U. pushing produce for healthier students and staff

Colyn Kilmer's farmer's market stand sells fresh green peppers for a fee of "whatever you think it's worth", Thursday afternoon at the University of Utah. Thursday was the grand opening of the first U of U farmer's market. -- Thursday, August 28, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
Fresh raspberries go for $4 per carton at Sam Johnson's farmer's market booth Thursday afternoon on the campus of the University of Utah. "All our produce is fresh from Brigham City," she said. -- Thursday, August 28, 2008. Photo & composite by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
Claire Taylor of Salt Lake City buys a few fresh green peppers at Colyn Kilmer's farmer's market stand Thursday afternoon at the University of Utah. Thursday was the grand opening of the first U of U farmer's market. -- Thursday, August 28, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
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Tomatoes sold out in less than two hours. Tomatoes — on a college campus.
"It's good for people to get their natural sugars instead of all that artificial sugar," said Ogden fruit-grower Ron Jensen, who served a steady stream of customers at the first-ever University of Utah Farmers Market Thursday. He was sampling varieties of peaches, nectarines and plums picked just before dawn. (Read more of the related article: U. pushing produce for healthier students and staff)

Still a 'fly boy' at 81

Model enthusiast Doug Shay sands the filler on a WWII era Hawker Hurricane Mk.I model airplane in his workshop, Wednesday afternoon. Shay has been crazy about airplanes since he was a boy and now owns over two thousand types of models. -- Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
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TAYLORSVILLE — Picture a 5-year-old boy looking on with awe at something he has never seen before:
A De Havilland DH-4 (the kind of plane that was used as a bomber in World War I) has landed in a nearby cornfield, and the pilot is taking people for rides.

"Of course, I didn't get to go up, but that piqued my interest," Douglas J. Shay says. "I've been crazy about airplanes ever since."

When he was 12, a friend gave him a model of a China Clipper. "That was back in the days when models were made out of blocks of wood. They gave you a general pattern, and you had to figure it all out." He's been crazy about models ever since, too.

Now at 81, Shay has had a good, long time to enjoy both passions, and he's not done yet. His Taylorsville home has two closets filled with kits — maybe a couple of thousand or more, he says — that he'd like to get to someday. (Read more of the related article: Still a 'fly boy' at 81)

Cedar City mourns crash victims

Our third and hardest day in Cedar City. After meeting many of the family members and friends of the crash victims it was very difficult to photograph them in mourning. I found myself doing more walking and thinking than photographing... My heart and prayers have been and will continue to go out to those affected by this tragic loss. Hundreds gathered at a memorial for the victims killed in last week's plane crash near Moab, Monday evening at Southern Utah University. A candle was lit next to a portrait of each individual who was killed in the accident. -- Monday, August 25, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

Lisa Shumway, left, sadly tends to her three-month-old baby along side her parents Peggy and Lloyd Layton during a memorial service held for those killed in last week's plane crash near Moab, Monday evening at Southern Utah University. Lisa's husband, Keith, was one of the 10 killed in the accident. -- Monday, August 25, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

Andrea White, wife of David White who died in Friday's plane crash in Moab, reads through cards received from her 8th grade class at Canyon View Middle School Monday afternoon. Andrea has been grateful for the love and support she's received from the community. -- Monday, August 25, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
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CEDAR CITY — It was a typical birthday party for a 7-year-old: About 10 children and their parents gathered at a neighborhood park. The children played games and ate cake and ice cream, and the birthday boy opened his presents.
All the while, the boy's mother, Andrea White, did her best to keep up appearances that everything was OK, even though her husband and the boy's father, David White, was one of 10 Cedar City area residents killed in a plane crash on Friday, the day before the party... (Read more of the related article: Cedar City mourns crash victims)

Family, friends offer thoughts on 10 killed in crash

It was our second straight day in Cedar City trying to capture the lives and memories of those who died in a plane crash in Moab last Friday. It's a very uncomfortable situation to approach the home of their family members but when they understand we're there to help memorialize their loved ones they often open up to us. It was nice to even be thanked and told it felt "almost therapeutic" for them.

The photo below was captured in the Ellsworth's neighborhood at sunset.
Flowers decorate the front room of the Ellsworth's home in Cedar City as LynAnn Ellsworth, right, greets well wishers at her front door Sunday afternoon. LynAnn's husband, Dr. Lansing Ellsworth, and son, Dallin, were both killed in Friday's plane accident in Moab. -- Saturday, August 23, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
Kamber Ellsworth, wife of Dallin Ellsworth who was killed in Friday's plane crash outside Moab, remembers her husband in their Cedar City home Sunday afternoon. Kamber is eight months pregnant with their son. -- Saturday, August 23, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

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CEDAR CITY — Sometime in the next five weeks, Kamber Ellsworth expects to deliver a baby, name him and take him home, without her husband by her side.
Kamber's husband since May 2007, Dallin Ellsworth, was one of 10 Cedar City area residents killed in a plane crash outside of Moab on Friday. The plane carried a pilot and nine employees of Red Canyon Aesthetics and Medical Spa dermatology clinic.

"He's a really good husband, and a really good father," Kamber said about Dallin, to whom she still referred in the present tense on Sunday. "He loves to talk to him, and the baby moves all the time." (Read more of the related article: Family, friends offer thoughts on 10 killed in crash )

Deaths of 10 stun Cedar City

Reporter Laura Hancock and I are in Cedar City trying our best to memorialize those who perished in a plane crash in Moab Friday evening. All ten occupants of the plane are from the Cedar City area. Assignments like this are difficult - the families need time to grieve. We were able to speak with the Goddard family tonight.

