Sugar House City Journal | September 2020

September 2020 | Vol. 6 Iss. 09

FREE VOTERISE WORKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL UTAHNS CAN EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE

By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com

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ith persistent misinformation about voting being spread online, and daily changes to the electoral process being made due to COVID-19, it can be hard to know how to participate in this year’s presidential election.

Despite these challenges, VOTERISE, a nonpartisan 501(c)(3), is just as committed as ever to helping the public register to vote and navigate all of the obstacles that one might face in preparing for an election.

“Our main demographics are those who historically and currently have been left out of the electoral process,” Hope Zitting-Goeckeritz, the executive director of VOTERISE explained. “That includes 18- to 29-year-olds, as well as underrepresented communities: women, black, indigenous, people of color, impoverished communities, LGBTQIA+.”

Zitting-Goeckeritz emphasized that the organization takes a multipronged approach to electoral participation to ensure increased voter turnout. First, the group educates the community and registers them. VOTERISE will then follow up with registrants and help them to stay informed come election time.

“Once they get registered, that is when the other part of our approach comes in. So, registering to vote is great and all, but it doesn’t really do that much if people don’t actually turnout to vote,” Zitting-Goeckeritz said.

Right before every election, VOTERISE will send out a text and email containing a nonpartisan voting guide to every voter that they have registered that is personalized to their address. The guide also includes the nearest polling lo- VOTERISE volunteers help register voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy Hope Zitting-Goeckeritz) Continued page 15

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Spider festival puts positive spin on these beneficial creatures

By Katy Whittingham | k.whittingham@mycityjournals.com vide resources aimed at alleviating the fear around spiders and busting some myths by showing what a critical role they have in our ecosystems. The annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears, which provides an in-depth examination into concerns of average Americans, found in 2018 that 22.6% of Americans reported being “afraid” or “very afraid” of spiders and insects.

Since the festival’s events were family oriented, the hope is that children will not inherit this fear through proper education. With most taking place virtually this year, the majority of the content is still available on the Antelope Island State Park website, including facts about spiders.

Some of those facts include: spiders are not insects; spiders are born with eight legs, but since they can be easily lost or damaged, are often are found with less; female spiders are usually bigger than males; and a typical spider can eat around 2,000 insects a year.

While most spiders are venomous, the majority are not what is referred to as “medically significant” meaning that their venom A spider found outside the Visitor’s Center during may have a severe effect on a significant the eighth annual Antelope Island Spider Festival at percentage of humans. The only medically Antelope Island State Park. (Katy Whittingham/City Journals)

Angela Murdock of Salt Lake won the grand prize in the eighth annual Antelope Island Spider Festival photo contest. (Photo courtesy Angela Murdock)

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OVID-19 did not spoil the fun for those wishing to celebrate our arachnid friends as the eighth annual Antelope Island Spider Festival went on, mostly virtually, Aug. 3-8.

Wendy Wilson, the leader of the event and Antelope Island State Park’s assistant manager, compiled feedback from this year’s participants, and said daily events included “photo contests, poetry readings, presentations, DIY crafts, scavenger hunts, citizen science and guided walks.” The goal of the festival is to promote “the opportunity to

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connect with the community around the appreciation and protection of spiders and the ecosystems they support.” Goody bags were given to participants that included a Spider Fest 2020 neck buff.

Community partners including Swaner EcoCenter, Natural History Museum of Utah, Eccles Wildlife Education Center, Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster, Thanksgiving Point, Ogden Nature Center, Gossamer Labs, Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Utah State University, and Friends of the Great Salt Lake, helped to pro-

significant spider found in Utah is the Black Widow. Brown Recluse spiders are not found here, although there are over 600 known species of spiders in the state.

For more information and content visit the “Antelope Island Spider Fest 2020” Facebook event page or the Antelope Island State Park website. l A spider found outside the Visitor’s Center during the eighth annual Antelope Island Spider Festival at Antelope Island State Park. (Katy Whittingham/City Journals)

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Understanding Black Lives Matter Utah: What the movement represents

By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com

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o much has happened since the beginning of COVID-19 that it can be hard to keep track of all of the change that is occurring, let alone the social problems that are being addressed.

A growing chorus of people are opening their eyes and becoming aware that Black Lives Matter, while others have begun to casually participate in the movement, going to the occasional rally and posting about racial injustice on social media. Yet, others express fear and concern online, warning that the organization is Marxist and has intentions to destroy the nuclear family.

So, what is the truth about the organization Black Lives Matter?

Lex Scott originally got involved with the movement when Eric Garner died at the hands of New York City police officers from being put in a chokehold in 2014.

Before that, Scott had run the Black Lives Matter Facebook page for Utah a year previous to Garner’s death. At the beginning, it was an informal group of people that identified with raising awareness about the importance of Black lives, and the violence that they faced at the hands of police officers.

Scott would hold meetings during this time that went largely unattended. According to her, there would be occasional organized protests, but nothing on the scale of what has happened since recently.

When Patrick Harmon was shot and killed by Salt Lake police in 2017, The Utah Chapter of Black Lives matter was born.

Since that time, the group has received relatively small public recognition, but that changed with the death of George Floyd.

