By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 14B SALT LAKE CITY – “You’re an artist, aren’t you? I can tell you’re an artist. That’s the kind of pin an artist, a sophisticated collector would want.” Marlee Baker, one of the many people hawking Olympic pins on the streets of Salt Lake City, is doing a marvelous […]
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Home cooking, with dash of Salt; Volume doesn’t keep eateries from satisfying world’s taste buds
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 14B SALT LAKE CITY – Siegfried Meyer knows bratwurst. He just didn’t expect to have to know this much. “I’m going through 1,000 pounds of bratwurst a day,” said Meyer, who runs Siegfried’s Delicatessen in downtown Salt Lake City. “The Germans want to eat German food.” Siegfried’s, which normally […]
Area Catholics serve in Utah; Coppell group helping parish cope with flood of Olympic visitors
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer PARK CITY, Utah – If an Italian Olympic skier wanted to observe Ash Wednesday this week, chances are he did it with a little help from some folks from the Dallas area. Eighteen North Texas Catholics have traveled to Park City to help the town’s one small parish deal with […]
School embraces difficult task; Program links Salt Lake-area middle school to Iran
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 16B WEST JORDAN, Utah – They may be part of the axis of evil, but at Jensen Middle School, Iran is still a welcome member of the family of nations. Jensen was stuck with one of the most difficult assignments in the One School, One Country program, which links […]
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Mormons help Hindus build; Hare Krishna temple in rural Utah a labor of love, mutual respect
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. […]
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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