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SOAP BOX Decline in Churchgoers Not a Tragedy

Sometimes I think the only reason City Weekly runs nonlocal submissions like the April 8 letter “America Unchurched” is so the staff can warm their hands over the flame war they imagine will erupt on Facebook, but I’ll bite. Thomas Knapp spends the first half of his letter pointing out that church attendance is declining. Then comes this: “As a libertarian, I’m inclined to see the hoary hand of the state behind all bad things, and I can make a case for that here.” See the trick there? With this sentence the writer simply takes it as a given that the decline in church attendance is in fact a bad thing. Yet, he offers no evidence or perspective to justify such a conclusion. Earlier, he attributes the decline to two phenomena. First, the social needs that church participation used to fill are satisfied by other means, such as civic institutions and internet communities of interest. Second, people who aren’t raised as churchgoers as kids are unlikely to adopt the habit of their own choosing as adults. Neither of these phenomena make it seem like the decline in church attendance is necessarily a tragedy unfolding. (I mean, if I told you “People don’t do activity X so much anymore since other options fit the need more effective-

@SLCWEEKLY ly and unless you’re indoctrinated into it as a kid, it just doesn’t appeal that much as an adult,” would you think activity X was so precious?) Instead, it just sounds like a normal outgrowth of people preferring to do other things with their lives. As a libertarian, Knapp should try harder to appreciate the primacy of such individual informed choices. Knapp worries about how internet communities of interest will lead to echo chambers and more extreme, isolated views. That is a legitimate point. But the letter could have provided useful context by mentioning that for most of our country’s history, this is the same effect that organized religion itself has had on us, both through institutional practices and the very same self-selection that Knapp decries when it happens online. Knapp would do well to remember the old MLK adage about the most segregated hour in American life being 11 o’clock on Sunday morning. KEITH ALLEMAN

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“Fool Me Twice” April 15 Private Eye Column

John Saltas wrote the American dream ended when millions refused to take a vaccine. I believe the reciprocal: The dream ended when a majority of Americans blindly donned masks when there was no scientific backing to do so.

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Saltas also singled out Pierre Delecto as the only member of Utah’s congressional delegation who had integrity. I believe that Pierre Delecto [Mitt Romney’s since-discarded Twitter handle] is a politician sans political character. But, what prompted this note was Saltas’ throwaway that dumping meds in your toilet killed fish. Mike Luers, head of Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District in Summit County, has been working with Baylor University to test the impact of birth control pill residue in treated wastewater flowing downstream. It appears that the downstream fish population is becoming androgynous as a result. There is a fix for this problem—very expensive—that is now being contemplated.

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Park City Correction: In the April 15 Essentials entertainment listings, several local female playwrights were as mentioned as performing monologues of historical characters for a Pygmalion Productions’ video as part of If This Wall Could Talk. Unfortunately, local playwright Elaine Jarvik was misidentified; we regret our error.

THE BOX

What’s the meaning of your name? Eleni Saltas

Eleni is an ancient Greek name meaning the “light” or “shining woman.” It’s true, I am the light of my family’s lives.

Joel Smith

Prophet times 3 1. Joel: Old Testament; 2. McKay: an LDS president (I was due on his birthday); 3. Smith: My namesake (my parents couldn’t have been more wrong!)

Mike Ptaschinski

From the word “ptak” —meaning bird of prey. I traveled to Poland when I retired from teaching in 2006 and visited the site of the family’s 400-year-old potato farm, even bringing home a bag of soil. Met a relative, was invited into her house and our cabbie interpreted for us. It was one of the highlights of my life.

Tom Metos

My given name is “Damnit, Tom”, but I had to legally shorten it to “Tom” to attend public schools.

Katharine Biele

You’ll be glad to know Katharine has a Greek origin, meaning “pure.” My friends would say that’s pure BS!

Scott Renshaw

To quote Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction by way of Bruce Willis: “I’m an American; our names don’t mean shit.”

Carolyn Campbell

My first name, Carolyn, means free and everyone knows that Campbell means soup, so I think I must be “free soup.”

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MISS: Cox’s Honeymoon Phase

Gov. Spencer Cox is doing a bang-up job. Two-thirds of Utahns are just gaga over their rural-rooted, fun-loving governor, according to the Deseret News. All the media made much of his first 100 days in office, and indeed he did have some highlights. But let’s talk about the one-third who are not that happy with Cox. First, let’s remember how much he “likes” the inland port. As governor of a great economy, he simply hopes for more and is pretty sure that pollution and traffic issues will just disappear. Concealed carry? What’s not to like? Fewer regulations and more freedom just make him giddy. Bears Ears? He’s ready to sue the feds if they try to restore it to pre-Trump levels. Cox also signed a bill to require “certain” presidential executive orders (read: Biden’s) be reviewed and maybe deemed unconstitutional. And no, he won’t order a mask mandate, while he equivocates that Utah has this tradition of “respecting private property rights.” Respect for public rights, however, is sorely missing.

MISS: Hey, Let’s Hire a Czar!

