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THE UNFORGETTABLE ‘FORGOTTEN CAROLS’ Michael McLean’s holiday tradition endures after more than two decades
The Herald Journal
DECEMBER 13-19, 2013
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December 13-19, 2013
COVER 8 Michael McLean’s ‘The
Forgotten Carols’ still going strong after 22 years
MUSIC 4 Beyond 5 bringing boy
band experience to Logan
4 Logan Tabernacle hosts Christmas concert series
ARTS 5 CVCA Gallery Walk hits downtown Logan tonight
MOVIES 3 Three stars: ‘Hobbit’
sequel is ‘shiny’ but long
7 Strong cast comes up big in ‘American Hustle’
BOOKS 11 Definitive portrait of
baseball’s greatest hitter
COLUMN 10 Dennis Hinkamp tells
us how to cope with winter
CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week
Kelly Kuhnen Butler sings in the role of Constance during a performance of “The Forgotten Carols.” On the cover, writer/composer/actor Michael McLean has been performing “The Forgotten Carols” throughout the West since 1991. (Photos courtesy of Michael McLean)
FROM THE EDITOR It wasn’t long ago that I was in church when a fellow parishioner declared that while fishing on the Bear River near Benson he had encountered a dead cow in the water. Clearly disturbed by the sight, he called several agencies in an effort to get the carcass removed, but he quickly became frustrated when no one seemed interested in disposing of the animal or investigating how it came to be in the river. Unfortunately, such unappealing views
aren’t that uncommon along the length of the Bear River, which runs nearly 500 miles through Utah, Wyoming and Idaho, and in an effort to bring both the good and the bad of the Bear River to light, the Bear River Watershed Council is sponsoring an exhibit that will hang in the ThatcherYoung Mansion April 11 to 22. “We are asking photographers to search through their work and get out and take images that portray the radiant beauty or ravaged impacts of the watershed and submit them for an exhibit in April,” says Dan Miller, chairman of the BRWC board. “We hope to engage amateur and professional photographers, as well as scientists, to take a close look
at our local watershed — a place that sustains life — with a different eye. Not only to see the beauty, but also to look the other direction towards the impacts from human activities that may not be beneficial to the environment, the watershed or human health.” Utah State University photography professor Carsten Meier and professional photographer Howie Garber will judge the prints, which will be accepted through April 4. For more information, visit the Bear River Watershed Council’s website at brwcouncil.org. — Jeff Hunter
‘Hobbit’ sequel a visual feast But ‘Smaug’ also runs a bit too long The second installment of “The Hobbit” features — if at all possible — more striking visuals than the first movie. As a matter of fact, compared to all of the “Lord of the Rings” movies “The Desolation of Smaug” is probably the most eye-popping. Peter Jackson’s visually sumptuous Middle-earth is something to behold. It’s eye candy through and through. The predictable melodramatics are there in force, but the computerAP Photo/ Warner Bros. Pictures generated skylines, mounMartin Freeman, left, and John Callen share a scene together in Peter Jackson’s new film “The tains, caverns, great halls Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” and dragons (especially the dragon) are the reasons to drag your family to the theaters during the busy holiday time. Picking up where the first “Hobbit” film so unceremoniously left off, Director // Peter Jackson hobbit Bilbo Baggins Starring // Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Benedict (Martin Freeman) continCumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly ues his quest, as he and Rated // PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fana band of dwarfs journey tasy action violence and frightening images to Erebor, their rightful homeland. Gandalf (Ian With Bilbo’s thread taking be included. McKellen) is also along The best part of the up the main plot, there are for the ride. At least in movie involves Bilbo and about a dozen other subplots the first part of the movie. the hulking, terrifying CGI that are shoehorned into It isn’t long before Ganfeels just as overly long thing that is Smaug (voiced the movie to make us care dalf throws the company as its title. Length was the by Benedict Cumberbatch). about the plethora of side of halflings into the perknock on the first movie, Dragons are no strangers to characters. Evangeline Lilly ils of Middle-earth and and much of the same critimovies, but Smaug stands is introduced as Tauriel, a leaves them alone, off to cism can be levied here too. alone in a sort of horrific headstrong elf who may or pursue his own demons A lot of filler material has visual wonder. We don’t may not be falling for one in the form of a growing been added to the main stoget to see Smaug until the of the dwarves in the comevil called the Necroryline. In order to balloon third act of the movie, but pany (as you might suspect mancer. the movie to over 160 minhe’s well worth the wait, Yes, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” utes, plenty of filler has to trust me. See FEAST on Page 10
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ALL MIXED UP
Quotable
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all mixed up Beyond 5 coming to Cache Valley Beyond 5, a boy band rivaling One Direction, will be performing a CD release concert on Saturday, Dec. 21, at Utah State University’s Taggart Student Center Ballroom. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show starting at 7 p.m. Pre-purchased tickets are $10 and are available at beyond5official.com or eventbrite. com. Tickets at the door are $12. An appearance at Sky View High School on Tuesday was just the begin-
ning for Beyond 5. The band is making special inschool appearances in other Cache Valley schools such as Mountain Crest High School, South Cache 8-9 Center, Logan High School and Mt. Logan Middle School to promote the upcoming concert. The group’s in-school appearances include school assemblies and lunch-hour performances. At Mt. Logan, the group will be featured as the halftime entertainment during
the middle school’s annual faculty/ student basketball game on Dec 20. The group focuses on sharing a positive message through their music and energetic performances. The band just finished a four-week tour of Asia playing 27 shows in eight different countries, reaching a total of 25,000 people. “They were a huge sensation in Asia”
Photo courtesy of Beyond 5
Beyond 5 will perform Saturday, Dec. 21, in the See BEYOND on Page 13 Taggart Student Center Ballroom at Utah State.
