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Washington
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Garn Appointed to Panel
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne appoints
former Utah Sen. Jake Garn to "an independent
panel charged with reviewing mineral revenue collection practices
on federal and Indian land" (see press
release).
Candidate
Hughes is Blogging
Salt Lake City mayoral candidate J.P. Hughes, M.D., has launched a personal web log, with entries posted
weekly at www.jphughesformayor.com.
“My blog is intended to do what blogs do best – communicate
in a ‘web log’ – a journal of my campaign – informal, personal
and helpful for you as a voter and me as a candidate for SLC
mayor,” Hughes said. “This idea allows my campaign to have
a meaningful and vibrant expression . . .”
Envision Utah
on KCPW
Envision Utah will participate in the KCPW (88.3 FM, 1010 AM)
on-air fund drive on Monday, March 26, 7-9 a.m. Envision
Utah will issue a $1,000 challenge grant to encourage public
pledges of support for the station. During the two hours,
Envision Utah and its projects will be discussed. Envision
Utah friends are encouraged to call in a pledge (359-5279)
during that time. Please also encourage friends and family
to participate.
National
Politics
Best Stories From . . .
-- Washington
Post: Editorial says the White House and
congressional Democrats should step back from the confrontation over
the U.S. attorneys firings and put "the supposed
scandal in perspective."
-- Roll
Call: Columnist Mort Kondracke
says there are reasons to think Sen. Barack Obama
is "the real deal -- a 'post-partisan' reformer who can
free politics from the zero-sum ideological rancor of the
current generation and develop bipartisan solutions and coalitions
that really solve America's problems. ... So the question
then becomes, does he deliver? Is he willing to take on the
ideologues and reactionaries in his own party and develop
ideas that can attract Republican support? The answer, to
this point, is 'sometimes yes, sometimes no.'"
-- Time: The
"political rule book says a pro-choice former New York
City mayor married to wife No. 3 cannot possibly win the Republican
presidential nomination -- not as long as the GOP remains
the preferred party of small towns and social conservatives.
However, the political rule book has been stuffed into a shredder
this year. Come summer of 2008, one or both parties will likely
fire it from a confetti gun. A million fluttery pieces of
conventional wisdom will swirl around a nominee or nominees
once thought to be impossible: a woman, a black man, a guy
in his 70s, a Mormon, a Hispanic, a Baptist preacher who used
to be 100 lbs. overweight. Who knows? This is the year to
bet on something unusual happening, and few things in politics
are more unusual than Rudolph Giuliani."
Today in Political History
March 23, 1983: President Ronald Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative (popularly
known as "Star Wars"). (Source: perspicuity)
Wise Words
“Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by
the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures
of savagery and civilization, but in their attendant circumstances,
institutions, and so forth. The difference, therefore, does
not operate in every sense, but it does in most of them. Even
the most civilized peoples, in short, can be fired with passionate
hatred for each other.
-- Carl von Clausewitz
(Source: Civilization
Quotes)
Political Trivia
In the last legislative session, two entities
received the lion’s share of the state’s budget surplus, nearly
$500 million and more than $510 million, respectively.
Can you name them?
Answer: Public Schools and Transportation Projects.
(Source: Tribune)
Lighter Side
A liberal comes across a genie and
is granted three wishes, but is asked share his good fortune.
The liberal says, "I'm a liberal. I'm always happy to
share." The genie says, "O.K., then, whatever you
wish for, every conservative in the country gets two of it.
What's your first wish?" "A new sports car."
"O.K., you've got it, and every conservative in the country
gets two sports cars. What's your second wish?" "One
million dollars." "O.K., you get a million dollars,
every conservative gets two million dollars. What's your third
and final wish?" "Well, I've always wanted to donate
a kidney."
Blog
Watch
-- The
Senate Site says of yesterday's D.C. voting rights
bill derailment: "The right of citizens to elect
their government and the right to bear arms just collided
in a way that might end our hope of timely equal enfranchisement
for the State of Utah. Here is the news
release from the DC Vote crowd .... Justice for
Utah isn't even a footnote" (see also The
Caucus, The
Crypt, and COL
Takashi).
-- Craig
Axford is unimpressed with The
Sutherland Institute's Utahschools.org website.
Casual Friday
Outdoors Report
-- Morning
News reports on mussel threat to Utah’s waters
-- Sand Hollow State Park exceeding expectations according
to the Morning
News
-- Tribune reports on antler hunting restrictions in northern
Utah
-- Go for a drive up Utah’s most elevated roads (Morning
News)
-- Enjoy snowy Silver Fork in the Tribune’s Snowshoe
Hike of the Week
-- Find out about upcoming events in the Morning News’ Outdoor
Notes
-- Check out the Tribune’s
Outdoor
Notebook and Recreation
Roundup for sports and recreation activities this week
-- For the latest
wildlife news and information and the fishing
report visit the DWR website
Fishing Report
-- Fishing is picking up now on our streams and that means
the Provo and Green are getting crowded on weekends.
