Lee Benson

1 week ago | deseret.com | Lee Benson

Whenever possible, during the 34 years Steve Allen was in charge of the PTSD clinic at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, aka the VA Hospital, he would walk to and from work. It was a pleasant commute, just less than a mile each way, starting from his front porch in the Yale-Harvard area, cutting through Sunnyside Park, then on to the hospital on 500 South. But he didn't do it for the scenery, to save on gas or get in his steps. He did it to clear his head.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Lee Benson

Whenever possible, during the 34 years Steve Allen was in charge of the PTSD clinic at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, aka the VA Hospital, he would walk to and from work. It was a pleasant commute, just less than a mile each way, starting from his front porch in the Yale-Harvard area, cutting through Sunnyside Park, then on to the hospital on 500 South. But he didn’t do it for the scenery, to save on gas or get in his steps.

2 weeks ago | deseret.com | Lee Benson

Thirty-four years ago, prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Bob Wood came up with an idea for a book. Bob was (and is) a sports agent and former University of Utah distance runner. More importantly, he was (and is) a good friend of mine and fellow Deseret News columnist Doug Robinson. By the early 1990s, Bob had represented a number of athletes who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

3 weeks ago | deseret.com | Lee Benson

In 1989, fresh out of the University of Utah with her art history degree, figuring she'd now travel the world and maybe find work at a museum somewhere exotic, Lisa Eccles agreed to a part-time job with the charitable foundation started by her Uncle George and Aunt Lolie, a position she thought would last "maybe six months, a year tops."Then she discovered something unexpected: how good it felt to write checks to people and causes that really needed the help.

1 month ago | deseret.com | Lee Benson

Fifteen minutes until the book signing is to begin and already the line in the maze is getting crowded, stretching toward the back of the store. These are Sarah M. Eden fans, romantics at heart, awaiting the arrival of the woman who has filled their lives with clean romance novels. Sarah feels their need, she understands where they are coming from. She, too, wants to read love stories that leave much to the imagination - a lot more Jane Austen than Jackie Collins.