via The Republic:
"Under Utah's unique nominating process, sitting officeholders can be removed from office by being denied their party's nomination at a county or state convention. The top two vote-getters at the convention proceed to the primary. But if a candidate garners 60 percent of delegate votes, he or she is declared the nominee and heads directly to the general election...." (Read more? Click title)
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Monday, April 16, 2012
SandBox Utah: Dept of Defense "Face of Defense: Warehouse Clerks Band Together"
Marine Corps Cpl. Mark Stroud, 1st Marine Logistics Group:
"CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, April 16, 2012 – Three Marines here make sure their fellow Marines have everything they need.
Pretty much everything anyone has out here came through supply at one point,” said Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lud G. Romain, assistant warehouse chief, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “We have three lance corporals in the warehouse taking care of the entire battalion.”
Once the supply warehouse meets the battalion’s supply needs, CLB-4 provides direct combat logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 6.
Romain and one of the other supply warehouse clerks, Lance Cpl. Brian A. Yanez, began their journey together at the birthplace of many Marine Corps friendships -- military occupational school. Lance Cpl. Lagrima C. Urista, another supply warehouse clerk, joined the duo shortly afterward at their first duty station, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan.
“Romain and I had already been a good team on Okinawa when we first met Urista, but when we did, we knew we had found someone who was going to be a great addition,” Yanez said.
Their group bonded by day at work and explored Okinawa by night, taking advantage of the recreational and historical sites on the island, Urista said. Less than two years into their careers, their service has already taken them across thousands of miles, with stops in five countries on two continents.
“We first met in Japan, but since then we have been on training exercises or deployments in [South Korea], America, Kyrgyzstan and now Afghanistan,” Yanez said.
Afghanistan‘s Helmand province is the most-recent stop for the supply Marines.
“I think we will look back at this deployment in 20 years as an opportunity that was given to us to rise to the challenge of taking on [noncommissioned officer] responsibilities as lance corporals,” Yanez said. “[We] have always [had] responsibilities, but this is the first time we were given this level of responsibility. It is a good feeling knowing we are accomplishing the mission.”
The Marines have learned to trust and rely on one another over the course of their friendship.
“It is always noticeable whenever one of us is out of the warehouse for training or convoys,” Yanez said. “We have learned to rely on each other. When we are all here, everything thing runs perfectly smooth, but it becomes apparent how important each Marine is whenever one of us is gone.”
The bonds formed during training have helped the Marines accomplish their mission, both individually and as a team. These bonds have given them experience beyond their rank.
“Each of them is capable of making their own decisions -- decisions that NCOs would normally make,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Drew McDonald, CLB-4’s supply warehouse chief. “They make a good team, and it helps them every day.”
Romain, a Newark, N.J., native, uses his natural tenacity to complete his duties as assistant warehouse chief, Yanez said.
Yanez, a Buena Park, Calif., native, is a fixture around the CLB-4 compound, spending time as the Defense Reutilization Management Office NCO, assisting with base improvement projects and managing the DRMO pit, where excess or broken equipment is taken for disposal or reuse.
The junior Marine in the warehouse, Urista, a Vernon, Texas, native, brings a positive attitude to the table, motivating her fellow Marines on even the longest days while working as roll-back clerk, Yanez said.
The trio intends to continue their friendship long after the deployment is over, carrying the bonds they forged with their fellow Marines with them for the rest of their lives, Urista said.
“We will probably try to stay in contact, but even if we don’t, we will take what we learned from each other and pass it on to the next group of Marines,” Yanez said...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, April 16, 2012 – Three Marines here make sure their fellow Marines have everything they need.
Pretty much everything anyone has out here came through supply at one point,” said Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lud G. Romain, assistant warehouse chief, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “We have three lance corporals in the warehouse taking care of the entire battalion.”
Once the supply warehouse meets the battalion’s supply needs, CLB-4 provides direct combat logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 6.
Romain and one of the other supply warehouse clerks, Lance Cpl. Brian A. Yanez, began their journey together at the birthplace of many Marine Corps friendships -- military occupational school. Lance Cpl. Lagrima C. Urista, another supply warehouse clerk, joined the duo shortly afterward at their first duty station, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan.
