City Weekly January 30, 2020

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A Crusade in Kanab How one Utah community fought the fracking industry—and won.

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How Kanab leaders took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer.

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Cover story Lohan has worked for more than a decade as a digital editor and environmental journalist focusing on the intersections of energy, water and climate. Her work has been published by The Nation, American Prospect, Pacific Standard and others. She is the editor of two books on the global water crisis.

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Cover story, Jan. 16, “ERA Yes”

Not surprised by Utah mucking it up!

CATHERINE MATTHEWS Via Facebook

Women weren’t given the right to vote. We fought hard and died for it. Remember that in November.

ALBERT GARCIA Via Facebook

Opinion, Jan. 16, “Seeing Red”

OK, then have the government make your tampons.

You are not entitled to the labor of another.

NEIL TJAY Via Facebook

Online news post, Jan. 17, “The Great Condom Conundrum”

The whole thing just makes me mad. The campaign is clever and inventive. This

decision by the governor’s office so very, very late in the game is just a ridiculous waste of funds. It’s done, suck it up cupcakes, learn a lesson about communication next time, and let the condoms lay where they may.

PHILINA MCNEIL Via Facebook

God damn it! I want some of these so bad. @JONESTOWNC Via Twitter

It’s insane and these [condoms] are amazing! I don’t even need them, but I want them and want to frame them. That makes them hella effective. @CHLOE_VONDYKE Via Instagram

Wait, the governor doesn’t approve of sexual innuendo being used in an ad promoting condoms? He does know what they’re used for, right?

JULIE LEE Via Facebook

This was a clever way to deal with a very real problem. Gary Herbert and a great many other Utahns need to grow up.

JIM BUNNELL Via Facebook

What’s grosser than a used condom? Lots of unused ones in a landfill.

KRISTEN MURPHY Via Facebook

Maybe there could be a pop-up clandestine online auction to sell off the “shocking” condoms and recoup some money for a good cause. Oh my hell!

KARI TAYLOR SCHRECK Via Facebook

I thought they were pretty clever ... also, directed at those who would use them in a memorable, non-judgmental way. No sex without guilt in Utah, I guess.

CAROL HANSEN Via Facebook

The governor wants everyone to live by his rules and mindset. Can’t wait till we elect a governor who is progressive.

DEBRA VASQUEZ Via Facebook

Like Prop 2, you get it his way! @GORDAN_801 Via Instagram

No surprise the same man who declared porn a public health crisis pulled the plug on this program.

TYLER JOHNSON Via Facebook

This whole campaign is amazing and I support it 100%! Let’s protect our teens from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy since it’s been proven that abstinence only doesn’t work!

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The Importance of the Roe v. Wade Fight 47 Years On

Last week marked the 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that recognized a constitutional right to abortion. In the nearly five decades since, the decision has weathered numerous storms and faced plenty of erosion, leaving too many without meaningful access to abortion care. But 2020 could be its most consequential year yet.

This spring, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in June Medical Services v. Gee and could uphold state abortion restrictions identical to ones it struck down only four years ago, thereby allowing states to continue shutting down abortion clinics with no medical justification. Unsatisfied, 207 abortion opponents in Congress have asked the Court to overturn Roe entirely and pave the way for states to ban abortion outright.

But while this high-stakes showdown plays out at the Supreme Court, we cannot take our eyes off of the states.

In 2019, seven states throughout the South and Midwest tried to ban abortion (all have been blocked thus far) while seven other states passed eight affirmative measures to protect and expand access to abortion. This year will include new threats, as well as new opportunities to build on recent victories.

The attacks on abortion are mounting quickly. Already

BY JESSICA ARONS in 2020, bills that would ban abortion from the earliest days of pregnancy—like those passed in Georgia and Alabama last year—have been introduced in 13 states, with more likely to be filed in the coming days and weeks. Not all will advance, but there is a genuine risk that at least five more abortion bans could be enacted this year.

Less aggressive but equally harmful and extreme measures are also being considered: a Florida bill that would force young people to obtain parental consent for an abortion, which would increase risks to vulnerable youth; bans on the standard of care for abortion after 14 weeks in Michigan and Nebraska; and an Ohio measure that promotes the dangerous and unproven theory that an abortion with pills can be “reversed.” Additionally, abortion opponents are taking steps to eliminate abortion protections or pass new restrictions via ballot measures in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and elsewhere.

But it’s not all bad news. Many states are fighting to protect and expand reproductive rights. Inspired by the bold actions of Illinois, Maine, New York, and others, more states are gearing up to ensure access to abortion no matter what happens at the Supreme Court.

Massachusetts is working to pass the ROE Act, which would, among other things, improve youth access to abortion and ensure coverage for abortion regardless of income or immigration status. In the wake of an historic election in Virginia, legislators are lining up to show their support with a bevy of proactive bills. And New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently called for efforts to codify reproductive rights in state law.

The reality is, however, that we will never break free from the relentless cycle of harmful state laws and court battles without federal action by Congress—which is why we are joining calls for Congress to pass the Women’s

Health Protection Act. Already supported by more than 200 co-sponsors in the House and 42 in the Senate, WHPA would prohibit states from shutting down abortion clinics and banning abortion outright. A nationwide safeguard against the breathtaking scope of medically-unnecessary abortion restrictions states have passed to delay and obstruct access to care would be a critical step toward making the right to abortion a reality for all people, no matter where they live.

But it’s not enough to keep clinic doors open. We must also ensure that people can afford to access the care they need by working to eliminate coverage bans like the Hyde Amendment that for far too long have pushed care out of reach for low-income people.

Recent polling shows that a majority of voters support coverage for abortion for people enrolled in Medicaid— and support is steadily building in Congress for the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act, a bill to end restrictions on abortion coverage in government insurance programs and stop political interference with private insurance coverage of abortion.

Presidential candidates have likewise committed to ending the Hyde Amendment in response to sustained pressure from dedicated activists, including American Civil Liberties Union volunteers working through its Rights For All campaign.

The Roe anniversary is an important milestone, but we can’t ignore the fact that continued attacks on abortion rights still leave countless people without adequate protections. n

Jessica Arons is the senior advocacy and policy counsel for reproductive freedom at the ACLU.

HITS&MISSES

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For those of you who don’t take physical copies of The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, you’re missing out on the joys of comparison.

We’ll start with marches. On Sunday’s DNews local page: “Thousands rally during annual March for Life.” This delightsome story continued on B6 with an adorable photo of the Pro-Life Utah’s president hugging the Eagle Forum’s Gayle Ruzicka.

On the Trib’s Local page: “Tribal leaders protest against Native American mascot proposal.” This continued on B2, while the Trib tucked the March for Life rally at the bottom of B4. No mention of that rally in the D-News. Both papers saw fit to write about charter schools, too. The Trib’s was about an accusation against a Draperbased school for mishandling special ed money. The D-News, however, wrote about a West Jordan charter winning a STEM contest. So, save the newspaper industry and subscribe to both for the full picture.

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After a 13-page report detailing the physical and political toxicity of an inland port, the next step is to rally in peaceful protest against worsening air quality, the use of dirty fossil fuels, the harm it will inflict on wildlife and the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, and of course, the impact on the quality of life in neighboring communities. Isn’t that enough? Apparently, it hasn’t changed a single mind among the inland port elite, who continue to push forward with this unwise money-making scheme. Life along the Wasatch Front isn’t all about business. As the recent tax reform referendum shows, the public and its outrage can have a huge effect on public policy. Don’t stop now. Come to the Repeal the Port Rally in the State Capitol Rotunda and listen to expert speakers and inspirational music. Capitol Rotunda, 350 N. State, Monday, Feb. 3, 4-5 p.m., free, bit.ly/30dAyL4

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To save their lives, people are going to Mexico and Canada—not to live, but to buy insulin. The cost of the life-saving drug has risen 250% over the last decade, causing diabetics to ration their insulin, buy from the black market, or cross borders, if they can. The state even started a pilot program to send employees to Mexico to buy insulin. Now, way short of federalizing drug prices, Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo, says he will introduce a bill to lower the cost by allowing the state to buy insulin in bulk. He wants Utah to be the first state to ask U.S. Health and Human Services to approve the plan, paving the way for a “national discussion.” Indeed, it sounds a lot like what other countries do in socialized medicine, but please don’t call it that unless you’re ready to doom a great proposal.

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Now for the tax cut, tax referendum, tax confusion and power to the people. The conservative Utah Taxpayers Association spent considerable time trying to disabuse the public of its “hysteria” over the hastily passed tax reform law. The governor and Legislature have decided to repeal the law after a successful petition drive to place the issue on the ballot. Mostly, they say they did a poor propaganda job.

But how would you reframe this explanation? “If you eat, you pay more sales tax.

If after eating you stay alive, you pay less income tax,” Zions Bancorporation wrote in an email uncovered by KSL Channel 5.

So maybe it’s more than a PR problem.

Let’s not forget a seismic lack of trust.

Citizens passed laws on medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion and redistricting.

Two of those laws have been substantially changed, and the public awaits the death knell for the anti-gerrymandering law.

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Charter Candidates

Utah’s Republican candidates for governor go rah-rah for the state’s public charter schools.

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tah’s 2020 legislative session kicked off Monday morning.

While lawmakers were brushing up on their bills, though, the state’s six Republican gubernatorial candidates stopped by the rotunda to remind charter school students they care about them, too.

As part of Charter Day on the Hill, the candidates used the opportunity to speak to the roughly 500 students gathered on the marble staircase inside the Capitol to stump for charter schools’ importance in Utah’s education landscape.

“We have some problems in our state and none of those problems matter if we don’t get education right,” GOP candidate Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said. “If I’m elected governor, that will be very different. One day every week as governor will be focused 100% on education. We need to unleash innovation, cut regulation and let the entrepreneurs of the classroom do their thing.”

Charter school students make up about 12% of students in Utah. In a state that consistently ranks toward the bottom in the country when it comes to per pupil spending, some parents decide to opt for the charter route and praise the option of school choice.

But charter schools and their relationships with legislators have been muddy at times. A February 2019 report from KUTV Channel 2 pointed out that a number of lawmakers have also served on charter school boards. Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, for example, ran Charter Solutions, a company that collected $5.7 million in fees and taxpayer money from charter schools from 2015-18. Fillmore, according to the report, did not sponsor any legislation that affected charter schools but he did answer questions on some of those bills on the Senate floor.

Another gubernatorial candidate, former House Speaker Greg Hughes, previously served on the board for the charter school Summit Academy. Speaking to the students, Hughes said he always wanted to hear from charter school kids while serving in the House.

“We have to have an educational system in this state that brings out the genius,” an effusive Jon Huntsman Jr. said during Charter Day on the Hill. “That means choice, that means charter options, it means every good idea we can come up with.”

“I was a parent on a board of a charter school and I knew that if lawmakers got to meet you … lawmakers would want to help you,” Hughes said. “They’d want to help you enjoy your charter school. I think that you need to make sure that the next governor of the state loves our public charter schools, fights for you and our schools and makes sure that’s an option for all of our families.”

