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Lynne Wilde II

Jordan Best, center right, hands out sack lunches to the less fortunate on Christmas Day at The Road Home homeless shelter as part of an Eagle Scout project.
Utah
Helping those in need — Family delivers 270 sack lunches
Instead of staying indoors and staying warm on Christmas morning, a family of four braved the icy temperatures and frigid wind to hand out sack lunches to the needy in Salt Lake City.
By Lynne Wilde II
Mark Shurtleff, right, Stan Lockhart, Enid Greene Mickelsen, Scott Simpson and Richard Snelgrove mark their ballots, casting their votes for John McCain as president and Sarah Palin as vice president.
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Utah officially votes for McCain
It’s official. Utah electors want John McCain and Sarah Palin in office.
By Lynne Wilde II
University of Utah engineers have invented a wireless car key device to stop teenage motorists from talking on their cell phone or sending text messages while driving.
Utah
U. device disables driver’s cell phone while car is running
Want to text or talk on a cell phone while driving? Forget about it.
By Lynne Wilde II
These stones are engraved by participants at the greenhouse center and sold to raise money for the foundation.
Utah
Greenhouse a place for the ‘aged out’
“Aged out” is a term used when people with special-needs reach 22 years old and can no longer attend public schools. These people are forced out of their familiar environments, resulting in boredom, loneliness and often no further educational opportunities.
By Lynne Wilde II
Abe Katz lights a candle during a memorial service at Chabad Lubavitch of Utah in Salt Lake City for those who died in the Jewish Center during the Mumbai attack.
Utah
Jewish center honors Mumbai victims
Though it happened far away, it hit home.
By Lynne Wilde II
Utah
Don’t spoil your fun with food-borne illness
Holidays bring food, and food brings the potential for food-borne illness.
By Lynne Wilde II
People receive free turkeys and other food for the holidays at the Indian Walk-in Center in Salt Lake City. Harmons and its grocery store customers provided some 3,300 turkeys for the giveaway.
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Food giveaway draws big turnout
A multitude of people of varying ages and backgrounds began their quest for a Thanksgiving Day meal at 7 a.m. Wednesday.
By Lynne Wilde II
Utah
S.L. County Council OKs revised budget
The Salt Lake County Council approved the 2009 county general fund budget Tuesday, but not without some changes.
By Lynne Wilde II
Aubrey Gonzalez, 3, of Eagle Mountain is excited for her father, Staff Sgt. Anthony Gonzalez (pictured on her shirt), to arrive home Saturday.
Utah
Welcome home for Utah Air Guardsmen
After six months of providing security for coalition and noncombatant forces, security for convoys, defending military bases and providing law enforcement duties, 25 Utah Air National Guard airmen came home Saturday from a mission that started on May 16.
By Lynne Wilde II
Utah
Utah ranks 17th in anti-tobacco expenditures
When Utah got involved with 46 states and sued the nation’s major tobacco companies 10 years ago, the companies settled and agreed to pay the states to recover tobacco-related health-care costs. Part of the money was to be used to fund tobacco-reduction programs.
By Lynne Wilde II
Calvin Warren, Alex Jenkins and Matthew Smith, students at Ensign Elementary School, play basketball at recess on Wednesday. Guidelines will help determine when they are kept indoors.
Utah
Schools getting new guidelines on air quality
The Utah Department of Health and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality have updated guidelines regarding when schoolchildren should go outside for recess and when they should stay in.
By Lynne Wilde II
Utah
Beware of ‘the silent killer': CO
When the temperature drops, the threat increases.
By Lynne Wilde II
Nicole Kearl, left, and AmyAnne Harris watch a robot they programmed in the "Legos Aren't Just Toys, They're Robotic Machines!" class.
Utah
Workshop aims to ignite girls’ interest in science
Frozen bananas make terrible hammers. This it what one group of more than 600 girls learned Saturday at the annual Expanding your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference sponsored by ATK Launch Systems at Mount Ogden Junior High.
By Lynne Wilde II
Cabdrivers protest Monday at Washington Square in Salt Lake City. Starting Saturday, the number of taxis permitted in the staging area at the airport will drop from 40 to 25, which drivers say will hurt their livelihoods. Taxi driver Jeff Jex, who organiz
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Cabdrivers protest new airport staging limit
The meter is running for Salt Lake City cabdrivers. Starting Saturday, the number of cabs that are allowed to park and wait for customers in the taxi area of the airport will be reduced from 40 to 25.
By Lynne Wilde II
Utah
Sandy RDA may fund Proscenium theater
Funding for the theater in the Proscenium may come from Sandy’s Redevelopment Agency.
By Lynne Wilde II
Hand-held device and bar code reader that records the administration of medication and can also record patient information at University hospital
Utah
Hospital rooms of the future smarter
The hospital room of the future is more interactive, integrated and efficient.
By Lynne Wilde II
Andrew Pitts gets a close-up view of a butterfly wing at the Utah Museum of Natural History Saturday.
Utah
‘Basement’ bugs delight visitors
Bugs crawled around at the Utah Museum of Natural History — and people were delighted.
By Lynne Wilde II
Utah
Utah gets high marks for low infant mortality rate
In a report released Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Committee to Build a Healthier America, Utah children fared well in one category and not as well in another.
By Lynne Wilde II