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MILLENNIALS REACT TO SALT LAKE CITY BEING NAMED BEST CITY FOR THEM TO LIVE By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com

ver recent years Salt Lake City has attracted attention across the country by working professionals and families seeking new opportunities to develop professionally and recreate. The desirability of the Wasatch Front has not gone unnoticed by companies looking to showcase its unique features. In a recent study conducted by Rent.com, Salt Lake City ranked No. 1 on the list of most desirable places in the country for millennials to live. According to the report, Salt Lake City strikes a perfect balance between affordable rent prices, walkability and opportunity for economic growth from the resulting growth of the tech industry over the last decade. The study lists the average cost of a Salt Lake City one-bedroom apartment at $1,269 and median income as $61,125 while highlighting the health benefits that are a unique part of the Utah outdoor scene. Morgan Sites, a chemical engineer for Marathon who recently moved from Athens, Ohio to Salt Lake City in July feels that the conclusions drawn by Rent.com are representative of the value that Salt Lake has to offer. “I wanted to experience city living and Salt Lake City allows me to do that without it being an extreme change,” Sites said. “Because [Salt Lake City] is a smaller city I’m able to live right downtown and still afford a nice apartment. Other bigger places have much higher cost of living for being as close to downtown as I do.” Despite entertainment options having changed during Covid-19, Sites is encouraged by the variety of entertainment that her new home offers. “Even though the city life and typical social experiences aren’t happening right now, there are still so many opportunities and things to do that allow for social distancing within the Salt Lake Valley.” Paige Huber, who moved from Reading, Pennsylvania to Springville over the summer to complete her graduate program in speech language pathology, feels that she has still not The one or two that I’ve seen have been just so off from the crowd,” said Huber, who has fully adjusted to what she considers to be unique factors of Salt Lake City’s social scene. been to Gracie’s and Purgatory, both popular bars in the heart of the city. “I feel like I go out to these bars and restaurants and there is no live music anywhere. Huber also cited the state alcohol laws as a drawback to living in Salt Lake. Continued page 11

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Generosity and kindness thrive during tough times By Erin Dixon | e.dixon@mycityjournals.com

mall glimmers of kindness illuminate dark times. Around the United States, zoos offer free viewing from their animal cams, celebrities read children’s stories for a cause, and children’s book authors offer drawing lessons for house-bound families. Closer to home, generosity gets personal. With locations in Sugar House, South Jordan and Taylorsville, Schmidt’s Pastry Cottage began offering free loaves of bread after Gov. Gary Herbert quarantined the state. Since then they have baked and donated 90,000 loaves. Owner Steve Borg said, “It’s been a lot of work but it’s opened up our hearts. We’ve had a lot of generous people volunteer, donate here and there. We have a flour company donate some flour and so it keeps going.” All school districts and charters in Utah have been given permission by the USDA Family and Nutrition Service to waive lunch fees for all students, whether they qualify for reduced or free lunch normally. “This is welcome news for the communities we serve,” Canyons School District’s

Nutrition Services Director Sebasthian Varas said. “We have families who may not qualify for free or reduced-price lunch but have been financially hurt by the pandemic. This will hopefully bring them some peace of mind and take at least one worry off their shoulders.” A West Jordan employee donated $15,000 from his own salary back into the city budget to support other employees who have offered exceptional service during the pandemic. “I feel strongly that we need to make sure we are telling our employees thank you for these kinds of actions and reinforcing their kindness and extra efforts. To that end, I asked the Mayor to transfer $15,000 to the employee recognition line item [in the 20202021 city budget],” said Korban Lee, West Jordan chief administrative officer (CAO). Such examples of kindness included a West Jordan police officer who organized and purchased a small birthday celebration with his own money for a young girl involved in a recent crime. “After a recent horrific tragedy...the mother mentioned in passing that a 7-year-old in the family was having a birthday in a couple of days. Our patrol officer quietly took note. This officer teamed up with one of our support staff and a detective to organize a surprise birthday party (from 6 feet away) for the little girl. They delivered gifts, pizza and a visit from a K9 officer with no fanfare and without telling the Chief or their supervisor,” Lee said. Hispanic Star is a branch of the organization We Are All Human that seeks to support all Hispanics across the country. Edgar Carreon, Utah hub leader for Hispanic Star, described the organization’s efforts. “The purpose of the Hispanic Star is to create a platform that highlights and share stories of contributions Hispanics make to An organization called Hispanic Star distributes dosociety. It is also a platform for Hispanics nated household supplies to anyone in need. (Photo of all backgrounds to come together to bring courtesy Edgar Carreon) about positive acts of kindness in our com-

