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Cache Magazine Lighting things up in North Logan Take a look at the winners of annual christmas contest

The Herald Journal

DECEMBER 21-27, 2012

contents

December 21-27, 2012

COVER 8 Annual holiday contest

brightens up North Logan

MUSIC 5 Old Barn Theatre wraps up ‘A Christmas Carol’

ART 4 Experience a little bit of Carnival in Brigham City

BOOKS 3 Local authors provide

many last-minute gift ideas

11 Author Ed Kovacs

returns to New Orleans in new book ‘Good Junk’

MOVIES

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Top, the home of Chris Ransom at 1160 E. 1900 North took second place in this year’s Christmas lighting contest in North Logan. On the cover: Jonathan and Diana Ribera’s house at 2142 N. 728 East took third thanks to the addition of a two-story-tall reindeer.

6 Tom Cruise delivers the

FROM THE EDITOR

7 Judd Apatow’s ‘This is

‘Tis the season for Christmas movies and TV specials. And it gets to be downright overwhelming.

The older I get, the more holidaythemed shows there are, obviously. And when you have children, you feel compelled to make sure you and your family watches as many of them as possible before the end of Dec. 25.

But trying to fit all of your favorites in can really be a struggle, so you find yourself trying to prioritize your options.

I mean, do you really need to watch all

action in ‘Jack Reacher’

40’ worthy of 3 1/2 stars

10 ‘The Hobbit’ opens to huge box-office numbers

COLUMN 12 What’s for Christmas breakfast in your house?

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

three “Santa Clause” movies? Especially if you’re already gonna get your Tim Allen fix from “Christmas with the Kranks?”

And do you really have the time to watch both the animated version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” as well as Jim Carrey’s live-action version?

But then, you have to include a version of “A Christmas Carol” in there somewhere. While the newer — somewhat creepy — “Carol” with Carrey is probably preferred by most right now, I love Bill Murray’s “Scrooged” and can watch it every holiday season.

That said, I got burnt out in “It’s a Wonderful Life” before I was 12 and haven’t watched the Jimmy Stewart classic in years. Same with either version of “Miracle on 34th Street” which many people

probably consider must-watch movies during the holidays.

But I do feel like Charlie Brown, “The Polar Express” and young Macauly Culkin need to be in there somewhere, and I’m sure I’m forgetting another dozen or so films I’ll later wish I had included.

There are three definite must-sees in my home, however: “Elf,” “Christmas Vacation” and a “Christmas Story.” Those are the films we savor and hate to watch too soon in the season — we kind of try to ration those. Which, unfortunately, has led to us on occasion waiting too long and getting too busy to squeeze them in.

Timing, as they say, is everything.

Happy holidays.

— Jeff Hunter

Looking for a holiday read?

Local authors have plenty of new books to choose from

p.m. performance of “Matinee Enchantee” featuring Hatch, violinist Rosemary Hatch and pianist Shannon Lee. The event will include a performance of this feat, and signed copies of the book will be available following the performance.

By Jeff Hunter Cache Magazine editor

SHAUNDA KENNEDY WENGER

The holiday shopping season is rapidly winding down. But if, by chance, you’re still seeking some last-minute gifts ideas for the well-read friend or relative in your life, there’s seemingly no shortage of recently written books by Cache Valley authors available at local book stores like Hastings and The Book Table or online in either physical or e-book form.

Here are some of the options to consider:

RICHARD HATCH

The Hatch Academy of Magic and Music, housed in Logan’s historic 1878 Thatcher-Young Mansion, just published its first book, “Taro-san the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree.” This is the story of Taro-san, a young fisherman in old Japan, who aspires to greatness in his profession, but fails until an old fisherman shares with him a critical secret of the craft. The story was inspired by a tale created by magician Richard Hatch to accompany his performances of a classic Japanese feat known as “Nankin Tamasudare.”

Fifty-six bamboo sticks, knotted into a mat joined by 108 pieces of string, are manipulated transformer-

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Local magician Richard Hatch just released his “Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree.”

with the tamasudare mat.

“Taro-San” is illustrated

by Hungarian artist Andras Balogh, and Hatch’s friend, Yukishige Kadoya — a writer and magician from Nagoya, Japan — translated the story into Japanese. The bilingual book has English text on the left-hand pages and Japanese text on the right.

Although “Taro-San” is style to form various figures. already in print and available online from amazon.com, the In the Japanese tradition, official launch of the book the feat is performed at will take place Jan. 26 at the festivals by costumed perThatcher-Young Mansion, formers who do a song and immediately following the 2 dance as they make figures

The second cookbook from Wenger, “From Rivets and Rails: Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook” is based on the cookery journal of her grandmother, Elizabeth Shade Kennedy, who became the single parent to five boys following the unexpected death of her railroad engineer husband, and ended up running a boarding house along the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad lines.

