Introducing Shift Your Spending Week

Introducing Shift Your Spending Week

If every household in Salt Lake City shifted just 10% more of their spending to locally owned, independent businesses, $487 million dollars would stay in the Utah economy! $487 million! Imagine the impact if every household in the state shifted just 10% of their spending toward locally owned businesses.

That is the heart behind Shift Your Spending Week, which launches on Friday, November 23rd and runs until Saturday, December 1st. As the holiday shopping season begins, Local First Utah plans to conduct a thorough educational and marketing campaign to illustrate the value of locally owned, independent businesses to our economy and our community.

Local First Utah will be organizing the Shift Your Spending Pledge, an opportunity for consumers to publically declare their support for local businesses and to commit to shift a minimum of 10% of their holiday spending toward local businesses.

Additionally, Local First Utah will offer businesses who sign up to participate in Shift Your Spending Week comprehensive branding and marketing tools designed to engage and educate customers about the vital role local businesses play in our economies and communities.

For more information regarding Shift Your Spending Week, or to sign up your business, please email Kristen@localfirst.org.


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A Thousand Thanks for Celebrate the Bounty!

A Thousand Thanks for
Celebrate the Bounty!

This year's sold out Celebrate the Bounty was truly an opportunity to reap what has been sown in the local business community statewide. More than 20 local restaurants and food purveyours brought their finest culinary delights to the table. The evening as a whole served as an occasion to honor the hardwork of the thousands of local businesses across the state whose daily endeavors contribute so much to the one-of-a-kind community that exists in Utah.

Winners of our first ever Celebrate the Bounty Awards went to Avenues Bistro on Third for Best Presentation, the Black Sheep Cafe for Best Taste, and Hell's Backbone Grill for Most Hardcore Localvore. Local First Utah's 3rd Annual Localmotive Awards were presented to Scott Manning and Kate Chandler who have been instrumental in developing Local First Provo, and to Alex Adams who has contributed countless hours of photography work to the Local First Utah movement. Additionally, Zions Bank received the Community Champion Award for their work in the small business world.

Every part of Celebrate the Bounty truly is a collaborative effort. Local First Utah extends their deepest thanks to the many people who invest their time, talent and resources into not only Celebrate the Bounty, but the Local First Utah movement as a whole.

If you missed out on Celebrate the Bounty, or simply want to reminisce about the evening, visit the Local First Utah website for a full list of supporters and participants, gorgeous photograhs by Will Olivet-Gallo and a compelling video documenting the night.


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Snowbird Delivers Thousands of Meals to Utah Food Bank

Snowbird Delivers Thousands of Meals
to Utah Food Bank

Continuing its tradition of providing free Tram rides while helping Utah’s hungry, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort collected thousands of pounds of food during the resort’s annual Customer Appreciation Days. The donation will be presented to the Utah Food Bank on Friday, Oct. 26. In addition, a financial contribution of $4,261 was raised for Wasatch Adaptive Sports.

An exact figure of non-perishable food donated will be determined at the Utah Food Bank on Friday.

Guests were asked to donate one can of food in exchange for a free Tram ride, or in lieu of food, customers could make a $3 donation to Wasatch Adaptive Sports. The food will help some of the 10 percent of Utahns who live in poverty.

“November is a critical time for the emergency food network and we are in great need for donations,” said Ginette Bott, Utah Food Bank Chief Marketing Officer. “We are very appreciative for the ongoing generosity of Snowbird and community members alike who give their support of food, cash and volunteer time.”

Offering the longest ski and snowboard season in Utah, Snowbird is scheduled to open for the 2012-13 season on Sat., Nov. 17, weather permitting.


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SLCo Hosts Open House to Discuss Park & Trails Bond

SLCo Hosts Public Open House
to Discuss Park & Trails Bond

Salt Lake County Hosts Public Open House Thursday at Sugarhouse Park to Discuss Regional Park & Trails Bond.

