Sugar House September 2015

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Second ‘crawl’ pivots to charity, planted in building community

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Salt Lake Regional Medical Center Awarded for Third Straight Year

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alt Lake Regional Medical Center is a recipient of the 2015 HealthInsight Quality Award for a third consecutive year.

It is one of 14 Utah hospitals to receive the award.

“Receiving the HealthInsight Quality Award in any given year is an honor; however, receiving this award for three consecutive years is a monumental accomplishment,” Salt Lake Regional Medical Center CEO Dale Johns said. “When you provide excellent care and [patients] have a great experience, they want to come back. It’s kind of that ‘wow’ factor.”

The HealthInsight Quality Award acknowledges hospitals that achieve high levels of performance on the care related to quality measures of heart attack, heart fail-

ure, pneumonia and surgical infection prevention.

Hospitals that qualified for this award also performed well on measures by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) measures, a national survey that reviews patient experiences during a recent hospital stay. For the fourth year in a row, the award criteria included performance on patients’ perspectives in hospital care.

Built in 1875, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center offers comprehensive healthcare services, including emergency care, heart care, advanced surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, maternity care, women’s services and help for a broad range of medical conditions.

“We’ve been in the community for 140 years. It’s a long legacy to continue,” Johns added. “This type of recognition represents the dedication, hard work, and commitment of our staff and physicians and exemplifies the consistent level of high quality care we provide to our community.”

The HealthInsight Quality Award Program is a non-profit consulting organization launched in September 2004 to promote transparency in health care. For more information on the HealthInsight Quality Award Program, visit www.healthinsight.org. l

Salt Lake Regional Medical Center CEO Dale Johns remarked on the “monumental accomplishment” of his company being awarded by HealthInsight for three consecutive years. Photo courtesy Dale Johns

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Super Summer Challenge Creates Love of Reading

By Rhett Wilkinson

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he Sprague librarian had the attention of a legion, and she was happy about it.

It was a legion of parents. Many of their children came home to tell them about their favorite books and even how much they love the library.

Grateful, the parents excitedly ap-

proached Lisa Grant to thank her for instilling the newfound love into the children through the Salt Lake City Public Library’s Super Summer Challenge, a reading program, held May 30-Aug. 22.

“It was wonderful to watch kids grow into readers,” Grant said. “You want them

to love books and grow into literate adults.

That’s why I love what we do, to help with a literate population. You want to be a part of it.”

For Grant to succeed at the magnitude that she did, she and the committee had to start planning the program in February; four, five and six months before it would happen.

When it did, Sugar House’s children were enriched by a magician and mad scientist, caught zoomania and learned ballet tech-

nique. Favorite books mentioned included “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” and works by Brandon Mull.

The champion of words said it was difficult to give a one-word answer for why she enjoyed the program.

“It’s just a blast to get kids to read, to be part of literacy and lifelong learning,” she said, adding later, “Libraries are vibrant, welcoming places.” l

At the Sprague Library, Librarian Lisa Grant helped children gain a love for reading through the Super Summer Challenge, earning praise from grateful parents. Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Public Library

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Second Crawl Pivots to Charity, Planted in Building Community

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here were huge rainstorms. Even Sugar House Monument Plaza was canceled as an event venue. Still, the Sugar House Pub Crawl enjoyed success on May 16, with between 2,000 and 3,000 participants. Bars enjoyed one of their best days of the year.

But as event coordinators planned the next crawl, they believed that change was needed.

“The fact that this has a charitable

Left to right, Tony Coppola, Summer Shumway, Scott Fletcher and Erika Palmer at the Sugar House Pub Crawl in May. “Bad Brad” Wheeler (top), KRCL host, announced event winners. A similar function, the Sugar House Fall Crawl, will take place Sept. 19. Photo courtesy Tony Coppola

By Rhett Wilkinson component is the major difference,” Organizer Tony Coppola said. “We realized that we wanted to do more than have people running around bars drinking.”

Someone spoke up. She suggested that for the second round, The Sharing Place should benefit.

“Summer Shumway… brought The Sharing Place into the equation,” Coppola said.

Proceeds from the Sugar House Fall Crawl will go to the organization, which offers grief support for children. The Fall Crawl is from noon to 6 p.m. Sat., Sept. 19 on Monument Plaza and at 10 participating bars.

“As the organizing group, we were not interested in making money off the endeavor – and once we saw what an impact the first Crawl had, we felt it was a great opportunity to support an organization or a cause,” said Shumway, the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce board chair. “I had recently learned about The Sharing Place and felt it would be a wonderful opportunity to support them as well as raise an awareness of them.”

Event coordinators included personnel from the Wasatch Brewery and the Chamber, the official host of the event. Sponsors are City Weekly and KRCL, Coppola said.

There is no paid admission.

Bars open at noon. Entertainment on Monument Plaza, where dancing is welcome, will include Color Animal from 4:306:30 p.m., with a raffle drawing at 5:30 p.m. for anyone who fills out a “passport” for all 10 participating bars. Attendees only need to stop at the bars to get a stamp on passports, which can be picked up at any of the participating locations or on the plaza. Passports must be turned in by 5 p.m. on the plaza.

Prizes will include gift cards, general swag

and more and come from participating bars.

The grand prize is two tickets to the Friday night session of the 2015 Great American Beer Festival Sept. 23-26 in Denver. “(The festival) is currently sold out, so these are pretty coveted prizes,” Coppola said.

