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from the Department of Journalism & Communication
February 4, 2013
All the Local News:
Turkeys, ammo shortages, beer sales, freezing pipes, a new Cache Valley sports show, sustainability, following faith, soccer, the confessions of a Harry Potter groupie as Sundance 2013 concludes, plus Aggie TV News . . . and more.
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Millville plastics company plans expansion under new owner
Story and photo by Tanner Simmons MILLVILLE—Silicone Plastics, one of the city’s largest companies, is moving forward under new owner Brett Hadfield, operator and president of the company. Around this time last year, the former Utah State University student, was an accountant at the company, which manufactures custom plastic injection molding.
Wild turkeys on the move, looking for better digs
By Dawn Otterby
PARADISE — Bev Zitting had become accustomed to looking out her
window and seeing 27 wild turkeys foraging in her front yard. “They used
to come everyday around noon,” she said. But Zitting hasn’t seen the large birds in about a week. According
to the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources, wild turkeys have begun
to move out of Mendon and into the more welcoming towns of Paradise and
Nibley.Ammo shortage in valley stores frustrates customers
By Jonathan Larson NORTH LOGAN – For more than two months, the sporting goods department at Walmart has been inundated with calls every morning from customers asking about the latest shipments of firearms and ammunition. Walmart and other businesses have been unable to meet the high demand for ammo. “This really has been nationwide and I think it all initially started with the shooting at Sandy Hook,” an Al’s Sporting Goods sales associate said. “That was a real tragedy and since then, we’ve had people come in who are concerned about their own safety looking for smaller handguns to carry concealed.”
To beer or not to beer? Hyde Parkers will vote on that
By Zach Dau
HYDE PARK – Come November, residents of Hyde Park will vote to see if the local Maverick, located at 675 W. Center St., will be allowed to sell beer or not. City Council members passed an ordinance that allowed the sale of beer by Maverick in October of 2012. Soon afterward, Hyde Park and Cache County residents put a petition together blocking the ordinance to go into effect.
Soccer registration starts Saturday in Providence, River Heights
By Paul Christiansen PROVIDENCE—Each spring the South Cache Soccer League facilitates a recreational soccer program for youth of the southern part of the valley. Representatives of SCSL travel to each competing township for registration days where individuals can register and pay fees to join the program. The season starts April 9. Residents can register at the Providence City Council chambers, 15 S. Main St.
Aggie TV News—freezing pipes, chili, snowmen, and a new sports show
By the ATV News Staff LOGAN—This week’s Cache Rendezvous news magazine program on Aggie TV News featuring freezing pipes, a snowman gallery, mystery meat in the College of Ag chili cookoff, and YouTube fame for Utah state and its use of … wait for it … Canvas! But first, ATVNews airs the first edition of its new Kickin’ Cache Sports Show—all sports, all the time. Is the worst of Winter 2013 over? This week’s ATVNews team reports that the city of Logan wants residents to keep their water faucets running. During the recent sub-zero days and nights, more than 175 instances of burst pipes connecting homes to city water mean big bills for customers and for the city, so officials suggest city water customers leave the tap on. Click here for the full newscast.
USU NEWS
Blue Goes Green seeks on-campus student sustainability projects
By Seth Merrill
LOGAN—What started as an idea to help on-campus residents become environmentally conscious may soon be a full-fledged project for two Utah State University resident assistants. Rene Hernandez and Wendy Sticht say they’ll try to bring more sustainability projects to campus residents. “I love the idea of people being aware of the stuff they use,” said Hernandez after Wednesday’s Blue Goes Green forum.
What to believe? Confronting crises of faith
By Katie Feinauer LOGAN—Laura Simons is worried. Born into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Simons raised her children in the same religious tradition. But recently two of her kids and one of her sons-in-law have begun to struggle with their long-held beliefs. Hoping to help them as they consider what they believe in, Simons attended the new Utah State University workshop, “Navigating a Crisis of Faith,” Monday at the Taggart Student Center.
Comedy group benefit for USU student injured in motorcycle crash
LOGAN—Logan Out Loud, Utah’s slightly irreverent comedy troupe, performed a benefit show Friday for a USU public relations student who was injured in a November motorcycle accident that led to emergency brain surgeries and facial reconstruction.
Quadside concert series continues with local talent
By Manda Perkins LOGAN—Aggie Radio and the Quadside Café will continue their Quadside Concert Series this semester, kicking off the string of performances on Thursday with local musician Riley Holgate. The half-hour sets, at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, are designed as a place for student musicians to promote their music.
OPINION-REVIEWS
Confessions of a Sundance groupie: My Day with Dan Rad
By Katie Swain
PARK CITY—As a fiercely obsessed Harry Potter fanatic for the
better part of my life, the fact that my opportunity to report on this
year’s Sundance Film Festival coincided with Daniel Radcliffe’s premiere
of his new film “Kill Your Darlings” was nothing short of charmed. My day began with news that I would be attending the premiere and the
Q&A session immediately following. While standing in line for the movie, my manic excitement was only amplified by the fire extinguisher that exploded
in our tent, resulting in something of a false bomb alarm and a frantic
mass exodus to vacate the smoke-filled enclosure. (Hey, I wasn’t the
first person to yell, “Bomb!” but I might have been the third. Or second.) Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ rock-doc commemorates famed music studio
By Ben Hansen
Special to The Hard News CaféPARK CITY—Five-time Grammy Award-winner Dave Grohl gathered an all-star cast of musical talent for his directorial debut movie, “Sound City,” which screened last week at Sundance 2013. The film is about the legendary Sound City music studio in Southern California, with a specific focus on the studio’s incredible analog mixing board. “It honestly was more like a keg party with a camera than making a Hollywood film,” he told the Associated Press.
Sundance 2013 closes: What a great party!
By Ben Hansen
Special to the Hard News CaféPARK CITY—As the blizzard blew snow sideways, Sundance 2013 blew out of Park City almost as quickly as it came in. After a whirlwind 10 days that concludes my sixth year of Sundancing, I’ve come to grips with the fact that there is no way I can cover every event, every party, or every concert. That hasn’t stopped me from trying.
Review: A glimpse inside the ultra-private Orthodox Jewish world
By Dani Hayes PARK CITY—Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Hasidic communities have practically been invisible to the world. Rama Burshtein, a Hasidic Jew herself, wanted to give her people a voice and the result is “Fill the Void,” which offers outsiders a look at the strictly conservative and secluded life she chooses to live.
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