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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 www.usustatesman.com (435)-797-1742 Free single copy Opinion | Letter to the Editor SPORTS | Robert Turbin Academy STUDENT LIFE | Pokemon Go Aggie football legend Robert Turbin hosts “Now is the time for all good men to One year later, Pokemon Go is still going strong. annual camp in Logan come to the aid of their country.” see PAGE 3 see PAGE 4 see PAGE 2 ‘STAYCATION’ DESTINATIONS How to ball on a budget in your backyard PHOTO COURTESY OF Bernard Gagnon Petrified Forest Trail in search of petrified But the Cache Valley Visitor’s Bureau also By Alyssa Roberts wood. highlights a few spots even long-time locals HISTORY, ART AND CULTURE NEWS MANAGER “But don’t take it,” Moench said. “There’s a might not have tried. If you spent the month of April daydreaming theory those rocks are actually cursed.” Rockhill Creamery in Richmond offers Lyric Repertory Company about summer and all the fun road trips you’d self-guided tours of their cheese-making pro- Logan, Utah take with your friends, you’re not alone. FOOD AND TREATS cess and six friendly cows. Locals and visitors For its 50th Anniversary season this year, the In your plan, everything was probably meant alike can take advantage of berry-picking sea- Lyric Repertoray Company chose its scheduled to go smoothly. No one would argue and no son at Mt. Naomi Farms in Hyde Park or Weeks one’s car would have problems and no one Berries of Paradise in Paradise. When the ber- would get into an argument about politics be- ries have all been picked, you can bring and fill cause that wouldn’t be part of the plan. your own honey jar at Slide Ridge Honey in Reality check: vacations — even road trips — Mendon. are overrated, expensive and rarely go accord- The complete Foodie Trek can be found on the ing to plan. Cache Valley Visitor’s Bureau sebsite, explorelo- Luckily, you can have all the fun of a well- gan.com. planned vacation without all the stress — and PHOTO BY Tom Berens you don’t even have to leave the state. A view of Wide Hollow Reservoir, located in Escalante Petrified The Shooting Star Saloon In Utah, “the idea of a staycation is pretty ide- Forest State Park. Huntsville, Utah al because you can see a complete change of Cache Valley Foodie Trek For another off-the-beaten-track destination, landscape within just a couple of hours,” said Cache Valley, Utah Hollist-Terrill recommends a drive up Ogden Julie Hollist-Terrill, director of the Cache Valley If your summer job’s got your stranded in Lo- Canyon to the Shooting Star Saloon in Hunts- PHOTO COURTESY OF The Caine College of the Arts gan, Hollist-Terrill recommends a foodie tour ville. Not only is the drive through Monte Cris- The Caine Lyric Theatre in Logan is home the Lyric Repertory Visitor’s Bureau. Company. Utah has a lot to offer, said Hollist-Terrill, and through Cache Valley. The tour includes Logan to Pass beautiful, but the restaurant itself offers it doesn’t start and end with Zion National staples like Caffe Ibis, Aggie Ice Cream and a quirky, historical vibe and a selection of great performances based on viewer favorites from Park. Bluebird Candy. burgers — Hollist-Terrill recommends the Star the past 50 years of theatre. The results, Hol- She and her fellow Utah tourism experts of- Burger. list-Terrill said, make for a spectacular season fered their advice for how to plan a “stayca- including performances of “The Complete tion” to some lesser-known destinations and Works of William Shakespeare,” “Big River,” “learn more about what makes the Beehive “The Foreigner” and “Wait Until Dark.” State such a great place to be.” The Lyric is unique in that it doesn’t choose a different cast for each show — instead, compa- THE GREAT OUTDOORS ny members act in all four productions. This, Escalante Petrified Forest State Park Hollist-Terril said, makes for a unique viewing One of Utah’s 43 state parks, Escalante Petri- experience. fied Forest State Park has plenty to offer out- The Lyric Repertory Company performs at the door adventurers who are looking for some- Caine Lyric Theatre in Logan, which has its thing different from Zion or Moab, said Emily own unique history. One seat is permanently Moench, the public relations manager for the reserved for the theatre’s “friendly” ghost, Ev- Utah Office of Tourism. erett. Located off of Scenic Byway 12 between Bryce Information and tickets can be found on the Canyon and Moab, the park is home to Wide Caine College of the Arts webpage at cca.usu. PHOTO COURTESY OF The Shooting Star Saloon Hollow Reservoir and offers canoes, kayaks and edu. PHOTO COURTESY OF Utah’s Own The Shooting Star Saloon in Huntsville offers a taste of burgers paddleboards for rent to experience the best of Rockhill Creamery in Richmond offers self-guided tours where visi- along with a taste of Utah history. its views. tors can learn about cheese-making and meet the farm’s dairy cows. — [email protected] Visitors can hike through lava flows along the @alyssarbrts PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 STUDENT LIFE Gotta catch ‘em all graduate. of apps to stay up to date. These include By Miranda Lorenc STUDENT LIFE COPY EDITOR There was also the store which allowed Facebook, Discord, and Slack. players to use real world money to buy virtual “There’ll be like level four raids that you It’s been a little more than a year since supplies and upgrades such as Poke balls, can’t take down unless you have at least eight adults, teenagers and children alike swarmed eggs, incense and more. Players could succeed people,” she said, “so it helps to be like ‘hey the streets and began spending time outside, without paying money by earning coins in there’s a four-raid going on at this time, interacting with others and exploring new gyms, but it was difficult and limited the game anyone going to join?’ and it’s easy to get a areas – all while looking at their phone. options, Ustach said. group of people you’ve never met before and The phenomenon was caused by the release Despite the various issues the game has faced take down a Pokemon with you.” of Niantic’s augmented reality app known as since it was released, “Pokemon Go” is still With the new updates, Pokemon events and “Pokemon Go,” which allows players to use thriving with 65 million monthly active users, more features to be added in the future, their real-life location to find and capture according to Niantic’s CEO John Hanke at the Christensen hopes to see more people playing virtual creatures. London Games Festival in April. again. Within a week after its initial release, 7.5 “It’s what we wanted to do when we were “I just want a resurgence, kind of like the million people in the United States had little kids,” said Callyn Ustach, a recent USU first month,” he said. “I wish that people downloaded the app on iOS and Android, graduate and Adam’s wife. “You always would just get out and interact with each according to Paul Tassi, a contributor to wanted to catch the Pokemon and it’s a good other again. The game is a lot better now than Forbes. excuse to get outside.” it was, and it’s even better to play with “It was crazy,” said Colter Christensen, a Though the number of players has dwindled friends.” senior in theater. “Campus was super packed, in size, the community is still active, especially everyone was by the (Taggart Student Center) after the latest update to the game which – [email protected] in the middle of the night because you allows people to work together to defeat and @miranda_lorenc couldn’t get a decent connection during the capture high-level day and like students would order pizza. It “I really like their latest update with the raid Pokemon in raid was a huge party every night and it was a battles and gym updates,” she said. “It’s made battles. blast.” it more interesting, you can actually catch “The other day we Shortly after “Pokemon Go’s” launch, those rare Pokemon that you otherwise were at Federico’s and Christensen went on a study abroad several wouldn’t see, so it’s got a lot of people back some dude asked us, countries in Europe. into it again.” ‘Hey are you playing? “People were still just as excited and like, Christensen agreed. The introduction of the Are you trying to looking for new things to find, wanting to help buddy walking system and second generation defeat this raid?’ and each other out, looking for all the rare Pokemon also helped maintain user interest. we all worked togeth- Pokemon, getting excited when there was a In addition to the new interface updates, er,” Adam said.

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