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espite losing one of its top players before the season began, the Highland girls tennis team took home the top prize in region play, winning the Region 6 tournament Oct. 3. Highland faced stiff competition from East but edged out the Leopards for the top spot in the league. It was the first region championship for the Rams since 1993. Not bad for a team that placed last in its region just two years ago. Head coach Jeanine Elsholz is thrilled with the accomplishment and credits her players and coaching staff for attaining this height. “Reaching this milestone is a big deal for us,” she said. “To see this much success in such a short time has been very exciting for us as a school. It definitely confirms that as a program we are headed in the right direction. It was rewarding for me to see the girls so happy and excited about winning it all. Not many teams get to experience the feeling of winning a championship, and I am so happy for them! It takes a lot of work to turn a program around, and we never would have been able to do it without the help of my sons, Brevin and Christopher Elsholz. They donate their time in helping these kids improve and have been a big part of Highland’s success.” Based on regular season results, Highland held a twopoint advantage over second place East going into the tournament. In the tournament, the two teams had the same number of points, but the cushion from earlier matches helped the Rams prevail. On the first day of the tournament, the Rams won nine of the 10 matches, moving four of their five positions into the championship match the following day. Second doubles play-
The Highland girls tennis team placed first in Region 6 and eighth in Class 5A. From left: Sam Kiburtz, Emma Thomas, Sophie Hastings, Lucy Foulks, Janie Ontiveros, Abby Bradford, Kate Creamer. (Photo courtesy of Jenny Mauro)
ers Janie Ontiveros and Emma Thomas placed first in their bracket. First singles player Sophie Hastings, who was the team’s second singles player a year ago, anchored the team all season and wound up first at the region tournament. “With very few exceptions, [Hastings’] matches were all convincing wins,” Elsholz said. “She is one of the most talented players in the state on the court and is one of the kindest off. She represents Highland and everything we stand for so well.” Second singles competitor Lucy Foulks also scored some key points for the Rams, including a big win over a talented
foe from East in the second round. First doubles teammates Abby Bradford and Sam Kirburtz pulled off what Elsholz said was “the biggest comeback I have ever been a part of.” After losing convincingly in set No. 1, the duo then got down 5-2 in the second set before holding off several match points. They won the next five games to take the second set and then completed the turnaround with a quick win in the third set to dispatch the opposition from Skyline. At third singles, Kate Creamer also contributed all season long and was consistent and dependable for the Rams. Continued page 3
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Continued from front page “This tournament win was definitely a team effort,” Elsholz said. “We couldn’t have done it without all seven players coming through for us.” Highland faced stiffer competition the following week at the Class 5A state tournament. The Rams tied for eighth out of 27 teams, picking up four points. Hastings won in the first round but fell in the quarterfinals. Creamer also took care of her first-round opponents but then lost in a three-set match in the quarterfinals. Both doubles teams won their first matches but couldn’t get by their next tests, losing in three sets each.
“We had a few freshman who had newto-state jitters (our two freshmen and two seniors were all there for the first time), but we also had [Creamer] step up and play the best tennis we have seen her play all season,” Elsholz said. “She almost knocked off an undefeated player from Timpview in the second round. We were definitely disappointed that no one advanced to the second day, but we are a young team and we will be back.” Elsholz said many teams are losing seniors this season, while Highland will return its top five players in 2020. l
The Highland Rams celebrate their first region girls tennis title in 26 years. From left: Kate Creamer, Abby Bradford, Sam Kiburtz, Sophie Hastings, Lucy Foulks, Emma Thomas, Janie Ontiveros. (Photo courtesy of Jenny Mauro)
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Housing Authority of Salt Lake City receives national awards on heels of breaking ground of 30th property By Deserae Dorton | d.dorton@mycityjournals.com
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he Housing Authority of Salt Lake City (HASLC) was recently awarded two National Awards of Excellence for its 9th East Lofts at Bennion Plaza (Project Design Category) and Framing Program-Persons Experiencing Homelessness (Resident and Client Services Category) from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). The NAHRO also awarded the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City with five other awards of merit in affordable housing, resident and client services categories. The Awards of Excellence highlight ways in which housing agencies make a difference in their communities and in the lives of the people they serve.
The HASLC award-winning entries included the following:
• 9th East Lofts at Bennion Plaza — located in the East Central Community Council District of Salt Lake City and adjacent to the 9th East Light Rail TRAX station, is considered a true Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). It meets the “walkable community” criteria and is the first building in Utah to receive the Energy Star Multi-Family High Rise Certification; and • Framing Program for Persons Experiencing Homelessness — the HASLC partnered with state and local government, and the local community college to create a construction framing program to be offered to single individuals experiencing homelessness. Participants were given an apartment for six months, furniture, food, household items and transportation to class. At the end of the six-week course, participants were given a certificate of proficiency in framing and interviewed by local construction companies. Twelve people were selected for the program,
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The 9th East Lofts front entry way with design in mind. (Photo courtesy of HASLC)
eight graduated from the course. Britnee Dabb, deputy director of the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City calls the awards a true honor. “We are so thrilled to be recognized nationally for our staff’s hard work,” Dabb said.
The HASLC opened Utah’s first permanent supportive housing complex April 2007, Sunrise Metro. Now almost 30 properties later, the national awards are a boost to the staff who have been working hard to accommodate the growing need of affordable housing
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What is supportive housing?
Supportive housing combines affordable housing assistance with wrap-around supportive services for people experiencing homelessness, as well as other people with disabilities with no time limit attached. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness states that many studies have shown that supportive housing not only resolves homelessness and increases housing stability, but also improves health and lowers public costs by reducing the use of publicly-funded crisis services, including shelters, hospitals, psychiatric centers, jails and prisons. Dabb said the HASLC provides permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals. “There are supportive services available onsite and some case management that happens and they can take them off site to appointments and so forth,” Dabb said. “It just depends on their needs.” HASLC’s mission is to provide affordable housing opportunities for our commu-
nity. “Currently, we house close to 10,000 individuals in Salt Lake Valley,” Dabb said. “Whether that is one of the sites we own, or we provide a voucher which allows them to live where they prefer in the Salt Lake Valley.”
The impact of affordable housing on the Salt Lake Valley
“We strive to provide affordable housing to any individual who qualifies in the Salt Lake Valley,” Dabb said. The program is not selective to a person’s situation. Individuals who benefit from affordable housing could be working adults, families, those looking for employment, retiring or retired. “Housing is just such a critical basic need,” Dabb said. “We are proud to be able to help with that. When you have a roof over your head, and somewhere warm to sleep, you can concentrate on things like finding a job or getting to school or just enjoying the day. When you’re not worried about where you’re going to sleep, or where you’re going to keep your things, you can focus on other things.” l
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Being in the moment: Ballet star enjoying his sabbatical By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com
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his August, members of the Ballet West dance company were going through their usual nine hours a day, plié-ing and grand jeté-ing and performing many of the less sexy aspects of forging art and endurance. Meanwhile, three miles away and a few hundred feet higher in elevation, famed dancer Lucas Horns was packing a book bag, navigating his way across the University of Utah campus. The soloist had become a sophomore, trading tights and toe pads for comfortable clothing and Converse. Comfortable clothing, comfortable shoes and comfortable skin—as in comfort in his own skin—define this young man, this 25-year-old ballerino, who, arguably, in his prime, if not the very peak of a finite dancing prime, has elected to take a break from what has been his regular grind for almost two decades. Horns insists that this break from ballet will be brief and that he intends to be back to the barre in short order. (He has signed a contract to rejoin the company in January.) For the past few months, Horns has been going to college where he is pursuing a degree in urban ecology. He has also served in numerous volunteer roles during the semester, ranging from aiding with the United Nations Conference which was in Salt Lake City in August; to rallying volunteers and personally placing multicolored flags in yards statewide as part of the Project Rainbow in September; to flying to Washington, D.C., to participate in a Human Rights Coalition national event in October. All of this, says Horns, represents the longest “vacation” he has had, since formally pursuing ballet as a youngster.
