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Utah State University remembers Manon Caine Russell The Herald Journal
MAY 12-18, 2017
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May 12-18, 2017
COVER 6 USU celebrates the life of Manon Caine Russell with a Memorial Concert
THE ARTS 3 Logan Fine Art Gallery
to display work from new Society of Mormon Artists
4 Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre tickets on sale now for ’17 season 4 Night Ranger coming
to perform at the Cache Valley Cruise-In in July
4 Brigham City Museum
hosting new school exhibit
5 Old Barn Community
Theatre in Collinston to present ‘The Mousetrap’
MOVIES 8 Real-life ‘Rocky’ who
inspired Stallone gets own story told in new ‘Chuck’
9 Two and a half stars:
‘King Arthur’ gets reboot
COLUMN 8 Dennis Hinkamp not big on being called a foodie
CALENDAR 11 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley
Gena and Chuck Norris interact with a young child during an promotional event for the actor’s CForce bottled water Wednesday morning at the Maverik convenience store on south Main Street. On the cover: Utah State student Ethan Seegmiller performs beneath a photograph of Manon Caine Russell during a Memorial Concert honoring the late arts supporter Monday night at Utah State University.
FROM THE EDITOR Everybody knows that messing with Chuck Norris is a tremendously bad idea. I mean, there has to be at least a thousand different declarations that back up that fact, including: • Chuck Norris once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink. • The opening scene of the movie “Saving Private Ryan” is loosely based on games of dodgeball Chuck Norris played in second grade. • Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won. But someone also discovered the hard
way that you don’t want to mess with four four female Walmart who showed up an hour and a half early in order to meet Chuck Norris. On Wednesday morning Stacey Andersen, Tiffany Fairbanks, Samantha Stephens and Katie Wescott were first in line to meet the film and martial arts legend at the Maverik on south Main Street when a “gentleman” tried to step in front of them. “We told him, ‘The line is back there!’” Andersen declared. The foursome showed up at 10 a.m. for the 11:30 event, leaving them in prime position as the line to meet Norris started to stretch all the way across the parking lot to 300 South, then over to 100 East and south for another half block. Clearly, the well-known Christian and conservative-leaning actor resonates with
Cache Valley residents. “I want to tell him thank you for being a proud American, and have him teach me how to do that high kick,” Andersen said. Norris and his wife, Gena, were in Cache Valley for just a couple of hours to promote his latest business venture, C Force bottled water, which comes from a natural acquifer on his property in Texas. Maverik was the first distributor to sign up to sell C Force, and the company is also sponsoring a contest to win a huge, flagwrapped Chevy named “Truck Norris.” Norris said he visits Utah rather often to see friends and go to Park City, but this was his first trip to Logan. “It’s gorgeous here,” Gena Norris declared with a smile. — Jeff Hunter
Gallery to host Mormon Artists exhibit More than 50 highly acclaimed LDS artists are gathering together to bring an exhibit like none other to the people of Cache Valley and the surrounding area. The Inaugural Exhibition of the Society of Mormon Artists will be presented from May 12 to Aug. 31 at the Logan Fine Gallery. Artists far and wide have rallied to the call of Dr. Vern G. Swanson, retired director of the Springville Museum of Art, and Cynthia K. Dye, LDS art specialist, who founded the Society of Mormon Artists on April 6. Rarely has there been a more concentrated group of distinguished LDS artists in one place than there will be at the Inaugural Exhibition for the newly formed organization. “Logan is the perfect place for our first show,” says Dye, who grew up in nearby Providence. “There is nowhere that surpasses the beauty and pastoral scene of Cache Valley, Utah. Driving through Sardine Canyon is a breath-taking experience, especially as the canyon opens up to the valley below with the Logan Temple in the distance. “Our artists are enthusiastic about the opportunity to bring their art to areas outside the metropolitan Salt Lake area where these kinds of exhibits are usually featured. Instead of having to make a trip to the Church History Museum or the BYU Art Museum to view a religious art show, the Society of Mormon Artists is
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New group set to open first show tonight
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ALL MIXED UP
Above, “Dr. Pierce’s Barn” by Cache Valley artist Larry Winborg. Left, “Truly This Was the Son of Good” by Clark Kelly Price. Top right, “First Vision” by Craig Varner.
bringing the art to the front door of Logan residents. Of special interest will be the Sacred Art Room, with more than a dozen original
paintings and sculptures by such established artists as Robert Barrett, Joseph Brickey, Linda Curley Christensen, Michael Aaron Hall, Ben
Hammond, Jeff Hein, Glen Hopkinson, Gary Kapp, Del Parson, Clark Kelley Price, Walter Rane, J. Kirk Richards, Julie Rogers, Gary Smith, LeRoy Transfield, Kraig Varner and William Whitaker. Local residents will be pleased to see the works of Joshua Clare, Barbara and Glen Edwards, Michael Malm, Larry Winborg and Kent Wallis. Included in the exhibition is a 10-foot masterpiece by Adam Abram, titled “The Ascension of Christ.” There are not many galleries that could even house something of
that size, however, the Logan Fine Art Gallery, renovated from a former movie theater, has the right wall space to accommodate the painting. Other works in the room will focus on the birth, teachings and life of Jesus Christ, with poignant depictions of the Garden of Gethsemane, the cross of Calvary, and the resurrected Savior. A variety of styles and themes will be shown in the main gallery. Surely, “Bear Lake Raspberries,” a whimsical painting by Dennis Smith will remind many of trips to the lake. And no one will want to miss “Porter Rockwell” by A.D. Shaw, or the large iconic piece “Dr. Pierce’s Barn” by Larry Winborg. Most of the artwork will be available for purchase. The opening gala reception for artists and the public will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 12, at the Logan Fine Art Gallery at 60 W. 100 North. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, visit societyofmormonartists.org.