Participating bars include Campfire Lounge; Mellow Mushroom; The Bar in Sugar House; East Liberty Tap House; Sugar House Pub; Trolley Wing Company; Fats Grill; The Annex by Epic; Wasatch Brew Pub; and Fiddler’s Elbow. Part of the payments that bars made to participate in the Crawl will be given to The Sharing Place. A booth will be set up on the plaza for attendees to donate.

Shumway has enjoyed organizing the event.

“It has been fun to watch different businesses who, quite possibly, would normally be competitors join forces,” she said.

“I loved the idea of potential competitors joining forces. A pub crawl is like a walking tour – only better.”

Shumway applauds Coppola, a Wasatch Brewery manager, for doing the “heavy lifting.”

Coppola said that it has been exciting to put together this crawl because the format for the last crawl, organized by the Chamber and Wasatch Brewery with Epic Brewing’s Ryan Kluh, made it much simpler than it would have been for organizers to figure out what was needed and “expand” it.

“It’s been great because we’ve established a much better community of bars and restaurants in Sugar House, working for the cause of the neighborhood,” Coppola said.

The greatest challenge to pulling off the Fall Crawl was various “moving parts,” including working with the city for permits,

aligning schedules of bars and restaurants, and working with sponsors to get the event right, Coppola said.

“Just trying to create an event that will be successful that people can enjoy,” Coppola said. “It’s hard because it’s such a large space and hard to get everyone involved and create a format so that they all understand the way that it works. That end goal is a difficult goal to accomplish.”

Epic Brewing’s Matthew Allred wanted to do a function similar to a beer garden or Oktoberfest, but the setup would have “chopped up the space in a really awkward way,” leaving no option but significantly smaller participation. Now, the plaza can be utilized and an emphasis can be placed on the re-development of the city, he said.

It is helpful that the crawl is occurring where the trolley is and where there are new restaurants and businesses – and 15 bars and restaurants are located within just a few blocks, he said.

At the first crawl, there were “zero issues” and lots of participation.

“I think that goes a long way with the city, with local politics, just to see that people can be responsible and take care of themselves,” Allred said.

Ideally, a larger space should be utilized, but the logistics involved with alcohol, and pouring it, given high levels of regulation, make that challenging, he said.

“We need to work with city partners and find something that makes sense for Sugar House,” Allred said. “Hopefully that’s something we can put together for 2016.”

And Shumway is excited for round two in 2015.

“How often can you say having drinks and hanging with friends can be so benevl olent?” she asked.

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Hidden Hollow Indicates Value Through Concert Series

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By Rhett Wilkinson

vent planning isn’t Utah ed that, and it made UOL nervous Open Lands’ main objective, about future attendance. However, but when it comes to the Hidden 100-plus folks attended the second Hollow Concert series, that doesn’t show. matter.

“The thing that was amazing Wendy Fisher made that arabout these local bands and how gument, citing education and outmuch they enjoyed playing in the reach. Fisher, UOL’s executive space,” Fisher said. “And we did director, said that the series’ home, not pay them a lot of money. It was the Hidden Hollow Nature Prea scant amount.” serve, is a “labor of love” for the A Salt Lake City grant made community. payment for the bands possible.

“It makes us realize our A conservation easement made backyard,” Fisher said. “There’s a the nature preserve possible. Stureason it’s called Hidden Hollow.” dents from Hawthorne Elementary Bikers and business peoSchool in 1990 restored what was ple have enjoyed the area while once a forgotten pile of construction passing through or for professiondebris. They returned as college al meetings. Now, so have more students in 2000, when the easebands. Nine performed over four ment was granted, to see fruition, Friday evenings this summer at the which included the amphitheater. amphitheater found tucked into an That was part of the hollow’s early area with trees up to seven decades design, Fisher said. old. Attendees welcomed new “That was meant to serve that neighbors in residents of Wilming- The Hidden Hollow Concert series recently concluded for another year after a one-year hiatus. It is evidence of the value of the Hidden community and get the community ton Flats and Draw at Sugar House, Hollow Nature Preserve, Utah Open Lands Director Wendy Fisher said. Photo courtesy Utah Open Lands in the space for a variety of things,” a tunnel that connects Sugar House Fisher said. “So Utah Open Lands Performers included Albino Father & Belles (Aug. 7); and The Time Cruisers Park to the Hidden Hollow area. The tunnel and September Say Goodbye (June 26); and Standing in for Joe (Aug. 21). felt that it would be great to provide the l created a continuous nine-mile trail with lit- Lake Effect, Quiet Oaks and The Lab Dogs They came after no performances community with local music.” tle to no traffic.

(July 10); Michelle Moonshine and Bullets were held last year. Construction necessitat-

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On Writing: Darlene Johnson, Local Writer Opens Up

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he rain began before I got there; only it wasn’t the thin, slash and dash rain that cuts diagonally through the air, pin-pricking the skin coldly. Gravity decided to suspend itself, and the rain fell unimpeded in sparsely woven curtains, s-s-s-s-s-s-splatering on everything, exploding its pregnant existence like small grenades.

I decide to sit outside while I wait for her, regardless of the deluge. By the time I get seated at a table outside under a small umbrella, the brim of my hat drips with rainwater, jacket and pants spotted through. But the air was warm, summery; the kind of atmosphere that taunts nostalgia out of you.

