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The Herald Journal July 30 - Aug. 5, 2010

summer’s vibrantsummer’s vibrantWildflowersWildflowers>>> Page 8>>> Page 8

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Slow Wave

Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.

Cache

LAST WEEKEND I WENT camping with my family at a place I didn’t even know existed until

the week before that — the Deer Cliff Inn cabins and Cub River Guest Ranch up Cub River Canyon near Pres-ton, Idaho.

Tucked up against the cliffs (notorious for the mass slaughtering of deer, in case you were won-dering) is a strange little place — it was referred to more than once as the “twilight zone” — with a restaurant, four rustic cabins, a beautiful river, an RV park, a lodge that sleeps 50, a guest house, a swimming pool tucked against the mountain and more. While there are a dozen things to rent (including Jet Skis, horse rides, etc.), we opted to enter-tain ourselves with multiple swims in the pool, dinner at the inn, a couple games of horseshoes and a campfire.

I must say, though, that the swimming pool

was one of the best parts. Tucked up against the mountain, it’s surrounded by nature, including the Cub River on one side, the cliffs on the other and meadows on another. You can’t see any roads or hear many people, and the water feels so fresh it’s like you’re taking a dip in a crisp, cool spring.

The cabins we stayed in were like noth-ing I’ve ever been to. They had electricity, but they were definitely rustic and were about as close as you can get to sleeping in a tent without actually, well, putting up the tent.

I love summer most for these exact rea-sons — there are always adventures to be had and you can be outside 24 hours a day. I can’t wait to see what comes next.

To learn more about the Cub River Guest Ranch and Deer Cliff Inn, visit their web-sites at www.cubriverguestranch.com and www.deercliffinnidaho.com.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

— Jamie Baer NielsonCache Magazine editor

From the editor [email protected]

Wildflowers are hitting their peak in the mountains around Cache Valley right now. “The showier ones are really sticking

out right now,” says botanist Michael Duncan, who quickly rattled off a list of 10 differ-ent flowers that are most prevalent. “There are so many in the Tony Grove area. It is very diverse up there. It’s just awesome.” Read more and see some colorful photos on Page 8. Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

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Cute pet photo of the week

This dog is available for adoption!Pet: Shasta From: Cache Humane SocietyWhy she’s so lovable: “Shasta is a great companion for cats and adults. She would make a great companion for someone who wants a buddy and a friend. Shasta is house-trained when she isn’t left alone too long. She already knows sit, stay and come. She will scratch at the door when she needs to go outside to potty. She is afraid and can nip at children, but maybe with proper supervision and training would be OK with chil-dren not living in the home. She is not fond of other dogs, but gets along with cats.” Shasta’s ID number is 2010-8917. To meet her or any other animals up for adoption, call 792-3920 or drop by the shelter at 2370 W. 200 North in Logan.

Check out this week’s ‘Photos By You’ feature!

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What’s inside this week

Aaron: ‘Dinner for Schmucks’ an unsatis-fying meal

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USU, community invited to read

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Up next at Crumb Bros.: Fusion folk duo Jennings and Keller

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LOGAN YOUTH Shakespeare’s production of

“Romeo and Juliet” opens Wednesday, Aug. 11, and run through Aug. 14 at the Logan Arthouse and Cin-ema, 795 N. Main, Logan. The show starts at 7 o’clock nightly. Tickets are available at the door for a suggested donation of $5 for adults and $3 for kids 18 and younger. Please, no kids younger than 5.

What have you been up to this summer? For a couple dozen Cache Valley kids, the answer is “Shakespeare.” Since mid-June, two casts of young actors have been studying and rehears-ing “Romeo and Juliet” as part of Logan Youth Shakespeare’s intensive summer program. LYS brings the play to the stage in its entirety, complete with gorgeous language, bawdy humor, thrilling swordplay and all the pas-sion and freshness only young people can bring to this timeless tale of love doomed by an intractable family feud.

Isaac Spooner and Amy Jackson-Smith star as Romeo and Juliet in Logan Youth Shakespeare’s upcoming pro-duction of “Romeo and Juliet,” opening Aug. 11 at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema.

Teaching torchesto burn bright

FOR OVER 20 YEARS, Patty Hawkins of Estes Park,

Colo., has expanded the boundar-ies of traditional quiltmaking with ingenuity and the newest materials and technologies. As a result, her hand-dyed fabric collages have been accepted for six Quilt Nationals, the premiere contemporary quilt show. The artist’s work has hung in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City and The Muse-um at the American Quilter Society in Paducah, Ky., to name a few.

Hawkins will be the Featured Art Quilter at the Brigham City Museum-Gallery’s Quilt Invitational, set to run through Aug. 18. Fifteen of her compositions will be on display as well as quilts by Lenore Crawford of Midland, Mich., and other artists from Northern Utah. Patrons can view the exhibit from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays at 24 N. 300 West. Admission is free. For more informa-tion, call 435-723-6769.

Because the Rocky Mountain National Park is in Hawkins’ backyard, many of the ideas for her quilts come from the majesty of the mountains, the seasons of the aspen trees, the amazing rock colors, the lights and shadows of the day, and reflection “scribbles.”

The special rapport between Hawkins and her surroundings is eas-ily recognized in the diptych “Light of Day,” which is a close-up of an aspen grove. The quilter dyed all the cloth using a shibori technique meaning to squeeze, press or wring. Hawkins scrunched “sleeves” of fabric on a PVC pipe, dipped them first in water to create a resist, and then into fabric dye to produce the desired patterns. The quilt was juried into Quilt Visions and also received the acclaimed Quilt Japan Prize in 2007 that paid for Hawkins to travel to Japan to teach classes in Tokyo and Osaka.

The artist says the most challeng-ing quilt she has ever constructed is her impression of the Grand Canyon following a visit to the site. It was a timely project because her husband had just built her a 400-square-foot studio, and Hawkins would use every inch to fabricate her version of the 277-mile-long, steep-sided gorge.

Art quilteron displayat Brigham

museum

By Patty Hawkins

Associate professor presents Cache Valley 7,500 years agoDR. BONNIE PITBLADO,

associate professor in the USU anthropology department, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, as part of the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau’s Summer Speaker Series at the histor-ic Cache County Courthouse, 199 N. Main St., Logan. Seating is limited. For more information, call 755-1890 or visit www.tourcachevalley.com.

