Recently added articles from Deseret News (Salt Lake City):

Fishing secrets for summertime anglers

Aug 21, 2008; Deseret News ... What's the secret to catching fish when the weather gets hot? It basically comes down to the species of fish and where and whenyou decide to fish. In the spring and fall, the temperatures are at the range most ofUtah's sport fish prefer. In the spring and fall, anglers ...

Know-it-all needs humility

Aug 21, 2008; Jeanne Phillips ... Dear Abby: My sister, "Frannie," and I are both professionals,married to men who are complete opposites. My husband, "Grady," is ablue-collar guy who never attended college. He has many wonderfulqualities but lacks self-esteem. He has a good, stable job and ismore "street smart" than ...

Olympics continue to dominate ratings

Aug 21, 2008; Associated Press ... NEW YORK -- NBC is enjoying a taste of what superstar swimmerMichael Phelps savored last week: a clean sweep. But unlike Phelps in Beijing's Water Cube, NBC's prime-timeOlympics coverage left all its competition far behind. In the first full week of the Summer Games, TV's seven ...

Mountain Bikers ready to hit trails at Brian Head for Mountain Classic

Aug 21, 2008 ... BRIAN HEAD -- Hundreds of the country's top mountain bikers willdescend on Brian Head this week seeking to become the winner ofAmerica's top off-road stage race. The American Mountain Classic is patterned after some of thetoughest races in the world -- but is one of the first stage ...

Dave Matthews Band still coming to USANA Wednesday

Aug 21, 2008 ... Despite the death of its saxophonist, LeRoi Moore, the DaveMatthews Band is still scheduled to play at the USANA Amphitheatreon Wednesday, according to United Concerts. The concert will ...

Athletes can be heroes

Aug 21, 2008 ... Is Michael Phelps a hero? Perhaps I should ask the bigger question: Are athletes heroes? Oris that title reserved only for people like firefighters andsoldiers? Is it more heroic to save a life or to inspire one? Tokeep the body from dying or to breathe life into the ...

Foreclosure figures misleading

Aug 21, 2008 ... Concerning the article on foreclosures by Jasen Lee (Aug. 14),the article presents data on foreclosures in a way that portrays thesituation in the poorest possible light. (Example: 294.02 percentincrease in Utah foreclosure filings in a year.) If you had reportedthe percentage decrease ...

Dust-up in Russia dangerous

Aug 21, 2008 ... With the administration's handling of the Georgia/Russia dust-up, we have witnessed the most dangerous stupidity ever by a U.S.presidency. The Bush administration has done everything it can topoke a stick in the eye of the Russians, surrounding it withmissiles and getting former Soviet ...

Nuclear energy safe, beneficial

Aug 21, 2008 ... Why all the fuss about wind and solar energy? The power companyknows these won't be viable for decades, and current farms are justso-called "greenwashing." How about a crusade to drill for more oil?No, just politicians pandering. Why not nuclear energy? If only it weren't a victim ...

Teachers should be mobile

Aug 21, 2008 ... Once again, school is starting with many of Utah's districtsshort on teachers. As a teacher in Davis School District, I talkedto a number of teachers over the summer who have to travel longdistances to work or took a huge cut in pay to teach closer to homebecause of the way the system ...

Wilco concert cacophonous

Aug 21, 2008 ... Reading Josh Loftin's review of Wilco (Aug. 20) made me wonder ifwe attended the same concert. Then I looked at Loftin's mug shot andrealized his music and art knowledge and appreciation are seriouslylimited by his tender age. I doubt whether Dali, Gaudi or ...

Successful Tour of Utah garners rave reviews from many cyclists

Aug 21, 2008; Jared Eborn Deseret News ... Twelve months ago, no one knew if the Tour of Utah would ever beheld again. Now, after a successful race featuring what some described as thedeepest field to compete on this year's National Racing Calendar,the Tour of Utah is already making plans for next year's race. "I'm ...

Today on TV

Aug 21, 2008; Scott D. Pierce Deseret News ... Summer Olympics: NBC (Ch. 5) has coverage from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 7-11 p.m. and 11:35-1 a.m.; CNBC from 3-6 p.m. and 10 p.m.-4 a.m.;MSNBC from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. and 3-7 a.m.; Oxygen from 7-9 p.m.; ...

Outdoor notes

Aug 21, 2008 ... OKTOBERFEST BEGINS Snowbird's 36th annual Oktoberfest will begin Saturday and runfor seven weekends. More than 70,000 visitors are expected to joinin on activities taking place at Snowbird every Saturday, Sunday andLabor Day through Oct. 5. Admission to Oktoberfest is free ....

Tabatha Coffey is the new Queen of Mean

Aug 21, 2008; Scott D. Pierce Deseret News ... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Tabatha Coffey has all the attributesneeded to make her a reality TV star. She's bossy. She's rude. She has a foreign accent. And she'sreally, really mean. But, she'll tell you, the meanness is tough love. "Tabatha'sSalon Takeover" is to hairdressing ...

Then and now: 48 years of relief

Aug 21, 2008 ... The LDS Relief Society Building at 76 N. Main in Salt Lake Cityis shown, left, in 1960, four years after it was built. Thebuilding, below, as it looks today, serves as world headquarters forthe Primary, Young Women and Relief Society. Founded in 1842 ...

What should the West do about Georgia?

Aug 21, 2008; Thomas Sowell ... What is happening in the republic of Georgia is all tooreminiscent of what happened back in 1956, when Russian tanks rolledinto Hungary -- and the West did nothing. An argument might well be made that, realistically, there wasnothing the West could have done -- then or now -- that ...

A picture-perfect weight-loss record

Aug 21, 2008; Jody Genessy Deseret News ... If I had a nickel for every time somebody told me I needed a newpicture taken for the paper, I could probably afford a way overduemakeover-model session at Glamour Shots. Or some good photo-enhancing software, maybe. Since people always forget to give me loose change with ...

American Indian school takes learning seriously

Aug 21, 2008; George F. Will ... OAKLAND, Calif. -- Seated at a solitary desk in the hall outsidea classroom, the slender 13-year-old boy with a smile like a sunriseearnestly does remedial algebra, assisted by a paid tutor. She, too,is 13. Both wear the uniform -- white polo shirt, khaki slacks -- ofa school that has ...

Gouging? Or market forces

Aug 21, 2008; Deseret News editorial ... It has become somewhat of a yearly tradition in Utah. Sometimeduring the summer, Utah's gas prices rise to levels above thenational average. The governor's office responds either by launchingan investigation, or, as happened recently, by announcing it will"monitor and analyze the ...