Deseret News (Salt Lake City) back issues from January 2009:
Minnesota posts 'Wild' victory
Jan 01, 2009; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Brent Burns scored at 1:38 of overtime to givethe Minnesota Wild a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks onWednesday night. Burns took a cross-ice pass from Mikko Koivu and beat EvgeniNabokov over the left shoulder. Owen Nolan also scored in his returnto the ...
Sports on the air
Jan 01, 2009 ... TELEVISION COLLEGE FOOTBALL Iowa vs. South Carolina, ESPN, 9 a.m. Clemson vs. Nebraska, Ch. 2, 11 a.m. Michigan St. vs. Georgia, Ch. 4, 11 a.m. Penn St. vs. Southern ...
Obituary: CHRISTENSEN, HAL
Jan 01, 2009 ... Hal Christensen HAPPY NEW YEAR 08/29/41 ~ 1/1/2006 I miss ...
NFL playoff glance
Jan 01, 2009 ... Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Atlanta at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) Indianapolis at San Diego, 8p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 4 Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at Minnesota, 4:30p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 ...
Smoking ban cuts heart attacks
Jan 01, 2009; ... ATLANTA -- A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramaticdrop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign ofjust how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, governmentresearchers said Wednesday. The study, the longest-running of its kind, showed the rate ...
Obituary: ANDRUS, BLAINE
Jan 01, 2009 ... Blaine Leavitt Andrus 1953 ~ 2008 Our dearest husband, father and grandfather was called back toheaven December 30, 2008 at the age of 55.He was born February 8,1953 in St. George, Utah to James and Eula Leavitt Andrus. As a boyhe enjoyed hunting, riding, fishing ...
Obituary: BENNETT, VIRGINIA
Jan 01, 2009 ... Virginia Lee Elder Bennett 9/8/1938 ~ 12/30/2008 Virginia Lee Elder Bennett, age 70, passed away on December 30,2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a struggle withpneumonia.Virginia was born on September 8, 1938 to Henry Fenton andEdna Berg Thorup Elder ....
11 hurt when runaway rig smashes into cars
Jan 01, 2009 ... LEBEC, Calif. (AP) -- A runaway big rig smashed into 11 othervehicles on a foggy highway in mountains northwest of Los Angeles onWednesday, injuring 11 people, authorities said. California Highway Patrol ...
Passenger gives birth to girl over the Atlantic
Jan 01, 2009 ... BOSTON (AP) -- There were 124 passengers on Northwest AirlinesFlight 59 when it left the Netherlands. There were 125 when itlanded in Boston. Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Logan International Airport,says a woman went into labor and gave birth to an apparently healthybaby girl ...
Obituary: HUTCHINGS, EARL
Jan 01, 2009 ... Earl James "Jim"Hutchins Jr. 1930 ~ 2008 With heavy hearts our earthly family gathered around our husband,father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend Earl James HutchinsJr. (Jim) while our eternal family, rejoicing, came to escort himback to our Father in Heaven. We take ...
Obituary: PETERSON, KEITH
Jan 01, 2009 ... Keith Maurice Peterson 1918 ~ 2008 Keith Maurice Peterson, age 90, passed away December 28, 2008 inMurray, Utah. He was born to Ira and Alice Peterson on Sept. 18,1918 in Alpine, UT. He served a mission in the Southern States. Hethen served his country in the Army ...
Body, disabled mom, 60 birds found in home
Jan 01, 2009 ... PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police investigating the death of a morbidlyobese woman found her disabled mother living in their squalid mobilehome with more than 60 caged birds, a few of them dead. Judith Kresge sought help from a family friend on Christmas Eveafter getting no response to ...
Cuba getting ready to mark 50th anniversary of revolution
Jan 01, 2009 ... SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (MCT) -- Scores of workers are layingcables while others hammer away at the wooden stage. Televisioncrews are perched on an overhead church balcony practicing theirstandups. Men in military uniforms walk up and down the streets,finalizing the last details and ...
Obituary: ORTON, GORDON
Jan 01, 2009 ... Gordon C. Orton 1924 ~ 2008Gordon C. Orton, of Plain City, Utah, passed away at homesurrounded by his loved ones Monday, December 29, 2008.He was bornJanuary 10, 1924, in Antimony, Utah to Grover C. and Clara BeebeOrton. Part of America's "Greatest Generation", Dad ...
