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Spare Change or Spare Time – Which is More Valuable?
Spare Change or Spare Time – Which is More Valuable? By Ann C. Packard Spare change is usually thrown into a container or drawer and forgotten until you need a little extra money; yet, spare time is considered a valuable commodity by most people, especially for at-risk youth. In today’s world where many are juggling [...]
Rare old Mormon paintings surface at Salt Lake gallery
SALT LAKE CITY — Two rare, historic paintings that will interest Mormons have come into Anthony Christensen’s possession. Christensen is the owner of Anthony’s Fine Art and Antiques at 401 E. 200 South. The paintings — a 1903 rendition of Christ in America done by Danish artist CCA Christensen (no relation to Anthony Christensen) and [...]
You know you live in Utah when…
You know you live in Utah when… Green Jell-O with carrots mixed in doesn’t seem strange. You can pronounce Tooele. The U is not just a letter – Neither is the Y. You have actually eaten funeral potatoes. You’ve gotten both heat and frost burns off your car’s door handle in the same month. You [...]
The Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association
Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association, February 25, 2010: Brian Cannon on Historians’ Treatment of Divine Influence in LDS History The Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association will host Brian Cannon, Professor of History at BYU, on February 25, 2010 at 7 pm for a public lecture entitled: “Many Refractions of Light: Historians’ Treatment of Divine [...]
Mormon historical documents create auction buzz
Some of the early Mormon Church’s most poignant and embarrassing episodes are recounted in a trove of letters and other original documents sold at auction this week in New York. None of the items, from the descriptions on the auction house Web site, appears to contradict history. But they do illuminate the bitter contention between [...]
We want to thank ABC4 news of Salt Lake for the story they did onthe crosswalks.
As we continue to fight for the crosswalks we need, We want to thank ABC4 news for the great story they did to help bring attention to the problem. Here is a link to the story and video they did http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story/Disappearing-crosswalks-in-Spanish-Fork/UUieGyqkiE65YcJChz-FXQ.cspx
UADA Meeting
Title: UADA Meeting Location: Capital City Antiques (Formerly Moriarty’s) which is located at 959 So. West Temple in SLC Description: Utah Antiques Dealer Association – To discuss upcoming Legislation. Start Time: 19:00 Date: 1/13/2010
Utah remembers its roots with Statehood Day
Utahns first petitioned for statehood in 1849, two years after the Mormon pioneers first established homes in the Great Basin. But it took 47 years — and an official declaration from the leadership of the LDS Church stating church members would no longer practice polygamy — before President Grover Cleveland on Saturday, Jan. 4, 1896, [...]
Mormon entertainer youngest composer to win competition
By Emily Schmuhl Mormon Times Published: 2009-12-08 00:20:30 Nineteen year-old Derek Myler was up against some of the most musically talented undergraduates and graduates in the country. But the budding Mormon entertainer swept in and won the 2009-10 American Choral Directors Association’s Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Competition. “I’m very humbled and grateful to [...]
Temple Square Moving Toward Environmentally Friendly Holiday Display
SALT LAKE CITY 25 November 2009 When the switch is flipped the day after Thanksgiving, hundreds of thousands of lights will illuminate Temple …