As I tried to keep everything as dry as possible, child-drops of rain drip-dropping off my hat, I began to set up my recording equipment, while I sought to remember the first time I met Darlene Johnson, a local writer living in Sugar House. But my memory is made up of snippets puzzled together, like a Picasso painting; all the correct elements are there, but they are somehow … disjointed, warped, removed and put back in a different position.

The rain abates a moment, just long enough for me to pinpoint the surety that I first met Johnson at a poetry reading, centuries ago, it seems, and then the sky lets loose once more, clouding any details that might have been. That’s when my phone rang.

It was Johnson.

“Hey, Darlene,” I answer.

“Lewi …” she answered back, only she pronounced it “Loooo-eee,” with a twinge of regret.

Before she gave her apology and regret and explained her situation to me – a good friend in the hospital type of situation, and she would be unable to make our interview – I bluntly asked her, “tell me about the night you and I first met?”

Johnson’s laugh is a rolling train, a long stretched out noise that keeps the same tone until she is nearly out of breath, where it slowly dies in sparse hiccups – an engine sputtering, gas running low, until it stops completely with a satisfied sigh.

She described a scene at an old café in downtown Salt Lake City, Cup of Joe, where poetry readings were mad and the poet-patrons even madder.

“The image I have is at a Cup of Joe and this skinny white boy with a notepad steps to the microphone … we could have been introduced by a mutual friend prior to you reading, but I’m sticking to story I’m telling now,” she said, and suddenly changed point of view. “He steps to the microphone with this fedora on, shaggy

By Lewi Lewis hair … unkept beard, this kid…I think. Oh, but when he read, these words poured out of him … these words of longing and pain and love and lost and hurt and anger and conflict and turmoil…and all of these emotions just poured from this young man’s mouth so eloquently so beautifully, so meaningfully, that all I wanted to do was wrap you into my arms like I would one of my children and just simply hold you. This dying boy, I thought. Needs a mother. And that’s how I’ve always felt about you.”

But that’s not reality, it’s just point of view; just another painting of life, but what’s the difference?

We decide an email interview would work best for her current situation, and I hang up.

In a notebook (Johnson’s barrel laugh ringing between my ears) I write: the chestnut vision of a writer, the moody, addicted scrooge – reclusive and problematic … Darlene Johnson shatters that image as a rock to a pane of glass …

Johnson is the author of four novels, her most recent, “By the Waters of Zion” was published in April and June 2014. Her first book, “Dream in Color” was self-published in 2007. Johnson was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is 47.

CJ: How do you identify yourself? writer, artist, poet, mother ...?

DJ: As a prose writer – definitely. I wouldn’t insult the wonderful poets of the world by calling myself a poet.

CJ: Anyone can be an author today, but not anyone can be a writer. With blogs, citizen journalism, e-books, etc, the ability to get words or thoughts out to a wide audience is as easy as ever. Has the advent of this sort of availability, technology, cheapened what it means to be a writer? What DOES it mean to be a writer/artist?

DJ: The only thing that cheapens authorship is when writers do not take the craftsmanship of writing seriously. It is correct that anyone can be an author and anyone who writes is a writer. Being a writer, doesn’t mean you’re a good writer or a bad writer, all that is require is that writing is what you do, it is what you dream about, it is what you think about when you wake up and when you fall asleep. A good writer is relative, really. But, what cheapens authorship is writers whose egos encourage them to ignore the necessity of editing. How grand

it would be if every word that scribe from my digital pen are straight from an angel’s mouth in perfect harmony. In most cases, they are not, and yet, they are published that way by self-publishers (and some slips by major publishers too). That is what cheapens authorship. If you can’t walk into a book store and find a book that’s written without proper grammar, punctuation, and paragraph breaks … unless you are James Joyce … don’t write that way!

CJ: Is there still a place for the idea of the generation-changing writer?

DJ: Of course, but we always seems to return to the familiar. I’m discouraged that most award-winning tragic novels tend to return to the Antebellum South, Holocaust or any other period of human suffering.

They are good books, don’t get me wrong, but how many times must I read Huckleberry Finn or Schindler’s List? It doesn’t have to be a feel good story, but there are modern struggles that deserve attention.

CJ: What is the role of the writer today, in terms of societal significance?

DJ: Honesty!

CJ: So why did you feel inclined to self-publish your first book, “Dream In Color”? - tell me about the book, the process, who Darlene was then versus the Darlene that wrote “By The Waters Of Zion” DJ: The main reason I self-published “Dream in Color” was because my name is Darlene Johnson and no one knew who I was. The second reason was that it was such a different story that I didn’t think a publisher would be interested in it. It was really a decade long project and one day I decided to share it with a trusted friend (which is very hard for writers to do), and he said to me after he’d read it, “This is a book.”

I responded, “Yes, I know that.” Then he said, ”No, this is a book. A book that people buy at a bookstore. This was not what I was expecting. You should do something with this.” For years, he’d thought I was just putting words on a piece of paper and he was simply going to do me a favor by reading it and spare hurting my feelings. I’m pleased he was pleasantly surprised … Writing, however, is a journey. Much like the characters in our stories, writers go through similar journeys. I am the same person—writer who wrote “Dream in Color”, but my journey has allowed me to become a more mature writ-

er … and a better writer (who still needs an editor!). I love “Dream in Color”. I love “By the Waters of Zion” - that book took years off my life. I couldn’t leave it, even when I should have. I had to get that story right. It took too many years, honestly, but apparently enough years to finally get it right. When I read aloud the last line of that novel, I wept.