Russia cuts supply of gas to Ukraine
Jan 01, 2009; ... MOSCOW -- Russia's state gas monopoly said it would cut off allnatural gas supplies to Ukraine early Thursday after the two sidesfailed to agree on how much Ukraine would pay in 2009. The cutoff announced late Wednesday by Gazprom CEO Alexei Millerthreatened a replay of a January ...
Obituary: JACKSON, LINDA
Jan 01, 2009 ... Linda Darlene Jackson 1948 ~ 2008 Our beloved daughter, sister, aunt and friend, Linda DarleneJackson passed away on Monday December 29, 2008. She died peacefullyin her sleep while at home. She was 60-years-old. Linda was born inSalt Lake City, Utah on May 20, 1948 ....
U.S. deaths are down in Iraq, up in Afghanistan
Jan 01, 2009; ... BAGHDAD -- U.S. military deaths in Iraq plunged by two-thirds in2008 from the previous year, a reflection of the improving securityfollowing the U.S. military's counterinsurgency campaign and al-Qaida's slow retreat from the battlefield. By comparison, the war in Afghanistan saw ...
Obituary: SORENSEN, NEIL
Jan 01, 2009 ... Neil H. Sorensen 1923 ~ 2008 Mayfield, Utah - Neil H. Sorensen, 85, passed away December 29,2008 at his home in Mayfield. He was born September 4, 1923 in Bingham, Utah to Nels A. andGladys Christensen Sorensen. He married Mary Louise Munk on May 22,1946 in the ...
Obituary: HANSEN, PEGGY
Jan 01, 2009 ... Peggy Pauline Ford Hansen 1930 ~ 2008 Peggy Pauline Ford Hansen, our sweet wife, mother, grandmotherand great-grandmother, passed away peacefully, surrounded by herfamily, on December 30, 2008.She was born on January 25, 1930 inSalt Lake City, to Harlan Columbus and ...
Louisiana to fight order on 2 adoptive fathers
Jan 01, 2009 ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The state of Louisiana says it will appeal afederal court order to put the names of two adoptive fathers ontheir son's birth certificate. State Health Secretary Alan Levine said Wednesday the state isbeing forced to grant more legal recognition to the couple ...
Man is arrested near White House checkpoint
Jan 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Authorities near the White House arrested aman after he drove up to a security checkpoint in his car and drewthe attention of wary police dogs Wednesday night, police said. The car approached a checkpoint at an intersection near LafayettePark, just north of the ...
Many refugees get Jan. 1 as birth date
Jan 01, 2009; ... Nearly 500 Somalis living in the Boston area are turning one yearolder Thursday. It is not a statistical quirk, nor a bizarre proliferation of NewYear babies, but a side effect of the global crises that have drivenrefugees from Somalia, Laos, Bhutan and other countries to ...
Obituary: MILLER, JAMES
Jan 01, 2009 ... James Robert Miller "Bob" Bob (James Robert) Miller, beloved father, grandfather, great-grand-father, great-great-grandfather, passed away Dec. 30, 2008,peacefully in Salt Lake City, Utah.Only son of James Albert Millerand Evelyn Roberts, born 25 September 1914, Salt ...
EPA errs on toxic effects
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow its ownguidelines and made a basic error in evaluating how a toxiccontaminant in rocket fuel harms human health, according to a reportby the agency's inspector general. The contaminant, perchlorate, has been found in ...
Obituary: ELWELL, SHELBI
Jan 01, 2009 ... Shelbi Kay Elwell 2002 ~ 2008 Our little princess, Shelbi Kay Elwell, age six, passed away froma sudden illness on Dec. 30, 2008.Shelbi was born to her lovingparents, Rian and MeLea Elwell on Feb. 26, 2002. Shelbi lovedprincesses, Barbies, playing with her cousins, ...
Obituary: SWENSEN, MELBA
Jan 01, 2009 ... Melba Anne Swensen 1920 ~ 2008 Melba Anne Swensen passed away peacefully at home Dec. 31,2008.Melba was born in Leadore, Idaho to Lola Juanita Backman andArthur Marion Peterson. She married James Glenn Swensen in Salt LakeCity, Utah September 5, 1945. Melba ...
Obituary: DAVIES, JOHN
Jan 01, 2009 ... John R Davies Duchesne, Utah John R Davies, age 83, died Dec. 30, 2008 at home.He was bornMarch 30, 1925 in Talmage to William and Esther Cecelia Hamblin Davies. He married Freda Beal September 25, 1948 in Bridgeland andsolemnized Feb. 23, 2008 in the Salt Lake ...
