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FREE WHILE ONE CONTROVERSIAL ROAD PROJECT BEGINS, MURRAY LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com
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urray residents are being asked for their input on future transportation needs as well as current road projects. Murray City will also release results of a Vine Street Improvement Project Phase Two survey regarding a road-widening project between 1300 East and Van Winkle Expressway. According to the Murray Transportation Master Plan (TMP) survey, “Roughly 1.5 million vehicles use Murray City’s transportation corridors every day (this number does not include I-15 or I-215 traffic volumes).” The TMP will guide a 30-year strategy to identify and construct transportation improvements, with hopes of providing safer and more effective movement of people and goods throughout the city. “Under normal, pre-COVID circumstances, we would be holding multiple public meetings to allow you to share ideas, ask questions, provide input, etc. However, we are following guidance and regulations from local and regional government and the CDC and are having to forego public meetings at this time,” an information sheet from Murray’s contractor, Avenue Consultants, said. The survey can be found online at Murraytransportationplan.com. Aside from roads, the plan also wants input on other modes of transportation such as bikes, pedestrian routes and mass transit. The last major bus realignment that impacted Murray happened after the TRAX light-rail station opened; several bus routes were eliminated, including westside Murray’s only north-south bus route on 700 West. Where the sidewalk ends. Murray City and east Vine Street residents grapple over the design of Vine Street. Sidewalks are planned for sections of Vine Uniquely, the survey gives respondents the ability to Street but will impact property owners along the route. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals) pinpoint individual sections of Continued page 7
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Murray farmers markets buzz along with coronavirus precautions in place By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com
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t was National Farmers Market Week in August, and even with the need for social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Murray’s two markets still drew crowds. The outdoor markets with fresh, locally grown produce have vendors’ stalls spaced farther apart this year to help their customers stay the minimum 6 feet apart. “We have seen a decrease in vendors, but the crowds are still the same,” Wheeler Farm Market Coordinator Britt Fiscus said. “A lot of vendors did not want to risk coming out during COVID.” Market managers were forced to adopt new policies and procedures to keep vendors and customers safe, all while ensuring communities have continued access to local, fresh food. As COVID-19 disrupted supply chains, with customers panic buying and stocking up on canned food, farmers have been able to direct most of their products to large wholesalers selectively. At the Wheeler Farm Sunday Market, artisans and specialty food vendors significantly outnumbered pure farm-to-market vendors. “We offer lower fees to those who sell produce,” Fiscus said. “Food trucks are charged higher rates.” Utah Farm Bureau started the first farmers market in Utah in 1981, which was located in their Murray office parking lot. That market has since moved to Murray Park. According to the Farm Bureau, “We are a food-only market, with an emphasis on produce and staple foods.” The Wheeler Farm Market was opened in 2011 by a private interest, but, in 2017, it could no longer run the Sunday-only event. In 2018, Salt Lake County Parks began operating the market, providing the infrastructure and support for producers. Both markets are taking precautions on the advice of the Salt Lake County Health
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Department, which issued guidance to customers, vendors, and market directors earlier this year. Signs around Wheeler Farm implore the typical etiquette about masks and distance but also request that customers not touch the food, refrain from lingering, and be especially kind and patient. Since the Murray Park Farmers Market is food only, it opened the last week of July as harvest time began. Wheeler Farm opened much earlier, in the first week in June, and includes arts and crafts vendors. A renewed interest in home food canning and freezing has made bulk purchases of products in high demand at the Farm Bureau vendors. Unlike at grocery stores, the produce sold at farmers markets ripens on the trees or plants and is freshly picked the day before it
arrives in Murray from counties across Utah. The market also serves as an incubator for small, local entrepreneurs who may otherwise lack access to capital. Not all farmers markets in Utah are doing as well as Murray’s. Nicole Knight, manning the Proof Pawsitive healthy dog treats stand, chats with customers browsing bags of beef tripe chips and a bucket of elkhorn chews. “We expanded to Wheeler Farm’s market due to lack of demand in other areas,” Knight said. “Hallie (Matern) has had to come from Erda to open a stand here.” Specialty items abound at Wheeler Farm, with some stalls exclusively selling pickles, salt and butter soaps, lavender, essential oils, or CBD remedies. Branding himself as “The Hottest Thing in Utah!” James
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Twenty years ago, Murray blew its stacks By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com
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whole generation of Murrayites has grown up without living under the shadow of Murray’s most iconic landmarks, the ASARCO smokestacks. Still, two decades later, the stacks’ legacy lives on as challenges to many Murray plans when it comes to development around the old smelter site. Many Murray residents chose to ignore Mayor Dan Snarr’s pleas for everyone to stay home on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, and watch via television the historic smelter stacks’ implosion. After all, before GPS guided everyone precisely to their address, Murrayites had used the towering stacks as a reference point for finding home. At 450 feet, the tallest tower stood twice as tall as Intermountain Medical Center’s Sorenson Patient Tower. The stack had a distinctive brim, distinguishing it from its shorter, blander, older brother to the south. Over time, radio antennas poked up from the rim, almost giving it a crown-like appearance. The tall stack also acted for a time as a billboard, sporting a giant Colonel Sanders face advertising Pete Harmon’s Kentucky Fried Chicken establishment. As emblems, their demolition stirred controversy within Murray. Public outcry tried to persuade Murray City leaders that they needed to preserve the stacks in the name of maintaining the city’s historical past. As
Murray’s smokestacks preside over a 1970s Independence Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of the Murray Museum)
recently as March 2020, Susan Wright, who “I think we should have preserved them. We worked to save many of downtown Murray’s could have put a restaurant at the top of one.” historic structures, told the Murray Journal, As a smokestack, the tallest tower spent most of its life without any smoke. In 1902, American Smelter and Refining Co. (ASARCO) built the largest lead smelter in the world in Murray, including the small stack. The plant could smelt 1,200 tons of lead a day, but so toxic was the air around the stack that local farmers successfully sued the smelters after their crops failed. ASARCO was forced to build the taller stack in 1918 to disperse fumes, but its last puff of smoke came in 1949. Except for one final puff when they collapsed in 2000. While many wanted to preserve the stacks for their iconography, others viewed them in light of their toxic past. The stacks not only killed farmers’ crops and required contaminant cleanup of Bergertown (a company housing development north of the stacks) but dangerous working conditions caused largescale strikes on numerous occasions. Kathleen Well-known Murray doctor Herond Sheranian noted in his biography that he worked his way through medical school in UTAH SENATE 8 the smelter baghouse, cleaning the filters Utah House 46 that captured arsenic and lead. He witnessed his own body and that of his co-workers devolving into a “mass of sores and eruptions.” Smelter workers simply called the baghouse the “hell hole.” Yet three significant artworks pay hom6150 South 725 East age to the stacks: UTA’s sculpture at the Murray Central TRAX Station, a large mural on Murray the corner of State Street and 5300 South, and an interactive memorial garden in the (Social Distanced, Family Friendly) footprint of the tall stack south of IMC’s tow-