Pitblado specializes in the earliest

human occupations of the Rocky Mountains, and she has an active research program to better under-stand how people used the moun-tains and adjacent landscapes up to 13,000 years ago. Was Cache Valley the lively place it is today? What were the Summer Citizens doing? How has traffic on Main Street evolved? Come learn about your region’s ancient inhabitants.

Pitblado serves as director of the USU Museum of Anthropology and the anthropology program. She teaches courses in archaeology and museum studies and serves as the advisor for USU’s “Museum Stud-ies” certification program.

She also has grants from the National Science Foundation and the Bureau of Land Management to conduct field research in the Gun-

nison Basin of southwest Colorado, and recently initiated a long-term research program based in northern Utah and southeast Idaho.

In 2003, Pitblado published the book “Paleoindian Occupation of the Southern Rocky Mountains” with University Press of Colorado. She has also written many articles and book chapters reporting her research results. Pitblado

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Andrea — Andrea Bailey has her master’s degree in piano performance from Brigham Young University. She is a nationally certified teacher of music and teaches piano from her home studio near Lundstom Park. She enjoys regularly accompanying instrumentalists on cam-pus and performing chamber music. She is married to attorney Shawn Bailey and is the mother of three (ages 11 months to 6 years). She and Karen have been playing together for about a year.

Karen — Karen Teuscher is choir director at Sky View High School and North Cache 8-9 Center. She has also taught band, elementary music, at a private flute studio, children’s choirs and preschool music classes. As a flutist she performs in the community with Hi Falutin’ flute choir, the USU Alumni Band, in chamber groups and as a soloist. She is the mother of four children and spends her summers attending baseball games and clean-ing sousaphones for her husband’s band instrument repair business. Joining Karen and Andrea for this concert are Jo Hays (flute), Eric Hatch (clarinet), Jim Schaub (bass), Robyn Peterson (drum set), Traci Boston (flute) and Shannon Clemens (flute).

The ninth annual Noon Music at the Tabernacle series is in full swing. All concerts are free to the public and begin at noon. Be sure to check Cache Magazine every week for profiles on upcoming performers. (The schedule is always subject to change!) For more information, visit www.cachecommunityconnections.com.

Noon Music at the Tabernacle under way

Karen Teuscher &Andrea Bailey (Aug. 4)

Emily Heap (July 30)

E mily Heap is a graduate of Utah State University with

a Bachelor of Fine Arts in act-ing, and has appeared on stage with the Old Lyric Repertory Company for several seasons. Past credits include Percy in

“Spitfire Grill” and Mabel in “Chaps!” Emily has sung in the Noon Music concert series several times in the past and is delighted to return this summer with friends Sylvia Turner and Dallyn Steenerson.

Randy Smith (Aug. 3)

R andall J. Smith is a graduate of Utah State University, earning his undergraduate

degree in music education and his master’s degree in instructional technology. He recently completed his supervisory/administrative licen-sure for public education at USU. Randy has been the choral/vocal director at Logan High School for the past 20 years, and has served on the choral committee of the Utah Music Educa-tors Association and also served as choral vice president for UMEA’s governing board. Randy has been honored to direct the UMEA state honor choir and had the opportunity to serve as

chairman of the UMEA honor choir for several years. As a soloist, Randy sang the lead roles in four operas and operettas and was a selected as vocalist for USU’s concerto night. After college, Randy per-formed as a tenor soloist for Musica Reservata, the Northern Utah Choral Society, and as soloist and musical director for the Festival of the American West Pageant.

Trenton Chang (July 31)

T renton H. Chang, 12, began piano lessons when he was

almost 5 years old; currently he studies with Gary Amano and Anarie Petroff. Trenton has won lots of awards in the USU piano festival since studying piano. At age 8 he won first place in the 2006 UMTA State Concerto Com-petition, and last year he was cho-sen in the Salute to Youth audi-tions to play Mozart’s “Concerto No. 17, K. 453” with the Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall. In October he played the same piece

with the Utah Chamber Artists at Libby Gardner Concert Hall. In May he was invited to perform the Mozart “Concerto No. 23, K. 488” in the Beverly Sorenson Young Artists Concert with Utah Chamber Artists again. Trenton is interested in languages and speaks English and Chinese fluently. He also studies Japanese and Spanish. Trenton will be a sev-enth-grader at Bear River Charter School this fall. He enjoys soccer, hiking and traveling and has a good sense of humor.

Katherine — Katherine Freeman’s love for music started at 2 years old when she was found singing the ABC’s. As a child she learned to play the piano and the viola, both of which she has played ever since. She started her first voice lessons when she was 13 and has since sung her way through life, performing in musicals and show choirs at Sky View High School. She was accepted to the USU vocal performance program where she has spent the last three years studying. For the last five years she has been teaching singers and coaching voices in musical theater companies in the community.

Sarah — Sarah Knowles has performed many lead-ing and supporting roles, including Marian Paroo in “The Music Man,” Ruth in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” Chiffon in “Little Shop of Horrors” and Gloria Thorpe in “Damn Yankees.” Not only has she participated in many theatrical productions, but Sarah has also been singing since she could talk. Although private vocal lessons has been a more recent activity, she has been a member of various choirs, including church, community and school choirs. Singing in the car is one of her favorite activities. Sarah is a junior at Weber State University studying musi-cal theater.

Katherine Freeman &Sarah Knowles (Aug. 5)

The rest of the season ...Aug. 6 Sarah Jacobs Huff, vocalAug. 7 Troy & Jennifer Hobbs, vocalAug. 9 “Woah Mollie!!”Aug. 10 Kingsmen Barbershop QuartetAug. 11 Laurie Baefsky, flute, & Lynn KeiskerAug. 12 Irv Nelson, organAug. 13 Sassafras Folk SingersAug. 14 Earl & Rasmussen Family Singers

“T hey’re Playing Our Song” will play at 7:30

p.m. every Friday, Satur-day and Monday, Aug. 6 through Sept. 11, at the Ter-race Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Ogden. Tickets are $12 and $10 for adults, $9 and $7 for children, and available at the playhouse

or by calling 801-393-0070. Seniors and students get $1 off regular ticket price. For more information, visit www.terraceplayhouse.com.

