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SOAP BOX Choose Ye This Day

Latter-day Saint church authorities recently took a monumental hit, a rejection by a substantial number of members. Quiet for too long, LDS leaders finally told members to wear a mask and get vaccinated. Too many dismissed the advice and went their merry ways, contaminating one another in the process. LDS leaders had to be embarrassed by their wayward flock. The GOP was once a political party before it became a Tea Party cult demanding total loyalty from its members. This required once-committed LDS members to subordinate the principles of their faith for a bankrupt, immoral and cold-hearted ideology with a relentless indifference to the truth. This never would have happened before four years of Donald Trump’s poison and his destruction of both church and state using greed, hate and lies as his major weapons.

Mormons need to make a decision. Is it the Tabernacle Choir or Donald Trump? You can’t be loyal to both. RON MOLEN

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“Born to Be Wild” Aug. 26 Cover Story

Do not believe the Bureau of Land Management’s propaganda. Their practices are outdated and obsolete. We have the science to never do another cruel and inhumane helicopter roundup of our iconic mustangs again. DEBORAH MYERS Via Facebook They are feral horses, not wild horses. The land can’t support a large herd. Not sure why people want to see them starve to death, like that’s better. They don’t have predators to control the population. They are not a native species.

The BLM has decimated the Onaqui herd. Tell BLM to release the more than 300 Onaqui wild horses sitting in a Delta, Utah, feedlot back to their homes and families. Stop destroying these American icons to appease cattle ranchers for grazing permits. The BLM took a healthy and thriving herd and destroyed it. Speak out, Utah, for your beloved wild horses. SUSAN BECK

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Via Facebook Clarification: An Aug. 26 news story titled “Paradise Lost’’ described various types of animals that have traditionally been kept by residents in the area of Hi-Country Estates phases I and II near Herriman. Because the two phases of HiCountry estates are governed by separate home owners associations, individual property owners are not necessarily permitted to own all the different types of animals listed in the article. Care to sound off on a feature in our pages or about a local concern? Write to comments@ cityweekly.net or post your thoughts on our social media. We want to hear from you!

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Which past or current music group would you want to join? John Saltas

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I lost track of music when I was out of country in the ’70s. I’m afraid Tony Orlando was a thing then. But I don’t want to be Dawn, so I’ll say The Supremes. However, I am neither Black nor a vocalist.

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I think probably Blue Oyster Cult, because while I have no ability to play any musical instrument, I could bang the heck out of that cowbell.

Eric Granato

Probably the Misfits but the original line up.

Kara Rhodes

Current: Greta Van Fleet. Past: Maybe a back-up dancer for Madonna.

Benjamin Wood

I’d love to be in a backup band like the Night Sweats or the Dap Kings, touring and jamming without the harsh glare of the spotlight.

Chelsea Neider Spice Girls.

Carolyn Campbell

Somehow, I can just picture myself as a roadie for The Beatles on their U.S. tour. What a way to see the country!

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I think it would be really interesting to tour and record with “Weird Al” Yankovic.

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THIS WEEK'S WINNER What do you and all of your fellow Utah Mormon GOP reps have against voting rights? I mean, didn’t you all get into office by people voting? Or, is it all about only certain people having the right to vote? You know, like back in the good old days. TED OTTINGER

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rowing up, it was always great to hear kids returning from vacations and talking about their great adventures. During show and tell, or on the playground, all of us Bingham Canyon kids listened very closely to worldly matters that took place outside of our “one road in, one road out” canyon enclave. Our views of the outside world were limited. So, when a kid went away for a bit, the first thing we did was rush up and start asking questions. Each summer, some of our Navajo classmates living up in the Highland Boy area of the canyon would be off to spend the summer on the reservation. No one—that I recall—ever asked which reservation—it was just, “I’m going to the reservation.” They’d leave basically the day after school ended. Upon return, we’d listen closely to tales about sheep, the desert and dancing rituals, and we’d admire their new turquoise jewelry. All we knew is that they had gone to the desert somewhere, which was weird because they were here before we were. At the same time, a solid number of Hispanic kids sojourned back to their familial roots for a good part of summer, too. Most of those kids were rooted in the Taos region of New Mexico, where their families had lived for decades and certainly long before

New Mexico became a state. They were here before we were, too. Their stories were about wild animals, hot peppers and all manner of fruits and vegetables. In that era, it wasn’t uncommon to hear the pejorative term “cherry pickers” used to describe families who took on extra harvesting work in the summer. I’ve always despised the name-callers, given that my own mental rolodex of lifelong friends is filled with Hispanic surnames. My own family didn’t vacation a lot, but we did travel. My dad was at times assigned to study mining methods in other copper mines. Thus, our summer vacations meant staying in the only motel in Morenci, Arizona—thanks to the mine there—before moving on to a place like the Chino mine in New Mexico. If not for the outdoor motel swimming pools, our vacations were just like staying in Bingham Canyon. Still, they were real adventures for a Bingham kid. But not like the adventures of kids who went to Disneyland or Knott’s Berry Farm. Everyone wanted to go to Disneyland and we’d make it one summer, too, but pretty much after all the others. It was J.R. Hart who first told us about his visit to the mysterious Knott’s Berry Farm. I wouldn’t make it there for another three decades, so imagine my surprise when I discovered they actually sold berries. I thought all that time it was “Notsberry” Farm, a family

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name. Such it was when young kids mix up their wide-eyed storytelling. Yet, the biggest story each year was when kids would talk about a Southern California trip and say something like, “we couldn’t see anything because of the smog.” What’s smog? “The bad air.” Oh. “And the superhighway has eight lanes. We were in traffic jams all the time.” Were they bad? “I’d never live there! There’s nothing but construction, too!” Of course, we all eventually visited and had the same experience—bad air, bad traffic, huge construction. I believe only one classmate ever moved to Southern California. The rest of us get the same experience right here, every day, and don’t need to. We’ve been forced indoors all year round. I was driving south on Interstate 15 this week—through so much smoke I still can’t breathe—on a stretch that had six lanes all but stopped in each direction. We have all the crappy air, construction and unassailable traffic, but no Disneyland, no Knott’s Berry Farm, no surf, no MGM Studios, and no professional baseball team. Our valley is filled with people who just go back and forth, all day long. I miss life in the canyon. Our only road was plenty. My kids are gonna be screwed in a few years. Living here is, simply, no longer pleasant. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

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HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

MISS: Car Culture

What’s really hard is when you know what you want but you really have no idea how to get it. That’s the problem the Salt Lake City Council is facing as it weighs the problems and advantages of development against the problems and more problems of traffic and parking. Mayor Erin Mendenhall likes the idea of borrowing $7 million to help developers build a huge parking structure in the Granary district. The Salt Lake Tribune quoted Councilman Dan Dugan wondering how it all works. “We’re trying to get away from a car-centric city, and here we are building a 926-stall parking structure. I’m concerned about adding more parking spots to an area where we’re already trying to get rid of cars.” Mendenhall wants to make sure some of the stalls would be open to the public and has a vision of redesigning the garage for other uses in that faraway world where driving is less attractive.

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When you don’t want to do something hard, deflect and distract. That’s what’s happening with bad air in Utah where pollution is our middle name. Salt Lake City recently won the distinction of having the worst air in the country and the second worst in the world, according to IQ Air, which ranks city air quality. The state had until Aug. 3 to meet Environmental Protection Agency standards or face the consequences. The consequences we know are to our health, but the ones that may matter are to industry, whose emissions keep on giving. But fossil fuel and mining groups have been pressuring elected officials and regulators to shift the blame from them to China, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The state Division of Environmental Quality disputes that theory. Instead of blaming China, Utah should take a page from that country’s experience. China has been relocating and shutting down polluters to address its urban pollution for some time and with some success.

HIT: Crowd Control

There are still things to celebrate in Utah. Our five national parks, for instance, have brought business from local and international visitors, presenting opportunities and challenges. It’s curious to see our own “take back our lands” diehard, Sen. Mike Lee, praising the parks and joining a Senate effort to proactively address overcrowding. Lee and Sen. Mitt Romney both had voted against the Great American Outdoors Act, passed during the Trump era, that directs revenues from federal energy development to public lands. Advocate Tim Glenn, in a Tribune op-ed, suggested Lee might try campaigning for better funding of the parks, rather than dismantling them. Numerous national articles—including a recent one from the Washington Post—praise the beauty and depth of the national park experience. Solutions to overcrowding take funding and determination. Utah, a don’t-tax-me state, has neither.

