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ocal businesses in Holladay continue to toil against depleted revenues and diminished operating capacity while striving to adapt business models to the harsh economic environment produced by the still-menacing coronavirus pandemic, according to a new business survey released to the public in January. The survey, commissioned by the city and conducted by Y2 Analytics, helps community leaders understand the struggles facing local business and offers direction for the city as it seeks to prop up local companies in the hopes of staving off bankruptcy and job loss in a city known for its unique commercial makeup. The survey confirmed many anticipated worries while also providing a sense of how challenges have changed for businesses since the last survey one year ago in 2019. As expected, a majority of companies polled expressed difficulty making payroll and rent. “Most business said they’re experiencing large to moderate negative impact from COVID,” said staff leader Holly Smith, who worked closely on the survey. “Revenue is notably reduced, and many are still experiencing reduced operating hours. Operating capacity is also diminished because of physical distancing [and related factors],” Smith said. The survey revealed that companies are making adjustments to accentuate their remote operations and online offerings in an attempt to adapt. Although the changes are harder to make seamless in some industries than others.

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Mudita Yoga, a wellness studio in Holladay, has been ravaged by the loss of face-to-face clientele, as the requirements for physical distancing and consumer fear about shared space during a pandemic has depleted patronage to low levels. “People are still afraid to come out. We’ve dropped our schedule to less than half. We’re doing online classes now, but

it’s very different feeling than in person especially for what we do in yoga,” said Carrie Coppola, owner of Mudita. According to the survey, a host of companies in Holladay are finding similar struggles. According to Smith, “Our hardest hit sectors are the personal services—restaurants and salons, child day care and dogContinued page 8

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Find a great match online By Sona Schmidt-Harris | s.schmidtharris@mycityjournals.com

alentine’s Day is near again. For some, it is “Singles Awareness Day,” for others a time to celebrate the love they enjoy. If you are looking to find that special someone online (like the serious special someone), here are some tips: Think about what you really want in a partner To most of us, it seems that what we want in a partner is clear, but to actually write it down can sometimes be enlightening. Also helpful is to write down non-negotiable qualities you want in a mate. If something is important to you, like an ivy-league education or a specific religion, don’t be afraid to utilize dating sites dedicated to these things We all have biases. This is especially true when it comes to finding a mate. Be honest with yourself. Could you spend the rest of your life with someone of a different religion? With someone who wants or doesn’t want children? With someone who has a different education level than you? While there is a certain snobbery and exclusivity within some of these dating sites, they do serve a purpose, and that purpose is to help you find more specifically what you want in a partner. Use a profile picture with good lighting, but use a recent photo We all want to look our best and bemoan the loss of some of our looks or the gain of unwanted pounds. However, posting a photo from 20 years ago when you looked better will only disappoint your prospective partner when he or she meets you. It also evokes distrust, and questions as to whether or not you will be honest with him/her in the future. Set specific parameters on your profile Use the tools the dating site provides such as the body types you are willing to

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date, education level, religion and activities in which you are interested. Be prepared for a decrease in flirts or interest from others when you set more specific parameters The more specific you are on your profile, the more likely it is that you will receive a decrease in interest from others. Don’t take it personally. Remember, you are trying to find a good match for you—not date a lot of people. If you don’t find someone of serious interest within 20 miles of where you live, in-

crease the parameters to within 50 miles Though it will be more expensive and time-consuming, dating someone farther away from where you live increases your chance of meeting that special someone. A middle-aged man relayed the story (on Valentine’s Day) of how he met his current wife. He lived in Miami. When he would go on dating websites, he kept seeing people’s profiles indicating that they liked “international travel,” “yachting,” “fine dining,” etc. Some of them did not list activities that were inexpensive like walking on the beach. To

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has great lighting, and I don’t normally look this good, but why don’t you come and see for yourself!” Don’t date too many people at one time – it will only muddy the waters While dating a lot of people at one time can be fun and undoubtedly ego-boosting, dating too many people at one time when you are trying to find “the one” is counterproductive. Hide your profile if you are dating five or more people Dating five people at once is a lot if you’re really looking for a great match. Most dating sites allow you to hide your profile instead of taking it down completely. This is a great option while you are trying to sort things out. Reward honesty in others If someone actually has the courage to tell you either that they are interested and would like to move forward, or they don’t think the two of you are a match, thank him/ her. You know where you stand. Keep an open mind There is a reason you are single. Perhaps you have been choosing the same type over and over again, and it is not working. Don’t be afraid to try something new. Maybe try someone older than you normally date or someone with children, which you had never considered doing before. Remember, if you’re looking for perfection, you’re never going to find it

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Carolee Glaittli displays one of her resin paintings inspired by the ocean. (Photo courtesy of Carolee Glaittli)

Carolee Glaittli creates free-flowing resin aerial ocean scenes. (Photo courtesy of Carolee Glaittli)

a painting just brings them peace.” In addition to her work exhibited at Holladay City Hall throughout the month of February, Glaittli’s work will also be displayed at the Utah Art Market Feb. 4-6 and 11-13 at Foothill Village in the old Stein Mart. “There are many amazing artists under one roof,” she said. If you would like to see more of her work, visit www.sunlightstudioarts.com and on Instagram @sunlightstudioart. If you would like to nominate a Holladay resident for Artist of the Month, visit: holladayarts.org/suggest-an-artist l

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Continued from front page gy day care services—these are face to face settings that cannot switch to online or adapt as well.” The survey indicated that the No. 1 priority for businesses is getting assistance making payroll and rent. For Mudita Yoga, a nine-year-old business that moved from Millcreek to Holladay right as the pandemic swept across the state in the spring, the fear of making rent has become existential. “I haven’t been able to make my rent for one month. It’s so hard right now. I’ve never not been able to do that and it makes me heartbroken. I don’t know if we’re going to make it through,” she said. Mudita has received some small business stimulus assistance through Salt Lake County, who administers CARES Act funding, which has helped her business stay afloat for now. However, that money has dried up and the pandemic’s toll doesn’t seem to be letting up yet. “I had no idea how impactful this would be on us and the length of time. I don’t think it’s going to be back to normal for a while,” Coppola said. The survey reveals that most businesses have applied for and received federal aid through the county, while others have been fortunate to receive additional support through Holladay City, which distributed $85,000 to local businesses since the spring, mostly to cover the cost of PPE, like hand sanitizer and face masks.

Yet, with the first round of stimulus spending drying up, businesses are sitting with high anxiety. Economists promote stimulus measures to help companies like Mudita stay afloat during downturns, arguing that the cost to communities and the middle-class economy is greater if small businesses are allowed to go under. The city is currently working on proposals to help local companies through 2021. The proposals are being tailored to the needs indicated in the business survey. Yet, some of the needs of small business are not easily addressed by a city like Holladay with a small staff and minute administrative capacity. The survey shows that many local companies want help with marketing, promotional programs and online support to ensure they stay connected with clientele and adapt to the new standards of physical isolation. But the city expressed reservations about the wisdom of focusing assistance efforts in that area. “I’m a little bit concerned about stuff like website development and marketing promotion. We don’t have that expertise. If we can get direct assistance to our residence that’s fantastic. But some of these needs might require a lot of overhead to administer,” said Paul Fotheringham, councilman from District 3. Yet there is no one-size-fits-all approach, which is another difficultly in trying to administer aid. “Anything at all can help. But I don’t