The beginnings of the ballerino
A ballerino is a male ballet dancer. The fact that the word needs to be explained gives insight into what life may have been like for young Horns. “People teased me as a boy,” he recalls, speaking of growing up near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The “people” he is referencing were not just children or, later, adolescent peers. “From a young age, I could tell if adults thought it was silly.” Horns began dancing in preschool, but quickly found he wanted to dance with more boys in the midst. He found that this resulted in infinitely less teasing and more enjoyment. His parents enrolled him in an all-boys class at Ballet West.
The mid-career non-crisis and flash forward: Utah’s Ballet West en pointe in giving dancers more choice
Horns is, somewhat, the poster child for Ballet West and for the Ballet West Academy, one of the premier dance-education institu-
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Ballet West soloist and Ballet West Academy star grad Lucas Horns wants to make the world less divided. His picturesque grand jeté downtown inspires all to step up and live in the moment. (Photo courtesy of Walker Boyes)
tions in the country. He is the first person to have attended the Ballet West Academy—“an academy of 200 kids”—as an amateur and then earn and maintain a spot within the Ballet West company as a professional dancer. Ballet West has promoted this joint accomplishment—of their instruction and Horns’ skill, artistry and dedication—in articles and on social media. “They like using me as an example,” he says. “I feel obligated to the teachers. I want them to feel their work was appreciated.” This elevated stature seems to escalate the pressure on Horns to succeed, and would have, seemingly, made asking for a sabbatical to attend college for a term, a dicey matter. However, Horns found Ballet West to be remarkably progressive in their point of view to let him take some time off. Ballet West has an international reputation as a high-quality regional dance company. So, like professional sports teams who scout and contract with talent, the organization annually negotiates with members of the dance company. Horns says he decided—mid-March— that he “wanted to take a break.” When he, in-between drills and dance exercises, talked about the idea with dance colleagues, the vote was near-unanimous: A sabbatical from the company—or even asking for a sabbatical—was akin to a “death sentence.” “You’re going to lose so much ground!” were the astonished whispers.
Ballet West soloist and Ballet West Academy graduate Lucas Horns, 25, has not had more than a three-week vacation since age 8. He asked and received a sabbatical to take fall classes at the University of Utah. (Photo courtesy of Maxwell Poth)
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Horns remained committed to his conscience: He needed a break and felt confident he would come back mentally stronger, and that this, in turn, would further inform his dance. He said that, since 2015, he has been thinking about life beyond dance and what career options would be available to him. He began “knocking out” general-education
classes online, and dreamed for the opportunity to explore his creativity in academic and workplace environments. Committed, he approached Ballet West’s long-term artistic director Adam Sklute. Sklute and Horns reviewed the fall program, both realizing it “was not for me,” says Horns. And the concept of Horns—who had been dancing in Ballet West’s annual “Nutcracker” tradition since age 10—missing out by not participating in that program was an artistic-decision-making no brainer. Sklute shocked a delighted Horns and greenlighted the decision. “I was surprised they were open to it,” he admits. While Ballet West did not pressure Horns about his “semester abroad” from the company, he says he does feel pressure—“to come back strong.” When Horns announced his temporary departure from stage, arts curator and former Senator Jim Dabakis credited the break but chided Horns to “get back” right away. Horns says he is staying in shape, and he has the ultimate workout buddy—company dancer Josh Shutkind is not only Horns’ live-in boyfriend, but his partner in taking a sabbatical. Sklute granted both men a semester abroad in their own city. Horns says that the break has already been “very clarifying” and has already given him a healthier mindset. l
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Glass art sparkles at Red Butte Garden show By Jenniffer Wardell | j.wardell@mycityjournals.com
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his winter, Red Butte Garden will be blooming with brightly colored glass. The Glass Art Guild of Utah will hold their 18th annual Glass Art Show at the Red Butte Garden Visitor Center Nov. 2 through Dec. 17. The event will feature a variety of pieces from guild members, ranging from jewelry to wall displays, created using a variety of glass techniques. With new pieces replacing the sold art all the time, the entire exhibit changes more than once during its run. “When we do our show at Red Butte, we end up doing two or three restocks,” said Mary Young, a member of the guild. “Stuff just flies out of there.” While some members of the guild focus on stained glass and other techniques, the majority of the guild’s work involves some form of fused glass. First created by the ancient Mesopotamians and re-discovered in the 1970s, fused glass happens when specially created glass is heated together in a kiln at exactly the right temperature. “It has to expand and then contract at the same rate,” Young said. After that, the artist will often smooth out the edges with a belt sander, then either keep it as a decorative piece or re-heat it in the kiln around a mold to turn it into a vessel. If something goes wrong with this process, the glass cracks. For many artists, including Young, those cracks don’t necessarily mean the end of the piece. Often, it will simply take the work in a new direction. “It doesn’t need to be perfect to inspire you and make you feel good,” she said. In addition to combining different colors of fusible glass, there are a lot of other techniques the artists use to decorate their work. Frit, which is a sand-like substance made of tiny pieces of glass, can provide color and texture and even be used as a form of paint. Actual glass paint can also be used, both before firing and after, as well as copper foil. There are also various techniques for shaping the glass itself, using screens, melting pots and shaping tools. “There’s a lot of this that’s either magic or the sort of science none of us are going to understand,” she said. Different members of the guild use different techniques. Dan Cummings, one of the guild’s full-time professional artists, mostly uses sandblasting (a form of etching) to create his pieces. Kerry Transtrum, one of the guild’s founding members, has done some pieces by creating molds and then pouring the glass in to give the piece its final shape. Young, for her part, enjoys using copper foil, mica powder paper (made up of finely ground minerals) and wrap-around designs called sepia slides. “If you go to someone else’s studio, you’ll find all different kinds of stuff,” she said.
