Sandy Journal | February 2021

February 2021 | Vol. 21 Iss. 02

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At 9,800 feet, in an east-facing slope outside the boundaries of Park City Ski Resort, a soft slab was unintentionally triggered by a backcountry skier. Then, an avalanche broke, carrying the skier 200 feet, burying him under 2 feet of snow.

This may well be just a scenario, but Waterford School outdoor program teacher Christopher Watkins said avalanches often occur when conditions are right—in this case, a heavy snowfall falls upon a weak layer—and it’s a necessity that outdoor recreationalists are aware of the danger and have a knowledge of being safe in the winter.

“That is an awareness piece for our community, and anybody that goes into the mountains when they’re covered in snow, regardless of the user group, whether it’s cross country skiers, snowboarders or families going for a walk, having a basic awareness for the ingredients you even need to have an avalanche,” he said. “There’s just a general understanding of the terrain that you’re going in, regardless of the activity you’re involved with.”

Watkins ensures students in his 11-week winter term outdoor class read the daily advisory they receive from the Utah Avalanche Center for the Salt Lake and Wasatch Mountains as part of their curriculum.

Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn will be stepping away from city hall at the end of his first term. (Photo via Mayor Bradburn Facebook page)

Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn announces he won’t be seeking re-election

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S Waterford outdoor program instructor Tyler Waterhouse taught how to deploy an avalanche flotation backpack in January 2017. (Chris Watkins/Waterford School)

Then, he teaches what he calls a triangle avalanche approach where snowpack, terrain and weather are the three points and the human factor lies in the middle.

“We teach these concepts and these ideas of you can go out and recreate safely, these

avalanches do not happen completely on their own. You need specific ingredients; you need data from weather factors—the weather forecast, you need data from the current snowpack and you need to understand the basic terrain Continued page 4

andy Mayor Kurt Bradburn announced on his Facebook page last month that he won’t be seeking re-election this year.

“While it has truly been the honor of my professional life to serve the amazing city of Sandy, I have decided not to seek a second term as Mayor,” Bradburn said. “This decision did not come lightly, and I will greatly miss working with the Sandy City staff and serving our wonderful residents.”

The post pointed primarily to his family responsibilities as the reason to step away.

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Continued from front page features—how steep slopes are, the direction the slope faces, whether it’s a north-facing or a south-facing slope, because the slope is going to react differently,” he said.

Watkins teaches students to understand the grains of snow—facet versus round, the terrain of vegetation and rocks, slope angles, the depth of the snow and weather forecast— all factors that play into avalanches.

“The fourth component is something that’s called the human factor and it’s fascinating to delve into that with high school students because it talks about how we’re sort of fallible and flawed as humans, working with other people and how we can make mistakes or peer pressure, things like that, that lead to mistakes being made as far as decision-making when you’re out and about,” he said. “Case studies are really fascinating to look at it through the filter of avalanche education awareness and all these categories—and try to evaluate what you would have done differently, or just saying, ‘I never would have thought about that and hopefully this case study will help me if I’m every in that situation in the future.’”

Watkins said that “it’s a powerful, powerful topic because it bridges some really interesting conversations” with students. For example, he said, in life, as well as in avalanche training, people work in teams and they begin to understand that importance. Another point is that they study people who have been caught in avalanches, including fatalities.

“You’ve got to have this honest, open conversation off the information that we saw and the way that we are thinking about it and discussing it, and then, try to relate that to somebody that lost their lives. It’s that kind of impact,” he said. “We need to empower students to understand this information and for them to think for themselves. We challenge the dynamic of an authority, an adult teacher, telling you something; we need to educate the individual to understand this information and get them to process and think about it—in

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Waterford outdoor program instructor Bekka Joslin leads students up a ridgeline in low-risk terrain adjacent to Alta Ski Resort in February 2020. (Chris Watkins/Waterford School)

the moment. It’s a great kind of a-ha moment, right; it changes the kind of lens that we’re seeing and evaluating things.”

According to Backcountry.com, 20 to 40 people die in avalanches each year in North America and 90% of deaths are triggered by the victim or members in the victim’s group.

However, Watkins said that there is about a 95% survival rate if somebody can get them an airway within the first 15 minutes.

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use that type of equipment, but the curriculum is even more about the avalanche awareness components,” he said. “And we talk about it.

Maybe a student mentions, ‘this way seems more scary than this one,’ so it’s a really direct experience or education; you’re in that environment talking about it.”

It also teaches students to be responsible—to arrive in the right kind of clothing for the day with the right equipment—and collaborate as a member of a team and be prepared for the day’s schedule. Typically, students wearing double-layer gaiters, are socially distanced on the bus, to ensure COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, as they head out at 2:30 p.m. and return to campus by 6 p.m.

“Living here can be a lifestyle, it’s not a trip that you do once a year. It’s something you can do in the evening or when you want to. So, we’re going out and having just a really invigorating experience in these amazingly beautiful places right here in our backyard; but knowing that we’re doing that, in the afternoon, where temperatures are dropping and we are in the backcountry, some of our locations are more than one mile from a paved road. We’re not relying on a cell phone. If something happens, we have to know what to do. That’s the mentality you take when you’re in the backcountry skiing and splitboarding (where two ski-like parts can be used to ascend the mountain, but then be connected to go downhill),” he said.

Watkins said that the class takes a safe approach to their backcountry experiences, setting a goal to hike up a hill for 90 minutes, gaining about 1,200 feet, then transitioning the equipment to downhill settings. One instructor will be in the front of the group and one brings up the rear.

“We’re going to come back down and manage this group getting back down safely and having fun,” he said.

The students usually venture up Millcreek, Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons, depending on conditions, the day’s objectives and the amount of time they have.

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“There’s been a surge of backcountry skiing in the last 10 He also helped push through the city’s first property years and more students have their own backcountry equipment tax increase in years, which was used to bolster the pay and and are aware of avalanche safety just coming in the class,” he staffing numbers of the city’s Police and Fire Departments. said, adding that oftentimes, students enroll in the course every Bradburn’s time as mayor was also marked by controterm, year after year. “It’s you don’t learn it and then you don’t versy from the very beginning. have to think about it. It’s more this is a system that you have Within weeks of taking office, Bradburn sparked a to utilize every single time you go into the backcountry. I’m an In February 2016, students analyze density change within a deep snowpublic backlash by increasing his salary by $15,000. (The avid backcountry skier and splitboarder, and I’ve worked at the pack. (Chris Watkins/Waterford School) raise was later reversed and in fact lowered to less than the resorts growing up, but every time we go into the backcountry, er. It’s a bond that bridges that doesn’t always happen. They original amount.) you have to carry the essential equipment and they need to train crossover in their interest in skiing or nature. And through this Other hiccups included concerns over his office’s hirso they know how to use it. So, there’s a ton of learning and you opportunity, they are working together and getting to know one ing practices, an at-times dysfunctional relationship with lose it if you don’t use it, so repetition is absolutely the key.” another that they may not otherwise. It gives them kind of that the city council and his administration’s handling of a waStudents need to be able to ski intermediate downhill vision of a path forward to continue taking these classes and ter-contamination event. slopes to participate. A modified course also is offered for sev- having these experiences,” he said.

