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19 Recovering in Isolation Addiction recovery during COVID

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30 Bad Medicine Utah MLM firms face scrutiny

36 A Brief History of the Great Salt Lake 48 Black Lives Matter Utah BLM Utah encompasses culture and change

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58 Training Skilled Workers Utah programs offer new skills for displaced workers

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Issue Introduction We are destroying the Great Salt Lake. We

downward trajectory, our learning about this

are turning this once mighty Great Lake into

“progress” will not be found on Instagram

a cesspool. If “progress” wins, the lake will

or from the “influencer community”. The

indeed die. The inland port, which promises

censorship by Facebook is systematically

to poison the food supply for millions of

silencing all dissenting voices and the inde-

migratory birds, moves forward.

pendent press. Greed marches on.

The proposed landfill on the inlet of where

Neiztche proclaimed in 1872 that “God is

the Salt Creek flows into the GSL, where

dead.” He was remarking on how humans

thousands of ducks and geese find sanctu-

are killing God with their “progress” and

ary, will become a place to bury radioactive

how the Church’s role in society and man’s

waste, soot and ash. There are plenty of

worship of his own creations, rather than

better places to store this ash, but greed is

God’s, was winning. When our “Great” Salt

winning.

Lake becomes a cesspool, will we mourn it’s

Greed is the driving force of “progress in

loss or will we just enjoy the Walmart that is

Utah”, and as local journalism continues its

built on top of it?

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A Visit to Utah’s Largest Medical Cannabis Farm By Richard Markosian

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wo years ago there were 80 hopeful

hopes of getting an interview with one of

applicants vying for the coveted “golden

the most elusive, locally-owned medical

ticket” to be one of ten of the official

cannabis farms.

medical cannabis growers for Utah’s medical

Tyler is a tall, thin and plain spoken

cannabis program. Only eight were chosen,

30-something who has the spunk and clear-

one provisionally.

eyed optimism of a guy who hasn’t grown

The capital requirements disqualified

to gangsta rap. He’s dressed in jeans and

hydroponics disqualified many more. To

a shirt. He puts on no airs of ostentation

produce a consistent product, an applicant

or pretension. Tyler was working at his

not only needed permission to grow

family’s greenhouse in West Valley when

cannabis in a county that would allow it,

the cannabis bill was slowly moving through

but they “really needed the ability to grow

Utah’s State Legislature in 2019.

indoors, under lights in a large facility, with

I introduced myself. Garland is a sparsely

a good grasp of plant nutrition,” according

populated town with cattle ranches and

to Scott, head grower at Dragonfly Wellness

wheat fields. The low, salty-air flat-lands and

Cannabis farm. These requirements

surrounding farms near Promontory Point

excluded the vast majority of Utah’s existing

are enveloped in mist on this drizzly spring

agricultural community and farmers.

day.

The cannabis industry in the United States is a $61 billion industry, and 67% of Americans are onboard with its medicinal use.

“What made you believe that you had a shot at winning a grow license?” I ask Tyler. “We know how to build green houses,” he answered succinctly. He starts by giving me

Even if cannabis becomes a $2 billion

a tour of his first two 30’ x 100’ greenhouses.

industry in Utah, it will be by far the largest

They are rather small, but orderly, clean and

cash crop in Utah agriculture, offering the

organized with thriving plants.

greatest profit margin of any crop produced by farmers. Barley, wheat, potatoes, onions and corn — all combined — by comparison

“Does your family have a lot of experience in growing?” I inquire. “We have had a family business growing

are a $527 million industry in Utah. If the

flowers for three generations. My Grandpa

legal restriction that 100% of supply must be

started the business. We provide all of the

grown in-state, the financial and economic

potted flowers for cities like Park City.”

opportunities, especially for rural Utah, are PHOTOS BY RICH OF OAKRIDGE FARM

up playing video games while listening

90% of applicants. Indoor-growing using

substantial. Our question two years ago, when we

The hoop houses are simple pole structures, with supplemental heat provided by natural gas furnaces. Supplemental

began covering this bonanza was: Would

lighting is provided by a huge array of LED

both the winners and losers of this game,

light panels. It’s cold and chilly outside,

as well as the rules, be controlled by big

warm and humid inside.

venture-capital corporations, aka, the elite?

“We had to get a four-inch gasline here

Or, would local Utah farmers and rural Utah

that could supply 22 million BTUs.” It’s a

residents have any chance of competing and

staggering amount of natural gas, and I had

winning in the “Green Wave” sweeping the

to ask Tyler to repeat that figure three times

nation?

for me, because this is enough natural gas to

For answers I visited Garland, Utah, in

supply 3,100 homes.

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“Last year we produced 1,800 pounds. Very soon we will have enough capacity to produce 20,000 pounds. That’s enough to provide enough [cannabis gummies] for the entire state of Utah.” “Just for those three rather small green houses? There must be much more to this facility than it appears,” I thought to myself,

photos of me.” I really don’t want people to even know where this facility is located.” Barbed-wire fencing and security cameras

remaining silent. I sensed he might want to

surround the property. The air of distrust

conclude the tour standing in front of his

makes me feel like I’m trying to convince

warehouse.

Walter White to show me his lab. But Tyler

“You must have somehow gotten my cell

looks like a kid who might have received a

phone from my Dad?” And where exactly

valedictorian award at Utah State, but he

are you from? Where is this story going to

actually didn’t attend college. He learned

be printed?” Tyler asks me. It seems that I’m

everything about botany, hydroponics and

going through Tyler’s vetting process. He

operations from working in his family’s

needs to determine if I’m worthy of going

business.

inside whatever is behind the big, secure doors behind him. Tyler explains: “There are a lot of shady

I explain that I’ve been writing about farmers and agriculture in Utah for the past twelve years, and that I might need to call

people entering into this who don’t have

my friend Thayne Tagge to vouch for me,

the best motives. I don’t want to say my

but that turns out to be unnecessary.

last name, and I don’t want you to take any

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“Okay, we can go inside, but please be

received our processing license in February, so we are really still just getting started,” he explained. Steve is packaging a batch, without THC that is going out for samples. We exit the processing area and enter a warehouse the size of a large airplane hangar. “Wow,” is the only word I repeat several times for the next few minutes. Inside are massive empty shelving units. “This is our drying and curing area. Eventually we will move some of our production in here.” It’s all impressive, but there is one obvious missing component: where are the cannabis plants? Tyler opens a massive garage door which leads inside of one of the largest greenhouses I’ve seen. Several thousand plants all about 3’ tall appear well-tended, flourishing, vibrant and growing. On either side of the greenhouse, humidity control systems appear like enormous swamp coolers. Overhead is an enormous array of LEDs. I tell Tyler that when I visited Dragonfly’s nice to us in the story,” He says, and I agree. Entering the facility with my guest badge,

farm in Moroni, they maintained everything completely indoors to make it possible to

we first visit the office and “the kitchen.” Clad

control all variables. Their grower, Scott,

in stainless steel with commercial ovens,

said that complete temperature control

stoves, a mixer and refrigerators, the size of

is the only method to grow consistent

this kitchen is larger than most commercial

pharmaceutical-grade cannabis — complete

restaurant kitchens, and is obviously to

environmental controls including a lighting

accommodate a significant volume of …

system to optimize UV rays for veg and

what? It seems that there is just one item on

flowering stages. This is a huge greenhouse.

the menu — gummies.

“I guess you don’t find this necessary?” I ask.

