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Madelynn Garcia, 9, watches a train move around the track Saturday at the Hostlers Model Railroad Festival at Union Station in Ogden. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Model trains, Lego layout, tiny ride at fest mesmerizes kids

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:42am

OGDEN — The eyes of adults and children followed the trains weaving their way through intricate model layouts of countryside, construction sites and metropolitan areas.

The 23rd annual Hostlers Model Railroad Festival was full steam ahead.

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Ryan Cormier gets his World War I model bi-plane ready to fly on Friday in Layton. Cormier switched to flying remote-control planes because of the possible dangers of actual flight.

Remote-controlled planes allow flying without fear

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 10:26am

LAYTON -- After riding in helicopters with the Coast Guard, fear became a factor for Ryan Cormier -- he even changed careers after some of his buddies were killed in helicopter crashes.

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Ryan Cormier gets his WWI model bi-plane ready to fly in Layton on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner

RC planes patrol the skies in Layton

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 6:09pm

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Human library “book” Jose Castillo, a Utah State University philosophy student, talks to his “readers” Tuesday about his specialty topic: making the most of life’s second chances. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Public checks out human library books at Utah State

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 7:27am

LOGAN -- Christian Orr waited, with neatly combed hair and a dapper outfit with a sweater vest, hoping someone would check him out.

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Scott Waters checks his bees at his home in Layton recently. Waters has been backyard beekeeping for three years.

Beekeeping hobby growing in Top of Utah

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 4, 2011 - 10:34pm

LAYTON -- Thousands of honeybees buzzing around their hive is a sight that terrifies most people, but for backyard beekeeper Scott Waters it evokes feelings of fascination and awe.

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Garrett Housley, a sophomore at Northridge High School, uses rock climbing as his stress relief. Here, climbs at the Ninth Street Crag in Ogden.

Rock your hobby

Hillary Slaughter, TX correspondent

Last updated Monday, May 16, 2011 - 2:02am

The end of the school year is fast approaching and between homework, classes and year-end exams, it can feel like there isn't time for anything else.

So how do Top of Utah teens spend those few precious moments of free time?

For Danielle Wall, a senior at Morgan High School, those moments are full of activities, her favorite being scuba diving.

"My friends and I thought it would be fun and one day we just decided to do it, so we went and got certified, and ever since we go whenever we have free time," Wall says.

Becoming certified takes hard work, but Wall fi

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