All of my novels are great meaningful, relatable stories. I write about things that matter in one’s life. I don’t write fluff.

I don’t write just to publish. I write real human stories and for that reason, I will probably only and always just be Darlene Johnson: and no one will know who I am.

CJ: What are the early influences on your writing and how do they manifest in your work?

DJ: I’m an 80’s kid, so I grew up on the Danielle Steels and Mary Higgins Clarks type novels. I can’t say that my writing style is anywhere close to either of them, but they were entertaining. They were escapes. They were the perfect novels for a young girl who hadn’t lived her life yet. When I grew older, experienced, lived, I read Maya Angelou’s “The Heart of a Woman” and I saw me.

That woman is me, I said. A relatable story.

A friend once said that my writing remind-

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MyS ugar H ouseJournal.com ed her of Pearl Cleage. That’s an honor. It is doubtful that Pearl Cleage has ever heard of me, but that’s okay. I relish in knowing that my words have meaning and my stories garner thought. That’s success for me, as a writer. That’s more successful than a royalty check.

DJ: Life and relationship phases and relationships.

CJ: After writing “As We Lay” you took a sabbatical from writing. Why?

CJ: Writers work differently. Explain your process.

DJ: A lot of reasons, with the main one being the change in what publishers were seeking from African American writers. I don’t write urban lit. It is not a life I’ve lived and so I can’t write it with honesty. That’s what the publishers want from African American writers. If you’re not Toni Morrison, then you’re an urban lit writer, and I’m neither. It didn’t matter that my characters are diverse, I’m still an African American writer and how the publishers market me and my work will always differ and always pigeon hole me to a minority audience. That alone will always limit the reach of my audience. My stories are human stories … women stories … disregard of race. But, because I’m an African American the publisher will always choose a cover for my book that will identify my characters and it’s author as African American. While I grew up reading white authors without much regard, white America hasn’t yet given itself full permission to do the same for African American writers. Perhaps they feel they will not relate to the story, the experiences, the language, the colloquialism. For some stories, typically urban lit, that may be true. But not all, and certainly not my stories. However, I’m marketed and promoted the same. Therefore, we have no staying power. I knew that if I was going to publish again, I would most likely have to go back to self-publishing. I had to reconcile that and then ask myself how important it was to me to publish “By the Waters of Zion”. Turns out, it was very important.

DJ: I must have a conversation with my characters. I must hear them. They must reveal themselves to me. They chose me.

Only then, can I begin to tell their story. I take notes. I transcribe a conversation or two. I sit with them. I speak of them as if they are in the room. I remember what they said, what they did, and how they did it. I then record the journey in the form of an outline. Then, the outline becomes chapters that build upon itself. When it’s all done, it’s done over and over until it is right.

CJ: What charges you as a reader i.e, what makes a novel particularly important what are the ingredients?

DJ: It just simply has to capture my attention. As a writer, it is hard to separate yourself from the craft, while you’re reading. Therefore, believe it or not, I’ve taken to reading non-fiction lately. I’ve read very few novels of the past decade. It is hard to not research. To not try to discern, what makes a novel a best seller, versus a novel that no one has heard of. I feel guilty about that at times, but it’s hard to take that hat off.

CJ: When you think of a writer, whom do you think of?

DJ: Stephen King CJ: What do you dream about at night?

CJ: Writers believe differently. Do you control your characters, or do the characters control you, using you merely as a conduit to get their stories out?

DJ: I thought I could control Aisha in “By the Waters of Zion”. I thought I could make that story into what I thought the story was suppose to be. She proved me very wrong. Characters control the writer and if that is not the case, then the writer isn’t being true to the character. The character is a fake and the writer is simply telling a story from his or her imagination. Anyone can do that. I am a writer who believes the story must be the character’s story and not the author’s. When it’s not that way it feels and read unauthentic to me. Nothing about it stays with me. It’s forgettable.

CJ: Why is art important to society?

DJ: We need to create. We need to escape. We need to connect to things we cannot explain. We sometimes need to put a voice, face, or shape to the things we cannot explain.

CJ: Why is literature, the past shadow of it that still looms like a giant over our daily lives, and the present breath that wisps across our faces, important?

DJ: We need it, to not feel alone in this world.

You can purchase Johnson’s novels at The King’s English Bookstore (1511 South 1500 East), Amazon.com or any bookstore can order them. l

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Utah Classical Guitar Society Kick-Off Concert Hosted at Westminster

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n August 22, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Jewett Center for the Performing Arts at Westminster College was filled with sounds ranging from Bach to blues to country to R&B, courtesy of one man, thanks to a year-old partnership with the liberal arts college and UCG (Utah Classical Guitar society); the event featured the award-winning classical guitarist, Michael Chapdelaine.

UCG partnered with Westminster in 2014 with the intention of bringing guitar artistry to the Utah masses; the staff at UCG, students and faculty of Westminster continue to work side by side, promoting and producing concerts, master classes and educational outreach programs.

The collaboration between the two organizations started with the president of UCG, Dr. Jon Paul Yerby and David Dynak, Chair of the Arts Administration Program at Westminster College.

