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he first week of March, Brighton High senior Jacob Simmons kept refreshing his email. He applied in October 2019 for the competitive Coca-Cola Scholars Program scholarship— one that fewer than 1/6th of 1% of applicants receive nationwide. He already knew he was a finalist after the scholarship committee reviewed his 4.0 GPA; his perfect ACT college entrance exam score; his first class rank; his 12 perfect Advanced Placement college exams (with eight more he was registered to take this past spring); his leadership in extracurricular activities; his interview; and his written application with three essays that caused him some “pretty long nights.” Then, Simmons checked his email one last time before he went to tennis practice. “There it was; I got the scholarship—$20,000 for school,” he said. “It felt so good; I immediately forwarded it to my mom and grandma.” According to their website, Simmons is one of 150 students, selected from an initial pool of 93,075 nationwide applications, who “not only exemplify superior leadership, service, and academics—they are change agents, positively affecting others in their communities.” Simmons is planning to attend Deep Springs College in California beginning in July, after turning down other choices of Harvard, Duke and Washington and Lee University, the latter where he received a full-tuition Johnson Scholarship. The stand-out Bengal also has accumulated such prestigious honors as the National Merit Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship.
“Both of those recognitions are particularly meaningful because the applicant pool is essentially the entire class of 2020, which includes millions of students. Being recognized among the top several hundred is obviously a huge honor and meeting some of the other students in these programs has been both humbling and inspiring,” he said. Simmons also was the school’s valedictorian. “It’s definitely been a discouraging end of the year for every senior,” he said. “My last tennis match was March 12 (he is a reigning state champion). I had no idea that would be my last in high school (where he also ran cross country, swam and participated in club ice hockey). I may not ever play (competitively) again in my life. It’s sad, but it could be worse. I’m just grateful that I’m not a freshman in college, paying $80,000 for online classes or being retired, living paycheck to paycheck. I’m hoping the Class of 2020 can take away ‘how can I help people; how can I make the best of this situation.’ I hope we appreciate friends more, once we’re able to.” However, Simmons was able to travel to New York shortly before the shutdown with the school’s Model United Nations team, skipping the regional debate tournament. Last year in debate, he placed third at state and won the top Lincoln-Douglas speaker award. While Simmons may not have the usual benefits of being a Coca-Cola Scholar, such as traveling to Atlanta to attend a leadership summit and to perform service work, he was able to step back from his usual studies to reflect on Continued page 9
Brighton High’s Jacob Simmons recently was named a Coca-Cola Scholar and awarded $20,000 toward his college tuition. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Simmons)
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Butler Middle’s principal named top in the state By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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Education has the power to change the world and middle school is where we can build that foundation.” Those are the words of Butler Middle School Principal Paula Logan, who not only was applauded as last year’s Canyons School District’s APEX administrator of the year, but also as this year’s Utah Association for Secondary School’s Middle School Principal of the Year. “I was really surprised and honored; we have amazing administrators across the state,” she said. “In our district, Joanne Ackerman and Mary Anderson have received this honor. They are mentors of mine and it is an honor to be recognized in the same way. They are my heroes. The feeling of being comparable with these remarkable leaders is humbling.” This comes from an educator who didn’t anticipate becoming an administrator. “I always wanted to be a teacher. I loved the humor and interaction with my students.