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munity,” Carreon said. After receiving almost 200,000 personal care items (soaps, hair products, feminine hygiene products, laundry detergent) Hispanic Star sent out a call to anyone in the area who needed basic supplies. They organized five locations in the Salt Lake valley to distribute 2,000 kits during the summer. Telemundo, Univision and radio stations broadcasted the events, inviting anyone who had been adversely impacted by the pandemic to come get kits full of necessities. All the supplies were gone within an hour. Not long after the death of George Floyd and the surge of protests calling for defunding of police departments, the Midvale precinct of Unified Police received fortification rather than opposition. Boxes of doughnuts, stacks of cookies and bouquets of flowers ar-

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Red Butte Garden offers local residents Halloween magic with Bootanical festival By Jenniffer Wardell | j.wardell@mycityjournals.com

alloween events aren’t dead in Salt Lake City. Red Butte Garden is making sure local families get some spooky fun with their Bootanical festival, running now through Oct. 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. (last entry at 7:30 p.m.). The event, which will include displays, activities, performers, and more, was designed to give locals the chance to celebrate in a year that hasn’t given them much opportunity to do that. “We really wanted to remind everyone out there, especially the little ones, that there’s still fun out there even when times are tough,” said Jason Alba, Youth and Family Programs manager for Red Butte Gardens. The event is happening thanks to a grant from Create in Utah, which happened thanks to CARES Act money given to the Utah Department of Arts and Museums. The grants are designed to get people back into local museums and arts organizations, all of whom have seen admissions drop dramatically during the pandemic. “Everyone has a different level of safety returning due to the pandemic,” he said. As part of the grant, Red Butte is now currently offering free admission on Mondays from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and free admission Tuesdays-Sundays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission from 5-9 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays is $5. “It gives people the chance to get out in nature and kind of forget the craziness,” Alba said. “It gives them a chance to re-energize, re-connect, and try to regain their balance.” For their main event, however, they realized they had to do something different. Red Butte Garden’s usual October event, Garden After Dark, was structured in such a way that adhering to COVID-19 safety guidelines and recommendations would be too challenging. “With everything that’s been going on, we realized we couldn’t do the same type of event in a socially responsible way,” he said.

Because of that, the garden has set up the Bootanical so that people sign up for a certain entry time online. The garden only lets in about 30 people every half hour, and have structured the displays with a recommended route that allows people to see everything without crossing each other’s paths. In addition, there are hand sanitizing stations set up everywhere. There’s more here, though, than just safety. The garden has been divided into seven different kingdoms for the event, each of them ruled over by a specific monster that will have a task or challenge for guests to complete. “All the Halloween monsters we’ve chosen to highlight have some connection to plants and the natural world,” Alba said. Some of those connections will be familiar to people, but others might be a surprise even to Halloween fans. “Vampires obviously have the garlic connection, but roses are another thing they don’t like,” he said. “They kind of keep vampires away.” There’s also a lot of visual design that goes into each section. In the Pumpkin Queen’s domain, 3,000 pumpkins help create an entirely new world for guests. “They’re not just your traditional orange pumpkins,” he said. “There are some knobbly gourds, some squash, and some others people might not think to include in their Halloween decorations.” There will also be a variety of performers throughout the Bootanical, including musicians, dancers, storytellers and artists. Their inclusion was partially inspired by the grant money Red Butte received. “We wanted to reach out to artists who haven’t been able to work due to the pandemic and provide a little bit of relief as well,” Alba said. All this arranging, though, has come with some challenges. Garden employees put