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Hold Lawmakers Accountable

This is your chance to see how the Legislature really works, how they perpetuate their own power or maybe—just maybe this time—how they give you a voice in politics. The Legislative Redistricting Committee has begun scheduling electronic meetings for the next three months. City Weekly will update you every week on these important open meetings. Every 10 years following the Census, the Legislature must redraw political boundaries to ensure equal representation. Utah has long been politically gerrymandered to benefit the majority party. While that may continue, you have a chance to weigh in about which communities you most identify with. A parallel effort continues with the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission, but the Legislature has the final say. So, pay attention and turn up. Virtual or 30 House Building, 350 N. State, Thursday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m., free. https://bit.ly/2WuJUoR

How to Talk About Race

How do we talk about race and our past mistakes without triggering such intense political pushback? “Reframing the Conversation brings together experts from across campus and the community to spark important conversations around racism, othering and safety,” organizers say. The University of Utah is holding multiple conversations around the questions of equity, diversity and inclusion, this week at Reframing the Conversation: Inclusive Histories Matter. “While continuing to identify and remove barriers and bias incidents targeting our campus community, persistent strides towards an institution where every member is given the opportunity to be educated on equity, diversity and inclusion efforts will remain at the forefront of our work.” Virtual or in person at J. Willard Marriott Library, 295 S. 1500 East, Wednesday, Sept. 8, noon, free. https://bit.ly/38fpPWv

Defending Against Cyber Attacks

It seems like every week we hear of another major company or government agency being hacked for ransom. And there doesn’t seem to be an end to it or a solution beyond paying up. Join Admiral Michael Rogers on Confronting the Challenging Cyber Landscape to hear about efforts being made to address this persistent and growing problem. “The complexities of cybersecurity require a relationship between the private sector and the government but that has proven challenging,” organizers say. “Global cyber ransomware, espionage and targeted attacks could lead to an expansion of attacks on critical infrastructure, U.S. national security, and economic targets. Policymakers have sprung into action in recent years.” Virtual, Thursday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m., free. https://bit.ly/3mDoWQ0

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After the record-breaking Utah heat of June and July, August didn’t feel quite so much like the “dog days.” Nevertheless, late August in Utah traditionally has folks preparing for another set of dog days over the Labor Day weekend. Once again this year, after its 2020 COVIDnecessitated hiatus, Midway’s Soldier Hollow (2002 Soldier Hollow Lane, Midway) hosts the Soldier Hollow Classic, a four-day festival celebrating the unique skills of sheepdogs and their human handlers. The centerpiece event is the Sheepdog Championship, with nearly 40 participants—including returning 2019 champion Angie Coker-Sells and Soot (pictured)—vying for the gold medal. The invitation-only competition puts the pairs to work on the Olympic Hillside, as dogs working up to 400 yards from their handlers round up wild-range Rocky Mountain ewes, bringing them down along a pre-set course and through a variety of gates. And at the bottom of the hill, in front of the spectator stands, the dog is required to separate certain sheep from others and get them into a small holding pen—all in 13 minutes or less. Beyond the engaging spectacle of the dogs at work, the Soldier Hollow Classic

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offers a full-fledged festival with food, craft vendors and a wide range of entertainment, including the Earthwings Bird Show, dog agility demonstrations, the Salt Lake Scots pipe band and more. The event runs Sept. 3-6, with single-day tickets running $7.50 - $15.50 and family passes (2 adults and up to 5 youth) for $46.50, parking included. Visit soldierhollowclassic.com for ticket and additional event information. (Scott Renshaw)

Urban Arts Festival As summer winds down, it feels like arts festival season is just in full swing. Hot on the heels of last weekend’s Utah Arts Festival comes the 11th anniversary of the Urban Arts Festival, Utah Arts Alliance’s free community event that this year brings its diverse scope of arts, entertainment and activities to The Gateway (400 W. 200 South) in downtown Salt Lake City. More than 80 artists from throughout the intermountain West bring their paintings, sculpture, photography, illustration, crafts and much more to the Artist Marketplace, offering guests another chance to support the work of local artists. The annual Skate Deck Challenge invites skaters to take a blank deck and turn it into a work of art, with Urban Arts Festival visitors able to vote on their favorites on Saturday and Sunday. You can experience “augmented reality” by downloading the festival app and checking out unique enhancements on The Gateway’s mural art, or witness the creation of new mural art all weekend long. Sunday also features Hard-n-Paint Street Basketball and the Lowrider

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Custom Car Exhibit. And the Urbeez Kids Zone offers family-friendly art experiences offered in collaboration with Discovery Gateway and Clever Octopus. All that, plus live music, aerialists, stilt walkers and much more street entertainment. The 2021 Urban Arts Festival runs Friday, Sept. 3 (5 p.m. – 10 p.m.), Saturday, Sept. 4, (noon – 10 p.m.) and Sunday, Sept. 5 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.), with all activities free to the public. Visit utaharts.org/urban-arts-festival for full schedule of festival events, directions, COVID protocols and additional information. (SR)

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Roger Benington has had many homes as an artist, including New York City and London. But it was in part his experience here in Salt Lake City—where he ran Tooth & Nail Theatre for several years—that inspired the creation of his most recent work, Psychopomp. And when it came time to decide on a place for the U.S. premiere of the play which launched in the U.K. in 2017, Benington says, “It felt right to bring the play home to Salt Lake.” Born in part as a response to the ascent of Trumpism in America and attempt to understand the psychology behind it, Psychopomp takes as its central characters an unnamed Mormon father (played by veteran Utah actor Paul Kiernan) and his son

(Tyler Fox) grappling with their place in a rapidly-evolving country. As the father puts it, expresses frustration at the notion of being privileged, “Was a time not long ago, a man could plot his life: mission, marriage, mortgage. … Nothing of that now. Fired, knocked down, laid off, foreclosed ... Look around, where’s the so-called privilege?” Psychopomp runs Sept. 2-19 at the Art Castle (100 S. 915 West), a new venue of the Utah Arts Alliance. Tickets run $15-$25, with a $5 discount for three-day advance purchase and a “pay what you can” performance for the Sept. 2 opening. In order to ensure social distancing, only 30 seats are available for each performance, divided on three sides of the performance stage. Visit psychopompplay.com to purchase tickets and for additional information. (SR)

Fabulous Fibers!: A Celebration of Utah Fiber Arts Even those of us who consider ourselves lovers of art can sometimes be limited in our definition of what that word “art” encompasses. For more than 60 years, the Mary Meigs Atwater Weaver’s Guild of Utah has promoted the idea that working with yarn, thread and textiles is a true art form, and supported those who work in that medium. And as the organization’s website explains in its description of the upcoming Fabulous Fibers!: A Celebration of Utah Fiber Arts exhibition at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center (3333 Decker Lake Dr., West Valley City), “We anticipate that many of the entries (but certainly not all) will have been created during the pandemic as our fibers became our friends and important sources of inspiration during difficult times.” This 26th bi-annual exhibit—sponsored by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums— features both traditional and modern applications of a rich variety of textile and fiber art, with all entries designed and hand-crafted by Utahbased fiber artists. This colorful, juried exhibit showcases traditional handwoven items (e.g. rugs, clothing, tea towels, etc.), tapestry, art quilting, embroidered art, handmade lace, a variety of surface design techniques and other fiber related art forms. The exhibition runs Sept. 2 – Oct. 13, with an opening reception held on Sept. 2, 6

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The Utah Humanities Book Festival offers a hybrid inperson/virtual format for 2021. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

hen the Utah Humanities Book Festival launches on Sept. 2, it will look like it did in its last prepandemic incarnation in 2019. And also it will look a lot like it did last year. And also it will look like something completely different. For more than two decades, the Book Festival brought local and national authors to in-person events throughout Utah for lectures, seminars, readings and conversations. In 2020, however, it became necessary to move those events to a virtual space for health and safety reasons. Now, for the 2021 installment of the Book Festival, a hybrid model will allow both for live events and for virtual presentations, building on the new opportunities and lessons learned from 2020. According to Willy Palomo—the Utah Humanities Council’s Program Manager for the Center for the Book—decisions regarding what could be possible for a 2020 festival were begun early on, and resulted in a format that offered new and unique possibilities. “As soon as the pandemic started in March,” he says, “like any other organization, we were still figuring out a space to do what we do. … It was a different sort of conversation that was possible with Zoom, but as people have found, there’s a lot that is possible. We were able to

give access to disabled and rural communities. And once something is virtual, it becomes a statewide, nationwide, worldwide event. We were able to get authors we wouldn’t have been able to get otherwise. It was challenging, but there was a lot of learning and evolving.” It also became necessary to think differently about what criteria would be used to determine whether an individual virtual event was successful. Palomo says that many events had very high attendance, “but there are also engagements where sometimes the numbers are less, but still extremely valuable. In April, we created a space for men who had been victims of sexual violence. Even though there were less than 10 people, they were asking really important questions.” As for the authors themselves, Palomo notes that the response to virtual vs. inperson events has been predictably variable. “Some participating writers were definitely missing in-person events,” he says, “because there is a certain sense of community that’s challenging to replicate. But some were able to use it to their advantage … like being able to break people out into rooms [with a] flexibility that isn’t always possible in person. And travel right now really wears people down; being able to Zoom in from your living room or your office is much easier.” In preparing for the 2021 event and considering both in-person and virtual options, Palomo describes working with both partner organizations—including schools, libraries and booksellers—and individual

