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PANDEMIC DRIVES HEALTH PRECAUTIONS AT WEST VALLEY CITY CAR DEALERS By Darrell Kirby | d.kirby@mycityjournals.com

ike nearly every other business, car dealerships have implemented a number of measures to protect customers and employees from COVID-19. West Valley City auto dealers are no different. Plastic covers on steering wheels, shift knobs, and door handles and constant sanitizing of other frequently touched parts of vehicles by car shoppers have become common practice on the lots. “It’s talked about in our weekly meetings to practice safety,” said a sales manager at Salt Lake Valley Chevrolet in West Valley City, who didn’t want his name published. He said that sanitizing stations are set up throughout the showroom and other areas of the dealership for customers and employees. “We wipe down touchpoints a couple of times during the course of the day.” The manager also says that salespeople are asked to wear masks as much as possible. And to avoid any possible spread of the virus in the tight quarters of a car or truck during test drives, he says that for a while customers were allowed to take vehicles for a spin without a sales person. So far, so good. “We haven’t had any customers that have called back and complained that they didn’t feel comfortable here.” That doesn’t mean the staff at Salt Lake Valley Chevrolet has avoided COVID-19. “We had a time (during the summer) when we had only two salespeople working out of a staff of about 14, because they contracted the virus,” he said. The manager says that sales are accelerating after the early stages of the pandemic when people put the brakes on car shopping. Some customers have completed the purchase process online to avoid possible COVID-19 exposure. “We’ve done probably 10 transactions like that.” At Rapid Auto Sales in West Valley City, owner Jose Riveros says similar cleaning and sanitizing practices are now the norm at his used car lot. “We are cleaning once or twice a day.” He adds that cleaning is done more often depending on the amount of customer traffic and frequently touched parts of vehicles are wiped down immediately. “If they touch someFace masks are part of the safety measures in place in the showroom at Salt Lake Valley Chevrolet in West thing, they go there and clean to make sure that everything is safe.” Valley City. (Darrell Kirby/City Journals) Continued page 7

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COVID-19 health protocols play leading role in final 2020 production at Harman Theatre By Darrell Kirby | d.kirby@mycityjournals.com

he old show business adage that the show must go on was in play in October at Harman Theatre in West Valley City. Despite a significant increase of COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County and rest of Utah last month, the theater’s production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” took the stage as scheduled—with plenty of measures in place to protect cast, crew and audience members. Temperature checks, face masks, and social distancing were the order of the day for auditions, rehearsals and all the way through the final performance of the comical murder mystery on Oct. 26. “Quite a bit is different,” said “Arsenic and Old Lace” director Josh Richardson. “When we had auditions and callbacks, we kept everybody spaced apart, kept everybody seated at least 6 feet apart in the room to minimize contact.” Once the cast was chosen, rehearsals were conducted each day with masks on. “It was a bit of a pain,” Richardson admitted. But the wearing of face coverings turned out to have an unexpected benefit besides protecting the health of the actors. “You have to practice being even louder than you normally are and enunciating even more clearly than you normally do.” Those efforts were carried over to maskless performances in front of live audiences. Restricted theater capacity led to audience numbers ranging from as few as 13 people to more than 40, for which the cast was somewhat unaccustomed to performing. “We do have to push a little harder because we want every audience to go away with the same quality production as if we had a full house,” said cast member Karen Chatterton. She and her husband and fellow castmate Galen Chatterton said the play’s actors developed an unprecedented closeness off the

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People attending a performance of “Arsenic and Old Lace” get their temperature checked upon entering Harman Theatre in West Valley City. (Darrell Kirby/City Journals)

stage, in large part because they encouraged and looked after each other to make sure everyone avoided the virus, which would have ended the play’s run if anyone contracted it. “I’ve never been in a cast quite like this one. The camaraderie is phenomenal,” said Galen, a veteran actor whose performing career started when he was 4 years old on a kids show on local television in the early 1950s. Harman Theatre took a number of precautions to ensure the health and safety of theatergoers. The 600-seat theater was capped at 25% capacity and groups of guests were seated

at least 6 feet apart every other row. Ticket sales were done entirely online, there were no will-call ticket pickups or concession sales, the lobby, stage, and backstage areas were thoroughly sanitized between shows, and just entering the building required patrons to have their temperatures checked by tablet-like infrared scanners, which could also detect if a person was wearing a face mask. “We have not had any issues,” said Melanie Budge, marketing and communications manager for West Valley Arts, the nonprofit city program that runs Harman Theater and the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.