Bradburn won’t be going anywhere until next year. On enth- though ninth-grade students, which includes snowshoeWatkins said the outdoor program has become a “signature his Facebook post, he said that he “look[s] forward to acing, sledding and cross country skiing. complishing even more for Sandy during this final year of course.”

“It’s amazing when I get kids that I start working with in “They’re learning more about something they already care [his] term.” middle school, and they continue with it, because then you re- about and these shared group experiences,” he said. “There’s no His departure should make for an interesting mayoral ally get to the point where you can lean on them when they’re one on a cell phone; everybody is present, everybody wants to race this campaign season, the first in decades that won’t inupperclassmen to be leaders and that’s when the magic happens. be there, everybody is being challenge physically and they’re clude an incumbent. Hopefuls will have until the beginning Younger students see the older students who have learned so seeing beautiful things.” l of June to file their candidacy. l much and they want to pass that on to somebody who is young-

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BYU professor wants to change racist wording in her housing covenant

By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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s a professor of family history at BYU, Amy Harris studies a lot of old documents. But when she bought her Midvale house in 2010, her title company dug up an old document she wasn’t expecting: a neighborhood covenant excluding any residents who weren’t “Caucasian.”

“I remember talking with neighbors shortly after I moved in, telling them how strange the old rule was, but no one knew what I was talking about. Maybe my title company was just diligent enough to dig it out, but technically it applies to our entire block,” Harris said.

Harris’s house was built in 1951. She bought it from the family of the original owners, who had recently passed away. As a history professor, buying an older home with character was ideal for her.

The document in Harris’s title is a legally binding property agreement known as Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, or a CC&R. CC&Rs are often found in homeowner associations for condos or townhomes. Harris’s covered the development of her neighborhood called Midvalley and was dated May 10, 1940.

The one-page document regulates the practice of “noxious and offensive trades” on the land, says people can’t have billboards on their property, and tells homeowners they can’t have more than 1,000 chickens, one horse and one cow. But wedged between those quirky rules is section (e).

“No race or nationality other than those for whom the premises are intended, namely American citizens of the Caucasian race, shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants, of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant.”

Harris was amazed by the barefaced discrimination. “So people of other races couldn’t buy homes or rent here, but if they were servants to white people, then it was fine. Yikes!” Harris said.

Harris found through research that a 1948 law banned such practices, and subsequent Civil Rights and Fair Housing Acts in the 1960s made it illegal. But knowing the offensive section existed distressed her.

“I’ve been working for over a year with the county recorder’s office to get the document changed. We think the only way is to get a civil rights or property law attorney to advise us on what, if anything, we can do,” Harris said.

One Sandy area attorney, who didn’t wish to be named, said even though he’s never run into a covenant that violates civil rights in his practice, he studied them

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in law school and knows they were once commonplace.

“It’s not a simple topic, and I can’t summarize it easily. But these covenants do run with the land, which means the contract persists beyond the original parties (owners) to new parties. They become encumbrances on the land itself. When they’re properly recorded with the county, they’re binding,” the attorney said.

Daniel Cureton is a reference archivist with Salt Lake County and has also worked at the University of Utah library. He said if you want to research whether your neighborhood ever had a similar CC&R, it’s not a straightforward search.

“If it was attached to the title, like Harris’s was, and it was after 1930, it would be with the county recorder’s office.

“There isn’t an official way to research segregation in neighborhoods. I helped digitize county ordinances and I know there are civil rights ordinances from the 1960s that would cover this. People could also check county commission meeting minutes,” Cureton said.

For help and direction on researching, people can check the archives website at www.slco.org/archives, call them at 385- BYU professor Amy Harris sits on the porch of her Midvale home, built in 1951. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals) 468-0820 or email a question to archives@ slco.org.

Harris is trying to work up support in her neighborhood to take a stand against the old covenant, even if it’s just symbolic.

“One option is to reform a homeowner’s association just to write a new coveTM nant. It would be nice to have a letter or addendum that says, in addition to the subsequent laws that banned it, we as neighbors disavow those things and welcome anyone to the neighborhood.”

Ever the historian, she’s also interested in hearing stories from older neighbors to see if they’re familiar with it.

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Sandy woman creates mask lanyard business when her special needs programs were canceled

By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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asks can be hard to keep clean and keep track of—should you hang it on your rearview mirror? Wear it even when you’re driving alone in your car? Keep it in your backpack?

Kelsey Fitt of Sandy came up with the perfect solution—a handmade lanyard, similar to one that keeps track of reading glasses.

Kelsey started making stylish lanyards for friends, and before she knew it, a business was born.

“I saw a friend wearing one and thought to myself, I could make that. So I did,” Kelsey said.

Kelsey’s parents helped her set up a website, www.specialneedsbeads.com. Her mom helped her make some creative designs—Kelsey’s personal favorite is the University of Utah lanyard.

“Kelsey set a goal to sell 100 units. We told her if she did that, we could go to Disneyworld. We went live selling them on our website www.specialneedsbeads.com Nov. 2, and two months later she had sold over 800 units,” said Michele Fitt, Kelsey’s mom

and business partner.

Kelsey saw the need for lanyards in some of her programs. She has Down syndrome, and many of her friends at special needs activities had a hard time remembering to wear their masks, or they would set them down and forget where they were. The lanyards made it easy to keep track of masks.

“I make all of them myself. I string the beads and make lots of different kinds. They have necklace clips on each side. You clip it to the sides of your mask,” Kelsey explained on a Jan. 4 appearance on “Good Things Utah.”

Michele loves that the business has focused Kelsey’s time and talents and given her purpose during the pandemic.

“Kelsey’s 29 years old, and once she aged out of the school system, she relied on all her activities like Day Camp and the Special Olympics to keep her busy and social. People with Down syndrome are immunocompromised, so when the pandemic started, all of their programs shut down,” Michele said.

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With her activities canceled, the business has been the perfect way to stay busy. “Now that she has this business, she’s got work she enjoys. It’s been so good for her self-esteem,” Michele said.

Kelsey wanted to help other groups whose programs were affected. She contacted some of her former teachers and asked her sister, a special education teacher, to tell her which programs needed donations.

“She decided that a portion of all her sales would go to help special needs groups, especially some of her former teachers and schools,” Michele said.

An alumna of Hillcrest High School, she donated money to their special needs program to buy art supplies. She also donated to Kauri Sue Hamilton School in Riverton, a school in St. George and other special needs programs.

“Many special needs classes have field trips, but that all had to stop. So Kelsey thought that by donating money to them for art supplies, she could help their classes stay busy and keep learning,” Michele said.

Kelsey has filled orders for her lanyards and necklaces, which

are priced $10-$15, all over the country. But her favorite client is also her most famous one.

“It’s Santa Claus!” Kelsey said. “On Christmas I left out milk and cookies for him. He ate them, and left me money and an order for a lanyard. He wanted one for Mrs. Claus!”

On Kelsey’s website, customers can choose from 30 different styles in kid or adult sizes.

