Children

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Dixon Pitcher, R-Ogden, doesn’t like the Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” — but he thinks it’s time to move on to other topics in the waning days of the Legislature.

Pitcher voted against a resolution, HCR 10, asking the federal government to consider the impact the change in health care will have on local kids and students.

“My constituents tell me they don’t want me to posture anymore. In this case, the Supreme Court has decided the Affordable Care Act will stand. Let’s not use our money, time, our steam, our hours in debating these issues,” he said.

MOUNT AIRY, Md. — Chanse Mullinix arrived home from fourth grade on the school bus, carrying a Cherry Coke and a plastic bag of his classmates’ handmade valentines. He shouted goodbye to the bus driver - “See ya!” — and ran down the sidewalk, because a youth football coach had recommended once that he run everywhere. He climbed the steps to a two-story townhouse — the only home he had ever known, and the place he sometimes referred to as a “great gun museum.”

BROCKTON, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts say a 10-year-old boy called 911 because he didn’t want to go to bed.

OGDEN — Weber State University’s Chinese Club celebrated the Chinese New Year with the Ogden community in style Friday night with lavish performances and plenty of local Chinese cuisine — and it was all free.

This is the fourth year the campus club has sponsored the event, and this year’s celebration didn’t disappoint.

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill aimed at targeting children victimized by intergenerational poverty has moved one step closer to reality.

KAYSVILLE — There’s one couple here who would love nothing better than to find a magic formula that would help them conceive.

The two say they’ve tried just about everything. And now, they’ve turned to the only magic they know is for real — the magic of taking their minds off their troubles and focusing on helping others.

Tyler and Jill Kirkham have written and illustrated the children’s book “The Family Troll.” In a roundabout way, the story tells of the magic that can be created when a family adopts a child.