| City tops 100,000 people
WEST JORDAN - In the past few decades, this Salt Lake County suburb has mushroomed from a small farming community into a major metropolitan area - the fourth largest city in the state.
This week, West Jordan will celebrate its arrival as a "first-class" city - a status, with some privileges, that is conferred by the state when a burg balloons to 100,000 people.
Although the U.S. Census Bureau - the ultimate numbers authority - pegs West Jordan's latest population at 94,309, the city isn't letting that dampen its festivities.
City officials insist the suburb hit 100,000 last year and now has topped 101,000. They plan to file a census challenge this month to prove it.
Regardless of how you parse the numbers, West Jordan has grown up, providing a home to vast numbers of people with diverse experiences - from a young family striking out in the city's sprawling west-side suburbs to an 89-year-old community activist, and from pioneer descendants fighting to hold onto their 100-year-old farm to a Mexican immigrant who, after years of poverty, has found success in West Jordan.
Wrong contract forces students to scramble
ELLENSBURG — When Kathryn Lake signed the lease to move into The Grove @ Ellensburg, a new 512-bed apartment complex under construction on Airport Road, she thought it was a good deal.A room in The Grove, which is not affiliated with Central Washington University, rents for $425 a month. Utilities and internet were included and she could move in Aug. 15. She signed a lease Feb. 26, she said and thought she would be set for her fifth year at CWU. But in April she received a letter from the management at The Grove seeking to change her lease and have her move in a month later.Shannon King, president of Campus Crest Real Estate Management, the North Carolina company that is developing The Grove, said the change was required because leases with the wrong date were initially distributed. "(The responsibility) plainly sets on our shoulders," she said.
b0563 BC-YouthPoll-Stress 08-23 0861 8/22/2007 AP/MTV Poll: Stress divides young Americans along gender lines
Eds: An Online Video Network interview featuring three poll respondents will be published to the basic entertainment video service and OVN affiliates on Monday, Aug. 20. An asap Flash interactive featuring clickable graphs of poll data will move Monday, slugged asap-TopStory-Happiness Interactive. Moving on general news and entertainment services. This item moved previously as an advance and is now available for use. AP Photos NYET440-441 AP Graphic By JOCELYN NOVECK and TREVOR TOMPSON Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) -- Stressed out by your high-pressured job? Don't assume your kid is any less stressed out by school. Especially if she's a she. Young people experience stress at a high rate, and females more than males, an extensive Associated Press/MTV survey shows. A similar divide exists in terms of fears and safety: Girls and young women are less likely to feel safe in their neighborhoods, in schools, or from terror attacks.
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