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Life & Balance 24 good reads Eyes On The Prize
28 going solo Lowered Expectations
Style & Beauty 36 night out Night Music
38 haute looks Summer Hair
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30 relationships Finding Freedom
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16 Disease Detective 18 Breaking Stereotypes 20 Crime Fighting Dynamo 58 Fuel for Performance 50 Credit Card Debt 40 Teen Dating Problems
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56 politics Politically Speaking
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3 on the way/on the web 4 editor’s letter 6 credits/contributors 8 editor’s picks 10 what I know 64 that’s what he said The same characteristics that make Martha a great fire captain are those she’s trying to instill as a mother. “Three main areas we focus on are trust, compassion and tolerance,” — MARTHA ELLIS Pg.
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“Free! At last!” I said to myself, as I boarded the plane at age 17. I was on my way to college, far away from my parents’ eyes and rules. But, what I thought would be freedom turned out to be a confusing world of choices in both classes and boys. I wasn’t very good at managing my time, either, and I certainly didn’t know how to set boundaries. I recently reacquainted with a college friend through Facebook who remembered a lot more about my lack of boundaries than I would ever care to admit. The scene he had memory of involved a stockpile of filled water balloons, a truck bed and the police. Could I really have been that dumb? We all have moments in our lives where we aren’t at our best. Usually these are moments when we let others decide our fate for us. When we choose our path–that’s when we are most liberated. One of the most influential writers in America, William Faulkner, said, “We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” The women we feature in this issue are examples of how to do just that. When I met our cover woman, Martha Ellis, she made me laugh. When I read her story (page 12), I was amazed. She has done so much in her life, yet she’s still so down-to-earth and unassuming. Similarly, more women who are breaking stereotypes (pages 12-21) not only follow their heart in their work, they enjoy themselves while doing it. Within this issue, you’ll learn how to break free from credit card debt, and gain some sanity by getting your kids to help and train for your first 5K. I hope you’re able to practice freedom this summer and continue to do so throughout your life.
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REBECCA EDWARDS (Lowered expectations, pg. 28): What kind of stereotypes do you feel women still need to overcome? “I think women struggle with the idea that, not only can we do it all, but we should do it all. Women who choose to do “less” — career but no family, or family but no career — seem to fight stereotyping more than those who strive to ‘have it all.’”
VANESSA CHENEY (photographer for Fashion feature & Haute Looks, pgs. 32 and 38): What’s the most untraditional or un-female job have you done? “My husband’s family is in construction. You name it, I’ve done it. I used to come home looking like a drowned rat when I laid tile. I can trowel on thin-set, mastic and Schluter a shower. So, if this photography thing doesn’t work out, I have a future in construction.”
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SARAH NIELSON (Night Out, pg. 36): What’s the most untraditional or un-female job have you done? “The summer after my high school graduation I worked a manual labor job at a cement factory. I wore a hard hat and everything! It was the longest, hottest summer of my life, but I’d give just about anything to have the muscle tone I did after working there.”
RACHELLE HUGHES (Crimefighting dynamo, pg. 20): What’s the most untraditional or unfemale job have you done? “My most untraditional job was as a door-to-door Kirby vacuum salesgirl when I was 18 years old. I will never do that again. I don’t think it was un-female, but it was definitely a little crazy and occasionally a little scary.”
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ALLISON HANSEN (She’s on fire, pg. 12): What kind of stereotypes do you feel women still need to overcome? “Some women still mistakenly believe that in order to be taken seriously in the workplace, we must be aggressive and competitive. I believe in today’s professional workplace, we need more women to share feminine strength by showing compassion and mentoring each other.”
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JULIE PEREZ (Dos and don’ts of job charts, pg. 48): What kind of stereotypes do you feel women still need to overcome? “There is a widespread assumption that stay-athome mothers have lowered their self-expectations and reduced their potential contribution to society. Nurturing, teaching and loving children, however, may be even more valuable today than it ever has been. Dedicated mothers need to promote their role as the most socially beneficial and worthwhile occupation.”
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What about us women? What does estrogen do to us? Besides kicking us into puberty, it also drives our sexual development. And it plays a big role in our mental health too. The more we have of it, the better our mood. But, what I find fascinating about estrogen is how it sets the stage for motherhood. Estrogen has scientifically been proven to induce nurturing. It helps us put a baby’s needs above our own it drives us to care for a sick loved one and it produces the instinct to care for someone else.
Keep The Change By Rebecca Cressman, FM100.3 Mid-days You’ve heard the saying, “what goes around comes around,” right? Well, what’s coming around for all of us may give you a heady sense of freedom. From the time our gender is determined in the womb, our bodies and our brains start to develop differently. As the days, months and years go by, we exponentially become more physiologically and psychologically different as men and women. There are a lot of reasons why, but there’s no doubt that two hormones play a starring role. On stage right we have testosterone and on stage left, estrogen. To start with, testosterone makes things bigger. So, men have bigger hearts, lungs, livers and, usually, bodies too. Next up, testosterone increases risk-taking, competition, aggression and sex drive. Yes, as women we have testosterone in our bodies too, but men are swimming in it. An adult male has 40 to 60 times more testosterone than an adult female. Gulp. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that hormones control a man’s life, but everyday he is basically L.U.I (Living Under the Influence) of a powerful stimulus.
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So there we have it, the pink and blue traits that, to a large part, define who we are as men and women for most of our lives. But, then it all changes. When we get older, estrogen and testosterone leave the spotlight and become bit players in what motivates us in life. Men enter so-called “andropause” — as their testosterone levels drop, they tend to become more naturally passive, peaceful and platonic. And, then, it’s our turn. Our estrogen levels fade away in menopause, and as our hot flashes kick in, our innate desire to nurture cools off. We don’t stop caring for others, but we’re no longer driven to put other people’s needs, thoughts and desires ahead of our own. We say what needs to be said and we find our voice. No wonder they call it “The Change.” I remember sitting in the audience watching Menopause the Musical and laughing until tears had washed away every bit of my mascara. The storyline poked fun at dizzy spells, forgetfulness, mood swings, chocolate binges and wrinkles. But, its message was clear: There’s an upside to growing older. For the first time, we’re free to experience life without the undertow of strong hormones at play and that, girlfriends, is empowering. At the end of the show, the actresses invite the women in the audience to join a menopausal chorus line. One by one, the women climb on stage, link arms with others and kick up their heels to a new tune. I don’t know about you, but if I’m going to pass through any change, I want to do it in a chorus line. Oh … and pass me the chocolate.
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Martha Ellis has held lots of jobs in many places: aerobics instructor in Southern California, wild boar hunter in Hawaii, waitress in Colorado. She could have been a Playboy model, too, if her mom hadn’t “flipped” when she happened upon the contract on the kitchen counter. 12
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“MY LIFE IS WEIRD,” SHE LAUGHS. “I GOTTA
write a book.” After chasing adventure for the early part of her life and earning a degree from Colorado State University, Martha settled into her “awesome” career of firefighting in 1993 at the age of 31. This spring, after years of training and studying for the civil service exam, she was named division chief operating in the role of fire marshal for Salt Lake City. Martha started as a hotshot firefighter in Logan, and then worked in “combat” for both Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City. She was a jumpseat firefighter, then engineer apparatus operator up until she was four months pregnant. “Once I couldn’t fit in my turnouts anymore, I moved into the training division as a media technician.” After her daughter was born, she was promoted to captain and moved back to work on the rigs.
herself available to community members and works regularly on public programs. In addition, the job requires her to work with large stakeholders in the city, like the LDS Church, Energy Solutions and local politicians. “And that’s not everything. There’s a lot going on,” she says. Overwhelmed? “I know I’m only one me, but I’ve got a fantastic team to work with. I don’t do this alone, and I don’t pretend to. Knock on wood; I’m actually very comfortable right where I am.” It takes only a moment with Martha to understand that her inner drive, her competitive nature helped get her to this point. In fact, early in the recruiting process, she got turned on to the Firefighter Combat Challenge, a series of physical competitions that pit the strongest, grittiest firefighters against
THE OBSTACLES MARTHA HAS HURDLED ARE MORE THAN PULLING HEAVY ROPE AND CLIMBING LADDERS; HER GREATEST CHALLENGES HAVE REQUIRED
EMOTIONAL MUSCLE.
SHE SPEAKS SENSITIVELY OF HER FIRST HUSBAND, WHOSE LONG AND PAINFUL BATTLE WITH CANCER ENDED WITH HIS PASSING WHEN SHE WAS ONLY IN HER 20’S. Eventually, she was fire marshal at the airport before landing in her current position as fire marshal for the city. She’s the first female firefighter in the valley so accomplished.
WORKING OVERTIME In her current role, Martha has a wide range of responsibilities. Traditionally, a fire marshal is responsible for ensuring that codes are being adhered to, but Martha explains that she also makes
each other. In competition, she was timed as she climbed 43 feet with her body weight plus 100 pounds, worked heavy machinery, dragged a human dummy and picked up a hose line to hit a target. Her best: a mere 2 minutes 22 seconds. She won the women’s category five times and held the world record for eight years.
LIFE: THE ULTIMATE OBSTACLE COURSE The obstacles Martha has hurdled are more than pulling heavy rope and climbing ladders; her greatest challenges have required emotional muscle. She speaks sensitively of her first husband, whose long and painful battle with cancer ended with his passing when she was only in her 20s. “When he passed, I was like a lost ship,” she says. “There was this dichotomy of the world is my oyster, but the world had just kicked me in the teeth. My path was suddenly chock-full of opportunity, but riddled with sadness.” With her signature strength, Martha focused on the opportunities. “I could have imploded, or figured out what my life would be.” She climbed Mt. McKinley, bought a house and began exploring the possibility of a firefighting career. “I’ve learned to embrace adversity and look for what I’m supposed to learn from it, and run with the silver lining every chance I get. A life without adversity is a life where you don’t test the depth of who you are.”
MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING PRETTY Today, Martha is happily married to Captain Jeff Ellis with the Murray City Fire Department, whom she met through the Firefighter Combat Challenge (yup, he won the overall). They even planned their wedding to coincide with the national competition in Las Vegas. Their daughter, 7-year old Rosemary Jean, is also an athlete. She’s a yellow belt in hapkido, plays soccer and competed in her first triathlon at age 5. “She’s begging to play baseball,” Martha says. “She thinks she’s ready for the majors.” The same characteristics that make Martha a great fire captain are those she’s trying to instill as a mother. “Three main areas we focus on are trust, compassion and tolerance,” she says. “I think a person who trusts others is more trustworthy. Compassion for others is a reverence for life — all life. I tell her to be the bigger person if her buddies are picking on someone at school and be the one that extends a hand up or a compassionate ear. Tolerance is huge. Different does not warrant scary.” Martha also stresses to Rosemary the importance of self JULY | AUGUST 2009 wasatchwoman.com
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-reliance and independence. “My favorite question to ask her is, ‘Hey Rosemary, what's more important than being cute or pretty?’ She always answers, ‘Being smart!’ That’s my girl.” Martha won’t pressure Rosemary to choose any particular path, just to be anything she wants to be. “It’s not a question of what I want her to be. At one point, it was a ballerina cowgirl firefighter, but I don’t know what it is today. She’s going to be what she wants to be. I don’t worry about her one bit.” Martha is quick to suggest that the influence of family and friends has much to do with her success, especially her “incredibly accommodating” husband and “inspirational” daughter. She also credits her three older brothers: “If my brothers hadn’t beat the crap out of me on a regular basis, I would not be able to do what I do now,” she laughs. Even another female firefighter, Ginger Barraclough, who Martha humbly suggests could have beaten her on her test, helped her study. She admits that she hasn’t received too much flak for being a female firefighter, or maybe she chooses not to notice. “All I can do is work my butt off and do the best I can. But you’re never going to have everybody like you,” she says. While she won’t dismiss the challenges of women in her field, “I never like to play the chick card; I’ve just never been that type of person.”
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Being such an accomplished woman in an unconventional career, Martha recognizes her position as an example for other women and girls. “When I look at the attention I’m getting for this promotion, I look at myself as being more of a vehicle. It is not about me, I just happen to be a woman who happens to be a firefighter who happens to like to advance and compete and this is where it has landed me,” she explains. “The most significant thing about this promotion is the little girl in my daughter’s class thinking ‘Hmmm, if she can do that, what can I do?’” With this thought, the takecharge Martha softens; she apologizes as she wipes away a tear. “We’re in such a wonderful era of possibility, and I’ve fallen into that. You just don’t limit the scope of what you think is possible until you explore what you’ve seen.”
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DISEASE DETECTIVE Powerful The warm sun on this mid-spring day beckons just and Thriving about everyone in Utah to come out and play, but epidemiologist Renee Calanan hardly notices. She is in her Salt Lake City office, scanning news reports and sorting data, trying to get a handle on what infectious illnesses are lurking out in the world. From rubella to rabies, measles to meningitis, the 31-year-old epidemic intelligence service officer for the Utah Department of Health is hungry for the latest information that will help her determine the causes and risks of diseases in the Beehive State. BY MARCIA A. CHIDESTER 16
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Today, swine flu is the focus of Renee’s attention. The malady has gained a toehold in Mexico, but hasn’t made an appearance in Utah yet. Renee wants to be updated, ready. “I’m preparing, just in case,” she says.
for Disease Control, and was immediately matched with UDH. She arrived as the state was in the middle of a cryptosporidiosis outbreak that had already closed a list of public pools. Renee was immediately dispatched to the investigation.
Preparing is something Renee has been doing all her life. First for college, then for a career that combined her interests in biology and math — never mind that both disciplines are traditionally populated by men. Growing up with three brothers, the Buffalo, N.Y., native learned to easily mix the worlds of boy and girl. She played with Cabbage Patch dolls and Strawberry Shortcake, but also raced Matchbox cars, puttered with Micro Machines and traded baseball
“We needed to know whether the outbreak was continuing or starting to decline, and who was being affected and how,” she says.
cards. In school, science and math came easily.
parasite, counseled pool managers to heavily chlorinate their pools for an extended time, use ultraviolet lights and restrict swimming to people over 5 years old.
There was no way to determine how the illness started. One theory is that a single swimmer might have contaminated one pool, then the people infected there contaminated other pools, Renee says. She helped plan a strategy to kill the
and drugs, and biomedical research,” says Renee, who is a lieutenant commander in the organization. “My responsibility is to be trained in how to respond, in whatever way necessary.” Until that happens, Renee is content to concentrate on diseases that spring up in Utah. She loves the feeling that she is making a difference, she says. “I’m doing some good, helping to improve health care in some way,” she says. When off duty, Renee hikes with her husband in the summer and goes snowshoeing in the winter. She’s still a sports-loving tomboy, but satisfies her feminine side by crocheting,
“If you have an interest in math, don’t shy away from it. Do what you want to do,” she says. “If you excel early, it will help you in the long run. Show people that you can do it.” “I was never intimidated by maledominated fields,” she says. After completing her bachelor’s degree, Renee looked for a career that would fulfill two goals: It had to be a field about which she could become passionate, and it had to combine biology and math. It was while researching her master’s thesis — a treatise on bacteria, air pollution and waste water treatment plants — that she fell in love with epidemiology, the study of disease transmission and control. Although most science careers are populated largely by men, the genders are equally represented in epidemiology, Renee says. “It is one area of science that women have thrived and become powerful,” she says. After finishing her Ph.D. in 2007, Renee went to work for the Centers
Since then, Renee has worked on several other disease outbreaks, including salmonella, tularemia and campylobacter. When she landed the CDC position, Renee joined the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Often referred to as “the Surgeon General’s corps,” the volunteer organization demands that enlistees be ready for deployment to any area plagued by a public health crisis or natural disaster. Such cadres of disease detectives were sent to scrutinize the health fallout of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the subsequent anthrax scares, the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami in 2004, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
baking and finding new recipes for bread, cookies and chocolate cake. As more women enter maledominated fields, gender stereotypes will diminish, Renee says. In the meantime, girls who excel in science and math may feel out of place in a male-dominated world, but they have to follow their hearts. “If you have an interest in math, don’t shy away from it. Do what you want to do,” she says. “If you excel early, it will help you in the long run. Show people that you can do it.” As of press time, Utah has had 210 reported cases of swine flu and 10 deaths. Rates of infection, complications and further deaths are uncertain, Calanan says. “We are still learning about the severity and other epidemiological characteristics of [the virus],” she says.
“We are involved in disease control and prevention, mental health issues, health care delivery, regulation of food
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BREAKING STEREOTYPES One Woman’s In 2005, the president of Harvard UniverScientificApproach sity, Lawrence H. Summers, claimed that women were handicapped as scientists due to their genetic deficiencies in scientific and engineering aptitudes. Although roundly criticized for such comments, these misperceptions are of great concern to many scientific organizations such as the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation. BY LANNA CAIRNS 18
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These organizations are searching for the real answers why women, who are well represented and high achieving in undergraduate science, engineering and medical colleges, are sparsely represented in leadership positions in science. Dr. Mary Beckerle, the executive director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), at the University of Utah and a past president of the American Society for Cell Biology,
important male and female mentors. However, her greatest inspiration came from her mother, who was always highly energetic, tenacious and 100 percent committed to everything she did. Mary joined the University of Utah faculty in 1986. She was an outstanding teacher, winning the Utah Biology Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her scientific accomplishments were also remarkable, leading to many presti-
“There is a huge issue for women interested in scientific careers because there is a clash in timing between the biological clock and the tenure clock.” represents a clear exception. At the time she was selected for her post, there were only five other women serving as executive directors of National Cancer Institute-designated centers. Her considerable talents allowed her to rise above gender discrimination and become a highly respected leader in an extremely competitive, male-dominated field — all while raising a family and leading a fulfilling personal life. Fruits of success The keys to her success have been passion, intelligence and following the example of great role models. As an undergraduate student at Wells College, she was passionate about biology and envisioned a career in the sciences. After completing her degree, she elected to attend graduate school to study cell biology. She recognized that the field was ripe for discoveries that would impact human health. During her academic training, she had
gious awards including the Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed Chair in cancer research, an appointment as a Guggenheim Fellow, the Rothschild-Yvette Mayent Award Scholar at the Curie Institute in Paris, and, in 2001, the Utah Governor’s Award for Science and Technology. Science is extremely competitive, with all involved vying both for important discoveries and for government grants. Here, Mary attributes her success to “passion for what I do, fierce determination and being fortunate with having remarkable colleagues and co-workers.” She also appreciates the support of her husband, who has always been by her side as her “cheerleader,” and who shares domestic responsibilities with her.
there is a clash in timing between the biological clock and the tenure clock,” she notes. Mary’s drive is to help women avoid this choice and realize, instead, the option to combine both. Mary has advocated numerous solutions to help combine an academic science career and a family. These include the automatic right to parental leave and the extension of the tenure clock following childbirth — this eliminates the current stigma of having to petition for considerations that are often necessary. Other solutions include on-site childcare, emergency care for sick children, more female colleagues, hours compatible with a having a family and equitable compensation. Mary’s zeal for the current success and future potential of the HCI is palpable. “We have the opportunity to have an exceptional impact on cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. We have the best people in the world at HCI. My job is to make sure that they have the resources and support they need to live up to their full potential.” Under her direction, the HCI has become a leader in research while also demonstrating care, concern and support for each cancer patient. Since 1901, only 10 out of the 300 Nobel Prize-winners have been women. According to Sharon Bertsch McGrayne’s Nobel Prize Women in Science, these outstanding women were successful because of their drive in the fields of science and discovery. Perhaps, one day, one of the many talented female scientists at HCI will up the count for female Nobel Prizewinners to 11. Progress has already been made. In 2006, Larry Summers was fired from Harvard largely for his incorrect and insensitive remarks — and Dr. Mary Beckerle was made the new executive director of Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Champion for women “There is a huge issue for women interested in scientific careers because
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CRIME-FIGHTING DYNAMO Push Past Geri Miller-Fox loves taking her teenage fly-fishing or backpacking in the Limitations daughter mountains on the weekends. For some women, this is the definition of an adventurous life. But, it is during the week that Geri fulfills her craving for a life of action, and her career in law enforcement and corrections provides her the perfect opportunity. BY RACHELLE HUGHES
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Geri laughs when she remembers the initial reaction the inmates at a Utah prison had to her 4-foot-10-inch frame and corrections officer status. “They didn’t think I was serious.” That was 14 years ago. Geri is now the deputy division director for adult parole and probation for the Utah State Department of Corrections and that is just one of her many leadership roles in the Utah law enforcement community. She is also a halfway house director and the area chair of the University of Phoenix’s criminal justice program. “I’ve had a very rapid career,” says Geri, who fell in love with the
was a trainer at the corrections academy, she often found that women sometimes doubted their own abilities. She encouraged those women to see their full potential. “When you believe you can’t do a push-up or run a mile and a half, you limit your opportunities. We need to train to our dreams” says Geri. She uses this same philosophy in her parenting techniques with her own teenage daughter. When her daughter came home from school one day and explained how the girls in the class had done half push-ups, she looked at her and told her, “Do the full push-up. If you do the half push-ups, you will
diverse,” a career that is “misunderstood by many people. Officers have to know the law, understand the legal process, act as first responders to major crisis and help calm people. It really is a helping profession.”
SUPPORT SYSTEM A supportive husband backs up Geri in all her endeavors. When Geri asked her husband if he worried about some of the dangers associated with her job, he told her, “You could never be happy in a normal job. I want you to be at your best and you are at your best when you have this kind of opportunity.”
