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If you’re a fan of the books you’ve most likely already bought your tickets months in advance and plan on camping out in front of the theater to get prime seats.

“The Descendants” One of the many movies coming out this time of year that has pre-Oscar buzz is “The Descendants.”

Movies about dysfunctional families and parents trying to deal with unruly kids usually attracts the eye of Oscar. This one stars George Clooney as a father who is trying to do his best at raising his daughters while his wife is in the hospital. Clooney has been branching out over the years and has shown that he’s capable of being great in just about anything.

Nov. 25

“Hugo” Now this is a very, very strange proposition indeed. From the director of “Taxi Driver” and “Shutter Island”

Dec. 16

Top: Still of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in “Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 1.” Above left: Still of Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” Above right: Still of Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”

comes a family-friendly adventure touting its lush 3D visuals as a big selling point. Yes, Martin Scorsese has gone the 3D route. How will it turn out? I haven’t the foggiest. But, with Scorsese behind the camera maybe we’ll get a richer movie experience. I’m still not sold on 3D as being an experience justifiable of a premium ticket price, but maybe Scorsese fixes that this

time around? If anyone could make the new technology worthwhile, and figure out a way to make it integrate with the story, it would be him.

“The Muppets” It’s about time we get a new “Muppets” movie. There’s just something about Jim Henson’s original creations that conjures involuntary smiles from everyone. Right now

it’s hard not to smile just thinking about a new “Muppets” movie on the big screen. Starring the ever-loveable Amy Adams, and the hilarious Jason Segel, “The Muppets” promises to be the most fun you’ll have at the theaters this Thanksgiving.

Dec. 9

“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” The holiday movie season wouldn’t be

“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” One of the huge sequels coming this winter is “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” If you liked the first Guy Ritchiedirected movie of the franchise then bets are you’ll love this one too.

Robert Downey, Jr. is great as the obsessive, famous fictional detective. Even though it’s sure to be much more action-packed than Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories, it’ll most likely be a lot of fun.

Dec. 23

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Director David Fincher has been hard at work creating a remake of the famous Swedish movie of the same name. Stieg Larsson’s trilogy has become an international phenomenon. The Swedish movies are fantastically

“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” Yup, another one. The first was great, the second was awful, and the third one was decent.

What will we get from a fourth entry into the “M:I” franchise? Well, there are some strong pros to point out. Like the fact that famed Pixar director Brad Bird is in the director’s chair and that many of the scenes in the movie were shot on IMAX film, which will make for a more detailed much more immersive experience. I have faith in Bird, but it would seem that this franchise has run its course. Only time will tell though. Will “Ghost Protocol” be more of a thinker like the first movie, or be all-out mindless action like the second?

“The Adventures of Tintin” This is the first of two Steven Spielberg directed movies coming out in the month of December. “The Adventures of Tintin” has already opened overseas and

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Still of Amy Adams and Jason Segal in “The Muppets.”

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“War Horse” The question is, will A week after “Tinthis story with European tin” is released, we get origins transfer well to another Spielberg movie, an American audience?

“War Horse.” The trailer With Spielberg and looks all kinds of cheesy Peter Jackson working — an animal-centric behind the scenes on movie about a horse and the motion-capture and his owner, set against CGI animation I’m sure the backdrop of World we’ll see a beautifully War I. There are sure to stunning movie, which be numerous scenes that should be fun for the tug at the heartstrings as whole family.

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A riveting, noble attempt by director Clint Eastwood, now 81, to wrestle with big American questions, many of which have obvious relevance to today’s politics.

It’s another largely fascinating, if disappointingly flawed chapter in Eastwood’s fantastic late period. “J. Edgar” is a biopic framed around longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) dictating his life’s tale to various typists. This is Hoover’s story, mainly told through his perspective — and therefore a somewhat claustrophobic view of history. The film, from an ambitious script by Dustin Lance Black (who wrote the Harvey Milk biopic, “Milk”), opens with a lot of switches in time as the narrative rushes to pack in the rise of Hoover as a Justice Department upstart and eager riser at the nascent Bureau of Investigation.

The most affecting parts focus on Hoover’s two most important personal relationships: with his mother (Judi Dench) and with his close friend Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). Hoover was an emphatic mama’s boy, and Dench plays her as a kind of Lady Macbeth, fostering her son’s repression. The exact nature of Hoover’s relationship with Tolson isn’t known. 137 minutes.

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paced thrillers. My only worry is Daniel Craig in the role of Mikael Blomkvist. It’s more than evident in the books and the Swedish films that Blomkvist is no action hero. He’s a savvy journalist, but doesn’t really pack a punch so to speak. I hope that they don’t try and sex-up the Blomkvist character for an American audience by making him more palatable to a mainstream action-film audience.

It would most likely change the whole feel of Larsson’s stories. Still, Fincher is a masterful director, and it’s clear he’s quite excited about this remake.

