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Cache Magazine A time for Cache Valley’s annual holiday events begin this weekend

The Herald Journal

NOVEMBER 18-24, 2011

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November 18-24, 2011

MUSIC 3 USU will hold a guitar concert Monday

5 Former Cache Symphony Orchestra member will be honored Sunday

5 USU Marching Band performs this weekend

theater

4 Logan High students will perform ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

MOVIES

7 ‘Breaking Dawn’ doesn’t earn any stars

MISC.

4 Hatches will perform music

and magic show Saturday

5 USU’s Physics Demo

Show takes place Saturday

3 AIDS will be discussed at

USU panel Saturday

12 Winter Gallery Walk set

for Dec. 2

COLUMN

10 Thanksgiving dinner

is not taken lightly by Lael Gilbert’s in-laws

CALENDAR

15 See what’s happening this week

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Left: Kylie Meacham, right, serves pumpkin pie to Cecilia Lopez and Miguel Gomez during Thanksgiving dinner at Angie’s restaurant last year (Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal). This is one of Cache Valley’s annual holiday traditions. Right: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are shown in a scene from “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” (AP image). On the cover: Photo by Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal.

FROM THE EDITOR

M

ost years my Thanksgiving has been pretty traditional. My family turns on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for background noise and I make my famous (to my mom anyway) pumpkin cake roll. Relatives arrive throughout the morning and we snack on cheese balls, homemade candy and all kinds of chips and dips. We eat dinner around 1 or 2 p.m. and sit around the rest of the day watching sports and movies.

The only Thanksgiving that really had me thinking outside the box was the year I

spent in China as an English teacher seven years ago. Away from family, my friends and I banded together and made dinner with what we had. We used a tiny toaster oven to cook two small chickens. We made mashed potatoes and yams using the microwave. Because we didn’t have a peeler we used the handle of a spoon to remove potato skins, and because we didn’t have a pan, we cooked peas in a giant wok. We did have pie thanks to pudding packets and made salad with an array of fresh fruit.

The next day four of us traveled to Shanghai to stay with an American family for the weekend where we had our second Thanksgiving feast. Our hosts were very generous and invited more than 50 other

transplant Americans to their dinner who were in China for business, family or because they moved there for something new. The best part of all of this was everyone coming together.

I wrote in my journal when I returned that the experience reminded me of a time the other teachers and I sat on a train across from a Chinese man who asked about our families. When we said we wanted to see them he replied, “I think no matter where you are, the whole world is your family.”

This Thanksgiving I hope you find a place you can surround yourself with “family,” whether they be relatives, friends or strangers.

— Manette Newbold

Acoustic and electric guitars combine forces at Utah State University for the USU Guitar Ensembles concert Monday, Nov. 21.

A larger acoustic ensemble, affectionately called “Guitarmageddon,” has 35 members comprised of music and non-music majors. A smaller acoustic ensemble is comprised of guitar majors. All of the music for the concert has been specifically written or arranged for multiple guitars.

“Some of the pieces contain traditional guitar sounds blending with interesting sound effects produced on the instrument,” said Mike Christiansen, director of the guitar program for the Caine College of the Arts at USU. The acoustic ensemble will perform works such ety of styles ranging from as “Los Andes,” “Eleanor Afro-Cuban, rock and jazz.

Rigby” and “Portraits of “The electric ensembles Spain.” performance of ‘Cuban The electric guitar ensemble will perform a wide vari- Landscape with Rhumba’ is,

When: Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: USU’s Taggart Student Center Auditorium 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. Regular priced tickets purchased in groups of four or more will receive a 25 percent discount. Tickets can be purchased at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office located in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, by calling 435-797-8022 or going online at arts.usu.edu.

— Lael Gilbert, page 10

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to my knowledge, the first shower of sound for all who time it has ever been perattend,” said Christiansen. formed by an electric guitar “Guitar aficionados and ensemble,” said Christiansen. novices will be musically “This concert will be a well-fed.”

AIDS discussion to take place Saturday Three distinguished panelists have been invited to anchor activities at the next “Saturdays at the Museum” event at Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology, where National AIDS Day awareness is in the spotlight.

The panelists will discuss the history of the AIDS epidemic and how it impacts the lives of people around the world. The panelists include Amy Bailey, USU assistant professor of sociology who worked in public health and was an AIDS volunteer in northern California and Seattle from 1989-98; Joyce Mumah,

USU sociology instructor and postdoctoral researcher at the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya, whose research focuses on AIDS in Africa; and Alex Bowman, HIV testing coordinator for the Utah Pride Center.

The panel discussion begins at 1 p.m.

In addition to the discussion, museum visitors can make a paper quilt to commemorate those who have been diagnosed with AIDS or who have died from the disease. That activity takes place through the day.

“Even though it’s a dark

part of our human story, AIDS is something that we can’t forget or ignore,” said museum assistant Amanda Arthur. “We need to learn about it and then band together to find a cure.”

The Saturday event at the Museum of Anthropology is part of extended activities planned by multiple sponsors as part of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), including a display of panels from the “AIDS Memorial Quilt,” both on campus and at St. John’s Episcopal Church (85 E. 100 North, Logan).

Community members, as well as Utah State students,

can visit the museum during its operating hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

For more information about this event, call museum staff at 435-7977545 or visit the museum website (anthromuseum. usu.edu).

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Guitar concert to include classics, rock, jazz

“I was raised thinking the only ingredient necessary at a holiday meal is love.

I can’t honestly say I still hold to that tenet.

At the in-laws, food and love are synonymous.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up 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.

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 grandparents, 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 sister, Annie Hatch, and her family. Recently Annie upgraded to a Steinway grand piano and has released the Weber back to Logan for use in the Thatcher-Young Mansion performances.

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, Miyagi and others will again be part of the afternoon performance.

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.

As part of a community campaign, “Hungry for the Arts!” the Hatch family will accept non-perishable food donations for the Cache Community Food Pantry the day of the show.

Tr3ason will perform metal music with

Nescience and False Witness on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. at Why Sound.

Cost is $5.

Cherish Tuttle will perform at Pier 49 Pizza at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18.

She will be followed by

‘Once Upon a Mattress’ spins a classic fairy tale

Logan High School presents “Once Upon a Mattress” on Nov. 18, 19, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. each evening in the auditorium.

Based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea,” “Once Upon a Mattress” opened on Broadway in 1959 and marked the Broadway debut of Carol Burnett as Winnifred and was revived in 1996 starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Songs include “Shy,” “In a Little While” and “Happily Ever After.”

