Millcreek City Journal | November 2020

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NEW COMMUNITY CENTER PLANNED FOR MURRAY/MILLCREEK BORDER

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center for after-school and adult programming will soon sprout on 4500 South, which will provide opportunities for learning and offering service to local communities and globally. Youthlinc, a nonprofit organization, plans to open a 3,200-square-foot community center on an acre of ground near 346 East in Murray.

Youthlinc, according to their mission statement, creates “lifetime humanitarians through local and international service.” Their programming includes student leadership, sustained hands-on service, effective mentoring, cooperative, and project-based learning.

A groundbreaking occurred Oct. 24, with the grand opening of the building expected in early 2022. The building will include activity rooms, outdoor recreation space, Youthlinc offices, event and board room space for low or no rent to local nonprofits. A community garden is also planned.

The nonprofit already partners with Millcreek Promise for its after-school programming and has partnered with South Salt Lake Promise for 10 years. Youthlinc plans with this new building to serve James E. Moss Elementary, Parkside Elementary, Hillcrest Junior High, and Murray High School with after-school programming, and provide much needed green space and a community center for residents of all ages in need of life skill-enhancing curriculum, a computer lab, and a place to gather together.

“Youthlinc offers programming important to Murray City School District and will greatly benefit the youth served in this Continued page 12 Youthlinc’s new community center will include 3200 square feet of programming space. (Photo courtesy of Youthlinc)

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MILLCREEK HAS A NEW CHEF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD The Brickyard Bar has been working hard this year to up the dining and drinks ante in the Millcreek and Sugarhouse area, while maintaining a casual atmosphere- starting with Chef Erik Daniels. Erik knew he wanted to be a chef at the early age of 17. He worked at several well known restaurants until he met Ryan Lowder, owner of the Copper Onion.

Lowder saw Erik’s potential and mentored him to become a chef. He worked there for 3 years and climbed the ranks to Sous Chef. He then took a position at the beloved farm-to-table restaurant Avenues Bistro on Third. “I learned a lot about being a chef at that job, maybe more failures than successes, but definitely some successes!” Daniels said.

After a couple years of working the foodie scene around Salt Lake, he landed at Proper as a Chef de Cuisine. “I worked with the brewery to make great beer pairings and upscale pub fare. I’ve helped put many staple items on their menus (that are still on the menu), and I did my part to improve the local dining scene”.

Now that Chef Daniels is running the kitchen at The Brickyard Bar he has full control to make his own menu, consisting of from-scratch pub favorites like Traeger smoked chicken wings, an unbelievable pot roast French dip, Wasatch Jalapeño cream ale battered cheese curds, and homestyle fried chicken and waffles on the brunch menu.

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Olympus High kicks off school pantry with donation night Nov. 12

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lympus High School is starting a school pantry this fall. School pantries, which help students who are food insecure, are sponsored by the Granite Education Foundation, but their supplies and maintenance come from ongoing community donations.

“The Olympus community is amazing.

This project is special because it will stay within Olympus High School and directly help students here who are food insecure,” said parent volunteer Jen Wunderli. Wunderli is a board member of Granite Education Foundation and has six kids who have graduated from Olympus.

“Our grand opening of the pantry is Nov. 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Olympus. We want to invite all the community to come and see what the need is and encourage them to donate. We’re always in need of shelf stable items, hygiene kits and monetary donations.

We hope people will come that night and support our students with donations,” Wunderli said.

Wunderli started the charity Friend2Friend several years ago after serving in her kids’ schools and seeing the need that was there. In recent years, Friend2Friend teamed up with Olympus High to become an official school club.

“The kids at Olympus came up with the Fresh Food Five. Every student who is able to can contribute $5 to the club’s Venmo account, @friend2friend. The money will be used to buy fresh food for the Olympus pantry,” Wunderli said.

The Friend2Friend charity and school club have done big projects in the past, like the Night of Service, which was attended by hundreds of people last December. Students and community members tied quilts, collected toy donations, made Santa Sacks and packed food supplies for food insecure families.

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Olympus students and community members at a 2019 Friend 2 Friend event package food for the Granite Education Foundation. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

“We can’t do the Night of Service this year because of COVID, which is a real disappointment. So we’re hoping the pantry project is something people will feel good about giving to,” Wunderli said.