Tabernacle hosts Christmas concerts The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series presents “Tidings of Comfort & Joy” this holiday season. All concerts are free, open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle, 50 N. Main St. The rest this year’s schedule includes: Westminster Bell Choirs (Friday, Dec. 13); Cache Community Food Pantry Benefit Concert (Sunday, Dec. 15); organist Brandon Clayton (Tuesday, Dec. 17); Cinnamon Creek Singers (Wednesday, Dec. 18); Imperial Glee Club (Thursday, Dec. 19); and the Christmas Instrumental Serenade (Friday, Dec. 20). For more information, visit logan tabernacle.blogspot.com or facebook. com/logantabernacle. Westminster Bell Choirs Using four octaves of English handbells and four octaves of chimes, the 18 members of the Westminster Bell Choirs will fill the tabernacle with the sounds of familiar Christmas hymns and carols Friday night. The two choirs will use a variety of techniques to enliven such sacred and secular favorites as “Away in a Manger,” “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” and “Go, Tell It On the Mountain.” The concert will also include a piece by the Runaway Bell Quartet; an appearance by the First Presbyterian children’s bell choir; an opportunity for the audience to sing along with the bells; and special music by Kermit Herd and Elisabeth Evans.
Above, the Cinnamon Creek Folk Singers will perform Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Logan Tabernacle. Left, Jenni and Mike Whiteley will take part in the Christmas Instrumental Serenade Friday, Dec. 20.
Cache Community Food Pantry Benefit Concert Admission to Sunday’s concert will be a donation of a non-perishable item
of food. This performance will feature the Inter-Faith Community Choir led by Harry Heap, Buffy Evans and John Ribera. They will be joined by the Westminster Bell Choir conducted by Cathy Bullock and the Imperial Glee Club conducted by Warren Barton. Organist Brandon Clayton A native of Durham, N.C., Clayton
came to Utah State University in 1994 to study the organ and currently studies with Lynn Thomas. Clayton is the organist at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, has played for the Logan Tabernacle Concert Series and is also a guest organist at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Cinnamon Creek Folk Singers The Cinnamon Creek Folk Singers’ program Wednesday night will include Christmas favorites such as “The Holly and the Ivy,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” as well as the amusing “Mrs. Fogarty’s Christmas Cake.” This is a group of 13 women from Northern Utah who for 21 years have arranged, performed and shared their love for traditional Western pioneer, railroad and American folk songs. The group was created to preserve and promote the national and regional folk music heritage. Visit cinnamoncreekfolk singers.com for more information. Imperial Glee Club Cache Valley’s historic men’s chorus will perform traditional Christmas favorites, including “Silent Night,” “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” “Still, Still, Still” and other familiar selections Thursday night. The Imperial Glee Club was founded with a charter of service and brotherhood in 1916, making it one of the oldest continuously performing men’s choruses in the United States. Now in its 98th season of See CONCERTS on Page 12
Gallery Walk event slated for tonight
Celebrate the holiday season with the winter CVCA Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in downtown Logan. If you are looking for the perfect free holiday activity, nothing beats bundling up and walking downtown during the festive month of December. It’s a wonderful way to delight in the spirit of the season, featuring everything from Christmas lights, gingerbread houses, free entertainment, food and most importantly, lovely artwork by our featured artists. Join the Cache Valley Center for the Arts and its participating businesses on Dec. 13 and make this spectacular art excursion part of your holiday traditions. The Logan art district is always full of things to do, productions to see and concerts to enjoy. The 2nd Friday Gallery Walks are one way you can support local artists and help add to the vibrancy of Cache Valley’s local art industry. The December Gallery Walk features artwork in 14 businesses and temporary galleries, all within walking distance and set within the heart of Logan’s historic downtown district. This event provides art lovers a free opportunity to socialize and see a lot of fabulous art — all in one evening. Start your walk at any location by looking for the official yellow banner at participating galler-
This season, the Ellen Eccles Theatre will play host to “Christmas with Juanito Bandito” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12-14 and 16. Presented by cast members from Pickleville Playhouse, the new production is the first holiday show featuring “the most guapo villain in the world” — Juanito Bandito — and was created by and stars T.J. Davis. Tickets range from $14 to $26 ($4 off for children 3 to 11 years old) and are available by visiting picklevilleplayhouse.com or centerfor thearts.us.