A mother of three from Nibley, Wenger writes: “Did you know that the history of powdered gelatin is tied to the invention of the steam locomotive? That bell peppers were called ‘mangos’ in early America? That until the early 1900s, tomatoes were avoided unless a handful was needed to kill a werewolf? … ‘From Rivets and Rails: Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook’ offers a glimpse into early kitchens during one of the most expansive times in American history.”

Wenger also penned “The Book Lover’s Cookbook” with Janet Kay Jensen and has written a number of other books for tweens and young teens including, See READ on Page 13

“My goal is to have people say, ‘Those crazy Riberas have their lights on again!”

– North Logan resident Jonathan Ribera (Page 8)

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If you would like to meet Skittles or learn more about him, please call Sheri at 787-1751.

The adoption fee for this Four Paws cat is $75, which covers his neuter surgery and up-todate vaccinations. Thank you for your interest in helping a homeless pet.

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Get a taste of Carnival in Brigham City Free ‘Carnaval’ exhibit runs through Jan. 5

By Mary Alice Hobbs

With a wail of a trumpet, the click of castanets or the stomp of stilts, millions of people around the globe take to the streets to celebrate the flamboyant Carnival. The Brigham City Museum’s national traveling exhibition “Carnaval” provides a window into the centuries-old party in eight countries.

Visitors can join revelers in Bolivia, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Tobago, Trinidad and the United States.

The exhibition runs through Saturday, Jan. 5, and admission is free.

Since the Brigham City Museum is currently undergoing seismic upgrade construction, the exhibit is being held at the Box Elder Museum of Natural History in the Hervin Bunderson Center at 641 E. 200 North.

Suggested directions from Main Street are: Turn east at 100 North, north on 600 East and east on 200 North.

Hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The museum will be closed Christmas and New Year’s Day. For further information, please phone (435) 226-1439 or visit www. brighamcitymuseum. org.

Through full costumes

on mannequins, masks, musical instruments, small objects, colorful photographic enlargements and hands-on interactive elements, visitors to the “Carnaval” exhibition will learn about the history and cultural traditions of each country and watch how the festival with roots in medieval Rome evolved and adapted as it spread around the world.

As depicted in some of the photographs, merrymakers find a variety of ways to get involved in the play and dance of Carnival by throwing confetti, plastic streamers, water balloons, talcum powder, ash, flour and even sacks of dirt filled with ants — a ritual in Laza, Spain.

Some “throws” are to be caught, not dodged, such as doubloons (plastic Spanish coins); plush baseballs; “pearl” necklaces; and krewe cups. A krewe was a male member of an elite and secretive society that was formed in 1857 in New Orleans.

Memorabilia of note in the exhibit are a mermaid-sequined headdress, a Venetian giraffe half-mask, Galician bagpipe, blinking shoe beads, a hobby-horse costume and a painted lantern.

The earliest mention of a Carnival celebration is recorded in a

Top, masqueraders in fantasy-style costumes in Venice, Italy in 2001. Above, a selection of Carnival masks (from left): Venetian Brighella mask, New Orleans Sequined mask, Venetian Giraffe half-mask, Basel Clique mask and Venetian Punchinella mask. Left, Junior Moco Jumbie Stilt Walkers at the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

12th century Roman account of the pope and upper-class Roman citizens watching a parade in a city. The killing of steers and other animals followed. The purpose was to play and eat meat before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Catho-

lic Lent which was the 40-day fast leading up to Easter.

The Latin term carnemlevare — to remove oneself from flesh or meat — was used to refer to the festival. The celebration grew in popularity over the next few centuries,

spreading to other European cities and communities. The Italians eventually shortened the name to Carnevale and the word was translated into Spanish and Portuguese as Carnaval.

“Carnaval” was curated

by Dr. Barbara Mauldin,

curator of Latin America Collections, Museum of International Folk Art. This exhibition has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Applications are now being accepted for the second annual Utah Wind Symphony Student Concerto Competition, which will award $11,000 in scholarship prize money the top student musicians in the state.

Sponsored by the Utah Wind Symphony and Legacy Music Alliance (LMA) the competition seeks to identify the state’s best woodwind, brass and percussion students in three divisions – college, high school and junior high school – and give the top three finishers an opportunity to perform with the

Utah Wind Symphony at the March 28, 2013 concert at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake. Applications can be found at www.utahwindsymphony.org and must be postmarked, with a DVD video recording, no later than Jan. 3, 2013, with a non-refundable fee of $75. The fee is waived for LMA members.

Applicants will be notified Jan, 19, 2013, if they are selected as a finalist in the live audition portion of the competition, which will be held Jan. 28 at the Summerhays Recital Hall in Salt Lake City.

Winners will be announced January 30, 2013.

The three top performing students in the collegiate and high school divisions will each receive $1,500 scholarships and the two top performing students in the junior high division will receive $1,000 scholarships. Students may submit their DVD recording video from an approved list of musical works or request approval from UWS for a musical selection not listed. Works for 13 different wind and brass instruments are on the approved list.