“I think we think of it as a nontraditional job because it is physical. We do have to detain, arrest and occasionally defend ourselves or someone else’s life. I don’t know that is something that women are socialized or ventured towards.” physical and mental challenge of the corrections career path while she was in training at the corrections academy. “Within two years I was hooked, I had found my niche.” While it may seem that a high ranking job in this profession is a non-traditional job for women, Geri points out that corrections is becoming one of the leading law enforcement agencies to retain and promote women.
SHOOT HIGH, DREAM BIG Geri has never been afraid to burst misconceptions about a woman’s capabilities. Her innate sense of women’s strength and potential is second-nature. Yes, she thinks that many women may see her job as nontraditional, but it has not stopped her from pursuing a career she is passionate about. “I think we think of it as a nontraditional job because it is physical. We do have to detain, arrest and occasionally defend ourselves or someone else’s life. I don’t know that is something that women are socialized or ventured towards.” Bubbling with ambition, Geri motivates those around her to push themselves to their limits. When Geri
have already trained your mind to do less.” She ensures her daughter understands that there are no limits on the dreams or careers she can pursue.
COMMANDING OFFICE Geri’s job duties no longer involve one-on-one with inmates or parolees. She spends her hours making sure the state’s 650 employees in the parole and probation department are supported. She has a strong affection for the officers who work to fulfill the Utah Department of Corrections’ mission.
Geri has never been one to shrink from pursuing opportunities — from becoming certified in yoga, backpacking in the mountains or teaching one of six courses a year to her students in the criminal justice program at the University of Phoenix. She has moments of peace and stillness, though — probably after she has backpacked up a challenging trail or kayaked down a river. Breathing in the fresh mountain air, communing with nature or bonding with her daughter while they are on some trail in the middle of nowhere all bring Geri much-needed quiet.
“There are offenders who are dangerous and should never get out. But there are also people who have made substantial mistakes — and while they may never figure it out, it is our mission to provide opportunities for those who are motivated to change,” she says. While the stress of her job may seem overwhelming some days, Geri says she stays because “I love the officers I get to work with everyday. It is an honor to work with them.” She describes law enforcement and corrections as “sophisticated and JULY | AUGUST 2009 wasatchwoman.com
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LIFE
GOOD READS
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Olive Kitteridge
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by Elizabeth Strout $14.00 (Paperback) | 304 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 9780812971835
BY ELIZABETH KENNEDY
Eyes on the Prize 2009 Winners of the Pulitzer Fiction and Caldecott Awards By the conclusion of Olive Kitteridge, I felt that if I met Olive I would recognize her. While Olive does not always take center stage in Elizabeth Strout’s 2009 Pulitzer-prize winning work of fiction, Olive Kitteridge, Olive’s presence permeates this work. The stories of the other characters not only reveal much about them, but they also bring Olive more clearly into focus. Olive Kitteridge is a retired schoolteacher living in the small town of Crosby, Maine. In each chapter, Olive or someone she knows is dealing with a crisis. These crises range in urgency from a contemplated suicide and a hostage situation to more ordinary traumas, such as overhearing unflattering truths about one’s self and discovering painful secrets about loved ones. As the characters cope (or don’t) with the troubles they face, Olive is there playing a part, sometimes up close, other times in the background. Both Olive’s husband, Henry, and her son, Christopher, figure repeatedly in these stories, and it is in her interactions with them that Olive struggles most. When Olive’s voice narrates, we hear a woman who is forceful, blunt, often funny and impatient with sentimentality. This impatience leads her to be particularly critical of warm, kindhearted Henry. At the same time, Olive is deeply disappointed by the distance she feels from her son. While she blames his ex-wife for taking him away from her, Olive eventually comes to the remorseful realization that she
may have done the most damage to their relationship. While Olive is a difficult, often prickly person, Strout makes her lovable in her dealings with characters in positions of weakness. Olive shows great compassion to a young girl battling anorexia, and her wise advice is instrumental in helping several of her former math students make vital decisions that change the courses of their lives. Like many women, Olive is more capable of sharing her strength, love and insight with those outside her inner circle than within it. As I read the book, I wished that Olive could connect with her husband and son in the same way she does with these other characters. Strout brings Olive to the point where she is self-aware enough to wish for these connections. Olive then works toward them, albeit imperfectly, even when it grows too late. Perhaps the most impressive achievement of Strout’s writing is the creation of Olive. Seen through her own eyes and the eyes of other characters — some admiring, some judgmental, some sympathetic and forgiving and some wounded — Olive Kitteridge is a threedimensional woman I won’t soon forget..
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BY LORI LEE o you believe that if you think about something with enough intent, that thing will come to you?
After my divorce six years ago, I — like half of America — watched Under the Tuscan Sun and fell in love with the idea of Italy. I’ve learned that I can’t travel to new places without a mountain to climb, a trail to bike or a river to paddle. For me to truly feel a place, I need to hear the voice of God in the natural environment, so I began to picture myself biking across the Tuscan countryside. I didn’t picture the details of how it would come about, just the nodding yellow sunflowers, the ancient olive orchards, the expanse of vineyards, the rolling Tuscan hills and century-old rock farmhouses that dot the crests in photos of Tuscany. Saint Augustine, an ancient Roman Christian theologian from the third century said, “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” If the world is a book, then might I suggest also that life is a puzzle? One colorful piece snuggles into its neighbor, and as the pieces come together,
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the picture begins to unfold. The pieces of my trip to bike across Tuscany fell into place with Girlfriends Go Tours of Park City. Guiding all-female groups to Tuscany and Costa Rica, Lynn Ware Peek and Betsy Bothe, the owners of Girlfriends Go, shuttle, shop, translate, teach and arrange our days. The Tuscan Brunello wine cellars, the authentic Italian dinners, language lessons, Italian cooking lessons and the Il Gran Fondo de Brunello — a 36-kilometer mountain bike race whose 1,021 participants consisted almost completely of men and instead of getting a t-shirt at registration you get a bottle of wine — were the colors that punctuated our daily biking up and down the rolling hills of Tuscany as the pieces came together. American women cluster in the Italian kitchen in our rented old stone farmhouse. We slice tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, beets, parmesan, basil and cucumber. The soundtrack to Mamma Mia! plays behind us while Fredrico Marconi makes pizza and the deep, reverberating hum of the women all talking at once takes stage front. Corks pop and trays of food are laden with the colors of red tomatoes, white mozzarella,
green pesto and golden breads. One woman wears a t-shirt with a bike across the chest, another has wet hair from her shower following the daily ride along the roads that pass vineyards drooping deep, purple grapes that await their transformation into Brunello. We dance, swing our hips to the music while we work. This is another piece of the Tuscan puzzle. Each morning, we bike down a steep dirt road that leads from our stone apartments, past vineyards, to the road below that winds through the countryside. We bike to thermal spas; to old, stone, neighboring cities; to cafés for thimbles of coffee and gelato; to an abbey that dates to 1100 A.D; to wine cellars with grand barrels made of special woods; and back to the steep dirt road. We found Antonello, the handsome Italian
WE BIKE TO THERMAL SPAS; TO OLD, STONE, NEIGHBORING CITIES; TO CAFÉS FOR THIMBLES OF COFFEE AND GELATO; TO AN ABBEY THAT DATES TO 1100 A.D; TO WINE CELLARS WITH GRAND BARRELS MADE OF SPECIAL WOODS; AND BACK TO THE STEEP DIRT ROAD.
in-laws’ home, a son with cancer and a husband who keeps her young because every day he “brings her the water she needs to be a flower.” Before she leaves, she stands near the fireplace and, unprompted, opens her soul and sings to us with a voice of power and beauty that no one expected. The applause rocks the restored farmhouse and we beg for another. I look at her beauty of self and the gift she gave us, and reverently applaud the power of the individual. How rich we become as women by sharing with one another John Buffini, in his book, Be Yourself, says, “The key is to enthusiastically pursue your life desires, the desires of your heart.” Biking through Tuscany fulfilled a desire of my heart, and, as usually happens as those pieces of life slide into place, far more comes to light than expected. Women are opulent creatures. The camaraderie, support and color they provide one another shine through precisely because of their individual designs. Tuscany hoards a vibrant life of genuine color and atmosphere. Biking Tuscany was all I hoped it would be — a slower way to feel the country — a way to see the colors, feel the air, touch the cobblestones that have snuggled into the ground for 10 of my lifetimes. My thoughts of biking Tuscany came to fruition while the details filled in richly. Perhaps I could add to Saint Augustine’s thought: Those who travel read the pages of the world, but those who travel with generous-souled women mine the riches of those pages.
doctor, at the thermal spas where we donned swimming caps and floated in the green mineral waters while looking across the valley at the Roca D’Orcia. In theory, all romantic trips to Italy should include some handsome Italian man. We found one. Clad in his European Speedo and stretched out in the fading sun, his tan body drew stares. He spoke no English and I no Italian, so over coffee and juice we lilted through language lessons and found a few words we understood. I learned that the Italian equivalent of 911 is 118. I learned how to say “red” and “green” in Italian. I learned how to pronounce “valley” and “river,” and that no matter how efficient one might be at witty repartee, it does you absolutely no good when you can’t speak another’s language. His gift to me was another colorful piece of the Tuscan puzzle, a kiss on each cheek, followed by a purposeful kiss on the mouth as the girls and I gathered our things to leave behind the warm waters and swim caps. I do a lot of observing as, in Saint Augustine’s words, I read a new page of the world. I watch these women, ages 36 to 72. They are quirky. Their marital status varies. They are blonde, grey, brunette. Some have conservative views, some liberal. Body shapes vary, jobs and experiences are vastly different and they hail from different parts of America. But what they have in common is the way they pour themselves into this time and place. They are all beautiful in their individuality and each is richer because of all the variety that surrounds them with their comrades. Over dinner, Rosetta, our Italian cook, tells us her story of young marriage, years of servitude in her
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Expectations Key to satisfaction
By Rebecca Edwards When I was a little girl, I had visions of myself in some big city, wearing a trench coat and not only looking very important and successful, but actually being very important and successful. Then, somewhere during my “year off” before starting college, I did something that changed that vision forever: I got pregnant with my older daughter. Motherhood did not necessarily negate my big-city ambitions, and in fact, before Savannah was even 1 year old I got the chance to cover a high-profile murder case for the Associated Press. It was a dream assignment and just the thing that could get my foot in the door at one of those big-city papers I had my eye on. Not only did I have to sit in court for about nine hours every day, I had to file three stories as well. Between getting Savannah to and from her babysitter and getting the last story of the day written, edited and out on the wire, I was spending almost 12 hours a day away from my baby. Even though the job was exciting and could lead to so many other possibilities, at the end of the trial I declined to continue writing for them. I felt that since I had made the choice to be a mom, I owed it to that little girl to be around. Since that first crisis of conscience — pitting my professional loves against my mommy loves — my heart and soul have battled it out again and again. As the primary breadwinner for my family, I carry the heavy responsibility of providing enough — and wanting to do more than enough because it feels good to be able to do so. I have been fortunate to have amazing opportunities come my way — opportunities that acknowledge my talent, hard work and stroke my ego a little, too. Opportunities that promise growth and a big bank account. One thing that I’ve always said is that everything in life is a trade-off, and these opportunities have been no exception.