“I shared with him the mission of Utah Classical Guitar and discussed our activities in hopes that we could find some capacity to form a partnership and work together,” Yerby said. “We ended

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up with the idea of partnering through the Arts Administration program—figuring that working with a small but growing non-profit arts organization would give Westminster Arts Administration students a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and insight.”

Arguably, the guitar is one of the most well known instruments, as well as one of the most commonly played instruments in the world.

The classical guitar refers to a nylon stringed guitar. The strings are thicker and have a more mellow, “rounded” sound, as opposed to the steel strings found on most “regular” acoustic guitars, which emanate a brighter, richer “twang.” Typically, the classical guitar is plucked with the fingernails of the right hand.

“We urge fans of music of any kind to attend a concert and see for yourself how the guitar acts as a bridge, connecting people emotionally and culturally through an infinitely diverse range of music. We try to vary our programming each season to accommodate different tastes. Classical or finger-style guitar

is most commonly a solo act; however, we also present chamber music concerts of Guitar duos, violin and guitar,” Yerby said. “Anyone coming to experience classical or finger-style guitar for the first time is sure to be wowed, moved and thirsty for more. You have not truly experienced the guitar until you see one of the world’s best classical guitarists perform.”

Chapdelaine, who showcased his strength and aptitude for the classical guitar on Aug. 22, lives in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains on the east side of Albuquerque, N. M. He is a professor of music and head of guitar studies at the University of New Mexico.

“I first became profoundly aware of, and deeply in love with music as a fourth-grader, living on the navy base in Central Florida, when the song, ‘Strange Brew’ by Cream came on my AM radio.

It was both revelation and nostalgia in that moment, as if I always knew what music could feel like but was also experiencing it for the first time.

I have had music in my life ever since,” Chapdelaine said. “Of course,

now I have music with the amazing advantage of having studied it for many many years, both as a classical musician, a pop-music musician and a composer, as well as a dedicated audience member.”

Whether you are a specific classical guitar fan, or a lover of art in general, those involved in the Aug. 22 event all agreed this was a show not to be missed.

Art is usually not about a specific medium but about an over arching design; an objective target, aimed at something much deeper. “[Art] improves the lives of individuals in our community by offering artistic and cultural experiences of the highest caliber,” Yerby said. “The delicate, expressive nature of the guitar provides the ability for people to be genuinely moved by the music. Our partnerships with local organizations such as Westminster College allow us to combine forces with other institutions, giving us the opportunity to broaden our audience base and improve the lives of a l wider demographic.”

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o increase voter participation, Salt Lake City is conducting a Vote by Mail Municipal Election. For the General Elections in 2015, all registered voters in Salt Lake City will receive a ballot in the mail.

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Ballots will be mailed 28 days before the November 3rd General Election.

Ballots will include postage-paid return envelopes.

If you have moved, contact the Salt lake County Election Division by email at got-vote@slco.org or 385-468-7400 to update your address and ensure you receive a ballot.

Ballots must be postmarked by Monday before the Election Day (General Election ballots due Monday November 2).

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Why The Hottest Spot in Town May be Next Door

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veryone deserves a break from their labors, let alone those who offer a worldclass product. So it only makes sense that the Utah Symphony, one of just 15 52-week orchestras in America, should be able to celebrate another in-town soul-stirring performance at New Yorker, Caffé Molise or J. Wong’s.

Then there are houses in the area that are so cool, they provide a quite-worthy destination place. That’s why the Utah Symphony was found at the home of Crystal Young-Otterstrom and her husband Joel last month after a performance. They were even joined at the house by a national group with which they teamed up at a highly-anticipated evening at Red Butte Gardens. And count the performers as impressed.

“Her house is a perfect location for a symphony after-party because it would bring together not just symphony lovers, but art lovers of other kinds because it is a microcosm of contemporary art,” Mer-

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cedes Smith, Utah Symphony’s principal flutist, said. “It has wild colors and eccentric themes that reflect her personality, but is something that can bring different parts of the community together.”

Along with the symphony, the art-gallery-meets-gingerbread-house-meets-thehouse-you-don’t-have-the-bravery-to-make has housed individuals in the musical, political, religious and you-name-it arenas, including members of Vivace, Planned Parenthood, Boca, LDS Dems, Salty Cricket and the local Mormon congregation, besides invitees to several parties.

Folks, many like the Utah Symphony coming just up the road downtown, don’t walk away disappointed. They say that it looks like a museum because of the assortment of art. They’ve been in a house painted in a half-dozen different colors; a house with pictures meshing Star Wars and Disney before they were meshed; a house with art, with art about art and a work of art itself.

Crystal Young-Otter strom speaks at a Salty Cricket social, one of the many functions held at her uniquely decorated house. There, she and her husband Joel host many movers and shakers in the Salt Lake area.

Dozens of pieces of unique artwork adorn Joel Otterstrom and Crystal Young-Otterstrom’s uniquely decorated house. The two host many movers and shakers in the Salt Lake area.

“People respond positively to it because there is not enough of it in people’s lives,” Crystal said. “I hope that my crazy bright colors and eclecticism shows that you can be more funky and fun in your own abode. People say their house is boring. It’s because it’s white.”

