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The herald Journal oCToBer 21-27, 2011

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I said a few months ago that my favorite month is July. Well, October comes in at a close second. I love long drives

through Logan Canyon with all its colors, carving crazy jack-o’-lanterns, walking through the North Logan Pumpkin Walk, drinking locally-made apple cider and pick-ing out costumes for Halloween.

This week I ful-filled one of my favor-ite traditions and saw “Thriller” at Kent Concert Hall. The show is a big, Hal-loween celebration all presented through

dance. There were glow-in-the-dark tap dancing skeletons, scarecrows doing hip-hop, at least a dozen dancing Chuckys and Frankenstein and his bride perform-ing ballet.

Each scene seemed to tell its own story whether it was that of the Salem Witch tri-als or vampires stalking their prey.

Halloween comes with so many stories and while many them are of the horror genre, there are those that are funny and others that makes us wonder if something paranormal is happening around us.

I prefer the urban legend ghost stories, even though I shouldn’t because, well, I’m afraid of ghosts. Some of my favorite stories I’ve written for The Herald Journal

were about legends of local ghosts. There are stories of a ghost at Caine Lyric The-atre, spirits residing in USU sororities and fraternities and some say there is a pres-ence that haunts certain parts of Logan Canyon.

One of the best places for legends is perhaps the Logan Cemetery, but accord-ing to former sexton Seth Sparks, that doesn’t mean there are ghost stories (page 8). In this week’s Cache, Sparks shares some history of grave markers. Maybe it will make you wonder about a few accounts of people who lived here before us, because living or dead, everyone has a story.

— Manette Newbold

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3 USU Symphony Orches-tra performs next Friday

4 John Reischman and the Jaybirds are coming to Logan

11 Chamber Music Soci-ety will perform and teach master classes locally

3 ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is back before Halloween

4 ‘The Woman in Black’ will play at Logan Arthouse

5 Meet Abracadan

5 Magic competition will take place Oct. 30 at Legends

5 Pumpkin Walk continues this weekend

10 Abuse survivor shares story of thriving with music

15 See what’s happening this week

12 Lael Gilbert experi-ments with Rocky Moun-tain Oysters

A view of the Logan City Cemetery on Thursday morning. On the cover: The Palmer Baby Bed grave marker in Logan Cemetery. (Photos by Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal)

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October 21-27, 2011

The Utah State University Symphony Orchestra pres-ents “Chamber Orchestra Delights” at the USU Perfor-mance Hall on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m.

“The audience will be able to enjoy the rich orchestral colors played in the intimacy of our wonderful perfor-

mance hall,” said Sergio Bernal, director of the USU Symphony Orchestra.

The concert will feature Elgar’s “Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin,” Bach’s “Brandenburg Con-certo No. 4” and Schubert’s

“Symphony No. 5.”“Elgar’s music is always

very noble and nostalgic,” said Bernal. “Bach’s ‘Bran-denburg Concerto’ is among the all-time favorite works of the Baroque era and Schubert’s ‘Fifth Symphony’ is a charming piece with beautiful melodies and spon-taneous gestures.”

Concert tickets are $10

for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. Tickets can be purchased at the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at arts.usu.edu or by calling 435-797-8022.

Utah State University’s Old Lyric Repertory Com-pany revives this summer’s smash hit “Little Shop of Horrors” at the historic Caine Lyric Theatre on Oct. 21.

Based on the book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken,

“Little Shop of Horrors” fol-lows the journey of Seymour Krelborn, a skid row florist, as he hits a streak of luck when he discovers a mys-terious plant of enormous proportions that could be his ticket to fame and the affec-tions of a woman he secretly loves — but at what price?

Led by artistic director Dennis Hassan, the OLRC is a professional theater pro-gram based in the Depart-ment of Theatre Arts in the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State.

“We are looking forward to the revival of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ after its success this past summer,” said Has-san. “While some of the cast has stayed the same, some actors have switched roles and others are joining us for the first time.”

Stefan Espinosa and W. Lee Daily reprise their roles as Seymour and Mr. Mush-nik, while Felicia Stehmeier, a senior majoring in theater

performance at USU, steps up to play Audrey.

“It’s so exciting to be in the same show playing a new character,” said Stehm-eier. “The music is wonder-ful, the set is amazing, the costumes are awesome and we have a really strong cast. The show also has a pretty

dark sense of humor, which is perfect so close to Hal-loween.”

The Old Lyric Reper-tory Company season runs every summer from June to August with four different shows. The 2012 season starts in June with “Lend Me a Tenor,” “Big River:

The Adventures of Huckle-berry Finn,” “Steel Magno-lias” and “Private Lives.”

“It’s a great opportunity to have an Old Lyric Repertory Company show during the school year,” said Richie Call, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at USU, who plays Orin. “These shows are usually only enjoyed by Logan’s summer audiences, but now students will be able to attend.”

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“No, I don’t always hit the right notes and, yes, sometimes I miss count, but I’m still working on it and I’m still succeeding in what I’m trying to do. And it’s an incredible thing.”

– Leah Adkins-McMullin, member of American

Festival Chorus

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The plant is back at Caine Lyric TheatreWhen: Oct. 21, 22 and 27-29 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee Oct. 29Where: Caine Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center Street, LoganTICKeTS: $16 for adults and $12 for seniors, youth, USU faculty, staff and stu-dents. Matinee tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors, youth, USU faculty, staff and students. Tickets can be purchased by visit-ing the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s cam-pus, by calling 435-797-8022 or online at arts.usu.edu.

Get ready for some Bach, Schubert and Elgar

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The Bridger Folk Music Society presents John Reis-chman and the Jaybirds in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Eccles Con-ference Center Auditorium on the USU Campus. The Jaybirds are a superb West Coast ensemble led by renowned mandolin master and composer John Reis-chman of Vancouver, British Columbia. They deliver a truly fresh blend of original and traditional songs and instrumentals that draw from old-time heritage with a bluegrass twist. The result is a rich and timeless acoustical landscape.

John Reischman is rec-ognized by his peers as one of the best mandolinists performing today, and his tasteful artistry defines the heart and soul of the Jay-birds band. Reischman seam-lessly integrates their music by drawing on the incredible talents of band members: Jim Nunally on guitar, Greg Spatz on fiddle, Nick Horn-buckle on banjo and Trisha Gagnon on bass.

Nunally is a veteran flat-pick guitarist, songwriter, high lonesome singer and studio musician from the San Francisco Bay area who appears on numerous award-winning recordings.

Hornbuckle’s powerfully resonant banjo breaks are the result of his unique two-finger blend of the modal clawhammer technique and Scruggs-style bluegrass rolls. Hornbuckle’s talents were recently featured in the inter-national Banjo Newsletter magazine, and he has pub-lished three banjo instruction books.

