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Page 6 | December 2015
Sandy Museum Celebrates 28 Years
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he Sandy Museum is housed in a historic building built in 1890 that showcases two floors of historic items unique to Sandy City. Located at 8744 South 150 East, the museum recently held an open house to celebrate its 28th anniversary and to honor one of the museum’s most dedicated volunteers, Dorothy P. Nelson, who was there when the doors first opened.
“We had about 100 people attend our open house this year,” director Sherry Worthen said. “We like to honor a special person who has been particularly important to the museum. We serve light foods and cake and have musicians play music that is appropriate for that person. We let them pick out one song that we know is their favorite song.”
Sandy Journal
By Aimee L. Cook
The museum building was originally a ZCMI co-op store and is one of only three left standing. Through the years the building has also been a men’s social club, a mortuary and a fire station before becoming a museum. Downstairs, there are large wooden display cases left over from the days of the co-op. In one case, there is an old telephone switchboard with a candlestick phone. Upstairs there is an old kitchen with the old coal stove, the ice box and butter churn. There is also a bedroom with a chamber pot and a school room with an old desk. “We have an old fire suit that looks like a space suit that the Boy Scouts really like,” Worthen said. “There is also a test bomb, mess kits, World War I military uniforms and a lot
of old toys.” The majority of the items in the museum were obtained through donations given by the public. Worthen said she only knows of one item that they have purchased for the museum, and those were four tokens that were used at ZCMI. “I believe the Sandy Museum is very important to preserving our heritage as a city,” Korban Lee, assistant CAO for Sandy City, said. “For 28 years, the museum has offered citizens and students a place to learn about our past, discover interesting artifacts, and begin to understand what has shaped Sandy into the city it is today. The city supports the Sandy Museum and considers it a key aspect of rounding l out our community.”
Subaru Loves Pets, Offers Free Microchipping
P Dorothy was honored at the 28th anniversary celebration. She and her husband Ralph were dedicated volunteers from the first day the museum opened. Photo Courtesy of Sherry Worthen
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By Aimee L. Cook
ets are beloved members of the family, and they are also the most at-risk for getting lost. For anyone who has lost a pet, the stress of locating your four-legged friend can be unbearable. The odds of having a lost pet returned to you safely greatly improve if that pet has a microchip. In an effort to help families hold on to their precious pets, Subaru, the Humane Society of Utah and AVID Microchip offered free microchipping for one pet per family on Halloween. Five Subaru locations across the Wasatch front participated in the event, and Banfield Pet Hospital provided licensed veterinarians and technicians to insert the AVID Microchips in the dogs and cats. “We do these events because of Subaru of America and our retailers’ commitment to our ‘Love Promise’ program,” Barry Jellick, District 2 sales manager for Subaru, said. “We believe in being part of the community in setting an example. We want Erick Cook and his lab Shelby take advantage of the free microto build lifelong relationships and chipping provided by Subaru, The Humane Society of Utah and ensure the love is felt not just by our AVID Microchip on Halloween. customers, but by all. Not because it’s good for business, but because it’s gotten around to it,” Erick Cook said. “This the right thing to do in our communities. Our was a great opportunity for us to get it done. customers love their pets, and this is an event We are grateful to everyone who helped that we can give back to our customers and make this happen.” the community by offering free microchipParticipants have the option of only regping to their furry family members.” istering the microchip with the Humane SoOverall, 708 pets received a free mi- ciety, or paying a $20 fee to AVID to register crochip that day, providing peace of mind the microchip with them. The advantage of to those pet owners. Subaru purchased 1250 paying the fee allows for AVID to contact the AVID microchips for the event. The remain- pet owner directly if their pet is found; othing microchips were donated to the Humane erwise, calls have to be fielded through the Society of Utah and will be implanted in Humane Society and only take place during some shelter animals before they are adopt- business hours. ed. The Humane Society of Utah held an “We have been meaning to get our dog event like this in February and plans to hold microchipped for a while and just had not more in the future. l