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of art

“SNAFU” Commonly known as the “yellow French fries,” this sculpture sits near the entrance of the Merrill-Cazier Library. Allen said this is probably one of the most popular works of art on campus. Last winter, students built a hamburger out of snow to go with the fries. “That’s a great example of how people can interact with the sculptures,” Allen said. “SNAFU” was created by Joseph Kinnebrew and was added to the art museum’s collection in 2000, he said.

“Buffalo Contemplating His Own Mortality” Inside the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Library stands a sculpture of a multi-colored buffalo looking at a real buffalo skull. The piece was created by John Nieto. A plaque near “Buffalo Contemplating His Own Mortality” says, “The viewer can use his own imagination to figure out what they are both thinking as they contemplate each other.” Allen said this little-known sculpture, which has been at USU since 1990, is his favorite right now.

“Mountain Man” “Mountain Man” stands outside the Biology and Natural Resources building. Allen wrote in the brochure that this sculpture “captures the realism, dignity, and energy of exploring the land.” He said it has also been “unofficially adopted by USU students as the leading symbol for the College of Natural Resources.” He said the sculpture has been at USU since 1997.

“Merlin J. Olsen Aggie All-American” According to Allen, the statue of this famous Aggie is the newest sculpture on campus. The bronze statue, which stands outside of Romney Stadium, was unveiled in 2010. It honors the life and legacy of Merlin Olsen, a valley native who played football at Utah State and professionally.

By Arie Kirk • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

“Four Without” This steel and wood sculpture is just outside the Natural Resources building. In the tour brochure, Allen wrote that the artwork was one of the winners in the 2000 Logan Biennial National Outdoor Sculpture Competition. In his description of “Four Without,” Allen wrote, “The pyramid or mountain-like forms have a seemingly unnatural fluidity or curviness which inspires us to look at the actual mountains to the east. The sculpture is a great example of how artists are often inspired by shapes or concepts from nature.”

“Light and Time Incident” Hanging in the Merrill-Cazier Library, near the Library Media Collection and Course Reserves, are several panels that reflect incoming sunlight. The panels are glass, stainless steel and aluminum, Allen said, and were designed by Dale Eldred. There are drawings near the artwork that explain how the panels work and the reflections that can be seen at different times of the year. “Light and Time Incident” was acquired in 1995, Allen said.

“Playground” This sculpture captures children at play. It is located near Edith Bowen Laboratory School and Emma Eccles Jones Center for Early Childhood Education, “places,” Allen says, that “provide innovative learning opportunities for children and allow for great research and teaching opportunities with USU students who study elementary education or early childhood education.” This work of art was acquired in 2004, he said.

“Meet the Challenge.” “The Block A.” Think of these and you think Utah State University.

There are more than 30 other public sculptures on USU’s campus, but few have the same name recognition as these signature pieces, and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is making an effort to change that.

This fall, the museum started providing maps and brochures for self-guided tours of campus sculptures. There are four routes. All of the tours begin and end at the Chase Fine Arts Center, with stops at locations including Old Main, Merrill-Cazier Library, the courtyard near the Natural Resources building and Romney Stadium.

“It really takes you all over campus,” said Casey Allen, registrar and webmaster for Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, who researched the sculptures and wrote the brochures for the walking tours. The brochures Allen prepared include information about each sculpture.

“It helps people get familiar with USU campus. It helps people get familiar with educational opportunities on USU campus,” he said, adding that they also see the beauty of the campus and valley.

Routes are numbered one through four and measure approximately 1 to 4 miles in length, distances that correspond with the route number. Allen said and the art museum worked with the USU Wellness Center to measure route distances. Not only do participants learn about artwork featured on campus, but they get exercise too.

“It keeps you active,” he said.

There are 36 public sculptures, Allen said. Route 1 takes you by 16 sculptures. Walk Route 2 and you can see 34.

Route 3 has 28 featured and Route 4 includes all 36.

Guides for the walking tours were published online in October, Allen said, and there has been interest in the tours already. He said he has taken children on the tour and some USU students have been assigned to walk a route.

“This can really be directed to any age group,” Allen said, later adding, “It’s something that’s fun to do.”

There are sculptures, like the agricultural memorial, on campus that are not included on these tours. Allen said the memorial was not included because it is being moved. Once the memorial is in its permanent home, routes will be revised to include it, he said. Allen expects new brochures to be released in spring of 2012.

Brochures are available at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. To access information online, visit artmuseum.usu. edu.

“Untitled Mosaic” Just inside the Biology and Natural Resources building is a hand-made mosaic created by a team of USU professors and students in the early 1960s.

“Untitled Mosaic” is colorful and features faces, spiders, trees and the sun. The mosaic is made of glass tiles, Allen said.