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er #1. Not to mention, Murray memorialized the towers in its logo. The implosion two decades ago did not go as planned. Instead of falling north into trenches where large sprinklers spraying water would cut down the dust, the stacks crumbled at the base, collapsing the chimneys like large telescopes and sending a plume of toxic dust over Murray High School and the Lost Creek Apartments. The former Superfund site still reminds Murray of its toxic past. The city received recognition from the EPA for its successful cleanup of the site, capping thousands of tons of contaminated soil under the TRAX station parking lot, Cottonwood Street, and Vine Street. Now, with the planned development of a central transportation hub at the TRAX station, developers and city planners must decide how not to disturb the contaminants capped underground decades ago. The old Ore Sampling Mill south of the stack, the last remaining building of the smelter era, still has contaminants needing to be addressed before any construction begins to refurbish that site into a business park. With the smelter site cleaned up, Murray leaders had hoped for a large retail center to add to its sales-tax base. Except for a new Costco, that dream has never been realized since it has become home to a renowned, yet tax-exempt medical center.. l
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Continued from front page roads and intersections that they feel are hazardous. Respondents can also identify routes they would like to see sidewalks or traffic-calming measures. The survey also tracks respondents’ use of mass transit and alternative modes of transportation, including bike routes. Bike routes have recently been added to 700 West and Vine Street as part of the Vine Street Improvement Project. Phase two of the Vine Street project has garnered opposition to widening one of the oldest roads in Murray. Phase one of the project focused on the stretch of road between 900 East and 1300 East, which included adding sidewalks, a center turning lane, as well as curb and gutters. Phase one wasn’t without challenges; the project required right-ofway acquisition of land and removal of oldgrowth trees. The Vine Street project is a Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) project, approved over a decade ago, managed and implemented by Murray City. Construction of phase one ended in 2019, with the design of phase two scheduled to start this year. Because Woodstock Elementary sits on the corner of 1300 East and Vine Street, numerous student pedestrians must negotiate walking into Vine Street, where no sidewalks
exist—notably between the Canal Trail entrance and 1830 East. Residents in the phase two area have formed an opposition group and, so far, have collected over 1,100 signatures. Their petition states: “Widen Vine Street? Trade trees for Asphalt? 81’ sidewalk to sidewalk?” The petition also claims that “Federal and state tax funds, distributed by the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), awarded grants of approximately $10 million to Murray City to increase the width of Vine Street from 900 East to Highland Drive without citizen input required by NEPA, the National Environment Protection Act.” Murray City did conduct open houses in 2017 and addressed the issue in the city council meeting held August 22, 2017, where opposition was stated into the public record. The city has discussed, in several city council meetings, the addition of sidewalks, curb and gutter to that section of road as far back as 2015. A survey, issued by the city in August, gauged the opinions of respondents who live near or use Vine Street about concerns and design preferences for the project, with results to be presented later this year. Construction on Vine Street is slated to begin in Murray residents are being asked to participate in the Murray Transportation Plan survey, including thoughts on mass transit. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals) Spring 2021. l
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everal significant developments are on track or in development in Murray, some including high rises. Large developments on the former Murray Kmart property on 900 East and phase two of the Center 53 project on 5300 South have begun construction or are being reviewed by the Murray City Council. The former Pine Hill (5100 S. 500 West) Business Park has been demolished to make way for phase two of the Center 53 project. Phase one of the project borders 5300 South and I-15 and currently houses the Security National Life Insurance Company. A 200,000-square-foot multi-story story structure along with a multi-level garage finished construction in 2016. That building does not currently consist of any retail spaces. Security National Financial Corporation and Nuterra Partners plan to develop and lease approximately 1,000,000 square feet of commercial space. Center 53, encompasses over 20 acres along the west side of I-15. This partnership plans on constructing four additional six-story buildings on that property. The builders intend on also including a food truck court, outdoor seating and a fountain. The Planning Commission unanimously approved in December a second building to be constructed on the previous Taco Time site. Builders are planning on a six-story,
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Murray High, AMES students top technology awards in computing By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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n AMES girl recently was awarded regional winners of the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing. AMES student Maili Vu was honored March 7 as they “significantly demonstrated interest and aptitude for computing.” She was one of the 16 regional winners who received an engraved crystal trophy for the high school as well as individual crystal, scholarship opportunities and technology prizes. AMES classmate Katheryn Wesley was named as an honorable mention regional winner as well as Murray High’s Shae Harmon and Samantha Wilhelm. Madisen Homer, of Murray High, received the Rising Star award. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors ninth- through 12thgrade students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages them to pursue their passions. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. Vu recently graduated from AMES where she was the programming leader for her school’s robotics team and competed in the world championships. She has helped
Maili Vu, left, was one of 16 regional winners who received the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing. (Photo courtesy of NCWIT)
kids learn about robotics and introduced the concepts of coding using block code. She plans to study electrical engineering in college and wants to create different types of robots to better people’s lives. Other area regional winners are Manya Nair, Riverton High; Katelyn Swain, JATC; Maya Heesch, Providence Hall; Sydney
Leister, Mountain Ridge High; and Sanjana Kargi and Abigail Slama-Catron, both of Hillcrest High. Area honorable mention awards went to Marianne Liu of Sandy, West High; Cynthia Perez-Pacheco, GTI; Tea Flores, Herriman High; Lillian McElheny, Riverton High; Quinn Quinley, Riverton; Tiare Jorquera,
GTI; Kayla Bacon, Herriman High; Michelle Chiem, Herriman High; and Maria Feist, Herriman High. Area Rising Star awards, for those who are starting out in their pursuit of studying computing, went to Kaitlyn Lowe, Brighton High; Ashley Hillstead, Beehive Academy; Hannah Braeger, Herriman High; Alayna Pinales, GTI; and Grace Haglund, Olympus High. Since 2007, nearly 17,000 students have received an Aspirations in Computing award and regional affiliate award programs are hosted in 79 locations nationwide by NCWIT member organizations—a national network of universities, companies, nonprofits, and government organizations working to increase the influence and meaningful participation of girls and women from every community. According to its website, NCWIT was chartered in 2005 by the National Science Foundation and is a nonprofit community that convenes, equips, and unites change leader organizations to increase the influential and meaningful participation of girls and women—at the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability status—in the field of computing, particularly in terms of innovation and development. l
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Former Murray City Councilor Dave Nicponski has died; he was 64. First elected to the city council in 2012, Nicponski served two terms representing District 1. His first election was a nail biter, winning by only two votes; his second had a more comfortable margin of 95 votes. He tried for a third term but did not advance in the primaries last year. Nicponski served as Alta’s town manager and as an undercover Salt Lake City Police officer. He later started his lobbying firm Dave Nicponski Associates. In 1981, a car accident paralyzed him from the waist down. Nicponski leaves behind his wife Geri and four daughters.
