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GOBBLING IT UP AT ANGIE'S
How the citizens of Preston banded together to preserve the Festival of Lights
SAVINGCHRISTMAS
Ready to give: Our annual holiday gift guide Feeding the hungry at the Cache Food Pantry
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86 Editor’s Note
8 In the Valley
12 Utah State Update
15 Calendar of Events
16 Cache Cuisine
46 Cache Back
Departments
18 Preston Festival of Lights
24 The Gift Guide
30 Angie's: Where the Locals Eat
35 Logan Freemasons
41 The Food Pantry
Features
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6 December 2011
As a writer and a pho-
tographer, I spend a lot
of my time observing
other people do things.
Sometimes that's
great because they
might be involved
doing something I
wouldn't really care
to do, like gut a deer
with a pocketknife
or clean out a horse
stall. Or, you know, just engage in
manual labor.
But then, a lot of times the indi-
viduals I take photos of are having
a lot of fun with an activity, such as
playing beach volleyball or eating
a gourmet meal, and I wish I could
be a participant rather than just an
observer.
On the first Saturday of November,
though, what I mostly felt was guilt.
I had the opportunity to drive up to
Preston to witness Idahoans gather-
ing together along State Street and
put up Christmas lights in anticipation
of the 2011 Festival of Lights — a hol-
iday tradition that very nearly came to
an abrupt end this year. The subject
of this issue's lead feature story, the
Festival of Lights, will continue thanks
to the efforts of Kris Beckstead and
the rest of the committee that put
together a plan of action with just six
weeks to go until the main event on
Thanksgiving weekend.
Ever since my family drove down
from Idaho Falls to see the lights in
Preston one year when I was a kid,
I've been a big fan of the Festival of
Lights, and that made me
feel like I should have been string-
ing lights up myself rather than
just taking photos and conducting
interviews.
I've always thought that if Preston
native Jared Hess ever decided to
write and direct a sequel to "Napoleon
Dynamite" that his best bet would be
set the story in the winter and use the
Festival of Lights as a backdrop. A
good Christmas movie takes on a kind
of immortality as it's rolled out every
holiday season, and it's something
that you might see when you're a
child, enjoy as a teenager, and even-
tually share with your own children or
grandchildren.
Fortunately, there are some deter-
mined people in Preston making sure
that the Festival of Lights stays alive
in real life and that Cache Valley's
best holiday tradition continues.
Jeff Hunter
jhunter@hjnews.com
November 19, 2011
Publisher Mike Starn
Editor Jeff Hunter
Advertising Director Kyle Ashby
Sales Manager Cheneil Leavitt
DesignerAshley Carley
Finance Director Chris Jensen
Cache Valley Magazine is published 10 times annually by Cache Valley Publishing LLC and inserted in The Herald Journal newspaper. Subscriptions are available for $12. Please write to:
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Volume Eight, Number Ten
Cover Photo by Jeff Hunter:In danger of not being held this year, the Idaho Festival of Lights in Preston will kick off Thanksgiving weekend thanks to the efforts of local volunteers.
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8 December 2011
InTheValley
The "Al" in Al's Sporting Goods, Alvin Moroni Larsen
was born in 1897 in Colonia Diaz, one of several
small colonies founded in Mexico in the late 1800s
by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
seeking to escape prosecution for polygamy. But as the Mexican
Revolution heated up and Pancho Villa gained power, it quickly
became necessary for the Mormons to return to the United
States for their own safety, and in 1912, young Alvin and his fam-
ily relocated to Cache Valley.
"They had relatives up here," his grandson Kris Larsen says.
"He said at the time his dad came into the valley, all they had
was a towel, a bar of soap and the clothes on their backs."
As a teenager, Alvin discovered a talent for working with his
hands, and in 1921 he decided to open his own repair shop and
sporting goods store. He approached Alma Sonne, the president
of the First National Bank and a future General Authority in the
LDS Church, and requested a $500 loan.
With only a small Mexican gold piece for collateral, Sonne
granted Larsen the money.
"He told us all he had when he started was a cash register
and a showcase," Kris Larsen recalls. "But he got into a store,
bought some products and started going."
Ninety years later, Al's Sporting Goods is thriving more than
ever.
After being housed in four different locations along the 100
North block of downtown Logan (one of which is the current
home of Al's Trophies and Frames, which was started by Kris'
uncle Darwin), Al Larsen, who was also a renowned locksmith,
moved his business into a building at the corner of 100 West and
Center Street in 1969. Now the home of Stork Landing, Al's left
that location in 1997 following the completion of a much larger
building on North Main Street.
In the meantime, the day-to-day operation of the sporting
goods store was passed down from Al Larsen to his son, Robert,
and then on to Kris in the early ’80s. Al died in 1990, while Bob
Larsen passed away suddenly in 1996 at the age of 69.
"He was a great guy, everybody loved him," Kris says of his
father. "They called him 'Big Bob.' He died the year before we
90 years later...Al's still delivering the goods
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moved out here, which was kind of sad because he was very
excited about it.
"He was a great retailer. A great merchant."
Kris Larsen says they loved their downtown location, but even
after moving into the auto parts store next door, there simply
wasn't enough room for Al's to house all the products they
wanted to carry. A lack of parking was also a big issue, so they
soon started looking for a place to build a new facility.
"At the time, there wasn't a whole lot out here; it was really
undeveloped," he says. "But when Walmart bought that property
right across the street, I was like, 'Man, if it's good enough for
Walmart, it's gonna be good enough for us.' So, we bought the
land and started construction."
Although Al's jumped from just 14,000 square feet of retail
space to more than 30,000 with the move, Larsen insists, "We
didn't build our building big enough."
"It was a little nerve racking and scary at the time, but it's been
really, really good for us," he says. "I just wish we had about
50,000 feet to work with."
Although they already had a 10,000 square-foot warehouse
near the Deseret Industries, Larsen says Al's recently purchased
a larger building in North Logan to accommodate all of their extra
merchandise. Part of the reason for that is Al's Sporting Goods'
recent success with online retail sales. Larsen's son, Jason, has
overseen the creation of a new Web site that they anticipate will
outsell the physical store within the next year or two.
"Jason's the next generation, and we've been selling a lot of
stuff with that awesome Web site," Kris Larsen says. "It's mostly
because of the internet that our warehouse needs have just
grown and grown and grown."
Larsen says Al's is also looking into opening a new, "high-
end" bicycle shop towards the south end of the Logan, and that
there's also been talk of expansion into other markets. Although
the economic slowdown has cooled those plans somewhat,
Larsen has looked into opening new Al's locations in the Ogden
area and Southeastern Idaho.
"Most successful, independent sporting goods stores of any
substance have been gobbled up," Larsen points out. "We've
had some inquiries and stuff, but we really don't have any desire
to sell out to the big guys.
"It's actually pretty rare these days to find a full-line sporting
goods store, but that's what we are. It's like our little jingle says:
Facing page, Al (far left) and Bob Larsen (second from right) celebrate a successful goose hunt with some friends. Left and below, in the early days of Al's Sporting Goods, Al Larsen had a shop in four different locations on 100 North. Below left, the Larsens moved their business to the corner of 100 West and Center Street in 1969.
Photos courtesy of Kris Larsen
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'What a sporting goods store used to be.'"
While many stores are becoming more specific to hunting and
fishing, skiing or bicycling, Kris Larsen points out that Al's car-
ries all those items, along with a large variety of shoes, clothing
and athletic equipment, while also outfitting many of the valley's
youth soccer and baseball teams.
Al's Sporting Goods, which employs more than 70 people, is
also known for its huge sales like Midnight Madness and Black
Friday. As a member of the Nation's Best Sports buying group,
Larsen says they have access to some "great deals," and while
they would have taken say, six items, a couple of decades ago,
they're now more likely to gobble up 600.
"When we get a deal, we'll say, 'OK, let's do it. But we want to
buy a lot and we want it at this price,'" Larsen explains. "We'll go
get a great deal from a manufacturer and then pass it onto the
consumer. And when we have a sale, people know it."
That's certainly a far cry from Al's early days.
"They just had a humble little shop back during the Depres-
sion, and I don't know if they ever almost went out of business;
somehow they got by," Larsen says. "My grandfather told me
that one day back then he took in only 37 cents all day long. He
said that was pretty depressing."
For now, the future for Al's Sporting Goods looks far brighter
than that, just a decade away from having its doors open for a
full century.
"We definitely love Cache Valley; it's a great place to have a
business," Kris Larsen declares. "The people here are great. We
know a lot of them by name. And they people here are honest.