There are basic colors and some with more personality: Utah Jazz, Mickey Mouse, “Be Kind” and several others. They’re also on Instagram at Special Needs Beads.

“In addition to all she has learned, they’re just a great product.

They’re handy for when you’re out running errands or eating. They keep the mask clean because you don’t have to set it down and you don’t lose it.

“Kelsey loves her business and making the necklaces. She just wants everyone to be safe,” Michele said. l Business owner Kelsey Fitt makes mask lanyards and necklaces from her Sandy home for Special Needs Beads. (Photo courtesy Michele Fitt)

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Sandy Fire Department rings in new year with a lot to be happy about

By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

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hings are pretty good right now inside the Sandy City Fire Department. During a January city council meeting, Chief Bruce Cline announced that his department was fully-staffed for the first time in years.

Thanks to the council’s property tax raise in 2019, the department was able to hire seven firefighters, who were sworn in during that same council meeting. For years, they were unable to hire enough firefighters to replace those who retired or moved on to other jobs, Cline told the Sandy Journal.

“I’m grateful for that council that passed

that tax increase, because it has made a difference,” Cline said.

One of those differences is better working conditions for all the department’s employees.

“It makes it safer, it reduces the workload on the individuals,” said Deputy Chief Ryan McConaghie. “We’re providing the best service possible but at the expense of more work for each individual. [Now that we’re fully staffed] we’re reducing the fatigue factor. Instead of doing four jobs, you can concentrate on one or two.”

Hoses attach to fire engine’s exhaust valves and safely contain the fumes when trucks start up so firefighters aren’t breathing it in. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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But that’s not the only recent improvement for the department’s working conditions.

Thanks to a FEMA grant of over $200,000, the department was able to procure a mechanical system for its truck bays which contains the trucks’ diesel exhaust fumes when they start up. According to the CDC, “scientific evidence suggests an association between lung cancer and occupational exposure to diesel exhaust emissions.”

The department is also looking after employees’ mental health. Starting this year, they’ve begun holding annual mental health check-ups. While post-traumatic stress disorder is usually associated more with military or police service, Cline said it is a factor for firefighters as well, who respond to not only fires but also serious car accidents and medical emergencies.

“This is a very traumatic job. I’ve seen things that I’d never want you to see, but I’ve seen things that I wish everybody could see.

And sometimes they’re the same thing,” he said.

These and other efforts to improve the safety of its firefighters tie into a broader safety campaign throughout the department based on the slogan, “Ringing the Bell.”

Based on a tradition at Station 34, each station has had a small metal bell installed, which firefighters ring as they head out to calls. Cline compared it to the way some football teams will touch a logo or slogan printed above the doors that lead out to their stadium. When they ring the bell, they’re encouraged to think about what motivates them to do what they do.

A video produced by the city highlights some of the city’s firefighters explaining

what they “ring the bell for.” The video is cut together with dramatic music and footage of Sandy’s firefighters suiting up and fighting a controlled fire as part of a training exercise.

You can find the video on the city’s YouTube channel.

The effort to take care of the city’s firefighters has been appreciated, as evidenced by the department’s results in a recent employee survey conducted by the city. The Fire Department ranked the highest out of any in the city for multiple categories measuring employee satisfaction.

That’s important, because happy employees means better service for residents, according to Cline.

“From our leadership to our newest firefighters, we’re taking care of the customers. We’re taking care of the firefighters. The city is taking care of them. And it translates all the way down to Mrs. Jones that you show up on her porch because she needs help getting back in bed,” Cline said.

Although the department is in a good place, there is still room for improvement, according to Cline.

While most departments in the valley run three people on fire engines and two on ambulances, Sandy only has two for each.

This sometimes creates situations where one station doesn’t have the manpower to respond to certain calls and has to draw on the resources of a nearby station. This can create a domino effect that creates holes in the department’s coverage across the city.

To alleviate this, Cline would like seven new positions to be created which he said would empower each station to be more flexible in how they respond to calls. l

Bells like this have been installed in all the city’s fire departments as part of a safety campaign themed around “Ringing the Bell.” (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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n Dec. 9, 2020, the UHSAA Board of Trustees voted on the region and classification alignment for 2021-2023. Jordan High School will return to the 5A classification and join fellow Sandy high school Alta in Region 8. Region 8 will also include five Utah County high schools: Lehi, Mountain View, Orem, Timpanogos and Timpview.

After two years competing in 6A, the Beetdiggers are excited to return to 5A. “I think it’s a good move for us to go to 5A. Our numbers are going down with some boundary changes so all in all we were happy to see that,” said Jordan athletic director Jason Long.

Overall, the majority of coaches and athletes are ready for the change. UHSAA classifications are based on student numbers, so some sports will be moving into a more difficult region and classification while other sports’ schedules will ease up.

“Our coaches do a good job of understanding that the whole school is moving into

this region. We can look at this new region and see how we can continue to grow our programs and showcase our kids’ talents,” Long said. “I think this is a good spot for us to do that.”

One coach excited about the change is Jordan girls’ soccer coach Marli Martin. After competing in 6A for the last few years, she feels that 5A will be a better fit for her athletes.

“I think for us, competing 6A is a little harder. We just don’t get the same number of kids,” Martin said.

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“We feel like for football we were able to get a nice mix of games,” Long said. “Our coach feels strongly that our team will adjust well to a more manageable schedule that still includes many challenges.”

As the UHSAA voted on realignment, many Utah coaches called for an end of region play, calling it outdated in the new RPI era. The UHSAA has moved to using a Rating Percentage Index (RPI) to determine which teams advance to the state playoffs.

Instead of using region placement, teams are now given a RPI that takes into account difficulty of schedule.

Although Long is supportive of the RPI method, he is glad to see region play is still included.

“I like playing for region championships, it gives the kids another opportunity to achieve something. Instead of just one state champion, there are region champions,” Long said.

Coach Martin is also happy to see that region play is continuing through 2023. She believes that playing the same teams twice in a season gives her team a chance to see growth during the season. She also thinks that building healthy rivalries within the region gives athletes a fun, competitive atmosphere.

One of these healthy rivalries that all

Sandy residents can look forward to returning is the Alta vs. Jordan region rivalry. Although it has persisted regardless of classification alignment, both Long and Martin are looking forward to facing Alta as a region opponent.

“Alta is just up the road and I think that makes it fun. Hopefully, we are in a situation next year where we can be back to full student sections for that rivalry,” Long said.

Long is excited to see the return of larger student sections when COVID-19 restrictions are no longer in place. Rivalries are enjoyed by both athletes and non-athletes at Jordan High.

“High school athletics is about two things—extracurricular education for the athletes and giving the other students an experience,” Long said. “That’s something we really missed this year.”

Jordan can look forward to competing with many other nearby schools in the 5A classification. Brighton, Hillcrest and Cottonwood will all be in 5A for 2021-2023.

At the end of the day, Jordan High coaches know that what’s most important isn’t what classification you compete in, it’s about helping students succeed in sport and in life.