It took a citizen’s initiative to tell the Legislature that voters want fair representation. But will it happen? The census figures are about to come out and that means Utah will embark on a once-every-10-years process to draw new voting districts. Salt Lake, for instance, was hacked into three congressional districts, some reaching far into the southern rural counties. The Legislature didn’t like citizens messing with its power, but an independent advisory commission on redistricting survived. At Utah’s Independent Redistricting Commission—a Panel Discussion, you will hear from three members of the commission how they will go about drawing fair maps. Chairman Rex Facer, retired Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham, and independent appointee Jeffrey Baker will join the League of Women Voters to discuss the commission’s process and plans for transparency. This is a chance to make yourself heard—and fairly represented. Virtual, Thursday, April 29, 6:30 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3v9he15

Homelessness and Rent

There’s always a lot of talk about homelessness and how to “fix” it, but research shows there’s one strategy that actually works— rental assistance. How Universal Rental Assistance Would Reduce Homelessness in Utah will discuss the worth of vouchers and whether the federal government should increase the level. Federal funding is capped so that only one income-eligible family in four can receive a voucher. The Biden administration is proposing adjusting the cap up so that all eligible families can receive a voucher. “In this webinar, we will be talking to Ann Oliva from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about how this proposal could reduce homelessness in Utah and the United States,” organizers say. Virtual, Wednesday, April 28, 1 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3gggZgq

The Earth Through Birds

This year, Tracy Aviary is celebrating Earth Day with a Party for the Planet. Activities will be virtual and live at both Liberty Park and the Jordan River Nature Center. There will be events daily from April 22-24, including a river planting project, seed bomb making, self-guided tours and keeper talks. “Join us to learn how to care for and enjoy our planet through exciting hands-on activities, amazing bird encounters, and insightful demonstrations,” the Aviary says. Liberty Park, 589 E. 1300 South; Jordan River Parkway, 1125 W. 3300 South, Thursday, April 22, times vary. Free/register at https://bit.ly/3axcKth

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You may have heard about the horrific genocide going on as Myanmar struggles with oppressive military rule and ethnic conflict. Coups and Conflict: Examining Myanmar’s Struggle Toward Democracy will highlight the 2011 transition to civilian leadership that has been stained by a military that launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. Panelists will “examine the impact of the military coup in Myanmar on ethnic relationships and conflicts and the challenges and opportunities faced by the NLD-led CRPH and different key stakeholders against the military coup.” Virtual, Tuesday, April 27, 12 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3mOo88U

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Hand it to the Navajo Nation to attack climate change. While it’s not a priority for the state of Utah, the residents of San Juan County are thinking ahead to a future of renewable energy and tax benefits. The Salt Lake Tribune reported on a new solar project near Red Mesa that could produce revenue for the tribe. It’s also where unemployment has reached almost 50 percent during the pandemic. In addition, there’s a proposal for a Navajo Energy Storage Station near Lake Powell. Unlike the Lake Powell pipeline, criticized for permanently diverting water from the Colorado River, the station “would be capable of producing more power than all the wind and solar projects currently operating in Utah combined,” the Tribune reports.

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The homeless issue is Utah’s border crisis, and it looks like we may be ready to “build that wall.” Well, not a wall, but maybe “border security.” Yes, homelessness is a complicated and nearly unresolvable problem, but it’s one that Utah continues to make worse by bad decisions and sporadic police interventions. Remember Operation Rio Grande? How’d that go, other than dispersing the homeless from the Road Home area to neighborhoods from which they bounced back to congregate around the library or the be-muraled Fleet Block area. Then they were again dispersed. Previous ideas of a walled compound failed, and now Mayor Erin Mendenhall thinks a tiny home village will be the answer. There were 3,131 unsheltered in a single night in 2020, HUD reports. Smaller homeless resource centers in Salt Lake County have been ineffective and now the governor has appointed Wayne Niederhauser, a real estate magnate and politically connected Republican as homeless czar. Does he have any ideas or know what he’s doing? Maybe he should tackle the border issue, too.

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A unique mix of pieces—two of them originally planned for live performance last spring, and one created during the past year specifically for online presentation—came together for Ririe-Woodbury’s Cadence virtual production in a way artistic director Daniel Charon didn’t quite plan for. “This show wasn’t conceived with a thematic through line, but one emerged through the process,” Charon says. “[Choreographer Charles O. Anderson] spoke so much about how leveraging individuality can serve a collective solidarity––how what makes us all the same is our striving to be individuals. I think that there are moments of this that emerge in all of the dances on the program in their own unique ways.” Anderson’s Rites marks the program’s original commissioned work from 2020, a dance theater piece loosely inspired by the writings of James Baldwin. According to Charon, “We filmed [Rites] onstage with multiple angles that go far beyond a traditional archival filming of the work. [Anderson] has also envisioned additional overlays of footage that consist of pre-made imagery, like

The word “pioneer” gets thrown around a lot nowadays—and certainly has its own particular connotation in Utah—but it’s hard to deny that Dr. Mae Jemison deserves the designation. After all, Dr. Jemison—an engineer and Peace Corps physician who joined NASA in 1987—became the first Black woman in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Endeavor for an eight-day mission in September 1992. And after retiring from NASA duty, she founded her own technology company, became a writer of children’s books and earned the reins of the 100 Year Starship project directed toward developing the capacity for interstellar travel within a century. As keynote speaker of the Natural History Museum of Utah’s “Trailblazing Women in Science” series, Dr. Jemison will speak about the 100 Year Starship project, and how the initiative pushes for radical leaps in technologies and systems across a wide range of disciplines. It’s a chance to learn how space exploration remains an important vector

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photos and pre-recorded video, to be added as semi-transparent layers over the filmed dance.” Joining Rites on the program are two works that had been scheduled for performance in 2020: an abridged version of Yin Yue’s In the Moment Somehow Secluded, and Utah native Andrea Miller’s joyous I can see myself (formerly Pupil Suite). Cadence premieres on demand at ririewoodbury.com on April 22 at noon, running through May 22. Tickets are $18, available via overture. plus/patron/Ririe-Woodbury-Dance-Company. A free opening night virtual reception takes place April 22 at 6 p.m. (Scott Renshaw)

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for innovation and discovery, despite seeming more removed from daily life and less groundbreaking than it did in earlier generations. The presentation will also address how interdisciplinary approaches combining social sciences and art with the “hard sciences” helps foster innovation, and—as the first real astronaut to appear on a Star Trek series—how speculative fiction tends to shape our vision for what is possible in the future. Dr. Jemison’s virtual presentation is offered Thursday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. The event is free, but registration is required at nhmu.utah. edu/2021-lecture-series-registration. (SR)