There are 3,000 pumpkins in the Pumpkin Queen’s kingdom, one of the sections at Red Butte Garden’s Bootanical festival. (Photo courtesy of Red Butte Garden)

the event together in about a month, which is far less time than they usually get to plan a big event. This process was made even harder by the fact that the pandemic affected everything from shipping times to the supplies at local businesses. “We tried to avoid big boxes and source as many materials as we could locally, because local businesses have been affected by the pandemic as well,” he said. “It’s been really great working with them, because they really helped us troubleshoot those little problems.” Some of the local groups who helped with the Bootanical are Pioneer Theatre Company and the Utah Shakespeare Festival, who allowed the garden to rent props for the

event and offered their expertise on pulling everything together. “We’ve really been able to use their experience and design,” Alba said. He added that all the work was worth it if it gives residents a little bit of an escape from everything else that’s going on. “We wanted to thank the community for sticking with us through the pandemic,” he said. “We really wanted to use this as a way to welcome them back to the garden and give them a touch of normalcy in a year that’s been anything but normal.” To register for an admission time, purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.redbuttegarden.org. l

Kids are welcome to wear costumes to the Bootanical festival, which is designed for families. (Photo courtesy of Red Butte Garden)

Pioneer Theatre Company and the Utah Shakespeare Festival helped Red Butte Garden design the event. (Photo courtesy of Red Butte Garden)

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Spectrum Academy hosts unique fundraiser centered around serving the community By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com

pectrum Academy’s annual fundraising efforts have been changed as a result of Covid-19, providing an exciting opportunity to serve the community and generate funds for its mission. Instead of hosting their annual Spectrum of Colors 5K Glow Run and 5K Turkey Trot like they do every fall, Spectrum Academy will hold its first SA5K where fundraisers and students will perform 5,000 combined acts of community service during a five-week period. “Our students, most of them have autism, and so more than just the educational factors, we also want to teach them life-sustaining skills, and service is a big part of that. We just thought that it might be a good twist on doing your virtual 5K but doing it with service projects instead of running,” Amy Baker, development coordinator for Spectrum Academy said, describing how the values of Spectrum Academy helped to inspire the creation of the fundraiser. “Everyone was jumping on the virtual 5K train, and we just wanted to just do something different. We try to teach our students the benefit of serving always and so we thought that this would be a good thing to invite our community to do at this time of social distancing.” Baker wants the community to know that the fundraiser was created to be accessible to the community at a time when many are worried about their health. “We’ve got 368 people registered to do service and we’ve got 1,400 students and all of them have their shirt and are ready to do service, and then their parents are jumping on board as well,” Baker said. When the SA5K started Baker didn’t know what service would be performed but has been refreshed by the variety of generous acts that has occurred. “On our SA5K website we actually have a list of ideas for people to do for service here in Utah,” Baker said. “I think that mostly a lot of the things are outside. Everyone in the different nonprofits are thinking of really good ways to serve to comply with social distancing.” From the start, students have mostly performed acts of service to those close to them that are in need of help. Spectrum Academy is using its Facebook page to highlight these acts of service. “People can record their acts and

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I will post them up there with pictures that they upload and things like that. “We do have a lot of our students that will record their acts of ‘I sat by a kid that was lonely at school’ things like that, little acts of service,” Baker said. “I’ve heard of a lady putting together a yard sale for her friend’s niece who is struggling with cancer and the money will go to help her. People just going to get groceries for their grandparents.” While Spectrum Academy mostly relies on support from the families of those enrolled and sponsors, it is also hoping for contributions from the local community. Anyone who wants to formally participate in the SA5K fundraiser can create a page on the school’s website, where they can record acts of service and seek sponsorship from friends and family. “Anyone can do it. It doesn’t matter what age you are; it doesn’t matter if you’re quarantined to your room, it doesn’t matter where you live. You can take part in this some way,” Baker said. Overall, Spectrum Academy hopes to raise $20,000 from the fundraiser that runs from Oct. 5 to Nov. 5. At the time of press deadline, Spectrum Academy had already raised more than $10,000. To register for the SA5K go to spectrumcharter.org. Founded in 2006, Spectrum Academy primarily serves students with high functioning autism, and has campuses that serve elementary, junior high and high school students located in Pleasant Grove and North Salt Lake. l