know how much I’d want to see aid going toward marketing when we’re still in crisis mode. Help us with our rent and expenses, and help us get vaccinated, and then help us market,” said Mudita owner Coppola. Additionally, leaders must weigh support for the business community against the everyday needs of residents, including those who are struggling to make living rent. “I think it’s hard because you’ve got a flip-side—you can put the money into developing and promoting business and encouraging people to spend money in local business, but you might have families that are unable to make rent,” said councilwoman Sabrina Petersen, suggesting the city may have to make tough choices with limited resources. City Manager Gina Chamness is currently drafting proposals for assistance that will likely include a mix of grant funding for local business along with rental assistance for families. Chamness will propose aid programs to the city council in February. Beyond direct assistance, the city has other powers at its disposal that may help local business weather the storm. For instance, some restaurants have petitioned the city for extended patio dining permits. Copper Common and 3 Cups coffee shop, as an example, attempted to get permits to use city property in the Holladay Village Plaza for extended outdoor dining. The city was unable to reach an agreement with the restaurants, albeit. Similarly, Real Taqueria on Murray-Hol-

laday Road, applied for patio dining permit. “We are trying to make the additional outdoor dining work. We think that will help our business a lot. Customers want it. But we’re still working to meet the modifications required to operate it. There’s still a lot more to plan out,” said Ana Valdez, one of the owners of Real Taqueria. “Fortunately, we’re doing OK, though, because we still have good customers doing takeout and drive-thru. The hardest part of all this was having to cut a lot of employees down. But we hope to bring them back,” Valdez said. With continued help from the city and creative adaptations, small businesses in Holladay hope to survive. l

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Holladay City spent $1.8 million in federal stimulus money By Zak Sonntag | z.sonntag@mycityjournals.com

n spring 2020, the City of Holladay received $1.8 million in federal aid. Now the money has been spent. Every dime. Though it’s a drop in the bucket for a nearly-trillion dollar stimulus package known as the CARES Act passed by the U.S. Congress last year, it’s still no small chunk of change, and it’s helped the city mitigate the hardships visited upon local businesses and residents by the unexpected pandemic upheaval. The city distributed the money across four categories. The lion’s share of the distribution went to Emergency Medical Care, which helped Unified Fire Authority and Unified Police maintain its services in the face of the additional safety measures. Another share went to pay for increased costs at City Hall, where $100,000 was spent on public health compliance measures, including costs associated with government operations, like plexiglass dividers and a new part-time bailiff. Over $50,000 was spent on new equipment and technology required to maintain continuity of government operations in the new environment and enable city staff to work remotely. The city was able to get $85,000 into the hands of local businesses, who spent much of the money on Personal Protective Gear (PPE), like hand sanitizer and masks. The last big chunk went toward rental assistance, in which the city partnered with the nonprofit Community Action to help families struggling to pay rent. The challenge for city leaders now, however, is how to continue to provide support despite uncertainty over more federal aid. The good news is that the aid enabled the city government to stay in the black, and it now plans to use discretionary money from its general fund to continue helping businesses and community members weather the hopefully waning storm of COVID.

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City Manager Gina Chamness is working on proposals for local aid in light of a new community business survey detailing the priorities of local businesses in Holladay. Chamness will present potential aid programs to the Holladay City Council for consideration in February. l

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Holladay’s state representatives discuss legislative work By Zak Sonntag | z.sonntag@mycityjournals.com

olladay City’s representatives to the Utah State Legislature held a summit with the Holladay City Council to discuss statewide issues impacting the city and provide a preview of the bills they’ll pursue during this year’s legislative session at the state capitol. The legislators—five in total— intend to address an array of problems facing residents at both local and statewide levels. Some issues will be familiar but no less critical, like clean air and the rising cost of housing; others potentially contentious, like those around public lands; while much of the work will be either immediately or indirectly in response to the ongoing outfall of the coronavirus. The session goes from January to March. Here is a look at what Holladay’s representatives are working on.

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the ballot. “Currently, you need 2,000 signatures to get on the ballot. But for someone with zero resources that’s a big challenge, which is why during the last cycle everyone who was elected [to the schoolboard] was chosen at the convention, and many ran unopposed. I want to make it easier for qualified people to get on the ballot by lowering the signature requirement to 500,” Riebe said. Riebe is also working on education amendments related to student testing, which she believes will provide a needed “roadmap” to address the learning loss resulting from COVID. “This is completely reactive to the current [coronavirus] situation. It sounds easy to just say ‘Let’s not test kids,’ but then we jeopardize our ability to know how to provide assistance to certain communities and combat learning loss,” she said. Riebe acknowledges that standardized testing has fallen from favor, but still believes in a need for it, with tweaks to how that testing data is used. “What parents don’t like is the beating over the head with that data, and they’re right, that’s not helpful. But that data is important. We need to encourage parents to participate in basis testing because it will give us a roadmap,” Riebe said. Additionally, the senator will work on crisis intervention legislation that intends to improve community relations and take burdens off police officers by getting resources to crisis intervention teams trained to deal with persons with mental illness.

ments—and I hate to pick on Holladay mothers, but I live here and I see it: mothers driving big SUVs with kids in the back and kids riding their bikes on the sidewalks, and they’re on their phones. That’s a danger to them and their families,” Moss told the council. She will also look at other elements of road safety as it relates to cyclists, who she believes ought to be held to tighter road standards. “I want them to treat a stop sign like a yield sign. I’ve seen them blasting through at 6:30 in the morning up on Wasatch Boulevard,” she said, suggesting that cyclists are sometimes difficult for drivers to see. Moss will also be looking at improving the legal rights of Homeowner’s Associations, where she’ll seek to curtail lien restrictions placed on HOAs which can lead to unexpected costs for new members. “Some people find that they buy a condominium, and they have nothing to do with the construction company who built it, but they’ll come back” and exact unanticipated fees on the HOA.

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House member Doug Owens, who’s replacing longtime Rep. Patrice Arent, will make efforts to find solutions to the contention over public lands. “I think there’s a lot of common ground if we can put the focus on outdoor recreation as an economic development. Recreation access is a big driver for the tech sector,” Owens told the council. Owens has one bill that would put a visitor center at Bears Ears National Monument. Sen. Jani Iwamoto The monument’s shrinkage under the Trump Legislative veteran Sen. Jani Iwamoto administration became a hot-button issue will put energy toward a pair of companion across the state. He will also work on legislapolice reform bills. One of the bills will look tion intending to improve air quality. at interagency accountability and coordination, particularly as it relates to university Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion Another newcomer, House member Gay campus safety, a topic that’s been in the spotlight since the killing of University of Utah Lynn Bennion, will spend her first session digging into affordable housing. track athlete Lauren McCluskey. “It’s creating issues for our economy be“This work will help for seamless communication from on and off campus security. cause it’s so expensive to live here,” she told There are loopholes when officers go between the council. Bennion, corresponding with the City different agencies and we want to make sure those loopholes get covered up,” she told the Journal through email, reiterated her focus. “Many individuals and families are burcouncil during the January summit. Also, the senator wants to promote more dened by the high cost of housing. I have transparency in student housing, namely, by been involved with meetings and discussions requiring building owners renting to students with various stakeholders for the past two to disclose information about crimes commit- months,” she said. Bennion is also concerned with the lack ted on or around the properties. of resources available for youth across our Rep. Carol Spackman Moss state. She’s hoping to “add additional funds The longest serving representative to to the Department of Human Services… Holladay, Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, has to increase their visits to residential centers a record of education and health advocacy. for youth in our state. The Project Gateway This session, she’s putting emphasis on safe- report from Gov. Cox’s incoming administy, and she’s calling on Holladay residents tration found that this entire department is specially to get with it. underfunded.” l “I’m going to run a bill I’ve run three times now—the Distracted Driver amend-

