Monday, May 22, 2017

GOP "Moderate" Replaces Crackpot "Hardliner" James Evans as Utah GOP Chair

No doubt about. The Utah GOP's "transformation" will be a thrill to watch, No?

At risk of coming off as WAY LATE to the party, we'll very belatedly report what happened in Utah GOP politics over the last weekend. The Standard Examiner set the stage on Friday, posting this highly informative story, reporting that three Utah GOP candidates (two hardliners- one "moderate") were poised to battle for the "plum" GOP Chairmanship. Here's the SE story, peeps:
Happily, incumbent GOP Chairman James Evans, whom we've regularly criticized here on Weber County Forum over the years, got his ass handed to him in the first round of Saturday's convention vote,

No doubt about it. The Utah GOP's "transformation" will be a thrill to watch, No?

Monday, May 01, 2017

Standard-Examiner: Bagpipe Band at Ben Lomond High Marches to Its Own Beat

Meal ur naidheachd, Ben Lomond students!

Fantastic Standard-Examiner story today, wherein SE reporter Anna Burleson puts the focus on Ogden's amazing Ben Lomond High school Scottish bagpipe marching band.

Here's the lede:

OGDEN — The room was filled with loud, off-beat drumming and quiet fluting one afternoon in April as the Ben Lomond High School Bagpipe Corps practiced individually and in small groups.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere and with no perceptible cue, the group of drummers and pipers assembled, playing in harmony together.
The Ben Lomond Bagpipe Corps has been a longstanding staple at the school and its members, including lead piper and high school senior Joseph Richey, couldn’t be more proud.
“It’s a long-standing tradition, and I think it’s really cool,” he said. “I hope over the next few years we can grow it and get bigger and better carry on the tradition.”
Read up, peeps:
Added Bonus: Watch Ben Lomond High's amazing student band belt out "Scotland The Brave" and "Elmo's World":



Meal ur naidheachd, Ben Lomond students!

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