The herald Journal SePTeMBer 7-13, 2012

Cache Magazine

DIRTY SECRETSDive into the annual Man vs. Mud run

It seems somewhat ironic that I now sit at the helm of Cache Magazine.

After all, for the better part of eight years as the editor of Cache VALLEY Magazine, I spent a great deal of time con-stantly trying to explain the difference between Cache Magazine (“It’s the tabloid-sized pub-lication printed on newsprint that comes out every Friday in The Herald Journal”), and Cache VALLEY Maga-zine (“It’s the regular magazine printed on glossy paper that’s distributed in the new-paper 10 times a year”).

With both names being so similar, there was understandable confusion. And now that Cache VALLEY Magazine, which had ceased publication back in February, is now being brought back on a limited, twice-a-year basis, and I’m the editor of both — well, it’s only going to get worse.

But in the meantime, I’m excited for the opportunity to dive into the arts and enter-tainment opportunities of Cache Valley. There’s always far more going on around here than certainly people from outside of the valley realize, not to mention most of the people on the inside.

Having lived here for more than 20 years, it amazes me how many more cul-tural, athletic and religious activities there

are now than two decades ago. There’s far more fun out there to experience than ever, and I pledge to do my best to keep up with as much of it as possible.

But before I move on with that some-what overwhelming task, I would like to thank previous editor Manette Newbold. Manette started out at the newspaper by building ads and writing stories for Cache VALLEY Magazine, and, so, again, it’s quite ironic that I am now replacing her as the editor of Cache Magazine.

She did a wonderful job with this publi-cation during her tenure, and I hope I can keep things rolling in a like manner.

— Jeff Hunter

FROM THE EDITOR

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3 Tyler Whitesides returns with the second ‘Janitors’

12 Ivan Doig spins another Montana ‘Tale’

5 Vocalists to deliver Gilbert and Sullivan’s best

6 The September Gallery Walk set for tonight

7 Aaron Peck enjoys most of ‘The Words’

6 ‘Crossroads Project’ mixes art and science together

11 Cache Valley Historic Home slated for Saturday

15 See what’s happening this week

10 Lael Gilbert dives into the slow food revolution

Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal

Mariah Campbell and Joshua Smith catch their breath after battling The Trench during the Man vs. Mud run Saturday.

September 7-13, 2012

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ALL MIXED UP QuoTaBle

PeT oF The WeeK

“It’s a good kind of pressure to have because I’m so excit-ed about the work. It’s a dream job for me. I’ve wanted to write books ever since I was a little kid.”

– “Janitors” series author Tyler Whitesides

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By Jeff HunterCache Magazine editor

In conjunction with the release of “Janitors: Secrets of New Forest Academy” on Tuesday, Tyler Whi-tesides spent the first part of this week traveling to book signings at Barnes & Noble locations in Ken-tucky, Missouri and Nebraska.

One would think that providing autographs for hundreds of children each day would become quite tedious, but the 26-year-old author says it has yet to get old.

“There’s just something really fun about talking to a 10-year-old kid; I guess it’s where I’m mentally,” Whitesides says with a chuckle. “I just connect really well with that age group, and it’s so fun when they’re excited about reading my book.

“Even if you were hav-ing a bad day, it would be impossible to leave after a book signing without a smile on your face because every kid that comes through the line either has a big smile on their face or is petrified. Usually both.”

A native of Cache Valley, Whitesides’ first book “Janitors” was released late last summer by Shadow Mountain Publishing in Salt Lake City. He sold the manuscript with the idea that it would be the first book in a five-part fantasy series, and “Janitors: Secrets of New Forest Academy” is the second book to feature the adventures of young Spencer and Daisy and some magical school custodians.

“Some things happen in the second book which cause their school and town to be unsafe for them, so they get whisked away to this secret private school where they’re supposed to stay until things are safe again,” Whitesides explained. “But when they get to the new school, they realize that things aren’t really peachy there, either, and there’s a lot of new dangers.

See READY on Page 13

‘Janitors’ ready to clean up again

WhaT: “Janitors: Secrets of New Forest Academy” book partyWhen: Today at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)Where: Thomas Edison Charter School South, 1275 W. 2350 South, NibleyWeB SITe: www.tylerwhitesides.com

Local author releases second book in series

Jeff Hunter/Herald JournalA graduate of Logan High School and Utah State University, 26-year-old author Tyler Whitesides scored big last year with “Janitors.”

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ALL MIXED UP

The Caine College of the Arts will be presenting an “Evening of Gilbert and Sul-livan” on Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Utah State University Performance Hall.

The vocal selections will feature comic selections of madness, merriment, and mayhem from eight of Gil-bert and Sullivan’s operet-tas. Voice adjunct faculty members Susan Haderlie, Liesel Fedkenheuer and Dana Slabaugh will be the feature soloists. Student and commu-nity performers joining them are Eric Anderson, Nicole Martineau, Otto Puhlmann, Tomsen Reed and Ashley Tol-man, with Merrilee Broadbent at the piano.

The narrator for the eve-ning’s performance will be Margaret Purser, also adjunct voice faculty.

Susan HaderlieHaderlie has performed

with opera and stage com-panies throughout the U.S., including Utah Opera, Cim-maron Opera, Idaho Falls Opera, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse-LA, Idaho Little Theatre, Promised Valley Playhouse and Heritage The-atre.

Some of her roles include Orfeo in “Orfeo Ed Euridice,” the Mother in “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” The witch in “Hansel and Gretel,” Octavian in “Der Rosenkav-lier,” Frugola in “Il Tabarro,” the Third Lady in “The Magic Flute,” Mercedes in

“Carmen,” Ruth in “Pirates of Penzance,” and Lalume in

“Kismet.” Haderlie twice won the

first-place vocalist title for the

Caine to present ‘Gilbert and Sullivan’Vocalists set to perform selections from operettas at USU on Sept. 15

state of Idaho in the American Mothers, Inc. Voice Competi-tion.