Over the last couple of months, the Facebook group has seen an unprecedented flurry of activity.

There are many things that Scott, the chapter head of Black Lives Matter Utah, wishes that potential members knew about becoming formally involved with the organization and what it means to be a member and joining the organization if you are white.

“You go to our website and you fill out join the chapter form, and then you will receive daily updates of events, protests, outreach initiatives,” Scott said.

“The first thing that people need to understand is that we need to fight for every marginalized group that is out there. The second thing is that we need to center Black and Brown voices in our protests, in our initiatives and in things that we do,” Scott emphasized. “If you’re a white person you need to attend a training and understand your place in a Black Lives movement, because every time that we get a rush of new members, we have the white allies that don’t understand the movement and it causes problems.”

In addition to doing these things, white people also need to read the book “White Fragility,” and be willing to actively research

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and understand systematic injustice so that they can have uncomfortable conversations and be willing to recognize the changes that need to be made.

“They need to understand that their place in the movement is a place of support in which they need to help dismantle racist systems that continue to oppress Black and Brown people to this day and continue to benefit white people with white privilege to this day.” Scott said that the organization isn’t for white people to quibble about their own interests or thoughts.

“They need to understand that we will not walk on eggshells for them if they are a white ally and that we aren’t going to be tone policed by them and that they need to come from a place of support.”

Scott said that simply having curiosity about the movement or an increased desire to take action after a shooting doesn’t show commitment to the Black Lives Matter organization. “[People] have seen protests across the country. That doesn’t make you a member. Attending a protests for Black Lives Matter doesn’t make you a member. You need to understand the concepts, the principles the mission, the work that we have done, the goals that we are trying to achieve.”

Scott wants those interested to know that the organization has a wide scope and is centered around fighting systematic racism, systematic oppression and police brutality.

“We are an intersectional organization. That means we fight for Latinx rights, Pacific Islanders, Indigenous, Asian people’s rights, people with disabilities, and the gay community,” Scott said.

Scott is emphatic that Black Lives Matter does not condone or support violent actions or protests.

“You need to understand that we are a peaceful movement. I don’t care what you saw on CNN, I don’t care what you saw on Fox News,” Scott said. “Black Lives Matter protesters across the country have held peaceful protests in every city. The media is going to show you protests that turn violent. In Utah we have been protesting for seven years peacefully. You’re not allowed to destroy property, you’re not allowed to incite violence, and you’re not allowed to even make the implication that you might incite violence or destroy property,” Scott said.

The Utah Chapter of Black Lives Matter is one of the hundreds of independent chapters that is separate from the national Black Lives Matter Network. The Utah Chapter has different

ideologies including movement was Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Darrien Hunt, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin.

Black Lives Matter Utah is pro-family and does not self-identify as a Marxist organization.

Besides holding protests, the organization fights for police reform, holds trainings, helps the homeless, and holds camps for Black youth.

Overall, to Scott, Black Lives Matter is a movement that she has been involved with for years as she works to champion police reform, serve the community and educate others.

“We believe that Black Lives Matter is a movement like the Civil Rights movement.

People are always saying, ‘are you an official chapter?’ And we say, ‘would you walk up to Martin Luther King and say ‘Are you an official chapter of The Civil Rights movement?’

You wouldn’t because it’s a movement.”

To become formally involved with the organization visit The Black Lives Matter Utah webpage at blacklivesmatterutah.com. l

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Refugees learn skills through community gardens and farmers markets

By Bill Hardesty | b.hardesty@mycityjournals.com

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mong the many farmers markets across the Salt Lake Valley, the Sunnyvale Farmers Market and the New Roots Farmers Market are unique because they offer the opportunity for refugees to develop self-reliance.

Markets The Sunnyvale Farmer Market is held at the Sunnyvale Park (4013 S. 700 West) each Saturday until October 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The New Roots Farmers Market is held in two locations every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The locations are Central Park (2797 S. 200 East) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) office (221 S. 400 West).

The participating refugees work on two farms leased through Salt Lake County. One is a 2-acre farm in West Valley City and the other is a 13-acre farm in Draper. The farming is part of a microtraining farm program conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

As Abdullah Saboon displayed his produce for sale, he said, “I farmed in the Sudan and farming is the same. But here we use more machines.”

Not only do refugees learn farming on a larger scale, they also grow produce common to countries around the world but are difficult to find in Salt Lake City.

Another unique part of these markets is how shoppers pay for the produce. The markets work on a token system. The tokens are purchased before entering the market using some form of credit card. This is done because for those individuals who use EBT/ SNAP cards, which are government food assistance programs, their purchasing power is doubled with funds from the state administered through the Department of Health. A shopper must spend at least $20 with their EBT/SNAP card and they get $20 to buy additional produce.

The markets are popular so getting there early is a wise idea.

Community gardening The Community Gardening Program is working with over 120 families in 11 garden sites across the Salt Lake Valley. One such garden is located at Central Park in SSL. IRC supplies seeds, seedlings, and instruction on best gardening practices in Utah.

This helps ensure a bountiful harvest. The food is used as supplemental food for participants. Not only does the program provide food, but it also provides a sense of community for refugees.

