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- Aug 25-27: Lt. Governor Herbert to participate in the Governor's Rural Trip visiting locations throughout rural Utah.
- Aug 25-28: Democratic National Convention, Denver

- Aug 25: Governor’s Rural Road Trip Media Event, 9 a.m., Antelope Island Marina.

- Aug 25: RadioWest on KUER FM 90: A History of Political Conventions, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Throughout their history, conventions have more than once turned into a circus. Doug and political historian Byron Shafer have a civil conversation about the role conventions have played in the Presidential election process - and just what they do for democracy today.

- Aug 26: Jason Chaffetz Cottage Meeting with Rep. Carl Wimmer, 7 p.m., Riverton Library, 12877 South 1830 West, Riverton.

- Aug 27: Immigration Interim Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Ecker Hill International Middle School Auditorium.

- Aug 28: ChamberWest Business Before Lunch networking event, 11 a.m., The E Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive. For chamber members. Please call 801-977-8755 to reserve table space.

- Aug 28: ChamberWest General Membership Meeting, 11:45 a.m., The E Center Centennial Room, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive. Presenter is Sen. Bob Bennett. Cost is $15, RSVP required by calling 801-977-8755. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will also be presenting Sen. Bennett the 'Spirit of Enterprise' award as part of this event.

- Aug 28: Libertarian Party Monthly Social, 6 to 9 p.m., Mo's Neighborhood Grill, 358 S. West Temple. Come and bring a friend, for food, drink, politics and good company.
- Sept 1-4: Republican National Convention, Minneapolis, MN

- Sept 1: Labor Day
- Sept 2: State office, legislative office, state school board and local school board candidate financial disclosure report due.

- Sept 2: Hinckley Forum: Careers in the Foreign Service, 9:10 a.m., Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of Utah. David W. Simons, U.S. State Department’s Regional Human Resources Officer, Frankfurt Regional Service Center, Frankfurt, Germany. Free and open to the public.

- Sept 3: Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee Meeting, 1 p.m., room C445.

- Sept 4: YWCA’s Young Women’s Leadership Board brown-bag lunch lecture series, 12:15 p.m., YWCA, 322 E. 300 S., Salt Lake City. Topic: Women in Office: Why it Makes a Difference with guest speaker Representative Roz McGee. All are invited. The YWCA will provide tea, please bring your lunch. RSVP to Cassi, 801-537-8619.

- Sept 8: 2nd Annual what's IN OUT back! Economic Summit and Golf Tournament, Zermatt and Homestead Resorts. Designed to showcase new and standing developments, issues and concerns that are happening in Wasatch County. Following the summit will be a classic 4-person scramble golf tournament. Attend the economic summit, the golf tournament, or both. For more info or to register click here.

- Sept 8: Salt Lake County Local of the Green Party of Utah Meeting, 7 p.m., The Coffee Club, 4879 S Redwood Rd, Taylorsville. Meetings are held the first Monday of each month. For more info contact Eileen at 801-201-0219 or leenaree@xmission.com

- Sept 9: Hinckley Forum: Will the Democrats or Republicans Best Solve Utah’s Priority Problems?, 2 p.m., Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of Utah. Wayne Holland, Chair, Utah Democratic Party, Stan Lockhart, Chair, Utah Republican Party. Cosponsor – Utah Foundation’s The 2008 Utah Priorities. Free and open to the public.

- Sept 10: Commerce and Workforce Services Appropriations Subcommittee Meeting, 8 a.m., room C250.

- Sept 10: Hinckley Forum: Envisioning Jordan River’s Future: Canoes, Cafes and Condos?, 12 p.m., Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of Utah. Free and open to the public.

- Sept 11: Mayor Peter Corroon’s Open Door Meeting, 4 to 5 p.m., Mayor’s Office, N-2100 (Second floor, North building), Salt Lake County Government Center, 2001 South State Street. Each meeting will run approximately 10 minutes. No appointment is needed. Residents are invited to bring concerns or issues to the Mayor’s attention.

- Sept 12: United Way of Salt Lake 2008 Financial Stability Summit. Focus the summit is to prioritize the objectives in the areas of income, education, health, and housing. Governor Huntsman to give the welcome address. For more information please contact Liz Cala or visit www.uw.org.

- Sept 12: Hinckley Forum: Was Bork Right? Can Federal Judges Be Neutral?, 12 p.m., Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall Room 255, University of Utah. Judge Thomas B. Griffith, United States Court of Appeals. Co-sponsor - The J. Willard Marriott Library’s - September Project. Open to the public.

- Sept 13: Neighborhood Open House hosted by Dr. Joe Jarvis, Republican candidate for House District 24, 10 a.m., Hatch Family Chocolates, 390 4th Avenue, Salt Lake City.

- See the entire calendar


 

Sunday

August 24, 2008


Sunday, August 24

Deseret News

- Biden pick wins praise of Utahns — mostly

- Park City hopes to shrink footprint

- Utah GOP clears backing for McCain

- Nuclear plant proposal fuels worries

- Utahns urged to adopt water-wise practices

- Obama ramps up campaign presence in Utah

- Towns hoping for bus service

- iProvo network takes another blow

- Jay Evensen: Lowering legal drinking age an absurd idea

- Pignanelli & Webb: Obama lovefest could backfire in Utah

- Editorial: A new train of thought

Standard-Examiner

- Ogden makes a name for itself

- Op-ed: WSU Board of Trustees chairman responds to accusations

Daily Herald

- Politics, ice cream bring Huntsman to Alpine

Logan Herald Journal

- Street legal?

- Look for UTVs on some Utah roads soon

- Bridge placed using USU technology

Salt Lake Tribune

- Win West, get the rest

- Democrats hoping to storm Utah's Republican fortress

- Democratic National Convention highlights

- Crandall retaliation feared

- Delegate votes can be cast for McCain

- Political prodigy in Utah delegation to Democratic Convention

- Offices go green

- Rolly: Local GOP aping Karl Rove with underhanded attacks on Democrats

- Guy: Evidence of our national stupidity just keeps piling up

- Op-ed: Time to recognize that closing Oxbow jail was a mistake

- Op-ed: Raising your own backyard chickens will give you something to crow about

- Op-ed: Maybe Utah's peculiar liquor laws are not so bad after all

Saturday, August 23

Salt Lake Tribune

- Utah Republicans agree to let delegates vote for McCain

- City Council OKs slimmer budget, 116% tax increase

- Salt Lake County makes new hire in community relations

- City Council appoints new mayor

- Civil rights advocates question drug policy

- Obama tickets a tough find

- Obama campaign to open its Utah office today

- Impact statement can be viewed online

- Keep legislative lawyers off case, plaintiffs insist

- Officials: Soaring cost of asphalt may delay road projects

- Editorial: Law of the river: Don't dis the Colorado River Compact

- Editorial: Rethinking gas tax: In theory, per-mile tax has advantages

- Op-ed: Sen. Hatch points out that his energy efforts go beyond developing fossil fuels

Standard-Examiner

- Blue & Beaming

KCPW

- Mayor Becker Welcomes Teachers Back to School

Daily Herald

- Eagle Mtn., Saratoga Springs want chamber changes

- Pretrial resolution unlikely in Eagle Mtn. mayor case

Park Record

- Budget chief will depart

- Lawmen pan immigration measure

KUER

- Utah Priorities: Teacher Quality

Deseret News

- Delegates converge on Denver — 32 Utah attendees sense a change for better

- Quality teachers top issue for Utahns

- Gay marriage criticized at Education Week address

- Web sites back gay unions

- Blog details senator's pizza run-in

- Editorial: Rethinking public education