The KUTV report also highlighted 10 other current and former legislators who have sat on charter school boards, including Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton; Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan; Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton; and former lawmakers Howard Stephenson and Mark Madsen, to name a few.

Royce Van Tassell, a lobbyist and executive director of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, told City Weekly that while charter schools have a number of benefits, there is room for improvement.

“Utah has one of the highest percentages of students that attend charter schools in the country. We’re going to continue to grow, but we need to do better with our academics,” Van Tassell said. “So we’re going to continue to reach out to our elected officials and say how can we do a better job at meeting the specific needs of specific children. … Our hope is that charter schools let parents and administrators and teachers be partners in a child’s education.”

In an August op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune, Van Tassell wrote that having to close the American International School of Utah, which had a lengthy

history of financial and academic struggles, was a “feature, not a bug” of the charter school system.

“Given the persistence of at least mediocrity, and at times outright failure in public education, it’s clear that doing something different (‘innovation’!) is the only way our children will get the schools they deserve,” Van Tassell wrote.

Four other candidates also shared their opinions on charter schools at the rally.

Former Utah GOP chairman Thomas Wright said selecting a charter school can give students more choices to find their passion.

“That’s the beauty of charter schools, and the option of choosing what you want to study is that you can find what you love at an early age,” he said. “By doing that, you can set yourself on a pathway to success. … We need to give teachers the flexibility to teach you the way that you will respond best.”

Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton said she wanted to focus on the teacher shortage if elected governor.

“That’s something we have to fix so that you can have the very best education possible,” she said. “I’m a big supporter of school choice and all of you have parents who elected to put you in a charter school.”

Meanwhile, Jon Huntsman Jr. had the students raise their right hand and promise to tell their parents they were thankful to them for taking a strong interest in their education.

“I’ve raised seven kids and you know what I found? Everyone learns differ-

ently,” Huntsman said. “So as we go forward, are we going to have to have education options that allow kids to progress based upon their learning style, based upon their approach to the classroom, based upon the genius they have inside? We have to have an educational system in this state that brings out the genius. That means choice, that means charter options, it means every good idea we can come up with.”

Provo businessman Jeff Burningham wrapped up the speeches by having the students repeat the phrase, “Choice creates competition; competition creates better results.”

“We need choice in our education. We need choice in our governor,” he said.

“I’m not a politician. I’ve never run for office before. I’ve been an entrepreneur my entire career. … I know that choice creates competition and competition creates better results because I’ve lived it.”

When it comes to Utah’s GOP gubernatorial race, Van Tassell says charter schools can be a vital addition to a candidates’ platform—partly because of the seat’s close relationship with the schools.

“Governors appoint the members of the state charter school board,” Van Tassell said. “So taking an active interest in who those candidates are and saying, ‘Let’s get the brightest minds, the people who see the big picture,’ and say, ‘Let’s figure out how we can meet the needs of individual children.’ … Let’s have somebody that wants to make charter schools the centerpiece of our wonderful public education system.” CW

How one Utah community fought the fracking industry—and won.

sign at the north end of Kanab proclaims the town of 4,700 to be “The Greatest Earth on Show.”

It’s a rare case of truth in advertising.

Kanab sits just seven miles north of the Arizona state line, at the crossroads of some of the Southwest’s most beautiful places. In every direction a geologic wonderland awaits. To the north is Zion National Park with its breathtaking valley of 2,000-foot-tall rustand-white sandstone cliffs. The sweeping expanse of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument stretches to the east, and just to the south, you’ll find the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.

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Staircase-Escalante, both of which President Trump slashed in order to increase drilling and mining opportunities.

Despite public pushback and some legal challenges, though, the frac sand mine seemed to be cruising toward approval as recently as October. It still needed an environmental impact assessment from the Bureau of Land Management, and the two water transfers require approval from the state engineer.

The project definitely wasn’t a done deal, but in industry-friendly Utah, it had a good shot.

So it might have come as a surprise to a number of residents when Southern Red Sands announced at the beginning of January that it was abandoning the proposed project.

What happened? And are there any lessons that other communities fighting extraction threats can learn?

“Speak out, pull together like-minded neighbors, organize and don’t give up,” Hand said after hearing the news. “But also, try to be nice.”

Surprisingly, it’s that last bit that might have made a big difference—along with a good hard look at the endeavor’s economics.

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panies conducting hydraulic fracturing.

The sand is a lesser-known but substantial aspect of the fracking process. Round grains of silica sand serve as a “proppant” to keep underground fissures in the shale open as oil and gas are pumped out. Fracking a single well can require thousands of tons of sand.

“I really wanted to keep an open mind, but the more I learned about the project, the more concerned I got,” Hand told me in September.

She had reason to be worried. The first decade of the fracking boom relied heavily on so-called “frac sand” sourced mostly from Midwest states like Minnesota and Wisconsin, where mining reduced verdant green hills to piles of dust.

But Midwest mining has its limits. Sand

is expensive to ship across the country, so as fracking has taken off in Utah, Texas and New Mexico, companies have looked to find more local sources to trim costs.

That’s when the proposed mine in Kanab entered the story.

Southern Red Sands, a two-person startup backed by Utah real-estate developer Kem Gardner, hoped to establish the region’s next frac sand mine in a scenic area of state-owned lands outside Kanab called Red Knoll.

City and county officials quickly gave their blessing—and a combined 1,200 acre-feet of water rights a year—after only cursory consideration.

But residents became concerned about impacts to scenic beauty, water resources and local businesses. They teamed up to fight back, forming a community group called Keep Kanab Unspoiled.

It was beginning to feel like a familiar story.

The struggle between extractive industries and environmental protection is not new to Utah. A fight is still raging nearby over the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand

You don’t even need to leave Kanab, which is ringed by the famously red-hued Vermillion Cliffs, to get socked by jawdropping beauty.

It’s this landscape that drew Susan Hand to Kanab 25 years ago when she opened Willow Canyon Outdoor to sell gear, maps, books and coffee to local and visiting adventurers. And it’s this landscape and the community’s gateway-tothe-wonderland experience, the economic bedrock of this tourism-dependent town, that she worried would be destroyed by a new industrial project proposed last year 10 miles north of town.

There, a company called Southern Red Sands LLC had announced plans to build a facility to mine and process massive amounts of sand for use by oil and gas com-

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The land around Red Knoll in Kanab

The Threats

Von Del Chamberlain is a white-haired, soft-spoken Kanab resident. Born in 1934, he spent his youth exploring the red rock and his career studying the stars. The astronomer and former director of Salt Lake City’s Hansen (now Clark) Planetarium retired to his hometown 15 years ago and hoped to start a public observatory.

He realized that Kanab’s prized dark-night skies would be threatened by a 24/7 mining operation. But that wasn’t even his biggest concern.

“The beauty here is the thing that will sustain this area economically for as far in the future as we can possibly see,” he says.

Opponents like Chamberlain usually cite two big issues: environmental impacts, particularly the threat to water resources, and the local economy. But in Kanab, it’s hard to separate the two.

“It doesn’t matter what kind of an economy you want to develop here,” Hand says. “Even if you have an industrial economy or an extractive economy—if you don’t have water, you’re out.”

The water supply, which draws on underground aquifers, currently supports the town’s tourist-driven economy, ranching, and the county’s biggest employer— Best Friends Animal Society, known worldwide through the Dogtown TV series on the National Geographic Channel. The nonprofit owns a 3,700-acre sanctuary, the country’s largest no-kill animal shelter, and would have been the mine’s closest neighbor.

Best Friends, which employs 400 locals and draws 35,000 out-of-town visitors a year to its sanctuary, came to see the proposed mine as an existential threat. Their property relies on wells, seeps and springs that come from the same aquifer the project’s two wells would tap.

Last July, Kanab’s city council approved a 50-year contract for 600 acre-feet a year of water rights for the project and Kane County Water Conservancy District, which oversees water servicing for the unincorporated areas of the county, agreed to provide an additional 600 acre-feet of water. That combined amount equals about 740 gallons per minute, though Southern Red Sands contended it would use only about a third of that.

Many local residents were shocked by the water-rights transfer. A 2016 water needs assessment found that Kane County Water Conservancy District’s reliable supply would be in deficit by 2035. And the district’s executive director, former state representative Mike Noel, has been a vocal advocate for a pricy proposed pipeline to send Lake Powell water to Southern Utah communities, including near Kanab, under the premise that the region is already running short on water.

“We knew that it would damage our seeps and our springs, and we weren’t sure yet the full impact besides some drawdown to our groundwater, but we were really concerned,” Bart Battista, an environmental engineer responsible for facilities management at Best Friends’ Kanab sanctuary, says. “It boggles my mind that the city wasn’t as concerned.”

But documents unearthed by Salt Lake public radio station KUER 90.1 FM showed that officials at nearby Zion National Park already were concerned that the project could reduce flows into the East Fork of the Virgin River, which runs

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through the park, by reducing the amount of water from underground seeps and springs that feed the river.

Wanting to learn more about how the project could affect the region’s water, Best Friends commissioned a study from hydrogeologist Kenneth Kolm of Hydrologic Systems Analysis, a firm that’s completed water studies for other Utah towns.

Kolm found that the mine posed the potential for decline in productivity to wells owned by both Best Friends and the city’s water supply. The project could also decrease flows into nearby Kanab Creek and dry up perennial streams and springs, including one that feeds an area of habitat that’s home to the Kanab ambersnail— currently federally protected as endangered.

The amount of water being withdrawn wasn’t the only issue. The proposed project site and its sandy soil are also vitally important to local hydrology.

“The sand is the first ticket to collecting water,” Hand says. It captures rain and holds it in place long enough for it to sink into the water table and not run off. But the sand is exactly what would be removed from the site, further threatening the region’s water supply.

“I realized for the first time how small and vulnerable our watershed actually is,” she adds.

Southern Red Sands hoped to start digging on 640 acres of land around Red Knoll, an aptly named rise of coral-colored rock and sand. The area is managed as part of Utah’s School and International Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), where state-owned property can be leased (often for resource extraction), with revenue being funneled to education.

The operation would have started by bulldozing all the trees, shrubs, grasses and forbs, then scraped up to 30 feet of the earth from the exposed surface. The sand would then be processed—washed with water and chemicals, then dried and sorted—in a facility with up to six 120-foot-tall silos. After that, it would be loaded into trucks and hauled out.

A small fraction of the remaining sediment—mostly the fine silts and clays— would be put back on the land. But that change in geology could mean a big change for the aquifer. How big would depend on the scope of the project, though.

In addition to the SITLA land, Southern Red Sands had acquired placer claims— mineral exploration rights—for 12,000 surrounding acres managed by the BLM. And although the company said it planned to mine only 700,000 tons a year from the SITLA property, the facility would have had the capacity and water rights to accommodate much more.

“If they’re building a plant with a capacity of 3 million tons a year, that’s presumably because they expect to be able to produce that,” Dean Baker, a Kanab resident and opponent of the project told me in December. “They may never do that, but you don’t build extra capacity without the idea that you might use it.”