“Once Upon a Mattress” is set in a medieval kingdom many moons Becky Kimball at 7 p.m. ago. Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus (Chris Jensen) is Brett Matthews will perform at 6 p.m. at Pier unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror of a wife, Queen Aggravian 49 Pizza at 6 p.m. Satur(Katie Francis), has taken over day, Nov. 19. He will be followed by Jessie Jo Kerr the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntat 7 p.m. less (Tyler Homer) single, she has

music in the valley Hailing from Seattle, alternative/indie/folk rock artist Tom Butler will debut his sound at Caffe Ibis on Friday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Photo courtesy Mitzi Mecham

MarKaye Hassan and Tyler Homer are shown in a scene from Logan High School’s “Once Upon a Mattress.”

decreed that only a princess who can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does. Enter an amazing princess, Winnifred the Woebegone (MarKaye Hassan). She instantly catches the attention of Prince Dauntless. Will she be able to pass the queen’s supposedly impassable sensitivity test? Will the curse be lifted? Will there be a happily ever after?

Please join us for an evening of fun and the answers to these questions. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.lhs.loganschools. org. They are $7 for adults and $5 for students and children.

Reserved seats purchased at the door will be $8 for adults and $6 for students and children. General admission will also be available at the door.

Isaac Newton.

Physics? Fun? “Absolutely,” Coburn says. “Unfortunately, many are intimidated by physics study. But it shouldn’t be that way — learning about science is something everyone can enjoy.”

This year’s event features demonstrations of energy, force, inertia and angular momentum using such “toys” as a giant Newton’s Cradle, Newton’s Tablecloth, a bicycle wheel gyroscope, a ballistics cart and a huge pendulum.

"It will be a forceful, impulsive and chaotic evening," Coburn says.

For directions and parking information, visit www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped.

The USU Marching Band will The Cache Symphony Orchestra take stage with fan favorites will perform for former member

The Cache Symphony Orchestra will present their fall concert this Sunday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in USU's Kent Concert Hall located in the Chase Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Nancy Law, a much beloved and longtime member of the orchestra who passed away last spring. Nancy also taught music for many years in public schools and is sorely missed by her students and colleagues. The program includes some of her favorite pieces and her daughter, Sara, will be a featured soloist.

Music director Robert Frost will lead the orchestra in the J.S. Bach “Concerto for Two Violins” with Sara Law Gunnell and Janice McAllister as soloists. Also performed will be the “Serenade for String Orchestra” by Edward Elgar, movements from Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for String Orchestra” and "Concerto Grosso #12" by Arcangelo Corelli with soloists Kathleen Lloyd, Elisa George and David Stuart.

The Utah State University Aggie Marching Band presents its end-ofseason concert “Sounds of the Stadium” on Saturday, Nov. 19, in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus. Concert time is 7:30 p.m.

The concert will include musical highlights of the marching band’s 2011 season, as well as traditional school songs and fan favorites.

The band continues its annual tradition of striv-

ing for the best musical experience for its students as well as the finest in entertainment for the Aggie faithful, said Thomas Rohrer, director of bands at USU. Season highlights include halftime performances for all Aggie home football games, numerous pep rallies and the USU Homecoming parade.

“Sounds of the Stadium” will be a sit-down affair and the band will use the occasion to

honor its members who have made the season possible.

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students and all school music students. For tickets and more information visit the CCA Box Office in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 435797-8022 or check the college website (arts.usu. edu).

The Antics perform improv comedy every Friday night at the Logan Arthouse, 795 N. Main, Logan. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Logan Out Loud performs improv comedy every Saturday at the Logan Arthouse.

If you liked “Whose Line is it Anyway,”

you’ll love this slightly irreverent comedy troupe where you are a part of the show.

Tickets are $5 at the door.

AT THE ARTHOUSE Photo courtesy David Stuart

Janice McAllister and Sara Law Gunnell will be soloists in Cache Symphony Orchestra’s concert Sunday.

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What makes a bicycle stay up while you’re riding it? What makes a rocket blast into space?

Can a person really lie on a bed of nails without getting hurt? Inquiring minds of all ages are invited to learn the answer to these questions and more at Utah State University physics department’s fourth annual November Physics Demo Show on campus Friday, Nov. 18. with our popular annual This year’s theme is tradition,” says James “Magnificent Mechanics.” Coburn, teaching laboThe gathering begins ratory supervisor and at 7 p.m. in the Emert demonstration specialist Auditorium, Room 130, in USU’s physics departof the Eccles Science ment. “This year, we’ll Learning Center. Admis- have lots of fun learnsion is free and open to ing about Newtonian all ages. mechanics — physical “It’s time again to kick principles developed by off Thanksgiving week the famous physicist Sir

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USU Physics Demo Show will focus on Newtonian mechanics

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movies ‘Happy Feet Two’ taps penguin magic again ★★★

By David Germain AP Movie Writer

The penguins are as adorable as ever in “Happy Feet Two.” Yet a couple of shrimp-like krill at the bottom of the food chain almost steal the show in this animated sequel that sticks to the formula of the original while adding enough variety to give it a life of its own.

It helps to have Brad Pitt and Matt Damon peaks seemed tactile in voicing the krill with great energy and compan- “Happy Feet.” In “Happy Feet Two,” you feel you ionability as they join a could reach up and touch vocal cast that includes them, while the deep blue returning stars Elijah skies, with their billowy Wood and Robin Wilclouds, look real and liams. right outside the window, Director and co-writer rather than computer George Miller, who creations projected on a handled the same chores movie screen. on the 2006 Academy With co-stars Nicole Award-winning first film, Kidman and Hugh Jackkeeps the focus on penman out of the picture, guins in peril while adding an interesting nature- “Happy Feet Two” is a next-generation story in-perspective angle with that follows the misfitsthe side journey of those finding-their-place pattern tiny krill trying to find of part one. their place in a world of Once a freak for his tapbigger, hungrier things. dancing skills in a colony The sequel delivers where singing was the the key ingredients that made its predecessor such supreme talent, emperor penguin Mumble (Wood) a hit: lovable characters is part of the establishaudiences young and old ment now that hoofing will want to follow. A has joined crooning as a rich blend of pop tunes prized gift. employed in showMumble and his mate, stopping song-and-dance Gloria (pop star Pink, subnumbers. Remarkable bing for the late Brittany photo-realistic Antarctic Murphy, who voiced the landscapes whose bleak beauty pops off the screen character in the original) have a tyke of their own, even more than in the whose identity issues original, thanks to some seem too pat a repetition of the finest use of 3-D of those his dad once animation since the digifaced. tal age brought an extra Young Erik (adorably dimension to the screen. voiced by Ava Acres) The snowy crags and

‘Happy Feet Two’

Director // George Miller Starring // Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Pink Rated // PG for some rude humor and mild peril

hasn’t got rhythm, you see, an embarrassment for the son of the local lord of the dance. Running away with a couple of friends

as they chase after Mumble’s buddy Ramon (Williams) on the return to his own penguin colony, Erik meets the amazing “fly-

ing penguin” Sven (Hank Azaria), whose can-do attitude makes him the idol of the youngster, to Mumble’s detriment.

