Genola Daily Digest 11/12 COUNTYWIDE • People Against Narcotics in the Community will present the documentary "Happy Valley" at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Spanish Fork High School, 99 N. 300 West. Admission is free. "Happy Valley" depicts the stories of several Utah residents affected by prescription drug abuse, street drug abuse and addiction. Parents, officials struggle over right to refuse vaccines Marie Hansen of Spanish Fork says something changed the day she took her son Dylan to his 1-year-old doctor's appointment. Until then, Dylan had been successfully overcoming developmental problems caused by his low birth weight. But when he got his MMR and chicken pox immunization shots, he started crying uncontrollably and stopped breathing regularly. UPDATE: Osmond family reflect on father's life at funeral The night before her father died, Marie Osmond chose one of his favorite songs, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," to accompany her performance on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." "And now," she said at his funeral Friday, "he's dancing in the stars." George Osmond, father of one of America's most famous musical families, died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in Provo. Change made in Book of Mormon The LDS Church has changed a word in the introduction in The Book of Mormon that alters the description of Lamanites, one of several ancient American civilizations chronicled in LDS scripture. The introduction, written by Bruce R. McConkie in 1981, will be changed to say that Lamanites are "among the ancestors" of American Indians, instead of McConkie's version, which refers to them as the "principal ancestors" of American Indians. "After Senate overrides Bush veto WASHINGTON -- President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was filled with unnecessary projects. The 79-14 vote included 34 Republicans who defied the president, among them Utah's Sens. Daily Digest 11/9 STATEWIDE • The state board of regents named a new president of the Utah College of Applied Technology Thursday. Dr. Richard L. White, who is currently the executive vice president for the Richfield Campus of Snow College, was selected. He is scheduled to assume his role at the beginning of the year. Some county races undecided Vouchers were most definitely blown out on Tuesday, but some council races are still up in the air. With the county's official canvas not due until Nov. 19, candidates will have some time to fret over it. Election officials are counting military, absentee and provisional ballots, which could take several days. Officer Detox Utah AG calls on public to help police exposed to meth For weeks his sweat stank like ammonia, not that he could smell it. Bob's sense of smell was demolished by years of storming into meth houses as a member of the state Department of Public Safety. Bob, not his real name, is an undercover officer who just finished a six-week detoxification program touted by state Attorney General Mark Shurtleff as a must for police who for years have been exposed to meth labs and other harmful chemicals while UPDATE: House veto override vote likely spells water's edge of Bush veto prowess WASHINGTON -- The House approved what could become the first override of a President Bush veto Tuesday, with Republicans joining Democrats in challenging the president over a $23.2 billion water resources bill that addresses pressing infrastructure needs while offering hundreds of home district projects. "I must respectfully disagree with President Bush's veto of this important and long overdue water resources development act," said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., Commission OKs $8M for Thanksgiving Point The Utah County Commission approved giving about $8 million in taxpayer funds to Thanksgiving Point for a new children's museum but not after falling just short of renting their clothes and covering themselves in sackcloth and ashes. "Vigorous discussion," "painful procedure" and "concern" were all bandied about the commission chamber before Gary Anderson, Larry Ellertson and Steve White unanimously approved the funding ("with There are 106 items tagged with Genola. You can view all our tags in the Tag Cloud |