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Amazing Educational Resources helps parents, distance learners and educators connect to online resources By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com

aily life and the delivery of services has changed during Covid-19 and in almost no area is this truer than in public education. School districts are continually changing their plans on how to conduct classroom functions, leaving many parents uncertain about how well their children are retaining the instruction that they receive. Nick Hoover, an elementary school instructional coach from Dallas, was concerned just like many teachers at the beginning of the lockdown about how students would adapt to distance learning. Inspired by his career, Hoover had previously created a Facebook page in December of 2019 to share educational resources. At the time, Hoover was exploring ways to best help others to access a variety of tools that could be found in one place. When learning changed in March, he decided to help parents and educators by creating a Google sheet that listed a few companies that offered free educational resources. The list of materials was met with overwhelming interest by the learning community, and according to Hoover, was shared an estimated 900,000 times over the next few months and received 10 million views. “I was in education so I’m in a ton of education-based Facebook groups and I started

to post it in as many Facebook groups as possible, and said ‘Hey, here’s some resources, if you know any more, email me, and I’ll add it to this Google Doc that we can all see, and it will keep growing.’ And it just completely exploded,” Hoover said, describing how he would get thousands of emails daily. Hoover quickly moved to make his organization a 501(c)(3), to improve accessibility, and it has continued to expand rapidly. At the time of writing, the Facebook page that he originally created has 158,000 members that are able to collaborate and receive feedback on how to best help their loved ones as they learn. “With everything going on, a lot of parents are now having to be the teachers, teachers are trying to figure out how to do distance learning, so it has become this really awesome community,” Hoover said. Originally, the resources shared on the website were ones that users decided to share, but now they are primarily businesses that go to Hoover and ask to have their materials listed. “I’m in contact with all of the companies, so the companies now reach out to me and say, ‘Hey, we’re offering something, or we want to be listed because we’ve heard about your website’ and they email me now,”

Hoover said. “People can suggest resources, but the majority of them now come straight from the businesses. And the businesses can list on the website, it’s completely free for them to list on the website.” So far, the most discussed topics and shared resources include how to help young children learn how to read, and how to set up a home learning environment that supports various learning styles. If you are a parent or educator you can access the now over 1,600 paid and unpaid educational resources referenced in this article by visiting www.amazingeducationalresources.com. Visitors to the website can like or comment on the resources, recommending them to others. On the Facebook page, located by searching the same name, they can ask questions to the learning community and get instant feedback. Hoover hopes that his nonprofit will permanently change how education resources are accessed. He now runs Amazing Educational Resources full time and plans to invest more in funding and marketing over the foreseeable future. All donations currently go to the cost of the website and web development. “When I was an instructional coach, we just had to do all of the research on our own.

There was like three or four that everybody knows about and always goes to, but through these last couple of months I’ve noticed that everything you could ever need is out there, it’s just trying to find it,” Hoover said. “Hopefully, by putting it all in one place it’s made teachers’ lives easier, instructional coaches’ lives easier and also parents.” l

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Thanksgiving culinary traditions and adaptions in 2020 By Katy Whittingham | k.whittingham@mycityjournals.com

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Continued from front page “The alcohol and social aspect is so different. At home back in Pennsylvania and other states I’ve been to it’s so easy to go grab a drink,” Huber said, describing how hard it is to casually hang out and catch up with friends here. “The overall laws are just bizarre. You can’t have two drinks at once, you can’t get doubles, the percentages are lower so you never feel like you’re getting a real buzz,” Huber said, questioning if she should spend so much money on alcoholic drinks during a night out. “Back home it’s just more loose, more fun, more casual, you’re not worried about all of the rules. It’s not as strict.”