Miller again shovels on an eco message as a colossal iceberg cast adrift by climate change endangers the entire colony of emperor penguins. Once the crisis arrives, the action bogs down a bit, the movie lin-

gering a long while on its penguins-on-the-precipice menace without a whole lot happening.

But with its interspecies collaboration, as birds, elephant seals and even the little krill contribute to a happy ending, the movie is a stirring, if kind of sappy, endorsement for the good that can result when everyone rows together.

‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1’

Director // Bill Condon Starring // Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner Rated // PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements

to an ear-piercing level.

Not because it’s too loud, but because the music is so mundane and simple we wonder if the entire budget was used up on werewolf effects leaving none to buy some quality music.

The trailers spell out the movie in detail. Say-

ing Bella and Edward go on a honeymoon and Bella somehow becomes pregnant with an undeadlive baby isn’t spoiling anything. Edward sweeps Bella away to a hidden tropical island, again living out every young girl’s fantasy. Then we spend a good 30 minutes of the

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No. Everyone here wears a dour face so we know for sure they’re mad or angst-ridden. They growl and grunt while delivering lines of dialogue with less life in them than the vampires inhabiting the movie.

“Breaking Dawn” is a woeful attempt at dramatic interplay. These actors, led by extremely poor direction, are barely able to tread water. Almost every word uttered, whether serious or not, is genuinely laughable.

The editing choices are downright miserable. In every sense of cinema “Breaking Dawn” is a bad movie, but the most damning aspect of it all is that die-hard fans are likely to feel the same way.

No stars.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, November 18, 2011

The Reel Place Aaron Peck

I’ll admit it. I’m not the target audience for the “Twilight” movies or books. I know that going in. I’ve seen every “Twilight” movie (but have never read the books, so take that for what it’s worth). The first couple movies have been enormously cheesy with wooden acting and tacky longing glances, but they’ve been watchable.

The movies have been just passable enough that fans would love them and casual movie watchers could tolerate them.

Then the powers that be decided to break the last book up into two separate movies, going the “Harry Potter” route, hoping to cash in twice at the box office. They really should’ve stuck to putting it all in one movie.

“Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” is a completely excruciating movie experience. It’s not even good enough that fans of the books and past movies are going to like it. I went with my sister, a die-hard “Twilight” fan, and she walked out disgusted. It was for completely different reasons than I was, but we both arrived at the same conclusion. That movie was terrible.

The film opens with Bella and Edward’s beautiful wedding in the woods — every teenage girl’s dream played out in agonizingly long detailed shots that feel more like filler material than anything of substance. The camera swings around the actors as they lovingly gaze into each other’s eyes repeating their vows.

When you think the scene is going to end, it keeps going, and going. The cheesy piano and flute music builds and builds

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he holiday season is here again. Say you’re new to Cache Valley, maybe a Utah State University student, or part of a married couple or a family. You’re probably wondering what there is to do in the area this time of year.

Or perhaps you’re a longtime resident. You have your favorite holiday events that you attend every year, either as a personal or a family tradition, and you want to know when they’re coming up so you don’t miss them.

Whatever the case, here’s a rundown of holiday events going on in the valley that should keep you busy and filled with the spirit of the season. So have fun, and happy holidays!

— Information compiled by Chuck Nunn and Manette Newbold

From left: Alex Miles and Ana Miles enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with family members at Angie’s restaurant in 2010 (Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal); “Hagrid’s Hut,” a gingerbread house crafted by Laura Barlow and Andrea Scanlon, on display at U & I Furniture in Logan in December 2009 (Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal); Westminter Bell Choir in 2008 (Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal); Jill and Bryce Draper play the role of Mary and Joseph at a live nativity at the American West Heritage Center in December 2006 (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal).

Saturday, Nov. 19 • Join in for food, friendship and connections at the free Loaves and Fishes Community Meal every third Saturday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 W. Center St. in Logan.

Everyone is welcome. This meal is non-denominational and is sponsored by various local organizations as a way to bring people of all backgrounds together in friendship and service. Contact rachel@globalneighbor.org for more information.

• Preston’s Festival of Lights begins with a candlelight dinner. Two seatings, at 6 and 8 p.m., will be held at the Robinson Building.

tainment will be provided by local dancing and singing groups. Admission is $1; children 5 and younger get in free. There will be a drawing for a “Night on the Town” for three lucky winners. Enter at the front entrance. For more information call 752-8142 or 5129745.

• Cache Valley Civic Ballet will perform “The Nutcracker” on Nov. 25, 26 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee show Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• Preston’s Festival of Lights continues with a craft fair, free movie, fireworks, a light parade, a Christmas village at City Park and a holiday ball.

Sunday, Nov. 20 • The ninth annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service sponsored by Cache Community Connections will be at 7 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle. The program, entitled “Live Peaceably With All People,” will include presentations both oral and musical from various faith communities in Cache Valley.

• The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series begins (see page 10 for a full calendar).

Saturday, Nov. 26 • The Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party will be held at 11 a.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St., Logan. Cost is $3. Children young and old are invited to meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier. Light refreshments will be served. An optional fee of $5 will be charged for a staged photograph. For more information call 435-752-0026 or visit www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• Preston’s Festival of Lights festivities continue with a craft fair, a bed race, children’s parade and Santa, fireworks and a light parade.

Thursday, Nov. 24 • Thanksgiving dinner will be served free of charge at Angie’s restaurant, 690 N. Main St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations to the Child and Family Support Center are welcome but not necessary.

