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HARRISVILLE -- If you're like many Utahns, you've probably started a personal food and water storage program, but are you really prepared if a disaster strikes? It could take days for emergency personnel to arrive with helpful supplies in the event of a disaster. That's why it's important to prepare yourself as much as possible for such an event, said Deloris Stinson, owner and manager of Survival Solutions in Layton.

Stinson, speaking at an emergency preparedness fair Saturday in Harrisville, said while many people think to store food, water and even a first aid kit, they don't consider other things, such as a portable toilet, cash, important documents and clothing.

OGDEN — AJ Wright and Dale Pendleton were the personification of the multi-generational draw for the Weber County Fair.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A nonprofit group that defends Mormon beliefs to critics on Thursday launched a new organization and website designed to help journalists, political operatives and others better understand the faith.

The Mormon Defense League aims to dispel myths and explain the history, theology and other aspects of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, co-founder Scott Gordon said.

The all-volunteer organization is an extension of the group FAIR, the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research.

FRUIT HEIGHTS -- With intermittent snow flurries Saturday, the weather wasn't ideal for an emergency-preparedness fair, but natural disasters don't always come at convenient times.

OGDEN -- MarketStar Corp. will add 250 Internet advertising sales jobs in Ogden over the next few months to serve a major search engine client.

BOUNTIFUL — A health and wellness fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 15-16 at South Davis Recreation Center, 200 West and 400 South.

OGDEN -- Ashley Wood, a sixth-grader, suspected men might be more observant of their surroundings than women are.

Sixth-grader Preston Smith grew up hearing about the time his father's house burned down and wondered if some woods are more flammable than others.

And eighth-grader Hunter James wondered if heating or freezing paintballs could enhance his accuracy when shooting his uncles during family paintball battles.

All three students got their answers by doing experiments good enough to qualify for the Ritchey Science & Engineering Fair of Utah.