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CACHE VALLEY, UTAH

Enjoy the beauty of the National Byway and Bear Lake

CASH COWS Milk and cheese keep region’s economy healthy

POWERED UP Future is now at InTech High School

Get Out There Mountains, waterways beckon nature lovers

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Grain, dairy production add up to strong agribusiness sector for Cache County.

6 GET OUT THERE The great outdoors beckons year-round in Cache Valley.

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D E PA R TM E NT S 8 FERTILE FIELDS OF STUDY USU undergrad research programs offer surprising, innovative breakthroughs.

17 POWERED UP The future is now at InTech Collegiate High School.

4 Almanac: a colorful sampling of Cache Valley culture

10 Portfolio: people, places and events that define Cache Valley

16 Health & Wellness 19 Community Profile: facts, stats

18 HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Utah Festival Opera presents dazzling shows each summer.

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20 Business Guide All or part of this magazine is printed with soy ink on recycled paper containing 10% post-consumer waste.

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BEAUTY BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway to Bear Lake is one of the most beautiful drives in this part of the country. Watch this and other quick videos in the Interactive section.

RELOCATION Considering a move to this community? We can help. Use our Relocation Tools to discover tips, including how to make your move green, advice about moving pets and help with booking movers.

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At Home With the Arts The Alliance for the Varied Arts, located in the Thatcher-Young Mansion, promotes the arts by providing educational programs, organizing events and supporting local talent.

AVA hosts art exhibits in its gallery and offers classes in ceramics, dance, drama, music, photography and visual arts for children and adults. The organization also sponsors weekly Unicorn Theatre matinees for children, workshops, the Valley Dance Ensemble, Children’s Summer Art Camp, a fine arts auction and other events.

The Thatcher-Young Mansion is open for free tours Tuesday through Friday and Saturday mornings. The historic Queen Anne Victorian mansion was built in 1878. Brigham Young Jr. lived in the mansion for three years while he supervised Brigham Young College, which is now Logan High school.

More Than Fair In 1878, David and Mary Andrew gave a piece of land to the city of Logan in hopes it would be put to a good public use. What’s happened since would make the Andrews proud.

Today, that land is known as the Cache County Fairgrounds.

Over the years, the site has hosted rodeos, dog races, baseball games and a turkey shoot. The land was used as a prisoner of war camp in 1945 when several buildings were constructed. The property was the site of good times in the 1960s when The Lennon Sisters performed for an appreciative crowd and the Carson and Barns Circus set up its tent.

These days the Fairgrounds is home to horse shows, family reunions, rodeos, demolition derbies and, of course, the Cache Valley Fair.

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The Show Goes on With Style Love the theater? People here love the building as much as the shows.

Part of the Cache Valley Center for the Arts, the Ellen Eccles Theater is home to several regional arts groups, including the Utah Festival Opera, Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Cache Regional Theatre and Valley Dance Ensemble.

Built by the Thatcher family, the theater originally hosted vaudeville, traveling shows and films.

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Fast Facts Q Logan Canyon is a popular winter destination with more than 300 miles of groomed snowmobile trails and Beaver Mountain Ski Resort.

An Altitude Adjustment The winter weather is fine up here.

The Beaver Mountain Ski Area is the oldest continually owned, family-run ski resort in the nation. Opened in 1938 by Harold and Luella Seeholzer, the ski business is now operated by their son Ted, and his wife, Marge.

With about 400 inches of snow in an ideal winter, Beaver Mountain attracts skiers from December through March.

Q On May 10, 1869, four spikes (two gold) were symbolically nailed into railroad ties at Promontory Summit, marking the precise point where the first transcontinental railroad was completed.

Q Logan is home to the Utah State University Aggies.

Cache Valley At A Glance POPULATION: (2007 ESTIMATE) Cache Valley: 108,887, Logan: 47,660 LOCATION Cache Valley extends more than 50 miles through northern Utah. It is nestled between the Wellsville Mountains on the west and the Bear River Mountain Range on the east.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Cache Chamber of Commerce 160 N. Main St. Logan, UT 84321 Phone: (435) 752-2161 Fax: (435) 753-5825 www.cachechamber.com

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Q The Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway (Highway 89) winds 40 miles through forestland, limestone rock formations, lush vegetation, rivers, lakes and streams.

