Orchard Elementary School Principal Barry Bezzant reads the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" while sitting atop the school's roof last week in Orem. Bezzant promised his students he'd sit on the roof if they completed the challenge to read 2 million minutes during the school year. The challenge was part of the Road to Success program, which encourages every child to read or be read to twenty minutes every day.
Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
Orchard Elementary School Principal Barry Bezzant reads the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" while sitting atop the school's roof last week in Orem. Bezzant promised his students he'd sit on the roof if they completed the challenge to read 2 million minutes during the school year. The challenge was part of the Road to Success program, which encourages every child to read or be read to twenty minutes every day.
DWR stocks Strawberry
Strawberry Reservoir lures thousands of people for its trout fishing, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources wants to give fishermen a great catch on the line in the years to come. So the DWR has stocked the reservoir with half a million cutthroat trout.
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20,000 Salt Lake County residents who volunteered during 2011 had their efforts valued at $20 million.
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