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While nurturing and feeding the professional side of me that wants to rule the world, I eventually find the family side of me starving to death, and vice versa. Once I notice the imbalance, I try to set things right. Being the overachiever that I am, I don’t start small by doing something like going home on time every night — OH NO! I’m going to redecorate the girls’ rooms; volunteer at their school; make fresh, healthy meals from scratch every day; keep the house disgustingly clean; organize walks and crafts projects; and teach them to appreciate art — and when I’m done with all of that, we’re going to volunteer at a homeless shelter and then go to Disneyland! It will be warm and fuzzy and there will be a catchy, happy tune playing as the soundtrack to our perfect lives that I am providing to make up for all the normal, not-perfect days I’ve allowed to slip by. Then a crisis happens at work and I pick up KFC on the way home. I leave the dishes in the sink and we settle in to watch American Idol. We spend an hour making fun of the show and laughing together. I tuck them in and kiss them goodnight. We feel like a family. Sometimes the quest for balance is the closest I can come, and some days I do better. Thank heavens, though, for the generous hearts of my daughters who reassure me in a million little ways that I really am enough — no matter how many times I tell myself the opposite.
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LIFE
RELATIONSHIPS
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Is that really true? Things are not always as we’re convinced they are. A wife in my practice was absolutely certain that her husband left a threatening voicemail on her lover’s cell phone. The husband swore it wasn’t him. In the middle of therapy, she even called her lover and had him play the message over the speakerphone. She screamed at her husband, “I know that’s you … that’s your voice! Stop lying to me.” (It’s interesting that she was now focusing on his lies.) During the heat of the moment, the husband realized it was a friend of his who had left the message. Needing some convincing, this friend was also placed on speakerphone where he came clean with his efforts to “help” a buddy.
“Who do I want to be here?
By Dr. Liz Hale
The truth shall set you free — but first it may tick you off. Beware of acting on that feeling. I am usually a lover of truth and reality. There are, however, times that I’m just not up for it. Like with feedback or constructive criticism or knowing how my neighbor really feels about the chaotic road construction on our street. Perhaps I’m coming across as a bit uncaring for a therapist. Let me clarify: I care deeply about people and their wellbeing; I care less about their feelings. Feelings are highly overrated. But, we often act on them anyway. We make monumental decisions — even life-changing foolish decisions — on them. We believe that if we feel it, then it must be truth. This is not freedom! Thoughts (disguised as feelings) land on each of us all day long. We have two choices: we either believe them or we challenge them. It’s the latter that sets us free. To truly set yourself free, ask yourself these three key questions when these thoughts come into your mind:
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Be free of the influence of others. Too often, we give our power away; we allow ourselves to become victim to another’s behavior instead of being true to ourselves. Respond to a situation because of who you are, not because of who they are. Choose to be better than you naturally would be. Doing what feels good is natural, but it also negates your higher self. We are creating history in any given moment. What words and actions do you want reverberated through the seasons, or even just throughout someone’s mind in any given day? Determine that you will leave a situation, a friend or a dinner date better than when you started. Give each person the opportunity to leave your presence feeling known and respected.
Am I choosing or chasing happiness? Too often, we are so busy chasing happiness that we forget to choose it … right now! I love what a friend of mine says: “Liz, you may just win the rat race; but remember, in the end, you’ll still be a rat!” Cease the pursuit and enjoy the embrace of happiness. Guess what will most determine how happy you’ll be five years from now, once you’re in the new house, have a bigger paycheck, with more children or no more children? Nope; it’s how happy you are right now, without all that.
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Pictured: Dress, sandals and bracelet (Dear Lizzie)
By Lisa Hong Utah summers are known for many things: parades, fireworks, state fairs, rodeos, 9 p.m. sunsets and triple-digit temperatures. The hot weather is perfect for spending days at the lake or the pool — basically, places where you can live in your swimsuit. But life sometimes demands that we brave the heat and put on normal clothes. The thought of putting on jeans or even shorts in July and August can be unappealing to say the least. Dresses are an optimal solution to this getting-ready-to-brave-the-heat conundrum. Right now, dresses sold in most stores are less form-fitting than in seasons past, helping keep body temperatures low and comfort levels high. This summer, dresses are in many different silhouettes, lengths, colors and styles. You’ll find a lovely array of some of the season’s biggest trends in most stores. You can find bohemian maxi-dresses and dresses with pintucked detailing, along with some classic favorites like tank dresses and dresses with smocking along the bust or waist. Wearing a dress is a great way to play up coquettish femininity and can help beat summer wardrobe slumps. Boutiques and shops all along the Wasatch Front are filled with these pretty-yet-functional frocks. Try wearing a dress today, I promise you’ll thank me later.
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Pictured: (on left) Dress and necklace (Apt. 202), belt (Koo De Ker), shoes (Soel Boutique). (on right): Dress (Apt. 202), earrings (Q Clothing Boutique), sandals (The Children’s Hour).
Pictured: Dress and cardigan (Castle Couture), shoes (Soel Boutique).
Pictured: (on left) Dress (Koo De Ker), earrings (Whimsy Clothing). (on right): Dress and slip (Castle Couture), scarf (Q Clothing Boutique), bracelet and cowboy boots (Whimsy Clothing).
Pictured (on left): Location for the Summer
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Pictured: Dress and cuff (Apt. 202) earrings (Koo De Ker), shoes (The Children’s Hour).
Pictured: Dress and necklace (Apt. 202), cardigan (Whimsy Clothing), shoes (Dear Lizzie), ring (Koo De Ker).
Pictured: (on left): Dress (Dear Lizzie), tank top and necklace (Koo De Ker), sandals (Soel Boutique). (on right): Dress, top and fedora (Soel Boutique), shoes (Dear Lizzie).
Pictured: From left to right: Dress (Soel Boutique), shoes (Dear Lizzie), ring (Whimsy Clothing). Dress (Whimsy Clothing), shoes and purse (The Children’s Hour), earrings from Castle Couture. Dress and purse (The Children’s Hour), sandals (Dear Lizzie), necklace (Whimsy Clothing). Dress (Q Clothing Boutique), shoes (The Children’s Hour), earrings (Apt. 202).
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LITTLE
By Sarah Nielson
Night Music
Summers in Salt Lake City are what keep me in this snow-ridden state. On the darkest days of winter, I force myself to remember just how much I love Utah summers. Knowing the intense, dry heat is a few short months away gets me through the misery that is winter. Did I mention I hate winter?
With the arrival of summer comes my need to be outside. After being cooped up all winter long, I’m ready to spend as many hours outdoors as possible. Hiking is a great option, but sometimes it’s nice to just relax outdoors and listen to music. Salt Lake has a variety of summer concert series, some of which are even free — my favorite word these days. A few of my favorite free concert series are held at The Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake. The Lunch Bunch Concert Series is a must. Every weekday, you can enjoy live music while eating lunch at The Gallivan Center. This concert series begins May 11 and runs through September 11. For me, it’s a great incentive to pack a lunch. Not only do I save money, but also I am able to break up the monotony of the workday by spending an hour outdoors. The music plays from noon to 1 p.m. There are chairs and tables, or you can bring a blanket and relax on the grass. The Gallivan Center is also home to the Salt Lake Art’s Council Twilight Concert Series. This particular concert series is every Thursday night starting July 9 and ending August 27. The music begins at 7 p.m. and plays until 10 p.m. Inside are local food vendors, as well as an area to buy beer and wine. These concerts generally attract big crowds, so arriving early is the best way to guarantee a good spot. The Twilight Series is the highlight of my week, making Thursday the new Friday. Each year, the lineup is even better than the previous year. This year, I’m looking forward to seeing Bon Iver and Jenny Lewis play. The Red Butte Concert Series is another summer obsession of mine. Listening to music in such a scenic concert venue is an ideal summer night for me. These concerts aren’t free, so I typically limit myself to one or two concerts per season. You can preorder a picnic from the venue’s food vendor or pack your own. The tickets for these concerts go quick, so if you plan to attend, buy tickets early. These aren’t the only outdoor concert options. Salt Lake has numerous outdoor concert festivals throughout summer and early fall. Check back with the Wasatch Woman Web site for updated information.
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ADDITIONAL VENUE INFORMATION: Red Butte Garden 300 Wakara Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. RED BUTTE CONCERT SERIES 2009: July 7: Indigo Girls July 13: Death Cab For Cutie with Andrew Bird & Ra Ra Riot July 19: The Wallflowers July 31: Diana Krall August 4: Chicago August 14: Chris Isaak August 19: Los Lobos & Los Lonely Boys August 25: The Avett Brothers September 1: Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal September 3: Booker T. & The Drive-By Truckers Tickets can be purchased in-person at the Red Butte Garden Visitor Center, on the Red Butte Web site — http://www.redbuttegarden.org/ concerts — or you can call (801) 585-0556. THE GALLIVAN CENTER CONCERT SERIES: The Gallivan Center 239 S Main Street Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 535-6110 The Lunch Bunch Concert Series lineup can be downloaded at http://www.ci.slc.ut.us/ publicservices/Gallivan/lunchbunch.html. The Gallivan Center Twilight Concert Series schedule can be found online at http://www. ci.slc.ut.us/publicservices/Gallivan/twilight. html.
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Style Messy Chignon
Stylist: Tricia Snow at High Life Salon Clothing: Top and earrings (Koo De Ker)
haute hair
This is a perfect style for summer days when the temperature is soaring. It is a unique alternative to the ubiquitous summer ponytail. One of the best things about this style — it works best when your hair is a little bit dirty. It can be damaging to wash your hair everyday, so this provides a style when trying to figure out what do to with second-day hair. “This is a great look because it gives you a finished style and all of your hair is up and off your neck,” says stylist Tricia Snow.
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Style Short Convertible Cut
Stylist: Thomas Hardy at the Thomas Hardy Salon Clothing: Tank top (Koo De Ker)
This is a versatile length that allows one to style hair in different ways to make it look shorter or longer, while enjoying the benefits of having short hair. One day, hair can be styled in a way to make it look short like Victoria Beckham’s enviable pixie cut. The next day, the length can be played up by adding a wave or curl that could not be achieved if hair was actually cut to pixie length. If you are seriously thinking about cutting your hair short, hairstylist Thomas Hardy recommends finding a picture of someone with a haircut you like that also has a similar face shape as you. If you provide the stylist with a visual example, you are more likely to get the look you desire.