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he City of Holladay held a weeklong police appreciation event in commemoration of the five-year anniversary of the death of officer Doug Barney, who was fatally shot in the line of duty during a routine traffic stop just blocks from City Hall. Holladay Backs the Blue encouraged residents to connect with Unified Police members through an essay and coloring contest, live-streamed ridealongs with Chief Justin Hoyal, and broadcasted a tribute video on the date of officer Barney’s passing. The event helped boost community trust and public service morale at a time when being a police officer has never felt harder, evidenced by recent spikes in police resignations in Salt Lake City and elsewhere, bringing starkly to attention the fact that policing is an exacting and difficult job. This makes the life and career of Doug Barney especially resonant for many in the Unified community, who reflected on Barney as a man with preternatural positivity in the face of challenges in both his professional and personal life. “Even coming back from a long medical related illness, [he had] optimism, happiness, laughter. Every single day. When he came through those doors it was a loud, jovial comment,” said Mike Mays, a sergeant who sat next to Barney in the office, where he witnessed Barney’s relentless enthusiasm. Lieutenant Tyler Ackerman, a few cubicles down from Barney, saw it too, and Ackerman still shakes his head in amazement when recounting Barney’s drive. “He was having a rough go of life at that time. And it was interesting to me because he was still the most positive and optimistic person we had in the office. Despite all of the trials he had gone through, he was the one who had the biggest smile,” Ackerman said. Barney’s departure left a gaping hole in the Unified family. Although it’s clear the memory of his buoyancy continues to reverberate even after death, as colleagues swear they can still hear the sound of his boomingly jovial voice echoing through the halls of the Holladay precinct. “My favorite thing I remember was how he greeted people: ‘What up, my brother?’ he’d say. That’s always how he greeted people. No matter what he was going through he always had a positive attitude,” said officer Arron Upwall. Barney was a man with a repu-

Holladay Backs the Blue commemorates the five-year anniversary of officer Doug Barney’s passing. (Screenshot)

tation for humor and kindness whose generosity took many forms. It could be as simple as a nice comment. Or as practical as a free lunch dropped on your desk at noon. Or it might be an unconventional gift, like a drum kit. “Doug found out that I liked music and used to play the drums, and the very next day he shows up in his private car and it’s stuffed to the gills with a drum kit. Doug said, ‘These have just been taking up space in the garage. They’re yours.’ I still have the snare drum with a picture of Doug above it in my office,” Mays said. Barney was a car enthusiast, which he learned to love alongside his father with whom he spent a lot of time tinkering on engines. He’d worked at a mechanic shop before deciding he wasn’t content spending his days alone beneath the hood of the car; he wanted to engage more with people. That’s when he began police training, after which his love of cars became just another example of his openhandedness. “Doug’s friend owned an auto shop and he would go there and work for free because it was fun. Because it was a hobby of his and he loved it. Our chief at the time, whenever he had an issue with his car, he’d call up Doug, and Doug knew exactly what to do. Even if he had to reference YouTube videos to find out how to attach this certain, specific piece to a certain model of a car. He would always brag, ‘You can figure anything out with YouTube,’” Ackerman recounted. Barney’s influence didn’t stop with his colleagues. “Shortly after his death, a community member told me how much she missed Doug. Every morning before his shift Doug would stop at the convenience store and talk to everybody in the store and always made them laugh. He always had a joke of the day. The woman told me they’re going to really miss Doug. Even in the convenience

store his presence was huge. That’s how Doug was when he walked into a briefing room, too. Our community recognized that,” said Sheriff Rosie Rivera. The city’s commemoration hopes to build trust and ties between residents and the police at a time when the institution of policing is under criticism. Relations between communities and police forces across the country have eroded with the growing awareness of systemic issues in many forces in many cities across the U.S. In neighboring Cottonwood Heights, protests descended into violence last summer in response to community grievances with the controversial killing of a local youth; in Salt Lake City, officers are leaving the force faster than they can be replaced due to stresses of a job that demands more than the salaries can justify. Holladay Backs the Blue hopes to combat the current milieu of discontent with the institution of police and remind residents that law enforcement officers are public servants—sworn to serve. Barney stood as an emblem of the type of public service city leaders hope to inspire. Colleagues depicted Barney as a man whose life was fundamentally inspired, and Officer Shane Laycock captured it touchingly when reminiscing on his first week in the service when Barney gave him some startup advice. “The most important thing I remember about Doug’s life is that when I was first hired with UPD, he told me, ‘Look, as long as you do your job correctly, and you do it with kindness and show every person you’re dealing with respect, they’ll give it back to you. That’s what’ll make you have a great career,’” Laycock recalled. “And that’s how I think Doug lived his entire life. On duty and off.” l

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Granite School District holds first vaccination session for teachers in January By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

ranite District held its first vaccination session for thousands of employees on Jan. 15. Events were held in three locations, and nearly 2,400 staff members were vaccinated. Per the health department’s recommendation, priority was based on age, with older employees receiving the vaccine first. “We offered the vaccine to nearly 3,200 employees, which brought the age down to 48,” said GSD communications director Ben Horsley. Three vaccination clinics were held simultaneously on Jan. 15 at Hunter Jr. High School, the Granite District Office and Churchill Jr. High. Skyline High cheer teacher Joey Kennedy got her vaccine at Churchill. “I’ve been at Skyline for 26 years and I love it and love the kids. Cheer isn’t a class you can do online—it’s physical and in person. I feel fine about getting the vaccine—if they gave it to all the doctors first it must be OK,” Kennedy said. Kennedy hopes vaccination efforts will help schools get back to a sense of normalcy. Students and staff who participate in extracurricular activities are tested every other week, and a highly-anticipated event can be shut down with little notice. Kennedy experienced that first hand— she planned to be at the regional cheer competition Jan. 15. But Skyline’s team had to pull out at the last minute when a team member tested positive and others had to quarantine. “It was rough,” Kennedy said. Another reason Kennedy got the vaccination was to protect her 81-year-old mother, whom she helps care for. Her mother has tried calling the health department to get an appointment for a vaccine, but they are full. “They tell her to just keep calling and trying back,” Kennedy said. Laura Schmidt, a librarian at Fox Hills Elementary in Taylorsville, got her vaccination at the Hunter Jr. High clinic. “I’m excited about getting the vaccine. It’s just one more precaution, one more way to protect ourselves and be able

Joey Kennedy teaches cheer at Skyline and also takes care of her 81-year-old mother. She got her first round of the vaccine at Churchill Jr. High on Jan. 15. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