Olympus senior Andrew Benson is co-president of Friend2Friend. “We want to raise awareness to sustain the food pantry this year and for years to come. Since the pandemic started, there has been a 300% increase in need in our district. We wanted to do something to combat that,” Benson said.

To promote the Fresh Food Five, Friend2Friend made and shared a video on social media to get the word out that if students at Olympus each gave $5, it would make a big difference.

“We thought this was a good time to start a food pantry at Olympus and start the fresh food box. The biggest impact that being a part of this club has had on me is learning

to recognize the needs in the community, and then come up with ways to act on them. And I’ve learned how to gather support from my peers so we can show out in force and satisfy those needs,” Benson said.

Like all students, Benson was home for a two-week dismissal in late September and early October when COVID case numbers climbed above 15 at Olympus. Benson learned to be flexible with everything from his learning to his involvement as the yearbook editor and member of the volleyball team. Flexibility for Friend2Friend means managing the large number of kids who participate.

“There are over 200 students at the school who are involved in Friend2Friend.

Obviously, we can’t have events where that many people come. We created a SignUpGenius, and we’ve listed all our activities and how many people can sign up. The kids get

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Donations for the Olympus food pantry can be brought to the opening night on Nov. 12, or to the office at the school anytime for the rest of the school year. They are most in need of shelf stable items like peanut butter, tuna fish, mac and cheese, spaghetti, Hamburger Helper-type mixes, rice, beans, pasta sauce, boxes of cereal, oatmeal and packaged snacks.

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Festival Transylvania: a two-week Halloween event

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estival Transylvania, a Halloween multiweek event, will be hosted by Millcreek Gardens (3500 S. 900 East) in late October.

Many outdoor family-friendly activities will be offered, aiming to put attendees in the spooky spirit.

The garden grounds will be transformed into a Halloween-themed destination with decorations beginning Oct. 16. Families can walk through the Silly Story Walk to interact with Halloween characters full of hijinks.

Modelled after common Spook Allies, Millcreek Gardens Story Walk will be angled toward more family-friendly entertainment.

After some mischief, attendees may want to visit the Spooky Hollow Munchery to find a potion or brew to calm the nerves.

“Our monsters really like the dark,” said Office Manager and Event Planner Layne Reece. She encourages families and individual attendees to consider visiting Festival Transylvania around 7 p.m. or later for the spookiest experience.

Attendees age 11 and younger may leave Festival Transylvania with a gift bag that they may use for trick-or-treating. Inside the bag will be treats from Millcreek Gardens and other sponsors—no tricks though.

Millcreek Gardens has partnered with Nostalgic Arts Productions in order to provide this Halloween event. “You won’t find any gore or violence at Festival Transylvania,” Reece said. “There won’t be actors jumping out from behind corners to startle you. Instead, you’ll find a fun and clever story walk though various scenes of Transylvania: a hysterical fortune teller, a botched laboratory experiment, and even an appearance by the headless horseman!”

During the duration of Festival Transylvania, two contests will be held simultaneously. A pumpkin decorating contest can be entered by adults and children, while a coloring contest can be entered by children up to 12 years old. All artwork will be displayed at Millcreek Gardens through Oct. 31. Those with the most aesthetically pleasing pumpkin and coloring page will win a prize. Contest results with winner announcements will occur no later than Oct. 31.

The pumpkin decorating contest is available for contestants of all ages. To be considered, pumpkins can be carved, painted, or otherwise decorated. Decorated pumpkins must be submitted in person with the appropriate form attached (see website for details) no later than Oct. 24. During evaluation, pumpkins will be considered in three categories based on age range: the first for entrants from 3 to 10 years old, the second for entrants from 11 to 17 years old, and the last for entrants 18 and older. Contest winners will be announced no later than Nov. 7, at which time prizes can be procured.

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Neff’s Canyon fire awakens residents to dangers of the wildland urban interface

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Each year, over 180 Utah students participate in Youthlinc’s “Service Year,” with 50-60 adult professionals serving as mentors; students provide 15,000 local service hours. A Service Year provides a structured school year-long curriculum, including up to 80 hours of local service and monthly meetings where young people are mentored to take leadership roles in service activities at their international sites.

