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• Exhibition depicts internment camps

  - 2008-05-18

  OREM -- A painting by Japanese artist Lily Havey depicts Japanese- Americans lined up to board a train for a three-day trip to a Colorado internment camp. The internees cast shadows in blood red. The painting is just one of a series of 23 watercolors that recall those...

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• Utahns pack S.L. library to condemn war, buildup

  - 2007-01-28

  Rick Miller carries them in his wallet wherever he goes. Four small, black and white pictures of a man he calls "Bon." In two of the photographs, "Bon" is standing in front of a fence covered with intertwining, leafy vines. He stands tall, wearing a dress shirt and...

  Tags: Government, PRODUCTIVITY, terror, tool, University of Utah

• Muslims in Utah see little 9/11 backlash

  - 2006-09-09

  At first, James Michael Herrick didn't believe the 7-Eleven cashier who told him a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. He thought she was joking. But then after purchasing a cup of coffee and a hot dog on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Herrick returned...

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• Obituary: Marvin James Kirkham

  - 2006-05-15

  Marvin James Kirkham 1/22/41 ~ 5/13/06 Cancer cannot silence courage, conquer the spirit, or steal eternal life. Loving husband, father, son, and brother, Marvin James Kirkham, passed May 13, 2006 following a brave and courageous battle with mesothelioma. Throughout his illness Marv exemplified the same amazing strength that characterized his...

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• Poems of identity reflect immigrant's passion

  - 2006-04-26

  The poem Yeli will recite -- if she makes it past the first round of judging -- is called "Learning to Love America" by Shirley Geok- lin Lim. She will stand on the stage and look the audience right in the eye and with her best diction and inflection she...

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• Obituary: Edward Hunter Rich

  - 2005-09-26

  Edward Hunter Rich 1914 ~ 2005 Edward Hunter Rich, age 91, passed away September 23, 2005 in Orem, Utah. He was born April 5, 1914 in Montpelier, Idaho a twin son of Edward Charles and Deborah Dalrymple Rich. After graduating from Montpelier High School in 1932, he attended the University...

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• 18 innovation finalists

  - 2005-04-28

  Eighteen Utah companies have been named finalists in the third annual Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Awards. Six winners will be announced at an awards luncheon Tuesday, May 19, at the University of Utah. Finalists in the six categories are: -- Biotechnology: AnzenBio's Bio Detector;...

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• Biologist to speak to S.L. Rotary Club

  - 2005-03-04

  The Salt Lake Rotary Club will feature Baldomero M. Olivera, professor of biology at the University of Utah, at its Tuesday, March 8, noon luncheon meeting at the Salt Lake Marriott, 75 S. West Temple. Olivera will talk on "Drug Design from Beautiful-But-Deadly Fish- Hunting Cone Snails." ...

  Tags: Government, PRODUCTIVITY, species, University of Utah

• Obituary: Howard Bennion Summerhays

  - 2005-01-09

  1910 ~ 2005 Howard Bennion Summerhays passed away peacefully on January 7, 2005. He was born on November 2, 1910 to Joshua and Mary Bennion Summerhays in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from LDS High School and later from the University of Utah where he...

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• Obituary: Nylan J. Ellsworth

  - 2004-10-14

  1/30/24 ~ 10/11/04 Nylan J. Ellsworth passed away on Columbus Day October 11, 2004, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was 80 years old. He leaves behind his wife, Lois Ashby Ellsworth of Bountiful; five children; 19 grandchildren; two great granddaughters...

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