Oregon State blanks Pitt in Sun Bowl
Jan 01, 2009; ... EL PASO, Texas -- Three points, 20 punts and 10 sacks. Go aheadand say it was unsightly, but Oregon State coach Mike Riley sawnothing short of a masterpiece. In the lowest-scoring major bowl game in a half-century, the 24th-ranked Beavers shut down No. 18 Pittsburgh 3-0 Wednesday ...
Israel sends more troops to Gaza
Jan 01, 2009; ... GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel sent more troops to the Gazaborder Wednesday, rapidly moving forward with preparations for apossible ground offensive as the next stage of its military assaulton the coastal territory's Hamas rulers. Israel rebuffed calls by world leaders for a ...
Obituary: FUNK, GWEN
Jan 01, 2009 ... Gwen A. Funk 1913 ~ 2008 Gwen Anderson Funk was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9 Aug.1913, the youngest of four daughters to Edgar Victor and Ann ElisaDunn Anderson, residing at 1864 So. 8th East. Both parents were ofpioneer stock. Her grandfather, David Patterson Anderson ...
Blaze at Bangkok club kills at least 59 revelers
Jan 01, 2009; ... BANGKOK, Thailand -- A fire swept through a high-class nightclubjammed with several hundred New Year's revelers early Thursday,killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 200, officialssaid. A number of foreigners were among the casualties from the blazethat erupted shortly ...
Obituary: BRYNER, BARBARA
Jan 01, 2009 ... Barbara Fairholm Bryner 1924 ~ 2008Our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Barbara FairholmBryner, 84, died peacefully on Christmas morning 2008 in Salt LakeCity, Utah.She was born on March 8, 1924, in Salt Lake City, thedaughter of Kate Neone Smith and Leo ...
S.L. celebrates First Night
Jan 01, 2009; ... Salt Lake City wasn't sleeping last night. To celebrate the birth of 2009, thousands of Utah residentscrowded the usually sleepy downtown area to ring in the new year inthe company of friends, family and fellow revelers. First Night, afestival celebrating the culture and community ...
Obituary: KILLEY, C.M.
Jan 01, 2009 ... C. M. (Buck) Killey Together Again Buck Killey passed away peacefully at his son's home in WestJordan of natural causes on Tuesday, December 30, 2008.Buck was bornMarch 10, 1918 in Brownstown, Indiana the youngest of six childrenborn to William Bert and Sarah Mason ...
Aggies survive tough tourney ride
Jan 01, 2009; ... LOGAN -- Stew Morrill might not have joined the masses partyingand celebrating the end of 2008, but he'll probably wake up feelingas if he'd been on an all-night bender of sorts. That's what an emotional roller-coaster ride of a basketball gamewill do to a coach, and Morrill said ...
Obituary: MIDDLETON, WARD
Jan 01, 2009 ... Ward T. Middleton 1928 ~ 2008 Ward Topham Middleton left his loving family to return to hisheavenly home on Sunday, December 28, after his courageous, two-year battle with cancer - culminating a lifetime of service anddevotion to his family, his Church, and his ...
Obituary: GREEN, STEVEN
Jan 01, 2009 ... Steven Reed Green 7/22/1957 ~ 12/31/2008 Steven Reed Green was born on July 22, 1957 to Floyd Matson Greenand Alice LaRue Johnson. Steve returned to his Heavenly Father onDec. 31, 2008 due to health complications. He passed away at LifeCare Center in Bountiful ....
UNLV hits late shot to beat Louisville
Jan 01, 2009; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Oscar Bellfield hit an acrobatic layup with16.1 seconds remaining to lift UNLV to a stunning win overLouisville. Bellfield beat Louisville center Samardo Samuels to the basketand banked the ball over the outstretched hands of the 6-foot-9Samuels to give the ...
Obituary: STEVENS, BERNICE
Jan 01, 2009 ... Bernice F. Stevens 1916 ~ 2008 Bernice F. Stevens passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008 inSalt Lake City, Utah.She was born July 29, 1916 in Hooper, Utah toThomas Fowles and Ellen Elizabeth Cottle Fowles. She attendedschools in Ogden, Utah and married R. Lamont ...