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Ballet West II / Ballet West Academy: The Glass Slipper

Repertory Dance Theatre: Homage Since Repertory Dance Theatre is a company dedicated to preserving the history of the dance art form, you might think that a recorded performance would fit right in with that mission—and you’d be right, but only to an extent. According to RDT artistic director Linda C. Smith, it’s important to think of a virtual performance like the new production Homage as a supplement to, but not a replacement for, live dance. “Nothing replaces the impact of seeing dance live in a theater setting, but because of COVID pandemic limitations, we have found that a virtual performance can also offer some supplemental information that can enhance the performance,” Smith says. “It also offers RDT the opportunity to pres-

ent our concert to audiences outside of the Rose Wagner Theatre. We have dance students from Connecticut who will be watching Homage.” Homage is made up of four classic works dating back more than six decades: Donald McKayle’s 1959 piece Rainbow Round My Shoulder, set on a chain gang in the American South; the 1949 work Invention (pictured) by modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey; Elizabeth Waters’ 1959 Castor & Pollux, inspired by Pueblo Indian rituals; and José Limón’s 1958 Suite from Mazurkas. Homage begins streaming Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m., with tickets available for $15 at rdtutah.org; viewers will then receive a personalized link that they can view at their leisure. A virtual launch party kicks off the production at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m., including a farewell to retiring dancer Jaclyn Brown. (SR)

It’s not entirely accurate to think of Ballet West II as simply a “minor leagues” for the primary Ballet West company. While some of its performers do go on to become part of Ballet West, the two-year program is really about education. That idea doesn’t apply just to the education of the dancers who participate and receive personalized instruction, but also to education for the entire community, as Ballet West performs around the country as ambassadors for the main company, and (in non-pandemic years) in front of more than 100,000 students and educators annually. That education component certainly applies to The Glass Slipper, a Ballet West II world premiere of choreographer Pamela Robinson Harris’s new take on the classic Cinderella story, featuring students of Ballet West Academy. The familiar magical tale of a poor girl and a handsome prince—in a one-hour, family-friendly presentation full of charm and comedy—is part of the Family Classics Series,

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Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co.: Cadence

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featuring a guided narration that allows the youngest audience members to understand more clearly the story that is unfolding on stage. And in a first-ever supplement to this educational offering, one performance of The Glass Slipper will be presented with Spanish translation as well, opening up the experience to an even larger potential audience. The Glass Slipper plays at the Capitol Theatre (50 W. 200 South, saltlakecountyarts. org) April 23 at 7 p.m. and April 24 at 12 p.m. in English, with the Spanish-language performance April 24 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $25, with limited seating due to reduced capacity. (SR)

An American Tale

Manuel Romero’s Mi América combines memoir with the long history of Spanish-speakers in North America. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

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MANUEL ROMERO: MI AMÉRICA: THE EVOLUTION OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY

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anuel Romero’s own story has been inscribed into several decades of Utah life—as activist, teacher and public servant. But his first book came out of his fascination with how he was connected to an even larger story. Mi América: The Evolution of an American Family is in part a memoir of his own journey from a kid growing up in Bingham, Utah to becoming the first member of his family to graduate from college, ultimately leading to high-profile roles in the state ranging from executive director of the non-profit Centro de la Familia de Utah, to member of Utah Transit Authority Board of Directors, to Community Relations Program Manager for the Utah Department of Human Services. Yet it’s also a chronicle of his family history in New Mexico, connected to that state’s own unique history going back 500 years. According to Romero, the broad idea of exploring his own family history traces back more than 40 years, “ever since Roots came out back in the ’70s.” The more direct inspiration, however, came after a longtime friend with whom Romero studied in Mexico reached out to him about contributing a paper to the San Antonio-based Bilingual Review. “He asked for a 20-page paper about my experience [as a graduate student in Mexico],” Romero says. “When I was done, I had submitted 40 pages. He said, ‘You have to narrow it down, but you have the makings of a book here; you can really expand on a lot of that stuff.’ I felt I couldn’t write about my experience in Mexico without writing about how I got there.” “How I got there” turned into a trip through the centuries, reaching back to the Spanish arrival in and conquest of Mexico, the expansion of that Spanish territory northward, and the creation of a unique hybrid Spanish-Indian

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culture in New Mexico as the territory made transitions from Spanish rule, to part of an independent Mexico, to a short-lived independent revolution, to part of the United States. As a through-line along that story, Romero uses genealogical research to look at the roles played by some of his own ancestors on both sides of the family tree, including an Aztec princess. While Romero acknowledges that Mi América could have been either just a memoir, or just a family history, or just a history of New Mexico, he says it was important to him to fold all of those stories into one. “I studied political science, and that’s what I used to teach,” he says. “Through the years, though, I never really read anything about the story of how people like my family got to this country. As I dug further, I found more and more. … It was a story, I felt, that had not been told.” Given a contemporary political narrative that frames people of Mexican descent as others and outsiders, with a focus on those who are recent arrivals, it was particularly important for Romero to bring to light the history of what is now the American Southwest, and the long legacy of Mexican people there. “I wanted to give readers, especially those who were Mexican-American, a different perspective. This isn’t something we were taught or read about in school. Even before the Pilgrims, there were already people settling here. I wanted to reframe things.” Mi América also takes time to look at Utah’s own multicultural history through Romero’s youth in Bingham, where his parents relocated from New Mexico in the mid1950s. “Bingham was quite a melting pot,” he recalls. “It was huge to tell that story. I was able to capture that there were other people who settled here, and we have our own history that just doesn’t get talked about—to tell the Utah story through brown eyes.” Telling stories like this, according to Romero—including his own growing social consciousness as part of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement in the 1970s and beyond— become a crucial part of instilling a sense of pride and selfawareness, one that can inspire ongoing activism. “I was trying to show how others helped us get here, how others sacrificed for us to get here,” he says. “While interviewing people, I kept hearing comments like, ‘I didn’t know this, I didn’t know that. It gives me a sense of who I am.’” “I had my own negative stereotypes,” he continues. “When people talk about ‘who was here first,’ … we are not new arrivals. We’ve been here a long time, and people don’t know that story.” CW