In 2019, Butler Middle School Principal Paula Logan won Canyons School District’s APEX administrator of the year; this year she was named Utah Association for Secondary School’s Middle School Principal of the Year. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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I truly loved teaching eighth-grade ELA (English/language arts) and reading. It was a magic time for students as they were just starting to understand how big the world is and how they could impact their own sphere. I wanted students to develop a love for reading and writing and develop confidence in their own abilities. I wanted them to know that with foundational skills, they could do whatever their dream might be. Every day students amazed me with their thinking and idea,” she said. Logan went on to earn her master’s degree in educational leadership. “As part of my college program, I participated in the administrative hiring process. I was 31 at the time and really believed the district would say I was too young and try again later. I was astonished to be offered a job as an AP (assistant principal) at Hillcrest High School. I had not anticipated becoming an administrator,” she said. “I love what I do. I truly believe that with planning, training, and effort we can improve the outcomes for students, teachers and our community.” After six years of serving as assistant principals at both Hillcrest and Jordan high schools, Logan became principal at Midvale Middle where she focused on school culture and building literacy skills. Her team realigned the curriculum to better connect learning for students and brought the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme to the school. “I love the energy and emotion of the middle school students. If you are ever having a tough day, just a few minutes in the hall at passing time or sitting in a classroom for a few minutes can change everything. Students are amazing and resilient. They are fascinating. I really believe that middle school is our system-wide chance to build a strong foundation and help them prepare for the future. Students are beginning to explore ideas and we can build upon that. It is an exciting and important time of life. I love being a part of
that and trying to have staff and structures in place to support our students as they move through adolescence,” she said. It also is a time when student-teacher connections are key, Logan pointed out. “Middle school is a difficult time for students. The student-teacher relationship provides stability and is affirming in this tricky time. It can help Butler Middle School Principal Paula Logan led a parade through the neighborwith a student’s sense hood March 27 soon after being named Utah Association for Secondary School’s of self and sense of Middle School Principal of the Year. (Julie Slama/City Journals) belonging. Research indicates that strong student-teacher relation- have the highest reading achievement since we ships have a positive impact on engagement, started the six-seven-eight middle school.” Also prior to “soft closure,” Logan reattendance, grades. By connecting to each other and creating a strong school communi- ceived her state administrator of the year ty, we see fewer behavior incidents and lower plaque and with the award, was an invited to file an application—complete with five essays drop-out rates,” she said. After seven years at Midvale Middle, about programs and strategies Logan has imshe became principal at Butler Middle in plemented—to be considered as the national 2013. At Butler, Logan helped bring a new secondary school principal of the year. However, with the national conference schedule and structure for the school when sixth-graders came into middle school and scheduled for September, there’s a possibility it will be held virtually. ninth-graders moved to high school. “I would be sad about a virtual confer“It was exciting to learn about how to better meet the needs of sixth-graders and to sup- ence,” Logan said. “The exciting part is to port parents who were so anxious about their interact and network with leaders across our sixth-graders coming to middle school. We have nation and to share ideas about what is hapspent a lot of time on teaming, literacy and stu- pening in their schools—especially as we are dent-teacher relationships,” she said. “Over the going through this unique time in history, it seven years at BMS, we have focused on growth would be incredible to just share ideas and and we have seen great growth in our students processes that worked and didn’t work. To be and their achievements. I really care about our able to listen to the minds of these educators students and staff and community. Prior to the and how they have processed this situation school dismissal (because of the response to for students, staff, parents and community the COVID-19 pandemic), we were on track to would be fascinating.” l
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Protest for police reform in Cottonwood Heights By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com
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he plaza of Cottonwood Heights City Hall (2277 Bengal Blvd.) was a sea of Black Lives Matter and Thin Blue Line flags; Police Reform and Support the CHPD protest signs; raised voices and honks on June 15. Many residents showed up in support of the Rally for Police Reform event while many others counter-protested showing support of the CHPD (Cottonwood Heights Police Department). The Cottonwood Heights Rally for Police Reform began with local activist Carl Moore providing a land acknowledgment for Ute, Shoshone and Goshute land. “I want to remind us that because we live on indigenous land, we have to respect the indigenous voices when it comes to social structure, environmental structure, and how those things intertwine.” Moore then gave a blessing beginning with a four-direction song. Former owner of the Canyon Inn and resident Kimmie Stojack spoke next. “What is protect and serve?” she asked. “Protect and serve does not mean to shoot a teenage boy in the back and kill him. Protect and serve does not mean to run a family of color out of our city. Protect and serve does not mean to harass our city councilwoman. Protect and serve does not mean to violate one’s civil rights.” “This has been going on in our community for over 10 years,” continued Stojack. “We as citizens of Cottonwood Heights are done with the harassment, intimidation, and abuse of power.” Civil Right and Criminal Defense Attorney Tyler Ayres spoke next. “I’ve been standing up against police for 20 years. I have brought lawsuits against almost every police agency in this valley. The reason that we sue and the reason we are demonstrating today is one thing: equal protection under the law.” Ayres discussed a few aspects he believes effects equal protection today. He mentioned that the number one rule for officers is to come back alive. “I have to place my client’s interest above my interests,” Ayres said. “Why don’t we hold cops to that?”