“They’re Playing Our Song” stars Shelby Fer-rin of Clearfield as Vernon Gersch and Annie Ferrin of Clearfield as Sonia Walsk.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY President Stan L. Albrecht

received a copy of “Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference” by Warren St. John — this year’s selection for the Connections program’s Common Literature Experience.

The Common Literature Experi-ence encourages the entire campus community, the local community and USU’s newest students to read the book and attend an August convocation lecture featuring the coach of the legendary refugee soccer team, Luma Mufleh.

St. John, a New York Times reporter, brought Clarkston, Ga., to national attention in 2007 with a series of articles about the changes in a small Southern town brought about by an influx of refugees from all over the world. This book comes out of those articles. It gives more detail about the town and, most particularly, the three soccer teams composed of refu-gee boys (the Fugees) who were

coached by Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman.

The book is a sports story, a sociological study, a tale of global and local politics and the story of a determined woman who became involved in the lives of her young charges. Keeping the boys in school and out of gangs, finding a place for them to practice and helping their families survive in a new world all became part of her daily life.

Connections is a course specifi-cally designed to ease a student’s transition to university life at USU.

The course focuses on develop-ing critical college study skills and understanding the academic environment. It also promotes awareness of the campus com-munity. The Com-mon Literature Experience is part of the larger Con-nections program. Each year a litera-ture selection is used to encourage students and the community to talk and share ideas and impressions.

The literature experience cul-minates for Connections students and community members with a convocation lecture by Mufleh, who will speak at 9:30 a.m. Satur-day, Aug. 28, in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center on campus. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

For information on the literature experience or the Connections program, contact program director Noelle Call at 797-1194.

THE BRIDGER FOLKMusic Society will host a concert with Americana fusion folk duo

Jennings and Keller at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 14, at Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West, Logan. Tickets are $13 and available by calling 757-3468, or take your chances at the door the night of the show. Seating is very limited, so advance purchase is recommended.

Jennings and Keller is Laurie Jennings Oudin and Dana Keller, an acoustic duo based out of Miami, Fla. They bring a wealth of experience to their collabora-tion, from the Broadway musicals of New York to the honky-tonks of West Texas. Their music is called “Fusion Folk Americana” — a blend of many different elements that comes from their vast and wide-ranging musical backgrounds. With the release of their debut CD, “Susan’s House,” and its follow-up (May 2009), “As the Universe Unfolds,” Jennings and Keller are quickly gaining recognition throughout the country. In 2007 alone, they were finalists in five songwriting

contests across the nation: South Florida Folk Fest, Suwanee SpringFest, Susque-hanna, SolarFest and Falcon Ridge Folk.

Jennings Oudin is well-known as the former proprietress of The Main Street Cafe, which was viewed across the coun-try as the premier acoustic music venue in Florida. A former Shakespearean actress, Laurie has been a singer and songwriter for many years. Since the cafe’s close in June 2006, she has been devoting her time to her musical career with Keller.

Keller is a veteran pedal steel, dobro and guitar player who has spent years per-forming on stage or in the studio with such luminaries as Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Stevie Wonder, Larry Graham, Marvin Gaye, Dave Mason, Johnny Rodriguez and The Allen Brothers, to name a few. He has opened for, among others, Spirit, Pure Prairie League, Gordon Lightfoot, Waylon Jennings and Buck Owens. Keller has been an endorsee of the Gretsch Guitar and Drum Company since 1980.

The synergy created from these two diverse talents is apparent in the

responses they are getting from festi-val directors, club owners and audi-ence members. The duo’s music is not easy to define, but will leave a lasting

impression on all who listen.For more information, visit www.

bridgerfolk.org and www.jenningsand keller.com.

All mixed up

Meet an Americana fusion folk duo

Up next at Plaza Playhouse: ‘They’re Playing Our Song’

USU, community invited to read together

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AMERICAN FESTIVAL CHORUS combines with

UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA

Call 800-262-0074www.ufoc.org

www.americanfestivalchorus.org

This is a must see performance! Soloists are the best in the country!

and from Harlem, NY the Award-Winning Songs of Solomon Choral Ensemble

for two performances of Verdi’s genius work, the Requiem August 3 & 4, at 7:30 pm at the Ellen Eccles Theatre

Conducted by the world renowned Dr. Craig Jessop, former conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

“Charlie St. Cloud”Rated PG-13(9%) A review for “Charlie St. Cloud” was not available from The Associated Press. In lieu, please accept this synopsis from www.RottenTomatoes.com: “Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother, though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie’s life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves.” PG-13 for language including some sexual references, an intense accident scene and some sensu-ality. 109 min.

“Cats & Dogs: TheRevenge of Kitty Galore”Rated PG★★★ Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria? Maybe not. While these animals were resourceful and well-equipped enemies in the original “Cats & Dogs” from 2001, now they must band together to fight a common foe. As you can tell from the name, this is a spy send-up, specifically of James Bond movies — the opening titles alone are super clever, an indication of the kind of eye for detail that’s in store throughout — and from there, the jokes fly fast and furious along with the fur. Surprisingly, most of them work. But as directed by Brad Peyton, the 3-D sequel is a mix of live action, puppetry and computer ani-mation, and the jumbled look is its chief weakness: The animals are cute, but the visual effects that suggest they’re talking too often look jumpy and fake. You want your talking-animal movies to be realistic, don’t you? Still, it’s a delightful idea that cats and dogs not only enjoy a rich inte-rior life while humans are away, but also function as highly trained super spies, complete with elaborate gadgetry. Bette Midler is deliciously over-the-top as the voice of the diabolical Kitty Galore, with James Marsden, Christina Applegate and Nick Nolte among the vocal cast. PG for animal action and humor. 87 min.