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to keep schools open. The numbers at our school have been excellent— very low. The kids have done really well,” Schmidt said. Schmidt was hoping the vaccines would come sooner based on all the talk about teachers and what a high priority they were. “It’s not as fast as expected, so I’m a little disappointed about that. But here we are. They’ve expedited it, and I’m appreciative of that,” Schmidt said. Vaccinations were also offered to staff from AMES charter school. AMES is not part of GSD, but is housed within and works with Cottonwood High School. Keith Homer of Midvale teaches Spanish and world languages at AMES. He came to the clinic and was worried when he saw the long line, but it moved along quickly. “We just had our board meeting and

things were a little tense. We’ve been online the whole year, and so we’ve avoided any shutdowns. I think Cottonwood has had two. But some people want to go back to full in-person school,” Homer said. Homer shared his thoughts at the meeting and urged people to see things through. “It feels like we’re so close to getting a handle on this, and I think it’s the vaccination that changes the game board. Everything we’ve been doing is for a reason, and if we stop now we just throw all that out the window. We need to do the right thing and see this through,” Homer told those at the meeting. Homer trusts the vaccine in part because he has friends who are researchers, medical professionals and public health officials. He knows they’re just people getting up every day trying to do their jobs. “I have a lot of confidence and trust in

the people I see working hard every day. They’re not doing this to be a part of some evil conspiracy. They get up every morning and go to their jobs just like we do. “Let’s all put our energy into making things the best they can be right now. That’s when we shine our most as people,” Homer said. Granite’s vaccine rollout was administered by Community Nursing Services. “It will be provided on an ongoing basis until all Granite employees have had the opportunity to receive both doses,” Horsley said. Horsley also said that people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are still welcome to receive the vaccine, as long as they are no longer in quarantine or isolation. Additional questions can be directed to GSD’s customer service email address, customerservice@graniteschools.org. l

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MAYOR’S MESSAGE The January 2021, in an article titled “ Holladay’s Future Depends On All Of Us”, the City Council announced our intention to consider the Holladay Citizen Advisory Group’s (CAG) recommendation for a property tax increase as part of this year’s budget process. Holladay has not raised property taxes since our incorporation in 1999. We have subsequently added signiﬁcant amenities and associated infrastructure, to include City Hall Park, Knudsen Park, Fire Station #104 and the Holladay Village development, to name a few. They are wonderful additions to the city, many of which were constructed using grant dollars, but substantially increased the maintenance burden of the aging infrastructure we inherited twenty-one years ago. Anyone that owns a home knows you can do a little now or a lot later, but you will not escape the responsible investment required to properly maintain your assets. The city is no different. Our challenge as a community is deciding what we want to look like 20 years from now? The Holladay@20 campaign was launched to both celebrate how far we have come, but to also pause to consider the steps we must take to thrive for another 20 years. I’m proud of the foundation we laid, but also feel an obligation to provide future councils with the tools they will need to sustain our city in a manner that will make future generations proud to call Holladay home. This process started two years ago with the formation of the Holladay Citizen Advisory Group - 8 residents were tasked with reviewing our budget, analyzing the long and short-term improvement needs of the city and recommending responsible funding options. They presented their ﬁndings in May (view their recommendation, www.Holladay20. com). The Covid crisis forced us to delay the pubic engagement piece in 2020. Though we are far from recovered, we feel the tools are in place to engage

our citizens and receive the feedback that will facilitate a fully informed decision by our City Council. As part of the Citizen Advisory Group process, a comprehensive web site was developed, www.Holladay20.com. It hosts informational videos, surveys, general information about everything property taxes, the CAG Recommendation Report and more! Our staff made every effort to organize the data in a manner that will allow our citizens to dive in to the details to any level they choose. We encourage you to log on to the site when you have questions or concerns, or if you just want to educate yourself on the process. By the time our Council approves the 2021-2022 fiscal year budget (June 2021), we will have spent 3 years on this project. It has been a data driven and transparent endeavor from start to finish. Whether through virtual Town halls, in-person Town halls, public hearings, emails to your Council representative, or phone calls, we would appreciate your input. The decision to implement the increase the CAG recommended, to adjust their recommendation or to reject an increase will be substantially driven by the feedback we receive from our residents. Finally, this is not the easy path. I’m proud to be part of a Council that has the courage to address these pressing needs. We believe we have a responsibility to present our residents with the facts that have been presented to us. I don’t want my property taxes to rise, none of us do. But I think we all understand that inflationary forces and depreciating infrastructure are simple realities. The costs cannot remain unchanged forever. It’s up to all of us to do our due diligence and determine the proper timing and appropriate level of funding to maintain the critical infrastructure of our city. I feel we have provided the tools you will need to engage in this very important dialogue and debate. We welcome the opportunity. Respectfully, Rob Dahle, Mayor

Canal Trails Study – We want to hear from you. In the spring of 2019, the City of Holladay asked residents about projects that were most important to improving residents’ quality of life. 48% of residents who responded indicated that trail system developments were most important. To help achieve that goal, and after receiving a grant for this purpose, the City has spent the last year studying the feasibility of trails along canals owned by Salt Lake City Public Utilities that run throughout the City. We have identiﬁed potential routes, and last summer conducted a number of in person, outdoor open houses designed to provide information about the project and gather input from residents. Residents have another opportunity to provide input on the potential for a trail system. Through the month of February, residents can view options and answer questions online. Please visit the City’s website at cityofholladay.com for a link to the survey, or visit the survey directly at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/holladay_canal_trail_open_house

2021 Pet Resolutions Salt Lake County Animal Services Did you get a pet this holiday season? Or did you forget to vaccinate or license your pet in 2020? At Salt Lake County Animal Services, we recommend getting these services done to ensure your pet is healthy and ready to get going for the New Year. 1. VACCINATE: Make sure they are up to date on vaccinations. Pet illnesses and diseases are preventable if you vaccinate your pet. Veterinary visits are booked out far in advance at this time, so call and make an appointment right away. 2. MICROCHIP: At Salt Lake County Animal Services, on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 2 PM- 4 PM, there are DRIVE-UP, microchipping and licensing clinics, at 511 W 3900 S. Any pet in Salt Lake County with a current pet license can receive a FREE microchip with proof of license. Microchipping is one of the best ways to get an animal back to their owner as quick as possible. Questions? Email animal@slco.org. 3. LICENSE: By Utah state law, pet owners must license a pet by the time they are ﬁve months of age or within 30 days of moving into an area or acquiring the pet. Find out more about licensing on our website. Or call to make an appointment at 385-468-7387. The shelter is open Mon-Sat, 10 AM-6PM. Dispatch is available 24/7 for animal emergencies: 801-840-4000.

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2020 – A Year We Won’t Soon Forget By Gina Chamness, City Manager 2020 was a year unlike any other in recent memory, and will not soon be forgotten. In the 20 years or so since Holladay incorporated, the City had not declared an emergency. Last year saw three – an earthquake in March that fortunately spared the City of significant damage, a windstorm in September which did significant damage to the City’s tree canopy and left portions of the City without power for several days, and of course the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Through all the unprecedented events of the last year, Holladay’s elected officials, members of the City’s boards and commissions, and city staff have continued with their work to serve this community. Following are highlights of some of the City’s key accomplishments in a very unusual year. You can view the full list on the City’s website. Specifically, in response to the pandemic, the City: • Moved to virtual meetings for City Council and Planning Commission, conducted via Zoom and shared to Facebook Live in real time • Created website building permit portal for electronic submittal of some permits, reducing the need for visits to City Hall, and began reviewing some plans electronically • Began accepting credit cards for permits to eliminate necessity of in-person payment requirements • Conducted significant outreach for Stormwater Fee, Holladay Crossroads Zone, and Holladay @ 20 using new, virtual tools for engagement including Facebook Live, videos and other virtual events, and • Conducted two local business surveys to help target local business assistance, and gave away personal protective equipment giveaway events for city businesses and residents.