MCHS’s ‘Christmas Fantasy’
The Mountain Crest High School band and orchestra will present “Christmas Fantasy” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, and Friday, Dec. 13, at the MCHS Audito local and returning torium. Ticket prices are $5 for adults, $2 for children festival artists. One art- or $15 for family (immediate only). ist will be selected for Rudolph has a cold. Who will lead Santa’s sleigh? use in the 2014 promo- Come find out at “Christmas Fantasy,” a band/orchestion materials, so come tra performance of Christmas music set to an imaginasee the winning piece tive story for children. “Christmas Fantasy” is a great and runners up. This first time introduction to instrumental music which is a special evening at will delight all children — young and old. St. Johns because the Cache Children’s Choir will also be performing its annual Christmas Local dance company Enlight Ballroom will present concert from 6:15 to Sub for Santa Ballroom Dance Show at 5:30 p.m. Fri7 p.m., followed by day, Dec. 20, at Logan High School. Patrons attending organist Jonathan Rose the performance are requested to make a $2 per person from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. donation to Sub for Santa; kids 5 and under require no What better way to donation. Sub for Santa will use the funds to help finanappreciate all art forms cially distressed families in Cache Valley have a Christ— even edible and mas experience. Every Christmas Enlight Ballroom 3-dimensional forms — hosts a Christmas dance show but this year they wanted than by stopping by all their talents to help the community. the gingerbread house displays? The Logan Downtown Alliance is hosting the 14th Annual Come see a hilariously heartwarming tale about Parade of Gingerbread “the worst kids in town” when they decide to invade Homes Dec. 7 to 31. the annual Christmas play and turn tradition on its While you are out for ear. If you want to experience a beautiful story about the Gallery Walk, check Christmas and the birth of Jesus and have some out these amazing dislaughs along the way, you will want to come and see plays, created by many “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” Dec. 6 to 21 at local organizations and the Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston. For individuals, including: tickets, visit oldbarn.org or call (435) 458-2276. Jacob Gadd, Valerie Ayala, Cache Volunteer Center, Sarah Houghton, Linette Hlavaty, Sheena Anne Neville has collected over 500 crèche and nativYates, Jennifer Dettore, ity scenes and would like to offer tours of her home Roxie Denton, TEAM decorated with them to women groups, church groups Mentoring, Benjamin and chaperoned youth groups. Neville has spent many George, Megan Stethours and much effort researching and purchasing nativtler, Jennifer Erickson, ity sets that represent countries around the globe. She Jessyka Barton, Robyn has learned so much as she has compiled and collected Rusch and Daniel Ken- these scenes of Jesus Christ’s birth and feels nothing nedy. Be sure to vote brings the Christmas spirit like the nativity scene. Call for your favorite. Neville at 787-1359 for more information.
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“Instruments” by Bret Hanson (above), and “Wings” by Margo Bezrutcyzk (top) will be on display at the CVCA Gallery Walk tonight.
ies. For exhibition details, maps and artist info visit www.cache arts.org. Recently featured in Cache Magazine, Ian Ashcroft, a local penand-ink artist, will be showing “365 Days of Sketches.” Ryan has been creating one 4-by-4-inch circle-themed sketch for every day of the year. If you haven’t had a chance to see these sketches up close, stop by The Diamond Gallery and see the variety of subjects that
inspire him to draw daily. St. Johns Episcopal Church will feature “Oil & Water: Three Perspectives” for one day only. This temporary show will feature the work of three highly collectable female artists: Kristi Grussendorf, Roxane Pfister and Jeannie Millecam. In addition, Summerfest will be displaying the 2014 Summerfest Featured Artist Contest entries. Each year Summerfest holds a competition that is open
Free nativity scene tours
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UP Time to head downtown COMING Christmas with ‘Juanito’
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‘Frozen’ takes top spot at box office
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‘Catching Fire’ slips into second spot NEW YORK (AP) — In its second weekend at the box office, the Disney animated tale “Frozen” finally cooled off “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” while the week’s lone new wide-release “Out of the Furnace” wasn’t a match for either blockbuster. According to studio estimates Sunday, “Frozen” led the multiplexes with a haul of $31.6 million over the weekend, taking over the top spot from “Catching Fire.” Lionsgate’s “Hunger Games” sequel had topped the box office for the last two weeks, but slid to second with $27 million in its third week of release. Relativity Media’s steel-town drama “Out of the Furnace,” starring Christian Bale and Casey Affleck, posed no challenge for the bigger blockbuster holdovers. It opened with $5.3 million, good enough for third place on what’s typically a quiet early December weekend, sandwiched between Thanksgiving and the coming holiday season releases. But it was an excellent weekend for Hollywood, with box office up 16.9 percent over the same weekend last year. Opening in a limited release of four theaters, the Coen brothers’ folk tale “Inside Llewyn Davis” also had one of the year’s highest per-theater averages of $100,500 for CBS Films.
With only a handful of moviegoing weeks left in the year, the strong weekend boosts the year’s chances of exceeding 2012’s record box office. This year may surpass last year’s $10.8 billion domestic box office, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “We’re running just slightly ahead of last year’s record pace,” said Dergarabedian. “It’s going to be really close.” Dergarabedian expects next week’s big release, Warner Bros.’ “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” to open in the neighborhood of Peter Jackson’s first “Hobbit” film, “An Unexpected Journey,” which debuted with $84.6 million last year. This weekend’s new releases were minimal since “The Hobbit” is expected to dominate the marketplace next weekend. In its second week of limited release, the Weinstein Co.’s biopic “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” starring Idris Elba, continued to play in four theaters, earning an average of $19,400 per-theater. The Weinstein Co. has said it’s not altering the movie’s release following the death of South African leader Nelson Mandela on Thursday. “Mandela” opens wide on Christmas.
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Above, Jeff McLean has been performing with his father this year. Left, Michael McLean and Kelly Kuhnen Butler share a scene. Right, the 2014 cast of “Forgotten Carols.” Facing page, Lynne McLean sings.