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Celebration delayed, so Murray commemorated its own Utah PTA educator and support staff award-winners By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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here wasn’t a banquet, an awards ceremony or big celebration—but it may yet happen. But Murray’s Region 19 PTA members couldn’t wait. “Anytime we have a chance to nominate our outstanding teachers and staff members, and they win, we will celebrate them again and again because they’re phenomenal and very deserving,” PTA Region 19 Director Jeannette Bowen said. “We’re planning to celebrate them this fall when the state hopes to honor them.” With that, Bowen and others came to post homemade signs in the yards of Longview’s Mike Okumura as outstanding educator of the year and McMillan’s Corey Peterson as outstanding support staff award-winner. “The principal (Joy Sanford) called to ask if I was home, saying she was stopping by,” Peterson said. “Then, I heard my dog go crazy and pounding in my front yard. I opened the door and there she was with a sign and flowers and the region PTA president. I’m flattered parents think I do a good job; it was sweet of them to think of me.” Okumura also was surprised by the recognition. “I knew they nominated me for the award and Jeannette Bowen sent me a tribute of what was written which was very nice,” he said. “No matter what happened, reading that was so worth it.” Then, during a faculty meeting over Zoom, it was announced Okumura was the state winner. “I’m kind of surprised because I’ve only been at this school a couple years, but they were able to include some of the things I’ve always done in my classrooms whether it’s here or at Liberty (Elementary). It’s quite the honor,” he said. Okumura, who has his bachelor’s degree in child development from the University of Utah, began his teaching career in the 1980s at a private daycare. “I had no intention of becoming a teacher. I just went there to work and loved it. I spent 16 years there,” he said. Afterward, he got his master’s in elementary education and teaching certificate from the U of U and taught fourth grade for 14 years at Liberty. “When I started, I envisioned I’d be teaching a younger grade, but I student taught fifth- and sixth-graders and it was eye opening what the kids could do by themselves. Fourth has been a great level to teach,” Okumura said. Throughout his years at Liberty and Longview, he incorporated his passion for science into the classroom. Okumura brought his pet snake so students could learn firsthand about their science curriculum and he intro-
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duced them to trilobites by getting a Murray Education Association grant to get rocks and supplies for them to crack open and discover their own fossils. This past spring, the students weren’t able to do that as schools went into soft closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Okumura says he will figure out a way those former fourth-graders can have that experience, even though he took the opportunity to teach Longview first-graders after 16 years of fourth grade in Murray School District. “With teaching, I know I can make a difference in a kid’s life, even if I don’t see it at the time. I walk into Walmart or the grocery store and someone comes up to me who’s 25, 28 years old, and says, ‘I know you. You taught me.’ And even if they don’t remember my name, they remember the snake or something we did in class. Then I know I’m making an impact in a student’s life,” he said. Peterson also is making an impression with students as McMillan’s librarian. “My favorite part of the job is connecting with the kids over a book,” she said. “We talk about books, find the right one to read, and if they haven’t found their niche, I get them started. I love books, I love reading, I love little kids. It’s just the best job in the world.” Peterson remembers her librarian, Vera Hardman, when she attended McMillan. “I used to help her with the inventory and card catalog. We had two libraries—one was in a teeny-tiny room. By fifth grade, the new addition was built, and we had a new, much larger library,” she said. Peterson went to the University of Utah where she earned her degree in English and knew when the position opened 11 years ago, she was back home. Since then, she’s created programs and contests that are beloved by students. “I create special things for each grade. Kindergartners, we have a nursery rhyme puppet show and second grade, we have a wiener dog fest where we just celebrate wiener dog books and they make wiener dog bookmarks. In fourth grade, we have a storytelling contest where they learn short fables and tell them,” Peterson said. “I know most of the students’ names, but mostly I just call them ‘honey.’” She’s known to pull books for teachers when they start studying new units so that they’re able to share with them and during online school last spring, Peterson read stories weekly from her home to children with the help of the library’s stuffed dragon. “The teachers were providing lessons, so I thought I could provide students’ stories. One day I even put a mask on the dragon
and the kids thought it was silly and fun,” rug and listen to stories together, but if we she said. “I’m not sure what the library time don’t have story time, that would break my will look like this fall with social distancing. heart.” l It won’t be the same if we can’t sit on the
Former McMillan Elementary Principal Joy Sanford, right, surprised school librarian Corey Peterson with a sign and flowers, with Utah PTA’s outstanding support staff award. (Photo courtesy of Jeannette Bowen)
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Local education foundations, businesses and community come together to support students By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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t was a more streamlined event, but still people showed up and donated school supplies, clothing, and other items for students in need. It was the Tools for Schools, a fundraising drive that supports 11 area school districts as well as charter schools and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Local businesses and individuals could drop off needed items Aug. 11-13 at the Shops at South Town, where Z104 radio personalities, Dave and Deb, and local school officials accepted donations and sorted them to the needs of each district. Items also were collected that were earmarked for a particular district. Cash donations were also accepted, including with a link to Jordan Credit Union, who disbursed the funds, and allowed those who wanted to participate to do so at a safe distance. “Even with a pandemic, kids still need things and we still want to do it,” said Denise Haycock, Canyons Education Foundation development officer. “We had four volunteers instead of 20 and plan to just sort donations by district, not stuffing backpacks or anything more.”