While looking a little different than previous years, the regular work of the City continued. Specifically, Holladay elected officials, Planning Commissioners and/or staff: • Entered into a nonexclusive license agreement with Google Fiber to provide broadband services. • Issued 1079 permits, including right of way and building permits, including the first construction permit for Block D of the project • Completed conceptual design for a Skatepark, coming soon to City Park • Approved a Stormwater Utility Fee in November 2020, with implementation likely in late spring/early summer 2021, and • Completed mill and overlay work on six streets, crack seal, chip seal and slurry seal on other streets throughout the City. Finally, through work of tremendous City volunteers, supported by staff, Holladay: • Held 4 drive in music concerts, organized by the City’s Arts Council and supported with donations • Held a socially distanced, restricted Fine Arts Show and Plein Air event, sponsored by the City’s Arts Council • Held a Tree Giveaway for City residents, organized by the City’s Tree Committee • Held a virtual Interfaith Council service, Holladay’s traditional kickoff to the holiday season, along with members of many congregations throughout the City, and • Held a virtual Tree Lighting ceremony, continuing a favorite City tradition. 2020 challenged all of us in a way we could not have anticipated a year ago. Members of the City Council, members of our boards and commissions, and City staff rose to this challenge, creatively rethinking plans to reflect the new reality, while continuing the City’s day to day activities. I’m incredibly grateful for and proud of the work everyone did this past year, and am hoping for a much, much calmer 2021.

HOLLADAY HISTORICAL COMMISSION The Holladay Historical Commission is delighted to make available, at a minimal cost ($10 per copy) copies of the Second Edition of “HolladayCottonwood PLACES and FACES”, Editor Stephen L. Carr. The book is a compilation of stories and events that occurred in the pioneer community that was initially known as: Big Cottonwood”. This book would make a great gift for yourself or family and friends. If interested, please contact Committee Members: Sandy Meadows at 801277-2857, Lyman Losee at 801-277-1957, or Robert Falck at 385-237-7518.

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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Rob Dahle, Mayor rdahle@cityofholladay.com 801-580-3056 Sabrina Petersen, District 1 spetersen@cityofholladay.com 801-859-9427 Matt Durham, District 2 mdurham@cityofholladay.com 801-999-0781 Paul Fotheringham, District 3 pfotheringham@cityofholladay.com 801-424-3058 Drew Quinn, District 4 dquinn@cityofholladay.com 801-272-6526 Dan Gibbons, District 5 dgibbons@cityofholladay.com 385-215-0622 Gina Chamness, City Manager gchamness@cityofholladay.com

PUBLIC MEETINGS: City Council – first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Planning Commission – first and third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

CITY OFFICES: Mon-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. • 801-272-9450 4580 South 2300 East • Holladay, UT 84117 Community Development Finance Justice Court Code Enforcement

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Emergency 911 UPD Dispatch (Police) 801-743-7000 UFA Dispatch (Fire) 801-840-4000 Animal Control 385-468-7387 Garbage/Sanitation 385-468-6325 Holladay Library 801-944-7627 Holladay Lions Club 385-468-1700 Mt. Olympus Sr. Center 385-468-3130 Holladay Post Office 801-278-9947 Cottonwood Post Office 801-453-1991 Holliday Water 801-277-2893 Watermaster - Big Cottonwood Tanner Ditch system - Art Quayle 801 867-1247

Resolve to be More Prepared: Water By Julie Harvey Municipal Emergency Management Planner To assist community member in increasing their disaster readiness and resilience each month I will be presenting information provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (https://www.fema. gov/ or https://www.ready.gov/) or the Do 1 Thing website (https://do1thing.com/). For February, create or check your water storage to have enough water on-hand for your family to last AT LEAST three days (72 hours). Store at least one gallon of water per person per day for three days, for drinking and sanitation. This should be about three gallons per person. A normally active person needs about three quarters of a gallon of ﬂuid daily, from water and other beverages. However, individual needs vary depending on age, health, physical condition, activity, diet and climate. Take into account that nursing mothers and ill people require extra water. Don’t forget to add water for your pets! If you have room, add extra water for sanitation and hygiene.

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Get Involved in the Conversation at Virtual Town Halls The Holladay City Council has kicked-off a 8-month process to consider a property tax increase as part of the fiscal year 2021-22 annual budget. The Council Members are hosting two town hall sessions to start the community conversation with residents to determine the best path forward for Holladay. Both sessions will cover the same information.

Property Tax Virtual Town Halls

Thurs, Feb 11, 2021 Session 1 at 12 pm -OR- Session 2 at 6 pm Instructions on how to join each virtual meeting will be posted on the City's website on February 9 in advance of the town hall sessions. Both sessions will have the same agenda.

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Good water quality is integral to a healthy environment and for maintaining a clean groundwater drinking source. Below are some facts about the impact salt has and some tips to reduce the use on driveways and sidewalks: 1. Apply salt wisely. If you’ve applied salt to your sidewalk, driveway or parking lot and it gets wet, you can’t just remove the excess. Once chlorides enter the ground or surface water, they never go away. One 50 lb. bag of salt can contaminate over 10,000 gallons of water. 2. Some ﬁsh species are negatively affected by concentrations of less than 1000 parts per million of Sodium Chloride, about 1 to 1.5 tablespoons of salt in 5 gallons of water. 3. A spreader to evenly distribute salt. 4. Keep salt bags stored inside a plastic bucket or a covered space.

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he Utah High School Activities Association made its biannual changes to school region alignments. The adopted proposals have been applauded and scrutinized. “Looks like Region 7 was picked by throwing darts on a map,” Derek Erickson, a concerned fan, commented after the alignment was announced. According to the Utah High School Activities Association’s constitution, the Board of Trustees has the responsibility and authority to classify its member schools and assign them to regions within the classification. This year may be the last year of regions as we know it. Considerations for alignment include fair competition, school enrollment, travel costs, and natural rivalries. Region 7 has a 348-mile spread. Uintah High School in Vernal was placed in the 5A region with Cedar Valley, Cottonwood, Hillcrest, Payson, Stansbury, and Tooele high schools. Making it one of the most scrutinized region placement divisions. “We can’t just look at the numbers of the school and say, ‘Hey, because you have 2,000 students you should play against other schools that have 2,000 students. We need to look at the balance,” Juab School District board president Dale Whitlock said. Hillcrest has over 2,100 students; Cottonwood and Uintah both have over 1,600 enrolled. “We are absolutely excited for realignment,” Hillcrest Athletic Director Scott Carrell said. “We have regions and the RPI (rating performance index used to seed teams at state tournaments), they don’t work together very well. When they started to put together the changes we were put in a very competitive region in Utah County. We sat down with our coaches and asked for that to be changed. We knew that in order for us to build our programs we needed to be put with similar schools. They told us we would have to travel more, but we were OK with that.” The teams at Hillcrest realize there will be challenges. “We know that not everyone will be on board, but we are excited to be able to build our programs back up,” Carrell said. “We are looking at ways to have hotspots on buses to help with homework and more opportunities for distance learning.” Many other schools were also enthusiastic about their new placement. “We are excited about our new region,” Copper Hills Athletic Director Ben Morley said. “Mainly because of the proximity of the member schools and having West Jordan back in Region 3.” West Jordan and Copper Hills have a natural rivalry again in Region 3 and are located just four miles from each other. They

