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Sports briefs: Gay player Robbie Rogers to join L.A. Galaxy

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:17:17 MDT

Sports briefs: Gay player Robbie Rogers to join L.A. Galaxy

Updated May 24, 2013 11:17PM MDT

Robbie Rogers is expected to join the Los Angeles Galaxy and become the first openly gay player on a major men’s professional team in North America. The Galaxy are expected to introduce Rogers, 26, as a member of the Major League Soccer team at a news conference Saturday. Rogers announced that he was gay in February, when he also announced his retirement from soccer. Rogers played in MLS with the Columbus Crew before moving in 2011 to England. Jason Collins, the NBA player who announced that he ...

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Riverview Junior High cooks off Dutch oven style

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:18 MDT

Riverview Junior High cooks off Dutch oven style

By Rinna Waddhany Special to The Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 09:41PM MDT

If you can’t handle the heat, stay away from the Dutch oven. This year, Riverview Junior High completed another successful round of its annual Ninth Grade Dutch Oven Cook Off, a tradition that is certainly popular with taste buds. “I have kids come back and say this was the most fun thing they’ve done,” said Janet Wayman, foods teacher and founder of the event. Wayman has been teaching at Riverview Junior High for 28 years. Several years back, she decided it would be interesting for her student...

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National PTA head visits Utah, talks of boosting membership

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:07:48 MDT

National PTA head visits Utah, talks of boosting membership

By lisa schencker The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:07PM MDT

PROVO • The soon-to-behead of the National PTA told Utah members Thursday he believes it’s possible for the group to reverse a trend of declining membership in some states and misconceptions about its politics. National PTA President-Elect Otha Thornton emphasized that the PTA — which has 117,000 members in Utah — is a nonpartisan group that tells its members to vote, but not how to vote. And he said it is possible to re-build membership numbers in some parts of the country. He said the power ...