She is an honor graduate of Centenary College in Loui-siana and upon graduating listed as Who’s Who Among Students in American Univer-sities. She was Artistic Direc-tor for Idaho Little Theatre for

eight years before moving to Cache Valley.

Liesel FedkenheurFedkenheuer received

her vocal performance degree from the University of Toronto and completed her post graduate work at the University of Toronto’s

Opera School. She continued with her opera studies as one of only six singers to be accepted into the Ensemble program at the Canadian Opera Co.

While attending the Music Academy of the West, Fedken-heuer was the winner of the Marilyn Horne Competition,

which led to recitals in New York and at Lincoln Center, as well as becoming a recitalist on the Marilyn Horn Founda-tion roster.

Some of her roles include Gerhilde in “Die Walkure,” Donna Elvira in “Don Giovan-ni,” Valencienne in “Die Lustige Witwe,” and Com-ponist in “Ariadne auf Naxos.”

Dana Slabaugh

Slabaugh received her Master of Music from the University of Utah. She is a past participant of the Utah Opera in the Schools and Utah Opera Young Artist Program.

She has also performed at Promised Valley Playhouse and Sandy Theatre venues, and she given recitals at Utah State University, Temple Square, and the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. Slabaugh has sung the roles of Mary, Queen of Scots in “Maria Stuarda,” Micaela in “Carmen,” Lauretta in

“Gianni Schicci,” and Golden Trill in “Impresario.”

Merrilee BroadbentBroadbent began playing

the piano at age 3, accom-panying at age 6, and gave her first solo recital at age 9. Since then she has played for musicals, orato-rios, operas, all-state and all-Northwest choirs, and many small ensembles and soloists.

She has accompanied for Utah State Theatre and Opera productions and is currently an accompanist for the Cache Children’s elite choir here in Cache Valley.

Susan Haderlie Dana Slabaugh

Liesel Fedkenheur

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Art and science collide in the name of sustainability throughout September and October as Utah State University and the Caine College of the Arts present a series of events, discus-sions and performances as part of The Crossroads Project, a multidisciplinary exploration of the Earth’s resources.

“Information alone has not taken us far enough, nor will it; emotion, as well as intellect, is needed,” said USU physicist Robert Davies. “It is sci-ence and art together — the synergy of these two great human enterprises

— that can compel a more powerful response by creating both intellectual and emotional clarity.”

Originated by Davies and USU’s Fry Street Quartet, The Crossroads Project explores the complexity of sustain-ability through the complementary perspectives of art and science. The concept merges intellect with emo-tion in an effort to inspire a meaning-ful response through a synergism of informed understanding and visceral experience, said Davies.

On Sept. 12, The Crossroads Proj-ect hosts the first of five discussions related to the Earth’s resources and sustainability. Jeff Ostermiller from the Utah Division of Environmental Quality will discuss what he describes as the seemingly unending supply of water. This discussion will be held in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s Logan campus at 7:30 p.m.

Beginning Sept. 10, three solo art exhibits will open as part of the proj-ect. “Rebecca Allan: Ground/Water” will reveal four paintings commis-sioned for The Crossroads Project; sculptor Lyman Whitaker’s insula-tion of “The Elements” will be on display around grounds near USU’s Performance Hall; and environmental photographer Garth Lenz will exhibit

“The True Cost of Oil.” Lenz’s travel-ing exhibit, located in the Tippetts with Allan’s works, compares and contrasts images of the industrial and natural landscapes of Canada’s tar sands and the boreal forest that sur-rounds it.

On Sept. 26, Lenz will hold a dis-cussion regarding his exhibit at 7:30 p.m. in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall.

And on Sept. 19, USU professor of sociology Douglas Jackson-Smith will discuss the global agri-industry and the juncture humanity faces with

Art and science meet at ‘Crossroads’

regard to the world’s food system in the Tippetts.

At the core of the project, on Sept. 27, is a multidisciplinary perfor-mance featuring live music from the Fry Street Quartet. The performance marks the premiere of “Rising Tide” by composer Laura Kaminsky. Images from the Lenz, Allan and Whitaker exhibits, with scientific insight from Davies will combine with the concert pieces performed by the Fry Street Quartet. This display of collaborative works, with an artistic and scientific voice, responds to one of society’s challenges — global sustainability and climate change

“Our intent is to offer our audience a profound meditation on the choices we are making as a society today, the paths these choices are creating and the dramatically different landscapes to which they lead,” said Rebecca McFaul, violinist for the Fry Street Quartet, the resident quartet for the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University.

The event series spans the month of September and October with three

phases of discussion. The phases — Connections, Crossroads and Destina-tions — represent where society is, the choices at hand and where the choices made today may take society.

Upcoming events for The Cross-roads Project are as listed:

SEPT. 10-OCT. 10 Rebecca Allan: Ground/ WaterNew York-based painter Rebecca

Allan’s exhibition “Ground/Water” reflects the artist’s longstanding inter-est in watershed and coastal environ-ments.

Lyman Whitaker: The Elements By placing the sculptures in set-

tings dependent on natural elements for movement, opportunities are pro-vided for participants to think about their surroundings. These sculptures are organic and natural in interactive settings. The Elements exhibit will be installed around the Performance Hall Promenade on Utah State University campus. The exhibit is open and free to the public.