In addition, he discussed qualified immunity in relation to equal protection under the law. He concluded by saying “we are not going away this time. This does not end without major reform. It’s time for black lives to matter within this country.” Former resident Tiffany James was joined by her family as she retold the story of her son’s death. On May 29, 2018, Zane was shot two blocks away from their home by an off-duty officer. “We had to find him in the hospital after my husband showed up (at City Hall) looking for help. We watched as our son died, paralyzed, not able to speak to us, with a ventilator in his mouth.” “We are a family that Friends and family members of Zane James showing support for police reform initiatives. (Cassie Goff/City Journals) knows this has been going on since our country was founded. They have “I just want to matter,” Satini said. “I “This is the week that African Ameribeen living with this their whole lives and want my grandson to matter. I want people cans call Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Gennow we know what it feels like. And I won’t who look like me to have equal protection. eral Granger read a federal order that freed condone it and my family won’t condone it. I’m here to bring voice to the people who are the slaves. It took the 13th amendment to free We are not anti-police. We are anti-police ha- voiceless.” all the slaves.” rassment.” She ended her speech by thanking “the McDonald then discussed convict leasJames, her family, and Zane’s teammates officers who try very hard to be kind and be ing. “Our prison systems are the new Jim set up Zane’s old hockey net for attendees to protectors of this city.” Crow, they are the new slavery. $80 billion a take slap shots for police reform. Utah Black Roundtable President Dar- year goes into our prison system. One percent Former resident of Cottonwood Heights lene McDonald gave a history lesson for her of that is for rehabilitation. If you take a fracMargarita Satini emphasized James’s point, speech. She began by alluding to the “Andy tion of that $80 billion and divest from prison “This is a police reform rally. Not a defund Griffiths Show.” systems to drug treatment centers, then we the police.” “Let’s think about community polic- could actually have a society for everyone.” She discussed what she hopes reform ing. Andy knew everyone in the community Community Activist Daisy Thomas diswill look like, with an independent citizens and everyone knew Andy. He did not walk cussed how she didn’t want to enable the curreview board, more training for officers in the streets with a gun. Community policing rent system anymore. implicit bias and de-escalation. “Talk to your is something that is not equal and it doesn’t “We often talk about how officers put city council members and mayor,” she urged, exist in every single community in America. their lives on the line every day. There are “organize, mobilize, have those hard conver- When the police was formed, it was to cap- inherent risks to working in law enforcesations, get your community together.” ture runaway slaves.” ment, and officers accept those risks. There
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are risks that our black and brown neighbors didn’t accept when in proximity to law enforcement.” “It was the CHPD that helped deescalate some harassment I was receiving. But I cannot ignore what the marginalized communities members have faced from the same police force. We can accept nothing less than equal protection under the law. I have heard countless accounts of harassment and violence from our ethnic communities here in Utah by those same police forces. This is a dynamic of an abusive relationship and we are enablers if we do not work to stop it.” “People have demanded justice and we will have it,” Thomas said and suggested that officers should invest in the needs of communities, restorative justice should be encouraged, qualified immunity should be ended, and for-profit prisons should be shut down. Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter leader Lex Scott spoke last. “We have been meeting with Salt Lake Police for three years about police reform.” In those three years, they were able to get a “complaint” button on the Salt Lake Police’s website, implement three different types of de-escalation training as well as diversity training, and replace 70 lethal shotguns with less-than-lethal shotguns. After outlining accomplishments, Scott discussed what they are hoping for. “We want data collection. When we say we are pulled over five times the rate of white people and we are given higher sentences for lesser crimes, we want that data. We want police to track the race, gender, and age of every person they pull over and arrest. We want that nationwide.” She urged everyone to go to www.blacklivesmatterutah.com and sign the petition for police reform. “We want one million signatures!” “This movement has been peaceful. It has never been about violence. And we are going to change this entire system.” l