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all mixed up Night Ranger coming to Logan After a two-summer hiatus, the annual Cache Valley Cruise-In will once again include a concert by a major musical act. Night Ranger will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the Cache County Fairgrounds, marking the first time since a performance by REO Speedwagon in 2014 that the Cache
Valley Cruise-In has hosted a concert. “The reason we felt a need to bring back the concert was because people wanted it,” explained Brandon Douglas, a member of the Cache Valley Cruising Association committee. “They asked for it. We started a tradition, and I think we should probably
keep it around as long as people are willing to come out and support it.” Tickets for the Night Ranger concert are on sale now at Lee’s Marketplace locations, as well as online at cachevalleycruisein.com and nightranger.com. Ticket prices are $65 (floor front), $45 (floor middle) and $25 (floor back
and bleachers). Special VIP packages are also available for $300 and $150. Best known for the 1984 power ballad, “Sister Christian,” Night Ranger is celebrating their 35th anniversary this year and released their 12th studio album, “Don’t Let Up,”on March 24.
Schools featured in exhibit
Brigham City Museum hosts ‘From A to Z’ Just as school bells have evolved over time from a brass bell rung by hand to a computerized tone from a speaker system, education from pioneer days to the present has progressed dramatically. A historical exhibition featuring photographs and artifacts titled “From A to Z – Schools in Box Elder County, Past and Present” will be on show at the Brigham City Museum April 1 through June 10. The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West in Brigham City. Admission is free. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. For further information, please call (435) 226-1439 or brighamcitymuseum.org. In March 1851, William Davis, his family and a few friends settled in Shoshone Indian country near Box Elder Creek. Parents were the first educators in the area, and the Bible
Students at Box Elder High School are photographed for a play circa 1912.
was their textbook. Two years later, Henry Evans, who was the first school teacher in Box Elder, walked from house to house teaching children their ABCs. In 1853, a log cabin schoolhouse was built next to the Box Elder Fort at 300 North and 200 West. Parents paid their children’s tuition
directly to the teacher in cash or produce from their farms. A pioneer named Nels Madsen wrote, “(The teacher) received cash or carrots.” In 1861, religious leader Brigham Young asked William Watkins to teach all ages in the courthouse. Young divided Box Elder, later named
Night Ranger will perform on Friday, June
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Brigham City, into four wards in August 1877 using Forest and Main streets as a focal point. Each ward was responsible for building a school and employing a teacher. Joseph Moroni Jenson was one of the teachers. The schools were named See EXHIBIT on Page 10
UFOMT tickets available now Single tickets for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre’s silver anniversary season are on sale now. Thanks to increased popularity and by using the newly restored Utah Theatre, the Festival’s season has been extended additional weeks and will run from June 23-Aug. 9. “This season is a celebration of iconic genius,” said Michael Ballam, founding general director. “All the works are the supreme offerings in each form of storytelling through music.” The Festival kicks off its 25th season with “Seussical,” a musical featuring favorite Whoville characters including the Cat in the Hat and Horton the Elephant, June 23-Aug. 7, at the Utah Theatre. Productions at the Ellen Eccles Theatre include “Rex” (July 6-Aug. 7); “Madame Butterfly” (July 7-Aug. 8); “The Music Man” (July 7-Aug. 9); “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (July 8-Aug. 8); and “The Pirates of Penzance” (July 8-Aug. 9). Special events this season include a lifetime opportunity to spend an evening with 93-yearold Oscar-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning genius in “A Tribute to Sheldon Harnick” July 19. Harnick wrote “Fiddler on the Roof” and dozens of other musicals. Performance tickets are available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 ext. 3 or in person at the box office located in the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West. Ticket prices vary by performance and start at $13. Discounts are available for season ticket purchases and groups. Students of all ages receive a 25 percent discount with ID.
Now in its 34th year, the annual Summerfest Arts Faire depends heavily on volunteers. Each year, more than 300 people help make the festival happen. This year, Summerfest is searching for volunteers in several categories: Eagle Scout and youth projects; business and organizations who will take on a particular aspect of the festival; and gen-
eral volunteers. Members of the Summerfest board of directors work as volunteers, each taking an area of responsibility such as food, hospitality, music, plein air contest, coordination of volunteers and more. “We are very grateful for all the folks who volunteer their help for Summerfest,” says Summerfest executive director Elaine Thatcher. “We couldn’t
do it without them.” Summerfest has several projects that can help Boy Scouts earn their Eagle rank. The projects require scouts to organize their own teams of volunteers and to take charge of specific areas of festival operation. These can include helping with setup or teardown, assisting artists, keeping the grounds clean and so forth.
