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Jamie and James Skinner, seen here Friday in their Layton home, recently adopted Winter from Taiwan after she had been abandoned. At left are the Skinners’ 8-year-old biological twins, Ledger and Denver. Not pictured are the Skinners’ other biological children: River, 16, and Sawyer, 14. The Skinners waited four years and two months to adopt. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Winter settles in with adoptive Layton family

Last updated Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 12:32am

LAYTON -- A local family is welcoming into their home a 14-month-old girl whom they named years before she was even born.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Sandy (left) and Bryant Adams sit with their new baby boy, Jaden, at Ogden Regional Hospital Sunday. Jaden was born just a few seconds after midnight Sunday morning.

First baby of the year has smooth delivery

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 11:11pm

SOUTH OGDEN — If he hadn’t been the first baby of the year in the Top of Utah, and possibly the State of Utah, the story of Jaden Adams’ birth could be told in one word.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Shellsey Stephens holds her son, Kyle.

Treehouse Museum celebrates New Year's long before bedtime

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 7:52pm

OGDEN -- The New Year's revelers descended in their best party finery just an hour before the clock struck 12. Some arrived already a bit wobbly on their feet.

By 11:30, at least a few partiers already were unconscious, smiling blissfully from beneath their sparkly homemade hats as they drooled on their brightly colored Onesies.

This was New Year's Eve the way the Treehouse Museum celebrates it: by counting down to noon on Dec. 31.

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New Year's Eve activities set by city

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 26, 2011 - 10:57pm

KAYSVILLE -- The city will host a family-friendly New Year's Eve celebration from 7 p.m. until midnight Saturday.

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, actress Meryl Streep, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond (back, from left), saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins and singer Barbara Cook (front, from left) receive honors for 2011 on The 34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, airing at 8 p.m. Tuesday on KUTV Channel 2.

2012 celebrated, Kennedy Center honors five superstars

Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times

Last updated Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 10:30pm

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New Year's Eve celebrations --So you can't make it to that big noisy, sweaty bash this year? No problem, you can party down on Saturday night from the comfort of your couch as TV rings in 2012. (Just remember to vacuum up the confetti in the morning.) Among the festive telecasts is "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2012" (9 and 11:30 p.m., KTVX Channel 4), which has the guys celebrating with Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Florence + The Machine and others. Meanwhile, on "New Year's Eve With Carson Daly" (9 and 11:30 p.m., NBC), our host is joined in Times Square by JB Smoove, Amy Robach and Drake. In addition, there's "New Year's Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin" (9 p.m., CNN), featuring our favorite TV odd couple, and "MTV's New Year's Eve Bash 2012" (11 p.m., MTV), hosted by Demi Lovato and "Teen Wolf" star Tyler Posey.

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Maddison, LaVallee to try side-by-side jumps

Bernie Wilson The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 12:24am

SAN DIEGO -- What's better than one daredevil flying through the sky on New Year's Eve?

How about two.

Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee will make side-by-side attempts to break world records for the longest motorcycle and snowmobile jumps in the latest edition of the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. series

The concurrent jumps will be over a 300-foot water gap at Embarcadero Marina Park on San Diego Bay.

LaVallee of Longville, Minn., was scheduled to attempt his snowmobile jump last New Year's Eve in snowless San Diego but was seriously injured in a crash during training two weeks earlier.

Maddison wants to jump 400 feet, which would shatter the current record of 391 feet. LaVallee wants to break his record of 361 feet, set hours before his big wipeout.

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Police: Two break into home, crash party

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, January 3, 2011 - 11:37pm

OGDEN — Two men were arrested during a New Year’s Eve party after police say they broke into a home after they weren’t let into the festivities.

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Fireworks are the highlight of “EVE” as crowds celebrate the New Year’s holiday in downtown Salt Lake City.

'EVE' fest hits high point tonight in SLC

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 4:30pm

People come to Utah this time of year to take advantage of the powder on the slopes.

Jason Mathis, executive director of the Downtown Alliance, wants them to also come for "EVE," the city-sponsored festival that falls between Christmas and New Year's in downtown Salt Lake City.

"I think 'EVE' is something we can add, something other communities have not done, or maybe don't want or need to do," said Mathis. "We want to have people think of us as a vacation destination between Christmas and New Year's. This event can do that, and is relevant for our hospitality community as well as downtown's business community."

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Layton Hills Mall has holiday hours

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 1:10am

LAYTON — As with most businesses, Layton Hills Mall will close early Friday, New Year’s Eve.

While the mall will open that day at its usual 10 a.m., it will close at 6 p.m. to allow mall employees to usher in 2011.

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AAA offers free New Year's tows to prevent DUIs

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 12:58am

SALT LAKE CITY -- AAA will offer its Tipsy Tow service to drinking drivers from 6 p.m. New Year's Eve until 6 a.m. New Year's Day in Utah.

Drivers, potential passengers, party hosts, bartenders and restaurant managers who may have been drinking can call 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) for a free tow home of up to 10 miles.

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New Year’s Eve party scheduled

Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 5:28pm

Kaysville and Fruit Heights residents are invited to the annual New Year’s Eve celebration on Friday on the Kaysville City Hall block.

The family-oriented event begins at 7 p.m. There will be free food served in the Recreation Center, storytelling in the Kaysville Branch of the Davis County Library, Bingo in the City Hall, music and dancing at the Autumn Glow Senior Activity Center, and a children’s carnival at Kaysville Elementary.

Just before midnight everyone is invited to the clock tower on Main Street where there will be a countdown to bring in the New Year.

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Las Vegas Monorail will do the driving on New Year's Eve

Press release

Last updated Monday, December 27, 2010 - 10:36am

LAS VEGAS -- As several hundred thousand revelers ring in 2011 Lss Vegas style, the Las Vegas Monorail will be moving partygoers along the world-famous Strip while the road is closed to vehicles and buses on New Year's Eve.

"Visitors can use the Monorail to travel to and from their hotel, their show or dinner reservations, or to their favorite hot spots without worrying about getting stuck when the Strip closes to vehicles," said Ingrid Reisman, vice president of corporate communications for the Las Vegas Monorail Company.

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