Q Logan is often called Festival City due to the large number of cultural and historical events held here throughout the year.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS BECKONS YEAR-ROUND IN CACHE VALLEY

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n some parts of the world, auto accessories lean toward spinning hubcaps and chrome detailing. In the Cache Valley, they’re more along the lines of a tow hitch or some kind of roof or rear rack for bicycles, canoes and the like.

With more than its fair share of mountains, canyons and waterways, the valley is an outdoor paradise, with locals and visitors alike taking advantage of the year-round opportunities.

From rock climbing and kayaking to nature walks and bird watching, the region has plenty to do and plenty of places to do it.

And while that’s far from the valley’s only selling point, it’s a big one, says Julie Hollist, director of the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau.

“I’m in downtown Logan, and in five minutes I can be in the mountains doing something,” Hollist says. “There just aren’t many areas of the country that have that benefit.”

Hollist says that with sports ranging from mountain biking to rock climbing in the summer to snowshoeing and skiing in the winter, the area draws enthusiasts year-round.

And while others come for the many cultural and heritage amenities the area offers, being able to add on a hiking day trip is a big plus.

“We have a lot of people who come for opera in the summer and our other cultural events, but being able to point to the mountains does add to what we can offer,” she says.

Down on the ground, the Cache Valley’s many picturesque communities lend themselves to a slower pace and a second look, which explains why cycling is one of the most popular sports in the region. Many visitors map out excursions along

area roads or head for the mountains for an even more rigorous activity, says Marilyn Curtis, general manager of Al’s Cyclery & Fitness.

“Our main season is from April through October, but as long as we have warm weather and the roads are clear, people are out there,” Curtis says. “The mountain bikes are probably the most popular, because you can do everything from flat roads to trails on them. We sell and rent a lot of those, because it lets people go back and forth on different terrain, and they really enjoy that.”

For those who want their various outdoor activities coordinated from under one roof, there’s the Utah State University Outdoor Recreation Center, which offers a variety of programs and opportunities to both students and the surrounding community.

“We’re centered around helping the students get interested in the outdoors, but we also offer a lot of non-credit classes, like avalanche awareness in the wintertime, that both students and the public can take,” says Paul Bowman, program coordinator. “We also do day, weekend and multiday trips and have a summer citizens’ program where we spend a week going river rafting or hiking.”

Regardless of the season, there’s always something going on at the center, he adds.

“We rent the equipment, we organize the trips, we have the classes, so there’s always things to do around here,” he says.

“And there’s always something going on in the area around us, pretty much all year long.”

Canoe trips on the Bear River provide an opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of Cache Valley.

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Study USU UNDERGRAD RESEARCH PROGRAMS RANGE FROM BIOFUELS TO ARCHITECTURE

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rom assistance to local dairies and farmers to non-credit classes, community activities and more, Utah State University is a major player in both Logan and the surrounding Cache Valley.

And nowhere is that more evident than in USU’s undergraduate research program.

“USU’s undergraduate research program is designed to support students who wish to augment their classroom learning with hands-on experience in their field of study,” says Joyce Kinkead, associate vice president and professor in the university’s research office. “We offer grants, travel support, information and recognition, and students in any field of study may use our resources.

‘Undergraduate Research’ is an umbrella term that takes in laboratory research, archival scholarship, creative activity in the arts and field research, among others.”

The university was one of the first in the country to develop a grant program for undergraduate research, using experts from the Danforth Foundation and MIT and other consultants in the mid-1970s to begin its various programs.

In 1999, Kinkead, who then was with the American Council on Education, began analyzing undergraduate research at USU. She later proposed it be formalized within the Office of Research.

“We have been able to build on that foundation of excellence and extend opportunities across the campus,” she says. “We have systematically increased funding to support undergraduates and also developed the Research Fellows Program in which outstanding students entering the university may engage in research from day one.”

That’s led to a marked increase in the number of USU students who receive national and international awards such as the Goldwater and Rhodes scholarships, as well as an annual showcase of USU undergrad research at the state capitol, she says.

“We have also led in creating the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, gathering participants from all colleges and

universities, public and private, in the state. Our goal is to enhance undergraduate research at the campus, state, regional and national levels, and to provide international research opportunities when feasible. It’s all about meeting the students’ goals and making them competitive for employment and graduate studies.”

