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• Hogle Zoo opens its gates to furloughed federal workers during shutdown

  16-01-2019 23:59
  Furloughed federal workers can visit Hogle Zoo for free during the partial shutdown of the federal government.“We are hoping it helps alleviate some worry and provides a positive distraction during a difficult time,” said Steve Burns, president and CEO of the zoo.Hogle is inviting federal workers who are not being paid during the shutdown — along with members of their immediate families — to spend time with the lions, tigers and bears … and elephants, sea lions and
  
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• Theresa May survives confidence vote, even after Brexit failure

  16-01-2019 23:51
  London • A day after the crushing defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, members of Parliament took up a no-confidence motion, insulting and disparaging her for hours and hours on Wednesday.Yet she survived, by a vote of 325-306.Normally, a British prime minister who a day earlier had lost a vote on her top legislation by such a margin — 432-202, the worst parliamentary loss in a century — might be expected to resign or be swept away. But these are not normal
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Yesterday featured historic collection of blowouts

  16-01-2019 23:44 via sportspyder.com
  Four of six games decided by more than 30
  
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• After students describe racism at a Utah high school, advisory committee says ‘Redmen’ mascot should go

  16-01-2019 23:28
  The controversial “Redmen” mascot at Iron County’s Cedar High School has moved a step closer to obsolescence, with a district-appointed committee voting Tuesday to recommend that the school board drop the team name.A committee of students, staff, alumni, community members and representatives from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah voted 17-7 to recommend to the Iron County school board that the mascot be abandoned. Committee members will summarize the arguments they’ve heard
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Habitat for Humanity salvaging materials from homes being torn down for freeway expansion

  16-01-2019 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  It’s akin to organ donation by homes that are about to perish.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Basketball has been in BYU reserve guard Rylan Bergersen’s blood since the day he was born

  16-01-2019 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • It is easy to shop for birthday and Christmas presents for BYU guard Rylan Bergersen.
  
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• Basketball has been in BYU reserve guard Rylan Bergersen’s blood since the day he was born

  16-01-2019 23:11
  Provo • It is easy to shop for birthday and Christmas presents for BYU guard Rylan Bergersen.“Basketball shorts, basketball shoes, a book about basketball, basketball video games — you get him something to do with basketball, and you know he’s going to be happy,” said his father, former professional basketball player Roberto Bergersen, a second-round draft pick of the Atlanta Hawks in the 1999 NBA draft.The 6-foot-6 sophomore who is gradually seeing more playing time
  
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• Joe with some 🔥 for people who tweet at him 😚 twitter.com/utahjazz/statu…

  16-01-2019 23:06 via twitter.com
  Joe with some 🔥 for people who tweet at him 😚 twitter.com/utahjazz/statu…
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Tyler Cavanaugh focused on learning from the NBA and applying it to his craft in the G-League

  16-01-2019 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  Tyler Cavanaugh has barely played for the Utah Jazz this season, but he's making the most of the opportunity of being around the team and becoming a better...
  
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• Habitat for Humanity salvaging materials from homes being torn down for freeway expansion

  16-01-2019 22:57
  It’s akin to organ donation by homes that are about to perish.To help Habitat for Humanity afford to build other housing for low-income people, volunteers are salvaging usable materials from 27 now-vacant homes in Midvale that the Utah Department of Transportation bought to demolish in clearing way for Interstate 15 widening.“Years ago, UDOT was just basically demolishing homes and taking them to the landfill,” said Ed Blake, director of Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity.
  
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• Brent Taylor, killed in Afghanistan, had fought to cut UTA exec perks. New UTA board just erased them.

  16-01-2019 22:45
  Brent Taylor — the North Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan while on National Guard deployment — just posthumously won a battle with the Utah Transit Authority over generous executive benefits.Two years ago, the outspoken maverick was the only member of the old 16-member, part-time UTA Board to oppose changes in executive retirement benefits that he argued were far too lucrative compared with other governments.On Wednesday, a new three-member, full-time UTA Board formed by the Legisla
  
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• [KSL] - All-Star or not, Rudy Gobert is among the league's best

  16-01-2019 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  Rudy Gobert might not have the type of game that casual NBA fans fall for, but he's fine accomplishing something else: winning.
  