Spokane, Wash.-based Spatz is hailed by Audio-phile Audition as a world-class bluegrass fiddler. His contributions range from fiery fiddle solos, bluesy accompaniments to Nun-

ally’s guitar compositions, beautiful harmonies with Reischman’s mandolin, or perfect melodic partnering to Trisha Gagnon’s pristine vocals.

Bassist Gagnon is the grounding force of the band with an irresistible voice that lends itself equally well to old English ballads, Civil War soldier’s prayers and her own evocations of rural life.

The Jaybirds lineup has entered its second decade together and they have released five CDs that show-case their musical journey.

Doors open at 7 p.m. The Eccles Conference Center Auditorium is located near the center of the USU cam-pus, by the northeast corner of the Quad.

Bridger Folk Music Society will bring Jaybirds to Logan

When: Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m.Where: Eccles Conference Center AuditoriumTICKeTS: $17 in advance or $19 at the door for adults, $15 for USU students with ID and $10 for youth (16 and younger). Tickets can be pur-chased at Sunrise Cyclery, KSM Music, USU Spectrum and USU TSC Ticket Offices or online at www.bridgerfolk.org.

“The Woman in Black,” pre-sented by Achtung! Theatre Company, will play at the Logan Arthouse on Oct. 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 29 at 10:30 p.m.

“The Woman in Black” is a 1983 thriller fiction novel by Susan Hill about a menacing spectre that haunts a small English town. It was adapted into a stage play by Stephen Mallatratt.

Arthur Kipps, a middle-aged solicitor, hires a theater and the services of a professional actor to help him reenact a ghostly event which befell him many years previously with horrifyingly tragic results.

Kipps begins to painfully, self-consciously and hesi-tantly read his story, but as he is coached by the actor, he grows in confidence and abil-ity as he assumes a variety of roles. Here the play moves from narration to enactment of Kipps’ assignment from his London firm to settle the estate of an elderly recluse, the late Mrs. Drablow, in whose isolated, marshland mansion Kipps encounters the woman in black.

Tickets for the show are $7. Ages 16 and older will be admitted. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door or online at www.loganarthouse.com.

Achtung! Theatre Companywill present a ghostly tale

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Text by Manette NewboldPhoto by Eli Lucero

MEET ABRACADAN

The 28th annual North Logan Pumpkin Walk con-tinues through Tuesday, Oct. 25, (not open Sunday, Oct. 23) at Elk Ridge Park, 1100 E. 2500 North, in North Logan. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The event is free and features hundreds of pumpkins cre-atively displayed in more than 30 scenes. More than 500 carved pumpkins line the walking path through the scenes, which have been put together as a gift to the community by many volunteers. This year’s theme is “My Favorite Things.”

The Pumpkin Walk is wheelchair accessible over a paved trail. After 6 p.m., a free bus shuttle service is available from Greenville Elementary, 2500 N. 400 East in North Logan. Parking is free at the school.

‘Favorite things’ displayedat N. Logan Pumpkin Walk

Comedic hypnotism is at its best when the unpre-dictable occurs (a participant screaming because he thinks he sees aliens or a girl running around a

gymnasium holding a chair to her butt). A hypnotist show is also at its worst for unpredictable moments (participants not being hypnotized at the moment or not wanting to join in on the on-stage antics). But, it’s all in a night’s work for Daniel Geddes — also known as Abracadan — who has

been a nationally-certified hypnotist for five years. He said no show is predictable, but the spontaneity of a

performance is all part of the fun. Geddes hypno-tizes audiences once a month at Logan Arthouse

and also performs for company parties and high schools. He said he loves working with people

and seeing their reactions on stage.

• Geddes went to the Utah School of Hyp-nosis for a six-month program where he received one-on-one instruction for three

months of course work. Then he had to com-plete 150 hours of hypnosis on his own.

• Originally interested in magic, Geddes began learning card tricks as a senior in high school. He became addicted to spectators’ reactions and bought a book to learn more magic. After doing magic shows for parties he decided he wanted to try something new, which led to comedic hypnosis.

• “Everybody is hypnotizable unless you’re on drugs or have certain medical conditions. In fact, we go into hypnosis about seven to 10 times a day. Hypnosis is a natural state and everybody can do it.”

• Geddes said hypnosis is not mind control and that people will only participate in activities on stage they are comfortable with. Hypnotists work with the subcon-scious part of the brain.

• “The subconscious doesn’t know right from wrong. It doesn’t know feelings. It just goes. It’s kind of like the engine of a car. It just makes the car go, it doesn’t know how fast you’re going.”

• Currently working in customer service at ICON, Ged-des hopes to make hypnotism a full-time career. He said he enjoys being on stage and figuring out what makes people work.

• “It’s finding what is fun for people to get up and release their inhibitions to have a good time on stage.”

• Geddes will perform tomorrow at Logan Arthouse at 7 p.m. His show will be monster-themed for Halloween. Cost is $5 in advance and $6 at the door. To contact Ged-des call 208-530-1182. You can also visit his website, abra-cadan.com, or find him on Facebook as Abracadan.

The Cache Valley Conjurers have invited magi-cians from throughout the area to join members in a magic competition hosted by Legends Billiard Club, 2707 S. Hwy 89/91 in Nibley, beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. Any interested magician can com-pete but acts are limited to 8 minutes. Stage magic, illusions, close-up magic and even mentalism are all welcome. Three prizes will be awarded by a panel of three judges: magician and Legends owner Allan Cornia and two non-magician judges. Entertainment value will be the primary criteria used by the judges to award the $100 first prize, $50 second prize and $25 third prize. In addition, the audience will deter-mine the winner of a $100 “People’s Choice” award.

Logan deceptionist Richard Hatch of the Hatch Academy of Magic and Music will emcee the event and perform during the judging phase. Magi-cians from Salt Lake City and Idaho have already announced their intention to compete. Anyone interested in competing should call Richard Hatch at 435-932-0017 or email him at [email protected] to reserve a spot. There will be a $10 cover charge for audience members, but there is no entry fee and the cover charge is waived for anyone com-peting. Due to the club restrictions, contestants and audience members must be age 21 or older.

Magic competition set for Oct. 30 at Legends

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The new organ in townWhen the old Utah Theatre opens again in Logan, The Utah Festival Opera

and Musical Theatre company hopes there is someone ready to strike up the organ and get some old pipes roaring again.

A new organ was installed in the Dansante Building this week and UFOMT will offer classes and workshops for youth and adults as part of a training program to find someone who can play for silent movies, sing-a-longs and concerts at the Utah Theatre which is currently being renovated. The new organ has a digital sound that compares to the 90-year-old organ and pipes in the Utah Theatre.

“That instrument in the basement (of the Utah Theatre) is a million dol-lar, beautiful instrument, but it’s going to be silent for a while,” said Gary Richardson on Monday after the new organ was brought into the Dansante.

Richardson, who would help set up the organ classes and programs, was accompanied by Summerhays Music employee Doug Norman, who set up and played the new organ that day. The music sounded like a carnival — loud, cheerful and powerful — and Richardson is excited to see it get used.

