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Evelyn Jean Pollard Collins Farnsworth, 78, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the LDS Chapel, 1880 E. 9800 South, Sandy. A viewing will be held at the chapel one hour prior to the service. Internment, Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Kan. Read the full obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

SANDY -- Real Salt Lake has invited fans of the Claret-and-Cobalt old and new to Rio Tinto Stadium this Saturday, when they will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m.

During the free-admission event, fans will have the chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at RSL's home, go back-and-forth with RSL personalities during question-and-answer sessions and take advantage of special offers on tickets and merchandise.

The RSL open house will be the best time to secure a spot at the team's 2012 home opener on March 17 vs. the New York Red Bulls, as the afternoon will include an exclusive window to purchase single-game tickets in advance of the general public sale on Feb. 1.

NEW YORK -- St. Louis Blues and Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checketts has been hired as chief executive officer of Legends Hospitality Management, the company owned by the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and Goldman Sachs.

Checketts Partners Investment Fund has bought the equity in Legends that had been owned by CIC Partners, Legends said Wednesday. Mike Rawlings of CIC Partners, who had been Legends' CEO, became mayor of Dallas last summer.

Checketts is a former CEO of Madison Square Garden.

Legends provides catering and concessions for the Yankees and Cowboys, the Circle Line boat. It is marketing luxury seating for the Rose Bowl and the San Francisco 49ers planned new stadium.

Shirley Mae Osthelder Schirack, 81, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, in Sandy, after suffering from interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. A Catholic service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 E. 10600 South, in Sandy, Utah. A visitation will be held from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. before the service. Following the service, interment will be at Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery. A celebration of her life will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Atria Sandy, 10970 S. 700 East, in Sandy, Utah.

SANDY -- The Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy is unveiling a new exhibit to showcase three playful river otters.

SANDY -- Major League Soccer will have its longest season this year, with the final played Dec. 1.

The league announced in November that its 17th season will start March 10, five days earlier than in 2011. Last year's final was Nov. 20.

With the expansion Montreal Impact giving the league 19 teams, MLS is switching to an unbalanced schedule while keeping the regular season at 34 games per team.

Just seven games conflict with FIFA fixture dates, when many star players are away with national teams: Chicago at New England (June 1); Los Angeles at Columbus; Portland at Toronto and Houston at Vancouver (Aug. 15); Portland at Colorado (Sept. 5); Salt Lake at Houston (Sept. 6); and Chivas USA at Seattle (Sept. 8).

About 83 percent of games are on weekends and holidays, and all 323 games will be televised live.

A record nine games are scheduled for April 28.

Real Salt Lake learned the 34-game slate that will mark its eighth season of MLS play. Real Salt Lake will begin the upcoming season on March 10, where its last campaign ended - The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. - with a Western Conference Championship rematch against the defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy, with kickoff slated for 8:30 p.m.

SANDY -- A Utah woman says she still holds out hope for new leads 17 years after her mother mysteriously vanished.