The Orem Public Library is a treasured gathering place in our community. Many wonderful memories have been created as children checked out their first books, families attended library programs, and school children read their way through summer breaks. My children especially enjoyed the ...
This past November, I spoke with a 32-year-old mom at the day care where I work part time in Camden, a small town in rural Wilcox County in Alabama’s Black Belt. I shared information on cervical cancer prevention and the HPV vaccine, which protects against several types of cancer. I was ...
During the week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we should take time to reflect upon the painful struggle it took for the holiday to receive recognition by the state of Utah. In fact, Utah was one of the last states to recognize the holiday, which it did not do until 2000, 14 years after it ...
Recently Utah house bill HB132 was introduced to the legislature. This bill, "Prohibiting Sex Transitioning Procedures On Minors" is an ill-informed bill based, not out of fact, but out of a fear and resentment for our transgender community. It's important to emphasize that "sex transitioning ...
In February 2019, my family moved to Mapleton in the Nebo School District after living in Germany for 10 years. My youngest child was almost 5 and very eager to start school with her older siblings, but we only had the option to enroll her in half-day kindergarten. It was a rude awakening and ...
In Utah and across the country, chances are you need the government's permission to work in the occupation of your dreams. Government permission slips, or occupational licenses, grant people the ability to call themselves and perform work in various occupations. Obtaining an occupational ...