Garth Lenz: The True Cost of OilThe True Cost of Oil: Canada’s Tar

Sands and the Last Great Forest is a travelling exhibit of the Alberta Tar Sands - or Oil Sands - and the boreal forest ecosystem which surrounds them. Ground/Water and The True Cost of Oil exhibits are located in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall & Balcony in the Chase Fine Arts Center on Utah State University campus from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Exhibits are open and free to the public.

SEPT. 12 Connections…On Water

Jeff Ostermiller, water specialist with the Utah Division of Environ-mental Quality, discusses issues of pollution, supply and ownership with regards to water supplies.

SEPT. 19Connections…On Food

USU sociology professor Douglas Jackson-Smith looks at the current state of the world’s food systems, the issues they raise and the paths to reinvention

— focusing the well-being of farmers, human health and environment.

For more information please visit thecrossroadsproject.org.

Photo courtesy USU Caine College of the ArtsUtah State University physicist Robert Davies, left, and the Fry Street Quartet — Rebecca McFaul, Robert Waters, Ann Francis Bayless and Bradley Ottesen — combine efforts in The Crossroads Project, a performance that intertwines music, art and science.

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Local artists to display their work at Gallery WalkJoin the Cache Valley Cen-

ter for the Arts Downtown on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. for the free Gallery Walk. The Logan Art District invites you to see a variety of art displayed in more than 17 businesses and temporary galleries, all

within walking distance and set within the heart of Downtown Logan’s historic district. This event provides art lovers an opportunity to socialize and tour a full spectrum of galleries, local businesses, and nonprofit art spaces. Start at any location

and pick up a map; just look for galleries marked with the official CVCA yellow banner. For exhibition details, visit cachearts.org or email events@cachearts.org.

Locations for the Septem-ber Gallery Walk include

Caffe Ibis, Citrus and Sage, The Image Foundry Loca-tion, Fuhriman’s Framing and Fine Art, Global Village Gifts, Jack’s Wood-Fired Oven, Joy-ride Bikes, Logan Downtown Alliance Lifestyle Homes, Logan Fine Art, Mountain

Place Gallery, Oasis Books, SDesigns at the Thatcher-Young Mansion, S.E. Need-ham Jewelers, The Sportsman, St. John’s Episcopal Church, the Bullen Center, Utah Public Radio and Winborg Master-pieces Art Gallery.

“Caffe Ibis” by Jeannie Millecam “Majesty” by Kathy Noble Untitled by David Hull

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Cooper tries to find the right ‘Words’“The Words” is easily

described as “Inception” — the Barnes & Noble edition. It’s a story, with-in a story, within a story. I saw the movie earlier this year in January at the Sundance Film Fes-tival. It’s finally finding its way into mainstream theaters, and it is worth going to see.

The story begins with famous author Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) peddling his new best seller to a well-to-do group of fans. Hammond reads excerpts from his book to the crowd. He’s clearly bugged by some-thing, but he doesn’t let that stop him from hawk-ing his newest book.

As he begins reading from his book, we dive deeper into the story. His book is about a young writer named Rory (Brad-ley Cooper), who is strug-gling with his craft. This is one of those movies that places a vaulted mantle upon writers as a whole. They’re either brilliant failures or brilliant suc-cesses. It’s made perfectly clear that Rory has wal-lowed in the failure cate-gory for far too long. He’s a talented writer but his persistent writer’s block isn’t helping matters.

Rory is desperate to prove to his wife (Zoe Saldana) that he can make it in this world as a writer, but he’s growing more and more discour-aged as he fails to crank out anything of sub-stance. One day, while shopping with his wife, he buys a small antique briefcase. Soon after that Rory discovers a dilapidated manuscript of a novel inside. Then he reads it and is profoundly moved by it. He can’t find who it belongs to or even if they’re still alive.

Rory then commits the

biggest sin as a writer — he plagiarizes. Passing off the novel as his own, Rory is soon thrust into untold literary success and fame. The new book goes global and sells mil-lions upon millions of copies, but deep down

Rory knows what he did. Then he meets the man he stole the work from.

You need not worry because all of what I’ve said has been spelled out in the numerous trail-ers and advertisements for “The Words.” After

meeting the man (Jeremy Irons), we’re soon thrust into another tale (this is the deepest level the sto-rytelling goes). The mys-terious man regales Rory of his past life and where his inspiration from the novel came.

If you don’t get lost as the movie moves in and out of its stacked story structure, then you may very well enjoy “The Words.” Yes, it’s cheesy in places, just like any Bradley Cooper movie is. However, with all this talent on screen, it’s

hard to ignore the perfor-mances. Especially the performance from Jeremy Irons, an actor that can command any scene he’s in no matter who’s acting opposite of him.

The drama of Rory’s inner demons have a way

of guiding us through the different stories. You can’t help but won-der what’s happening, and if Rory’s story real-ly is a complete fiction written by Hammond, or if there’s something more real about it.

The ending leaves something to be desired, though. It feels half done and a little too vague. I understand not wanting to spell every-thing out for the audi-ence, but “The Words” sort of leaves every-thing hanging there. You’re not really sure what to think when the end rolls around. That’s the point, I know, but a little more catharsis would’ve been nice.

Photo courtesy of CBS Films

Veteran actors Bradley Cooper, left, and Jeremy Irons star in “The Words.”

STICK IN THE MUDJ

ust about the time I was starting to pour shampoo into my hand, it hit me:

Why am I taking a shower?In less than two hours,

I’m slated to be up to my chest in thick, gooey mud. But until that moment, it never even dawned on me not to get cleaned up as soon as I woke up on the first morning of September.