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Utah’s slow embrace of medical weed

October 2019 The federal judge in the December 2018 TRUCE lawsuit against the state decides that the case should, in fact, be heard back in state court, and calls the AG’s office’s tactics “questionable.” He still declines to issue attorneys’ fees to Anderson’s firm for the time spent arguing over the question, writing that the plaintiffs also “present contrary positions.” Despite Anderson feeling he has a strong, novel argument over whether the Legislature has the authority to directly undermine a voter-passed ballot initiative, the advocacy groups eventually voluntarily withdraw the suit after being unable to find financial backing, even at reduced attorneys’ costs. Still, Anderson and TRUCE President Christine Stenquist claim partial victory today, citing the July 2019 bill removing the “central fill pharmacy” provision. Meanwhile, the Utah Department of Health issues an RFP for the program’s pharmacy licenses. January 2020 The state’s health department announces the recipients of all 14 pharmacy licenses it is authorized to issue. They include Curaleaf, one of the largest multi-state operators, and a few other national brands. Four of the 10 companies awarded licenses have local ownership. March 2020 Dragonfly Wellness, in Salt Lake City, becomes the first pharmacy to open its doors to patients. Despite long lines, just a handful of patients are able to actually purchase any products due to confusion about the steps required to purchase cannabis through the system. Other early issues, such as glitches with the state’s software—and the early days of the pandemic—contribute to a slow rollout of the program. April 2020 JLPR, a would-be cultivator rejected by UDAF and the Procurement Policy Board back in July 2019, presses on to the Utah Appellate Court. It argues in a still-pending case that licensee Standard Wellness, another one of the largest multi-state operators in the legal cannabis industry,

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July 2019 The patient advocates suing the state enlist the help of Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings and Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill to make the case to the Legislature that county health workers would be required to distribute a federally illegal substance. In response, lawmakers pass a bill doing away with the “central fill pharmacy” provision. Meanwhile, after issuing requests for proposals for lucrative cultivation businesses earlier in the year, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announces that it’s issuing just eight of the 10 cultivation licenses it’s authorized to distribute by the Legislature. This decision—as well as the list of approved companies—leads to six of the rejected cultivators filing appeals. They argue that last-minute changes around local ownership requirements provided out-of-state companies a leg up. Half of the awarded licenses went to companies not based in Utah. All six appeals are rejected by the state purchasing director.

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December 2018 The main advocacy groups excluded from the negotiations— Together for Responsible Use and Cannabis Education (TRUCE) and the Epilepsy Association of Utah—file a lawsuit against the state seeking to overturn the compromise bill in

June 2019 The lawsuit gets caught up in a jurisdictional fight over whether the case belongs in federal or state court. Rocky Anderson, the former Salt Lake City mayor serving as the plaintiffs’ main attorney, later tells City Weekly he thinks of this squabble as an intentional move by the Utah Attorney General’s Office, which represents the state in the lawsuit, to draw out the length of the lawsuit and waste the plaintiffs’ money. It works. The parties will spend a year arguing which court should hear the merits of the case, without a court ever actually hearing the merits of the case. The state attorney general’s office argues in court that since the lawsuit claims the “central fill pharmacy” would violate federal law, it should be moved up to federal court. Promptly after the case is moved, the AG’s office makes a motion to dismiss the case entirely, taking the position that the plaintiffs don’t have legal standing to bring the case in federal court.

November 2018 Utah voters pass Proposition 2, which provides for the creation of a robust medical cannabis program, including popular provisions such as the ability for patients in rural parts of the state to grow their own medicine, a right afforded in many other states. It is placed on the ballot by activists after several false starts in the Legislature to launch a program, but even before its passage, it is usurped by a far more restrictive compromise bill that is negotiated between then-Gov. Gary Herbert, legislative leaders who are no longer in power, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and some—but not all—of the patient advocates behind Proposition 2.

August-September 2019 Three companies go on to appeal again, this time to the state Procurement Policy Board. The board finds that UDAF should have awarded all 10 licenses. Days later, however, the Legislature quietly passes a bill changing the language calling for UDAF to issue 10 licenses to “at least five but not more than eight.”

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state court, claiming that various provisions are illegal, like one that would have had the state act as a “central fill pharmacy,” directly distributing cannabis to patients. They also claim there is “unconstitutional domination of the State, and interference with the State’s functions, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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emember the heady days of 2018? When 53 percent of Utah voters passed Proposition 2, allowing the use of medical cannabis by qualified Utah patients? Voters even “green-lit” the growing of up to six plants for certain patients’ personal use. But voters taking such matters into their own hands woke up a sleeping bear—meaning Utah’s governor and Legislature then sprang into action approving their own medical cannabis bill that circumvented Prop 2. And now, after years of advocacy, grueling work to put a referendum to the voters, opposition from conservative and religious leaders, and plenty of growing pains, Utah finally has a medical cannabis program. With more than 23,000 card-holding patients who have purchased nearly $30 million in cannabis products, the program has already established itself in its first year and will only continue to grow. A year in, City Weekly takes a step back to look at where the program is, how it got here and where it’s going.

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In March 2020, Dragonfly Wellness, in Salt Lake City, became the state’s first cannabis pharmacy to open.

improperly influenced UDAF by hiring one of UDAF’s top officials, whom it believes worked for both the state and the company. The official, now an industry consultant, denies the allegations in an interview with City Weekly.

