World Logic Day was on Monday, January 14th – and the Cannon Falls Lantern was a proud participant. The widely uncelebrated holiday centers around the application of logic and analytical thinking to everyday life for people. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that software development is among the professions that most use logical thinking, and by far the most populated.

The Lantern hosts numerous vehicles of logic, chiefly in its entertainment section. One of these is the crossword. Readers must use deductive reasoning, some guesswork, and processes of elimination to solve the puzzle.

More are the Teacher Trivia, Where in the Building, and Landle games. In Teacher Trivia, readers are presented with possible facts about a teacher and use critical thinking to determine which is the least illogical. Where in the Building requires players to determine which environment best fits a given picture or rely on their memory to locate places in the school. Lastly, the Landle is a word game that mimics the New York Times’ Wordle.