Other volunteer opportunities exist for individuals and organizations. “We always need booth sitters who can be available to sit in artists’ booths for a few minutes so the artists can take a break,” Thatcher says. “And a couple of years ago, we had someone work off some community service hours with us. He was extremely helpful, because he knew how to fix
electrical and other situations.” Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Thatcher at 213-3858 or elaine@logansummerfest.com. The 2017 Summerfest Arts Faire will take place June 15-17 and feature 138 visual artists, 38 performing groups and 20 food vendors on Tabernacle Square in downtown Logan.
Step into ‘The Mousetrap’ COMING UP Ric de Azevedo concert
The Mount Logan LDS Stake will host an evening of entertainment and music featuring Ric de Azevedo at 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, at the Logan Tabernacle. Admission is free, and everyone is invited to attend and encouraged to bring a friend. The Director of Film Services for Warner Bros Studio Facilities from 1993 to 2006, Ric de Azevedo grew up performing on “The King Family Show” in the ’60s. The brother of well-known LDS composer and producer Lex de Azevedo, Ric has also performed for more than three decades as a member of Reunion, a group that includes former members of The Letterman.
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Don’t miss the Old Barn Community Theatre’s production of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery “The Mousetrap.” A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, a spinster with a curious background, an architect better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a snow drift and a magistrate who makes life miserable for everyone. This play is based on Agatha Christie’s story “Three Blind Mice,” “The Mousetrap” includes one of Chrisite’s switch finishes. Performances of the
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Summerfest Arts Faire looking for volunteers
Vocal Performance Camp The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston will present “The Mousetrap” on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays April 28 to May 20.
“The Mousetrap” will be presented every Monday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. from April 28 to May 20 at the Old Barn Community Theatre
in Collinston. In addition, matinees will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, and Saturday, May 13. Tickets can be pur-
chased online at oldbarn. org, or by phone reservation at (435) 458-2276. Tickets are $9 for adults; $8 for children and seniors.
Rock and gem show this weekend The Cache Rock and Gem Club will present “2017: A Rock Odyssey Rock and Gem Show” from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 11, and Friday, May 12, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 13, at the Bridgerland Applied Technology College, West Campus, at 1000 W. 1400 North.
Admission to “2017: A Rock Odyssey Rock and Gem Show” is free. There will be rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry displays, educational exhibits, hands-on demos, supplies, vendors and door prizes. Activities for the children include the Wheel of Fortune, mystery bags and treasure hunt.
Bring your mystery rocks and let us help you identify them. Food and drinks are available at the snack bar. For groups of 20 or more, please contact Shawndra at calandshawn@gmail.com. Visit cacherockgemclub.weebly. com for more information.
The 20th annual Vocal Performance Camp for Teens will be held July 31 through Aug. 4 in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University. Entitled “How the West Was Sung,” the USU Department of Music-sponsored camp will run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, and offers vocal instruction, choir and musical theater training for teens 12 to 18 years old. The week will culminate with performances in all areas. Michelle Broadbent returns to this year as the guest artist. A former VPC participant, Broadbent holds vocal degrees from Utah State University, Brigham Young University and a pending doctorate from Arizona State University. Her many accomplishments include BYU Singer of the Year, Outstanding Opera Performance Award and concerto winner at USU, BYU and ASU. Registration for the Vocal Performance Camp for Teens is $125 and is open to all singers regardless of experience. Classes are limited by age enrollment and accepted on a first-come basis. For more information and registration forms, visit vocalperformancecamp@usu.edu or call Bonnie Slade at 435-760-7361.
Story by Kevin Opsahl •Photos by Jeff Hunter Clockwise from left: Dean of the Caine College of the Arts, Craig Jessop welcomes everyone to the Memorial Concert honoring Manon Caine Russell Monday night at the Caine Performance Hall. The Fry Street Quartet performs with Nathan Southwick, Alexandra Cook, Brett McAllister and Josiah Cordes. Cindy Dewey, left, sings with Tamara Mumford. Jacob and Kiah Spjute sing “Somewhere” from “West Side Story” while accompanied by Dallas Heaton. Cellists Anne Francis Bayless, left, Audrey Hudgens and Megan Richards perform with Heaton. Mumford, a 2003 graduate of USU, explains her song choice. The head of the USU Music Department, Dewey performs with the Fry Streeet Quartet.
Utah State honors beloved arts supporter M Before Logan native and Utah
State University donor Manon Caine Russell passed away in April, she expressed a desire that once she died, there would be a concert.