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have played 25 football games against each other and Copper Hills has only won once, in 2013. It is not the only rival to be preserved in the current alignment; Hunter and Granger, Kearns and Taylorsville in Region 2; Herriman, Riverton, and Mountain Ridge now all reside in Region 3; Bountiful, Viewmont, and Woods Cross in Region 5; Olympus and Skyline in Region 6; and Alta and Jordan in Region 8. Roy administrators asked to be moved from Region 1, in northern Utah, to Region 2. They stated competitive balance as their reasoning. Roy last won a state championship in 2012 in softball. West High School won Region 2’s most recent title in 2019 in softball, but Granger has not been a state champion since 1979 in boys baseball. In the upcoming season, Region 2 will consist of Cyprus, Granger, Hunter, Kearns, Taylorsville, West and Roy. “I like our region,” new Taylorsville head football coach Chris Rosales said. “I just wish that winning a region championship meant more. With the new RPI, it has all changed.” The UHSAA Region 3 will consist of Bingham, Copper Hills, Herriman, Mountain Ridge, Riverton and West Jordan. Because of an increase in enrollment Mountain Ridge was moved from 5A to 6A in all sports. Region 5 includes Bountiful, Woods Cross, Bonneville, Box Elder, Northridge, and Viewmont. Region 6 contains Brighton, East, Highland, Murray, Olympus, Skyline and Park City. Region 8 is comprised of two other Salt Lake County schools including Jordan and Alta. “I think no regions in our alignment will be beneficial for every school in the state of Utah,” Carrell said. “Then games could be scheduled against teams of like opponents, more participation is the ultimate goal. It would not work for every sport, but we need to make goals to improve.” UHSAA is exploring options for its realignment in two years. Some of those ideas could include the adoptions of no regions allowing teams to make schedules of their choosing. l

Generous students, community members help fund and fill Cottonwood school pantry By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

very year, Cottonwood High students, like many other high schools, hold a winter fundraising drive to donate funds or supplies for a charitable organization. In recent years, they raised thousands of dollars to help children’s wishes be granted through Make-AWish Foundation. This winter, as they were looking at a variety of options, they realized there was an obvious need right within their own community. “We were looking at a variety of options, when we realize that we could hold the monthlong fundraiser to help our own community, to help stock our school pantry,” studentbody president Faith Godina said. “We have a need right here.” During the three weeks leading up to the winter break, student leaders came up with ways to raise funds in a COVID-19 fearful time. “We were able to seek donations online, hold a silent auction online with baskets and our usual tree festival instead of having crowds of people in-person, and we even held grilled cheese nights and had student government and other volunteers waving signs out on 13th East about it,” she said. The gift baskets featured donated items, such as a TV, air pods, $100 gift cards and other items, as well as the club-decorated trees, brought in several thousand dollars. Coupled with cookie or candygrams purchased by students and delivered weekly in December and restaurant nights, where local businesses, such as Swig, would donate a percentage of profits for the night, helped to fill the pantry’s shelves. It wasn’t just an effort to raise funds, but to unite the school. They held a spirit week which included a simple unifying action— when students who were randomly called answered their cell or home phones with “Colts are Great,” they would win a donated prize and a chance to be in schoolwide assembly as a way to build school unity. “I was surprised at all the ways we could raise money during COVID; it felt great,” Godina said. “We want to help everyone at our

school and be a positive community.” Cottonwood High’s pantry is almost the size of a classroom, with rows of shelves organized and stocked with nonperishable items, such as macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, cereal, rice, graham crackers, soup, and even Girl Scout cookies. On other shelves, there were school supplies, cleaning supplies and personal hygiene items. SBO adviser Tara Battista said that hundreds of students rely on the pantry weekly for food and Principal Terri Roylance said the shelves need to be restocked every few days. “We let kids come and get what they need. It may be a day where they didn’t bring a lunch and they’re hungry or they may need to stock up for the weekend,” Roylance said. Students also are able to come before the school dismissal bell rings on Tuesdays and Thursdays to gather what they need. “It has been amazing that our studentbody wants to help other students here within the school,” Roylance said. “They raised $1,000 alone when they auctioned off Christmas trees that clubs and groups donated. One anonymous donor purchased a tree and said, ‘I want this to go to a home in need.’ Our community is reaching out to our students, calling to ask if they can donate canned fruit, soup or ask what is on our list of needs.” Behind the scenes of the pantry are a handful of dedicated volunteers who weekly organize donations, headed by Robyn Ivins, who recently was honored by Holladay Mayor Rob Dahle and the city council for her volunteerism. Ivins declined to be interviewed, not wanting to be in the spotlight, but in 2018 said that she worked in the pantry to provide food and items to reduce some of the 1,700 Cottonwood students’ anxiety issues. “In high school, there are all sorts of pressures from sleeping with a boyfriend or getting asked to a dance and wearing the cutest clothes to where their next meal will come from and how their family will cope with pressures,” she said then.

Cottonwood High Principal Terri Roylance shows a full pantry, thanks in part to students who raised funds to help stock the shelves for their peers who are in need. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Cottonwood serves a great number of refugee families and more than 40 languages are spoken in the school’s hallways, Battista said. That diversity will be celebrated when the student leaders hold a cultural week in February. In addition to raising funds for the pantry, student leaders also volunteered to help Ivins and others with the Cottonwood Extravaganza in December. “We allow our kids to ‘shop’ for themselves and their families,” Roylance said. “There were sports balls, candy, games, hot chocolate, jackets, school supplies, perfume and cologne, personal hygiene items, gift cards, Cottonwood sweatshirts bought from donated funds—about anything kids want and need.” Godina said that they donated some of the funds they raised for toys and other items students usually “shop” for siblings at Christmas. Battista said they spent up to $499 on those items, with the rest of the funds raised earmarked for the pantry.

Roylance said that the annual one-day was “crazy,” with boxes and pallets of items for any Cottonwood student to “shop” for, but also “so rewarding” as hundreds of students took part in the free shopping spree. “The items were all donated or purchased with donations. Robyn started it four years ago and she heads it up and reaches out to neighborhoods, churches, Scouts and anyone in our community. This is on top of her overseeing the pantry,” Roylance said. “Robyn knows so many people and is so much a part of our community. She gets others to help out. It makes such a powerful positive impact on our school and students.” Student leaders have learned that spirit of generosity, giving back to their school. “It’s been such a hard year so this is a way we can show we care for one another and build school unity,” Godina said. “It’s heartwarming to put in all the work and see people smile and happy and make them feel good.” l

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Olympus offers Olympus Only scholarships to seniors in March By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

lympus High’s counselors help students navigate the college application process. They have many resources, and meet with students regularly beginning in ninth grade. On March 1, as a last minute help for seniors, they’ll take applications for more than 30 Olympus Only scholarships. “This year has been frustrating because there are so many unknowns. We have many resources, and we meet with every student every year. We want them to feel comfortable preparing to apply to college,” said counselor Lauren Bleggi. Counselors are divided by last name, and Bleggi is assigned Han-Lo. Her load this year includes ninth graders who were just moved to the high school. She thinks it will help them understand that the process starts in ninth grade. “This is the first year we have ninth graders physically in the school. As a counselor I appreciate it—I think it’s a good move. I get students all the time who need to work on their GPA because they didn’t know that ninth grade ‘counted’,” Bleggi said. The timeline of college applications doesn’t leave much wiggle room. “Most applications, including scholarships, are due around Nov. 1 of your senior year. Every-

I wanted to improve my score, so I took a prep course and took it two more times. My score went up, so it was worth it,” Soffe said. Soffe cheers and is on the dance company, and she hopes to continue dancing in college. Though she’s not sure about a major, she always wanted to go to college. She’s looking forward to meeting new people and learning more about herself. “I don’t have a specific plan for my major, so I decided to stay in Utah where I could pay in-state tuition to get my generals done. I applied to three Utah colleges,” Soffe said. Soffe was assigned to counselor Craig Sudbury. She said he was always able to answer her questions, and whenever the counselors gave a presentation, it was helpful. “The Olympus counseling center website (a tab on the school’s website) has links to scholarships and what you’re eligible for. They also have all the things you need to plug Lauren Bleggi is a counselor at Olympus High and manages the Olympus Only scholarships that come in to applications, like the school’s address from the community. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals) and size of graduating class. It’s very accessible,” Soffe said. Accessibility was the plan. “We put thing you want to include like the ACT and on their applications because the pandemic everything on our website and also have an any clubs or service needs to be done by shut down testing sites. Instagram account students can follow at then,” Bleggi said. Senior Meg Soffe took the ACT early #Olycounselors. And we’re available to talk For the first time in decades, the class of her junior year, so she does have a score. “I in person,” Bleggi said. 2021 was not required to report an ACT score took it once just to see what it was like. Then,