For now the new organ is on loan from Summerhays Music, but UFOMT plans to buy the instrument with help from donors. At 9 a.m. tomorrow the organ will play by itself for an hour for anyone who would like to stop by. At 10 a.m. a short power-point presentation will feature the new organ, the old organ and pipes (that currently resides in the basement of the Utah Theatre) and programs that will be offered. Cost to attend the program is $5 per couple and includes popcorn. The money will go toward the cost of the instrument. The Dansante Building is located at 59 S. 100 West in Logan.

Pictured above are Richardson at the organ and Norman standing next to him Monday.

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By Christy LemireAP Movie Critic

You probably weren’t clamoring for a sequel to the 2003 British spy parody “Johnny Eng-lish,” which was far more successful over-seas than it was in the United States.

Still, here’s “Johnny English Reborn,” again starring Rowan Atkin-son. As the secret agent of the title, Johnny thinks he’s as suave and resourceful as James Bond. Mostly, though, he bumbles his way from one situation to the next with the help of all the obliga-tory weapons and gadgets, none of which is terribly clever or creative.

Johnny is back at the agency, MI7 (hardy har har), after a few years away with a bit of a stigma attached to him. Seems he massively messed up an assign-ment in Mozambique, and his new boss, Peg-asus (Gillian Anderson, trotting out her flat British accent again), lets him know she won’t tolerate those kinds of mistakes.

For his next job, Johnny must find out who is behind a plot to assassinate the Chinese premier. And even though he’s been training in the remote mountains of Tibet all this time (in an admittedly amusing montage), Johnny still isn’t quite up for the challenge.

Director Oliver Parker’s film relies on much of the same tired, repetitive spy spoofs as the “Austin Powers” movies, and much of the same

false confidence in the face of absurd danger. That any of this works,

ever, is a testament to Atkinson’s skills as a comedian. You can

sense him slumming and straining but he’s so gifted physically, he makes pretty idiotic material more enjoy-able than it should be. Slapstick requires a delicacy and finesse that Atkinson most certainly possesses, but the writing just isn’t there.

Rosamund Pike brings her usual com-bination of beauty and

smarts to the role of the agency’s psycholo-

gist, and manages to provide a bit more sub-stance than was avail-able to her on the page. But even given her for-midable presence, it’s hard to believe that her character would ever give Johnny the time of day, much less fall for him. Dominic West, meanwhile, co-stars as a fellow agent who is so obviously sleazy and menacing from the start, there’s nowhere else for his character to go.

Johnny English isn’t reborn so much as reheated, and his aim hasn’t improved after all these years.

“Johnny English Reborn,” a Universal Pictures release, is 101 minutes.

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Halloween is upon us and with that comes witches and broomsticks, haunted houses and corn mazes, cemeteries and ghost stories — just to name a few things asso-ciated with Oct. 31.

When it comes to the Logan City Cemetery, there is plenty of history surrounding the final resting place for people buried there.

But what about ghost stories, myths or hauntings?No, no and no, according to Seth Sparks, former

sexton of the cemetery.Sparks would certainly know, especially when you

consider he spent 36 years as the cemetery’s sexton.“I wish there was some haunted thing or something

like that, that I could point out, but there’s really not much,” said Sparks, who retired this past April.

Perhaps the closest the Logan cemetery gets to a haunting is the Weeping Lady, which is located on the Cronquist family plot.

The Weeping Lady represents Julia E. Cronquist, who was the mother of eight children. Only three lived past childhood.

“It’s the most recognizable (grave marker),” Sparks said of the Weeping Lady.

Legend has it that on the night of a full moon, you can hear her cry in mourning over her dead children.

The Weeping Lady is just one of about 20 unique grave markers in the Logan cemetery.

Another popular one besides the Weeping Lady is

the Palmer Baby Bed, which is located near a place in the cemetery known as Babyland.

The Palmer Baby Bed features a sculpted infant lying in a bed surrounded by toys, reminding viewers of a childhood cut short.

“That is certainly one of the more popular ones, too,” Sparks said. “A lot of people would ask about little Andrew up there and the baby in the bed. ... That’s a very popular marker.”

There is one wooden marker left in the cemetery and it belongs to William Hardy (July 30, 1890-Jan. 19, 1894). It was erected as a temporary marker to be eventually replaced by a stone monument.

“Probably 50 years ago or so there would have been quite a few, but when those old markers deteriorated or wore out, they were either replaced by markers or taken away,” Sparks explained. “There’s just the one that’s left now. Even when I started up there, it was just the one, too.

“We probably ought to do a little bit more about keeping that and making sure it stays the way it does. But still, it’s about the same as when I (first started) up there.”

While the Weeping Lady is the most recognizable marker at the cemetery, the most popular headstone belongs to Russell Larsen (Dec. 16, 1921-Jan. 26, 1983).

Larsen’s stone provides a humorous verse instead of the traditional somber prose. This poem is a familiar

one to cowboy poets.“Probably the most popular one of all is the cowboy

poet, the one that is just a little marker that talks about being made into a horse blanket so he’d be between two things he loves most — a beautiful woman and a horse,” Sparks said.

While there is no marker for this particular indi-vidual, one person Sparks was frequently asked about was the guy who shot and killed Willard R. Dahle, a Logan city police officer.

According to the website, www.utahsfallen.org, Dahle was shot and killed by a bootlegger in 1929. Earlier in the day, a man arrested for manufacturing whiskey had written a check for his bail but forgot to sign it. Dahle was sent to the suspect’s home for the purposes of securing a signature. The 53-year-old officer was sitting in a chair in the suspect’s bedroom discussing the matter when he was shot three times with a .380-automatic pistol. The suspect then com-mitted suicide.

Sparks said the last name of the man who shot Dahle was Carlson, and that he was also buried in the cemetery.

“The story was that he was buried in the east part of the cemetery, probably up near the stop sign on 10th north and 12th east,” Sparks said. “It was pretty well known that’s where he was buried, which was sagebrush at the time. When they re-did the road and the sidewalk up there, supposedly his body was

moved, but we have no record of it in the cemetery as to where it is.

“They said he was buried on the criminal plot, but we don’t have a criminal plot as such. I, along with others over the years, tried to find out exactly where he was buried. I thought maybe they put him down where his parents were buried, but he wasn’t buried on that lot. We looked around and couldn’t find where he was buried.”

Sparks continued.“I think he was probably buried on the property that

the county owns,” Sparks said. “It’s interesting that nobody actually has a record of it or would talk about it much. It was just done. A lot of people would come and ask about him and I really had no good answer as to where he was buried. It’s kind of unusual that something like that would happen.

“Don James, who passed away not too long ago, said he knew exactly where his original grave was. He used to herd cows up there all the time as a young man and he said it was in that area. ... Later on it was moved and nobody really knows where.”

