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HEAVY RAINS DAMAGE SPRAGUE LIBRARY By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
Crews and library workers discovered 5.5 feet of water that morning in the library’s basement. (Andrew Shaw/Salt Lake Public Library spokesperson)
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n late July, the Salt Lake Valley received heavy rain in a matter of minutes. Streets were closed and school buildings, including Highland High and East High, had interior flood damage. The National Weather Service reported that the Sugar House area received 2.12 inches the morning of July 26. The Sprague Library wasn’t spared either with extensive basement flooding. “The city library’s Sprague Branch is seen as Sugar House’s neighborhood living room,” Peter Bromberg, the executive director of the Salt Lake City Public Library said. “The losses in this flood aren’t just books and computers, which can and will be replaced, but also the temporary loss of a key gathering place for the people of Salt Lake City.” Children’s books, stuffed animals and papers
were heavily damaged from the water. When crews arrived, they discovered 5.5 feet of standing water in the basement and nearly everything had been damaged. “In some localized areas, with that much sudden rain, our system was simply overwhelmed,” Laura Breifer, the director of the Department of Public Utilities said about the citywide flooding. “Our team is fully dedicated to addressing the damage from this storm and will be on the scene for as long as necessary to provide clean up and support in the city.” “The rain and debris overwhelmed storm drains, and water rushed into the stairwell up from the Sprague Branch’s meeting room,” Andrew Shaw, Salt Lake Library spokesman said. “The water broke windows in the area and came into
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the building that way.” The library is expected to be closed for several months while the basement is cleaned. The nearest library to Sugar House is the AndersonFoothill Branch at 1135 S. 2100 East. The staff at the Sprague Library will also be spread around the Salt Lake Library system so they can continue to do their jobs. According to Shaw, many members of the community have asked how they can help the library. Many have offered their time, money, talents and labor to help repair the building. “We are so grateful for the overwhelming show of support for the Sprague Branch,” Shaw said. “It’s clearly a beloved and integral part of the Sugar House community.” For those who want to help through monetary
donations, Shaw suggests supporting the Friends of The City Library, a partner organization that is helping address the unexpected costs. You can donate on their website at slcpl.org/friends. He also added that they are asking for photos, memories and stories of the Sprague Branch on social media with using the hashtag #MySprague. “Although the loss of books, computers and other materials is a difficult one to bear, I think the biggest lost is the temporary closure of a beloved community gathering place,” Shaw said. “The Sprague Branch has served Sugar House since 1928, and for generations, people have used the Sprague Branch as a place to come together as a neighborhood, to celebrate the community’s successes and to talk through the community’s issues.” l
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ew head football coach Bart Bowen brings with him to Cottonwood a new philosophy gleaned from years of prowling the sidelines as a position coach at Kearns. Upon his arrival, Bowen cleaned out the weight room and the press box and demanded accountability from his players. Well, after a long hot summer his Colts players finally ran out onto the field on Aug. 18 against Olympus in Bowen’s first stint as a head coach. “They were pretty pumped up about this game. Olympus is a well-coached program with a lot of tradition. But, we were excited about the chance to play them, and you know, that kind of helps with the buy-in,” said Bowen. “I think you get a lot of kids fired up because when they start to see the success—and I’m talking about the small victories too, enjoying the process—then it’s huge for the program,” he added. In the “Above The Line” coaching philosophy that Bowen has adapted from Urban Meyer’s now-famous coaching style at Ohio State, the new Colts head coach is looking for small victories within the football program as a whole. “I had a couple players who I didn’t think were gonna make it in this system,” said Bowen. “But now, they’ve surprised me. They’re not causing problems within the team anymore and so I see that as actually a very big victory.” At home on the Cottonwood High School turf in the Aug. 18 game, the Colts played a very respectable first half of football, scoring early in the second quarter on a 1-yard Ethan Wallace-Manu plunge to narrow the Olympus lead to 10-7. “We actually went for it on fourth down earlier in the drive and I took a little bit of a risk,” added Bowen, who helmed his first-ever game as a head coach at any level. “So when we got down to the goal line, we actually didn’t make our block correctly [for Wallace-Manu] but he’s a 230-pound fullback running full speed at you.” The most surprising thing, according to Bowen, was the Colts’ players reaction on the sideline to the bruising Colts fullback’s touchdown. Even with Olympus’ players outnumbering Cottonwood’s by a whopping 3-to-1 margin, it’s a sign of things to come for the Colts, according to Bowen. “You could tell it was something we weren’t expecting,” said Bowen, whose Colts then forced a turnover on downs to end the first half, keeping the game in reach down by just three points at 10-7. After that though, it was all Titans as Olympus cruised to a 45-7 victory, scoring four touchdowns in the third quarter alone. For Bowen, he added that the lumps the Colts took on Aug. 18 in their season opener are to be expected. “After the game, we talked about how we’ve gotta play for all
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four quarters, and I know it’s a coaching cliché, but in this case it was true,” said Bowen. “As a team, we did really good in the first and second quarters. In the third quarter, we saw Olympus make big plays and we couldn’t answer.” But, for a good 30 minutes of action, Bowen said he felt the Colts proved they can hang with one of the state’s best programs and in time they’ll get back to being respectable and perhaps feared again. In the meantime, the Colts will now take to the road for three straight games, including one at Kearns—the school at which Bowen coached for many years. And, so, getting better every day at practice will be the Colts’ priority going into this three-game road stretch. “We’re gonna work on everybody doing their job, because after watching film we know we’re one or two guys out of position from making big plays on offense, and we’re one or two guys away from forcing three and outs.” l
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Fairmont Park hosts night for neighbors to meet local law enforcement By Kayla Lien | kayla@mycityjournals.com
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he national event, Night Out Against Crime, was held at Fairmont Park on Aug. 1 as a way for Sugar House residents to meet their local law enforcement officers, as well as talk with neighbors, enjoy music and learn about some interesting birds. “We’re here at the Night Out Against Crime promoting safety and law enforcement,” said Tim Cosgrove, Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s community liaison. Other organizations in attendance included the police department, firefighters, the Explorers, members of the Salt Lake Community Council, as well as nearby businesses spreading buzz about their companies. Trevor Hansen, physical training advisor for the Explorers, said, “It’s just an opportunity for the community to interact with officers. The Explorers do a lot of it, I think we have about 15 here tonight. Basically, you can just ask questions and interact with them.” The Explorers are teens and young adults who learn everything a police officer would before they enter a police academy. Explorer Juanita Dye stated, “We’re cadets for the Salt Lake City Police Department. We do a lot of voluntary work, we do a lot of community service.” Explorer Hannah Petersson added, “We’re basically the display of the department. So, we’re trying to get the youth and the police department more together.” Providing entertainment for the crowd were the teen bands from MusicGarage. MusicGarage
