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Don Walker hugs his daughter Rae at their home near Spring City on March 16. The Walkers adopted Rae. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News) Lois M. Collins SPRING CITY, Utah — Don and Ellen Walker exchange a smile when they see Rae and her horse...
Jerry Meents pins on the original star that he received as a 12-year-old Jewish boy living in Amsterdam in 1942 at the Holocaust Memorial Commemoration at the Salt Lake City Library on April 13, 2007. Six million Jews died during the Holocaust...
Sarah Magera, 13, who has AML leukemia, hangs out in her room at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News) Lois M. Collins MARLBORO, N.J. — From Sydney Sherwood’s...
Speaking up and making choices are key to building a strong personal foundation, experts say. But many girls don’t get the encouragement they need to build confidence in themselves and their abilities and futures. (Shutterstock.com) Lois...
Children in the village of Wolenchite, Ethiopia play on solar-powered laptops provided by Boston-based nonprofit One Laptop Per Child. (C/O Matt Keller) Mercedes White SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah — Ben Tanner and his wife Jessica, of Saratoga...
SLCC student Kevin Rainey practices plasma welding at Salt Lake Community College Miller Automotive Training Center in Salt Lake County Friday, April 20, 2012. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News) By Elizabeth Stuart Every morning, they’re...
By Amy Choate-Nielsen The sun was already scorching the pavement last Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, as a long line of people stood squinting in the brightness outside an old concrete building. It was a vision never before seen in Egypt: hundreds...
This is part one in a two-part series. By Lois M. Collins and Jamshid Ghazi Askar This is Jared just days before his 15th birthday: He has mostly B’s and C’s on his report card, but the lone F is a parent-enraging reminder that...
A Mozambican child smiles during a village celebration to thank Care for Life for helping the community. Elizabeth Stuart, Deseret News By Elizabeth Stuart MOZAMBIQUE, Africa — The father takes a Fanta bottle in his hand and whacks it against...
Editor’s note: Because this is a story that deals with a sensitive subject, we have gone to great lengths to not include offensive material. Conversely, to fully show the breadth of the issue, the story includes mature subject matter. This...