Volunteers hang the banner in preparation for the three-day Tools for Schools fundraiser. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
In years past, Haycock said they had which they filled with the donated school “boxes and boxes of backpacks and food— supplies. That allowed Canyons to help probably thousands of backpacks last year” “cover the bubble schools, those that aren’t
covered by United Way and their business partners, but could still use the help.” This year’s list not only includes pencils and pencil sharpeners, but also the “accessory of the year”—masks. “We take any kind—homemade, sewn, store bought. Our risk management will approve them for the health and safety of our kids. Hand sanitizer also is something new on the list,” she said. Jordan Education Foundation Director Steven Hall said that filling principals’ pantries at the schools was something they requested. “We have a lot of insecure kids and now, homeless, especially during COVID-19,” he said. “We have one in five children who are needing assistance.” He said clothing, including underwear, as well as personal hygiene items, school supplies and backpacks rounded out his foundation’s wish list. “Donations make an impact,” he said. “If it’s one backpack, then that’s one more backpack we have to give a child than we did before. Every contribution makes a difference.” l
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Murray Silver Blades’ Hannah Herrera selected for Team USA By Ryanne Riet | r.riet@mycityjournals.com
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he Murray Silver Blades Figure Skating Club has had its home in Murray for over 15 years. The goal of the club is to encourage skaters, advance their skills, and build harmonious relationships with fellow skaters. This year, the Murray Silver Blades Figure Skating Club is proud to send one of their own skaters off to join Team USA. Fifteen-year-old Hannah Herrera is one of the lucky few who qualified to skate for Team USA on the ice this year. Hannah started her skating journey 10 years ago. “I played soccer and baseball when I was little, but I didn’t have as much fun, so that is why I decided to continue figure skating,” Hannah said. Team USA is made up of athletes and teams who are selected by the U.S. Figure Skating International Committee or the International Skating Union to represent the United States at ISU events such as international events, Junior Grand Prix events, Grand Prix events, Challenger Series events, ISU championships, and the Olympic Winter Games. Over the past two seasons she has placed within the top four spots in regionals and sectionals, allowing her to compete in the national competition. This year alone Hannah has had some
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Fifteen-year-old Hannah Herrera qualified to skate for Team USA. (Photo courtesy Kortney Herrera)
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Mayor’s Message Public safety in Murray City has been a priority for as long as the city has existed. The Murray City Police Department was established in 1903, the same year as city incorporation, and included a single town marshal. The fire department was organized in 1906 as an all-volunteer force. As the city has grown and developed over the years, our police and fire departments have evolved to keep up with the demands. What began as a city of about 4,000 residents has today become a thriving city of 50,000, plus a daytime population of at least double that number. Today the police department consists of 89 fulltime professional employees and the fire department is an expert organization of 64 personnel responding from three fire stations. Recent events across the country, including rallies, protests, and even riots, have put public safety departments, particularly police agencies, under a microscope. In an effort to improve transparency and increase public involvement in our public safety departments, Murray City is adding a new board to the many other volunteer boards and commissions with the creation of a Public Safety Advisory Board (PSAB). The purpose of the PSAB is to represent concerns of diverse citizen groups and broad interests of the community as a whole, and to foster understanding and communication between the residents and businesses of the city and our police and fire departments. The board will also review community needs and concerns, expectations, and responses related to police and fire services. It will be a goal of the board to encourage the highest ethical standards in public safety. It is anticipated that the PSAB will meet monthly. We are fortunate in Murray that our police and fire departments already actively engage in public outreach programs and have built good relationships with the community at large over the years. Murray has
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not experienced the “big city” probMayor lems that have impacted many police mayor@murray.utah.gov departments in the country. I anticipate that the PSAB will assist us in keeping 801-264-2600 it that way and will be a benefit and support to our police and fire chiefs. I 5025 S. State Street believe the city can always do better, Murray, Utah 84107 and it is my hope that this board will be an additional resource to our public safety departments to assist in continuous improvement. The Public Safety Advisory Board will consist of seven volunteer board members, with five being residents of the city and the remaining two either living or working in the city. The objective is to have members from diverse backgrounds and from all geographical areas of the city. With that in mind, I am inviting individuals who want to be considered to serve on this board to submit a resume and letter of interest. The city will accept resumes and letters during the month of September, with a deadline of September 30. They can be submitted to the mayor’s office by email at mayor@murray.utah.gov or by postal service to Murray City Mayor’s Office, 5025 South State Street, 2nd Floor, Murray UT 84107. Board members selected will be very busy during the initial six months of service, with a number of training activities, including open and public meeting act; confidentiality, privacy and due process rights; police and fire department policies and procedures; rights of victims, criminal defendants, and suspects; and other topics in addition to ride-a-long opportunities with our public safety professionals. I wish to reiterate my appreciation of the men and women who serve in our police and fire departments. They are hard-working professionals who strive day-in and day-out to protect and serve this city. I anticipate that the PSAB will be a positive resource in the continual improvement of the public safety service provided to Murray City.