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Generosity and kindness thrive during tough times By Erin Dixon | e.dixon@mycityjournals.com

mall glimmers of kindness illuminate dark times. Around the United States, zoos offer free viewing from their animal cams, celebrities read children’s stories for a cause, and children’s book authors offer drawing lessons for house-bound families. Closer to home, generosity gets personal. With locations in Sugar House, South Jordan and Taylorsville, Schmidt’s Pastry Cottage began offering free loaves of bread after Gov. Gary Herbert quarantined the state. Since then they have baked and donated 90,000 loaves. Owner Steve Borg said, “It’s been a lot of work but it’s opened up our hearts. We’ve had a lot of generous people volunteer, donate here and there. We have a flour company donate some flour and so it keeps going.” All school districts and charters in Utah have been given permission by the USDA Family and Nutrition Service to waive lunch fees for all students, whether they qualify for reduced or free lunch normally. “This is welcome news for the communities we serve,” Canyons School District’s Nutrition Services Director Sebasthian Varas said. “We have families who may not qualify for free or reduced-price lunch but have been financially hurt by the pandemic. This will hopefully bring them some peace of mind and take at least one worry off their shoulders.” A West Jordan employee donated $15,000 from his own salary back into the city budget to support other employees who have offered exceptional service during the pandemic. “I feel strongly that we need to make sure we are telling our employees thank you for these kinds of actions and reinforcing their kindness and extra efforts. To that end, I asked the Mayor to transfer $15,000 to the employee recognition line item [in the 2020-2021 city budget],” said Korban Lee, West Jordan chief administrative officer (CAO). Such examples of kindness included a West Jordan police officer who organized and purchased a small birthday celebration with his own money for a young girl involved in a recent crime. “After a recent horrific tragedy... the mother mentioned in passing that a 7-year-old in the family was having a birthday in a couple of days. Our patrol officer quietly took note. This officer teamed up with one of our support staff and a detective to organize a surprise

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Members of the organization Hispanic Star assembled 2,000 kits of household necessities to anyone in need. (Photo courtesy Edgar Carreon)

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call to anyone in the area who needed basic supplies. They organized five locations in the Salt Lake valley to distribute 2,000 kits during the summer. Telemundo, Univision and radio stations broadcasted the events, inviting anyone who had been adversely impacted by the pandemic to come get kits full of necessities. All the supplies were gone within an hour. Not long after the death of George Floyd and the surge of protests calling for defunding of police departments, the Midvale precinct of Unified Police received fortification rather than opposition. Boxes of doughnuts, stacks of cookies and bouquets of flowers arrived at their office. Precinct Chief Randy Thomas said, “We’ve never had so many doughnuts delivered in my entire life. I can’t eat another doughnut.” l

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Public WiFi access nearly complete at West Valley City parks By Darrell Kirby | d.kirby@mycityjournals.com

WiFi at some of the larger recreation areas like Centennial Park offer up to 10 gigabytes of data at any given time. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

n 2016, West Valley City launched a project to provide free high-speed internet access at all of its parks, an initiative called West Valley City Connect. Today, that effort is nearly complete. With the exception of a couple of parks, West Valley, in partnership with UTOPIA, which has laid fiber optic cable throughout the city, now offers free WiFi at 27 parks. UTOPIA lines deliver the internet and city-installed WiFi access points at the parks to make it available to the public. “West Valley has been kind of ahead of the game on this” compared to similar projects in other cities, said UTOPIA Executive Director Roger Timmerman. UTOPIA is a consortium of 16 cities in northern Utah, including West Valley, that help fund the construction and maintenance of a high-speed internet network to deliver internet services to residents and businesses. The actual internet service comes from several private internet service providers. He says the initial purpose of internet access at the parks was just to make it available, but it has advanced beyond that in the last four years. “The recent effort is to make it kind of a lifeline service. With coronavirus, it’s been really hard on a lot of households where they may not have broadband access” due to lack of availability or the economic hardships of the pandemic. Some people could find it especially vital to participate in distance learning for

