Provo, UTArchive for 'Local' Category
You know you live in Utah when…
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 [...]
The Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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: [...]
Mormon historical documents create auction buzz
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_3689" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="No. 575: Charles Brewer, an assistant surgeon in the U.S. 10th Infantry, wrote a friend about the Mountain Meadows Massacre in this 1859 letter, acquired in an auction by the LDS Church this week."Evidence of murders too horrible to be told & perpetrated by the [...]
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
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 — [...]
Mormon entertainer youngest composer to win competition
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 [...]
Temple Square Moving Toward Environmentally Friendly Holiday Display
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: [/caption] SALT LAKE CITY 25 November 2009 When the switch is flipped the day after Thanksgiving, hundreds of thousands of lights will [...]
Stuck Utah cave explorer John Jones packed much adventure into 26 years
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Soraya Roberts DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Friday, November 27th 2009, 11:01 AM Handout This undated family photo provided Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, shows John Jones holding his daughter Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dawn Jones. John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park, [...]
Utah State core curriculum update to social studies for grades K-2
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: More notes from Mike Morley, The Local State Representative. I wish to thank Dennis Lisonbee – a constituent, a university professor, and a strong advocate for public education – for bringing to my attention the fact that The Utah State Office of Education has spent considerable [...]