Story by Jason Turner
‘The Forgotten Carols’ Michael McLean continues to share his holiday classic throughout the West
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or many people the Christmas season wouldn’t be complete without watching iconic holiday movies such as “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th Street.” There are several people in Cache Valley — and around the Intermountain West, for that matter — who feel the same way about Michael McLean’s Christmas musical, “The Forgotten Carols.” For 22 years now, this popular musical has been performed throughout the western part of the country, and Logan has been a popular destination. In fact, McLean can only recall one year “The Forgotten Carols” tour didn’t make its way through Sardine Canyon. “People are great and they come. One of the great things about that Cache Valley area is people make me ... feel like I’m a relative,” says McLean, whose grandmother grew up just north of Montpelier in Bennington, Idaho, and met her husband at Utah Agricultural College (present-day Utah State University). This year “The Forgotten Carols” tour features stops in 15 different cities and five different states, beginning Nov. 22 in Heber City and wrapping up Dec. 23 in Phoenix. Logan was one of eight cities in the Beehive State to host the musical in 2013 with performances on Monday and Tuesday at USU’s Kent Concert Hall. McLean, a well-known performer, composer, songwriter, producer, director and author, performs the role of one of the musical’s primary characters, John. An older gentleman who claims he was alive when Jesus Christ was born,
John helps a nurse, Constance, develop a love for the Christmas season and the man whose birth the holiday extols. Constance is assigned to provide home care for John, and after several visits, John is finally able to break through Constance’s callous exterior and help give her life new meaning. “The Forgotten Carols” are original songs John uses to teach Constance about the true meaning of Christmas, and relates the experiences of the “forgotten” characters in the Christmas story. For example, one of the characters is the innkeeper who turned Mary and Joseph away. “The Forgotten Carols,” which
surprise, coming to see the guy that wrote and played all these parts became its own Christmas tradition, and then I kept doing it because we could sell tickets and people would come,” McLean says. “And then it evolved.” Indeed, “The Forgotten Carols” has become a Christmas tradition for many. The musical has been seen by more than a million people in 19 states and Canada, and it’s a tradition McLean plans on continuing for the foreseeable future. “People ask me, ‘Are you just tired of this? I mean, you’ve been doing this 25 or 30 times a Christmas for the last 22 years,’” says McLean, whose work is largely centered around his LDS Church beliefs. “... And the truth is, I don’t and I think it’s because every night — and this continues to amaze me — but every night I kind of learn something. I’ll be in the middle of a song and I’ll go, ‘Oh, oh, that’s what that’s about. Or, ‘Oh, that’s what I needed to learn.’ ... I rediswas released in 1991, was origicover Jesus Christ through the eyes nally a book and McLean’s foray of these characters.” into being an author. McLean wrote The Heber City resident, who the book and its accompanying considers himself a writer before soundtrack with the hope that fami- a performer, was originally selflies would read it and sing along conscious about singing on stage, with the soundtrack during the but McLean says he has developed Christmas season. a love for it throughout the years. It didn’t take long before the “I know what great performers are musical was adapted from the book. like, and I’m not one of them,” he McLean, who says the musical says. “I am humbled that people started out as “a marketing attempt connect and give me a chance to to get people familiar with the share what’s in my heart. And when book,” originally played all of the I sing ‘I Was Not His Father, He characters, but it has since evolved. Was Mine,’ people don’t think, ‘Oh This year’s adaptation featured wow, what a sensational voice.’ That McLean’s wife, Lynne, and his son, doesn’t happen. But they do listen Jeff, among the six major characters. “And then to my enormous See CAROLS on Page 13
DENNIS HINKAMP
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How to cope with winter Feast
unnecessary and add little to the overall endgame. What works here are do know it is good for Though it has been toes are frostbitten and Continued from Page 3 the carefully constructed Utah winter for several Slightly Off your eyelids are frozen the tax base. Every time this is frowned upon action sequences — the weeks, it’s still a week open. “I’m not staring at I go to Deseret Indusbarrel battle, as the in the world of elves). before official calendar you; I physically have no tries, I see a big pile of Center dwarves careen down Orlando Bloom reprises winter, which is parachoice.” a river in barrels while his role as Legolas, and nearly free ski equipdoxically the same date 2. Make hyperbole a ment, so there must also has a thing for Tauriel — being chased by orcs on which days finally game: You can post this — is one of the most be a fairly high attrition an unreciprocated love. start to get longer. For on your Facebook page: exciting things you’ll Gandalf and Radagast rate. me it is just preseason “It’s colder than ….?” For see in a movie this year. (Sylvester McCoy) gal5. Visit a library: It of the Major League the most part cursing Not more exciting than livant off to fight other is amazing how I miss Complaining (MLC) is uncreative; encourdark, sinister happenings those breathtaking action such a wonderful place schedule. age imaginative word sequences in “Gravity,” in some other part of when the sun is shining I know that climate play. For instance: “It’s but the barrel battle isn’t Middle-earth. There’s a and the streams are flow- corrupt leader of a runchange laugh-ologists colder than Pluto during far off. ing. Did you know it is will use any cold snap an eclipse.” “It’s colder However, it’s Smaug down lake town who is almost all free and one to make fun of global than