is an organization dedicated to teaching music students how to perform, write and record original, classic and modern rock, blues jazz and bluegrass music. EQUINOX played a mix of modern and classic rock songs, including “Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day and “Enter Sandman” from Metallica. The Troubled Youth Blues Band payed homage to the roots of American music. Jordan Jaramillo, guitarist and vocalist of EQUINOX noted, “There’s a lot of learning at each rehearsal, and they sorta match you up according to personality, music taste and skill.” EQUINOX’s Jarod Phillips, vocalist and guitar player, said, “They don’t teach you how to play, they just teach you how to play together.” Another guitarist/vocalist of EQUINOX, Lyndi Wadsworth, explained, “You go and sign up and we just go in once a week. We have rehearsals. Every once in a while we’ll get gigs.” EQUINOX’s drummer Grant McDonald, added, “You have to have, like, some skill. Like enough to know what you’re doing, but it’s pretty low entry. As long as you have basic understanding about what you’re playing they’ll let you in.” Bass guitarist Jacob Peterson played for both EQUINOX and the Troubled Youth Blues Band. Troubled Youth Blues Band’s vocalist Courtney Spaulding said, “When I was 14, I joined MusicGarage, which is the [organization]
EQUINOX (from the left): Jarod Phillips, Jordan Jaramillo, Lyndi Wadsworth, Grant McDonald and Jacob Peterson. (Kayla Lien/City Journals)
we work for, and that was the first time I’ve ever played in a band, and now I’m 17, and I’m still doing band stuff.” Along with musical entertainment, there were people in a penguin suit and a griffon suit, as well as a remote-controlled police car holding a stuffed wolf. Earthwings, an organization that provides educational avian programs for schools, businesses and special events was there showing off their birds. On exhibit was an African pied
crow named Sheryl, who collected donations from people, as well as Pumpkin, an Eurasian eagle-owl. Stacey Breidenstein, store manager of Natural Grocers, noted, “I think they’re really trying to make a presence here [at Fairmont] because it is a community park, and you know, there is a homeless population. We acknowledge that. We want to make sure people feel comfortable in this park.” l
Classical Greek Theatre Festival By Suni Gigliotti Photo by Gavan Nelson
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The 47th Annual Classical Greek Theatre Festival returns with Euripides’s rarely seen and uniquely comedic, “Ion.” The performance is directed by Alexandra Harbold and features recent translation by David Lan. Sponsored by Westminster College, the Classical Greek Theatre Festival seeks to introduce and sustain the appreciation of ancient Greek theatre throughout communities and campuses. “Ion” tours Utah through September with shows at Westminster College, the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Brigham Young University and more. At the end of her childbearing years, the Athenian Creusa seeks to understand why she is unable to bear children with her husband Xuthus. In her quest, she finds herself at the temple of Apollo, where she meets and converses with a stranger. What she discovers will change the rest of her life. Harbold places the characters of “Ion” in 1950s Delphi for the unfolding of the play’s comedic coincidences. Additionally, Harbold’s direction incorporates movement with original music, making this comedy distinctively retro and refreshing. “Ion” runs September 7–9, and 14–16, at 7:30 p.m., at Westminster College in the Jay W. Lees Courage Theatre in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts. The production then stops
at Weber State University’s Wildcat Theater on September 19, at 7:30 p.m.; the UCCC Amphitheater in West Valley City on September 22, at 7:30 p.m.; and at the De Jong Concert Hall at Brigham Young University in Provo, September 25, at 5 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase online at https:// www.westminstercollege.edu/greek_theatre. An orientation lecture by dramaturge Jim Svendsen will precede every show 30 minutes before the performance.
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‘Welcome to Night Vale’ brings weirdness to Capitol Theatre By Kayla Lien | kayla@mycityjournals.com
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here were checkerboard costumes, group chants, howls, and strange proverbs being said—everything you don’t expect from a performance at the Capitol Theatre. Fans of Welcome to Night Vale (WTNV) and newcomers alike turned up to see the new live show called “ALL HAIL” in Salt Lake City. Simply put, the Welcome to Night Vale podcast is weird. The show is set in the fictional desert community of Night Vale, where things aren’t exactly normal. Time isn’t real and doesn’t pass normally, there are angels (all of which are named Erika) who live with Old Woman Josie, the man everyone assumes is the city sheriff wears a balaclava, miter, cloak and a giant silver star, and speaks through a vocoder. The voice of Night Vale Community Radio is Cecil Palmer (played by Cecil Baldwin), who tells his listeners about what’s going on in town. “ALL HAIL” was about the fan-favorite “Glow Cloud,” that lights up in different colors, has the power of mind control and often drops dead animals on the town of Night Vale. The Glow Cloud also happens to be the president of the school board. “ALL HAIL” was held at the Capitol Theatre on July 17. First, Meg Bashwiner came onto the stage. She is the voice of Deb, a sentient patch of haze, who often comes onto Cecil’s show to advertise for different brands, as well as Deb’s older sister. Bashwiner remarked, “I love playing Deb
and Caitlyn. I have so much fun learning and doing new accents. My character choice is that all sentient patches of haze have different, strong regional accents.” She’s also the voice of Proverb Lady, who is heard after every episode of WTNV, saying a proverb that isn’t what you expect. For example: “Look to the north. Keep looking. There’s nothing coming from the south.” She added, “Reading the proverbs is terrific, they are always such smart, silly, well-crafted jokes.” This time, she opened with one-liners, talking about how performing is the only industry where a bunch of strangers yelling at you isn’t a bad thing. Bashwiner went on to tell a fake story about John T. Utah, who, while standing in the theatre, proclaimed, “There should be exits.” After Meg left the stage, Jason Webley entertained the crowd with his accordion and guitar, as he sang an open letter to a certain ranch owner about wanting a giraffe, an old lady’s grave he climbed on and the moon. Audience members howled whenever Webley sang the word “moon,” prompted by his mentioning at the start of the show that it would please him to see the crowd howling and turning into wolves. “I Made a Promise to the Moon” was played during the “weather,” which is a running theme in each WTNV episode. Whenever Cecil mentions the weather, the podcast plays a song, then returns to the show. After Webley played a few songs, Cecil Baldwin was announced onto the stage
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amidst a screaming crowd, clad in a checkerboard suit with a bright pink shirt underneath. Following his trademark, “Welcome to Night Vale,” Cecil related the news of the Glow Cloud hovering right above the radio station. The show contained live music from Disparition (who played the theme song intro and outro), and lines from Symphony Sanders, the voice of Tamika Flynn, the 16-year-old resident of Night Vale, leader of a book-loving teen militia and destroyer of the malevolent librarians. Symphony Sanders, who plays Flynn, said, “I love playing Tamika Flynn. She is a fun, smart
