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In preparation for this weekend’s annual Weber County Dairy Days competition, Lexie Papageorge, 15, grooms her show cow, Nicole, at her family’s Farr West farm on Tuesday. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Primping begins for this weekend's Weber County Dairy Days

Last updated Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 8:04pm

FARR WEST — Her moments of glory leading her well-bred and well-trained Holstein cows into the show arena will happen Friday and Saturday at the 83rd annual Weber County Dairy Days competition at the Weber County Fairgrounds.

But 15-year-old Lexie Papageorge started early in the week with the trimming and bathing that her cows and heifers — young cows that have never borne a calf — will need to put their best hooves forward.

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Ogden OUTReach's executive cirector, Marian Edmonds, speaks to the crowd as Charles Frost waits to be introduced at the Ogden Amphitheater on Tuesday during a vigil to end bullying. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Vigil speakers urge end to bullying, suicides of gay teens

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 6:21am

OGDEN — Jackson Carter recalled being bullied through elementary school, to the point that he wanted to kill himself.

It started because of his race as a white child on an American Indian reservation near Roosevelt. Then it was because of the weight he put on as he ate to comfort himself after his family moved to Layton. It returned in high school, when he was bullied for his sexual orientation before he had figured it out for himself.

And just last week, second-language teacher Bonnie Flint in Davis County said her district received an email from a gay student who said he was being bullied and called names in the locker room.

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Student conference on 'Real World' to be held at Weber Stat

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 11:50pm

OGDEN -- Weber State University will host a "Preparing for the 'Real World'" conference April 27 and 28.

The multicultural conference, aimed at high school students, will feature keynote speakers, workshops for students and advisers, and a talent show. All events will emphasize college options, leadership roles and cultural identity.

The conference is free for students who register, including an overnight stay at a local hotel and shuttle transportation to and from events. For more information or to register, visit www.weber.edu/myc.

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Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson says, despite their orange tip, toy guns can look like the genuine article in the dark — and “the bad guys are making the real guns look like toy guns, so they can get the jump on officers.” (Photo courtesy of Bob Parrish)

Law officers: Toy guns look like real thing, create danger

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 6:04am

In the middle of the night, the suspect appeared to be an adult male — and the gun looked real.

“It was the most intense, scariest situation I’ve ever been in,” said Davis County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Benedict.

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Ogden district's at-risk youth program at risk itself

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 11:16pm

OGDEN — Parents are concerned that budgeting constraints will force the Ogden School District to trim a program for at-risk youths.

Right now, the Colors of Success program exists at four schools in the district and aims to help at-risk youths build healthy futures, primarily through mentoring.

But, the district higher-ups are taking a close look at their budgets and may ax the program.

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Derek Williams gives a talk during his seminary class at NUAMES, an early college charter high school in Layton. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Seminary program helps LDS youths prepare for General Conference

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 12:18am

LAYTON — Students wearing suits and dresses came through the door of Brother Derek Crimin’s seminary class Thursday near the campus of the Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering & Science Early College High School.

They were prepared to give talks, read scriptures and perform in musical numbers.

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Gabby Correa, 16, accidentally drove this truck into a home at 1556 E. 2950 North in North Ogden as she glanced down to retrieve a fallen muffin Tuesday. No one was injured. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Weber High student urges teen drivers to be safe after dropped muffin, crash

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 6:08am

NORTH OGDEN — A lunchtime snack proved to be a recipe for near disaster Tuesday for a 16-year-old driver.

Gabby Correa was driving her dad’s Chevrolet truck west on 2950 North around 1 p.m., munching on a lemon-poppy seed muffin en route to Weber High School. The muffin fell out of her hand and landed on her arm.

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WSU honored six consecutive years for exemplary service

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 7:31pm

OGDEN — For a sixth consecutive year, the Corporation for National and Community Service has named Weber State University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service.

The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement.

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Harold Zentz shows Jessica Allen where the German restaurant is at the World Language Fair at Weber High School in Pleasant View on Thursday. The event lets junior high and high school students test their foreign language skills and learn about other cultures. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Students experience culture shock at World Language Fair

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 8:16am

PLEASANT VIEW — Students across the Top of Utah traveled the world Thursday night. The bonus? They didn’t have to leave the commons area of Weber High School.

More than 2,500 junior high and high school students, along with their families, attended the annual World Language Fair sponsored by Weber School District.

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Maegan Tingey, of Bountiful High School, adjusts her project, a dress made from Harry Potter books, for the "recycle and redesign" category at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Conference at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Wednesday. Students from across Utah competed in different subjects like culinary arts, fashion design, leadership, nutrition and wellness and more. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Students learn life skills as they serve others

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 11:02pm

LAYTON — Junior high and high school students from across the state met Wednesday to share their knowledge and talents in family and consumer sciences.

The annual Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Conference allowed approximately 1,000 students to compete in one of 28 categories ranging from culinary arts and interior design to applied technology and job interviews.

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Horace Mann Elementary fifth-graders control their station during a mock orbiter launch at Odyssey Elementary School's Astro Camp in Ogden on Thursday. (KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner)

Astro Camp initiates learning about mission control in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 10:48pm

OGDEN — Liftoff was touch and go for the cockpit crew of the orbiter Phoenix. For one thing, the astronauts got only little more than an hour of mission training, as opposed to the 18 months usually required by NASA.

Then there was the fact that the ground staffs of both Mission Control and the Operations Center, also new to their jobs, could not pronounce some of the complex names of the technical systems they were trying to power up and lock down. And to top it off, there was the distracting group of kindergartners standing around a piano in the hallway, singing about colors and raindrops.

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Neighbors shocked after 4 teens shot at Clearfield party

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:32am

CLEARFIELD — Jay Jones is still shocked that a shooting that left four teenagers wounded happened right behind his house. “This is a quiet neighborhood,” Jones said as he stood in his backyard, looking at the house to the west of his, where a party brought in police from several agencies early Saturday morning.

Clearfield police are still seeking information about the shooting, which happened at a party in the cul-de-sac of 150 N. 1200 West at 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Four teens shot at Clearfield party

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 8:58pm

CLEARFIELD — Police are seeking information about a shooter, or shooters, at a party early Saturday morning in the vicinity of 150 N., 1200 W.

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Davis Youth Summit changes hearts, attitudes

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 7:13pm

LAYTON — “If one person goes out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction.”

These words by Rachel Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School disaster, were the theme for the seventh annual Davis Youth Summit held Saturday at Northridge High School.

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Anita Archer, author of "Explicit Instruction" (Guilford Press, 2011), talks to Ogden School District teachers about how to help students learn.

Author's tip for Ogden district teachers: Make students accountable

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 8:35pm

OGDEN — More than 300 Ogden School District teachers who attended a Friday seminar on getting students actively involved with learning got more than a talk from expert Anita Archer.

Archer, author of “Explicit Instruction” (2011, Guilford Press, New York), practiced what she preached. She had teachers and administrators standing up and sitting down, divided into two groups representing opposing states in the Civil War, waving their arms and partnering with table mates to answer questions.