Willow Valley Singers celebrate the holidays

The Willow Valley Singers and String Band will present “Rise Up and Follow!” — a program of American Christmas carols, hymns and folk songs from the 1800s to modern times, at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, in the Hyrum City Center.

The Willow Valley Singers, who specialize in religious music in the shape-note tradition and early hymn styles, have been performing together for eight years. The group is made up of singers from Nibley and surrounding areas, and the members take their name from early Cache Valley, when it was known as Willow Valley. Included in the program will be “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Rise Up Shepherd and Follow,” “The Cherry Tree Carol,” “How Can I Keep from Singing” and several early hymn tunes.

The Willow Valley String Band, featuring Larry Slade, will join the group on several sets of American Christmas melodies and lead the audience in singing seasonal American carols. Organized and directed by Bonnie Slade, the program promises to entertain and educate.

A can of food for the Cache Community Food Pantry will be appreciated. Christmas cookies and punch will also be offered to all.

Christmas series ends

The 2012 Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series concludes at 7 p.m. tonight with a concert by Bear River Reflections.

Directed by Beth Lefgren, the Bear River Valley Reflections began in 1975 with six members and one accompanist. Currently composed of 28 members, the singers for this community choir are chosen through auditions and represent an area from Thatcher to Portage to Ogden. They have performed Ellen Jensen, left, and Marc Jensen star in the Old Barn’s production of “A Christmas Carol.” throughout Northern Utah, including appearances at Temple Square and the Festival of Trees.

The Tabernacle Concerts is a service of Cache Community Connections and is supported by the Cache County RAPZ Tax. We are grateful to The , Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for spirits for the chance to open up business. The common welfare The Old Barn Community allowing the use of the Logan Tabernacle. was my business; charity, mercy, his heart and relish in the joys Theatre’s 2012 season will conFor more information, visit logantabernacle. forbearance and benevolence were, and aspirations of his fellow clude with the inspiring holiday blogspot.com or facebook.com/logantabernacle. all, my business. The dealings of masterpiece “A Christmas Carol.” man. It is generally well known my trade were but a drop of water that the play ends with redempThis song-filled adaptation of in the comprehensive ocean of my tion amid the joy which the Dickens’ classic tale reawakens business!” holiday season brings. As Dickthe true spirit of Christmas in a Heritage Theatre in Perry proudly presents Madi“A Christmas Carol” will be ens concluded upon Scrooge’s heart-stirring carol of profound son Square Garden’s “A Christmas Carol: The Musiperformed at the Old Barn Comredemption, “… he became as beauty and redemption. Under cal,” an outstanding musical version of a favorite munity Theatre in Collinston at good a friend, as good a master, the direction of and starring timeless story by Charles Dickens.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, and and as good a man, as the good Marc Jensen, “A Christmas The production will continue Friday, Dec. 21, and Saturday Dec. 22. There will also Carol” will run through Saturday, old city knew.” be a matinee at 2:30 p.m. and Sat- Saturday, Dec. 22. Evening curtain time is 7:30 p.m., Dec. 22.

However, it begins with a visit with matinees playing at 2. urday, Dec. 22. from the ghost of his old partner With a heart locked up tighter Tickets are $9 for adults, $8 for seniors and chilFor tickets, call (435) 458-2276 Jacob Marley who shares his misthan a cash box, Scrooge must dren. Call (435) 723-8392 for reservations. or visit www.oldbarn.org. steps in life: “Mankind was my encounter the visits by three

Old Barn wraps up ‘Carol’

Scrooge playing Heritage

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Student music contest under way COMING UP

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Cruise shines in role of off-the-grid crime fighter ‘Jack Reacher’ brings Child novels to the big screen

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

An anonymous gunman opens fire on unsuspecting bystanders in Pittsburgh, killing five. Then he disappears. That’s how “Jack Reacher” opens. It’s a startling and raw beginning especially in the light of tragic current events. Perhaps that’s why I paid even closer attention than I would have. Even so, there’s a kinetic energy about this movie that demands your attention even when it’s teetering ever so close to the proverbial cliff of clichés.

Right from the begin-

ning we know that this isn’t going to be a bythe-numbers, anti-hero procedural. Sure, it follows a lot of the same storylines that we’ve seen in thrillers from the past, but the cleverness of the movie lies within its mood. The stage is set with the grizzly shooting. The movie then moves deftly through the police investigation without a word being spoken.