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“SNAFU” Commonly known as the “yellow French fries,” this sculpture sits near the entrance of the Merrill-Cazier Library. Allen said this is probably one of the most popular works of art on campus. Last winter, students built a hamburger out of snow to go with the fries. “That’s a great example of how people can interact with the sculptures,” Allen said. “SNAFU” was created by Joseph Kinnebrew and was added to the art museum’s collection in 2000, he said.

“Buffalo Contemplating His Own Mortality” Inside the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Library stands a sculpture of a multi-colored buffalo looking at a real buffalo skull. The piece was created by John Nieto. A plaque near “Buffalo Contemplating His Own Mortality” says, “The viewer can use his own imagination to figure out what they are both thinking as they contemplate each other.” Allen said this little-known sculpture, which has been at USU since 1990, is his favorite right now.

“Mountain Man” “Mountain Man” stands outside the Biology and Natural Resources building. Allen wrote in the brochure that this sculpture “captures the realism, dignity, and energy of exploring the land.” He said it has also been “unofficially adopted by USU students as the leading symbol for the College of Natural Resources.” He said the sculpture has been at USU since 1997.

“Merlin J. Olsen Aggie All-American” According to Allen, the statue of this famous Aggie is the newest sculpture on campus. The bronze statue, which stands outside of Romney Stadium, was unveiled in 2010. It honors the life and legacy of Merlin Olsen, a valley native who played football at Utah State and professionally.

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“Four Without” This steel and wood sculpture is just outside the Natural Resources building. In the tour brochure, Allen wrote that the artwork was one of the winners in the 2000 Logan Biennial National Outdoor Sculpture Competition. In his description of “Four Without,” Allen wrote, “The pyramid or mountain-like forms have a seemingly unnatural fluidity or curviness which inspires us to look at the actual mountains to the east. The sculpture is a great example of how artists are often inspired by shapes or concepts from nature.”

“Light and Time Incident” Hanging in the Merrill-Cazier Library, near the Library Media Collection and Course Reserves, are several panels that reflect incoming sunlight. The panels are glass, stainless steel and aluminum, Allen said, and were designed by Dale Eldred. There are drawings near the artwork that explain how the panels work and the reflections that can be seen at different times of the year. “Light and Time Incident” was acquired in 1995, Allen said.

“Playground” This sculpture captures children at play. It is located near Edith Bowen Laboratory School and Emma Eccles Jones Center for Early Childhood Education, “places,” Allen says, that “provide innovative learning opportunities for children and allow for great research and teaching opportunities with USU students who study elementary education or early childhood education.” This work of art was acquired in 2004, he said.

“Meet the Challenge.” “The Block A.” Think of these and you think Utah State University.

There are more than 30 other public sculptures on USU’s campus, but few have the same name recognition as these signature pieces, and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is making an effort to change that.

This fall, the museum started providing maps and brochures for self-guided tours of campus sculptures. There are four routes. All of the tours begin and end at the Chase Fine Arts Center, with stops at locations including Old Main, Merrill-Cazier Library, the courtyard near the Natural Resources building and Romney Stadium.

“It really takes you all over campus,” said Casey Allen, registrar and webmaster for Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, who researched the sculptures and wrote the brochures for the walking tours. The brochures Allen prepared include information about each sculpture.

“It helps people get familiar with USU campus. It helps people get familiar with educational opportunities on USU campus,” he said, adding that they also see the beauty of the campus and valley.

Routes are numbered one through four and measure approximately 1 to 4 miles in length, distances that correspond with the route number. Allen said and the art museum worked with the USU Wellness Center to measure route distances. Not only do participants learn about artwork featured on campus, but they get exercise too.

“It keeps you active,” he said.

There are 36 public sculptures, Allen said. Route 1 takes you by 16 sculptures. Walk Route 2 and you can see 34.

Route 3 has 28 featured and Route 4 includes all 36.

Guides for the walking tours were published online in October, Allen said, and there has been interest in the tours already. He said he has taken children on the tour and some USU students have been assigned to walk a route.

“This can really be directed to any age group,” Allen said, later adding, “It’s something that’s fun to do.”

There are sculptures, like the agricultural memorial, on campus that are not included on these tours. Allen said the memorial was not included because it is being moved. Once the memorial is in its permanent home, routes will be revised to include it, he said. Allen expects new brochures to be released in spring of 2012.

Brochures are available at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. To access information online, visit artmuseum.usu. edu.

“Untitled Mosaic” Just inside the Biology and Natural Resources building is a hand-made mosaic created by a team of USU professors and students in the early 1960s.

“Untitled Mosaic” is colorful and features faces, spiders, trees and the sun. The mosaic is made of glass tiles, Allen said.

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The world is getting so fat and crowded that the planet is probably starting to slow down and tip on its axis. Any type of exercise program would be welcome, but which one?