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Even the need to use fusible glass isn’t always a requirement. Jodi McRaney Rusho uses entirely recycled glass in her work, changing things like old wine bottles into vases and other decorative pieces. “She pretty much does nothing but recycled glass,” Young said. “People would say you can’t make glass art out of recycled glass, but she’s stubborn.” Though they have their preferred ways of working with glass, the members of the guild will often learn new techniques from each other. Though Young said it wasn’t as common in the early days of the guild, she’s seen it happen more and more often as the guild has grown. “Now we have 57 members of the guild, and we share an awful lot,” she said. “We have regular meetings every other month, and now we have these Glass Talk meetings where we share even more.” In addition to selling their work, guild members will often teach classes on how to get started in glass art. Young said she enjoys teaching people of all ages how to get started. “The one thing that I need to advise peo-
ple of is that it’s addictive,” she said. “You garden members. For more information, call get started in this, you get sucked in.” 801-585-0556 or visit www.glassartguild. The exhibit is free to the public with the org. l price of admission to the garden and free for
Fusible glass can be turned into smaller jewelry as well as plates and larger wall-mounted pieces of work. These earrings were created by guild artist Mary Young. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Collings)
On this piece by guild member Dinah Ihle, the fish shapes were made individually with a torch. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Collings)
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Light the Night fundraiser unites entire state to kick blood cancer By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com
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ulticolored paper lanterns proclaim the name of the charity and its pledge. Clusters of people—some old, some young, all passionate—gather, holding signs identifying their fundraising group or cause. They gather to take a step, take another step, then many steps—and light the night to help end cancer. Such is the premise of the annual Light the Night Walk. The Utah chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) hosted its annual Light the Night Walk Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. at Library Square downtown.
Bringing light to the darkness that is cancer
“When you or someone you love hears the words ‘you have cancer’... It’s one of the darkest moments in your life,” LLS advises. “At Light the Night, it is our aim to bring light to the darkness of cancer through research and cures…We bring hope instead of despair by working to ensure access to treatments for all blood cancer patients. We bring communities together to celebrate those who are fighting the disease and to honor those we have lost.” Light the Night Walk is The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s walk to build awareness of blood cancers as well as raise money for research and support of patients and their families. It is held in over 200 communities in North America each fall as well as in Australia.
Understanding cancers—blood cancers and solid cancers
Most cancers are solid—unchecked, mutated cells that form a tumor. The six most common cancers—breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, melanoma and bladder—are solid cancers that account for almost 1 million new cases a year. Blood cancers affect the production and function of blood cells. Most of these cancers are where blood is produced—in bone marrow. Abnormal blood cells, or cancerous cells, prevent blood from performing some
Multicolored paper lanterns carried by cancer survivors, caregivers, friends, family and supporters exemplify the Oct. 12 Light the Night fundraising walk held at downtown’s Library Square. (Photo courtesy of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)
of its core functions, leaving blood-cancer fundraisers. The Salt Lake City event truly unifies patients with compromised immune systems the whole state in the effort to kick blood and susceptibility to serious bleeding. More than 170,000 people contract cancers. “It’s our way of rallying the community blood cancers annually. to remember loved ones,” said LLS ExecuUtah lights the night from Library Square tive Director Stacie Kulp. With a goal of raising nearly $600,000, Remembering and supporting a loved the upcoming Light the Night event is rallyone is what drew Kulp herself to the orgaing supporters throughout the state. A “leader board” of sorts, posts real time nization. She and her husband participated in fundraising efforts by friends and family and a marathon fundraiser and she then began corporate teams alike. Participants from groups like the Uni- working with the organization. “Now I have versity of Utah and local channel ABC 4 are many dear friends—volunteers—who are joined by Ogden’s “Walking Warriors” and survivors,” she said. “It reminds me why I do Carbon and Emery County Light the Night what I do.” l
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Kulp said LLS “puts so much money toward our mission that we don’t have marketing dollars.” Blood-related diseases are the No. 1 disease-diagnosis for children under the age of 18. These used to be the No. 1 cause of death for youth, “the killer of young people,” but, Kulp said, that has changed, in great part due to better treatment for the diseases being made available through LLS-funded research. According to the Center for Disease Control, Utah has the lowest cancer deathrate nationwide. While that data is not broken down in terms of deaths related to solid versus blood cancers, Utah’s low statistic is incredibly rewarding news to the Utah LLS and its executive director. “For the first time ever, we are funding prevention,” Kulp said, joyous. “[It is] an exciting time in the world of blood-cancer research.” At press time, the Utah Chapter of the LLS posted donations reaching one-third of this year’s goals. Parties interested in supporting an existing team or forming their own team can contact the Utah Chapter. l
West Valley City resident Larry Wilkinson kicked the type of blood cancer that the Utah Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society raises funds to combat. This summer Wilkinson traveled 1,400 miles to meet with others who had survived cancer for more than five years. (Photo courtesy of Cancer Centers of America)
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Utah poet brings her poems to life at free reading By Jenniffer Wardell | j.wardell@mycityjournals.com
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dd a little linguistic magic to your life. Westminster College is helping residents do just that with this year’s Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series, which kicks off Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at the college’s Kim T. Adamson Alumni House. This month’s poets will be Kara Van De Graaf and Mahtem Shiferraw, who will stay after the reading for a reception and book signing. Van De Graff, who is also an assistant professor of English at Utah Valley University, said she’s looking forward to bringing her poems to life. “I love poetry readings because they allow writers to animate their poems,” she said. “Suddenly, you have a specific voice and performance of a poem that you didn’t have before. This adds another layer of meaning to your experience of the piece.” Van De Graff’s first collection of poems, “Spitting Image,” won the 2016 Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry and was published in 2018. She has also appeared in national literary journals including “The Southern Review,” “AGNI,” “New England Review,” “Crazyhorse,” “Alaska Quarterly Review,” and the anthology “Best New Poets.” She’s also won several awards for her poems, including an Academy of American Poets Prize. “As a writer, I want to explore how language can call certain histories, bodies, and identities into being, while shutting down or refusing to make room for others,” she said. “In my poetry, I want to question the concept of ‘femaleness’ as it has been presented to us in popular media and western artistic traditions. I want to explore how rhetorical constructions of the world in culture—via art, historical narratives, and created senses of bodies—offer to us certain ways to be humans.” Though this is a lot to tackle, she’s also careful not to forget the lighter side of poetry
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Utah poet Kara Van De Graaf will share her work at the kickoff of this year’s Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series at Westminster College. (Photo courtesy of Kara Van De Graaf)
Mahtem Shiferraw, a writer and visual artist from Los Angeles, will also share her poetry at the poetry series event at Westminster College. (Photo courtesy pf Mahtem Shiferraw)
as well. “As often as poems are somber, they’re also fun, little experiments made of words,” she said. “I think we forget, with all of our text messages and emails and memos, that language is a material that has the capacity to create real pleasure. Poems give us another way of understanding the world.” As part of her efforts to share that understanding, she started the Lightbox Poetry website with co-founder Richie Hofmann.