and exciting character to play. She is using her mind and the power of her learning to affect change in her community. It’s what connects us as people.” She added, “I think it’s important that women and people of color are represented in all types of media—not just movies or television. There are so many talented and creative people out there I hope to inspire others to share their work and pursue their dreams in the creative field.” The show was high-energy, witty and packed with talent. “ALL HAIL” is touring the U.S. and is then heading to Europe. l
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his article is part of a continuous series that will highlight former high school athletes, where they are now, and how participating in high school athletics helped them to achieve their goals. This edition is highlighting Marshall Grimm. At Highland Marshall Grimm played a variety of sports for Highland High from 2004 until his graduation in 2008. These included football, wrestling, and throwing for track and field. Coming in as a freshman, Grimm was a transfer student from the West Valley/ Kearns area and transferred so he could train with Paul Tate, then wrestling coach at Highland. Though he had the drive and the physicality necessary to compete, Grimm had some concerns about his future as a Highland Ram. “I remember coming to Highland as a freshman transfer student, and I barely knew anyone at the school,” Grimm said. “I spent the summer practicing with the football team, and all my teammates made sure I felt welcomed and accepted not only on the football field but during my freshman year as well. This meant a lot to me because that transition was hard, especially without the help of my junior high friends.” Grimm admits he didn’t always put forth his best effort on the field, but he credits his coaches and his experience at Highland for molding him into the individual he is today. “Playing at Highland did help me decide on my life direction. Sports and family have always been the two most important parts of my life and identity,” he said.
By Lucky Mather | l.mather@mycityjournals.com Through all he has accomplished since his days at Highland, Grimm is thankful for the coaches he had. During his time at Highland, Marshall was coached by Brody Benson (football), Paul Tate (wrestling), and Ted Sierer (track and field). “The coaches helped push me to be my best, not only in sports but in life as well,” Grimm said. “I didn’t always put forth the effort I should have, but the lessons they taught me have helped me become the man I am today. I can’t adequately express how grateful I am for their presence in my life.” Post Highland After graduation Grimm served for two years as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York City and Bermuda. Upon his return, he attended Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) where he earned an A.S. in psychology. He then continued his education at the University of Utah where he obtained two B.S. degrees in psychology, and human development and family studies. Lisa Lewis, a long-time friend of Grimm’s, said, “I remember the first week of college with Marshall. He rolled up on a Harley bike with his hair dyed red (or pink, depending on who you ask. If you would have told me then that he would be the first of my friends to go on and get a Master’s degree and a PhD, I wouldn’t have believed you. He is the poster child of growing up. I know he still has that motorcycle-riding, hair dying, side to him, but he has supplemented it with passion for his work and dedication towards his progression. I’m super proud of him and how far he has come over the years.”
Though Grimm never competed in sports at the university level, he does actively compete in powerlifting and the Scottish Highland games, which he compares to a strongman competition. Grimm is currently attending Utah State University in Logan, and is well on his way in earning a Ph.D. His field of study is researching how families interact and communicate through become a professor, so that he can continue to teach and further his research. Grimm credits his time at Highland for helping set him on this pathway. “Not only did my time at Highland help solidify my research interests, but it taught me the valuable life lessons that have helped me get to this point in my career and life. I am extremely grateful for my time spent playing sports at Highland,” he said. Barbra Chin, another friend of Grimm’s, said this about him, “Marshall is the kind of person that
Marshall and his wife Britney. (Grimm Family)
you always know when he’s in the room and you’re always glad he is. He has an infections approach to life and a humorous and jovial nature that are hard to miss. He is also the kind of person that will give a full effort in whatever he sets his mind to.” Despite his athletic and academic achievements, Marshall feels his greatest accomplishment is marrying his sweetheart, Britney, in the Logan LDS temple. l
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Sugar House makes top 10 best neighborhood list
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ould you consider Sugar House to be one of the top 10 best neighborhoods to live in in the nation? According to U.S. News and World Report, Sugar House is one of them, alongside neighborhoods in Denver, Colo., San Jose, Calif., Washington, D.C., and Boston, Mass. The Sugar House neighborhood has been known to be one of the most sought-after place to live in the valley and with property values on the rise, why wouldn’t it be considered an awesome place to live? In the article titled “Your New Home Could Be in One of These 10 Neighborhoods,” it says this about Sugar House: “This area’s mid-century bungalows are just as delectable as the neighborhood’s name, and surprisingly affordable, considering the nearby parks, the farmer’s market and the business district. The downtown area is no more than a 15-minute car ride away, but why rely on your own wheels? The Sugar House District also boasts a two-mile streetcar that connects this cute enclave to the rest of the city’s light rail system.” Many of those who read the article thought the statement “surprisingly affordable,” was laughable. Many people have had a challenging time finding a home for less than $300,000. But it wasn’t just the cost of living that U.S. News took into consideration, they also considered factors such as job prospects and quality of life. “When considering a move people are concerned about finding a job in their field, earning enough to afford a home, sending their kids to good schools
By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com and feeling like a part of their community,” Kim Castro, executive editor at U.S. News wrote in a press release concerning the article. “The Best Places to Live rankings takes all of that into account—the metro areas that do well are the ones with strong job markets and high quality of life.” According to the Department of Workforce Services in Utah, as of June 2017, unemployment sits at 3.4% while the nation’s unemployment rate is at 4.4%. The U.S. News analyzed 100 different metro areas in the U.S. and found that Salt Lake City ranked at number 10. When it came to transportation, the grid address system makes it easy to get around. With the bike lanes becoming safer and more available around the city as well as Utah Transit Authority expanding, the Salt Lake commute doesn’t look bad. “The Frontrunner trains runs a total of 88 miles between Ogden and Provo (through Salt Lake City),” U.S. News wrote. “The TRAX trains cover a sizable area of the Salt Lake Valley, including stops at the Salt Lake City International Airport and in downtown Salt Lake City.” Education was also a factor to make list. U.S. News.com ranked Sugar House’s Westminster College as the 20th Best Regional University in the West. Seventeen of the Salt Lake City high schools were also reported in their Best High School’s in The Nation Rankings with Ames and Salt Lake Center for Science and Education as a top-ranked schools in Utah.