When they say something, you can usually rely on it, and we
hope we're the same."
Jeff Hunter
The current owner of Al's Sporting Goods, Kris Larsen (left) worked for his father in his younger
days, just like his son, Jason, is doing now.
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Will you be doing anything different at this
year’s holiday dinner?
>> We're going to be doing it the third
Saturday of December instead of on
Christmas day to keep with the Loaves
and Fishes schedule. (The food) will be
something similar to last year like roast or
potatoes and gravy and lots of yummy stuff.
Who will be donating to the event?
>> For the Loaves and Fishes the Food
Pantry always does and the LDS Bishops'
storehouse.Did you get a good response last year?
>> Really good. We had probably close
to 200 volunteers, I would say, and then
lots of businesses that donated. From
there, it was such a good, positive experi-
ence for everyone — for the people and
volunteers — that we combined with First
Presbyterian Church and Cache Commu-
nity Connections and the Food Pantry and
the LDS Bishops' Storehouse to provide it
once a month.How many people usually come to the
monthly dinners?
>> We've been getting close to 40 to 45,
and we take other to-go meals. With the
volunteers we serve probably between 50
and 60 for now. It's been steadily rising
each month. As the word gets out more
and more we hope it will be over 100.Can you tell me about serving in the shelter
in Salt Lake?
>> I went with my husband and we went
to a shelter in Salt Lake and just from
how happy that I saw everyone was there
— the people who were serving and the
people who were being served — I just
had this big desire to do something like
that closer to home. When I was looking
around to find volunteer work at Christmas,
there was nothing quite like that. I know
there are lots of volunteer opportunities in
Cache Valley; our valley is so giving. But,
I wanted to do (a dinner) for a few years
and so last year we went for it and now it's
going once a month and I'm so happy. The
people who come are so happy and it just
provides such a great atmosphere and a
place for people to gather and have food
and meet new friends. It’s the best. Did you and Adam plan any Global Neighbor projects this year?
>> We went to Guatemala in the
summer again, partnering with another
organization called Singular Humanitar-
ian and CHOICE Humanitarian. We're still
looking into the possibility of (serving at)
an orphanage in Guatemala. And then we
also want to look into doing more outreach
in Cache Valley with hunger issues. Is everyone invited to the Loaves and Fishes meals?
>> We want people to know that it’s non-
denominational and that it’s for everyone. What is your favorite part about planning and
serving the meals?
>> My favorite part is meeting new people
and just making connections with people
in our community who I didn't know before
and seeing how happy everyone is when
you come together in love and service. The
givers and the receivers and everyone is
united and bonded together and everyone is
so happy. It just gives you the best feeling. It
makes you want to keep doing it.
How can people get involved in volunteering?
>> They can email me at rachel@global-
neighbor.org.
CacheProfile
RACHEL VONNIEDERHAUSERNInterview by Manette Newbold
Photo Courtesy of Rachel
A few years ago Rachel von Niederhausern volunteered in Salt Lake City at a homeless shelter serving Christmas meals to the less fortunate. She says it brought happiness to both the lives of the receivers and volunteers and she longed for a similar opportu-nity in Cache Valley. Last fall she teamed up with Cache Community Connections and several local businesses and volunteers, and planned an afternoon meal for Christmas day. The event was such a success that several organiza-tions began to serve a non-denom-inational community meal entitled Loaves and Fishes every third Saturday of the month. The next meal will be Dec. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presby-terian Church (178 W. Center St.), and will be much the same as last year’s Christmas meal with food, gifts and entertainment.
12 December 2011
U P D A T E
Cue the Indiana Jones theme song and give the man a
fedora and a whip.
During a preseason interview, Utah State head men's
basketball coach Stew Morrill admitted that the upcoming
season does have "a sense of adventure" to it, and it's easy
to see why the winningest coach
in USU history is preparing
himself for a wild ride.
Although the Aggies
are coming off a fourth
straight regular-season
WAC title and a 30-4
season that ended with
a loss to Kansas State
in the NCAA Tournament,
USU lost four starters and
their third leading scorer from
the 2010-11 campaign.
Replacing WAC Player of the
Year Tai Wesley (14.8 ppg,
8.0 rpg) alone would be a
huge challenge, but Morrill
will also be without guards
Tyler Newbold (6.8 ppg),
Pooh Williams (8.6 ppg),
Brian Green (10.5 ppg,
team-high 76 3-pointers)
and forward Nate Bendall
(6.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg) this
season. Reserves Matt
Formisano, James Walker
and Brad Brown are also
gone, leaving senior point
guard Brockeith Pane, junior
guard E.J. Farris and senior for-
wards Brady Jardine and Morgan
Grim as the only returning players
from last year.
Pane, the lone starter back, ended up as an all-
conference, first-team selection and MVP of the WAC
Tournament in Las Vegas after averaging 11.8 points, 3.1
rebounds and 3.4 assists during his first season at Utah
State. Named the WAC Preseason Player of the Year,
Pane will need to improve his perimeter shooting (16-of-76
from 3-point range in 2010-11) in order to live up to that
honor, but no one in the league is better at getting to
the basket (and then the free-throw line) than the
6-foot-1, 195-pound guard from Texas.
"Everybody in the league knows that he's
a power guard and that he gets to the line
and that he gets into the lane and
makes plays, and we certainly
need that and expect that,"
Morrill says. "But we
also need him to be
a more consis-
tent shooter
and to be a bet-
ter defender."
Pane will
share senior
leader duties
this season with
Jardine, the only
current Aggie to
play more than one
season in USU's program.
The 6-foot-7 forward has
come off of the bench
most of his career, but
Jardine did start the first
seven games of last season
while Bendall was hurt and
averaged 10.4 points, 8.9
rebounds and was named
the WAC Player of the Week
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after putting up back-to-back double-doubles in wins
over Utah and Northeastern. Hard-working and extremely
athletic, Jardine finished his junior season averaging 7.5
points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
"Brady is a very valuable guy in terms of character and
effort, so his senior season should be really special,"
Morrill says.
A transfer from Utah, Grim averaged eight minutes a
game off the bench last season, while Farris got into 21
games as one of Pane's backups at the point. The only
other Aggie to log minutes under Morrill is sophomore
Preston Medlin, who redshirted last season after playing
in 22 games as a freshman. A heralded shooter out of
Texas, Medlin will also see time at point guard this year.
Morrill played all of his "veterans" in USU's two exhibition
games, along with a mix of seven newcomers. Sophomore
Mitch Bruneel, a transfer from the College of Southern
Idaho, and freshman Steve Thornton, a very athletic swing-
man out of California, each started a game at the small
forward position, while Medlin look-a-like Adam Thoseby, a
freshman from England, saw time at shooting guard.
The Aggies had hoped to have the services of guard Anto-
nio Bumpus, who redshirted last season after a stellar junior
college career (18.3 ppg, 79 3-pointers as a sophomore) at
Harcum College in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, Bumpus
broke his right foot last season during practice, then re-injured
it during a preseason scrimmage. He decided to leave the
program in early November to try and recover and find a
place to play closer to a sick relative.
Adding depth in the frontcourt this season for Utah
State should be 6-7 freshman forward Ben Clifford, who
redshirted last year; 6-6 junior college transfer Kyisean
Reed; 6-8 Croatian junior Igor Premasunac; and for-
mer Sky View standout Jordan Stone. Just entering his
freshman season after serving an LDS mission, Stone is
a chiseled 6-foot-10 lefthander who has Morrill excited
about his future.
"He's a big-body guy," Morrill says of Stone, who aver-
aged 18 points and 11 rebounds during his senior year with
the Bobcats. "We've got to get him more skilled, and he's
After losing four starters from last year's 30-4 team, Utah State head coach Stew Morrill (above) will rely heavily on seniors Brady Jardine (facing page) and Brockeith Pane (right) this season.
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got to get more experience and just slow down a little bit.
"... I thought early on that it might be possibility (Stone
would redshirt), but we're just so unsettled at so many
spots. We need him to play. He gives us some size."
Despite losing so much talent off a team that was
ranked No. 25 in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll,
because of their legacy of 12 straight seasons of 20-plus
victories, the Aggies still enter the 2011-12 season with
rather lofty expectations. In the media's preseason poll,
Utah State ended up slated to finish first in front of Nevada
and New Mexico State, while the coaches went with the
Wolf Pack as the favorites, followed by NMSU and USU.
