Artspace residents, retailers plan gathering

Six-year-old Nico Shaw watches Kristy Gonzales, owner of downtown coffee shop A Cup of Joe, pick through a fresh mix of roasted espresso beans. A Cup of Joe is feeling the pinch of a worsening economy. The shop has fallen behind on its lease payments and needs to catch up soon to avoid eviction. Members of the community are hosting a celebration of local businesses, artists and musicians Friday at the coffee shop to raise money for it and other struggling local businesses. Thursday, July 17, 2008. Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News


Kristy Gonzales, owner of downtown coffee shop A Cup of Joe, roasts a mix of expresso beans in her shop Thursday afternoon.
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Station Park - Farmington project to break ground

FARMINGTON — When you leave FrontRunner at its Farmington station, you don't have a lot of options. There's Lagoon, reachable by shuttle. And within walking distance are the Davis County Jail and 2nd District Court.
But if you need to do some shopping or watch a movie, you have to go to another city.

Station Park aims to change that. (Read more of the related article: Farmington project to break ground)

Osmonds & the MoTab

From left: Wayne, Marie, Jimmy, and Donny Osmond address the media during a press conference highlighting tonight's performance of the Osmonds and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 25, 2008. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

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Days of '47 Pioneer Day parade

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Days of '47 Rodeo

Wes Stevenson of Kaufman, Texas, scores a 75 in the bareback riding event during the Days of '47 Rodeo, Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

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Storm causes flooding, evacuation in Taylorsville

TJ Kane, left, Kenydi Kane and Kenzie Kane paddle a canoe across a flooded field near 6800 South and 4800 West in West Jordan on Tuesday afternoon. "This is the deepest I've seen it get in 15 years," said Joni Kane, their mother. In Taylorsville, the thunderstorm also triggered a mudslide. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

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Crash altered life--for the better

Before Aug. 11, 2002, Briana Walker's life was going in the direction she wanted it to. She was living with her friends in a beach house, just about to go into the police academy, and dating the guy she thought she was going to marry.

But on that day, her plans suddenly took a drastic turn. (Read more of the related article: Crash altered Briana Walker's life--for the better

Days of '47 Rodeo

Cody Hintz and Ty Blasingame ought to try skipping warm-ups altogether.
The team ropers arrived at the Days of '47 Rodeo at the Energy Solutions Arena Wednesday night just about five minutes before they were scheduled to compete.

The duo, along with their traveling companions, team ropers Toby Trammell and Jody Pinkert, were roping in a rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo., until about 3 p.m...
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Tony and the Special Kids Rodeo

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Utah Men's State Amateur: Clutch Horner edges Daniels to win title

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Last Wednesday, one hole into the 110th Utah Men's State Amateur golf tournament, Dan Horner's chances of winning didn't look too promising.
He had to drain a 15-foot putt just to make a triple-bogey seven on his opening hole at Soldier Hollow State Park golf course. But he fought back that day to post a first-round 75, then came back with a second-round 66 just to reach match play. Then, in match play, he won three matches on the final hole — two of which came in sudden death...
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Real Salt Lake - From Worst to First

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The same franchise that was once viewed as a joke around Major League Soccer is a first-place team at long last. RSL (6-6-5) upped its season total to 23 points with the win, one more than second-place Los Angeles and Chivas USA. The win also kept RSL unbeaten at home at 5-0-5...
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One year after a record fire in Utah

COVE FORT — The Bureau of Land Management's Harvey Gates can look out over a field near I-15 and see the future, how an area burned by the record-breaking Milford Flat fire last year will rebound next to a field of flowing tall grasses — all part of a reseeding effort after a wildfire here 11 years ago...
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A tearful farewell to Maria

An emotional farewell was held Wednesday for the young girl who was gunned down on the sidewalk outside her house, apparently by gang members, earlier this week.

As the casket holding the body of a 7-year-old Maria Del Carmen Menchaca was lowered into the ground, the girl's mother broke down, crying in near hysterics, and collapsed. Several people came to her aid to help her to her feet again.

"My daughter," Carmen Santos cried in Spanish. "I don't want to leave her alone. She's going to be scared. I don't want to leave her here."

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'Miracle' in works for 7 Taiwanese Children

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"Bruce Bunderson's mind was racing.
Would the little Taiwanese boy who would be spending the next five weeks in his Highland home even like him? Would they be able to communicate? Did he even want to be in America?

"I can't decide if I'm more scared or more excited," said Bunderson, as he waited in the Salt Lake City International Airport to meet Yu Chen, a Taiwanese orphan. "I'm just hoping he will smile.""
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Kaysville's 4th Parade

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