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Style Long-Tousled Curls
Stylist: Marci Day at Essence Salon Clothing: Top (Whimsy), headband (Dear Lizzie) This look is a little bit more time consuming than the rest, but it gives hair a messy curled look that is fabulous for the summer. You can use either a curling iron or a flat iron to create these loose-tousled curls. With this style, it is OK if the curls are not uniform and look messy; it is all a part of the beach-like style that makes this an ideal look for summer.
Style Bangs
Stylist: Karen Price at The Strand Salon Clothing: Top (Children’s Hour) Bangs are back in a big way this summer. Gone are the days of wispy bangs. This summer’s bangs are a substantial fringe that frame the face and draw attention to the eyes. “The best reason to have bangs is you can change your entire look, but you don’t have to take a lot of length off your entire head of hair,” says stylist Karen Price. “It is a relatively small thing, but it dramatically changes your appearance.”
Style Half-Up with a Headband
Stylist: Charisse Williams at the Metropolitan Salon Clothing: Blouse (Koo De Ker), headband Hair Sweets by Charisse at Metropolitan Salon The key to this style is to create volume at the roots, but keep the rest of the hair smooth and sleek. Hairstylist Charisse Williams suggests using a volumizing shampoo and conditioner. This style also utilizes one of the summer’s biggest accessory trends — the headband. Keeping hair out of the face on a hot summer day is essential to a fresh look.
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Are we sending teenagers mixed messages about sex and romance?
ears ago, I was chaperoning a high school dance when another mother pointed out two kids on the dance floor. “Don’t they make such a darling couple,” she gushed just loud enough for me to hear. “I can’t imagine two people more perfect for each other.” Indeed the couple she ogled was picture-perfect — both young and handsome and popular and athletic. They did appear to fit together. Before they graduated from high school, I learned from this same friend that the attractive young lady was expecting a baby and considering putting the child up for adoption. My friend was shocked. “How could such a thing possibly happen?” she asked. “They were such good kids.” You know exactly how it happened, so I won’t embarrass you with the details. It doesn’t take a social scientist to observe that couples in love have a desire to make love. That’s why we use the term “make love,” because the act is ideally the ultimate way of expressing love. In fact, making love is such an obvious result of being in love, it seems unfair to ask couples who are in love not to make love. Yet that is exactly what adults do who accept or even encourage high school sweethearts, and then express dismay and disapproval when the young lovers “go too far.” They think that high school students — impulsive, impetuous, hormone-driven teenagers — have the self-discipline not to act on the most powerful emotion in the universe. When we condone high school love affairs and then condemn pre-marital sex, we send a double message. We imply that emotional intimacy amongst adolescents is perfectly appropriate, yet we insist that physical intimacy among adolescents is not. Emotional intimacy leads to physical intimacy.
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Allowing adolescents to become emotionally intimate, yet forbidding them to become physically intimate is like telling them to breathe in, but don’t breathe out. How long should they hold their breath?
Some parents recognize that it’s not fair to ask couples who are emotionally intimate to refrain from physical intimacy. So these parents, in an effort to be congruent, teach their adolescents not to have sex until they are in a “caring, loving relationship” (as if an adolescent is capable of this type of relationship or even knows what one looks like). Then the parents simply supply their children with birth control devices so the youthful lovers won’t make babies. Even though such parenting skirts hypocrisy, there are a million good reasons for high school students to avoid physically intimate relationships, birth control or not. In fact, there are almost a million reasons for high school students to avoid emotionally intimate relationships, only one being that emotional intimacy leads to physical intimacy. (I’ll clue you in on some of these reasons in the next issue). Therefore, I recommend we send congruent messages, not by telling our adolescents, “It’s okay to make love if you are in love,” but by saying, “It’s not okay to be in love when you are still in high school.” Yes it’s a radical idea. It’s almost as radical as asking high school students not to drink until they are of legal age. Studies have found that high school students actually fare better emotionally, academically, socially and spiritually when they avoid emotionally intimate relationships in high school. Contrary to many an old wives’ tale, high school
romance doesn’t help these kids grow up in a healthy way. It gets in the way of their growing up healthy. Teenage love affairs rarely last and inevitably lead to heartbreak of one degree or another. As tough as it is to change a tradition that is as ingrained as hog dogs and apple pie, we will spare our adolescents megabytes of misery if we encourage them to postpone romance until they are old enough to do something about it.
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I start by choosing a menu that is simple, within my budget and
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Are you among the large number of people that think a summer barbecue means hamburgers and hot dogs? Does your typical summer holiday gathering look something like this: throw some burgers on the grill, roast a few dogs, a scoop of potato salad, chips, extra large olives (enough to adorn each fingertip) and voilà — menu complete? If so — we need to talk! Don’t get me wrong: It’s almost impossible for me to attend a baseball game without a jumbo hot dog slathered with ketchup and mustard. And I love a good burger. A big, juicy sirloin burger with thick-cut bacon, cheese and all of the trimmings is one of my absolute favorites. However, it’s a lot of work to prep all of the condiments, it can get pricey to get good meat, bacon, cheese, pickles, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, buns, etc. Plus, it’s been done a million times. BY KIM WARREN
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Tip: Do not overcook this cut of meat — it can get leathery. Flank steak is best cooked to no more than medium rare. Asian-Style Marinade My friend Merilee Walker gave me a recipe that her family uses for flank steak. I tried it and thought it was great. I always like to put my own spin on things though, so I kicked up the Asian flavor by changing and adding a few ingredients. I think this is a nice adaptation of their recipe. Ingredients: 3/4 cup peanut oil 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup honey 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 2 tablespoons scallions, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and minced
Ingredients: 1 loaf of crusty artisan bread (such as baguette, pugliese or ciabatta) 8 tablespoons room-temperature butter 3 cloves minced garlic 2-3 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped 2-3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped Aluminum foil
GRILLED GARLIC HERB BREAD
Directions: 1. Place flank steak in the resealable plastic bag. Pour Asian-Style Marinade over steak and seal bag tightly. Refrigerate and let marinate 5-6 hours or, better yet, overnight. 2. Place on a 375-400 degree grill and let cook 5-6 minutes per side. 3. Remove from grill and let rest 5-10 minutes. 4. Slice thin (about 1/8-inch slices) on a sharp angle against the grain of the meat and serve.
STEAK/MARINADE
Ingredients: 1 flank steak, trimmed of visible fat 1 gallon-size resealable plastic bag 1 recipe Asian-Style Marinade (see below)
Directions: 1. Cut loaf of bread in half lengthwise and open up. 2. In a small mixing bowl, combine butter, garlic, basil and parsley. Mix until well combined. Spread half of the mixture on each half of the bread. 3. Place halves back together to form a loaf and wrap in double layer of aluminum foil, sealing edges tightly. Place on upper rack of grill or over indirect heat on a grill heated to between 375-400 degrees. 4. Allow to cook about 15 minutes. Remove from grill and unwrap. Bread should be crusty and toasted. Cut into slices about 1 1/2 inches wide and serve open-faced.
then grilled and thinly sliced for melt-in-your-mouth tenderness. Flank steak is a large cut of meat that is relatively inexpensive and can feed several people. An average piece will feed four to six guests. Next on the grill is extra-large shrimp
drenched in garlic and olive oil and smoked on a cedar plank. These shrimp cook quickly (5-6 minutes) and you don’t even need to turn them over. Both of these main courses are incredibly flavorful and require minimal effort. Our side dishes start with fresh Utah corn on the cob, brushed lightly with
I LIKE TO SHAKE UP TRADITIONAL
garlic-infused olive oil, wrapped in foil
gatherings a bit. My parties are a little
and roasted right on the grill. Crusty
Directions: 1. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients and whisk together until well blended. Make sure honey is well combined.
different and far more memorable than
artisan bread coated with garlic herb
burgers and dogs. I start by choosing a
butter and toasted on the grill rounds this
menu that is simple, within my budget
meal out. And, for beautiful color and a
and full of amazing flavor. I also like to
little sweetness, nothing could be better
keep the majority of the heat outside, so
than a big bowl of mixed fruit — colorful
Tip: This marinade is also good with sirloin
almost all of the cooking is done on the
melons, plump berries and fragrant
steak for kabobs or on chicken instead of teriyaki.
grill and the prep work is done in
peaches.
advance. If you really want to wow your guests this
Finally, the perfect dessert on a hot
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summer day is a treat sure to please adults and kids alike — homemade ice
It starts with flank steak bathed overnight
cream sandwiches. It’s hard to beat the
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Ingredients: 16 cookies baked to a uniform size (Tip: Making cookies using a springrelease scoop works great) 1/2 gallon ice cream, softened a bit (there will be leftovers) Mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, sprinkles or other topping Directions: 1.Using an ice cream scoop, place a dollop of softened ice cream on the flat sides of 8 of the cookies. Top the ice cream with the remaining cookies, flat sides down, and press down gently. 2. Roll the edges of the sandwiches in a topping (if desired). Freeze the ice-cream sandwiches, covered, for at least 2 hours until firm or overnight. nestled between two freshly baked cookies and finished off with extra chips, sprinkles or nuts. Use your imagination
Vegetable
best part of homemade ice cream sandwiches is that they can be made a day or two in advance. Just pull them out of the freezer when you are ready to serve. Give it a try. Reinvent the meaning of barbecue for your family and friends: no dogs (or burgers) allowed. You and your
Ingredients: Fresh corn on the cob, husked and washed 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 clove garlic, finely minced or passed through a garlic press Aluminum foil, cut in squares (one square per corn cob)
guests will be glad you did.
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Directions: 1. In a small bowl, combine olive oil and garlic. Stir and let rest while preparing corn. 2. With a silicone or basting brush, lightly coat each corncob with olive oil mixture. Then wrap each ear in aluminum foil. 3. Cook on barbecue grill on the upper rack or over indirect heat. Turn every 5 minutes or so. Grill should be at 400 degrees or thereabouts. Cook for a total of 15-20 minutes. 4. Remove foil and serve.
more quickly than others. 4. Remove plank from grill and arrange shrimp on serving platter. Garnish with a sprinkle of minced flat-leaf Italian parsley and a fresh lemon wedge. Serve. Discard the plank — it can only be used once. Note: Cedar planks can be found in most specialty food stores, many grocery stores (by the butcher) and in stores that carry barbecue equipment. I have found them many times at Costco.
