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News from G o o o g l e....5.13.2005

News from G o o o g l e....5.12.2005

Rep. Clark is Taxpayer Advocate of the Year
The Spectrum - St. George, UT
The Utah Taxpayers Association has awarded Rep. David Clark, R-Santa Clara, the 2005 Taxpayer Advocate of the Year for his sponsorship of House Bill 213. The bill reformed the process in which state employee-accrued sick leave hours are converted into retirement benefits.     HB-213 reformed the process that converts state employee accrued sick leave into retirement benefits. ...........

CyberKey Corporation Initiates Medical Division
Market Wire (press release) - USA
ST. GEORGE, UT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/11/2005 -- CyberKey® Corporation (OTC: CYKC) announces today that it has organized to focus its marketing efforts by ...
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Gimme Sum Asian Restaurant, located at 257 Riverside Drive, #2E, is now open.  Mary Villamor says that they provide delicious, traditional Asian-style cuisine at a price that fits your budget. From their succulent all-white meat chicken, to the cancer-fighting broccoli florets, they serve only the freshest, highest-quality ingredients!   If you like Asian food, you'll love Gimme Sum.
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Washington County’s Community Education Channel, headquartered on the Dixie State College campus, has been awarded two Telly Awards for excellence in television production. CEC-TV was also just awarded an Award of Distinction at the Videography Awards 2005 Competition, and the station’s chief, Stan Everett, was just inducted into the National Television Academy's Silver Circle.  CEC-TV has now won three Telly Awards throughout its 10-year history.

The first was awarded in 2002 for the channel's broadcasts of Dixie State basketball. These latest two awards were awarded for televised musical productions, the first of which was a choral concert performed by Lieto and totally produced by students involved in the CEC production program. The producer for that concert was Michael Durrant, a graduate of Dixie High School, who was assisted by Don Woods, a graduate of Snow Canyon High School.

The second award was given for CEC-TV’s production of a jazz concert at the Electric Theater performed by John Lee Hooker, Jr. On this occasion, the tables were turned, with Woods producing and Durrant assisting.

The Telly Award, one of the most sought-after awards in the TV, commercial, and video industry, is a national award given for excellence in the technical aspects of a total television production. The station was introduced in 1995 as a non-profit partnership between the college, Washington County School District and the cities of St. George, Santa Clara, Washington, and Ivins. Charter Communications and Skyview Technologies are also contributing partners.

Both college and high school students contribute heavily to the station, which also serves as the hands-on laboratory for Dixie State College broadcasting and production classes. In addition to Everett, Cory Clyde (producer) and Ben Tanner (engineering) help manage the station.

News from G o o o g l e....5.10.2005

Tax system in Utah may be overhauled
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
... their re-elections? If work isn't completed by the 2007 Legislature, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. faces re-election in 2008. While it was ...

Newest ACCRA results released...

The composite index (94.2) is down slightly from the Fourth Quarter 2004 (94.8) and the Third Quarter 2004 (95.1).  The “Grocery” index (91.1, 96.5, 99.9) has dropped remarkably while the “Housing” index has increased (91.3, 91.0, 85.3) during those same reporting periods.

News from G o o o g l e....5.9.2005

Utah Stands Up for the Children
Why more states are telling D.C. educrats to
take a hike by Marie Gryphon of Reason.com

Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. fired the first shot in what may become a national rebellion against the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Resisting intense veto pressure from President Bush and federal regulators, Huntsman signed into law a bill that will prioritize Utah's own educational goals over the mandates of the federal act. To preserve its freedom to chart the future of its schools, the Beehive State, Huntsman signaled, is willing to say no to Washington's money.
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News from G o o o g l e....5.8.2005

DUMPING ROADLESS RULE: Local control of national forests could ...
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT ,USA
... The fate of Utah's 4 million acres of remaining roadless forests - some of the most ... Jon Huntsman Jr., whose overriding concern is economic development. ...

Keep our grads where they grew up
St. George Daily Spectrum - St. George, UT, USA
... It's time for a statewide economic development campaign to bring diverse jobs as well as entrepreneurial and venture dollars to Southern Utah. ...

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