The Salt Lake Tribune also reports that just half of the eight cultivators account for the vast majority of cannabis sold in the state, with some cultivators many hundreds of pounds behind what they said they’d produce per year.

September 2020 State officials announce that the program has hit 10,000 patients within its first six months—a number they weren’t expected to get to until the first year.

March 2021 The Legislature passes and Gov. Spencer Cox signs a handful of modest reforms, including allowing essentially all medical professionals in the state to recommend a limited number of patients receive medical cards. Another bill passes requiring all of the unopened pharmacies to open their doors by June 1 (or else lose their license), as well as directing the state to issue a 15th pharmacy license to a company that will open somewhere in rural Utah. None of the bills directly affect the prices paid by patients for medical consultations or the product itself. Stenquist of TRUCE identifies the current high prices as the No. 1 patient access issue.

November 2020 State Auditor John “Frugal” Dougall releases a limited audit of UDAF’s cultivation licensing process. The audit finds that correlations between scoring patterns of the evaluation committee members strongly suggest improper collaboration. Additionally, some score changes made after voting brought scores in line with those made by political officials, including current UDAF Deputy Commissioner Kelly Pehrson, who were committee members. These changes favored two cultivators who allegedly would not have otherwise received a license. One is identified as True North of Utah, which sparks further controversy, as then-Commissioner Kerry Gibson made an improper site visit during the application process to a farm owned by True North. The farm owner would later make the maximum allowable contribution to Gibson’s failed congressional campaign, according to FEC data. The other cultivator has still not been identified. In response to the audit, UDAF says that the cultivation licenses will undergo review in a December license renewal meeting and claims that a third party has been asked to review its “processes for potential irregularities.” December 2020 However, at the license renewal meeting, the Cannabis Establishment Licensing Board tasked with hearing the cultivators’ renewal applications completely ignores the audit. Instead, the members—including Pehrson, the official involved in the allegedly tainted scoring process—focuses only on how much product the cultivators had grown in the past year. It unanimously approves all eight renewal applications in a brief meeting. In response to a public records request, UDAF says that there is no agreement with any third party to conduct that review of its “processes,” like it previously claimed.

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Extracted from hemp, calming CBD oil—minus the THC buzz— is widely available in Utah stores and eateries.

Today There is a small window of opportunity for more engagement from the public: UDAF is currently accepting applications for its six-member Cannabis Production Establishment Licensing Advisory Board, created in this year’s legislative session to replace the Cannabis Establishment Licensing Board. It calls for one member of the public, who will be appointed by Gov. Cox and UDAF’s new commissioner, Craig Buttars. Advocates continue to hope for improvements to the program and beyond: The Tribune reports that a group called the Cannabis Freedom Alliance is targeting conservative lawmakers for pro-recreational legalization arguments, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee. Or perhaps legislators will be more convinced by the business-friendly argument that the state is likely losing millions of tax dollars to the recreational markets now open in Colorado, Nevada and Arizona. Cannabis is in Utah to stay. It’s up to legislators how much they want to listen to their constituents—not to mention patient advocates—who say they want more access to it. CW

CBD, one of the components of cannabis that can be extracted for its own use, was effectively legalized in the 2018 Farm Bill passed by Congress. The bill broadly expanded hemp cultivation, as long as the finished product has negligible traces of THC—meaning it can’t get you high. (Previously, the 2014 Farm Bill had opened up hemp cultivation, but only for research purposes.) As such, as you may have noticed, CBD products can be purchased anywhere from specialty shops to grocery stores to cafés to pet stores. In Utah, like medical cannabis growers, hemp cultivation is overseen by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. UDAF’s license lookup portal shows there are 82 active hemp grower licensees, 77 processor licensees (those that extract CBD oil from the raw hemp flower) and more than 1,100 licensed hemp retailers throughout the state. There are some estimates that the national CBD market could grow to $20 billion by 2024. While some Utahns are aware of FDA-approved medicines that are made using CBD (such as the epilepsy treatment Epidiolex), most residents are noticing CBD products showing up on the shelves as a supplement that can be added to anything from a latté to a salad dressing to dog treats—or used in oil form that can be vaped or taken orally as a tincture. Advocates say that it can be used for ailments including anxiety, sleeplessness, moodiness, digestion issues, pain and depression. Other hemp compounds like CBG and CBN are gaining popularity and being studied more as hemp acceptance grows more widespread. Locally made products include a variety of tinctures, gummies, capsules, rubs and pet products from Provobased organic CBD-maker Hemplucid (voted as the Best CBD Product by City Weekly readers in 2019); highend pet products from Cottonwood Heights-based Healthy Hemp Pet; and oil cartridges, mints, rubs, and gels from Utah Cannabis Co. To search for the products that will work best for you, visit specialty CBD shop Koodegras (voted as the 2019 Best CBD Shop, with locations in Millcreek, Sandy, and Midvale) or Urban Hemp and Cannabis in Trolley Square. CW

Next week: The 411 on how to qualify for and get your hands on Utah’s once-forbidden medicine.

Sam Stecklow is a journalist and editor based in Salt Lake City.