Some of the hottest areas for research now include bioinformatics, the marriage of biology and mathematics to study everything from pine-beetle infestation to aging and memory, to biofuels and other energy-efficient lines of study. The Utah Science Technology and Research initiative, or USTAR, is also a major catalyst for research and development on campus, and is helping connect USU work with the surrounding region.

“USTAR is a driving force on cutting-edge research that can be transferred into technology and help drive economic development,” Kinkead says. “Energy development, particularly alternative forms of fuel, will be a focus.

Awareness of waste and recycling and reduction of those is evident in such projects as producing biodegradable water bottles.

Helping keep the environment clean and productive is yet another area that reaches into fields such as watershed science, environmental engineering, waste management, environmental studies, and landscape architecture and planning.”

Meanwhile, with additional research delving into history, culture and other more esoteric fields, USU is bringing more to the Cache Valley than just high-tech breakthroughs.

“We are in a knowledge-based economy in which human smarts will be our greatest commodity,” Kinkead says. “Universities play a key role as economic engines, producing new technology and transferring it to the marketplace. Some time ago, this meant designing and building snow-grooming machines; today, it may be making a crop such as chokecherries viable for the market or developing an antibiotic that decreases the rate of infection in hospitals. Or it may be an alternative energy that allows people to lead cleaner more efficient lives.”

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Kids Count in Cache Valley SWIMMING, SKATEBOARDING, A ZOO AND MORE PROVIDE PLENTY TO DO

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ne of the state’s best skate parks, an excellent aquatics center and an interesting zoo combine to create a recreation complex that keeps Cache Valley children active and inspired.

The Willow Park Zoo looks as beautiful blanketed in winter snow as it does carpeted by the green grass of summer. Fortunately for folks in Logan, it stays open 362 days a year so visitors can enjoy every season.

The zoo features exotic small mammals, including capuchin monkeys and wallabies and is also home to North American mammals such as bobcats, foxes, deer, pronghorn and elk. Young visitors also enjoy the reptile and bird exhibits.

The zoo’s Wildlife Learning Center provides classroom space for educational programming, which attracts several thousand school-age children each year.

The Aquatic Center features a diving pool, leisure pool, two water slides and a 50-meter lap pool. Programs range from swimming lessons to merit badge classes for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

The Logan Skate Park is described as one of the best in Utah with 17,000 square feet of skating area and 8-foot bowls. Designed for all skaters – from beginners to those with advanced skills – the park features square bowls that boarders can roll into with speed.

Elsewhere in Cache Valley, kids can find fun activities ranging from the Cache Valley Fun Park to X-Box Halo tournaments.

Funatics brings in the college crowd with its floor-to-ceiling screens for X-Box play. Funatics also offers air hockey, pool tables, miniature golf and live entertainment.

For the fitness-minded, the Logan Community Recreation Center has basket ball, racquetball and tennis courts, a weight room, indoor track and a batting cage.

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undreds of physically active seniors migrate to Logan each year to spend their summers enjoying the area’s mild weather and wealth of recreational offerings. Utah State University’s Summer Citizens program gives them the opportunity to keep their minds active too. The college offers summer classes on everything from computers to national security.

“Probably the most popular class is [instructor] Michael Ballam’s Communicating Great Ideas Through Opera and Musical Theater,” says LeeAnn Lundgreen, Summer Citizens program coordinator. “Other popular classes include a national security class, which is on the CIA, taught by a former CIA agent, and classes that focus on Vietnam and Iraq. We also have a lot of writing and computer classes. In 2008, we offered a new class on fuel-efficient homes and vehicles.”

Best of all, there’s no homework or grades, so participants have plenty of time to take in theater and opera performances, play golf at any of several beautiful courses, attend USU’s Library Series lectures, visit nearby national parks and go hiking or take part in more strenuous sports adventures.

The mandatory Summer Citizens Card is participants’ passport to classes, as well as on-campus and community perks. The modestly priced card entitles summer residents to free parking, library privileges, computer labs and discounts at numerous area restaurants, hotels and performance venues, Lundgreen says.

Classes cost about $35 each, and fulltime Logan residents, whom Lundgreen hopes to attract more of, get a discount.