"Both polls reflect our past success rather than our
current situation," Morrill says. "The coaches considered
that we lost the Most Valuable Player, four starters and
six seniors. The media did not. We appreciate the respect
given to our program, and yet understand that preseason
polls mean nothing other than getting people excited for
the upcoming season."
Now in his 14th season as head coach at USU, Mor-
rill has often said that his favorite part of coaching is
the practices, and this season will certainly give him an
opportunity to do as much teaching as he's ever done.
Talented but raw, the Aggies are sure to experience
plenty of ups and downs, particularly early in the year as
the newcomers either buy into Morrill's system and his
emphasis on defense, rebounding and good shot selec-
tion, or they struggle to catch the vision and grasp the
program's complex offense.
But chances are, Morrill and his staff will have the Ag-
gies ready to compete for another WAC title by the time
conference play begins.
"I know there's a lot of talk about Utah State and the
newness of the program, but I would hate to come play
them in January, I can tell you that," UC San Diego head
coach Chris Carlson declared after losing to the Aggies
74-42 during an exhibition game on Oct. 28.
"They are a well-coached group, and they're going to be
fine. Logan, Utah, doesn't need to worry about the Aggies."
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A holiday tradition since 1984, the Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair runs over two days at the Logan Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $1 per person; children under 5 are free. Call 512-9745 or visit loganutahno-vemberfest.com.
The Nutcracker
Aggie FootballUtah State hosts its final home game of the season against longtime conference rival Nevada. Kickoff at Romney Stadium is slated for noon. Call 797-0305 or visit utahstateag-gies.com.
The Cache Valley Civic Ballet presents "The Nutcracker" at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Per-formances begin each evening at 7:30 p.m., with a special matinee on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 to $18. The Sugar Plum Fairy Tea will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.; tickets are available at the door for $3. Call 752-0026 or visit www.centerforthearts.us.
Old Barn TheatreIrving Berlin's "White Christ-mas" takes the stage this holiday season at the Old Barn Theatre in Collinston. Evening shows on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays begin at 7:30
The American West Heritage Center in Wellsville celebrates the holidays with a live nativity, a 1917 Christmas on the farm, chocolate Christmas, wagon rides and other activities. Admission is $6 for visitors 3 years and older from 5-9 p.m. on Friday and noon-9 p.m. on Saturday. The annual Christ-mas Feast Saturday at 6 p.m. includes a wagon ride, dinner and "A Wild West Christmas Carol." Tickets are $24.50 for adults; $19.50 for kids 3-11. Call 245-6050 or visit www.awhc.org.
Dr. Craig Jessop and the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra deliver three Christ-mas concerts over two days at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with an afternoon show on Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 to $18. Call 752-0026 or visit www.centerforthearts.us.
p.m., with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Saturdays. The fund-raising Christmas Gala on Dec. 1 in-cludes dinner and a rehearsal preview. Call (435) 458-2276 or visit oldbarn.org.
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The Utah State men's basket-ball team and Gossner Foods plays host to Saint Peter's, Kent State and Texas-Arlington for it's annual holiday hoops classic. Early games begin at 5:30 p.m., with the Aggies taking the Spectrum court each night at 8:05 p.m. Call 797-0305 or visit utahstateag-gies.com.
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The annual Hardware Ranch Elk Festival moves from Octo-ber to December this year with a variety of free activities for both adults and children from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sleigh rides are $5 for adults, $3 for kids and free for children three and younger. Call 753-6206 or visit wildlife.utah.gov/hardware-ranch.
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A story about the true meaning of Christmas, Michael McLean presents "The Forgotten Carols" over two nights at the Kent Concert Hall. Tickets are $12.50 to $28.50. Performanc-es begin each evening at 7:30 p.m. Visit forgottencarols.com.
The Forgotten Carols
Frontier Christmas Festival
16 December 2011
FIREHOUSE PIZZERIA
Owning and operating your
own restaurant normally
means working a lot of very
long, hard days. But for Greg Cham-
bers, a former dairy farmer from Lewis-
ton, it doesn't seem so bad.
"I miss some parts of dairy farming,"
he admits, "but I sure don't miss the
cold weather or the early mornings. I
used to get up at 4 or 4:30. Now I usu-
ally get up at 7."
With the price of milk going up and
down — "And it always seemed like
they were more down than up," Cham-
ber says — he decided to give the
restaurant business a try. He soon en-
listed the help of his brother, Neal, and
decided that a pizza place was the way
to go. After attending a large pizza expo
in Las Vegas, the brothers decided to
build an establishment around the use
of a gas, stone-fired oven, and they
opened the first Firehouse Pizzeria at
the south end of Logan in March 2001.
"As long as the pizza is cooked on
the stone, it has that nice crispy flavor,"
Chambers says. "And the ambiance
with the flames is nice. We really like
that."
People in Cache Valley clearly feel
the same way. Firehouse quickly be-
came so successful that the Chambers
opened two more locations in Smithfield
and Centerville, which they have since
sold as models for a potential franchise.
"We wanted to put something to-
gether that would be great for college
and high school students, as well as for
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families," Chambers explains. "No mat-
ter what age group you are, we want
you to feel comfortable here."
Firehouse offers 14 varieties of
unique speciality pizzas and calzones,
including cordon bleu, artichoke
chicken, Texas barbeque chicken and
the Firehouse combo, which includes
pepperoni, sausage and Canadian ba-
con. They also have five types of Italian
thin-crust pizzas, as well their popular
oven-baked pastas and sandwiches.
The cordon bleu pasta was voted
Cache Valley's favorite entrée in a 2007
poll in The Herald Journal, while the
cordon bleu is also the most popular of
the nine sandwiches, which are baked
on cedar planks. Firehouse is also well
known for its salads, foccaccia bread
with homemade alfredo dipping sauce,
and the FH'zookie — a gourmet cookie
baked in a cast-iron skillet and topped
with ice cream, chocolate and caramel.
"There's a few other restaurants
around that have since started doing
pizza like us, baking their pastas and
copying our FH'zookie," Chamber says.
"It must mean we're doing something
right."
Firehouse Pizzeria is located at
880 S. Main St. in Logan. Closed on
Sundays, Firehouse is open Monday
through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10
p.m., and from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday. Their phone num-
ber is 787-4222.
Jeff Hunter
Cache Cuisine
18 December 2011
ON
Blessed with a name like Joy Christensen, it seems
only natural that the Banida resident would have a
genuine passion for the Christmas season.
But this woman is really into her work. Literally.
In an effort to string lights along State Street in Preston,
Christensen is smack dab in the middle of a tree, helping her
husband, Bill, who is doing his best to aid the cause from the
outside where he is standing relatively comfortably — and
safely — on the sidewalk.
"We forgot to bring our step ladder this morning," Joy ex-
plains after being helped out of the tree by Bill.
At the moment, the Christensens are one of several small
groups of people who are braving the cold on a Saturday morn-
ing in early November to help keep the tradition of the area's
Idaho Festival of Lights alive. Due to a number of unfortunate
circumstances, including a lack of money, electricity and a
Chamber of Commerce, the city of Preston decided it would
be best if this year's festival, which dates back to 1977, was
cancelled for at least the 2011 holiday season.
That declaration didn't sit well with many Southeastern Idaho
residents, and within days a new Festival of Lights committee
was born with the realization that money and most of the man-
power would have to come from the private sector.
"I have a friend in the Kiwanis Club, and she said that they
were volunteering," Joy Christensen explains. "And that got me
thinking, It's all community volunteers this year, so if you don't
want it to die, you better come out and do it.
"So, we came out, brought our teenage son along, and
thought we'd help out and see if we could help to still make it
happen."
The Christensens, who live about 10 miles north of Preston,
are three of about two-dozen volunteers who were undeterred
— or perhaps inspired by — a snowstorm the night before. Un-
der the direction of committee members, they are supplied with
lights and (normally) aided by ladders and/or a reach forklift
as they hang lights on the trees that grace the sidewalks along
Preston's main thoroughfare.
"We've lived here about 20 years, and I just love the lights
that are up the whole Christmas season and the music playing
when you come into town to shop," Joy Christensen says. "It
just kind of adds to the whole flavor of Christmas."
When asked if he was concerned that this year's Festival of
Lights wouldn't happen, Bill Christensen replies: "Yes and no."
"It didn't really make me that nervous," he explains, "be-
cause I figured someone would jump in and take care of
things."
The first person to take that jump was Kris Beckstead.