Tyler explains how they decided early

Tyler pulls out his smart-phone and

on that, “We didn’t want to grow primarily

opens an app. “Watch the lights,” he says.

flowers, (the term used to describe the bud,

They shine a bright white as he pulls up

which is smoked) potentially causing people

the touch graphic of a circle on the “white”

lung problems. We decided instead to focus

spectrum of the app. He then pulls down the

on extracts and edibles. The Garland grow

white and pulls up the red. The thousands of

house’s cook is Tyler’s uncle Steve. He

LEDs on the hundreds of lights in the entire

developed their gummy recipe. “We only

35,000 square-foot facility transition in

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about 1 second basking all the green plants

grow facility that was still under some

in an orange hue.

construction. I also witnessed the massive

“This is the spectrum we use to optimize

breaker panel that supplies the electricity

flowering. We can do all of that, but we have

to the LED lights. Tyler explains it’s enough

a different mindset.”

electricity to power all of the homes in

Tyler explains further: “Because we are producing more edibles than flower, we are

Garland. This all has been a crash course and case

focused on biomass. We can produce flower

study in the future of high-volume, large-

and variety but our focus is on volume.” He

scale, organic, hydroponic farming. This

then tells me something that truly makes my

one facility alone could provide for all of the

jaw drop.

medical cannabis needs for a population of

“Last year we produced 1,800 pounds. Very soon we will have enough capacity to produce 20,000 pounds. That’s enough to

more than 2 million people, or ten tons per year.

provide enough [cannabis gummies] for the

The economic opportunity

entire state of Utah.”

The medicine and the benefit that this one

Tyler adds that by the end of the year, their two 35,000 square foot facilities will certainly drive the cost of edibles down for Utah patients. “Cancer patients need this. People suffering from chronic pain need this. And

facility can provide on less than an acre in rural Utah is highly significant. “We have about ten employees now. We will need to hire another ten employees in the next few months,” Tyler tells me. For a town of about 850 households, with

we want to make it more affordable,” he tells

a per-capita income of $25,000 per year, the

me.

economic benefits are obvious. At least 36

Early in the week, I spoke to Cody James, manager of Industrial Hemp and Cannabis for the Utah Department of Agriculture. He

higher-paying jobs for farmers who are as much botanists, geneticists and herbalists. Compared to the other rural Utah job

told me that so far, the cannabis growers are

prospects which include call centers, big

doing a great job and they are all expanding

box stores, mining, drilling or toxic-waste

operations and capacity. James also said

disposal, and testing rockets, these seem

that demand for medical cannabis has

like dream jobs. Working in and around

accelerated twice as fast as they projected

flourishing plants all day, working to crack

in Utah, and that the only product that they

the code of science that has the promise to

had some supply problems with were the

alleviate all sorts of pains and ailments to

edibles: gummies. James added that he did

benefit humanity seems quite nice.

not expect the department to have to issue

The future of this industry is to enable

any new grow licenses in the foreseeable

thousands of Utahns to trade their addictive

future.

pain-killers, depression meds, and addictive

Rural Utah’s Hope in The Economic Benefits of Medical Cannabis

pharmaceuticals for an all-natural medicinal herb. It’s very difficult to find any negative aspects to this proposition. Tyler and his partner Brian give me a warm goodbye, and

Tyler and I started heading back after I

I can see they really hope I don’t butcher

saw the massive scale of the second 35,000

their story. (Let’s hope not.)

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Recovering In Isolation By Cathy McKitrick

EBER VALLEY — This May, Maggie

“After a lifetime of substance use, I ended up

Talucci will celebrate four years of

losing everything, including my self worth.

sobriety. And she credits Wasatch Crest

Overdosing had become a part of my life,

Treatment with giving her a solid foundation

and at that time, I was ready to die just to get

for continued recovery.

rid of the pain.”

“The ‘Crest’ taught me how to live life

Iron Wolf Recovery offers a simple

substance-free and still have fun, and part of

formula for continued success: “Connect.

that was through their outdoor excursions.

Sweat. Recover.” By offering free fitness

We did a lot of hiking, a lot of physically

sessions to anyone with at least 48 hours of

active activities,” Talucci said.

sobriety, its members can build physical and

But had Covid-19 hit during her initial struggle to get sober, Talucci’s success story might have turned out differently. “I think about where I was in early

mental strength while enjoying the support of others in recovery. Through friendships at the gym, Talucci said that people could open up about their

recovery,” Talucci said, “and I honestly don’t

struggles — and ask where to get more help.

think I would have been able to handle the

And through those conversations, the shame

pandemic.”

of addiction begins to dissipate.

Talucci now operates the nonprofit

“You help break down that stigma by

Iron Wolf Recovery in Charleston, South

almost normalizing it — not saying that my

Carolina.

active addiction was normal by any means,”

Talucci described her own battle on Iron

Talucci said. “But talking about it and being

Wolf’s website https://ironwolfrecovery.org/:

candid about it makes others less ashamed.

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Addiction touches all of us, whether it be ourselves or friends or family.”

Recovering outside

“I was so ashamed, and I didn’t want anybody to know I was having a problem,” Huffman said. In his younger days, Huffman ran the

Wasatch Crest Treatment https://

Wasatch 100, a 100-mile endurance trek

wasatchcresttreatment.com/, founded by Jim

stretching from Utah’s East Mountain

Huffman in late 2016, has two assets working

Wilderness Park to Soldier Hollow.

in its favor: a stunning natural setting and

Rich McDonald, his longtime running

a host of outdoor activities that aid in the

buddy, approached Huffman in 2016 about

recovery process.

purchasing the treatment center from its

Situated on a sprawling seven-acre estate in Heber Valley, the mountainside

then-struggling owners. Huffman took the leap, and McDonald

retreat offers trail runs, topnotch skiing and

became Wasatch Crest’s first employee. A

snowboarding at nearby resorts — and even

trained clinical mental health counselor,

pickleball.

McDonald now serves as the center’s clinical

“Our outdoor recreational piece is huge ... one of the things our clients love the most,”

director. In a November 2020 blog, McDonald

Huffman said. “So we’re continuing to do

wrote that addiction is a disease, not a moral

those things that are safe and have distance.”

issue. He also urged people in recovery to

Huffman himself has been in recovery for almost 14 years, and said he remembers how

share their stories. “It is often the shame and stigma of

difficult it was initially to seek help for his

addiction that keeps people who need help

addiction.

from seeking it,” McDonald wrote. “As we

One of the therapy options at Wasatch Crest includes hiking

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stop the misinformation and shine light on

residence operational through 2020 by

the millions of people living healthy sober

testing clients and making sure staff wore

lives, we provide hope for the future.”

masks.

Adapting during Covid-19

especially 12-step meetings and other

Recovering from alcohol or substance abuse

support sessions associated with longer term

can be a rough road. Toss in a deadly virus,

aftercare, had to go virtual.

and that journey just got tougher.

But other aspects of the program,

“I’m a little old school. Zoom’s great but

The social distancing and isolation that

I prefer in-person,” Huffman said. “We’re

accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic not

really a relationship-driven company, and

only set the stage for increased substance

from that perspective it’s definitely been

use, but also made it harder to seek

more challenging.”

help.

According to Huffman, only two clients

“Challenges around mental health

tested positive for the virus this past year

are oftentimes the underlying factor for

— and he believes they had it when they

substance use and alcohol abuse because

arrived.

we’re using those things to self-medicate how we feel, to offset depression and anxiety,” Huffman said. As Huffman sees it, connection is the opposite of addiction. “Isolation is the worst possible thing for

Mental toll Last August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ wr/mm6932a1.htm that surveyed 5,412 U.S. adults during the final week of June 2020.

somebody who’s struggling with mental

Results revealed that 40 percent — or two

health or substances or alcohol,” he said.

in five — had experienced increased anxiety,

So Wasatch Crest kept its 20-bed inpatient

stress and trauma due to COVID-19.