The Resistance

Water issues are paramount in arid Utah, but the mine was likely to come with some other potential problems.

If Southern Red Sands did build out to the end of their claims, they’d be within 10 miles of Zion National Park and workers at Best Friends would be looking over

Groundwater seeps to the surface at the Best Friends animal sanctuary

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of rigs drilling for oil tends to fall when prices get low. Rigs plunged with falling prices from 2014 to 2016 and last year, saw record declines in rig numbers. In addition, fracking costs more than traditional drilling—and the industry has also been overspending to keep the fracking boom from going bust.

A research organization in Norway found that the amount of money being spent to drill for oil by 40 U.S. shale oil companies outpaced the money being made by selling that oil. That deficit cost companies almost $5 billion in just the first quarter of 2019, DeSmog reported in August.

It’s a scenario that’s happened before.

With oil prices now around $60 a barrel, the industry is hanging on. If prices dip much lower, it could be trouble. A decade into the fracking frenzy, investors are worried that the best spots have been drilled and many debts won’t be paid.

There’s even more uncertainty when it comes to producing and selling the sand.

Companies used to rely almost exclusively on Midwest sand, but now more areas are getting in on the game.

The consequences of failures in the fracking business model are real.

Falling oil prices and a shifting market for frac sand recently took down Emerge Energy Services—owner of eight frac sand facilities in Wisconsin—which filed for bankruptcy last summer and left behind unsafe levels of arsenic and heavy metal contamination for the community to clean up.

That’s a scenario that Baker worried could happen in Kanab. Southern Red Sands said their intended market was in Utah’s Uintah Basin 350 miles north, but a new frac sand mine just opened in the basin. “It’s almost inconceivable they’d be able to compete with them because the biggest cost with frac sand is the shipping,” Baker says. “There are some operations in the San Juan Basin [in New Mexico and Colorado] but it’s not clear to me that they could beat those out either.”

Even though economics played a role in halting the project, he believes community efforts were important, too.

“The fact they faced serious legal obstacles at every step in their path had to be a factor,” he says. “It is a nice, and unfortunately rare, victory for the environment.”

Best Friends worked to ensure the hard-earned victory isn’t short-lived, either.

It also purchased Southern Red Sands’ 12,000 acres of mineral rights.

“We want to make sure that no one else comes in here in two years if the market’s better and tries to put in another sand mine, we just don’t think that it’s the right thing for this area,” Battista says. “We want to make sure that in perpetuity, there’s not a threat to the sanctuary.”

As for Hand, she’s now looking at the bigger picture. She sees the fight over frac sand in Kanab as a microcosm of the global fight over fossil fuels and climate change.

“While we can embrace a sense of triumph, it’s likely to be brief,” she says.

“When it comes to protecting wild places and using our resources carefully, our work will never be done. The next development project is already bubbling. I do feel more hopeful for each success, but climate change marches on.” CW

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their fence line at the operation—not to mention potentially breathing its dust.

Mining, processing and trucking frac sand can release tiny particles of crystalline silica into the air. Inhaling those particles regularly can cause lung disease, including cancer and silicosis, a chronic disease that, like “black lung” among coal miners, can be deadly.

The facility would likely run with lights and noise 24/7, which could be detrimental to wildlife. And adding more diesel-spewing, slow-stopping big rigs hauling 50,000 pounds of sand down the town’s one main road concerned residents, too.

With so much at risk, opponents employed a number of tactics to fight the mine.

Keep Kanab Unspoiled held community meetings. They invited Kolm, the geologist who did the independent study, to report his findings, and started an online petition to discourage the company from moving forward.

Best Friends—an established national nonprofit with considerably more financial resources—took the lead role in mounting legal challenges. The organization filed an appeal of a conditional use permit approved by the county and formally objected to the water transfers, which needed to be approved by the state engineer.

But during the fall, Best Friends decided to shift tactics. Lawsuits could just lead to years of legal battles, something beyond the organization’s longstanding mission.

“We might alienate our donors and members,” Battista explains. “The appeal of Best Friends crosses party boundaries—animal welfare is something everybody can support.” Apparently environmental action is not.

They decided the best approach was to sit down and talk with the company and its backers.

Battista couldn’t disclose details of the negotiations—which went on for months—but on Jan. 9 Best Friends and Southern Red Sands released a joint statement saying that the company “had decided not to pursue its business ventures in Kane County.”

The members of Keep Kanab Unspoiled were elated.

“It’s so heartening how so many people from our community came together to amplify a voice that is seldom acknowledged by our elected representatives and institutions,” Hand tells me. “I’m relieved that an area I love won’t be sacrificed on the altar of fossil fuel consumption. I’m grateful that this threat to our travel and tourism economy is diminished.”

It would be comforting to think that the driving force behind the decision boiled down to preserving the scenic beauty or the region’s groundwater resources, but it’s more likely it had to do with money.

“Economics played some role,” Battista says. “The market for frac sand has changed and [Best Friends] had financial viability assessments of the project to show that the mine wouldn’t be a good idea. Economically, it just didn’t make sense to any of us. I think that our studies corroborated that.”

This was a main talking point of Keep Kanab Unspoiled, bolstered by research done by Baker, who also is an economist and cofounder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The frac sand industry—and the larger fracking industry—is volatile. The number

Frac sand in Wisconsin

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Ririe Woodbury Dance Co.: Allegory A re-envisioned version of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co.’s popular 2019 The Live Creature & Ethereal Things returns to Capitol Theatre to ask audiences, “If you could tell a story and share it with the entire world, what story would you tell?” A group of dancing, prancing human-sized birds, known as the “Jolly Troop,” navigates viewers through the process of answering such questions.

The work by artictic director Daniel Charon not only showcases the talent of Ririe Woodbury Dance Co., but expands the cast to include members of Utah Valley University’s Department of Dance to fill the stage. This year’s production also features guest artist Tito Vilas, who furthers the compay’s efforts to be more inclusive with Spanish-language storytelling during the performance, while otherworldly storybook projections designed by Nicolas Ridruejo provide another grand addition.

This fascinating theatrical adventure is being produced in conjunction with Alexandra Harbold and Robert Scott Smith of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, and features an original score by John Paul Hayward with text and lyrics by playwright Troy Deutsch. The larger-than-life excitement can be seen for two evening performances (recommended for children 8 and up) plus one family matinee (of the shortened onehour version). Both full-length performances tell the new tale in Spanish and English. Come and see the whimsical story they’re ready to share with local audiences. (Kara Rhodes) Ririe Woodbury Dance Co.: Allegory @ Capitol Theatre, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 50 W. 200 South, $8-$35, all ages, 7:30 p.m., 801355-2787, ririewoodbury.com

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Howie Mandel It’s fair to say that Howie Mandel is a multifaceted performer—actor, entertainer, voice-over talent, and a fixture on any number of TV competition and game shows. First and foremost, he’s a funnyman—a comedian with a ready wit and Everyman sensibility. Whether he’s the wacky prankster who once put a latex glove over his head while squealing incomprehensibly as the insurgent intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the medical drama St. Elsewhere, or the voice of Bobby on the animated series Bobby’s World, he always makes an indelible impression.

Indeed, the Canadian-born comedian has come quite a way from his early days when he was a staple at LA’s Comedy Store. Mainstream recognition arrived with the syndicated comedy game show Make Me Laugh, and then a stint as a veejay on Nickelodeon. He staked his claim to television early on, courtesy of a weekly sitcom called Howie, the Showtime series Howie Mandel’s Sunny Skies and an ongoing hidden camera segment he fronted while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. But contemporary audiences likely know him best from his hosting stint on the original Deal or No Deal—later revived on CNBC in 2018—and on America’s Got Talent, where he’s now the longest-tenured judge on the panel.

In addition, his 2009 memoir Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me—details his struggles with OCD and ADHAD and added “author” to his list of credits. Join him this week for his distinctive brand of comedic storytelling. (Lee Zimmerman) Howie Mandel @ Dejoria Center, 970 N. State Road 32, Kamas, Jan. 31, 8 p.m., $59$125, 801-467-8499, dejoriacenter.com

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Noteworthy as the first touring modern dance ensemble to sprout out of mainland China in 1992, the Guangdong Modern Dance Co. is ready to present its refined composition Beyond Calligraphy to Utah’s audiences. The art of Chinese calligraphy bears many similarities to the art of dance, incorporating thoughtful movement, graceful lines and a flair for design.

Choreographed by Liu Qi and expanded from his own original 2005 shorter piece Upon Calligraphy, the work, which has been performed around the world more than 100 times, incorporates five odes in dance form. These individual segments suggest the five forms of traditional Chinese calligraphy—Zuan, Li, Tsao, Hsin, and Kai—which varied in the eras of their historical development, their complexity, and the purposes for which they were used. The performance takes place during the celebration of the Chinese New Year, with its transition into the Year of the Rat. How apt: The rat is often characterized by qualities of peace and contentment—a welcome shift from the din of a contemporary society that relies on a sustained, rapid-fire stream of information.

The flowing costumes, lighting that hugs the body and a score that doesn’t always rely on the typical sounds of Chinese music fold into an unhurried spectacle. Beyond Calligraphy satisfies the quest for inner calm by crafting a reminder to find comfort in an anachronism in the digital age: the way we control ink on the paper. (Miacel Spotted Elk) Guangdong Modern Dance Co.: Beyond Calligraphy @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., $5-$10, tickets.utah.edu

Stacey Jenson, lead actress in A Doll’s House, Part 2 put on by Salt Lake Acting Co., spent 15 years in London after growing up Mormon in Utah. This is one place where she feels connected with her character, Nora Helmer.

For those who don’t remember high school English, A Doll’s House ended with Nora walking out of her home, leaving her husband and her children. Fifteen years later for these characters, Part 2 begins with Nora walking back in.

“I had to move away from Utah and everyone I knew in order to learn what my interests were, what I believed about the purpose of my life, and how I wanted to experience the world,” Jenson says. “I was away from Utah for 15 years—just as Nora was away for 15 years.“ In that time, Nora has learned and grown. She comes back in Part 2 to see how much her family mimics the pictures she remembers and how much they have changed with time, too.

“What feels most relevant to me, are the questions of gender and divisions between gender,” Jenson says. “In my opinion, the feminist movement is not so much about the gender an individual is born into, but rather those qualities associated with gender and how the qualities associated with femininity like compassion, gentleness and deep listening have been de-valued in favor of masculine qualities like being driven, strong, determined and linear.” (Casey Koldewyn) A Doll’s House, Part 2 @ Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, 801-363-7522, Feb. 5-March 8, $30, saltlakeactingcompany.org

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pened here. National [women’s suffrage] leaders came here to study what was going on. Utah women traveled to Washington to testify that women voting was not the end of the world, that they weren’t abandoning their children. They were really important in those first 50 years as examples.”

