Gov. Olene Walker announced this week the appointment of Katharine Bagley Garff to the State Board of Regents, which oversees public higher education in Utah.
Garff, a former chairman of State Board of Education, replaces past regent Charlie Johnson, who former governor and EPA administrator Mike Leavitt asked to be the chief financial officer for the Environmental Protection Agency. Garff's term lasts until June 30, 2009.
The new student regent, a post that changes every year, will be Salt Lake Community College graduate and former SLCC Board of Trustees member Trenton R. Kemp, now a junior at Utah State University.
Patriotic tradition
The 78-year-old and his wife, LaRae, placed 322 flags donated by the American Legion on veterans' graves.
Promontory Point fire
Crews on Friday continued to battle a 4,000-acre fire on the west side of Promontory Point.
abused as a child graduates
In 1997, Amanda endured three months in the hospital after her mother’s boyfriend abused her. On graduation night, she was no different from any other teenager.
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