And creature of habit that I apparently am, even while walking down the dirt road from the parking lot at the American West Heritage, I found myself carefully avoiding the large mud puddles created by the recent thunderstorms, despite the fact that every-thing I was wearing I had carefully selected for the sole purpose of getting extremely dirty.

I figured a sleeveless shirt would help cut down on additional weight as I got more wet and more muddy, while the shorts I was wearing boasted not only a drawstring, but an internal belt, as well, giving me hope that I should be able to avoid an potentially embarrassing situation.

My shoes were also ideal. Normally saved these days for mowing the lawn, the Nikes came complete with both shoelaces and a Velcro strap, making it seemingly impossible for them to slip off — even in the stickiest of mud bogs.

An hour or so later, I was standing on the edge of a bluff with my freshly shampooed hair — now covered by an old ballcap

— and my clean, dry feet, ready to get dirtier than I

GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY WITH THE MASSES AT THE MAN VS. MUD RUN

Above, Jessica Res laughs while wading through The Trench during the Man vs. Mud run at the American West Heritage Center last Saturday.Upper right, the author does as he’s threatened and stays low during the final Man vs. Mud obstacle, The Mud Crawl.

STICK IN THE MUDhad been since I was a kid.

The brainchild of David Knight and Mike Schaefer, the inaugural Man

vs. Mud run last year drew more than 2,000 people to the American West Heri-tage Center who were will-ing to pay for the privilege of taking on obstacles that most people of the 21st century would avoid at all costs.

While the first run was highly successful and even more people signed up for the 2012 version, Knight and Schaefer tinkered with the course just a little bit,

and the result was that things went “smoother” last Saturday.

“Things went great; everyone said it was much improved,” Knight declared. “We didn’t have as many bottlenecks on most of the obstacles, so we felt really good about it.

“Our numbers were slightly higher from last year, but it felt like we actually had less people on site because I think we were able to manage the flow better.”

This time around, the Starting Line Slip-n-Slide off of the bluff overlooking the Wellsville Mountains, had two distinct lanes, and rather than go down on their backsides or stomachs

— which resulted in some rough rides last year — participants were provided with inner tubes.

“The tubes were very popular,” Knight noted.

“People had a blast with that

at the starting line. Plus, we smoothed the hill last spring, so that made for a good combination.”

Knight and Schaefer also retrenched notori-ously nasty Trench, added a cargo-net bridge near the end of the route, and created three lanes on the

final Slip-n-Slide into the Mud Pit. They also put in the Cargo Net Climb before realizing it wasn’t nearly wide enough to eas-ily accommodate all the people who had to climb up and over, so they’re planning to make it larger in 2013.

“We had more people go through the course this year with less injuries, which is always a good thing,” Knight said. “We had a few minor sprains and a couple of scratches, but other than that things went well with-out a hitch.”

In order to work on a separate story for The Herald Journal, I started out Man vs.

Mud by crashing a wed-ding. Or at least a wedding party.

Before getting married in Providence at 5 p.m., Man vs. Mud veterans Kathi Peterson and Jon Bischoff decided to run the course, despite being sporting a wedding dress and a clas-sic black-and-white tuxedo, respectively. They were also joined by numerous bridesmaids and grooms-men.

Traveling alone, I qui-etly slipped in behind the Muddy Matrimony group, grabbed an inner tube placed it on top of the Visqueen-and-water-covered hill. My inner-adult told me to carefully sit down on the tube, but I quickly overrode that thought and hit the hill while on my belly.

Having witnessed people get battered on the slope last year while working on

a story for Cache Valley Magazine — it made my back hurt just watching — I was thrilled to find that the slide was as smooth as can be, and even without the tube, it probably would have been a pleasant ride.

After that, I was briefly attacked by “Sasquatch”

— who for some reason was dressed up as Chewbacca

— and enjoyed getting clean in the Foam Wash and rappelling back down the slippery hillside with the aid of a rope.

The ninth obstacle, known ominously as The Trench, was the one part of the course that I both dreaded and looked forward to. While taking photos there last year in the afternoon, the smell surrounding the wick-edly thick goo got a little unpleasant as the day wore on, so I was grateful that I would be taking it on early

in the day. However, I also knew,

since Cache Valley had just experienced one of the cool-est, stormiest nights and mornings since probably early June, that The Trench would probably also be a little bit cool. And inasmuch as I’m just 5-foot-6, I knew one thing: I did not want to slip and go down in The Trench.

See MUD on Page 13

Story by Jeff HunterPHOTOS BY JENNIFER MEYERS

GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY WITH THE MASSES AT THE MAN VS. MUD RUN

Above, Katie Coombs, Britney Cutler and Stacie Coombs jump off hay bales as Team Fooey. Top, Cade Rasmussen sports a face full of mud.

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Cache Valley Civic Ballet Public Auditions For

‘The Nutcracker ‘Character Parts

Whittier Community Center Gym290 North 400 East

Logan, UT 84321

Clowns: 5:00 - 5:45 pmBoys & Girls ages 5 and older

Height 3ft-4ft tall

Party Girls, Clara: 6:00 - 6:45 pmAges 7 and up

Height 4ft-5ft tall

Party Boys, Fritz, Nutcracker Prince, Mice: 7:00 - 7:45 pm

Ages 8 and upHeight 4ft-5ft tall

$5.00 Audition fee required Please arrive 30 Minutes prior to audition time

CVCB does not discriminate against any persons in admission to or participation in any of the

programs and activities of the CVCB

Friday, September 14

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Develop a quick affection for slow foodIf you were invited

to a workshop on home fermentation and pickling, you might expect to be preached at for two hours by a lot pickle-eating hip-pies. I know that’s what I expected. The prospect didn’t scare me too badly, as I was raised half-hippie, and my college education taught be to speak fairly fluent Hiplish.