“Ramona and Beezus”Rated G★

1⁄2 Little kids and tweens — girls, spe-cifically — will probably eat this up, or at least be suitably amused by it. They won’t be troubled with things like a lack

of plot or narrative momentum. And it’s sad to report that, given the strength of the source material. “Ramona and Beezus” is based on Beverly Cleary’s beloved children’s books, which have been around for more than 50 years and vividly capture the playfulness and awkwardness of youth. Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay’s script features tales from several of Cleary’s books, and as a result it feels like a series of individual episodes — both madcap and heartrend-ing — rather than a cohesive story with any real drive. And Elizabeth Allen, who also directed “Aquamarine,” plays up the antics for maximum wackiness. New-comer Joey King has a likable way about her, though, as the high-spirited, acci-dent-prone Ramona Quimby. The movie follows the adventures of the 9-year-old, her teenage sister, Beezus (Disney star Selena Gomez), baby Roberta, dad Robert (John Corbett) and mom Dorothy (Bridget Moynahan). Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Duhamel co-star as former high-school sweethearts and have the film’s only interesting subplot. Rated G. 104 min.

“Salt”Rated PG-13★★ Despite the cryptic ads that pose the question, “Who Is Salt?” and regardless of the various twists and turns designed to throw us off, the intentions of Ange-lina Jolie’s super-spy character, Evelyn Salt, never really seem to be in question. Nonetheless, no actress working today is as convincing an action star as Jolie, and she does tear it up here; the fight scenes are visceral, not balletic like the “Tomb Raider” movies or supernaturally trippy as in “Wanted.” And “Salt” allows director Phillip Noyce to return to the kind of action thrillers he’s made previously, like the Tom Clancy adaptations “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” It’s muscular, gritty and propulsive. (Rob-ert Elswit, an Oscar winner for “There Will Be Blood,” is the cinematographer.) It’s also totally ludicrous and lacking in even the slightest shred of humanity. What Jolie is called upon to do as a CIA operative accused of being a Russian spy grows increasingly difficult to accept, even for summer escapism. Yes, she’s supposed to be a highly trained under-cover operative — whether she’s working for the United States or Russia — but this is ridiculous and even laughable when, in theory, we’re supposed to be engrossed. Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor co-star. PG-13 for intense sequences of vio-lence and action. 93 min.

— All reviews byThe Associated Press

FilmNew this week

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“DINNER FOR Schmucks” wants to make you laugh

with sight gags and cringe-wor-thy situational comedy, instead of making you laugh with clever writing.

Tim (Paul Rudd) is looking to get promoted. His boss has an inexplicable compulsion for throwing a dinner where each employee brings the biggest idiot they can find, so they can make fun of the people behind their backs. Except the joke is on them, because Barry (Steve Carell) is impervious to ridicule. Barry is the perfect candidate for idiot of the night, and is sure to land Tim in the coveted seventh-floor corner office, vacated by the last guy who didn’t perform well at the idiot dinner.

Get it? This is all about increasingly awkward situa-tions the characters are put in as we watch them writhe and squirm until we ourselves feel uncomfortable for them. Barry is a taxidermist who specializes in creating dioramas of mice dressed as famous people like the Wright Brothers and Ben-jamin Franklin. After Tim hits Barry with his car and finds out he is quite the simpleton, Tim takes the opportunity to invite Barry to the idiot dinner.

Meanwhile, Tim is trying his hardest to get his girlfriend to marry him, but she keeps saying no, although she informs him she still loves him very much.

Once Tim meets Barry, his life spins out of control, kind of like after Matthew Broderick met Jim Carrey in “The Cable Guy,” only slightly less creepy. Barry invades Tim’s life, ruins his relationships and threatens to ruin his job and promotion all because his mind is living in simple-ville. Barry is the classic moron. He just doesn’t get it.

“Doesn’t have a clue” doesn’t even begin to describe Barry.

“Dinner for Schmucks” is full of clichéd misunderstand-ings that have characters hear-ing the wrong things, and the wrong times causing them to make ridiculous decisions. The entire film hangs on the fact that no one acts like a real per-son would act. Everyone, even the sane people, are nutso, but maybe that’s the point.

The film bounces from one situation to another as they get increasingly uncomfortable to watch. Barry thrusts himself into predicaments before he knows what he’s doing, and all the audience can do is say, “Oh, that’s not going to end well.” Most of the time, watching “Dinner for Schmucks” is like watching a sitcom where every-thing that can go wrong will go wrong, right before everything works out nice and perfect.

It’s hard not to feel for Barry, because he is just so stupid. It’s

also hard not to feel for Tim because he’s played by Paul Rudd, who is one of the hardest people in Hollywood to dislike. If you’ve grown tired of Steve Carell’s shtick by now, this film will put you over the top.

“Dinner for Schmucks” has its funny moments. Barry’s Tower of Dreamers speech is an instant classic, but too much of it relies on situational humor and not enough on clever writ-ing. It’s like the difference

between watching a hilarious stand-up comedian do his act versus a clown at the circus squirting someone with a water-filled flower. If you’re into situational comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks” is for you. If you’re hoping for a comedy with a little more meat on its bones and a little more cleverness in its writing, there’s nothing to see here. Just move along.

Film critic Aaron Peck has a

bachelor’s degree in English from USU. He also writes for BlogCritics.org and HighDef Digest.com, and is starting up a new movie website called TheReelPlace.com. He lives in Logan. He is among a num-ber of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at [email protected].

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By Aaron Peck

‘Schmucks’ an unsatisfying meal

★★“Dinner for Schmucks”

Rated PG-13

If you like wildflowers, now is the time to get out and hit the hiking trails around Cache Valley.

While there has been plenty of blooming going on the past month and a half in the mountains, the higher eleva-tions are just hitting their peak time for wildflowers. There are many colorful areas up the various canyons on the east side of the valley, but the best place, according to many locals and the U.S. Forest Service, is up Logan Canyon.

“Right now, Tony Grove is the best spot,” said Cathy Jo Pollock, public affairs specialist for the Forest Service. “Logan Peak has some good ones too, as well as

the Franklin Basin area.”However, getting to Franklin Basin has

been tricky lately — a bridge is being replaced, so the road to Franklin Basin from Logan Canyon was closed until today. In order to get to that area, visitors have had to go around and come in from the Idaho side.