Ann Goddard, left, her daughter Chelsea, center, and her son Yorke, right remember their family members David and Cecilee who were killed in a plane crash in Moab Friday night. -- Saturday, August 23, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
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MOAB — It was a somber scene Saturday as investigators sorted through what little was left of a plane that crashed here, killing 10 Cedar City residents.
The plane's pilot, as well as nine employees of the Red Canyon Aesthetics and Medical Spa dermatology clinic, were killed Friday night shortly after the plane took off from Canyonlands Field Airport northwest of Moab.

"The plane was completely engulfed in flames," said Grand County Sheriff James Nyland. (Read more of related article: Deaths of 10 stun Cedar City)

SLC Police arrest

Salt Lake City Police arrest a man after fleeing into a vacant home on 9th Avenue. Police had received a report of a suspicious man possibly doing drugs in a vehicle on 9th Avenue. When they pulled up behind the vehicle the man fled. There was a short foot pursuit until the man broke into a vacant house where he was found and arrested. According to Sergeant Roger Williams, the man is being booked on possession of a stolen vehicle, failure to comply with police, and other charges are possible. -- Monday, August 18, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

BYU football: Scrimmage 'dead even' for Bronco

Running back Fui Vakapuna, right, completes a pass from quarterback Max Hall, left, during warm ups Saturday morning. It was the team's first scrimmage at LaVell Edwards Stadium this season. -- Saturday, August 16, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

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PROVO — After completing a 70-play scrimmage Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium, the work for BYU's coaches began in earnest.
They met to break down film of the scrimmage and make some tough decisions about which players will start and who their backups will be in the process of solidifying the depth chart. And there's a sense of urgency, of course, given that the season-opener against Northern Iowa is less than two weeks away... (Read more of the related article: BYU football: Scrimmage 'dead even' for Bronco)

Gay support group Affirmation outlines requests to LDS Church

David Nielson of the group Affirmation addresses the media during a press conference Monday in Salt Lake City. Affirmation had previously planned to meet with officials of the LDS Church but that meeting was postponed. -- Monday, August 11, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
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Had a gay LDS support group met with LDS Church representatives Monday morning as scheduled, it would have asked the church to affirm its recent statements on homosexuality in the upcoming general conference.

Though church leaders have stated that being attracted to a member of the same sex is not a sin, rank-and-file members — particularly bishops who counsel with gay and lesbian members — have not "absorbed" the message, said Olin Thomas, executive director of Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons. Consequently, he said, gay members continue to encounter threatening, even hostile, church environments... (Read more of the related article: Gay support group outlines requests to LDS Church)

Bouldering Championship - Salt Lake City

Click HERE or on the photo above to watch the audio slideshow of the event, Saturday night in Salt Lake City
Vikki Weldon of Canada prepares for the first problem, Saturday night during the Bouldering Championships in Salt Lake City. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
Alex Johnson of Wisconsin climbs during the first women's challenge at the third annual Mammut Bouldering Championships in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News
Athletes tout benefits of climbing Lisa Rands attacks a problem during the third annual Mammut Bouldering Championships in Salt Lake City, Saturday. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

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PETA bathers - out of place?

Ruth McEwan of Salt Lake, left, looks on with disapproval as two PETA protesters Ashley Byrne of Washington D.C. and Cassandra Callaghan of Florida bathe on the corner of Main and North Temple Friday afternoon in Salt Lake City. "It's disgusting," said McEwan who was leaving the Salt Lake Temple after attending her grandchilds wedding. The protesters are covered by a banner that reads "1 lb. of meat = 6 months of showers." PETA says U.N. scientists have determined that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, SUVs, trucks, and planes in the world combined. -- Friday, August 08, 2008. Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Deseret News

Remembering Crandall Canyon

Please watch the audio slideshow and remember those touched by this tragic event (click on the above photo, or HERE.)

HUNTINGTON — Steve Allred finally has a special place to go near the sealed Crandall Canyon Mine where his brother, Kerry Allred, was entombed in a collapse one year ago.

"It's amazing," Allred said about a new monument dedicated Wednesday at the mine. "It's helping me."

But moving on has been hard.

"I'll never have closure, never," said Allred, a miner for 27 years. (Continue reading related article: Crandall Canyon remembrance)

Meals program ramps up delivery by volunteers

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LEHI — One day a week Charlton Middleton, 88, volunteers to deliver up to 10 noontime meals to elderly shut-ins.
So does composer Steven Kapp Perry and Renita Revill, the director of the Miss Utah Pageant.

Middleton is the oldest volunteer in the local Meals-on-Wheels program, which is in a push to get more volunteer drivers, coordinator Liz Merrell said.

"Volunteering is a good idea," Middleton said. "It's worthwhile. I have a lot in common with the people I deliver to." (Read more of the related article: Meals program ramps up delivery by volunteers)

Utahns clamor for 'Breaking Dawn'

"Breaking Dawn" is here.
The long-, feverishly, breathlessly, yearningly, awaited final installment in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" saga, hit the bookshelves at one minute past midnight Friday night.

Release parties were held — with much the same fervor that greeted the last "Harry Potter" book — at Borders, Barnes & Noble, some Deseret Book and other bookstores throughout the state. (Read more from the related article: Utahns clamor for 'Breaking Dawn')

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