With a large park, safe neighborhoods and easy transportation, Sugar House made the list for one of the best neighborhoods to live in. (Natalie Mollinet\City Journals)
People in Sugar House were honored to have their community ranked among other great places to live in the United States. “I wholeheartedly agree,” Amy Barry, Sugar House council chair said. “Sugar House is a great
place to live, work and play. There is nowhere else in this valley I would rather live and I’m glad U.S. News has learned what a great place we have here in Salt Lake City.” l
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Historical places for September Annual Fringe Festival has a show for everyone
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ichardson-Bower Building: Built in 1925, the one-story brick building resides in the heart of Sugar House at 1019 E. 2100 South. The land was purchased in 1925 by three partners, George L. Biesinger (a contractor), John Burt Jr. (a barber), and Junius Keddington (a manager). They joined up and took out a mortgage of $7,500 and hired a contractor named George Bowles who constructed the building. Bowles is also known for constructing the LDS Belvedere Ward on 607 Downington Ave. and another LDS chapel in Hawaii. Richardson-Bower, Inc., a distributor of Dodge Brother motorcars and Graham Brothers Trucks, used the building until 1926 as one of their showrooms. After they left, the building was separated into two business spaces, one of those spaces always remained automotive-related. The two spaces saw different occupants through the years including a shoe repair service called Milt’s Shoe Service, Ashton Auto Company and Ace Auto Supply Co. In 1933, the partners lost the property and Ione M. Overfield purchased it in 1934. The property remains with that family today. Even though the building has seen different occupants over the years, it still is one of the few buildings left in Sugar House that still holds the historic integrity it had in 1925. It was put in the National Register of Historic Places because of its reflection of the time before the postwar interstate highway system that exposed Sugar House to inter and intra-state travelers. The business still looks like an old automotive shop but is now occupied by Home Again, a home furnishings store. Nephi J. Hansen House: Located at 1797 South and 1400 East, the Nephi J. Hansen house
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was home to the prominent community leader and businessman in Sugar House. Hansen was known as the father of Sugar House and devoted most of his life to development of the area’s business district. He served two terms in the Utah State Legislature, and initiated at least seven different businesses in the Sugar House area. He teamed up with two brothers, Joseph and Hyrum Jensen and formed the Jensen-Hansen Company, which later became the Pacific Lumber and Building Company. The business failed while he was on his LDS mission, something he didn’t learn of until he arrived home. He later operated a business on 3300 East that became successful and eventually saved enough to open a business in 1903 called the Granite Lumber Company. He spent years trying to have the state prison removed from Sugar House and once he was elected to the legislature, he authored the first bill to have the prison removed, and finally after 20 years it was removed. His home was built in 1912, and is one of the first homes built in the Progress Heights subdivision, an area where wealthy and prominent people built their homes. Hansen’s home has more than 3,000 square-feet of floor space and was once named the “Sugar House Mansion.” Much of the home has been restored since Hansen lived there, but the exterior remains the same. The home has three chimney stacks, had an added garage built in 1959 and a small green house added later as well. The home is built on sandstone and is constructed of fired red brick. Their six sons and two daughters lived in the home with them, and when they had all moved out, the Hansens sold the property in 1930. l
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he Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, which ran was from July 28 to August 6th. The Festival is a bunch of shows put on by different theater groups, sponsored by Fringe and held at Westminster College and at the Fringe Factory. It’s uncensored and unapologetic. Artists have the power, and they can create what matters to them. The Fringe started when two Westminster College professors, Nina and Michael Vought, found the New Orleans Fringe, and were enthralled with all the things they saw there. On Aug. 5, “Former Boyfriends of Maddie” was put on by three members of the Aztec Pyramid Scheme, a Las Vegas -based improv comedy troupe, at the Fringe Factory. “‘Former Boyfriends” follows Detective Stilton, played by Robert Quam, investigating a murder of a girl named Maddie. Stilton’s plans keep getting delayed by going through rewrite after rewrite, eventually ending up in the “writer’s mind,” where he learns that unless he becomes useful, he’ll be made into a secondary character, or even written out of the story. Devin Beckwith constantly changes character, being a “sheet-elf” one scene, multiple extras, a quest- giver in a video game, the writer himself and more. Louis Hillegass comes into one scene, playing a character on a phone call with his mom. Beckwith said, “The story of why this show is about all these rewrites, is ‘cause this show went through tons of rewrites. We did a show with the exact same title in the Vegas Fringe, completely different...” “...about an actual support group, through the whole thing,” Quam added. Beckwith continued, “We kept trying to rewrite and couldn’t really find anything that worked, so then we were like, can we just make it about this character that keeps on getting
rewritten, and that’s how we settled on this.” Through those rewrites, Robert Quam said, “Stilton was the only character that we’ve carried over from the very beginning.” On the other end of the theater spectrum came “Dissonant Relative,” a play that poked fun at many controversial subjects in society through dark humor. Put on by the Survivors Theater Company, it follows Jenny (played by Sam Kleyh), Ricky (Garrith McCoy), Sally, Bobby, Greg (Ryan Hopkins) and Teacher (Kris Karns) on a day in the classroom (Sally and Bobby happen to be sock puppets on Jenny and Ricky’s hands). From the start, we learn of the relationship between Teacher and Eraser, an eraser with a smiley face drawn on one end and a frowny face drawn on the other. Immediately, we find that Teacher could be psychotic, not letting the students sit down at first, talking to inanimate objects and trying to medically operate on one of the students. “Dissonant Relative” showcases a sexual relationship between Greg and Teacher, as well as the idea that religion is just made-up nonsense, cults, drugs and much more. Josh Hopkin, the writer and director of the play, said, “I took an avant-garde playwriting class, and got challenged to write on stage with stage directions. I wrote it a year and a half ago, and then this last semester I workshopped it at UVU and now we’re at Fringe.” He chalked up all the stabs at society to, “I got very fed up with the just stupidity of people, and that’s my way of fighting back, like, illogical nonsense,” he said. “I did kind of try to focus it into education and religion to try to hone it into two institutions. In the workshop process it was definitely a lot more messy. I kinda cleaned it up and honed it into specifically religion and the education of it.” l
