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Wild places and energy extraction can coexist

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:02 MDT

Wild places and energy extraction can coexist

By Tom Wharton The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 06:04PM MDT

I’ve been thinking about energy and where it comes from lately. We flip on a switch and our electronic gadgets, lights and appliances come to life. We drive into the gas station and fill up our tanks, seldom thinking about where our fuel originated or how it was refined. Turn on a tap and clean water appears, almost as if by magic. As a lover of wildlife and open spaces who considers himself an environmentalist, I know it is easy to be a hypocrite. We don’t like coal-fired power plants because ...

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Park City-based business aims to make helmets prevalent, fashionable

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:03:03 MDT

Park City-based business aims to make helmets prevalent, fashionable

By Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 06:03PM MDT

Park City • It may have taken a mother’s demands to get him to start wearing a helmet while skiing, but Trevor Jackson quickly understood the value of protecting his head. Today, after four years of competing as a slopestyle skier, the 19-year-old won’t be seen on the mountain without a helmet. “When I first started skiing, I didn’t wear a helmet. It was my mom wanting to take care of me telling me I needed to wear a helmet,” said Jackson, a student at the University of Utah. “When I started doi...

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Luxury fashion world tweaking its style for Gen Y

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:50:02 MDT

Luxury fashion world tweaking its style for Gen Y

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL The Associated Press

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:50PM MDT

NEW YORK • Luxury fashion still caters to movie stars, high-powered businesswomen and ladies who lunch, but designers are starting to show interest in that generation’s daughters. Halfway through New York Fashion Week, familiar runway themes like military tailoring, old-school rock ‘n’ roll, and Hollywood Golden Age glam are showing tweaks designed to appeal to younger eyes: the double-breasted coat in shiny patent leather, tweed suits infused with metallics and leather substituted in silhouette...

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Utah restaurants offer sweetheart dining deals

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:45 MDT

Utah restaurants offer sweetheart dining deals

By Kathy Stephenson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:45PM MDT

Whether you want to splurge — or need to stick to a budget — there’s a Utah restaurant ready to serve you and your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. If you want to avoid the crowds on Tuesday, Feb. 14, think about going on Friday through Monday, as many establishments are offering specials all weekend. One reminder: Valentine’s Day is one of the busiest dining days of the year, so make a reservation now. Here’s a list of what’s being offered. Prices listed do not include taxes, tip or beverages. ...

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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour makes annual stop in Utah

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:45 MDT

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour makes annual stop in Utah

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:45PM MDT

The Outdoor Recreation Program at the University of Utah is hosting three nights of the often adrenaline-charged Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Not all the selections are hard-core action sport flicks. Some are reflective interpretations of our connection with the outdoors. Each night carries a different lineup of movies, so don’t hesitate to reserve seats for all three. The festival is playing Feb. 21-23 at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. Pre-purchased tickets are $9...

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Snowbird offers Valentine’s Day special for singles

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:45 MDT

Snowbird offers Valentine’s Day special for singles

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:45PM MDT

Snowbird • Talk about high-speed dating: Snowbird will be adding a twist to its singles-only line for Valentine’s Day in an effort to help singles meet each other on the Peruvian Express lift. Adult chairlift tickets will be sold at a discounted rate of $40 on Valentine’s Day in an effort to get folks on the mountain. “The Valentine’s singles line is a unique way of speed dating, and Snowbird is the perfect place to meet fun friends,” said resort official Dave Fields, who proposed to his now-wi...

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Movie review: ‘The Vow’ can’t sustain a long-term commitment

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:45 MDT

Movie review: ‘The Vow’ can’t sustain a long-term commitment

By Ellen Fagg Weist The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:45PM MDT

The chemistry between confused Paige (Rachel McAdams) and tough-but-vulnerable Leo (Channing Tatum) is what makes this uneven romantic weepie worth sticking with, even if script problems might make you want a breakup. Paige and Leo are young urban newlyweds with artsy vocations, an aspiring sculptor and recording engineer, and a family of assembled friends in attendance while the couple speak beautifully written vows in a guerrilla wedding ceremony at the Chicago Art Institute. After Paige suffe...