Instead, Joe Kraemer’s soundtrack swells and director Christopher McQuarrie’s camera work paints a slowly methodical crime thriller more apropos for novels than movies,

takes on the case. Not so detective. He sets about much because she thinks investigating the shoothe’s innocent, but she ing where much of the will fight for his right evidence appears too to a fair trial. Barr gives good to be true. only one instruction in What’s great about his interrogation after “Jack Reacher” is that it the shootings, which he takes its time. It develops scrawls on a notepad: its story, which is a comAP Photo/Paramount Pictures “Get Jack Reacher.” plex and intriguing whoTom Cruise, left, as Reacher and Robert Duvall as Cash Reacher (Tom Cruise) dunit, and at the same star in “Jack Reacher.” is the consummate action time lets us examine the anti-hero. He’s a decoenigma that is Reacher. rated war veteran who Obviously, this is the has “gone off the grid.”

Cruise show, but he’s He stays out of sight and so good at demanding is constantly vigilant attention that it doesn’t Director // Christopher McQuarrie of where he is, who he matter. His screen presStarring // Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall meets, and what it will ence here as the shadowy Rated // Rated PG-13 for violence, language and take to get of any sticky detective is every bit as some drug material situation he finds himself effective as his role in the “Mission: Impossible” in. Think of him as a which works extremely evidence against a man more talkative version of franchise. named Barr mounts fast. well considering “Jack Jason Bourne. Reacher A young, eager attorney Reacher” is based off of See CRUISE on Page 13 played by Rosamund Pike is, above all, a brilliant the novel “One Shot” by Lee Child.

It seems like an openand-shut case. The

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Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up” was a sly blend of comedy and the dramatic entanglements of a paper-thin relationship. “This is 40” is the same type of story, only relentlessly magnified. Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) were the couple in “Knocked Up” who seemed to make marriage look like a never-ending pit of sorrow. They still had feelings for each other, but their persistent fault-finding and backstabbing was beginning to take its toll. Their marriage appeared to be quickly disintegrating.

“This is 40” picks up five years later, with Pete and Debbie’s marriage hanging by a thread.

“This is 40” is less comedic than its predecessor. “Knocked Up” was more of a comedy than a family drama.

“This is 40” is a family drama with a little bit of comedy mixed in for good measure. Make no mistake, Apatow is taking a deep, unfiltered look at how a marriage can fall apart due to seemingly little things. The way he creates tension between Pete and Debbie will be

years, fallen out of love.

They haven’t cultivated Paul Rudd, left, and Leslie Mann star in the new Judd their emotions in healthy Apatow film “This is 40.” ways. They haven’t made time to express their feelings to each other, and have found that they’ve slowly slipped into a loveless marriage. At times, Director // Judd Apatow it’s painful to watch.

Starring // Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Albert Pete’s new record comBrooks, Melissa McCarthy, Megan Fox pany has hit hard times.

Rated // Rated R for sexual content, crude humor, On top of that he and his pervasive language and some drug material wife aren’t seeing eyeto-eye and their oldest eerily familiar to anyone They’ve made it this far, daughter is pulling out as who finds themselves in their kids are older, and many misguided teenage the same kind of predica- they’ve managed to get “I hate you!” exclamament. on each other’s last nerve. tions as she can muster.

Pete and Debbie find Watching them nitpick Because they don’t have themselves, more or less, their way through their each other to fall back on, putting up with each other marriage is both funny they just fall. for their kids’ sake. They and sad. Here are two The commercials are don’t want to admit it, but people that were once in doing “This is 40” a disservice. There is a lot of that’s what they’re doing. love and have, over the AP Photo/Universal Pictures

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raw emotion here that isn’t conveyed in the trailers. The trailers make you think you’re heading out to another raunchy, laugh-out-loud Apatow comedy, when in reality this movie is much more of a hybrid of laughs and tears. The funny parts — like Albert Brooks playing Pete’s mooch of a dad — are really funny, yet the dramatic parts carry the movie.

Leslie Mann’s performance here is something to watch. She’s simultaneously hilarious, complicated and distraught.

She’s worn down and beaten, yet she’s trying to stay upbeat. How Mann juggles this multitude of emotions is a testament to her abilities as an actress. This movie requires much more of its

actors than just making us giggle from time to time. There’s some real humanistic depth here. Heavy issues that are explored provide conclusions that aren’t always easy to accept.

“This is 40” could easily be considered a horror movie for those couples in their 30s with kids. Maybe it’s a cautionary tale of sorts. It shows how it isn’t the big things that usually break up marriages. It’s the small, seemingly insignificant things that eat away at its fabric until there’s nothing left holding up a couple’s vows.

There’s an inexorable truth in this film: If you want a healthy marriage, you have to work at it every day.

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‘This is 40’ much more than a comedy

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NORTH LOGAN LIGHTING CONTEST WINNERS FIRST PLACE Cam & Kim Christensen, 555 E. 2625 North (Willow Circle)

SECOND PLACE Chris Ransom, 1160 E. 1900 North

THIRD PLACE Jonathan & Diana Ribera, 2142 N. 728 East

FOURTH PLACE Top, the home of Chris Ransom at 1160 E. 1900 North took second place in the 2012 North Logan Christmas lighting contest. Above, the home of Cam and Kim Christensen at 555 E. 2625 North was named North Logan’s best.

story by amy MacavintA photos by Jennifer Meyers

David Ferrin, 2537 N. 300 East

FIFTH PLACE Don & Arlene Huber, 1109 E. 2180 North

SIXTH PLACE Salvador Toscano, 2572 N. 370 East

hat started off as a dare between husband and wife led so a surprise notification from North Logan City: Jonathan and Diana Ribera were one of six winners of the city’s 23rd annual Christmas light contest.