So far, about 85 percent of participants hail from Arizona. Although most attendees are senior citizens, classes are open to all ages.

“I think the youngest student we’ve had was 45,” Lundgreen says, “and the oldest was a 96-year-old man, who took quite a few classes last year.”

See summercitizens.usu.edu to find out more.

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Utah State’s Summer Citizens program draws seniors from across the region.

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strong, varied agricultural economy has long been the backbone of Cache Valley’s economic success, and even in changing times it still casts a positive light on the area’s fortunes.

“We’re quite diversified, so when one thing is down another commodity is up,” says Clark Israelsen, agriculture agent with the Cache County Extension Office. “For instance, barley production is still a major thing in this county, which is No. 1 in the state for it. That’s because we have a lot of dairies, and barley is used as feed source for dairy cows. It also works as a good rotation crop between alfalfa and corn silage, so when they’re not growing those, they’re usually growing it.”

The county’s farmers lean toward these and other grain crops like wheat because of the dairies, and because the area’s soil tends to support them well. Other factors that play into a successful agribusiness climate include irrigation channels, natural water sources and nearby mountains that provide an ongoing watershed. Cache Valley farmers’ willingness to try new things also helps grow the farming sector.

“Saff lower has been growing every year recently,” Israelsen says. “What we raise here is used for birdseed, and because we’re in a dry enough climate, we can get a good, white color on the seed, which is a preference for that market.

Another advantage of safflower is that it has a deep tap root, so if we’re having little rainfall or have to limit irrigation, it can go dry while the water is used on other crops.”

Cattle in the county tend to be mostly dairy herds, although there are still a few beef ranchers

making a go of it. But as milk and cheese production in the county continues to rise, the local dairy industry will likely grow, Israelsen says.

“We have been a leading dairy county for quite some time, usually the first or second in terms of production,” he says. “Dairy has been a good industry for us, mainly because of the grains that we can raise locally, but also because of the processing units that have been built in the county so that we can process the milk for consumption and also for cheese.”

Cheese making is a significant business in the Cache Valley. It is home to Gossner Foods, the nation’s largest producer of Swiss cheese. Rockhill Creamery produces and ships handcrafted gouda and other products throughout the country.

Schreiber Cheese is the second-largest producer of cream cheese and produces other products sold nationally in grocery stores and used in restaurants.

Utah State University even teaches a course on cheese making and produces its own Aggie Brand dairy products, including cheese and ice cream.

These days, population growth is putting a bit of a squeeze on farmers who are landlocked, but Israelsen says that even with diminished acreage the county’s farming and ranching concerns should still be able to survive and thrive.

“It’s good land here, and we’re blessed most years with adequate water for irrigation,” he says.

“The mountains are a great storage reservoir for moisture, and we have other benefits such as Utah State University, which is a great resource for technical expertise. We’re not seeing any more large farms, but we are seeing more people who are doing it part time, so it keeps going.”

Grain and dairy industries are growing sectors of Cache Valley’s economy.

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Biz Briefs BUSINESSES – BOTH LARGE AND SMALL – THAT HELP DEFINE CACHE VALLEY’S ECONOMIC CLIMATE

Scorecard BUSINESS AT A GLANCE

$732,162 Retail sales ($1,000)

$7,639 Retail sales per capita

$77,727 Accommodations and food service sales ($1,000)

7,756 Total number of firms Source: U.S. Census QuickFacts

LEADING EDGE AVIATION Biz: flight instruction, jet center, Cessna flight center Buzz: Leading Edge was founded by Scott Weaver and has become northern Utah’s leading Cessna pilot center. The company’s extensive training services provide clients with the ability to advance from a recreational pilot to a professional aviator. www.leaviation.com 14

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JUNIPER SYSTEMS Biz: field computers Buzz: Juniper Systems designs, tests, manufactures and markets innovative field computer solutions for rugged applications.