voting down food who steals the show. convinced everyone is warming. I imagine stamps.” Or maybe, “It of the best rewards for to borrow food from Cumberbatch’s low, out to get him. A smugwooly mammoths must neighbors. This is all is so cold that antifreeze paying taxes? It is also thundering voice progler in the same lake have been yucking it went on strike. vides the dragon with a town who believes the warm and quiet. common knowledge up elephant style on a 3. Read about colder frightful cunning. Just as town can be much more passed down from gen6. Leave: I know this warm afternoon just a places: The book and than it is. And the stories the scene with Bilbo and eration to generation and is an extreme last resort, few months before they cut and pasted into web movie selections are stretch on and on. It’s Gollum was the highbut many people don’t were forever encased filled with great stories almost impossible to light of the first movie, pages. seem to understand that in ice. It is as hard to keep track of everything Bilbo versus Smaug is What is more difficult about people who froze it is a possibility if even believe that elephants to death trying to reach Jackson is throwing the highlight of this one. to find is treatment for once roamed Utah as one of the poles or sum- for a only couple weeks. at the screen. That’s Everything else is just the soul-crushing mind it is to believe the state mit mighty mountains. In If this is what it takes to OK, though, because a shiny filler. Really, wellgames you have to play keep you from becoming handful of subplots are once had a two-term honor of their memory, made shiny filler. to get yourself through weaponized crazy, I fully Democratic governor. surly you can make it the surprise of winter endorse it. Both, however, are to the post office to get ——— prehistoric documented that comes approximate- your Christmas gifts and ly the same time every JENSON BOOKS Dennis Hinkamp, Susan facts. cards sent. year. Monday-Friday 11 am-7 pm There is plenty of 4. Ski if you must: As and dog will be taking a This is what I have to Saturday 10 am - 8 pm advice on winter suran avid non-skier, I don’t mental health break in add to the canon of win- see the attraction, but I 70 EAST 400 NORTH vival that includes Death Valley next week. ter survival: (Next to Hastings) emergency food stor1. Complain: Get it out age, heating without of your system; denial burning your house down, humorous Don- will eat at you. Every ner Party recipe books time some perky clerk or barista asks you “how’s and instructions on it going?” reply that your how to use your guns Most books are $1. Limited time, Ending after Christmas
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Ted Williams would have loved to see his Boston Red Sox go from worst to first and capture their third championship in a decade. Arguably baseball’s greatest hitter, Williams appeared in only one World Series during his 19 years with the team, and his lackluster showing contributed to its 1946 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. But the beards that the 2013 Red Sox sprouted to demonstrate team solidarity would have been a different story for Williams. A stickler for short hair and neatness, he demanded that his older daughter’s
first husband shave his beard and ordered haircuts for shaggy youngsters at the baseball camp that he ran during his retirement. Fans seeking a complete picture of the beloved star who inspired a slew of nicknames — the Splendid Splinter, the Thumper, Teddy Ballgame and The Kid — now have but one place to turn. This complex figure comes to life in “The Kid,” an absorbing 854-page biography by longtime Boston Globe reporter and editor Ben Bradlee Jr. Based on some 600 interviews that reflect more than a decade of research, this is surely the definitive Ted Williams book.
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Hosts Continued from Page 4 musical service to the community, the 25 to 30 club members come from throughout Cache Valley and perform choral music in a wide genre including show tunes, pop and holiday music, with an emphasis on patriotic and spiritual anthems. Under the direction of Warren Barton, Richard Keisker, and Craig Mortensen, with accompanists Janice Siggard and Vivian Blanchard, the
Imperial Glee Club is dedicated to fostering four-part male choral music and meets one night each week for rehearsal. The Imperial Glee Club’s season annually runs from September through June. Christmas Instrumental Serenade Enjoy instrumental Christmas music — everything from Bach to New Age Celtic arrangements — Friday, Dec. 20. The instruments include viola, flute, piano, trumpet and violin. The performers are Mike Whiteley, Jenni McEntire Whiteley, Anson and Miho Everitt, Jo Hays, Sara Jane Thompson and Scott Thompson.
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The film may lack grit When the scheme to but the stellar cast adds take down questionable pompadour-donning New to its allure, helping to round out this dynamic Jersey mayor Carmine Continued from Page 7 Polito (Jeremy Renner) account where reinvenBut we soon find tion offers the means to goes wrong, things begin out Irving is married endure. to unravel. and stashes his lady Roselyn and her son on Long Island. His sultry and blunt companion, fiercely pronounced by Jennifer Lawrence, ensures she’s far from forgotten as she threatens to unmask Irving’s scheming if he utters the word divorce. The 23-year-old actress is the most irresistible part of this film, as she shifts 95 W. 100 S, Ste. 106 | Logan, Utah 84321 | 435.227.0864 between fiery and needy in an instant. As Irving and Sydney’s plotting gains steam, they attract the interest of FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), who is thirsty for recognition and threatens a bust unless the couple goes in on a plan to nail politicians. But Richie, who lives with his mother and packs his head with rollers for that sexy curly look, falls victim to Sydney’s deceitful advances, as he certainly isn’t as clever as he thinks he is. However, with themes of duality and skepticism running throughout, Sydney’s attraction toward Richie (who Cooper cleverly punches up in each scene), inevitably becomes real.