Two meetings remain for Salt Lake County residents to learn about Proposition #1, the Regional Park and Trails Bond. The meetings are an open house format where residents are encouraged to come and talk with County officials about how the bond monies will be used to develop regional parks and complete the Jordan River and Parley’s Trails.

“We are inviting residents to come to one of the meetings to ask questions and learn about the bond issue,” said Mayor Peter Corroon. “I am confident once residents learn about our plans to complete the trails and build the parks they will be supportive.”

The last two of the six public meetings are:

Parley’s Trail Meeting
       Thursday October 25, 2012
              3:30-6pm public meeting
       Sugarhouse Park Garden Center
              2100 south 1600 east
              (North-east corner of park, enter off of 2100 south)

Jordan River Trail Meeting
       Thursday November 1, 2012
              3:30-6pm public meeting
       Northwest Recreation Center / Centennial Park
              1255 Clark Avenue (300 North)
              Salt Lake City, UT 84116

For more information on the Regional Parks and Trails Bond and a full list of the six public meetings visit www.slco.org/parkbond.


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Utah Symphony Presents "Halloween Hi-Jinks" Concert

Utah Symphony Presents
"Halloween Hi-Jinks" Concert

Utah Families are invited to enjoy the magic and thrills of the Utah Symphony’s 22nd annual Halloween concert and costume contest complete with prizes, musical storytelling and festive symphonic tunes.

“Halloween Hi-Jinks: The Haunted Hall” will take flight October 30 at 7 p.m. in Abravanel Hall and feature selections from well-known music from the symphonic repertoire such as Hector Berlioz’s chilling “Witches’ Sabbath” and “March to the Guillotine,” Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, and Igor Stravinsky’s electrifying “The Firebird.” The program will come together with the musical storytelling of some spooky visitors who threaten to interfere with the Utah Symphony’s Halloween festivities, under the direction of Associate Conductor Vladimir “Count Dracula” Kulenovic.

Melissa Singleton, Front of House and Publications Manager for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera and Preston Walton, Assistant Vice President with CCS Fundraising, will perform special roles in the program narration (Witch and Ghost/Kastchei, respectively).

Sponsored by KSL NewsRadio, the Utah Symphony’s traditional Halloween costume contest will precede the concert in the lobby of Abravanel Hall at 5:30 p.m. Guests from KSL NewsRadio will judge the contest, which has become known over the past 22 years for its exciting prizes and outrageous costumes. They will choose three finalists from adult, child and group categories to appear onstage during the concert to be ranked by the audience. Potential contestants must be in line at the judges’ table (on the main floor of the Abravanel Hall lobby) no later than 6:15 p.m. to be considered.

Single tickets for the performances range from $8 to $20 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.

Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach
       Toccata and Fugue in D minor(Stokowski), BWV 565
Anatoli Liadov
       Kikimora, Opus 63
Georges Bizet
       Suite No. 1 from Carmen
              I. Prélude (Prelude to Act I)
Edvard Grieg
       "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Igor Stravinsky
       "Danse Sacrale" from Le Sacre du printemps
Hector Berlioz
       "Witches' Sabbath" from Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14

Intermission

Jean Sibelius
       Finlandia, Opus 26, No. 7
Hector Berlioz
       "March to the Guillotine" from Symphonie fantastique
              IV. March to the Scaffold: Allegretto non troppo
Igor Stravinsky
       Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
              III. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
              IV. Berceuse
              V. Finale

Vladimir Kulenovic – Conductor
Since his professional conducting debut in 2006 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, Kulenovic has conducted performances with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Beethoven-Orchester Bonn, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Aspen Music Festival AACA Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Indian Hill Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Conductors’ Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Institute Symphony Orchestra and Boston Conservatory Orchestra.

Kulenovic studied with Kurt Masur at the Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar in New York in 2008 and 2009, as well as at the Beethoven-Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, where his final performance with the Verbier Festival Orchestra was internationally televised on Medici TV. Kulenovic spent the summer of 2010 as a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and has also conducted in other prestigious music festivals worldwide, including the National Arts Centre Conducting Programme, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and the Mozarteum Internationale Sommerakademie in Salzburg.

