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Salt Lake City underwear run sets world record

Last updated Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 1:31pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A protest of Utah's uptight laws that featured people running through the streets of Salt Lake City in their underwear has set a new world record.

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Run, chili cookoff to benefit veterans

Correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 5:53pm

The George E. Wahlen Veterans Home fun run and chili cook-off is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Oct 8.

Participants can choose to run a 5K or walk a mile, which will begin at the veterans home at 1000 N. 1200 West and end in the First United Methodist Church parking lot. All proceeds go to the George E. Wahlen Veteran’s Home.

Participants may register online at active.com or by visiting www.fumcogdenut.org. After the race the church will hold its Fall Festival and Chili Cook-off at the church parking lot.

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Fun run set in Ogden in memory of Lyndsay

Correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 5:01pm

Laps for Lyndsay will be held from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Oct. 1 at Weber State University’s Stewart Stadium.

The one-mile fun walk will help raise funds for the National Ability Center in Park City, which offers individuals with epilepsy opportunities to participate in recreation activities such as archery, cycling, horseback riding, rock climbing and snow and waterskiing.

The event is held in memory of 7-year-old Lyndsay Lynch, who lost her battle with epilepsy in August 2010. Her parents, Charles and Mandy Lynch, of West Haven along with her big brother, Dugan, want to carry on Lyndsay’s legacy of fighting for the innocent. To register, go to active.com. The cost is $20.

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Shoebox Run needs riders and donations

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 2:08pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The eighth annual Shoebox Run will take place Sept. 17 in the mountains of Northern Utah to promote the collection of 15,000 gift-filled Operation Christmas Child showboxes that are distributed to children in need around the world.

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