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This week: Political infighting, a young cowboy poet, expanded voting and lessons learned from the Uintah fire.

Farmland is already scarce. Sod it and paint it with lines for a soccer field, and you contribute to the decline of Utah agriculture, even if it’s only part of a small Davis County farm.

Senators, meet Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, born April 9 to Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois. She’s only a few days old, but she’s already shaking things up in Washington.

The Weber County Republican Party made an amateur hour out of its own convention on Saturday by changing bylaws last-minute. The rule changes jilted some, seemingly for arbitrary reasons.

CCS now has plenty of space for your donations — and thousands of clients who wouldn’t would go hungry without your help.

Former Weber State runner Sarah Sellers hoped to finish in the top 15 Monday in the Boston Marathon. She did better than that.

This week’s topics: Jail deaths, jail standards, Habitat for Humanity and trash.

We elect a new sheriff in November. We need to insist on a candidate with the skills to reform the office. Public safety depends on it.

Wight understood that by establishing the school as vital part of Ogden, he could encourage more students to enroll at Weber State — and in turn, every time a student completed a degree, Ogden would become more vibrant intellectually, culturally and economically.

Perhaps he can make his case as a legitimate candidate in 2022. But right now, Burns would only detract from a vital discussion of reforms necessary in the sheriff’s office.