Kulenovic was awarded the prestigious Alfred B. Whitney Prize for the highest scholastic achievement at the Boston Conservatory where he graduated summa cum laude, as valedictorian, earning degrees in Conducting and Piano Performance. As a pianist Kulenovic was awarded the Second Prize at the Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris.

Melissa Singleton – Witch
Melissa Singleton is the Front of House and Publications Manager for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera and runs their Volunteer Network with some of the most amazing volunteers in the state of Utah. She received her BA in Directing and Theater Education from Southern Utah University and has participated both in front of and behind the curtain on stages throughout the state of Utah including the Egyptian Theatre, Off Broadway Theatre, Rose Wagner Theatre, Children’s Theatre and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Singleton is on the Board for the Off Broadway Theatre, and is a guest reviewer for Utah Theater Bloggers Association.

Singleton currently performs with And … Go! Improv Comedy, and teaches Improv at the University of Utah. She additionally teaches stage makeup, combat, costuming, and acting with Salt Lake County. Although she was last seen on the Capitol Theatre stage as a Harem girl in The Italian Girl in Algiers with Utah Opera, this is Singleton’s debut at Abravanel Hall.

Preston Walton – Ghost/Kastchei
Preston Walton is an Assistant Vice President with CCS Fundraising and currently serves as fundraising counsel for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. With all clients, Walton works closely with the organization and its leadership to develop creative and compelling campaigns in support of their fundraising efforts. Walton joined CCS in 2009 and brings extensive experience working with leading organizations including: The Jesuit Network for Equitable Excellence in Higher Education, University of San Francisco, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Arts Council Silicon Valley, and Four Seasons Hotels.

Walton received his B.S. in Hospitality Industry Management and M.A. in Organization & Leadership from the University of San Francisco. He is currently President-Elect of the University of San Francisco Alumni Association. When Walton is not in Salt Lake City working with Utah Symphony | Utah Opera he resides in San Francisco, CA.

Abravanel Hall
123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah


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YWCA Presents 2012 Public Official of the Year Award to David Litvack

YWCA Presents 2012 Public Official
of the Year Award

The YWCA presented Representative David Litvack with the 2012 YWCA Public Official of the Year Award at an appreciation breakfast Wednesday, October 17th. The Public Official of the Year Award was presented at the YWCA Center for Families. This is the 15th year the YWCA has recognized an outstanding public official in conjunction with its annual Week Without Violence campaign.

"During his years in public office, Representative David Litvack has been an articulate, steadfast champion for the safety, health and well‐being of Utah women and families, regardless of their life circumstances. We honor him for advocating with integrity on many public policy issues that define us as a state and a people, and for staying strong and principled and steady in the midst of intense economic and political pressures,” said Anne Burkholder, YWCA Chief Executive Officer.

Week Without Violence is a public awareness campaign with a series of events designed to educate, to encourage thoughtful conversation, and to renew the search for solutions to the problems of violence in families and communities here and around the world—and to strengthen our sense of personal and shared responsibility for keeping one another safe from harm.

Past Public Officials Recognized by the YWCA:
       1998 – Representative Gary Cox
       1999 – Senator Afton Bradshaw
       2000 – City Councilman Keith Christensen
       2001 – Senator Mike Dmitrich
       2002 – Senator Paula Julander
       2003 – Representative Jackie Biskupski
       2004 – Governor Olene Walker
       2005 – Chief Justice Christine Durham
       2006 – Richard Anderson, DCFS
       2007 – City Councilman Eric Jergensen
       2008 – Salt Lake City Prosecutor Sim Gill
       2009 – Representative Lorie D. Fowlke
       2010 – Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank
       2011 – Lloyd Pendleton, Utah DCC

The YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. For more than 100 years the YWCA has reached out to women and their families with friendship, life‐changing programs, and opportunities to learn, lead, and influence the world around them. The YWCA’s enduring belief is that better lives for women – all women – will lead to stronger families and communities.