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High school students dabble in careers on job shadow day By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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Henderson was one of about 100 juniors and seniors from the five district traditional high schools who shadowed professionals in their field. Students could request careers in engineering, electrical and mechanical assembly, law, entertainment and sports, car dealerships, medical, architecture, television media, police, chamber of commerce, state legislature and students with special needs. “We invite students to shadow professionals to get a sense of ‘a day in the life’ of a career they’re interested in,” said Patti Larkin, career and technical education district coordinator. “It’s a highlight experience for students who gain a hands-on look at their field from understanding a blueprint to helping in a chiropractic office.” Hillcrest High junior Charlie Scriver job shadowed Chiropractor Blaine Awerkamp. “I was able to follow Dr. Awerkamp around his office, see how he interacts with patients and treats them as well as how he runs a chiropractic clinic,” Scriver said. “It gave me good insight into another medical option.” During his two-hour observation, Scriver said that he watched Awerkamp treat six or seven patients who were recovering from car accident or an injury or returning to the office in need of a hip or spine adjustment.
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his documentary on “Fritz Haber: Feeding the World and Warfare” was named the most outstanding entry from Utah. In 2017, he competed at nationals with his profile documentary, “Louis D. Brandeis: Standing for the People,” about the Supreme Court justice and his role model. His AP literature teacher Jennifer Mattson said Simmons is amazing. “He’s modest; he’s an incredible, self-motivated learner who finds things of interest and makes them his own, such as with his history documentaries,” she said. “He’s a hallmark of all kids who have an interest and intrigue of learning about the world.” Even though Simmons has a career goal to enter a physics field or become a conservation engineer, he wrote about a course he would like to develop and take: “History of Wilderness and Exploration.” “I realized I won’t be the first person to discover something like the South Pole, North Pole, space race, technical inventions and literature of discovery as they have all been discovered, but for me and my contemporaries, this is an area where there is so much we don’t know about the universe and life,” he said. Principal Tom Sherwood has appreciated Simmons’ academic dedication and vision. “I’ve been in education 23 years and there are a high number of exceptional students who stand out in academics and work ethic, who have a clear vision of what they want to do and how to get there,” he said. “Jacob is a fantastic kid; he’s down to earth and realizes the importance of education.” l
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Local business owner Carl Churchill catches up with patrons getting takeout at Alpha Coffee in Cottonwood Heights. (Joshua Wood/City Journals)
counsel of the state and county governments. Now the city is focusing on promoting local businesses and how residents can safely support them. “If they have a need for takeout, a gym, or a haircut, there’s probably a local business that can provide that,” Johnson said. “We encourage people to seek out local businesses to help them get going again.” The Shop Safe, Shop Local page offers a business spotlight link where local businesses can offer updates on the services they provide. Cancun Café on Fort Union, stated in its spotlight listing, “We are open for business for dine-in (with social distancing practices), curbside, takeout, and delivery through GrubHub.” Fitness Together stated, “We offer 1 on 1 and small group training inside and outside the studio and also Zoom training for both 1 on 1 and small groups.” More Shop Safe, Shop Local information can be found at cottonwoodheights. utah.gov/doing-business/shop-safe-shop-local. Residents can peruse dozens of local company offerings to find the services they need and to support local Cottonwood Heights businesses. Local businesses have also helped support each other in Cottonwood Heights. “We get a lot of the stuff we sell here from other small local businesses,” Churchill said. “When you come here, not only are you supporting us, you’re also supporting five other local small businesses.” l
The staff at Cottonwood Heights’ Alpha Coffee sport custom masks as they fill takeout orders. (Joshua Wood/City Journals)
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irst responders are growing increasingly concerned over the potential 2020 fire season. As more and more firework shows are being canceled due to restrictions on public gatherings with COVID-19, the anticipation is that more individuals will be lighting
