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- Aug 27: Salt Lake City Mayoral candidates Debate, 7:30 a.m., Junior Achievement City, 444 West 100 South, 4th Floor (4th floor of Discovery Gateway museum). Jenny Wilson, Dave Buhler, Ralph Becker, and Keith Christensen will be on the hot seats, debate moderated by KSL's Nadine Wimmer. Space is limited, RSVP here.
- Aug 27: Midday Metro at 10 a.m. on NPR Utah, KCPW 88.3 FM, features former Salt Lake City Mayor Jake Garn on what it takes to win and hold the mayor’s office. At 10:30 on The Bottomline: the history of unions in the Beehive State – past, present and future. To join the conversation, call 801-355-TALK or email midday@kcpw.org during the show.
- Aug 27: RadioWest on KUER FM 90: "September Dawn," 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. In what is now known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre, 120 people were killed by the Mormon Militia and Paiute Indians. A new fictional account of the tragedy opened this weekend and Monday, Doug is joined by historians and film experts for a look at its portrayal of the events.
- Aug 28-31: Governor's Rural Tour through Utah
- Aug 28: Stand Up for Peace, 7:30 p.m., Liberty Park, East Side along 7th East (between 1000 and 1200 South).
- Aug 29: Commerce and Workforce Services Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, 8:30 a.m., Department of Workforce Services, 140 East 300 South, Salt Lake City.
- Aug 29: Equality Utah 6th Annual Allies Dinner, 6 p.m. cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner, Grand Ballroom, Salt Palace Convention Center. Benefiting Equality Utah Political Action Committee. For more info visit equalityutah.org.
- Aug 31: Lt. Governor Herbert to attend the Utah Highway Patrol Press Conference, 1 p.m.
- Aug 31: Utah County Democrats community picnic, 5 p.m.,Nielson’s Grove pavilion, Sandhill Road and 2000 South, Orem. Drinks and dessert will be provided, bring own picnic dinner. Please bring canned food for the Utah Food Bank. After the picnic, see the Owlz play the Ogden Raptors at 7 p.m. E-mail Lance LeVar at newsletter@utahcountydems.com by August 25th to purchase $5.00 group tickets.
- Sept 5: Lt. Governor Herbert to attend Sports Commission Golf Tournament.
- Sept 5: Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 7 a.m., South Central Utah Site Visits.
- Sept 5: White City Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Eastmont Middle School, room 105, 10100 S 1300 E, Sandy.
- Sept 5: Reagan Day Dinner for Salt Lake County Republican legislators, 7 p.m., Wells Fargo Building, 14th Floor, Salt Lake City. Guest speaker Lt. Governor Herbert. For table sponsorship info, contact Jeremy Roberts at 801-867-3866 or email jeremy@finishfirst.org.
- Sept 6: Annual Judgesrun Foundation Charity Golf Tournament, 8 a.m. shotgun start, Homestead, Midway. Lunch buffet at 1 p.m., awards and conclusion at 3 p.m. Four person scramble, register as an individual or a team. For more info contact Samantha at 801-364-8300 or click here.
- Sept 6: Hinckley Forum "Whither Kurdish Nationalism?" 9 to 11 a.m., University of Utah, Orson Spencer Hall room 255. Guests include Robert Olson, University of Kentucky, Plenary Presentation for the 2007 Middle East & Central Asia Conference
- Sept 6: Lt. Governor Herbert to attend Be Ready Utah Conference, 11 a.m., State Capitol.
- Sept 6: Hinckley Forum "The School Voucher Debate," 2:15 p.m., University of Utah, Orson Spencer Hall, room 255. Guests include Doug Holmes, Parents for Choice in Education; Rep. Carol Spackman Moss (D-37), Utah House of Representatives; Kirk Jowers, (Moderator) Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics.
- Sept 6: Lt. Governor Herbert to speak at the 2nd Annual Judgesrun Foundation, 6 p.m.
- Sept 7: Medicaid Interim Committee meeting, 9 a.m., room W135.
- Sept 10: 7th Annual Senate Republican Golf Tournament, 6:30 a.m. continental breakfast, shotgun start at 7:30 a.m., Thanksgiving Point. Contact a member of the Senate Majority to reserve your spot. For more information click here.
- Sept 10: Congressman Rob Bishop's Breakfast On The Green, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Thanksgiving Point. Please contact Tara Tanner for all table information at tara@tannerconsult.com or 801-575-6355.

- Sept 11: Municipal primary election
- Sept 11: Hinckley Forum "why i blog and why you should blog," 11:50 a.m., University Of Utah, Orson Spencer Hall, room 255. Guest David Silver, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and the Director of the Resource Center of Cyberculture Studies, University of San Francisco; co- director of The September Project. Co-sponsor - The J. Willard Marriott Library and the Tanner Humanities Center as part of The September Project.

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Sunday
August 26, 2007


Sunday, August 26

Salt Lake Tribune

- Nearly 300 workers laid off as Murray shutters Tower mine

- Scenic canyon home to 2 community mind-sets

- Deciphering the mayoral race menu

- Delta Air Lines' Ed Bastian speaks out

- Rolly: Arrogant school district officials should wake up and smell the ire

- Op-ed: Nuke plants in Utah would pose public health risks

- Op-ed: Diversion dam pits farmers against fishermen

- Op-ed: Expanding health care for children is a moral imperative for America

Standard-Examiner

- Ogden hot investment for developers

- Editorial: Property tax fairness

- Op-ed: There is no simple solution for state's future electrical energy needs

Logan Herald Journal

- Airport road limits draw more fire

Deseret Morning News

- Murray shuts down Tower Mine

- Mining experts decry cuts in safety funding

- Prime for crime?

- Crime in Utah

- In Utah, crime more prevalent on smaller, rural campuses

- Centro set to decide whether to keep chief

- 2 Davis cities join UTOPIA

- French studying IHC's high-quality care

- 55 acres of retail outlets are coming to Lehi area

- Lindon scales back recreation plan

- McCoard gets serious as a candidate

- Polls open for West Valley primary

- Incentives helping make Utah the hot spot for natural gas cars

- Pignanelli & Webb: Legislators working hard on school split

- Editorial: The race within 'the race'

Saturday, August 25

Deseret Morning News

- At odds: Murray says Huntsman endangers jobs

- 3 national parks in Utah may benefit from matching funds

- Provo: Commissioner rethinking plans to build a county-run venue

- Account for Navajo oil funds, Utah ordered

- Great Salt Lake mineral extraction lease flayed

- TRAX line foes taking their case to high court

- Becker offers blueprint for S.L. neighborhoods

- Should Taylorsville join split?

- Convention center moves forward

- No rehearing in Summum case

- Web site features council candidates

- Group to promote health-care reform

- Editorial: The winnners and the losers

Standard-Examiner

- Small cities' CDBG funds to change?

- Editorial: Establishing the precedent

Logan Herald Journal

- Smithfield to vote on $2.75M bond

St. George Spectrum

- CEBA discusses Kanab development

KCPW

- New Mexico's Move To Paper Ballots Proves Successful

- Parade Float Flap Draws Promise of Probe

KSL Editorial Board

- Office of Refugee Services

Salt Lake Tribune

- The war of words heats up between governor, Murray

- House labor chair seeks mine emergency plans

- Township series: Emigration Canyon remains rugged, and visually remote, retreat from city life

- City Council politicking heats up as primary nears

- Summum prevails in appeals court

- No Child Left Behind, but school data is

- Ten candidates battle in Provo Council primary

- Editorial: The Thumb

- Editorial: Ethics on parade: Legislators should investigate Bramble, Lockhart