The idea of exercise is pretty straight forward; it can be just about anything that involves moving parts of your body with more vigor than it takes to send a text message.

We buy multiple cars and appliances designed to rid ourselves of physical labor yet force ourselves to go to gyms, pools and bike paths for exercise.

Our dogs beg us to go on walks and we hire someone else to do it. Is it any wonder we are confused?

I know I will spend a cumulative hour showering and changing clothes twice to get in a four-mile run then come home, jump in the car and drive

two miles to the grocery store. I could have burned the same amount of calories walking there and back and maybe even got some weightlifting in depending on how much stuff I bought to carry home. I also have this little gadget on my indoor bike that measures my speed and how many miles I accumulate. This is emblematic of our exercise conundrums because, in reality, I’m not moving a single yard and my speed is a constant zero. The only thing moving other than my imagination is the rear wheel on my bike.

In the old days exercise was more or less limited to those activities represented in the Olympics and major league sports.

One propelled oneself either running, biking, swimming or walking.

You threw things or lifted things of varying weights and sizes. We competed in games and sports.

I’m not sure when that changed.

Well, there was something called calisthenics we did in the grade school assembly hall when it was raining. Then there was something in the 70s called Jazzercise which had nothing to do with jazz music or exercise. It was like dancing by yourself in a 2 x 2 foot disco while in a room full of people doing the same thing.

Things have just gotten progressively weirder since then. Now people do the same thing on stationary bikes in spin classes. It’s like riding on a crowded street only nobody is going anywhere all the while there is a perky person yelling

trying to figure out how not to go to Vietnam. I’ve also seen just about every evil drill sergeant movie ever made and few of them end well.

I’m not sure when we stopped playing and started doing all these group exercises, but I like some of the new silly names.

Zumba, for instance, sounds like something that should go with a tiny robotic vacuum cleaner.

Pilates is a real person’s name but it lacks a cerat you to go faster. The theme of many of the new tain masculine oomph and descriptive call to exercise regimens seems action. Remember Tae to be going nowhere Bo? It crammed a bunch while being yelled at. of people into a room There are all sorts of variations of “boot camps” and had them pretend to kick box; what could to bring the brutality of possibly go wrong with training for war to the that? Cross-Fit, despite its tranquility of suburbia. A unintended religious alluboot camp of any kind sion, is brilliant because does not appeal to people of my generation because it can include just about any variety of exercise we spent too much time

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We’re dancing with ourselves? Seriously? without fear of copyright infringement.

Like I said earlier, we are confused. We want the social and the private; the static and the kinetic. I like the idea of using group exercise to harness peer pressure, but using this logic to spend an hour watching people come and go from any fast food restaurant should also work as a negative motivator.

Dennis Hinkamp would like to invite you all to Zumba with your Roomba.

He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback can be sent to dennis.hinkamp@usu. edu.

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Your Stuff “Goodbye”

By Aubrey Pirtle Goodbye my child, goodbye my boy, The papers are here, I have proof they were filed.

Oh my son, I know you must go You must go and fight our cursed foe.

Oh my son, oh my boy, come and hold me tight, Oh my son, do not leave me in this horrible fright.

Oh my son I love you so, But I know it’s time for you to go.

Hurry, boy, or your train will leave, And I have tasks I must achieve.

I will pray for you every night, For God to save you, through this fight.

Trust in Him and He will see you through, ‘til your days shall end, He will see what is fit for you.

And only He holds the key, To make you what you ought to be.

Oh my son, remember the words of the wise, And don’t give in to the world’s evil lies.

Oh my son, oh my boy, As your window passes by, I can’t help but to cry.

“Goodbye my boy,” I scream as your train passes by.

Goodbye my son, Goodbye my boy.

“Harmony”

By William Humphrey We need more love and kindness, that is plain, Those who think they’re perfect are mostly to blame.

Why don’t we come down from so high in the sky?

And be better friends to those passing by.

Life is short, I heard someone say, And its too short for malice at work or at play.

Patrons beware online ticket scams

By Angela F. Fonnesbeck

mate sellers of tickets they are trying to sell and seat is located, discounts — the venues that present only purchase the tickfor children, etc. These the artists or the artists ets after receiving your re-sellers are offering the As chair of the Cache themselves — from money. Earlier this sumsame tickets in the range Valley Center for the top positions in search mer the CVCA Board of of $100 to $210 and in Arts (CVCA) Board of Trustees noted websites some cases as high as Trustees I feel compelled engine results. We have received complaints from advertising tickets to $308 for the February to caution the public and CVCA patrons who have events that had not yet 2012 Jim Brickman show patrons purchased tickets online been placed on sale, and – which would cost $52 if of CVCA at websites with a name in some cases for which purchased directly from with similar to our own, only there had not been a con- CVCA on its website or some of to discover inflated ticket tract issued for the event at the Ellen Eccles Thethe perpricing and no guarantee to occur at the Eccles atre ticket office. ils and as to the seat location Theatre.