CEDAR PLANK SHRIMP
Ingredients: 20-25 extra-large shrimp, peeled, deveined and butterflied 2 tablespoons butter, preferably unsalted 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, finely minced or passed through garlic press Pinch of salt 1 cedar plank
2. In a small bowl, combine butter, olive oil, garlic and salt and stir to combine. With a silicone or pastry brush, coat shrimp in butter mixture on both sides and arrange on cedar plank in rows of 2-3 per row. Once all shrimp are coated, dab any extra garlic butter on shrimp to coat them well. 3. Place plank over a grill heated to 400 degrees and close lid. Cook 4-5 minutes, then check. Shrimp will change color from gray to light pink. When they turn light pink and are no longer translucent, they are finished. It is not necessary to turn shrimp, but you may if there are spots where some shrimp are cooking
Combination suggestions: • White chocolate macadamia nut cookies with dulce de leche ice cream rolled in chopped macadamia nuts or white chocolate chips. • Chocolate chocolate chip cookies with cookies and cream ice cream rolled in crushed Oreo cookies. • Oatmeal cookies with vanilla ice cream rolled in toffee chips or butterscotch chips. • Chocolate chip cookies with vanilla bean ice cream rolled in mini chocolate chips. • Peanut butter cookies with chocolate ice cream rolled in chopped peanuts. • Peanut butter cookies spread with strawberry jam or preserves then topped with strawberry ice cream and rolled in peanut butter chips
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Tip: If making in advance, once sandwiches are firm, wrap them individually in plastic wrap or a sandwichsize plastic bag to keep them fresher.
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By mid-summer, your plants are feeling the heat. With garden parties and barbecues on your social calendar, you’ll want to keep your yard looking fresh. What plants need Water is the critical factor in keeping your plants perky. “Make sure you water at a time when the plants can actually take in the water,” says horticulturist Katie Simmons with Olson’s Nursery and Gift in Lehi. Early morning and late evening are the best times to water. If you water when it’s windy or in the heat of the day, the water will evaporate off before the plants can use it. Katie says watering with a drip system or soaking the plant area with a hose is often more effective than using a sprinkler. “Make sure you are watering deep enough to get down to the bottom part of the roots where they’re taking up the water,” she advises . Before watering, it’s good to test whether or not your plant actually needs the water. “People water because it’s Tuesday and not because it needs the water,” Katie says. “Make sure you’re not drowning your plant.” Katie suggests pressing down about an inch into the soil, to your first knuckle, to see if the soil is wet. “If the soil is still moist you don’t need to water,” she says. “Watch the leaves. The plant will tell you when it’s having problems. If the plant is dry, the tips will tend to dry out first, but you’ll maintain color on the other parts of the leaf. If you over-water, the leaves turn a blacking, burned color.”
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Green and tidy Keep your yard in bloom by deadheading perennials and replacing plants that have passed their season with new annuals or fall vegetables. Cut off the spent flowers, or deadheads, on your plant to promote new growth. “You’ll get a second crop of flowers and the plants will look much nicer,” Katie notes. Enjoy some of your flowers inside, too. Cut them in the morning for the freshest-looking blooms. They’ll look great for a special occasion, and the cutting encourages the plant to bloom again. Many nurseries have their plants on sale in July and August, so it can be a good time to plant. However, the first couple of weeks after planting new flora are critical, so don’t plant right before you go on vacation. If you have to be gone, have a neighbor stop by to water your garden. Keep your grass greener by cutting it no shorter than 3 inches. One way Katie suggests to scout out dry spots is by placing an empty tuna can to collect water in the area you suspect is not getting enough water. The can should fill up during a watering period. Though plants may wilt in the heat, weeds seem to hit their stride. Katie recommends using a pre-emergent herbicide every six weeks because new weed seeds are always blowing in. Look for something with 24-D to kill broadleaf weeds like dandelions. “Be really careful with that, make sure you don’t spray the flower,” she warns. For grass in your flowerbeds, she likes Ferti-lome. “It will kill the grass, but it won’t kill your flowers.” After you get the weeds out, add a light layer of fresh compost and work it in to keep the plants healthy. Your soil will look dark and rich and your blossoms bright and beautiful. Staying vigilant and applying these tips will go far toward maintaining a great looking garden well into the fall months.
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revamped - training toddler to teen By Julie Perez Do you remember having a job chart when you were growing up? Most of us did. The concept isn’t new, but implementing something that really works for your family and has lasting power takes some know-how. Here are some time-tested guidelines that improve your chances at success: Do — Make a list of all household chores. Don’t — Include tasks you aren’t ready to train on or assign. Do —Train your oldest child on new chores. Have them “shadow” you at first, work under supervision second and then leave them to it. Don’t — Interfere as your oldest child trains a sibling. Do — Set time aside to add further instruction to the older child as needed. Don’t — Attempt to train their apprentice (sibling) for them. Do — Assign chores as appropriate to the age and ability of your child. Don’t — Overwhelm your child with tasks that are beyond their strength or understanding. Do — Simplify by reducing household tasks down to a single chore. Don’t — Simply say, “Clean the bathroom.” Do — Establish a system of immediate rewards. A point system works best. Don’t — Make it complicated or expensive for yourself. Do — Assign a reward or point value to each household chore, see Cashing In sidebar. Don’t — Forget to “pay the piper.” Do — Be encouraging and free with your praise and admiration. Don’t — Hover, criticize or belittle even when attempts are inadequate. Do — Expect maintenance of child’s own hygiene, possessions and room. Don’t — Offer rewards for this; children need to see that some tasks have their own reward. Points 10
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A 10-point chore can be cashed in for 10 cents or 30 minutes of television time; a 20-point chore, 20 cents or 1 hour of television time; etc. Make a list of the most motivating rewards for each child and assign a point value. Then allow them to redeem their points for the desired activity. They’ll be eager to clean and you’ll be cashing in on a clean house!
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The more the family contributes to household chores the less you’ll have to do yourself — and the best part is, you won’t feel guilty! These are not your chores that you are handing over to other family members, they are household chores and the household, meaning your family, can ALL be responsible. After all, if you don’t show your children how to clean, cook and take care of their possessions, who will? Their college roommates? Not likely!
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or Kathy Smith, it was so easy. One day she checked the mailbox, opened a credit card offer and thought, “Why not?” She tried out her new plastic that day. Swipes led to more swipes and before she knew it, Kathy and her husband had loads of new clothes and an apartment full of new furniture. And $48,000 in debt. “We just kept spending,” Kathy says. “I had no idea what I was doing. But eventually you have to pay it all back and that really hurts.” Like Kathy, many women often find themselves deeply mired in credit card debt because, until recently, credit has been inexpensive and accessible. “Even now, we as women have not quite figured out the difference between saying ‘I want this’ and ‘I need this,’” says Cece Mitchell, senior vice president and Women’s Financial Group manager at Zions Bank. “We live in a very immediate society and we don’t want to wait, we don’t want to save. And who wants to tell your kids no?””
Making the Cuts Paying off your credit card debt will immediately boost your credit score — helping you get a lower interest rate that saves you money on a home or a car loan or even a student or small business loan. And not having to fork over money for monthly payments will help keep cash in your wallet — and your savings account. So how do you unwind yourself from the vice-like grip of shiny plastic? Saturday Night Live summed it up a few years ago with a skit called “Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford.” The key is self-control, says Julie Tanner, vice president and manager of women’s financial services at Wells Fargo, who has helped many customers get out of debt. “I had a lady in her 60s who had been buying jewelry on QVC and ran up $40,000 of credit card debt,” Julie says. “Her husband almost had a heart attack. They had to take out a home equity line of credit to pay that off.” To ensure that you don’t have to go to such extreme measures, start by being honest and facing the facts. First, put all your statements out in front of you and add up the total, says Cece. Then, when you recover from the shock, use the ladder effect to get your debt down to a manageable point. This means you keep paying the minimum payment on every card each month, plus allocating some extra funds to get rid of the cards one at a time. Some experts advise applying any extra funds to the card with the highest interest rate; others advise paying down the card with the smallest balance in order to see quicker progress. Whichever works for you, once one card is paid off, apply the money you’d be using to make that payment toward the next credit card and the next until your balance is zero. So where do these extra funds come from?That’s the hard part; it’s time to make a budget and stick to it to stay out of the red. This is, of course, always easier said than done even for the
most disciplined, so write down everything you spend for an entire month and start tracking your spending patterns, Cece says. “Many of us have cable or satellite TV, but right now, do you really watch those 300 channels? How many of us have a home phone and one or two cell phones? Can you eliminate one?” asks Cece. T h e Wa y O u t If the process seems too overwhelming, there are lots of resources to help you. Many financial institutions, such as Wells Fargo, have tools in place to help consumers use credit wisely. Spending plans can help categorize where money goes. Utahsaves.org, a part of the nationwide America Saves campaign, also offers strategies on how to plan for emergencies and ways to save money on essentials like auto purchases. “Our role is to educate the consumer and put the plans in place for people to be successful financially, to manage their debt and get the resources they need,” says Julie. “You’ve got to run your debt, not let it run you.” When clients look for help from John Holmgren, a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services, he encourages them to call creditors to negotiate a lower interest rate. Since credit card debt is unsecured, many creditors will settle for a part of funds owed rather than winding up with nothing, says John. “People start ignoring or not responding to the dentist or the car dealership’s calls, but if you are upfront with them about your situation and ask for options, they might be willing to work with you,” he says. “It may not be the results or the option you want, but it will be more favorable than having your credit trashed with collection agencies calling you.” Heads Up Whatever your financial situation, it’s likely that you’re still going to get stacks of credit card offers in the mail. Although it may feel good to be pre-approved, the truth is you rarely need one more card, says Annette Zimmerman, senior vice president of branch administration for Mountain America Credit Union. Throw those offers right in the garbage and walk away, case closed. If you already have more cards than you can manage, indulge in a little plastic surgery and cut them up, says Annette. As for the credit cards promising airline miles and rewards, use them only if you can pay off your balance at the end of each month, Annette says. If not, you could end up paying more in interest than the cost of that trip to Paris you’ve been dreaming about. Save the money you’d be spending in interest and you’ll be Eiffel Tower-ing in no time. As Kathy Smith can attest, getting out of credit card debt is not easy, but it is possible. Smith downsized her home and worked two jobs to pay off her debt. Last spring, she was able to buy a three-bedroom home. “It took me a few years to do it, but now I can finally sleep soundly at night,” she says.
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Salt Lake Chamber invites you to their 9th Annual Summer Social Each summer for the past eight years, the Salt Lake Chamber holds the Women in Business Summer Social, an annual fundraiser for the Salt Lake Chamber’s Women’s Business Center. This event brings 250 to 300 of Salt Lake City’s most prominent women together to network and celebrate the year. This year, the Women in Business Summer Social will be on Thursday, August 13 from 5:30-8 pm at the Memorial House in Memory Grove Park. Members and non-members of the Business Women’s Forum are invited to join the celebration.