But I was surprised a few weeks ago, when I attended a workshop presented by the Cache Valley Chapter of Slow Food on fermentation and pickling, that I wasn’t completely sur-rounded by preachy hippies. Some in the group tended toward the hippie persuasion, granted, but not every-one. What they did have in common was niceness and food. It felt more like a casual party than a hippie preach-fest.

Take Dawn Holzer, for example. When I arrived at her home she was exhibiting a beautiful peach pie, bubbling and steaming in a solar oven in her backyard, to a mixed group of foodies. She adjusted the tempera-ture a bit, looking con-fident and relaxed in her flowered shirt and a comfortable shorts. We were invited inside and handed a refresh-ing cup of virgin cherry lavender shrub, a bub-bly mix of fruit juice, vinegar, sugar and carbonated water. We sat on chairs scattered around a family room. Crocks and bottles stuffed with vegetables and bubbling brine were tucked in corners and lining shelves. The

whole place had a bit of a mad-scientist feel.

When I say pickles, don’t automatically think of cucumbers. Two hours at Holzer’s house has opened my eyes to the possibilities that pickling offers. We were treated to a smorgasbord of pickled fruits and vegetables. It was a flavor gala.

I did start with the basics. Dill sours are cucumbers left to ferment in a salty brine. Friendly Lactobacilli bacteria turn the natural sugars in the vegetables to vinegar, preserving the nutritional value and lending a com-plex and lip-puckering flavor. The brine prevents bad bacterias from caus-ing spoilage. Added garlic, peppercorns and little firework bursts of home-grown dill seed combined to notch up the flavor. Home-fermented pick-les are more subtle than the grocery store variety. These dill sours were salty, sour and crunchy, but didn’t have the over-whelming acidity or sticky sweetness you get in the store variety. They also had an earthy mature flavor I attributed to the fermentation process.

I returned to the sample table. This time I went more exotic. I tried Hol-zer’s super-sweet pickled cherries. They were, in a

word, amazing. It was the most intense cherriness I have ever experienced. Imagine stuffing into your mouth a garden shovel piled with ripe, fragrant cherries, slightly tart and begging to be eaten. Times that by four and a half, and you’ve got the flavor of the super-sweet pickled cherries. The vinegar and the sour fruit combined to create a very, very cherry experience. It was hard to stop eating them, but I thought I’d better save some for the people waiting with plates behind me.

I moved on to the pick-led turnips. They had an intriguing earthy acidic flavor that would comple-ment nicely a peppery, meaty pastrami sandwich. The fermented okra pick-

les had a nutty, woody taste, a crisp texture, and none of the characteristic slime I’ve come to associ-ate with okra. So I had seconds. The zucchini pickles with basil and onions had a warm, but-tery flavor and smell that wafted intensely into my sinuses.

Next I hit the kimchi and sauerkraut. Hol-zer demonstrated how to make several varieties. A pleasant eggy-sulfuric smell came from a medium-sized crock used for popcorn in another lifetime. It was now full of kimchi. In one giant Mason jar, a skiff of red, Southern Utah sediment lay below the brine, the picturesque remains of the natural salt she used. The kimchi was made from

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chopped Napa cabbage, ginger, garlic and hot Thai peppers.

Then I returned to the sample table and fell in love. It was the tantalizing, seductive, peppery hot-and-sour taste of the North Indian lime pickle. These are meant to be eaten as a condi-ment, a spoonful is all you need to accompany a meal. Take limes and chop them, Holzer explained. Add lime juice, lots of salt, a little bit of sugar, a hefty amount of cayenne pow-der, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, and lots of other exotic-smell-ing spices. Let the jar ferment in the sun until the rinds begin to get soft, chewable, tangy, and intense with the spices. Rinse off the extra spice before eating unless you want to blow your taste-buds to Jaipur. Eat in tiny amounts because it carries a powerful, hot, mouth-water-ing flavor that you will never never forget.

So, I discovered that when you attend this kind of event, the food is more intense than the people, just the way I like it. I didn’t need preaching to con-

vince me that pickling can add a lot of spice and variety to my pantry shelf.

Holzer is Chair of the Cache Valley Chapter of Slow Food. The Slow Food movement is promoted as being an alterna-tive to fast food and agribusi-ness. Slow food enthusiasts are both practical and philosophical, striving to preserve traditional and regional cuisine, heirloom seeds, gardening skills, local food culture and trying to make access to fresh, nutritious food a fair prospect across the coun-try and for the rest of the world.

This movement is gaining momentum. We are lucky to have an active chapter here in Cache Valley. The group plans one event per month in a series of intriguing food experiences; sausage making, local foraging, at-home cheeses and chicken harvesting, to name the next few. This month is a great time to join the chapter as they are having a membership drive on Sept. 22. Email Holzer for more information at dawnholzer80@gmail.com.

The fifth annual Cache Valley Historic Home Tour will spotlight homes in historic downtown Logan from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 8.

“People really enjoy seeing the ingenu-ity and tremendous amount of work some of our residents have shown in restoring or updating these wonderful old homes which were built so well by our early residents,” said Bernice McCowin, event co-chair.

Seven homes of different sizes and archi-tectural styles will be featured. The event is organized and sponsored by the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau and the Cache His-torical Society.

“I love the history and heritage of our valley, and this is a beautiful time of year for residents and visitors to explore it,” said Julie Hollist, director of the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau. “These homes are showpieces of beauty and pioneer ingenu-

ity.”McCowin added, “This year’s attendees

will see a variety of homes from the simple to the elegant.”