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Lady Rams run away with region girls tennis crown, place fourth at state By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com

he Highland girls tennis team was dominant during the regular season and captured the league title with little resistant. The competition at the Class 5A state tournament was much fiercer, leaving the Rams short on achieving their goals. The Rams went undefeated in region play and easily won the Region 6 tournament title. In fact, Highland scored enough points on the first day of the two-day affair to clinch the championship. “That rarely happens,” said head coach Jeanine Elsholz. “We could have lost all 10 matches on day two and still won the championship.” During region play in the regular season, Highland won 32 of 35 possible matches, putting the team in a position to go into the tournament with a six-point lead against the second-place team. On day one of the region tournament, Highland won nine of its 10 matches. Sophie Hastings, Elsa Pearce and both doubles teams finished in first place. Elsholz and her players wish the results would have been different at state. At the state tournament, held Oct. 1 and 3 at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Highland placed fourth overall. It was the highest state finish in school history. The Rams were aiming for even bigger things. We Were disappointed with where we placed,” she said. “We were really hoping for a top-three finish this year, and I felt we had the team to get there.” Still, Elsholz was impressed at state with Pearce (play- Highland sophomore Grace Harman (left) and senior Abby Bradford were part of the team’s region championship season. (Photo by Jenny Mauro.)

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ing at third singles) and Grace Harman, who was part of the first doubles team. Both players were new to the varsity squad this season and exceeded Elsholz’s expectations. She said both performed well under pressure and didn’t succumb to the postseason jitters that many tournament newcomers face. The entire team made it through the first round. Hastings, at first singles, and the second doubles team of Kate Creamer and Lucy Foulks won two matches to get to the semifinals. That’s where their seasons came to an end. The season may not have ended how Elsholz had hoped, but Highland’s accomplishments were impressive, especially considering how far the program has come in recent years. Highland’s 18-0 regular season record not only led to a region title, but the team also won three in-season tournaments: the Cache Valley Tournament, the Maeser Prep Tournament and the St. George Tournament. Plus, the team had to deal with the challenging COVID-19 restrictions. “We had 70 girls on our team this season, and with the COVID restrictions and only four courts, we had to break our practices into five sessions, which took a ton of time, Elsholz said. “The restrictions also took away all of our team get-togethers, which have been such an important part of developing our unity and team camarade-

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On the court, players had to keep their distance; they couldn’t huddle up or give hugs or high-fives to teammates. Elsholz said this made it difficult to communicate with one another, and it limited their feeling of connection and closeness. There were also a limited number of spectators who could watch matches, including in Salt Lake where no spectators were allowed. Against these odds, the Rams stayed vigilant and resilient. Elsholz is thrilled with how far the program has come. “We have worked hard at Highland to turn the program around—to move form a rec mindset to a comp mindset,” she said. “It means a lot to be able to compete at the top of our region, which is always a competitive region, and also at a state level. When we can reach the goals we set for ourselves as a program, it feels very good.” Hastings and Abby Bradford will graduate and will be difficult to replace. However, Elsholz will welcome back everyone else from the varsity squad next season. The JV program has also been strong and continue to push varsity players for their spots. “We have some young, talented players that came in as freshmen, and I expect to see great things from them in the future,” she said. l

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Ballot overview

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his year’s general election is on Nov. 3, with all mail-in ballots needing to be postmarked by Nov. 2. If you live in Salt Lake County, you have over 70 things to vote on. Needless to say, this is a big election year. Covering all 70 ballot measures would take up this entire newspaper, so here are a few highlights. Registered voters within Salt Lake County will be voting on: three Federal Representatives, Utah State Governor, Utah Attorney General, Utah State Auditor, Utah State Treasurer, six State Senators, 27 State Representatives, Salt Lake County Mayor, four County Councilmembers, County Assessor, County Recorder, Country Surveyor, and 22 school board positions. In addition, there are 18 District Judges to determine retention for and seven Constitutional Amendments. Each of the seven constitutional amendments propose changes to the written Utah Constitution. Each of these ballot measures needs approval from more than half of Utah voters in order to be amended. If passed, Constitutional Amendment A would change all gender-specific terms such as “men,” to gender neutral terms such a “persons” in the Utah Constitution. If passed, Constitutional Amendment B will change the requirements for eligibility of serving as a senator or representative. In Utah, a person must be a citizen of the United States, 25 years old, and a qualified voter in their district. Currently, a person must meet these requirements by the time they are elected. With this revision, a person would not need to meet these requirements beforehand. If Constitutional Amendment C is passed, changes will be made to the state’s ban on slavery and involuntary servitude. The only conditions in which this is currently acceptable