Patrons, please, when pitfalls actually purchased.

The board fully suppurchasing tickets for of online Legally, the re-sellers ports online tickets sales CVCA events online ticket are well covered by and we offer tickets purchase them only sales. disclaimers on their web- online with no additional through our website at Over the Fonnesbeck sites, including the fact service charge and at the www.EllenEcclesTheatre. past few that a patron might get face cost of the ticket. org which is a part of the years CVCA has seen For CVCA regular seawww.CenterForTheArts. significant changes in the “similar” tickets, but not exactly what the patron son shows, prior to the us website we provide. manner in which people ordered. This is usually opera, tickets range from We have a wonderful seapurchase tickets. With because the re-sellers do $15 to $52, depending son going and we hope to online ticketing, patrons not yet have the tickets on the artist, where the see you there. can purchase tickets at their convenience, any time, day or night, with no additional fee. However, a considerable increase has occurred in the “secondary market.”

Secondary market is the term re-sellers of Cranberry Orange Walnut Bread tickets have opted to use Fresh cranberries, large chunks of walnut, and a touch of to describe themselves, orange makes this the perfect holiday loaf. since the term “scalpers” has a negative connotaHoliday Sugar Cookies tion. There are now hunBeautifully hand decorated, these are the best sugar dreds of websites purcookies ever. porting to offer tickets to events at the Ellen Eccles Pumpkin Spice Tea Cake Theatre at highly inflated

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Let’s have harmony and strive for what’s fair, In dealing with others let’s really care.

There’s plenty of room for all here on earth, All of God’s children should be of royal birth.

If there’s one thing that will bring peace to the land, Let’s give it a try, let’s give it a hand.

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Books Actress Piper Laurie writes absorbing memoir

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press

Rosetta Jacobs was a bright and thoughtful child but struggled to express herself.

Only after she was a teenager and theater marquees began carrying her new name — Piper Laurie — did the quiet girl from Detroit begin to find the strength to speak up.

It would take time and heartache for her to reach a full-throated freedom.

“Learning to Live Out Loud” is Laurie’s absorbing memoir about that personal transition as well as her professional development from a popular star of grade B entertainments to an Oscarnominated actress (“The Hustler,” ‘’Carrie” and “Children of a Lesser God”) who also

had memorable roles on television and the stage.

She was born in 1932 to first-generation American Jews — her mother’s parents had emigrated from Russia, her father’s from Poland.

They accepted their youngest daughter’s relative silence — she now believes she suffered from acute anxiety disorder — without much question.

Laurie would find her voice through the makebelieve world of acting. But she wanted to say something meaningful, too. Her career as a Universal contract player in movies like 1951’s “The Prince Who Was a Thief” turned out to be profitable but hardly challenging.

Rebelling against her image as a “perky starlet,” she tore up her contract in spite of an

Hustler” with Paul Newman didn’t result in more top roles.

Laurie left movies for 15 years. Living in upstate New York, she grew personally as a wife, a mother and an artist. Her return to the screen as Sissy Spacek’s mother in 1976’s “Carrie” heralded a new phase in her career that would include the cult TV series “Twin Peaks” (19901991).

Gregory Peck, her co-star in “Other People’s Money” in 1991, described one of uncertain future. TV dramas of the 1950s sharpened her talents, yet acclaimed turns in the live TV play “The Days of Wine and Roses” in 1958 and the 1961 movie “The

‘Bad Moon’ wraps mystery in nostalgia

By Mary Foster Associated Press

Forty years after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and 10-year-old Charlie Olmstead disappeared, Perry Hollow police chief Kat Campbell takes a look at the case, which her father apparently closed without much cause.

Charlie’s mother never believed he had gone over the falls, as police concluded, and she never gave up looking for him. As she was dying, she asked her other son, Eric — now a famous author dealing with writer’s block — to find his brother.

Eric, in turn, asks Kat, a former sweetheart, for help.

Kat quickly finds her own reasons to doubt the story of the boy’s death. She also finds evidence that Charlie’s mother turned up that seems to show that young children disap-

peared on each of the U.S. moon missions, except Apollo 13, which failed to reach the lunar body.

The disappearances have another shared factor: Each offers a reasonable explanation for the disappearance, whether it’s slipping over

a waterfall or falling into a smoking sinkhole.

The neighborhood around the Olmstead house and the nearby falls offers a variety of people who could have had motives to snatch Charlie, and numerous places he could have been hidden, alive or dead. This keeps Kat hopping and readers guessing.

Kat also has problems with what seems to be a shoddy investigation by her father, a man she thought was thorough and insightful.

There are also some interesting subplots, including Kat’s problems trying to raise a son and handle a stressful job.