For those people interested in seeing these unique graves and others, the Logan cemetery has a historical tour map that can be picked up in the sexton’s office.

Grave tales: The history behind some of Logan’s ‘famous’ headstones

By Wade DennistonPhotos by Jennifer Meyers

From left: Markers in the Logan Cemetery for babies who passed away in 1911 and 1913; A comical verse is written on the back of Russell Larson’s headstone. Larson passed away in 1983; The Pioneer Plot at the Logan City Cemetery. This plot holds the remains of early graves from the first Logan Cemetery. The monument honors 42 unknown pioneers buried there; A wooden marker for William Hardy who passed away in 1894 at age 4. The marker is the only wooden marker left in the cemetery.

Halloween is upon us and with that comes witches and broomsticks, haunted houses and corn mazes, cemeteries and ghost stories — just to name a few things asso-ciated with Oct. 31.

When it comes to the Logan City Cemetery, there is plenty of history surrounding the final resting place for people buried there.

But what about ghost stories, myths or hauntings?No, no and no, according to Seth Sparks, former

sexton of the cemetery.Sparks would certainly know, especially when you

consider he spent 36 years as the cemetery’s sexton.“I wish there was some haunted thing or something

like that, that I could point out, but there’s really not much,” said Sparks, who retired this past April.

Perhaps the closest the Logan cemetery gets to a haunting is the Weeping Lady, which is located on the Cronquist family plot.

The Weeping Lady represents Julia E. Cronquist, who was the mother of eight children. Only three lived past childhood.

“It’s the most recognizable (grave marker),” Sparks said of the Weeping Lady.

Legend has it that on the night of a full moon, you can hear her cry in mourning over her dead children.

The Weeping Lady is just one of about 20 unique grave markers in the Logan cemetery.

Another popular one besides the Weeping Lady is

the Palmer Baby Bed, which is located near a place in the cemetery known as Babyland.

The Palmer Baby Bed features a sculpted infant lying in a bed surrounded by toys, reminding viewers of a childhood cut short.

“That is certainly one of the more popular ones, too,” Sparks said. “A lot of people would ask about little Andrew up there and the baby in the bed. ... That’s a very popular marker.”

There is one wooden marker left in the cemetery and it belongs to William Hardy (July 30, 1890-Jan. 19, 1894). It was erected as a temporary marker to be eventually replaced by a stone monument.

“Probably 50 years ago or so there would have been quite a few, but when those old markers deteriorated or wore out, they were either replaced by markers or taken away,” Sparks explained. “There’s just the one that’s left now. Even when I started up there, it was just the one, too.

“We probably ought to do a little bit more about keeping that and making sure it stays the way it does. But still, it’s about the same as when I (first started) up there.”

While the Weeping Lady is the most recognizable marker at the cemetery, the most popular headstone belongs to Russell Larsen (Dec. 16, 1921-Jan. 26, 1983).

Larsen’s stone provides a humorous verse instead of the traditional somber prose. This poem is a familiar

one to cowboy poets.“Probably the most popular one of all is the cowboy

poet, the one that is just a little marker that talks about being made into a horse blanket so he’d be between two things he loves most — a beautiful woman and a horse,” Sparks said.

While there is no marker for this particular indi-vidual, one person Sparks was frequently asked about was the guy who shot and killed Willard R. Dahle, a Logan city police officer.

According to the website, www.utahsfallen.org, Dahle was shot and killed by a bootlegger in 1929. Earlier in the day, a man arrested for manufacturing whiskey had written a check for his bail but forgot to sign it. Dahle was sent to the suspect’s home for the purposes of securing a signature. The 53-year-old officer was sitting in a chair in the suspect’s bedroom discussing the matter when he was shot three times with a .380-automatic pistol. The suspect then com-mitted suicide.

Sparks said the last name of the man who shot Dahle was Carlson, and that he was also buried in the cemetery.

“The story was that he was buried in the east part of the cemetery, probably up near the stop sign on 10th north and 12th east,” Sparks said. “It was pretty well known that’s where he was buried, which was sagebrush at the time. When they re-did the road and the sidewalk up there, supposedly his body was

moved, but we have no record of it in the cemetery as to where it is.

“They said he was buried on the criminal plot, but we don’t have a criminal plot as such. I, along with others over the years, tried to find out exactly where he was buried. I thought maybe they put him down where his parents were buried, but he wasn’t buried on that lot. We looked around and couldn’t find where he was buried.”

Sparks continued.“I think he was probably buried on the property that

the county owns,” Sparks said. “It’s interesting that nobody actually has a record of it or would talk about it much. It was just done. A lot of people would come and ask about him and I really had no good answer as to where he was buried. It’s kind of unusual that something like that would happen.

“Don James, who passed away not too long ago, said he knew exactly where his original grave was. He used to herd cows up there all the time as a young man and he said it was in that area. ... Later on it was moved and nobody really knows where.”

For those people interested in seeing these unique graves and others, the Logan cemetery has a historical tour map that can be picked up in the sexton’s office.

Grave tales: The history behind some of Logan’s ‘famous’ headstones

By Wade DennistonPhotos by Jennifer Meyers

From left: Markers in the Logan Cemetery for babies who passed away in 1911 and 1913; A comical verse is written on the back of Russell Larson’s headstone. Larson passed away in 1983; The Pioneer Plot at the Logan City Cemetery. This plot holds the remains of early graves from the first Logan Cemetery. The monument honors 42 unknown pioneers buried there; A wooden marker for William Hardy who passed away in 1894 at age 4. The marker is the only wooden marker left in the cemetery.

By Manette NewboldCache Magazine editor

If there was one thing Leah Adkins-McMullin wouldn’t lose when she was abused by her former husband, it was her voice.

Adkins-McMullin, a member of the American Festival Chorus in Logan, says she’s not afraid to talk, and perhaps more importantly, sing.

“I knew when I was 6 years old I wanted to be an opera singer,” she says, then smiles. “I’m not dead yet. I may make it.”

But three years ago next Thursday, she wasn’t so sure. On Oct. 27, 2008, the man she’d been mar-ried to for six months came home drunk, began yelling at her, ripped their back door off its hinges and called her a number of obscenities.

“He screamed at me for 20 minutes. Ranted, raved,” she says. “And then he called me the dreaded four-letter ‘c word.’ I had been called ‘f-ing this’ and ‘f-ing that,’ but when he called me that it crossed a line for me, a very significant line.”

Adkins-McMullin says she slapped his face and walked out the back door to their porch where he followed her, balled up his fist and punched her once in the face, then grabbed her by the throat. He continued calling her names and screaming at her, then got his truck, drove across her lawn and left.

What Adkins-McMul-lin didn’t know immedi-ately was that she’d been temporarily blinded by the force of the punch and her left eyeball had

gone through her eye socket and into her sinus cavity.

“When you get hit with that much force you real-ly do see stars,” she says.