is in punishment for a crime. If passed, this condition will be removed so slavery and involuntary servitude are completely banned. If passed, Constitutional Amendment D would allow local municipalities to define their own water service area boundaries and set their own terms of water service area. This amendment also addresses a handful of various points related to water rights within local municipalities. All four of these constitutional amendment measures were unanimously voted in favor of by every state senator and representative who were in attendance for the appropriate legislative vote. If passed by the public, all revisions will take effect on Jan. 1, 2021. If passed, Constitutional Amendment E will preserve an individual’s right to hunt and fish. In addition, the related amendment will establish public hunting and fishing as the preferred way of managing and controlling wildlife. Twenty-one senators voted in favor of this amendment, with seven opposed. Fifty-nine representatives voted in favor of this amendment, with 11 opposed. If passed, Constitutional Amendment F will allow the general session of the Utah Legislature to begin on a date set by the legislature, instead of the fourth Monday in January. It will also allow the legislature not to include state holidays that are not also federal holidays in their 45-day session. If passed, Constitutional Amendment G will allow government funding accrued through income taxes or a tax on intangible property to be spent on supporting children and supporting people with a disability. Dependent on location, there are around 18 judges to vote on with this ballot. In Utah, the public votes for whether a

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Want to keep Utah’s museums open? Visit or donate By Mariden Williams | m.williams@mycityjournals.com

ccording to a July survey by the American Alliance of Museums, some 16% of museums across the United States are in danger of closing their doors due to the financial strain of the pandemic. Even those that aren’t in immediate danger of closing are still under immense financial pressure. Utah’s museums are, sadly, no exception. The Hogle Zoo, the Living Planet Aquarium, the Tracy Aviary, Utah’s numerous dinosaur museums—all of them are under a lot of strain, and if they’re to stay open, need the public’s support. While most museums do have endowments and financial reserves to fall back on, they’re not big enough to keep them going for very long, and closures earlier in the year have already eaten up almost all of that cushion. Funding is particularly important, and tight, in facilities with live animals. Places like the Natural History Museum of Utah have the option of closing up completely for a while: the dinosaur bones won’t get any deader if no employees come in for weeks at a time. But zoos don’t have that option. The animals need to be fed and cared for whether visitors are coming in or not, and that makes funding disappear even faster. The Loveland Living Planet Aquari-

um, the Tracy Aviary, and the Hogle Zoo all closed for around 50 days from mid-March to mid-May—the high season for most zoos— and all three are still reeling from the impact. “The Hogle Zoo has taken a major hit, there’s no doubt. We were closed for 50 days during a time of year that is critical to the financial health of the zoo. Spring is when we fill our coffers to help keep us afloat during the fall and winter when attendance declines,” said Erica Hansen, the Hogle Zoo’s public relations manager. A lot more was lost than just ticket revenue. Spring is also a key time for many zoos’ fundraising events, most of which had to be canceled or moved online. “We had to cancel our conservation fundraising garden party, and our education fundraiser, which raises money for camp scholarships and free nature programs,” said Patricia Dark, the Tracy Aviary’s marketing director. “Additionally, we had dozens of weddings booked that had to be canceled. All in all we lost about $500,000.” Keeping zoos open is important, and not just because they’re fun to visit. Zoos are crucial for wildlife conservation, both locally and abroad, and they sponsor a lot of habitat protection and breeding programs for endangered animals. The Living Planet Aquarium