That’s exactly what happened on Monday night at the Caine Performance Hall, a facility Russell made possible thanks to her financial generosity. Craig Jessop, dean of USU’s Caine College of the Arts, paid tribute to
Russell in brief remarks before a performance featuring USU students, faculty and alumni talents. “It was a privilege to have the honor to know her and work with her, and it doesn’t surprise me at all that even in her final days, Manon was thinking about having a concert,” Jessop told attendees, which included Russell’s husband, Dan, members of the Russell family, former USU President Stan Albrecht and USU
President Noelle Cockett. “To all the members of the Russell family, please know that we share in your loss.” Born in Logan in 1931, Manon Caine Russell was raised in a home near Old Main Hill and graduated from USU in 1953. Russell earned a master’s degree from Stanford University. She eventually married Dan Russell. Together, they would become a driving force to sup-
port the arts community in Utah, particularly in Cache Valley. In 2001, Russell was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the USU Alumni Association. Perhaps the most symbolic example of Russell’s financial giving was $6.3 million from Russell and her sister, Kathryn Caine Wanlass, which helped make possible the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass
Manon Caine Russell with Memorial Concert Performance Hall. The facility opened in 2006. “She was in heaven to sit in the performance hall and hear music,” Jessop said in an interview. A small committee of people in the Caine College of the Arts organized Monday’s memorial concert, which was free of charge for anyone to attend. The goals of the concert were two-fold: To feature the people who “owe so
much to Manon’s vision and generosity,” Jessop said, and have them perform some of Russell’s favorite songs. Jessop said in an interview he wanted attendees of the memorial concert to come away with “a deep appreciation and love for Manon and Dan and all they’ve given to this community.” “And a resolution this will continue,” he said. “That her legacy, her generosity will inspire others
to do the same.” The concert kicked off with performances by the Fry Street Quartet, featuring Robert Waters, Rebecca McFaul, Bradley Ottesen and Anne Francis Bayless. The Dan C. and Manon Caine Russell Resident Quartet Endowment was created in 2013, establishing a permanent home for the quartet. Later in the memorial concert’s program, New York Metropolitan
Opera singer Tamara Mumford, a 2003 alumna of USU who benefitted from a scholarship thanks to Russell, performed several numbers. The first song was her singing by herself, accompanied by a piano player. The second song was a duet with Cindy Dewey, one of Mumford’s USU professors. “I’m so grateful for Manon and See ARTS on Page 10
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I am never going to be a foodie. Maybe it is due to a linguistic bias. I have a visceral reaction to words that end that way; hoodie, goodies, veggies, panties and Denny are among them. I like food. I encourage its use and production. I just don’t love food in all caps with emojis. See, there’s another one with that ending. Some of my unexuberance for food stems from growing up playing sports where litheness was not only desirable, but also required to perform well. Food was often
who exposed me to food pornography. My parents watched food shows compulsively, yet never tried to cook anything other than the basics even in their retirement. Had they lived a little longer, no doubt they would have spent their days on the internet watching cooking videos and reading cooking blogs. They even bought the most expensive food porn toys, many of which they never took both a siren and an enemy. out their boxes. I don’t think I was ever Speaking of boxes, anorexic, but I do have you can now get an empathy for those who entire set of uncooked are. meals delivered to you The other barrier to in a box. I guess it is me being a foodie is my also a form of food porexperience with parents nography because it gets
Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP
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Does food from a mailbox taste better? delivered to your doorstep in a plain brown box and nobody has to see you shopping for celery root. Your neighbors can only guess what you are up to. I’m trying these for my edification just like I look at Playboy for the articles and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue for the swimsuits. So far I have tried Sun Biscuit, Blue Capon and Home Chief (not their real names). They are the best of times and the worst of times. It’s like take-out food that you still have to cook and clean up after. It’s like the paint-by-numbers kits that give you the illusion of being an artist. It’s
like getting liposuction rather than exercising. It’s like 15 pounds of ice and three pounds of food grown locally 1,000 miles away. I have run out of analogies, but I next expect them to offer to ship me artisan ice packed in dry ice or perhaps an ice kit. Clearly these were not designed for me, but I wholly endorse you trying at least the introductory offers. For about the cost of a bag of burgers you can get a couple preportioned meals that will at least save you a trip the market if not a dishwasher cycle. If it turns out to be your kind of foodie fantasy, expect the price
and guilt to go up precipitously as you collect a lot of ice bags and insulation material that have little second use value. Foodies are hard to escape. On the way home today I listened to an NPR foodie program where they discussed what various chefs and amateur foodologists were doing with marijuana now that it is legal in so many places. Is this really going to be a thing? Isn’t the main attribute of pot that it makes everything taste better without much effort? ——— Dennis Hinkamp still loves food, he just doesn’t want to marry it.
‘Rocky’ inspiration gets his moment BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Chuck Wepner’s business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ. For the New Jersey boxer, it gave him brief hope that he could win. For Ali, it led him to start fighting with a vengeance, eventually taking an exhausted Wepner out with 19 seconds left in the 15th and final round. For Sylvester Stallone, the overmatched underdog’s fight was a moment of needed inspiration while writing the script for “Rocky.” Stallone became a superstar and Rocky Balboa became an iconic character. Wepner reeled off a few more wins and continued his day job as a liquor salesman, while living a hard-partying lifestyle that led to prison. Wepner’s life story has now arrived on the big screen with Liev Schreiber playing the Bayonne Bleeder in “Chuck,”
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Veteran actor Liev Schreiber plays boxer Chuck Wepner, above, in the new movie “Chuck.”
which opens on Friday in New York and Los Angeles before expanding nationwide starting next week.