Thursday, Dec. 1 • Old Barn Theatre will host a Christmas Gala on Thursday, Dec. 1. The evening includes a Christmas buffet and a preview of “White Christmas.” Call 435Friday, Nov. 25 • The 28th annual Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair 458-2276 or visit www.oldbarn.org for reservations to the gala and the show. will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sat• Pickleville Playhouse will present “12.25” from urday, Nov. 25 and 26, at the Logan Recreation Center, Dec. 1 to 23. Written by T.J. Davis, creator of the 195 S. 100 West. Christmas and home decor will be on display and for sale, as will food and candy. Enter- “Juanito Bandito” series, “12.25” is a hilarious, heart-

warming and meaningful Christmas tale that will create a valuable holiday memory for you and those who matter most. Cost is $16 for adults and $12 for children. If you want the dinner and show, package cost is $32 for adults and $21 for children. Visit www. picklevilleplayhouse.com for more information.

• A musical version of “The Christmas Carol” will be performed by Four Seasons Theatre Company from Dec. 1 to 10 at Sky View High School. Tickets are $10 for weekdays and $12 for weekends. They can be purchased at skyviewtix.org or by phone at 435-563-6273.

Friday, Dec. 2 • “White Christmas” runs from Dec. 2 to 17 on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Old Barn Theatre. Three matinee performances will be Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $7 for children and seniors.

• The top 10 entries for the 12th Annual Parade of Gingerbread Homes for Logan Downtown will be displayed in downtown businesses from Dec. 2 to 30.

The public can vote for their favorites from Dec. 2 to 16.

• The American Festival Chorus and Orchestra will perform “Christmas from the Ellen Eccles Theatre” on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12, $16 and $18 and can be purchased at www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• The winter Gallery Walk will take place Friday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Logan. Come support local artists at more than a dozen businesses.

• Cache Valley’s artisan Winter Gift Market will take place Dec. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St., Logan.

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he holiday season is here again. Say you’re new to Cache Valley, maybe a Utah State University student, or part of a married couple or a family. You’re probably wondering what there is to do in the area this time of year.

Or perhaps you’re a longtime resident. You have your favorite holiday events that you attend every year, either as a personal or a family tradition, and you want to know when they’re coming up so you don’t miss them.

Whatever the case, here’s a rundown of holiday events going on in the valley that should keep you busy and filled with the spirit of the season. So have fun, and happy holidays!

— Information compiled by Chuck Nunn and Manette Newbold

From left: Alex Miles and Ana Miles enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with family members at Angie’s restaurant in 2010 (Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal); “Hagrid’s Hut,” a gingerbread house crafted by Laura Barlow and Andrea Scanlon, on display at U & I Furniture in Logan in December 2009 (Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal); Westminter Bell Choir in 2008 (Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal); Jill and Bryce Draper play the role of Mary and Joseph at a live nativity at the American West Heritage Center in December 2006 (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal).

Saturday, Nov. 19 • Join in for food, friendship and connections at the free Loaves and Fishes Community Meal every third Saturday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 W. Center St. in Logan.

Everyone is welcome. This meal is non-denominational and is sponsored by various local organizations as a way to bring people of all backgrounds together in friendship and service. Contact rachel@globalneighbor.org for more information.

• Preston’s Festival of Lights begins with a candlelight dinner. Two seatings, at 6 and 8 p.m., will be held at the Robinson Building.

tainment will be provided by local dancing and singing groups. Admission is $1; children 5 and younger get in free. There will be a drawing for a “Night on the Town” for three lucky winners. Enter at the front entrance. For more information call 752-8142 or 5129745.

• Cache Valley Civic Ballet will perform “The Nutcracker” on Nov. 25, 26 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee show Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• Preston’s Festival of Lights continues with a craft fair, free movie, fireworks, a light parade, a Christmas village at City Park and a holiday ball.

Sunday, Nov. 20 • The ninth annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service sponsored by Cache Community Connections will be at 7 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle. The program, entitled “Live Peaceably With All People,” will include presentations both oral and musical from various faith communities in Cache Valley.

• The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series begins (see page 10 for a full calendar).

Saturday, Nov. 26 • The Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party will be held at 11 a.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St., Logan. Cost is $3. Children young and old are invited to meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier. Light refreshments will be served. An optional fee of $5 will be charged for a staged photograph. For more information call 435-752-0026 or visit www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• Preston’s Festival of Lights festivities continue with a craft fair, a bed race, children’s parade and Santa, fireworks and a light parade.

Thursday, Nov. 24 • Thanksgiving dinner will be served free of charge at Angie’s restaurant, 690 N. Main St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations to the Child and Family Support Center are welcome but not necessary.

Thursday, Dec. 1 • Old Barn Theatre will host a Christmas Gala on Thursday, Dec. 1. The evening includes a Christmas buffet and a preview of “White Christmas.” Call 435Friday, Nov. 25 • The 28th annual Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair 458-2276 or visit www.oldbarn.org for reservations to the gala and the show. will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sat• Pickleville Playhouse will present “12.25” from urday, Nov. 25 and 26, at the Logan Recreation Center, Dec. 1 to 23. Written by T.J. Davis, creator of the 195 S. 100 West. Christmas and home decor will be on display and for sale, as will food and candy. Enter- “Juanito Bandito” series, “12.25” is a hilarious, heart-

warming and meaningful Christmas tale that will create a valuable holiday memory for you and those who matter most. Cost is $16 for adults and $12 for children. If you want the dinner and show, package cost is $32 for adults and $21 for children. Visit www. picklevilleplayhouse.com for more information.

• A musical version of “The Christmas Carol” will be performed by Four Seasons Theatre Company from Dec. 1 to 10 at Sky View High School. Tickets are $10 for weekdays and $12 for weekends. They can be purchased at skyviewtix.org or by phone at 435-563-6273.

Friday, Dec. 2 • “White Christmas” runs from Dec. 2 to 17 on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Old Barn Theatre. Three matinee performances will be Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $7 for children and seniors.

• The top 10 entries for the 12th Annual Parade of Gingerbread Homes for Logan Downtown will be displayed in downtown businesses from Dec. 2 to 30.

The public can vote for their favorites from Dec. 2 to 16.

• The American Festival Chorus and Orchestra will perform “Christmas from the Ellen Eccles Theatre” on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12, $16 and $18 and can be purchased at www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• The winter Gallery Walk will take place Friday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Logan. Come support local artists at more than a dozen businesses.

• Cache Valley’s artisan Winter Gift Market will take place Dec. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St., Logan.