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farms coral and uses it to bolster struggling and dying coral reefs, which are vital to marine life. The Tracy Aviary hosts and breeds several species that are extinct in the wild, such as the Guam kingfisher. Zoos are the only chance we have at introducing such species back into their native ecosystems. “We engage over 100 community science volunteers each year in local and statewide projects that help conserve birds and their habitats. Our work helps many species—from rosy-finches, owls, and hummingbirds in Utah to macaws, pelicans, and plovers in Central America,” said Dark. To keep doing the important work, zoos need every bit of money they can get, according to Loveland Living Planet Aquarium CEO Brent Andersen. “It costs over $2 million a year just to care for all of the animals—that includes food, veterinary care, staffing, habitat maintenance, etc. The closure happening right before spring break, our busiest two months of the year, has had a tremendous negative impact on funding,” Andersen said. “The reopening has relieved some of that pressure,” but not all of it. To make things even harder, all three zoos are currently operating at limited capacity—in the aquarium’s case, this is by design, as they have been forced to limit ticket sales in order to enforce social distancing re- The Living Planet Aquarium’s timed ticketing system ensures that the building never gets too crowded for social distancing. (Loveland Living Planet Aquarium) quirements in their mostly-indoor buildings. “We’ve created a timed ticketing sys- there’s a fair amount of worry as to what will tem. This online reservation system allows happen should a winter resurgence of the viguests to reserve a specific day and time for rus trigger a second wave of closures. Will their visit. This system ensures that there the museums be able to survive it? is always enough room for guests to make “Boy, we sure hope so,” Hansen said. physical distancing possible,” Andersen “That could be tough for us, and we’re cursaid. It’s a system that helps keep everyone rently counting on revenue and attendance safe, but it also means they’re seeing 40% during our popular BooLights and ZooLiless attendance than they have in prior years, ghts events to help us out.” At BooLights which makes things hard. “Fewer guests and ZooLights, which occur around Hallowmeans less revenue, while the cost of caring een and Christmas respectively, the Hogle for the animals and running the facility re- Zoo grounds are bedecked in hundreds of mains.” colorful holiday-themed lights. Both events At the mostly outdoor Hogle Zoo and are good family fun, and have been well atTracy Aviary, tickets are being sold as nor- tended in the past. Unfortunately, they also mal, but visitors still seem to be hesitant to take place in fall and winter, which is when return in the numbers they used to. Accord- epidemiologists say a resurgence of the virus ing to Dark, the Tracy Aviary is only seeing is likely. 40% of its usual amount of visitors. The stoGovernment aid is also a possibility. ry at the Hogle Zoo is similar, even though “Depending on the length of any closure, we staff are doing everything they can to make would be seeking federal and local funding sure that visiting the zoo is as safe as pos- like those that were allocated through Consible. gress in April,” Andersen said of the aquari“We were among the first three zoos in um. This would also be an option for Utah’s the country to reopen and our team worked other zoos. tirelessly to make that happen,” Hansen said Representatives from all the state’s mu- Besides the fish and sharks, many other animals also make their home at the aquarium, including penguins, of Hogle Zoo. “We have hours for high-risk seums and zoos said the public can help them otters and even wild cats. (Loveland Living Planet Aquarium) and elderly on Monday mornings, 8 to 10 to stay open. People can make a difference, a.m. Masks are required indoors and strongly through visiting them and simply donating. movie nights throughout September, which for museums. It sure made a difference for encouraged outside, we have numerous hand “We need visitors now more than ever. sanitizer stations throughout zoo grounds, Or we at least need your support. There are gives people an opportunity to explore when the Natural History Museum of Utah, whose the sun is less intense and nocturnal birds are curators were, earlier this summer, worried distance markers and lots of reminders for many ways to donate,” Hansen said. active. Buying annual memberships to your whether it could survive the year. But after guests to take caution. 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Utah National Guard takes to the skies to fight California wildfires By Alison Brimley | a.brimley@mycityjournals.com

s unprecedented wildfires raged in California at the end of August, the Utah National Guard was ready to offer what assistance it could. When guard members answered the call to assist in California, the National Guard’s 97th Aviation Troop Command, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment was acting on a request from California through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The EMAC is a mutual-aid agreement between states, coordinated through state emergency management agencies. The compact means that “any state can request support from other states if they need it,” said Lt. Colonel Jeremy Tannahill, who led the Utah detachment supporting Californians in their fight against wildfires. “For instance, if Utah had an earthquake, and our forces couldn’t respond appropriately, forces from other states might be called in.” The Utah detachment arrived in California with two UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters and nine soldiers. After departing Aug. 27 from the Army Aviation Support Facility in West Jordan, the soldiers participated in two days of training with an expert forest service firefighter in California. For the next week, they staged out of a helibase in Red Bluff, California (about 100 miles north of Sacramento). Each day, they flew the helicopters from a small reservoir, where they would fill up with 600 gallons of water, which they would transport to a designated location and dump it on the fire. They flew for 14 hours per day. The object of the mission was not so much to