International Rescue Committee The farmers markets and the community gardens are part of the IRC’s New Roots program.

“The New Roots program enables refugees to celebrate their heritage and nourish themselves and their neighbors by planting

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strong roots—literally—in their new communities,” according to the IRC website.

The IRC has operated in Salt Lake City since 1994.

“Over that 25-year history in Utah, we have welcomed over 11,000 refugees and served thousands more through our breadth of innovative programs designed to empower refugees, and other new Americans, to create stable families and prosper as they positively integrate into life in the Salt Lake community,” Natalie El-Deir, executive director for IRC Salt Lake City.

Since 1994, the IRC has resettled nearly 12,000 refugees in the state and have helped many more with additional programs.

In Salt Lake City, the help for a refugee begins well before they arrive. The IRC makes sure newly arrived refugees receive a furnished and supplied home, temporary help with rent, access to health care, English classes, and help with education and job skills.

In addition to these efforts, the IRC in Salt Lake City offers immigration services, Spice Kitchen Incubator, New Roots, microtraining farming program, and the East African Refugee Goat projects of Utah.

Because of the pandemic, the use of volunteers is limited, but are still needed. Contact SaltLakeCity@rescue.org.

In a larger sense, the IRC “responds to Abdullah Saboon prepares his produce for sale at the world’s worst humanitarian crises and the Sunnyvale Farmers Market. (Bill Hardesty/City helps people whose lives and livelihoods are Journals) shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In shelter, health care, education and empowermore than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cit- ment support to refugees and displaced peoies, our dedicated teams provide clean water, ple,” according to the IRC website.l

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During the pandemic, Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert got big assist from former PAL boxing coach

By Brian Shaw | b.shaw@mycityjournals.com

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ne week after Utah Jazz star center Rudy Gobert came down with COVID-19 in March and had returned to Salt Lake City, he picked up the phone and contacted an old friend.

Matt Pena, the former boxing coach at C O V I D - 1 9C O UP VD I DA-T1 E 9 SU P D A T E S C OCVO ID VDP IA D T-A1ET9SE U P D ALake T E S PAL, happened to be on the V -I 1D9- C 1U 9OPU D SSalt South COVID-1C 9 OUVPID DA - 1T9E SU P D A T E S COVID-19 UPD AT E S other end of that call.

“One of the worst things that you can go through when you’re someone like [Rudy] is having to deal with the social media. Utah has been super positive,” said Pena.

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The former PAL coach double checked with his own doctors to make sure his risks were low. Gobert told Pena the Jazz and Utah Department of Health had given the Jazz center the green light to train again.

“Basically, I’ve limited my contact because I’ve just worked from home and the only time I dealt with anyone was when I went up to Rudy’s [home] and we just trained in his gym,” said Pena. “We basically isolated ourselves from the rest of the world for this entire time.”

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High school sports return to play…for now

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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n unprecedented times with uncertainty continuing over many aspects of life due to the current pandemic, the idea of sports at all levels coming back sounds so refreshing.

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights have resumed, PGA golf tournaments are again being held, Major League baseball has begun their delayed season and the NBA created a bubble in Orlando, Florida to bring 22 teams to play out the last regular season games and playoffs—all without fans in attendance.

And yet, just as our excitement builds as we watch live sports returning, we see the number of COVID-19 cases, patterns and deaths fluctuating on a daily basis and are left to wonder—will high school fall sports really happen? The seasons have already begun for most of the state’s boys golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, volleyball, football and cross country teams, but how long will it last? As schools begin opening statewide as well, a lot of apprehension hangs in the air.

“This is literally an hour-by-hour situation as we have been continually adapting to the current pandemic, making plans to ‘return to play,’ scrapping plans and making new plans,” Utah High School Activities Association director Rob Cuff said.

The UHSAA has been working tirelessly since March when the coronavirus shut down the sports world—and the country for a time—to brainstorm scenarios that could allow Utah high school athletics to resume.

Initially, the organization suspended play for two weeks and continued to delay participation until mid-April when the spring sports seasons were officially canceled.

Before the school year ended, the UHSAA lifted the typical moratorium that be-

gins after Memorial Day to allow sports programs to hold summer trainings without date restrictions while encouraging strict adherence to local health recommendations. On July 10, the UHSAA board voted to resume the fall sports season and within two weeks had released a “Return to Play” set of guidelines to help districts and schools to outline their own protocols based on the local health procedures in their area and with specific evaluations of the use of their own facilities.

Those policies include: 1) Eliminating handshakes between opposing teams and coaches.

2) “Masking up” all players and coaches who are on the sidelines along with fans in the stands, particularly when social distancing isn’t possible.

3) Having schools and districts establish and enforce protocols and place signs at their facilities to inform participants and spectators of their own required policies, which may include mandated masks. This also includes determining seating capacity allowed.

4) Mandating that sick players, coaches or spectators not participate in practices or games.

5) Having each school fill out Utah Event Management forms and sending copies to the UHSAA. Additionally, daily temperature screenings for athletes and coaches, constant sanitizing, using personal water bottles, having wider sidelines, longer timeouts and setting a cap on uniformed players (at 50 for football) are among other procedures being required for each school.