The Riberas just got married last year and were still in the process of landscaping, so they were unable to decorate for the holidays, which was a huge disappointment for Jonathan, who loves decorating for the holidays.

This year, Jonathan said he over-compensated.

One night, Jonathan discovered an inflatable reindeer in a catalog and Diana dared him to order it.

“She didn’t know I ordered it until it arrived, and then there it was, in all its glory,” he said.

He said the holiday decor is “basic” but the North Logan Youth City Council selected his home as one of their favorites.

Of course, it might have been the twostory-tall reindeer that caught their eye.

“The neighbor’s dogs are all scared of it,” Jonathan said Tuesday night. “But a lot of the kids around here thought it was a cow — the Cache Valley reindeer cow.”

There is no theme to the Riberas’ light display yet, so in addition to the giant reindeer, they also have Snoopy and Woodstock on a plane. All of the tiny trees in their yard have been wrapped with Christmas lights, but Jonathan is impatiently waiting for them to grow bigger so they can be part of a light show that only gets bigger and better.

“My goal is to have people say, ‘Those crazy Riberas have their lights on again!’”

Jonathan said.

The Riberas had no idea they were even in the running for the award — their neighbors nominated them and the city later notified them they had won third place.

Mayor Lloyd Berentzen said the neighborhood Christmas light contest is a longtradition in the city and is like many other city events.

“It brings a cohesiveness as a community and promotes the lifestyle we enjoy here,” he said.

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Annual contest inspires residents to dress up homes for the holidays

Left, David Ferrin’s house at 2537 N. 300 East ended up taking fourth in the North Logan contest. Bottom left, the home of Jonathan and Diana Ribera at 2142 N. 728 East took third place with the help of a huge reindeer. Below, Don and Ariene Huber’s house at 1109 E. 2180 North took fifth overall.

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a recordsetting opening better than the three previous “Lord of the Rings” films.

The Warner Bros.

Middle Earth epic was the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith’s “I Am Legend,” which opened with $77.2 million in 2007, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” also passed the December opening of “Avatar,” which opened with $77 million. Internationally, “The Hobbit” also added $138.2 million, for an impressive global debut of $223 million.

Despite weak reviews, the 3-D adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s first novel in the fantasy series was an even bigger draw than the last “Lord of the Rings” movie, “The Return of the King.”

That film opened with $72.6 million. “The Hobbit” is the first of another planned trilogy, with two more films to be squeezed out of Tolkien’s book.

While Jackson’s “Rings” movies drew many accolades — “The Return of the King” won best picture from the Academy Awards — the path for “The Hobbit” has been rockier.

It received no Golden Globes nominations on Thursday, though all three “Rings” films were nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for best picture.

Particularly criti-

cized has been the film’s 48-frames-per-second (double the usual rate), a hyper-detailed look that some have found jarring.

Most moviegoers didn’t see “The Hobbit” in that version, though, as the new technology was rolled out in only 461 of the 4,045 theaters playing the film.

Regardless of any misgivings over “The Hobbit,” the film was a hit with audiences. They graded the film with an “A’’ CinemaScore.

“What’s really important, what makes this special is the CinemaScore,” said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros. “All these things point to a great word of mouth. We

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Here’s the thing. My husband and I have a little disagreement over what is going to happen at our house at breakfast Christmas morning. He and I grew up in very different Christmas cultures. My parents were … practical. As kids we didn’t have piles of flamboyantly wrapped gifts under the tree. Presents were thoughtful, but limited. Sometimes they were homemade.

Pencil-written poems and macaroni necklaces were valued as much as store-bought gifts. On Christmas morning we took turns opening gifts, one at a time, and held them up for everyone to admire. Some years we didn’t get gifts at all, and my parents put their money into a family trip. We placed value on spending time together — telling stories, playing games (and lest you think we were too

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Dickens-esque) bickering and fighting. But we were together, darn it, knowing and appreciating each other.

In my husband’s family, the gifts themselves were more of a message. The amount of packages with your name on it, and the “wow” value of the gifts sent a message of affec-

tion from the giver to the receiver. My husband and his sister looked forward to piles and piles of gifts under the tree, wrapped shiny and fancy, waiting to be ripped open Christmas morning in a frenzy. His family never considered a gift-free year.

The thought would be sacrilege.