The purpose of the site is to help teachers integrate poetry into their classrooms through a variety of means. It also offers resources to people who would like to learn more about poetry, but who may no longer be part of a classroom setting. “We interviewed important poets, asked them about their work, and learned from their own approaches to teaching the craft of poetry,” she said. “You’ll also find prompts, advice, and activities to engage in if you want
to try your hand at writing poems.” Van De Graff said she tried her own hand at writing poetry because it gave her a voice for something she had no other way of articulating. “I think I started writing these poems out of a desire to articulate the experiences of my own body in the world, experiences I had trouble communicating about in my everyday life,” she said. “I hope people can connect their own experiences of being a body to my work, or re-examine the ways they interact with the bodies of others.” Even with the help of poetry, however, sometimes that’s not an easy thing to communicate. “You have to be willing to write badly,” she said. “Learning to write is a process, and it’s a process paved with failed experiments. Those failures don’t mean you’re a bad writer. They mean you’re a writer.” And if you keep working at it, those failures can help you bring something important into the world. “Poetry is a place where we use language differently than anywhere else,” she said. “We stretch words, make them function differently, put them together in unconventional ways. We do this, in part, to help others get a different glimpse of our interiors, to share in a more intimate way how we experience the world. Because of this, I think the practice of reading, writing, and listening to poetry makes us better, kinder, more empathetic human beings.” The Kim T. Adamson Alumni House is located on the Westminster College campus, 1840 S. 1300 East. Admission is free, and copies of the poets’ books will be available for purchase the night of the event. For a complete schedule of readings, visit westminstercollege.edu/campus-life/events-and-performances/poetry-series. l
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A few things you should know about the Stars By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com
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he Salt Lake City Stars, the G League affiliate of the Utah Jazz, enjoyed their most successful season last year. As the 2019–20 season approaches, there are a few things you should know about this team. This is the fourth season for the Stars in Taylorsville at Bruin Arena on the campus of Salt Lake Community College. They were previously the Idaho Stampede before they moved to their current home. Last season, the Stars earned a playoff berth for the first time since the team moved here. They were eliminated in the first round by the Oklahoma City Blue. The home opener is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 15 against the defending G League champion Rio Grande Vipers, the Houston Rockets affiliate. The Stars beat them three times last season. On the schedule this season are 24 home games; 13 of those fall on a Friday or Saturday night. Home games include a kid zone and autograph sessions. Single-game, group packages and season tickets are now available and range in pricing. The Stars’ roster has begun to take shape. On Sept. 21 (after press deadline) they held an open tryout. Also securing spots on the roster are Jazz draftees Jarrell Brantley and Justin Wright-Foreman. In July, they signed
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Author/speaker Jeb Hurley believes ‘that people’s well-being is as important as the bottom line’ By Sona Schmidt-Harris | s.schmidtharris@mycityjournals.com
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he first thing one notices about Sugar House resident Jeb Hurley is how happy he is. He smiles easily and seems to want others to be happy as well. To help facilitate the happiness of others, Hurley authored, “Team Relationship Management: The Art of Crafting Extraordinary Teams.” He also conducts workshops and lectures about the subject of productive teams in the workplace. His focus is leadership. “One of the themes that had dominated throughout was a real curiosity about what it is that made for good leaders and leadership in organizations. This is all the way back to my first job, and I think over time it became very clear particularly in the 21st century . . . that teams are by far the key dynamic that makes or breaks organizations,” Hurley said. “Being part of a team is really characterized by a group of individuals coming together for a common purpose to solve a problem to achieve a goal,” he said. “When you bring together many minds, what they have is the potential to accomplish something extraordinary. But I think a lot of people have unfortunately experienced when you bring groups of people together, there can also be quite destructive, dysfunctional behaviors that erode and affect not only the effectiveness of the team and people’s engagement, but ultimately the human spirit. I mean, you just don’t want to get out of bed and engage with these people. And it can become toxic, and it affects people’s emotional, mental and physical well-being,” he said. As the workplace has become more global, Hurley believes, “that the ability to build trust with people that are sitting somewhere else in the country and the world is extraordinarily important.” He said it starts from a leadership standpoint and team leaders establish the norms of the values by which a team is going to operate. Problems almost always start there if you have inconsistency in the way leadership works and it allows toxic behaviors or the silent killers to begin.
Sugar House resident Jeb Hurley authored, “Team Relationship Management: The Art of Crafting Extraordinary Teams.” (Elena Newton/Sugar House)
“What tends to amplify in the workplace is the fact that you have deadlines, you have stressors, you have politics. You have some of these dynamics that if they’re not dealt with and managed in a healthy way, they quickly turn dysfunctional,” Hurley said. “If it’s dealt with immediately, it’s actually a pretty easy conversation. It’s when it’s ignored for weeks and months on end, and people just want to avoid it . . . good leaders not only assess and coach behaviors around
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tries are particularly vulnerable. He has lived and worked in New York, London and Tokyo. He also spent many years in Boston. His most recent foreign adventure was in Singapore, which he says is “like you take the Emerald City and put it on a tropical island.” He and his wife are now happy to call Sugar House home. Hurley earned a doctorate in leadership from Walden University. He holds an MBA from the Katz School, University of Pittsburgh, and a bachelor of science in economics from Gannon University. He has completed leadership programs at The Center for Creative Leadership, Harvard Business School and The Aspen Institute. “You know where people would expect the ordinary you can find the extraordinary, which is really cool. A great thing about people is that we can surprise each other and ourselves kind of irrespective of the circumstances,” he said. “My passion and my purpose is truly helping to develop more conscious leaders who recognize that people’s well-being is as important as the bottom line.” Sitting in Hurley’s affable presence, it’s easy to believe. l
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hen she was hospitalized with severe injuries, Stacey’s first concern was not the massive hospital bills that would followbut who would feed and let out her cat. A 55-year-old empty nester living alone in Tooele, Stacey had been driving at night near her home when a loose cow stepped out of the dark and in front of her car. Stacey was immediately taken to the University of Utah Hospital. There, she called her law firm, The Advocates. Even though it was 7 a.m. on a
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practicing law after graduating from the University of Utah. Now, he is an injury law veteran of 29 years. Driggs built the firm based on the belief that while every case, is different, people must come first. Like Stacey, every injured person has a unique situation and unique needs. “One person might need to recover lost wages. One person might need their car fixed; it’s different for everybody,” Driggs said. The Advocates respond with a uniquely effective system. Lawyers may be reached 24/7, unlike many firms whose lawyers never speak directly with their clients. One lawyer stays on the case from the first phone call to the settlement, offering peace of mind at every step. Preparing for an injury settlement is a complex process. The Advocates serve you by attaching a dedicated team of specialists to handle different parts of the case, all with the client’s needs in mind. This precise system leaves nothing forgotten and sets The Advocates apart from their competition. One team ensures clients receive Personal Injury Protection funds, a process sometimes neglected by others since it doesn’t
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here are so many things to do with a pumpkin! Grow it yourself. Pick it from a local pumpkin patch. Carve it. Paint it. Display it. Puree it. Bake it in a pie. A popular pumpkin-themed 21st century task is creating a virtual squash and spawning it in Minecraft. But for those wanting to see pumpkins in a new way, with floating tentacles or singing mariachi, here’s an idea for a fun fall evening out. The Utah State Fairpark (155 N. 1000 West) has a returning event called Pumpkin Nights. The event was founded in 2016 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, with a mission to showcase local artists and celebrate a magical time of year, without the creepy stuff. Now, Pumpkin Nights sets up in five different cities across the U.S. Tickets are available through Nov. 2 at pumpkinnights.