Over the course of Better Days 2020’s 2-plus years, the organization has been busy spreading the word through a variety of ways. In addition to previous events, it has developed a first-in-the-nation women’s history school curriculum, helped design a commemorative state license plate, and commissioned illustrations by artist Brooke Smith of 50 Utah women’s advocates. Smith’s works are currently on display at the state Capitol’s fourth floor as part of the Utah Women Making History exhibit.

While McBaine’s own background includes a focus on advancing the position of women within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she emphasizes that Better Days 2020 itself is non-denominational. The women’s history curricula represent a broad spectrum of Utah women, including the state’s First Nation tribes, Jewish settlers, Greek immigrants and more. Yet she believes that it’s important to note that, where the issue of women’s suffrage is specifically concerned, “the Mormons were the suffragists, and the non-Mormons were the anti-suffragists. …

We’re not shying away from that narrative.

It confuses people, and that’s what good history does.”

Better Days 2020’s first event this year is She Talks Utah, scheduled for Jan. 30 at Utah Valley University. Offered in conjunction with the Utah Women & Leadership Project, it’s an evening of TED talk-type presentations by successful local women telling stories—either personal about their own family history, or about prominent women in Utah history—and how learning those stories helped develop their own leadership. Presenters include McBaine, Salt Lake Tribune editor Jennifer NapierPierce, and social worker and performing artist Lita Little Giddens. According to project assistant director Robbyn Scribner, “We wanted our first event of 2020 to be looking back, because this really is a year of celebrating the history of women throughout the state.”

Lecture-style presentation is not the only format Better Days Utah has embraced, attempting to tell the story of Utah’s women’s rights history through a wide range of media. Still on the horizon is a commission of two short works by Utah Opera. While McBaine has arts in her blood from her family history—her mother was an opera singer—she believes that bringing the arts into this project has a more pragmatic component. “The thing I brought to it, that

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or 2½ years, Neylan McBaine has been looking toward 2020. That’s how long it takes to tell the story that’s as rich and significant as the one she wanted to recite.

Better Days 2020 was launched in 2017 at a time when McBaine—an author, marketing professional and founder of the Mormon Women Project—was between jobs. She says that a friend mentioned to her that a significant anniversary was on the horizon in 2020: Not just the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote, but the 150th anniversary of Utahgranting them the vote—the first state to do so. “I asked around [in 2017] to see if anyone was aware of it, or had plans for it,” McBaine recalls. “It seemed very remote to people: Why are we already thinking about this?”

For McBaine, it was important to emphasize the state’s unique role in the history of America’s women’s suffrage movement— including Utah’s Seraph Young being the first woman in the country to cast a vote, on Feb. 14, 1870—because it was clear that this history wasn’t widely known or understood. “Right now, there are about a dozen exhibits in Washington, D.C., commemorating the 19th Amendment, and only one mentions the Western states pioneering the vote 50 years earlier,” McBaine says.

“Those are considered weird anomalies, but we believe something significant hap-

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Better Days 2020 underlines the key role of Utah in voting rights for women.

it might not have had if it [had] been run, for example, by a university, is I wanted to bring a different audience, in a popular way,” she says. “This didn’t have to be confined to an ivory tower. That’s where it had been, and people weren’t aware of it.”

A flurry of Better Days 2020 events are still to come, set to commemorate Seraph Young’s landmark vote. On Feb. 12, the Capitol will host a public event—and with more than 1,000 school kids attending—featuring a ceremony led by Gov. Gary Herbert.

The Feb. 14 anniversary itself includes the aforementioned Utah Opera performance, in addition to a “walk of remembrance” retracing Young’s path to casting her vote at the old Council Hall. The fact that there are so many ways for people to be part of this historic commemoration provides validation for McBaine getting her early start.

“Someone told me, ‘I’m glad you started 2½ years ago,” McBaine says, “because here it is, and you have all of these amazing materials.” CW

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Utah Valley University, SC-Grande Ballroom 800 W. University Parkway, Orem Thursday, Jan. 30, 6:30 p.m., free betterdays2020.com

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In conjunction with the world premiere of the Sundance Film Festival documentary Aggie, Modern West Fine Art (412 S. 700 West, modernwestfineart.com) presents Art for Justice, showcasing work from the collection of philanthropist and Museum of Modern Art President Emerita Agnes Gund (Jennifer Bartlett’s “Untitled Oil on Canvas” is pictured), through Feb. 21.

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Winter Farmers Market Rio Grande Depot, 270 S. Rio Grande St., Saturdays through April 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org

LGBTQ

Beyond a Night of Music Encircle Salt Lake, 331 S. 600 East, Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., encircletogether.org Men’s Sack Lunch Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org TransAction Weekly Meeting Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Sundays, 2-3:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Piano Faculty Showcase Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m., utahsymphony.org Utah Philharmonia Student Spotlight Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu Wind Ensemble Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu

Guangdong Modern Dance Co.: Beyond Calligraphy Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., tickets.utah.edu (see p. 12) Giselle Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 1, 2 & 7:30 p.m., uvu.universitytickets.com Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co.: Allegory Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m., ririewoodbury.com (see p. 12)

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A Doll’s House, Part 2 Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, Feb. 5-March 8, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org (see p. 12) Arsenic and Old Lace Theater at Mount Jordan, 9360 S. 300 East, Sandy, Jan. 31-Feb. 15, FridaySaturday, 7:30 p.m., sandy.utah.gov Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom: The Musical Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, Feb. 5-April 11, dates and times vary, hct.org Bright Star Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through May 2, dates and times vary, hct.org Cirque Mechanics—42 FT Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Feb. 3, 6:30 p.m., uvu.universitytickets.com Into the Woods The Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South, dates and times vary, through Feb. 8, empresstheatre.com James Blonde: Agent 7-11 in License to Thrill Desert Star Playhouse, 4861 S. State, Murray, through March 21, dates and times vary, desertstar.biz Man With the Pointed Toes Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, through Feb. 8, dates and times vary, haletheater.org Safe An Other Theater Co., 1200 Towne Centre Blvd., Provo, through Feb. 15, dates and times vary, anothertheatercompany.com

Jan. 30, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Heather Mabbott Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Jan. 31 & Feb. 1, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Howie Mandel DeJoria Center, 970 N. State Road 32, Kamas, Jan. 31, 8 p.m., dejoriacenter.com (see p. 12) Jerry Rocha Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Open Mic Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Random Tangent Improv Comedy Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Saturdays, 10 p.m., randomtangentimprov.org Shayne Smith Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Jan. 31 & Feb.1, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

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Better Days 2020: She Talks Utah: Remembring the Past to Shape Our Future Utah Valley University, SC-Grande Ballroom, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Jan. 30, 6:30 p.m., betterdays2020.com (see p. 14)

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Lori Parr: Lavender Farming: Secrets from a Hard Row Hoed Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Feb. 1, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Westminster Poetry Series: Don Bogen and Paisley Rekdal Kim Adamson Alumni House, 1840 S. 1300 East, Feb. 3, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Art for Justice Modern West Fine Art, 412 S. 700 West, through Feb. 21, modernwestfineart.com (see p. 15) Better Days 2020: Utah Women Working for the Vote and Beyond Utah Capitol, 300 N. State, fourth floor, (see p. 14) betterdays2020.com Comforting Discomfort: Works by Dalila Sanabria and Fiona Barney Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande, through March 6, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Feeling Before Thought Urban Arts Gallery, 116 S. Rio Grande St., through Feb. 2,

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urbanartsgallery.org Heyday Rasoulpour & Clarence Bowman: In Search of Homeland & Do You See What I See? Art Access II Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Feb. 14, accessart.org Hidden Voices: Aesthetics of Change Woodbury Art Museum, Utah Valley University, 575 E. University Parkway, Orem, through March 7, uvu.edu In Search of Homeland Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Feb. 14, accessoart.org Love In the Abstract “A” Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, Feb. 4-29, agalleryonline.com Lydia Gravis: Tracing the Untraceable Nox Contemporary Gallery, 440 S. 400 West, through Feb. 7, noxcontemporary.com Mary Pusey: Figuratively Speaking Art at the Main, 210 E. 400 South, through Feb. 8, artatthemain.com Marva Match, Dan Fandrich & Lynda Lee: FAMILIES, It’s All Relative Art Access II Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Feb. 14, accessart.org Nolan Flynn: Vertical Obedience Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, through Feb. 28, saltlakearts.org Re-Discovering Signs Downtown Artist Collective, 258 E. 100 South, through Feb. 17, downtownartistcollective.org Salt Lake City Through Teens Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through March 6, slcpl.org Zachary Olpin: Having Been Utterly Persuaded by a Stone Bountiful Davis Art Center, 90 N. Main, Bountiful, through Feb. 14, bdac.org

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half-moon booths and sumptuously curated gallery walls. As Cannella’s is close to Library Square, its summertime patio seating also happens to be one of the finest places to peoplewatch while sampling traditional Italian fare.

These favorites remain the heart and soul of Cannella’s— it’s easy to taste the familial love in every recipe. If you visit for lunch, the meatball

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When Joey Cannella assumed management after his father, Joe, passed away, he made some risky decisions that have since paid off. Perhaps most savvy among them was expanding into the space next door, which allowed ample room to incorporate a full bar.

This came with a hip take on the restaurant’s interior—the place communicates the vibe of a downtown speakeasy with its

hen you think of the word “reinvention,” familyowned Italian joints that have been around for more than four decades don’t typically come to mind. The mere thought of tinkering with the legacy of Joe and Missy Cannell’s Italian restaurant could be considered dangerous territory among the more rigid members of the foodie sect. That said, the changes that Cannella’s (204 E. 500 South, 801-3558518, cannellas.com) has experienced under the leadership of the younger Joey Cannella are prime examples of how to correctly usher a dynasty into a new era.

During a recent visit, I noticed a pumpkin ragu ($22) which I’d never seen before and decided to give it a whirl. It’s an overstocked plate of rigatoni noodles doused in a rustic sauce of puréed pumpkin and chunks of braised beef. Although I thought the seasoning could have been ramped up a bit, I happily added this dish to my winter survival kit.

It’s a pasta dish that is unctuous and soulful enough to kick the bleak winter chill right in its withered ass.

While there are plenty of Salt Lake restaurant pioneers that have maintained success without too much physical renovation, Cannella’s doesn’t strike me as a place that changed just for the sake of changing. This is a clear case of strategic evolution, but the fact that it’s remained true to the spirit of what made the restaurant tick in the first place is worthy of respect. Cannella’s is a place where locals can order some tried and true recipes along with a few haute surprises, and it will be interesting to see what’s next for this local institution. CW

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Cannella’s offers old-school charm in a new-school atmosphere.

makes a meatball like these guys knows how to translate that magic into a burger.

There’s nothing wrong with hitting up Cannella’s for some mid-day carbs, but I think dinnertime is when the restaurant really shines. The bar is hopping, and pasta and other Italian delights are being served to tables and booths, leaving nothing but savory fragrance in their wake. Cannella’s menu is replete with Italian favorites like spaghetti Bolognese ($20) and alfredo carbonara ($18), so there’s really no wrong direction to take if you’re in the mood for some Old World tradition.