“During these challenging times, we really need something positive to cling to, something that builds our souls and provides hope. Our youth have been especially hard hit by the lockdown orders and social distancing rules,” says Youthlinc Board Treasurer Von Wallace. “Someday, hopefully soon, this pandemic will end. When it does, our young people will need Youthlinc more than ever. The special-purpose building Youthlinc is pursuing is a perfect community gathering place to provide essential services

and education, to serve and give back to the community.”

Teen refugees in South Salt Lake are mentored by Youthlinc Service Year students through Real Life Salt Lake City. Under the guidance of a local service director and program interns, Youthlinc students plan and implement an after-school curriculum of financial literacy, health and hygiene, job and college preparation, and cultural exchange.

This teen-to-teen mentoring program provides additional leadership and service opportunities to students as well as learning and acculturation, and mentoring experiences for the refugee teens who participate.

“Although the proposed building is not within Millcreek’s boundaries,” Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini said, “it is directly across the street from us and will be inclusive of our population of refugee and immigrant families. We value the work that Youthlinc does already in other parts of Millcreek and look forward to working together to support this vulnerable and valuable demographic.”

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Murray spook alley carries on in nightmarish times

By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com

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t might seem like there are enough anxiety-inducing things in the world lately, so a frightening Halloween venue might be the last thing people want. Yet owners of Murray’s Dead City Haunted House (5425 S. Vine Street) think now is a perfect time for patrons to get a supernatural scare.

“Entertainment via escapism is always needed in the darkest of times. We can’t expect everyone to feel comfortable participating this year. We can, however, do everything possible to guarantee safety procedures are in place for those who do,” a Dead City spokes-monster (wishing to stay in character) said. “This industry has its fans and artists that desperately need a distraction; we understand the responsibility not to disappoint, having invested in all the necessary resources to keep everyone happy and healthy.”

Dead City Haunted House is one of Utah’s newest indoor haunted attractions, now in its third season. They are featuring over 50 rooms of fear, with three all-new areas for 2020. Owner Tim Riggs has a history with the local spook alley industry, dating back to the Utah Fun Dome Haunted House, Rocky Point, and more.

With the COVID pandemic, attraction organizers have had to address customer safety by adding additional precautions and mothballing certain practices.

“We can only do this together, so face masks are mandatory—to keep the screams

safe. The show has been completely overhauled this year while maintaining as many scare spots as possible. Hands-on options have been suspended, while all actors are kept at socially distanced positions inside the show,” the Dead City spokes-monster said. “Surfaces are cleaned regularly, several UV air filtration systems have been installed above the show to run constantly, and nightly fog sanitizes surfaces from entry to exit. All mazes and claustrophobic tunnels have been removed to maintain group distancing and avoid touching. Online ticket purchases are encouraged at a discounted rate.”

All staff and cast members have temperatures checked before being allowed backstage. Employees communicate and operate through personal mobile devices, and all backstage meetings are kept outside whenever possible. Cast members apply their own makeup, with very few needing it due to the heavy use of masks this season. Bridges have been built above the tighter areas to give actors the ability to operate some new surprises from a safe distance.

As part of keeping staff and patrons apart, Dead City will employ puppets or animatronic monsters to provide the screams.

“You will all have to come see if you can tell who (or what) is real or not inside the show and what they (or it) might do. Very cutting edge to our knowledge, just one of the many custom creations by our engineering

Dead City Haunted House performers take a socially distanced break while prepping for the upcoming Halloween season. (Photo courtesy of Dead City)

owner that helps make Dead City Haunted House unique to Utah,” the spokes-monster said.

Halloween isn’t Dead City’s only exclusive holiday; they have adapted their attraction to multiple holidays this past year.

They hosted a “Krampus Night” in December, based on the central European tradition of a half-goat, half-demon that visits naughty children on Christmas, a complete opposite of Santa Claus. The Krampus event allows Dead City to give the Christmas season a monstrous makeover with a visit by Krampus and his minions. Dead City also hosts “Love

Bites,” a vampire-themed Valentine’s Day experience that they hope to do again this coming year.