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The Polar Express will be stopping by Corinne this Christmas season. Mr. and Mrs. Santa will be there to tell the story of “The Polar Express” to children — young and old. Santa will be driving the Polar Express train through Corinne and taking on passengers. Hot chocolate and popcorn will be for sale, as well as photos of “young’uns” on Santa’s knee. Come join the holiday fun in Corinne at the
Beyond Continued from Page 4 says musical director Mckay Crockett. “The response was overwhelming.” Now, the team is set to launch its first album and Beyond 5 has already played to a sold-out Provo crowd on Nov. 9. Songwriter and producer Tyler Castleton, along with co-writer and business partner Russ Dixon, created the band through an audition process
Kid Continued from Page 11 Williams was a mass of contradictions. His insecure and volatile personality helped make a mess of his relations with hecklers, the women in his life and the sportswriters he derided as the Knights of the Keyboard. But his explosive outbursts and churlish behavior were balanced by countless acts of kindness and generosity, directed most often toward critically ill children. Those acts usually escaped public notice because of his insistence that they remain below the radar, but they yielded
where nearly 500 hopeful boys were whittled down to five powerhouse (and goodlooking) performing artists. The members of Beyond 5 include: TJ Ryan (Salt Lake City); Zac Love (San Antonio, Texas); Ammon Tuimaualuga (Corona, Calif.); Tanner Myler (Eagle, Idaho); and Patch Crowe (Gold Coast, Australia). “This is a group of extremely talented young men,” Castleton says. “We are so excited to release this first album and to have them perform in Logan.” a legacy that lives on as the Jimmy Fund and they are as enduring as his feats on the diamond. The author attributes much of Ted’s dysfunction to his unhappy childhood in San Diego. His mother, a Salvation Army zealot, and his father, a drinker who had little time for his children, were seldom around, so the tall, lanky teen found a home on the ball field. His mother was half-Mexican, and he concealed that part of his heritage for fear it might prejudice his career. His relentless quest to become baseball’s greatest hitter yielded a combination of stats that may never be equaled: a lifetime .344
batting average, 521 home runs, a .482 on-base percentage and the epic 1941 season in which he hit .406. If Joe DiMaggio’s fielding and base running made him the better all-around player, for pure hitting Ted gets the nod. His career-long concern was to avoid humiliation and embarrassment, so it’s perhaps ironic that only after his death did the macabre news that his remains had been whisked to a cryonics center in Arizona for freezing in hopes he could someday be brought back to life made Ted and his family a butt of jokes on late-night TV. Bradlee’s book opens with a detailed account of the grisly process by which Williams’
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head was severed with a carving knife and a bone saw; the final chapters read like a Shakespearean tragedy as Ted’s heirs conspire against their father as he nears death. Williams’ only son, the greedy and rapacious JohnHenry, choreographed the plot to disregard his father’s oft-expressed desire to be cremated and have his ashes scattered over his beloved Florida fishing waters. The author cuts John-Henry some slack, concluding that his push for cryonics was not simply another attempt to cash in on his father’s fame but rather a young ne’er-dowell’s devotion to his dad. It also reflects an attempt at amends by an aging hero who
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given the opportunity to pitch the idea of the movie to the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church. McLean was only 27 years old at the time Continued from Page 9 when he acted out the storyline to leaders of the church, but he was able to convince to the heart of it and have been so great about legendary actor Jimmy Stewart to star in allowing me to share these messages.” the movie. Coincidentally enough, StewMcLean’s passion for music began when art’s wife, Gloria, had a son named Michael he was a young boy. The 61-year-old recalls McLean from a previous marriage. writing his first song when he was 11 — a Working with Stewart is one of the highsong about eating Sunday dinner with his famlights of McLean’s career. ily — and quips his mother told him, “Don’t “He was just the most terrific guy and everyquit your day job,” when he first sang it. Writthing you wanted George Bailey (from ‘It’s a ing songs during his childhood was “kind of a cathartic way to process my life,” McLean says. Wonderful Life’) to be,” McLean says. “... As a producer I had to figure out how to talk him However, it was while serving an LDS into doing this and get him to do the film, and Church mission to South Africa that McLean I got some lessons in graciousness and profesbegan to think he could make a career out of sionalism and what true artists are like that the performing arts. While in South Africa, changed my life. I mean, just completely transMcLean formed a band with some of his felformed me. And it was great to see a guy who low missionaries — the purpose of the band being “to soften hearts and open some doors for was that rooted and that grounded and that us.” One of the members of the band was Roger connected to people.” McLean went on to write, produce and Hoffman, who went on to write the popular relidirect the 1989 movie “Nora’s Christmas gious song, “Consider the Lilies.” Gift,” which starred Academy Award winner McLean spent nearly eight months with the Celeste Holm. McLean is also the creator of band and they even made a record. well-known LDS films such as “Our Heavenly “I found that it opened conversations, it Father’s Plan,” “Together Forever” and “The broke down barriers, it allowed me to connect Prodigal Son.” and I thought, Wow, this is an amazing thing,” McLean’s first album, “You’re Not Alone,” McLean says. “You can sing things to people came out in 1983. Since then he has written that if you said to them they’d walk away.” music and lyrics for more than 30 albums and After attending classes at BYU and the Unisoundtracks. “The Forgotten Carols” is one of versity of Utah, McLean caught his first major break when he was hired to write commercials five books McLean has authored. To this day, the unassuming McLean can’t for the LDS church. Soon after, the father of believe his affinity for music unfolded into a three and grandfather of two took a job as a very successful career. producer for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. “I thought you have to be way more talented Arguably the biggest breakthrough of than I ever believed that I was to be able to McLean’s professional career took place make a living doing this,” he says. “And so it when he wrote, directed and produced “Mr. kind of kept surprising me.” Krueger’s Christmas” in 1980. McLean was
recognizes with regret that he struck out in his three trips to the plate as husband and father. The frozen remains are yesterday’s story, but the saga that endures is that of a driven perfectionist whose performance in the batter’s box, with rod and reel in hand, and in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft during his service as a Marine pilot during two wars does more to assure immortality than whatever may emerge from the Arizona desert. Bradlee’s brilliant account is required reading for any Red Sox fan. It’s also a fascinating portrait of a complex character that a baseball agnostic or even a Yankees fan will find hard to put down.