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A lacrosse team at Cyprus is on the horizon By Greg James | g.james@mycityjournals.com

acrosse is now a sanctioned high school sport. Athletes must play on the school team where he or she attends, but if their school does not have a team it becomes a conundrum. Cyprus freshman Anton Goodick finds himself in this predicament. He has played youth lacrosse in the program at Copper Hills and lives in the Cyprus boundaries. He is short on options, he must either transfer to a school that has a team or not play. His family has chosen to start a team—a huge undertaking. “If your high school does not have a team, you don’t play in the spring,” Anton’s father Robert Goodick said. “It is incredibly frustrating. There are kids that are going to get lost in the process. We looked into moving, but biting off another house payment so my kid can play a sport doesn’t make sense.” An interested group of athletes and parents have begun the process of organizing a lacrosse program. They are holding unofficial practices and clinics. They have also started finding coaches. The next big hurdle is proving to the school’s administration that there is enough interest to begin forming a team. “We have had unofficial practices. We have upwards of 15 kids or more coming regularly and the high school recently sent out a survey to gauge interest. My approach is we will start a youth league and find a coach. We have donations and grants, we are having a lacrosse day. It has got to start somewhere,” Goodick said. The first Cyprus High School network lacrosse day was held Oct. 23 at Matheson Junior High School (after press deadline). Boys and girls were invited to learn fundamentals and sign up to play in the upcoming season. Lacrosse was sanctioned by the Utah High School Activities Association and began to play last spring. Its season was cut

Copper Hills High School is the nearest school to West Valley that currently fields a lacrosse team, but not for too much longer. (Photo courtesy of Copper Hills lacrosse)

short by the cancellation of all sports at the ly $150, boys have more equipment and the The Goodick family has set out to organize a lacrosse program at Cyprus High School. (Photo courtesy of Cyprus Lacrosse)

onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools in the Granite School District west of I-15 have not fielded teams. “We have not had the interest,” Taylorsville High School athletic director Guy Mackay said and administration from Hunter, Granger, and Kearns echoed the same sentiments. The cost of forming a team could be a huge mountain to climb. Boys and girls lacrosse games are played slightly differently, so the gear needed varies. Equipment for a girl to play could cost rough-

cost is higher, about $300. The organization is trying to secure funding through opportunities that give more athletes a chance to play. “We have applied for grants with US Lacrosse in the ‘first stick’ program. If the grant is awarded they would help provide setups. We could rent some equipment if needed. We also are trying to find fundraisers,” Goodick said. Scott Taysom, an instructor at Matheson Junior High School, has agreed to coach the boys high school-aged team, they are still looking for a girls head coach.

“We want to build a culture with high standards. Equipment is going to be a challenge. It is unfortunate that this sport is known as the rich man’s sport. The kids keep asking when they can play again. Lacrosse is really good for football players. It is fun to see a young athlete pick up a stick and have some fun,” Goodick said. More information can be found on the team’s Facebook page, facebook.com/Cyprushighlacrosse. “I want to support my kids. We got to start this team. It is a heavy lift, but this could be good for the community. The more opportunities there are for kids to find something, the better. The worst thing is a bored kid. Team sports and activities are probably saving some kid’s lives,” Goodick said. l

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he expansion and experience of Hunter High School’s volleyball team has followed the availability of the game to its players. “Some girls don’t have the money to play year-round,” Wolverines head volleyball coach Maafu Suliafu said. “We have tried to provide free clinics all summer. Having the ability to play year-round helps, but our girls have really put in the work.” Suliafu is in his first year as the Wolverines head coach. He joined the staff as an assistant last season. He has coached club volleyball in the area for nearly 15 years after moving here from Hawaii. His most recent experience includes coaching at Olympus and American Leadership high schools. “I am happy with our season. With COVID we wondered if we were going to get to play. It has been different at every school, some schools limit spectators, and others there were none. I am happy for the girls,” Suliafu said. Junior Seini Muamoholevea and senior Jailene Runstom are among the players Suliafu has been most impressed with this season. “These girls have gotten increased varsity time this season. They have adapted to get better and have come a long way. I have been really impressed with our sophomores. They have been impressive and will be important for the future for Hunter volleyball,” Suliafu said. The season has not gone without being affected by the current pandemic. The Wolverines were forced to cancel one contest because of an opponent’s positive COVID test. “It has been difficult, but they have adjusted. We know the importance of following the guidelines. This is all brand new. We have

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Voting by mail has been one of the hot topics of this election season. National headlines have questioned both the security and the process. Salt Lake County voters should not be concerned, as our county has had years of experience in voting by mail, and our Salt Lake County Clerk has been running successful, secure, and reliable voteby-mail elections since 2013. As a Salt Lake County voter, you can be sure that your vote will be counted. In fact, Utah was ranked second in the nation for protecting voter privacy and data. The Salt Lake County Clerk mailed ballots on October 13th to all active registered voters in the county. Your ballot should have arrived in your mailbox that same week. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before November 2nd (the day before Election Day) to be counted. Besides having a postage-paid envelope to return your ballot, Salt Lake County has offered 21 secure drop boxes throughout Salt Lake County where ballots can be returned. The locations are listed on the ballot instructions in-

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