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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Ream’s has eight stores throughout Utah, and the Layton store at 1040 N. Main St. is the largest, with its wall of boots and jeans displaying more than 2,000 pairs of boots and thousands of jeans.

Ream's hits the mainstream: Western fashion gains in popularity

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 4:38pm

LAYTON – Western fashion has been around a long time, but those in the business are beginning to see more cross-over into regular fashion.

Jodi Jones, store manager at the Layton Ream’s Boots & Jeans, was surprised to see so many girls looking for boots to go with homecoming dresses, and even brides searching for boots to match their wedding dress.

It hasn’t always been like that, especially since Western wear has always been about a year-and-a-half behind the fashion world, according to Brian Hulce, regional manager for Ream’s. It wasn’t until the early 2000s that Western fashion seemed to catch up.

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(LUCAS JACKSON/The Associated Press) A border guard stands on the border of Kuwait as a U.S. flag flies on the dashboard of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, that is part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief.

Soldier in last convoy leaving Iraq calls wife

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:50pm

FORT HOOD, Texas — One Texas woman got some good news from her husband during a surprise 3 a.m. phone call.

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Ben Lomond High School student Alexis Martinez smiles as she and Trey Brown are crowned homecoming queen and king during the halftime show of a football game against Tooele High School on Thursday at Ben Lomond High in Ogden. The two special-needs students say they never imagined they’d have this experience. (ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner)

Extra-special homecoming royalty at Ben Lomond

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 10:48pm

OGDEN -- When Gerri Brown learned her son, Trey, had been nominated to be homecoming king at Ben Lomond High School, she asked if students were being nice or making fun of him.

Her first instinct was to protect her son. Trey has gone through the special education program in the Ogden School District starting with preschool, and parents of special-needs kids fear the taunts their kids may receive. Brown needn't have worried.

"I found out it was absolutely nice," she said Thursday night after Trey and fellow special-needs student Alexis Martinez were announced as Ben Lomond's 2011 Homecoming Royalty, chosen by the vote of the student body.

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Soldiers welcomed home from deployment at Hill Air Force Base

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

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

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The rodeo jargon and glittering stars on the sign relating to Jana Hartzell missing her husband Army SPC Casey Hartzell seem to shine under Saturday’s sunny skies.

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Homecoming 'W': Weber State routs Idaho State 39-12

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 9:28pm

OGDEN -- Mike Hoke completed only seven passes but four of them went for touchdowns as Weber State won its 13th straight game over border rival Idaho State with a 39-12 win Saturday at Stewart Stadium.

Shaydon Kehano caught touchdown passes of 83 and 56 yards, finishing with three catches for 157 yards for the Wildcats (3-3, 3-1 Big Sky). Hoke was 7 of 12 for 200 yards and was intercepted by Donovan Henley in the first quarter, snapping a streak of 196 passes without an interception, the longest in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Rodrick Rumble, who entered the game leading the FCS in receptions per game, had 14 catches for 166 yards and a touchdown for Idaho State (2-5, 1-4).

Trevor Pletcher had four sacks, Caldwell Taylor had a sack for a safety and a blocked punt and Anthony Morales had 14 tackles to lead the defense in the Wildcats' homecoming game.

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Students paint the street outside Davis High School in Kaysville on Wednesday. Top, (from left) Sarah Barfuss, Natalie Tea and Carly Beenesh fill their hands with paint while painting the street outside Davis High School.

Davis High students brave the rain to carry out homecoming tradition

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 11:58pm

KAYSVILLE -- Come rain or come shine, Davis High School students are better together.

This was the theme Wednesday afternoon as dozens of students braved the rain to participate in an annual street-painting competition as part of their homecoming festivities.

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(ELAINE THOMPSON/The Associated Press) Amanda Knox, left, is comforted by her sister, Deanna Knox, during a news conference shortly after her arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Seattle. It’s been four years since the University of Washington student left for the study abroad program in Perugia and landed in prison. The group Friends of Amanda Knox and others have been awaiting her return since an Italian appeals court on Monday overturned her conviction of sexually assaulting and killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.

Knox dad: She’s strong, ‘but it’s been tough time’

Manuel Valdes, Phuong Le The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 9:51am

SEATTLE — The emotional strain built steadily for years as Amanda Knox sat locked away thousands of miles from her loved ones, all the while maintaining her innocence, wondering whether anyone who mattered would ever believe her.

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Competing claims cloud stakes for first homecoming

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 5:51pm

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Spirit-filled students and reminiscing alumni by the thousands will descend on Missouri in two weeks to celebrate what many consider the first collegiate homecoming 100 years ago.

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