The breakfast traditions in our two homes reflected these disparate cultures. At my house we made delicious, warm, comforting goldenrod eggs. Breakfast on Christmas morning went like this … while we opened our stockings, mom boiled the eggs. When they were finally cooled — and before gifts were opened — kids peeled the hard-boiled eggs and separated the white from

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the yolk. Mom made a peppered roux (white sauce) from butter, flour, milk and pepper. My oldest sister usually started on whole wheat toast.

The chopped egg white would go in the warm roux, which would go over the toast. Crumbled yolk would go on top for a burst of cheerful yel-

low color. The little kids would break their toast before topping it with the roux. The older ones would get a knife to cut it up on their plate. It was a delicious, nourishing ritual.

At my husband’s house on Christmas morning they ate flashy, flamboyant German pancakes.

After the frenzy of wild, uninhibited gift ripping was complete, whole eggs, butter and milk were whipped to a froth in a blender, poured into buttered pie plates and put into a preheated oven.

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The blurb from “Gifts and Son of the Night” just hits the A 13-year resident of Cache Consequences” states: “‘I’d do streets. “Child of the Stars Valley, Argyle will release the anything if…’ That’s exactly and Princess of Both Worlds” third installment in October, as what Jonathan Wheeler wants is actually a second volume well as “Winter Queen: Fairy CAMI CHECKETTS CAROLE WARBURTON to hear, but there’s always a including books three and four Queens 1” on June 19.

Checketts, who lives in In “Witch Born” — the cost. Tickets to the concert of of the story of Zora Lucian A resident of Avon, WarSmithfield, Utah, with her sequel to “Witch Song” — the century? A college educaand Maddox Mist. burton newest and fifth book “‘In Child of the Stars’ the “Brusenna thought it was tion for a child? Saving the “Poaching Daisies” will be out husband and four boys, is two are now married and the author of five published finished. She defeated the life of a loved one? Jonathan in January. But “Just Shy of expecting their first child. It books: “The Fourth of July,” Dark Witch, saving the Haven Wheeler wants to make it Paradise,” which came out a is about them learning of a Witches from imprisonment happen, but if the price isn’t year ago, is set at the south of “The Broken Path,” “The Sisdanger that threatens their ter Pact,” “Dead Running,” and death. She found love paid he’s prepared to deliver Cache Valley. child and how they work hard and her latest, “Dying to Run,” and a place to belong. She the consequences. Jonathan Considered LDS fiction, which came out in November. was wrong. Haven is not the decides to honor the wish of his to ensure their unborn child’s “Just Shy of Paradise” revolves Of “Dead Running,” Check- sanctuary it appears to be. safety,” Christensen writes. dying wife – that he give away around a young woman named etts writes: “Cassidy Chris“‘Princess of Both Worlds’ is Even love is in danger of slip- his fortune – but his methods Lily Anderson and her desire tensen is running. Running through the eyes of Jasmine ping away like water through are dangerously unconventionto start a new life in the small from the mercenaries who Mora Mist, daughter of Zora cupped hands. Some things al. He takes extreme measures town of Paradise. As Lily killed her parents. Running and Maddox. It tells of how can’t be saved. to witness human struggle and struggles with some of the from a scheming redhead she is preparing to become “A new threat merges with watch the discovery of hidden demons from her past, she is intent on making her life misprincess and face a danger that the old as the Witches’ dark strength. But when Jonathan also searching to find a future erable. Running from painful threatens the peace between history begins to catch up goes too far, he faces consein a community that refuses memories that sabotage her the vampires and werewolves.” with them. Only Brusenna quences of his own.” to let go of the past. Along the Coleman also has a three A resident of Richmond dreams of happiness. With two knows the extent of the danway, Lily makes a new friend book contract with TM Pubwho is waitressing at LD’s very tempting men competing ger and how to stop it, though by the name of Sky Brown.

Cafe while attending Utah for her attention, she hopes doing so might cost her every- lishing for his young adult Sky, a Native American, was series, which is set in WonState University, Christhing. Including her life. Will born and raised in Cache Valley. she’ll finally have someone to run to, but can she trust either Brusenna be required to make derland way before the arrival tensen’s books are available He also is struggling to come of Alice. The three books are: at Hastings and online at Ama the ultimate sacrifice?” to terms with his past and forge of them? When secrets from zon.com, Barnes & Noble, her past threaten her family, Argyle’s books are available “Jabberwocky,” “Hatter” and a new future, and meeting Lily “The Red Knight,” and they and e-booktimes.com.

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Battle Continued from Page 12 plopped haphazardly on the table to be topped with sticky maple syrup.

German pancakes are light and sweet. You can eat three plates — if you can deal with the sugar buzz — before your stomach begins to register full.

Kids left the table sticky and hyper from the sugar rush, dashing around and leaving sticky syrup prints all over their store-bought gifts, the decorations and the bathroom door knob.