com/salt-lake-city. It’s open 5:30-10:30 p.m. nightly. Parking is an additional fee. Pumpkin Nights is known for being a playful, artistic stroll geared toward younger children, yet something all ages can enjoy. It offers an alternative to the haunted house experience and is wheelchair accessible. Wearing costumes is encouraged and there’s plenty of spots to take adorable photos. But as with every venue, don’t bring any weapon facsimiles. Nick Gallegos came for a date night. He heard about it through Facebook. “It’s really cool. I like all the different themes this year,” he said. His favorite was the underwater area. “It had a giant octopus, coral, all kinds of fish carved into the pumpkins, seahorses — a really diverse scene. We heard there was going to be 3,000 pumpkins here, so we decided to
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come check out all the designs. It’s a good date night, family night and event to come to,” Gallegos added. Luke Perkins is the on-site pumpkin artist this year, working under a spotlight where visitors can watch him carve. “I’ve been doing pumpkin carving for about four years now. I like doing it and it’s just funny to me mostly to see a face in a pumpkin and see it like it was always there. I generally try to look at a pumpkin and come up with something from the shape of that pumpkin,” Perkins described. Beyond the pumpkin carving observation area are more standout activities. There’s a pirate’s cove with a sand pit where kids can dig for tokens. The treasure coins can then be dropped down a mystical wishing well. There’s also unlimited bubbles to pop and poke at on a pumpkin trail “under the sea,” that appears bioluminescent. The touring path goes by a tranquil pond where a fire-breathing dragon dips down for a drink. One can walk up to the creature and stand in its vapored breath to get a rare photo with a flying reptile. Every giant beast is made completely of pumpkins. Fire dancers perform shows throughout the night. Anyone can gather round to see the
Local agents Ken Barrett, and Susan Burkley, have lived in the area for over 15 years. Pumpkin Nights has a pirate’s cove, where kids can dig for tokens and toss a wish into the mystical well. (Amy Green/City Journals)
impressive juggling and spinning of flaming wands. Onlookers might feel their own bones heat up and twitch to the kinetic music. Dress warm with hats and gloves to enjoy the outdoor temps. A lineup of vendors are there for those wanting to catch dinner, hot cocoa and tasty
treats. Bounce houses, hay bales to scramble on and a small carnival-style train ride is there for kids to get the wiggles out. The interactive experiences are included with a ticket, but plan to spend extra if ordering meals or purchasing souvenirs. l
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There’s a 50% chance of a major earthquake occurring within your lifetime—prepare now By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com
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ithin the past 24 hours, there has been one M1.5 or greater earthquake. Within the past seven days, there have been six earthquakes of that same magnitude. Within 30 days, the number rumbles to 76. And within the past 365 days there have been 858 earthquakes meeting or besting that level on the MI or Mercalli Intensity Scale— earthquakes so strong that you can visibly see the earth move under your feet. We are not talking about in Syria, Indonesia, Turkey or Japan. We are not talking about areas that are somewhat close to home—like San Francisco or Los Angeles. We are talking about home—earthquakes right here, right now, in Utah.
dangers of UMB or unreinforced masonry buildings. UMB buildings are buildings where load-bearing walls, non-load-bearing walls and other structures, like chimneys, are comprised of brick, cinderblock, tiles, adobe or other masonry that is not braced by reinforcing material such as the rebar that strengthens concrete. “In Utah our primary hazard is bricks!” shouts the Utah Earthquake Safety website. Twenty percent of Utah’s buildings are such UMB structures. Models show that as many as 98% of deaths in a major earthquake will result from shaking-induced collapse or damage of URMs.
Girding up for ‘The Big One’ by combatting false optimism with proactive planning
The good news, according to Grow, is that programs like Salt Lake City’s “Fix the Bricks” program, a regional disaster mitigation award-winning program, have dollars to help residents with retrofits. The other good—no, great—news for resident of Salt Lake County is that the total death toll from even The Big One is expected to comprise a much smaller percentage of the population than those who will be severely inconvenienced by it. For these reasons, the state and county want residents to be cognizant that The Big One—sure as winter is for the Lannisters—is coming. After the EU breakfast, Bruening said four people came up to him and indicated their commitment to purchase earthquake insurance. A good thing, he thinks. Residents need to strategize, formalize, communicate and practice family emergency plans. Residents need to purchase or make DIY earthquake-preparedness kits, including food and water storage.
Few people openly discuss or plan for the happening of a major earthquake in the Salt Lake valley. This is a false optimism, according to some of the people whose feet are firmly planted in the present, but whose eyes and minds scan the future, looking out for Utah with decades-away lenses. This past spring, Envision Utah elected to focus on the looming reality of what experts say is not a possibility, but an eventuality—a massive 7.0 “Big One” earthquake here in Utah. The state’s Be Ready Utah, earthquake-disaster preparedness initiative, is straightforward about the situation on the home page of its website: “Utah is earthquake county.” Be Ready Utah predicts that in a 7.0 quake along the Wasatch Front, 10,000 buildings would collapse, 2,300 people would die and 30,000 more would be injured. And the kicker? Be Ready Utah says there is a 50-50 chance that this Big One will strike Utah within our lifetimes.
The good and the great news
Statistical modeling shows that 13-74% of homes in the Salt Lake Valley may be destroyed in a 7.0 or more powerful earthquake. One million Utahns across the state will participate in the upcoming 2020 Great ShakeOut disaster simulation. (Photo courtesy of Salt Lake County)
Utah pointed out that Louisiana had a statistical model to predict the impact of Hurricane Katrina—learnings which were eschewed, or not given much credence and certainly not funded and planned for. In Bruening’s opinion, we in Utah are in a similar place as pre-Katrina Louisiana and the infrastructure that should have, could have prevented so much death, disarray, and destruction. “We have ground-shaking maps and liquefaction maps. We know what will happen in a major earthquake. It’s up to us to use those models to become more resilient.” To the room of nearly 500 people seated in a ballroom at the Grand America Hotel with a chandelier-adorned ceiling, he tells them directly, “Our purpose today is to scare you. But it’s also a call to action.”
Be Ready: Utah state and county officials Learning from Envision Utah’s ‘Worry In- demonstrating how resilience must be dex’ and seeking to become more resilient planned and practiced
Ari Bruening, president and chief operating officer of the Envision Utah planning organization, points out that one of the elephants in our collective room—natural disasters—are not considered something to prioritize. Bruening and his team of EU statisticians show that this “coin toss” matter of when the earthquake will hit Utah is not a concern. In his mind, “most of us are gambling” and that this coin-toss concern really does not best-serve Utah’s families, businesses and institutions. At its spring breakfast in April, Envision
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Be Ready Utah partnered with counties across the state to host the eighth annual “Great Utah ShakeOut.” This event occurred just about one month prior to Envision Utah’s breakfast meeting. Newly-minted Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson wore a hard hat and joined Great ShakeOut debris-management drills involving the Salt Lake County Public Works and Emergency Services departments along with Utah Departments of Transportation and Division of Emergency Management, the Army Reserves and other organizations.
The earthquake-preparedness drills involved first responders responsible for clearing roads to ensure safe travels of emergency workers as well as residents. “With Salt Lake County sitting on a fault line, history has shown that large earthquakes can hit this area,” she said. “We want to be prepared if and when the next one strikes.”
