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Apr 17, 2008 by Lara Jones

Midday Metro starts after the 10 a.m. news

Nearly one-third of Utah boys and girls spend two or more hours a day in front of the TV. Many add another two hours or more playing video games. Unplug 'N Play week starts Monday. Midday Metro provides some ideas to help you get off the couch and play. Guests include Lynda Blades of the Utah Department of Health and Michelle Brown of AYSO Sandy.

If a military travels on its stomach, what's cooking in the soldiers' mess? Midday Metro finds out with military chefs in town for the  Freedom Chefs Challenge competition during the 2008 American Culinary Federation (ACF) Western Regional Conference this weekend in Salt Lake City. Guests include Sgt. First Class Jason G. Talcott, State Food Service Supervisor National Guard, who served in Iraq and was a Pentagon chef to former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen; and Chief Warrant Officer Robert Sparks, who is currently serving as the chief, craft skills training division, and the team manager, United States Army Culinary Team (USACAT), at the Army Center of Excellence, Subsistence, Fort Lee, Va.  

Westminster College is releasing the 2008 edition of Ellipsis, its nationally-recognized literary magazine.  Midday Metro hears from poets J.P. Dancing Bear and Madeleine Mysko, who are featured in the publication.

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