Seven-year-old Connor Patton is retrieved from the Great Salt Lake Marina by his father, Kevin, after Connor's cardboard boat started to sink during the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club's 2009 Sailfest at the marina on Saturday.
Michael Brandy, Deseret News
Seven-year-old Connor Patton sits in his cardboard box or boat as 8-year-old Kaitlyn Conley, front, and Tyler Bean, 11, pass Connor in the "Mother Load" during the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club's 2009 Sailfest at the Great Salt Lake Marina on Saturday. Connor's boat or box was forced to retire before the completion of the race, and the "Mother Load" finished third. Connor's father is an aerospace engineer, but Connor says his father didn't help him in the design of his boat.
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.
Volunteers save Salt Lake
20,000 Salt Lake County residents who volunteered during 2011 had their efforts valued at $20 million.
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