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ack in June, the Salt Lake City Council talked about redesigning the street layout on 2100 South between 1700 East and 2300 East. The change would have made one lane, one-way traffic with a center lane for left turns as well as an added bike lane on each side of the street. The council decided to get community input from the Sugar House community first, and the responses they received were divided, so the council deliberated and came up with a decision. After responses from the community, Salt Lake City Council Member Lisa Adams sent an email out to let the public know, “... after careful consideration and based on the community input we received over the last month, the administration had decided not to pursue a change in lane configuration on 2100 South at this time.” “The feedback we received from the community was very split about whether the street should be reconfigured or left as is,” the council said on their website. The council was contacted via phone calls, emails, letters, social media, and at open houses. The council received more than 1,500 comments making it the most responded to project on the online Open City Hall page. “The Transportation Division had recommended the changes be made to improve safety on the roadway as well as reflect the intent of existing master plan,” Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski wrote. “Understanding that these changes could cause concern with residents, and knowing your opinions on the issue, I personally asked Transportation to begin a public outreach effort to get feedback specifically on this project.” The Journal spoke to people who were against the changes on 2100 South, saying it would make it more difficult to cross streets especially for elementary school kids coming from Dilworth. According to the Open City
Hall page poll, many people surveyed under 50 years old preferred the new design, while those over 60 wanted to keep the existing four lanes. The most opposition for the change came from area codes 84108 and 84109, while those who leaned toward the change came from 84105 and 84106. “Even with an abbreviated window of time, this outreach effort was one of the most successful public engagements in city history, and Transportation should be applauded for their efforts,” Biskupski wrote. Businesses along 2100 South however, were largely in favor for the reduced lane changes, because it would have provided easier access to their buildings. According to the SLC Transportation Department, the changes would have also decreased crashes by 30 percent, including bike accidents. There were some cons to the change as it would have caused more congestion in rush hour and possibly more speeding from wider lanes. According to the responses, many people were more concerned about the congestion on the neighborhood roads and bottlenecking. “As was to be expected, some of the conversation surrounded the addition of bike lanes on the roadway,” Biskupski wrote. “The responses were split among those who ride bikes and those who don’t.” The questions on the Open City Hall page asked whether people frequently drove on 2100 South and how they traveled along the street. “Based on these responses, the adopted master plans and information provided by our experts in Transportation, I believe the city needs to do further outreach to explain the benefits of a complete streets concept on this and other roadways,” Biskupski wrote. “We also need to develop comprehensive plans for the length of 2100 South rather than taking a piecemeal approach with changes.” 2100 South was resurfaced during July. l
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Growing up in Sugar House in the ’60s and ’70s By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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or those of us who have lived in Sugar House for a short time, we might wonder what Sugar House was like back in the day? One resident who has been in the area for over 50 years had his share of memories. “I feel privileged that I grew up with such good friends, and it was a good place to grow up,” said Mark Christensen, a resident since 1966. Christensen grew up with his parents and sister in the Highland neighborhood. Times have changed since the ’60s and ’70s, starting with shopping. “One thing we would do first was do our clothes shopping at Keith O’Brien, that’s where Barnes and Noble is now, and the other store was J.C. Penny where the movie theater is,” Christensen said. “My mom took me there a lot, these were the two stores we shopped at.” Apart from the shopping centers, Christensen remembers going with his father to a fishing store called Anglers Inn that opened up in the mid ’70s. He described the interior of the building as having an aquarium with game fish and the owner would let them put goldfish in the tank and the game fish would eat them. “There was just magic and owners were so nice to us even though we were 13 and 14 years old,” Christensen recollected. “I remember the owner’s wife was named Bonnie and she’d tell us stories and her husband who was a well-known fisherman, and he’d take the time to talk to us.” Of course, a love for fish and the water also came from his trips to the Sprague Library, where he said his mother would take him downstairs. He’d find books on fish and the ocean while his mother looked upstairs. Another family activity was going down to A&W. The restaurant used to be around 2100 South and 700 East. He said that he and his sister would beg his dad to take them there when they’d visit their grandma. They would order from their parked car and servers would deliver their food. “They had signs around it,” Christensen said about the building, “mama burger, papa burger, teen burger, and we’d see other families there from the neighborhood and it was sort of a gathering place.” Another gathering place according to Christensen was Hy-
geia, which was in the area where Chick-Fil-a and Extended Stay are now. In the summer, it was a pool, and in the winter turned into an ice skating rink. “If we had any money left over from ice skating or swimming, we’d buy french fries or burgers, it had a cool, old fashion feeling to it,” Christensen said. He said that they also did a lot of their swimming at Fairmont Park. Where the skatepark is now, there used to be two or three swimming pools and kids from around the neighborhood would take a break from the summer sun. During the summer, Snelgroves was the place to buy ice cream. They served an ice cream treat called Snelly’s and even people from outside of Sugar House would come to the area to get a delicious treat here. He’d always get a malt shake and, to this day, hasn’t tasted a better shake. Another place to buy treats was a store called Nu-Crisp Popcorn Co. located at 960 East and 2100 South. “It was like wow,” Christensen said, “it was the coolest thing in the world to see the different kinds of popcorn.” It was such a tradition, that Christensen’s wife sent him some while he was on his LDS mission. Other traditions included a visit to Santa’s House by the monument in the center of Sugar House and buying a Christmas tree in the parking lot that was across the street from where Shopko used to be. When high school hit, Christensen went to Highland High School, graduating in 1980. He said that the cool bands to listen to were The Beach Boys, The Doobie Brothers and Billy Joel. “Everybody went to stomps, and that’s where you’d go to see other people,” Christensen said. “Stomp wasn’t prom, but it was a dance that you had before games or other reasons. And back then it was tradition for us that when the student body president came out, you gave them a standing ovation.” So much has changed within the last year and the last 50 years but Sugar House remains a wonderful place to grow up. Christensen currently lives in the neighborhood and raised his kids in the area as well. If you have any memories you’d like to share about growing up in a different decade in Sugar House, please reach out to the writer at natalie@mycityjournals.com l
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Tails wag at Fairmont Park’s Yappy Hour By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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appy Hour at Fairmont Park wasn’t exactly the “happy hour” a human might think about. But for dogs in attendance, being able to roam free, smell the trees and meet other dogs was a tail waggin’ good time. Admission was free for two-legged and fourlegged participants, and included music and food available for purchase from food trucks. This marked the fourth annual “Yappy Hour” this summer, and Gallivan Center Events was more than excited to put the event in Sugar House. “Fairmont Park has grown a lot, especially since the Sugar House area is growing,” Tara Olson, the events manager for Salt Lake City said.