Krampus Night caught national recognition, and Dead City was recognized by HAuNTcon and Haunted Attraction Network as “2020 Haunters to Watch.” The award stated, “Dead City Haunted House impressed us with their video creation, narrative tie into their overall theme, social media contest, and overall use of a limited budget.”

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Skyline girls soccer season ends in semifinals loss

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The Eagles had a 16-4 record (11-3 in

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The Bonneville keeper dives for the ball before Skyline’s Ali Swensen has a chance to make a play. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

Skyline had multiple good looks at goal, but none of them ultimately made it past Bonneville’s keeper. ((Justin Adams/City Journals)

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Millcreek father’s search to return home his 6-year-old son

By Kirk Bradford | k.bradford@mycityjournals.com

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ast month, Millcreek father Timothy Butler told local news outlets he was searching to return home his son. Butler is the legal guardian of the 6-year-old boy. For several years the boy has been cared for by Butler and a partner. An Amber Alert was issued reading, “Police seeking 6-year-old taken by his possibly ‘dangerous’ mother.”

Local law enforcement agencies, the FBI and police here and to the west looked for the young boy, since it was believed his mother could be driving with him to Washington State.

Butler’s son was last in Millcreek attending a supervised custody visitation with his mother, Emily Jolley. Law enforcement explained the situation saying, “Jolley distracted a visitation official supervisor before exiting with the boy.”

The boys first six years of life where de-

scribed by his father. Butler said, “it’s been a long road of legal and emotional battles between the mother yet his only goal was to have a healthy co-parenting relationship.”

The mother made allegations of Butler being abusive during their custody battle, but Unified Police have confirmed, they found those allegations to be untrue.

After four long grueling days of coordinated policing by the UPD, FBI and Lincoln County, Oregon, the UPD announced, “We are happy to announce that the missing Millcreek 6-year-old boy has been safely located in Coos Bay, Oregon,” via a tweet from Unified Police Department who also stated in a follow-up tweet, “Emily Jolley has been taken into custody. Thank you for all the help! This is still an active investigation, so we are unable to release additional details, but wanted to inform the public, who has been extremely helpful in providing and sharing information in this case, that he has been found safe.”

The boy was traveling through Oregon with his mother and one of her “sympathizers” named Bonnie Jackson. The two were identified with boy in Oregon and both will now be facing charges.

“Through investigative measures, detectives from the UPD were able to provide Mother Emily Jolley and “sympathizer” Bonnie Jackson were booked into jail in Oregon after taking the potential locations of the suspects with whom the child was presumed to be,” said the UPD reboy from Utah. (Coos County Sheriff’s Office)

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Mother Emily Jolley and missing Millcreek 6-year-old son who were located in Oregon after Jolley allegedly kidnapped the boy during a supervised custodial visit. (Unified Police Department)

leased statement. “As a result of an investigation conducted by the Coos County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with UPD, the suspects, 43-yearold Emily Jolley and 56-year-old Bonnie Jackson, were located at a residence on Broadway Street in North Bend, along with the child. The child was found unharmed and in good health.”

The child was taken into protective custody by the Coos County Sheriff’s Office. Jolley and

Jackson were arrested and incarcerated at the Coos County Jail. “The alleged federal crime of abduction and kidnapping of a minor and taking him across state lines from the state of Utah and the Utah state crime of custodial interference are both third-degree felonies,” UPD reported. Coordination between states and the boy’s father eventually returned the boy safely back in Millcreek and home safe with his father. l

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The Titans qualified three players for state—at second singles and a pair at first doubles—and finished in a tie for ninth place at the Class 5A state tournament, Oct. 1, 3. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Lady Titans earn top 10 finish at 5A state tennis tournament; boys place fourth in golf

By Josh McFadden | j.mcfadden@mycityjournals.com

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uring a two-day affair at Liberty Park, the Olympus girls tennis team battled against the some of the best high school players in the state.

The Titans qualified three players for state—at second singles and a pair at first doubles—and finished in a tie for ninth place at the Class 5A state tournament, Oct. 1, 3.