Murray Senior Recreation Center Although the Murray Senior Recreation Center remains closed for the protection of its vulnerable participants, we are looking at and implementing ways to serve the 55+ population in a fun and safe manner. We have been and will continue to offer lunches for pickup Monday through Friday from 11:30 to 12:30 to those who give us 24 hours advanced notice. Cost is $4 per lunch and a lunch order can be made and paid for by calling 801-264-2635. Credit cards will be taken over the phone. Lunches consist of ham, turkey or roast beef sandwiches, white or wheat bread, or wraps, burgers or bratwursts. Car Bingo will take place every Wednesday in the West parking lot of the Center from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. You must call to register in advance and play will be limited to the first 20 cars. Volunteers will escort you to a parking spot (social distancing) and give you 4 different Bingo cards per person (maximum of 2 people per car). Bring your own marker and mask, honk your horn once if you need the number repeated and twice if you have Bingo! Prizes including gift certificates and Village Inn pies will be given to the winners of each game. Remember to stay in your car, wear your mask and don’t idle your car while playing (it’s against City ordinance). We have made a decision to cancel this year’s trip to Tuachan and have rescheduled for next June. We apologize for any inconvenience. SHREDDING DAY is back on Friday, September 18 from 10:00-1:00. Salt Lake Count Aging Services will offer FREE document shredding in the Center’s North parking lot. Special thanks to Salt Lake County Aging Services and Shred Masters for providing this service.
Approved items: All paper products (with staples and paper clips), file folders, checks and checkbooks. Non-Approved items: black binder clips, larger metal pieces, carbon paper, cardboard, electronics, and plastic. You will stay in your car until it is your time to put your shredding items into the bin. There will be volunteers in the parking lot helping with this process. VIRTUAL PERSONAL TRAINING The Center is very excited to share a new virtual personal training program this fall, supported by the University of Utah Department of Health & Kinesiology. This class will start the end of August or the first week of September. This is a free class. Because we continue to be closed, we have found other creative ways to keep you in shape. You will meet your personal trainers via the internet, in your home. Do not let that scare you, we will do our best to get you help with your computer needs. Seniors will be required to virtually meet their students twice a week for a total of 12 weeks. Program will end sometime in November. Seniors will be engaged with their personal trainer twice a week for 40-minute sessions. Meeting times will be arranged by seniors and students. The only requirement for the senior is to have access to the internet, a personal computer, and a video-based communication platform (Zoom for example). This program was offered in the summer to great reviews. Call the Center at 801-264-2635 to register for this class. Space is limited.
Family Soccer Golf Tournament
Murray Parks & Recreation has created a 9 hole Soccer Golf course in Murray Park for this awesome family event. This tournament will be a foursome scramble. Prizes given for a closest to the hole, longest kick and straightest kick. Come play with your family, friends, etc. Social distancing is required! Prizes given for the best scores. Date: Monday, September 7, 2020 (Labor Day) Times: T-times starting at 8:00 am and every 10 minutes after that. Format: Foursome scramble. Closet to the hole, longest kick, straightest kick. Winners win prizes. Must provide own soccer balls (4 balls) Cost: $10 per team Ages: Any ages Register: Murray Parks & Recreation, The Park Center or online at www.mreg.com Deadline: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 T-Times: Call for T-times on Thursday 9/3/2020
Learn to Play Pickleball
Murray Parks and Recreation is offering Learn to Play Pickleball lessons for families, youth and adults. Participants will learn how the sport is played and the techniques associated with the game. Equipment provided! Dates: Session 1 Sept. 1 & 3 Tues & Thurs 6:30 to 8:30 pm Session 2 Sept. 8 & 10 Tues & Thurs 6:30 to 8:30 pm Session 3 Sept. 15 & 17 Tues & Thurs 6:30 to 8:30 pm Session 4 Sept. 22 & 24 Tues & Thurs 6:30 to 8:30 pm Session 5 Sept. 29 & Oct. 1 Tues & Thurs 6:30 to 8:30 pm Cost: $20 per person (Includes 4 hours of instruction, we provide the paddles and balls) Place: Murray Senior Recreation Center Outdoor Pickleball Courts (6150 South Main Street) Max #: 8 participants per session (ranging from adults to youth) Register: Murray Parks and Rec, The Park Center or online at www.mcreg.com Ages: Adults and youth Instructor: Sherrie Betrand Date: September 1 –September 7 (one week to run the course) September 5 Rec. staff will be at Winchester Park handing out race T-shirts. 8:00 am to Noon. Start: Winchester Park , 6400 So. 1250 West Cost: $10 includes a T-shirt Register: Murray Parks & Rec, The Park Center or online at www.mcreg.com Deadline: Wed., August 26, 2020 Requirements: Send in your time. cplant@murray.utah.gov (We trust your honesty) Top three finishers in each age group Male and Female Division receives an award. Your results must be submitted by Sept. 8.
BOYS FLAG FOOTBALL
Murray Parks & Recreation is accepting registrations for Flag Football, grades 2-6. This is a great alternative to tackle football. Both boys and girls are encouraged to participate. Learn all the skills associated with the game of football. Play is identical to regular football except flags are used instead of tackling. Eight games will be played. Dates: September 22 to October 17 Place: Ken Price Ball Park (244 E. Vine) & Murray Park Softball Field 330 E. Vine Cost: $35 Resident, $45 Non-resident, $5 late fee after deadline Days: Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings. Grades: 2, 3-4, 5-6 Deadline: Friday, September 6, 2019 Register: Murray Parks & Rec office, The Park Center or online www.mcreg.com
Virtual 5K
Murray Parks and Recreation is offering a Virtual 5K in conjunction with GET TO THE RIVER FESTIVAL. The way it works is you have a week to run the course, send us your time and we will determine the winners. All participants will be given a t-shirt and awards will be given for the top 3 finishers in each age category. The race course will be set at the Jordan River Parkway starting at Winchester park.