The ultimate scenario planning: disaster resiliency
Envision Utah are experts at scenario planning. They evaluate what futures may look like and find creative ways to depict those futures to citizens. As Bruening stood behind the podium, guests at the EU spring breakfast cracked open fortune cookies—as swiftly as earthquakes could crack open a foundation and render unusable everyday infrastructure such as streets, cellphone towers and water lines. The messages in the fortune cookies presented attendees with scenarios residents would face in an earthquake. Being without water, power and other utilities were among the outcomes. As was death. While nervous smiles and chatter at first prevailed, hushes, sighs and even gasps followed as Bruening had those beset with different “fortunes” statistically representative of what would befall the Wasatch Front in the instance of The Big One take turns standing. The EU guest speaker, law professor and disaster-law expert Lisa Grow, advised Utahns to become familiar with the impact of where they live, remembering the inherent
Being resilient requires planning and staying in touch
In addition to the websites cited here, smart residents can follow Instant BeReady updates on Twitter. Mark your calendar for the 2020 Be Ready Expo featuring 30-plus preparedness classes and more than 50 vendors. The event takes place March 13-14, 2020 at the Mountain America Expo Center. (There is a 20% discount for registration if tickets are purchased by Feb. 1.) The disaster-preparedness expo will be followed by more than one million Utahns participating in the ninth-annual ShakeOut April 16, 2020. This is the state’s largest earthquake-preparedness drill and can also be registered for. l
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Sahaja meditation allows participants to feel the energy within By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com
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very Sunday Raj Mangaonkar meets at the Glendale Library in Salt Lake City to instruct participants in the practice of Sahaja meditation. During the session, attendees take a break from their busy lives and focus the mind and body on their breath. By doing so they are able to balance the centers of energy, known as chakras, inside of them. “When you start meditating the energy starts working on every system. You get back your health and the problems disappear,” explained Mangaonkar. The practice starts with calming your mind. The teacher begins with reading statements that promote unity with oneself and others that the students think as they touch corresponding spots on their body. The purpose of this is to address distracting thoughts that might intrude prior to the meditation. Finally, before beginning participants rub their scalp in a clockwise motion, applying slight pressure. It is then time to begin meditating. To start you place the palms of your hand facing upward on your lap. With eyes closed you gradually breathe in and out, focusing on the warmth and coolness of your breath. If distracting thoughts arise one must try to refocus attention. This is a hard and takes practice. “These thoughts just come out of nowhere and occupy your mind. You don’t see them coming. It’s like a lightbulb. Thoughts of your past come from your conditionings, and thoughts of your future come from your ego,” Mangaonkar said. The ultimate end of this practice is self-realization. The key to getting to there is consistency. It does not happen in a day. One can reach the point of complete
oneness with mind and body through a desire and willingness to put in time practicing every day. Satish Nulu credits his daily well-being to the tradition. “A lot of things have changed. The way I used to think and feel,” said Nulu who has been practicing for 20 years. “For example, if you are flying on a plane you may have some happiness inside. I feel the same way sometimes. The feeling is indescribable.” Sahaja meditation has elements that are both similar and different from traditional meditation. The practice was developed in the 1970s in India by Nirmala Devi Srivastava and is spiritual in origin. However, the appeal of it is meant to people of both a devotional and secular persuasion. The main difference between Sahaja and traditional meditation is Kundalini— the awakening as energy moves through the chakras of the body. This sensation can be experienced as a tingling that exits through the crown of the head and the tips of the fingers. If you feel this energy, the practice is working. “The first six months was tough because I wasn’t really feeling anything. I continued it and then I started experiencing it,” Nulu said. In order to achieve the benefits of Sahaja, Mangaonkar recommends that students practice in the morning when they wake up for the first five minutes of the day. Instead of looking at their smartphone those who do this can realize the payoff of slowly transcending ego. Initial sessions at the Glendale Library (1375 Concord St.) are free to the public and teach the basics, with participants learning more of the philosophy and practice of Sahaja overtime. l
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More and more people are saying they just don’t get colds anymore. They are using a new device made of pure copper, which scientists say kills cold and flu viruses. Doug Cornell invented the device in 2012. “I haven’t had a single cold since then,” he says. People were skeptical but EPA and university studies demonstrate repeatedly that viruses and New research: Copper stops colds if used early. bacteria die almost instantly when people are sick around her she uses Coptouched by copper. perZap morning and night. “It saved me That’s why ancient Greeks and Egyp- last holidays,” she said. “The kids had tians used copper to purify water and heal colds going round and round, but not wounds. They didn’t know about viruses me.” Some users say it also helps with and bacteria, but now we do. Scientists say the high conductance sinuses. Attorney Donna Blight had a of copper disrupts the electrical balance 2-day sinus headache. When her Copperin a microbe cell and destroys the cell in Zap arrived, she tried it. “I am shocked!” she said. “My head cleared, no more seconds. So some hospitals tried copper touch headache, no more congestion.” Some users say copper stops nightsurfaces like faucets and doorknobs. This cut the spread of MRSA and other illness- time stuffiness if used before bed. One man said, “Best sleep I’ve had in years.” es by over half, and saved lives. Copper can also stop flu if used earColds start after cold viruses get in your nose, so the vast body of research ly and for several days. Lab technicians gave Cornell an idea. When he next felt a placed 25 million live flu viruses on a cold about to start, he fashioned a smooth CopperZap. No viruses were found alive copper probe and rubbed it gently in his soon after. Dr. Bill Keevil led one of the teams nose for 60 seconds. “It worked!” he exclaimed. “The cold confirming the discovery. He placed milnever got going.” It worked again every lions of disease germs on copper. “They started to die literally as soon as they time. He asked relatives and friends to try it. touched the surface,” he said. The handle is curved and finely texThey said it worked for them, too, so he patented CopperZap™ and put it on the tured to improve contact. It kills germs picked up on fingers and hands to protect market. Now tens of thousands of people have you and your family. Copper even kills deadly germs that tried it. Nearly 100% of feedback said the copper stops colds if used within 3 hours have become resistant to antibiotics. If after the first sign. Even up to 2 days, if you are near sick people, a moment of they still get the cold it is milder than usu- handling it may keep serious infection away. al and they feel better. The EPA says copper still works even Pat McAllister, age 70, received one for Christmas and called it “one of the when tarnished. It kills hundreds of difbest presents ever. This little jewel real- ferent disease germs so it can prevent sely works.” Now thousands of users have rious or even fatal illness. CopperZap is made in America of simply stopped getting colds. People often use CopperZap preven- pure copper. It has a 90-day full money tively. Frequent flier Karen Gauci used to back guarantee. It is $69.95. Get $10 off each CopperZap with get colds after crowded flights. Though skeptical, she tried it several times a day code UTCJ7. Go to www.CopperZap.com or call on travel days for 2 months. “Sixteen toll-free 1-888-411-6114. flights and not a sniffle!” she exclaimed. Buy once, use forever. Businesswoman Rosaleen says when advertorial
Raj Mangaonkar calms his mind in preparation for Sahaja meditation. (Drew Crawford/City Journals)
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‘SafeUT’—more than a life-saving app, it’s a strategic vision for Utah, Salt Lake County By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com
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eptember —Suicide Prevention Awareness month—is history. The summer’s Zero-Suicide Summit is months old. As we ease into the winter holidays— which we, mistakenly, may think is the time suicide rates peak—what is the state-of-thestate for suicide prevention here in Utah and in Salt Lake County? “SafeUT,” the smartphone app designed to support teens experiencing suicidal thoughts or observing situations with peers, appears to not only be gaining traction as a downloadable app and a way to get immediate help for suicide prevention, but an overall descriptor for a state looking to become ever-healthier, ever-happier.