Michael Duncan quickly seconded Pollock’s Tony Grove suggestion. Duncan is a botanist for the Forest Service and assigned to the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

“Tony Grove is a beautiful spot,” Dun-can said. “It should be right about at its peak right now.”

For more than a week now, those in

search of some beauty in form of flowers have not been disappointed in the Tony Grove area. From Western sweet-cicely to Englemann aster to mountain bluebells to various paintbrushes, wildflowers are out in force along the trails leading to White Pine Lake and Naomi Peak.

“The showier ones are really sticking out right now,” said Duncan, who quickly rattled off a list of 10 of the most preva-lent flowers. “There are so many in the Tony Grove area. It is very diverse up there. It’s just awesome.”

Any quest for wildflowers can quickly be reached in the Tony Grove area, where a wide

variety are on full display. Sure, it is 26 miles from the mouth of Logan Canyon to the Tony Grove parking area and it costs $5 per vehicle, but you are quickly rewarded. In fact, many wildflowers can be seen as you turn off U.S. 89.

To get a full taste, head off on one of the trails near Tony Grove Lake. The meadows on your way to White Pine Lake are espe-cially vibrant right now, and should be for a few more weeks. The trail to Naomi Peak rewards those who make it to the top with numerous flowers along the final stretch.

However, that can all change with the

weather: “If the wind blows a lot and it gets dry and hot, that can cut down on the life of the flowers,” Duncan said. “... It depends on how cool it is and when exactly the weather changes. The day-light and the timing has an effect on the wildflowers. If you have a long, cold spring, then there is a short, narrow win-dow to get up and flower, get pollinated and complete their life cycle. Sometimes it goes quick. If the snowmelt pushes it into summer too much, then the bloom time can be very quick.”

This year, however, has been nearly

perfect for wildflowers.“Right now is the time to go see them,”

Pollock said. “It’s usually the last couple of weeks in July and maybe the first week in August.”

“The wildflowers are more vibrant this year,” Duncan said. “Some of that high country is prime right now.”

While the show will continue into August, the sooner one heads into the mountains the better. Weather can always change things and bring an abrupt end to the flower season.

Duncan enjoys Logan Canyon and said it is home to several species not found anywhere else in

the world.“Logan Canyon is just really neat

botanically,” Duncan said.Does he have a favorite wildflower?“I’ve always liked the shooting star,”

he said. “They are purple and you mostly see them in riparian areas. ... They look exactly like a shooting star.

“The other cool plant is the Pedicularis or Elephantshead. Those are always fun to look out for.”

With so many pretty flowers so close to public trails, there is a definite temptation to pick some; however, signs near trail-heads remind hikers to leave the flowers for others to enjoy. Plus, there are regula-

tions when it comes to wildflowers in For-est Service areas.

“It is illegal to pick flowers, especially with the intent to make money,” Duncan said. “There are people that will collect seeds and plants with the intent to sell them. That is illegal without a permit.

“If you want to do that, then come talk to us and we can get you a permit. What we want to do is encourage people to leave them there so others can enjoy them too.”

And to really enjoy them, you have to see them. Descriptions and photos just don’t do them justice. To truly appreciate the wildflowers, one must see them with their own eyes.

Summer’s Vibrant Wildflowers

Story by Shawn Harrison **** Photos by Braden Wolfe & Shawn Harrison

“Continual Downpour”

by Mildred Barthel

Each grey dawn

We worry Spring

Is delayed. Unseasonably

Cold, we shiver in

Complaints.

Trees begin budding as snow

Continues to fall. Green replaces

Brown as we shiver in

Complaints.

Rain falls instead of snow.

Buds enlarge. Clouds overhead

Dribble on our Memorial Day.

We shiver and complain.

Trees blossom. We have hot dogs

On the grill in spite of clouds and grey

Dawns. We walk whenever sun streaks

Mountain paths, where wild flowers

Appear midst our shivering

Complaints.

Suddenly it is July. We are sweaty

In our complaints.

“Always”by Glenda Grindeland

Love is what I hear,This from the ones I hold dear.

I hear the words, “I’ll love you always.”My loved ones all went away.

Always is a word I grew to fear.Always took away the ones I loved dear.

Love was supposed to always be around;Love was pushed into the ground.

I wonder where love has gone.People who love someone pick at the bones.

I heard the words, “I’ll love you always.”My loved ones did not stay.

If someone ever says I love you,Is not to use the word always.

Love was not for me.Always took them away from me, the world could see,

Every time I stood alone.No one to call me dear.No one to hold me near.

Too much for me to have lost.I no longer count the cost.

When someone says to me, “I’ll love you always,”That is the time I want to run away.

I no longer believe in the word always.My loved ones have all gone away.

“Angels”by William HumphreyWe may see an angel,And be unaware.They’re not recognized,But can appear anywhere.So let’s treat everyone,With respect and love.

For they may be an angel,Sent from up above.

An angel can help us,When things look dark and gray.

Making life better,So we can find the way.Then we can be like angels,Doing lots of good.Always helping others,

The way that we should.

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The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board

Photos by Jordan Falslev

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By The Associated Press

I’M AFRAID THAT when I do that book reviewer thing and give

you the obligatory summary of the plot of “The Four Fingers of Death” by Rick Moody, it will scare off all but the most hard-core of sci-fi geeks, but there’s really no way around it.

Just try to withhold judg-ment when I tell you the novel is split into two books: the first about a manned space mis-sion to Mars that goes horribly wrong, and the second about an astronaut’s severed arm that returns from Mars and crawls around the desert Southwest strangling people. And if you need more, both books are nestled in a framing device and apparently written by a former chess prodigy who now deals in the baseball cards of robotically enhanced players.

Oh, and there’s a chimpanzee named Morton who develops the ability to speak as the result of a mad scientist’s attempt to reani-mate the corpse of his dead wife.

Still with me?I hope so, because as pulpy

and trashy as “The Four Fingers of Death” might sound, it’s oddly something sweeter and more profound. It’s a book about love and longing, husbands grieving over dying wives, dis-connected parents and lost chil-dren, sadness and confusion.

Consider just this one gor-geous line: “Love was the hole as well as the thing that repaired the hole.” It’s sad, pitch-perfect and lovely, and it came from the talking chimp who has fallen in love with a human laboratory assistant.