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• Don't forget to check us out on @giphy—new gifs after every game! » giphy.com/utahjazz https://t.co/uh5obp7FZu

  16-01-2019 22:22 via twitter.com
  
  Don't forget to check us out on @giphy—new gifs after every game!» giphy.com/utahjazz https://t.co/uh5obp7FZu
  
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• Utah Jazz: Tyler Cavanaugh focused on learning from the NBA and applying it to his craft in the G-League

  16-01-2019 22:18
  Tyler Cavanaugh has barely played for the Utah Jazz this season, but he’s making the most of the opportunity of being around the team and becoming a better basketball player. Two-way contracts are awesome. They give young players an opportunity to play for an NBA team’s G-League affiliate, be around the NBA team AND make […]
  Utah Jazz: Tyler Cavanaugh focused on learning from the NBA and applying it to his craft in the G-League - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Sit
  
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• ACLU: Government mistakenly wanted to deport U.S. veteran

  16-01-2019 21:53
  Detroit • A Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder was held for three days for possible deportation before federal authorities learned that he was a U.S. citizen born in Michigan, lawyers said Wednesday.Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, 27, lives in the Grand Rapids area. He was released on Dec. 17 from a detention center in Calhoun County after personal records were provided to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan."Why did they thin
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Life is coming up aces for Utah amateur golf star Kirk Siddens

  16-01-2019 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  Kirk Siddens' golf ball landed beyond the flagstick, spun backward and trickled toward the hole. Even before the ball made one last, slow revolution and dropped into the cup, a member of his foursome shouted, “You did it again.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Freshman Shaylee Gonzales has quickly become a star at BYU, and will lead the Cougars into Thursday’s WCC showdown with Gonzaga

  16-01-2019 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • From afar, it appears that BYU point guard Shaylee Gonzales is exceeding expectations, much like the Cougars themselves after a 6-0 start in West Coast Conference play.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ACLU: Government mistakenly wanted to deport US veteran

  16-01-2019 21:38 via sportspyder.com
  Detroit • A Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder was held for three days for possible deportation before federal authorities learned that he was a U.S. citizen born in Michigan, lawyers said Wednesday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Trib Talk’: Film and TV producers say they’ll skip Utah without more incentives

  16-01-2019 21:37 via sportspyder.com
  Last year, taxpayer dollars were given to Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack” and “The A Girl,” BYUtv’s “Dwight in Shining Armor” and “Shoelaces for Christmas,” Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” and several other film and television productions in return...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: Pelosi takes away Trump’s TV

  16-01-2019 21:37 via sportspyder.com
  To say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has mastered the art of dealing with President Donald Trump would be a gross understatement. She fact-checked him in the Oval Office on live TV and passed spending bills to reopen the government, thereby...
  
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• Joe on with @wojespn: "Let's be real ... I've got a receding hairline, I'm slow and I'm probably not the most jack… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-01-2019 21:23 via twitter.com
  Joe on with @wojespn:"Let's be real ... I've got a receding hairline, I'm slow and I'm probably not the most jack… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Pelosi takes away Trump’s TV

  16-01-2019 21:22
  To say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has mastered the art of dealing with President Donald Trump would be a gross understatement. She fact-checked him in the Oval Office on live TV and passed spending bills to reopen the government, thereby reinforcing Trump’s responsibility for the shutdown. To top it off, she’s taking away the president’s TV. More precisely, in response to Trump’s nearly monthlong temper tantrum, she has told him he won’t get his prime-tim
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz take quick roadie to Los Angeles to play Clippers

  16-01-2019 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  Can the Utah Jazz overcome their injury woes and win their 5th straight in a row?
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Film and TV producers say they’ll skip Utah without more incentives

  16-01-2019 21:08
  Last year, taxpayer dollars were given to Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack” and “The A Girl,” BYUtv’s “Dwight in Shining Armor” and “Shoelaces for Christmas,” Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” and several other film and television productions in return for filming in Utah. Now, producers say they’re looking elsewhere for shooting locations, citing less restrictive incentive programs in other states, and in other count
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Starter Level Play From O’Neale Helps Streaking Jazz

  16-01-2019 21:03 via sportspyder.com
  Nearly a month ago, I and considered allocating some of the defensive wings minutes elsewhere until he could prove himself in spot minutes. And he picked up his game accordingly.
  
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• Freshman Shaylee Gonzales has quickly become a star at BYU, and will lead the Cougars into Thursday’s WCC showdown with Gonzaga

  16-01-2019 20:58
  Provo • From afar, it appears that BYU point guard Shaylee Gonzales is exceeding expectations, much like the Cougars themselves after a 6-0 start in West Coast Conference play.But coach Jeff Judkins begs to differ. He knew the 5-foot-10 Gonzales was going to be a star in college more than four years ago when he offered the spunky 14-year-old phenom a scholarship after watching her dominate an elite camp at BYU in the summer of 2015.“When I recruited her, I knew she was special,”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Former Alabama QB Jalen Hurts transferring to Oklahoma

  16-01-2019 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has decided to transfer to Oklahoma.
  
