Utah weddings

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Gabby and Guillermo Valencia embrace during their Valentine’s Day wedding ceremony Tuesday at the Weber County clerk’s office in Ogden. Weber County employees put together donated gift baskets for couples married on the holiday.

Weber County Clerk's office busy on 'day of love'

OGDEN -- Staff members from the Weber County Clerk/Auditor's Office put together eight red baskets loaded with chocolates, lotions and gift certificates Tuesday morning.

The baskets were wedding presents for couples coming in for Valentine's Day nuptials.

"We talked about it last year," said Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch, "but we didn't have enough time."

This year, the staff asked local businesses for donations.

Clerk seeks help for Feb. 14 weddings

OGDEN -- The Weber County Clerk's Office is asking the public to help make at least four weddings it's officiating extra-special.

Free wedding for those who serve

OGDEN -- The Weber County Clerk is offering to perform free wedding ceremonies for veterans or active members of the military, police, fire and paramedic forces on Nov. 11.

N. Ogden lowers senior center rental fees

NORTH OGDEN -- City council members believed raising rental rates for the North View Senior Center would be lucrative for the city, but they were wrong. Since the city raised its rates last year to $300 for residents and $500 for nonresidents, the building has sat virtually empty on rental availability nights.

Wedding fight, two hurt

ROY — A wedding turned hostile when two men got into a fight Saturday evening.

Illustration by BRYAN NIELSEN/Standard-Examiner

Royalty vs. reality

Sure, they've got a palace and horse-drawn carriages, royal trumpeteers and designer duds.

But chances are, Prince William and Kate Middleton won't indulge in a sumptuous candy buffet or receive a made-with-love-by-Grandma quilt from Queen Elizabeth, either.

The Top of Utah is not without its own unique wedding traditions that stack up -- for better or worse -- against those of the Royals.

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