Although there are some obvious plot problems, including the failure to find Charlie’s body downstream from the falls in what is basically a Pennsylvania creek, Ritter moves the story along and keeps the action interesting.

Laurie’s performances as “a series of revelations moving and true.” That could be said of “Learning to Live Out Loud.” In a voice that is simple and straightforward, she looks back in joy and amusement, in anger and disappointment, and with tinges of regret.

Laurie achieves what eludes many performers when they write about their outsize lives: a gripping but intimate story that never loses touch with the complexities of life that challenge all of us.

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In order to be a good boss, you don’t need a fancy sports car and you may have to eat swirly noodles and sausage every once in a while. Bosses also looks out for others, remember that every action counts, and, most importantly, they know how to be bosses of themselves.

These skills aren’t always easy to learn, but 5-year-old Thaddeus is determined to master each of them in “Thaddeus the Boss,” a children’s book written and illustrated by Paradise native, Heather Theurer.

The book tells the story of Thaddeus, who dreams of being just like his dad, the boss of the biggest invention factory in town. Before he can manage a factory, however, his dad tells him he can be a boss at home.

This doesn’t mean ordering his mom to sweep the floor, or stealing his sister’s binky, and Thaddeus quickly learns he must take responsibility for all his choices.

Theurer, who moved to Vegas in June, said her daughter Aubrey inspired her to write the story a couple years ago when she was almost 5. A 35-yearold mother of five, Theurer tried to instill in each of her children they were the bosses of themselves, a message misunderstood by Aubrey.

“She thought what I meant was she was boss, because of course she knew about everything and she knew how to go about doing it,” Theurer said.

“And so whenever I would do something she didn’t like, she would say, ‘well, you told me I was boss.’ So, I thought, I have to find a way to teach her what it means to be a good boss.”

Theurer describes Aubrey as a go-getter with a Type A personality, the complete opposite of how she was as a child.

Because she could see a lot of strength in her daughter, Theurer didn’t want to squash her potential; instead she wanted to

mold it in the right way.

“I didn’t know exactly how to go about doing that,” she said. “And one night we were up visiting family because we were out of town and I couldn’t sleep because they had this terrible bed made for the devil or something. It was awful, and I couldn’t sleep, and so (the story) just kind of unfolded. (It) just kind of fell out in front of me in movie style in the dark

As far as the illustrations, Theurer said she is pretty much a self-taught artist. Although she attempted college classes at one point, she eventually figured out she wasn’t going to learn what she wanted to at a university. So for the last 10 to 12 years she’s learned a lot of technique through practice, inspiration and books. Before Channel Photographics decided to publish “Thaddeus the Boss,” Theurer had been illustrating books for HarperCollins and becker&mayer. She originally planned to self-publish and print only a few copies of “Thaddeus the Boss” after the manuscript was rejected by HarperCollins.

Then, last summer at an art show where she displayed one painting from her book, she was taken off guard when a publisher approached her about it. She said it was for a children’s book, explained the plot and within 25 minutes he said he would publish it without even seeing the manuscript.

“My jaw dropped to the ground,” she said. “You just don’t hear that. From then on it was a race to get everything finished.”

The book will officially be released Nov. 15 and can be pre-ordered from Amazon and other online book dealers. Theurer is also hoping to do a book signing at The Book Table at the beginning of December.

There are a few lessons chilPhoto and images courtesy Heather Theurer dren can take from the book, The cover and an inside illustration for Heather Theurer’s (left) Theurer said, the main one children’s book “Thaddeus the Boss” are show above. Theurer is a being to take full responsibilParadise native whose book will be released Nov. 15. ity for who they are and what while I was trying to sleep. So I had I not been trying to figure they do. In the end though, she thought, ‘Wow, that’s fantastic, out something that would work mostly wants kids and parents I’ll see if I can’t get it home.’” with her. I was not like her as alike to enjoy it.

For the next two months a child; I was a complete wall“I really want people to enjoy Theurer worked on the details flower. I could have just hung it because there are a lot of of the book and tested several out in a little hole. I would have children’s books out there,” she of the “good boss” tactics on been perfectly happy with a said. “Granted, I have five kids Aubrey and they eventually Harry Potter closet. So I saw a so I’ve read a lot of children’s started working. From there, lot of power in her personality books. I wanted a book that she started the illustrations. ... I could just see that she could would be both engrossing for “It was totally inspired by just go a million places when the kids who read it as well her,” Theurer said. “I don’t she got older and figured out as the adults. I want people to think I would have written it how to use that personality.” actually read together.”

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Adorn 7. Pep pills 13. Brillo rival 16. “Far out!”

19. Of an egg 20. Oil source 21. Grand ___, Nova Scotia 22. ___-Wan Kenobi 23. “What an amazing thing that has happened!”

