Beehive to developer Dean Sellers, who wants to create a ritzy ski resort named Aspen northwest of Heber City. Sellers believes he can create something equivalent to Deer Valley, which, if true, would be quite an accomplishment. While he has been criticized for proposing the name Aspen -- mirroring the more famous ski resort in Colorado -- we say what the heck. Colorado doesn't own all the aspen trees in the West. Utah has plenty of them, too. Besides, many states have towns with names found elsewhere. If the naming thing got out of control, it wouldn't be good. For example, we don't think the old Geneva Steel site should be renamed Malibu. Certainly State Street in Orem should never be called the Champs Ellysees. While we don't expect Utah to be renamed Colorado, we might suggest the opposite just to broaden our tax base.

Buffalo Chip to the state Department of Health for lifting the ban on diapered kids in swimming pools. If ever there was a rule that ought to be made permanent, it's the one that kept the poopy diapers on the beach. A spate of cases of cryptosporidiosis -- a long-lasting, often debilitating diarrhea transmitted by fecal matter in pools -- prompted the ban. Incidence of the disease has ebbed, but the risk would have been an excellent pretext for maintaining the ban. Public pools would be better off without babies in diapers frolicking in the water and doing all that babies do -- like leaking.

Buffalo Chip to the Utah State Board of Education for selling out principle when it rejected a proposed ban on junk food at public schools. We wouldn't have minded if the board members had said they were willing to let children make their own choices about what to eat. But that wasn't going to happen; these days, "choice" is a four-letter word in public education. The apparent motive for avoiding a prohibition on junk food? Schools rake in about $3.75 million a year vending salty and sweet stuff to kids. So it's fair to ask: Are the public schools really all about the children? Perhaps for the right price, the state school board would replace textbooks with video games.

Beehive to Lehi resident Olivia Votaw, organizer of a successful used-book sale to raise money for a Zambian orphanage. "It went wonderfully," she said. The $1,500 raised will be spent on textbooks and library books for an orphanage run by Mothers Without Borders. According to the group, the AIDS epidemic in Zambia has orphaned about 1 million children. Votaw and all those who contributed deserve kudos for their efforts to help these children. Those who wish to donate but missed the sale can reach her at 766-8934 or e-mail through the Web site thechrisjonesgroup.com.