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Message to women: Demand equal pay to receive equal pay

Last updated Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 9:11pm

OGDEN -- In the years ahead, employers will become more likely to pay women a wage as high as their male peers, more likely to tolerate flexible schedules if workers are doing a good job and less likely to prejudge employees by their race, predicts Zions Bank's senior vice president of communications.

That's the good news, Chris Redgrave told a student at Weber State University last week.

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Mere Image, representing Layton High School, performs Friday during the Battle of the Bands at Union Station in Ogden. The band took first place, winning $500 in cash and a $500 gift certificate to the Newgate Mall. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Layton High band wins battle after 'epic' performance

Caitlynn Kindall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 7:29am

OGDEN -- "LHS! LHS! Mere Image! Mere Image!" the crowd shouted at the conclusion of the ninth annual Battle of the Bands.

The crowd roared after hearing that Layton High School's representative, Mere Image, had won the competition, although Fremont High's Stegosaurus had the crowd screaming "weekends, parties, late nights, ladies, rock 'n' roll."

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(From left) Jason Parr (first place), Ethan Garlick (third place) and Guy Garlick (second place) were the top three Open Class winners of the America First Credit Union 2012 Utah Pinewood Derby Championship last month and were awarded trophies and cash prizes.

State 2012 Pinewood Derby Champions crowned

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 1:02am

FARMINGTON -- Pinewood derbies are not just for Cub Scouts anymore.

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Sixth-graders were assigned to different Polis (Greek city-states) on Friday during their Olympic Games at George Q. Knowlton Elementary School in Farmington. Each of the city-states competed in five events. The sixth-grade “Olympic Games” were the culmination of their study of Greece and Rome for the past six weeks.

Knowlton Elementary students compete in mock Olympics

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 7:32am

FARMINGTON -- Students at Knowlton Elementary pretended to live the dream of an Olympian as they participated in their own Olympic Games on Friday.

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Cast and crew members of BYU’s “The Elephant Man,” listen to instructions before a performance Thursday at Weber State University.
NANCY VAN VALKENBURG
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College theater festival actors make Ogden their stage

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 9:39am

OGDEN -- If faces on the streets of downtown Ogden seem a little more tragic or comedic this week, blame it on the temporary influx of theater people.

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Davis teens win national contest on livestock

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 1:04am

SYRACUSE -- If "Livestock Jeopardy" becomes a television game show, four Davis County teens could clean up as contestants.

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WSU team advances to national Ethics Bowl championship

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 11:22pm

OGDEN -- A team of Weber State students has taken top regional honors in a "bowl game" of a different sort.

The WSU team won the 11th annual Wasatch Regional Ethics Bowl Competition and will advance to the national championship March 1 in Cincinnati.

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Clearfield holiday decorating contest announced

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 25, 2011 - 11:54pm

CLEARFIELD — Holiday decorating could mean cash prizes for some residents here.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Dec. 2, Clearfield Community Services will take nominations for the yard with the best decorations.

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Leaders of the Ogden High School Tiger Marching Band hoist the trophies the school won at the recent Red Rocks Invitational State Finals held in St. George. The band broke its self-proclaimed “Curse of St. George” to win first place overall in Division 1A.

Ogden High School band wins St. George competition

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 7:38pm

OGDEN — This year, they beat the curse.

For the first time in five years the Ogden High School marching band beat what they call the “Curse of St. George” when members recently brought home top honors from the St. George Red Rocks Invitational State Finals, the equivalent of a state championship. The band now joins the ranks of the school’s other state champions this fall — boy’s cross country and girl’s soccer.

“We’ve been doing that all year,” band instructor Robert Gillette said of his band and the wins. They took first place in five out of six competitions this year and he credits some adversity to the team’s success. Awards are given in different areas at each competition and some areas won in every competition all year.

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Contest Saturday to benefit 2 high schools

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 11, 2011 - 1:28am

OGDEN -- Eat your heart out, Takeru Kobayashi.

A fundraiser benefiting two area high schools will feature the strongest stomachs along the Wasatch Front in a hot-dog-eating contest, dubbed "The Dog Fight."

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Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Courtney Cook, of Layton, performs during a game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, recently. (BRANDON WADE/The Associated Press)

Layton woman living dream as Cowboys cheerleader

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 9:43am

A 2010 Davis High School graduate and a former Layton High School student, Courtney Cook, 19, is living her dream of being a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

The youngest member of the squad, she also appears to be the most popular.

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My beard and I are being attacked by kith and kin with razors

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 10:21pm

This fundraising beard challenge thing is officially ugly. Not the beard. It's gorgeous. But on the fundraising front, I'm seeing stab in the back, rip my heart out and stomp on it betrayal.

The perps? My own wife and kids.

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Teens can test movie trivia power at Weber library

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 10:12pm

OGDEN — Teen Gaming Day will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the main branch of the Weber County Library, 2464 Jefferson Ave.

Admission is free for this competition of “Scene It?” Test your Disney movie trivia power at the Main Library. Prizes will be awarded to the biggest Disney geeks!

For more information, call Nancy Funes at 801-337-2639.

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United Way fundraiser targets hippie hair, ratty beard

Mark Saal Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 3, 2011 - 2:38pm

It makes a darn catchy slogan: "The United Way: Thanks to you, I might actually have to get a haircut."

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Frayne Spens and Matt McConkie watch as a giant pumpkin is lifted onto a trailer in Washington Terrace on Friday. The squash will be entered into the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh Off at Thanksgiving Point today. Contest pumpkins will also be displayed in Golden West Credit Union branches to help solicit food donations for those in need.

1,300-pound pumpkin heads to state competition

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 6:27am

WASHINGTON TERRACE -- Organizers hope a 1,300-pound pumpkin grown here turns into meals for thousands of hungry Utahns.

No, they aren't breaking out a dozen recipes for preparing pumpkin: Golden West Credit Union is asking the public to donate food equal to the weight of four giant pumpkins grown by Tyler Quigley and Matt McConkie.

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