27. Stallone 28. Indian breads 29. Pacific ___ 30. Lifeless 32. Cancels 34. It comes to a point 35. Latin dance 38. Ship beam 41. Turns back, perhaps 43. Designate 45. Kooky 46. Cat’s-paw 48. Baum novel, with “The” 54. Was idle 55. Takes a turn?

56. “Silas Marner” novelist 57. Persian spirit 60. Tropical nut 61. Sot’s state 63. Traversed a strait, e.g.

64. Mortise insertions 67. Way up 68. Data disks 69. Satirist Jonathan 70. Holy wars 72. Kitchen light 74. Ill-gotten gains 75. It holds water 76. Stableboy 77. Bubbly beverage 80. Goffin-King title 85. They lack refinement 86. Pull 87. Attacks

88. Purveyor of 77-Across 92. Earth colors 95. Take the honey and run 96. Iris holder 97. Maculates 100. ___ diver 102. Old system of government 104. Certain violin 106. Son of a son 109. “___ Are at Home,” Porter Wagoner tune 114. Wriggly fish 115. Fall flat 116. Actor Paul 117. Hand ___ 118. Subject of Rachel Carson book 119. “Go on ...”

120. Places to park?

121. Not destroyed Down 1. Arrows’ partners 2. Diabolical 3. In a proper manner 4. Corner piece 5. Harsh cry 6. Scandinavian currency 7. Modernize 8. Rounded end 9. Links numbers 10. Print measures 11. Cut and ___ 12. Walk over 13. Hardy wheat 14. Perfume ingredient 15. Jiffs 16. Amp hauler 17. Without 18. Double daggers 24. Police informer, in London 25. Dictionary abbr.

26. Gets down 30. Source reference 31. It’s anticlimactic

32. Saclike structures 33. Benders 35. Big mouths 36. Old World buffalo 37. ___ Blanc 39. Wings 40. ___-fat 42. One with a pole position?

44. French commune 46. Crosby, Stills and Nash, e.g.

47. Kitchen drawer?

49. Honorarium 50. Dot-com’s address 51. View in northern Italy 52. Abstractionism 53. Goose egg 58. Ad ___ (relevant) 59. Tags 60. Highly successful 61. Is a substitute 62. Turner in Atlanta 63. Distance indicator 64. Recipe amt.

65. Milk supplier 66. Lagerlöf protagonist 67. Leg part 68. Chunks 70. Hunky-dory 71. Egyptian fertility goddess 72. Maven 73. + or - item 75. Journalist Carl 76. Mistress of Charles II 77. Alternative to a fade 78. Abnormal protuberance 79. “Nothing ___ Matters” (Metallica song) 81. Bygone bird 82. Has markers out 83. Zine reader 84. Throw, as dice 88. Occupied 89. Declared 90. Insurrection

91. Chief 92. Paul and Neil 93. Green perimeters 94. Bin Laden vanquisher 98. Out of gas 99. Furniture wood 101. Discombobulate 103. Icelandic epic 104. Jerk 105. Cousin of a canvasback 106. Hipbones 107. Religious image: Var. 108. Fails to be 110. ___ suit 111. Double standard?

112. Flim-flam 113. Polo Grounds legend

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Your Former Forever will perform rock/metal music with Autostigmatic, Tr3ason and Demolition Bio on Friday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound.

Cost is $5.

A Veterans Day assembly will be held Friday, Nov. 11, at 9 a.m. in the Mountain Crest High School auditorium. We would like to invite all Mountain Crest High School alumni who have served in any branch of the military to attend the assembly.

Devon Bartlett will perform acoustic music at Caffe Ibis from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Bartlett’s music is lyricallybased around love, harmony, growth and heart. His charm will put a smile on your face.

Singer/songwriter Cherish Tuttle returns to Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza on Friday, Nov. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. If you’ve never heard Cherish before, you won’t want to miss this chance to hear one of the valley’s most talented performing artists. Everyone is invited. No cover charge. Come enjoy some excellent music and pizza.

SATURDAY

Exciting acoustic rock performing artists RacecaR RacecaR will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. This is a great sounding group! Many people in the valley have heard the amazing Brandon Lee on the piano. He has teamed up with guitarist and singer Jett Fesler to form this group. Check them out at www.myspace.com/racecar1racecar. Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza is located at 99 E. 1200 South.

There is no cover charge; everyone is welcome.

Wade and Friends will perform Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8

p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

Cache Singles 31+ will hold a service auction Saturday, Nov. 12, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Willow Park Chapel, 340 W. 700 South, Logan. If you have a special talent, service, or something of value, please donate it to the service auction and you will receive points to spend at the auction. You will also receive points to spend by bringing canned and dry goods (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.). Possible donations could include things like motorcycle rides, massages, recipes (the finished product is needed), dates or dinners, snow removal, movie passes, photography, etc. All donated food and dry goods will go to help local families.