“And that’s when my whole life changed was right then. That moment.”

After calling police and being taken to the hospital by her father, Adkins-McMullin learned she had five separate fractures in her left eye socket, multiple fractures in her cheekbone, five cartilage breaks and the entire hard bone of her nose was crushed. Her face was swollen and she was told by her doctor she wouldn’t work for a long time.

By that point a nurse had come in to give her an IV to help with pain and nausea, but she wasn’t nauseous yet. At that moment she says all she could think about was getting her life back to normal and working as a bus driver for Cache

Valley Transit District. Then the doctor told her about her eyeball break-ing into her sinus cavity, and she says that com-ment left her nauseous for weeks.

“Anyone who sings knows this is a sounding board,” she says, motion-ing her hand in front of her face. “It’s got to be intact to sing and to do it right. That made me sick to my stomach, that I might never be able to really sing again.”

Adkins-McMullin, of Richmond, had become a member of the American Festival Chorus that year and was looking forward to their first concert on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. Her first surgery, howev-er was scheduled for Nov. 10, so she was forced to call director Craig Jessop and tell him she couldn’t sing.

“I got off the phone and the rage and the pain, it all hit, because I couldn’t sing. And then I

couldn’t stop crying,” she says. “And screaming. And yelling. I felt like if I didn’t ever sing again it meant that (her abuser) had won. I went nuts and I said, ‘You will not stop me. You will not win.’”

On top of the Veteran’s Day concert, the Ameri-can Festival Chorus was also preparing to sing

“Mozart’s Requiem,” an awe-inspiring — and extremely difficult — piece Adkins-McMullin wanted to master.

In the weeks and months after the abuse Adkins-McMullin says she resembled Igor, but

was able to return to American Festival Cho-rus by January 2009 and performed with the group in the Veteran’s Day and Christmas concerts that

year. Over the course of a year and a half after the abuse she underwent six surgeries on her face and today, it’s not noticeable. She’s full of spirit and vibrance, she’s willing to tell her story and, above all, she’s singing.

“After I was assaulted my perspectives on life changed and I decided there were things I want-ed to do before I died

— because I came close to being very dead,” she says. “And so I kind of went, ‘OK, I’m going to go out there and do the

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Photo courtesy Leah Adkins-McMullinIn October 2008 American Festival Chorus member Leah Adkins-McMullin was abused by her former husband. She says she was determined to never stop singing.

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things I want to do.’ And I’ve been in ... four shows since then as well as singing with the AFC and I’ve done ... several short recitals and one hour-long program where it was just me and my pianist.”

In August of this year she sang “Mozart’s Requiem” with the American Festival Chorus and it was like over-coming every challenge she’d faced the last three years.

“Singing a piece like ‘Requiem’ is awe-inspiring anyway,” she says. “But the fact that it was ‘Requiem’ and the fact that he had not stopped me, it was just a dynamic experience for me.”

Adkins-McMullin, 47, says she’s often called a survivor by those who help abuse victims, but she says she’s not fond of that term. Sure, she sur-vived, she says, but people can survive a lot of things.

“You can survive a serious accident and be a vegetable for the rest of your life and be on life support, but you sur-vived,” she says. “I did not survive. I thrived.”

Adkins-McMullin grew personally, professionally, spiritually, mentally and physically as her abuser served jail

time for his actions. She remarried and returned to driving for CVTD and is known as the singing bus driver to her passengers.

“Somewhere in there, while I looked like Igor, I fell in love with me,” she says. “No, I don’t always hit the right notes and, yes, sometimes I miss count, but I’m still working on it and I’m still succeeding in what I’m trying to do. And it’s an incredible thing.”

The prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will be performing in Logan on Nov. 3 at the USU Performance Hall.

The artists of CMS com-prise an evolving and unpar-alleled roster of performers. Graduates of the world’s leading conservatories and winners of the most pres-tigious international com-petitions and awards, these musicians form the dynamic ensembles that are the hall-mark of CMS.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Logan concert will highlight the music of Beethoven and Brahms. Upon the death of Beethoven, Franz Schubert asked, “Who can do anything after him?” No one was more expected to answer

than Johannes Brahms, who was widely regarded as the obvious heir to Beethoven’s legacy. Explore the connec-tion between these two great composers, beginning with a lighthearted early essay by Beethoven, the “Trio in D Major for Violin, Viola, and

Cello, Op. 9, No. 2” (1797-98), then we hear Brahms’ engaging “Quintet No. 1 in F Major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op..88” (1882), and finishing with Brahms’ passionate and stormy “Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola,

and Cello, Op. 34” (1862-64.)

Musicians for this CMS concert in Logan are Jessica Lee and Arnold Steinhardt on violin, Beth Guterman and Paul Neubauer on viola, Fred Sherry on cello and Inon Bar-natan on piano.

Who: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln CenterWhen: Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m.Where: USU Performance HallTICKeTS: $24 for general admission, $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door prior to concert or through arts.usu.edu and 435-797-8022.

Chamber Music Society will offer a master class to the community Thursday, Nov. 3, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the USU Perfor-mance Hall.

The master classes provide opportunities for young musicians to expand their musi-cal expertise and work directly with professional artists. As a community outreach these master classes are free and open to the public, middle school, high school and university students. This class is organized by the Fry Street Quartet.

Chamber music at its finest is coming to Logan

Photo courtesy Leah Adkins-McMullinLeah Adkins-McMullin underwent six surgeries on her face after her former husband punched her three years ago. Today Adkins-McMullin is happy and singing again.

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I was in trouble. I’d gotten myself into a culinary predicament and I blamed the power of the psychological barrier. A white, plastic ice cream container stood ominously in my freezer, waiting to be thawed, the contents to be prepared and con-sumed. Written ironi-cally on the label were the words “Party Pail” with a smattering of printed confetti. There was no party in that pail. It didn’t contain ice cream. It was half full of frozen Rocky Mountain Oysters ... calf testicles if you aren’t familiar with the euphemism.

It all began because of picky eaters. I’ve long held the hypothesis that we are only picky because we are rich.

“I’m not rich,” you say. But you are. Even in the deepest dip of this cur-rent recession, we are living in the lap of luxu-ry in the wealthiest (and most wasteful) country in the world. Not the kind of rich that lets

us wear Prada cowboy boots on our 300-acre guest ranch at Sundance, perhaps, but the kind of rich that means we get full from dinner every night. Choosing what parts of an animal to eat and what not to eat is a luxury of modern-day wealth. We can discard part of the animal for sociological taboos or psychological assump-tions and not starve.

We are only able to be picky about our food because we have more than enough. You get choose between the ten-der, meaty, gristle-free part of the steer and the animal’s tongue or heart. It is all precious protein, right? It could all theo-retically be consumed. But we choose to eat the rib roast and steak and discard the intes-tines. Our culture tells us that one part is better than the other, and we don’t have enough sus-tained hunger (which one in seven people in the world suffer from, according to the United Nations) to overcome the psychological

barrier that tell us it is yucky.