Homes can be visited in any order.Proceeds go toward history scholarships

at Utah State University and to help pay for bus transportation for elementary stu-dents to visit the American West Heritage Center. “We want to engender a love of our history and heritage in local school children and USU students,” McCowin said.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, 199 N. Main St., in Logan; Lee’s Marketplace in Logan and Smithfield and Maceys Food & Drug in Providence. Cash or check only. On the day of the tour, tickets will be available at each home. For more informa-tion, call the Visitors Bureau at 435-755-1890.

Annual Historic Home Tour slated for Saturday

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Looking for a good story? A well-written and engrossing tale that leaves you feeling satis-fied? Give Ivan Doig’s latest novel a chance.

Set in Doig’s beloved Montana mostly in the summer of 1960, “The Bartend-er’s Tale” is as plain as the title. It’s a slice of one family’s life as remembered by the narrator when he was 12 years old.

With typical preteen flourish, narrator Rusty opens the story: “My father was the best bar-tender who ever lived.” You’re hooked from that opening sentence, as Rusty is picked up at his aunt’s house in Phoenix by his “pops,” Tom Harry, and driven to Gros Ventre, Mont.

“Good-bye, saguaros (a type of cactus), hello sagebrush,” narrates Rusty.

Father and son fend for themselves for years, with Tom twirling towels and polishing his oak bar and Rusty holed up in a backroom filled with treasures pawned by patrons who couldn’t pay their tab. He discovers a slot-ted vent that lets in the sights and sounds from the bar and sits beside it for hours, eavesdrop-ping on the adult con-versations and stories pouring out of thirsty customers.

The story is too good and rich to spoil here. There’s a girl, of course, and it’s through her

and Rusty’s eyes that the remarkable events of the summer of 1960 unfold. There’s a mystery woman for Tom, too, who shows up with a daughter he

never knew he had. And then there’s a fresh-out-of-college boy named Delano, on the road for the Library of Congress to create an oral history of the West.

Doig is a master at weaving all the charac-ters together and never losing the audience. It’s not a page turner you feel driven to finish in a few sittings, but it’s the perfect book for your bedside table. Pick it up, lose yourself in the past and remember what it was like to be 12 years old, when your world and all the people who entered into it felt as fresh as the Montana mountain air.

Doig spins quite a ‘Tale’HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn2. “The Inn at Rose Harbor” by Debbie Macomber3. “Wards of Faerie” by Terry Brooks4. “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman5. “A Dance with Dragons” by George R. R. Martin

HARDCOVER NONFICTION1. “Paterno” by Joe Posnanski2. “Obama’s America” by Dinesh D’Souza3. “The Amateur” by Edward Klein4. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand5. “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed

COMBINED PRINT AND E-BOOK FICTION1. “Fifth Shades of Grey” by E. L. James2. “Fifty Shades Darker” by E. L. James3. “Fifty Shades Freed” by E. L. James4. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn5. “Bared to You” by Sylvia Day

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“Some of the characters are the same from the first book, but, of course, there’s a new villain and some new charac-ters in the second book.”

A graduate of Logan High School and Utah State Uni-versity, Whitesides was a music major, playing percus-sion in the Aggie Marching Band and other ensembles. In search of a part-time job while he was going to school, Whitesides was grateful to secure a custodial position at Mt. Logan Middle School, where he had also attended as a student.

The job allowed him the

flexibility to work his own hours between the end of school on one day and the start of school the next, just what he needed in order to work around his various music commitments.

“If it was a night I had a concert, I wouldn’t get there until after midnight, and then I would get out in the early hours the morn-ing,” Whitesides says. “So, being by myself inside of a big, dark school, I just let my imagination kind of run wild. That’s when I started realizing all of the different things that custodians do at schools. They don’t just clean. They are in charge of the entire mainte-nance of the school, and so much more.

“I realized that in the stu-

dents’ eyes a lot of times, they’re kind of like unsung heroes, and I wanted to write a book that would paint those school custodians in a hero-like light.”

Although he had very little formal experience with writing, Whitesides says he

“experimented” quite a bit with putting together stories when he was younger, and that he already has some ideas for another series once “Janitors” comes to an end.

In the meantime, Whi-tesides’ next few years are already mapped out. He’s already submitted a draft of the third book to his edi-tor, and he will be busy with promoting the second book through the rest of the fall. After that, he’ll turn his

focus back to writing the fourth book before starting the whole process over again next year when the third book is released about the time school starts.

Whitesides, who currently lives in Nibley with his wife, Connie, a third-grade teacher at Thomas Edison Charter School South, will host a free entertainment event at Thomas Edison today beginning at 7 p.m. He and some friends will perform a drum concert on garbage cans, while characters from his books are scheduled to make an appearance.

Whitesides will also be autographing copies of his books and meeting with young “Janitors” fans — something he truly enjoys.

“There are times when I will sign a book and a parent will pull me aside and say, ‘I’ve tried and tried to get my kid to read, and he’s never been interested in reading. But when you came to the school and talked to him about your book, something kind of ignit-ed in him and he’s read your book and just absolutely loved it,’” Whitesides declares.

“I get a lot of that, which makes me feel great — like what I’m doing is making a difference. It’s more than just writing about janitors and magic-powered clean-ing supplies. I feel like I’m really reaching some people and turning on a love of read-ing for that young age group, which I think is critical.”

yOUR sTUFF“Lovely Girl”

By William HumphreyManette is a lovely girl,She is young and so fair.And always looks great,With her beautiful blonde hair.

She is kind and nice,To everyone that’s seen.She is the editor,Of the Cache Magazine.

So enjoy the poems and stories,That are published there.But remember the editor,With the beautiful blonde hair.