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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Kind of room or box 6. Way 10. Illustrious 15. Obeyed the dentist 19. Proof part, sometimes 20. Opposed to, in the sticks 21. Having wings 22. Cracker’s target 23. Disrepute and then some 24. ___while 25. Parts of directions 26. Of a similar nature 27. Colorful feline 30. Woodwind vibrator 31. Industrious one 32. Irises are part of them 33. Lab monkey 35. Seek bargains 39. Vampire repellents 42. Warty sort 43. Feline symbol for being superior to others 45. Believes, so to speak 46. Faced 49. Ancient city on the Tiber 50. Often-flipped thing 51. Muff one 52. “To ___ own self be true”: Shak. 54. However, for short 55. Pandemonium 58. Juniper 60. Chinese official’s residence 61. Scan 62. Types of dresses with flares 64. “__ of the Ancient Mariner” 65. Feline’s downfall description 72. Island guitars 73. Academy, e.g. 74. Really pour 75. Military people who drop in 77. Zeus’ shield 78. Drug written about in Michael J. Fox’s memoir
“Lucky Man” 80. Guatemalan 83. Church song 84. It contains two cups 85. “___ your information” 86. Kind of secret 88. Strong desire 89. Fritter away time 91. Took a risk by approaching a feline? 95. Camembert cousin 96. Ear problem 97. Word before “pittance” 98. Online reading matter 101. Issue forth with force 103. Place to get a mudbath or massage 105. Sunrise, to Shelley 106. Adopts some unwanted felines 114. Friends 115. Hollywood’s elite roster 116. Contemporary coin 117. Cause to crack up? 118. Place for Polo, once 119. Strong point 120. Thick slice 121. Hourly 122. Elusive Tibetan 123. Disagreeable stench 124. Terrier’s island 125. Devour greedily Down 1. Map out a tour 2. Fix up 3. Dubai dignitary 4. Censor’s target 5. Pago Pago’s place 6. Conductors 7. Beast 8. Speak to rudely 9. Got excited 10. Like Jack Sprat? 11. ‘Be-Bop- --’ 12. Jacobs and Anthony 13. Lava maker 14. Partner of search 15. Shaking in one’s boots 16. Nudges
17. Goodbye, in Arles 18. Serves the brewskis 28. Narrow margin 29. At any point 34. Precipitate 35. Native of Edinburgh 36. Dish of leftovers 37. Bart Simpson’s bus driver 38. “___ Luv U” show 40. Norway’s capital 41. Equipment for Olympian Lindsey Vonn 42. Sought help from 44. Screwy 45. Pickle 46. Ape 47. Colonic treatment 48. Belief system component 51. Insidious 53. Wives in the family 56. Boo follower 57. Not hard-fought 58. Flying jibs 59. Pledge of Allegiance ender 61. Plant source of rope 63. Prefix with mother and brother 65. Hollow 66. Russian decree 67. Showed again 68. “It’s done!” 69. Lotus position practice 70. Ornamental carp 71. Scrubland 76. Smug expression 78. What some vacationers do 79. Bottom-of-the-barrel bit 80. Irritating aerosol 81. When Purim is observed 82. Dispense 85. Lethargy 87. “Around the Sun” band 90. The staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning 91. First stage of a multi-
stage rocket 92. Ornamental ladies’ bag 93. Get ready for bed 94. Spanish finger food 95. Art of dwarfing plants 98. Shelter in a cove 99. Haul with a tackle 100. Eye socket 101. Kilt’s cousin 102. Trattoria topping 104. Ladies’ maids in India 107. Sun-loving plant 108. Have a long face 109. Caterer’s carrier 110. “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” 111. Certain something 112. Ivan 113. Kind of control
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Friday Hardware Ranch WMA offers a unique opportunity to get up close to wild Rocky Mountain elk on a horse-drawn sleigh from Dec. 13 to March 4, 2014. Hardware Ranch is open noon to 4:30 p.m. Monday and Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are sold in the visitors center: $5 ages 9 and up, $3 ages 4-8, children 3 and under are free. Visit wildlife.utah. gov/hardwareranch for more information. This season, the Ellen Eccles Theatre will play host to “Christmas with Juanito Bandito” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12-14 and 16. Presented by cast members from Pickleville Playhouse, the new production is the first holiday show featuring “the most guapo villain in the world” — Juanito Bandito — and was created by and stars T.J. Davis. Tickets range from $14 to $26 ($4 off for children 3 to 11 years old) and are available by visiting www. picklevilleplayhouse.com or www. centerforthearts.us. New Life Fellowship church would like to invite the public to an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, and from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2045 N. 800 East. Come take a tour of our new facilities. Light refreshments will be served. For more information call 753-5312 or visit newlifelogan.com. OPTIONS for Independence is having a youth activity on Friday, Dece. 13. We are going to watch the Pickleville Playhouse Christmas show. Meet at 6 p.m. at OPTIONS, 106 E. 1120 North. Cost is $10. Please RSVP to Jennie at 753-5353 ext. 104 if you are coming. This group is for youth with disabilities ages 14-30. Tr3ason will perform with False Witness, Deicidal Carnage and Harbinger at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $5. Sherid Peterson will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13,
at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, located across the street north from Maceys. Peterson’s music is always a crowd favorite. Greenleaf Gifts & Greenhouse will be hosting its annual Sip-N-Shop from Dec. 13 to 23, at 48 W. Center St. in Providence. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Come and sip hot wassail in a cozy, festive greenhouse while you shop for local handmade gifts. Visit greenleafgifts. com for more information. The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series presents “Tidings of Comfort & Joy” this holiday season. The Westminster Bell Choirs will perform Friday, Dec. 13. All concerts are free, open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle, 50 N. Main St.