A Preston native who has sold real estate in her hometown
Community bands together to save annual holiday festival
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for the past 18 years, Beckstead says "the final nail" for her
was an editorial in The Herald Journal that stated it was
"sad" that the Festival of Lights likely wouldn't happen this
year, but that it "has had a good run" and was "probably for
the best."
"I was kind of like, 'Wait a second. We're not gonna do
that,'" Beckstead recalls. "That's when I rather innocently
wrote a letter to the editor with the thinking that I could stir
someone up who would step forward."
Fortunately, her letter inspired two prominent someones.
Ron Smellie of the Webb Funeral Home and Kelly Spack-
man, who owns a string of convenience stores between
Preston and Logan, called Beckstead up and said: "We
saw your letter. Let's have a meeting."
A member of the That Famous Preston Night Rodeo
committee for the past eight years, Beckstead is familiar
with the process of putting on a major event. She had
also served on the Idaho Festival of Lights committee in
the past, so between her, Smellie and Spackman, things
started to come together quickly. With only about six
weeks to go before the Festival of Lights' main events on
the weekend following Thanksgiving, the trio put up some
"seed money" to get things started and quickly added
sponsors and volunteers.
One of the most vital was Derek Hobbs. Despite only
living in Preston the past five years, Hobbs took on the for-
midable task of going through all the strands of lights left
at the committee's disposal and seeing what worked and
what didn't. Set up in a small garage by the city of Preston,
Hobbs spent "hours and hours and hours" checking lights
and working on many of the lighted structures used in the
past.
"Derek's just a young kid who loves Christmas, and he's
been great," Beckstead declares. "He's inventoried and
checked everything; fixed lots of stuff and thrown away stuff
that can't be fixed. He went over every bulb."
A native of the Pocatello area, Hobbs says, "I've been
doing Christmas lights since I was 8, so it's just my nature."
"Growing up, my parents always had a competition with
our next-door neighbors," he adds. "So, we ended up
putting on about 100,000 lights every year. I just love it.
It's fun. So when I saw an ad in the paper for volunteers, I
jumped right on it so could get this thing going."
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son, Bailey, is in charge of advertising,
and Tiffany Jeppsen is overseeing the
events committee. All of the Festival of
Lights' traditional events, like the light
parade, kids' parade, fireworks and
the International Bed Races are being
continued, and they'll also be a craft
fair and "Christmas Land" will take
over the City Park during the holidays.
"We've never had that before,"
Beckstead says of Christmas Land.
"We'll be putting up figures and Christ-
mas things. We've got tons of stuff
that people have donated, and you'll
be able to walk around and see them
all set up, so that's a good addition."
Parade chairman Brad Wall expects
25-30 entries (and, of course, Santa
Claus) in the light parade, which will
be held on the Friday and Saturday
nights following Thanksgiving, and
Beckstead says Cache Valley Bank is
putting up the money for the fire-
works display. The annual Candlelight
Banquet, slated to be held on Nov. 19,
quickly sold out both of its sittings — a
total of 300 seats — and that money
will be used to help fund the Festival
of Lights both now and in the future.
In the past, businesses along
State Street have been provided free
electricity by Rocky Mountain Power.
Part of the reason for this year's near
cancellation of the festival is that the
power line that all the buildings used
to tap into is no longer operational, but
Beckstead still received a substantial
donation from the power company,
and in the future, Rocky Mountain
plans to help the city re-establish
non-electric wires across the street
that lights can be put on during the
holidays.
The new committee is also bringing
back the home and business lighting
contest, with the winners receiving
shopping sprees from Stokes Market-
place. Jeff Hollingsworth, a longtime
legend in the area for his amazing
light displays at his home just north of
Preston, is even donating $100 of his
own money to help reward the owner
of the best lit home.
"Jeff's obviously not in the running or
no one else would be in there; he just
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FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 24All day Christmas Village in the City Park
Noon-7:30 p.m. Craft fair and holiday entertainment at Bosen Building
6:30 p.m. Light parade down State Street followed by a fireworks display and Santa Claus at the Bosen Building
8 p.m.-midnight Holiday Ball at old Preston High gymnasium (tickets at the door)
Preston High School student Corrin Keller (above) and Banida residents Bill and Joy Christensen (above right) help hang Christmas lights along State Street on Nov. 5. Right, vol-unteer Derek Hobbs tested and organized all of Preston's available lights in a small garage in an effort to help keep the Festival of Lights alive.
SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 25All day Christmas Village in the City Park
1 p.m. International Bed Races on State Street
2 p.m. Kids parade down State Street
3 p.m. Free movie at the Worm Creek Opera House
6:30 p.m. Light parade down State Street followed by a fireworks display and Santa Claus at the Bosen Building
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doing it," Beckstead says. "People will be able to
come into town like they used to, pick up a map at
a convenience store, and then go around and visit
the houses that are all lit up and then come back
into town to visit Christmas Land."
Although Beckstead admits that the Festival of
Lights "doesn't exactly ring up the tills" in Preston
because most of the businesses are closed when
people come to look at the lights, she says "that's
not the point."
"The point is to have that feeling about our
town," she explains. "It puts Preston on the map.
It makes people think of Preston and say, 'Hey,
they've got that great rodeo and that great light
festival.'
"I love this community," Beckstead adds. "And
I'm doing what I'm doing with the Festival of Lights
in particular because I don't want this to be just
another small town. I want it to be a community
with some great traditions."
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Far left, local real-tor Kris Beckstead helped kickstart the volunteer effort to put on the Idaho Festival of Lights this Christ-mas season. Festival of Lights' traditions like the International Bed Race (top left) and light parades (bottom left) will con-tinue on Thanksgiving weekend in Preston.
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BELLADANTE Dedicated to enhancing your natural beauty and preserving youthful vitality, Belladante Medical Institute combines artistic
vision with meticulous attention to detail and the latest medical knowl-edge. We offer SmartLipo, medical weight loss, skin rejuvenation and laser hair removal. Say goodbye to wrinkles, sun damage, acne scar-ring, spider and varicose veins, and cellulite with minimal down time.
Give us five to 10 days, and we’ll take off five to 10 years! As our holiday gift to you, call for free laser hair removal! (Address: 1451 N. 200 East,
Suite 240, Logan; Phone: 753-2791; Web: belladantemedical.com)
TRICHOLOGY SALON This year give her the gift of feeling and looking beautiful. Buy her a gift certificate to be pampered, or
purchase some award-winning beauty products and tools. Trichology Salon is a full-service salon located in the center of Logan. It is a cozy
and trendy salon with stylists and technicians that are experienced and educated in the latest beauty trends. We offer full hair services,
as well as manicures and pedicures, waxing, and eyelash extensions. Open by appointment, Monday through Saturday.