“We just opened a new dog park near the east side of Fairmont Park and we want to let people know it’s open and want them to get involved.” The city held the same event earlier this year at Liberty Park that gathered an estimated 1,700 human and canine attendees. Booths from Petsmart and Rescue Rovers Dog Adoptions were on hand. Prize drawings and a fenced-off area where dogs could freely roam provided entertainment. “I went last month and this month and loved it both times,” BreAnna Torres, one of the attendees, said. “There is a really good variety of booths, dogs and people. It is great to learn about available services and nab some discounts.” If someone didn’t have a furry friend to bring along, they could visit the Rescue Rovers Dog Adoptions where people could interact with dogs in need of homes. The city is hoping to continue promoting these kinds of events, to help those in the community be more aware of the off-leash dog parks in the area. Tanner Park, Memory Grove, Wasatch Hollow Park and Herman Franks Park are a few of the many parks considered off leash. “We have a bunch of off leash events that we’re trying to do around the city,” Olson said. “We want to promote a different kind of playground for dogs where people can come after work and hang out with their dogs and just play and be with their friends and family.” Yappy Hour has one more event coming up Sept. 13 at Liberty Park. Visit slcityevents.com for more info. l
Author combines mental illness awareness and humor in her novels By Kayla Lien | kayla@mycityjournals.com
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n Aug. 11, Ann Garvin was at The King’s English Bookshop to read from and sign her newest novel, “I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around.” Garvin’s earlier books, “The Dog Year” and “On Maggie’s Watch” have the same themes as this new addition to the family. Her novels all dabble with mental health as Garvin teaches health education and psychology at the University of Wisconsin. She wanted a larger audience than just her college students. “I wanted to start talking about psychological issues and things like that in a way that people would understand it and sort of get involved in it through story rather than through, you know, educational lectures,” she said. Garvin likes to write because it connects her with people, shows them that though you may be struggling in your life, things will work out okay. Originally, she just wanted to be a comic writer, but once she started writing she understood what her voice was. “I think I thought I was just gonna write funny. But then as I sorta started getting deeper
into the characters, I realized that funny and sad is my niche,” she said. Garvin’s books are mainly that— funny and sad, and all of them (so far) follow a female protagonist in a trying time of her life. Starting the event, Jacquie Telonidis regaled the audience with the tale of how she and Ann met. After that, Garvin read a short passage from her book, giving the audience insight to her characters and the plot of the story. Garvin explained that the protagonist, Tig Monahan, had a mom with Alzheimer’s and a family atmosphere falling apart, along with a job in peril. Plot from the novel is somewhat influenced by Garvin’s own life, as her mother also has Alzheimer’s, and said the novel was a way to deal with the sadness of it. She talked about working as a college professor, about how hard it is to write novels that aren’t educational when you’re in a line of work where they’re supposed to be. Garvin related that she never knew she could write or make a life out of it. After entering a 24-hour writing contest in her town of Madison,
Wis. and winning second place, she realized that telling stories was something that was possible. Taking questions from the audience, Garvin answered inquiries about her novel titles, the editing process and publishing. Garvin has two more novels in the works, one is already finished and the other is almost done. One of them, “Bummer Camp” (which is its unofficial title), also deals with mental illness and getting through that, so it’s safe to assume the other is following that trend. Garvin said, “After my kids leave I wanna be able to [write], like, as much as I can. It kinda opened up a whole new world for me.” She relates writing to be like finding a superhero cape in a closet you’ve never opened, suddenly you’re able to do something that you would have never thought possible. “I think [publishing “The Dog Year” and “On Maggie’s Watch”] changed me as a writer—it sorta set me on my path of wanting to do this as a career.” l
Jacquie Telonidis recounts how she and Ann met. (Kayla Lien/ City Journals)
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Women’s football team remains a nearly perfect juggernaut By Carl Fauver | carlf@ mycityjournals.com
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e’ve all heard the saying, nobody’s perfect. But that’s not 100 percent true. The 1972 Miami Dolphins football team was perfect. In 2008, the New England Patriots were perfect, until losing Super Bowl XLII. But neither of those teams came close to what the Utah Falconz women’s football team has now accomplished over their first four seasons. The local Independent Women’s Football League (IWFL) team—which plays its home games at Cottonwood High School, in Murray —has lost just one game over four seasons. Their nearly perfect record is now 42-1. This summer the Falconz also claimed their second straight league title, playing at home before what many league officials believe was the largest crowd to ever attend an IWFL game. “There were so many people there,” Utah quarterback Louise Bean said. “I’ve heard estimates of 2,000 to 3,000 people. It was, by far, the coolest sports experience of my life.” It was also the end of an era—Bean’s era—with the Falconz. Shortly after Utah defeated the Austin (TX) Yellowjackets 35-18 in the championship game, Bean was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. But long before the game was played, Louise and her teammates already knew it was her last Falconz game. “My kids are getting older—and at age 43 I had already decided this was my last season,” Bean said. “But then my husband got a job opportunity in Great Falls, Montana. So even if I had thought about changing my mind, we won’t be here anymore.” The mother of three went
Quarterback Louise Bean shows teammates her most valuable player trophy after winning the IWFL championship at Cottonwood High School in Murray. (Utah Falconz)
out in style, completing all seven of her passes in the championship game—three of them for touchdowns. Her favorite moment of championship night came on one of those touchdown passes, though she wasn’t even watching teammate Lexie Floor when she crossed the goal line, 70 yards down field. “She (Floor) was so far in the clear, I knew she would score,” Bean said. “So I just turned to watch the crowd go crazy. It was an awesome moment— the best since I’ve been on the team—and a memory I’ll have forever.” Bean has never been injured and has started every single game for the Falconz at quarterback. However, she has also shared time with other quarterbacks, and is confident the team will be able to fill her spot next season without skipping a beat. Meantime, Bean’s teammate—wide receiver and defensive back Elisa Salazar— has every intention of returning next year, to try to help the Falconz complete a three-peat. “I enjoy the team so much,” Salazar said. “It’s great to be surrounded by such good people. We have to pay to participate; but I think it’s money well spent.” The 51 women on this year’s Utah Falconz roster each paid an $800 registration fee, to help cover costs for travel, medical staff, field rental and other expenses.
