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Yesterday I was assigned to capture some photographs of runners and cyclists using trails in American Fork for an article on the city's planning.  As I was perched high up on a hill in some tall grass waiting for unsuspecting people to cruise by, I began to think about how unusual I must look ...

“Twilight” gives while sucking

When the "Twilight" saga first hit movie theaters, my wife and I felt we had to attend. We weren't part of the craze; we simply wanted to know what our daughters were being subjected to. I was not prepared for the mind-numbing, brain-cell killing, vacuous excuse for a love story that ever ...

Real Estate Matters: Sales going up

<p class="p1"> Sales of single-family homes in Utah County are going up, while prices and time on the market are both coming down, according to the latest statistics from the Wasatch Front Multiple Listing Service. </p><p class="p2">That's good news ...

Saratoga Springs: No room to spin

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/8089135865/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8089135865_624edebfc1_m.jpg" alt="DumpFire" width="200" /></a>Some Saratoga ...

Audio: Kennedy talks like Romney

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/8083500436/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8463/8083500436_d1c7f99712_m.jpg" alt="Kennedy" width="150" /></a>Listening to last ...

Value Speak: Friendly fire

<p class="p1">They call it “friendly fire,” but there was nothing friendly about it.</p><p class="p1">Nick Ivie and his partner were working a late night shift as Border Patrol agents in Arizona when they approached an area where a sensor had been ...

Editor’s mail bag

The following letter was sent to the Daily Herald and forwarded to me. Names have been changed to protect the naive:<em>"Hello, my name is Oscar and I am a student at Brigham Young University. I would like to request a story to be written in the paper on the topic of personal ...

Nancy Lower

As a photojournalism student, the idea that my work can help people was drilled into my subconscious. On a day-to-day basis, when shooting sports or community events or the like, this concept does not come into play. During the more meaningful assignments, it still remains conceptual. "These ...

Obama is no Jack Kennedy

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What’s the big secret?

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that the hiring of a state school superintendent by the Utah State Board of Education ought to be conducted entirely in the open, not in a secret closed meeting.When current superintendent Larry Shumway announced his retirement, effective in January, ...