“I don’t care which classification we are in, if you can create a program that kids want to be a part of, that they’re proud to be a part of—that’s what’s most important at the end of the day,” Martin said. l

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FEBRUARY – MARCH 2021 I N T HI S I S S UE: Bradburn Brief ................................1

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BRAD BUR N BRIEF Dear Sandy Resident, In 2021, the city will be rolling out it’s Smart Sandy initiative. Smart Sandy encompasses the wide breadth of technological updates we have implemented over the last few years. These updates are designed to make the city more efficient, save tax dollars and make interacting with the city easier for residents. Some of these technology upgrades include the Sandy CityServe app where you can easily report city issues such potholes, graffiti or illegal dumping to name a few. Check out sandy.utah.gov/ cityserve to download the app. An online registration portal for classes and sports teams, and the ability to submit plans and acquire permits for home improvements online are just a couple examples of all of the ways the city is streamlining processes in the future.

Smart Sandy is also making process improvements to allow our staff to do their jobs more efficiently. We

have transitioned to online timecard reporting, training, and document management platforms that cut down on staff time and materials. Digital claim tickets and asset management systems are helping the staff to get work requests done quickly for residents. A substantial investment in IT security and security training is helping the city to protect important data and avoid loss of production.

One of the most exciting ways we are now using technology is through the use of drones. Drones have multiple uses throughout almost every city department. The Fire Department recently used a drone to detect a hot spot in a house fire. With that knowledge, they could focus their efforts to put the fire out sooner and cause less damage to the structure. The Public Works Department uses the city drones to conduct land surveys in half the time it normally takes on the ground. The Sandy Police Department Park Officers are able to use drones to monitor large areas like Dimple Dell Park for homeless camps.

SMARTSANDY It’s a lifestyle.

Thanks to the Sandy Journal for highlighting our Smart Sandy initiative. You can read the article in the January 2012 edition. Don’t forget you can always get more information by going to the City websites sandy. utah.gov and SandyNow.com and by accessing Sandy City’s social media channels Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (@sandycityutah) and YouTube (sandycityut) for daily updated information. You can also send me a direct email at mayor@sandy.utah.gov.

COMMUNITY EVENTS “By the Numbers” 2020 Scavenger Hunts

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VALENTINE’S DAY • Total social media engagement: 155 • Total social media exposures: 12,101 4TH OF JULY • Total social media engagement: 424 • Total social media exposures: 25,189 HALLOWEEN • Total social media engagement: 250 • Total social media exposures: 18,589

Since we were limited on in-person events this year, we created a series of Scavenger Hunts, ran through Sandy’s Instagram page. These events were a great success and had many residents participate.

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SNOWMAN SCAVENGER HUNT • Total social media engagement: 553 • Total social media exposures: 45,435 ALL OF THEM COMBINED • Total social media engagement: 1,382 • Total social media exposures: 101,314 P A G E

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What To Do If You Are Involved in a Traffic Accident

The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority has announced the selection of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) as the lead firm to create a master plan for The Point. SOM is one of the largest and most influential architecture, interior design, engineering and urban planning firms in the world. Work to create the master plan will start in the coming weeks. Opportunities for the public to get involved will be available throughout the following process:

Approximately six million traffic accidents occur each year on American roadways. About 100 people die each day as a result of these collisions. Each year, three million people are injured, with two-thirds of those suffering permanent injury. One in seven people are not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the traffic accident. Seatbelts can reduce the rate of injury by more than 50% and the rate of death by 45%. The failure to wear a seatbelt increases the risk of injury or death by 30 times! Six percent of traffic accident are fatal, 27% result in injuries, and 72% result in serious property damage.

INITIAL SCOPING The planning team will first conduct a thorough site evaluation, research the site’s history, assess the results of prior public input, assemble existing plans and studies of the site and surrounding areas, and perform transportation, land use, and economic development modeling.

SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT The team will then create conceptual scenarios that identify different possible approaches to future development. Sophisticated analytical tools will reveal how the scenarios will perform relative to key economic and quality-of-life measures. Public input will be seriously considered when evaluating various scenario components such as urban design, transportation and other infrastructure, parks and trails, recreation, shopping, housing, office space, and much more.

PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE After the scenarios have been thoroughly vetted and the public has had a chance to weigh in, the planning team will refine them to create a preferred alternative for further public consideration. A preferred alternative may include a combination of components from all or some of the different scenarios, with a goal of identifying strategies that best meet key performance goals.

FINAL PLAN After the preferred alternative is identified and refined, the planning team will create a final master plan.

The Point Master Plan will provide a framework for development, with built-in flexibility to accommodate changes in future market conditions, public input, and other variables.

For more information or to make a comment, please contact The Point’s Communications Team at info@thepointutah.org and (801) 214-1631. You can also visit thepointutah.org/contact to sign up for monthly e-newsletters.

Leading causes of traffic accidents: • Distracted Driving • Failure to Yield • Following too Closely • Texting and Driving Texting and driving is quickly becoming a leading cause for distraction and increases the risk of collision by 37%.

Now that we know the main causes of motor vehicle collisions, what do you do when you are involved in one? As soon as practical, call 911 (or non-emergency if applicable). Be prepared to give the following information: • Location • Direction of travel • Conditions of those involved • Descriptions of vehicles involved • Have license, registration, and current insurance card ready Remain calm and do not get into an argument or debate with the other driver(s). If there are any injuries, leave your vehicle where it is until a first responder directs you to move it. If it is a minor accident without injuries, move the vehicles out of traffic.

At some point you are going to naturally begin to talk to others at the scene of the accident. First, never admit fault to anyone before speaking to the investigating officer. It is best to not discuss the accident with anyone and give a sterile statement to the investigator.

Most people do not have the training needed to understand the dynamics of accident investigations. Let the investigating officer determine what caused the collision, and who is at fault. Jotting down notes while waiting for officers to arrive on scene can assist you in remembering what happened and relay this information.

The investigating officer will most likely issue a traffic citation for any violations of the motor vehicle code that attributed to the accident. These citations are not issued to add insult to injury but rather a means to protect the innocent driver and correct the at fault driver’s behaviors. Citations are also evaluated by insurance companies to determine fault. Occasionally, it is appropriate for both drivers to receive a citation.

Let’s be safe this winter. Reduce the risk of being involved in a traffic crash by limiting distractions and giving extra space when the roads are slick. And don’t forget to wear your seatbelt!

–Officer C. Thoman, Accident Investigator Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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SNOW REMOVAL REMINDERS As Sandy City residents, each property owner plays a role in keeping roads and sidewalks free of snow and ice.

Actions not allowed: • Blowing or pushing snow into any city street.

• Parking on city streets during a snowstorm or during the 24 hours after the end of the storm. (Depending on the situation, police officers are authorized to either cite residents or have vehicles towed if they are not in compliance with any ordinance).

Homeowner responsibilities: • Removing the snow in front of your mailbox and fire hydrants once plows have been through the neighborhood.

• Clearing snow from sidewalks in front of your home within 24 hours of a storm. (If possible, please assist elderly or infirmed neighbors).

For questions regarding snow removal, please call: Streets - Public Works (801) 568-2999 Private Sidewalks - Code Enforcement (801) 568-7254 Parking Issues - Police Dispatch (801) 799-3000 City buildings, trails & parking lots - Parks & Recreation (801) 568-2900 During a snowstorm, if you would like to see the locations for the Sandy City snowplows, please visit: sandy.utah.gov/plowtracker.