It was an improvement over last season’s 13th-place finish. The Titans have been trying to work their way back to the top of Utah high school tennis after five straight season of state championships. Olympus won crowns in the 5A ranks in

2018 and 2017, and won 4A titles from 2014 to 2016.

At this year’s tournament, senior Ashlyn Jackson grabbed the third seed in second singles.

She went 3-4 during the regular season. Jackson defeated her first-round opponent 6-1, 6-2 to move onto the second round. There, she fell 6-1, 6-2 but earned her team a point in the final standings.

At second doubles, freshmen Lucy and Linda Findlay were 6-3, 6-3 winners in round one over a team from Timpanogos. The duo advanced to the second round and faced a pair from Woods Cross.

The Findlays prevailed once again, this time 6-4, 6-4. Just one game away from a chance to win a state title, Lucy and Linda couldn’t overcome their opponents from Alta, falling 6-3, 6-3.

On the golf course, the Titans had a strong showing at the 5A championships, held Oct. 5 and 6 at Soldier Hollow Golf Course in Midway.

Olympus shot 5 over par and earned a fourth-place showing, seven strokes in back of third-place Spanish Fork and 19 shots behind runner-up Park City. Skyline claimed the state title with an impressive -35 performance.

Luke Smith was the Titans’ top individual performer. The senior shot a 3 under par, totaling a 141 in the two-day tournament. Lance Smith was 20th in the field with a 146 (2 under par) during the event. James Alder and Mitt Harris were each just a shot behind Smith, tying for 25th.

The Titans improved this season on last year’s eighth-place showing. Like last year, Olympus posted the second-best scoring among Region 6 teams at the state championship event. l

Olympus captures region girls soccer crown, advances to state championship

By Josh McFadden | j.mcfadden@mycityjournals.com A year after missing out on a region title, the Olympus girls soccer team dominated during the regular season this time around. The Titans also made it farther in the state tournament.

Olympus racked up 13 wins in its 14 Region 6 games, losing only to Brighton 1-0 on Sept. 10. The Titans were strong on both offense and defense during the regular season, racking up a 14-2 record in the process.

Olympus shut out seven opponents and held seven others to a single goal. Meanwhile, behind the play of Emma Neff and Lily Webster—who both had 17 goals as of our press time—along with Sofia Ward and Kelly Bullock (10 goals apiece), the Titans were difficult for foes to stop. Olympus had eight games it the regular season in which it had at least four goals.

Olympus’ 13-1 league mark was two games ahead of second-place Skyline, which it defeated 2-1 on Aug. 20 and 3-0 in a Sept. 17 road contest. The Titans also got revenge against Brighton for its lone region loss. When the two teams got together a third time, the stakes were much higher.

The Titans knocked off Brighton 1-0 in the Class 5A state quarterfinals on Oct. 15 to advance to the semifinals on Oct. 21.

In the quarterfinals victory, Olympus

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only needed a first-half goal from Bullock to secure the win. The defense was solid all game long, as junior goalkeeper Callie Droitsh got shutout No. 8.5 on the year.

Olympus’ march to the semifinals began with a first-round blowout over Payson, 8-0. The Titans entered the state tournament with the No. 4 seed (by virtue of their RPI ranking), meaning they just missed out on a first-round bye and but would get home games for the first two rounds. Olympus made short work of Payson on Oct. 8, amassing seven goals in the first half alone.

The Titans added one more in the second half for good measure in their second-largest margin of victory of the season (shared with two other games: an 8-0 win over Highland on Sept. 15 and a 9-1 victory over Highland on Aug. 18). Ward scored three times in the win, and Bullock and Neff added two more.

Brynn Fisher contributed a goal as well.

On Oct. 13, a second-round matchup with East proved to be much more challenging. Olympus prevailed 1-0, and the close game shouldn’t have been surprising.

Though East was 6-7 in Region 6 and finished in fifth place, it played Olympus tough during the regular season. Olympus got by with a 2-1 win at East on Sept. 29. In the postseason tilt, Ward scored in the first half,

and the defense once against kept the opposition’s offense at bay.

The two foes were familiar with one another, with the Titans scoring a pair of tight wins over the Spartans in the regular season. The region rivals went to shootout on Sept. 3, with Olympus outkicking the Spartans 3-1 in the penalty kicks. On Oct. 1, the Titans edged Murray 4-3 in the regular season finale.