The company’s HarvestMaster products feature leading-edge technology for collecting on-combine grain measurement data while the Archer offers 512 MB of internal data storage. www.junipersys.com C AC H E VA L L E Y

CAFFE IBIS Biz: organic coffee roaster Buzz: Organic coffee is classified into three primary certifications: Organic, Fair Trade and Shade Grown – and Caffee Ibis offers coffees that qualify for all three. Owners Sally and Randy Wirth have created an environmentally supportive green business that focuses on sustainability from the coffee farm to every cup of Caffe Ibis coffee. www.caffeibis.com

SUNSHINE TERRACE Biz: assisted living, wellness center, rehabilitation center Buzz: Sunshine Terrace is a nonprofit, community-sponsored health care service. The rehabilitation center provides short-term and extended care; the assisted living facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing care; and the wellness center features fitness programs in a well-equipped facility. www.sunshineterrace.com

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HOFFMAN AI BREEDERS Biz: artificial insemination cattle breeding service Buzz: Hoffman A.I. Breeders has been serving the cattle industry for over 28 years. Hoffman provides artificial insemination products and professional service for both purebred and commercial cattle producers. This means high quality processing, safe and humane bull care, and prompt delivery. www.hoffmanaibreeders.com

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High-Tech Health Care at Home HOSPITALS IMPROVE SERVICES AND MAKE TOP-NOTCH CARE AVAILABLE IN THE CACHE VALLEY TO RESIDENTS

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ache Valley’s excellent health-care community just keeps getting better as new treatments and services are added.

New cancer and wound treatment centers were designed with the patients’ ease and comfort in mind, and both have been resounding successes.

The Logan Regional Hospital Cancer Center offers radiation therapy, brachytherapy, clinical trials and more. It was designed to bring various cancer treatment methodologies together and offer a multidisciplinary, team approach, says Mike Clark, operations officer.

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therapy,” Clark says. “We have physicians here a couple of times during the week, and we do treatments five days a week.”

Cancer treatment is demanding.

Patients often need daily treatment for weeks at a time. The center means Cache Valley residents won’t have to drive several hours to get that treatment.

“We had a tremendous amount of community support, with about $1.4 million of the center’s cost coming from donations, and we are very thankful to those donors for their help,” Clark says.

At the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital, the new Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program has seen similar success. Since opening in May 2008, the program has added a third

hyperbaric chamber and has performed its first human pericardium skin graft, says Shauna Elleman, program director.

“We treat all types of different wounds anywhere on the body, and then we have advanced modalities to heal those wounds,” Elleman says. “We use the hyperbaric chambers for wound treatment, but they can also serve other functions. They’ve been very successful, so we’re looking to expand what we can do with them.”

The center’s patients suffer from diabetes, poor circulation, radiation injuries from other treatments and other conditions that lead to poor healing. Like cancer patients, they too were faced with long drives on a near daily basis for treatment, so being able to tackle their health problems at home has been a tremendous boon.

“Now we’re working to expand our care services,” Elleman says. “There are always new advancements in wound care and healing. As they come out, we’ll add them to serve our patients.”

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InTech Collegiate High School has formed its first competition robotics team.

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y combining basic high-school coursework with advanced work in specific areas, the students at InTech Collegiate High School are getting a serious jump on their college education and the future. And they’re building some robots and doing other very nifty stuff along the way.

The school, which opened in August 2006, offers the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, advanced-placement courses. These allow students to get credit at both the high school and college levels, and prepare a generation of science-oriented students for the local and regional workforce. The school currently has around 150 students and could hold twice as many, so students, faculty and other supporters are working to raise InTech’s visibility, says Jim Baker, engineering instructor.

“The state plan was to have six earlycollege high schools based on math, science, engineering and technology, and we’re the last of the six,” Baker says.

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with the Cache School District, and now we’re working to develop further ties with the business community.”

To that end, some of Baker’s students are taking part in various mentoring and job-shadowing programs in the community. They also are bringing those outside experts on board for a more unusual project, the FIRST Robotics Competition.

“Their regional director had heard about the school, and he came and talked to us,” Baker says. “Cache Valley hadn’t had a team before, and when he showed me what the competition was and told me that there was money available to help us get started, we were able to take part.”

The event honored the historic 1969 lunar mission by requiring all contestant schools to build a robot that could travel on a simulated moon surface. That meant lower friction tires and a host of other factors to be weighed into the robotic design. The students rose to the challenge, Baker says.

“It was exciting and challenging, but they came up with some good ideas,” he says. “And we had good sponsors like

Autonomous Solutions outside of the grants we received from FIRST and NASA. They helped with the design of many of the elements and also with the ability to manufacture the frame. And then ICON (a national manufacturing firm with a plant in Logan) powder-coated the frame for us, so it was good looking as well.”