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The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series begins Sunday. A total of 15 free hour-long concerts will be held throughout the holiday season. All concerts begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, Nov. 20 Interfaith Thanksgiving program Friday, Nov. 25 Tabernacle Nativity lighting program Thursday, Dec. 1 Preston High Christmas program Friday, Dec. 2 Community carol sing-along Sherwin Koyle, Provo organist Saturday, Dec. 3, at noon Cache Children’s Choir Tuesday, Dec. 6 Bel Canto Women’s Chorus Wednesday, Dec. 7 Cache Symphony Thursday, Dec. 8 The Towne Singers Friday, Dec. 9 Westminster Bell Choir Saturday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.

Bear River Valley Reflections (women’s chorus) Sunday, Dec. 11 Annual Cache Food Pantry benefit concert Tuesday, Dec. 13 Sassafras (women’s folk band) Wednesday, Dec. 14 Logan’s Rising Stars (young musicians) Thursday, Dec. 15 3’s Company Music Studio Friday, Dec. 16 Imperial Glee Club

In-laws: Pie is kind of a big deal One year my parents canceled Thanksgiving.

My mom was busy with work, and my dad had a cold. No one felt like cooking. We drove to the Cougar-eat cafeteria on the quiet BYU campus in Provo and had turkey loaf, lump-less gravy, and bag salad while being stared at by students from foreign parts (you know, like Colorado) who couldn't leave for the short break.

It was actually kind of fun. That kind of situation was considered an adventure from my parents' point-ofview. What you've got to understand about my folks is they enjoyed “mixing it up” with tradition, with cultural assumptions and with food. Growing up in the house like that we learned to be flexible.

We learned to make the best of circumstances. Sometimes we changed circumstances so they became a challenge, just because challenges are fun.

Some years for Thanksgiving my parents made entrees like barley and feta casserole and egg rolls. Sometimes we'd move the dinner to Tuesday, or to Saturday, so we could fit in a vacation. So technically at the appointed time on Thursday afternoon we were eating 7-Eleven hot dogs in the back of the car. I suppose my folks felt confident enough in themselves and their relationship with their children that

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they didn't feel they needed to stick to tradition to reinforce those relationships.

Maybe that is why I'm so fascinated by the tradition-stable family I married into. My inlaws revel in the familiar. We have Thanksgiving dinner most years at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Each woman has more or less the same food assignment which they

complete with precision. The men do the dishes. Sexist? Yes, but that is the sacrifice the tradition demands.

This was all foreign to me the first Thanksgiving after I was married. I was asked to bring a pie. A pie! Little did I realize this was a

generous gesture from the in-laws, to give me this critical assignment.

It may have resulted from the first wild blush of open arms from the family. They hardly knew me, and they asked me to make a pie for their Thanksgiving dinner. I'd never actually made a pie before. At least not one that didn't include Oreos. No problem, I thought, I can just wing it.

I wasn't even worried. I came up with something with lots of instant chocolate pudding. I bought the crust frozen. It was ... acceptable, even by my standards. By the standard of my own parents, it would have been great ... because it was a pie, and because I'd made it and maybe learned something from the process. That is all they would have needed.

The big day came.

The meal began. Fortunately for me, my mother-in-law brought the rest of the pies ... and a few extra, in case mine flopped. She presented them on the dessert table; a two-crust apple with little caramel candies nestled between the fruit, a sticky pecan for those with a denser sweettooth, a deep orange pumpkin with dollops of fresh whipped cream, and a tart dark berry.

My little pie scooted itself right behind the green bean casserole in shame.

Year to year, the Gilberts do have a bit of variety. Once they did a ham and a turkey. Food

is rarely removed from the Thanksgiving menu, just added. Every year without fail in addition to the meat, they have the following; stuffing with giblets, homemade cranberry sauce, storebought cranberry sauce (just in case), green beans with crispy corn flakes, frogeye salad with mandarin oranges and marshmallows, green salad, chips, sweet potatoes, raw vegetables, pasta salad with small salty shrimp and pimentos, three or four dips, fresh strawberries, blueberries and The Potatoes.

The Potatoes are mashed at the last minute by Kelly, who is Queen of The Potatoes.

She pours the peeled and cooked spuds into two giant heavy bowls where the steaming mountains are mashed by hand. Salt, pepper, real butter and a generous dollop of cream are added. Kelly demands a perfect mashed potato, and will eat nothing less. They are light and thick, not too lumpy.

The gravy is meaty with just enough texture so you know it is homemade from the drippings on the bottom of the turkey pan.

I was raised thinking the only ingredient necessary at a holiday meal is love. I can't honestly say I still hold to that

tenet.

At the in-laws, food and love are synonymous. After dinner, belts undone, stomachs distended, we sit and digest. Conversation is optional. Nothing needs to be said that the food itself didn't say already.

Ten years of competently providing chips of the right flavor and variety has paid off.

This year I've graduated to the relish tray. I have a long way to go to make it back to the pie assignment. But as long as they let me eat, I know I belong.

Lael Gilbert 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. She is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback can be sent to laelgilbert@hotmail.com.

ing lot of Elkhorn Park.

Hot chocolate will be available, and fire barrels will help keep you and your family warm.

Holidays Continued from 9 Thursday, Dec. 8 • The Utah State University Ceramics Guild will host its annual holiday sale Dec. 8 to 10. The sale runs from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and continues Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the USU ceramics studio, Room 123 of the Fine Arts Visual Building.

Patrons will have the opportunity to browse the wide range of both functional and decorative pottery, meet the artists and purchase affordable art.

Friday, Dec. 9 • The American West Heritage Center will kick off their Christmas festival Dec. 9 and 10 with a live Nativity, candy-cane making, chocolate tasting, wagon rides and 1917 Christmas traditions from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday. Cost is $6 per person ages 3 and older.

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• The third annual Live Nativity Benefit for the Cache Food Pantry will take place at the Morgan Nibley Farm on Dec. 9, 10 and 12 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Moses the camel, along with all of the other animals from the biblical depiction of Christ’s birth, will be there along with hay rides to and from the event from the south park-

Saturday, Dec. 17 • The Bar J Wranglers will perform at Ellen Eccles Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $16, $18, $20 and $22 and can be purchased at www.ellenecclestheatre.org.

• A Christmas dinner for the public will be Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 W. Center in Logan. There will be entertainment and gifts provided by several organizations in Cache Valley. The meal is one

Cranberry Orange Walnut Bread

Fresh cranberries, large chunks of walnut, and a touch of orange makes this the perfect holiday loaf.

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Pumpkin Spice Tea Cake

This moist and flavorful sweet bread is a perennial favorite.

Struan Rolls

These light multi-grain harvest rolls are available in a handy reheatable tray.