Incidentally, Murray ended Olympus’ season last year in a 2-1 win in the second round of the 5A tournament. This year’s 5A state title game is set for Oct. 23 at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Editor’s note: The Olympus girls soccer team advanced to the state championship game defeating Murray High 2-1 at Rio Tinto Stadium on Oct. 20. The Titans would go on to face Bonneville in the state championship match (after the City Journals print deadline).

Senior forward Fifi Ward makes an acrobatic move that resulted in what turned out to be the game-winning goal. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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Granite rewards ‘tremendous efforts’ by staff with a bonus on top of pay raise

By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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ranite School Board sent out a message Oct. 6 that they had approved a bonus for all employees, which would arrive in their Oct. 30 paycheck.

“As a board, we understand that you are working so hard under difficult circumstances. You are doing a tremendous job navigating through the restrictions and extra requirements that come with COVID, as well as learning new things along the way. We know and understand that this is not easy,” said Karyn Winder in a video sent out to educators. Winder is board president of the Granite School District.

Hourly employees received a onetime $100 bonus in their Oct. 30 paycheck. Contract employees received a 1% bonus. In addition, contract employees will receive a 3% bonus in their November paychecks. This was negotiated in the spring as part of their benefits package.

Contract employees’ salaries had been adjusted for a 5% cost of living raise in the annual 2020-2021 contract negotiations, which brought an incoming teacher’s salary to over $50,000.

“We wanted to back up our words with action. We have relatively low COVID numbers, and are proud to be one of the most transparent districts in the state. We spent nearly $4 million on equipment and building upgrades this year to keep schools safer. A surplus from the spring will help us make sure there are no teacher layoffs this year,” Winder said.

Many principals report that their teachers are working harder than ever this year, coming in earlier and leaving later.

They’re trying to balance several learning modalities and develop online resources for kids who are distance learning. Custodial staff is cleaning much more often, and all school employees are getting creative about limiting interaction among students.

“The bonus was a nice and unexpected token of appreciation. It’s a nice compliment for everyone and how hard they’re working right now. Teachers are overwhelmed. They’re tired. Things are difficult and frustrating, but they care about these kids,” said Benjamin Peters, principal at Howard R. Driggs Elementa-

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Principal Afton Lambson at Spring Lane Elementary thought the bonuses were good not just for bank accounts, but for morale. “We’re incredibly grateful that the board is recognizing that this unique circumstance is more than the teachers and staff planned on. It’s a small gesture of appreciation that’s noticed by our staff.

They’re all being asked to do things differently.

“One of our hourly employees said they were so happy to see that increase in their paycheck because they’ve never gotten anything like that before. I hope people understand that budgets are thin— we’ve added PPE and had to be creative in our staffing this year. So, it makes a big difference to know that they care and we’re appreciated,” Lambson said. l

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Aimee Winder Newton Salt Lake County Council | District 3

Voting by mail has been one of the hot topics of this election season. National headlines have questioned both the security and the process. Salt Lake County voters should not be concerned, as our county has had years of experience in voting by mail, and our Salt Lake County Clerk has been running successful, secure, and reliable voteby-mail elections since 2013. As a Salt Lake County voter, you can be sure that your vote will be counted. In fact, Utah was ranked second in the nation for protecting voter privacy and data.

The Salt Lake County Clerk mailed ballots on October 13th to all active registered voters in the county. Your ballot should have arrived in your mailbox that same week. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before November 2nd (the day before Election Day) to be counted.

Besides having a postage-paid envelope to return your ballot, Salt Lake County has offered 21 secure drop boxes throughout Salt Lake County where ballots can be returned. The locations are listed on the ballot instructions in-

cluded in ballot packets, and can be found at got-vote.org. Ballots can also be returned to the county clerk’s office or to a vote center. If you aren’t returning your ballot by mail, it must be dropped off at one of the above locations before 8 p.m. on Election Day. A limited number of vote centers will be open on Election Day, but with all social distancing guidelines and precautions around the pandemic, voters are encouraged to use the vote-by-mail system to avoid potential lines and long waits. The vote centers are to accommodate those who did not receive a ballot in the mail.