(Address: 1115 N. 200 East, Logan; Phone: 770-3448)
SPIRIT GOAT Goat's milk soaps, lotions and other body products can be purchased locally at the Browse Around Antique Shop, Mon-day through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Spirit Goat offers pampering treats for everyone; teachers, neighbors, co-workers, that hard-to-buy-for relative and a special-someone. Stop in to see their soap kitchen located in the back of the shop. Custom gift baskets and African Bolga baskets are available. Be sure to check them out
on Facebook. (Address: Browse Around Antique Shop at 180 W. 1200 South, Logan; Phone: 512-9040; Web: spiritgoat.com)
NEEDHAMS The holidays are a perfect time to ask her to join you on life's journey or to add a little sparkle to her Christmas with the gift of diamond ear-rings. Prices starting at $149. Also take advantage of our stud diamond earring trade-up program. You may trade-up diamond earrings from our store and receive 100 percent of the value towards new diamond ear-
rings of greater value. (Address: 141 N. Main St., Logan; Phone: 752-7149; Web: seneedham.com)
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NORDA'S Norda's has been servicing and tuning skis since 1993. We were first in Cache Valley to offer Stone Grinding and complete hand finished tunes. Let us enhance your skiing and boarding experience with our quality workmanship. We offer custom bevel tuning to ensure a sharp edge and flat base for the ultimate on snow experience. Over-night service available for no extra charge. Give a tune-up gift this holiday season and we will give you a gift. For every custom gift ski or
board tune purchased we will give you a free hot wax. (Address: 77 N. Main St., Logan; Phone: 752-2934; Web: nordas.com)
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DIRECTIVE Directive is Cache Valley's only skateboard and snowboard specialty shop where you can find anything
for the snow and skate lovers in your life. Shopping online could destroy the local economy causing a downward spiral
effect, eliminating all life as we know it ... where is your heart? We are locally owned and operated since birth! Enjoy the holiday season. You know we will. Open Monday through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Address: 1484 N. Main St., Logan; Phone: 752-0155; Web: directiveshreds.com)
BEAVER MOUNTAIN Give the gift of skiing this holi-day season. Stop by the Beaver Mountain office in Logan
or visit our on-line store to get great Christmas ideas for all your winter lovers. T-shirts, stickers, ski movies, hoodies, beanies and all Beaver apparel are available for stocking
stuffers. Ski passes are the best Christmas gift. If you just can't decide, pick up the Beaver Bucks gift cards for what-
ever amount you choose. (Address: 1351 E. 700 North, Logan; Phone: 753-0921; Web: skithebeav.com)
SPORTSMAN Clothing of impeccable taste and quality for more than 64 years, Thomas Dean sportswear is available exclusively at The Sportsman in downtown Logan. The Sports-man is open Monday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday though Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hours may vary on some holi-
days. (Address: 129 N. Main St., Logan; Phone: 752-0211; Web: thesportsmanltd.com)
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GLOBAL VILLAGE Shop fair. Give fair. Shop at Global Village Gifts. This store sells only fairly traded handicrafts
made by artisans in 35 countries. There is a selection of interesting accessories, décor, jewelry, musical instruments,
nativities, ornaments, toys, games, children’s books, chocolate Advent calendars and Divine Chocolate bars. Global Village Gifts is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation and is staffed entirely by volunteers. (Address: 146 N. 100 East,
Logan; Phone: 713-4347)
STORK LANDING Come see our educational and inspira-tional toys at Stork Landing — Cache Valley’s favorite baby and
children’s specialty store for nearly a decade. Our knowledgeable staff will help you with information and products from preemie to
preschool. We have everything for your parenting needs from bibs to cribs, strollers, baby carriers, toys, books and more. Find us on Facebook or visit our blog at stork-landing.blogspot.com for
updates on classes and story times. (Address: 99 W. Center St.; Phone: 792-4102; Web: shopstorklanding.com)
MAGICAL MOON TOYS Magical Moon Toys is filled with kid-powered, imagination-generated toys, games and hobbies for children of all ages. Come on in and find great savings throughout the holiday
season. Save 30 to 50 percent off every item in the store (exclud-ing candy). (Address: 1940 N. Main St., North Logan; Phone: 752-8697)
BABY HEIRLOOM PRESS Make this holiday season the one to re-member those little hands and feet. Baby Heirloom Press offers specialty ceramic products made using your child’s imprints. Created using our Old World Charm finish and personalized for your baby, our keepsakes
make the perfect gift. Call us today to book your private appoint-ment; kindly plan ahead for the holiday rush. (Phone: 787-4243)
PEEWEE'S SWEETS Peewee's Sweets has been selling handmade sweet treats made from scratch in their candy kitchen since it's incep-tion in 2008. Come on in and see us making our own salt water taffy,
fresh fudge, brittles, popcorns and more. There's also plenty of taste testing. (Address: 1 N. Main St., Logan; Phone: 753-8343)
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ALVEY’S CANDIES Alvey’s Candies was founded in Richmond in 1980 by Shari and Cless Alvey. Shari learned to make candies from her
Grandma Winget, learning old family recipes and techniques. Initially, Shari made candy only for family and friends, but soon others were asking to pur-
chase her candy. Janette and Brent Kelly bought Alvey’s Candies in 2006 and continue to carry on the old fashioned, hand-made way of creating
premium chocolates. Alvey’s Candies are still made in Richmond but are sold in the Alvey’s candy store in the Cache Valley Mall. (Address: 63 E. 300 S., Richmond & Cache Valley Mall, Logan; Phone: 258-5442 or 753-8888)
CAFFE IBIS COFFEE Visit Caffe Ibis in historic downtown Logan. Scrumptious fair-trade and organic chocolates, teas, candy, and our certified
coffees from 26 countries of origin. Triple-certified, organic, fair-trade and Smithsonian "bird-friendly" coffee represent the gold standard for social eq-
uity, environmental stewardship and quality in the cup. They ship worldwide, and carry a large assortment of hot cocoas, coffee mugs, espresso makers
and coffee accessories. Let them customize a holiday gift bag for a friend, teacher, co-worker or special person in your life. Open 7 days a week.
(Address: 52 Federal Ave., Logan; Phone: 753-4777; www.caffeibis.com)
COX HONEYLAND A tradition for more than 7 decades, Cox Honey comes in a variety of gift packages, many of which include other local products such as Gossner Foods Cheese, Cache Valley Cheese, Pepperidge Farm cookies and Bluebird Candy.
Cox Honeyland Gift Shop also has a full line of unique gifts, clocks, dolls and more. (Address: 1780 S. Hwy. 91, Logan; Phone: 752-3234; Web: www.coxhoney.com)
BLUEBIRD CANDY Bluebird Candy has been a sweet treat in Cache Val-ley for many years. They’re still making candy using the original recipes and methods and hand-dipping them in chocolate. You’ll find Bluebird hand-dipped chocolates, along with candy bars, chocolate-covered popcorn and roasted
nuts at their factory in downtown Logan. (Address: 75 W. Center St. and 470 N. Main St., Logan; Phone: 753-3670)
DOROTHY POLLARD'S CHOCOLATES Dorothy Pollard's Choco-lates — candy of distinction — have been a Cache Valley favorite for over 60 years. Handmade and hand-dipped, these chocolates are available in
16 flavors, in both light and dark chocolate. (Address: 630 N. 200 East, Logan; Phone: 753-1783)
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USU BOOKSTORE Come to the Utah State University Bookstore
on Dec. 1, for their Second Annual Holiday Event. Get all your winter Aggie Gear from nice sweatshirts, to bean-
ies, scarves, and sweatpants. There will also be a silent wreath auction with all proceeds going to the Cache
Community Food Pantry. Shoppers receive validated parking for Big Blue Terrace with purchase. (Phone:
797-3950; Web: bookstore.usu.edu)
AGGIE ICE CREAM What could be better than a delicious True Blue Ag-gie Cheese gift box for friends, family, clients or staff? They come in several different varieties and you're sure to find something everyone will love for the holiday season or anytime of the year. Included are a variety of hand-crafted cheeses, named to recognize the heritage and scenic beauty of Cache Valley. Proceeds from the sales of gift boxes support hands-on learning for stu-dents in USU’s Food Science program. Store hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Address: 750 N. 1200 East, Logan;
Phone: 797-2112 or 1-888-586-2375; Web: www.aggieicecream.com)
AGGIE ATHLETICS Basketball season is here! What better way to
experience Utah State University than at an Aggie basket-ball game? Mini-ticket plans and single-game tickets are on sale now. To purchase tickets or for more information call the Utah State Ticket Office, find them online or visit
the box office at the Spectrum. (Phone: 797-0305 or 1-888-UState-1; Web: utahstateaggies.com)
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Every Wednesday around 2 p.m.,
Earl Rouse and Gary Neuen
schwander go to Angie’s Restau-
rant for lunch. Wednesday is the oven-
roasted turkey special and they are always
there to enjoy it. If it’s getting late and they
aren’t there yet, the staff starts to worry.
“Everyone knows us, it’s just a big fam-
ily,” Rouse says. “The food is better than
what my mom used to try to make.”
Neuenschwander says it’s a fairly
simple concept. “It’s great service and
great food.”
These two aren’t the only ones like this.
Angie’s, advertised as “Where the locals
eat,” is just that. It is a local establishment
where after you’ve eaten there once,
you tend to go back. For many people, it
becomes a weekly or even daily stop on
their to-do list.
"It’s not long before you get to know
people by name,” says Derrick Dickey,
one of the four full-time managers at
Angie’s. “Ninety percent of the time it’s a
manager greeting everyone as they walk
in the door. We love that chance to talk to
someone every time they come in.”
Dickey has been at Angie’s for 17 years.
He started working there when he was 16
years old. The time he has spent in the
restaurant has given him the opportunity
to watch members of the community grow
and develop. “When I started here, people
would say they’d watched someone grow
up through their years of coming in to eat,
and now I’m saying the same thing,” he
says.
A few months before Angie’s opened on
the corner of Main Street and 700 North,
a new show debuted on television. The
show, set in Boston, was about a small
bar named Cheers. Locals went there
to eat, relax and have a good time. The
show’s theme song was simple, but wildly
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popular: “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows
your name, and they’re always glad you came. You want to be
where you can see our troubles are all the same. You want to be
where everybody knows your name.”