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Try this rich pumpkin bar in place of pie this holiday season.

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of the Loaves and Fishes Community Meals, which take place the third Saturday of

every month. Contact rachel@globalneighbor. org for more information.

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Patrons asked to donate food at Gallery Walk

Celebrate the holiday season with the CVCA Gallery Walk on Friday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 9 p.m.

More than 15 locations will be participating in this seasonal winter walk. Enjoy everything from culinary gingerbread masterpieces to artwork by some of Cache Valley’s finest. Just look for the yellow banner at various participating locations or stop in and pick up a map.

During the walk, many of the locations will be collecting food for the Cache Community Food Pantry.

You can help the community get "Hungry for the Arts!" by bringing a non-perishable food item with you to any location on the walk, the Winter Gift Market on Dec. 2 and 3, during the Parade of Gingerbread Homes throughout the month of December, or at any other arts event in our community. The Cache Valley Arts Summit needs your help this holiday season because no one should go hungry in our valley. Food bins will be available at most locations and many art venues around the valley, including the Logan Arthouse & Cinema, Cache Valley Center for the Arts, Ellen Eccles Theatre, Unicorn Theater,

Anderson Seed & Garden, and the Caine College of the Arts art and interior design

program located in USU’s Fine Art Visual Building, Room 122. Visit www.Cache-

Arts.org for details and specific location information.

The Cache Valley Arts

CACHE VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU | 199 N. Main In partnership with UPR, join the Visitors Bureau at 7 p.m. for a book release and presentation highlighting Scott T. Smith’s favorite Cache Valley images and how they were made. Copies of the book will be available for sale.

CAFFE IBIS GALLERY DELI | 52 Federal Ave Oil paintings by Ryan Canon

THE CREPERY AND CITRUS AND SAGE | 130 N. 100 East Paintings by Roxane Pfister and Kristi Grussendorf

GIA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT | 119 S. Main “Cache on Silk” and “Over the Top Christmas Socks,”

fiber arts by Lucy Watkins

GLOBAL VILLAGE GIFTS | 146 N. 100 East “Other Worlds — Other Art”

ITALIAN PLACE | 48 Federal Ave Drawings by Emily Bagley, photography by Brett Hoffmann, “Acrylic Surrealism” by Jacob Bryner, “Steel Reindeer”

by Tim and AJ Elwood and the Logan High art department

LOGAN ARTHOUSE & CINEMA | 795 N. Main Artwork by Michelle Montrose Larsen Mixed media (oil paint and collage). On display through January.

LOGAN DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE | 160 N. Main

Artwork by Jill Osborne On display throughout December.

LOGAN FINE ART | 60 W. 100 North “Post-Salon” by Glen and Barbara Edwards Displayed through Dec. 23.

SDESIGNS AT THE THATCHER-YOUNG MANSION | 35 W. 100 South Cache Valley Photographers

S. E. NEEDHAM JEWELERS | 141 N. Main “Little Jems” by Colleen Howe Bleinberger Pastels and oils. On display Dec. 2 and 3 only.

THE SPORTSMAN | 129 N. Main “Color Your World” by Lynda

Burruss Acrylics, watercolors and collage mixed media.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | 85 E. 100 North “AIDS Memorial Quilt” on display Nov. 27 through Dec. 3.

One panel of the “AIDS Memorial Quilt” will be displayed in commemoration of World AIDS Day on Dec 1.

“Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative” on display Nov. 27 through Dec. 3. This piece was created by residents and staff of Terrace Grove Assisted Living.

“The Many Faces of Middle School,” self portraits by Miss McCoy’s sixth and eighth grade students from Thomas Edison Charter School. On display Dec. 2 only.

Music by Cache Children’s

Artwork by Jill Osborne

Jill Osborne was Utah’s Art Student of the Year in 2007 and received a scholarship to Northwest College of Art in Washington. Jill is now pursuing a master’s degree in deaf education at Utah State University.

At the Gallery Walk on Dec. 2, Jill will showcase a variety of oil paintings at the Logan Downtown Alliance that were created using generous amounts of paint with the palette knife. Her work is inspired

by John Singer Sargent, Monet and Degas.

Summit is a forum of the various arts organizations which flourish in Cache Valley, working together to increase awareness of the wealth of arts activity and continue the legacy of the valley’s rich culture.

This Gallery Walk features the annual Winter Gift Market, a local holiday gift market featuring more than 35 artisans with unique original works, and a variety of masterpieces by some of Cache Valley’s favorite artists (listed below).

During the walk, downtown galleries and businesses will stay open late to showcase their artists. Many of these artists are only on display for one night so you don’t want to miss your chance to view their current work.

Many locations including Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, The Logan Arthouse & Cinema, Thatcher-Young Mansion and Logan Fine Art will display their shows for three to four weeks after the Gallery Walk.

Check out www.cachearts.org for maps, details and special hours of operation or you can call the Cache Valley Center for the Arts at 435-752-0026 or email events@centerforthearts.us.

Choir and other musicians.

UTAH PUBLIC RADIO | 43 S. Main Photography by freelance photographer, Scott T. Smith Light refreshments and music will be provided.

WINBORG MASTERPIECES ART GALLERY | 55 N. Main, 208 Watercolors, oils and giclee prints by Larry Winborg and Jeremy Winborg

WINTER GIFT MARKET | 43 S. Main Dec. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

35 artists including ceramics, photography, wood, metal, stone, water color, fiber arts and more.

By Michael Hill Associated Press

New York City might have been dead broke, crime-ridden and garbage-infested in the 1970s, but the music sure was great.

Bob Marley opened a club date for Bruce Springsteen, Bronx DJs stole power from streetlights to fiddle with turntables in new ways, Philip Glass drove classical purists nuts with his sweeping, hypnotic compositions, and The Fania All Stars remade salsa. Down at CBGB’s, the Talking Heads were double-billed with the Ramones.

New York City has been

pumping out great music from Gershwin to Gaga, but veteran music writer Will Hermes shows in his episodic and idiosyncratic book, “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire,” how 1973 through 1977 stood out as a time for innovation. Not only did the grimy time plant the seeds of hip-hop, it also fostered the highly influential scenes in jazz, Latino music, punk, disco, new wave and classical.

The book’s fiery title calls to mind Jonathan Mahler’s great snapshot of the city circa 1977 in “The Bronx Is Burning.”

But where Mahler writes about the Yankees and other dramas in the city that year, Hermes focuses on a diverse cast of

town in the troubled city.