“Everyone says to me, ‘Oh, Chuck, finally you got your due,’” the 78-year-old Wepner said from his living room in
Bayonne, the working-class town across the harbor from New York where he grew up. “You know what, I’ve been
living large for 42 years. I fought Ali in ‘75, I went 15 rounds, I had him down, and then they made the movie ‘Rocky.’ I was the inspiration. I haven’t been waiting around.” Wepner and Balboa’s story share similarities — low-level working class fighters getting a shot at the champ. But while Rocky went on to beat the Ali-like Apollo Creed in their “Rocky II” rematch, Wepner turned to a life of partying and cocaine. He pleaded guilty to drug charges in 1987 and served two years of a 10-year sentence. Like Rocky’s fight with Hulk Hogan’s Thunderlips character in “Rocky III,” Wepner was thrown out of the ring by wrestling legend Andre the Giant at Shea Stadium in New York in 1976. Unlike Rocky, Wepner also fought a bear. Wepner sued Stallone in 2003, arguing that he improperly used his name to promote See ROCKY on Page 10
Logan Continued from Page 3 Ironically enough, the cover of “Don’t Let Up” features several vintage muscle cars, not unlike the vehicles annually on display at the Cruise-In. Founded in the Bay Area in 1982, Night Ranger currently includes original members Jack Blades (lead vocals, bass), Kelly Keagy (lead vocals, drums) and Brad Gillis (lead and rhythm gui-
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Charlie Hunnam stars in a scene from “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.”
★★ ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Director // Guy Ritchie Starring // Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Eric Bana, Djimon Hounsou Rated // PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, some suggestive content and brief strong language
his righteous brother Uther Pendragon (Eric Bana) by nefarious means. Black magic,
really. It’s all very strange and is explained piecemeal as the movie progresses. Uther’s only
living heir escapes during the coup. The refugee grows up to become Arthur (Charlie Hunnam), a street-wise punk raised in a brothel who eventually inherits said brothel. He knows everyone in the city and runs his own little moneymaking syndicate. There are moments early on in “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” where Ritchie’s unmistakable cinematic charms shine through. During an
Tell Me You Love Me,” “(You Can Still) Rock in America,” “When You Close Your Eyes,” “Sentimental Street,” “Goodbye” and “The Secret of My Success” from the 1987 Michael J. Fox movie of the same name. Overall, Night Ranger has sold more than 17 million albums and performed A founding member of Night Ranger, bassist Jack Blades more than 3,000 shows. The 2017 Cache Valshares lead vocals with drummer Kelly Keagy. ley Cruise-In will be held tars), as well as relative In addition to “Sister June 29-30 and July 1 at newcomers Eric Levy Christian,” which reached the Cache County Fair(keyboards) and Keri No. 5 on the Billboard Top grounds. For more inforKelli (lead and rhythm 40 chart, Night Ranger’s mation, visit cachevalley cruisein.net. guitars). hit songs include “Don’t
explanation where Arthur recounts a story about taking money from angry Vikings, we get furious flashbacks coupled with rat-ta-tat-tat dialogue delivery. It’s all very Ritchian. A little too on the nose really, but we recognize the man behind the camera in those scenes. However, when the story gets bogged down in exposition and when Arthur must learn to become a king, that’s where the whole thing grinds to a halt. Ritchie’s unique voice is stifled and gives way to familiar fantasy visuals of basilisks and overgrown bats. There’s even a meanlooking, skull-faced knight who looks like a
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member of the Nazgul only with a CGI sixpack. Two movies are at war here. There’s a Ritchie medieval mob movie filled with witty lines and pithy jokes, butting heads with a rote fantasy tale. These two things don’t mix well. The script rushes through yet another Arthur origin story and never allows us to get to know any of the characters well enough. Much in the same vein of 2016’s “Warcraft,” the story is focused so much on its expensive visuals that it forgets that if there’s no one to care about then the visuals don’t mean very much at all. If you held out hope that Guy Ritchie would bring a certain panache to the story of King Arthur, I’m sorry. Instead what we get is flashes of him surrounded by a fantasy epic more attuned to Roland Emmerich’s sensibilities.