MudContinued from Page 9 Especially since, I have the added handicap of wearing contacts, and having a face full of mud for the next four kilometers or so might leave me at a disadvan-tage.

I didn’t fall — unlike a woman in front of me and a man behind me — and I had no problem with the smell. Or at least I didn’t until a teenage girl near me mentioned that she was about ready to throw up. After that, I had to fight off the urge to gag for the final 10 yards or so.

After that, The Chan-nel was a seemingly shallow body of water that actually ended up being nearly neck deep for a while, while my knees weren’t thrilled with having to crawl through a long culvert during Tunnel Vision. Crossing the floating

“bridge” at Leap of Faith also proved impossible, so I soon found myself simply swimming across the small lake.

Climbing over the cargo net shortly afterwards proved problematic for many people, some of whom seemed to freeze up when they found them-selves straddling both sides at the top. But once the way was clear, I got up and over with relative ease.

Over the rest of the course there were numer-ous hay bales to scramble up and over, water obsta-cles to navigate and the

new, 17-foot-tall Boggy Bayou Bridge, which gave you a commanding view of the scene as you crawled across another cargo net.

After that came the grand finale: the Slip-n-Slide down the bluff and into a small pond brown water called The Mud Pit, quickly followed by the Mud Crawl.

While I managed to keep the muck out of

my contacts during the slide, unfortunately my right ear wasn’t as lucky. But that didn’t stop me from diving right into the sticky gunk on the other side and doing the army crawl through the day’s final obstacle, designed solely to get participants as muddy as possible just in time to have their pho-tographs taken at the end of the run.

Afterwards, there were

complimentary sunglasses, water and granola bars. But Peterson did even better than that, finding — and even picking up — a small snake immediately after completing the Mud Crawl.

For some reason, the lyrics from a 30-year-old Billy Idol song suddenly popped into my head:

It’s a nice day for a white wedding.

It’s a nice day to start

again.Of course, by that

time, Peterson’s dress — which set her back $15 at the Deseret Industries — was far from white. But while looking over at the next group of pristine rookies coming off the hill on inner tubes, I definitely started to wish that I could start Man vs. Mud again.

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Jake Corkin kisses Amber Lebaron while participating in the Man vs. Mud run at the American West Heritage Center Saturday. The couple recently became engaged.

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The Cache Valley Center for the Arts will host a gallery walk on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at numerous locations in downtown Logan. Visit www.centerforth-earts.us/gallerywalk.html for a full list of participating locations.

“Kung Fu Panda 2” will be screened at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at Mack Park in Smith-field as part of Sundays in the Park. Free.

Dog lovers of Cache Valley are invited to attend an Animal Fair and PoochPalooza presented by the Cache Humane Society and Zoomdog Agility and Sports Club. This free event will be held at the Cache County Fairgrounds from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 8. The Animal Fair and PoochPalooza is geared toward building up the Cache canine community and encour-ages people to spend more time with family, including the dog, and get together with other local dog owners. The day’s activities will include agility trials, presenta-tions, booths, canine contests and fun games for kids. Every-body is invited — especially the family dog.

Nibley City is hosting its first Scarecrow Festival at the Mor-gan Farm on Sept. 7 and 8. The Morgan Farm and Community Garden are located at 2800 S. 800 West in Nibley. There will be more than 30 scarecrows dressed up as favorite children’s book characters. There will also be awards for the best scare-crows. The public is invited to vote for their favorite scarecrows. For more information, visit the Nibley City website at http://www.nibleycity.com/scarecrow.html, email nibleysistercity@gmail.com or call Bryan Hansen at 435-245-2168.

A book signing and entertain-ment program will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at Thomas Edison Charter School South in Nibley for Tyler Whitesides’ new

book, “Janitors: Secrets of New Forest Academy.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. There will be live music and characters from the book will be there to interact with fans. Books will also be available for purchase.

The LOTOJA Classic road race is the longest one-day USCF-sanctioned bicycle race in the country. A thousand cyclists from all over the U.S. converge on the region to take on the 206-mile route between Logan and Teton Village outside of Jackson, Wyo. Celebrating its 30th anni-versary, this year’s LOTOJA gets underway near Sunrise Cyclery on 100 East in downtown Logan, with riders leaving from 5:45 to 7:40 a.m.

The Porcupine Music Festi-val will be held Saturday, Sept. 8, near Porcupine Dam east of Avon. Entertainment begins at 11 a.m. and run until late. Admis-sion is $15 and includes camping. Children under 12 are free. Art-ists scheduled to perform include Shaky Trade, The Folka Dots, Sarah B Band, Wade Evans & The Harmonic Conspiracy, Jen Hajj, Hilarilly, Davina Tribal Col-lective, Dawi Drummers, Camb-riah Heaton andTim Pearce.

The Cache Valley Folk Danc-ers and Bridger Folk Music Society are hosting this year’s first, “first Saturday” contra dance on Sept. 8. The dance will be held at the Whittier Community Center (90 N. 400 East in Logan) and begins at 7:30 p.m. Kay Forsyth will be the caller. The band is Four Potatoes trois. A $6 donation is suggested at the door; $3 for children under 12. Beginners and families are wel-come and all dances are taught. For more information about con-tra dancing call 753-2480 or 753-5987, or visit www.bridgerfolk.org/contra.html.

The Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution Bear River Chapter, a non-profit organiza-

tion, will hold a garage sale on Saturday in Hyrum. All proceeds go to honoring our military and to promote patriotism. Lots of good stuff will be available at 433 E. 300 South in Hyrum from 8 a.m. to noon.