“Romain and I had already been a good team on Okinawa when we first met Urista, but when we did, we knew we had found someone who was going to be a great addition,” Yanez said.
Their group bonded by day at work and explored Okinawa by night, taking advantage of the recreational and historical sites on the island, Urista said. Less than two years into their careers, their service has already taken them across thousands of miles, with stops in five countries on two continents.
“We first met in Japan, but since then we have been on training exercises or deployments in [South Korea], America, Kyrgyzstan and now Afghanistan,” Yanez said.
Afghanistan‘s Helmand province is the most-recent stop for the supply Marines.
“I think we will look back at this deployment in 20 years as an opportunity that was given to us to rise to the challenge of taking on [noncommissioned officer] responsibilities as lance corporals,” Yanez said. “[We] have always [had] responsibilities, but this is the first time we were given this level of responsibility. It is a good feeling knowing we are accomplishing the mission.”
The Marines have learned to trust and rely on one another over the course of their friendship.
“It is always noticeable whenever one of us is out of the warehouse for training or convoys,” Yanez said. “We have learned to rely on each other. When we are all here, everything thing runs perfectly smooth, but it becomes apparent how important each Marine is whenever one of us is gone.”
The bonds formed during training have helped the Marines accomplish their mission, both individually and as a team. These bonds have given them experience beyond their rank.
“Each of them is capable of making their own decisions -- decisions that NCOs would normally make,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Drew McDonald, CLB-4’s supply warehouse chief. “They make a good team, and it helps them every day.”
Romain, a Newark, N.J., native, uses his natural tenacity to complete his duties as assistant warehouse chief, Yanez said.
Yanez, a Buena Park, Calif., native, is a fixture around the CLB-4 compound, spending time as the Defense Reutilization Management Office NCO, assisting with base improvement projects and managing the DRMO pit, where excess or broken equipment is taken for disposal or reuse.
The junior Marine in the warehouse, Urista, a Vernon, Texas, native, brings a positive attitude to the table, motivating her fellow Marines on even the longest days while working as roll-back clerk, Yanez said.
The trio intends to continue their friendship long after the deployment is over, carrying the bonds they forged with their fellow Marines with them for the rest of their lives, Urista said.
“We will probably try to stay in contact, but even if we don’t, we will take what we learned from each other and pass it on to the next group of Marines,” Yanez said...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBox Utah: UPR Utah "Officials Searching for Answers in Trafficking"
Whittney Evans:
"Restoring self worth and value to victims of sex trafficking is a common theme at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Symposium being held in Salt Lake City this week. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, law enforcement leaders, educators, advocates, survivors and other experts are talking about why it takes more than locking up perpetrators to solve the problem...." (Click title to listen to podcast)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Restoring self worth and value to victims of sex trafficking is a common theme at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Symposium being held in Salt Lake City this week. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, law enforcement leaders, educators, advocates, survivors and other experts are talking about why it takes more than locking up perpetrators to solve the problem...." (Click title to listen to podcast)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBox Utah Customs and Border Protection "CBIG, CCSF Arrest 6 and Seize Millions in Drugs Off Puerto Rico Coast"
"San Juan, Puerto Rico – Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) law enforcement authorities, working in support of the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF), arrested six Dominican smugglers, seizing a boat and a drug shipment of approximately 322 pounds of cocaine and 19 pounds of heroin during a maritime interdiction Thursday evening off the northern coast of Dorado, Puerto Rico. The estimated street value is more than $3.2 million.
Near midnight Thursday evening, a Marine Patrol Aircraft (MPA) assigned to CBP’s Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB), crewed by CBP Border Patrol agents and Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) agents, detected a suspicious 21’ twin-engine “yola” type vessel traveling without navigational lights east about 17 nautical miles north of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
CBP agents on board the aircraft observed the individuals onboard the suspect vessel throw overboard suspicious objects after they noticed being detected by law enforcement authorities.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) marine patrol aircraft contacted the U.S. Coast Guard Station San Juan 33-foot response boat, a Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action marine unit, patrolling with a U.S. Border Patrol agent onboard, and a CBP UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to interdict the suspect vessel.