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• Life is coming up aces for Utah amateur golf star Kirk Siddens

  16-01-2019 20:50
  Kirk Siddens' golf ball landed beyond the flagstick, spun backward and trickled toward the hole. Even before the ball made one last, slow revolution and dropped into the cup, a member of his foursome shouted, “You did it again.”One of Utah’s best amateur golfers over the past couple of decades, the 56-year-old Siddens entered the 2019 season with two career holes-in-one. He doubled that total in a four-hole span of the Coral Canyon Amateur last Saturday in Washington, Utah.The
  
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• A Utah high school should drop its controversial ‘Redmen’ mascot, a split advisory committee says

  16-01-2019 20:39
  The controversial “Redmen” mascot at Iron County’s Cedar High School has moved a step closer to obsolescence, with a district-appointed committee voting Tuesday to recommend that the school board drop the team name.A committee of students, staff, alumni, community members and representatives from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah voted 17-7 to recommend to the Iron County school board that the mascot be abandoned. Committee members will summarize the arguments they’ve heard
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Federal workers take on odd jobs to make ends meet

  16-01-2019 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  Providence, R.I. • When her paychecks dried up because of the partial government shutdown, Cheryl Inzunza Blum sought out a side job that has become a popular option in the current economy: She rented out a room on Airbnb.
  
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• 🎧| On this week’s episode of The Note, @markeaton7ft4 joins the podcast to talk about becoming eligible for the Hal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-01-2019 20:34 via twitter.com
  🎧| On this week’s episode of The Note, @markeaton7ft4 joins the podcast to talk about becoming eligible for the Hal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Expectations for 2019 NBA Trade Deadline

  16-01-2019 20:24 via sportspyder.com
  As the 2019 NBA Trade Deadline approaches across the NBA, let's take a look at what we can expect out of the Utah Jazz as players begin to switch teams. On...
  
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• Former Alabama QB Jalen Hurts transferring to Oklahoma

  16-01-2019 20:16
  Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has decided to transfer to Oklahoma.Hurts made the announcement Wednesday in a story in the Players' Tribune . He will be available immediately as a graduate transfer.Hurts was a two-year starter who led Alabama to a pair of national championship games and was Southeastern Conference offensive player of the year as a freshman.Tua Tagovailoa replaced Hurts at halftime against Georgia in the national title game after the 2017 season, then beat him out for the starti
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - UTA slashes benefits for top execs. It was a reform Brent Taylor fought for before being killed during National Guard deployment in Afghanistan

  16-01-2019 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  Brent Taylor — the North Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan while on National Guard deployment — just posthumously won a battle with the Utah Transit Authority over generous executive benefits.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump feels shutdown pressure from economists, Nancy Pelosi

  16-01-2019 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic...
  
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• Solid blue Pod Save America is coming to red-state Utah in July

  16-01-2019 20:12
  Pod Save America is coming to Salt Lake City — the Pod Tours America will land at the Eccles Theater on July 18.It will be the 28th stop on a 2019 tour that will take podcasters Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor from the West Coast to the East Coast, with dozens of stops in between.The four former Obama White House staffers have built a podcasting empire at Crooked Media, with Pod Save America — the wildly popular, twice-weekly program — as its flagship. Th
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Solid blue Pod Save America is coming to red-state Utah in July

  16-01-2019 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  Pod Save America is coming to Salt Lake City — the Pod Tours America will land at the Eccles Theater on July 18.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rep. Ben McAdams reschedules town hall meetings

  16-01-2019 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  To attend newly scheduled House votes next week, Rep. Ben McAdams has rescheduled two town hall meetings and an open house originally scheduled for then.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - From travel to IPOs, how shutdown is upsetting US economy

  16-01-2019 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Delta Air Lines can’t get eight new aircraft in the air. Roughly a million government employees and contractors aren’t being paid. Some Americans who are trying to start small businesses face delays in obtaining the required tax...
  
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• A medical cannabis advocate argues that a Utah Gun Exchange co-owner facing a drug charge deserves leniency. Here’s why.