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Continued from Page 6 Who else can threaten to beat a man to death over the phone and then utter a line like, “I want to drink your blood 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). from a boot!” all the while keeping Melt butter in a medium baking dish. the entire theater from laughing hys2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, milk, eggs and salt. terically? Not many actors can do that, Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. but when Tom Cruise says something 3. Bake on center rack in the preheated oven for 30 to that outlandish, you still believe him 40 minutes, until golden brown. because he’s downright serious when he says it.

Jeff likes his Christown family tradition.

Reacher soon finds himself mas breakfast flashy This year, we are having embroiled in a case that is much and sweet. I like mine aebelskivers … a Swed- deeper than anyone originally thought. practical, comforting and ish traditional fruit-filled This is where the movie settles down, filling. pancake shaped like a too easily, into already tread ground In years past we’ve little ball. as far as crime thrillers go (especially tried both, neither conNeither of us are Swed- where the bad guy is concerned). vincing the other of the ish, but it is, at least, neu- However, there are more than enough relative merits of our tral ground. moments in the movie – like a muscle

car chase for example – that more than make up for some of the action movie tropes that the movie can’t seem to avoid.

What really works here is its overall mood. It’s dark, but with a few hints of humor. There’s an auto parts store gag, which I’d rather not divulge now, that seemingly comes out of nowhere and works perfectly. McQuarrie has the good mind to keep the camera still during the action scenes. He doesn’t swing it wildly around during fist fights and he doesn’t use half-second edits to create the illusion of movement during the car chase. He makes the film, its characters, and their stories feel organic.

Even though some of the movie feels like you’ve been there and done that, “Reacher” rises above the dregs of the average action movie and ends up being a clever thriller starring an equally clever hero.

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direction. But Just as Lily and Sky’s friendship begins to blossom, a question of ownership of a valuable fly rod threatens to tear them apart. Suddenly, Lily begins to question her new friend’s motives, and whether or not she made a mistake of trusting the wrong man.

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Florida coast fish 7. Fasten together, in a way 13. Tree with catkins 18. Flatware giant 19. Saffron-flavored dishes 20. Long green 21. Part of a courtroom vow 25. Windows forerunner 26. Large cage 27. Pokemon character Ketchum 28. Inspire 29. Sounds heard in passing?

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60. Transmission from Earth 61. Cow pasture 62. Clergymen, at times 64. Beyonce title 67. Slake 68. Sentence ender 69. Restraints 71. Back at sea?

74. Groove-billed ___ 75. Alimentary canal 77. Wiesbaden 80. Thin plate of bone 82. Focus (on) 84. Big loser?

86. Bachman-Turner Overdrive song title 90. Frenzy

91. Mechanic’s ___ 92. High-strung 93. Fin. adviser 96. Like young Abe Lincoln 97. To this day 98. Mine find 99. Royal insomnia cause 102. Bulgarian monetary unit 104. Self starter?

106. Old German duchy name 108. Whoop-de-do 109. Benign tumor 112. Golden ___ 115. Brilliantly colored bird 117. Turning point?

119. Refuse, in a way 123. Sensational 124. Display unit 125. Parthenon figure 126. Reservations 127. Toothy tool 128. Bermuda ___ Down 1. Prince in waiting?

2. Gets at 3. View from Jidda 4. Grenade part 5. Fetors 6. Turkey club?

7. ___ Domingo 8. Two-year-old sheep 9. Actress Jessica 10. Size type 11. Turning chisel accompanier 12. “Humanum ___ errare” 13. Grace period?

14. French novelist Pierre 15. College sights 16. Liquid solution 17. Sharp sounds 19. Ski trail 22. Watering the 34-Down 23. Work of 1604

24. Juno’s Greek counterpart 30. ___ Bowl 32. Ancient Roman magistrate 34. Croquet area 37. Plywood layer 39. Whines 40. On the quiet side?

42. Diamond Head locale 43. Surgical procedure 46. Re: a thousandyear span 47. Supply a tune for 49. Bronx cheers 50. Squat 51. Start for step or stop 52. Your, of yore 53. Back 54. Construction 55. Have something to complain about 56. Nuclear ___ 57. What’s up?

63. It has moles: Abbr.

65. Home of the van Eyck brothers’ “Adoration of the Lamb” altarpiece 66. Sweep ___ 68. Father of Paris 70. Hydrogen ___ 71. On the ___ 72. Lao-tzu principle 73. Big bird 75. Bud Grace comic strip 76. Some musical pieces 77. Pork place?

78. ___ Dee River 79. “If the ___ is concealed, it succeeds”: Ovid 81. Tennis star Kournikova 83. Hard to grasp 85. African nation 87. Soldier’s helmet, slangily 88. Cause 89. Regarding this point 93. Scratch 94. Organ parts

95. Means 98. Heavy water, for one 100. “Take your pick” 101. Scare off 103. Bone hollow 105. Indian side dish 107. To the left, at sea 108. Thus ___ the Lord 110. “Get ___!”

111. 1960s youth subculture 113. Bite like a beaver 114. Baker’s dozen?