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Those conditions — identified

drug-topics/opioids/opioid-summaries-by-state/

particularly in younger adults, racial/ethnic

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minorities, essential workers and unpaid

showed that Utah medical providers wrote

adult caregivers — led to disproportionately

opioid prescriptions for 57 of every 100

worse mental health outcomes, increased

persons in Utah. The state logged 437 deaths

substance use and more prevalent thoughts

from opioid overdoses that year.

of suicide. According to the Utah Department of

Wasatch Crest currently has a waiting list, but Huffman said they work with various

Health, 621 residents die by suicide each

partners to get people into recovery as

year on average.

quickly as possible.

“Over the last few years the greatest

Looking ahead, Huffman said they will

uptick we’ve seen has been in the (abuse

soon open a women’s sober living facility

of) opioid prescription medication, and

in the Heber Valley. Their men’s outpatient

then the transition from that into heroin,”

recovery residence has been operational for

Huffman said, attributing that trend to

about two years.

Utah’s dominant culture. “People don’t drink

“In terms of where we’re going as a

and don’t smoke, but if a doctor prescribes

program, that will be the biggest area of

medication for you, then it’s OK.”

growth for us,” Huffman said, to “help get

And 2018 data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse https://www.drugabuse.gov/

Participating in the rope course

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people back into life and relaunched.”

MOAB

Story Head TK Subhead TK Byline TK

Mary on the Farm Moab woman keeps 100-year-old farming tradition alive By M. Shane Richins

er curly, vibrant red hair betrays her

that everyone recognizes. It is a name that

sensitive skin, but Mary Engleman just

usually belongs to an original settling family

puts on her long-sleeved flannel shirt and

— one that has survived, and perhaps even

wide brimmed hat to protect her from the

thrived over time through generations of

unrelenting desert sun. To those who work

hard work. It is a name that belongs to an

in a climate-controlled office, the thick

original settling family that has thrived over

clothing would seem to only trade a burn

time through generations of hard work.

from the sun for a slow, insulated roasting.

Henry Holyoak originally homesteaded this

But farm work weeds out the weak, and for

land in 1884, and his land has been divided

those tough enough to endure, it tempers

up among his progeny ever since.

their mettle.

The Holyoak stock produced Mary, and

Mary recalls that, “When I was young,

she is a prime example of those who

cowboyin’ and feedin’ the animals held a

helped shape the once-wild deserts of the

lot more interest for me than housework.

west. She grew up working this farm close

I decided I was probably my dad’s best

to downtown Moab, and she has a sense

cowboy, even though he had three sons.”

of identity that ties her to that town, that

In a small town there is always a surname

desert, and that family name. She would say

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Mary uses their four-wheeler to deliver hay to the cattle

she is keeping four generations of Holyoak

“She just HATES a dry patch in the field!”

family tradition alive.

Farms like Mary’s sustain society from

In that spirit, at an age where many would

behind the scenes. They may be small. They

be leaning toward retirement, she and her

may not garner the attention of a new rocket

husband Dave are still hauling hay, mending

taking people to space, but they feed the

fences, and branding the twenty head of

folks who build those rockets.

cattle they raise.

Mary and Dave,

“We chose to build

along with countless

our house in the

other small farms

middle of a hay

and farmers across

field, making us

the US, create a

responsible for

combined network

caring for the land

that makes a huge

around us. In order

impact on the

to have cows, you

food supply of our

need hay, and even

nation and puts a

though making hay

few dollars in the

is not my favorite

pockets of family

thing to do, it has to

farmers. These

be done,” Mary says.

Dave and Mary Engleman

She sums up her portrayal of who she

dollars may help fix a broken tractor and allow a lifestyle to

is in a way that ties herself, her faith and the

continue — one that still ties folks like Mary

land together. “I guess my philosophy would

to the earth from which we all came. It isn’t

be like the primary song, Give, said the little

enough to live on these days, so her husband

stream. “I’m small I know, but wherever

Dave also works for the BLM, protecting our

I go, the grass grows greener still.” Mary’s

wilderness from forest fires.

husband, Dave, would agree, noting that,

Much of Mary’s motivation comes from her

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Dave on the Kubota

dedication to the farm and the family legacy.

There is a good chance that before Google

Her farm was designated a Utah Centennial

re-routes them, they will see Mary, up on

Farm, which, according to the Deseret News,

her tractor in the middle of a field of green

“recognize[s] farms

alfalfa, in her wide

or ranches that have

hat, flannel shirt

been in continuous

and mud boots,

operation by

backdropped by the

a family, its

iconic red sandstone

descendants and

cliffs that frame her

in-laws for a full

farm and the town

century.”

her family helped to

When Easter Jeep

build.

safari comes around

All her children

and the whole town

have moved away to

of Moab turns into

seek their fortunes

a mob of tourists,

elsewhere, so the

most of the locals

destiny of Mary’s

shield themselves

grandfather’s legacy

in their homes

will not be known

to wait out the madness. But a handful of

beyond her generation. But as long as she

off-roaders will inevitably make a wrong

still has the grit to wade into a freezing creek

turn, past the creek and the trees, and

to free a stuck calf in the middle of winter,

end up transported back in time to the

this farm of hers will continue on.

farming town that existed before the era of

She is a vital part of this valley that was

adventure junkies.

carved by the Colorado River eons ago.

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Co-parenting With a Canine Old dogs and young kids are natural pals By M. Shane Richins

aving a partner to help you when you’re

parenting decision you make (like that

raising children can mean the difference

parenting group on social media). Someone

between self-confidence and a breakdown. Someone who will gently remind you to

who is just “such a good boy— yes he is!” It’s a common misconception that when

get out and go for a walk when you need

you have kids, you have to give up the

some fresh air. Someone who will snuggle

adventures in your life in order to serve that

up to you when you are doubting yourself.

new bundle of love that needs you so much.

Someone who won’t judge you over every

You will either slave away at work to provide

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more resources so they have the best

conversation, don’t worry; your dog knows

education you can afford for them, or you’ll

that the best ice breaker is a good tail sniff,

spend all your time at home where you

and they will handle that for you. An old dog

know you can educate them with the love

often has less to prove to other dogs and can

and personal attention only you can provide.

be more approachable than some younger

Both are valid paths, but if you post your

pups. According to Salt Lake County

methods on social media, you’ll be chastised

Animal Services, “most senior dogs are

for either option, because no parental choice

housebroken, know basic commands, and

goes unpunished on the internet.

are a bit calmer than they were as puppies.”

The nice thing about parenting is that

With the thousands of dog-friendly

much of the job, when you can be at home

hiking trails in the state, each day can be a

with the kids, involves playing. That is

new adventure for you and your children,

something that helps make the extremely

and it’s a chance for them to learn and

long hours tolerable. A person may not be

experience the world outside of YouTube

able to haul bags of concrete for sixteen

Kids.

hours a day, seven days a week, for years on

This doesn’t mean you should run right

end with hardly a break, but it turns out you

out and grab the first old dog you see. You

can watch Frozen that long and still retain a

don’t want just any old dog. You need the

small percentage of your sanity, leaving just

right dog. Each family has different needs,

enough lucidity to cook up a box of mac and

and the wrong choice can be bad for both

cheese for lunch.

the family and the dog.

That’s the rub. You get to play, but only

Utah has a strong rescue community.

kid games. You miss adult interaction. You

County Animal Control would love to adopt

miss adult stimulation. You wish you could

to you, and so would the Humane Society

watch that show you definitely can’t turn on

of Utah. Best Friends is based in Utah, and

while the kids are awake.

if you ever have a chance to tour their huge

But somewhere out there is an old dog,

facility in Kanab, you should definitely take

probably at an animal shelter; a wise, scruffy

the time to do so. The folks at any of these

old dog that would love to snuggle up to

places would love to direct you to the correct

you and tell you it’s okay when you feel like

choice of animal for the best experience.

you’re on the verge of breaking down; one

Old dogs have a harder time finding their

that won’t repeat anything it sees or hears to

forever home because everyone wants a

the church gossip.

puppy, but kids and old dogs just belong

An old dog still wants and needs to go for

together. They both love toys that make

walks, but it has mellowed since puppyhood,

noises. They both love an adventure. They

and now just wants to amble at toddler speed

both go to the bathroom when and where

while you carry your six-month-old in a

they’re not supposed to. And they both love

chest wrap. As workouts go, it may not be

to give you wet, sloppy kisses. Young kids are

CrossFit, but it’s less cliquey, so most dog

great at making messes at dinner, and old

people you meet on the trail are happy to

dogs are great at licking those messes up. It’s

have a little grown up conversation with you

a natural combination.

while your kid looks for rocks to put in her pockets.