  16-01-2019 20:06
  A prominent advocate in the state’s medical cannabis movement is urging the criminal justice system to consider whether the Utah Gun Exchange co-owner charged last week with intent to distribute the drug was using it as medicine.During a November search of Bryan Alan Melchior’s Sandy home, police say, officers found more than a pound of marijuana, THC products, $36,247 in cash and nearly 30 guns. While police had received complaints that Melchior — known for his counterprotests
  
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• Federal workers take on odd jobs to make ends meet

  16-01-2019 20:00
  Providence, R.I. • When her paychecks dried up because of the partial government shutdown, Cheryl Inzunza Blum sought out a side job that has become a popular option in the current economy: She rented out a room on Airbnb.Other government workers are driving for Uber, relying on word-of-mouth and social networks to find handyman work and looking for traditional temp gigs to help pay the bills during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.The hundreds of thousands of out-of-work government emp
  
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• The Weekly Run: Jazz are overcoming adversity because ‘those guys have a belief in one another’

  16-01-2019 19:40
  The Weekly Run is a Salt Lake Tribune newsletter on the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.There was a general sense that the Jazz had been falling behind a bit of late before rallying back and winding up OK, but there’s nothing quite like seeing it in stark black-and-white numbers:Utah is 5-0 in the month of January in games it has trailed at halftime.Asked what made his team so good at responding to adversity, coach Quin Snyder initially quipped with a laugh, “Well, I’d like for us to
  
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• From travel to IPOs, how shutdown is upsetting US economy

  16-01-2019 19:30
  Washington • Delta Air Lines can’t get eight new aircraft in the air. Roughly a million government employees and contractors aren’t being paid. Some Americans who are trying to start small businesses face delays in obtaining the required tax identification number from the IRS.As the partial government shutdown moves through its fourth week with no end in sight, the economic blow is being felt not only by federal workers but also by business people, households and travelers acros
  
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• Rep. Ben McAdams reschedules town hall meetings

  16-01-2019 19:22
  To attend newly scheduled House votes next week, Rep. Ben McAdams has rescheduled two town hall meetings and an open house originally scheduled for then.A town hall meeting in West Valley City is now scheduled for this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Redwood Recreational Center, 3060 Lester Street.A town hall in Lehi is scheduled for Feb. 19 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the City Hall, 153 N. 100 East.Also, an open house at his district office is scheduled for Jan. 26 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at
  
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• UTA slashes benefits for top execs. It was a reform Brent Taylor fought for before being killed during National Guard deployment in Afghanistan

  16-01-2019 19:20
  Brent Taylor — the North Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan while on National Guard deployment — just posthumously won a battle with the Utah Transit Authority over generous executive benefits.Two years ago, the outspoken maverick was the only member of the old 16-member, part-time UTA Board to oppose changes in executive retirement benefits that he argued were far too lucrative compared to other governments.On Wednesday, a new three-member, full-time UTA Board formed by the Legislatu
  
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• Trump feels shutdown pressure from economists, Nancy Pelosi

  16-01-2019 19:07
  Washington • Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought.In a letter to Trump, Pelosi cited security concerns, noting that both the Secret Service and the Homeland Security Department are affected by the partial government shutdown, now it its fourth week. She added that unl
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Saints are on the march again. BYU’s Taysom Hill and Utah’s Marcus Williams will have a home-field advantage Sunday.

  16-01-2019 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  New Orleans' drive to this week's NFC championship game covered 112 yards.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A southern Utah high school should drop its controversial “Redmen” mascot, a split advisory committee says

  16-01-2019 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  The controversial “Redmen” mascot at Iron County’s Cedar High School has moved a step closer to obsolescence, with a district-appointed committee voting Tuesday to recommend that the school board drop the team name.
  
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• Earned Edition game = Earned Edition #WallpaperWednesday 🌳 https://t.co/4ocYDxfx8w

  16-01-2019 18:53 via twitter.com
  
  Earned Edition game = Earned Edition #WallpaperWednesday 🌳 https://t.co/4ocYDxfx8w
  
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• A southern Utah high school should drop its controversial “Redmen” mascot, a split advisory committee says

  16-01-2019 18:52
  The controversial “Redmen” mascot at Iron County’s Cedar High School has moved a step closer to obsolescence, with a district-appointed committee voting Tuesday to recommend that the school board drop the team name.A committee of students, staff, alumni, community members and representatives from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah voted 17-7 to recommend to the Iron County school board that the mascot be abandoned. Committee members will summarize the arguments they’ve heard
  
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