Human Interest

This is our last week in our annual survey of the Top 20 Places to Take Kids in the Salt Lake area. Taking a peek into a few categories now...

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN FROM INTRUSION THREATS: 2017 PTA NATIONAL CONVENTION
TO FEATURE CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR RESISTING AND DELAYING SCHOOL ATTACKERS

A Kinder, Gentler Workplace: Ten Nurturing Habits
That Can Transform Your Company—One Employee at a Time
Kind employees are engaged employees—and engaged employees make for a more enjoyable, productive, and successful culture. Whether you're a leader or not, you can change your workplace for the better. Susan Mangiero offers ten tips for developing a genuine "kindness habit" that can transform your organization and your life.

Subscription Boxes for Father's Day:
A Great Gift Idea or More Trouble Than They're Worth?
A subscription box seems like such a perfect gift for Dad this Father's Day.
But before you sign him up, be sure you're making the right decision.
Here, I warn about the dark side of the trendy forever transaction that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving.

By Robbie Kellman Baxter

Are You a Failure-Friendly Parent? How to Teach Your Kids
to Embrace Their Mistakes and Keep on Trying

By David M.R. Covey and Stephan M. Mardyks

3 easy steps to becoming a Red Cross summer blood donor

(June 13, 2017) – The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood this summer for hospital patients in need and offers three easy steps people can take to help save lives. 

1.    Schedule – Use the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment.

President Needs to Tell the Ethanol Industry: You're Fired
By Merrill Matthews

President Donald Trump changed his mind on many issues since taking office -- China is no longer a currency manipulator and NATO is an important institution. So there's still hope he'll dump the renewable fuel standard (RFS).

The RFS mandates that refiners blend ethanol -- a biofuel mostly made from corn -- into the gasoline that goes into our gas tanks.

Don't Let Outsiders Compromise Colorado's Economy
By Regina Thomson

A network of outsiders could bring Colorado's economy to its knees. With heavy backing from out-of-state environmentalists, a group of local teenagers is petitioning to end fracking in the Centennial State.

That would be a colossal mistake. Colorado is blessed with a booming oil industry, the seventh largest in the country.  The state's energy sector creates jobs, income, and tax revenue. And thanks to smart government oversight, its energy bounty is helping the environment.

Rewriting American History