(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shane Thorenson, dressed as Nacho Libre, runs at the front of the ski boot wearing pack while participating in the first ever Yeti Pass Skootch’n Dash at the Downtown Farmer's on Saturday. Costume-clad competitors raced in two hilarious athletic events - a ski boot run (approximately 1K) or a 50-meter snowboard skootch. The fastest racers in each division won prizes including Rossignol skis or snowboard, Smith Optics and other Ski Utah swag. A special award for the best costume, as judged by a panel, won a Ski Utah Yeti Pass good for one day of skiing at every Utah resort during the 2011-12 season. The registration fee to participate was five-dollars per person per race and 50 percent of profits earned will be donated to the Utah Avalanche Center.

Weekend Rewind: News you may have missed over holiday weekend

The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Sep 06 2011 06:46 am • Last Updated Sep 06 2011 07:56 am

Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune’s best news, top photos and opinions you may have missed from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Top stories this past holiday weekend

Fight against terrorism still waged at Flaming Gorge Dam • It is not New York or Los Angeles, but it has still received millions of dollars for security. It is considered a critical piece of infrastructure and has 24-hour police protection, security cameras, motion sensors and this winter it will receive a hovercraft to patrol and defend it by land and water. It is Flaming Gorge Dam in the corner of Utah that meets Wyoming and Colorado. • http://bit.ly/qQ3BoJ

Salt Lake County: Deep in the red, pot of gold in the bank • While Salt Lake County struggles to plug a multimillion-dollar gap in next year’s budget, its cash reserves are so healthy that an independent audit, in reviewing last year’s books, recently dinged officials for having too much money in the bank. • http://bit.ly/phlPOR

TRAX warning ignored • Linda Worchs husband, Norbert, worked 37 years for Union Pacific. A brother, aunts, uncles and cousins also worked for railroads. The safety rules they drilled into her made her worry every time she crossed the Mid-Jordan TRAX line and saw a high sound wall that was built right up to the street. • http://bit.ly/q2eUC2

Data, poll results show Utah’s middle class under siege • Bad as the recession and feeble recovery have been to Utah’s psyche, the biggest meltdown since the 1930s has laid bare a more sinister plight — our middle class is slipping backward. • http://bit.ly/rdF3iH

3-D imaging for breast cancer comes to Utah • Intermountain Medical Center in Murray is the first in Utah to offer 3-D mammograms, a new technology thats being marketed as a breast cancer breakthrough promising better detection and fewer false alarms. • http://bit.ly/oImDRX

English-only still the rule for most Utah refugees at driver license division • Utahs drivers license law continues to force most refugees to take the exam in English, despite efforts to make the process easier for new arrivals. The language requirement has apparently led hundreds of refugees living in Utah to illegally drive with licenses from Arizona and Colorado, where translation is allowed. • http://bit.ly/nzY9GP

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