Some people may not realize how ballots are processed and counted.

When the ballots arrive at the clerk’s office to be processed, the first step is a signature match. This is done electronically by a state-of-the-art machine designed just for this purpose. Ballots with signatures that don’t match what the clerk has on file are “challenged” and the voter is contacted to confirm their identity. Once they’ve verified the voter’s identity, the signature and the

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Well, 2020 finally broke me. I’m overwhelmed, worried about COVID, stressed about the election, climate change, immigration and poverty, and disillusioned to learn Ellen DeGeneres is an actress. It feels like someone shook Pandora’s Box 2.0 like a maraca, releasing sadness, greed and hubris.

I started this column dozens of times, but it feels like my funny is numb. I’d begin writing but devolve into an angry rant where I’m pounding the keyboard like a furious Elton John. I’ve gone feral.

During yoga, I asked my students for advice on how to find my funny. They suggested sharing recipes for Doomsday Survival beverages like Meltdown Mimosas and Disaster Daquiris. I’m afraid if I start researching drinks, I’d sober up around Groundhog Day. (If there is a Groundhog Day in 2021.)

I’m run through a gamut of feelings, enough emotions to create a second or third generation of Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs. I start each day with Hangry then work my way through Weepy, Lonely, Screamy, Worry, Panic and Gloomy. My husband never knows which Peri he’ll bump into when we pass in the hall. It makes everyday discussions a bit wobbly.

Hubbie: What sounds good for dinner?

Me: We’re on a spinning planet, slowly moving toward the sun where we’ll be consumed like a fly in a bug zapper.

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Americans are resilient, right? We’ve been through tough times, right?

We’ll come together and make the best decisions for our country . . . oh, who am I kidding?

I started screaming at the moon every night like some kind of demon weredog. I’m sure my neighbors are terrified. (Sidenote: I hope someone who’s been living in a bunker since Y2K finally emerged this year to see if it’s safe to come out. Joke’s on them.)

My meditation practice has become a slow descent into madness.

But then.

I zoom in close and watch my grandkids teach a disinterested dog to roll over. I see myriad kindnesses in my life like chocolate, warm blankets and Disaster Daquiris. I zoom out and witness this beautiful world with its billions of people just doing the best they can. Compassion is abundant.

I talk to the trees (literally). I smell pumpkin spice (everywhere). I hike through gorgeous canyons, watching leaves release their grip on branches and freefall to the ground. The stillness settles my thoughts.

I don’t know if you’ll read this before or after the election. I don’t know if we’re facing martial law, a presidential coup or (finally) an alien invasion.

But I know optimism feels better than despair.

We can continue to Catastrophe Scroll though vile social media posts, created by friendless trolls with no sense of humor and a serious case of ringworm, or we can turn off our phones and relearn what “community” means.

One day soon, we’ll have to acknowledge the friendships we’ve lost, the unnecessary arguments we waged and the times we refused to back down. It will be a political hangover of epic proportions, especially if you’ve been drinking Calamity Cosmopolitans.

Those who follow my social media platforms know where I stand politically, and it’s easy to look at the rage in the world and point fingers at The Other Side.

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Youthlinc, according to their mission statement, creates “lifetime humanitarians through local and international service.” Their programming includes student leadership, sustained hands-on service, effective mentoring, cooperative, and project-based learning.

A groundbreaking occurred Oct. 24, with the grand opening of the building expected in early 2022. The building will include activity rooms, outdoor recreation space, Youthlinc offices, event and board room space for low or no rent to local nonprofits. A community garden is also planned.

The nonprofit already partners with Millcreek Promise for its after-school programming and has partnered with South Salt Lake Promise for 10 years. Youthlinc plans with this new building to serve James E. Moss Elementary, Parkside Elementary, Hillcrest Junior High, and Murray High School with after-school programming, and provide much needed green space and a community center for residents of all ages in need of life skill-enhancing curriculum, a computer lab, and a place to gather together.

“Youthlinc offers programming important to Murray City School District and will greatly benefit the youth served in this Continued page 12 Youthlinc’s new community center will include 3200 square feet of programming space. (Photo courtesy of Youthlinc)

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