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authors to determine the best options, taking into account considerations like availability of socially-distanced seating space, travel needs and general comfort level with in-person events given the Delta-fueled rise in COVID cases. And that process has had to be a fluid one, given the constantlychanging pandemic landscape. “Just this week,” Palomo says, “one of our authors said they’d rather go virtual. It’s kind of a wild ride right now.” Building the full program—which at press time includes more than 125 presentations spread over two months—involves what Palomo describes as “a lot of balls floating in the air.” It’s important, he acknowledges, to offer diversity not just in type of work like fiction vs. non-fiction vs. poetry, but in the representation of subjects and authors from a wide range of backgrounds. Working with the partner organizations becomes crucial in that respect, as the goal is providing content that amplifies their work, whether that group is the Filipino American Historical Society’s Utah chapter, or University of Utah School of Medicine on health issues. “It’s not about parachuting in and offering resources,” Palomo says, “but building off the momentum [both the Humanities Council and the partner organization] have been building.” It’s also the case that while nationallyknown authors—like one of this year’s

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presenters, best-selling memoirist Tara Westover (Educated)—get headlines, Utah authors are crucial to the event. “We have a big set of local writers that really engage with the community, so it’s really easy to get those events represented,” Palomo says. “We’re colleagues, we’re friends, and they let me know when they’re creating stuff. It’s a challenge to be able to accommodate everyone, but we have a thriving literary scene across the state, and that takes care of itself.” From subject matter variation to different types of presentation platforms, the key thing is providing a wide-ranging event that encourages as many people as possible to participate, and to visit the schedule on the website to pre-register or plan your schedule as needed. “The idea behind so many events is that not every event is for everyone,” Palomo says. “Definitely, there’s a book out there for you.” CW

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DONE DEAL

To visualize the scale of the Utah inland port, architect David Scheer placed warehouses like those the size of Amazon distribution centers in this rendering of a built-out warehouse park.

Utah’s inland port is well underway, so what comes next? ESSAY AND PHOTOS BY KATHARINE BIELE

othing has worked. Not protests or lawsuits. Not letter-writing campaigns. Nothing has stopped the Utah inland port from going forward. The massive shipping, warehousing and manufacturing hub just keeps chugging along, pushed by its legislative enablers who are making plans, building buildings and dismissing fears around the potential for devastating impacts on the water, air and health of Salt Lake County’s living beings. All this despite studies (or lack of them) aiming to dispel the seemingly official notion that the inland port is a gift from God. A lot can go wrong. The “port” lies in the wetlands of the dangerously shrinking Great Salt Lake, which could evaporate further or fill beyond what our plans allow for—climate change is tricky that way. Will birds and wildlife suffer from a decimated habitat? Will truck and railcar traffic further pollute the air churning in the valley bowl? And what’s the end game for those new communities in the city’s fragile Northwest Quadrant? What’s the longterm impact of that futuristic 5G technology, which consumes large amounts of energy, spewing even more emissions into the already choking atmosphere? You’ve heard it all before, and if you follow the Legislature, the governor and even the city council when they’re honest about their role in all of this, you have a pretty good idea of how great they think the port is and will be. Negative publicity has come from, wait, are they antifa, socialists or just wacky enviros? Nothing seems to sway the powers that be, because there will be lots of money, plenty of commerce and maybe more housing near the state prison for people who want to live and play “close to their work.” But one thing is certain: There is no going back. That is unless liquefaction wipes the entire $40 million—and counting—development away during the next big earthquake. Readers might assume the port is but an architectural drawing. But they’d be surprised to learn how far along the project is, what has already been built and what is under construction now. There is still time to weigh in on how to make the most of what will be built in the future. “Some development is already occurring, but we still have an opportunity to curtail the scope of that development and the harm from it,” says Deeda Seed of the Center for Biological Diversity, and the driving force behind the group Stop the Polluting Port. Seed said her efforts to fight the port are voluntary, driven by the risk of legitimate harm to herself and others. “When [port executive director] Jack Hedge says the inland port is already happening, that’s misleading,” she said, “because what they intend to do has not been explained to the public beyond platitudes.”

Picture This

If the plans for what the port actually is still seem a little fuzzy, it’s because they don’t really exist. The powers that be talk in lofty terms about a green-but-bustling, transit-friendly campus, but you need to use your imagination, a nice little drone and an architectural rendering to picture the final product. In the aerial photo of the Utah inland port at the top of this page, architect David Scheer added warehouses and parking areas to approximate what he—an urban planner affiliated with Stop the Polluting Port—expects the area north of Interstate 80 could become (by way of reminder, the designated port boundaries extend considerably south of I-80 as well, including portions of West Valley City and Magna). The number, shape and size of the warehouses shown adds up to the total square footage outlined in the Port Authority’s strategic business plan that was published in May 2020—152 million square feet. And while the final construction may not look exactly like this, what’s been built and planned to date suggests the image is not far off. “The warehouses I added are copies of an aerial photo of the existing Amazon distribution center,” Scheer said. “Since there is no plan for the layout of the port, I just placed the copies on a grid edge to edge. This isn’t how it would actually be done—there would be roads between the buildings and perhaps some green space, although the Amazon facility has very little. The idea is to give people an idea of how much land the construction associated with the proposed port would cover.” Compare the aerial photo to the original concept art for the port, or simply look at the maps: This is one big footprint sitting to the west of the Salt Lake City International Airport and just down the road from the new state prison. The inland port is, in essence, a massive distribution center—including trucks, rail lines, cranes and, of course, warehouses. In 2018, a desperate and embattled Salt Lake City attempted to describe the pros and cons of this behemoth. Here’s what they came up with, according to public materials released at the time.

BENEFITS

DRAWBACKS

·Greater efficiency in the amount of goods that can be distributed ·A reduction in transportation costs, as rail freight is not limited by the maximum number of hours a truck driver can drive ·The importance of freight terminals has grown with the expansion of globalization and e-commerce

·Environmental impacts such as air quality, water quality and habitat degradation ·Demands on public utilities and municipal services (water, fire/emergency, electricity/energy) ·Demands on road infrastructure and transportation (traffic, road repairs, noise pollution)

Everyone can understand the “benefits” that have legislative leaders drooling with anticipation. In brief, it’s money: construction money, savings on freight and of course, a lifeline—however brief—for Utah’s flailing fossil fuels industry. In August, a stunning report from a coalition of environmental advocacy groups—including the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE)—detailed the misuse of more than $109 million in public money to promote or expand fossil fuel extraction, potentially in violation of the federal Mineral Leasing Act. The report, titled “Utah’s Oil Slick: Funding Polluters Instead of Rural Communities,” detailed how public funding intended to mitigate the impacts of mineral extraction had been awarded to road projects, engineering studies and attorneys fees, likely bolstering fossil-fuel operations. “As Utah and the Western United States experience the devastating consequences of climate change ... it is even more critical that the [Community Impact Board] stop siphoning public funds away from much-needed projects to finance dangerous fossil fuel extraction that worsens the climate crisis,” the report states. The environmental coalition’s report followed a state audit of the CIB grant process in May, in which auditors described inconsistencies and questioned the approved uses of public funding. Neither the audit nor the coalition report saw much of a reaction from the public and the press. Speaking to Fox13 News, Jennifer Napier-Pearce, the governor’s communications director said, “the governor supports the [Community Impact Board] and efforts to provide infrastructure for rural areas.”

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Inland port warehousing and loading docks taking shape in the city’s Northwest Quadrant

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Besides a lot of dust and a lack of shade, a trip to the “port” shows how much has already been done. In the photos to the right—showing an area roughly at 5800 West and 700 North—you can see new warehouses taking shape with their multitude of truck bays. Much of the construction is being done by the Salt Lake-based Colmena Group. Its website does indeed show aspirations for a bright and modern “community” within the port, albeit one without discernible greenspace—think Sugar House, where Colmena has also built a senior living complex. According to the company website, “Colmena has developed, co-developed and invested in real estate projects that built a current portfolio value of more than $1.6 billion (exceeding 6 million square feet and 12,000 apartment units).” Local environmental advocates don’t like what they see. “They are razing everything, destroying wildlife habitat, leveling it,” says Seed. “There are more sustainable ways to build. When you clear out all vegetation, you create airborne dust.” But Colmena is just doing what it’s been told to do by state authorities—develop and make room for the money. Speaking of which ... Amazon.

Amazon’s distribution center was among the first businesses to begin operating within the inland port.