their own at-home fireworks. With the cancellation of Butlerville Days in Cottonwood Heights, UFA (Unified Fire Authority) Assistant Chief Riley Pilgrim is “concerned with how residents might do more fireworks on their own,” he told the city council during a meeting on May 19. Pilgrim and city officials urge residents to check the Fireworks Restricted Areas Map for the city, as some changes were made this year. In addition, they urge residents to be cautious of conditions that may create a high risk of wildfire. “Cottonwood Heights has a really good map that highlights the districts really well; it’s really user friendly,” Pilgrim said. As a reminder, setting off a firework within a restricted zone, or outside of the allowed times and dates, is illegal and could result in a $1,000 fine. Fireworks can only be discharged between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. from July 2 to July 5 and from July 22 to July 25. On July 4 and July 24, fireworks may be discharged until midnight. Most of the city is classified as urban interface, which is in line with the State of Utah’s fireworks assessment and recommenFirework stands will be opening soon, remember to dations, Pilgrim reported. be careful with those sparklers and beyond. (State of Pilgrim expects many open areas within Utah Fire Marshal)
Visit the city website to view the interactive map of firework restrictions. (Cottonwood Heights City)
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Residents petition against a highway on Wasatch Boulevard By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com
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approved an updated 202-page Wasatch Canyons General Plan and was adopted on June 16. The Salt Lake County Regional Planning Staff began drafting this plan in 2017 with input from local governmental entities, canyon visitors and property owners. In addition, the planning staff drew data from online surveys, three public hearings, interviews, work sessions, nine community events and 10 open houses. SALT LAKE COUNTY The updated general plan will replace On June 9, The Salt Lake County Council the 1989 Wasatch Canyons Master Plan for any major plans for the Wasatch Canyons (Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons) and Wasatch Boulevard have recently been published by the Salt Lake County Council and the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). As many elements of these plans do not align with the Cottonwood Heights Wasatch Boulevard Master Plan, a group of Cottonwood Heights residents have started a petition.
Parleys, Mill Creek, Big Cottonwood, associated unincorporated foothills, and Little Cottonwood. “The preservation of this precious resource is a top priority,” said Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson. “I am excited to implement the vision and strategies in this plan to protect the solitude, wildlife, scenery, water quality, and best snow on earth, that our canyons provide.”
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On June 8, UDOT released their Draft Transportation Alternatives plan for the Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Planning and drafting these alternatives began in 2018. Three main transportation alternatives have been identified and drafted in proposed documents. The three focused alternatives are: Enhanced Bus Service, Enhanced Bus Service with Peak Period Shoulder Lanes (PPSL), and Gondola. In addition, UDOT has published a 438page Draft Alternatives Development and Screen Report outlining their process and the many different alternatives that were considered. A 35-day public comment period on the drafted alternatives began on June 8 and will continue until July 10. Residents can submit UDOT has proposed a possible future for Wasatch Boulevard to be five lanes of traffic. (Utah Department of comments through their website, through email, or by mail. Transportation/EIS)
By next spring (2021), UDOT anticipates having a fully completed draft EIS. At that time, they will have a public hearing with a 45-day public comment period. Before 2021 ends, UDOT hopes to have a final draft ready for action in the Federal Register.
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Both the Salt Lake County and UDOT plans include making changes to Wasatch Boulevard, some of which do not align with the 169-page Cottonwood Heights Wasatch Boulevard Master Plan that was published in July 2019. For years, Cottonwood Heights residents have been fighting to make Wasatch Boulevard less of a highway and more of a residential street. Residents have been mainly concerned about increased traffic and congestion on Wasatch Boulevard and in their surrounding neighborhoods. Some of the main suggestion improvements from residents has been to not expand the boulevard and to reduce the speed limit (from 50 mph to 30 mph). As one of the proposed alternatives drafted by UDOT includes widening Wasatch Boulevard to five lanes, residents of Cottonwood Heights have started a petition called Save Not Pave. Many residents are becoming concerned with how UDOT’s plans might affect their neighborhoods, as UDOT includes mention
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Wasatch Boulevard will be widened if any one of UDOT’s potential plans is adopted. (Utah Department of Transportation/EIS)
of “high residential impact” in some of their drafted alternatives. In addition, their plans might include demolishing some homes, as the gondola alternative states “UDOT assumes that owners of residences directly under the gondola’s airspace would need to be relocated.”