For a team that has rampaged through its opponents with only one loss in four seasons, perhaps the most logical question is what makes the Falconz so dominant? “Honestly, we are smaller than pretty much every team we play,” Salazar said. “So it’s definitely not our size. I think there are three primary reasons why we do so well: leadership, discipline and conditioning.” Salazar cites the team ownership and coaches for providing the skilled leadership the women need to be successful. On conditioning, she says the Falconz work out hard to stay in shape. “There have been a lot of games where we’ve really felt tested in the first quarter or first half,” she said. “But normally by the end of the game, we have more energy left than our opponents. I know we’ve won a lot of games for that reason.” As for discipline, Salazar said, “We really don’t have a lot of plays; but the ones we have we practice over and over, and pay very close attention to the smallest details. I know that has helped us win several games too.” The Utah Falconz always have several roster spots to fill each year. Any women interest in trying out for next year’s team should watch for clinic, camp and tryout information on the team’s Facebook page or at utahfalconz.com. l
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Is tackle football safe? By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com
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rofessional, college, high school and youth football players have strapped on their pads and laced up their cleats this fall. The health of these players, as well as the risks they take, are again hot topics among fans and team administrators. “We (parents and coaches) really need to educate ourselves. Football gets a black eye for things, we can do better at helping ourselves recognize dangers and learn to react appropriately. I wonder if the guys that get hurt are wearing a mouthpiece all of the time? Does their helmet fit correctly? This training is something I pride myself on. We have coaches that are aware and watching,” Herriman head coach and acting Utah Football Coaches Association President Dustin Pearce said. Risk Injuries in football are frequent. Knees, ankles and shoulder joints are often times the most commonly affected areas. Today brain injuries and concussions are making football executives wonder if the game is safe for its players. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, was found in 99 percent of deceased NFL players brains donated for scientific research, according to a study published July 25 in the medical journal JAMA. The disease affects the brain in ways doctors still do not understand. In 2016, the NFL publicly acknowledged for the first time a connection between football and CTE. Concussions and head injuries being the most likely culprits. The disease can be found in individuals who have been exposed to repeated head trauma. It can only be formally diagnosed with an autopsy, but carriers of the disease have shown symptoms of memory loss, confusion, aggression, depression, anxiety and sometimes suicidal behavior. “I think we have averaged 10 concussions a year, but it seems to be on the decline,” West Jordan High School head trainer Sarah Bradley said. “Even mild concussions should be treated the same. They (the injured player) need to go 24 hours without contact before they can get back at it.” The force of even a youth player’s tackle can be startling. According to a Popular Mechanics 2009 study, a fighter pilot may experience a G-force rating of 9 g’s; an extremely hard football tackle can produce as much as 30 g’s and an NFL hit 100 g’s. Diagnosis and Treatment Symptoms that parents and coaches should watch for include dizziness, nausea, blurred vision and drowsiness. Bradley said to watch for lack of concentration and confusion in the athlete. She said players should be reminded to tell the truth about what they are feeling. Rest is the best treatment. The athlete should avoid watching TV and using a cell phone. Bradley said they should not return to play until they have been evaluated and cleared by a licensed health care provider. “Something we forget that is simple is just staying hydrated, but they always need to see a doctor for the best treatment,” Bradley said.
A team of scientists from the University of Winsor suspected that dehydration may increase the risk of concussions, as presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego in 2014. Dehydration can cause a reduction of fluid in and around the brain. The fluid can cushion the brain during hard hits. Prevention In high schools, the athletic directors are responsible for the safety of the players. In the youth leagues it’s the commissioners. Training and education has become important in the involvement of coaches and parents. “I think our league did a lot to prevent injuries. We train our coaches with USA Football and teach about heads-up tackling. They are also trained to watch for symptoms and we have a concussion protocol. In our three The amount of force a player can feel in a hard tackle can be five times what a fighter pilot experiences. years we have documented only (Greg James/City Journals) six concussions,” Utah Girls Tackle Football league director and depend on each other to win a game is a hard thing. Football Crystal Sacco said. “I had to trust our coaches. We trained them so well that we left it up to them.” is hard, not everyone can do it. It is easier to sit at home and play USA Football is a national program supported by the Utah the Xbox. It is just like life, not everyone is going to be the CEO. It High School Activities Association. Training includes emphasis teaches life skills to these kids,” Pearce said. In its injury prevention bulletin, the UHSAA stated it believes in concussion recognition and response, heat preparedness and hydration, sudden cardiac arrest, proper equipment fitting and proper athletic participation by students promotes health and fitness, academic achievement and good citizenship. They agree that there is gameplay techniques. Coaches and administrators agree that education is the first step to a risk in playing all sports. “I personally would only feel comfortable with my kids playing if improving prevention of injuries. “I have seen the numbers of concussions decrease after we they were prepared physically, and I would want the coach to be safety implemented a neck strengthening program. We have seen good oriented. I played when I was younger and know the commitment it results from concentrating on the player’s development. We taught takes,” West Jordan resident Mike Taylor said. According to USA Football, every year nearly three million the players exercises they could do. During lifting workouts every other day they work on it. These kids are just learning about their children ages 6-14 take to football fields across America. College and university fans pack stadiums on Saturdays and NFL fans are bodies so we have tried to help them through it,” Bradley said. The UHSAA supports a national recommendation on limiting glued to every move of the NFL on Sundays. And, football is a multicontact in practice. The national task force suggests limiting full million dollar industry. Recently, the Dallas Cowboys franchise contact to two or three times a week. They also support an initiative to was appraised at $4.2 billion dollars. Local sporting goods stores reduce two-way players (players who play both offense and defense). sell equipment, families eat out and tailgate on game days and fans purchase team merchandise. The effects of football games on the Benefits “Nothing can replace football, getting 11 guys to work together community can be far reaching. l
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The 7 Deadly Fictional Sins That Will Kill Your Grocery Budget