Warning Signs

Amazon has already built fulfillment centers in the port, and they are exactly what you’d expect—large and low, stark and anticipatory of truck traffic. Meanwhile, construction accelerates throughout the area in an increasing dustup—literally—of activity. Amid the drought, there is little water and less vegetation to contain it. The Romney Group abandoned a development in the port area of Salt Lake, ostensibly because of environmental concerns and is working on a Tooele satellite operation instead. Josh Romney did not return calls about this development, although Seed says he met with her and the rest of the Stop the Polluting Port board. “He told us he’s concerned about the environment,” she said, “and had turned down intensive water users.” Of course, Tooele has many of the same water and air quality issues as Salt Lake, and is just as locked in by mountains. If you really want to be alarmed, watch a video called “Diesel Death Zone” about the expansion of the Los Angeles-Long Beach Port complex and the persistent pollution it generates for its ocean-adjacent area. The video cites studies that show if you live in an area of high pollution, you are 4% more likely to die from any cause, and 8% more likely to experience lung cancer. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates the danger. Speaking of the Port of Los Angeles, emergency physician Dr. John Miller had dire warnings. “They’re paying their lawyers and their spin people to use the public’s money to oppress the public,” he said, “to use the public’s money to continue harming the public.” This has been the fear of many Utahns ever since the port was launched in 2018, at the time for the diminutive reach of 16,000 acres. Its footprint was significantly increased the next year. A 2019 poll from Utah Policy and Y2Analytics showed that 60% of city voters were opposed to the port’s development in some form. Then-Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski sued the state, saying the 11-member Utah Inland Port Authority board was unconstitutional in that it took over the city’s land use and taxing authority. Only in April this year did the Utah Supreme Court deliberate on the case, meaning months—at least—until a ruling is issued. No matter the outcome of that case, the court’s decision cannot “stop” the port. What was once the Coalition for Port Reform changed its name in 2019 to something less vague: Stop the Polluting Port. However, that eponymous call to action is increasingly an impossible goal. The coalition is instead focusing on mitigating the obvious harms to public health.

Down the Drain

Desperate Measures

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Wildlife is increasingly at risk within the port boundaries. The National Wildlife Federation says that habitat loss is the primary threat to the survival of wild animals in the United States. Beyond development, pollution and water diversions, climate change itself threatens the survival of wildlife, if not human beings. The Port Authority doesn’t want any back talk. In March, it removed two west-side activists from a committee on air quality and the environment. The community has been kept in the dark about plans, although Hedge, the port’s new executive director, maintains that the project can support economic growth and environmental sustainability. Responding to environmental criticisms in June, Hedge told Fox13 that the inland port provides an opportunity to build better freight systems than what would otherwise exist. “As our population continues to grow, we’re going to consume more cargo,” Hedge said. “The more efficiently we can bring that cargo into this market, the more benefits it can have on our air quality, our traffic, our quality of life and our community in and around the port area.” Stop the Polluting Port doesn’t buy it, but they’re willing to be convinced. Environmental stability is only one of many issues, and they have asked the port authority board for a health-impact assessment to make it clear that the project will do no harm. “One of the problems we are running into with the health-impact assessment is that we need baseline information about the number of employees expected at full development and really what ‘full development’ entails,” Seed says. “[The port authority] is unable to provide that information, apparently because they don’t know the answer.” Hedge came to Utah from the Port of Los Angeles, which is now going through a $14 billion mitigation effort to address the environmental disasters the port created. Jonny Vasic, executive director of UPHE, said Utah risks a similar money-drain down the line if the state proceeds with developing the port without attempting to first address its potential harms. “It’s the height of irresponsibility,” Vasic said. “Be prepared for the exact same thing in Utah.” Unless, that is, something finally does work. CW

A group of pronghorn—the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere—stand quizzically near the port’s electrical substation.

The Goggin Drain (above) and Lee Creek (below) provide water for the Great Salt Lake’s shoreline ecosystems

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State Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, sponsored a 2019 bill to establish baseline environmental conditions in the Northwest Quadrant, to better monitor the potential environmental impacts of the port’s construction and operation. Those baseline measurements would include air quality, air emissions and water quality. The anti-port coalition met recently with Utah’s Division of Water Quality (DWQ), which is moving ahead on baseline monitoring. Seed, however, fears the requirements will become another unfunded mandate—a law that says something should happen, but provides no resources for its implementation—as DWQ has indicated it did not receive adequate funding to complete the job. Escamilla had also asked for baseline monitoring of light and noise pollution, but apparently that was one environmental step too far. That language was removed from the bill that passed. “The bottom line here—however you describe the development in this area—is that it can’t add huge volumes of pollution and carbon emissions, drain the aquifer and further contribute to the death of the Great Salt Lake,” says Seed. “Unfortunately, the development being contemplated by property owners would do all of those things, and because of the Legislature’s takeover of the area, and Salt Lake City’s fear and confusion with regard to who oversees what, the developers are getting away with whatever they want.” Let’s take a moment to talk about the Goggin Drain, a very unsexy name for a very vital ecological resource. The Goggin Drain—pictured at the top right of this page—is located along the

Jordan River surplus canal just west of the Salt Lake City International Airport. Most of Salt Lake County’s streamflows and mountain runoff end up in the Jordan River, and the Goggin Drain handles the overflow, when there is any. The Goggin Drain is an important water source for the adjacent wetlands. In 2006, Salt Lakebased SWCA Environmental Consultants released a prophetic report assessing the wetlands and wildlife in the area. “Relatively low land costs compared to adjacent urbanized areas, easy access to Interstate 80 and the proposed Mountain View Corridor, and proximity to the Salt Lake City International Airport make the upland areas west of the airport attractive for economic growth in the area,” it wrote, calling for a comprehensive wetlands planning process. In a single day, more than 19,800 staging and migrating shorebirds have been detected along the Great Salt Lake shoreline between the old Saltair railway and the Goggin Drain, including all of Lee Creek, pictured above, a 305-acre management area that provides effectively the only public access point to the lake’s headwater shoreline. A 2018 City Weekly report—“For the Birds”— detailed the extent to which bird sanctuaries and habitats are being impacted by development. But humans, birds and other wildlife all need water, an increasingly scarce resource in Utah. Some of the new warehouses are landscaped with Kentucky Blue Grass, hardly the most water-wise grass. But developers have made sure to include bike lanes for cyclists, in what is perhaps the least scenic area in the county.

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t can be easy to forget the concise blend of artistic expression, culinary science and simple geometry that goes into making a sushi roll. Few other foods rely on a chef’s grasp of color, texture, shape and presentation in the same way that sushi does, and it’s easy to take for granted—especially when eating food is your job. My recent visits to Itto Sushi (multiple locations, ittoutah. com), however, reinvigorated my appreciation of the artistry and creativity that sushi chefs apply to their craft day-in and day-out. After only seven years of operation, Itto Sushi has already carved out a sizable chunk of turf for its growing empire. With locations in Midvale, Orem, downtown SLC and a recent addition to South Jordan, Itto has no shortage of ambition. It’s a swagger that is also evident all over the menu, through rolls like the heartshaped mango-infused Romeo & Juliet ($12.95) or the spicy citrus combo of the Kill Bill ($12.95), whose glittering crimson tobiko evokes Beatrix Kiddo’s quest for bloody satisfaction. Itto Sushi’s flair for presentation is on display in the most unexpected places, and there is no shortage of oohs and aahs from guests as a member of their friendly staff brings places their order on the table.

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Getting a little evil with the inventive flavors of Itto Sushi.

two sushi rolls, it was time for the prince of darkness itself to grace my table. As promised, the Dracula roll arrived sealed in its own wooden coffin. Opening the lid reveals a wispy bed of wood smoke that emerges like moorland fog and heralds the emergence of this legendary sushi roll. As far as presentation goes, things don’t get much cooler than this. Even if you’re not a giant horror dork like I am, watching wisps of smoke billow away to reveal a roll stuffed with tempura shrimp and spicy crab that’s been topped with fried onions and blood red sriracha is a dining experience you won’t soon forget. The roll itself lives up to this A-list presentation as well—the subtle smoke flavors highlight the other ingredients giving this roll a multi-tiered spectrum of savory flavors to navigate. While you’ll want to visit Itto for its vast menu of beautiful sushi rolls, no one will judge you for perusing the other Japanese delights it has to offer. Their takes on classics like tonkatsu ramen ($9.95), unagi don ($15.95) and agedashi tofu ($5.25) are excellent ways to mix up your experience. I’m also a fan of their bento box ($9.95 for lunch; $12.95 for dinner) specials that come equipped with options that include a chef’s choice of nigiri or sashimi, some classic sushi rolls or teriyaki-marinated beef, chicken or salmon. If you’re in the market for inventive sushi rolls or some delicious takes on a few beloved Japanese comfort food classics, Itto Sushi has got a little something for everyone—especially if you’re suckers for primo presentation. CW