Crystal strives to show that folks can make their house really exciting without much work or cost. She and Joel painted the house themselves and bought furniture from the DI and consignment stores. (“My budget is low,” she said.) Folks can do a lot with color and interesting objects and a lot with “making sure the flow is right and things are balanced right and the design is good,” she said. Payment installations are helpful and galleries and artists selling their work may compromise with a budget.

Smith expressed gratitude to Crystal for her support of Utah Symphony, personally and also professionally. Crystal started Vivace, a community outreach group sup-

porting arts like that which Utah Symphony provides. Crystal finds the arts important to expand and express our worlds and for “digging into what life is,” citing studies that show that involvement in the arts means longer and happier lives.

“She’s a really incredible person and we’re lucky to have her supporting us,” Smith said.

That feeling is shared from Utah Symphony’s executive offices. When discussing Utah Symphony’s partnership with top-ofthe-industry performers (as in, Steve Martin, Yo-Yo Ma and Kristen Chenoworth), executive Toby Tolokan joked that he and the symphony sometimes say in jest that they wish they could have the career of their rock star (or rock star-status) performance partner. Then they come to, realizing that the grass isn’t necessarily greener on the other side. In getting treated to artsy fun houses like Crystal’s, Tolokan and his crew may not need to make the effort to get there. l

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‘True Art Walk’ Keeping the Pace

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here is a big difference between the Sugar House Art Walk and Salt Lake Gallery Stroll.

For the former, folks must actually walk.

By Rhett Wilkinson “It’s a true art walk,” Laurie Bray, Sugar House Art Walk coordinator, said.

Perhaps it’s part of the reason why the program has gained attention. Statewide news stations visited in April 2012 and April

The Sugar House Monument Plaza was dedicated in June during a Sugar House Art Walk. Photo courtesy Sugar House Art Walk

New maps are made each month because various venues want to participate in the Sugar House Art Walk. Photo courtesy Sugar House Art Walk

2013 to feature it. Along with Co-Coordinator Emily Potts and Designer Brittany Golden, Bray publicizes and provides a walk each month, except December and January. From 6-9 p.m. on second Fridays of the month, participating businesses host an artist for participants ready to be dazzled.

However, media attention from popular personalities at KSL and FOX 13 only comes so often. The women routinely face a challenge in helping participants visit the lesser-known venues; but sparked by variety, the walk has run since 2011. Folks have been entertained by plein air painting and whirling dervishes.

In June, the Sugar House Monument Plaza was dedicated. It boasts Art Deco features, recalls to proud moments of the city’s history and more.

The walk has maintained its pace ever since Bray was motivated by the Sugar House stroll a couple of years before she started the current program.

“That was the catalyst for a couple of years down the road,” Bray said. “Lots of people came down for that.”

Now, a new map is made each month because various venues want to participate.

Some are art galleries; most are stores.

“The purpose is not just for a gallery stroll,” Bray said, “but so that you go back to the stores and shop.”

For more information, visit sugarhouseartwalk.org l

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Company led by former Skullcandy CEO moves global headquarters to Sugar House

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raeger Pellet Grills is about creativity.

So is Sugar House.

But the commonality is merely one reason why the counter-culture city is a “great place” for the innovative grill company to relocate its global headquarters, a Treager executive said.

“Traeger is an outdoor cooking brand, and outdoor cooking, by nature, is about creativity and in particular, the outdoors,” Vice President of Marketing Sean Laughlin said.

“We felt that Sugar House is a great place for us to be located based upon the diversity, the creativity, and the value placed in outdoor spaces that this neighborhood provides.”

The company made the move from Portland this week into a 28,000-square-foot location in the 1215 Wilmington Building, where more than 100 employees will be based, according to a press release.

The decision-maker was Jeremy Andrus, Traeger CEO and former top man at Skullcandy.

“We’re thrilled to be relocating our company’s global headquarters from Oregon to the great state of Utah,” Andrus said.

“We’re looking forward to building another great brand right here at home and to being a contributing member of the community.

We’ve been hard at work building a new, unique office in Sugar House that will reflect the DNA of our brand and inspire our team and our customers alike. The design concept connects people to our product with elements of reclaimed wood from both of our homes – Oregon and now Utah – fire, steel, and sophisticated electronics.”

After 14 years in Utah, Andrus is impressed by the strength of Utah’s talent pool

and friendliness of the business environment. Laughlin said that the many other area businesses in the recreation and lifestyle brand space means that they can attract and retain top-level talent.

Some of the 100 employees are moving from Portland and many will be new hires for the company. Approximately 30 Traeger employees will remain in Portland to work in customer service and information technology.

Andrus has also been “blown away”

by Traeger’s “cult-like” following among outdoor cooking and barbecue enthusiasts since taking over in Jan. 2014, he said in a press release.

“If you’ve ever experienced food cooked on a Traeger, you know that everything just tastes better cooked over a wood flame,” he said. “Wood-smoked food cannot be matched by propane or charcoal.”

The interior space is being designed

by Method Studio, an architectural/design firm. Work station design is being done by Henriksen Butler. Traeger officials said that state-of-the-art indoor kitchen/classroom/ studio will be used for broadcast recording, public grilling and barbecue classes, dining events and pop-up restaurants. The outdoor deck that surrounds the Traeger interior space will also include a kitchen/grilling area.

