Don's Photos

I took this in 1983, while studying at Brookdale Community College in LIncroft, N.J.

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Then-Gov. Mike Leavitt (now Health and Human Services Secretary) came by our office to talk about Utah issues in October 2000. I did the interview in our publisher's office.

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This is one of many Nativity Scenes on display around Temple Square in Salt Lake City each Christmas season.

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The cupola on the roof of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City.

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Even an overcast March day can't take away from the beauty of the Salt Lake Temple.

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This monument commemorates how God spared the lives of the Mormon Pioneers by sending seagulls to eat the crickets that threatened their crops.

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With more than 11,000 pipes, the Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ is the largest in the church, as well as one of the finest — and most famous — musical instruments in the world. The seats around it are where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform, as well as record many of their albums.

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The Salt Lake Temple in the early evening.

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This statue of Brigham Young, on the Main Street Plaza, is part of a monument commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Mormon Pioneers' arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. The statue was also displayed at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in the 1890s.

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Once known as the Hotel Utah, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building houses a chapel, church offices, a theater and a couple restaurants.

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This is the heart of Seattle's Chinatown

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This copy of Thorvaldsen's "Christus" stands in the rotunda of the North Visitor's Center on Temple Square.

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Mount Timpanogos, one of the highest peaks in Utah Valley, was clearly visible from the trail up to Birdseye Quarry.

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One of my favorite spots in Seattle. Not as good as Thomas Hawk's neon work, but I like it.

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In October 2000, I covered the gubernatorial debate at Utah Valley State College, where independent candidate Jeremy Friedbaum (standing at podium) had just broken a multi-week hunger strike for media attention.

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This doorknob on the Salt Lake Temple shows the attention to detail the pioneer craftsmen put into the temple.

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This lighthouse stands watch on Puget Sound at Mukilteo, Wash.

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