In an Aug. 13 memo to UHSAA schools and administrators, Cuff called for all members to “double down on efforts to ensure that safety guidelines are being universally adhered to across the association…one district, one school, one team, one coach, one student participant who chooses not to follow these guidelines has the potential to undermine participation for all.”

While many states around the country have delayed the start of high school fall sports until at least the start of the new year, Utah was one of 17 states nationwide to begin as scheduled.

“For months, we have been working closely with the state health department and the governor’s office to stay in tune to what’s happening,” Cuff said. “We are in uncharted territory, so we are carefully and constantly navigating how to move forward.”

Keeko Georgelas, Murray High’s athletic director said, “The district has worked really hard to put a model in place. A lot of work has gone into designing a model to give this thing a shot and it has a chance to work, This season looks different than in years past as three although I’m apprehensive about the human Juan Diego Catholic High School soccer players nature of things, especially in the pre-game “mask up” at a recent game. (Photo courtesy Alysia and post-game. I’m actually not as fearful of Love) the games themselves.”

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Many high school athletes are celebrating a return to the field after spring sports were shutdown in mid-March due to COVID-19. (Photo courtesy Astrongphotography)

And despite the best efforts of the nearly 100,000 members and 155 teams state-wide, COVID-19 has again disrupted high school sports in Utah.

A positive test on the Lone Peak girls soccer team put the whole program in quarantine, missing four games over a two-week period.

Most notably, three players on Bingham’s football team tested positive which led to the cancellation of its season opener against Weber Aug. 13.

“Those kids have never showed any symptoms and are as healthy as can be,” said Bingham head coach Dave Peck, who noted that they were cleared for a return to practice Aug. 17. “The health department came in and tested the whole team—100 kids and coaches—and there were two more positive tests found. Those players have been quarantining and will for 10 days. What we’ve proven here is that we’re not spreading it through our team; it’s coming through outside sources.”

Peck said his program canceled camps and scrimmages over the summer to deal with cases and out of an abundance of caution, but losing that time along with their first game has been tough.

“We have a group that could seriously challenge for the state title, but with all that we dealt with in the summer, we’re behind,” he said. “Plus, we didn’t play this week while everyone else did.”

And yet, the grim reality of the COVID-19 situation sets in further for Peck as he has watched one player struggle with coronavirus so severely that the player’s 25-year-old sister contracted the virus and she is now on life support.

Now, for the second week in a row to begin the football season, a game will not be played as Cyprus had two players test positive which will cancel its game with Ridgeline Aug. 20.

These cancellations are considered no contests and will not be rescheduled, for most sports, and do not count against them in RPI rankings.

And those are just the more current cases that are more widely known. That doesn’t even include the various sports from Bonneville, Box Elder, Clearfield, Farmington, Fremont, Granger, Herriman, Layton, Syracuse, Weber and others that had to cancel practices, scrimmages and camps throughout the summer as they dealt with positive tests for some players and coaches.

“We’re doing all we can to play safe so we can play as long as we can,” Georgelas said.

Cuff noted the “remarkable job” schools and districts are doing.

“This is a massive effort to provide the best for our kids,” he said. “We want them safe, so we’ll start playing. We recognize that among all of the factors we are considering that mental wellness for our student-athletes are so important and we are constantly evaluating if the reward outweighs the risk so we can condense or adjust things. We’re certainly in uncharted territory, but we are working diligently to ensure that we make the safest decisions for everyone. As long as school’s in session, we’ll keep playing.” l

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Mail-in ballots: Salt Lake County a model system says County Clerk

By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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alt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen and her team have been fielding many calls about mail-in ballots and the possibility of fraud. Despite the national news and concerns, Swensen wants people to know the system we’ve used for years is “safe, secure and efficient.”

“Since I took office in 1991, I’ve been

working on making voting more accessible, and that includes mail-in ballots. Mail-in voting has been in the news, and I want people to know that in Salt Lake County we’ve been doing this for a long time, and it works,” said Swensen, who lives in Sandy.

“Random ballots cannot be produced by just anyone. The idea being circulated that

The ballot drop box at the Sandy Senior Center near 9400 South and 1300 East is one of 20 across Salt Lake County, and an alternative for those who don’t want to mail their ballots. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals) Stay safe from coronavirus and still get your “I Voted!” sticker—they’ll be sent with mail-in ballots this year.

(Courtesy County Clerk Sherrie Swensen)

ballots could be printed by Russians, or in Swensen’s longevity in her job has givliving rooms by anyone, is ridiculous,” Sw- en her many years and many elections to deensen said. velop mail-in ballots. She even designed the

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The Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office uses a multi-step process including humans and machines to count votes while maintaining ballot secrecy.

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envelope with the required voter’s signature over the seal.

“We mail out a ballot to active registered voters. Every ballot mailed has a ballot ID number assigned, which correlates to the voter for whom it is ordered. If a voter asks to have another ballot sent because they didn’t receive it, or it was lost or ruined, the first ballot ordered for that voter is spoiled/ canceled. The new ballot has a different ID number,” Swensen said.

Ballots are run through a series of human- and machine-operated steps.