In my book, any place that’s considered an icon of Italian cuisine like Cannella’s lives and dies by its lasagna. Two options are up for grabs— the meat ($18) which is a piquant orgy of sausage, meatball and pepperoni, or the Grandma’s Lasagna ($16, pictured), a simpler take with mozzarella, ricotta and spinach. The meat lasagna is great because what’s not to love about a lasagna that has as many meat layers as it does noodle layers? But the Grandma’s is where the true talent lies. Since it doesn’t rely on that onslaught of sexy Italian meats to gain your loyalty, its balanced blend of cheeses and the vibrant, fresh-tasting marinara sauce is a simple slice of pure comfort.

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sub ($10) is perhaps the most potent example of what I’m talking about.

Italian families craft their meatballs with the same reverence and exclusivity as the barbecue pit masters of South Carolina, so each rendition of the classic dish has its own nuances. The meatballs at Cannella’s are exactly what you want them to be, and packing them into a hoagie bun slathered with housemade marinara and melted mozzarella doesn’t hurt things at all. Those unwilling to tackle a meal in which finger-licking is unavoidable will want to try out these meatballs with spaghetti ($12) or come back during dinner for the double-decker meatball and sausage entrée ($15).

I was also surprised to see a Reuben sandwich ($10) on the lunch menu—despite the cultural heritage that Italian pasta joints and Jewish delis share, it’s rare to see their menus cohabitate. It lands somewhere in the middle of my own personal Reuben spectrum—not the best representation of the sandwich, but certainly not the worst. While those two sandwiches might be your best bet for lunch, Cannella’s isn’t a bad place to satisfy a burger craving. The Nica Joe Burger ($12) is a straightforward take, packed with caramelized onions and provolone on a ciabatta bun. But anyone who

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Utah’s population of fried chicken joints continues to grow as Texas-based restaurant Super Chix has expanded its operation to American Fork (643 Pacific Drive, Ste. 102, 801-692-0526, superchix.com).

Based on the menu and a little preliminary research, Super Chix feels like Shake Shack if the former served chicken sandwiches and strips instead of burgers and hot dogs. You can get a decent variety of chicken sandwiches including a Nashville hot and a number that is topped with cheddar, chopped onions and barbecue sauce. In addition to their savory menu, Super Chix has quite a few options like milkshakes and frozen custard for dessert. With some strong local fried chicken contenders, it will be interesting to see how Super Chix compares.

Off Trax Closed

I was recently wandering the Central Ninth area and noticed that the Off Trax Café (259 W. 900 South) had shuttered its doors for good. After a bit of searching online, I found a social media post from co-owner Jesse Dowhaniuk confirming the news. In the few times I visited the establishment, it seemed to have a pretty solid local following in the Central Ninth community, especially for regulars at Club Try Angles, which Dowhaniuk also co-owns. Although Off Trax has closed, Try Angles appears to be as busy as ever. As of now, it looks like the property has been leased to a gyro, burger and souvlaki joint that I’ll be keeping an eye on.

Gracie’s Super Bowl Party

Someone always has to remind me the date of the Super Bowl, and this year, Gracie’s (326 S. West Temple, 801-819-7565, graciesslc.com) is hosting a Super Bowl watch party on Sunday, Feb. 2, starting at 10 a.m. The one thing that I know about the Super Bowl is that it’s a wonderful excuse to eat nachos, burgers and other delights in which Gracie’s specializes, so this local watering hole is a good bet for those in need of a place to gather and watch this epic moment in sportsball history.

Gracie’s will maintain regular business hours, so feel free to stick around long after that one team gets their fingerprints all over the shiny victory trophy.

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ou see a lot of local stouts in the market. The unmistakable roastiness is often greeted by beer lovers of all stripes as a welcome diversion from lighter ales and lagers. The stout’s cousin, however—the porter—tends to get slightly less play, due to its heavier nature. The names denote that these are hearty beers, but porters definitely shine when it comes to in-your-face flavor. Epic Brewing Co.’s Salt Lake City brewery has released two new porters for its hometown market, and they’re quite different from many porters you’ve tried.

Big Bad Yankee: Normally when you see “big bad” on the beer labels, Epic is taking you on a journey into imperial stout territory. Big Bad Yankee takes you in a slightly

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different direction, punching up the malt, roast and body. It has all of the other components the Big Bad series offers—coffee, whiskey, cocoa—with all of the chewy calorie goodness an active body needs.

This porter pours black with shades of deep brown, topped by a dark tan head that’s reminiscent of brass pellets. Straight from the barrel, bourbon aromas begin to swell. Big vanilla, hints of chocolate, a touch of chewy caramel, and roasted malts all grab hold of the nose and take you running on a journey of bourbon barrel-aged happiness. There’s a good dose of bourbon flavor off the top as well; vanilla, sweet caramel and faint hits of bittersweet chocolate balance the roast to near perfection. Dark fruit and fig flavor find themselves dancing among the bourbon sweetness and roasted malts as this warms. The finish has some booziness from the 11.2% alcohol and big bourbon flavors, adding to its excellent taste.

Overall: It keeps true to the Big Bad name, but adds some unique character from the base beer and whiskey blend. Delightful stuff.

Blue Law Porter: This porter was made with spruce tip extract harvested from blue spruce trees on the grounds at Utah’s Capitol a few years back. It has a roasty profile with a fruity tartness, and an aftertaste of resinous spruce.

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or, with tinges of deep purple around the edges. The nose is great; both tartness and sweetness from black berries scream, “This will be different.” The spruce takes more of a back seat from what I remember from years ago; I love the spruce, but it’s a bit muted. The flavor is nice, though—berries are heavy, and the base porter is satisfying with loads of cocoa and espresso notes. It comes off as more of an English porter than anything else, with some nice yeast character and a sense of breakfast grains. Toward the end, there’s an ashy, roasted intensity with lingering fruit in the finish, more on the tart side. Think chocolate-covered berries with a sprig of spruce.

Overall: The body is medium light, which brings up its drinkability. I’ve had my fill of huge, chewy beers this winter, so this 6.1% porter offers a nice alternative, including the aforementioned Big Bad Yankee. If Epic chooses to revisit this one, I’d love a boost in the spruce department. If spruce isn’t your thing, you’ll still be adequately happy with what they pulled off.

Big Bad Yankee was aged in Yankee Spirits barrels, and is only available in SLC, while Blue Law is another Utah exclusive this time around. This beer has been absent from Epic’s lineup for a good five years. It’s about time you got acquainted, don’t you think? As always, cheers! CW

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Shweiner gravitated more toward acoustic music in the folk and singer-songwriter realms, identifying with strong female lead singers. “Experiencing it in person and being able to dance to it and see live instruments with synthesizers … really struck me,” she says. Carlson’s background, meanwhile, is in classical piano and rhythm guitar, while Eckel’s rock roots initially made him scratch his head at the production side of things.

Lightning in a Bottle changed Eckel’s mind, though, because Moodlite eventually played the fest. Fleming, too, has helped to expand the group’s musical leanings, always finding “weird, funky electronic stuff that he funnels into everybody’s lives, really casually,” Schweiner says.

The group seems to have found themselves quickly, but getting their work out into the world has been more of a challenge. While playing their hearts out at shows, they’ve felt compelled to honor their older songs, even as they ache to move on to new songwriting ventures. “We’re trying now to just push things out so that we can write again, because that is calling us all so much,” Schweiner says.

All that pushing—at their home studio and with time at Audio Inn that they won in the South Jordan Battle of the Bands in 2019— has granted some progress. They’ve released songs here and there throughout 2019, including the sultry “Void,” with tracks “Jaded,” “Monster” and “Bite Down” on the way. An album eventually is on the horizon. Attracted by some deep magnet forces, it makes sense that they’re now digging in to perfect the good that drew Schweiner back to her friends.

Speaking of the band’s desire to work on new material, Schweiner says, “It’s hard when you’re not in it anymore. When it feels old, it doesn’t feel as genuine anymore.” But it’s fitting that one of the old songs they’ve been working to record, “Bite Down,” seems to be a valuable touchstone of patience, for Schweiner at least. She says that the song speaks to “biting down harder” when faced with obstacles and stress.

“Sometimes it’s just so all-consuming, and it’s one of those things that takes some time to feel the rewards,” she says about recording music with such high production values and depth to its layers.

“Shows are this sort of immediate gratification, of people listening and feeling the music and coming to you afterwards and being like ‘that made me so happy,’ because that’s all I want.”

The best way to hear Moodlite is still live—not just because their music isn’t all online yet, but because of the special, groovy vibes they access and deliver with ease that sound so vibrant in person.

Find them at a fundraiser for Open Classroom on Feb. 22, and later headlining Soundwell’s new Hive Live Showcase on March 11. CW

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ave you ever experienced one of those movie-like moments where you’re about to leave a place or a person and realize you really don’t want to? Katya Schweiner certainly has.

For the vocalist of the roughly 1 year-old local band Moodlite, that moment came on an airplane departing Salt Lake City, after concluding one of many visits to her college friends, Tor Carlson and Evan Fleming. They’d spent their time together huddled in Flemings’ bedroom recording songs on the fly, fevered with a shared flash of inspiration and the chemistry of their long friendship.

“I remember writing in my journal like, ‘What is going on? I feel like I should maybe come back,’” Schweiner recalls of that moment on the flight back to California, where she was living and working in her field of behavioral therapy. “They hypothetically were like, ‘You should come, let’s do this, let’s be a band.’ And I laughed it off, but at that point I was really like, ‘It’s now or never.’”

And it was. At the time, she was about to start a master’s program through her company. When she got back to California, Schweiner sat down with her boss and declared, “I love what I’m doing right now, and I think I’m going to Salt Lake City and joining a band.”

From there, she spent a few months in California preparing for the move and writing music on her own. “I’m about to become a musician, I think,” she remembers marveling. Once finally in SLC, she, Fleming and Carlson all shacked up together in a home that would also serve as their studio, recruiting not too long after their friend and neighbor Sean Eckel, a bassist with roots in Texas rock bands.

The seamlessness of their coming together almost seems to reflect the music they’ve been playing around the state and at out-of-state festivals for the last year—cohesive, complex and strong with a base of neo-soul and electronica. After learning about music production and technology together at Willamette College in Salem, Ore., Schweiner, Fleming and Carlson kept coming back to one another despite living in different states for a couple years after graduating.