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ver the past couple of weeks, I’ve written about the cervical-disk fusion surgery I’ve recently undergone and naturally used the space to segue into the mysterious world of painkillers and opioid drugs. I had no idea that writing about such would prompt so many responses, but it did, with sympathetic emails coming from all corners. It’s more often for myself or other columnists to lay ink to paper thinking, “Ahah! This is brilliant!” only to discover that no one gives two thumbnails about those words at all. It’s certainly not the case with opioids. Sometimes, it’s simply the wrong time for a particular message to be received. Like with COVID. The messages were there all along that the virus could kill you. But some refused to hear that message, hearing instead the message that COVID was a hoax. There was a time in America when people could distinguish between honesty and lies, but alas, those days are gone, and that’s not fake news talking—it’s real. So real, that one of the most outspoken of the COVID hoax deniers—Ted Nugent—now pitifully claims he nearly died of COVID. I’d feel sorry for him, but I myself nearly died laughing upon discovering Tough Guy Ted— arch-conservative, gun-toting Ted—by his own published account, snorted crystal meth and wiped his own crap all over himself on the way to purposely failing his Army medical, thus avoiding service during the Vietnam War. As they say, Ted: Tough shit. Still, I can imagine that even jerks like Ted Nugent know what it’s like to give a performance to an audience that doesn’t really care to hear his music. After all, he only had one hit, right? Can you imagine all those decades of playing and not ever again hitting the high notes? I don’t feel

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be my representative in the U.S. Congress. Lucky me. A fair summary of their nearly identical comments boils down to this: Uneducated immigrants to this country are unwelcome and you better wake up before they take over, and we are no longer in control. The KKK Grand Dragon defined new immigrants as someone who is “a foreigner and will remain a foreigner, a citizen of a lower class, who just as the negro, is a constant menace to the standards of civilization which Americans hold dear.” Owens, meanwhile, not only riffed off that sentiment, but knowing a good cash-register, wedge issue when he sees one, also blamed such immigration as being “done on purpose by a party who could care less about we the people.” Sorry, Burgess, but I’m a Democrat, and I don’t resemble that remark. The ink wasn’t dry before the cartoon that Bagley drew up was deemed “racist” and “reprehensible” by every lazy nonthinker in Utah, which of course includes our senators and representatives who uniformly condemned the scurrilous Bagley. How dare he, they exclaimed! How dare he what? Point out that racism then is racism now? When the KKK Grand Dragon spoke his words in 1923, they were directed at my Ellis Island-processed grandparents. When Burgess Owens speaks the same words today, he speaks to the parents of the children who will inherit Utah. They will be good American citizens if people like Burgess move aside. He won’t. He found his piggy bank. But, here’s the part I liked. I chimed in on Twitter and was quickly smote by someone with a Twitter handle who described her position as campaign manager for Rep. John Curtis. And I wondered. Would she have been so morally and pedantically indignant (“Learn history,” she admonished, while conveniently ignoring her own history and heritage) if Curtis were still a Democrat, and she didn’t have that job? I think not. One certainty: Pat Bagley is both a thinker and a historian. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

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Marrlo Suzzanne and The Galaxy Band Rueckert and Mikki Reeve, bassist Andrew Pincock, drummer Aaron Jeffers, trumpeter Jason Lawner and saxophonist Mia Rossmango. What’s next? The Galaxy Band has got two upcoming showings of their American Pie - A ‘70s Rock Show, which, in a fashion not unfamiliar to the world of drag, will consist of a lot of covers. “Before I started doing the Bottom’s Up shows, I started working with one of my guitarist’s friends on some covers,” Suzzanne says. “I was listening to some ’70s soft rock, some folk rock, and I was like, let’s get some covers of these. And I ended up having a whole list of ’70s folk rock music that we were taking around to open mics—I wasn’t in drag, I was just singing regular. … I want this first show I do to familiarize people with music maybe they’ve heard, but maybe [not] in a while.” And while Suzzanne admits that his band is certainly not the first or only drag band, he does note that drag lends itself well to the theatrical qualities found in much classic rock ‘n’ roll. “KISS, for example,” he says. “[They’re] no different than a drag band, even though they’re not drag queens: big hair, big makeup, it’s all about the show, it’s all about the production. It’s very theatrical. Really, that’s all we’re doing.” Suzzanne thinks this is what makes an amazing show—one where there’s not just good music to hear, but choreography, costumes and other visual aspects to be wowed by. Even at that momentous Reel Big Fish concert, Suzzanne remembers the crazy dances the band members did, the trumpets and sax flashing—two instruments non-traditional to ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll that Suzzanne’s bringing into The Galaxy Band anyway. When asked whether Marrlo Suzanne and The Galaxy Band are bringing rock ‘n’ roll to drag, or drag to rock ‘n’ roll, he replies, “I tell people I’m a singer first and a drag queen second. If I had to quit drag, I would still get on a stage and sing in regular everyday clothes, because that’s really what I love the most, but I just love the aspect and spectacle that drag brings to it. So for me I would say I’m adding drag to rock ‘n’ roll.” That niche is what Suzzanne hopes will gain traction for the band, so that hopefully one day they can tour other cities, or visit big stages with full, high quality production. But for now, they’re playing at Metro Music Hall on April 30 and May 1. Besides the usual COVID-era drill (get your tickets early, limited seating, etc.), know that you should see them now, because Suzzanne wants to keep the band scarce; Marrlo Suzzanne and The Galaxy Band are determined to give themselves enough space between shows to develop entirely new acts for their audiences. So don’t miss their momentous debut, and visit metromusichall.com for tickets and more info. CW

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As it gets safer to go out, we have more and more great local bands to look forward to seeing. Such is the case at this upcoming Urban Lounge Backyard show, featuring Moodlite, Brother. and Mmend on April 30. Moodlite was a conglomerate of Utah transplants that City Weekly profiled in the year before everything went downhill with COVID, and it’s good to know that bands like them are still around and ready to play. Moodlite hasn’t released any new singles since 2020, but tracks from that year like “Bite Down” show Moodlite rippling with dubby synths, neo-soul funk and Katya Schweiner’s ethereal vocals. They’ll find an equally groovy partner in Brother. The Provo-based four-piece has been more than busy this past year, teasing single after single with a lot of to-do. The indie-pop group taps into all that is popular within that genre these days—dreamy, charming, slightly off-kilter synth parts, breezy, California-sunny guitars and vocal stylings that build on early indie staples like the Cold War Kids. Singles from last year like “Oxidate” promise to be engaging live; that track soars with a little bit of Americana grandeur. It seems that they just must have some larger release on the horizon, but until then, seeing them here with Moodlite is a good way to tide over eager fans. Opening for both is fellow local band Mmend, who will provide a bit of the moodiness for the night. Their 2019 album Spectator is a lo-fi, somewhat spooky synth affair, also dabbles in moody indie themes—a little Radiohead, a little Bombay Bicycle Club. Altogether, they’re more minimalist and delicate than either of the acts they’re supporting, but balance is important, right? These shows still have the potential to sell out fast for having limited capacity, so get your Friday night plans covered ahead of time. Show has doors at 6 p.m. and tickets are only $10. Visit sartainandsaunders.com for ticket purchase info and more. All COVID restrictions from before the mask mandate lift remain in place.