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Fall Youth Cross Country
Focuses on fun, building endurance, increasing flexibility, improving running mechanics and competition. Dates: Sept. 1-Oct. 9 Orientation meeting for parents/athletes Aug. 24, 5:00 pm at Pavilion #5 in Murray park Practices: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday evenings at 5:00-6:30 pm Location: Murray Park (Meet at Pavilion #5) Cost: Resident $0 Residents/$45 Non-resident $45 Register: www.mcreg.com, at Recreation Office or Park Center. Registration Deadline: Aug. 28 at 8:00 am
Coed Youth Volleyball
Includes: Six practices followed each day with two+ games and jerseys. Grades: 2-4, 5-6, 7-12 7-9 grades Mondays, Sept. 21- Oct. 26. 5-6 Grades Tuesdays, Sept 22 - Oct 27 2-4 Graders Wednesdays, Sept. 23 to Oct 28. Times: All days 6 pm-7:30 pm Location: Hillcrest Jr. High Resident: $35 / Nonresident: $45 Register: www.mcreg.com, at the Park Center, and Recreation Office Registration deadline: Sept 18th at 8 am
Football 101
For K-1 grade. This six week program is designed to teach youth the fundamentals of football. Instruction is given and games will be played each week. It’s fun, safe, and exciting for the kids! A parent is required to be at each weekly session Dates: Sept. 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Place: The Park Center Cove Days: Saturdays Grades: K-1 Cost: $35 Residents, $45 Non-residents Times: 9:30 am, 10:30 am space limited to 16 kids per session Deadline: Wed., September 9, 2020 Register: Murray Parks & Rec Office, The Park Center or online at www.mcreg.com
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Resident on Display Original artwork by Murray resident artists are displayed in the central display case at City Hall. Jen Melcomian’s photography will be at City Hall until the end of October.
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THANK YOU to all who attended our Lunch Concerts, Children Matinees, and Family Fun Night Series this season. We hope you enjoyed the variety of performances and will join us again next summer. Most of these performances are available to watch on our Murray City Cultural Arts Facebook page. Murray City Cultural Arts are able to provide these free series through funding from Zoo, Arts, & Parks, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and community support. Please join us September 12th for our final Family Fun Night concert at Grant Park, 7pm. Classic Rock hits will be performed by the Flashback Brothers.
Chalk Art Contest
In collaboration with “Get To The River”, Murray City Cultural Arts will be holding a Nature-Themed Chalk Art Contest at Germania Park, near the Jordan River. Stop by to check out the amazing talent and beautiful creations. Artists will be chalking between 8am – 4 pm.
High school sports return to play…for now By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com
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n unprecedented times with uncertainty continuing over many aspects of life due to the current pandemic, the idea of sports at all levels coming back sounds so refreshing. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights have resumed, PGA golf tournaments are again being held, Major League baseball has begun their delayed season and the NBA created a bubble in Orlando, Florida to bring 22 teams to play out the last regular season games and playoffs—all without fans in attendance. And yet, just as our excitement builds as we watch live sports returning, we see the number of COVID-19 cases, patterns and deaths fluctuating on a daily basis and are left to wonder—will high school fall sports really happen? The seasons have already begun for most of the state’s boys golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, volleyball, football and cross country teams, but how long will it last? As schools begin opening statewide as well, a lot of apprehension hangs in the air. “This is literally an hour-by-hour situation as we have been continually adapting to the current pandemic, making plans to ‘return to play,’ scrapping plans and making new plans,” Utah High School Activities Association director Rob Cuff said. The UHSAA has been working tirelessly since March when the coronavirus shut down the sports world—and the country for a time—to brainstorm scenarios that could allow Utah high school athletics to resume. Initially, the organization suspended play for two weeks and continued to delay participation until mid-April when the spring sports seasons were officially canceled. Before the school year ended, the UHSAA lifted the typical moratorium that be-
gins after Memorial Day to allow sports programs to hold summer trainings without date restrictions while encouraging strict adherence to local health recommendations. On July 10, the UHSAA board voted to resume the fall sports season and within two weeks had released a “Return to Play” set of guidelines to help districts and schools to outline their own protocols based on the local health procedures in their area and with specific evaluations of the use of their own facilities. Those policies include: 1) Eliminating handshakes between opposing teams and coaches. 2) “Masking up” all players and coaches who are on the sidelines along with fans in the stands, particularly when social distancing isn’t possible. 3) Having schools and districts establish and enforce protocols and place signs at their facilities to inform participants and spectators of their own required policies, which may include mandated masks. This also includes determining seating capacity allowed. 4) Mandating that sick players, coaches or spectators not participate in practices or games. 5) Having each school fill out Utah Event Management forms and sending copies to the UHSAA. Additionally, daily temperature screenings for athletes and coaches, constant sanitizing, using personal water bottles, having wider sidelines, longer timeouts and setting a cap on uniformed players (at 50 for football) are among other procedures being required for each school. In an Aug. 13 memo to UHSAA schools and administrators, Cuff called for all members to “double down on efforts to ensure that safety guidelines are being universally adhered to across the association…one district, one school, one team, one coach, one student participant who chooses not to follow these guidelines has the potential to undermine participation for all.” While many states around the country have delayed the start of high school fall sports until at least the start of the new year, Utah was one of 17 states nationwide to begin as scheduled. “For months, we have been working closely with the state health department and the governor’s office to stay in tune to what’s happening,” Cuff said. “We are in uncharted territory, so we are carefully and constantly navigating how to move forward.” Keeko Georgelas, Murray High’s athletic director said, “The district has worked really hard to put a model in place. A lot of work has gone into designing a model to give this thing a shot and it has a chance to work, This season looks different than in years past as three although I’m apprehensive about the human Juan Diego Catholic High School soccer players nature of things, especially in the pre-game “mask up” at a recent game. (Photo courtesy Alysia and post-game. I’m actually not as fearful of Love) the games themselves.”
Many high school athletes are celebrating a return to the field after spring sports were shutdown in mid-March due to COVID-19. (Photo courtesy Astrongphotography)
And despite the best efforts of the nearly 100,000 members and 155 teams state-wide, COVID-19 has again disrupted high school sports in Utah. A positive test on the Lone Peak girls soccer team put the whole program in quarantine, missing four games over a two-week period. Most notably, three players on Bingham’s football team tested positive which led to the cancellation of its season opener against Weber Aug. 13. “Those kids have never showed any symptoms and are as healthy as can be,” said Bingham head coach Dave Peck, who noted that they were cleared for a return to practice Aug. 17. “The health department came in and tested the whole team—100 kids and coaches—and there were two more positive tests found. Those players have been quarantining and will for 10 days. What we’ve proven here is that we’re not spreading it through our team; it’s coming through outside sources.” Peck said his program canceled camps and scrimmages over the summer to deal with cases and out of an abundance of caution, but losing that time along with their first game has been tough. “We have a group that could seriously challenge for the state title, but with all that we dealt with in the summer, we’re behind,” he said. “Plus, we didn’t play this week while everyone else did.” And yet, the grim reality of the COVID-19 situation sets in further for Peck as he has watched one player struggle with coronavirus so severely that the player’s 25-year-old sister contracted the virus and she is now on life support.