“It was like life during wartime,” Hermes writes, “but as in wars, life went on: love was kindled; music was made.”

It seems like everyone who strummed a guitar or manned a turntable makes an appearance in this book: Lou Reed, Patti Smith and Willie Colon are just a few. Readers are introduced to a gawky kid from Queens named Jeff Hyman who goes by Jeff Starship, but later changes his name to Joey Ramone. And there’s teenager Joseph Saddler, who started moving the musicians over the five years, jumping from uptown to down-

Book examines why we spend

By Jessica Gresko Associated Press

The sixth pair of black shoes. The kitchen device that peels a grape. The dietbreaking bag of chips on sale at the grocery store. We’re all guilty of making purchases we don’t need.

Now along comes James Roberts’ “Shiny Objects,” which promises to explore and explain Americans’ possession obsession. Roberts’ book contains hard evidence for some claims you probably already suspected were true.

People who are more materialistic are less happy and more stressed. We are more likely to buy something when we make the purchase with a credit card. And lottery winners are no happier than the rest of us.

The book also includes some genuinely sobering statistics. In 2007, the average person saved only 60 cents of every $100 he or she made.

Over $1 billion a year is

spent on media advertising to children. And seven out of 10 Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

Roberts knows his stuff. He references scholars, researchers and historians on nearly every page. But the problem for the casual reader is that his style is less that of an engaging storyteller and more that of a sonorous college professor. Roberts, a profes-

sor at Baylor University in Texas, probably cannot help himself.

But getting through his book is more like repeating a college class than scoring tips and insight from a smart friend. Take, for example, the quizzes that dot the book and promise answers to questions like “How materialistic are you?” “Are you a spendthrift or a tightwad?” and “Are you a compulsive buyer?” At least one quiz requires a calculator and several steps that include multiplying by .47.

Roberts saves the best part of his book for the last chapters where he finally starts to talk about how to combat the daily bombardment of advertising and product placement — 250 products alone in the average episode of the reality weight-loss show “The Biggest Loser.” But most of his advice isn’t new: cut up credit cards, build a budget and avoid the mall, for example. He might as well just say, “Use common sense.”

records back and forth on his turntables to make cool noises.

An early show went so badly he went home and cried. But the man who would become Grandmaster Flash caught on soon enough.

The book’s panoramic view is a strength and a weakness.

The perfect reader for this book would be a music omnivore with Tom Verlaine, Lester Bowie, Chic and Ruben Blades on his iPod. If your musical tastes are narrower, interest in the braided stories might ebb and flow.

new york times best sellers COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION 1. “Zero Day,” by David Baldacci 2. “The Next Always,” by Nora Roberts 3. “The Litigators,” by John Grisham 4. “The Best of Me,” by Nicholas Sparks 5. “Hotel Vendome,” by Danielle Steel COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION 1. “Steve Jobs,” by Walter Isaacson 2. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 3. “Jack Kennedy,” by Chris Matthews 4. “Heaven is for Real,” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent 5. “Is Everyone Hanging Out With Me?” by Mindy Kaling PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION 1. “The Next Always,” by Nora Roberts 2. “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett 3. “Sing You Home” by Jodi Picoult 4. “Sarah’s Key,” by Tatiana de Rosnay 5. “Cutting for Stone,” by Abraham Verghese Paperback Nonfiction 1. “Heaven is for Real,” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent 2. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot 3. “Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell 4. “Cleopatra,” by Stacy Schiff 5. “Assholes Finish First,” by Tucker Max Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Supports, in a way 6. Trigonometry abbr.

9. Robert Burns’s “Whistle ___ the Lave O’t” 12. Sensualists 19. Salami choice 20. Property receiver 22. Vending machine 23. Not wasting time on a trivial matter 26. Organic radical 27. In the company of 28. Stepson of Claudius 29. “Second verse, ___ as the first” 31. ___ chamber 34. Cranks 39. Like ___ (ridiculously easy) 47. Flyers 48. Horse-drawn conveyance 49. An Indic language 50. “___ #1!”

51. Informant 52. One with a supporting role?

53. Foul caller 54. Eyelid woe 56. It means “in the same place” 58. “Serial ___” (1994 John Waters film) 60. Lose heart 64. Passover breads 67. Ventilate 70. Appears to be unfamiliar with his or her surroundings 73. Froths 74. Most devoid of warmth 75. Poet Stevens 76. Beetle juice?

77. Punkie 78. Vanity plate in a two-car household 79. Dunce 81. Beast of burden 82. Michigan city 86. Catch-22 90. Top off 93. Element used in

lighter flints 94. V.I.P. 96. Criticizing oneself, with an ulterior motive 99. Repleted 100. Hearty cheers 101. Circuits 102. Mounted on 105. Italic language 108. Detent 112. Was suspicious 120. Duty-bound 121. Dizziness 122. Corset tightener 123. Dark plums 124. Mobile state 125. Balaam’s mount 126. Put together Down 1. Turkish title 2. Laser light 3. Begrudge 4. Arduous 5. Honshu honorific 6. Taxi drivers 7. Mixed bag 8. Communicate silently 9. It’s next to nothing 10. Election’s end?

11. Synonym of 53-Across 12. “___ on Down the Road” 13. Essen’s river 14. Footrest 15. Excessively 16. Global financial overseer 17. Cable or cattle follower 18. Mud hole 21. Grade A item 24. Street urchin 25. Get ___ a good thing 30. Wore away 31. To be, in old Rome 32. Spicy Spanish sausages 33. Rupert Holmes song 35. Joule fraction 36. Shocks

37. Steering wheel 38. Berth place 39. Old saying 40. Hustle 41. Hart Trophy winner, 1970-72 42. Butter 43. Govt. watchdog 44. Squid’s squirt 45. Sacked out 46. ___ to differ 51. Vega’s constellation 52. Lean 54. Japanese beverages 55. Knots 57. Spell 58. Whimpers 59. Word-of-mouth 60. Roman god of the underworld 61. Bee Gees album 62. Fistifcuffs 63. Cotton fabric 64. Isinglass 65. So to speak 66. It’s definite 67. Beginning to cry?

68. Private eye 69. “___ Time transfigured me”: Yeats 71. Stoolie 72. John Irving’s “A Prayer for ___ Meany” 77. Clique 78. Cord fiber 79. Switch positions 80. Diva’s delivery 81. Hunger 83. Pinball paths 84. Earth Summit site 85. Piña colada ingredient 86. Role player 87. Bleed 88. Social worker?