If you’ve watched any Andrew Zimmern on “Bizarre Foods,” you know that in other plac-es in the world those same psychological bar-riers don’t exist. Hungry people eat all edible parts of the animal. It is practical and, at least to them, delicious. In my theory I hypothesized that I could ignore my psychological and soci-ological barriers and eat the parts of the animal that normally don’t get eaten. I was after a new food experience, and I wanted more ammuni-tion against people who turn their nose up at food.

Step one was to track down some Rocky Mountain Oysters. They don’t carry them at most grocery stores. I spread the word and eventually found a source for my victuals. Andrew David-son, who has ties to the Wyuta Cattle Company in Evanston, Wyo., pro-vided me with some top-notch (I assume,

based on my limited experi-

ence) product.

The animals are castrated and branded, and the ranch-

ers gather the tes-ticles ... mostly to give

away, but occasionally to eat, said Davidson. Nearby Woodruff, Utah, in fact, has an annual Testicle Festival.

This is when it got tricky. The first time I peeked under the lid of the party pail I was surprised at my reaction.

“Bleh,” I think, and shudder. Me! Embracer

of all things edible, gets the heebie-jeebies just looking at them! Perhaps my hypothesis needs some revision. I’ve eaten some pretty strange things in my life but this is the first time I’ve attempted to prepare something from raw myself. My psycho-logical barriers go deep-er than I expect. I shove the party pail into the freezer and hope that it was just an off day.

Nope. Apparently it wasn’t just an off day. I pull the frozen tes-ticles from the freezer and take another peek.

“Gross,” I think. What is wrong with me? They are just protein, I tell myself. “True,” says my psychological bar-rier, “But they are also big, pink and tubular.” Maybe I need more hunger. I’m going to skip lunch.

Part of the problem is that I’ve been talking about this experiment for more than a year and have gotten a lot of feedback. “How do you imagine Rocky Moun-tain Oysters taste?” I asked my neighbor who has never tried them.

“Chewy and rubbery” she replied, “with a bit of juice when you bite into the center.”

Gross.

“Don’t think about what you are eating,” was Davidson’s advice. They don’t really have a taste, they are just a little spongy, he said. Then he admitted the truth. “I couldn’t really stop thinking about what was in my mouth.”

The thought of cook-ing these things began to keep me up at night. Every time I opened the freezer and saw the party pail, I flinched a little. I began to wonder seriously if I could get away with writing about the things without actu-ally eating them. Even my psychological barri-er thought that this was a bad idea, so I finally moved to step two.

Step two was the preparation. From the advice I’d gathered, the idea behind preparing Rocky Mountain Oys-ters seemed to be to cover up the taste and texture as much as pos-sible. Soak them in salt water, then milk. Slice them and pound them. Batter them and fry them in hot oil.

I pull out my knife. Slice slice slice. They started to look a lot less pink and tubular, and more like meat ... like any other soft meat I’ve eaten a hundred times. My psychological bar-

rier begins to relax. I batter them in flour, salt, pepper, and a little bit of grated Parmesan cheese. I fry a batch in hot oil to golden brown and cool them on a paper towel. “Mmm,” says my psychological barrier, “meat.”

Step three. I pop one in my mouth and chew. It is soft, like tender fish. It has almost no taste (except for the Parmesan) and a very mild copper aftertaste. It wasn’t actually half bad.

My 8-year-old came into the kitchen. “Wat-cha makin’ Mom, can I have some?” he asked, looking at the warm golden chunks cool-ing on the paper towel. My psychological bar-rier told me there was probably something wrong with this, but my hypothesis was getting a little cheeky with its success and told me to go for it. An 8-year-old wouldn’t have any psy-chological compunction to tell him there was a problem eating this kind of meat (especially if I didn’t tell him exactly what it was). I let him have some.

I waited for his reaction. He chewed thoughtfully, and swal-lowed. Then he reached out and grabbed two more. “Can I have some ketchup?” he asked.

Lael Gilbert is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of commu-nity voices. She is not an employee of the news-paper. Feedback can be sent to [email protected].

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By M.L. JohnsonAssociated Press

The third novel in Philippa Gregory’s Cousins’ War series is the best yet, a lively tale of witchcraft and romance set amid civil wars in England and France.

“The Lady of the Rivers” focuses on Jacquetta of Lux-embourg, who married the much-older Duke of Bedford when he ruled a vast area of France on behalf of his nephew, the mentally unstable King Henry VI of England. In Gregory’s telling, the duke was obsessed with finding secret formulas that could turn common metal to gold or bring everlasting life. He was

interested in Jacquetta because the women in her family were supposed to be able to foretell the future, and she spends much of the two-plus years of their marriage looking into mirrors while the duke and his alchemist eagerly await her visions.

The duke dies quickly, and Jacquetta embarks for England to avoid another arranged mar-riage. She has fallen in love with the duke’s handsome young squire, and they marry secretly. This briefly angers Henry VI, but the ambitious and capable couple are soon back in his good graces. Jac-quetta becomes a favorite of the king’s wife, Margaret of Anjou, while her husband is

appointed to numerous admin-istrative posts.

The couple rise to positions

of influence as England is disintegrating into civil war between the Houses of Lan-caster and York. Jacquetta and her husband are strong sup-porters of Henry IV and his House of Lancaster, but her daughter Elizabeth Woodville later marries the York king, Edward IV.

Gregory’s first novel in the Cousins’ War series focused on Elizabeth, but even then it seemed she really wanted to write about Jacquetta. In the author’s note for “The White Queen,” Gregory says she knew she had a story to tell when she discovered Jacquetta had been tried for witchcraft and came from a family supposedly descended

from a water goddess. This was dangerous stuff in an era when women of all ranks were vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft. Mere whispers could result in divorce, aban-donment, imprisonment and even death.

Jacquetta’s character observes repeatedly in “The Lady of the Rivers” that women who try to control their own fate take big risks. They may rise high, only to fall hard when fate turns against them. One of Grego-ry’s most compelling charac-ters is Margaret of Anjou, a spirited teen who becomes the scourge of the nation as her husband’s madness drives her to the edge of sanity.