Angie’s is often referred to as the Cheers of Cache Valley. The
same people come in constantly. Dickey says the staff knows
every regular customer by name. The managers make it a goal to
get to know someone once they come in for the second time. The
personal touch of the restaurant plays a huge part in its charm.
“People set their calendars by us,” Dickey says. “If one of us
works a day we don’t usually work, or we take a day off, it throws
them off.”
Like so many of the consistent customers who have come to
Angie’s for years, it isn’t uncommon to find an employee who has
been there for at least 10 years. However, new people join the
Angie’s family on a regular basis.
Saboor Sahely, the owner of Angie’s puts a lot of effort into tak-
ing care of his employees. The restaurant’s staff is like a family.
"He takes really good care of us. He helps out with days off;
he’s not strict about scheduling,” Dickey says. “He pays very well.
If anyone ever comes and offers anyone more money, he tells us
to not even go there and says he’ll take care of it.”
Morgan Barfuss has been working at Angie’s for only three
months, but she already loves it and feels like she’s part of the
group. “It’s a really great place to work. The atmosphere is so fun.
It’s been here for so long that you have the regulars who love it,”
she says. “It’s got the local, small business feel, it’s not a huge
franchise, which makes it great.”
In 1978, Sahely left his home in Afghanistan to attend Utah
State University. He fell in love with Logan and stayed. Sahely
worked his way through college at Sambo’s, the restaurant that
previously occupied the building Angie’s is in.
“My goal was to get a college education and then move on,”
Sahely says. “I never thought I would spend the rest of my life in
a restaurant.”
In 1983, he and his wife, Kristine took out a small loan to open
Angie’s, naming the restaurant after their daughter. He has been
going non-stop ever since.
"We’re finally getting him to slow down a bit,” Dickey says of
his longtime boss. “He’s still here four days a week, but we’re
convincing him that we can handle the big stuff like food orders
and payroll.”
Even on the rare occasion the managers can convince Sahely
to take a day off or sleep in one morning, he'll return to work the
next day and jump right back into the action, trying to make up for
the time he missed.
Just as the community supports the establishment, Sahely is
constantly reciprocating the support.
When a regular customer, or even a family member of a
customer, passes away, Sahely is at the funeral expressing his
condolences, Dickey says. Sahely also regularly visits Sunshine
Terrace, one of the assisted living homes in Logan, with a pot
of homemade soup. If someone doesn’t come in at their regular
time, he makes whatever calls are necessary to track them down
and make sure everything is all right.
During Sahely’s first year in Logan, he was invited to a friend’s
home to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was his first time experiencing
the holiday and he realized he was just one of many who could
not afford to go home and had nowhere to go for the break.
“When I was in a position to give something back to the com-
munity with something I had started with just the shirt on my
back, that’s what we wanted to do,” Sahely says. “It was time. >>
The Angie's Breakfast Special (facing page) is one of the most popular items available at Angie's Restaurant on Main Street (above).
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I thought it was appropriate to say thank you to the community.”
For more than 20 years, Sahely has hosted a free Thanksgiv-
ing dinner at the restaurant. Turkey, mashed potatoes, pies — all
the Thanksgiving staples are served. Dickey says the Thanksgiv-
ing meal brings in around 800 guests over a three-hour period.
Sahely refuses to let Thanksgiving guests pay for their meals.
Without fail, some people try to pay, but Sahely asks that they
donate to a charity instead. Every year, the staff selects a local
group they raise money for. This year, donations will be given to
the Child and Family Support Center.
The event costs a lot of money to sponsor, and all of it comes
out of Sahely’s pocket. He saves all year to be able to provide the
service to the community. The restaurant’s distributors will often
offer a discount or donate napkins, ketchup or some other small
thing to help offset the cost of the food.
"People don’t come because they can’t afford to make their
own dinners,” Dickey said. “They come to have a place to go and
support the community.”
On a Thanksgiving when his family was out of town, Rouse
went to Thanksgiving dinner at the restaurant. “It was just nice to
have some friends to enjoy the day with,” he says.
This year will be no different. On Nov. 24, Sahely said the
employees of Angie’s will be ready and excited to greet the 800
guests with a hot meal and good conversation. “We hope to have
another successful celebration,” he declares.
"I believe strongly in supporting the local businesses,” Rouse
says. “Saboor does a lot to support the community and I like
to support him. People sometimes get excited when a chain
restaurant comes to town, and I think to myself, Why is that good
news? I’d rather see a local restaurant do well, rather than some
chain from out of town.”
Angie’s is very much a local tradition. Being in a college town, it
draws in huge business from the students. The restaurant offers
a discount for customers with student ID cards, and after sporting
events, the restaurant is packed with Aggie fans and, more often
than not, members of the USU football and basketball teams stop
by for a post-game meal.
Aubrey Keisel grew up in Logan but recently moved to Denver
with her husband for graduate school. “My family’s tradition is to
go to breakfast at Angie’s and then watch the Utah State Home-
coming parade on the sidewalk outside. In high school, we would
go after every football game,” she says. “It’s just a restaurant that
has lasted through the years.”
Of the traditions represented by Angie’s, the “Kitchen Sink” is
by far the most popular, Dickey says. Groups come in to attempt
to conquer the creation — a sink full of ice cream, piled high
with fruit, candy and whipped cream. They leave full, happy and
closer to their friends. Upon completion, diners receive a bumper
sticker that simply proclaims: “I cleaned the sink at Angie’s.”
"You aren't a true Logan Aggie until you've cleaned the sink
with your roommates,” says Ryan Snow, a senior at Utah State.
“Those bumper stickers are a rite of passage.”
The tradition of Angie’s makes it a very popular establishment.
The restaurant is always busy and is very relaxed. Add in popular
Saboor Sahely (above left) has owned Angies since 1983. After 17 years, manager Derrick Dickey (above right) knows all of the regulars.
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homestyle meals like the pot roast that is
cooked all day, the soups with fresh-cut po-
tatoes and vegetables, and the homemade
pies, and Angie’s is a warm, comfortable
environment.
Lance Brown is another Cache Valley
local who recently left town. He and his
wife Heather, grew up outside Logan
and attended Utah State. Last year,
they moved to Cleveland, and Angie’s is
definitely a huge part of what they miss
from home. “I feel like I can go in there in
my pajamas and not feel underdressed or
that anyone cares,” Brown says. “It doesn’t
matter that I look like I just rolled out of
bed at noon.”
Dickey says, “It’s a family restaurant, but
the food isn’t served in a brown paper bag
like it may be at some chain places. The
environment is a huge part of this place.
You feel like you’re at home.”
Tradition, home and quality are the
words that describe Angie’s. Sahely and
his family of employees continue to do
everything they can to live up to that.
Sean O’Sullivan, a USU student and a
Logan transplant via Saratoga, Calif., and
Twin Falls, Idaho, says it plainly: “I’m a lo-
cal, and Angie’s is where the locals eat.”
Tha n k s g i vi n g at
Angie's annual Thanksgiving dinner will
be available — free of charge — from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 24. The traditional
meal will include oven-roasted turkey, all
the trimmings, dinner roll, pumpkin pie
and a drink. Those with a desire to pay
are asked to make a donation to the Child
& Family Support Center, a local non-
profit organization that helps take care of
children who have been sexually, physi-
cally or emotionally abused or neglected.
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Despite the ranting of Holly-
wood screen-writers and inter-
net conspiracy theorists, local
Masons say no dark plots are
being hatched at the Harmony
Lodge #21 of Free & Accepted
Masons here in Logan.
“Masons don’t secretly run
the federal government,” says
George F. Winters of River
Heights, “not now and not
anytime in the past. That just
isn’t so.”
Winters should know; he’s
the current secretary and
former grand master of the
Masonic lodge here. Winters
also serves as historian of the
Grand Lodge of Utah.
“Masons also don’t control
the world banks,” he adds
with a laugh. “If they did
control the banks, we wouldn’t be having fundraisers every year
to fix the roof on this lodge and to make other repairs.
We’re not the hidden power behind anything and Masons
are not out to dominate the world,” Winters explains. “Our goal
is to individually make ourselves better men by helping other
people.”
Unlike the imposing Grand Lodge of Utah on South Temple
Street in Salt Lake City, the Masonic Lodge here in Logan
is a modest structure. Although bigger than it looks from the
outside, the one-story brick building houses only a small office
space, some kitchen facilities
and an ornate – but not lav-
ish – meeting hall. Given its
undistinguished appearance,
the lodge building could eas-
ily be overlooked by motorists
and even pedestrians pass-
ing by on 100 North Street.