116. “Jabberwocky” opener 118. Greek H’s 120. The Pointer Sisters’ “___ So Shy” 121. Course requirement?

122. However, briefly

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Allie Harris will perform at 4:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. Studying guitar at USU, this indie artist is a must-see.

The Willow Valley Singers and String Band will present “Rise Up and Follow!”— a program of American Christmas carols, hymns and folk songs from the 1800s to modern times — at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, in the Hyrum City Center. Included in the program will be “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Rise Up Shepherd and Follow,” “The Cherry Tree Carol” and several early hymn tunes. A can of food for the Cache Community Food Pantry will be appreciated. Christmas cookies and punch will be offered to all.

Come to the Altius Gymnastics Academy to have your photo taken with Santa and be in a live nativity scene for free from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at 917 W. 600 North.

Bear River Reflections will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at the 2012 Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series. The event is free and open to the public.

Hannah Spencer will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza in Providence.

The Utah Mobile Vet Center will visit Cache Valley from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at the northwest corner of Main Street and 200 North. For more information, call Travis Larsen at 1-800-613-4012 ext. 2910.

The Heritage Theatre presents Madison Square Garden’s “A Christmas Carol: The Musical”

at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 30 to Dec. 22. Located at 25-5 S. U.S. Hwy. 89 in Perry, the Heritage Theatre will also hold matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 15. Tickets are $9 for adults and $8 for seniors and children. Call (435) 723-8392 for reservations.

The Old Barn Community Theatre’s 2012 season will conclude with the inspiring holiday masterpiece “A Christmas Carol.”

This song-filled adaptation of Dickens’ classic tale reawakens the true spirit of Christmas in a heart-stirring carol of profound beauty and redemption. Under the direction of and starring Marc Jensen, “A Christmas Carol” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Friday and Saturday Dec. 7 to 22, at the Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston.

There will also be matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, and Saturday, Dec. 22. For tickets, call (435) 458-2276 or visit www. oldbarn.org.

SATURDAY The Heritage Theatre in Perry will be holding auditions for “Fiddler on the Roof” from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22.

Men, women and children ages 8 to 60 are needed to fill our village of Anatevka. We strongly encourage families to come and audition; children without a parent or an older sibling auditioning may not be considered. Please come prepared to sing 16 bars of a show tune in the style of the show. An accompanist and CD player will be provided, but each auditioner will be asked to provide their own sheet music or CD. Audition forms will be available at the audition or can be downloaded at www.heritagetheatreutah.com/auditions.html.

A recent photo is also required.

Performances will run March 8 to 30, and rehearsals begin Jan. 5. Call (435) 723-8392 or visit www.heritagetheatreutah.com for more information.

Guitarist/singer Kris Krompel will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Sat-

urday, Dec. 22, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza in Providence. Kris is one of the most versatile and talented performers in the valley. Everyone is welcome.

SUNDAY Darin Johnson will perform at noon Sunday, Dec. 23, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. A member of the local band Arson Gang, singer/songwriter Darin Johnson goes unplugged.

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.

MONDAY The Three Suns will perform at noon Monday, Dec. 23, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. Kelin and company play holiday favorites bluegrass style.

WEDNESDAY Jason Greenhalgh of the USU Special Olympics team is going to represent the United States at the Special Olympics Winter World Games in South Korea in January 2013. He is one of only a handful of athletes from Utah going and it is expensive, so to help raise the $7,000 it takes to send him, Wendy’s is sponsoring a giving night from 5

to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the store in front of ShopKo in Logan. All you have to do is go eat some fabulous Wendy’s food and you will be helping Jason — and besides who wants to cook the day after Christmas?

THURSDAY The Utah State Courts is offering a free class each month for children kindergarten through 12 years old whose parents have filed for divorce or whose parents are divorced.

There is no charge to attend the class, which is offered from 3:30 to 5 p.m. the last Thursday of the month at the Cache County Courthouse, 135 N. 100 West. For more information, call 750-1300 or go to www.utcourts. gov and click on Divorce Education Classes.

Your Stuff “Christmas”

By Judy Talbot Christmas is for kindness, Be good to mom and dad.

Enjoy the best Christmas, The family ever had.

Be kind to friends and neighbors, And everyone you meet.

Then you will have a Christmas, That is hard to beat.

Christmas is a great time, Be the best that you can be.

And enjoy the presents, Beneath the Christmas tree.

Christmas comes to our home, Only once a year.

It gives hope and happiness, And good will and cheer.

To show our thanks, On this great day.

We get on our knees and pray, And he shows us the way.

“A Nice Day”

By Judy Talbot Walking briskly down the street, The sun is shining when we meet.

It’s such a lovely day today, I wish you luck along your way.

May the flowers smile at you,

And the breeze help you too.

Best luck and everything that’s good, May you be blessed as you should.

So long till we next meet, I’ll watch for you down the street.

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