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Indeed, it was the rumors I’d heard of Itto’s unconventional presentation that initially lured me inside. I had read about something called the Dracula Roll ($12.95) that apparently got served up inside a tiny wooden coffin filled with wood smoke. As a fan of all things morbid and spooky, this was something I had to see for myself; when my interest in food overlaps with my interest in the macabre, I take special note. I pulled up a seat at the sushi bar during happy hour—every Tuesday and Wednesday night after 5 p.m.—so I could get some half-priced specialty rolls in addition to my main course. If you’re planning a first-time visit to Itto, checking them out during happy hour is a great way to get your bearings. While I was waiting for Dracula to rise, the other rolls on my docket arrived. First was the Mafia Roll ($12.95), which wraps a tasty combo of tuna, avocado, cilantro and jalapeño in a thin layer of rice paper that gets topped with tobiko. The spicy and herbaceous mix of cilantro and jalapeño along with the crunch of fresh romaine lettuce lends a Vietnamese banh mi flavor and texture profile to the party that has a way of waking up the other ingredients. It’s definitely one of the best deals on the happy hour menu. As a complement to my Dracula roll, I also ordered the Sushi Vampire ($12.95), which is another great happy hour bargain. This one is for the shrimp and shellfish lovers out there who don’t always see their seafood of choice show up on a sushi menu. It starts with some tempura shrimp wrapped in its traditional rice and nori vestments, but it also comes topped with a modest heap of baked baby lobster tails tossed in some savory eel sauce. I’ll always be a fan of the clear, fresh flavor that tuna and salmon impart to a sushi roll, but the sweetness of those baby lobster tails and the crunch of that tempura shrimp are spectacular additions to any sushi roll. By the time I handily devoured my first

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A list of what local craft breweries and cider houses have on tap this week

2 Row Brewing 6856 S. 300 West, Midvale 2RowBrewing.com On Tap: Feelin’ Hazy

Moab Brewing 686 S. Main, Moab TheMoabBrewery.com On Tap: Bougie Johnny’s Rose

Silver Reef 4391 S. Enterprise Drive, St. George StGeorgeBev.com

Bewilder Brewing 445 S. 400 West, SLC BewilderBrewing.com On Tap: Bewilder Altbier

Mountain West Cider 425 N. 400 West, SLC MountainWestCider.com On Tap: Elliot Gold Hard Cider

Squatters 147 W. Broadway, SLC Squatters.com

Bohemian Brewery 94 E. Fort Union Blvd, Midvale BohemianBrewery.com

Ogden River Brewing 358 Park Blvd, Ogden OgdenRiverBrewing.com On Tap: Injector Hazy IPA

Bonneville Brewery 1641 N. Main, Tooele BonnevilleBrewery.com On Tap: Peaches & Cream Ale

Policy Kings Brewery 223 N. 100 West, Cedar City PolicyKingsBrewery.com

Desert Edge Brewery 273 Trolley Square, SLC DesertEdgeBrewery.com On Tap: Fresh Brewed UPA

Proper Brewing 857 S. Main, SLC ProperBrewingCo.com On Tap: Whispers of the Primordial Seai

Epic Brewing Co. 825 S. State, SLC EpicBrewing.com On Tap: Munich Mayhem Fisher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC FisherBeer.com On Tap: Red Ale Grid City Beer Works 333 W. 2100 South, SLC GridCityBeerWorks.com On Tap: Extra Pale Ale Hopkins Brewing Co. 1048 E. 2100 South, SLC HopkinsBrewingCompany.com On Tap: Old Merchant Cream Ale Hoppers Grill and Brewing 890 E. Fort Union Blvd, Midvale HoppersBrewPub.com Kiitos Brewing 608 W. 700 South, SLC KiitosBrewing.com Level Crossing Brewing Co. 2496 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake LevelCrossingBrewing.com On Tap: Strawberry Rhubarb Sour

Red Rock Brewing Multiple Locations RedRockBrewing.com On Tap: Baked Pastry Stout RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: Arma-Chillo Amarillo DryHopped Pale Ale Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com On Tap: Cosmic Autumn Rebellion SaltFire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake SaltFireBrewing.com On Tap: Punk as Fuck 3x IPA Salt Flats Brewing 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC SaltFlatsBeer.com On Tap: Baja Mexicana Ale Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia Ave, South Salt Lake ShadesBrewing.beer On Tap: Plum Berliner Weisse

Strap Tank Brewery Multiple Locations StrapTankBrewery.com Springville On Tap: PB Rider, Peanut Butter Stout Lehi On Tap: 2-Stroke, Vanilla Mocha Porter TF Brewing 936 S. 300 West, SLC TFBrewing.com On Tap: Barrel-Aged Grisette Talisman Brewing Co. 1258 Gibson Ave, Ogden TalismanBrewingCo.com On Tap: Japanese Rice Lager Toasted Barrel Brewery 412 W. 600 North, SLC ToastedBarrelBrewery.com Uinta Brewing 1722 S. Fremont Drive, SLC UintaBrewing.com On Tap: Was Angeles Craft Beer UTOG 2331 Grant Ave, Ogden UTOGBrewing.com On Tap: BEER! - American Ale Vernal Brewing 55 S. 500 East, Vernal VernalBrewing.com Wasatch 2110 S. Highland Drive, SLC WasatchBeers.com Zion Brewery 95 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale ZionBrewery.com Zolupez 205 W. 29th Street #2, Ogden Zolupez.com

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his week we have an IPA that tries to achieve its citrusy flavor profile via the use of hops, versus an IPA that goes straight for the juice in its pursuit of citrus qualities. Which one will work best for you? I’m sure you’ll have fun experimenting. Grid City - IPA #2: This is the second IPA from Grid City, and it showcases a hop blend known as “Cryo Pop.” It’s composed of Cascade, Simcoe, Centennial and Galaxy varieties. Golden and orange tones from the beer spill out and diffuse across the table. Though of only modest foaminess, the lacing expands like a marching army, conquering all corners of the glass. The cryo hops have a bouquet enveloped in citrus pith and dripping with bitter resins. There’s an air of tropical fruits, but also a little bit of dankness, like a forest after a heavy rain. That leafy flavor develops further on the palate, especially as the mandarin and grapefruit notes fade and that earthy, herbal aftertaste sets in. It’s not particularly intense by IPA standards, but will likely intimidate most mainstream drinkers. This is what the style is all about. To that end, one won’t taste any alcohol, but considering this is 7.8 percent and drinks arguably much easier than it should at that strength, maybe watch for it later. Those who don’t mind a few IBUs will probably want to ses-

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sion this; I thought there was a hole in my glass as the liquid emptied out of it so fast. Overall: Let’s be honest: It’s not like there’s any shortage of IPAs in Salt Lake City. Hell, you don’t even have to leave Midvale to find many of the region’s best. The regional standard is high. To earn and maintain a good reputation really says something about Grid City. Bewilder - Mimosa: As the name suggests, this beer will be featuring a citrusy twang—the second local IPA I’ve had that features a juice addition. The body is a hazy, bright, light orange color with low clarity, but not heavy with sediment; any light showing through the glass is completely distorted. The soapy, off-white head stands a solid two fingers tall, with light retention and heavy lacing. On the nose I get orange peel, orange creme, some sweet caramel malts, and a nice dose of piney hop notes. The orange definitely takes the lead; it almost smells like an orange creme liqueur, only much more pleasant and with much less of an alcohol presence. Swilling this one, I get juicy citrus, orange crème and piney hops up front and in the middle. On the back end I get sweet bready, biscuit flavored malts, with some Orange Julius blended in. This is a pretty good-tasting beer that lives up to the name. The 6.7 percent ABV mouthfeel is medium sticky, with a nice blast of citric acid to light up the salivary glands. Overall: I can understand why an IPA purist or a hop-head may not like this beer, but luckily for me, I am neither of those. It’s got those sweet, juicy characteristics on the nose and palate, a citrusy body and a great look to it—definitely one of the more enjoyable fruited IPAs I’ve had recently. I would absolutely drink this one again. Bewilder’s Mimosa IPA debuted at the Utah Beer Festival in 16-ounce cans; as of this writing it was still available at the brewery. Grid City’s IPA #2 is also in 16-ounce cans and is only available at their South Salt Lake brewery. As always, cheers! CW

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Piroshky Pop-up

The Seattle-based bakery Piroshky Piroshky (piroshkybakery.com) will be bringing their Eastern European menu to Utah for a one-day pop-up event on Sept. 7. Piroshky Piroshky has made a name for itself as one of the go-to eateries in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market for its take on the piroshka, a Russian version of the pierogi. They’re delightful, buttery pastries that are filled with either sweet or savory options, and they’re excellent for those seeking a hand-held option that packs a lot of flavor. Fans of Russian food can also order meat-filled dumplings called pelmeni or servings of crimson borscht. Preorders are open now, but pickup will take place at 255 Crossroad Square from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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A fast-casual Italian restaurant called Corleone (2121 S. McClelland Street, Ste. 108, 801-935-4141, corleoneitalianfood.com) recently set up shop in the space formerly occupied by Chronic Tacos. After perusing their menu, it looks like the kind of place that will satisfy that niche diner who wants to get quick Italian food without having to visit a pizza place. They’ve got all kinds of pasta—yay gnocchi!—and diners can choose among a nice variety of sauces like Bolognese, crema funghi, or the Corleone Special with smoked salmon cream and white wine for their pasta excursion. With additional add-ons and a side menu that includes meatballs, it’s shaping up to be an ideal venture for those who want to create the pasta dish of their dreams. Quote of the Week: “Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.” –Sophia Loren

