ITT Corp. member Danell Robb, left, of Cottonwood Heights rappels down the side of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City Friday.
Brendan Sullivan, Deseret News
More than 60-plus people rappelled down 20 stories of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City Friday to raise money for the Special Olympics. Participation in the rappel required a minimum donation of $1,000. The list of those taking part included executives, police officers and dignitaries such as Mayor Ralph Becker, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, Utah Jazz Bear, Sheriff Jim Winder, and the morning team from 97.1 ZHT.
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.
Bus driver on leave
A mother said she is traumatized after her 7-year-old daughter was abandoned in an unfamiliar neighborhood.
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