They didn’t start out on the same page, though. Until her first visit to the electronic-focused music festival Lightning in a Bottle,

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It’s hard enough to reap instant acclaim on your first time out. It’s even harder to sustain that attention when the time comes for a follow-up. Consequently, it’s a credit to British singer Michael Kiwanuka that he managed to achieve both. His debut album, Home Again, struck gold immediately on release, climbing into the U.K. Top 5; his sophomore set, 2016’s Love & Hate, hit No. 1. Songs from the two albums were culled for use in various film and television soundtracks, and subsequently resulted in several prestigious award nominations, including a nod as the Critics’ Choice from the Brit Awards, two mentions for the Mercury Prize and Q Awards honors as Best Solo Artist. The accolades continued unabated, and his latest effort, Kiwanuka, confirmed the fact that its namesake was indeed an artist with the depth and determination to make more than a passing impression. While his sound harkens back to the seminal soul music of the ’60s and ’70s, his atmospheric approach and personal appeal attest to the fact that he’s nothing less than a mesmerizing presence and performer. It’s easy to understand how he made such an immediate impression, and how, in an era where there seems to be such a stark racial, cultural and political divide, his signature song “Love & Hate” cuts across the divide that separates people at odds. Consider Kiwanuka a star for all seasons. (Lee Zimmerman) The Depot, 13 N. 400 West, 7 p.m., $76.20, 21+, depotslc.com

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What initially attracted me to this show were the words “Ghostly International” next to the performers’ names, which is the fantastic label both are on. Curators of electronic and experimental anything—from synthy club pop like Kllo, to downcast and minimal postpunkers like HTRK, to reissues of the music of Arthur Russell—Ghostly deals in anything as long as it’s a little haunting. And that

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includes Telefon Tel Aviv. Formed in 1999 between New Orleans-based Charles Cooper and Joshua Eustis, Telefon Tel Aviv was right on the scene of turn-of-the-millennium electronic music, hitting it on the nose with their minimal, glitchy and ephemeral tracks, which found popularity upon album releases like 2001’s Farenheit Fair Enough and 2004’s Map of What Is Effortless. One of their most wellreceived records, 2009’s Immolate Yourself, takes a decidedly more pop-oriented, and thus trackable, turn, but the success was accompanied by tragedy when Cooper died between German and U.S. release dates. Eustis continued with the project, though, releasing tracks here and there while extending his talents into projects involving Nine Inch Nails, Puscifer, Tropic of Cancer and Vatican Shadow. He’s returned in full force, though, with 2019’s decade-in-waiting album Dreams Are Not Enough, a beautiful and delicate take Telefon Tel Aviv’s more hectic roots. Labelmate and opener Steve Hauschildt has spent his career crafting serene, glacial soundscapes on his own, and as a former member of dreamy synth group Emeralds, a distributor of music

by Oneohtrix Point Never on his label Gneiss Things, and a collaborator with the likes of experimental acts like Julianna Barwick. (Erin Moore) The Block SLC, 625 S. 600 West, 10 p.m., $15 presale; $20 day of show, 21+, theblockslc.com

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This Saturday, Folk Hogan hits the stage at Ogden’s Funk ’n Dive Bar to do what they do best—play fast and drink whiskey. Wisconsin act No Show Cadillac opens with their particular brand of surprisingly heartwarming folk music. Although on the event page for this night of “Folk ’n’ Dive” they’re described—I suspect by themselves—as “just another run of the mill whiskey drinkin’ shithouse folk act,” their music carries something a little more striking, a little more urgent and a little more honest, prompting one to at least disbelieve the “shit” part. (Nic Renshaw) Funk ’n Dive Bar, 2550 Washington Blvd., 9 p.m., 21+, funkanddive.com

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On Folk Hogan’s Facebook page, the band’s biography promises the band will “keep a crowd dancing while wishing they had a backup liver.” It’s a bold claim, but one the SLC-born sextet has proven time and time again to have no trouble backing up. The band’s 2012 debut album Band of Mighty Souls feels like it was written to be the perfect soundtrack to a night of raucous, boozesoaked partying, with song titles like “March of the Drunkards,” “Bootleggers Dance,”

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In the words of Stop Karen, “Stop Karen is Zooey Deschanel’s chubby redneck cousin six beers into a house party.” Not any sort of typical folk/indie/punk quartet, their fastpaced and uplifting sound is mixed with realistically and relatably angst-ridden lyrics that make the perfect recipe for adult lullabies—the kind we all secretly wish would be sung to us at night. On Feb. 2, Stop Karen releases the album It’s Probably Fine after evolving from a much different sound apparent on their first releases, 2017’s Neither Here Nor There and Bad Southerner / Coke and Cola, each collections of tinny little bedroom songs reliant on a lot of ukulele. Their new album likely follows in the vein of their 2019 single “My Stupid Mouth,” where drums are ultrapresent and the still-DIY delivery is all-around punchier. Live, frontwoman Katie McEntire makes the audience swoon while the rest of the band—drummer Kat Kellermeyer, bassist Brennan Waters and guitarist and fellow vocalist Molly Porter—push the energy that so desperately wants to explode. Support for this album release is found in fellow locals of the garage-leaning set, including the hustling and bustling Rebel Rebel, who specialize in no-nonsense indie rock that moves between tender melody and plain-faced angst. Fellow locals Fists in the Wind plays alongside local drag performances. (Kenzie Waldon) Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 8 p.m., $5, 21+, theurbanloungeslc.com

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After keeping quiet for nearly a decade, Copenhagen’s HorrorPops are back. Since rebuilding their social media presence in late summer 2019, HorrorPops have been dropping hints on multiple platforms that they were coming back. While it was unclear at first—as they were sharing mostly old promo photos and logos—it wasn’t long until the brand new promos dropped in October, revealing that they were working on the “Valentines Exclusive Extravaganza” tour.

Their return, while long-awaited and long overdue, is incredibly sweet and exciting.

Having woven themselves into the fabric that makes up psychobilly as a genre, the HorrorPops do it like no one else can. Patricia Day’s vocals are raspy and distinguished against the bouncy, punky instrumentals that support them and every track in their discography is fun, no matter the message it carries.

Their style is bold, unique and in-your-face while still maintaining their signature, retro charm as demonstrated in their three studioalbums: Bring it On!, Hell Yeah! and Kiss Kiss Kill Kill. I never thought I’d have another chance to see them perform. The last time they were in Utah was in 2010 when they played the Avalon Theater (RIP). However, we get another unexpected chance. It will be a killer night, no doubt. (Zaina Abujebarah) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 8 p.m., $27, 21+, metromusichall.com

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It’s happened with little to no attention from the indie music media mainstays, but over the past few years, country music has become quite good. And it’s not just the country-adjacent and Americana artists like Jason Isbell or Justin Townes Earle who indie kids regularly include in their “I don’t like country but” lists. Nope, next to the bro-country of Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line on country radio are seriously interesting contemporary artists like Kacey Musgraves, Midland, The Highwomen, Tyler Childers, Yola and Miranda Lambert. Lambert, in particular, stands out for being so unbelievably consistent. Since 2005’s Kerosene, the East Texas singer-songwriter has delivered the kind of whip-smart, artful and provocative country songs that disbelievers are quick to claim no longer exist. What works so well for Lambert is that her non-stop punchlines get delivered with enough empathy to effectively land the lovable screw-up archetype that is so endeared to the genre.

Lines like “If you use alcohol as a sedative/ And ‘bless your heart’ as a negative” from “We Should Be Friends” could feel like bad bumper sticker prose from a lesser singer, but with Lambert it lands.

And Lambert isn’t just “good for a country artist.” Last year’s “Way Too Pretty for Prison” was easily the revenge-on-your-ex song of the year, and “It All Comes Out in The Wash” is a serious contender for best hot-mess anthems of the decade. Opening Lambert’s show are former East Texas bull rider and ’90s country disciple Cody Johnson as well as Georgia tailgaters LANCO. (Alex Murphy) Vivint Smart Home Arena, 301 W. South Temple, 7 p.m., $35–$275, all ages, vivintarena.com

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Besides the rapid, fungus-like growth of blocky, beige apartment buildings, nothing says “growing city” like a hip new bar or restaurant—and new local “dining hall” Hallpass functions as both. It occupies a big, winding space in the once-abandoned and quickly regenerating Gateway, featuring a handful of food-court style restaurants and “two” bars (one is yet to open, because this is all quite new). I found myself there for dinner and a drink with my friend Matt, who manages Seabird on the other end of the mall.

Walking in, everyone seemed to know him, engaging him in high fives and hugs and, when the time came, beers paid for—though he couldn’t identify who among his acquaintances it could have been. He explained that the growing mall functions almost like a neighborhood, and that everyone who works around there knows each other, and hangs out at one another’s establishments. We sat in the bar part of the restaurant, railed off from the maze of food stations offering everything from ramen to chicken sandwiches. Curvy natural wood tables offset the industrial feel of the walls, and for a Wednesday night at a new business, they were all fairly occupied.

Besides a Shades Grape Kveik for me and a SaltFire concoction for Matt, we ordered shots so we could tip, and the establishment’s rumored Vegas roots showed themselves when our shots of Bullet Rye were delivered in rox glasses rather than shot glasses. While I ate my (pretty good!) ramen, Matt merely drank, driving home the function of Hallpass: Come here with your pals who’ve already had dinner, come here with your pals who all like different foods, and most importantly, indulge in drinking and being merry together no matter what. (Erin Moore) 153 S. Rio Grande St., hallpassslc.com

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PAT’S BBQ 155 W. Commonwealth Ave., 801-484-5963, live music, all ages PEERY’S EGYPTIAN THEATER 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 866-472-4627, jazz, classical, live music PIPER DOWN 1492 S. State, 801-468-1492, poker Monday, acoustic Tuesday, trivia Wednesday & Sunday, bingo Thursday, live music Friday & Saturday POPLAR STREET PUB 242 S. 200 West, 801-532-2715, karaoke Monday, live music PROHIBITION 151 E. 6100 South, Murray, 801-281-4852, live music, karaoke, burlesque, trivia RAUNCH RECORDS 1119 E. 2100 South, 801-467-6077, live music RED BUTTE GARDEN 2155 Red Butte Canyon Road, 801-585-0556, outdoor live music, all ages THE RED DOOR 57 W. 200 South, 801-363-6030, DJs Friday, live music THE ROYAL 4760 S. 900 East, 801-590-9940, live music, DJs THE RUIN 1215 Wilmington Ave., Ste. 120, 801-869-3730, trivia Tuesday, live music, DJs SILVER STAR CAFE 1825 Three Kings Drive, Park City, 435-655-3456, live music Thursday-Saturday SKY 149 W. Pierpont Ave., 801-883-8714, live music SOUNDWELL 149 W. 200 South, 801-290-1001, live music, DJs THE SPUR BAR & GRILL 352 Main, Park City, 435-615-1618, live music THE STATE ROOM 638 S. State, 801-596-3560, live music THE SUN TRAPP 102 S. 600 West, 385-235-6786, DJs, karaoke SWITCH 625 S. 600 West, 801-513-2955, house & techno TAVERNACLE 201 E. 300 South, 801-519-8900, dueling pianos WednesdaySaturday, karaoke Sunday-Tuesday THIRD SPACE STUDIOS 247 W. Center St., Provo, 801-362-8658, live music, DJs TIN ANGEL 365 W. 400 South, 801-328-4155, live music TINWELL 837 S. Main, 801-953-1769, live music THE TOUCHÉ TAVERN 3550 S. State, 801-290-2531, live music, comedy TWIST 32 Exchange Place, 801-322-3200, live music THE UNDERGROUND 833 S. Main, 385-645-3116, live music THE UNION TAVERN 7176 S. 900 East, Midvale, 801-938-4505, live music URBAN LOUNGE 241 S. 500 East, 801746-0557, live music USANA AMPHITHEATRE 5150 Upper Ridge Road, West Valley, 801-417-5343, live music VELOUR 135 N. University Ave., Provo, 801-818-2263, live music, all ages VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA 301 W. South Temple, 801-325-2000, live music THE WALL AT BYU 1151 Wilkinson Student Center, Provo, 801-422-4470, live music WASTED SPACE 342 S. State, 801-531-2107, DJs, karaoke THE WESTERNER 3360 S. Redwood Road, West Valley, 801-972-5447, live music WILLIE’S LOUNGE 1716 S. Main, 760-828-7351, karaoke Thursday-Saturday, live music THE YES HELL 2430 Grant Ave., Ogden, 801-903-3671, live music ZEST KITCHEN & BAR 275 S. 200 West, 801-433-0589, DJs, live music

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OSCAR SHORTS—LIVE ACTION BBB There’s often such an earnestness to Oscar-nominated short films that it’s refreshing when one is just light-hearted. NEFTA Football Club, a Tunisia-set film from director Yves Piat, has fun with a teenager finding a literal drug mule, set on his way by two particularly inept traffickers, and it leads up to a satisfying punch line. The other Tunisian offering—Meryan Joobeur’s Brotherhood—is a much more somber affair, dealing with a family’s oldest son returning home after going to Syria to fight with ISIS, and finding his father slow to forgive his actions.

