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Wooden stayed true to his beliefs

Last updated Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 7:30pm

I was at my senior party the night John Wooden died. I didn't hear about it until I turned on the news the next day, and it took a little while for it all to register that one of my greatest role models, best known for his college coaching career in UCLA basketball, was dead.

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Obsessed - or just hungry for a good read?

Last updated Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 9:11pm

I like to think that I was the first one to discover "The Hunger Games." I mean, I didn't catch on to "Harry Potter" until after the fourth one was released. I hadn't even heard of "Twilight" until after "Eclipse" was in bookstores.

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LLARY CHRISTENSEN/Layton High School/cellos_in_saginaw@hotmail.com Cameron Scott slips down a pudding slide with the help of Bryan Beal (left) and Conner Simmons (right). Slathering pudding along a big strip of plastic made for some messy but cheap summer fun for the Layton High School juniors.

Summer fun without the big bucks

Last updated Monday, August 2, 2010 - 11:40am

The sun is blazing as you glance out the window. It is the perfect summer day to go have fun with friends. Looking in your wallet you find a few dollars and a handful of change.

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Warner Bros. Pictures Leonardo Dicaprio as Cobb in the sci-fi action film "Inception."

Mind-blowing 'Inception'; lives up to dream

Last updated Monday, July 26, 2010 - 1:04pm

It was a complex world that director Christopher Nolan chose to weave in the film "Inception," but he was more than up to the task.

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'Despicable Me' totally delightful

Last updated Monday, July 26, 2010 - 12:37pm

I have looked forward to seeing "Despicable Me" for quite some time. A month ago, on June 9, I actually woke up, shot out of bed and ran down the stairs to tear open the newspaper and pick what time I was going to see it!

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Illustration by CHEYLIE DOTSON/Davis High School/cheybug14@msn.com

Summer Highs

Last updated Monday, July 26, 2010 - 12:08pm

Contrary to popular belief, summer isn't just a season -- summer is a state of mind.

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(Courtesy of Summit Entertainment) Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson star in "Eclipse."

Edward, Jacob or who really cares?

Last updated Sunday, July 4, 2010 - 8:02pm

"Twilight" haters and lovers battle it out in this TX. piece, giving their opinions of the latest film "Eclipse."

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(Illustration by TAYLOR LOPAZ/Bonneville High School/lopazta@wsdmail.net)

What makes perfect little moments?

Last updated Sunday, July 4, 2010 - 7:46pm

The perfect day.

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