SATURDAY Join us for our annual Elk Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec 14, at Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area. There are lots of free activities for the kids. Winter rides among the elk will be running at the regular price: $5 ages 9 and up, $3 ages 4-8, ages 3 and under are free. Visit wildlife.utah. gov/hardwareranch for more information. All aboard “The Polar Express” as it comes to life at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Tickets are $5 (adult free w/child), under 2 free, and are sold at the door. Celebrate the holidays at a cozy party where kids will enjoy a dramatic reading of “The Polar Express” and take photos with scenery. Hot cocoa, cookies, caroling and special gifts for those who believe. Wear your pajamas, robe, etc. Visit www.whittiercenter.org for more information. The Logan Library presents “Learning @ the Library” — classes showing how to get the most
from your e-reader device or computer using the free resources available at the library. Intro to Word Processing will be taught at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Logan Library. You can use the library’s devices or bring your own. Sign up in person at the information desk or call 716-9120. Cache Valley Fraternal Order of the Eagles is holding a charity dinner for $10 with bingo at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. Come enjoy friends and have a great time. Eagles is a private club for members and guests at 170 W. 900 North. Paul Christiansen will perform with Clayton Pabst and Ali Hansen at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $5. Colleen Croft will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Croft’s smooth voice and guitar with the best pizza in town are a great combination for a night out. Come run with Rudolph through historic downtown Providence at the Reindeer Run on Saturday, Dec. 14. The 5K will start at 10 a.m. and the 1-mile run will begin at 10:05 a.m. Antlers, bib numbers and hot chocolate will be provided for all participants. The Providence Youth Council will be helping out with the race and the arrival of Santa for all the children. The race starts at the Providence City offices (15 S. Main St.). Registration is online at runners northonline.com, or at Runners North in Providence (755-5706). Cost is $15 and $10. Longsleeve shirts are very limited but you can register without the price of the shirt. Overall winners will received specially designed Reindeer Run trophies. The Utah Safety Council is offering a four-hour defensive driving course from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Utah State University Education Building. Registration is $40 per person, or $10 for those age 55
and over that are only seeking a reduction in their insurance rate. For additional information or to register, contact the Utah Safety Council at 800-933-5943 or visit www.utahsafetycouncil.org.
SUNDAY 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 at 6:30 p.m. every Sunday evening. Newcomers welcome. For more information call Jeff at 770-4263 or visit our website at www.postmormon.org/logan. The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series presents “Tidings of Comfort & Joy” this holiday season. The Cache Community Food Pantry Benefit Concert will be held Sunday, Dec. 15. All concerts are free, open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. at the Logan Tabernacle, 50 N. Main St.
MONDAY The Ralph Smith DUP Camp will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at the Copper Mill Restaurant. The William B. Preston DUP Camp will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Dec. 16, at the Copper Mill Restaurant. The lesson will be presented by Beverly Gancheff. William Hyde DUP Camp will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, downstairs in the Hyde Park Civic Center. There will be a Christmas potluck luncheon, program and lesson. Visitors are welcome. The Monday movie at the Logan Library will be “Little Women.” Released in 1949, this delightful movie is still seen as the prettiest of the many film versions of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel. With an all-star cast including June Allyson, Margaret O’Brien, Elizabeth Taylor and Janet Leigh, this movie is sure to please. “Little Women” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Mon-
day, Dec. 16, in the Jim Bridger Room. Popcorn will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
TUESDAY “Old Fashioned Holiday” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence. When carols are sung about Christmas, we think of friends and family drawing near to enjoy the warmth of each other’s company. One of the best ways to bring family together is through great food, especially when it’s a family favorite. Teresa and Tiffany Osbourne are just the motherdaughter team to remind us of our Christmas’ past, and the wonderful flavors we enjoyed. You must reserve a seat at the service desk, and please be on time. Classes are for ages 10 and up. Check us out on Facebook or visit littletheatrerecipes.blogspot. com for more information.
WEDNESDAY “A Slice, A Half or a Whole” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence. When it comes to pies, there’s no telling what flavors will greet our mouths with that first forkful. While some enjoy the old favorites like pumpkin, apple and pecan, others enjoy more recent creations like rocky road brownie pudding, cranberry or white chocolate strawberry. Alissa Weller has selected a few of her best pie recipes to share, and they will definitely leave your mouth watering for more. You must reserve a seat at the service desk, and please be on time. Classes are for ages 10 and up. Check us out on Facebook or visit littlethe atrerecipes.blogspot.com for more information.
THURSDAY Kendall Karch will perform with Brett Mathews at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $5.
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