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Spend Valentine’s day with the Sharks and the Jets

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:45 MDT

Spend Valentine’s day with the Sharks and the Jets

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:45PM MDT

“I like to be in America. OK by me in America. Everything free in America.” “For a small fee in America.” For a small $5 fee, you can see “West Side Story” at Peery’s Egyptian Theater on Feb. 14. For an additional $30, make it dinner and a movie on Valentine’s night. The three-course dinner, prepared by Ogden Eccles Conference Center Chef Dave Fuentes,will be served in the junior ballroom at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., it’s a screening of “West Side Story,” the 1961 movie musical that won a whopping 10 Ac...

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Review: Captivating ‘Don Quixote’ may be best of Ballet West’s classics

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:40:28 MDT

Review: Captivating ‘Don Quixote’ may be best of Ballet West’s classics

By Kathy Adams Special to The Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:40PM MDT

The episodic story ballet “Don Quixote” has fascinated generations of audiences worldwide. After a 30-year absence from the Capitol Theatre stage of even the most recognizable sections of this hallmark of classical dance, Ballet West’s Friday night opening proved its time has come. The captivating adaptation by choreographer Anna-Marie Holmes is packed with dancing — a comment that might seem like a given in any ballet performance. But Holmes has ingeniously busted open all convention while stay...

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17 surprising features of new downtown Harmons

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:40:28 MDT

17 surprising features of new downtown Harmons

By Kathy Stephenson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:40PM MDT

Harmons will open its new 70,000 square food urban grocery store on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in downtown Salt Lake City. The new City Creek store opens at 9 a.m., and includes everything you’d expect from a modern-day market: fresh produce, a meat and seafood counter, an in-store bakery and deli, floral department, grab-and-go food items, and a pharmacy. But here are 17 other features you might find more surprising: Cooking school • Headed by Chef Adalberto Diaz, it offers a range of classes, inclu...

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Kellie Pickler shocks with swell, emotional album

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:40:28 MDT

Kellie Pickler shocks with swell, emotional album

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:40PM MDT

Grade: B CD • The most surprising release of the new year is “100 Proof,” the third album from former “American Idol” finalist Kellie Pickler. Until now, the 25-year-old country singer’s success was limited to a few lightweight singles and an omnipresent TV image as a dim-witted, blond-haired country girl who, when she appeared on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?,” was shocked to learn that Hungary was a country. But this is by far the strongest and most mature collection of songs she’s...

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DWR works to put an end to poaching

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:38:28 MDT

DWR works to put an end to poaching

By brett prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:38PM MDT

Juab County • Jay Topham pulls out his gloves and starts poking around the carcasses of two mule deer. Topham, a conservation officer for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), found the animals via clues provided by a concerned citizen who called the agency to report the find. Topham checks the ribcage for possible bullet entry points or broken ribs and then looks at the legs. There are no obvious signs of bullet holes in the deer, which were probably last alive two weeks prior. There ...

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Post-Powell grief: Religion can heal or hurt

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:06:20 MDT

Post-Powell grief: Religion can heal or hurt

By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 04:06PM MDT

Grief counselors at University Hospital in Salt Lake City started getting calls as soon as the news emerged that Josh Powell had used a hatchet to begin the fiery murders of his two young sons. Some wanted to know how — or whether — to explain such a horrifying crime to children. Some were re-experiencing their own traumas from years earlier. Others wanted assurance that their world was still intact after the gruesome deed. None of the callers was related to the victims, but all were virtually a...