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Why Should You Care About Zoning?

Understanding what your property is zoned is the first step to understanding what entitlements you have as a property owner.

1. It can help you understand the rights and entitlement of adjacent properties so you can know the possible impacts they may have on you.

2. It helps you understand the benefits and impacts of each particular zone in the City and why you may or may not want the City Council (the legislative authority) to permit that zone in your area.

3. The Land Development Code is an adopted document containing regulations which dictate the rules and procedures associated with each Zone.

4. It helps you anticipate future land uses for vacant pieces of property.

RE S O U RC E S If you are interested to know more about what your property is zoned and the associated regulations of that zone, the following resources are available: Sandy City Planners are available during all regular business hours to visit, call or email about any questions you have pertaining to yours or another’s zoning. You can reach a Planner by visiting our webpage (sandy.utah.gov/1077) or by calling (801) 568-7256.

Sandy City Zoning Maps are available at the following website: sandy.utah.gov/815.

The Sandy City Land Development Code is an adopted document that contains the regulations associated with every land use and zone in the City. Copies of the code can be found online at bit.ly/SandyLandCode.

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Homegrown Olympian continues to inspire

By Sarah Morton Taggart | s.taggart@mycityjournals.com

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ill Schuffenhauer admits he isn’t a big fan of playing outside in the cold these days. Which is funny considering that he’s a three-time Winter Olympian and took home a silver medal for four-man bobsled in 2002.

Schuffenhauer is known for overcoming a challenging childhood of hunger and homelessness. But he also has happy memories as a kid growing up in Midvale.

“It’s weird to drive by there now because I went to Midvale Elementary and it’s no longer there,” Schuffenhauer said. “My uncle and my cousins lived literally right across street. I remember playing at that park all the time with my cousins and hanging out at recess. Playing around in the wintertime and all that fun stuff.”

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“Seventh grade, that’s when I started

Bill Schuffenhauer speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Olympic Cauldron Park near Rice-Eccles Stadium in October 2002. (Sarah Morton Taggart/City Journals)

doing track, went from being a troublemaker to hopefully doing something better and have an opportunity to change my stars,” he said.

“When I started doing track I wondered, how far could you take this? Honestly, I didn’t get the idea of going to the Olympics until high

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Schuffenhauer continued excelling in track and field through high school and also played football. He was awarded a scholarship for track at Weber State University and

stood out in nearly every event.

Schuffenhauer’s chances for going to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia were looking good until an injury during the 10-day qualifying competition changed the trajectory of his life.

“I was ranked top five in the world for decathlon,” Schuffenhauer recalled. “Then I got injured and made the switch. Right before bobsled tryouts I had an open invitation to try out for the Orlando Predators, a professional arena football team. I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll check out this bobsled thing first because it’s right here (in Utah),’ and it all worked out.”

Schuffenhauer gave bobsled a try and was hooked. He spent a year training to be a pusher, a member of the team that uses explosive strength and speed to propel the bobsled forward before jumping in and riding at speeds faster than most cars.

“Just imagine driving down the highway at 95 mph,” Schuffenhauer said. “And your dog sticks its head out the window and his tongue is flapping and you can see he’s having so much fun. That will kind of describe it.

It’s fun. Very exhilarating.”

His four-man team ended up winning silver in 2002, the first medal for U.S. men’s bobsled in 46 years.

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Olympics for me,” said Schuffenhauer, who went on to compete again in 2006 and 2010. To have that opportunity, to grow up the way I did here, and be able to turn around to get to go to the Olympics in my own hometown.”

In 2002, Schuffenhauer became the first native Utahn to medal in the Olympic Winter Games and two of his teammates became the first African-American men to medal in a Winter Olympics.

“During the Olympics everyone thought I was Black,” he said. “I’m actually Spanish/ Puerto Rican/Italian.”

The summer after his silver medal win, Schuffenhauer’s extended family threw a party in his honor at Midvale City Park.

“I get emotional thinking about being a kid who grew up in Midvale and being able to come out of my life situation,” Schuffenhauer said. “I still drive through there and it makes me feel happy and proud.”

Schuffenhauer finished his degree from Weber State University and now lives in Sandy working as a consultant, mentor and motivational speaker.

“It’s an honor, honestly. A blessing to have gone through all that and found a way to get out of it. To find success and more importantly, to share that with the world,” he said. “For other people who might be down on their luck, to hopefully look at my history and my career and see that as a positive experience and adopt that into their life and hopefully help them out.”

Schuffenhauer is president of the Utah Chapter of the U.S. Olympians & Paralympians Association, and would love to see Utah host the Olympics again.

“It would be another dream come true to have it come back to Utah,” Schuffenhauer said. When asked what his role would be, Schuffenhauer is modest. “I would drive the athletes around in vans, I don’t know.”

As for participating in winter sports at this point in his life?

“I grew up skateboarding as a little kid, so snowboarding makes a lot of sense to me. I talk about it every year. I say I should go snowboarding and I don’t,” he said with a laugh.

Does he still think about his first Olympic games that took place 19 years ago this month?

“I still get butterflies thinking about Salt Lake and also my whole career,” Schuffenhauer said. “The opportunity I had to not only represent the world and my country but (also) Utah.

It doesn’t get old, I promise.”

Schuffenhauer lost touch with his mother, but was able to reconnect with her several years before her passing in December 2020.

“I encourage those people out there who are striving for something or they’re struggling with something—it’s only temporary, and they can overcome it,” Schuffenhauer said.

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Panthers, Eagles to move to former middle school before school year’s end

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his February, the Peruvian Park community may see supplies being boxed up and taken away.

At the Dec. 2, 2020 Canyons Board of Education meeting, the nod was given to move Peruvian Park students to a temporary location after spring break so construction of a new school on the same property can begin earlier.

“That gives us two more months to get the new building completed,” Canyons School District Business Manager and Chief Financial Officer Leon Wilcox said. “With so many delays with COVID in factories and shutting down, it will ease the timeline.”

With the COVID-19 pandemic, there also have been labor shortages which have caused project delays, Wilcox acknowledged.

He is hopeful that with more time allowed for the construction, the new school will open as scheduled in fall 2022.

Following spring break on April 12, Peruvian Park students are expected to return to school at the former Crescent View Middle, 11150 Green Ridge Drive (300 East). They will attend school in two separate wings there until the completion of the new school.

Busing to the temporary school is being established and will be announced, Wilcox added.

The new 92,000-square-foot, two-story Peruvian Park Elementary will have the same floor plan and design as the recently built Midvalley Elementary in Midvale, with minor adjustments such as the bus drop-off and playground so it will fit the property size better, Wilcox said.

“I love Midvalley. It’s a fantastic layout.

I love the design,” he said.

The new school, which will feature its school colors of red and black, will house up to 800 Panthers. The exterior colors are inspired by rocks in Big Cottonwood Canyon, located east of the school.

Classrooms will have natural light, updated technology, a sink with a drinking fountain, storage, and space for learning.