The Utah Fibromyalgia Association will hold its monthly education/support group meeting at Saturday at 11 a.m. in Room 5 at Logan Regional Hospital. The event is free and open to anyone with fibromyalgia and/or chronic pain. This month’s topic is Yoga for FM, taught by instruc-tor Anne Gardner. Anne will lead us through gentle stretching and yoga poses that are effective in helping to reduce stress and chronic pain. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or towel and water bottle.

The Crossroads Project, an exhibit featuring the works of Rebecca Allan and Garth Lenz, will take place from Sept. 8 to Oct. 7 in the Tippets Exhibit Hall at USU’s Chase Fine Arts Center.The exhibit focuses on nature and humanity. Admission is free.

Discover the fun and friend-ship in Girl Scouts. Girls in grades K-12 and their parents are invited to attend a parent information meeting on Sept. 8, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Bridger Room at the Logan Library (255 N. Main Street). For additional information, call June at (801) 716-5112.

JACOUSTiC will perform at Caffe Ibis (52 Federal Ave.) from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. This Ogden artist writes songs about lucid dreaming, aliens and her personal experiences. Her charm will keep you there long after your drink is gone.

The Cache Valley Parkin-son’s Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Cop-permill Restaurant. Rebecca

Jorgensen, Information and refer-ral coordinator for University of Utah Neuroscience Center, will present. The public is invited. For more information, call Bill Lindauer 752-9666.

Booklore Club will meet Mon-day, Sept. 10, at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Lois Dewey.

Looking for something fun to do after school? Then come to the Jim Bridger Room at the Logan Library for Teen Tues-days at 4 p.m. Before the Wii, before the PS3, even before the ATARI, there were board games. Stop by the library on the second Tuesday of each month to play some of our favorites. Contact Rachel Anderson, teen services librarian for more information (716-9134).

The Smithfield Senior Cen-ter will have a flu shot clinic on Sept. 12, from 8 to 10 a.m., and a foot clinic from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The annual Dutch oven dinner catered by Dan Gyllenskog will be at 1 p.m. at a cost of $5 per person. Reserva-tions can be made by calling Diane at 563-6847 by Sept. 10. The center is located at 375 Canyon Road in Smithfield, next to Mack Park.

The fourth annual Parent-ing Matters seminar is being offered to Cache Valley parents at no cost. The seminar will be held on six Thursday evenings (Sept. 13, 20, 27; Oct. 4, 18 25) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the LDS Church located at 464 N. 300 East in Providence. The semi-nar is designed to help parents strengthen family relationships using concepts and methods consistent with gospel prin-ciples. The seminar is open to parents of all faiths. Dr. Bruce

Johns will be the instructor. He has more than 30 years clinical experience. Enrollment is lim-ited to 100. To enroll, send an email to doctorjohns@live.com.

The Farmer’s Market in Hyrum takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at 675 N. Main.

Having trouble paying your mortgage? Free HUD-certified, confidential help is available. Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing in Logan offers weekly Housing Solution Workshops where group instruction is provided on the following top-ics: alternatives to foreclosure, negotiating with lenders, avoid-ing scams, budgeting, and planning for the future. Call Benjamin at (435) 753-1112 to RSVP and reserve your spot. This week’s workshop will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at 195 W. Golf Course Road in Logan. Participants must RSVP.

The AARP Senior Defen-sive Drivers class will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, at the Cache County Senior Center. Cost is $12 for AARP members or $14 for non-members. The Certificate of Completion will reduce auto insurance rates. Call Susie at (435) 753-2866.

Light by Light Living presents the Science of Light Therapy on Thursday, Sept. 13, with a free seminar from 6:30-8 p.m. and a question-and-answer ses-sion from 8-9 p.m. at the Crystal Inn (853 S. Main St. in Logan). Come learn from international speak and light energy authority, Wes Burwell, how light is being used world-wide to safely and effectively help with conditions such as: neuropathy, tendonitis, arthritis, depression, athletic recovery and performance, pain, circulatory health, eczema and skin disorders, Alzheimer’s, fibromyalgia and more. Seat-ing and session availability is limited RSVP at sjoffs@light-bylight.com or Shirley at (303) 818-9263.

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$2.00 OFFCoupon may not be combined with any other offer. Must present

the coupon at time of purchase. Offer expires: 9/14/2012

Any MeAl

690 North Main, Logan • 752-9252Open Sun- Thurs 6am - 10pm • Fri & Sat 6am - 11pm

M-T 11–10 • F-S 11-11 • Sun 12-101079 N. Main • Logan • 753-4084

Buy One Dinner Entree

Get The Second

Dinner Entree

1/2 OffOne Coupon Per Table Coupons May Not Be

Combined With Any Other Offer Valid M-Thurs Only

Effective until9/14/12

18 East Center St. Logan • 227-0321Mon-Fri 9:30am - 9pm Sat 7am - 10pm

Equal or lesser value. Expires 9/14/12

Buy One Get One FreeFull Service Dinner

Not Just For Lunch Anymore

Logan Burgers & SandwichesLBS

1085 North Main, Suite 130, Logan • 435-752-1215 • Mon-Sat 10:30-7:00pmOffer Expires 9/14/12 • Must Present Coupon • Limit 4

Gourmet Burgers • Gyros • Souvlaki • BBQ PorkKababs • Salads • Seafood Dinners

VoteD BeSt BurGerS & SaNDwicheS iN LoGaN

Garlic Swiss Burger (with fries & soda)

Only $5.99

BBQ Pork Sandwich(with fries & soda)

Only $5.99Greek Gyro Dinner(with fries & salad)

Only $6.99

Patty Melt(with salad & soda)

Only $6.99

charbroiled Gourmet Burgers • Gyros • Souvlaki • BBQ PorkKababs • calamari Salads • Seafood Dinners

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