Each step ensures that signatures are matched, secrecy is maintained, the vote is counted and the computer-generated ID number recorded.

“If someone tried to prepare bogus ballot packets, they would not pass through our system and would not be accepted and counted. Those circulating these rumors do not understand the vote-by-mail process or do not want voters to have the convenience of voting by mail,” Swensen said.

Swensen also addressed the argument that the U.S. Postal Service could play a role in fraud or may slow down the process of tabulating votes.

“The cutbacks make me concerned. [USPS has] always been very responsive and treated [the ballots] well. They care about the service they provide to us. We use postage paid envelopes. We can track things through the USPS. If there’s a concerted effort trying to make it harder for the [Postal Service], that’s a concern to me.

“And if people don’t feel comfortable sending their ballot through the

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mail, we have 20 drop boxes located throughout the valley,” Swensen said.

The mail-in ballot program started as a permanent absentee option for seniors. “By 2013, we offered it to all registered voters, and only two cities opted out. In 2016, we conducted our first major elections by mail, and in 2017 all cities wanted to do it,” Swensen said.

Not only did the ballots work for security purposes, they increased voter turnout overall. “We found that the percentage of turnout was so much better. In 2018, Salt Lake County had an 80% turnout rate for voters, and 88% of those were by mail,” Swensen said.

Voting in person is always an option, though with more social gathering restrictions in place this year, Swensen hopes as many people as possible use mail-in ballots.

Getting a ballot in the mail doesn’t mean that someone can’t vote in person. Even if you were to drop your ballot in a ballot box or send it in through the mail, if you vote in person in addition to that, you’ll only be counted once.

Swensen offers tours of the ballot process to anyone who’s interested.

“We have had lawmakers, the Lt. Governor’s staff, the state auditor’s staff, media, political parties, candidates and even international visitors tour our processes. They come away impressed with our system and the security we have in place,” Swensen said.

Election Day is Tues., Nov. 3. The voting schedule is posted on www. got-vote.org or www.slco.org/clerk/

elections. Vote by mail ballots will be mailed the week of Oct. 12. If you haven’t received yours by Oct. 20, call the Clerk’s office at 385-468-7400 or email them at got-vote@slco.org.

Swensen said that most issues with voting have to do with confusion, not fraud. Most of them can be cleared up ahead of time by visiting the website. Voters can make updates to their registration, and review instructions about things like who can sign your ballot or what to do if you accidentally put your ballot in your spouse’s envelope.

Poll workers are also still needed on Election Day. “We will be hiring poll workers and staff, so if people are interested, they can go to got-vote @ slc.org. It’s a long day, and you need to have some technical skills. But you’re trained and paid, and if anyone’s interested we’d love to hear from them,” Swensen said.

The bottom line for Swensen: increase accessibility for everyone who’s eligible to vote.

“It’s extremely important to me that people get out to vote. For all the years I’ve been doing this, it was always about getting people to register— going to high schools, going to senior centers and other events.

“We want to make it simple for every person who’s eligible to register and cast a vote. It shouldn’t just be left to those that have the means to figure it out. That’s what makes democracy work—being accessible to everyone who has the right to vote,” Swensen said. l

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Miss Africa Utah pageant: A diverse cultural scholarship program

By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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he 10th annual Miss Africa Utah pageant was Aug. 11-15. The pageant is for single Utah women with ties to Africa. The result is an event like no other where African women feel supported as they educate others and celebrate their heritage.

The pageant was created by Gloria Mensah of GK Folks Foundation. Mensah was born in Nigeria and resides in Utah. “It started as a culture night, just to learn more about different African cultures. It was so successful that I decided to make a nonprofit and create a scholarship,” Mensah said.

This year’s pageant went online due to the pandemic, so events were shown on the website, www.missafricautah.org. Like other pageants, each contestant chose a platform or social issue to promote. There was a talent segment and judges who select the queen. But unlike other pageants, there was a traditional costume segment and a parade of nations.

“There is a lot of diversity. It doesn’t matter your size or shape or height—you have to be within three generations from Africa. Some of the women are adopted, some are single moms and many are in college or have already graduated,” Mensah said.

This year’s final contest involved women from eight African nations: Anna Elizabeth Robbins of Cameroon; Amira Kherrallah of Central African Republic; Perpetual Stevens of Ghana; Aziza Jabhad Hussein of Kenya; Nini Ndongo Macias of Ecuatorial Guinea; Easter Shadrack of North Sudan (born in Ethiopia); Pauline Makoma of Rwanda and Seary Kallon of Sierra Leone.

The women come from across the valley—Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, West Jordan, Draper and Kearns. The theme of belonging and fitting in came up for several as they introduced themselves and their platforms.

“People said I wasn’t African enough, or I wasn’t Latina enough,” said Nini Ndon-

go Macias, Miss Ecuatorial Guinea. Macias was born and raised in Salt Lake City, and code-switches easily between English and Spanish. Ecuatorial Guinea is the only official Spanish-speaking African nation.

Aziza Jabhad Hussein, Miss Kenya Utah, said she didn’t fit in “because I couldn’t walk until age 5.” Hussein was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder and lost friends because they didn’t understand what that meant.

