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Garden Help Desk: Reducing bitterness in homegrown cucumbers

Some of our cucumbers are bitter. I’ve heard that once a plant produces bitter cucumbers it will always produce bitter cucumbers. Is it really a lost cause? Should I pull out the plant? That bitter flavor that you tasted in your cucumber is cucurbitacin, a natural defense compound in ...

Making a Difference: Helping women and girls one kit at a time

Cindy Gale from Provo has always valued home arts, particularly sewing. She and her husband Doug have also served in many community and church organizations. When Gale heard about Freedom Kits of Yakima, or FKY, she felt she had found the perfect humanitarian organization and emailed ...

EveryDay Strong: Kids feel alone — here’s what you can do about that

I have overseen a volunteer crisis team for the past 15 years within Utah. If there’s a suicide or a shooting in a school, or a community needs help, they’ll fly our team out. I’ve been involved with close to 55 youth suicides either as a first responder or as a consultant. In about ...

BYU: Students bring lost Mormon Battalion records and stories to light

The Brigham Young University Mormon Battalion Project website (mormonbattalion.byu.edu) is currently the only place where scanned images of the complete set of Mormon Battalion muster rolls dating from July 16, 1846, to March 14, 1848, are available to the public. The website is managed by ...

Tales From Utah Valley: From tragedy springs 20 years of hope

The school year that recently ended marked an important milestone in suicide prevention. For 20 years, Hope4Utah has been helping to save lives, and it all began right here in Utah. What started as a suicide prevention program in one Utah County high school 20 years ago has spread to hundreds ...

Utah Valley Calendar: Things to do – July 12

AMERICAN FORK American Fork's Got Talent — Come see local talent shine during Steel Days from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 18, at Mary and Art Dye Park. "Footloose - Youth Edition" — Timpanogos Youth Theater presents a family-friendly musical in an hour packed with classic hits, dancing ...