The organizers behind Save Not Pave are “Cottonwood Heights citizens called to action to preserve the residential character and natural environment. We gladly share access through our gateway to Utah’s amazing Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons with visitors and regional commuters but it must
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asatch Front Waste & Recycling District (WFWRD) will be making adjustments to service this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes were made for the “need to ensure a safe work environment for the WFWRD employees,” wrote General Manager Pam Roberts. Most notably, the anticipated bulk containers/trailers will not be automatically placed into neighborhoods this year. Instead, residents will have to reserve and schedule containers/trailers, if desired. Containers/trailers will only be available on a first come, first served basis. Depending on the type of container/trailer residents wish to reserve and schedule, there will be an associated fee between $45 and $145. Residents can reserve and schedule a trailer online, in
person at 604 W. 6960 South, Midvale, or email (or fax) in a trailer rental form. “Talk to five or 10 of your neighbors. If one person is willing to take it for a group of homes, that would be best,” said Cottonwood Heights City Councilmember Scott Bracken. As of publication, only Taylorsville residents are allowed to schedule container reservations. Residents of other cities should be receiving a postcard indicating dates available for scheduling. There’s an app for that, too. WFWRD launched a free mobile app for residents in April. Available for both Android and Apple devices, the app includes a “Recycle Right” feature that allows a user to search if specific material should be reused, recycled, composted or landfilled. The app also includes a scheduling tool for residents to confirm their collection dates. WFWRD serves the cities of Cottonwood Heights, Herriman, Holladay, Millcreek, Taylorsville, and portions of Murray and Sandy; the metro townships of Copperton, Emigration Canyon, Kearns, Magna and White City; the Town of Brighton; and Residents must reserve trailers for home delivery if needed. (Photo courtesy of Wasatch Front Waste & Recyall unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County. cling District) To find more information on these upNeighborhood trailers will not be automatically delivered to residents this year. (Photo courtesy of dates for WFWRD, visit their website at: Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling District) www.wasatchfrontwaste.org l
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Pandemic: How to save money and support the local economy
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The world is a new place, at least for now there is a new normal. Many of us are waiting to see if the new normal will become the normal, or if the old normal will come back. Either way for now we have to live in this pandemic shaped economy. According to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis the personal savings rate hit a historic high of 33%. With the uncertainty of the current situation, and scars from the 2008 recession still fresh, it’s understandable that people would be very hesitant to spend. Not to mention how much toilet paper can one person stockpile? But there is another side of the story, the economy. If everyone stops spending then everyone would stop earning. So how does one balance the line, spend enough to keep the economy strong but save enough to be responsible. I propose that the answer to that question is not how much you spend, rather how and where you spend it. Here are five ways to balance the save money vs. build the economy problem. 1. Buy Local has to be a priority now. Over the last 10 years
our economy has been strong. Its been OK, not awesome, but OK if people shifted some of their spending from local. But remember the more local you spend your money the stronger your local economy is. Now buying local is not as easy at it sounds. Sure it is easy to make the choice to buy your products at a local store instead of Amazon or a website. But it goes deeper than that. Every shopping decision has a different factor of localness. For instance if you need to buy a power tool or some home improvement product, you can buy it from Lowes or you can buy it from a locally owned hardware store. Both Lowes and the hardware store create local jobs, and they both pay local taxes. but more of the profit at the hardware store will stay local. Look for local products. Harmons grocery stores does a great job at showing you what products are local. I wish all stores did this. Last month I was at a hardware store, OK honestly I was at Lowes, I needed a ladder. As I looked at the assortment I realized that