89. Dance bit 91. 1967 Monkees song 92. Spanish nobleman 93. Mil. rank 94. Type of 125-Across 95. Hearing aid?

97. Fancy dressers 98. South American

plains 103. Minor 104. 15 and 23, e.g.

105. Teammate of Hubbell and Terry 106. Islam denomination 107. Butts 109. Fungal spore sacs 110. Sharpen 111. Harp’s cousin 112. Settler’s building material 113. Wharton grad 114. Colonnade tree 115. Sue Grafton’s “___ for Lawless” 116. Fertility clinic stock 117. “Braveheart” actor, first name 118. Georgian, for one 119. Bird ___

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It’s time again for the pan sale at Mount Logan Middle School on Friday, Nov. 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. in the south cafeteria. The pan sale will be held just in time for Thanksgiving cooking. Replace those wornout pans and utensils with new, top-quality, brand-name cookware and kitchen gadgets.

We all look forward to great, healthy food for the holidays!

This month, Food $ense girls will share sweet potato recipes that will help us to create wonderful side dishes. Join us for great food and healthy ideas. The class will be from noon to 1 p.m. at Providence Macey’s Little Theater.

A mid-singles dance for ages 31 to 45 will be held Friday, Nov. 18, at the Cobblestone church, 420 W. 100 North, Providence (just east of Macey’s). Dance instruction will be from 8:30 to 9 p.m. with the dance following until midnight. Refreshments will be served. There is a $3 donation.

Age-appropriate photo ID is required for admission to the mid-singles dances, no exceptions.

Allred and Profetik will perform a benefit concert for SEED on Friday, Nov. 18, at 8:30 p.m. at the Taggart Student Center. Tickets are $6 in advance or $8 at the door.

Tickets are being sold in front of the USU Bookstore until Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may also contact David Bowman at david.j.bowman@aggiemail.usu.edu if you would like to purchase tickets in advance.

All proceeds go to the Huntsman School’s SEED program in Peru and Africa. Proceeds are used solely to fund micro and small business loans in these developing economies.

The Warren Miller film, “Like There’s No Tomorrow,” will be screened at USU’s Kent

Concert Hall on 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 Jan. 19, excluding holidays.

On Friday, Nov. 18, Job’s Daughters will host the third annual soup dinner for Bethel 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the door; adults are $8 and children younger than 12 are $4. Come support this great girls organization, get to know us and enjoy soup and breads from local restaurants. We are located at 118 W. 100 North in Logan. For questions email jobiesinlogan@ yahoo.com.

SATURDAY Bring your kids (ages 3 and older) to Maceys for a holiday craft, video and treat in the Little Theater on Saturday, Nov. 19, while you shop in peace.

Drop in any time between 1 and 3 p.m.

KSM’s ninth annual DrumOff will be Saturday, Nov. 19, from noon to 4 p.m. at The Logan Arthouse. This event is free to participate in and free to attend. Grand prize is a Tama Silverstar drum kit as well as five other prizes for competitors. Raffle prizes will be given out to attendees. Go to www. ksmmusic.com for more information or stop by KSM, 50 W. 400 North, Logan.

Join in for food, friendship and connections at the free Loaves and Fishes Community Meal held every third Saturday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 W. Center in Logan. The next meal will be Nov. 19 and everyone is welcome. This meal is non-denominational and is sponsored by various local organizations as a way to bring people of all backgrounds together in friendship and service. Contact rachel@globalneighbor.org for more information.

Con Allegreeza will be entertaining residents and the public with violin music Saturday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan.

Please come join us for this free event that is open to the public. For more information please call 792-0353.

The Lewiston Craft Fair and Gift Boutique will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lewiston City Ballroom, 29 S. Main, the same door as the Lewiston Movie Theater. We will have beautiful crafts and holiday gifts. There will be live entertainment all day featuring local singers, pianists and cellists.

Food is available as well; croissant and hoagie sandwiches will be $3.50 each. Come start your holiday shopping with the looks, the sounds and smells of Christmas. Sponsored by the Lewiston Arts Council.

The history of quilting will be presented by Cindy Larsen and Joanne Olsen at the Logan Library at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Daughters of the American Revolution Bear River Chapter monthly meeting.

Visitors are welcome. Contact Marilynne Wright for more information at 881-0458.

SUNDAY Pain Management Support Group (Soakers Club)

meets every Sunday afternoon in Logan to carpool to the hot springs for a few hours of soaking in the warm mineral pools.

This is a great way to help alleviate pain and promote optimal health. For more information call Bev at 208-479-4990.

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 our valley has to offer.

The ninth annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service sponsored by Cache Community Connections will be held Sunday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle. The program, entitled “Live Peaceably With All People,” will include presentations both oral and musical from various faith communities in Cache Valley.

The Dry Lake Band will perform Sunday, Nov. 20, at Caffe Ibis from noon to 2 p.m.

This local five-piece bluegrass band will make you feel like you’re in the heart of Dixie.

The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant every Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

We welcome newcomers. For more information call Jeff at 770-4263 or go to our website at www.postmormon.org/logan.

MONDAY Cowboy poetry with Michael “Boots” Robinson will be performed Monday,

Nov. 21, at 10:30 a.m. Michael travels all over performing his witty and entertaining cowboy poetry. We are excited to have him come and hope you will join us as well at Cache Valley Assisted Living, 233 N. Main St., Providence. If you have any questions please call 435792-4770.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures is hosting a movie night Monday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m. Come by the Common Ground office to enjoy the company of friends, tasty treats and watch fun flicks.

OPTIONS for Independence invites you to a Thanksgiving lunch at Chuck-A-Rama on Monday, Nov. 21, at 12:30 p.m.

Transportation will be $2; lunch prices vary. For more information, or to schedule a ride, call Mandie at 435-753-5353.

The William Hyde Camp DUP will meet Monday, Nov. 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the Hyde Park Civic Center. Visitors are welcome to attend.

The Smithfield Summit Camp DUP will meet Monday, Nov. 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the Smithfield Senior Citizen Center. Ruth Swaner will give the lesson. Sisters are welcome.

TUESDAY Common Ground Outdoor Adventures is holding a Thanksgiving dinner party Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. at 335 N. 100 East, Logan. Join us as we feast together on all the traditional Thanksgiving dishes.

WEDNESDAY Scott Bradley will teach a free Constitution class, “To Preserve the Nation,” on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. at The Book Table (upstairs).

For more information call 7532930 or 753-8844.

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