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As announcements for shows and festivals slowly trickle in (I even got news of a brand new one just as I typed this), one of my greatest dreams post-pandemic is that Metro Music Hall once again begins hosting its Berlin nights. Sparsely attended even back before COVID (they were on Thursday nights), the red-lit, industrial-themed nights were a brainchild of a friend of mine who was just cutting her teeth in the show-organizing world when everything shut down. They played bumping hits by grimy, sexy dark wave revival bands like Boy Harsher, who are the part-subject of this week’s song of the week. Boy Harsher have a brilliant spotlight on a recently dropped album of remixes, IMMEDIATELY, featuring songs off of Perfume Genius’s 2020 release, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately. Names like Actress and A.G. Cook appear on the remix list, but it’s the Boy Harsher effort that’s got my heart. The duo tackles the deeply cool song “Your Body Changes Everything,” a cascading, art-popish song with late-’80s quirks that make it ripe material for Boy Harsher’s synthetics. They turn the dreamy, meandering track into, of course, a dance track. Cold beats pick up the pace, and the winking flute-ish synth part that is peppered throughout the original provides an eerie beat of its own. Perfume Genius’s vocals become less ghostly and melancholic, more strifestricken as they’re pushed to the front. Gothic, long-drawn synth parts extend the drama and the darkness, and Boy Harsher vocalist Jae Matthews drops in to pant, “can you feel my love?” in her uber sensual way. It’s a fun track, one that makes me miss dancing. I hope to hear it at a Berlin night some night not too far from now.

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fter a year when everything was weird and different, it seems only fitting that the Academy Award are going to be weird and different. While the 2020 ceremony was one of the last “normal” big events before pandemic reality set in, the 2021 awards will represent an expanded eligibility window, featuring movies that debuted exclusively online, and will be taking place at two different venues simultaneously. That doesn’t mean that the Oscars aren’t still fundamentally the Oscars, and as such it’s possible to predict with some degree of confidence what’s going to shake out (a fascinating, welcome outlier like last year’s Best Picture win for Parasite notwithstanding). So here’s a quick look at what you might expect from some of the headline categories when the envelopes are opened on the evening of Sunday, April 25. Best Documentary Feature: There’s an assumption that serious social commentary dominates this category historically, and social issues definitely do get consideration. But recent years have seen a lot of wins by films that weren’t too hard for people to watch, including inspirational profiles like 20 Feet from Stardom, Free Solo and Searching for Sugar Man. The wrenching drama of Time—about a woman’s long battle to get her husband released from prison—ticks off a lot of the right boxes, but don’t be shocked if the contemplative nature doc My Octopus Teacher sneaks in for a win. Best International Feature: Denmark’s Another Round has dominated this category in other awards voting, and it’s hard to see any of the lower-profile nominees stealing its thunder. Best Visual Effects: This was definitely a weird category after so many big-budget spectacles abandoned 2020 while theaters remained closed. One of the few exceptions was Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, and it’s likely to get credit not just for the actual quality of

the work, but for Nolan’s steadfast support of the theatrical experience. Best Cinematography, Best Animated Feature: Joshua James Richards’s southwestern landscapes for Nomadland make any other Cinematography pick a sucker’s bet. Ditto for Soul as Best Animated Feature Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland once gain seems like a no-brainer in the Adapted category, with The Father a possible dark horse. Original Screenplay, though, is a tougher call. Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 seemed like the favorite for a while, but this category has a history of being the place where edgier nominees—Get Out, Pulp Fiction, Thelma & Louise, etc.—get their due. So I’m leaning towards Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman. Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor: Both of these awards have felt like some of the year’s surest things for months. Daniel Kaluuya’s performance as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah should land him Best Supporting Actor, and the late Chadwick Boseman’s work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is expected to have him join Peter Finch in Network and Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight as the only posthumous acting winners in Oscars history. Best Supporting Actress: This feels like the only major category where you could make a case for literally any of the nominees. But there seems to be some momentum building for Youn Yuh-jung as the tarttongued Korean grandmother in Minari, especially since it’s possible the well-liked film might not get any other wins. Best Actress: It feels like a two-woman race between Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). The fact that Davis does have a previous win (Supporting Actress for Fences) might be the only reason Mulligan has a slight advantage, but it could easily swing the other way. Best Director: Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao has been a frontrunner for some time now, but her win at the Director’s Guild Awards— where the victor has failed to pick up the Oscar only seven times in the past 50 years— seems to have sealed the deal. If so, Zhao would become only the second female winner ever, joining Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. Best Picture: Frontrunner Nomadland feels like one of those movies that’s admired more than genuinely loved. It’s still the safest bet, with only The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Minari seeming like legitimate threats. Then again, if the past year has taught us anything, it’s that unexpected things can definitely happen. CW