There’s more seriousness to be found in Delphine Girard’s A Sister (Une Soeur), with a Belgian woman who has been abducted trying to convey her plight to an emergency-services operator, and in Saria, Bryan Buckley’s sluggish-but-socially-conscious (and therefore probably the favorite) narrative about a reallife tragedy at a Guatemalan orphanage. My favorite? Marshall Curry’s The Neighbors’ Window, which takes a grass-is-alwaysgreener story about a harried married-with-kids New York couple and finds some grace notes about how appealing your own life can look to others. Opens Jan. 31 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (NR)—SR

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GRETEL & HANSEL [not yet reviewed] A brother and sister find evil in the woods. Opens Jan. 31 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) OSCAR SHORTS—ANIMATED BBB.5 There’s a rich thread of emotional connections running through the five films nominated for the Animated Short Film Academy Award, giving them all a real punch even beyond their technical skill. Hair Love, from Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr. and Bruce W. Smith, brings layers of satisfying storytelling to a Black father helping his daughter style her challenging hair.

And the joys and sadness of familial bonds inform three international stop-motion entries as well. Bruno Collet’s Mémorable offers a surrealist take on an artist and his wife struggling with his progressive memory loss, while Daria Kashcheeva’s Dcera (Daughter) brings an almost verité-style camera work to a woman at her father’s deathbed, and Siqi Song’s Sister makes China’s one-child policy deeply personal. Only the Pixar entry, Rosanna Sullivan’s Kitbull, isn’t expressly about family, but the beautiful connection between a stray kitten and a mistreated pit bull terrier might as well be. Add a few other shorts to fill out the program—only one of which, Hors Piste, is more focused on silliness than seriousness—and you’ve got a fantastic representation of how much powerful storytelling can be delivered

THE RHYTHM SECTION [not yet reviewed] A woman (Blake Lively) plots her revenge against those responsible for the death of her family. Opens Jan. 31 at theaters valleywide. (R)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS ARTIST FOUNDRY SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE At Main Library, Feb. 4, 7 p.m. (NR)

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL At locations in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance Resort, through Feb. 2. (NR)

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DOLITTLE B This latest interpretation of the talk-to-the-animals doctor (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a mopey recluse, holed up in his estate with his critter friends and mourning his lost wife. Along comes a young courtier (Carmel Laniado) with a mission for him to save the ailing Queen Victoria, and also there’s an animal loving fellow (Harry Collett) who wants to be Dolittle’s apprentice. A quest for some mysterious something-or-other ensues, with familiar voices saying witty things like “that’s gotta hurt” when a gorilla knees a tiger in the balls. The crowning catastrophic glory is Downey’s performance, which answers the question, “What would it sound like if someone tried to do a Welsh accent for 100 minutes while falling asleep?” We should be angry that so much money is thrown at something this misbegotten, and that we’ve apparently decided children don’t deserve any better. (PG)—SR

1917 BBB If you want viewers immersed in your story, what value is there in repeatedly reminding them, “This shot was really hard to pull off?” Director Sam Mendes approximates a single-take, real-time story sent on the World War I front lines of France in April 1917, as British Army Lance Corporals Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) set off on a mission to inform a company of fellow soldiers that they’re about to head into a German trap. From the outset, Mendes builds tension into their harrowing journey, and veteran cinematographer Roger Deakins lends his distinctive touch to the increasingly hallucinatory tale anchored by MacKay’s intense performance. But then there’s that whole gimmick thing, and a story built on the notion of feeling it shouldn’t leave you instead simply admiring its technique from a slight remove. (R)—SR BAD BOYS FOR LIFE BBB I’m happy to report that the latest, long-awaited installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action franchise isn’t a catastrophe. Unlike the last Michael Bay-directed sequel—a crass carnage-fest nowhere near as fun and hilarious as the original— this one, from Belgian filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, gives us over-the-top action sequences while realizing it’s the comic moments between Smith and Lawrence that people come to see. Both stars bring their shit-talking A-game to this one, as the aging cops team up with young, tech-savvy officers (including Vanessa Hudgens and Alexander Ludwig) to take down killer baddies. Although clumsily plotted at points (with a big twist that might remind people of another recent Will Smith movie),

THE GENTLEMEN BBB Director Guy Ritchie returns to telling blackly comedic stories about modern-day London criminals, in this tale of journalist Fletcher (Hugh Grant, continuing his quest to ensure that the entire planet knows he no longer has the tiniest fuck to give) attempting to extort a boatload of cash from drug dealer and American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) after digging up plenty of dirt on him. The narrative consists largely of Fletcher relating this dirt, which means we never know which bits we should accept as accurate; is it all just fodder for the morons listening (or watching)? But the real meta stuff here involves an unapologetic metaphor for Brexit, as Mickey takes advantage of British aristocratic delusions to further his business. It’s all just silly cinematic fun! With nothing that makes you laugh about the real world lest you cry! Of course. (R)—MaryAnn Johanson

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Refrain from relying on formulas that have worked for you before. Resolve to either ignore or rebel against your past as you dream up fresh gambits and adventures. Treat your whole life like an improvisatory game that has just one purpose: to attract and stir up useful novelty. If you do these things, Aquarius, I can practically guarantee that you will win the game.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Robert Bly believes that each of us has a special genius, and the key to understanding and fully activating that genius is in our core wound. In other words, the part of us that got hurt the worst is potentially the generative source of the best gifts we have to give. Do you know where that is in yourself: the wound that could be the source of your blessing? Now is a great time to investigate this tantalizing mystery.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Can I talk you into being more tender and open-hearted toward the people who care for you? I don’t mean to imply that you are currently too hard and closed. But all of us can benefit from enhancing our receptivity, and the coming weeks will be prime time for you Leos to do just that. I think you’ll find it easier than usual to deepen your listening skills and intensify your sensitivity. You’ll have an acute intuitive grasp of the fact that you can earn yourself huge blessings by expressing love and compassion in very practical ways.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 209901242, JUDGE MARK KOURIS. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. STEPHEN BRADSHAW, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO STEPHEN BRADSHAW: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $5,717.33. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 199920168, JUDGE ANDREW H STONE. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. CARL POOLE, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO CARL POOLE: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $9,018.77. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 209901241, JUDGE VERNICE TREASE. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. WILLIAM WHITMIRE, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO WILLIAM WHITMIRE: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $5,225.97. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 199914730, JUDGE ELIZABETH A HRUBY-MILLS. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. LANCE SIUFANUA, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO LANCE SIUFANUA: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84111, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $1,312.41. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): All of us are in service to someone or something—to certain people or ideas or situations. We provide them with help or energy or mirroring or love. We are dutiful in attending to their needs and wants. For some of us, our service feels like a burden.

It’s grating or humbling or inconvenient, or all of the above.

For others of us, being of service is fulfilling, even joyful. We find a rich sense of purpose in our devotion to a higher cause or deeper calling beyond our selfish concerns. Among the 12 ARIES (March 21-April 19): My favorite ancient Greek philosopher was the rascal Diogenes. signs of the zodiac, you Virgos are more likely than most to carry As a joke, he carried around a lantern during the daytime, out the latter kind of service. I bring these thoughts to your proclaiming, “I am just looking for an honest man.” When attention because the coming weeks will be an excellent time Alexander the Great, the most powerful man in the world, met to re-evaluate, reconfigure, and reinvigorate your own service.

Diogenes while he was relaxing outside and asked him if he needed any favors, he replied, “Yeah, stop blocking my sun- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): light.” As for Plato, Diogenes complained that the famous phi- Author David Markson imagined what it would be like to write a losopher talked too damn much and misinterpreted the teach- novel that lacked conflicts or confrontations—in other words, a ings of Socrates. I encourage you to borrow some of Diogenes’ novel unlike any ever created. Libran author Ursula Le Guin also attitude in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the fantasized about stories with plots that weren’t driven by strife astrological omens, it’ll be healing for you to experiment with and struggle. Since many of us are addicted to entertainment being brassy, saucy and sassy. Emphasize what makes you most that depends on discord to be interesting, we might find it hard to believe Markson’s and Le Guin’s dream would ever happen. unique, independent and self-expressive.

But I’m pleased to inform you, Libra, that your life in the coming weeks might be exactly like that: a fascinating adventure with TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) published his few hassles and wrangles. first novel at age 30. During the next 37 years, he completed 48 additional novels and 18 works of nonfiction. Critics liked SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): his work well enough, but were suspicious of his prodigious According to Scorpio painter Georgia O’Keeffe, success is irreleproductivity. When they discovered that one of Trollope’s moti- vant. The most crucial life-long effort that anyone can be devoted vations for writing was to make money, they disapproved. Then to is “making your unknown known.” Did she mean making your they found out that Trollope kept a watch nearby as he worked, unknown known to yourself? Or making your unknown known to determined to generate 250 words every 15 minutes. The critics other people? Or both? According to my analysis of the astrologihated that even worse. Creative artists are supposed to court cal omens, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to do inspiration, not adhere to a schedule—at least according to the both. So I hope you will tease out your best and biggest mysteries critics. But I approve of and recommend Trollope-like behavior from their hiding places. Give them expression. for you in the coming weeks, Taurus. Cosmic forces will be on SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): your side if you do.