Now, for the second week in a row to begin the football season, a game will not be played as Cyprus had two players test positive which will cancel its game with Ridgeline Aug. 20. These cancellations are considered no contests and will not be rescheduled, for most sports, and do not count against them in RPI rankings. And those are just the more current cases that are more widely known. That doesn’t even include the various sports from Bonneville, Box Elder, Clearfield, Farmington, Fremont, Granger, Herriman, Layton, Syracuse, Weber and others that had to cancel practices, scrimmages and camps throughout the summer as they dealt with positive tests for some players and coaches. “We’re doing all we can to play safe so we can play as long as we can,” Georgelas said. Cuff noted the “remarkable job” schools and districts are doing. “This is a massive effort to provide the best for our kids,” he said. “We want them safe, so we’ll start playing. We recognize that among all of the factors we are considering that mental wellness for our student-athletes are so important and we are constantly evaluating if the reward outweighs the risk so we can condense or adjust things. We’re certainly in uncharted territory, but we are working diligently to ensure that we make the safest decisions for everyone. As long as school’s in session, we’ll keep playing.” l
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when we would all go to the range,” Beverley said. “My favorite to hit with was the driver.” It wasn’t until her sophomore year of high school that her older brother suggested that she try out for the golf team. After giving it a try she found that she loved going out on the range and practicing. “I wasn’t too bad,” Beverley said. “It became a way to release my stress.” In addition to playing on the varsity golf team, Beverley was editor of the yearbook, HOSA president, and National Honor Society secretary. Though she was approached by recruiters to play golf in college this 2020-2021 school year, she has decided to keep golf as a hobby and focus solely on her studies. Beverley is attending the University of Utah on a full-ride academic scholarship where she plans to pursue a career as a physician assistant. As Beverley looks back at playing high school golf, she considers her biggest accomplishment in her golf career as impressing coach Southwick her sophomore year. l
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he Shops at Fort Union are owned by an out-of-state development company CCA Acquisitions. CCA hired engineering firm Anderson Whahlen and Associates (AWA) to resurvey the area. In a city council meeting early August, the details of the resurvey were discussed. Midvale City planner Jason Binks said, “They are more accurately surveying the 22 lots in this approximately 56-acre commercial subdivision. Resurveying commercial subdivisions is often performed to offer individual lots for sale.” Jake Tate, project manager for AWA outlined some of the changes that are coming to the area. “We’re constructing a Cubby’s, next to Chili’s. Some...lots will be sold off, some of them to the tenants that are currently holding the leases on the properties or to investors which will allow us to reinvest some of that money into the property and do something to the property in the future,” Tate said. Property owners such as CCA are not obligated to make changes to land they have already built on, even if there is a significant code change. “The floodplain ordinance is not new, but the shopping center was built before the floodplain was mapped and ordinance adopted. FEMA frequently updates flood zone boundaries based on better field surveying, more accurate geospatial measurements, and
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flooding experience at the site. The Shops was built in the 1990s before the floodplain on the eastern portion of the subdivision was assigned. Our ordinance requires that the floodplain be marked on the plat,” Tate said. There will most likely be no changes to access, easements, or parking. There will however, be a few new trees in the green area around the Shops. “Landscaping is required in Title 16. This was at one point landscaped a little bit more. I think some trees have died and they just haven’t been replaced for the last 20 years. This is a condition we’re going to add to the final plat,” Binks said. During the public hearing during the meeting, resident Lorene Butler asked, “Could a spot be built up in the middle of the property to provide an historical site?” Years ago, honorary mayor Marion Cox campaigned to save his great-grandparent’s home that once stood where the Shops now stand. The Cox family, some of the first to settle in the Salt Lake Valley, donated 10 acres to build a fort to protect their neighbors. The request was nearly honored at the time of construction. Instead of preserving the original house, a replica was built nearby. After the home was destroyed, Cox continued to find the money and place for a larger memorial. Butler was referring to this cause, since Cox was unsuccessful in raising the funds before his death in 2017. l
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Miss Africa Utah pageant: A diverse cultural scholarship program By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com
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of Ghana; Aziza Jabhad Hussein of Kenya; Nini Ndongo Macias of Ecuatorial Guinea; Easter Shadrack of North Sudan (born in Ethiopia); Pauline Makoma of Rwanda and Seary Kallon of Sierra Leone. The women come from across the valley—Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, West Jordan, Draper and Kearns. The theme of belonging and fitting in came up for several as they introduced themselves and their platforms. “People said I wasn’t African enough, or I wasn’t Latina enough,” said Nini Ndongo Macias, Miss Ecuatorial Guinea. Macias was born and raised in Salt Lake City, and code-switches easily between English and Spanish. Ecuatorial Guinea is the only official Spanish-speaking African nation. Aziza Jabhad Hussein, Miss Kenya Utah, said she didn’t fit in “because I couldn’t walk until age 5.” Hussein was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder and lost friends because they didn’t understand what that meant. “It taught me that sometimes we judge people too quickly. Our differences seem more like weaknesses, instead of them making us more rounded and interesting individuals for our communities. I’ve made it my mission to get to know people on a deeper level,” Hussein said. Perpetual Stevens won the People’s
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African Queens: Pauline Makoma (center, back) is crowned Miss Africa Utah 2020; other winners are L to R: Amira Kherrallah, Aziza Jabhad Hussein and Perpetual Stevens. (Lisa Chriss Photography)
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Stevens said that though the African community in Utah may be small, “we are powerful, loving and resilient. We have continuously shown that we are here to stay. We will forever stand up and speak out about our dreams, rights and beliefs.” The events were broadcast each night leading up to the finale on Aug. 15. The second runner-up was Hussein, the first runner-up was Amira Kherrallah and the winner was Pauline Makoma. Makoma is a web developer studying software engineering. “I plan to visit high
schools during my reign and talk about my platform: helping young African women explore career fields that are not looked at as ‘traditional.’ African women still struggle to see themselves in technology and STEM [fields],” Makoma said. Brittany Johnson, a news presenter at ABC4, hosted the event. Johnson said the virtual edition speaks to the importance of the event. “The GK Folks Foundation could have canceled due to the pandemic, but instead they found a way to adapt by making the event virtual.
