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You have a son, and your strongest hope is for him to grow up happy, healthy and with a firm foundation of his faith in God. So what happens when you see signs that all is not well? Maybe you discover he has a problem with drugs or alcohol.  Perhaps he has been sucked into the dark world of pornography. Where can you possibly turn to for help? There is individual therapy, but you don’t want him to feel like he is the only one with his problems.

Box Elder County - On July 1st, 2014 Box Elder County School District will welcome a new superintendant. Ronald Tolman comes to us from Rigby, Idaho, where he has served as superintendent since 2003. He has also served in Afton, Wyoming, as superintendent; as well as having years of experience teaching elementary school and working as a principal.

The Weber County Library System has done an excellent job serving Weber County residence by providing a free summer reading program. The “Laugh It Up” summer reading program encourages kids to read through the summer by providing a fun and hands on learning experience. Weber County Library is following the standards set by the American Library Association’s program, “Every Child Ready to Read,” a parent/caregiver education initiative stressing early literacy and focusing on; reading, writing, singing, playing and talking.

Danielle Chancellor-Checketts is the mother of nine children, a homeowner, a small business owner, and a licensed midwife. When Checketts and her husband built their home in Honeyville last year, they decided that rather than purchase and renovate a building for her clinic that they would change their home design to include a small business space in what would have been the mother-in-law suit.

South Willard is an un-incorporated part of Box Elder County between incorporated Willard City, Utah, and the Weber County line.  It is almost identical in population and land mass as Willard City with each area having about 1,800 residents.  A committee of about 12 residents of South Willard was commissioned about 10 years ago by Box Elder County to provide input for a South Willard part of the Box Elder County plan.  That same committee has a “residue” (annexation committee) of about 6 or 7 people that have proposed continuing the annexation of South Willard by Willard City, according to

Pleasant View - Justin Fawson is the newest member of the Utah House of Representatives, appointed to replace Rep. Ryan Wilcox and represent House District 7 which includes North Ogden, Pleasant View and northern parts of Ogden. While only in office a few weeks, Representative Fawson isn’t new to the public service stage, having previously served on the North Ogden City Council. He sat down with a member of Sentinel News staff, and shared a little about his past service, his passion for freedom, and his commitment to his calling.

Since the Common Core curriculum has been accepted and implemented throughout the State of Utah, there has been a lot of confusion about what Common Core is, how it affects Utah, who funded it and why it was implemented in the first place.

Common Core is a list of learning objectives that encourage teachers to help students find deeper meaning and engage them on more levels of learning in subjects such as mathematics, reading, and language arts.

Interagency Fire News Release

US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Utah Division of Forestry, US Fish& Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs

June 14, 2014

Contact:        Heather O’Hanlon- Bureau of Land Mgt (801) 539-4129

David Eaker – National Park Service  (435)  772-7811

RC Willey and Tempur-Pedic Donate 280 Mattresses to Utah Charities

SALT LAKE CITY – June 20, 2014 – RC Willey recently teamed up with Tempur-Pedic to donate 280 high-quality mattresses to Salt Lake area shelters in need.

140 mattresses were delivered to Salt Lake’s Catholic Community Services, and will be distributed to incoming refugees through their Refugee Resettlement Program.

PRESS RELEASE

COURT APPROVES THE SALE OF TAMRAC BRAND AND ASSETS TO GURA GEAR

OGDEN, UT (June 18, 2014) – GuraGear, LLC, makers of innovative carrying solutions for discerning

creative professionals has agreed to acquire the brand and assets of Tamrac, Inc. The U.S. Bankruptcy

Court approved the sale through the Chapter 11, Section 363 Sale of Assets process. Tamrac entered

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2014 and has a 37 year history of developing affordable

carrying solutions for photographers.