eradicate the fire as it was to cool down the fire so that ground crews could fight it more effectively, said Tannahill. Their aim was to “buy time” for people on the ground. Tannahill said they were able to save at least one cabin and one dozer driver. Though wildfire fighting is inherently dangerous, Tannahill said he and his crew never felt their lives were in imminent danger. “We’re very well trained,” he said. “We are risk-averse enough to not put ourselves in a situation when we’re in jeopardy. We are flying helicopters at the edge of their limits and at the edge of our limits as pilots. But we know what we’re doing. And command did a great job at getting us the resources we needed.” Though the Utah detachment was initially booked for 14 days, Tannahill reported they “started to get a handle on the fires” after only eight days and were able to return home early. “I don’t know the overall strategy,” he said. His crew was playing a small part in a much larger plan. What stands out in Tannahill’s mind, though, was not the drama or the danger of the mission, but the camaraderie and support of the crew he worked with. Some canceled family vacations when the call came in from California. One has missed the opportunity to spend the last four holidays with family for his training. “It amazes me every time how willing and ready our National Guard soldiers are to stand up and serve,” he said. “I’ve been doing it for a lot of years, and it blows my mind every time.” l

As of Sept. 14, California wildfires had burned an estimated 3.2 million acres, an area roughly the size of Connecticut.

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Well, 2020 finally broke me. I’m overwhelmed, worried about COVID, stressed about the election, climate change, immigration and poverty, and disillusioned to learn Ellen DeGeneres is an actress. It feels like someone shook Pandora’s Box 2.0 like a maraca, releasing sadness, greed and hubris. I started this column dozens of times, but it feels like my funny is numb. I’d begin writing but devolve into an angry rant where I’m pounding the keyboard like a furious Elton John. I’ve gone feral. During yoga, I asked my students for advice on how to find my funny. They suggested sharing recipes for Doomsday Survival beverages like Meltdown Mimosas and Disaster Daquiris. I’m afraid if I start researching drinks, I’d sober up around Groundhog Day. (If there is a Groundhog Day in 2021.) I’m run through a gamut of feelings, enough emotions to create a second or third generation of Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs. I start each day with Hangry then work my way through Weepy, Lonely, Screamy, Worry, Panic and Gloomy. My husband never knows which Peri he’ll bump into when we pass in the hall. It makes everyday discussions a bit wobbly. Hubbie: What sounds good for dinner? Me: We’re on a spinning planet, slowly moving toward the sun where we’ll be consumed like a fly in a bug zapper. Hubbie: So . . . enchiladas? Americans are resilient, right? We’ve been through tough times, right? We’ll come together and make the best decisions for our country . . . oh, who am I kidding? I started screaming at the moon every night like some kind of demon weredog. I’m sure my neighbors are terrified. (Sidenote: I hope someone who’s been living in a bunker since Y2K finally emerged this year to see if it’s safe to come out. Joke’s on them.) My meditation practice has become a slow descent into madness. But then. I zoom in close and watch my grandkids teach a disinterested dog to roll over. I see myriad kindnesses in my life like chocolate, warm blankets and Disaster Daquiris. I zoom out and witness this beautiful world with its billions of people just doing the best they can. Compassion is abundant. I talk to the trees (literally). I smell pumpkin spice (everywhere). I hike through gorgeous canyons, watching leaves release their grip on branches and freefall to the ground. The stillness settles my thoughts.

I don’t know if you’ll read this before or after the election. I don’t know if we’re facing martial law, a presidential coup or (finally) an alien invasion. But I know optimism feels better than despair. We can continue to Catastrophe Scroll though vile social media posts, created by friendless trolls with no sense of humor and a serious case of ringworm, or we can turn off our phones and relearn what “community” means. One day soon, we’ll have to acknowledge the friendships we’ve lost, the unnecessary arguments we waged and the times we refused to back down. It will be a political hangover of epic proportions, especially if you’ve been drinking Calamity Cosmopolitans. Those who follow my social media platforms know where I stand politically, and it’s easy to look at the rage in the world and point fingers at The Other Side. I can stop the blame game, but I won’t stop calling for equality, justice and inclusion in places it doesn’t exist. We must remember that Hope remained in Pandora’s Box. It’s our job to nurture it.

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