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hen life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And when life gives you hops, you are bound by beer nerd law to make an India Pale Ale. However, in a very competitive market like ours, breweries seek out the atypical options to keep us interested. This week’s beers are both innovative, and tested with a high degree of skill. Epic Tart ‘N’ Hazy: Epic is one of the few local breweries that has invested in having a full-time line of barrel-aged sour beers (Oak and Orchard Series). They took some of this oak-soured beer and blended it with some of their hazy pale ale—and this is the result. A cloudy golden body lurks beneath a finger’s width of white foam. The head holds well, which is great for a sour beer. The aroma is mainly floral, gently sweetish with a bit minerality or chalkiness. There’s a bit of citrus to it, but I can’t really pick out any specific fruit; if pressed, I guess I’d say orange, but there’s more going on as well. It’s not a bold aroma, but it’s pleasant, and the floral character is a refreshing change. As for the flavor, it’s surprisingly sweet. I don’t find it to be jaw-lockingly tart at all, although there clearly is some funky acidity to it, which comes across like a SweetTart candy. It has that kind of nondescript fruitiness that a lot of candies do as well; I might say apple, pear, orange, lemon, pineapple, guava and mango. It’s a refreshing,

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) In ancient Greek comic theater, there was a stock character known as the eiron. He was a crafty underdog who outwitted and triumphed over boastful egotists by pretending to be naive. Might I interest you in borrowing from that technique in the coming weeks? I think you’re most likely to be successful if you approach victory indirectly or sideways—and don’t get bogged down trying to forcefully coax skeptics and resisters. Be cagey, understated and strategic, Pisces. Let everyone think they’re smart and strong if it helps ensure that your vision of how things should be will win out in the end.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Author Grant Morrison observes that our heads are “big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the weight of oceans and the turning stars. Whole universes fit in there!” That’s why it’s so unfortunate, he says, if we fill up our “magical cabinet” with “little broken things, sad trinkets that we play with over and over.” In accordance with astrological potentials, Virgo, I exhort you to dispose of as many of those sad trinkets and little broken things as you can. Make lots of room to hold expansive visions and marvelous dreams and wondrous possibilities. It’s time to think bigger and feel wilder.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “Where did last year’s lessons go?” asks Gillian Welch in her song “I Dream a Highway.” Now I’m posing the same question to you—just in time for the Remember Last Year’s Lessons GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Gemini-born Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) is today regarded Phase of your cycle. In my astrological opinion, it’s crucial for as an innovative and influential painter. But his early years you to recollect and ruminate deeply on the breakdowns and provided few hints that he would ultimately become renowned. breakthroughs you experienced in 2020; on every spiritual As a teenager, he attended naval preparatory school, and later emergency and spiritual emergence you weathered; on all the he joined the French navy. At age 23, he became a stockbroker. scary trials you endured and all the sacred trails you trod. Although he also began dabbling as a painter at that time, it wasn’t until the stock market crashed 11 years later that he CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) made the decision to be a full-time painter. Is there a Gauguin- Capricorn painter Henri Matisse had a revolutionary influence like turning point in your future, Gemini? If so, its early signs on 20th-century art, in part because of his raucous use of color. might show itself soon. It won’t be as dramatic or stressful as Early in his career, he belonged to the Fauvism movement, derived from the French term for “wild beasts.” During his final Gauguin’s, but I bet it will be quite galvanizing. years, he invented a new genre very different from his previous work: large collages of brightly colored cut-out paper. The CANCER (June 21-July 22) A research team found that some people pray for things they’re subject matter, according to critic Jed Perl, included “jungles, reasonably sure God wouldn’t approve of. In a sense, they’re goddesses, oceans, and the heavens,” and “ravishing signs and trying to trick the Creator into giving them goodies they’re not symbols” extracted from the depths of “Matisse’s luminosity.” supposed to get. Do you ever do that? Try to bamboozle life into I offer him as a role model for you, Capricorn, because I think it’s offering you blessings you’re not sure you deserve? The coming a perfect time to be, as Perl describes Matisse, both “a hardweeks will be a favorable time for you to dare such ploys. No nosed problem-solver and a feverish dreamer.” guarantees you’ll succeed, but chances are better than usual AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) that you will. The universe is generous toward you right now. “The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, ‘Seek simplicity, but distrust it.’” Aquarian phiLEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In 2013, the New Zealand government decided to rectify the fact losopher Alfred North Whitehead wrote that, and now I’m that its two main islands had never been assigned formal names. proposing that you use it as your motto in the coming weeks, At that time, it gave both an English and Māori-language moniker even if you’re not a natural philosopher. Why? Because I suspect for each: North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and South Island, or Te you’ll thrive by uncomplicating your life. You’ll enhance your Waipounamu. In the spirit of correcting for oversights and neglect, well-being if you put greater trust in your instinctual nature and and in accordance with current astrological omens, is there any avoid getting lost in convoluted thoughts. On the other hand, action you’d like to take to make yourself more official or profession- it’s important not to plunge so deeply into minimalism that you al or established? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to do so. become shallow, careless or unimaginative.

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The Passing Parade Authorities in Sri Lanka arrested Caroline Jurie, the reigning Mrs. World, after she snatched the crown from the head of Pushpika De Silva as she was crowned Mrs. Sri Lanka on national television on April 4, allegedly injuring her. Jurie, the 2019 Mrs. Sri Lanka, claimed De Silva was a divorced woman, which made her ineligible to win the pageant, but organizers confirmed De Silva is only separated, and she has been re-crowned. The new queen reported on Facebook that she went to the hospital to be treated for head injuries after the incident, and police spokesman Ajith Rohana told the BBC Jurie was charged with “simple hurt and criminal cause.” Pageant director Chandimal Jayasinghe said, “It was a disgrace how Caroline Jurie behaved on the stage.” All in the Family At a wedding in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in China on March 31, the groom’s mother noticed a birthmark on the bride’s hand that was similar to one belonging to her long-lost daughter. When asked, the bride’s parents admitted they had found her as a baby by the side of the road and taken her to live with them as their own—a secret they had never told. The Daily Star reported that upon hearing of the connection, the bride burst into tears, saying the moment was “happier than the wedding day itself.” Bonus: The groom was also adopted, so their marriage could proceed as planned.

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