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Ogden seniors kick up their heels at ball

By Jamie Lampros (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Mar 3 2010 - 9:10pm
(JAMIE LAMPROS/Standard-Examiner correspondent) Brenda Rector, enrichment coordinator for Harrison Regent Assisted Living Center, crowns Dale and Marilyn Thacker as royalty for the center's annual ball, and presents Marilyn with a bouquet of roses.

OGDEN -- Residents at Harrison Regent Retirement Center danced the night away during an After Valentine Day Ball.

After decades, woman tracks down her birth family

By Sue Shipman (Standard-Examiner staff)
Last Edit: Feb 25 2010 - 7:40pm
(Courtesy photo) Sue Shipman of Washington Terrace recently reunited with her birth family after being given up for adoption when she was seven days old.

Prior to several decades ago, a young woman becoming a single mother was a scary and bad thing. Society frowned on such women, who typically left home for several months to have their babies and give them up for adoption. Women were told, "Don't ever think about this again; no one will ever know about it, and it is over."

Author gives students story writing tips

By Rachel J. Trotter (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Feb 17 2010 - 9:06pm
(MATTHEW HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Author Linda Bryan Sabin shows some pictures from her book to a group of second-grade students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Ogden.

OGDEN -- Second graders at Horace Mann Elementary tried their hands at writing a children's story with the help of a professional recently. Children's author Linda Bryan Sabin visited the school and spent the day with kindergarten through second graders at both Polk and Horace Mann Elementary schools courtesy of the Ogden School Foundation.

South Ogden youth council impressed with Giuliani's speech

By Jamie Lampros (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Feb 17 2010 - 9:06pm
(Courtesy photo) The South Ogden youth city council recently spent a day at the Utah State Capitol.

SOUTH OGDEN -- Breanna Panter was very impressed with a speech given by former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and said she plans to take his advice and apply it to her own life.

South Ogden woman passes century mark

By Terrie L. Stephenson (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Feb 10 2010 - 9:44pm

SOUTH OGDEN -- Kathleen Jenkins celebrated her 101st birthday on Feb. 2, but she said she has no special secret to living a long and healthy life.

Riverdale home and orchard a family affair

By Gentry Reinhart (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Feb 10 2010 - 9:41pm
(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Brent Ellis grew up in the home he now shares with his wife, Tamara, in Riverdale.

RIVERDALE -- On a gentle right bend on a road in Riverdale sits the Ellis home; a two-story red brick orchard house set back from the street, peeking through evergreens and poplars.

On the move for Haiti

By Rachel J. Trotter (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Jan 27 2010 - 10:09pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- On Saturday, women across the Top of Utah danced their way to earning $1,000 for victims of the Haiti earthquakes. Three area Lady Fitness locations offered extra Zumba classes to members or anyone who wanted to come for a $5 donation to the American Red Cross. They called it a "Zumba-thon."

Ancient Chinese secrets / Sixth-graders learn about culture

By Rachel J. Trotter (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Jan 27 2010 - 10:07pm
(MATTHEW HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Cheng Tsang Lu demonstrates a stretch while talking to a group of students about Chinese medicine at Polk Elementary School.

OGDEN -- Noah Kramer felt very relaxed as he headed off to lunch Tuesday afternoon. The Polk Elementary sixth-grader had just experienced acupuncture for the first time and not only reaped the benefits of the relaxation technique, but successfully completed a school assignment.

Workshop creates little mad scientists

By Jamie Lampros (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Jan 13 2010 - 9:05pm
(JAMIE LAMPROS/Standard-Examiner correspondent) Samantha Lehman, Dakota Baughman and Madden And Wesley Hosman stick their hands in 'magic mud' made from cornstarch, food coloring and water.

OGDEN -- Wesley Hosman said he knows just about everything there is to know about science.

The 9-year-old Ogden boy recently attended a Mad Science workshop at the Eccles Community Art Center, where he participated in chemistry and magnetic experiments.

Club Heights Elementary students feel the WSU spirit

By Jamie Lampros (Standard-Examiner correspondent)
Last Edit: Jan 6 2010 - 10:30pm
(Courtesy photo) Members of Christie Lammers' fourth-grade class at Club Heights Elementary School were given tickets to a Weber State University basketball game, along with T-shirts and foam Wildcat paws.

SOUTH OGDEN -- Roaring Wildcats introduced a group of fourth graders to college life after the Weber State alumni association gave them each a free ticket to a basketball game and a WSU T-shirt.

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