Best of all, young kids and old dogs will always love you unconditionally.

If you’re too shy to strike up a

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Bad Medicine Utah firms to discontinue claims of medical benefits from products By Eric S. Peterson The following story was written and researched

in essential oil research and development.”

by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in

But in 2020 when the company was asked

partnership with Utah Stories.

by the National Advertising Division about

the science used to justify company claims tah-based Young Living Essential Oils

about its products, the company argued

has boasted of having over 3,000

that it should not be required to provide

global employees, more than six million members, and of being the “world leader

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“competent and reliable evidence.” The NAD ruled against Young Living,

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Young Living Essential Oils Conference in Salt Palace SLC, 25,000 reps present

who appealed the decision to the National Advertising Review Board, which also ruled

of following up on these referrals,” she says. The process then follows something very

against Young Living in November 2020.

similar to court, with both sides able to

Since then the company has agreed to stop

present evidence and make oral arguments

making claims about certain products’

before the NAD. If they’re unhappy with the

ability to increase calm and energy and

decision, they can appeal it to the NARB.

to remove the label “therapeutic grade”

Both Young Living and DoTerra were

from all its products. Around the same

challenged on numerous claims that

time, DoTerra was also dinged by the

included the products could help users sleep

self-regulating group and was asked to

better, relax and alleviate anxiety, and gain

discontinue its use of the term “certified

focus and energy.

pure therapeutic grade” in describing its products. While Young Living promised to comply,

The “Therapeutic Grade” label was a major sticking point, with both companies claiming it didn’t necessarily mean that

a class action lawsuit filed in January of this

products had medicinal benefits, just that

year states the company continues to use

they were very pure.

misleading claims in its marketing.

Self regulating … at first

In the hearings, consumer surveys were commissioned by the multi-level marketers as well as S.C. Johnson to see what people

Laura Brett is the executive vice president of

thought of the use of the term “therapeutic

the National Advertising Division, a National

grade.” The survey results commissioned by

BBB Program. She says SC Johnson asked

Young Living showed “therapeutic grade”

the division to investigate Young Living and

had little impact on consumer perception.

DoTerra’s claims of therapeutic and health

But the survey was also criticized by NAD

benefits from their essential oil products.

for subpar standards. For example, it

Brett says even though the NAD asks for

wasn’t a “double-blind” survey and certain

voluntary compliance, it also works closely

questions were crafted in a way that may

with the Federal Trade Commission.

have influenced answers of respondents.

“Ninety percent of companies agree to

Young Living’s survey also didn’t even ask

comply with our requests,” Brett says. And

respondents specifically about how they

those that don’t, she states, are referred to

interpreted the meaning of “Therapeutic

the FTC. “The FTC has a strong track record

Grade.”

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The NAD found the double-blind

and DoTerra did not fare much better.

survey conducted by SC Johnson to

DoTerra also fought the scientific standard

meet acceptable standards. SC Johnson’s

and pushed back against the idea that

survey actually asked respondents what

clinical trials would be needed to support

“therapeutic grade” meant to them, and

their marketing claims. Instead, they

59% of respondents in the test group said it

provided testimony from a doctor as to the

meant the “oils have healing or medicinal

“generalized” health benefits of essential

powers.”

oil products. The NAD, and later the

Young Living also provided research from

NARB, similarly noted that DoTerra lacked

nine separate clinical studies showing the

meaningful data to support claims of their

health benefits of essential oil.

products in denying the company’s claims.

The NAD’s official decision, however,

Of the 70 scientific reports provided

notes that Young Living “did not submit any

by DoTerra, only one tested one of the

studies” conducted on the company’s own

company’s own products, and even there the

essential oils, but instead offered research

NAD “found several methodological flaws”

on common essential oil ingredients.

with the study.

The NAD found that research unreliable

In a statement about the decision,

since “essential oils are not uniform in

DoTerra spokesman Kevin Wilson noted that

composition.”

“quality was never in question,” in regards

It was in this argument that Young

to the hearings and that while DoTerra

Living also objected to having to apply

supports self-regulation they disagreed with

the “competent and reliable standard” of

the NAD decision.

evidence. The NAD shot them down there as well. Brett with the NAD says that standard is important as the division follows the same benchmarks as the FTC. “We’re not creating a standard based on our own opinions about what advertising

“We firmly believe NAD misunderstood the law and applied the wrong legal standard,” the statement says. Young Living stated that it had no comment about the NAD and NARB decisions.

should be, or what the standards are for

A “complicated challenge”

truthfulness in advertising,” Brett says. “We

Critics have long pointed out that getting

rely on the FTC’s guidelines.”

multi-level marketing companies to follow

When Young Living lost its appeal in

the rules is a challenge when they use

November, the company issued a memo in

armies of contractors or “members” who sell

December to members about the change,

products in one-on-one settings where they

now apparently embracing the decision

can often literally say whatever they want

to stop using the misleading “therapeutic

about the products.

grade” on its labels. “While other companies may not

“It’s a complicated challenge,” says Peter Marinello, vice president of the Direct Sales

immediately follow this directive, we are

Self Regulatory Council. “These companies

leading the change to better protect your

have battalions of sales members, so getting

legacy and ours,” the company statement

your arms around what these enormous

says.

sales forces are doing — it’s difficult.”

The other company challenged its claims,

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A Brief History Of The Great Salt Lake By Richard Markosian

he Great Salt Lake was born Lake Bonneville — the massive inland sea

teaming with life 20,000 years ago. The ice-age lake was fed by permanent

that covered the entire area that is now the

glaciers, which resided in the Wasatch

Salt Lake Valley, Provo/Orem Valley, and

Mountains. The glaciers in Big and Little

well north of Ogden. The sea extended as far

Cottonwood Canyons were hundreds of feet

North as Idaho and South to Nevada. It was

thick. As the weight and pressure of these

150 miles from east to west and 250 miles

glaciers slowly moved and melted, they

from north to south.

carved granite canyons, leaving massive

Its shores extended high on the east “benches” and its waves lapped against the

granite boulders in their path. Snow in the Wasatch Range was abundant

rocky shores of Mount Olympus Cove. In

for at least eight months per year due to

the late Pleistocene era, megafauna such as

the massive sea acting as a sink for low-

the wooly mammoth, mastodon and giant

pressure weather to draw and evaporate

sloth roamed the area drinking from it’s

lake water and to feed clouds that would

fresh water. Giant turtles and alligators fed

subsequently dump plentiful snow. This

on the millions of shad and bass. Sea Lilies

has been a fundamental weather cycle that

and scalloped-shaped brachiopods and

provides such abundant streams, which have

even coral reefs made this a true inland sea

helped to carve out dozens of canyons along

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Saltair: Circa 1930, when the Great Salt Lake was great for swimming

the Wasatch Range: City Creek, Red Butte, Emmigration, Parley’s, Millcreek and Big

along the Wasatch Front. As our population continues to swell,

and Little Cottonwood Canyons being the

more of this mountain run-off water is

most well-known near Salt Lake City.

required. Utah’s per-capita domestic water

As the global climate has warmed over

consumption is the second highest of all

the past 14,000 years, the waters of Lake

Great Basin states. Cheap, abundant water

Bonneville receded and formed Utah Lake

is something we could once boast about,

in the South and The Great Salt Lake in

but it’s now causing the Great Salt Lake

the North. The Great Salt Lake still greatly

to recede. As the surface area recedes and

impacts the Wasatch Front’s weather pattern.

becomes dry ground, the evaporation

It feeds clouds. When there is high-pressure

and lake effect storms will cease to be as

and warmer water on the lake, low-pressure

impactful. As a result, our $1 billion ski

clouds and storm systems stall in the valley

industry will suffer as well.

and draw moisture from the lake. This can

From the 1880s to the 1950s, visitors and

result in five or or even six feet of powder

residents floated and swam in the Great Salt

dumping in the canyons from a single “lake

Lake. But due to years of dumping untreated

effect” storm.

sewage and waste water into the lake, only

Today, the lake is at record low levels.

brine shrimp consistently swim there today.