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The Reel Place Aaron Peck
One certainly doesn’t expect a Guy Ritchie reboot of “King Arthur” to turn out to be a jaunty clone of 2010’s “Clash of the Titans,” but here we are. Unfortunately, in “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” Ritchie’s flare for quick-witted Cockney dialogue and fast-paced storytelling gives way to plodding fantasy mechanics and verbose visuals. Where Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 film grounded the King Arthur mythology in some sort of reality, Ritchie’s leans more toward last summer’s “Warcraft.” That’s not to say fantastical elements are bad, but here they drown out Ritchie’s signature style. From the very beginning, which features towering mythic elephants attacking a fortress while mages sit in a pyramid atop the animal shooting fireballs at hapless soldiers, it’s apparent that this movie is a behemoth unlikely to be tamed. Evil king Vortigern (Jude Law) has usurped the English throne from
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Arts Continued from Page 7 was glad I could participate in a small way,” Mumford said in an interview before the concert. Mumford told The Herald Journal she feels like she got to know Russell more than other students. “She was wonderful in that not only was she a big financial support for the program, but she would physically present for all of our productions,” Mumford said. “That was really nice that she was supporting us personally in that way.” Mumford said Russell believed in her talents so much she paid for all of Mumford’s application fees and audition trips when applying for graduate school. Mumford ultimately settled on Yale University. “She took me under her wing personally,” said Mumford, noting such costs to apply for
graduate school would have been a “huge hardship” had she paid for them herself. Mumford only stayed at Yale for one year before joining the apprenticeship program at the Metropolitan Opera. Russell and Mumford remained in touch through Christmas cards over the years. “She was smart, very supportive and very generous,” Mumford said. “But in a way, she didn’t want all the recognition for her generosity.” Mumford’s duet with her former professor, Dewey, was first performed by Mumford at a recital Russell attended years ago. “We thought it was fitting (for the memorial concert) because it was such beautiful music that is accessible to everyone,” Mumford said. Another highlight of Monday’s concert was a duet of West Side Story’s “Somewhere” from Jacob and Kiah Spjute. Both are USU alumnus and Jacob was a Caine
Manon and Kathryn and their impact on the community,” Haffar said. Haffar said got to know Russell and Kathryn through the years. Kathryn died in 2011. Looking at a picture of Russell on a projection screen inside the Caine Performance Hall before the memorial concert, Haffar noted Russell looked happy. “If people could live their lives that fully and that richly, it’d be an amazing world,” Haffar said. Members of Russell’s extended family, including her nephew, Robert Russell, of Orem, were impressed with the performances on Monday. Patrons walk to the entrance of the Caine Performance Hall at Utah State University “Wonderful, absolutely Monday night prior to the start of the Memorial Concert honoring Manon Caine Russell. wonderful,” said Robert, when asked what he ple, Dan and Manon Rus- employee of USU’s Nora thought of the memorial Scholar. Eccles Harrison Museum concert. “We knew genersell.” Jessop noted that as of Art, said she was a The Herald Journal newlyweds, the Russells ally of the many contrispoke with several people teacher for a parent-led art butions Dan and Manon caught the premiere of program at Edith Bowen who attended the concert “West Side Story” on had made over the years, Laboratory School years on Monday with all had Broadway in New York but to see the scope of ago. The art program was what they’ve done and be benefited, or knew someCity. made possible thanks to one who benefited, from “This song is just perreminded of those many the Russell and her sister, contributions is very Russell’s contributions to fect,” Jessop said. “A Kathryn. the arts. shared beautiful memory is very impressive and “It made me aware of Nadra Haffar, a former of a young married coumakes us very proud.”
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Continued from Page 4 Webster, Whittier, Emerson and Columbia. A photo of each is in the exhibition. A law passed in Utah in 1890 provided for consolidation of school districts for first- and second-class cities. John Frederick Erdmann, Brigham City’s ninth mayor, designated the public square across the street from the Tabernacle on Main Street as the site for the Central Elementary School, which opened in 1900. Box Elder High School, located on Forest Street between Fourth and Fifth East, welcomed its first students in the fall of 1909. Other cities in the county made similar progress. That young people are curious and rich in potential is evident in photos of classes playing flutes and drums crafted by hand; dissecting frogs; measuring, cutting, hanging and trimming wallpaper; and troubleshooting an automobile.
Continued from Page 8 the “Rocky” films. Stallone responded that Wepner benefited by making public appearances as “the real Rocky,” but later settled. A spokeswoman for Stallone said he wasn’t giving interviews ahead of the film. Schreiber said that it’s hard to look at some of the parallels between Rocky Balboa and Wepner and not think that Stallone was inspired by Wepner’s life. “But I also know from talking to Sylvester Stallone that he thought the fighter was an amalgamation of several fighters,” Schreiber said, “and that probably the biggest inspiration to him was sort of his own battles as an artist, that was really the inspiration for the character.” Schreiber, who said he was drawn to Wepner’s life as a cautionary tale
of fame and celebrity, said that storytellers often exploit real people to create their narratives. “And I think that’s OK,” he said. “I think that’s the nature of art and storytelling. Some stories stay very close to the truth ... but I think we should also feel the license to expand on some things and express ourselves as fits the person that’s creating the story.” “Chuck” also stars “Mad Men’s” Elisabeth Moss as Wepner’s second wife and Naomi Watts as his third wife, Linda. It was Linda who helped Wepner get his life together after he was released from prison and later convinced him to sue. While Wepner admits he did a bad job auditioning after a night of partying when Stallone tried to give him a part as his sparring partner in “Rocky II,” the last straw was not being considered for a part in the Stallone and Robert De Niro film “Cop Land,” which filmed near
Bayonne. “I sued for $15 million, fuhgeddaboudit, I didn’t get a minute percentage of that,” Wepner said. “Stallone and I are friends now. We had to go to court. That was just business. I love Sylvester, I think he’s great. I think his moves are great.” “Chuck” director Philippe Falardeau said that while there are similarities between Wepner and Rocky, Stallone’s character was “much more low-key, much more insecure. Chuck Wepner has no insecurities. He’s so confident.” Falardeau said that Stallone gave the filmmakers his OK. Just as important, Falardeau says: As the movie ends with Schreiber’s Wepner and Watts’ Linda walking down the boardwalk, he stops for a Polaroid photo in front of a Rocky statue outside of a Planet Hollywood. Falardeau said Stallone lent the statue to the filmmakers from his personal collection.