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Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Shock Wave,” by John Sandford2. “The Affair,” by Lee Child3. “Survivors,” by James Wesley Rawles4. “Neverwinter,” by R. A. Salvatore5. “The Night Circus,” by Erin Morgenstern

HARDCOVER NONFICTION1. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard2. “Boomerang,” by Michael Lewis3. “Seriously ... I’m Kidding,” by Ellen DeGeneres4. “This is Herman Cain!” by Herman Cain5. “Jacqueline Kennedy ... Life with John F. Kennedy”

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION1. “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett2. “Shock Wave,” by John Sandford3. “The Affair,” by Lee Child4. “The Mill River Recluse,” by Darcie Chan5. “Can You Keep a Secret?” by Sophie Kinsella

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION1. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard2. “Boomerang,” by Michael Lewis3. “Seriously ... I’m Kidding,” by Ellen DeGeneres4. “Heaven is For Real,” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent5. “This is Herman Cain!” by Herman Cain

By Malcolm RitterAssociated Press

Dream assignment or night-mare? An editor from National Geographic asked journalist Scott Wallace to join an expedi-tion into the deepest wilds of the Amazon jungle to find the mys-terious “People of the Arrow,” a tribe never contacted by the outside world. The expedition was to gather information about the tribe without actually meet-ing it. The magazine wanted an article about its leader, a char-ismatic defender of indigenous tribes. Was Wallace up for the job?

He was, and while the experi-ence was pretty much a night-mare, it’s a blessing for readers of Wallace’s fascinating book, “The Unconquered.” Wallace joined a group of natives and whites who hacked their way through a jungle so thick it blot-ted out the sun. It was tough and dangerous going.

“Vines yanked my hat off. Thorns ripped at my sleeves,”

Wallace writes. “Stands of bam-boo encased in three-inch spikes threatened to impale an eyeball in a moment of carelessness.”

Oh, but there was more for him to ponder during the three-month journey. Swarms of vicious fire ants on the ground and on tree branches. Bullet ants whose sting can send an adult into shock. Huge anacondas.

Jaguars. Alligator-like caimans lurking in the night, their eyes glowing like red coals when a spotlight caught them. Not to mention poison-tipped arrows that might greet the explorers.

Leading the expedition was Sydney Possuelo, at the time an official of the Brazilian agency in charge of protecting Indians. Wallace found him to be a hero to Indians they encountered but often a moody enigma to the people he led. Wallace tells us human stories of the expedition, men persevering as individuals and as a group despite disease and hardship.

Yet Wallace also describes scenes of stunning natu-ral beauty and eye-opening encounters with native tribes. As his expedition draws to a close, successful in its mission, he almost begins to sound nos-talgic. It was so unlike his life in Manhattan, he realizes, that his experiences would soon seem unreal.

Lucky for us, he wrote them down.

Book chronicles Amazon jungle

Witchcraft, war make Gregory’s latest saga livelyrier begins to relax. I batter them in flour, salt, pepper, and a little bit of grated Parmesan cheese. I fry a batch in hot oil to golden brown and cool them on a paper towel. “Mmm,” says my psychological barrier, “meat.”

Step three. I pop one in my mouth and chew. It is soft, like tender fish. It has almost no taste (except for the Parmesan) and a very mild copper aftertaste. It wasn’t actually half bad.

My 8-year-old came into the kitchen. “Wat-cha makin’ Mom, can I have some?” he asked, looking at the warm golden chunks cool-ing on the paper towel. My psychological bar-rier told me there was probably something wrong with this, but my hypothesis was getting a little cheeky with its success and told me to go for it. An 8-year-old wouldn’t have any psy-chological compunction to tell him there was a problem eating this kind of meat (especially if I didn’t tell him exactly what it was). I let him have some.

I waited for his reaction. He chewed thoughtfully, and swal-lowed. Then he reached out and grabbed two more. “Can I have some ketchup?” he asked.

Lael Gilbert is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of commu-nity voices. She is not an employee of the news-paper. Feedback can be sent to [email protected].

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Across1. Indian princes7. Arabian outer gar-

ment10. ___ Jeeves13. Ancient debarkation

point19. Cheese ___20. Dust storm22. Straight23. Suspected a situ-

ation was too good to be true

26. Soak (up)27. Normal prefix28. Border29. Stupid person30. “___ thou take a

wife...” (Deuteronomy 28:30-39)

33. Sudan crosser35. Place for a massage40. School mos.45. Rhodes of Rhodesia47. Supermarket section49. Pavarotti piece50. Delectable delicacy54. Hesitant55. Expensive56. Catch57. Track action58. Oils and such60. Arctic native64. Stone fruit67. Snake, e.g.69. Capital of Georgia72. Jewish month73. Enjoy monologuing78. Facial scar source79. Put a grounded boat

back in the water, e.g.80. Some bowls81. Indiana’s state flower83. Isaac’s eldest84. Press for payment85. Eye88. ___ dance90. Type of plums, for

short95. Sports facilities97. Succumbs to delu-

sional thinking103. Repute

104. High in the Andes105. Davis or Els106. Dressed to the ___107. Painting surface109. Balance sheet item111. Northern Scandina-

vians113. Hit the slopes115. Victoria’s Secret

item117. Feline line119. Groundskeeper’s

supply122. Is pessimistic130. Bliss131. Lota lota132. Do the Wright thing133. East Indian tree134. Two or more peri-

ods135. Kicker’s aid136. Made over

Down1. “Friends” friend2. Magazine contents3. Landrover4. Start and end of the

Three Musketeers’ motto5. Counseling, e.g.6. Fulton’s power7. Metal testers8. The facts of life?9. ___ and Hammer10. Simple protein11. German chancellor

Helmut12. Colorful carp13. Chlorella, e.g.14. Jazz ostinatos15. Tropical cuckoo16. ___ judicata17. Backrub response18. Adjudicate21. Anthem contraction24. Harsh Athenian

lawgiver25. Gallagher and Cow-

ard31. Nae sayer32. Poker?34. Open tract36. Some nightclubs

37. Member of the mus-tard family

38. Pot top39. Dance step40. Short end41. Shore soarer42. Kid brother, e.g.43. Kind of cross44. Predicament46. Wranglers alternative48. Possessive pronoun51. Excitation52. Sliver of wood53. Tackle’s teammate59. Titter61. Ginger ___62. “Phooey!”63. Pretentious sort65. 1/100 of an afghani66. ___ Grove Village, Ill.67. Goes in again68. Some whistle blow-

ers69. Container for a

horse’s dinner70. Fluffy scarf71. Maltreat73. Lick74. Clinch75. Ancient town on

Crete76. After77. Card game also

called sevens82. “Indubitably”85. Father of Balder86. Observance87. Chesapeake and

San Francisco89. Sp. simoleon91. Word with struck or

some92. Demoiselle93. Sight from Messina94. One who’s in the

same boat?96. ___ Baba97. Register98. Online magazine99. Any Beatles song100. Sport ___ (all-pur-

pose vehicle)101. Deep-dish pie

102. Throw off108. Port of ancient

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DEADLInEs Cache Magazine calendar items are due Wednesday by 5 p.m. They will also run for free in The Herald Journal one to two days prior to the event. Calendar items can be submitted by email at [email protected]. Any press releases or photos for events listed in the first half of Cache Magazine can be sent to [email protected]. Poems and photos can also by sent to [email protected] and run on a space-available basis if selected.