This lodge was actually
dedicated in 1950,” explains
LeRoy B. Beasley, who is
also a member of the Logan
lodge. “But it was only 10 or
15 years ago that we put the
blue sign up that says ‘Logan
Masonic Center.’ Up until that
time, you probably wouldn’t
have known this building’s
function unless you recog-
nized the square and com-
pass design engraved above
the entranceway, although
that’s admittedly far from being a flashing neon light.”
That design is a diamond shape formed by architect’s tools:
a pair of compasses superimposed over a carpenter’s square.
The letter “G” is shown in the center of that diamond. Masons
are taught that the image of the square is to remind them to “be
square (honest) in their dealings with all men,” while the com-
passes are intended as a reminder to “circumscribe their pas-
sions” and be temperate in their thoughts, speech and actions.
The letter “G” is said to stand for “God” or “Geometry,” indicating
that all Masons must respect a higher power in their lives. >>
Story by Charlie Schill Photographs by Jeff Hunter
A Bible adorned with a square and compass sits in the center of the meeting room at the Logan Masonic Center.
Logan Masons dispel myths surrounding their society
36 December 2011
Beasley doubts that the compass and square design over the
door of the Logan Masonic Center is the only one of its kind in
Cache County. He explains that members of his fraternity, many
of them recent immigrants from Europe, were heavily involved
in major construction projects during the original settlement of
Cache Valley in the latter half of the 19th Century. Given that
Masons traditionally mark their efforts with the compass and
square design, it seems likely that symbol is concealed within
the foundations and stonework of at least some local buildings.
Despite the nondescript character of their Logan lodge, local
Masons say their fraternity isn’t secretive. Its members are just
inclined to be circumspect about their status as Masons.
One of the reasons that some people still think that Masons
are reclusive,” Winters explains, “is that … we simply don’t
recruit new members. That ethic is so strong that it even trumps
family ties. As a child growing up on Long Island, I never knew
that my favorite uncle was a Mason until I was an adult and
became personally interested in the Masons. But even then he
never really encouraged me to join the brotherhood. We don’t
ask people to join our lodge. The Masons have never recruited
new members and it’s been that way ever since Masonry first
reached the shores of North America in the Colonial Era.”
That prohibition on recruiting was even more stringent in the
past than it is now,” Beasley says. “For example, the late Jack
Laub (the president and CEO of Cache Valley Electric from
1959 to ’82) was a Mason. In fact, he was a past master of the
Logan lodge. His grandson is now a Mason in our lodge and
we’ve talked to Jack’s son as well. They both report that Jack
not only wouldn’t talk about Masonry but also told his children
that they ‘weren’t supposed to get interested in the group.’ That
doesn’t sound right to me, but they insist that Jack Laub not
only wouldn’t pressure anyone to become a Mason, he wouldn’t
even talk to his own kids about Masonry.
“Nowadays, if a friend shows an interest in Masonry, we’re
certainly free to help him along with the process of joining,”
Beasley adds. “But we can’t just walk up to a likely candidate
and say: ‘Have you ever thought about becoming a Mason’?”
Surprisingly, the Masons’ prohibition on active recruiting
doesn’t seem to adversely affect the size of the fraternity’s
membership. There are about 2 million Masons in the United
States and the Grand Lodge of Utah claims about 2,000 mem-
bers statewide belonging to 30 local lodges in 14 counties.
37December 2011
Right now, the Logan lodge has 52 members, plus eight
young men who are in the process of obtaining their degrees,”
Winters says. “Because we have such a large population of
Utah State University students in Cache Valley, the membership
in our lodge tends to fluctuate. Whenever a class graduates
at USU, we usually have members who will move out of state
for employment reasons. Eventually, those Masons find other
lodges to join …. There are also always a significant number
of Masons serving in the U.S. military. Just from this lodge, we
have five members in the military and three of them are actually
deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan right now.”
The local Masons readily admit that their reluctance to make
public proclamations about their membership in the fraternity
makes them prime targets for rumor-mongers and conspiracy
theorists. Many myths about Freemasonry have been spread
by crackpot internet websites and by Hollywood through recent
feature films like “National Treasure” in 2004 and “The Da Vinci
Code” in 2006. Those far-fetched insinuations include that Ma-
sonry traces its lineage to the ancient order of the Knights Tem-
plar; that they are among the guardians of the Holy Grail; that
they are minions of the sinister Illuminati and/or the infamous
“New World Order;” and that Masonry is a pseudo-religion that
includes devil-worship.
The reality is far more prosaic, according to Winters.
The roots of the Masonic lodges of today can be found in
guilds of stone masons who were involved in the construction of
cathedrals, castles and bridges throughout Europe in the Middle
Ages. In the centuries that followed, those organizations gradu-
ally evolved into social fraternities and by the early 1700s it was
common for aristocrats and members of the middle class to join
Masonic lodges.
English settlers brought Freemasonry with them to the New
World and by the 1770s that fraternity’s influence was so strong
that many of America’s founding fathers were members of
Masonic lodges. Those Masons included President George
Washington, Benjamin Franklin and 13 of the 39 visionaries
who helped to draft the U.S. Constitution. Especially in the new
nation’s early decades, it was taken for granted that the United
States and Freemasonry shared many ideals, including honor-
able civic-mindedness, tolerance for all forms of religion and a
high regard for learning and progress.
Since then, an additional 13 U.S. presidents have been >>
38 December 2011
Masons, including James Monroe,
Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James
Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James
Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore
Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren
Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S.
Truman and Gerald R. Ford. Abraham
Lincoln applied for membership in a
masonic lodge in Illinois in 1860 and his
biographers agree that he would likely
have completed that process if he had
survived his second term as president.
Lyndon B. Johnson likewise joined a
lodge in 1937, but the pressure of political
duties kept the future president from ever
pursuing his Masonic degrees. Although
Ronald Reagan never formally earned his
degrees as a Freemason, he was made
an honorary Scottish Rite Mason and a
Shriner during his presidency.
Local Masons also dispute the com-
mon accusation that their fraternity is a
secret society because allegedly only
elite members of society are invited to
join that brotherhood.
Anyone can become a Mason,” Beas-
ley emphasizes.
Like the U.S. Marine Corps,” Winters
says, “we’re always looking for a few
good men …. We require that men who
petition to join our fraternity are people
of good moral character. They also must
have a belief in a supreme being. We
never question a man’s faith; that’s not an
issue. We have men of every faith within
the Masons; that’s true right here in this
lodge. On a worldwide basis, we have
members from every faith and from every
nation, with the exception of those few
countries that actually ban Masonry.”
To join the fraternity, an applicant must
be at least 18 years of age and financially
able to participate the brotherhood’s
charitable efforts. A Master Mason must
also vouch for the applicant, after know-
ing him for at least six months.
That last requirement sounds more
difficult than it really is,” Winters explains.
“Most applicants are surprised to dis-
cover that they do know a Master Mason
without being aware of it …. For those
rare applicants who don’t know a Master
Mason, we have what we call ‘meet-up
groups.’ They meet every Saturday.
We also meet once a month at Angie’s
Restaurant for lunch. We even have open
houses here at the lodge to provide an
opportunity for prospective applicants to
meet our members and get to know them.
There are some expenses associated
with being a Mason,” Winters admits. “In
our lodge, for example, there a $150 fee
for applicants to obtain their degrees ….
That fee is to cover the time and effort
involved in an applicant receiving all three
degrees (that is, achieving the status of
Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and
Master Mason). That process can take
from six months to two years, depending
on how fastidious the applicant is about
studying. Earning your degrees involves
some memory work and then taking a
proficiency test on each degree before
you can proceed to the next level. Basi-
cally, you’re just demonstrating that you
understand what you’ve done at each
degree level. A lot of members obtain
their degrees in just six months, while
others take the full two years to complete
the process. But it’s not really a difficult
process. After all, we’ve all done it.”
Becoming a Mason is often the first
step on the path to joining one or more of
what are known as the fraternity’s appen-
Above, the square and compass symbol is found on the exterior of the Logan Ma-sonic Center on 100 North. Right, Robert J. Hunt is the current master of Harmony Lodge #21.