“It taught me that sometimes we judge people too quickly. Our differences seem more like weaknesses, instead of them making us more rounded and interesting individuals for our communities. I’ve made it my mission to get to know people on a deeper level,” Hussein said.

Perpetual Stevens won the People’s Choice Award through online voting. “I lived in an orphanage until I was 7, and then I was adopted and moved to America,” Stevens said.

Stevens chose the Kaeme Foundation as her platform, which supports families in Ghana so they can keep their children at home instead of having to utilize orphanages.

“Kaeme is very personal and important to me. I want to share my story of living in an orphanage, show people that they can trust me and my platform, and educate and help people better understand what Kaeme does,” Stevens said.

Stevens said that though the African community in Utah may be small, “we are powerful, loving and resilient. We have continuously shown that we are here to stay. We will forever stand up and speak out about our dreams, rights and beliefs.”

The events were broadcast each night leading up to the finale on Aug. 15. The second runner-up was Hussein, the first runner-up was Amira Kherrallah and the winner was Pauline Makoma.

Makoma is a web developer studying

Participants from Miss Africa Utah 2020 pose with those from 2019. (Tempestt Williams/Vivid Kodaks)

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African Queens: Pauline Makoma (center, back) is crowned Miss Africa Utah 2020; other winners are L to R: Amira Kherrallah, Aziza Jabhad Hussein and Perpetual Stevens. (Lisa Chriss Photography)

software engineering. “I plan to visit high schools during my reign and talk about my platform: helping young African women explore career fields that are not looked at as ‘traditional.’ African women still struggle to see themselves in technology and STEM [fields],” Makoma said.

Brittany Johnson, a news presenter at ABC4, hosted the event. Johnson said the virtual edition speaks to the importance of the event. “The GK Folks Foundation could have canceled due to the pandemic, but instead they found a way to adapt by making the event virtual.

“The pageant allows contestants to feel empowered, showcase their talent and create a platform in which a young African woman can thrive. The MAU Pageant promotes positivity, and that’s what the world needs more of today,” Johnson said.

Makoma said when she moved to Utah three years ago, she was surprised by the size of the African community. “You can search for African events that are happening near you and try to attend those. You will learn so much about the culture, get the most amazing food and the music there is always the best,” Makoma said.

The virtual aspect of this year’s contest meant there were no tickets sales, which brings in a lot of support for the program.

“We’re taking a lot of losses this year because we don’t have a live event we can sell tickets for. There is so much these young women learn in the pageant, and since we’re a nonprofit, all donations go toward helping them,” Mensah said.

GK Folks coordinates events to support the community. “There is so much for people to process with their mental health. We did a march for George Floyd where the girls wore their crowns and sashes. We want Black people to be seen as people, not a threat.

“Our mental health programs give people a safe space to come and talk. It really worked. People were pouring out their feelings,” Mensah said.

To support the scholarships awarded by the pageant or learn more about the young women and their platforms, visit their website. And Mensah hopes that more sponsors will step up and people in the community will donate to the causes.

Makoma offers this invitation of inclusion to everyone: “I want you to join in creating and finding opportunities for young African women to…be [who] they were meant to be, here in Utah, in Africa and all over the world.” l

Pauline Makoma is crowned Miss Africa Utah 2020 via a virtual event. (Tempestt Williams/Vivid Kodaks)

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Continued from front page cations, information on when to mail your ballot, and the platform of the candidates on the ticket.

“It really helps that all of this information is in one place, because so many candidates make it so hard to find even their website,” Zitting-Goeckeritz said. “It’s just getting rid of that barrier of spending all that time doing detective work on the Internet.”

During COVID-19, VOTERISE has had to get creative with their strategies on how to reach the voters as their events have been canceled. Instead of doing presentations at universities and schools the group has turned to targeted ads, videos that teachers can show to their students, and partner organizations.

The organization has also continued to use its digital registration platforms including text to vote and its website.

At the time of writing, the details on how voting will take place this fall are still being finalized by the state legislature. Zitting-Goeckeritz continues to stay on top of the current news cycle so that she can monitor public discourse and identify any issues that need to be addressed.

Utah is known for being a vote by mail state, and Zitting-Goeckeritz wants anyone that is concerned about voting in person because of COVID-19 to know that voting by mail can be fully trusted.

“We want to assure people that we’ve

been doing this for several years. It’s safe, it’s secure, we work with other election officials,” Zitting-Goeckeritz said, noting that VOTERISE partnered with the Weber County Election Office to make a video on election security.

Zitting-Goeckeritz believes that much of the misinformation currently being spread about mail-in voting is a result of the public not knowing how the process works. For voters who are skeptical of election fraud Zitting-Goeckeritz recommends watching the content that VOTERISE has produced as well as talking with the Salt Lake County Clerk’s office in order to stay informed.

Additionally, VOTERISE plans to update its registrants electronically on how to vote as the legislature finalizes its plans.

VOTERISE is the only organization solely dedicated to helping individuals in the State of Utah register and turn out to vote. Founded in 2017, the organization has registered over 25,000 Utahns to date and has partnered with 17 other nonprofits.