Sailboats that were wet docked in the GSL

Occasionally, the brave swimmer will test

marina (aka: yacht club) for the past 25 years

their buoyancy and float like a cork (I’ve

all now need to be removed as they are now

done it twice in my life), but it’s a shame that

resting on just a few inches of water. This is

it hasn’t been a priority to treat waste water

mostly due to our current 10-year drought

better and maintain a nice swimming area

conditions, but it’s also due to the lack of any

for our Great Lake of the West.

system or plan to restrict any water usage

The question remains now: will we allow

or conserve water when drought conditions

the lake to evaporate and die? Or will we

arise. The vast majority of the water that

take measures to restrict water consumption

flows from the canyons is used for drinking,

and allow much more water to flow into the

85% for irrigation and our ubiquitous green

Great Salt Lake to restore its historic levels?

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Ogden Buildings Stand The Test Of Time Historic preservation creates continuity of culture By Deann Armes

“

Who doesn’t like to go back and see the

buildings with boarded up windows will

place where they grew up?” said Ogden

quickly crumble. And nobody wants

social entrepreneur and developer Thaine

blight in their city. Thankfully, some key

Fischer. “If it’s relatively unchanged and

developers with a passion for honoring the

beautiful it gives us a sense of pride and

city’s early builders and entrepreneurial

security.”

spirit are currently undergoing thoughtful

Vacant, demolished or neglected old

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renovations in three of Ogden’s up-and-

“I grew up in Ogden and walked those streets my entire life,” said McEntee, who also built what is now Bingham Cyclery and Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria along Ogden River. “When the Mall was built downtown it basically destroyed Ogden’s atmosphere downtown.” But during his first building project, he realized that Ogden was beginning to grow and change. “I started looking at old buildings and just got excited about trying to bring them back to their original design,” he said. “It’s a look that I really like.” When McEntee built the B Street Brewery, he added pieces of the past, and made the bar out of the old bridge that crossed the canal for the old Purina Dog plant. Brown Ice Cream Co. founder John E. Brown was a civic leader, industrialist, and “public-spirited citizen” according coming areas: Windsor Hotel on Historic

to a biography found on FamilySearch

25th Street, C.W. Cross building in the

by Melissa Francis at Weber State Special

Ogden Central Business District, and the old

Collections. The document reads: “He

Brown Ice Cream building in the soon-to-be

was increasingly prominent in the

Wonder Block are all getting a new lease on

development of community progress and

life.

the welfare of the people, and was one of the

The Brown Ice Cream Building is all that remains of the Hostess/Wonder Bread factory that operated for years in downtown

outstanding supporters of worthy causes and organizations.” A Texas native, Brown arrived in Ogden,

Ogden. The city purchased the property

Utah in 1900 and founded the Brown Ice

and demolished the vacant factory in 2018

Cream Co. in 1904, and directed it over the

as part of the downtown revitalization plan.

course of four decades until his death in

Just prior to the demo, Dan McEntee (The

1944. Mr. Brown, the transcript continues,

McEntee Group Consulting) says he spotted

was affiliated with the Benevolent and

the historic Brown Ice Cream building and

Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 719, and

talked to the city about restoring it.

the Knights of Pythias, and was a popular

McEntee has completed several projects

figure in the Rotary Club, the Industrial

in Ogden over the last two decades including

Club of Ogden, and the Ogden Chamber

the Old Steven Henager Building on Grant

of Commerce. His hobby was his business.

Avenue, the Berthana Building, the Old

“Primarily he had been an important

Courthouse building, and the buildings

business man, but equally well he had been a

that house two of his businesses — Angry

conscientious and devoted citizen of Ogden,

Goat Pub and Kitchen and Roosters B Street

to which he gave abundantly of his time and

Brewery.

energies.”

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City documents approving the sale of

in which he created a boutique hotel on

the building to McEntee state that due to its

the second and third floors, with the first

history and architectural significance, the

floor leased to Lucky Slice and his new bar,

Brown Ice Cream Building would remain.

Unspoken, out of the basement.

Since 2016, certain parcels of land had been

Helena Hotel was home to some folks

acquired by the city and demolition of

who were slightly less than law abiding

vacant buildings deemed obsolete had been

back in Ogden’s wild railroad days during

part of pre-development activities for what

prohibition. On Friday, March 27, 1931, the

is now called the Wonder Block, a mixed-use

Ogden Standard-Examiner reported that

development project on six blocks between

Jennie Boli, a 36 year-old proprietor of a

the old Wonder Bread factory between

delicatessen in the Helena hotel block was

Lincoln and Grant and 25th and 26th streets.

arrested after police found 28 gallons of

McEntee plans to use the restored

wine and a few gallons of whiskey in the

building as a mix of office and retail and/or

corner of a small room — potentially in

a restaurant/bar, and said they would like to

the basement where Unspoken bar resides

begin construction this summer.

now. Manager of the Helena, H. Brummell

Jared Allen (Restoration Realty) wants to

was arrested on gambling charges in the

buy every old historic building because, he

basement at 2313 Washington Avenue, where

said, “it just looks like fun,” and they’re like

he was the dealer, as reported by the Ogden

big art projects. Allen, real estate developer

Standard-Examiner on Wednesday, July 4,

and founder of the Ogden Twilight Summer

1928.

Concert Series, has been instrumental in

The history of the Windsor Hotel is rather

breathing new life into Ogden for more

elusive. Allen said, “I know it operated as a

than a decade. He’s made works of art out

bit of a flop house most recently … maybe

of sixty-plus historic homes and properties

15ish years ago before being gutted. We

in East Central Ogden, CC Keller Building

found old glass that had signs for a bar on

(Alleged Bar), and the Helena Hotel.

the first floor.”

The Windsor Hotel will likely be similar to what Allen has done with Helena Hotel,

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According to Special Collections at Weber

Hotel is almost done, and they have plans

State: “In 1913 it was listed as a restaurant

to change the siding and add balconies

operated by Frank Okumura, and the site

to the sides and in the back. The second

was first listed as a hotel in 1915 when Alice

and third floors will be a boutique hotel, a

Chandler, who had operated a rooming

total of eight rooms, and the first floor and

house on 24th Street previously, moved

basement likely leased for retail.

there and opened the Weber Hotel. Alice ran

“You can’t build buildings like this

the Weber Hotel until her death in 1919. The

anymore,” said Allen. “People care about

hotel changed hands a few times after that,

the history of their community and they

and eventually the name was changed to the

want to see that preserved. If we bulldoze

Windsor Hotel, about 1930. (There had been

everything and bring in the same 20 chains

another Windsor Hotel in Ogden previously

you see off every exit in America, then we

on 103 25th Street).”

lose our identity and we send all of our hard

On August 4, 1906, Dottie Magi, “one

earned dollars outside of the community.”

of the greatest trance mediums” of the

“He came to Ogden from England a poor

traveling Magi Company, passed through

boy, and among strangers, started to build

town and delivered a “dead trance” in the

a home and a name, and, before he was

window of 166 25th Street.

called away, he had achieved success in both

Allen hopes to have the hotel portion

undertakings beyond the average man.” —

finished by the end of the year, but said it’s

Obituary for Charles W. Cross in the Ogden

tough to give an exact completion date on

Standard-Examiner, Monday, May 4, 1903.

old buildings. The front of the Windsor

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by Charles W. Cross for his harness and

community,” said Fischer, explaining why

saddles store that carried on through four

he was interested in the property. “It also

generations following his untimely death

had a beautiful facade with very interesting

at age 44, including his grandson Ken, and

programming opportunities.” He plans to

great-grandsons Tony and Craig. The Cross

keep the building name “C.W. Cross” intact

Company became famous for Cross Western

to honor the legacy of the building.”