Nearby will be restrooms and drinking fountains with water bottle filling stations as well as collaborative spaces and a small kiva for teaching.

The building also includes a safety vestibule entrance, large skylights, a multipurpose room to double as a lunchroom and space for inside gym days and updated technology, including power towers for electronic devices.

While a contractor has yet to be named and is out to bid in January, Wilcox said the cost hasn’t been set, but estimated around $24 million. The rebuild is being funded as

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Construction will begin this spring for the new Peruvian Park Elementary’s building, which will closely resemble Midvalley Elementary, and the new school is scheduled to open fall 2022. (Rendering courtesy of Canyons School District)

one of several projects in the $283-million bond approved in November 2017.

A groundbreaking will likely be scheduled this spring, as will be a chance to have alumni say goodbye to the old school, but Wilcox said those details are still being worked out.

Details also will be discussed where the Peruvian Park time capsule will be buried. It was created in 2015 by students and the community to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary.

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will move into Crescent View Middle in April.

Edgemont students will join the Panthers for the duration while the new White City school, Glacier Hills Elementary, is built on the Edgemont property. It also is expected to open fall 2022 and be home to both Edgemont and Bell View elementaries’ students.

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SelectHealth asks anyone who may qualify to apply. Submissions for the award are being accepted February 2, 2021 through February 28, 2021 or until 500 submissions is reached at selecthealthawards.org.

A wide range of organizations have received the SelectHealth Awards since it was first introduced in 2008. Last year’s recipients represented a wide variety of causes including physical activity programs, crisis centers, recovery centers, and free medical services.

“It is an honor to work with so many positive nonprofits throughout the state,” said SelectHealth Community Relations Manager Greg Reid. “Each year, we are inspired by the recipients and all they do to make our communities a better place to live.”

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Vaccines started in January for older adults in long-term care

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Older adults in residential centers like Riverway Assisted Living in South Jordan got the COVID-19 vaccine in January. (Angelica Roman/Riverway Assisted Living)

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lder adults in Utah residential facilities started the COVID-19 vaccination process in January. All Utahns age 70 and older are eligible to get the vaccine, but demand far outweighed supply and appointments quickly filled up. Care centers had an advantage because they partnered with pharmacies that brought the vaccine to them.

“We chose to partner with Walgreens Pharmacy to administer the Pfizer vaccines.

Three days were set aside for vaccinations.

Jan. 7 was the first day of administration to all residents and staff,” said Derek White, senior vice president of Cascades Health, which runs Sandy Health and Rehab on 50 E. 9000 South.

“The vaccine requires two doses 21 days apart, so subsequent dosing days are scheduled on Jan. 28 and Feb. 18. The process went smoothly, with a sore injection site being the most common complaint,” White said.

In South Jordan, vaccinations started at Riverway Assisted Living on Jan. 8. Riverway is run by SAL Management Group, which also manages care centers in Sandy, West Jordan, Holladay, West Valley and other Utah sites.

They are all on the same vaccination schedule and also used Walgreens Pharmacy.

For Riverway administrator Jim Scadlock, the vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel that we’ve all been waiting for. “It’s all paying

off. When we get to the 21 days after the second shot on Feb. 19, our building is going to be able to open up for visits with friends and family,” Scadlock said.

“This won’t last forever—just a few more weeks, and it will start to feel normal around here. That’s what I really want people to know,” Scadlock said.

Scadlock’s urgency to get the vaccine administered is personal. In November he urged families to be cautious about holiday get-togethers and shared that his own mother had recently passed away under lockdown conditions.

“My mother lived in assisted living in Pleasant Grove. I had not seen her since March—eight months. In November, my sisters and I received a call from the hospice nurse telling us she wouldn’t last through the day and that we could come say goodbye.

“An hour later, she quietly slipped away,” Scadlock said.

The CDC reports the risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19 increases with age.

Older adults are one of the most vulnerable populations, which is why residential care centers had access to the vaccine. But their ability to protect residents from the virus varies.

Sandy Health and Rehab is a skilled nursing facility. They accept patients directly from hospital discharge. They have a generally sick-

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Rob Beck of Wealth Management CPAs in Murray has a simple but effective approach to help people plan for the future – he gets the experts in the same room.

“I am a CPA who loves helping people build their wealth,” said Beck, who loves numbers, math and watching the economy.

But he does not like watching his friends delay their retirement. And he does not love it when the government gets a portion of someone’s legacy that could have gone to loved ones or a favorite charity.

“In 2008 the markets took a hit. I watched one of my mentors – an accomplished CPA – delay his retirement. I also watched my tax clients’ investments go down as their taxes went up.

“I wondered what on earth was going on. How can you lose money and have to pay more in taxes?” Beck said.

So he did something very simple – he asked his friends, who were financial planners and estate planning attorneys, what advice they were giving.

“I realized each professional was independently giving good advice, but without all of the pieces of the puzzle, it was incomplete. We were focused on different things.

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not only financial planning, but a comprehensive tax strategy as well. So, I started Wealth Management CPAs, to bridge that gap” Beck said.

Beck has a business motto: Be kind, be competent. The motto works. People who schedule a complimentary consultation with him at www.

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“Call us at (801) CPA-HELP (801.272.4357) or email us at info@ WealthCPAs.com and we’ll look over your retirement plan for gaps,” Beck said.

Beck enjoys talking to clients without watching the clock run. “We always offer two complimentary consultations to answer

questions. In these consultations, we’ve been able to help many people with their financial, tax, and estate plans. We take pride in our work.”

A powerful video on Beck’s website www.WealthCPAs.com demonstrates how they helped a woman dramatically improve her plan. It is under the “Why Choose Us” tab and well worth four minutes of your time.

“A woman came to us after her husband passed away. She had an IRA, money in the bank and a life insurance policy.

“Her attorney created a family trust and told her to move the three assets into it. But her financial advisor told her to just name her family as beneficiaries. She was confused,” Beck said.

Beck knew both experts were only looking at their pieces of the puzzle. The woman needed someone who would look at the whole picture.

“With her original plan, we noticed as CPAs, that upon her death the IRS would receive $450,000! Yikes.”

“We rearranged her exact same assets so that her family received $1.5 million.

And the IRS? Well…they got ‘disinherited’,” Beck said.

As a fiduciary, Beck is obligated to

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“I’ve learned that genuinely listening to people and helping them on their journey in life comes back to me in spades. When you have professionals working together as a team to build a coordinated comprehensive strategy, you will find the gaps and missing pieces in your plan. Let us help you do that,” Beck said.

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er population and more residents coming and going. The rehab center is in the “red zone” on the Utah Department of Health’s dashboard for facilities with outbreaks reported on Jan. 19.

Riverway is an assisted living and memory care residential facility. Their residents are generally healthier and more independent than at a skilled nursing facility. As of Jan. 18, Riverway reported in an email that one resident was infected with light symptoms and there were less than five infections in staff members.

Months ago, Scadlock took the initiative to get Riverway certified as a lab so they could do their own rapid testing. He describes the rapid test as a swab in the nostril as opposed to the deep and uncomfortable “brain tickle” of the PCR tests.