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Applying can be stressful. Soffe noted the intense essay requirements for BYU as one of her stresses. Bleggi likes to remind students that if they don’t get into the school of their choice—or their parents’ choice—it isn’t the end of the world. “Life is like a series of doors. Students ask me, ‘What if I go to the wrong school or take the wrong class?’ I just tell them, ‘Then you’ve learned that it wasn’t for you. You opened a door. But don’t worry—there are a lot of other doors beyond that one.’ “I also tell them about transferring to another school. This is helpful if they weren’t serious about their grades in high school. After 30 credit hours at a college, you can apply to transfer and the new college doesn’t look at high school grades,” Bleggi said. Some students’ dreams of excelling during their senior year and earning activity-based scholarships were a casualty of the COVID year. “Sadly, I didn’t get to apply for track scholarships due to the pandemic and track being canceled. I applied to the University of Utah, which is a school I wanted to go to since I came to the United States in fifth grade,” said Olympus senior Nat Kidane. Kidane utilized the counselors’ advice often. “[The application process] was very stressful because I had to do it all on my own. I didn’t know anything about the process, and my parents couldn’t really help because they never went to college. “I had to learn and do the applications as I went. I made a couple mistakes and it was frustrating, but thanks to my counselor she made it a little bit easier. I went to see her twice a month or so. She looked over my U of U application and helped me with a FAFSA application,” Kidane said. Bleggi is Kidane’s counselor. She is also over the Olym-

pus Only scholarships which are donated by members of the community. Students who apply are only competing within the school, so there’s a greater chance they’ll earn one. “The Olympus Only scholarships started about 25 years ago when people approached a counselor about donating to the school. We don’t open the applications link until March 1, and it only stays open for three weeks,” Bleggi said. The Olympus Only scholarships are a bit of an enigma on purpose. “We don’t list how much they’re worth, just who they’re intended to help. That way, you apply to scholarships that really match up with your interests. “They are merit-based, so they could be for sports, the arts, volunteering or in memory of someone. Some are designated by donors to be used for supplies like a computer,” Bleggi said. Bleggi said this year they are especially in need of donors. “So many situations have changed in our students’ families. People have lost jobs, there are medical bills and students are helping support their families. We need help this year more than ever,” Bleggi said. People who want to donate can contact Bleggi in the counseling center at 385-646-5401. Both Soffe and Kidane will apply for the Olympus Only scholarships. “They told us about them in September, and for sure I’m going to apply. I think it’s a really good incentive to continue to be good during third and fourth quarters,” Soffe said. Kidane is looking for any scholarship he can find. “It’s stressful. I’m going to apply for as many of the Olympus Only scholarships as I can because I really need the help,” he said. l Meg Soffe of the class of 2021 applied to three colleges with help from the Olympus counselors. She hopes to keep cheering and dancing. (Photo courtesy Meg Soffe)

Psych 101: What is gaslighting? By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com

f you’ve tuned into the federal news at any point during the past four years, you’ve probably heard a phrase or two about President Donald Trump gaslighting America. Even though the term has been thrown about rather loosely at times, it seems to be becoming part of our common collective discourse. Personally, I wanted to make sure I really understood this term, and the research behind it, before evaluating the claims made about our current political climate. I’d like to take a moment to define and clarify gaslighting, discuss its prevalence, and illuminate potential harmful impacts. The term “gaslighting” has been used to describe abuse involving emotional and intellectual manipulation, most often recognizable through mind-manipulation strategies. Gaslighting often leads to a person questioning their sanity, perceptions of reality, and/or memories. Even though the term was recently popularized in politics, gaslighting has been well recognized within psychology research for decades. One of the first mentions of gaslighting was on June 21, 1969. Russell Barton and J.A. Whitehead published an article in “The Lancet” where they outlined two cases in which “there were definite plots to remove an unwanted and restricting relative by securing admissions to a mental hospital.”

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They compared this to the storyline of a play titled “Gas Light” by Patrick Hamilton where a husband tries to get rid of his wife by driving her into a lunatic asylum. Dr. Paige Sweet attributes the common usage of the term to a story as well. In the 1944 film by George Cukor, “Gaslight,” a husband attempts to isolate his wife by making her believe she is insane. “His eponymous tactic is to dim and brighten the gaslights and then insist she is imagining it. (He) aims to undermine (her) sense of self and everyday life, to confuse and distort her reality such that she must accept his imposed reality in place of her own.” The term appeared minimally throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but eventually it began to recur in research as the focus on interpersonal relationships intensified. In 2007, Dr. Robin Stern published “The Gaslight Effect” focusing on how to identify manipulation in relationships. As might be apparent from the contextual history of the term, gaslighting is of importance in domestic violence research and intimate partner violence (IPV) literature. “Gaslighting is a conscious or unconscious form of psychological abuse that occurs when a perpetrator distorts information to confuse a victim, triggering the victim to doubt their memory and sanity,” defines Dr. Madeline Tormoen.

In the popular conversation, confusion, distortion and anxiety are all recognizable as consequences of gaslighting. However, the potential impacts of gaslighting can quickly become more harmful and severe. Those being gaslit may start to question their own perceptions and lose trust in their own experience of reality. Tormoen described how gaslighting may often affect memory, contribute to emotional abuse and interpersonal abuse, lead to a victim undermining their sanity, and betrayal. “Gaslighting can also prevent domestic violence victims from accessing institutional resources that would help them escape the abuse. The very institutions set up to help victims can become part of the gaslighting process,” she described. In addition, gaslighting may contribute to double-binding and depersonalization, resulting in losing a sense of self, multiple perceptions of reality, and varied internal versions of reality. Gaslighting creates hostile social environments. Sweet and others have argued that gaslighting is not just a psychological tactic, but a sociological phenomenon as well. “When perpetrators mobilize gender-based stereotypes, structural inequalities, and institutional vulnerabilities against victims with whom they are in

