Story & Photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY–The music industry has always played a pivotal role in Hollywood. A good musical score goes hand in hand with strong acting, a good script, and special effects to create a masterpiece. At the 2011 Sundance Film Festival however, two major players in […]
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By Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—The Planning Commission is currently developing an ordinance that will allow recreational vehicle parks to be opened in North Logan with a conditional use permit. The first “very rough draft” of the ordinance authorizes the development of recreational vehicle parks in general commercial zones and mixed commercial zones, but goes […]
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By Noelle Johansen WELLSVILLE–Poo-Gloos are taking the stink out of sewage in the lagoons north of Wellsville. There are currently 35 operating bio-domes, nicknamed “Poo-Gloos,” in Wellsville’s wastewater lagoon system. The alternative sewage treatment devices were developed by Dr. Kraig Johnson and the University of Utah. Wellsville Mayor Thomas Bailey said Poo-Gloos look like igloos […]
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By Jamee Dyches HYDE PARK–An informational meeting for the new Hyde Park Youth City Council was held Thursday night at the city office. Mayor Bryan Cox led the meeting and Councilman Mark Hurd was also in attendance as a representative from the City Council. Cox introduced Stephanie Allred as the youth council’s advisor. “I want […]
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By Max Dahl PARK CITY–The Sundance ASCAP Music Café’s musical line-up played a rousing show Jan. 25 with a variety of genres, culminating with a set by acoustic-pop artists Guster. The Low Anthem opened with songs off their up-coming album Smart Flesh, due out Feb. 22. Recently featured on the Late Show with David Letterman, […]
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By Melissa Pearl Youngberg Aggie TV News HYRUM—Sparks ignited a sawdust fire at the pallet manufacturing warehouse in Hyrum Wednesday afternoon Hyrum Fire Chief Cardell Nielsen said the fire at Timberland Pallets, at 369 W. Main St., broke out in the steel hopper that contains sawdust expelled from the pallet shop. Timberland manager and vice […]
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By Teresa Nield MENDON—If anyone could ever be described as busy as a bee, then the James family comes as close as it gets. The Slide Ridge Honey business, based in Mendon and run by the seven members of the James family, bottles honey and vinegar made from the honey produced by their self-raised bees […]
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By Rhett Wilkinson HYRUM–Plans for two new parks and a fire station, a dog pound, solar panels for the library and a national award for a sewer manager were the highlights of the second-ever State of the City address Thursday. The event was hosted by the Hyrum Lions Club. Before a crowd of 21, Mayor […]
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By Max Dahl PARK CITY–The long-awaited Hobo with a Shotgun trailer-turned-movie, featured in 2007’s Grindhouse, premiered at Sundance Film Festival this season. This exploitation/slasher film was proceeded by the short film The Legend of Beaver Dam. The Legend of Beaver Dam was an explicit narrative of a group of Pathfinders on a camp-out. The overtly […]
By Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY–The Planning and Zoning Commission met Wednesday night, reviewing a concern over maintenance of field drains. There are two purposes of field drains: to drain off water in the spring to dry out the field for preparations for the first crop and to drain off water after a flood irrigation. If the […]
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By Max Dahl PARK CITY–Knuckle: the delving exploration inside the Irish Travelers way of settling clan disputes; bare-knuckle fights. The film opens on James Quinn McDonagh ransacking a punching bag in a ring, exploring every angle and inch with his fists. He unleashes punches beyond half a minute, uninterrupted. “He is a charming character that […]
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By Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY–The Sundance Film Festival is upon us, and opening weekend was far improved over last year. Here are some of the highlights: First and foremost, the opening weekend of films seems to continually be the best. Directors and cast are often present, and the opportunity to […]
Story & Photos by Heidi Hansen LOGAN—Read the Bible suspiciously and ask hard questions—that was a the advice from a feminist religious scholar Wednesday afternoon as she discussed “What the Bible Doesn’t Teach You” at the Merrill Cazier Library. Susan Shaw, a Women and Gender Studies professor at Oregon State University, addressed a group of […]
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By Max Dahl PARK CITY–Troubadours is a woven, but liquid documentary that draws from the first-hand experiences of the singer/songwriters involved with the Los Angeles music scene at the dawning of the 1970’s. The documentary explores the spirit and humanity behind the relationship of James Taylor and Carole King, and is entirely driven by the […]
By Jess Allen HYRUM—The crowd huddled behind a fence on the shore of the Hyrum Reservoir, watching shivering polar bears walk the long, wooden walkway and onto the ice to jump into the freezing water. It was the 6th annual “Freezin’ for a Reason” Polar Plunge Saturday, to raise money for Utah’s Special Olympics, said […]
By Cathy Morgan LOGAN—Many were skeptical when viewing previews for the new version of the comic book classic, The Green Hornet. Hollywood and Seth Rogen manage to turn us around, however, with their production. The movie sets us up with Britt Reid (Rogen), whose newspaper publisher father dies unexpectedly. Reid is forced to take over […]
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Story and photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY–Many of you may not be old enough to remember a time when Carole King was one of the driving forces in the music industry. Over the last four decades, King has been awarded four Grammy awards, had the longest album for a […]
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By Cassidee J. Cline HNC European Correspondent FRANKFURT-ODER, Germany—As you walk through narrow streets lined with small shops and restaurants, you look up at the old apartment buildings with flowerpots lining the balconies. A group of teenagers speaking German walk by and as they pass a few words reach your ears. “Homer Simpson,” you hear […]
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By Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY–Plans for a new LDS church building are becoming solidified. Three years ago, a site at 130 W. 2600 South St. was approved for the building, and the City Council finalized some of the details at Thursday’s meeting. Construction will start as soon as the weather is agreeable in the spring, city […]
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Story & Photos by April Ashland LOGAN—It was all about chewing gum, Van Gogh and artistic inspiration at the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State this week. From Tuesday through Saturday, dozens of gum-chewing USU students and community members chomped wads of Juicy Fruit and Bazooka to create a “Paint-by-Gum Wall Mural” of Van […]
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