39December 2011
dant groups. Those include the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite, from which a
Master Mason may receive further teach-
ings and up to 30 additional degrees; the
York Rite, another source of additional
Masonic instruction; the Ancient Arabic
Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
which is renowned for its charitable sup-
port of children’s hospitals; the Order of
the Eastern Star, which is open to men
and women related to Master Masons;
the Daughters of the Nile, a social and
charitable organization that supports
Shriners hospitals; DeMolay, an organi-
zation dedicated to preparing young men
ages 12 to 21 to lead successful, happy
and productive lives; Job’s Daughters In-
ternational, a Masonic-sponsored young
organization for girls and young women
ages 10 to 20; and the National Sojourn-
ers, an association for Masons serving in
the military.
Back 100 years ago, Masonry was
very popular throughout the United
States,” Beasley says, explaining the
evolution of the fraternity’s appendant
groups. “In places like Omaha or New
York City, there were lodges with huge
memberships of influential men. But
there were still only five elected officers
leading each of those lodges. Given
those circumstances, you might have to
wait in line for 20 years to get the chance
to fill one of those leadership positions.
So I think that Masons starting getting
together to form these social organiza-
tions within the fraternity in order to
create more leadership opportunities for
themselves.”
Typically, those Masons have directed
their leadership skills toward the achieve-
ment of charitable goals, Winters says.
Their success is demonstrated by the
fact that Masons worldwide contribute
an average $1 million a day to various
charities.
The best-known of those charities are
probably the famous Shriners hospitals,”
Winters observes, “because a child who
is admitted to one of those facilities never
has to pay for treatment …. And, if that
child’s family has to travel elsewhere to
receive treatment, Masons or Shriners will
usually pick up those costs as well. We’ve
sponsored more than 100 children from
Cache Valley that way over the years.
We also do a myriad of good works
locally,” he adds. “We’ve hosted blood
drives in the past. We support Sub for
Santa at Christmas time. We participate
in road clean-up efforts in the valley. We
also initiated child identification programs
here. Basically, we Masons do anything
that we can think of to benefit the Cache
Valley community as a whole.”
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Thanksgiving turkeys are going on sale. Grocery store
checkout lines are getting crowded. And the dairy aisle is
welcoming eggnog back to its ranks. The holiday season
must be here.
Along with the flashing Christmas lights, family ski nights,
and Mother's famous pecan pie, the holiday season brings
families and communities together in the spirit of giving.
This spirit emanates year after year as Cache Valley
community members anticipate that familiar knock on the
door, with smiling Boy Scouts holding grocery bags of
canned food on the door step asking for donations. The an-
nual holiday food drive is a major contribution to the Cache
Community Food Pantry, which feeds hundreds of local
families during the holiday season and year-round.
According to the 2010 Annual Report on the State of
Poverty in Utah, over 13,000 people live in poverty in Cache
County. Of that number, nearly 4,000 children are being
raised in poverty-stricken households. Currently, the food
pantry feeds an average of 140 families a week. They work
to serve families struggling with unemployment, economic
hardships, fixed incomes, large working families, single-
parent families, foster families and senior citizens.
The CCFP's mission statement focuses on a commu-
nity partnership working to ensure “no individual in Cache
County goes to bed hungry.” With a strong commitment to
the process of “emergency assistance today to self-suffi-
ciency tomorrow,” food pantry director Matt Whitaker holds
an expectation for the service people receive.
“We hope to relieve our client's food budget temporarily
so the money they would normally spend on groceries can
go toward a debt, or additional education, helping them on
the road to self-sufficiency in the future,” Whitaker says.
The food pantry has been actively serving the community
since 1970, originally feeding just 25 families a week. As
the decades passed and local need grew, the food pantry
facility has struggled to keep up with the demand.
“Our biggest problem right now is that we don't have
shelving," Whitaker says. "All the food is stacked on >>
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FEEDING THOSE IN LINE
42 December 2011
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top of each other. So if a client needs
something on the bottom of the pile
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days ahead, we have pallets stacked
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difficult process."
While the pantry's No.1 priority is to
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finally rolling and starting to pick up
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the existing building and to rebuild on
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well as a staging area designed to ac-
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distribution. (To view these plans and
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are supported locally before that can
happen," Whitaker explains. "In order
to do that, we need to raise $375,000
first. Most people assume that the food
pantry is state funded. That is simply
not true. Every donation is received
locally. This puts us in a tough spot as
a non-profit.
"As a food pantry, most patrons
donate canned goods. But until Logan
City lets me pay in cans, I need cash
donations as well as food items,”
Whitaker says with a laugh.
But that is the beauty of a small
community. When people and busi-
nesses discover this need, donations
come rolling in. In the last fiscal year,
more than 85 local businesses made
both food and monetary donations to
the food pantry, assisting in both feed-
ing those in need and helping raise the
new roof in the future.
“The food pantry's reach spreads
throughout the valley, helping so
many," says Ed Fisher, owner of Fisher
Home Furnishings. "We like to give to
the food pantry because we know 100
percent of our donation, whether it be
food or money, goes directly to the
people of Cache Valley. Matt Whitaker
does such a great job, we appreciate
what he does for the community.”
Dolores Wheeler, president and
CEO of Gossner Foods, also feels the
need to assist.
“It is one place where you can really
help people in need," she says. "We've
worked with the food pantry over the
years and they do a good job and are
very responsible. The food pantry helps
people in need over the short-term by
giving them much-needed food. What is
more important than food?”
Kelly Daniels, who owns Kelly
Electronics, not only supports the food
pantry with donations, but has also >>
Longtime Cache Community Food Pantry director Matt Whitaker checks out a food donation.
44 December 2011
given his time to the cause.
“I drive by the food pantry everyday
and see the lines of people in need,"
Daniels says. "It is a very visual need
and a worthy cause. We all know peo-
ple in Africa are starving, but it is also
important to help our own, locally.”
Daniels worked as a committee
member to help the Cache Community
Food Pantry establish a cash-donation
system. This group, spearheaded by
Smithfield resident Paul Sorenson,
wanted to provide a means for people
to donate in small increments of cash,
not just in the form of food donations.
“The pantry constantly needs food
items that are not donated regularly.
These cash donations help them
purchase these items,” Daniels says.
“As an individual I make a monthly
donation; as a business I do an an-
nual donation. That is what's so great
about this system: everyone can make
a difference.”
For Sorenson, the food pantry lines
also inspired action.
“I saw the line and felt the need to
do something, so I acted,” Sorenson
says. “I wanted to work with the food
pantry and create a way for 100 per-
cent of donations to go to the cause,
instead of the typical two-to-three
percent going to merchant accounts.”
Sorenson and his committee worked
with local printers, Square One Print-
ing and Sprint Print, who donated
materials for donation forms.
With that success, Sorenson's
group decided to “do it one better,” So-
renson continued.
“We contacted Lee Badger of Lee's
Marketplace to request a special
discount on food purchased for the
CCFP. He was so accommodating and
granted a substantial discount. We
can now boast that 100-plus percent
of donations go toward the food pan-
try. It is a very exciting thing.”
As the weather gets colder and
the holidays creep closer, commu-
nity members seeking a rewarding
service-oriented experience have an
opportunity to get involved. This can
mean digging through pantries and
cupboards for food items to donate,
or it can mean giving a cash donation
to help fellow community members in
need this holiday season.
“The best part is that people
can now make a recurring donation
monthly, bi-annually, or annually what-
ever works," Sorenson says. "A lot of
people would like to donate, but don't
know how. Here is your chance. For
some, a $5 or $10 monthly donation is
45December 2011
what they can afford to give. For
others, businesses included, a
bigger donation is possible. One
person giving $5 a month won't
change a family's grocery budget
by much. But when you get 1,000
people donating $5 a month, sud-
denly more families are being fed."
To make your donation, visit
www.cachefoodpantry.com and
click the “Donations” tab. Instruc-
tions are available for check or
money orders that can be mailed
directly to the CCFP. If a card
payment is more convenient, a
secure PayPal donation can be
set up. To arrange for donations
of materials (including hygiene
products), contact Matt Whitaker
at 753-7140. Donation slips are
also available at Kelly Electron-
ics and Lee's Marketplace. The
Cache Food Pantry has 501(c)(3)
status, so your contribution is fully
tax-deductible.
If a donation of time is more
attractive, the Cache Commu-
nity Food Pantry welcomes local
volunteers.
“We live off volunteers," Whita-
ker proclaims. "We never know
how much manpower we'll need
everyday. It is all reliant on what
donations come in."
For any readers interested
in applying for aid through the
Cache Community Food Pan-
try, please visit their Web site to
download an application. Bring
the application as well as a pay
stub and proof of address to begin
receiving assistance.
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