The event proved to be a unifying force for the school and outside communities, and brought attention to the campus as it prepares to graduate its first class in spring 2009. And that, says principal and executive director Jason Stanger, is the idea.

“We’re a new school and we’re still growing,” Stanger says. “We’re always looking for new ways to partner and reach out and really create amazing programs for students that otherwise wouldn’t exist. Competitions like this one can lead to scholarship and internship opportunities, and also let us reach out to the community. Now we have to expand and deepen those relationships so we can further enrich the experiences our students have here.” – Joe Morris I M AG E S O F C AC H E VA L L E Y. C O M

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They Can Hit the High Notes UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA PRESENTS DAZZLING SHOWS EACH SUMMER IN LOGAN

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ache Valley citizens don’t have to travel to Italy or Austria to experience opera on a grand scale. They get to see world-class opera in their own backyard.

Now in its 17th season, the Utah Festival Opera Company was founded in Logan in 1993. According to Opera America, it is the only fully professional opera company in the United States that was founded in the 1990s and prospered.

“Money magazine ranked Utah Festival Opera as one of the top 20 summer opera festivals in the world,” says Tonya Smith, marketing and communications director for the Utah Festival Opera Company. “Among other companies to share the honor were La Scala in Italy, Glyndebourne in England, the Salzburg Festival in Austria, and Santa Fe Opera in the U.S.” If the word “opera” doesn’t excite you, keep an open mind.

“If classical opera is not your thing, there are also musicals and light operetta,” Smith says. “We have literary seminars and production seminars that are free to the public, and we have Breakfast with the Stars on Saturday mornings.”

More than 85 percent of the Utah Festival Opera’s artists and production staff come from outside the state, and many are professional performers who have honed their talents in renowned opera houses across the world.

“In 2008, our artists represented more than eight countries, and our patrons came from more than 41 states,” Smith says.

“Having the opportunity to see and mingle with this level of talent is once in a lifetime.”

The festival typically happens in July and August, with

events at both The Utah Theatre and the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

“People travel from all over the country and the world and stay three to four days to experience the festival,” Smith says.

“If you live in Cache Valley, there are multiple activities and shows each day to experience and enjoy.”

Main shows during the 2009 festival will include The Mikado, Carmen, Camelot, Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci.

The festival will also include the new International Operatic Competition, where more than 20 talented artists will compete and be judged by a panel of judges as well as the audience. The winner will be sent to Italy to compete in the International Operatic Singing Competition.

In addition to Breakfast with the Stars, audience activities will include backstage tours, a gala dinner and more. The festival’s estimated economic impact on the local economy during the 2008 season was a whopping $12 million.

Roughly half of the festival’s patrons come from Cache Valley, attesting to the huge amount of community support it receives. It has come a long way since founder Michael Ballam established the festival opera 17 years ago with offices in an unfinished upper floor of the former First Security Bank.

“I hung up a sign that got us through those years,” Ballam recalls. “It read, ‘The Titanic was built by experts. Noah’s Ark was built by volunteers.’ I believe part of the reason we’ve been the beneficiaries of miracles is the vast volunteer effort that keeps UFO alive.”

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CACHE COMMUNITY VALLEY SNAPSHOT Cache Valley extends more than 50 miles through northern Utah.

It is nestled between the Wellsville Mountains on the west and the Bear River Mountain Range on the east.

CLIMATE Logan enjoys mild summers and snowy winters.

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Cache Valley’s four area hospitals offer services including cancer treatment and wound care, and a variety of general practitioners and specialists.

EDUCATION With Utah State University, InTech Collegiate High School, the excellent Cache County School District and charter schools, this region boasts a sought after educational environment.

RECREATION Logan Parks and Recreation Department 195 S. 100 W. (435) 716-9250 www.loganutah.org Logan River Golf Course 550 W. 1000 S. (435) 750-0123 www.loganutah.org

Caine Lyric Theatre 28 W. Center, theatre.usu.edu Celebrate America Evan Stevenson Ballroom Utah State University www.celebrate americashow.com Ellen Eccles Theatre Cache Valley Center for the Arts 43 S. Main www.centerforthearts.us

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