It might help to back up a bit.“The Four Fingers” is set

about 15 years in the future, and America has fallen apart, depleted by Central Asian wars, saddled with ballooning debt, swamped by rising tides of crime and homelessness. Fuel is scarce, and the countryside is scorched by global warming.

If this sounds vaguely famil-iar, it’s because there’s been a small boom in this sort of dys-topian fiction lately. The latest

novels from Gary Shteyngart (“Super Sad True Love Story”) and Jonathan Lethem (“Chronic City”) both imagine a dissolv-ing New York City. Jim Crace and Cormac McCarthy got even more post-apocalyptic in “The Pesthouse” and “The Road,” respectively.

There are different levels of dystopian collapse, but the genre conventions are consis-tent: Take a worrisome current issue (nobody reads, we’re distracted by iPhones, our envi-

ronment is being destroyed, everything is falling apart, etc., etc.), extrapolate into the future, wring hands nervously.

The near future in “The Four Fingers of Death” has plenty gone wrong, but it reads more like the satiric comedy of David Foster Wallace’s maximalist novel, “Infinite Jest.” Both are long, sometimes long-winded, packed with elaborately inven-tive plotlines, digressions, explanations and multiple char-acters. The future’s a mess, but there’s plenty to say about it.

There are bound to be some missteps in a book this shaggy and pulpy. The first section, the mission to Mars, works well as an adventure story, but the sec-ond half falls flat dramatically, maybe since it’s mostly about an infected hand just wiggling around, grabbing stuff, stran-gling. (The inspiration for this section was apparently “The Crawling Hand,” an actual B-movie horror flick from 1963.)

But the crawling-hand sec-tion also contains some of the book’s most heartfelt and

lovely writing, like this pas-sage describing the astronaut’s final thoughts: “When every-thing else is gone, when all our possessions are gone, all our accomplishments, all the things we would have become and did not, all our friends ... when they are all gone, there is longing, a daughter we were so lucky once to know and love, dancing. May she remember us.”

That sentence ought to make you cry a little. It’s lyrical and says something honest about being human: We all face the void with only the memories of those we love.

This is how Moody gets you: He takes the inane and makes it sincere. The premise of “The Four Fingers of Death” is trashy, the setting is classic sci-fi, but he manages to say something simple, meditative and profound. You may struggle with the 700-plus pages of space exploration, severed arms and talking chimpanzees, but I swear there’s something valu-able there, maybe something permanent.

Moody explores love, longing in ‘Fingers’ Book reviews

By The Associated Press

“EATING FORBeginners” starts with

a stark statistic: 61 percent of Americans are confused about what to feed their family.

What follows is a cross between “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “The Girl-friends’ Guide to Toddlers” — an exhaustively researched and delightfully witty account of author Melanie Rehak’s adven-turous year working at a local restaurant and tracing its food supply to the sources, as well as grappling with her young

son who won’t eat a thing.Through her visits to dairy,

produce and animal farms, Rehak gains a deeper apprecia-tion for the difficulties facing local farmers — and the need to support them. Organic food seems more expensive because the costs are more visible, one of her sources tells her. But the costs of conventionally grown food include public fund-ing of irrigation projects and crop subsidies, not to mention pollution and food-borne ill-nesses.

Back on the homefront, readers can track the budding

language skills of Rehak’s son, Jules, in the myriad ways he refuses almost every edible thing she offers him — from “No” to “No this” to “No chicken. No pasta. No fish.”

The juxtaposition between these dual tracks in Rehak’s life — food and parenting — makes for an amusing read. After methodically describing how to butcher a duck, and the struggle involved in clipping a baby’s nails, Rehak dryly con-cludes: “You genuinely feel it’s easier to butcher a duck.”

Despite her conviction that local is the way to go, Rehak

(author of “Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her”) is reasonable and flexible in the belief, knowing that it’s not always possible to be choosy.

The general issue of acces-sibility of local produce and livestock, however, is unfortu-nately not addressed, a gaping hole in the book.

“Eating for Beginners” is funny, informative and relatable. And if you find your mouth watering at some of the dishes mentioned, Rehak is considerate enough to include recipes at the end of each chapter.

Book takes on big food questions with wit and grit

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HARDCOVER FICTION1. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by S. Larsson2. “Fly Away Home” by Jennifer Weiner3. “The Search” by Nora Roberts4. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett5. “Private” by James Patterson

HARDCOVER NONFICTION1. “The Obama Diaries” by Laura Ingraham2. “Sh*t My Dad Says” by Justin Halpern3. “Medium Raw” by Anthony Bourdain4. “The Big Short” by Michael Lewis5. “War” by Sebastian Junger

PAPERBACK NONFICTION1. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert2. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson3. “Are You There, Vodka? ...” by Chelsea Handler4. “My Horizontal Life” by Chelsea Handler5. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls

CHILDREN’S BOOKS1. “Lego Star Wars” by Simon Beecroft2. “Star Wars” by Rufus Butler Seder3. “Ooh La La! It’s Beauty Day” by Jane O’Connor4. “Ladybug Girl at the Beach” by David Soman5. “The Very Fairy Princess” by Julie Andrews

Keep your reading list updatedat www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

Book takes on big food questions with wit and grit

Carl Hiaasen provides more wacky funBy The Associated Press

FANS OF CARL Hiaasen will feel right at home when they plunge

into “Star Island.”There’s the familiar collec-

tion of deliciously tawdry char-acters, each angling for a piece of the action in Florida, which he calls a land “hijacked by greedy suckworms disguised as upright citizens.” And memo-rable images like a tough guy wielding a weed whacker as a

prosthetic hand.And there’s the fast-moving

plot, and the writing that makes you laugh out loud.

Yes, it’s Hiaasen, and he’s turned out another gem. Read-ers of his previous novels like “Nature Girl,” “Skinny Dip” and “Sick Puppy” can settle in for more wacky fun in the Florida sun.

This time the action centers on Cherry Pye, a 22-year-old no-talent airhead with a lucrative singing career, thanks to heavy

reworking of her voice in the recording studio, lip-syncing and a “BLS” marketing strategy, as in “barely legal slut.” That has made her a meal ticket for her family, her oily record producer and a pair of devious publicists.