Fish mid-week if possible. Other streams also offer good action,
with less competition. Consider trying the Weber, Ogden
or Blacksmith in northern Utah. Down south, try the
Huntington below Electric Lake, Cottonwood Creek
below Joes Valley, or the East Fork of the Sevier.
-- Midges are the dominate hatch on streams, but some Blue
Wing Olives are also showing up. Mayflies and Baetis patterns
will come on within a week or two, and that usually brings
great surface action.
-- Trout cruise reservoir
shorelines during spring, and they can often be seen if you
pay attention while fishing from shore. Shore fishermen often
cast right over the active fish because they think they have
to get out into deep water. Instead, cast parallel to the
shore and work the productive zone where the fish are cruising.
-- See Dave Webb’s weekly
fishing report.
Weekend Events
New Films
-- Reign Over Me: Rotten Tomatoes
-- The Last Mimzy: Rotten Tomatoes
-- Shooter: Rotten Tomatoes
Concerts
-- Utah
Symphony, Friday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall
-- BYU Alumni Choir,
Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Community Church of Christ,
175 N. University Avenue, Provo, free
-- BYU dancEnsemble Showcase, Friday and
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Dance Studio Theatre, 166 Richards Building,
BYU, $6
-- Bernadette Peters,
Utah Symphony, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., George S. And Dolores
Dore Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City
-- Viver Brasil! and
the Imagine Ballet Theatre, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Peery's Egyptian
Theater
-- Vocal Point,
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, BYU, $9 (801-422-7664)
-- Woodwind Chamber
Night, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, BYU,
free
Theater
-- “Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey
Business” through March 23, SCERA
Center for the Arts
-- “Butch Cassidy &
the Sunburnt Kid” through March 24, Desert Star Cabaret Theatre
-- “Damn Yankees” through March
24, Heritage
Theatre
-- “The House of Bernarda Alba” through
March 24, Jewett
Center for the Performing Arts, Westminster College
-- “The Musical Comedy Murders of
1940” through March 24, StageRight
TheaterCompany
-- “Nunsense” through
March 24, Grand
Theatre
-- “The Pied Piper, the Musical” through March 24, Farmington Community Center
-- “The Sound of Music”
through March 24, Old
Barn Community Theatre
-- “The Odd Couple” through March 26, Pleasant
Grove City Library
-- “Lucky Stiff” through
March 27, Sugar
Factory Playhouse
-- “Frozen” through March
31, Pygmalion
Productions
-- “Lost In Yonkers” through March 31, Pioneer Theatre Company
-- “Steel Magnolias” through March 31, Springville
Playhouse
-- “The Alienation Effekt” through April 1, Plan-B
Theatre Company
-- “Hamlet” through April 7, Pardoe Theatre,
BYU
-- “Little Women, the
Musical” through April 7, Hale
Centre Theatre
-- “The Pirates of Penzance” through
April 7, Terrace
Plaza Playhouse
-- “Guys and Dolls” through April
14, Center
Street Musical Theatre
-- “Lucky Stiff” through April 14,
Hale Center Theater
Orem
-- “The Sound of Music” through April 21, Rodgers Memorial Theatre
-- “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” through April 21, Empress Theatre
Museum Exhibits
-- The 3rd Annual Arte Lation: A Celebration of Latino Art in Utah Exhibition,
La Loteria: An Exploration of Mexico
Exhibition, both exhibits run through April 20, Kimball Art Center
-- Resonance and Return:
Social Documentary Photography, 1935-Present Exhibition through May 19, Salt
Lake Art Center
--
From Above: Images of a Storied Land Exhibition through May 20, Utah
Museum of Natural History, University of
Utah
-- The Quiet Landscapes
of William B. Post
Exhibition through May 28, Museum of Art,
Brigham Young University
-- Brian Kershisnik: Painting from Life Exhibition through
July 1, Utah
Museum of Fine Arts,
University of Utah
Et cetra
-- HOLI,
The Festival of Colors, Saturday, 4 p.m., Krishna
Temple
-- Snowflake
Festival, Friday – Sunday, Alta
-- Snowshoe with a Naturalist, Cottonwood Canyons
Foundation, Saturdays and Sundays through March 25,
free, reservations required
-- Utah Fiber Celebration, through April 11, Utah
Cultural Celebration Cente
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