Traeger was founded in 1985 in Oregon by Joe Traeger. It operates warehouse and logistics locations in Oregon, Colorado and Tennessee. The company maintained a facility in Springville before its Sugar House move and has a team in China that provides supply chain management. l

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Neighborhood Watch Community Meeting

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istrict 7 City Council Representative Lisa Adams helped prepare and attended a neighborhood watch community meeting on Aug. 11. The meeting was held on 2350 West 2100 South in the LDS Church’s Cultural Hall. Interim Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown was also in attendance, as well as his Deputy Chief Josh Scharman and Detective Wilking and Detective Lowe.

The meeting centered on what citizens can do to help keep their neighborhoods safe as well as how to set up a neighborhood watch program. Chief Brown said that since he became chief of police on June 11, he and his deputy chiefs have been focusing on increasing police bike squads and increasing the number of patrolman on duty around the city. He told members of the audience that they “should be seeing bike patrolman in Sugar House soon.”

Brown said that in recent months, the police force’s objective has been to rid the downtown area, namely Pioneer Park and the Rio Grande area, of crime. As crime in these areas has decreased, he said, the police presence has forced the crime to relocate to other areas of the city, like Fairmont Park in Sugar House.

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plaint a lot and mentioned it in the meeting saying, “One consistent concern I’ve heard is that once you squeeze the crime downtown it just hops on TRAX and the S-line to Sugar House and our neighborhoods.”

“One thing that we have found,” Brown said in response to this concern “is that when you move crime you weaken it.”

Brown said that the entire police department is aware of the surge in drug trafficking and other crime in Fairmont Park and that they are working to rid the city of the epidemic. He also urged anyone who witnesses a drug deal to call (801) 799-DRUG and for neighborhood watch programs to rise up to help counter the crime.

“Drug crimes are up and that’s what driving the property crimes,” Brown said.

They also talked about other types of crime that have been on the rise in recent months including burglary.

“If we can make it harder for the thieves, we need to do it,” Brown said.

Brown said that one of their concerns is the criminals that are addicted to heavy drugs like Heroin and have to come up with hundreds of dollars every day to support their addiction. Most of these individuals, Brown said, have no job or source of income

Detective Greg Wilking discussed how the crowd can be more involved in the neighborhood watch at the Aug.11 meeting.

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Interim Chief Mike Brown addressed Sugar House residents about the increase in drug and property crimes.

which leads them to commit property crimes to feed their addiction.

“They say heroin withdrawal is like the worst flu you could get,” Brown said about drug withdrawal and how it leads criminals to commit burglary.

Detective Wilking is in charge of the neighborhood crime watch division in Salt Lake City and spoke at the meeting about tools they can use to assist the police. One of these tools he suggested is the mobile application called Next Door that allows neighbors to share information about potential criminals to help ensure a safe community.

“Every bit you do is a crime deterrent – sharing information is really important,” Wilking said.

A strong neighborhood is one of the best ways to reduce crime in neighborhoods according to Wilking. If you know your neighbors well, then you will have a better chance of seeing something out of the ordinary and reporting it.

“That’s what neighborhood watch is, block by block interaction,” Wilking said.

Many audience members were concerned with the recent property crimes in Sugar House. One audience member said

she was concerned one day when she was driving home and she saw an old low rider.

She said she wrote down the license plate number and called the non-emergency police number.

“They did not belong here, it was obvious” she said.

Wilking said that situation was an instance when the Next Door mobile application would have come in handy.

City Council member Lisa Adams shared a story of her own about property crime in her neighborhood. Adams said that when she was remodeling her house, she let the construction workers use her restroom inside since it was cold. When she came back from a run one morning, while they were working, she caught one of the workers searching her room. While Adams did not call the police and report the crime, she did say she let the construction crew’s boss know and had the worker removed from the project.

Wilking said that more neighborhood crime watch programs need to start up. Contact the Salt Lake City Police Department for more information about neighborhood watch programs by calling (801)799-3361.

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Journey to a land of myth and magic as you discover the land of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. With crafts, activities, light displays, and more, join us for an indoor/outdoor, costume, and family-friendly experience in the Garden to celebrate Halloween. http://www.redbuttegarden.org/garden-after-dark ZEKE DUMKE FREE DAY Monday, October 5 In recognition of Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr.’s role in the founding and development of Red Butte Garden, the first Monday of every October is Zeke Dumke Day, a free admission day.

Support provided through Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP). http://www.redbuttegarden.org/free-gardenevents EXHIBITS & FLORAL SHOWS Free with regular Garden admission. Garden Members free. http://www.redbuttegarden.org/exhibits ART EXHIBITS September 21 - October 11 - UTAH WATERCOLOR SOCIETY SIGNATURE SHOW November 6 - December 20 - GLASS ART SHOW December 5 & 6 - HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE & ART FAIR Call for Artists & Vendors! Deadline is October 10. h t t p : / / w w w. r e d b u t t e g a r d e n . o rg / h o l i day-open-house

FLORAL SHOWS October 10 & 11 - BONSAI SHOW Learn about this ancient art form with the Bonsai Club of Utah.

November 7 & 8 - ORCHID SHOW The Utah Orchid Society will display and sell exotic orchids.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Class & Workshop prices vary, check our website for more info: www.redbuttegarden.org Registration is required. More classes and workshops are available all fall and winter.

CONTAINERS FOR FALL GARDENS Thursday, October 1 from 6:30-8:30PM Create a floral masterpiece that will hold up through Thanksgiving and potentially through the winter. A 16” terra cotta container, soil, and plants will be provided.