The Marsh Valley Senior Center’s annual Christmas craft fair is scheduled this year for Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 21 S. Main St., Downey, Idaho. There will be quilt raffles, door prizes, lunch, a bake sale and many vendors and crafters to help fill your Christmas gift lists. Any vendors or crafters interested in participating in our event may call Marsha at 897-5351 or 317-2254. All of the senior center’s proceeds for this event pay for massive heat bills this winter.

The Cache Valley Alternative Gift Market will be held Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church at 178 W. Center in Logan.

Give, in honor of a friend or relative, an alternative gift of food, shelter, medicine, livestock or education to those in need around the world and here at home. This is a multicongregational and community effort in support of humanitarian and environmental sustainability projects. For more about Alternative Gifts International and the projects visit http://www. altgifts.org/pages/about/. At this year’s Cache Valley Market you can enjoy shopping, learning

about the projects, a bake sale and purchasing your gifts in a community effort to promote peace and justice across the world.

The Common Bonds NICU parent support group will hold their next meeting Saturday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m. We will be putting together parent kits for NICU families. Our meetings are held in classroom #8 at Logan Regional Hospital. Call Catherine at 563-8307 or email Catherine@commonbondsnicu. org for more information.

SUNDAY The Old Ephraim String Band will perform bluegrass music at Caffe Ibis on Sunday, Nov. 13, from noon to 2 p.m.

Cache Community Connections, an organization of civic and religious leaders, invites all Cache Valley residents to participate in the eighth annual Faith Exchange Welcome Weeks. Every week in November, the month of Thanksgiving, everyone, whether affiliated with a particular religion or not, is invited to attend a different religious service. This is a time for information, understanding and hopefully thankfulness for the growing religious diversity that our valley has to offer.

Anyone is welcome to attend a three-part study of Islam in November at Logan’s First Presbyterian Church in Westminster Hall. On Nov. 13 and 20, Professor Norm Jones, chair of USU’s history department, will speak at the hour-long class beginning at 9:50 a.m. Paul Davis will lead a wrap-up discussion class Nov. 27.

MONDAY Starting Nov. 14 Global Village Gifts will be open Monday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nativities will be available beginning Nov. 14.

Global Village Gifts is located at 146 N. 100 East in Logan.

For further information, phone 435-713-4347.

TUESDAY Unicorn Children’s Theatre will present “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” on Nov. 15-19 at 7 p.m. with two matinees on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12 and 3 p.m.

USU Extension will hold “Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice” on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the Cache County Administration Building multipurpose room, 179 N. Main, Logan. Workshop topics include “Let’s Talk Turkey,” “Life Organized 365,” “Holiday Treats” and “Sewing and Creating on a Shoestring.”

The cost is $16 for the entire evening or you can register for individual classes that range from $3 to $5 each. Call 7526263 if you have questions.

Please register by Monday, Nov. 14.

WEDNESDAY Kindlewood will perform acoustic music with Paul Christiansen, TheXpo, Kristen Carpenter and Sara Cox on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The Mountain Crest High School theater department presents “BRIGADOON” Nov. 16-19 at 7 p.m. in the MCHS auditorium. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and students. This is a Scottish fantasy about a town that disappears into the Highland mist and returns for only one day every 100 years.

OPTIONS for Independence will have lunch and visit the Candy Cane Lane Boutique in Ogden on Nov. 16. Transportation will be $5 and lunch prices will vary. For more information, or to schedule a ride, call Mandie 435-753-5353.

A silent auction for Nelson Porter will be held Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Hamilton’s. Nelson has been accepted as a People to People Student Ambassador to the British Isles in the summer of 2012. He will be traveling with other students and teachers to historical sites, famous landmarks and will enjoy unique cultural experiences. Nelson needs to raise $6,500 in the next four months in order to go.

He is paying his own way and would love support.

THURSDAY

Nothing says “Holidays” like a good homemade pie! Stephanie Skewes will share her version of a coconut cream pie with us, but this one is made with a special ingredient!

This is a free cooking and community class at the Providence Macey’s Little Theater from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

Saith will perform acoustic music with September Says Goodbye on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The Warren Miller film “Like There’s No Tomorrow” will be play at USU’s Kent Concert Hall on Thursday, Nov. 17, and Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance and $18 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased at Al’s Sporting Goods, the CCA Box Office, arts.usu.edu, at the Chase Fine Arts Center or by calling 435-797-8022. Every paid attendee at the show will receive one voucher good for one free mid-week lift ticket ($89 value) to the Canyons valid Monday through Friday from opening day to closing day of the 2011/2012 season.

Attendees will also receive a free subscription to Ski Mag (9.95 value for one year) and a free lift ticket to Wolf Mountain ($31 value) valid Sunday through Thursday until Jay. 19, excluding holidays.

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