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High school student-athletes undergo COVID-19 testing, change approaches to competitions By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

n swimming, the faster swimmers compete in the middle lanes. In basketball, traditionally, team captains shake hands with the opposing team and refs before the game and afterwards, players on both teams give each other a high-five. Wrestlers take the mats in multi-day competitions, but not anymore this season. Those, and many other norms, aren’t the case in high school sports this winter. As high school student-athletes and coaches follow the Utah High School Activities Association’s COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, winter sports have a new look—and likely spring may follow some of the same protocols, say local high school athletic directors. Throughout the state, the biggest change from fall sports to winter has been with restricting fans at indoor competitions and administering rapid COVID-19 every 14 days for student-athletes. It’s part of the UHSAA “Return to Play” guidelines after high school sports mostly took a two-week break in early November following former Gov. Gary Herbert’s mandate, said Sally Williams, Hillcrest High athletic director in Canyons School District. The “Return to Play” guidelines were issued in early December after the Utah School Superintendents Association and UHSAA worked with the Utah State Department of Health to provide protocols after the state health order suspended the start of the winter season. Those guidelines were updated, with new policies of “test to stay” and “test to play” that took effect Jan. 4, when schools resumed from winter break. These have included if individuals are exposed to COVID-19, they can end quarantine 10 days after the last time they were in contact with the person who tested positive if they don’t have symptoms or they can return after a negative COVID-19 test result. “We had to reschedule a bunch of games and give our teams time to prepare for the season; it was a bunch of shuffling for preseason and hard for both our boys and girls basketball teams as we have new head coaches in both programs and they had to put everything together, after delaying tryouts and early season preparations,” Williams said about the delayed winter season for her Midvale school. “But it still was probably good to get COVID numbers (of positive cases) down even though at that time, our school wasn’t high.” Even so, both Hillcrest programs have had coaches and/ or players test positive or be exposed to COVID-19, playing preseason basketball games with a skeleton team and both teams, canceling at least one game. Already numbers at tryouts were down, about half as many for the boys and barely enough student-athletes to fill three team rosters for the girls, Williams said, because of the impact of COVID-19 and that some online learners aren’t involved in sports this year. “We’re at about 85% in-person enrollment this year,” Williams said. “The good news is that with the vaccine coming, we hope our spring season will happen since last year, their seasons were canceled because of COVID.” Admission to the basketball games and wrestling matches are restricted to assigned seats for contact tracing purposes and with two tickets issued per athlete, with Hillcrest stating no children in attendance. Masks are required for patrons. Even athletes sit socially distanced from each other, totes by their chairs with their own water bottles and face masks. Student-athletes are allowed to take them off only during competition, Williams said.

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Hillcrest High’s girls basketball team wear masks during the national anthem and on the sidelines when they aren’t playing per UHSAA winter sports guidelines. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Swim meets’ admission is restricted by the facility; many schools practice and compete at county pools, which limit capacity at 50 people including both boys and girls swim teams, coaches and officials often exceed that number. So, 11 of the 13 Hillcrest meets were scheduled at non-county facilities. “We looked at swimming boys or girls or varsity and JV separately, but that gets to be kind of a nightmare. They all swim together, so what happens with those other kids and how many days are they unable to practice if we do it that way,” Hillcrest head coach Ryan Thierbach said, adding that meets are livestreamed free for the Hillcrest community. Hillcrest swimmers also split the pool, so girls and boys teams have less interaction with one another to reduce possible spreading of COVID-19. At Jordan High, in Sandy, athletic director Jason Long said the school’s swimmers aren’t as much impacted as other schools since they practice at private pools and when public pools are shut down, those schools that practice at them have no options and aren’t getting time in the water. They also are finding a way for parents to watch their swimmers. “We have invited some of our parents of seniors to be timers and judges so they can be there,” he said. The competitions in the gym are different without student sections or pep bands. “We aren’t pulling out all the bleachers in the gym as only two parents are allowed in to watch competitions,” Long said, adding that most sports are being livestreamed for families to watch with a subscription. At Jordan, staff members are continuing to take student-athletes’ temperatures and go through health symptom checks just as they did in the fall in addition to administering COVID-19 tests, usually 45 minutes before the school day begins. Not only does Long’s crew test student-athletes, coaches and managers, but also theatre and debate students since

High school athletes like Hillcrest High’s basketball player Maddy Sluga undergo COVID-19 rapid testing every 14 days. (Julie Slama/ City Journals)

those activities fall under UHSAA. “We’re not relaxing on anything,” he said, admitting that the days get long, with early morning testing to games at night. “We’re all on the same page following UHSAA guidelines. It’s a lot of extra work from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every single day, but we’re hopeful our students can compete and showcase their talents—and that’s worth the work.” The push continues to wear masks for student-athletes, coaches, managers, trainers and athletic directors at practices, in huddles, team meetings, on the sideline and all the time, unless competing, he said. “We have assigned seats socially distanced on the bus, in the locker room, on the bench. We’ll be able to trace each athlete and with the guidelines, keep the spread low. We shouldn’t have to shut down this way,” Long said, adding that even basketball drills are kept in small groups and drill is

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spaced distantly for contact tracing purposes. “If drill does any kind of lifts, they’re to practice in small groups and sanitize their hands.” While the schools maintain the safety of its student-athletes and programs, referees fall under the UHSAA. “Many of our refs wear masks until the game starts, then they take it off so they can use their whistles. They put the mask back on when talking to the coach or scorekeeper,” Long said. In Jordan School District, Bingham Athletic Director Andee Bouwhuis said that instead of totes for the sideline seats, they have placed command strip hooks for masks and athletes keep their individual water bottles next to the chairs. “We wipe down the bench with cleans-

ing towels—the seats are spread out and assigned,” she said. “In the pool, we follow the county guidelines and limit five swimmers per lane, so our team is small this year.” After the governor’s shutdown, Bouwhuis said she was surprised to see more athletes at tryouts. “Kids are wanting to be involved and at school, not isolated at home,” she said. “Everyone is being flexible even as we’ve had to cancel or reschedule competitions. The coaches are just hopeful we’ll have a season and the athletes are putting it into perspective that just one or two games or meets aren’t that critical. I’m hoping that when spring comes, we can have a full season. That would be amazing.” l

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Cottonwood to realign in all sports except football By Brian Shaw | b.shaw@mycityjournals.com

Football is the only sport not moving to the new Region 7 next year with Hillcrest, Payson, Cedar Valley, Uintah, Tooele and Stansbury. (File photo Travis Barton/City Journals)

ew year, big news. The Utah High School Activities Association announced that Cottonwood High School will stay in Class 5A but move to a new region in all sports except football. “We had a little input on the decision, but ultimately [UHSAA] runs the show,” explained Cottonwood athletic director Greg Southwick. Effective beginning the fall sports season and continuing through the 202223 school year, the new move will keep crosstown rival Hillcrest in Cottonwood’s league but add Cedar Valley and Payson in Utah County, Stansbury and Tooele out of Tooele County and Uintah, which is located in Vernal. Region 7, as it will be known, will now send the Colts from Cottonwood Heights to the extreme eastern portion of Utah, down to the southern tip of Utah County and out toward the west desert in what will be the most geographically diverse league Cottonwood has ever experienced. Southwick added that his athletic program is looking forward to the drastic change from the citywide league the Colts

participated in. “If you keep doing the same thing you’ll get the same results,” Southwick said. “From top to bottom we’ll be more competitive.” Not everyone is as excited as Southwick about the new region, he added. Some of the Cottonwood parents and constituents are unhappy about the length of travel. Coaches opinions on competing in the new region are primarily positive, according to Southwick. He did say they expressed concern that the road trips to Utah County, Tooele County and to Vernal will take more time away from their families. All told, reaching these destinations in the new region will add 600 miles to their bus rides, a fact to which Southwick, himself a former coach, is sympathetic. “My thoughts are, let’s try it for two years and see what it does,” Southwick said. “If it doesn’t work we’ll try to get back into the region we’ve been in for years.” As for the Cottonwood teams entering this new Region 7, Southwick said he likes where the programs sit. “In baseball, we have a top-notch program and we’re

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I just want to swim.” In other news, the UHSAA also ruled that Cottonwood will stay independent in football for at least two more years. “There’s pros and cons with it,” Southwick said. “We’re trying to rebuild the program and we’ve got to let the coach make those decisions.” While some may look at Cottonwood’s realignment in all sports but football as one that’s risky, Southwick said there was one determinant factor behind this move. “Every decision we make is in the best interest of the kids,” he said. l

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