The crew of the Coast Guard response boat interdicted the suspect vessel and detained the six men onboard, approximately four nautical miles from the coast of Dorado. Meanwhile, the crew of the Puerto Rico Police marine unit was able to recover six bales from the water, thrown overboard from the suspect vessel.
A further inspection of the recovered bales and a field test conducted by law enforcement authorities on the contents of the shipment revealed 132 bricks of cocaine and eight packages of heroin.
The crew Coast Guard cutter Cushing transferred custody of the six men Thursday night to run a biometrics background check and verify if any of the suspected smugglers had a previous criminal or illegal immigration history with the U.S. government.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents took custody of the narcotics and the six individuals for further investigation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws."
SandBox Utah: Cache Valley Daily "Herbert: Utah can manage its lands better than the federal government has"
Jennie Christensen:
During their last session state lawmakers voted to take back federal lands that they feel actually belong to the state of Utah. On KVNU's For the People program Tuesday, Governor Gary Herbert confirmed that this was not just a so-called "message bill."
Herbert was asked what guarantee there would be that the state would not sell off some of these lands to the highest bidders for a one-time "chunk of change." Herbert said right now there is the same worry that the federal government could do whatever they wanted to do...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
During their last session state lawmakers voted to take back federal lands that they feel actually belong to the state of Utah. On KVNU's For the People program Tuesday, Governor Gary Herbert confirmed that this was not just a so-called "message bill."
Herbert was asked what guarantee there would be that the state would not sell off some of these lands to the highest bidders for a one-time "chunk of change." Herbert said right now there is the same worry that the federal government could do whatever they wanted to do...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBox Utah Utah Pulse "Governor’s Office of Economic Development Expands Global Reach at Expomin"
Utah Pulse:
"Several Utah contracting, engineering and mining business leaders have gone south for the winter. But this was not a vacation. The Utah business and trade delegation joined Miguel Rovira, the regional director for the Americas at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) International Trade and Diplomacy Office (ITDO) and over 60,000 global participants in Santiago, Chile, for Latin America’s largest and most important mining trade show, Expomin.
Expomin lured over 1,200 exhibitors from 30 countries. More than a dozen Utah companies touched down in Santiago for Expomin, many of which met privately with other global companies in addition to their presence on the floor of the trade show....." (Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Several Utah contracting, engineering and mining business leaders have gone south for the winter. But this was not a vacation. The Utah business and trade delegation joined Miguel Rovira, the regional director for the Americas at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) International Trade and Diplomacy Office (ITDO) and over 60,000 global participants in Santiago, Chile, for Latin America’s largest and most important mining trade show, Expomin.
Expomin lured over 1,200 exhibitors from 30 countries. More than a dozen Utah companies touched down in Santiago for Expomin, many of which met privately with other global companies in addition to their presence on the floor of the trade show....." (Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
SandBox Utah "Street art festival covers walking paths in color"
All Photo Credit: Kayenta Street Painting Festival
Alex Cabrero:
"IVINS -- Tigers, astronauts and even Tom Petty covered the normally black pavement of the Kayenta Community this weekend.
The colorful drawings, drawn right onto the walking paths using chalks, were part of the Kayenta Street Painting Festival in Ivins. Described as a "performance art event," it hosted dozens of artists, students and professional street painters who competed against each other. Businesses sponsored the artists' spaces, and viewers were able to get up close to the pictures. Artists said it was nice to know art, particularly theirs, was appreciated in all its forms..." (Read more? Click title)
Alex Cabrero:
"IVINS -- Tigers, astronauts and even Tom Petty covered the normally black pavement of the Kayenta Community this weekend.
The colorful drawings, drawn right onto the walking paths using chalks, were part of the Kayenta Street Painting Festival in Ivins. Described as a "performance art event," it hosted dozens of artists, students and professional street painters who competed against each other. Businesses sponsored the artists' spaces, and viewers were able to get up close to the pictures. Artists said it was nice to know art, particularly theirs, was appreciated in all its forms..." (Read more? Click title)
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