CLIA certification allowed Riverway to test after exposures and get results in 15 minutes. This limited quarantine times, during which residents would be restricted to their rooms for at least five days.

Both facilities interviewed for this story said there were no adverse effects or reactions to the vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine does not contain weakened or inactivated strains of the virus. Instead, it uses mRNA to trigger an immune response and produce antibodies.

Older adults who don’t live in facilities can find information about getting the vaccine on the Salt Lake County Health Department’s website, slco.org/health/COVID-19/vaccine/.

They are out of vaccines at the time of this writing, but people can sign up to be notified when

Classmate, custodian save Silver Mesa first-grader’s life

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obody taught first-grader Gwen Christiansen what to do. She just reacted on instinct.

“We were just talking at lunch and she started choking,” Gwen said about her friend and classmate, Samantha Fish, swallowing a tater tot whole. “I saw Doug and ran over and tapped his shoulder and told him, ‘Sam is choking.’ She was crying and couldn’t talk. I don’t like having my friend almost die.”

Doug is custodian Doug Christensen who was monitoring the lunchroom at Silver Mesa Elementary while helping students clean up after themselves. Doug also is a former emergency medical technician, who quickly and calmly performed a Heimlich abdominal thrust on the first-grader.

“It came out on the first thrust,” he said.

Older adults who live in residential facilities had the vaccines come to them in January—others in “It was a normal reaction and I’ve done it bethe community age 70 and older had weeks-long fore, but I stayed with them to make sure she waits for an appointment with the Salt Lake Coun- was OK, and they weren’t too freaked out bety Health Department. (Angelica Roman/Riverway fore I reported it. I’d do it for anyone.”

Assisted Living) That wasn’t an act of heroism, he said, appointments are available again. but rather upholding the oath he took as an The Utah Health Department said that EMT about 25 years ago. any side effects of getting the vaccine are His first experience coming to the aid of far outweighed by the benefits of not get- someone was as a teenager. He helped his sisting COVID-19. l ter, who overdosed and tried to swallow her tongue while being comatose. He also helped

a lady whose car backed over her when she was carrying groceries.

Another time, Christensen helped a fellow Canyons colleague after he slipped on ice.

“He couldn’t move. He had a concussion; he cracked his skull and his eyes were rolled back,” Christensen recalled.

“I’ve just been in the right place at the right time and could jump in to help.”

While Canyons Board of Education and Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn have called him a “superhero” and recognized his heroic efforts, Christensen brushes them aside. He is more comfortable out of the limelight, helping students open up their milk or ketchup or answering their questions.

“Kids have asked me about the Heimlich maneuver and I’ve shown them so they understand what happened and what they can do,” he said, adding that he likes to set an example to not only Silver Mesa’s student body, but also to his niece and nephew who he is helping raise after bringing up his own children.

Samantha said it “felt weird and scary” having the tater tot stuck in her throat.

She said Doug is her hero.

“She came up to me and said, ‘Thank you for saving my life.’It got me in the heart,” Christensen said.

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“The government isn’t helping and only makes it worse so it’s time we take the matter into our own hands and fix this crisis together with our doctors,” Medallus shares in an informational video.

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After an initial $20 registration fee and a 12-month contract, Utahns are ready to know exactly what their appointment will cost before they even walk into their doctor’s office.

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Vaccines expanded and administered to more Salt Lake County residents

Aimee Winder Newton Salt Lake County Council | District 3

Since COVID-19 vaccines were approved and rollout began for healthcare workers and teachers, we have all been a little more hopeful that the end of the pandemic is drawing near.

A few weeks ago, vaccinations were expanded to Utahns 70 years of age or older. Vaccinations were prioritized in this manner by the State of Utah to provide protection to those on the front lines of fighting the pandemic and to reduce the number of fatalities among those most vulnerable to COVID-19.

The State is making the determination on which groups will receive vaccinations, but they have recognized that counties and their local health departments are best equipped to carry out the actual vaccine administration. I was able to meet with Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and health officials from both the county and state as we discussed the best way to vaccinate as many people as possible. The State of Utah is working hard to obtain more vaccines from the federal government and our county is dedicated to getting vaccines to residents as soon as we receive each batch.

Your Salt Lake County Health Department has been hard at work preparing and executing the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the national vetting of the vaccine, no steps were skipped to ensure its safety and efficacy. I have seen the vaccine administered at the Mountain America Expo Center and the process is orga-

nized and sanitary. As of Jan. 19, the Salt Lake County Health Department had administered 21,400 vaccines. As you are eligible to obtain the vaccine, I encourage you to do so. The faster you and those around you can get vaccinated, the better off we will all be.

Here is some additional information that may be helpful: Hospital healthcare workers are being vaccinated by their employers. Long-term care facility healthcare workers are being vaccinated through their employers by Walgreens, CVS and Community Nursing Services.

All other healthcare workers who live or work in Salt Lake County are being vaccinated by the Salt Lake County Health Department.

Teachers and other school staff will have their vaccines administered through their school district via Community Nursing Services (CNS), but information can be found at cnscares.org/covid19vaccine-educator Those 70 years of age or older can sign up to be notified of vaccination appointments at SaltLakeHealth.org (click “COVID” then click “Vaccine”) or can obtain more information by calling the Salt Lake County Health Department at (385) 468-7468.

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Seniors Rich, Quispe and Oldham lead Jordan swim team

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ordan High swim coach Richard Barnes is looking forward to the state meet on Feb. 19-20 with some big goals in mind. After four individual top five finishes and a thirdplace relay team at the 2020 state meet, he has multiple athletes contending state titles this year.

“I think we’ll do better this year than we ever have before. I’ve been coaching for seven years, and I have never seen a state champion from Jordan,” Barnes said.

The three athletes responsible for last year’s top individual finishes are returning this year as seniors and all have already left a mark on the Jordan High swim program. Josue Quispe, 2020 state runner up in the 100yard backstroke, holds school records in the 100 backstroke, 200 IM, 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle.

Quispe has been swimming since he was 8 years old. At 9, he won his first swimming medal and hasn’t gotten out of the pool since.

A natural in the water, Quispe excels at every event coach Barnes puts him in.

“Last year on a whim he asked to swim the 200 free which he never swims,” Barnes said. “I put him in it, and he broke the school record, in just a regular meet.”

Quispe is ranked in the top 10 in 6A in

three individual events and the 200-medley relay where he swims the backstroke. Quispe has his eyes on state titles in multiple events and also hopes to have a shot at the 100-backstroke state record.

As a senior, Quispe is grateful to have left a mark at Jordan High School with both his times and his leadership.

“I try to help push everyone. I want them to see that we are getting better every day in practice,” Quispe said.

One of those teammates that has been inspired by Quispe is Trent Oldham. A football player turned swimmer, Oldham has been able to share Quispe’s spotlight. Oldham helped the 200-medley relay to their third place 2020 state finish while also taking fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke, an event that he holds the school record in.

Oldham is grateful to have had the opportunity to swim for three years alongside both Quispe and Alli Rich.

“They push me,” Oldham said. “When I’m swimming at practice I try to find them in the lanes by me. I try to keep up with them.”