Gary Coleman has habit of police involvement
Jan 01, 2009; ... SANTAQUIN -- Gary Coleman, who makes it no secret that he likeshis privacy and wants to be left alone, chose to settle in small-town Utah -- far away from the paparazzi and autograph seekers ofhis former life as a TV star. But a rocky romance, a prescription pill overdose and ...
Obituary: THACKER, MERLIN
Jan 01, 2009 ... Merlin D. Thacker 1939 ~ 2008 Our beloved family member,Merlin Don Thacker, died December 28,2008 at age 69. He was born March 22, 1939 in Colville, Washington, to Claude andHilda Fullmer Thacker, the sixth of 11 children. He entered the USNavy, at the age ...
Why drop a crystal ball if a chicken nugget will do?
Jan 01, 2009 ... MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) -- For millions, New Year's is marked by thedescent of the giant crystal ball in Times Square. For others, it'sa giant acorn or peach. But perhaps the most savory countdown is in McDonough, Ga., wherethousands gathered Wednesday to watch a giant ...
Obituary: HANSEN-CHRISTENSEN, JESSE
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jesse David Hansen- Christensen 2007 ~ 2008 Jesse David Hansen-Christensen was born on April 6th, 2007 toTodd Christensen and Jordan Hansen. Jesse, our precious angel,returned to his Heavenly Father December 29th, 2008, after a braveand valiant fight with a ...
Group protests Redford's stand against oil, gas drilling
Jan 01, 2009; ... A civil rights group says it is organizing protests against actorRobert Redford for what it says is his political role as the Grinchwho is hurting low-income families by fighting oil and gas drillingin Utah. "If Robert Redford succeeds in blocking natural gas production inUtah, ...
Obituary: SALISBURY, LUCILE
Jan 01, 2009 ... Lucile M. Salisbury 1908 ~ 2008 Our beloved family matriarch,Lucile M. Salisbury, 100, passedaway peacefully on Dec. 30, 2008. Born to Amelia and George McDermaid in Somerset, Colorado, Jan.8, 1908, Lucille lived a life full of family, adventure and music.Her ...
Some pronghorn relocated to supplement other herds
Jan 01, 2009; ... VERNAL -- The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has movedpronghorn antelope from Parker Mountain in southern Utah to newhomes in the northeastern part of the state. The division relocated 49 pronghorn to the Book Cliffs and 50pronghorn to an area southeast of Duchesne. The ...
Obituary: ANJEWIERDEN, JANS
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jans Copier Anjewierden 1915 ~ 2008 Our dear mother, grandmother and sister Jannigje (Jans) CopierAnjewierden was born on November 30, 1915 in Breukelen, TheNetherlands. Jans was the daughter of Jan Copier and Jannigje deWith. She died on Dec. 27, 2008 at Brighton ...
Gondola project set to begin in spring
Jan 01, 2009; ... KETCHUM, Idaho -- Sun Valley officials say they hope to beginconstruction on a new, all-season gondola this spring. Resort officials had hoped to break ground this summer, but theproject was delayed by permitting complications caused by wildfiresin 2007. Now, they say the ...
Zion National Park may set visitation record
Jan 01, 2009; ... ZION NATIONAL PARK -- Zion National Park may set a visitationrecord this year. Not including December, the park has had more than 2.6 millionvisitors in the first 11 months of the year. The park needs visitation numbers of more than 51,733 in Decemberto surpass the current ...
Nuggets give Karl 900th win
Jan 01, 2009; ... TORONTO -- Nene scored 21 points, Carmelo Anthony added 20 andthe Denver Nuggets beat the Toronto Raptors 114-107 on Wednesdaynight. Chauncey Billups scored 18 points and J.R. Smith had 16 forDenver, with Kenyon Martin adding 15 points and reserves LinasKleiza and Chris Andersen ...
Rocky Long hired as Aztecs' assistant
Jan 01, 2009 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Rocky Long, the former coach at New Mexico, washired as defensive coordinator by San Diego State on Wednesday. Long resigned at New Mexico on Nov. 17 after 11 seasons as theLobos' head coach. New Aztecs coach Brady Hoke also hired Al Borges as ...
Longhorns' Brown earns coaching award
Jan 01, 2009 ... ATLANTA (AP) -- Texas coach Mack Brown was rewarded for his 11-win season and No. 3 ranking when he was honored as the 2008 BobbyDodd Coach of the Year at the halftime of the Chick-fil-A Bowl onWednesday night. The award was established in 1976 to honor the Division I coach"whose ...
