Efforts to preserve and conserve Utah Lake could receive a boost if the planned trail around the lake from Provo to Lehi were completed.

The hazy blue morning sky heralds a July day that is not yet hot, but will become so. Families and friends of the team players gather at the Westmore Elementary ball field, carrying "survival" equipment of coolers, blankets, and chairs, and staking out spots in the already-welcome shade of a large tree.

After fruitlessly waiting for more than six months to be paid, Big-D Construction Corp. and several subcontractors sued the developer of the stalled Midtown Village and its financial backers last week to force a foreclosure sale of the multi-million-dollar property in Orem.

Army Reserve Pfc. Karissa M. McKinney has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.