Participants from Miss Africa Utah 2020 pose with those from 2019. (Tempestt Williams/Vivid Kodaks)
“The pageant allows contestants to feel empowered, showcase their talent and create a platform in which a young African woman can thrive. The MAU Pageant promotes positivity, and that’s what the world needs more of today,” Johnson said. Makoma said when she moved to Utah three years ago, she was surprised by the size of the African community. “You can search for African events that are happening near you and try to attend those. You will learn so much about the culture, get the most amazing food and the music there is always the best,” Makoma said. The virtual aspect of this year’s contest meant there were no tickets sales, which brings in a lot of support for the program. “We’re taking a lot of losses this year because we don’t have a live event we can sell tickets for. There is so much these young women learn in the pageant, and since we’re a nonprofit, all donations go toward helping them,” Mensah said. GK Folks coordinates events to support the community. “There is so much for people to process with their mental health. We did a march for George Floyd where the girls wore their crowns and sashes. We want Black people to be seen as people, not a threat. “Our mental health programs give people a safe space to come and talk. It really worked. People were pouring out their feelings,” Mensah said. To support the scholarships awarded by the pageant or learn more about the young
Pauline Makoma is crowned Miss Africa Utah 2020 via a virtual event. (Tempestt Williams/Vivid Kodaks)
women and their platforms, visit their website. And Mensah hopes that more sponsors will step up and people in the community will donate to the causes. Makoma offers this invitation of inclusion to everyone: “I want you to join in creating and finding opportunities for young African women to…be [who] they were meant to be, here in Utah, in Africa and all over the world.” l
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tomer, we have your best interest in mind,” said Mike Nitz, the current co-owner. The Cannons sold the company 10 years later to the current owners, Mike Nitz and Greg Bettinson. After purchasing the company in 2004, Mike and Greg gave it a new name – Replenish Landscape Garden Products – to better describe what the business was all about. They also moved the business from West Valley City to its current location in Murray, at 4660 S. 200 West. Over the past 15 years, they have grown the business by expanding the variety of landscape materials offered and expanding their customer base to cover the entire Wasatch Front. “There are a number of options when it comes to landscape materials, but they are not all created equal,” explained Greg. “We believe that in Replenish Compost we have the finest and most versatile compost available, period. To complement our signature Replenish Compost product, we have made it our focus to develop, or find, the very best soil blends, barks, mulches and materials available in the industry. Quality is what we sell.” Any of Replenish’s products can be picked up at their Murray yard, in either bulk
“Make your garden and yard work a successful, rewarding, and enjoyable experience.” or bag. They also deliver in bag, bulk, or in the 1-cubic-yard Super Big Bag, to homes and businesses from Brigham City to Price. One of the unique services Replenish offers is their “Blower Truck” service. With this truck they have the ability to install through a hose any of their products (except the rock and sand) directly into gardens, lawns or playgrounds. Make your garden and yard work a successful, rewarding, and enjoyable experience. Call Replenish Landscape Garden Products at (801) 262-5142 for any question you might have or for a free quote. l
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Not necessarily known for our patience, Americans are suffering from COVID fatigue. People can’t wait for things to return to a “new normal” like suddenly everything’s going to be ice cream sundaes and furry kittens. The way 2020 is going, the new normal will probably be kitten sundaes and furry ice cream. Our world has changed, for better or worse, so now’s a good time to decide what we keep and what we toss. I’m all for tossing office jobs, dress pants and family reunions, while keeping pajamas-as-clothes, Uber Eats and virtual baby showers. Let’s look at how the new normal is evolving, shall we? Sports – Like a canary in a coal mine, team sports started up this summer with the hope of bringing entertainment to millions of sports-starved individuals, and millions of dollars to money-starved sports organizations. It’s been a bit Hunger Games-ish
as teams drop out once their players contract COVID. Who’d have thought activities that include spitting, shouting, sweating and grunting could easily spread viruses? School – Or as I like to call it, the Catch-22 Education Plan. Parents and teachers are negotiating this real-life version of Oregon Trail where one wrong move can end up with junior high students being eaten by cannibals in Donner Pass. (Not the worse thing.) Here’s an idea: make the best decision for your family without judging everyone else. Parenting – Let’s just agree that “screen time” rules have been suspended indefinitely, and it’s just fine if your toddler wears the same outfit for three days. Let’s also agree chicken nuggets are healthy, YouTube personalities are annoying, and everyone gets a blue ribbon for doing the best they can. Work – Every introvert’s birthday wish was granted when they were told to work from home.
Turns out, with these new-fangled computers, lots of stuff can be done at home. Who knew? Maybe companies don’t need 50,000 square feet of office and ping-pong space, or outdoor meditation biospheres. Date night – You’ve spent an inordinate amount of time with your significant other. You’ve worked from home together, prepared 5,459 meals together, rearranged closets, sock drawers and bathroom cabinets. Maybe the new normal will be individuals spending date night alone, so they don’t drive to the grocery store one day and end up with a new life in Cheyenne. Weddings – Can we please standardize virtual weddings? That is all. Holidays – Even with social distancing guidelines, summer holidays stayed the same as everyone went to national parks, held BBQs and spent the day sitting at the community pool with hundreds of other people. These holidays were
always followed by a COVID spike. I’m sure the fall/winter holidays will be no different because people are crappy at following CDC advisories. The 2020 Election – It’s been 28 years since the 2016 election and this year’s election has disaster written all over it. Literally. Will there be mail-in ballots? Russian interference? A loser who refuses to leave the White House? Civil war? The return of our alien overlords? All of the above? My best guess for election aftermath is equivalent to shaking a Magic 8 Ball, and then lighting it on fire. Mindset – Some people say COVID will help the world achieve a higher level of consciousness where people are more compassionate, kind understanding and . . . hahahaha . . . never mind. I don’t think we’re there yet. Time to go make a kitten sundae. l
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