By Brice Wallace Deseret News The Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau has set some lofty goals for 2009, and one involves impressing an influential crowd coming to town next summer.

By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune May 24--Given its mission of building "girls of courage, confidence and character," how could the Girl Scouts of the USA not look favorably upon Utah when it is the home of Victoria Flores? The 11-year-old from Stansbury Park received a Bronze Star, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can get, for risking her life in December to rescue a friend who had fallen through ice on a frozen lake.

No disrespect for a great governor, but the person most responsible for the original Salt Palace construction was Marv Jenson. Elected Salt Lake County commissioner in 1962, two years before Rampton was elected, Marv led the battle to build a convention center in Salt Lake City.

By Deseret Morning News editorial Great leaders take organizations to greater heights. That certainly can be said of former Gov. Calvin L. Rampton, Utah's 11th governor and the only governor to serve three full terms in office.

By Rattle, Barbara An estimated 17,000 members of Rotary International are slated to descend on Salt Lake City June 16-20 for their global convention, marking one of the year's largest events at the Salt Palace.