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Justin Shirley named new DWR director

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Justin Shirley

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Department of Natural Resources Director Brian Steed named Justin (“J”) Shirley as the new director for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, effective Saturday, Aug. 21. A resident of Stockton, Tooele County, Shirley graduated from the Police Corps program in 2002 and began working as a DWR conservation officer later that year. He started his career working in Juab County, before being promoted to a sergeant in 2006. He then became the southeastern region lieutenant

in 2013. He was promoted to a captain in 2016 and then became the DWR law enforcement section chief in 2019. With a bachelor’s and master’s degree in wildlife and range resources from Brigham Young University and a father who worked as a biologist and then conservation officer for the DWR for 30 years, Shirley has always had a passion for the outdoors and wildlife conservation. “I am a second-generation DWR employee and care deeply

about the continued success of the wildlife resources in Utah,” Shirley said. “With over 18 years as an employee with the DWR, I feel that my experience gained through numerous positions within the law enforcement section have uniquely prepared me for the position of director. As stated in the DWR mission, ‘Wildlife is valuable to everyone.’ I believe in that and have spent my career promoting and instilling a respect for wildlife and wild places with all those I interact with. I look forward to

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continuing that mission.” “J brings a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to this position, and I feel confident in his ability to oversee the management of Utah’s fish and wildlife,” Steed said. Shirley grew up in Elk Ridge, Utah County, and enjoys recreating in the outdoors hunting, fishing and hiking with his wife and kids. Shirley replaces Rory Reynolds who was serving as the interim director since Jan. 1, 2021, after former director Mike Fowlks retired.

TABERNACLE CHOIR

COVID has choir singing the blues BY GENELLE PUGMIRE

The Pyramid

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Food need is high this time of year, especially for fresh fruits and vegetables, and the shelves at local food pantries are not always full. BY LAURA GILES

Pyramid Correspondent

One in six people in Utah are a t risk of missing a meal today. One in five kids in Utah are unsure of where their next meal will come from. These sobering statistics, from Utah Food Bank, illustrate the great need for those of us with extra to give to those who do not

have enough. Many people want to help but don’t always Last week, I wrote about the challenges that know how. Here are a few ideas. local food pantries face during these summer months, including less food due to the drought, Meat and Dairy more clients needing food because kids are not Dairy foods and meat, unfortunately, canin school, extra financial burden of going back not be donated to the local food pantries. to school and many families experiencing financial struggles due to the COVID pandemic. Please see PANTRIES, Page A2

The communitywide surge of COVID-19 cases has the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square singing the blues. In a Friday press release and in consultation with the Presiding Bishop’s office and the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, choir leaders have decided to briefly delay the resumption of choir rehearsals that were scheduled to being Thursday, Aug. 26. Instead, a private choir organization devotional will be held that evening at 7 p.m. in the Tabernacle, according to the choir statement. “With the Choir’s adviser Bishop Gérald Caussé presiding, the devotional will be a celebration of the devoted service of President and Sister Jarrett and an introduction to President and Sister Leavitt and the counselors who will serve with them,” said Kim Farah, choir publicist. “The health and safety of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square organization members and its audiences is the highest priority for Please see CHOIR, Page A2

Registered nurse Julyn Shepherd fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination center erected inside the former Shopko building in Spanish Fork on Jan. 27. ISAAC HALE, SPECIAL TO THE PYRAMID

Utahns prepare for COVID booster shots BY JAMIE LAMPROS

Special to The Pyramid

Pharmacies across the state are beginning to offer a third COVID-19 vaccine for people who have been fully vaccinated, but only for those who are at high risk of becoming severely ill. Transplant recipients, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised are among the group of people au-

thorized to get the extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. “We know these groups of people don’t respond as vigorously to the vaccine and someone who isn’t immunocompromised,” said Intermountain Healthcare Infectious Diseases Physician Eddie Stenehjem. “A third dose for these folks is more likely to generate more protection, so it’s something Please see BOOSTER, Page A2

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