$5 off regular admission of $35 To utilize this Wasatch Woman discount, call 801-328-5048 or e-mail hfountaine@slchamber.com
Proceeds from this event will support the Salt Lake Chamber’s Women’s Business Center. The Women’s Business Center provides vital services to both men and women opening new businesses and looking for expert advice, education and mentoring. The entire community benefits from this yearly, social summer event. Supporting this event is great way for you to be involved in Salt Lake’s newest businesses! Come enjoy an escape in the heart of downtown to raise money for the Women’s Business Center. To register for the 9th Annual Summer Social visit www.slchamber.com. For more information or to become a sponsor, contact 801-328-5048 or hfountaine@slchamber.com.
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By MARCIA ARMSTRONG
Katie Holland is passionate about relationships. All relationships, all the time. It’s her job. “Relationships are the most sustaining things in life,” she says. Katie is general manager of the Salt Lake City branch of Corporate Alliance, a Provo-based company that promotes business relationships through networking. Building and maintaining strong connections is critical to business success, says Katie, 48. “If people don’t know how to build relationships, opportunities slip by.”
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Relationships are the competitive advantage every time.”
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Cultivating connections
Circle of influence
Katie started her working life as an assistant to the chief financial officer of a sporting goods company. Then, a job as an executive assistant in corporate training led to a promotion that made her vice president over sales, marketing and operations. She held the position for 14 years. During that time, she developed business relationships with a roster of Fortune 200 companies throughout the United States. But, because none of those companies were headquartered in Salt Lake, Katie had few local business contacts.
Katie, the mother of two grown children, spends more than 50 hours a week coaching business clients, mentoring her all-female staff, making sales calls, sitting in on business meetings, and breaking bread at power lunches.
“Aside from personal friends, I had no network in Salt Lake City,” she recalls. When she landed a position in business development at Zions Bank, Katie vowed to start building those relationships. Later, her marriage to Utah Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Holland added more names to her list of associates. All of those connections proved valuable when she went to work for Corporate Alliance. “It created the perfect storm to use my experience to help business leaders collaborate,” Katie says. In a struggling economy, strong business friendships are often the difference between boom and bust, Katie notes. But, such connections can provide personal satisfaction as well as boost the bottom line. “Companies join Corporate Alliance to create market share, then the value of the relationships they make overtakes that, and business becomes more a byproduct of those incredible relationships,” Katie says. Although women are the minority in the executive work force — only 30 percent of executives are female — they are much more adept at creating connections than men, Katie says. Women like to reach out. They are more resilient. Often, the only obstacle to a woman’s success is her lack of belief in herself. “Women are gifted, talented,” Katie says. “All they need to do is give themselves permission to go out and be successful.”
Her ambition is to introduce herself to people everywhere she goes and to offer help in strengthening their business relationships. “You never know what another person’s circle of influence is, so it’s best to reach out and get to know somebody — just because,” she smiles. Her network of contacts includes such luminaries as President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. Katie and her husband met America’s power couple as the Obamas stumped for votes in Utah prior to the 2008 presidential election. Katie swapped backstage banter with Michelle in the few minutes before the first lady was to address a crowd of 1,500 at the Salt Palace. “She’d just gotten off the airplane and was worried about her hair,” Katie says. “Then she went out to talk for one and a half hours without notes, and she had people on their feet and in tears.” The theme of Michelle Obama’s discourse that night was how people can bond together to create change, the same premise that ignites Katie’s passion for her job. “I love that I am promoting people to other people,” she says. “Relationships are the competitive advantage every time.”
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own YOUR HOME STEP FIVE
There’s no doubt about it — owning a home is an exciting prospect. It has been the American dream. Even Jimmy Stewart in the film “It’s a Wonderful Life” said that there is a “fundamental urge … for a man to have his own roof, walls and fireplace.” Therefore, step No. 5 in our series of Seven Steps to Building a Firm Financial Foundation is to own your own home. Sound strange in today’s subprime mortgage market meltdown? Not really. When you enter into homeownership carefully and wisely, it can be a good investment for most people. Just make sure you understand the benefits and risks of homeownership.
Should you buy now? Here are some critical questions to ask yourself before you buy a home. Do you have a steady, reliable source of income? Do you have good credit history? Are you managing your total debt well and can you afford to take on the costs of homeownership? Do you have money saved for both your down payment and the closing costs? If so, now may be a great time for you to purchase a home. Today’s market gives two important benefits: President Obama has provided tax incentives for first-time homebuyers, or for people who haven’t owned a home in the past three years, or for displaced homebuyers. Be sure and check with your CPA to make sure you qualify. If you do, you can receive up to $8,000 in the form of either a tax credit on 2009 taxes or through an amendment to your 2008 tax return. This is a huge incentive. A home may be more affordable right now. Interest rates are low and home prices are down.
Although this is not critical to the important step of owning a home, it is a hotly debated subject. The right thing for you may be in your answer to the following question: Is it emotionally important to not have mortgage debt? For many people, peace of mind overrides any financial evaluation. In addition to the security aspect, paying off your mortgage early helps save on the interest costs. The disadvantage of paying off the mortgage early is the potential lost opportunity cost. In other words, not being able to invest your money at a higher rate than what your mortgage is costing you. For example, why pay off a 5 percent mortgage when you could be earning 8 percent on a different investment? The answer — look at what has happened in the past year to see how iffy the returns can be from those investments.
Answer to consider — how about doing both? If you are able to contribute well into your retirement and still have some money left over to pay toward your mortgage, that may be the best fit for you. It covers both bases. There are complex issues surrounding homeownership decisions. But the long-term benefits of potential equity growth and future stability still makes owning a home an important part to your financial foundation.
firm financial foundation 1. Decide to be financially secure and then do something about it. 2. Take responsibility for your money. 3. Build an emergency cushion. 4. Have enough insurance.
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PREVIOUS STEPS
In making your decision, be sure to approach it first as your home, not an investment. In the emotional homebuying market we have just seen, many people were grabbing homes for an investment first, expecting the values to continue to spiral upward. Too many buyers overextended with unwise mortgage choices and suffered incredible losses. Owning a home as a step in building a firm financial foundation is a carefully thought out decision. You want an environment that will allow you to build equity and independence, not plunge into debt.
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Fare Thee Well,
Governor
By Michelle Leonard Have you ever been in a relationship where things seemed OK, but nothing special? You had ups and downs, and — like all human interactions — questioned whether it was as good as it gets? Then things take a turn and you move on. And, looking in the rearview mirror you realize a fundamental truth: you didn’t know how good you had it. Utah politics may be looking back at the end of a golden era in gubernatorial politics. As this goes to press, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is about to begin Congressional confirmation hearings to become the next U.S. ambassador to China. Huntsman served as Utah’s governor since 2004 and has been more popular than the LDS Church and the University of Utah’s nationally ranked football team. With 90 percent approval ratings at times, he was about as popular as ice cream — and that’s saying something in a state that typically consumes more frozen treats per capita than any other. So what made our outgoing Governor pretty great?
#1 Taking care of the people’s business — Huntsman was a pragmatist and focused on making government work for people, business and communities. For example, he conducted trade missions that helped Utah businesses expand their international markets and sourcing. He emphasized education and increased teachers’ salaries. He took stands on tough issues and strengthened connections with other states and countries, like Mexico. He did no harm, but rather made improvements.
#2 He’s a superstar
— What makes the difference between an A-level politician and a B-grade one? Laying aside political views, over time some leaders acquire a reputation for greatness, such as Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson or even Richard Nixon (the impeached, dishonest president) who brokered a historic agreement in foreign policy with China. It’s early to say, but looking at how a politician leaves his or her stewards says a lot. Consider Utah: A balanced budget in an environment where California may need a bailout, low unemployment, a comparatively strong business sector, new investments in education — including his emphasis on teacher salaries and
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international education — to assure Utah’s long-term competitiveness.
#3 Style matters
— Some policies of former President George W. Bush are the same policies of President Barack Obama. Didn’t “change” come in November? Much of governing is facing the facts some things don’t change that much. Even though people change office, Israel and Palestine still face tough decisions, two foreign wars continue, nuclear weapons are still a concern and the global economy still sputters along. What does change is the style a leader brings. Huntsman understands this key commandment of politics and passes the test in spades, conducting all aspects of the job with elegant statesmanship. His past experience as U.S. trade representative and ambassador to Singapore will now come full circle — but for a while, we were beneficiaries of these abilities. One national publication said naming Huntsman to this new post was a brilliant political calculation for both Huntsman and President Obama. It takes Huntsman, a potential Republican moderate presidential candidate, out of the 2012 race, but gives him added foreign policy credibility while his wouldbe Republican rivals beat themselves up in what may be assumed to be an easier victory for Democrats. In the end, politics is the art of the possible, so it’s no surprise that with our beloved First Lady Mary Kaye; his political, cultural and linguistic acumen; and some unspent political capital, Gov. Huntsman jumps onto the national and international stage in a big way. Did we know how good we had it? Farewell Huntsman, we never knew thee.
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hether you are training for your first marathon or just playing tennis at Liberty Park, your overall diet influences not only your performance level, but also how you feel after you workout and how fast you recuperate. Many of us already know that the cornerstone of health is a well-balanced diet. However, when you want to “up your game” and make the most of your workout, the nutritional world can become nearly impossible to navigate. The simple notion of eating sensibly can point you in the right direction, but it may not be enough for peak performance. Many of us grew up learning the nutritional food pyramid, which was established by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services. This diet stressed the importance of eating from the various food groups daily: 0-3 servings (use
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sparingly) of fats, oils, sweets; 2-3 servings (6-9 ounces) of meat/protein; 2-3 servings of dairy; 2-4 servings of fruit; 3-5 servings of vegetables; and 6-11 servings of bread/starch. That all sounds easy enough to do when you have a minimal workout schedule, but with your personal physical goals, you may need to tweak your diet in order to meet the demands of your training regime.
DIET Athletes need to consume more carbohydrates and foods with high nutritional value more frequently. Carbohydrates (such as cereals, bread and pasta) are extremely important because they are easily broken down into glucose, which becomes the body’s number one source of energy. If you exercise 60-90 minutes daily, you may want to increase your carbohydrate intake, claims Nancy Clark, the author of Sports Nutrition Guidebook. She stresses three important
points in her book: first, your diet should be 65 percent carbohydrates, 25 percent fat and 10 percent protein; second, you should eat before and after exercise to provide fuel and enhance recovery; third, start the day with a balanced breakfast. Dr. Katherine Beals, director of the University of Utah Nutrition Clinic, is a “believer in food and a balanced diet” for overall performance. She says that there are “no miracle foods” yet you can improve your athletic performance by seeking a “tailored nutritional plan.” Aymi Bennhoff APRN, a family nurse practitioner at the Web of Life Wellness Center in Salt Lake City, stresses high-quality food along with an understanding of how your own body functions and what it may need to function at an optimal level. There is no “one diet for all,” says Aymi. With her clients, Bennhoff has noticed that many are allergic to wheat and
dairy; these people need to adjust the source of carbohydrates and other foods to supply their energy and nutrition needs. If you find out that your current foods aren’t working for you and you are often exhausted, sore, and have any repeated injuries, you may want to consult a professional to assess your body’s particular needs. According to Runner’s World, there are over 30,000 items at the local grocery store, yet consumers often purchase the same 15-20 items over and over again. Many of the foods recommended shouldn’t be all that shocking to you, as you have probably seen them on many “top 10” lists. However, you may not have seen them in relation to your athletic conditioning. They are:
Almonds an excel-
lent source of vitamin E, an antioxidant that decreases your risk for heart disease.
