<span><span>I am feeling a patriotic activist fervor these days. One that is stirring me up. One that has driven me to the point of decision. One that has brought me nigh unto the precipice of doing something about ...
The American Fork Citizen is publishing the notes from the City staff, along with its voting recommendations to the Council, ahead of the City Council meeting tomorrow evening. The notes include agenda -- this item is already published on the City's website -- but also copies of contracts, ...
Aristotle said that “man is a political animal." Today when we say that a person is a political animal, we generally mean it in a negative sense; someone who is deeply interested in candidates for office and the races that determine winners and losers in elections. That is not what Aristotle ...
Last week I shared how I’d been invited to participate in a televised discussion on KSL’s “Studio 5” about issues surrounding non-Mormons living and raising families in predominantly LDS communities. You can read “Riding the pink elephant to Studio 5” <a ...
<span>It's a winter wonderland! Utah received its first major winter storm of the year yesterday. American Fork and much of Utah County got blanketed with up to 1-2 inches of heavy, wet snow. Many kids, including mine, bundled up and went outside to play in the fresh snow. But ...
The city of American Fork has agreed not to enforce an anti-panhandling law, after a homeless man who had been cited multiple times for holding a sign on public sidewalks filed a federal lawsuit claiming the rule selectively barred free speech. The American Fork Citizen was <a ...
<em>Guest post by Jilenne Gunther, Utah State Division of Aging and Adult Services.</em>To qualify for a traditional mortgage, a lender checks your income to determine how much you can afford to pay back each month. Then, your lender finances the purchase of your ...
On November 9 and 10, American Fork's American Heritage School will present the world premiere of “One Nation”, a musical tribute to Civil War Veterans commemorating the 150th anniversary of the sacrifices made by those who fought to preserve this country a nation. This newly commissioned ...
<span><span>So like ten minutes ago I was trotting around after my little trick or treater—who went as a dead snowboarder, thank you very much. And he did it himself and was plenty warm, candy corn be praised!—and now all of a sudden we're two weeks out from ...
A producer from KSL’s “Studio 5” show contacted me recently about a segment she’s working on that discusses raising kids who aren’t LDS in a predominantly LDS community. Because I’ve written about Utah’s religious culture through the lens of a nonmember (my <a ...
