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Candle Warmers' growth started with unexpected gift

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 9:42am

WOODS CROSS -- When Bart Kennington received a mug warmer as a gift nearly 12 years ago, he was a little bit confused.

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Some gifts need some explanation

Leslie Meredith Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 8:46am

Getting a new gadget can be awkward. You know it's expensive. You know it's "cool" or at least you know you're supposed to think it's cool. But you don't really know what it's for.

You are not alone. My daughter, home for the holidays from a Senate internship in Washington, D.C., shared this story:

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SPUG: Give from the heart -- or don't give at all

Amy K. Stewart Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 12:53pm

This year, my family has decided to forgo a hefty segment of our traditional gift-giving rituals. The decision is mainly for budgetary reasons, but also due to holiday stress.

Sometimes, traditions become worn-out. It never hurts to examine a ritual and ask why it started, why it continues -- and whether everyone agrees that it is still a positive event or practice.

My family is axing our name drawing, since my siblings and I have grown apart geographically. The ritual has turned into a boring exchange of mailed gift certificates.

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Holiday shopping easy with these flashlights, bug repellents, dive gear, books, seasonings

Steve Waters Sun Sentinel

Last updated Monday, December 19, 2011 - 3:48pm

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Hunting for the perfect gift for the outdoors lovers on your holiday shopping list is easy because there are so many great new products.

The following items have all been tried out and will appeal to those who fish, dive, hike, hunt, camp or paddle. Most are available at retail stores or can be purchased online:

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America First offers piggy banks to food donors

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 10:05pm

Riverdale — America First Credit Union has added another incentive to donate to its seventh annual food drive. Donors of $10 in food or cash will receive one of the popular Penny and Buck piggy banks.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Members of the Rotary Club prepare dictionaries to give to students.

Rotary Club gives gift of dictionaries

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 8:30pm

OGDEN -- Two thousand six hundred third-graders throughout Ogden and Weber school districts are cracking open brand new dictionaries thanks to the Ogden Rotary Club.

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Shirley Anne Stewart poses recently in front of her 70-year-old business, Stewart's Gift Shop in Kaysville.

Gift shop founded by Kaysville artist to close

Jasen Asay, Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 11:39pm

KAYSVILLE -- LeConte Stewart needed a place to sell his paintings, so he opened his own store 70 years ago. At the end of this month, that store will close.

Stewart's Gift Shop, 151 N. Main St., still sells LeConte's work, along with jewelry, keepsakes, blessing outfits and a lot more, so much more that the store has gained quite a following.

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Most foundations giving quietly in Utah

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, January 9, 2011 - 7:50pm

OGDEN -- The Walmart Corporation got national publicity for giving more than $1 million to help hunger in Utah, including $100,000 in Weber County, but there are foundations in Utah that give more than that every year and nobody notices.

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Donations provide new van for disabled boy

Jamie Lampros, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 11:36pm

WASHINGTON TERRACE -- It was a special evening for Wyatt Ferlin and his family as they rolled into the parking lot of their LDS church in their brand-new van.

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Foundation donations can honor loved ones

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 4:57pm

SOUTH OGDEN -- A donation made in someone's honor is a gift the Sisters of Mount Benedict Monastery and the Board of Directors at St. Benedict's Foundation hope many area residents will make this year.

The 26th annual Christmas Grove fundraiser now is under way and will run through Dec. 31.

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Fill a shoe box for children in need

Dana Rimington, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 11:04pm

While Miriam Garcia, of Salt Lake City, was living in Mexico City as a young girl, she received a special shoe box filled with goodies from a girl in the United States.

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