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JOANI TAYLOR
I can often be heard telling people the number one way to save money in your day to day spending is at the grocery store. Our food budget is one of the few monthly bills we can actually control and I get quite passionate about telling people just that. Here are some not so fictional facts that will help you stay on track at the grocery store. 1.Your Budget Is Fictional: There’s that word, budget, it can sound so restrictive. The fact is, most American’s go to the grocery store first, and then live on what is left. Shopping this way is 100%“bass-awkards”. Setting a budget, IN STONE, allows you to begin to plan for life’s setbacks and luxuries. How much your budget should be is a personal figure. It varies by income, where you shop and the kinds of food you like. Start by taking a look at your last 3 to 4 months expenses. Break out the receipts or bank statement and add every single transaction, you’ll likely be surprised at the amount. Now cut that figure by 30% and make the commitment not to go over it. Set up a separate account for groceries if you have too, let that extra 30% pile up and you’ll soon be challenging yourself to cut the budget even further. 2.Your List Is Fictional: No matter how good your memory is, you must write a grocery list and make
a meal plan. Not only will it ensure you don’t forget things you need, it will deter you from buying the things you don’t need. Make it your goal, to ONLY buy what’s on your list. 3.The Day Of The Week You Shop Is Fictional: We’ve all run out of milk or found ourselves running to the store for a single item and the next thing we know checking out with a cart full of groceries. That single trip can shoot your entire budget. Avoid this by shopping with a list on a specific day of the week. Remember, extra trips to the store cost extra money. If you run out of something, find an alternative and go without. 4.Your Price Points Are Fictional: Being armed with the knowledge of the when lowest price hits and what the price should be gives you the confidence of knowing when to buy extra. Start a notebook of the prices you see for the items you purchase routinely and make sure to date it. Specific items have sale cycles that are usually in 3 – 4 month increments. You can view my personal guideline for pricing on Coupons4Utah. com/grocery-price-point. 5.What You Buy Is Fictional: For me impulse buys happen most when I’m either shopping with little ones or shopping when I’m hungry, avoid both, and stick to your detailed list. If it isn’t on the list, don’t buy it. Try allowing
kids to add 1 or 2 items to the list during the week before shopping. When you’re in the store and they ask for a box of special cereal or cookies, you can inform them, it’s not on their list and would they like that to be their item for next time? 6.The Store Organizes It’s Shelves To Make Shopping Easier Is Fictional: Grocery stores are full of marketing gimmicks used to convince you to buy more than you went for. It starts with high priced salad bars at the front of the store, tasty fresh baked breads and cakes to follow. They are experts at putting conveniently cut fruit and vegetable trays on end caps, candy stocked shelves in the aisles at the check out and the most expensive milk, eggs and cheese on the end caps right near self checkout. Stick to your list and you won’t get detoured. 7.Clipping Coupons Is Fictional: Finally I have a few words about clipping coupons. After all, I am the owner of a couple of coupon websites. I’ve heard it time and time again, “I tried using coupons, but the store brand is cheaper” or “The coupon isn’t worth the time it takes to clip them.” Maybe you’ve heard from others how much they saved with “extreme coupon” tactics, but when you tried it, you failed at it, and gave up frustrated. While I don’t define myself as a “couponer” I am am huge proponent of using coupons for everyday savings and can’t remember a time when I didn’t clip
them. Here are some facts about coupons that you might be surprised to hear me say. 1- Using coupons to create extreme stock-piles will cost you money 2- Clipping or printing a coupon you intend to use will cost you time 3- Not using coupons at all will cost you money There, I just gave you permission to let yourself off the proverbial coupon hook. Shopping with coupons should not be extreme. It will cost you money, and causes you to buy things you don’t need or won’t use. You can however, get awesome results that can amount to as much as 90% off the regular price of the food and household items you buy and use everyday, when you combine a coupon with the sale. The secret is organizing before you get to the store and knowing what the lowest prices. There’s a handy database that lists which newspaper a specific coupon came in or links you to a printable or digital coupon at www.coupons4utah.com/ grocery-coupons. You may also want to check out an app call Flipp. It links you to store ads and coupons. If you are a Smith’s shopper follow Crazy4Smiths. com, they are experts at finding coupons for items on sale. Following these simple strategies can save you big non-fictional money.l
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Is it hot in here? In the near future it should be much easier for us to keep our heads in the sand about climate change, mostly because the entire earth will be a desert. Hundreds of scientific organizations worldwide are convinced that human-caused global warming needs to be addressed ASAP but many people still don’t believe in climate change. It’s not a fairy, people. You don’t have to believe in it and clap your hands really fast in order for it to be real. A Gallup poll earlier this year shows Americans are finally warming to the idea of climate change, with nearly 70 percent agreeing our wasteful habits are destroying Mother Earth. It’s about @$#& time! With gas-guzzling vehicles, energy draining habits and the entire city of Las Vegas, it can’t be a coincidence that levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have skyrocketed since WWII. Those rising pollutants trap the earth’s heat and slowly cook the planet like a Sunday dinner rump roast. Warming ocean temperatures create stronger hurricanes, more dangerous tropical storms and tornadoes filled with sharks! Glaciers in Alaska are shrinking, not from global warming but because people use so much ice in their gal-
lon-sized soft drink mugs. (As a creepy sidebar, bodies frozen in glaciers for centuries are being discovered and could possibly bring back old-timey diseases.) Polar bears are applying for refugee status, hoping to be relocated to Bemidji, Minnesota, where they can integrate into a similar society. Arctic seals and Antarctic penguins are losing their homes as sea ice melts. So if you’re looking for a rescue animal, there’s a couple of really cool options. Inexplicably, President Trump is convinced global warming is a mocktastrophe created by Bill Nye the Science Guy and Neil DeGrasse Tyson to keep him from using aerosol hairspray. (“Inexplicably” is a word I’ve used a lot with the Trump administration.) Trump’s decision to step away from the Paris climate agreement and reinvigorate the coal industry is a big middle finger to planet Earth. His stance is not just embarrassing, it’s potentially disastrous. (FYI to the Prez: Nuclear war is very bad for the planet.) In fact, Trump is convinced the whole global warming rumor was started by the Chinese to make the United States less competitive. I don’t think the earth’s possible annihilation was Made in China, and sponsored by Nye and
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CONSTRUCTION 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE
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