Pye spends so much time wasted or in rehab that her han-dlers secretly employ actress Ann DeLusia to make nonsing-ing appearances for her. The scam fools an obsessed, low-life, celebrity-chasing photographer who kidnaps DeLusia by mis-

take — and gets more than he bargained for.

Along with writing a funny plot, Hiaasen knows how to turn a phrase. That photographer “reeked like a prison laundry bag” and operated with a “with-ered, calcified prune of a heart,” while being “blessed with a flac-cid conscience.”

Hiaasen himself is blessed with a talent for writing very funny books, and “Star Island” gives readers another chance to enjoy it.

Jennifer Weiner is back with ‘Fly Away Home’By The Associated Press

JENNIFER WEINERis back. Her latest book,

“Fly Away Home,” is her best offering in years.

The premise seems ripped from the headlines. Sylvie Serfer is a senator’s wife who has made a life and career out of standing by her man. She looks the part, looks after her husband, and is com-

pletely blindsided when she learns that he is having an affair with a much younger woman — an affair that becomes front-page news.

She flees to her family’s home in Connecticut, where she begins to heal.

“Fly Away Home” is also about Sylvie’s two grown daugh-ters: Diana is an emergency room physician who is having a pas-sionate extramarital affair with an

intern at the hospital. Lizzie, the younger daughter, is a recovering drug addict and is trying to find her place and purpose in life.

Diana is a perfectionist who cannot stand her husband. She isn’t the most likable character in the world, but the warmth she lacks can be found in 24-year-old Lizzie, who is trying to pull herself together. It takes time for Lizzie to shake the irrespon-

sible image that has followed her for years.

The three women end up taking an extended “timeout” from their everyday lives. They gather in Connecticut, where they reconnect and face their demons.

The book is well written, a page turner and timely. Fans of Weiner won’t be disappointed, and readers in general will be satisfied.

* This week’s New York Times Best-seller List *

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York

Answers from last week Calendar

Singer/songwriter Travis Chambers will present an improvisational and interactive show at 9 p.m. Friday at Fredrico’s Pizza, 1349 E. 700 North, Logan. Admission is free.

Lawmen & Outlaws Week for Daily Adventures continues Friday at the American West Heritage Center with five sites open for hands-on, living his-tory activities. A Little Buckaroo Tea Party especially for boys will be held at 2 p.m. (Cost is $2 and reservations are required.) Pony rides and train rides take place all day.

The Old Lyric Repertory Company will present “The Complete Works of Wil-liam Shakespeare (Abridged)” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center St., Logan. Tickets are available

Friday by calling or visiting the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center on the USU campus, 797-8022, at the Caine Lyric Theatre Ticket Office or online at boxoffice.usu.edu. For more information, visit csa.usu.edu.

Tanner Cundy will perform with Paul Christiansen and Mark Wardle (acoustic/rock) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound.

The American Red Cross will host a Babysitter Training Course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Cost is $40 per person. This six-hour course gives 11- to 15-year-olds the skills and con-fidence to safely and responsibly care for children and infants. Students will receive materials including a handbook packed with information and full-color skill sheets; a compact emergency ref-

erence guide; an interactive CD-ROM featuring an activity booklet with games, songs, recipes and other activities; an electronic babysitting client organizer; and much more. Participant will need to bring a sack lunch. For more informa-tion, call 752-1125 or visit cachecounty.redcross.org. The Antics will perform improv comedy at 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema, 795 N. Main St. Admission is $5. For more infor-mation, visit www.loganarthouse.com.

Eric Jay Dolin, author of “Fur For-tune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America,” will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Utah State Uni-versity Eccles Conference Center (Room 303). Dolin will present a talk, slideshow

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and book signing. Everyone is invited. For more information, visit www.ericjaydolin.com.

Lawmen & Outlaws Week at Daily Adven-tures continues Saturday at the American West Heritage Center. A mountain man party will be held at 2 p.m. Also: pony rides, train rides and living history activities for all ages. A “Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet” event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Sat-urday in the Providence Macey’s parking lot. Protect your children and families by safely disposing of unused over-the-counter and prescription medications. Pharmacists, law enforcement and health educators will be on hand to answer questions.

The Old Lyric Repertory Company will pres-ent “The Mousetrap” at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday at the Lyric Theatre. Tickets are avail-able by calling or visiting the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center on the USU campus, 797-8022, at the Caine Lyric Theatre Ticket Office or online at boxoffice.usu.edu.

A Junior Ranger activity will be held at noon Saturday at Hyrum State Park. Kids are invited to come learn about birds and build a birdfeeder; participants will receive a badge afterwards. A local zoo will be on site with vari-ous birds. Meet on the grass at the entrance to the park. Participation is free.

Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology will host Bill Varga, mountain man interpreter from the American West Heritage Center, as part of its continuing “Sat-urdays at the Museum” series. Varga’s inter-active presentation, “Early Contact: When the Shoshone Met the Mountain Men,” will take place at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. For more informa-tion, call 797-7545.

Stokes Nature Center will host a program on edible/medicinal plants for ages 12 and older from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Local naturalist Jack Greene will lead a walk along the River Trail in Logan Canyon and discuss the edible and medicinal plants found along the way. Cost is $3 ($2.50 for members). For more information or to register, call 755-3239.

A “Send Stewart to the Mayo Clinic” fundraising dinner and auction will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield North Stake Center, 155 W. 400 North. Cost is an $8 donation per person. All proceeds will help the Stout family cover travel expenses and medical fees to the Mayo Clinic for Stewart, who needs his heart condition fixed. For more information, contact Jessica at 801-805-4862.

The Eccles Ice Center’s next session of Adult and Youth Hockey 101 begins Satur-day and runs from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. for four weeks. Cost is $36. Come learn the funda-mentals of the game with some scrimmaging.

Collette Shaffer will sing at 3 p.m. Sat-urday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Everyone is invited.

The Sky View High School Class of 1975

Members of the Northern Chapter of the American Bikers Aiming Towards Educa-tion will hold their monthly meeting at noon Sunday at Ruby Tuesday in Logan. All inter-ested motorcyclists are welcome to attend.