The Mount Logan LDS Stake will host an evening of entertainment and music featuring Ric de Azevedo at 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, at the Logan Tabernacle. Admission is free, and everyone is invited to attend and encouraged to bring a friend. The Friends of the North Logan Library will present an evening with illustrator Sherry Meidell at 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, at 475 E. 2500 North. Ever thought about who illustrates children’s books? Meidell, a Utah artist, will share the process, from first story reading to creating rough sketches and finally, arrival of the box of finished books. Refreshments, raffle items and signed books will be available. Visit friendsnll. org for more information. Mountain West String Academy will host a concert at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, at Ridgeline High School. This concert will feature students from Greenville, North Park, Millville and Lincoln elementary schools. Another concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. for musicians from Summit, River Heights, Nibley and Sunrise. Visit mountainweststrings.com for more information. More than 50 highly acclaimed LDS artists are gathering together to bring an exhibit like none other to the people of Cache Valley and the surrounding area. The Inaugural Exhibition of the Society of Mormon Artists will be presented from May 12 to Aug. 31 at the Logan Fine Gallery. For more information, visit societyofmormonartists. org. Smithfield Health Days continues on Friday, May 12, with an antique display at the historic tabernacle/youth center from 6 to 9 p.m., and the Smithfield Youth Theatre’s production of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” at 7 p.m. at the Sky View High School Auditorium (free to the public). Visit smithfieldrecreation.
com for more information. The Cache Rock and Gem Club will present “2017: A Rock Odyssey Rock and Gem Show” from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 11-12, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 13, at the Bridgerland Applied Technology College, West Campus, at 1000 W. 1400 North. Admission is free. There will be rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry displays, educational exhibits, hands-on demos, supplies, vendors and door prizes. Activities for the kids include the Wheel of Fortune, mystery bags and treasure hunt. Bring your mystery rocks and let us help you identify them. Snack bar available. For groups of 20 or more, please contact Shawndra at calandshawn@gmail.com. Visit cacherockgemclub.weebly. com. Caffe Ibis will host the Randy Wirth Bike Hub Dedication at 5 p.m. Friday, May 12, at the corner of Church and Federal streets. The Monster Truck Insanity Tour will turn Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton into a battleground with shows on Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13. Pit party each night from 6 to 7 p.m.; showtime is 7:30 p.m. Come check out this awesome lineup of monsters as they compete in tailgate dragging wheelie contests, heads up racing and insane car crushing, mud-flinging freestyle. This family-friendly event also includes: High Flying Freestyle Motocross, monster truck rides, autograph sessions, and the all-new extreme figure 8 races. Discounted advance tickets starting at $8 for kids and $16 for adults are available online — along with more information — at livealittleproductions.com.
SATURDAY The 25th Street Market will open its season with a Mother’s Day special from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the North Logan Library, 475 E. 2500 North. Come meet some previous vendors, along with many
new ones, featuring lots of lovely plants and handmade gifts. Visit northloganmarket.com for more information. The first Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market of the season will be held from 9 to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Cache County Historic Courthouse on the corner of 200 North and Main Street. Music for the market will be provided by the Raindogs. Smithfield Health Days continues on Saturday, May 13, with a wide variety of events including a pancake breakfast (6:30 to 9:30 a.m.); Health Days Fun Run (7:30 a.m.); flag ceremony (8 a.m.); Health Days Parade (10 a.m.); booth and park activities (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.); children’s games (noon to 2 p.m.); horse pulls (noon to 3 p.m.); Blue Sox baseball doubleheader (5 p.m.); the Smithfield Youth Theatre’s production of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (7 p.m.); and fireworks (after dark). For more information, visit smithfieldrecreation.com for more information. The Cache Valley Eagles are sponsoring a charity dinner with bingo at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at 170 W. 900 North. Bring your moms and friends out for Mother’s Day — just $10 for a Dutch oven dinner. Raffle will be held. Everyone 21 and over welcome. Celebrate World Fair Trade Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Global Village, 69 E. 100 North. The shop we will have fair trade food and drink samples, a henna artist, a free Mother’s Day kids craft, an Italian soda bar and a giveaway. Visit globalvillagegifts.org for more information. The Wednesday People will perform along with The Mystic and Lovely Noughts at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7. Visit whysound.com for more information.
A New Day is a 5K run hosted by the Logan Golf & Country Club to benefit CAPSA on Saturday, May 13. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m.; run begins at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $20 per person; $45 per family. Visit capsa5k.org for more information.
MONDAY American Legion Post 007 is active again, and the post will meet every third Monday at 6 p.m. inside the Cache County Administrative building at 179 N. Main St. on the first floor in Room 108. In honor of Memorial Day, on Monday, May 15, the post will host a memorial service for members that passed away in the last year. The Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 15, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “Titanic,” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free. The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 15, at 475 E. 2500 North. This week’s movie is “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which is rated PG-13. Admission is free.
TUESDAY The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “Game On!” Visit library. loganutah.org for more information.
WEDNESDAY Come fly to Neverland with the 7th, 8th and 9th grade students from Thomas Edison Charter School for an adventure you’ll never forget at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at 1275 W. 2350 South in Nibley. In Neverland you will find lost boys, pirates, Indians, and yes, of course, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. Admission is free. A Party for International
Students, Visiting Scholars and the Community will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at the former Gia’s Restaurant location at 119 S. Main St. Designed to held “kick off your summer in Cache Valley,” snacks, soft drinks and music will be provided. If you like, bring an international hors d’oeuvre to share. Please RSVP by emailing rob. llewellyn@usu.edu or calling 797-1171. Cache Daughters of Pioneer Museum will be open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at 160 N. Main Street. Admission is free; the gift shop will be open with handmade bonnets and other items. Cruz Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at Wendy’s (895 S. Main St.) and continue every Wednesday night through October. For more information, call 799-7149.
