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Lillard draft day celebrations on tap for Thursday

Last updated Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 6:52pm

OGDEN — Though the guest of honor will be in New Jersey, Weber State and Ogden City will stage a Damian Lillard Draft Day Celebration event on Thursday evening.

Weber State Athletics, the WSU Student Association and the city of Ogden will celebrate as Lillard joins the other top players in the 2012 NBA draft.

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Davis County enforcing permit mandate

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 10:48pm

FRUIT HEIGHTS — The city’s annual Founder’s Day held each summer will be handled with greater attention to detail now that the Davis County Health Department is cracking down on requiring mass gathering permits for all large events open to the public.

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Richard Reyes makes a large bubble as part of Weber State University's Science in the Parks program Thursday. The free program continues for five more weeks, each week in a different park in Ogden. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Free program for kids proves science can be 'so cool'

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, June 8, 2012 - 2:47pm

OGDEN — Baking soda and vinegar aren’t just used for cooking and cleaning — they’re also used for making rockets.

Dozens of children attending Science in the Parks on Thursday afternoon gathered in a big circle while anticipating what might happen when vinegar and baking soda are mixed inside a plastic bottle.

“It causes all this pressure and bubbles to form, and it goes flying in the air,” said 9-year-old Ramirez Hernandez. “That was so cool.”

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Check out Weber County attractions for free this summer, thanks to RAMP

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 5:48pm

OGDEN — Residents have an opportunity to enter numerous Weber County attractions free of charge on Saturdays this summer.

Each Saturday until Aug. 25, residents will get free admission into various attractions in the county, thanks to RAMP Summer Saturdays 2012. The locations include the Boy Scouts of America Ropes Course, The Ice Sheet in Ogden, the North Ogden Pool and the Ogden Nature Center.

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Memorial Day weekend events planned

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:35pm

The air show Saturday and Sunday at Hill Air Force Base alone would make for a full Memorial Day weekend; however, several other traditional activities throughout the weekend will be hosted by funeral homes, municipalities and veterans organizations.

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Sunny skies on tap for Ogden Marathon

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 9:18pm

OGDEN -- Mother Nature's wrath came a day early for the Ogden Marathon, but also left early, which means today's 12th version of the race should be fast and cool.

A heavy rainstorm rolled through Northern Utah on Friday, but a forecast of clear, cool conditions will greet the nearly 10,000 participants in today's marathon, half marathon, 5K and Kids K race.

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EVENTS

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 2:48pm

This listing provides information on food and fitness events in Utah. To submit announcements, send information to Life, P.O. Box 12790, Ogden, UT 84412-2790; fax to 801-625-4299; or email vzimmer@standard.net. Deadline is noon Wednesdays. For information, call 801-625-4270.

Fitness class

"Experience the Power of Yoga," 7 p.m. May 15, Pleasant Valley branch of the Weber County Library, 5568 Adams Ave., Washington Terrace. Bring yoga mat. Free. (801) 337-2690.

Wellness event

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‘Poop-a-Palooza’ to benefit schools

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 10:26pm

KAYSVILLE — A group of Kaysville citizens working to raise $31,000 to install sidewalks leading to Centennial Junior High and Snow Horse Elementary schools are holding a “Poop-a-Palooza” fundraiser from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.

The event will be held in the open fields behind Centennial Junior High, 740 S. Sunset Drive.

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OUTreach program to stage rally against bullying, suicide

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:02pm

OGDEN -- Ogden OUTreach, a program for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered teens, is hosting a community rally: "A Community Stands up -- Northern Utah Addresses LGBT Bullying and Suicide" to fight the continuing number of teen suicides, especially among gay teens.

The rally will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Ogden Amphitheater, 343 25th St., Ogden.

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Dee Coulam, of Hyrum, works on shaping a ruby at the Golden Spike Gem & Mineral Society’s Gemstone Junction on Saturday at the Golden Spike Events Center in Ogden.

Rockhounds gather for annual Gemstone Junction

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 11:05pm

OGDEN — Creating fossils the natural way takes millions of years.

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A Kaysville resident uses a computer at the Davis County Library to do research on the internet. The library system is updating its resources so it can offer more e-books, online learning games for children and online resources for adults, such as car repair manuals and language learning courses. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Davis libraries boosting technology, resources for users

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 7:08pm

FARMINGTON — As library patrons increasingly use electronic media to access information, Davis County Library is working to meet their demands.

Libraries have historically been a major source of knowledge, traditionally in the form of paper books. However, with the increased use of technology, libraries are beginning to expand their resources.

Davis County Library is working to enhance its technology assets by purchasing more e-books, offering online learning games and tools for children and providing access to online car repair manuals, genealogy databases and foreign language courses.

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Research continues to show that many adolescents have poor eating habits and decreased physical activity. To help, the Davis County Health Department is offering two free workshop series called BodyWorks to help parents and caregivers teach youngsters how to eat right and exercise, habits that will last a lifetime, says Dr. Jonelle Rowe, senior medical adviser for adolescent women’s health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This Standard-Examiner file photo from 2000 shows youngsters doing leg lift exercises at a Lady Fitness class in Layton.

Want a fitter family? BodyWorks classes might help

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 6:21pm

CLEARFIELD — The health, weight, eating behaviors, physical activity — or the lack of it — and the body image of Utah’s youths are growing concerns for Davis County Health Department officials.

In response, the department is offering two free BodyWorks program workshops.

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Derek Williams gives a talk during his seminary class at NUAMES, an early college charter high school in Layton. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Seminary program helps LDS youths prepare for General Conference

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 12:18am

LAYTON — Students wearing suits and dresses came through the door of Brother Derek Crimin’s seminary class Thursday near the campus of the Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering & Science Early College High School.

They were prepared to give talks, read scriptures and perform in musical numbers.

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ShayLynne Clark, a soon-to-graduate Weber State University student, worked with the WSU Chamber Choir and a student dance teacher to collaborate on a performance called "Coil." The project was part of Clark's research on how groups come up with ideas. She found that groups with a leader who steps back when ideas are flowing come up with more creative ideas than groups with an overbearing leader or a leader who doesn't truly lead. "Coil" will be staged Thursday. (Contributed photo)

WSU student: Groups solve problems more creatively with right leader

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:15am

OGDEN — ShayLynne Clark plans to graduate from Weber State University in May and head to medical school this fall. And for her four years of hard work, she will take with her three bachelor’s degrees, in anthropology, microbiology and interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on chemistry.

She’ll also take with her the strong belief, backed by her own research, that people who work together productively as a group can solve problems a lot more creatively than they could in groups with overbearing leaders.

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Thousands to descend on Ogden for national undergrad research conference

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:31am

OGDEN — To get a mental grasp on the number of people coming to Ogden this Thursday through Saturday, think 2002 Olympic curling fans, then add a bunch more people.

That, vaguely speaking, is the size of the group coming to Weber State University for the 26th annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research.