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SPOOKTACULAR PLANTS - Saturday, October 3 from 11:30-Noon Discover carnivorous plants, the “scariest” members of the plant family; conduct bone-chilling experiments and create spooky crafts.

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Alex Wirth, 19, and Tessa Milne, 19, both love being in Sugar House for work. “It’s very upbeat. There’s always people out walking,” Tessa said. “There’s a lot of food by us and that’s always nice,” Alex said.

Taylor Hoffman, 24, lives and works in Sugar House. “I love it because the community is so friendly. I look forward to everyday I come here,” she said.

Greg Gage, 45, owns a small business in the area.

“It’s more of a diverse artistic community here. It’s just a great place to be,” he said.

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Real Estate Organization Celebrates New Location

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ami Bonnell sees so many places, she lives in airplanes. Still, the Sugar House area remains one of her favorites.

Bonnell rides in 100 planes per year, seeing dozens of locations annually as she guides EXIT Realty’s progression. But she enjoys the Sugar House area so much – she called it “breathtaking” – she wished that she had time to take a hike while in town Wednesday to celebrate EXIT Realty’s new office space in the city.

Regardless of schedule availability, Bonnell loves what has happened to the business in the area as she loves the area itself, she said.

“The people here work together more like a team – like a family,” she said. “Everybody is really nice, down-to-earth people.”

EXIT Realty celebrated its new location Wednesday evening with a ribbon cutting. Bonnell cited growing families, first-time buyers, millennials and agreeable prices as “very appealing” reasons for its newest opening. A couple of offices in northern Utah are even seeing double the production from just last year, she added.

“We’re seeing great opportunity for growth in Utah,” she said. “I’m just really proud of what our agents and brokers have

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Leadership from the company, based in Massachusetts and Ontario, tries to attend

engagements and other functions. (She had several for this trip, including a visit in Sandy with the Salt Lake Board of Realtors.)

Left to right, EXIT Realty Legacy Owners Angelina Nelson and Kyle Webb and Sugar House Chamber of Commerce Chair Summer Shumway cut the ribbon for a new EXIT Realty location as CEO Tami Bonnell (far left) looks on.

Photo courtesy Angelina Nelson every opening. Bonnell tries to “maximize” all of her glamour trips by doing speaking

But her favorite part of the job is seeing what folks rate as their top two dreams:

owning their own home and business, she said.

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Tami Bonnell’s EXIT Realty opened an office in Sugar House after seeing double production since last year from other offices nearby. She flew in from Boston to celebrate the new location. Photo courtesy EXIT Realty

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We Don’t Need No Dreaducation

By Peri Kinder

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very summer vacation I ever had ended with the terrifying fear of going back to school. There’s even a name for that fear: didaskaleinophobia-because nothing describes the fear of school so aptly as a word you will never be able to pronounce or spell.

My fears in elementary school included being in a class without my best friend, finding out I wasn’t smart, having a mean teacher and being forced to eat everything on my lunch tray. (The fear of school lunch is a whole different topic.)

Boys were also a great fear. They were unpredictable, incomprehensible, disgusting show-offs—and that was on a good day. I continue to be afraid of earthworms after a stupid boy in first grade threw a handful down my shirt. I screamed for 23 minutes straight.

As I got older, my fears increased exponentially. Entering junior high was akin to walking into the Roman Colosseum to face a hungry lion. A lion who had better hair than I did. And no pimples.

Seventh grade was the year of deodorant, showering at school, Clearasil and the ever mysterious feminine hygiene products no one talked about. The anxiety of reeking with body odor sent me into a Love’s Baby Soft addiction. Even now, that scent reminds

Fear me of junior high locker rooms.

Getting lost at school was a huge worry, as was finding and opening my locker.

I would often scamper from class to class with my head down, clutching six textbooks across my chest because I couldn’t find my locker.

Increasing my fear of lockers, one afternoon my boyfriend was standing next to me with his arm casually draped over my open locker (it looked so cool). Then I slammed the door, accidentally cutting off the top of his finger.

If you think it’s hard remembering a locker combination, try opening your locker when the boy you’re trying to impress is screaming and crying with his finger stuck in the door. He broke up with me soon after that.

Then there’s the primordial fear of not being cool. I’d be in the hall when a group of older, popular kids walked by (for some reason, in slow motion). The girls laughed and casually tossed their spiral-permed tresses over their shoulders. To a seventh grader, the mature age of 15 was the epitome of awe-

someness.

I stared dumbstruck, my mouth agape, displaying my un-cool braces and wearing my first pair of Levi’s 501 button-fly jeans that my mom bought only after I convinced her I would NOT wear homemade clothes to junior high.

In one of the most misguided rebranding campaigns of all time, I decided junior high would be a great time to change my image. I tried swearing for the first time. It was cool. I was determined to reinvent myself as a rebel who drank Coke and said “damn.”

For a 12-year-old Utah girl, that’s akin to being a homeless wino who juggles bunnies on a street corner.

But what scared me more than anything were the people who kept telling me that my school years would be the best time of my life.

It was paralyzing to think that avoiding bullies, flunking geometry, dealing with no self-esteem and eating Funyuns and Coke for lunch everyday would be the highlight of my time on this earth.

They were so wrong. There’s not enough money in the world to convince me to relive that hellish experience. For all you students facing these fears this year, trust me, it gets so much better. l

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