Wear running operations continuously

Fischer said detailed plans for the spaces

until they closed in 2005 after 127 years in

aren’t solid yet, as they are still getting a

business.

feel for what is possible based on parking,

Cross built the building at 2246

building code, and programming. “But we

Washington Boulevard using materials

have so much to work with and I am excited

available in the community and surrounding

about its future.” The 2242 building will be

areas. Ogden Standard-Examiner, Sunday,

completed this year, and the Cross building

November 23, 1975 reported: “He bought

sometime later.

red bricks from a local kiln and rough-

The building at 2242 was previously

cut red pine lumber from a sawmill in

owned by Marsha Bosworth, whose family

Ogden Canyon. Building solidly, he made

bought it from the Crosses in the 1930’s. Her

his floor joists from 3x12s and fashioned

father-in-law, Curtis Charles Bosworth, ran

the ceiling with red pine nailed together

a furniture store in the space for 60 years,

with square nails.” The Cross family was

successful, she said, because the people of

deeply involved in the sport of rodeo, said

Ogden were so kind to support him. “He got

Melissa Francis from Weber State Special

a reputation for having the best deals and

Collections. Kenneth Cross, grandson of

would sell anything for a small profit,” she

Charles W. Cross, was frequently on Pioneer

said.

Days organizing committees, and the store

Her oldest son, Brian Curtis Bosworth,

offered prizes to Miss Ogden Rodeo queens.

started his mountain living-style furniture

Kenneth’s sons, Tony and Craig, competed

from the building after his grandfather

in rodeos and were members of Weber

became ill, and renovated the upstairs to its

State’s rodeo team.

original brick and wooden structure. “He

Thaine Fischer (Fischer-Regan

helped a gifted carpenter leave the life of

Enterprises, LLC) is a social entrepreneur

drugs, and together, they did the beautiful

who has been revitalizing Ogden’s

window trim,” said Bosworth. “Ogden has

downtown core for over a decade. He has

been a great place to do business for our

successfully redeveloped over ten historic

family.”

commercial properties including The

“By rehabilitating our historic and iconic

Monarch, Peery Lofts, OCA Platforms, The

buildings, I believe it pays respect to the

Bonneville, Pig & A Jelly Jar, Even Stevens,

vision of our industrious, entrepreneurial

Stella’s on 25th, and Executive Suites at 2444

and visionary business leaders,” said Fischer.

Washington Boulevard. His next endeavor

“Additionally, it honors all of those who

is the C.W. Cross Building and neighboring

came before me and operated a business

property on 2242, which he purchased in the

which ultimately helped preserve the

last few years.

building, and I get to pass on that baton for

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Black Lives Matter Utah Seeks Meaningful Police Reform National and state changes are needed By Amiee Maxwell

ex Scott, the founder of Black Lives

Lives Matter movement in the first place.

Matter Utah, is sick of protesting. She

The only way we can get it to end is to pass

would prefer that we didn’t need a Black Lives Matter movement at all, but she isn’t going to quit until she sees real change. “We shouldn’t even have to have a Black

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real police reform in the nation,” said Scott. After watching a video of Eric Garner being choked to death by a New York City Police Department officer in 2014, Scott

was compelled to start a civil rights group in Utah — the United Front Civil Rights

Utah state lawmakers have filed several

Organization — and later a Black Lives

police reform bills ahead of the current

Matter chapter. She explains that Black

legislative sessions. She’s hopeful yet

Lives Matter is a movement rather than an

cautious and wishes these bills would have

organization, and each chapter has different

been debated last summer while energy and

objectives.

emotions were high.

The loose organization of Black Lives

Her number one goal is to repeal Utah’s

Matter is confusing to some. Scott often

House Bill 415, which was sponsored by Paul

gets questioned whether Utah is some kind

Ray and passed in 2019, that makes it illegal

of official chapter, to which she explains,

for people to create independent oversight

“Would you go up to Martin Luther King

boards for police.

and say, ‘Are you an official chapter of the civil rights movement?’” The Utah chapter of Black Lives Matter is

“We have the theory that if police are not allowed to investigate themselves and find themselves innocent,” Scott explains,

a full-service civil rights organization. They

“they would be less likely to commit crimes

monitor civil rights complaints, perform

and to murder people.” They also want to

cop watches and regularly meet with elected

pass body camera footage legislation which

officials to discuss police reform. They also

would require that officer-involved shooting

hold a summer camp for Black children,

footage be released in a certain amount

provide education sessions to school groups

of time and other bills that would require

and have refurbished an old school bus into

diversity training in police departments,

a mobile Black History Museum, which

uniform data collection, especially with use-

will bring the stories of Black Utahns and

of-force cases, and stronger excessive force

Americans to schools, businesses and special

policies.

events beginning in February 2021. They see protest as a last resort. Since the Black Lives Matter movement CREDIT: ISAAC HALE, COURTESY OF THE DAILY HERALD

industry and that includes policing.”

Utah state lawmakers filed several police reform bills ahead of the 2021 legislative session. Scott is hopeful but cautious, and

was thrust into the spotlight this past

wishes these bills could have been debated

summer, Scott says she has elected

last summer while energy and emotions

representatives calling her every day.

were high.

She meets several times a month with a

“We’re not putting all of our eggs in the

government task force on racial equity and

Utah basket,” said Scott. She’s desperately

criminal justice police reform initiatives.

hoping that the Senate and the House will

She’s thrilled that Republican politicians

pass the national Justice in Policing Act,

including Mike Lee and Mitt Romney are

a comprehensive reform bill that would

willing to reach across the table and work

change the way policing works in the United

with the Utah chapter of Black Lives Matter

States. If that happens, it won’t matter if

on police reform.

Utah passes sweeping police reform since we

Scott says she is never going to agree with

would have nationwide reform. If it doesn’t

these politicians on everything, but notes

happen, “I have no problem protesting

that, “Mike Lee and Mitt Romney are always

Biden exactly how I protested Trump if he

wanting to move forward and make sure

doesn’t give us police reform,” noted Scott.

Utah is the frontrunner on reforms in every

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Proposed Promontory Landfill Hits A Roadblock Box Elder County documents reveal cozy ties between commissioners and Promontory Point landfill By Cathy McKitrick

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GDEN — Randy Moulding has been in

already dead,” Summers said of its location

the landfill business for 35 years.

on a peninsula that juts into the Great Salt

“County fees were too high to dump,”

Moulding said of how his life’s work got

In October 2020, Moulding sued Box

its start. “So I went to Weber County

Elder County and its commissioners in

commissioners with an idea, and they

court, claiming his rights had been violated

agreed it was a good thing to have a C & D

by their arbitrary and capricious decisions.

landfill. The rest is history.” He started with a construction and

“The reason I stay in the fight is because that’s what I do for a living. I’m in the landfill

demolition landfill near the 21st Street

business,” Moulding said, adding that,

pond in Ogden, and now operates a transfer

“Weber and Davis Counties need a landfill

station at that site. Moulding also has a C &

up north, (because) going south through all

D landfill about 12 miles west on 900 South.

that traffic isn’t good.”