Oldham looks forward to competing for the state title in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 medleys. He is especially excited about the medley team, which is returning three out

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Josue Quispe and Trent Oldham after their five combined top 5 finishes at the 2020 state meet. (Photo courtesy of Richard Barnes)

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“It’s a little different for the relay, you feel like you have to go fast or you’re letting your teammates down. I want to feel like I’ve done my part,” Oldham said.

On the girl’s side, coach Barnes has standout Alli Rich. Rich, the 2020 state runner-up in the 100 fly, is going after a state title in that same event this year. She will also likely compete in the 50 freestyle where she finished fourth last year. Until then, Rich is using her last high school swim meets to chase school records in the 100 fly, 50 free, 100 free and 200 free.

Rich knows she could not have made it to this point without the constant support of those around her.

“It’s been nice having coaches, parents and friends support me through it. Some days at practice aren’t fun, it’s a lot of hard work.

Having people support me in it has been what has helped me succeed,” Rich said.

Although this year has been hard on her because of COVID-19 restrictions limiting spectators, Rich has been able to succeed

without her loved ones cheering her on at meets.

“At the beginning I was super bummed, but I think the attitude you put into it is what you get out. I’ve been able to change my attitude and this swim season has probably been the best so far,” Rich said.

Barnes and his athletes cannot wait to see what they are able to do at the state meet in February. Barnes has been working the whole team hard to make up for some missed meets in November due to COVID-19. The team is excited to see all their hard work pay off as they finish the season with the region and state meets this month.

“We’re working really hard—the night before a meet, even the morning of a meet.

I’m not going easy on them. Then I’ll go easy on them before the state meet and that will make a big difference,” Barnes said.

Jordan will compete in the 6A state meet Feb. 19-20 at BYU. Spectators will not be allowed, but fans can follow along with live results using the Meet mobile app on Active Network. l

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Trent Oldham after his fourth place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke at the 2020 state meet. (Photo courtesy of Richard Barnes)

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Psych 101: What is gaslighting?

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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.”

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

an intimate relationship, gaslighting becomes not only effective, but devastating.”

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Fear sells, but why does the food industry use anxiety to sell products? I mean, if there’s one thing the seven billion people on this planet agree on, it’s that we need food.

(And Baby Yoda is adorable. That’s universally accepted.)

When COVID hit last spring, I heard we’d run out of beef by autumn. My husband lost his mind. Someone told me canned vegetables would be as valuable as gold, which is good because I’d rather wear a can of peas on a chain around my neck than have to eat them.

Experts tell us food is plentiful and cheaper than ever before. Just the food left over from Las Vegas buffets could feed several Third World countries for generations.

They’d all develop diabetes and heart disease, but they’d have plenty of food.

And that’s the other fear; the idea that the food we eat, even broccoli and kale, has no nutritional value because the soil’s been depleted of nutrients and we’re consuming the dietary equivalent of Rice Krispies for each meal.

So, we hear companies proclaiming to have discovered new, perfect foods. Not just foods— Super Foods (with a heartbreaking origin story). They ask questions like, Do you poop every day at noon? Are you often irritable? Well, you’re eating the wrong food!

Social media is awash in these types of

ads. “Buy our product made of 300 superfoods found only in caves along the Ganges River!” “Learn the secret of Cleopatra’s radiant skin, Helen of Troy’s weight loss supplement and Queen Elizabeth’s longevity.”

(Spoiler alert: it’s never having to clean your own toilet.)

Companies tell us fans are “raving” about their green juice. False news. No one raves about green juice. The recipes have unknown ingredients like chlorella (a dried sea vegetable) and rhodiola, a cold-climate plant used by Vikings. Mmmmm. Yummy.

(Sidenote: Vikings are dead. Did rhodiola kill them?)

Mushrooms are the new meat. The reishi mushroom is called the Queen of the Mushrooms because…um…it has a crown? I guess psilocybin mushrooms would be King of the Mushrooms, or at least the laid-back, hippie

brother-in-law of the mushrooms.

Pretend meat is also the new meat. Impossible Meat might be better for the planet, but with its soy, wheat and vegetable ingredients shaped and colored to look like chicken nuggets, it’s definitely not health food.

And don’t think it’s safe to drink water.

No, sir! You can’t drink tap water, bottled water, well water, river water, toilet water or any other water unless it’s gone through an expensive, artesian reverse osmosis process.

I used to drink water out of the hose in my front yard. I’m sure I’ll die full of mercury, lead and chlorine.

Spinach and romaine lettuce routinely try to kill us, and don’t get me started on GMO conspiracy theories. I don’t have that kind of time. Are apples still good for us? Can we eat corn without worrying about growing a third arm? Does everything have to be organic, farm-fresh and certified because according to Facebook, we’re all doomed!

I know Americans don’t have the best diets but throw me a grass-fed bone. We’re assaulted on all sides and just trying not to dive headfirst into a bucket of chicken for a morning snack.

Let’s drop the fear, food industry, and go back to promoting wellness as we wait to hear if Baby Yoda will be on the next season of “The Mandalorian.” Some things are more important than organic bananas.

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At 9,800 feet, in an east-facing slope outside the boundaries of Park City Ski Resort, a soft slab was unintentionally triggered by a backcountry skier. Then, an avalanche broke, carrying the skier 200 feet, burying him under 2 feet of snow.

This may well be just a scenario, but Waterford School outdoor program teacher Christopher Watkins said avalanches often occur when conditions are right—in this case, a heavy snowfall falls upon a weak layer—and it’s a necessity that outdoor recreationalists are aware of the danger and have a knowledge of being safe in the winter.

“That is an awareness piece for our community, and anybody that goes into the mountains when they’re covered in snow, regardless of the user group, whether it’s cross country skiers, snowboarders or families going for a walk, having a basic awareness for the ingredients you even need to have an avalanche,” he said. “There’s just a general understanding of the terrain that you’re going in, regardless of the activity you’re involved with.”

Watkins ensures students in his 11-week winter term outdoor class read the daily advisory they receive from the Utah Avalanche Center for the Salt Lake and Wasatch Mountains as part of their curriculum.

Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn will be stepping away from city hall at the end of his first term. (Photo via Mayor Bradburn Facebook page)

Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn announces he won’t be seeking re-election

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S Waterford outdoor program instructor Tyler Waterhouse taught how to deploy an avalanche flotation backpack in January 2017. (Chris Watkins/Waterford School)

Then, he teaches what he calls a triangle avalanche approach where snowpack, terrain and weather are the three points and the human factor lies in the middle.

“We teach these concepts and these ideas of you can go out and recreate safely, these ava-

lanches do not happen completely on their own.

You need specific ingredients; you need data from weather factors—the weather forecast, you need data from the current snowpack and you need to understand the basic terrain Continued page 4

andy Mayor Kurt Bradburn announced on his Facebook page last month that he won’t be seeking re-election this year.

“While it has truly been the honor of my professional life to serve the amazing city of Sandy, I have decided not to seek a second term as Mayor,” Bradburn said. “This decision did not come lightly, and I will greatly miss working with the Sandy City staff and serving our wonderful residents.”

The post pointed primarily to his family responsibilities as the reason to step away.

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