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Mary Wells' "Girl Scout Cookies on Parade."

Ogden artists step up to challenge and create Girl Scout-inspired art

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 9:09am

When members of the Palette Club of Ogden were challenged to make Girl Scout-inspired art for the centennial of that scouting organization, Mary Wells happily stepped up to the plate ... of cookies.

Wells created a small book, folded accordion-style, called "Girl Scout Cookies on Parade."

Each of the Girl Scouts' famous cookies is painted on its own page, and the cookies received the royal treatment with their names carefully written in calligraphy.

Tagalongs are the South Ogden artist's favorite Girl Scout cookies -- not necessarily for painting, but for eating.

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Disgruntled Girl Scouts refuse to sell cookies

Carol Biliczky Akron Beacon Journal

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:12am

AKRON, Ohio -- Fourteen members of a Girl Scout troop in Aurora, Ohio, have their own recipes for making money, and they don't involve selling cookies.

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Girl Scouts brave cold to empathize with homeless

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 9:42am

OGDEN -- Spending a night in a box was on 10th-grader Kiley Matthews' bucket list.

Now she can scratch that off.

She and about 17 other Girl Scouts spent Friday night sleeping outside in cardboard boxes just big enough for them, their blankets and animal-shaped pillows. The sleepover was meant to show them firsthand what it's like to be one of Utah's thousands of homeless. There were 14,351 people who were homeless throughout the state as of the annual head count in January.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Most West Haven Elementary students walk to school.
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West Haven Elementary PTA leader: School 'a direct reflection of our community'

Deanne Winterton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:54am

WEST HAVEN -- West Haven Elementary School students are used to new things, and under the direction of a new principal, students will be selecting a new theme to be used all school year. "West Haven Elementary fits into the community very well," said Brent Wayment, who took over July 1 as principal.

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(Standard-Examiner file photo) Parents and students arrive at the grand opening of Heritage Elementary School in Ogden in August 2008.

Heritage Elementary tailors education to its unique population

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:53am

OGDEN -- Giving students the specific skills they need to succeed is the focus of Heritage Elementary School.

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Girl Scouts plan Family Carnival

Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 7:28pm

Suncrest Service Unit Girl Scouts will have its annual Family Carnival from 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 20 at Sandridge Park, 4400 S. 2100 West. There will be food, games, bouncy toys, and door prizes.

Punch cards for the games are $5 for a 20-punch passand may be purchased at the door; pre-buy and receive five bonus door prize tickets. To pre-buy contact Barbara at 801-645-2808 or Marie at 801-643-4508.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Miya Moody, 11, prepares to delivers some of the 5,024 boxes of Girl Scout cookies she sold.

Willard girl earned $1,800 for her Girl Scout troop, honored as top seller in the state

Brad Gillman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 10:30pm

WILLARD -- Maya Moody is the top Girl Scout cookie-seller in Utah.

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Addison Prevo of Daisy Girl Scout Troop 2439 carries one of the boxes filled with Girl Scout cookies and other items slated to be sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of Operation Adopt a Ghost in Ogden, as Murphy the Greyhound looks on.

A sweet treat: Girl Scouts send cookies to troops overseas

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 7:47pm

OGDEN — Some U.S. troops who might be tired of field rations are going to get a surprise treat, courtesy of some local Girl Scouts.

The Daisy Scout Troop 2439 of Ogden packed 900 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to send to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

When the girls sell cookies, they have the option of selling them to people or letting people give donations if they don’t want to eat the cookies, said Anne Anderson, a co-leader of the group. This is called the Gift of Caring.

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Calories don't count if you close your eyes while you chew

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, March 5, 2011 - 10:29pm

Eleven years ago, I calculated that all the Girl Scout cookies sold in Utah would add 134 tons of lard to Utahns' collective butts.

That was based on 1.3 million boxes sold. From the pallet-loads friends are distributing this year (typical quote: "Really, my daughter sold every one!"), I have to assume the figure has increased.

Do not worry. This is not a broccoli-swinging, kale-slathered health rant. Quite the opposite.

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Grants awarded to local agencies

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:53pm

Two Top of Utah nonprofits are among those to recently receive grants from the Daniels Fund. The Box Elder Community Pantry in Brigham City and Your Community Connection of Ogden were among several Utah nonprofit organizations serving youth, seniors, the disabled and the homeless to be among the recipients of $193,370 in grants.

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U of U hosts Girl Scout Engineering Day

Press release

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:01am

SALT LAKE CITY - A group of 100 Girl Scouts will participate in activities that will introduce them to engineering careers on Thursday evening, Feb. 24, at the University of Utah's College of Engineering.

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Upset at camp closings, some Girl Scouts won't sell cookies

Jennifer Bjorhus, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 2:28pm

Upset that their leaders are hanging out For Sale signs at cherished campgrounds, some local Girl Scouts say they may ditch the annual cookie sale in protest.

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Some Girl Scout cookies getting a name change

Aisha Sultan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last updated Monday, January 17, 2011 - 10:26am

Would a Samoa by any other name taste as sweet?

That's the question area cookie lovers were facing when Girl Scout cookie sales began Saturday.

The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri have switched bakeries after 20 years, from Little Brownie Bakers, a subsidiary of Keebler to ABC Bakers, a subsidiary of Interbake Foods. Those are the only two companies licensed to make official Girl Scout cookies, but each owns its recipes and cookie names.

So the cookies formerly known as Samoas, vanilla cookies coated in caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut and laced with chocolate stripes, are now Caramel deLites.

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