Salt Lake County ‘behind the 8-ball” when it comes to adult suicide prevention
This summer, the Salt Lake County Public Health Department was honored by the most prestigious municipal health care association in the country for being the best largescale health department. In discussing the honor with City Journals, the executive director of public health for Salt Lake County indicated that suicide in men age 25 and older is a vulnerable Achil-
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les’ heel for a county that others around the country, otherwise, look up to. Salt Lake County’s Gary Edwards said the county is squarely “behind the 8-ball” when it comes to suicide prevention for that demographic. With that assessment comes a tactical plan involving data-directed actions to fund, then provide localized prevention solutions. Operation Stop Suicide--‘hopeful about what we can do’ for a SafeUT Utah is, perennially, one of the top 10 states with the devastating impact of suicide. Most recently, the state was considered the state with the fifth-highest suicide rate in the country. In spite of the concern, however, there is a great deal of optimism on the state and county level for productively, intentionally, collaboratively working to deliver an ever-healthier, ever-happier community. “I got into suicide prevention in 2012,” shares Kim Myers, suicide prevention coordinator for the state’s Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health. “We are far and away doing more than we have ever done. I am really hopeful about what we can [yet] do.” Myers is chief architect of a coalition-developed 2017 strategic plan to stop suicide in the state. The Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition comprises community members, suicide survivors, service providers, researchers and others dedicated to saving lives and advancing suicide-prevention efforts in Utah. Now, almost three years later, Myers says the state is focusing on three key areas. Operation Stop Suicide relies on a delicate, interactive, synergistic blend of training, reducing and improving.
SafeUT relies on training parents and others to be empathetic, helpful
Training nearly 70,000 people in the state to be “gatekeepers” responsible for tending to the well-being of others has been a key accomplishment on a statewide level. This training, Myers says, reduces the stigma associated with suicidal thoughts or attempts. Suicidal thoughts are cries for help and need to be treated with the same urgency and care as a heart attack victim crying for help or an athlete needing to have a fractured limb set. People need to feel comfortable expressing their situations, without judgment. Myers credits Salt Lake County as being a key partner in this effort. Buoyed by a grant from the state, SLC has hired a suicide-prevention expert and has conducted significant gatekeeper training—especially for parents.
SafeUT relies on reducing access to lethal
Utah has the fifth-highest suicide rate in the country. How can we help? Familiarizing ourselves with suicide-prevention support outlets (see end of article) and accept, listen to, and help others’ cries for help with the same concern and lack of stigma as someone experiencing a heart attack or a broken limb. (Hanna Lopes/ Pexels)
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In addition to training, the state and county partners have focused on reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms. “For most people, a crisis is quite acute—it comes on fast,” Myers explains. “The time the person is at highest risk—is a brief time.” What does this boil down to? Here in the state of Utah, it’s coaching for gun users. In Utah, firearms are the leading method of suicide. In 2017, concealed-carry permit classes started to include suicide-training messaging. The message is stronger now. In 2019, every time a concealed permit is renewed, the individual must complete a suicide-training module. Myers enthusiastically shares stories of proactive efforts from businesses like The Gun Vault in South Jordan and Sportsman’s Warehouse on a corporate level. Partnerships like these have enabled the distribution of 200,000 cable-style gun locks throughout the state and promoted a $100 gun-safe rebate program.
coalition attended the Zero-Suicide Summit. Zero-Suicide is a continuous improvement framework for improving quality care for individuals contemplating or trying to commit suicide. Myers says the summit explored how the community can, proactively, become safer for those among us. The conference included a jam-packed conference with physician, behavioral health, administrative and community tracks. The clear message? Suicide prevention and a SafeUT requires everyone.
How to be a suicide-prevention superhero
The Suicide Prevention Coalition is open to the public and needs, quite literally, everyone on board. To learn more, check out the organization’s site. SafeUT is a free, statewide crisis chat and tip line providing 24/7, real-time crisis intervention to youth through live chat and a confidential tip program — right from the smartphone. It can be installed from both Google and Apple app stores. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). SafeUT relies on improved training for The website also offers chat. The local UNI Crisis Line can be called those in need at 801-587-3000. l This summer, a multi-faceted suicide
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n a world where chairs, tables and upholstery are mass produced, local artists are eager to display the difference that building upholstery by hand can make. The Utah Design Exhibit is an annual fine furniture and design showcase where local craftsmen can share the love they have for woodwork with the public. This year the event was held on Oct. 12 at Trolley Square. Around the room chairs, tables, lamps and chests of various shapes and styles sit on mounts with their maker describing to inquirers the inspiration behind their ideas. The designers are here to explain what makes their ideas unique and sell their product. Douglas Folsom II, 28, of Salt Lake created his first piece of commissioned furniture for the show. It is a chest made of alder wood with a deck covered in aromatic cedar. The lid of the chest has a stone inlay fashioned from lapis lazuli, pyrite and turquoise. Doug originally became interested in woodworking through classes that he took at Salt Lake Community College. “My professor got me into woodworking and furniture making. Right now, it’s a hobby and I want to expand it into a career,” Folsom explained. It was through taking the class that he realized the love that he had for paying careful attention when building something that he could call his own. “It’s like making a puzzle. You’ve got to figure out what you want and how you’re going to do it. I like making something that I know is around for a while. Making something that is functional and sturdy,” Folsom said. This year the show expanded to attract artisans from California, Colorado and Kentucky. Craig Bayens traveled from Kentucky to participate in the show and appreciates the taste that Utahns have for his work. “In Kentucky people are not receptive. This will be a yearly thing for me,” Bayens said. For him the crowd attracted by the event brings the type of people that he wants to be put in front of. “There’s not a lot of furniture centric shows. There’s a certain draw to come to Utah. It’s design savvy folk. They are here to witness good design. They are willing to pay for craftmanship,” Bayes said and adds that he has had more people interested in his work here than in his entire career. “This isn’t LA or Portland and I’m thankful for that. Something is happening here, and I can’t put my finger on it,” he said. Bayens favorite work is the three lamps
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that he designed which he describes as ubiquitously beautiful. “I glue up an 8-inch block of organic strand board and I turn it on a lathe. To experiment I take really inexpensive materials.” The Utah Design Exhibit was originally created by Chris Proctor who works in a woodshop downtown called The Furniture Joint. The inspiration for the show came from the realization that he knew many talented woodworkers. He began by recruiting his participants off of Instagram by searching for furniture hashtags. For the first two years of the show he had roughly 12 different exhibitors display their work at the clubhouse SLC. At the shows he networked with Eric Jacoby and Dustin Matinkhah who were both interested in what the event could become. They approached Proctor and discussed
organizing a board of directors. After organizing the idea, they filed the business as a Benefit LLC. This year the event attracted hundreds of people. Craftsmen rent out space that is based on platform size. Proctor is pleased with what the event has become and hopes that it grows to twice the size. He recognizes that the event is something that carves out a specific niche of talent for the Salt Lake area. He does not want the show to get very big and instead wants it to maintain the features that make it local and tasteful. “I think it’s nice to have a really good balance that is a multidisciplinary idea,” Proctor said. “Scale is good, and the event is more about curating in a way to keep it interesting and artful.” l
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Try the GetOutPass for giving the gift of experience By Christy Jepson | christy@mycityjournals.com
Lagoon is just one of the featured venues on Utah’s GetOutPass. (Photo courtesy GetOutPass)
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ith the holidays approaching, are you wondering what to get your kids that doesn’t require batteries or USB cords? What about investing in something that guarantees family fun time? What about instead of buying toys that usually last 12 days, you buy something that lasts 12 months? The GetOutPass might be your perfect solution for a new holiday gift this year. The GetOutPass is a fairly new entertainment pass which offers pass holders the opportunity to visit 17 venues in the Salt Lake Valley, 20 venues in Utah County, 13 in Davis/Weber Area, seven in the Logan area, and four venues in the St. George area. You also get a one-time yearly admission to their featured venues: Lagoon, Cowabunga Bay, Brighton Resort, and one Cherry Peak concert ticket. According to their website, some of the venues allow weekly visits, some monthly visits, some quarterly visits and some you visit just once during the 12-month period. The GetOutPass was created in 2017 by three friends: Charles Belliston, TC Krueger and Taggart Krueger. “Our goal was to get more families out doing more things together. We all felt that too many people were just spending days and evenings at home watching Netflix and playing Fortnite. We decided we needed to come up with a solution, we wanted people out doing things together and creating memories,” said Belliston, one of the cofounders.
