PROVO -- Utah County Democrats will honor a former Republican governor on May 22 whey they give Olene Walker the organization's first distinguished service award. The point, said Utah County Democratic Party Chairman Richard Davis, is to recognize a moderate politician who worked with both of Utah's major political parties.
Speaking at a clean-air conference, former governor Olene Walker talked about her battle with lung disease, which prompted her to move to southern Utah. Walker suffers from a condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a scarring of the lung tissue, which is aggravated by the fine particulates in the air on the Wasatch Front and makes it difficult for her to breathe. Consequently, she moved to St. George.
Olene Walker, Utah's first female governor, was recognized Wednesday for her service, energy and civic involvement -- receiving the 2005 "Distinguished Utahn Award. The honor is given annually by the Salt Lake and Utah Valley chapters of the Brigham Young University Management Society.
Olene Walker's own words from a Deseret Morning News profile best sum up her brief term as Utah governor: "... I did what I thought was right, rather than what was political. If Walker, Utah's first female governor, has a fault, it's that her nose-to-the-grindstone work ethic got in the way of her political aspirations. Walker entered the governor's race too late and was punished by GOP state convention delegates for vetoing a bill to establish a scholarship fund for children with special needs. Within months of being elevated to the state's top post after Gov. Mike Leavitt's appointment as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, the state's popular, bright and experienced CEO was considered a lame duck. If anything, the convention defeat prompted Walker to work even harder on b...
WASHINGTON, May 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Olene S. Walker, former governor of Utah, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). The board is the governing body for the non-partisan park watchdog organization. Olene Walker's vision, hard work, and dedication made Utah a better place to live for its citizens," said NPCA President Thomas C. Kiernan. "Her talents will help to make our national parks better places, as well.
The University of Utah College of Education will host "A Legacy of Learning -- A Tribute to Olene Walker: 'The Governor Who Makes Us Read.' " at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $150 each and can be purchased by calling 801-364- 8900. Proceeds from the gala will benefit the college's Olene Walker Reading and Literacy Fund, which creates scholarship opportunities for Utah K-3 teachers to obtain a Level 1 reading endorsement.
The $19.3 million Providence Place project will take advantage of two programs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - TCAP (Tax Credit Assistance Program, from which Wasatch Advantage will draw $2 million) and the New Issue Bond Program, under which the U.S. Treasury Department buys back bonds "at a very favorable rate," Sheppard said. Federal funds will be complemented by $800,000 from the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, $200,000 from the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency Housing Trust Fund and the sale of tax credits to the private capital market.
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