Eliza Rickman will perform acoustic music with Nathaniel James, Nick Gittins and Julius Brown on Friday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

Ladies Night Out will be Fri-day, Oct. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Anderson’s Seed and Garden Event Center, 69 W. Center, Logan. Free. Nobody enjoys holiday shopping more than the ladies and this event gives them more of what they’re crav-ing, a fun, stress-free evening of pampering, food sampling and holiday shopping in Downtown Logan. Visit www.logandowntown.org for more information.

A country western dance featuring the band Sage Junction will be held at the Pioneer Valley Lodge for all senior citizens in the valley Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. We will be serving chili with all the fixings, hot dogs, cider and donuts. Our address is 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. For more information or to RSVP call 435-792-0353.

“Little Shop of Horrors” will play at the Lyric Theatre Oct. 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $16. To reserve your seat contact the CCA Box Office at 435-797-8022 or [email protected].

One-woman band Hilary Mur-ray will perform at Caffe Ibis Friday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. Free.

Your last chance to hear the amazing sister-brother acoustic duo act Ali and Tom Durrant for the next two years is Friday, Oct. 21. Tom is leaving on a mis-sion, so be sure to come hear them perform from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Their fantastic acoustic guitar work combines with excellent vocals to produce a unique sound fusing the best of classic folk with an upbeat, mod-ern acoustic sound. This is amaz-ing music (try to imagine Ozzy

Osbourne or Guns N’ Roses acoustic). Everyone is invited.

Holy Water Buffalo will perform rock music with Till We Have Faces on Saturday, Oct. 22, at Why Sound. Cost is $6.

Unicorn Children’s Theatre presents “Staging” by Nicolas Dunn, a hilarious look at what happens in theatre when every-thing goes wrong ... very wrong. Come see the show Oct. 22 or 29 at Unicorn Theatre, 43 W. Center in the Bullen Center. Cost is $3 for ages 3 and up.

Pioneer Valley Lodge will be holding a Spaghetti Extrava-ganza to benefit Outward Bound for Veterans on Oct. 22 at 12:30 p.m. The public is invited. Pio-neer Valley Lodge is located at 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. Cost is $10 per plate which includes dinner and Italian ice dessert. For more information call 435-792-0353.

Oooh and aaah at the fabu-lous scenery and learn the facts behind our spectacular fall leaf displays during a “Science of Fabulous Fall Colors Hike,” with Stokes Nature Center on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Local naturalist Jack Greene will share nature’s autumn secrets on an easy walk up Spring Hollow in Logan Can-yon. Registration is required for this free event. For details visit www.logannature.org. To regis-ter call 435-755-3239 or email [email protected].

Back by popular demand, master astronomer Jim Akers guides our journey to the skies Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Spend an eve-ning engrossed in the heavens and study the constellations vis-ible in the Cache Valley skies this fall. A waning crescent moon will provide the perfect backdrop for our night in the canyon. Dress warmly — cocoa provided! Reg-istration required for this event. Cost is $3 for SNC members and

$5 for non-members. Meet at the Logan Ranger District lot. For details visit www.logannature.org. To register call 435-75-3239 or email [email protected].

Banjoman will be entertain-ing for us at 3 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. Please come and join us for this free event that is open to the public. For more information please call 792-0353.

One of the most talented young performers in Cache Valley, Keiyana Osmond, will perform at 7 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza on Saturday, Oct. 22. Take an evening to come and hear her; you won’t be disappointed. As last year’s winner of the first annual Cache County Idol con-test, Keiyana blew the judges away with her incredible acoustic guitar and vocal talent. Everyone is invited.

Falk will perform at Caffe Ibis on Sunday, Oct. 23, from noon to 2 p.m. Free.

The 14th annual Community Christmas Concert to benefit the Cache Food Pantry will begin rehearsals Sunday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m. at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West in Logan. Rehears-als will continue every Sunday until the performance Sunday, Dec. 11, which will be held in the Logan Tabernacle. Anyone who is interested in joining the com-munity choir is invited to attend rehearsals beginning this Sunday. Dr. John Ribera and Dr. Harry Heap will be conducting the choir. For additional information contact Gary Griffin at 435-770-5741.

The schedule for the Hyrum Senior Center is as follows: Monday, Fit Over 60 at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, chair yoga at 10:30 a.m., games at 12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, costume party and music with Becky Kimball; Thurs-

day, chair yoga at 10:30 a.m., work day for craft fair; Friday, Bingo at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 9 is our annual Thanksgiving feast, with music by the Westernaire’s. All seniors are invited. Please call 245-3570 to reserve a place for lunch.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures is a nonprofit organi-zation that provides outdoor rec-reational opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities. We provide adaptive equipment and support. We will be going to the Pumpkin Walk on Monday, Oct. 24, at North Logan’s Elk Ridge Park at 4 p.m. For more informa-tion call 435-713-0288.

The Logan Chapter of NARFE will meet Monday, Oct. 24, at 1:30 p.m. at the Cache Senior Citizens Center. At this meeting we will review the ben-efits and merits of NARFE to its members. We will also discuss the future of the Logan chapter: frequency of meetings, desired social/entertainment activities, future leadership and a general open discussion. Because of the importance of this meeting, all retired and active federal employ-ees and their spouses are urged to attend.

OPTIONS for Independence will visit the Pumpkin Walk in North Logan at 6 p.m. and then enjoy dinner together Oct. 25. Dinner prices will vary; transpor-tation is $2. To schedule your spot, please call 435-753-5353 and ask for Mandie.

Alissa Weller will be at Macey’s Little Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 8 p.m. to show us some wonder-ful quick meal Ideas that will not only make your hectic life a little easier, but will impress your picky eaters.

Quilters for the Spanish-speaking group will be held Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to noon,

at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main in Logan. For more information or to schedule a ride call Royella at 435-753-5353.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures is a nonprofit orga-nization that provides outdoor recreational opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities. We provide adaptive equipment and support. We will be doing our service project Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 3:30 p.m. Come help us cleanup the Valley View Highway. For more information call 435-713-0288.

Mountain Crest High School presents Mountain Crest Story Night, “Fall For a Good Story,” on Oct. 26 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Come listen to tales of childhood and fall fun. Readers will be presenting stories in English and Spanish. Admission is free. Fami-lies are encouraged to attend together. Refreshments will be served. Bring your pillows, blan-kets and stuffed animals.

“Dine Out for CAPSA” at Café Sabor on Thursday, Oct. 27. A portion of sales will be donated to CAPSA.

There is no need to pack up the family and go camping to have Dutch oven cooking. Nephi J. will be here to show us just how easy and tasty Dutch Oven can be in the comforts of your home at a free cooking and community class at Macey’s Little Theater on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 7 to 8 p.m.

The Knotty Knitters meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Senior Citizens Center. Come in through the south doors by the Dining Room. Come knit, crochet or spin. For more information, contact Cathy at 752-3923.

A Sometimes Army will perform alternative music with Awkward Situations on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

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