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Greek-American Gregory Skedros opened the doors to Mandarin in 1978, and it’s been one of Utah’s premier Chinese restaurants ever since. The kitchen is bustling with chefs from Hong Kong and San Francisco, whose woks fire up some of the best fare you’ll find in town. The family-run eatery has sustained success in its Bountiful location with a combination of wellversed chefs, loyal customers and a menu that can’t be topped. 348 E. 900 North, Bountiful, 801298-2406, mandarinutah.com

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f this question isn’t on your mind already, it will be soon: Do you have to be vaccinated to go out to a show? In late spring and part of the summer, things almost felt like they were getting back to normal—venues lifted mask-mandates, and capacity caps and distancing measures fell away. But with Delta sweeping across the nation, and with many musicians already out on the road touring to make up for lost time, everyone’s been faced with hard decisions about how to proceed with live music, if at all. Nonetheless, venues and festivals and musicians are all falling in line, however haphazardly. That includes local entities, and as Ben Anderson of the new local music event Park City Song Summit notes, “It wasn’t on our radar that we’d have to do a complete 180-degree pivot from where we were to where we are, but we’re doing it and we’re trying it, doing anything we can to not cancel it.” PCSS, which launches Sep. 8 - 12, has quickly adopted some of the strictest rules of any festival or venue in their Delta-inspired restructuring. Formerly planned to take place at venues up and down Main Street in Park City and at Deer Valley, their shows will now be featured at an expensive second stage they’re building at Deer Valley, shifting everything outdoors. Artists at PCSS will be asked to show proof of vaccination or to provide a negative PCR test 48 hours before attending the Summit, and then get tested 72 hours later. All staff at the event will also be vaccinated, and required to mask indoors and outdoors over the four days of the event (five if you count the soft kick-off on Wednesday, Sept. 8). As for attendees, proof of vaccination is required, full stop. Other safety measures include available rapid tests, six-foot restrictions at pinch points, and masks required indoors/encouraged outdoors. And despite the loss of indoor venue spaces, Anderson is honoring all tickets, so that even people who bought, for example, a single $35 ticket to a lab can have access to a whole day at Deer Valley, to see up to eight concerts on the new dual stages. While Anderson admits that introducing new restrictions has resulted in some refunds and criticism, the feedback has mostly been positive and appreciative. “My spirit is unwavering, that this is a great event and I believe I’m doing the right thing,” he says. “I’d rather have people unhappy at me for trying to keep people safe than have people unhappy at me for not being as responsible as we possibly could.” Considering the fact that other festivals and venues in Utah aren’t all enacting similar strict protocols (yet), it may seem strange that PCSS is. But the fear of cancelation is real. Another new fest due to debut in late August, Hardscrabble Music Festival in Helper, canceled at the last minute, despite plans to require vaccination to attend. When it comes to venues that need a constant stream of artists to make ends meet, it makes even more sense to play things supersafe. That’s what The State Room and The Commonwealth Room

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This Tuesday, Sept. 7, head over to Metro Music Hall to catch a long-overdue tour from one of modern indie pop’s most iconoclastic figures. Perfume Genius— AKA Mike Hadreas—has made a vibrant career for himself over the last decade, gaining the kind of fame that made him a household name in indie crowds with albums like 2014’s Too Bright, and songs like the wild, defiant “Queen,” a hit song inspired by “gay panic” that came out a year before gay marriage was legalized in the U.S. Hadreas’s often heavy emotional work—delivered through thin vocals and dangerously glinting, deliberately-paced instrumentals with a heavy reliance on sonorous piano—continued on 2017’s No Shape, which delivered hits like “Slip Away” that would keep Hadreas fresh in everyone’s minds until the 2020 release of Set My Heart On Fire Immediately. Perhaps his most approachable full album to date, dreaminess still takes up a chunk of space on tracks like opener “Whole Life” and “Leave,” but new grit like that in the guitar-crunched “Describe” or the urgent, dark wave-ish pulse of “Your Body Changes Everything” add dimension, making the album deeply texturally interesting, as much as it’s often just really catchy. Hadreas will finally be touring this wonderful album, and with support from fellow indie pillar Hand Habits. The show has doors at 7 p.m., is $28 and 21+. Visit metromusichall.com for tickets and more info.

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The 2017-launched Side Door is something of a mix of both Airbnb and Tinder; the platform focuses on connecting artists who want to play shows with people who want to host them, at venues outside the norm and beyond the usual tour routes. It’s also different from SoFar Sounds— another more established space-sharing, house show-modeled concert platform that relies on volunteer hosts—because Side Door makes available resources for multi-platform show promotion, and automates ticketing to put money right in the pockets of artists. Side Door was co-founded by an actual musician, too. JUNO award-winning musician Dan Mangan came up in a DIY scene where he relied on spreadsheets to keep track of friendly hosts on his tour routes, an experience that supplied the inspiration for Side Door’s mission to connect artists with accessible and wellpaying opportunities to play shows, wherever they are. The altruistic mission is even more so with the addition of their new Back To Live with Side Door subsidy program, where hosts and artists can apply for up to $500 in assistance to put on an event, or $100 for online events—because it takes a lot to put on a killer house show, especially if one is doing it for the first time with no prior experience or resources. In-person, online or hybrid shows alike are all applicable shows to produce with Side Door, a dynamic born of the pandemic and the isolation of artists stuck at home, and of 2021’s hesitant return to real-life shows. If visiting big venues makes you nervous as an audience member or artist, take things into your own hands and plan your own intimate show. Visit sidedooraccess.com for more info on hosting, playing and applying for the subsidy.

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Lost Dog Street Band at Soundwell

Some real street-wise wanderers and their travel-weary music will be gracing the walls of Soundwell this Saturday, Sept. 4. The Lost Dog Street Band was formed in 2010 by guitarist and singer Benjamin Tod and fiddler Ashley Mae, life partners who met when Tod was a wayward train-hopping teen stopped in Mae’s Nashville punk scene stomping grounds. Since those distant days, though, the two have rounded their music group out with Jeff Loops of the roots band Deep Chatham. They’ve also made a name for themselves in the bluegrass and folk world with crowdfunded releases, one of which, Weight of a Trigger, ended up snagging a number five spot on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart in 2019. The album ponders the experiences of outlaws—which Tod is, in several states, a remnant of his days as a ne’er-do-well wandering kid—while drawing from influences like Appalachian folk and old-timey country blues. While they draw on timeworn themes and the warm tones of their humble genre, Tod’s distinctive twang sets them immediately apart—there is a plain emotiveness to it, a slant that side-steps place, just like he does in life. They’ll be joined at Soundwell by Matt Heckler. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and while tables are sold out, GA tickets are still available for $15. This is a 21+ show, and tickets can be found at soundwellslc.com

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While the Remember This Tour rolling through West Valley City this Sunday, Sept. 3 is being marketed as an experience where every audience member will be a screaming teenage girl, there is also sure to be a lot of nostalgic young adults in the crowd. While the Jonas Brothers have lately found themselves churning out adult hits and earning the contemporary relevancy that comes with them—thanks to tracks like 2019’s reggae-infused “Only Human,” and a 2021 single collab with Marshmello, “Leave Before You Love Me”—they also have a reputation with older fans that’ll draw a crowd. First finding their way to fame with Disney Channel-affiliated releases and movies like Camp Rock and its sequel, The Jonas Brothers became Disney’s own homegrown pop heartthrobs, winning the hearts of kids, tweens and teens across the world throughout the mid-aughts. Fast-forward to now, and not only are their early songs—2006’s “Year 3000,” 2007’s “S.O.S” and 2008’s “Burnin’ Up” to name a few—still bangers for those now-grown up fans, they’ve got a whole new generation of fans raised up on their newer hits to join the fan club. So whether you’re a late 20-something or have some young ones of your own who can’t wait to scream along to the iconic tunes of the Jo’ Bros, visit saltlakeamphitheater.com for more info on how to attend. Tickets range from $29 - $5,500, and the show is all-ages.

Rebelution Brings the Good Vibes

We could all use a hearty dose of some positive energy, and that’s what Rebelution and their purely easy, breezy, beachinfused brand of reggae are bringing to Utah when they stop in at Rio Tinto on Thursday, Sept. 2 on their Good Vibes Summer Tour. Rebelution embodies the spirit of reggae, a genre that specializes in the teasing out of all good vibes, from the spiritual to the simple, into an always-palatable sound. While here in the mountains we are far from the islands where reggae was born, Utah has a strong reggae fanbase, and Rebelution is no stranger to us, or us to them. What will be new to fans at the Rio Tinto show, though, is their fresh album, the 2021-released In the Moment. The album finds the band exploring some complexities in life’s challenges, as in the song “Heavy as Lead,” which asks questions like, “how do we get through this?” and answers “life’s real but that’s what we live for / come heavy as lead / won’t let nobody ever take me down / hold steady my head when the world is crumbling all around / no pressure no stress.” Drawing on the classic reggae dedication to peace and chill to get through hard times? Sounds about right. Rebelution will be joined with performances by Kabaka Pyramid, Keznmadi and DJ Mackie. Tickets range from $37.50 - $102.50, doors are at 4:30 p.m. and the show is all-ages. Visit rebelutionmusic.com for tickets and info.