VOTERISE allows volunteers to help register people to vote. Volunteers are trained on voting registration laws and given their own kit with resources to help. All videos mentioned in this article can be found on the VOTERISE YouTube channel. You can also check and update your voter registra- VOTERISE volunteers help register voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy Hope Zittion on www.voterise.org. l ting-Goeckeritz)

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SLC companies team up to develop face masks

By Libby Allnatt | l.allnatt@mycityjournals.com

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wo companies in Salt Lake City are teaming up to develop a face mask that packs a punch in the fight against COVID-19 and other viruses.

Dr. Sonny Bal, the president and CEO of SINTX Technologies (www.sintx.com), said the partnership with O2TODAY (www.o2today.com) will help create masks that people are happy to wear and that are effective at controlling the spread of infectious disease.

The key is a material called silicon nitride.

Bal said that SINTX began antiviral testing of the material about a year and a half ago out of scientific curiosity. They found that silicon nitride was effective at inactivating several viruses, leading them to believe it would be a good material for masks during the flu season.

When COVID-19 came along, they started looking for mask companies and manufacturers, particularly in the Salt Lake City area, which is how Bal discovered O2TODAY. “Specific to COVID-19, our hope is to inactivate the virus on synthetic surfaces,” Bal said. “For example, your masks, but more importantly, on tabletops, commonly touched surfaces, cell phone covers, screens.

We know the COVID-19 virus can persist for days…If we create surfaces that don’t have to be wiped down with cleaning agents and bleach all the time, I think we can contribute to discouraging the spread of COVID-19 worldwide, particularly among the populations that are most vulnerable to it.”

Bal said the companies bring different strengths to the partnership.

“Silicon nitride is our main and only product for SINTX and we believe we are the world’s leaders on this, having published on it and studied it, particularly its remarkable properties in terms of inactivating pathogens that have since been reproduced by other medical centers,” he said. “O2TODAY brings a phenomenal amount of knowledge about masks, their social positioning, the customer base, the retail sales, how to sell them, how to make them.”

Bal said silicon nitride works in a similar way that commercial cleaners do, essentially making its own ammonia.

“The surface chemistry has nitrogen in it which reacts with moisture, so if you touch a surface or you rub it with a moist rag, there’s a hydrolytic reaction with the water that produces a microscopic amount of ammonia on the surface,” he said. “It’s harmless to the human touch and it doesn’t smell, but when a microbe touches it, like bacteria or the virus, it’s inactivated, just like a commercial cleaner would.”

Think of masks as passive versus active.

A regular cloth mask might trap the virus, but not kill it.

“Some studies have shown that the COVID-19 virus can stay active and infec-

Two companies in Salt Lake City, O2TODAY and SINTX, are working to develop a face mask that inactivates viruses and bacteria. (Courtesy of Amanda Barry/O2 Design)

tious on a mask for up to seven days after you throw it out,” Bal said.

A more active mask would inactivate the virus.

“With silicon nitride, it’s a two-prong effect,” he said. “The material is harmless to human cells but will inactivate the virus. The speed of inactivation is very impressive. I’ve seen the effect within a minute so it’s not a matter of hours or days. Our strategy is to develop a mask that actively degrades and inactivates infectious agents like viruses and bacteria.”

Bal said they hope to have a commercially available consumer mask by the end of the year.

“The research we’re doing right now is integrating the silicon nitride particles or soluble products into the mask fabric in such a way that you’re not breathing the particles in. They’re all in the mask itself, and you can breathe easy…

That work, which has begun, and started even before the agreement, gives us a timeline before the end of the year before we have a commercially available consumer mask.”

They also hope to eventually create masks that would be available on a medical level.

“Medical facilities would be a very important market because contamination is big in hospitals,” he said. “Medical personnel need masks. They’ve been wearing them before COVID-19. For them to have an active mask that kills pathogens would be very exciting.”

However, the process for such an endeavor would take a bit longer than that of the consumer product due to regulatory factors and additional data and testing that would need to be submitted to the FDA. “It will take longer, but certainly the medical market is a key target for us,” Bal said. l

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Grizzlies season pushed back to December

By Greg James | g.james@mycityjournals.com

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he Utah Grizzlies can’t wait to get back on the Maverik Center ice, but it will have to wait.

“We are extremely hopeful that we will have hockey in Utah this season,” Grizzlies head coach and general manager Tim Branham said. “The support we get from our fans is tremendous. We could not do it without them. The passion they bring each and every night really energizes the boys.”

The East Coast Hockey League Board of Governors, in conjunction with the Professional Hockey Players’ Association, approved a revised season start date for the 2020-21 season. The anticipated start date is Dec. 4 and will include a full 72 game season.

“We are eager to return to hockey,” ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin said in the leagues released statement. “At this time it is prudent for our players, employees and fans.

We remain optimistic about the safe reopening of our venues across the continent. We appreciate our partners and fans continued support and patience.”

The season was originally scheduled to begin in early October. The complete schedule will be announced at a later date. The Grizzlies will celebrate their 25th season in Utah this year.