Utah State University’s Alumni Band will wrap up its 2010 season with its final concert of the summer at 7 p.m. Sunday on the east side of Old Main on the USU Quad. Guest conductors include Larry Smith, Glen Fifield and Barbara Day Turner. In case of bad weather or impending rain, the concert will be moved to the Kent Concert Hall.

The Post-Mormon Community Cache Val-ley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restau-rant. Newcomers welcome. For more informa-tion, visit www.PostMormon.org/logan.

The Summer Citizen Group’s Sunday Afternoon Series continues with Utah Festi-val Opera conductor Karen Keltner at 1 p.m. on the lawn adjacent to the Old Main building on the USU campus. Bring your lawn chairs.

Sunday

will hold its 35-year reunion from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Birch Creek Golf Course Club-house. For more information, call 753-3362.

Love to Cook at Kitchen Kneads will cel-ebrate founder/owner Nancy Beykirch’s retire-ment starting at 9 a.m. Saturday with vendor demonstrations, product giveaways, free knife sharpening and in-store specials. There will also be vendors on hand to demon-strate products. Registration is required; visit www.luvtocook.com or call 752-9220.

A Goalie Camp will be held from 8 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. Camp will be taught by USU coach Jon Eccles. Cost is $30.

Skyrocket Love will perform with Trac-ing Yesterday and 1Lump Sum (pop/rock) at 8 p.m. Saturday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

The Cache Hikers will hike from Tony Grove to Blind Canyon on Saturday. This is a moderate hike, about eight miles with a 980-foot elevation gain and car shuttle. Bring water, lunch and appropriate clothing. Meet at 8 a.m. in the southwest corner of the Smith’s Marketplace parking lot at 700 N. Main. For more information, contact Jim at 752-0061.

The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at Merlin Olsen Park. Come enjoy locally grown produce, handmade crafts, artisan foods, live music and more. For more information, visit www.gardenersmarket.org or call 755-3950.

Summer Aggie Ice Cream tours will be held at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $3 per person.

Acoustic guitarist Dave Crosby will per-form at 9 p.m. Saturday at Fredrico’s Pizza. Everyone is invited.

(In the event of rain, meet inside the building in Room 225.) For more information, contact Norman Palmer at 787-1406.

Monday is Family Night at the American West Heritage Center. There will be fun activities, snacks and old-fashioned fun on five historic sites starting at 6 p.m. Cost is $5 per person. Reservations required. For more infor-mation, visit www.awhc.org.

The dates of the Preston Volleyball Camp have changed. It will now be held from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the Preston High School gym. Registration will be held at 9:45 Monday morning. Cost is $40 per camper. For more information, contact Kristy at 208-339-2832.

The USU Extension Office in Cache County will perform a free test of the pressure gauge on your canner from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Monday beginning Aug. 2 at the Cache County Administration Building in Logan, 179 N. Main, Ste. 111. Other times are available by appointment for $3 per gauge. For more infor-mation, call 752-6263. MedSource will offer free assistive tech-nology maintenance training and assess-ments from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday. For more information or to schedule a home visit, con-tact Janice at 753-5353 ext. 102.

Experience Pickleville Playhouse’s produc-tion of “Bandito Rides Again” with OPTIONS for Independence at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18. Cost for chicken is $30.50 and steak is $32.50. Reservation and payment must be received by Monday. To sign up or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

Monday

The Mountain Crest High School Class of 1985 reunion will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 13, at Maddox Ranch House. Cost is $25 per person. RSVP by Tuesday to Terrell Bald-win at [email protected] or Shannon Peterson at [email protected].

The Wayne Brown Institute will teach entre-preneurs in Logan and Cache County how to raise essential funding for their businesses at a free seminar, “How to Raise Money in Utah!,” from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at USU’s Innovation Campus, 489 E. 1650 North, Logan. There is no charge. To register, visit www.venturecapital.org.

Relda Sandgran will share some “cool” summer drink and slushy recipes from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. There is no charge. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

Tuesday marks Shoshone Indian Week for Daily Adventures at the American West Heri-tage Center. A children’s Victorian tea party will be held at 2 p.m. (reservations required). Pony rides and train rides take place all day. Most activities are included with admission.

Tuesday

Dr. Bonnie Pitblado, associate professor in the USU anthropology department, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Cache Val-ley Visitors Bureau’s Summer Speaker Series at the Cache County Courthouse. For more information, visit www.tourcachevalley.com.

Shoshone Indian Week at Daily Adven-tures continues Wednesday at the American West Heritage Center. A mountain man party will be held at 2 p.m. Most activities are includ-ed with admission.

Dr. Grover will discuss how to sit, stand and sleep correctly in order to have the best day ever from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. There will be refreshments and giveaways. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

The Big Fix Discount Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic will be at the Logan Petsmart (1050 N. Main) Wednesday; at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton (320 N. 1000 West) Thursday; and in the Brigham City Smith’s parking lot (156 S. Main) Friday. Walk-up microchipping and vaccinations will be avail-able from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more informa-tion, call visit www.utahpets.org.

Paradise hosts its Farm and Garden Mar-ket from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the Town Square. Featured are local produce, crafts, music and activities for all ages.

Wednesday

Auditions for “Blithe Spirit” will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Heritage Community Theatre in Perry, 2505 S. Highway 89. For more informa-tion, contact Natalie at [email protected].

Daily Adventures continues Thursday with Shoshone Indian Week at the American West Heritage Center. A pioneer party will be held at 2 p.m. with classic games and activi-ties. Pony rides, train rides and hands-on liv-ing history activities are offered for all ages. Most activities are free with admission.

USU Extension will test gauges on pres-sure canners from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Smithfield Implement. There is no charge, just bring your lid with the dial gauge attached.

OPTIONS for Independence will attend the Bear Lake Raspberry Days celebration at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Meal prices will vary. This activity is part of the Community Integra-tion Program, which encourages people with disabilities to take part in the variety of recre-ational and leisure activities available within the community. To sign up, schedule transpor-tation or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

The Knotty Knitters meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. Everyone is invited to work on their projects. For more information, con-tact Cathy at 752-3923.

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