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t seems unlikely that Worth was crafted with a “20-year anniversary of 9/11, what have we learned” sensibility specifically in mind—it premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently became part of the COVID release date shuffle—but as it happens, that’s where we find it. There have been many cinematic stories over those two decades that used the terrorist attacks as either text or subtext, including fiction features and documentaries, and they have ranged in tone from the sublime (25th Hour) to the ridiculous (Remember Me). As is true of any historical event, this one doesn’t inherently make a movie any better or more profound just because the event itself was earth-shaking. What has happened with Worth appearing in the midst of the COVID pandemic is a curious but depressingly on-point reminder of what large-scale disasters expose about the way our society is structured. From 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina to the current viral fustercluck, we’re shown time and again that everything is political, even the things we solemnly try to tell ourselves aren’t political. With an effective sense of restraint, Worth creates drama out of our tendency to de-individualize tragedies that happen on a large scale, and what inevitably happens to those without the clout to make themselves heard.

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The fact-based focus is on Ken Feinberg (Michael Keaton), a Washington, D.C.based attorney and Georgetown Law professor who takes on a seemingly thankless task. Faced with potentially catastrophic financial losses from post-9/11 lawsuits, the airline industry petitions Congress to create a fund for direct payments to the families of those who died. It’s left to Feinberg and his team to create a theoretically objective formula for figuring out how much each life should be worth, and to bring on board 80 percent of the eligible claimants, including skeptics like widower Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci) and the widow (Laura Benanti) of a New York firefighter. Director Sara Colangelo (The Kindergarten Teacher) does include the events of 9/11 as a brief prologue, and it feels like the film could be stumbling out of the gate as we see familiar images of dust-covered, shellshocked people staggering through the streets of Manhattan. There’s a lot of stuff packed into the two hours of Max Borenstein’s script—including a newly-hired associate at Feinberg’s firm (Shunori Ramanathan) wrestling with her own feelings of barely missing being in one of the towers that day, and the messiness of a gay part-

ner as claimant in a pre-marriage equality America—and Worth skates along the edge of burying its lede. It does find its footing, though, in weaving its way through the complexity of the job that Feinberg has taken on, and his evolving understanding of what it should be. Worth makes it clear that Feinberg’s pro-bono acceptance of this role is something he genuinely sees as a patriotic duty, but it’s a patriotism built on the abstract sense of protecting “the economy”—you know, that thing that’s always very important when a massive corporation pleads to the government for salvation. While Keaton initially struggles with the character’s broad strokes, including his Massachusetts accent and single defining trait of loving opera, he ultimately settles into a growing awareness that there should be some justice involved in the law, and that maybe it shouldn’t all go to the wealthy families that can afford their own high-powered attorney (Tate Donovan). The heart of Worth emerges in part from the conversations between Feinberg and Wolf, which Colangelo wisely pitches at a low-key level that doesn’t turn them into mouthpieces for a debate. Yet it’s found

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries poet Anna Kamienska wrote, “I’ve learned to value failed conversations, missed connections, confusions. What remains is what’s unsaid, what’s underneath. Understanding on another level of being.” In the coming weeks, I suggest you adopt her perspective as you evaluate both past and present experiences. You’re likely to find small treasures in what you’d assumed were wastelands. You may uncover inspiring clues in plot twists that initially frustrated you. Upon further examination, interludes you dismissed as unimportant or uninteresting could reveal valuable wrinkles.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Several states in the U.S. have statutes prohibiting blasphemy. Saying “God damn it” could theoretically get you fined in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Wyoming. In the coming days, it’s best to proceed carefully in places like those, since you’ve been authorized by cosmic forces to curse more often and more forcefully than usual. Why? Because you need to summon vivid and intense protests in the face of influences that may be inhibiting and infringing on your soul’s style. You have a poetic license to rebel against conventions that oppress you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “If you don’t know what you want,” writes Piscean novelist Chuck Palahniuk, “you end up with a lot you don’t.” Very true! And right now, it’s extra important to keep that in mind. During the coming weeks, you’ll be at the peak of your ability to attract what you want and need. Wouldn’t you prefer to gather influences you really desire—as opposed to those for which you have mild or zero interest? Define your wants and needs very precisely.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “I often wonder who I am and where is my country and where do I belong and why was I ever born at all,” wrote Virgo author Jean Rhys (1890–1979). I don’t think you will be agitated by those questions during the next eight weeks, Virgo. In fact, I suspect you will feel as secure in your identity as you have in a long time. You will enjoy prolonged clarity about your role in the world, the nature of your desires, and how you should plan your life for the next two years. If for some inexplicable reason you’re not already enjoying these developments, stop what you’re doing and meditate on the probability that I am telling you the bold truth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) While wading through the internet’s wilder terrain, I found a provocative quote alleged to have been uttered by the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. He supposedly said, “My ultimate goal is to look totally hot, but not be unapproachable.” I confess that in the past I have sometimes been fooled by fake quotes, and I suspect this is one. Still, it’s amusing to entertain the possibility that such an august personage as Socrates, a major influencer of Western culture, might say something so cute and colloquial. Even if he didn’t actually say it, I like the idea of blending ancient wisdom with modern insights, seriousness with silliness, thoughtful analysis with good fun. In accordance with astrological omens, I recommend you experiment with comparable hybrids in the coming weeks. (P.S.—One of your goals should be to look totally hot, but not be unapproachable.)

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In 2016, the International Garden Photograph of the Year depicted lush lupine flowers in New Zealand. The sea of tall purple, pink and blue blooms was praised as “an elegant symphony.” What the judges didn’t mention is that lupine is an invasive species in New Zealand. It forces native plant species out of their habitat, which in turn drives away native animal species, including birds like the wrybill, black stilt and banded dotterel. Is there a metaphorically comparable phenomenon in your life, Leo? Problematic beauty? Some influence that’s both attractive and prickly? A wonderful thing that can also be troublesome? The coming weeks will be a time to try to heal the predicament.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Everyone dreams at least three dreams per night. In a year, your subconscious mind generates over 1,100 dreams. About this fact, novelist Milan Kundera writes, “Dreaming is not merely an act of coded communication. It is also an aesthetic activity, a game that is a value in itself. To dream about things that have not happened is among humanity’s deepest needs.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because September is Honor Your Dreams Month. To celebrate, I suggest the following: 1. Every night before sleep, write down a question you’d like your dreams to respond to; 2. Keep a notebook by your bed and transcribe at least one dream each time you sleep; 3. In the morning, have fun imagining what the previous night’s dreams might be trying to GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Gemini author Elif Batuman writes that the Old Uzbek language communicate to you; 4. Say prayers of gratitude to your dreams, was rich in expressions about crying. There were “words for thanking them for their provocative, entertaining stories. wanting to cry and not being able to, for loudly crying like thunder in the clouds, for crying in gasps, for weeping inwardly SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) or secretly, for crying ceaselessly in a high voice, for crying in In her autobiography Changing, Sagittarian actor Liv Ullmann hiccups and for crying while uttering the sound ‘hay hay.’” I expresses grief about how she and a loved one failed to comrecommend all of these to you in the coming days, as well as municate essential truths to each other. I propose we regard others you might dream up. Why? It’s prime time to seek the her as your anti-role model for the rest of 2021. Use her error invigorating release and renewal that come from shedding tears as your inspiration. Make emotionally intelligent efforts to talk about unsaid things that linger like ghostly puzzles between you generated by deep and mysterious feelings. and those you care about. CANCER (June 21-July 22) A blogger named MythWoven imagines an “alternate universe CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) where I literally go to school forever (for free) so I can learn about “I could do with a bit more excess,” writes author Joanne Harris. art and literature and history and languages for 100 years. No “From now on I’m going to be immoderate—and volatile,” job skills. No credit requirements. No student loans. Just learn- she vows. “I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry. I shall be ing.” I have longings like hers. There’s an eternal student within rampant.” Let me be clear, Capricorn: I’m not urging you to me that wants to be endlessly surprised with exciting informa- be immoderate, volatile, excessive and rampant every day for tion about interesting subjects. I would love to be continually the rest of your long life. But I think you will generate health adding fresh skills and aptitudes to my repertoire. In the coming benefits and good fortune if you experiment with that approach weeks, I will give free rein to that part of me. I recommend you do in the coming weeks. Can you think of relatively sane, sensible ways to give yourself this salubrious luxury? the same, my fellow Cancerian. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) After studying your astrological omens, I’ve decided to offer you inspiration from the ancient Roman poet Catullus. I hope the extravagant spirit of his words will free you to be greedy for the delights of love and affection. Catullus wrote, “Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred; then another thousand, then a second hundred; then yet another thousand.” I’ll add the following to Catullus’s appeal: Seek an abundance of endearing words, sweet favors and gifts, caresses and massages, help with your work, and fabulous orgasms. If there’s no one in your life to provide you with such blessings, give them to yourself.