Still, he hopes to open another, this time to the north in Box Elder County where he

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resides.

As Moulding sees it, Box Elder’s county

In 2014, Moulding launched the groundwork for the 225-acre Franklin Hill municipal landfill in the middle of 2,200 acres he owns in Hansel Valley. That process took five years, but in

commissioners have long favored Promontory Point landfill over his. On Dec, 4, 2019, the Box Elder County Commission hastily approved a contract for Promontory to handle county waste in

December 2019, Moulding received

emergencies. But they skirted Utah’s open

his regional landfill permit from Utah’s

meeting laws by handling the matter without

Division of Waste Management and

any public notice.

Radiation Control — only to get sidelined

DRONE PERMISSION FROM GINA ALLEN DIRECTOR (435) 730-3153

Lake. Half of its 2,000 acres serve as a buffer.

A Jan. 13, 2020 letter from Allos

by rezone denials from Box Elder County’s

Environmental/Promontory Point

appointed and elected officials in August and

Resources CEO Ann Garner to the Division,

September 2020.

indicated the contract was needed to meet

Box Elder County Commissioner Stan Summers, now in his third term, opposes

the requirements of their Class I permit. On March 3, 2021, the commission

Moulding’s Franklin Hill site because he

rescinded that contract. A member of the

claims it sits on top of the Bothwell pocket,

county attorney’s office explained that it

which he described as, “the last untapped

was “entered into unknowingly in violation

water aquifer in the state.”

of procurement requirements ... Nothing

Instead, Summers prefers the 2,000-

was done on the contract while it was in

acre Promontory Point landfill, which

existence, so this just does away with the

received its Class I permit to handle in-state

contract.”

municipal waste in 2004 — but has yet

However, Friends of the Great Salt Lake,

to do so. Summers touts its capability to

an organization that advocates on behalf

handle hundreds of millions of tons of waste

of the lake’s environment and ecosystem,

far into the future, and sees no need for

asked Utah’s Division of Waste Management

Franklin Hill.

and Radiation Control to review what they

“With Promontory, it’s out in the middle

viewed to be an illegal contract. They not

of nowhere ... miles away from a lake that’s

only questioned how it got approved, but

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The Box Elder County landfill employees told Utah Stories they had plenty of space and they don’t understand the need for another landfill at Promontory Point.

also its contents — or lack thereof. “There was very little information within the contract that would make it what we’d

by 10 percent, Weber could cancel the contract with Republic. “Promontory knew that, so they came in

consider a viable contract,” said Friends’

and gave us a bid under what we had with

Executive Director Lynn De Freitas.

Republic,” Jenkins said. “But Republic’s

Four years earlier, commissioners had

document (also) said they had a chance to

even offered to buy the Promontory landfill

meet it,” and they did. So in early 2020,

for $5 million. A January 2015 letter of intent

Republic got the nod for five more years.

showed their interest in such a purchase, along with proposed profit sharing. But that sale never materialized. During an August 2015 Commission meeting, the

But if Promontory had functional rail service or better road access, that choice might have been different. “Promontory was going to haul the waste

County attorney raised concerns about the

by truck. I wish they could do it by rail,

constitutionality of such a partnership.

because it’s a very short distance across the

Waste wars Weber County currently contracts with

lake … but that didn’t work out for us,” said Commissioner Scott Jenkins. According to Jenkins, 15 to 18 double-

Republic Services to haul its municipal waste

trailer trucks haul waste from the County’s

south on Interstate 15 to Republic’s landfill

transfer station to Tooele County six days a

in Tooele County.

week, and each trailer holds 80,000 pounds.

About 18 months ago, Weber County

He worries about how those hefty trucks

commissioners put that contract out for bid

— each about 110 feet in length — could

via the county’s procurement process, and

navigate the two-lane roads to Promontory.

both Republic and Promontory submitted bids. Weber County Commissioner Scott Jenkins described a clause in Republic’s contract that said if someone beat its price

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“There’s a couple of areas where you have to go around a corner and it’s very tight,” Jenkins said of the road that first heads north, then branches off to the south. Even so, he marvels at the extensive

buildout of the Promontory facility. “When you drive out there and look at the

term plan. The company also defended road access

landfill, it’s like, wow, look at this; it’s ready

to the landfill: “The existing road, with

to go right now,” Jenkins said. “And yet there

the over $3 million in improvements we

isn’t a shovel full of garbage that’s ever been

have provided, is fully adequate for the

put in there. It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever

foreseeable future.”

seen.” Weber County Commissioner Jim Harvey

The email acknowledged that Promontory’s Class I permit expires this

said he’d love to redirect Weber’s waste to

August, and is in the process of getting

less-trafficked routes.

renewed, stating, “We don’t anticipate any

“If Weber County were to take all our municipal waste up north, it would sure

problem there.” Friends’ De Freitas has voiced frequent

help us with air quality and traffic,” Harvey

concerns about Promontory’s potential

said. “In making the decision to move the

impacts on the Great Salt Lake. In addition

garbage to Promontory, for me the rail was

to the economic boon the lake brings to

critical … I don’t think people appreciate the

Utah through brine shrimping, mineral

magnitude of waste, how much there is.”

extraction and recreation — a 2012 study

In lieu of taking trash to Promontory by rail, Harvey hopes Moulding’s Franklin Hill site can materialize. In his view, its location

cited about $1.32 million annually — she worries about the wildlife habitat it provides. “There are 10 million migratory birds

just north of Interstate 84 off Exit 16 makes it

annually that rely on the Great Salt Lake for

easily accessible by heavy trucks.

resting, staging and nesting; 338 species of

In an emailed response, Allos

birds rely on that system. Thirty percent of

Environmental said that more work needs

the Pacific flyway — waterfowl, swans, geese

to be done for rail service to function to

— come through to use the lake for obvious

Promontory, and it’s part of their longer

reasons,” De Freitas said.

Migratory Canadian geese in Salt Creek just a few miles from proposed landfill

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FOOD

Vertical Diner’s Vertical Tacos

Cupcakes from City Cakes

Eating Well At The Table Healthful Dining Destinations in SLC By Ted Scheffler

uring the past year, wellness has been

bar, catering to guests 21 and over. Owner

on our minds even more than normal.

Casey Staker and his team describe their

It’s been a challenge to stay safe and stay

mission this way: “At Zest Kitchen & Bar,

well, and many of us — I’ll speak for myself,

we value the health and welfare of people,

anyway — have used lockdown as an excuse

animals, and our planet. By eating healthy,

to, perhaps, eat a little less than healthily.

plant-based, organic foods, we can combat

Comfort foods have reigned in our kitchen,

issues of factory farming one plate at a

for example. But as we begin to finally come

time!”

out of the pandemic, we should regain focus

Tasty treats from Zest range from

and maybe stride to eat better. Here are

homemade “cheese” biscuits and Cuban

some terrific local restaurants that are happy

tacos made with jackfruit, to a crispy polenta

to help in that wellness quest.

skillet with marinara, squash, greens, onions,

Zest Kitchen & Bar

broccolini and local mushrooms. And how could you pass up an inventive antioxi drink

Zest Kitchen & Bar is a plant-based, gluten-

made with organic green juice, local gin and

free and vegan restaurant with a full-service

green chartreuse?

