By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 16B SPANISH FORK, Utah – For television viewers around the world, there’s no sight more associated with Utah than the spires of the Salt Lake Temple, spiritual headquarters of the Mormon faith. But an hour south, atop a hill and down a country road, sits an altogether different temple. […]
Year: 2002
Visitors root around for roots; Family History Library a gold mine for genealogy buffs
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 16B SALT LAKE CITY – Prince Albert probably knows all he needs to about his royal lineage. But the rest of the Monaco bobsled team decided to ask the Mormons for help finding their roots. Thanks to an unusual religious belief, the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints is […]
Texas governor visits Olympics
Page 17B There may not be many Texans competing at the Winter Olympics, but the state was well represented at a U.S. Olympic Committee reception Tuesday night. Gov. Rick Perry flew into town to attend the reception at the University of Utah. Members of the Houston 2012 Foundation also were there to promote the city’s […]
Grooming isn’t just for dogs; Workers have turned in some Olympic-caliber snow plowing at Games
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 16B PARK CITY, Utah – Anyone hoping to make a pilgrimage to the halfpipe where three American men swept the medals Monday will be sorely disappointed. Within a few hours of Ross Powers’ gold-medal run, the cheers and ska-punk were replaced with the sounds of churning engines and crashing […]
Rodeo experiences rough ride; Protest may make it tougher for event to re-enter Olympics
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 14B FARMINGTON, Utah – They’re handing out gold, silver and bronze for roping, riding and wrestling. Too bad they’re not the real thing. For years, some rodeo aficionados have been trying to get rodeo made into a full Olympic sport. And this year, for the second time, the sport’s […]
Smile, darn it: that’s an order; Training manual instructs volunteers to exude glee
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 14B SALT LAKE CITY – Attention, Olympic volunteers: It’s OK to have fun. Encouraged, even. According to the training manual given to the 30,000 volunteers at the Winter Games, volunteers need to “consciously remember” to enjoy themselves, lest they become too serious. “A lot of people, especially around here, […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Dullness, efficiency going hand in hand
Page 14B When I told a friend I was going to Salt Lake City to cover the Olympics, she told me a friend of hers had raved about the place: “He just feels so cool when he goes there.” Sure, Utah shows up on no one’s list of the world’s hippest places. The state’s boundaries […]
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School ideas may tilt governor’s race; Candidates differ on accountability system, vouchers
By Terrence Stutz and Joshua Benton Staff Writers Page 1A Kathy Duffin, Cedar Hill mother of two, is fed up with testing. She says educators spend so much time preparing students to pass mandated skills tests that she often becomes the real teacher. “With all the emphasis on testing, they end up skipping some of […]
There’s a jiggle in their walk; Salt Lake residents eat twice as much Jell-O as U.S. average
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 26B SALT LAKE CITY – Olympic Host City isn’t the only important title Salt Lake City has won in the last few years. Just as valued in the hearts of many is its status as Jell-O Capital of America. “Out on the East Coast, there are a lot of […]
Less than 1% test positive
Page 5B SALT LAKE CITY – Less than one percent of 3,639 athletes tested in the last 13 months had banned drugs in their system, according to data released Friday by the World Anti-Doping Agency. WADA released the names of the 16 athletes – eight winter sports competitors, eight summer, and none American – who […]