In 1994, Salt Lake experienced its first

winter without professional hockey. The Golden Eagles had fled to become the Detroit Vipers. The International Hockey League awarded a franchise to Denver which became the Grizzlies. They produced the best record in the league and captured the Turner Cup in their inaugural season in Denver, but their success opened the door for the NHL Quebec Nordiques to relocate to Denver (Colorado Avalanche) and the Grizzlies left town for Utah.

In the 1995-96 season, the Grizzlies repeated as the best team in the IHL and, in 1997, they moved into their current state-ofthe-art home, the Maverik Center.

Branham will begin his eighth season as the team’s head coach. It will be the third year as an affiliate of the Avalanche. In the club’s 25-year history, they have enjoyed NHL connections with several teams including the Islanders, Ducks and Flames. Over 200 former Grizzly players have played in the NHL. At the time of last season’s suspension and eventual cancellation, the Grizzlies were tied for second place in the ECHL Mountain Division. Their .637 winning percentage was the best in franchise history.

Last season forward Ty Lewis led the team with 25 goals.

They have signed several players to its

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Grizzlies season pushed back to December caption: Goaltender Brad Barone will return to the Grizzlies this season, he was originally signed last season and had a 2.53 goals-against average. (Photo courtesy Utah Grizzlies)

current roster, including Jared Pike, a native of Sandy, Utah. The 6-foot-4, 215 lb. forward scored 29 goals in his collegiate career at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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That is roughly 23% or one-quarter of the animals. This means that for every four animals that enter a shelter, one is killed.

The reasons animals are killed in shelters varies, but the number one killer is a lack of space.

At the Humane Society of Utah, we work to reduce the number of animals entering shelters through low-cost spay and neuter services, veterinary medical help for those who can’t afford traditional veterinary care, and behavioral counseling.

Further, because we have excellent adoption rates at our shelter in Murray, Utah, we work to reduce shelter overpopulation by transferring in animals from high-kill shelters in Utah, as well as Texas, Arizona, and other states in our region. We work tirelessly to relieve the pressure at these shelters, but truth be told, the flow of animals never stops.

Companion animal overpopulation is one of the reasons why the Humane Society of Utah opposes companion animal breeding, but it is not the only reason.

Companion animal breeding is largely unregulated in the United States. As a result, companion animals are often overbred, inbred, and dangerously undersocialized.

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Not necessarily known for our patience, Americans are suffering from COVID fatigue. People can’t wait for things to return to a “new normal” like suddenly everything’s going to be ice cream sundaes and furry kittens. The way 2020 is going, the new normal will probably be kitten sundaes and furry ice cream.

Our world has changed, for better or worse, so now’s a good time to decide what we keep and what we toss. I’m all for tossing office jobs, dress pants and family reunions, while keeping pajamas-as-clothes, Uber Eats and virtual baby showers.

Let’s look at how the new normal is evolving, shall we?

Sports – Like a canary in a coal mine, team sports started up this summer with the hope of bringing entertainment to millions of sports-starved individuals, and millions of dollars to money-starved sports organizations.

It’s been a bit Hunger Games-ish

as teams drop out once their players contract COVID. Who’d have thought activities that include spitting, shouting, sweating and grunting could easily spread viruses?

School – Or as I like to call it, the Catch-22 Education Plan.

Parents and teachers are negotiating this real-life version of Oregon Trail where one wrong move can end up with junior high students being eaten by cannibals in Donner Pass. (Not the worse thing.) Here’s an idea: make the best decision for your family without judging everyone else.

Parenting – Let’s just agree that “screen time” rules have been suspended indefinitely, and it’s just fine if your toddler wears the same outfit for three days. Let’s also agree chicken nuggets are healthy, YouTube personalities are annoying, and everyone gets a blue ribbon for doing the best they can.

Work – Every introvert’s birthday wish was granted when they were told to work from home.

Turns out, with these new-fangled computers, lots of stuff can be done at home. Who knew? Maybe companies don’t need 50,000 square feet of office and ping-pong space, or outdoor meditation biospheres.

Date night – You’ve spent an inordinate amount of time with your significant other. You’ve worked from home together, prepared 5,459 meals together, rearranged closets, sock drawers and bathroom cabinets. Maybe the new normal will be individuals spending date night alone, so they don’t drive to the grocery store one day and end up with a new life in Cheyenne.

Weddings – Can we please standardize virtual weddings? That is all.

Holidays – Even with social distancing guidelines, summer holidays stayed the same as everyone went to national parks, held BBQs and spent the day sitting at the community pool with hundreds of other people. These holidays were

always followed by a COVID spike. I’m sure the fall/winter holidays will be no different because people are crappy at following CDC advisories.

The 2020 Election – It’s been 28 years since the 2016 election and this year’s election has disaster written all over it. Literally. Will there be mail-in ballots?

Russian interference? A loser who refuses to leave the White House?

Civil war? The return of our alien overlords? All of the above? My best guess for election aftermath is equivalent to shaking a Magic 8 Ball, and then lighting it on fire.

Mindset – Some people say COVID will help the world achieve a higher level of consciousness where people are more compassionate, kind understanding and . . . hahahaha . . . never mind. I don’t think we’re there yet. Time to go make a kitten sundae. l

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