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Rawtopia

shop was realized in 2010 when she opened City Cakes & Cafe, specializing in vegan and

Three years ago, owner Omar Abou-Ismail

gluten-free baked goods. Now, I’m neither

moved his Rawtopia restaurant from Salt

vegan nor gluten-free, but I’d walk a mile

Lake City to the Olympus Hills Shopping

to indulge in City Cakes’ triple chocolate

Center in Millcreek, and added some

brownies, the scrumptious lemon-coconut

meats and cooked foods to the array of raw

donuts, vegan and gluten-free cinnamon

food items at his eatery, along with some

rolls, and the English-style vegan scones

alcoholic beverages. It’s been a good move,

which come in both savory and sweet

and even during the pandemic, Rawtopia is

flavors.

open seven days a week with dine-in seating plus takeout and delivery. At Rawtopia, you’ll find high-quality

Root’d Cafe Cottonwood Heights’ Root’d Cafe is called

organically grown, sustainable, gluten free,

that because it’s “root’d between the

non-GMO products. According to the

canyons.” Now open for COVID-conscious

owner, he uses exclusively “low temperature

dine-in, patio dining and curbside pickup,

techniques to preserve all the vital enzymes

Root’d Cafe serves breakfast, lunch, brunch

and nutrients, leaving your body, mind, and

and dinner, and offers an extensive selection

soul feeling satiated with health and vigor.”

of menu items including soups, salads,

From labneh pizza, egusi African stew,

sandwiches, tacos, starters, beer and wine. I

and a beanless tostada, to the bison burger

find the brunch menu especially appealing

and cauliflower delight, there’s something

with dishes like a vegan tofu bowl, spinach

delicious for every palate at Rawtopia.

and avocado Bene, tempeh BLT, and the

Vertical Diner

Cottonwood Cobb Salad.

When Ian and Kelsey Brandt created the

Lil Lotus

Greens Vegetarian Food Cart in 1988, they

In the heart of Sugar House, where

probably never thought the concept would

Shawarma King was previously located, is Lil

ultimately morph into Vertical Diner

Lotus. It’s an eatery that serves up plant-

restaurants in SLC and Portland, Oregon.

based comfort foods like burgers, nachos,

Following the success of Ian Brandt’s Sage’s

tacos and hot dogs.

Cafe, Vertical Diner opened in 2007 in an

Among the menu items that keep

old 1950s diner serving affordable vegan

customers coming back are Nachos Sin

cuisine, including all-day breakfast.

Carne with walnut & chickpea chorizo or

The award-winning eatery serves up

BBQ jackfruit; Late Night Navajo Tacos;

delicious dishes ranging from gluten-free

Southwest Green Chile Mac ‘n Cheese; a

pancakes and breakfast burritos, to their

Crab-less Seafood Roll, Chili-Cheese Fries,

famous mushroom stroganoff, Jamaican jerk

and others. It’s all served up in an eclectic

chicken, tacos with mesquit jackfruit, and

atmosphere combining Buddhist symbols

much more, including a vast selection of

and tie-dye art with a modified Star Wars

cocktails, wine, beer, cider, teas and such.

admonition: “May The Plant Force Be With

City Cakes & Cafe Nanete Wessels’ dream to have her own cake

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Need For Skilled Workers Remains High Even During Shutdowns Trade schools balance need to train in-demand skilled workers with pandemic restrictions By Brian Fryer Nicholas Labrum had already made a

changing direction and going to to work

career change when the Covid-19 pandemic

for the aerospace manufacturing company

sent him searching for yet another option.

Williams International in Ogden.

Labrum had a degree from Utah State

“I had only been working there for about

University in Sociology and had worked as

three months when Covid hit,” he said. “We

a social worker with troubled teens before

all thought as a defense contractor we would

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be considered essential and keep working.

our programs were about 80 percent in

He said workers were even given letters from

person and 20 percent on-line, and now

the company stating as such so they could

that has completely changed. We are

keep working during the early days of the

pretty much 100 percent online.” Stanger

Covid-19 restrictions.

said Weber State’s continuing education

“But it wasn’t too long after that they started

programs and Learn and Work programs

laying people off. I just thought, ‘what am I

have a large number of students who are

going to do now?’”

already

Knowing of his love for computers and

more skills to advance or change paths.

technology, Labrum said his sister suggested

Weber State, like other higher education

looking at Information Technology

institutions in Utah, received emergency

programs and with her help he enrolled

funding from

in a program at Davis Technical College in

the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic

Kaysville.

Security Act (CARES) to use for a variety of

Labrum is just one of many who either

issues related to keeping educational courses

found themselves furloughed or just

available to students.

unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

WSU received $5.8 million with more than

While some waited for their jobs to restart

half going to emergency financial aid grants

others saw it as an opportunity.

for

Utah schools scrambled to find ways to

students. James Taylor, director for the

accommodate students enrolled in high-

Office of Special Projects and Technology

demand, skilled professions, as well as others

Commercialization, also oversees training

taking advantage of the unexpected time off

in the school’s Work and Learn Program

to explore new skills or careers.

that provides certified training courses for

“We’ve really had to figure out ways to help

students.

people be successful,” said Winn Stanger,

“Our program got $1.9 million and we were

director of career services at Weber State

able to create 16 different programs that

University. “Before the Covid-19 restrictions,

provide

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in career fields but need

competency-based skills training that make

able to help her and get her through the

people more employable,” Taylor said. “We

program.”

have 1,239 students enrolled. Most of the

The story is much the same at Ogden-Weber

funding went to tuition.

Technical College, according to Maria

We also made courses available online.

Milligan, the school’s marketing manager.

Because it is competency based, they can

“Though enrollment did go down a bit with

jump in any time during the semester and

COVID, we’ve found that demand for our

get started.”

programs and the career paths they enable is

Melanie Hall, director of marketing and

still high” she said.

community relations at Davis Technical

Ogden-Weber received about $300,000

College in

in CARES Act funding which Milligan said

Kaysville said that the adjustment has been

went primarily to grants for students who

more challenging for technical colleges

needed emergency help to continue their

providing“hands-on” and in-person training

studies as well as provide laptops and other

in skills like welding, auto repair and

remote learning technology for students.

plumbing.

“Our instructors worked quickly to create

“We’ve been open since May and we’ve

blended learning models. They moved

had to limit the numbers in classrooms at

whatever

any time,” she said. “We require masks on

coursework they could online and

campus, and since November 20, we’ve been

then scheduled in-person lab time to

testing asymptomatic students every two

accommodate student needs. Technical

weeks. We’ve had very few positive tests.”

education is inherently hands-on, so we have

Hall said the restrictions have slowed the

worked to keep in-person learning going as

progress of students in several programs,

much as possible, while keeping students

but the

and faculty safe,” said Milligan.

demand for skilled workers in the 35

Hall said during the pandemic, financial aid

different programs offered by Davis has

officials at technical colleges have been given

remained high, especially for people trained

greater leeway to work with students and get

in working with composite materials —

them the financial help to pursue training.

another program offered by the school.

“If you’ve gotten financial aid in the past or

think you don’t qualify you should still talk

“It is a huge industry with Hill Air Force Base

to us because there are lots of options out

here, and with the contracts they have with

there most people don’t know about and

Northrup Grumman and Boeing, there is

funds are just unused,” said Hall.

a massive demand for those workers,” Hall

As for Labrum, he is continuing in the

said.

Information Technology program at Davis

Hall said that Davis Tech, like other

Tech and is planning to earn additional

secondary educational institutions, received

certifications in cyber-security. Last year

funds though

he was among the top five finalists for

the state to support students needing laptops

“Student of the Year” honors and received

and other unexpected expenses related to

a scholarship. He has increased his course

Covid-19 restrictions. “We have a student in

load and is looking forward to graduating

our pharmacy technology program who is

before the end of this year.

a recent widow with six children. We were

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Health and Nature, Utah Stories April 2021

Articles inside

Promontory Point Landfill

A Brief History of the Great Salt Lake

Bad Medicine

A Utah Medical Cannabis Farm

Co-Parenting with a Canine

Black Lives Matter Utah

Issue Intro - Health & Wellness

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