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So, with this goal in mind, the three of them created a statewide pass that allows families the chance to spend more time together while offering more opportunities to visit places they normally wouldn’t visit. They can see their hard work paying off because of the success of the pass since it started two years ago. Utah is not the only place where you can get a GetOutPass. The company has expanded and now offers passes in Idaho, Washington, Colorado and the Sacramento, California area. Although each pass has a different price and offers different attractions and venues, the pass works the same way. “The GetOutPass really is an awesome thing for both families and venues. That’s why it’s such a growing success,” Belliston said. The Utah GetOutPass is $149.95 per person and includes almost $3,000 in free admissions all year. Some of the Salt Lake area attractions include Cowabunga Bay, Fat Cats, Jump Around Utah, Bazooka Ball, Brighton Ski Resort, Chaos Escape Rooms and more. “We are constantly adding new places for our members to get out and enjoy making memories. Every time a new venue is added, it’s simply a bonus for our members, we never charge anything to our existing members, they simply get the new offers for free,” Belliston said. The up-front cost might seem a little pricey in comparison to other local passes,
but the pass pays for itself if you just go to the four featured venues: Lagoon, Cowabunga Bay, Brighton Resort and Cherry Hill. Then all the other 65 attractions statewide are just an extra bonus while building memories, going to new places and having fun for 12
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Alternative Thanksgiving
hanksgiving, aka Turkey Day, is rarely about the turkey anymore, as the percentage of herbivores continues to rise. Thanksgiving isn’t as common anymore either, it seems that “Friendsgiving” is much more prominent. Just as the traditional food and holiday is favoring alternatives, you might need some alternatives for the holiday cooking as well. Since it’s rumored (dare I say, proven?) that the price of turkey spikes for the holiday, let’s find a cheaper alternative for that. Don’t worry, if you’re a diehard carnivore, there’s still meat alternatives for you: which may include stew meat, ham, chicken or fish. Fantastic vegetarian and vegan alternatives exist for everything Thanksgiving. Alternatives to turkey include: cauliflower steaks, pot pie, mushroom Wellington, cauliflower alfredo, gobi musallam (whole roasted cauliflower) and lasagna soup. Alternatives to gravy include: soup, mushroom gravy and onion gravy. Alternatives to stuffing include: stuffed acorn squash or bell peppers, mushroom croissant stuffing and carrot soufflés. Alternatives to mashed potatoes include cauliflower gratin, mac and cheese (preferably topped with bread crumbs), sweet potatoes and scalloped corn casserole. And well, as long as you’re not tossing milk and meat into everything you’re cooking, you won’t need to alter your favorite recipe for green bean casserole, dinner rolls,
cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Luckily, there are many dishes that can appease both the carnivores and herbivores. Sometimes, you just need to split the batch of whatever you’re cooking in half; leaving half for the vegetarians and vegans and half for the carnivores. Pizza, pasta, rice bowls and mashed potatoes all work great for compromise dishes. (Please be mindful of the kitchenware you’re using when cooking these dishes as some vegetarians have nightmares about cross-contamination.) Make sure not to forget the salad! Thanksgiving is a great time to get crazy with salads. Go fruity with a grape salad, a Honeycrisp apple salad, a pear salad, pomegranate salad or a mango-berry salad. Throw some fruit on top of your leafy greens, and you can’t go wrong. Or get rid of those leafy greens altogether and make a “fluff” or Jell-O salad. If you go this route though, read the ingredients on the package—some fluffs and Jell-O’s are not vegan friendly. Now, if you haven’t jumped onboard with Friendsgiving yet, consider this your formal invitation. It’s a holiday-themed event centered around fantastic food and friends that doesn’t involve the risk of (politically-charged) arguments with the relatives. If you are hosting or attending a Friendsgiving, you have more options. Since Friendsgiving usually functions more like a potluck, the more extravagant you get with
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andwiched between October and December, November is the bologna of months. Everyone pulls it out, gives it a sniff, then tosses it in the trash. Once Halloween is over, we blast into a frenzy of Christmas shopping and decorating, forgetting all about this beautiful month full of autumn leaves, crisp apples and carb overload. We need a marketing team to change the perception of November from “Brownish month when we count our blessings” to “A kaleidoscope of excitement. And pie.” Okay, maybe “kaleidoscope” is overkill, and it’s hard to spell, but you get the idea. Thanksgiving continues its reign as the best holiday between Halloween and Christmas but even the cherished turkey day has its opponents. It’s almost impossible to tell the origin story of Thanksgiving without pissing someone off. Let’s just say people living in America (probably not its original name) in the 1600s created the first Chuck-A-Rama, minus the carrot-filled Jell-O. In the U.S., any holiday that has the tagline “An Attitude of Gratitude” is doomed from the start but what if we created a terrifying mascot? People like threats and merchandising. What if Gerta the Ghoulishly Grateful Goose (sold as a freakish Beanie Babies stuffed animal) flies into your bedroom on Thanksgiving Eve to make sure you’re being thankful. Not enough gratitude? She pecks your forehead and flies off with your pumpkin
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