Little Giant ladder systems were a Utah business, so it was an easy decision. 2. Buy Services not Products. If you are trying to help the economy you will likely do more good buying services rather than products. Let’s consider an example. When you purchase a lawn mower, the majority of the purchase price goes to the manufacturer which is probably not a Utah Company. But when you pay someone to mow your lawn, nearly all of it stays local. The person who is mowing your lawn is much more likely to do business with the business you work for than say Honda. 3. Launch a side hustle or two. I realize that this is not really saving money, unless you consider the age old advice a dollar saved is a dollar earned, then this is just the flip side of that. In today’s world there are an abundance of ways you can start a side hustle. Sell some of your unneeded stuff on eBay, breed your dog (everyone wants some type of oodle these days), rent out storage on apps like Neighbor, drive for Uber or Lyft, I saw a new App to rent your RV,
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This stupid pandemic has changed our relationship with food. With most restaurants and bars closed, people are looking for new ways to stay nourished and inebriated. Working from home for several weeks, we prepared three meals a day, plus snacks, for five people and a needy puppy. And by “snacks” I mean we pretty much ate all day long. We wore a groove in the tile from the living room to the pantry. When the lock-down started, I innocently said, “Think of the money we’ll save by not eating at restaurants. We’re going to lose so much weight not eating fast food!” Things went downhill fast. Not only do we spend a dump truck load of money for groceries each week, but we’re stress-eating 24 hours a day. I’ve baked cookies, cakes, muffins and brownies – and that was just this morning. My daughter and I take turns making meals. We try to find things everyone will enjoy, which is absolutely impossible. We have lots of pasta and rice dishes, fish sticks and take-out pizza. My daughter is a vegetarian, so her meals are full of veggies, chickpeas and quinoa, or what my hus-
band calls “sadness foods.” One vegetarian dinner started the “Things I would never eat, even if I was going to die” conversation. My husband’s list is basically vegetables, but I have a bounty of foods I would never want to eat again. Things I was forced to eat as a child top my list. For not growing up in the Great Depression, my mom was
said, “Those are just the eyes of the potato” which gave me a potato phobia for several decades as I envisioned eating little potato eyeballs. My grandma made lima beans to spite me. She’d serve a big bowl of pale-green mushiness mixed with greasy, globular pork fat, then shame me for not eating it.
adept at whipping up meals that could have been served in a Dickensian orphanage. She’d buy things at the grocery store and I’d cry because I knew what was coming. Jars of dried beef? Creamed chipped beef on toast. Sour cream? “Beef” stroganoff made with noodles, sour cream gravy and textured vegetable protein. Once I complained about lumpy mashed potatoes and my dad
“When I was a little girl, I’d be happy and grateful for lima beans,” she’d say. “I wasn’t spoiled.” “Were lima beans invented when you were a little girl?” I’d ask, which usually got me another spoonful of the vile stuff. Stewed tomatoes, tapioca pudding (eyeballs again), my dad’s flour pudding (don’t ask), deviled eggs (obviously) and potato salad (eww) round out my list
of things I’ll never eat again. But back to today, where my food choices are substantially subpar. If I’m going to die from a ridiculous coronavirus, I might as well eat what I want. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it’s not some murderous chef with a flamethrower. Following COVID-19 restrictions, some restaurants are opening again. The hubbie and I donned our face masks, took a swig of hand sanitizer, put on some plastic gloves and hit a Mexican restaurant for the first time in months. The chile verde almost brought me to tears. The margarita definitely did. It will be an interesting summer as picnics, BBQs, family reunions and vacations are being reimagined. So many of our celebrations revolve around food and sharing it with the people we love. The trick is finding the balance to do it safely. Our dishwasher runs nonstop. The grandkids (and husband) complain about eating asparagus. But we’re creating new recipes, experimenting with flavors and planting a garden. We’re finding new ways to stay nourished and inebriated. l
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