We are living in an era of constant change. Because businesses are becoming less dictatorial and more social, the understanding and value of soft skills to an organization are growing daily.

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FARMINGTON — The design work for the proposed $4 million Davis County Kaysville Library Branch is drawing the interest of architectural firms along the Wasatch Front.

Fourteen architectural firms responded to Davis County’s “request for proposal” to design its newest library, to be built on the northeast corner of Fairfield Road and 200 North in Kaysville, said Curtis Koch, chief deputy of audit and finance for Davis County.

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SALT LAKE CITY  — A lavish shopping center owned by the Mormon church is on track to generate $266 million in sales in its first year of operation, tax figures released Wednesday show.

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WEST BOUNTIFUL — All 66-year-old Larry Mize wanted was a beer or two to go with his Father’s Day barbecue fixings.

But much to his disappointment, the Centerville resident discovered on Saturday that the Costco in West Bountiful no longer sells beer.

When he asked the store cashier why, Mize said, he was told because the store had received complaints from the community.

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About 130,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year and 50,000 of those will die — that is roughly the same number of people killed in automobile accidents each year.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Just getting through Disneyland’s gates would cost Simi Valley resident Candi Kirby and her two children nearly $200 and she’s simply not willing to pay the price.

‘‘That’s insane,” she said. “If they made it more affordable for people with children we would go more often, definitely.”

Kirby, whose kids are 1 and 4, would rather spend the money on groceries or other household necessities. After Disneyland announced a price hike that took effect Sunday, she decided that maybe it’s time to visit other parks, like Knott’s Berry Farm, which costs $60 a day.

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WASHINGTON — Tucked deep in the 1,198-page House agriculture policy legislation is an initiative to guarantee prices for sushi rice. So too is insurance for alfalfa and a marketing plan for Christmas trees.

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Basis in property is generally understood to be your initial investment in that property. Whether it is stock or real estate it is important to always track your basis.

When you receive information from your broker each year, the information should include what you paid for that investment. However, it is common to see the basis not reported to the IRS. If you are unable to prove what your basis in stock is, the IRS considers the basis to be zero. This makes the whole amount of the sale of the stock as a capital gain. If the basis of the stock (or purchase price) is known and can be documented it can lower the amount of the capital gain.

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SALT LAKE CITY – Miller Sports Properties announced plans for a new center court high definition video display system that is seven times larger than its predecessor, includes upper deck corner boards with video and statistics, audio system improvements, and other digital enhancements for EnergySolutions Arena, the 19,911-seat multi-purpose home of the Utah Jazz.

“We are pleased to bring a new visual experience to our live sports and entertainment events with the high-definition imagery of the new video board system,” said Steve Miller, president of Miller Sports Properties, Monday afternoon. “The fan experience at EnergySolutions Arena will change significantly, showcasing the world’s best basketball players in a dynamic and entertaining game-time presentation as well as providing enhanced visuals and sound for concerts, family shows, dirt shows and more.”

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BOUNTIFUL — Eleven-year-old Kendra Thomas wants to be a doctor, an idea that gained even more focus when she beat two surgeons in a medical robotics contest.

During an open house Thursday night, Lakeview Hospital gave community members an opportunity to take a simulator of the da Vinci Robotics System for a test drive.

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OGDEN — The Weber-Morgan Health Department wants to remind anyone who will be cooking at public events or on the side of the road this summer to obtain a food handler’s permit. In order to cook publicly, you must have a license to operate.

“We want to make sure people have a safe and healthy summer,” said Lori Buttars, Weber-Morgan Health Department spokeswoman.

Call 801-399-7160 to obtain a permit.

OGDEN — Community elders: Weber State University’s Stewart Library wants to hear all the vintage Ogden stories that your grandchildren don’t.

The library is seeking oral histories from area residents who have memories of downtown Ogden and businesses that came and went in decades gone by.

Businesses on 25th Street are of special interest for a project called “Business at the Crossroads.”

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NEW YORK — Companies and a university are moving to offer cheaper and broader genetic testing for breast cancer risk to a growing group of women following a Supreme Court ruling that ended Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc.’s monopoly over DNA that vastly raises odds for the disease.

Within hours of the decision, the University of Washington and Ambry Genetics, a closely held company in Aliso Viejo, Calif., said they would immediately offer expanded testing that included the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which Myriad has had under patent since the late 1990s.

Quest Diagnostics Inc. said it would sell testing for the genes later this year.

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LAYTON — Blake Lucas got a running start on the trampoline runway before bouncing and jumping into the foam pit.

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We all should act more like attorneys — and no, this isn’t a lawyer joke.

Public discourse, especially on controversial topics, seems to always fall to the lowest common denominator. Elevating our laws and our society requires an effort to actually change how we speak and how we act.

Attorneys are most certainly fallible and human — just ask my wife. Members of the legal species may not always live up to the expectations they place on themselves, but the profession has high expectations for civility. In order to meet those expectations, practicing lawyers in Utah have to take at least one civility class every two years. Attorneys are expected to act civilized. (OK, maybe that last sentence reads a little bit like a joke.)

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BLUFFDALE — The nation’s new billion-dollar epicenter for fighting global cyberthreats sits just south of Salt Lake City, tucked away on a National Guard base at the foot of snow-capped mountains. The long, squat buildings span 1.5 million square feet and are filled with superpowered computers designed to store massive amounts of information gathered secretly from phone calls and emails.

Two small, weathered signs in the sagebrush greet interlopers to this place with a stark warning: “Military reservation. No trespassing.” But there is no visible marker bearing the facility’s name and operator: The Utah Data Center, brought to you courtesy of the National Security Agency.

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WASHINGTON — Owners of tourism-related businesses say an administrative delay and a sudden rule change in Washington have disrupted their operations at the worst possible time of year.

Each summer, thousands of hotels, restaurants and small tourism firms around the U.S. apply for a special set of visas, known as H-2Bs, that allow them to temporarily hire foreign workers to supplement their workforce during the busiest months.

In March, however, the departments of Labor and Homeland Security suspended processing all H-2B visa applications because of concerns regarding wage requirements for the program. The dispute took more than a month to sort out, leading to a backlog of applications and leaving many firms without the extra help they need.

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