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Oh, the good ol’ days of summer. Back in August 2016, the median sales price of a home in Utah was $252,000. The humble abode was a median size of 2,192 square feet and sold for $113 per square foot, with four bedrooms and three baths and was only on the market 15 days. Move forward to August of 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the same home sold in 12 days for $359,900, or $167 per square foot. This August has just ended, and we’ll have statistics very soon, but it looks like the median sale in Utah took less than seven days to go under contract, and the median sales price is around $455,000. This is for the entire state, not just Park City or the capital city where prices are cray-cray. Salt Lake City has gone from a median sales price of $271,135 in July 2016 to $470,000 in July 2021. Basically, property values in many metropolitan areas of our state have doubled in five years. Buyers should be jumping for joy because interest rates on mortgages have been between 3-4% during those five years, but they aren’t. Why? Simple math will show you that your income must have increased for you to buy a more expensive home, and wages certainly have not doubled in five years like home values have. A 30-year mortgage at 3.25% on a loan of $252,000 would have a principal and interest payment of $1,098 per month. The same terms on a $470,000 loan would cost $2,423 per month. Lenders will tell you to use a third of your monthly income as a rough calculation of the maximum mortgage payment you would be allowed under lender guidelines. To qualify for the $2,423 monthly payment, you’d have to be pulling in $7,269 per month. I’m not a lender, so just take this as a rough example. I didn’t include property taxes, mortgage insurance or—if it was a condo—homeowners association fees. President Biden has been pushing for a national minimum wage of $15 per hour. If you worked 40 hours per week at that rate— for four weeks in a month—you would bring in a gross salary of $2,400. Divide that by three and you would qualify for a mortgage payment of $800 a month on a mortgage amount of $147,500. Currently there are no single family homes listed in the MLS under $200,000 in all of Salt Lake County, and only one listed between $200,000 and $250,000. Even that $15 per hour isn’t going to help you buy a home unless you partner up with a friend or family member to combine your gross income. At $4,800 per month, divided by three, you’d qualify for a payment of $1,600 per month and a mortgage just over $300,000. There are a whopping two homes for sale in the Salt Lake Valley priced under $300,000. Home ownership dreams may just be dreams for buyers in today’s market. Sigh. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Inexplicable Metro reported on Aug. 15 that authorities in the village of Wonersh in Surrey, England, are stumped by a serial baked bean bandit who is pouring the savory legumes on doorsteps, cars and into mail slots. Officers have promised to step up patrols in the area, but residents are seeing the lighter side: “What half-baked idiots would do this? I hope they get thrown in the can!” and “Absolutely Heinzous crime.”

Repeat Offender A Davenport, Iowa, man was arrested on Aug. 12 after nonchalantly entering a home and rummaging for children’s dirty underwear, then sitting down next to a juvenile on the couch. The Quad-City Times reported that Brock Joseph Beert, 30, was led out the back door and waited for police while sitting on a fence. Beert was charged with second-degree burglary and will face the court for those charges after a sentencing hearing on Aug. 19 for another burglary earlier this year.

Fine Points of the Law Paul Flores, 44, of San Pedro, California, is facing the court for the 1996 disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart, Yahoo News reported. On Aug. 11, Bob Sanger, Flores’ attorney, filed a motion requesting a hearing to recuse the entire district attorney’s office. Sanger argued that prosecutors have a conflict of interest because they’ve been wearing purple clothing during the hearing, which was Smart’s favorite color. He also said the victim witness coordinator has been sending a “prejudicial message” to witnesses that the DA’s office is on Smart’s side. Specifically, Sanger said, Detective Clint Cole had worn a purple tie every day of the hearing. Sanger’s motion will be heard on Aug. 25.

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Suspicions Confirmed In January, Demetra Street of Baltimore attended a memorial service for her husband, Ivan, complete with a photo of him next to an urn at the front of the room at Wylie Funeral Homes. But after the service, funeral home personnel whisked the urn away and wouldn’t turn over Ivan’s ashes, she told The Washington Post. Now she thinks she knows why: Ivan’s ashes weren’t in the urn. Instead, his body had been buried three days earlier, according to the wishes of another woman who claimed to be Ivan’s wife, at Baltimore’s Mount Zion cemetery. In early August, Street filed a lawsuit against the funeral home for $8.5 million, calling the urn displayed at the memorial service a “sham.” The funeral home’s president, Brandon Wylie, denies the accusation: “We vehemently deny the claims advanced by Ms. Street and assert that the underlying matter was handled with the utmost sensitivity toward the loved ones of the deceased.” Awesome! In July, customers at Tesco supermarkets in England were greeted with motivational posters encouraging camaraderie during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Daily Record reported. However, some patrons were amused by the placement of the messages— especially one reading “Together we can do this” found in a urinal stall in the men’s restroom. Users posted the sign online, prompting replies such as, “Nah, I got this one all by myself— thanks, Tesco” and “OK, but only three shakes, please.” News That Sounds Like a Joke Dan Ball, a host on One America News, interviewed Amelia Miller on Aug. 12 about her newfound power: She claims she became magnetic after getting the Pfizer vaccine in December 2020. According to HuffPost, Miller said she recently started “to feel this extremely strong metallic taste in my mouth” and remembered stories about people who had become magnetic after being vaccinated. “I thought all these videos were hoaxes, people are doing it, like you said, for social media fame,” Miller told Ball. But then she tried sticking metal objects to her skin, and they stayed, and the metallic taste came back. When she tried to demonstrate during the interview, one metal object stuck, while another fell off. “I’m speechless. I’m just going to end the interview right there,” Ball responded. Send your weird news items to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com

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Rubbish n In Bathside, Harwich, England, resident Irene Slater, 59, has been “gobsmacked” by the theft of garbage bags from outside her home—four times! She keeps the full bags outside because of the smell, but someone obviously appreciates the bouquet, according to the Harwich and Manningtree Standard, sneaking up in the dark of night to take them away. Slater and her neighbors are concerned that the thieves are looking to steal their identities. “It’s just so strange —why would you steal a bin bag?” Slater asked. “It’s certainly not as bad as being burgled, but it still makes you think.” n Freddie Gillium-Webb, 29, from Hampshire, England, was tasked in August with a cleaning job he won’t soon forget, the Daily Mail reported. After a tenant was removed for not paying

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Puppy Le Pew A Nylabone dog-treat plant in Neptune City, New Jersey, has neighbors holding their noses after the company consolidated its manufacturing at the site recently. “It’s nauseating,” Linda Williamson, who lives nearby, told NBC New York. “Instant headaches.” Nylabone President Glen Axelrod said the company has spent more than $2 million on odor abatement, charcoal filters and other fixes. “If it were a bakery, you’d be smelling baked food; if we were a steakhouse, you’d be smelling steak,” he said. But ... it’s not. “You can’t enjoy your own yard in this beautiful neighborhood,” complained Linda Colucci. While neighbors consult with lawyers about their next moves, Axelrod said the company will continue to explore solutions to the noxious odors.

That Was Fast Steven James Jordan, 31, launched a Twitter account on Aug. 8 and tweeted 186 times within three hours. His account was suspended on Aug. 9, and by Aug. 12, Law & Crime reported, Jordan was booked into the Pinellas County (Florida) jail for threatening tweets. Sheriff’s spokesperson Deputy Amanda Sinni said Jordan targeted Activision Games in reference to video games and said he was going to blow up Disney executives’ homes, even tagging the company in the tweets. Jordan admitted to writing the tweets but said he posted “stupid things” and didn’t want to be arrested. He has a previous conviction for threatening to open fire at a Masonic lodge in Clearwater, Florida.

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Bright Idea New York City subway motorman Terrell Harris is in trouble with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority after letting his girlfriend take a train for a joyride on Aug. 13. According to NBC New York, the couple posted photos to social media showing them in the cab, with her operating the controls through several stops. Interim NYC Transit President Craig Cipriano called the incident an “egregious violation of public trust. Something that I haven’t seen in my 32 years here.” Harris has been “taken out of service.”

rent, Gillium-Webb went in to clean the apartment and found a pile of approximately 8,000 beer cans several feet deep, but that wasn’t the worst of it. “The smell was terrible. The kitchen was full of food waste and in the living room there were half-eaten kebabs and moldy loaves of bread all over the floor,” Gillium-Webb said. “The toilet was piled high with toilet paper and feces, it was disgusting. He’d never flushed it by the looks of it.” He said he vomited three times during the cleanup and used 100 large trash bags and 10 bottles of bleach. Still, Gillium-Webb was empathetic: “The tenant might have had depression and he probably had a drinking problem, based on the amount of cans. You need help sometimes, but you can’t live like that.”

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