Knievel, Maddison make gutsy jumps
Jan 01, 2009 ... LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Robbie Knievel, the son of the late EvelKnievel, rung in 2009 by launching the height of a manmade volcanoperched in front of The Mirage hotel-casino on a motorcycle for atelevision special. The 200-foot high jump made Knievel appear to jump over thevolcano on ...
Supporting cast stepping up for Cougs
Jan 01, 2009; ... PROVO -- Most consider BYU senior forward Lee Cummard, the co-player of the year last season in the Mountain West Conference, asthe Cougars' go-to guy. Even though he and co-captain Jonathan Tavernari are scoringabout the same, right around 18.5 points per game, Cummard is ...
Giacoletti returns to U. -- as 'Zag assistant
Jan 01, 2009; ... If you just happened to attend Wednesday evening's nonconferencemen's basketball game at the Huntsman Center between Utah and No. 16Gonzaga, and you had no idea who any of Gonzaga's assistant coacheswere, you wouldn't have thought there was any reason whatsoever topay special attention ...
NFL locals watch
Jan 01, 2009 ... A look at how NFL players with local ties fared in Week 17: -- San Diego DL Ryon Bingham (Alta HS) came off the bench and hada tackle in win over the Broncos. -- Philadelphia LB Stewart Bradley (Highland HS) had two tackles,defensed a pass, and dropped what would have been a ...
Islanders recall player from Utah Grizzlies
Jan 01, 2009 ... WEST VALLEY CITY -- The New York Islanders have recalled formerUtah forward Trevor Smith from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He madehis NHL debut Wednesday afternoon in the Islanders' 4-2 win overFlorida. Smith, named an ECHL All-Star in 2007-08, played 22 games withUtah last year ...
Grizzlies' forward makes All-Star team
Jan 01, 2009 ... WEST VALLEY CITY -- The ECHL has announced that Utah forwardVladimir Nikiforov has been selected to the National Conference All-Star team. The Reading Royals, the City of Reading and the Sovereign Centerwill host the 17th annual ECHL All-Star Game on Jan. 21, 2009, andthe 12th ...
Western Illinois tops Thunderbirds
Jan 01, 2009 ... MACOMB, Ill. -- Davis Baker scored 25 points, tying the second-highest total of his career, but his teammates combined for just 27more as Southern Utah lost at Western Illinois on Wednesday night,61-53. SUU suffered its first Summit League loss of the season to fallto 2-1 in ...
Nowitzki takes shots at Jazz
Jan 01, 2009; ... In his first public comments since being suspended one game forbackhanding Jazz forward Matt Harpring with a closed fist in anEnergySolutions Arena game last Friday night, Dallas Mavericks starDirk Nowitzki took a shot of sorts at the style of coach JerrySloan's club. Nowitzki ...
Former prosecutor representing hero cop facing criminal charge
Jan 01, 2009 ... OGDEN -- A former prosecutor in the Weber County Attorney'sOffice has been hired to represent Ken Hammond, an Ogden policeofficer facing a sex crimes charge. Second District Court records show Brenda Beaton entered anappearance as counsel for Hammond on Tuesday and filed a request ...
Nursery Rhymes: Testimonies in training
Jan 01, 2009; ... A transformation has occurred in the methods of teaching thegospel to those still in diapers. The church recently revamped andre-created a manual just for Nursery, and I could not be moreimpressed. Much like the evolution of Primary's singing time, where emphasishas matured from ...
Mormon Times briefly
Jan 01, 2009 ... Family History Library class series to help with FamilySearch,handwriting Getting started with family history, FamilySearch and handwritingclasses will be offered at the Family History Library in downtownSalt Lake City. The getting started series, including "Starting Your ...
What's happening...
Jan 01, 2009 ... ON CAMPUS BYU (Provo): First day of classes, Monday; devotional, PresidentCecil O. and Sister Sharon Samuelson, Tuesday, 11 a.m., MarriottCenter Ephraim institute (51 N. 100 East): Opening stomp, Tuesday, 8p.m. Jordan institute (3431 W. Wights Ford Road): Classes ...
Then & now: Family history
Jan 01, 2009 ... Records that are now part of "the world's largest collection ofgenealogical information," according to LDS.org, were once kept inthe Joseph F. Smith Memorial Building, which was home to thechurch's Genealogical Society from 1934 to 1962. The building wasdemolished to make way for the ...