You Sagittarians have a talent for burning bridges that really do need to be burned. Your intuition often guides you to assess GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In accordance with the astrological indicators, I invite you to rise when the time is ripe to withdraw from connections that no and soar and glide during the coming weeks. I encourage you longer benefit you. On the other hand, you sometimes burn to expand and enlarge and amplify. Don’t wait around hoping bridges prematurely. You decide that they are in such disrepair to be asked to explore and experiment and improvise—just do that they’re of no use to you, even though it might serve your those things. It’s high time for you to enjoy stirring quests and ultimate interests to fix them. I offer these thoughts as a preface research projects and missions dedicated to discovery. Be a fun- for my advice: (1) Refurbish rather than burn a certain bridge loving pioneer. Sample the joys of being a maverick and outlier. you’re a bit disenchanted with. (2) Build at least one new bridge that will be valuable in the future.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I love living in the material world. Its crazy-making demands and CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): exhilarating rewards are endlessly entertaining. Despite having The shape of the planets’ orbits around the sun is elliptical, not cirbeen born as a fantasy-prone, overly sensitive Cancerian, I’ve cular. Capricorn astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) was become fairly earthy and well-grounded. I have a good job, a nice the first person to figure this out. He didn’t like it. He really wanted house, a smart wife and an interesting daughter. On the other the orbits to be circular. That would have been more satisfying to hand, I also love living in the soul’s realm. I have remembered his aesthetic and spiritual sensibilities. Explaining the arduous and recorded an average of three dreams per night for many labor he did to arrive at his conclusion, he wrote, “Take pity on me, years. Although I don’t take drugs, I cultivate alternate states of for I have repeated these calculations 70 times.” In the big picture consciousness through meditation, prayer and ritual. I’ve long of our understanding of the universe, of course, his discovery was been a student of depth psychology, which has trained me to felicitous. It’s not a problem that the orbits are elliptical, merely be as focused on my soul as my ego. In accordance with current the truth. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I foresee you engaging astrological omens, my fellow Cancerian, I urge you to hang out in a process that’s metaphorically comparable to Kepler’s. Hard work will yield useful, if unexpected results. more than usual in the soul’s realm during the coming weeks.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 209900187 CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. Jose Rivera, DEFENDANT. JUDGE KENT HOLMBERG. THE STATE OF UTAH TO Jose Rivera : You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at: 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $400.00. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

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1. Yoga class sights 5. Take on 10. Fifth-century barbarians 14. "Horton Hears ____" 15. Bathroom floor installer 16. Free Pancake Day chain 17. It's jumped when it's dead 19. Actress Dench 20. Enzyme suffix 21. A big fan of 22. Fortuneteller's deck 23. "Mind. Blown."

25. Hollywood pre-award speculation 28. Not much (of) 30. "Exodus" author Leon 31. Part of Lawrence Welk's introduction 33. Many Bob Marley fans 36. 1-800-Flowers competitor 39. "The Graduate" soundtrack tune 42. Minnesota politico Klobuchar 43. Largest city in Syria 44. White Monopoly bills 45. "Get ____ writing" 46. Tiny amount of time: Abbr.

48. Pesto alternative 53. "This I Promise You" band 56. Unfamiliar 57. Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 59. Egg ____ yung 60. Like high school and college students of the '80s-'90s, e.g.

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I graduated high school with dreams of going to medical school, and was accepted to the University of Utah. Sadly, I lasted maybe two quarters. The classrooms were filled with hundreds of students, and I was used to classes with 5-10 people. Some of my friends had enrolled at Westminster College—“the party school”—and encouraged me to switch. I did, and ended up graduating twice with two degrees in behavioral sciences/English and business marketing with an art minor. I partied so much the first four years, I had to go back and get another degree.

I lived in the dorms for a few years.

Across the street, there was this scary but beautiful privately owned property called Allen Park. There were a few rental cabins in those seven acres that went for maybe 80% less than market value. But a tenant had to put up with a constant barrage of people (like me) wandering around looking at all the weird sculptures, feeding the peacocks and birds, and hunting for ghosts and hobbits. Yup, the place was full of ghosts and hobbits. I saw misty apparitions several times with friends—but never hobbits.

Allen Park was the creation of Dr. George Allen, who loved birds. Back in the 1930s, he was a well-known man of means who served on the Salt Lake Zoological Society.

At Allen Park, he built ponds, fountains, birdcages and mosaic artworks with religious and spiritual sayings.

Long story short, as City Weekly first reported in January of last year, the family is no longer around and the property is now about to be bulldozed to make way for up to 60 new high-end homes. The developer, Rinaldo Hunt, wants to preserve the pieces of art that are salvageable and allow public green space (think an east-to-west trail through the property). He’s facing a battle because neighbors, whose homes are valuable, love the green spaces along Emigration Creek. They don’t want to see high density homes. His design team says he wants 7.5 units per acre. Hence, the loss of beautiful old and healthy trees and bird life is a real concern.

Upcoming meetings are scheduled for public input with the Sugar House Community Council and later with Salt Lake City Planning and Zoning Commission. If you live in the area and know of weird old dilapidated Allen Park—and love every odd bit and tree in there—pay attention and attend the sessions. By the way, it’s fenced off now, so no hobbit hunting for you! n

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Extreme Measures David Ostrom, 40, and his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, have been tussling over custody and visitation issues and property taxes for some time, but a frustrated David, of Paola, Kan., has come up with a unique way of settling their differences. He has challenged his ex, of Harlan, Iowa, and her attorney, Matthew Hudson, to a trial by combat and asked the Iowa District Court in Shelby County to let them “resolve our disputes on the field of battle, legally,” the Des Moines Register reported. In court documents, Ostrom claims such a trial “has never been explicitly banned or restricted as a right in these United States.” Ostrom also asked for 12 weeks to secure some Japanese samurai swords. Hudson, for his part, argued that the fight could end in a death, and “such ramifications likely outweigh those of property tax and custody issues.”

At press time, the court had not ruled on the motions.

The Continuing Crisis In Mexico City, Mexico, on any given day, 22 of the 467 escalators at subway stations are broken down, reports the Associated Press, and on Jan. 14, Metro authorities published a list of causes, including “corrosion due to urine” among the top five. Fermin Ramirez, assistant manager for rails and facilities, said he’s concluded that riders urinate on the escalators in off-peak hours or at lightly used stations—”even though it seems hard to believe.” “When we open up escalators for maintenance, there is always urine,” Ramirez noted. Twitter users pushed back, noting that there are no restroom facilities in most Metro stations. The Mexico City subway provides 1.6 billion rides per year—the eighth largest in the world by some measures.

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During the Tokyo Olympics this summer, athletes will sleep on beds made of cardboard, a nod toward sustainability in keeping with Tokyo’s commitment to a “green” Olympics. Which all sounded admirable until Australian basketball player Andrew Bogut pointed out a potential problem: “Great gesture ... until the athletes finish their events and the 1,000s of condoms handed out all over the village are put to use.” In response, Airweave, the manufacturer of the beds, told AFP the beds will hold up to 440 pounds and have been through rigorous stress tests. “As long as they stick to just two people in the bed, they should be strong enough to support the load,” the company said.

Fetishes On Christmas Eve, a man in Bradenton, Fla., woke up to find an intruder in his room. It wasn’t Santa Claus; the victim was awakened by a man sucking on his toes. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, the victim demanded to know what the man was doing and the suspect simply responded he “was there to suck toes.” In the ensuing fight, deputies said the suspect claimed to have a gun, but the victim managed to force him out of the home, where the thwarted toe-sucker smashed a window in the home and destroyed the windshield of the victim’s car before leaving. The Bradenton Herald reported officers were unable to locate the suspect using a K9, so they took DNA samples from the man’s toes, and the incident is still under investigation.

Irony The Daily Hive reported on Jan. 15 that an event scheduled for that day at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver was postponed because of snow. Why is this weird? The event was a campus-wide snowball fight set to take place at 12:30 p.m. The university reasoned that traffic problems and canceled classes would make it more difficult for students to participate. The school rescheduled the snowball fight for the next day.

Chutzpah Journalist Vladimir Mkrtchyan, 41, of Moscow, Russia, came across a painting he made when he was just 6 years old and decided he ought to sell it, Oddity Central reported. It soon got a lot of attention after he posted it Jan. 13 on the Russian classifieds site Avito with an asking a price of 140 million rubles ($2.3 million). Mkrtchyan defended the price, telling Russian media the painting, titled “Red Army Man on Horse,” reflects the realities of the Soviet era through the eyes of a child. “I put all my soul and all my childhood delight into it. As you know, the artist’s hand is guided by God, which means He liked it so much. ... The price ... is extremely low for such an artwork,” he gushed.

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Can You Blame Her? Shawna Joseph, 28, of Jersey City, N.J., lost her cool on Jan. 7 at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in Bayonne. Asked to leave around 2 p.m. after becoming angry over the length of the lines, authorities said she returned later that afternoon and unleashed her wrath, smashing computers, assaulting workers and kicking the police officers called to arrest her. The Associated Press reported that Joseph eventually was responsible for about $23,000 in damages, according to authorities, and after she was arrested, she was found to have a PCP-laced marijuana cigarette in her possession; she was charged with criminal mischief, drug possession, aggravated assault and hindering apprehension.

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n Storm Corral, 40, and a possible accomplice went to a lot of trouble to enter the Cigarettes Cheaper store in Sonora, Calif., on Dec. 22, according to police. They bored a hole in the ceiling, gaining access from a vacant building above the business, which probably took a couple of hours, Sonora Police Chief Turu VanderWiel told Fox40. When Corral tripped an alarm inside the store, he tried to escape back up through the hole but ended up falling through the ceiling into a storage room, all of which was caught on surveillance video. For all his effort, Corral came away with just a bag of rolling tobacco and two energy drinks, said an employee of the business, but he caused thousands of dollars worth of damage.

Corral, who was already on probation, was charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime. Police are still looking for his suspected accomplice.

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Least Competent Criminals Bibb County (Georgia) jail inmate Mary Beth Odum, 40, asked for and received a special Christmas card from a friend this year: a greeting filled with methamphetamine and Suboxone from Timothy Lee Snow, 40, according to authorities. The Associated Press reports deputies intercepted the card and began investigating Snow, detaining him on Jan. 9. They found meth, Xanax and a revolver on him. In his home, deputies found more meth, Suboxone, marijuana, steroids, packing materials, a shotgun and a rifle. He was charged with possession and intent to distribute the drugs, along with giving an inmate drugs. Odom also faces charges of attempt to commit offenses pertaining to the drug possession.

The Passing Parade KTVX Channel 4 reported a man in Sandy, Utah, mistakenly assumed his local 24 Hour Fitness was open ... 24 hours. Dan Hill went to the gym late on Jan. 11 and finished his session with laps in the pool after midnight. When he emerged, he realized everyone was gone and the doors were locked. “Doesn’t the name suggest that they stay open 24 hours?” Hill complained on Facebook. He called his wife, who suggested he “find a comfortable place to sleep.” Instead, he called police dispatch “and the guy pauses for like 10 seconds and says, ‘You’re where?’” Hill said. He explained that he didn’t want to risk tripping the alarm system and “get busted for breaking and entering,” so police responded and freed Hill from his unexpected prison. A manager from the gym apologized in a statement and said, “We made the decision recently to close select clubs in the overnight hours. ... We clearly did not do a good job of our closing procedures for this club on Saturday night.”

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