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Lee Benson

Lee Benson

Columnist at Deseret News

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Lee Benson
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Like the Jazz he cemented in Utah, the all-world personality of Frank Layden is still going strong

It was the all-world personality of Frank Layden that brought the Jazz from New Orleans to Utah in 1979 and made sure they stuck.
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Spence Eccles makes major donation to University of Utah - Deseret ...

In 1952, the University of Utah gave freshman Spence Eccles a spot on the ski team roster; he’s been giving back ever since.
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“Honey” uses hip-hop to celebrate her Native American heritage - De...

November is Native American Heritage Month, and Salt Lake City rang it in with a unique performance. A homegrown entertainer paid tribute to her Native American and African American roots with soul and hip-hop.
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Hello exercise and eating right, goodbye Type 2 diabetes

At 33, Jody Reid was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. She joined a gym, changed her eating habits, and six months later she had reversed the diagnosis.
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How a Utah man started a foundation to fight HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe -...

The charity Park City resident Cole Capener started to fight HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe is still going strong 21 years later.
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At Velvære, home is where the health is

Magleby Development’s new housing project on the Wasatch Back has plans to feature the healthiest homes technology can offer.
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Can Utes football win the Rose Bowl? Here’s what the statistics say...

Taylor Randall, president of the University of Utah, has a passion for statistics and sports; it’s a combination that helps him quantify the value of an elite football team to the university.

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Tradition denied, Utes fall hard in second half at final 'tradition...

In the final Pac-12-Big Ten Rose Bowl showdown, Utah battles Penn State even for a half – then the roof caves in
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RODS Heroes helps families adopt children with Down syndrome - Dese...

Brady and Andrea Murray started a charity, RODS Heroes, to help children with Down syndrome find loving homes
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He's living his Bolivian dream, in an American mall - Deseret News

From his kiosk in the Fashion Place Mall, Marcelo Sandivar plies his watch-repairing trade for all to see
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Tossed together in the dorms, their friendship has known no bounds ...

Dick Johnson and Ken Sasine met as BYU freshmen 62 years ago; the friendship they formed extended through their service in Vietnam and all the years beyond