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Group’s flag to commemorate Utah’s 125th anniversary BY CONNOR RICHARDS
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The Provo-based Organization for a New Utah Flag is pushing for a commemorative flag that “tells the story of Utah and its history” to celebrate the 125th anniversary of statehood. The red, white and blue flag is filled with symbolism representing Utah, including a golden beehive symbolizing the “Beehive State” and the state’s motto of “Industry,” according to a press release for Organization for a New Utah Flag. A white star on the flag is meant to represent Utah’s statehood in 1896 and its place
A digital rendering shows a flag designed by the Organization for a New Utah Flag to commemorate Utah’s 125th anniversary of statehood. COURTESY ORGANIZATION FOR A NEW UTAH FLAG
on the U.S. flag, while the flag’s crossroad design “symbolizes Utah’s place as ‘The Crossroads of the West’ with the joining of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point in 1869.” The red represents the red rocks of southern Utah, while the white and blue represent the snow-capped Rocky Mountains and Great Salt Lake, respectively. The five sections of the flag represent the five Native American tribes in Utah: the Ute, Paiute, Navajo, Shoshone and Goshute. “We wanted to design an impressive new state flag that would meet all the criteria; that
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is, to be bold, simple and unique, while honoring Utah’s great history,” said Richard Martin, chair of the organization. “A flag that anyone can easily recall and replicate. We feel that this new design perfectly exemplifies that goal.” The flag design is similar to one that the group proposed to be the new state flag in 2019. After the effort to change the state flag failed to make it through the Utah State Legislature, Jonathan Martin, the spokesman of the organization and designer of the flag, said the Please see FLAG, Page 2
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House OKs modifying process for prescribing opiates BY CONNOR RICHARDS
Daily Herald
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Daniel George, Manti, Utah, 2018
Daniel George: God To Go West God to Go West explores the contemporary landscape of Utah in relationship to the state’s religious history. After their arrival to the area in the mid-1800’s, Mormon settlers and their progeny named, or in many cases renamed, more places and geographic features than any other group or people. The nomenclature directly references their books of scripture, the Bible and The Book of Mormon. Because names have the ability to mediate qualities
and meaning attached to a place, and are a vital part of individual and collective memory, it is evident the early settlers intended to create a utopia by association. George’s photographs are an investigation of this romanticized notion, and the effect that language, religion, and history has had on land use and interpretation in this region of the country. In the visual tradition of the Western photographic surveys, he documents a place that is paradoxically defined by idyllic optimism, and characterized by unavoidable incongruity.
In these images, George ultimately examines the interconnection of place and culture as it relates to communal and personal identity.
About the Artist
Daniel George is a photographic artist whose work is rooted in the medium’s documentary tradition and explores the interconnection of place and culture as it relates to communal and personal identity. Having lived as a transplant in various locations throughout his adult life, he uses the camera to study defining characteristics
of the communities within which he resides. The resulting photographs are his attempt to visualize and understand the idiosyncrasies of human activity in these local cultures. George’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the United States, and has been published internationally in both print and online publications. He is based out of Vineyard, UT, and is a current artist-in-residence at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. www.danielgeorgephoto.net
The Utah House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on Monday that would require medical providers to consult with other providers before issuing long-term prescriptions for opiates or benzodiazepines to patients. House Bill 15 states that before issuing a prescription longer than 30 consecutive days for an opiate, like oxycodone and hydrocodone, or a benzodiazepine, like Valium and Xanax, providers must check the controlled substance database to see if the patient “has received a high risk prescription that is currently active from a different practitioner.” Before issuing a prescription, H.B. 15 would require practitioners to contact and consult “with each practitioner who issued a high risk prescription that is currently active to the patient” and document in the patient’s medical record “that the practitioner made contact with each practitioner.” Additionally, providers would be required to document “why the practitioner believes that the patient needs multiple high risk prescriptions from different practitioners.” Failure to comply with the requirements outlined in the bill would be considered “unprofessional conduct.” “This is a bill, one of many bills that we’ve considered, that deals with our opioid epidemic and tries to make a small change in a direction of more safety in the way that we prescribe and that providers
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