Berries contain anthocynins, a powerful group of antioxidants that help with post-workout recovery and repairing muscles.
such as vitamin C, which helps alleviate muscle soreness.
Salad greens have numerous phy-
tonutrients that help decrease muscle damage from strenuous workouts.
Salmon one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acid, which helps your body fight inflammation. Sweet potatoes have numerous
minerals that promote healthy muscle function.
Whole-grain cereal, bread and pasta a great source for extra fiber and
restore energy lost during training. When mixed with a protein, such as dairy, this becomes instrumental in repairing your body after a workout.
Lastly, according to Aymi, dehydration is the number one nutritional cause of poor athletic performance and you may need to supplement your water intake with electrolytes to avoid dehydration.
STRATEGY Depending on your level of physical engagement, nothing can help you more than a well-balanced diet. Food is where good nutrition begins. You can certainly enhance your energy and stamina by consuming the prope foods before your workout and managing hydration. However, in the end, it is about reaching your full athletic potential with minimal harm done to your body. If you are smart, eat well and listen to your body, you’ll be able to meet all of your athletic goals.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS If you feel that your diet is inadequate or you have some deficiency that eating certain foods aren’t solving, Aymi suggests checking out www.consumerlab.com for good-quality vitamins. She strongly encourages taking a multivitamin and a multimineral, as the food purchased from a grocery store may be depleted of proper nutrients.
Additional Resources The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry by William LinzWolcott and Trish Fahey
Black beans contain vitamin B and have a low GI (Glycemic Index), meaning the carbohydrates in them release slowly into the body, giving you a steady supply of energy throughout your workout. Eggs can provide 10 percent of your
daily protein needs, and help your hardworking muscles recover. You can choose to omit the yolk to reduce fat and cholesterol, as all the protein is in the whites.
Chicken a 4-ounce piece of chicken
can supply you with half your daily protein needs and helps to protect muscles.
Oranges contain important antioxidants
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Helping momma and unborn child with chiropractic By Carl Baumeister After his easygoing personality, the second thing you’ll notice about this doctor is a slight foreign accent. Not that a foreign accent is that uncommon —you just don’t expect it from someone named Sam Adams. So … perhaps he’s not one of the founding fathers? “I’m actually from Belgium. I know — I have the all-American name. And no, I don’t have a brewery business on the side,” he muses. What Dr. Sam Adams, D.C., and business partner Dr. Larry Vance, D.C., do have is a thriving and highly regarded chiropractic practice in Holladay. They’ve been in business since 1998.
Women are not “macho,” thank you very much “Women take better care of themselves,” Sam points out. “Men tend to take the ‘macho’ approach and wait until their pain gets unbearable or prevents them from working. In fact, when a man comes in for the first time, it’s usually because his wife has said, ‘That’s it! I’m setting an appointment for you.’”
Relief for pregnancy One of Sam’s specialties, and one that is coming to the fore in medicine, is chiropractic care for pregnancy. “Every year, we get more pregnant women coming to us. We not only relieve pain and make a pregnancy more comfortable, but
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we actually reduce stress to the baby and help his development.” Whoa — hold on. Did you say you could help the unborn baby? “Expectant women can have pain in the lower back, hips and radiating down the legs. These pains can be caused by the way the baby is situated in the uterus, and by the woman’s change in posture, both of which can put pressure on nerves,” Sam indicates. “As we align the spine, not only does the mother’s pain subside, but pressure is taken off the uterus and the ligaments that connect the uterus. Now the baby is under less stress, and its natural growth is unhindered.” According to Dr. Todd Cameron, N.D., “Normal changes in a woman’s body during pregnancy create stress not only in the musculoskeletal system, but in organs, glands and other tissues. Chiropractic care can be really helpful in reducing discomfort and maintaining optimal body functions.”
Webster Technique, anyone? Sam employs the Webster Technique. According to the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association’s Web site (www.icpa4kids.com), “It is [the] tense muscles and ligaments and their constraining effect on the uterus which prevents the baby from comfortably assuming the best possible position for birth.” The site further states that the technique “has been shown to reduce
the effects of intrauterine constraint, allowing the baby to get into the best possible position for birth.” Sam explains, “We use Webster towards the end of pregnancy when the mother gets Braxton-Hicks contractions as baby starts to drop. We look at the hips and examine the ligaments from the uterus to the lower pelvis. We realign both the right and left sides, which releases pressure on the ligaments. The baby is now under less pressure, and with his innate ability, can turn correctly so that his head is down.”
A woman’s intuition A woman often intuits that something is out of whack and that her baby is not sitting right. She is relieved once the procedure is done, although it will sometimes have to be repeated in order for the baby to not go breech. “Sometimes the baby moves into proper position that day. Sometimes it takes three or four adjustments,” Sam says.
Chiropractic for newborns? Sam points out that women in proper adjustment deliver faster. “Who doesn’t want to sign up for that?” he reasons. “In fact, I have had patients who come straight from the hospital to get an adjustment, and to have their newborns adjusted.” Now, what would a founding father (or founding mother) think of that?
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When asked to write about training for a 5K, my first thought was, “What is there to train for? Just show up and do it.� This philosophy worked for me when I was 15 years younger and 30 pounds lighter. To prove my older, heavier self right, I decided to haul myself around Liberty Park. I pounded pavement for approximately 100 yards before my burning lungs and jiggling body parts ground me to a halt. Local Wasatch woman, Aja Kayser, makes her way up a hill along the Wasatch Back during the Ragnar Relay.
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from P wder Puff to Pounding Pavement Training For Your First 5k START SLOW
KEEP IT UP
Deflated ego in hand, I decided to consult a few fitness experts for guidance. Michael Conville, owner of Velocity Fitness in Park City, warns, “People tend to get excited about doing something new, push too hard and cause injury.” Michael suggests starting out with a combination of walking and running. “Run at a moderate pace for as long as you can, don’t stop moving, walk if you have to. Don’t beat yourself [up] for taking breaks. Everyone has to start somewhere.”
There are days when you just cannot find the time or energy to touch your toes, let alone pound out a 5K run. David recommends working out with a buddy to keep each other motivated, or using an iPod. “Psychologically, people run farther and faster if they can’t hear their pain. The music drowns out the sound of ragged breathing.”
Michael says one can start out by running for three minutes at an easy pace, then walk three minutes followed by a one-minute rest. Repeat as often as you like, but exercise for a minimum of 30 minutes. Gradually build up until you can run an entire 5K without stopping. Personal trainer David Ostrowski encourages clients to make use of their local high school or university track. Almost every town has one; it’s free, open to the public and easy to track mileage without a pedometer. Four laps equals one mile. Once around equals 400 yards.
FINDING A SYSTEM Johanna Nielsen, a member of Canyon Bicycle Draper/ Wasatch Running Center Tri Team, holds free running clinics to help you get in shape for any running event, be it a 5K or a marathon. Joined by 15 other athletes of all fitness levels, we meet her on the Alta High School track on a brisk Saturday morning. Johanna is enthusiastic. She embodies the sleekness and grace typical of a runner. She asks us about our running goals. An older couple in their 50s is training for a triathlon. A 20-something wants to do a half-marathon. I am the only one training for a 5K. I am informed that I’ll need to put in eight weeks of dedicated training to become race-ready.
Jeffrey Sadis, a sports coach with a background in sports psychology, says, “We are a reward-based society. If we behave well, we believe we should be rewarded; behave badly, then punishment should be doled out. It’s human nature. So reward yourself for making the effort to exercise. Withhold that cup of coffee until you’ve completed your workout or buy yourself a new pair of shoes for having completed an unusually tough run.” Our group starts out with a one-mile warm up. I cringe. I have been in “training” for two weeks and have yet to complete more than a half-mile without stopping. However, this morning I surprise myself. The pack mentality imbues a keen desire to keep up. I jog the entire mile easily without stopping. We then practice some drills, running with high knees for 150 yards, then 150 more kicking our heels up behind us — to increase coordination. Next, we start interval training, alternating 400 yards of sprinting and jogging. It’s grueling work, but since everyone is enduring the pain, it’s bearable. We cool down with an easy lap around the track. By the end of the clinic, I’ve logged more mileage this single morning than I have in two weeks (four miles!). My legs are shaking, but I feel elated and motivated.
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The difference in being a dad in your 20s and one at my age is that I’m much more comfortable in my skin now than I was with my first two daughters.
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By Kurt Bestor here are many things that I assumed I’d be doing as I reached my fifth decade on this crazy spinning orb: Climbing and/or skiing mountains around the world — check — conducting my music with some of the country’s most successful orchestras and artists — check — and having a brand-new little baby — che... WHAT?
There’s a natural order to things, it seems, and certain landmarks we pass along life’s highway. Schooling through your teens and early 20s. Marriage and kids from then unto your 30s. Climbing up the career ladder into your 40s. And then … “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” for the next four to five decades. Well, in my traditional non-traditional way, I have upset the patriarchal apple cart. When I looked into my wife’s eyes six years ago and said “I do” — I must have missed the fine print. I don’t remember agreeing to the ignominious “donations” at the U of U Andrology Lab, the thermometer-prescribed romantic dalliances, the daily shots administered by me to my wife’s clenched behind. But the strongest-willed man is still no match for the feminine biological clock and her accompanying “nurturing instinct.” Yes, at this point, I was good for one thing and one thing only — breeding. As I write this article, I am now glancing over at the sweet “fruit of
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our labors” (actually Petrina’s labor) and have to admit that I now can’t comprehend life without our sweet little 4-month-old daughter, Ella. During my wife’s pregnancy, I found myself obsessing over that first back-to-school night and the whispers of, “Isn’t it sweet that Ella’s grandfather came?” or imagining the blank stares of the soccer moms and dads as I try and explain who Earth Wind and Fire was. But, now that she’s here in all her screaming-poopingcooing-and-loving glory, I’m enjoying every moment. The difference in being a dad in your 20s and one at my age is that I’m much more comfortable in my skin now than I was with my first two daughters. I’m not so caught up in chasing my career path that I don’t have time to change a diaper or two, I’m not so panicked about a deadline that I can’t go for long daddy-daughter walks, and I’m not so swamped with last-minute projects that I can’t savor those cooing moments as Ella awakes each morning. Yes, I thought that my fifth decade of life was going to be “me time,” but honestly, “we time” is turning out to a lot more fun!
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