THURSDAY The Mount Ogden Kennel Club will hold an all-breed dog show from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18-21 at the Cache County Fairgrounds, 450 S. 500 West in Logan. Admission for spectators is free, with AKC rules. No unentered dogs are allowed on the grounds during the show, and strollers and skateboards are prohibited during show hours. Dog supply vendors will be on site and available to all who come, and there will also be a barn hunt event in the arena. For more information, visit onofrio.com. The May Swenson Memorial Walkabout with Logan City Poet Laureate Star Coulbrooke will begin at 5:20 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Logan City Cemetery, 1000 N. 1200 East. Meet at the sexton’s shed. Bring writing supplies and friends. The event is free and open to the public.
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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Mazda ___ 6. Front entrance step 11. Mode or king? 14. Flower pot 18. Beginning stage 19. Mountaineer’s challenge in Switzerland 20. Forbidden, var. 22. Bakery worker 23. Spy novelist 25. Writer of black ops stories 27. Suspects 28. Pickle 29. Faults 31. Takes on cargo 32. Vincent Lopez’s theme song 33. “___ me no questions ...” 34. Island near Kauai 35. Pancake flippers 39. Driving a nail obliquely 42. Summon 46. Calmer 47. East ender? 48. It might be stuffed 51. Corner 52. The NY Manning 53. Sushi offering 54. “___ Lay Dying,” Faulkner novel 55. Frank Sinatra starred in it, with The 61. Black tea 62. “___ the Walrus” (Beatles song) 63. Canadian province with red sand, for short 64. Freshens, in a way 67. Office no. 68. Initially 72. Mudhole 73. Word before or after old 74. Strain 75. James Bond movie 84. Miner’s find 85. Bluegills 86. Affirmative 87. Apple contents 89. Heart song
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91. Not to mention 92. Overdone, as flattery 95. Rick’s love in “Casablanca” 96. Nissan model 98. Reacting to 99. “Shake a leg!” 102. Mantra syllables 103. Get, a part in a movie, for example 104. Michigan city, with Grand 106. Real spooky 108. First name in espionage 109. Spoke the words 113. First name of a famous spy novelist 115. Novel by 23 across 118. West coast town, ___ Point 119. Rose family fruit 120. “I’m innocent!” 121. False front 122. Clancy hero Jack 123. Pull the plug on 124. Flirt 125. Have it ___ Down 1. “Got my ___ working” Elvis 2. Knowing 3. Tennis great, Arthur 4. Bills featuring Alexander Hamilton’s portrait 5. Baseball’s Braves, on the scoreboard 6. Worldly 7. Jeweled coronets 8. Fairytale meanie 9. Byron’s over 10. Keep going 11. Envelope abbr. 12. China border 13. 1972 treaty subj. 14. Series of arches 15. Zits 16. Multiple shakes of a lambs tail 17. Suffix with mock 21. Sch. that publishes the Daily Bruin 24. French school 26. __-di-dah
30. Eisenhower nickname 32. Church worker 33. Courtyards 34. Gazed amorously 35. Mach 1 breaker, abbr. 36. Hair curler 37. Bailiwick 38. “Swimfan” character 40. Type of girder 41. Indian flatbread 43. Diminishes 44. Break down 45. Year in Nero’s reign 47. Nobelist author Wiesel 49. Arrival necklace 50. Timeworn 52. Greek love god 53. “Bug off!” 56. Numbers guy 57. Worked (up) 58. Hawaiian guitar 59. Prohibits 60. Shower month 64. “____ Weeks”, Van Morrison album 65. Anaesthetics 66. Whiskey 67. Protection: var. 68. Commedia del’ ____ 69. Place to network 70. Swamp 71. Vow at the altar 73. Commercial maker 74. Hopalong Cassidy portrayer 76. Ring org. 77. Tolkien cannibal 78. Recycle 79. Draw water 80. Grannies 81. Former Communist power 82. An earth sci. 83. Chrysler engine 84. Sash 88. End of the year month, for short 90. Religious fast 91. Insect in a marching column 92. Set cost
93. Arm bones 94. Directed and managed 97. Rocky peak 98. Warnings 100. Latish lunchtime 101. TV attachments 104. Farm call 105. Russian river 106. Nobel Prize subj. 107. Survived, just 108. Prefix with physics 109. Phaser setting 110. “___ I care!” 111. ___ jure (by law) 112. Certain colorist 113. New Deal inits. 114. Land in l’océan 116. Horror writer, Edgar Allen 117. Big budget item for “Avatar,” briefly
Cache Magazine calendar items are due Tuesday by 5 p.m. They will also run for free in The Herald Journal one to two days prior to the event. Calendar items can be submitted by email at hjhappen@hjnews.com. Any press releases or photos for events listed in the first half of Cache Magazine can be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com. Poems and photos can also be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com and run on a space-available basis if selected.
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