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Jennifer Hudson, tattoo artist? Could’ve happened

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:17:03 MDT

Jennifer Hudson, tattoo artist? Could’ve happened

By ALICIA QUARLES The Associated Press

Published Feb 13, 2012 03:17PM MDT

LOS ANGELES • If the whole singing and acting thing ever falls apart for Jennifer Hudson, you might find her working at a tattoo parlor. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning performer was interviewed at the Grammy Museum on Saturday by Bob Santelli, the director of the museum. At one point, he asked her what she would be doing if she wasn’t able to pursue a career in singing or acting. “I promised myself a long time ago I would use my gifts and my talents,” she said. She added that she could draw: “(I’...

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Diana Ross, Steve Jobs honored at Grammy ceremony

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:15:03 MDT

Diana Ross, Steve Jobs honored at Grammy ceremony

By DERRIK J. LANG The Associated Press

Published Feb 13, 2012 03:15PM MDT

LOS ANGELES • Diana Ross thinks she should receive a lifetime achievement Grammy for being a mother — not a music legend. The 67-year-old diva, who served as the leader of the Motown group The Supremes before striking gold on her own as a singer and actress, giggled at the notion of such an accolade while on hand to accept her trophy at Saturday’s Grammy Special Merit Awards ceremony. “It’s been such an incredible ride,” said Ross, who was joined by her five children and one grandchild on stage ...

New music on the way from late Waylon Jennings

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:08:02 MDT

New music on the way from late Waylon Jennings

By CHRIS TALBOTT The Associated Press

Published Feb 13, 2012 03:08PM MDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. • The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release songs the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago. At least eight of the 12 songs on the tentatively titled “Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Final Recordings” were written by Jennings and eight have not been released in any version before. The simple vocal and guitar tracks were cut at steel guitarist Robby Turner’s studio before Jennings’ death in 2002 and musicians who worked with Jennings have gathered to fin...

Movies: Lindsey Van clears path to Olympic dreams

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:57:03 MDT

Movies: Lindsey Van clears path to Olympic dreams

By Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 02:57PM MDT

Lindsey Van may never get a chance to stand on the top podium of the Olympics as a ski jumper, but thanks in a large part to her efforts, at least a woman will during the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Since first taking up the sport as a 7-year-old in Park City, Van has been dreaming of being on the women’s Olympic ski jumping team. But there was a problem — no such team exists. Van, and other women with a passion for flying off ski jumps and their supporters — have been fighting for the r...

See ‘The Crucible’ for free

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:55:02 MDT

See ‘The Crucible’ for free

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 02:55PM MDT

The Salem Witch trials come to life in the 1996 adaptation of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which will be screened for free on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State St. in Salt Lake City. Miller adapted his 1955 play for the film, which stars Daniel-Day Lewis, Winona Ryder and Joan Allen. The play, about a spurned woman who accuses her ex-lover’s wife of witchcraft, is an allegory for the McCarthyism of the 1950s. The Grand Theatre and the Salt Lake Film Society ...

Ski lift of the week: Little Cloud at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:45:47 MDT

Ski lift of the week: Little Cloud at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 02:45PM MDT

Where • Little Cloud at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort Type • Fixed-grip double Vertical rise • 1,304 feet Number of runs • 4 Difficulty rating • Mostly advanced Why try it • Great skiing off Road to Provo traverse The ride • There are several ways to reach this upper-mountain lift. It’s a little slow, taking seven minutes to reach the ridgeline. If you take the Tram from Snowbird Plaza, a run down Regulator Johnson can lead you right to Little Cloud’s loading zone. For people parking in the Entry...

Utah Outdoors: A ‘Where Is It?’ photo collection

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:45:47 MDT

Utah Outdoors: A ‘Where Is It?’ photo collection

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 13, 2012 02:45PM MDT

The Salt Lake Tribune has been running the “Where Is It?” feature for 20 years. That’s a lot of pictures, even if some landscapes, monuments and other unique objects have been featured more than once. We get a lot of feedback on the “Where Is It?” photos as people are reminded of their travels across Utah or simply recognize the view out their back window. Entries come from across the nation and other countries. Watch for a “Where Is It?” gallery to occasionally be featured on the Tribune...