Since opening the first domestic violence shelter in Utah in 1976, the YWCA has developed an integrated range of programs focused on the problem of family violence. Today the YWCA is Utah’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive provider of shelter, transitional housing, supportive services, and education for women and children who have experienced abuse and violence at home.


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HEAL Utah Community Night: Kicking the Coal Habit

HEAL Utah Community Night:
Kicking the Coal Habit

In recent years, HEAL Utah's focus on opposing the Green River reactors led the to a broader look at Utah's energy system, analyzing where our power comes from today – and where it should come from tomorrow. This lead HEAL Utah to publishing a technical study showing that Utah has vast reserves of untapped renewable energy potential. The eUtah study, published in December 2010, demonstrated that we can provide 100 percent of our electricity needs from wind, solar and geothermal – if we start that transition now.

In recent months, HEAL Utah  has opened up a new front in their bid to help propel Utah towards a clean energy future. They would like to invite you to a special Community Night to describe their new work: Pushing Utah to kick its nasty addiction to dirty coal. A short presentation will be given, then opened up for questions and discussions. The gathering will be in the HEAL conference room, which is currently decorated with beautiful black & white landscape photos of Utah's West Desert by HEAL board member Jeff Clay. A snack and beverage will be offered.

Kicking Coal Community Night topics:
• Utah: America’s most coal-addicted state?
• The cost of coal pollution on our health
• Coal Ash: the hidden menace
• How we can kick the coal habit

HEAL Utah Community Night: “Kicking the Coal Habit.”
Tuesday, October 16 - 6:30 pm
Artspace Commons:
       824 South 400 West. Room B113
      (on the ground floor mid-way down the 400 West side)

Parking is available in and around Artspace Commons. In addition, they are accessible via Trax (the 900 South stop) and bicycle (800 South has a bike lane)

If you who haven’t been to one of Heal Utah's Community Nights, they are monthly gatherings of HEAL supporters who care about energy and environmental issues in Utah.


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Utah Symphony to Perform Works by Russian Masters

Utah Symphony to Perform
Works by Russian Masters

Utah Symphony - Classically Charged

The Utah Symphony, under the direction of Gerard Schwarz, will explore the marvel and mystery of four of Mother Russia’s most important musical sons, in a concert featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff’s popular “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.”

Russian pianist Lukas Geniusas – most recent Gold Medal Winner of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition – joins the Utah Symphony in this performance of the lush “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” which is considered one of Rachmaninoff’s greatest compositions, Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall. The program will also include works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Borodin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Dmitri Shostakovich tackles the turbulent time of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in his dramatic piece “October.” Originally written in honor of the 10th anniversary of the revolution, Shostakovich explores the somber and stormy chaos of the uprising. His stylistic experiments capture the looming uncertainty of Russia’s political future.

Alexander Borodin was a chemistry professor in St. Petersburg but found that his true passion lay in music. He was one of the Russian Five, a group of composers who were dedicated to creating compositions with a unique nationalistic sound. He spent several years writing his noble Symphony No. 2, a reflection of the heroic nature of the Russian people. Many may recognize the themes from several of Borodin’s masterpieces as they were used in the musical Kismet.

Fairytales spring to life in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s telling of “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”, based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin. This musical journey through Rimsky-Korsakov’s imagination was originally written as an opera and later adapted for orchestra. The wonders and sweet surprises create a world of melodic fantasy and highlight the heritage of Russian folklore.

Schwarz and Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert chat each night, one hour prior to the start of the performance on the orchestra level of Abravanel Hall.

Single tickets for the performances range from $18 to $67 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Internationally recognized for his moving performances, innovative programming and extensive catalogue of recordings, American conductor Gerard Schwarz serves as Music Director of the All Star Orchestra, Music Director of the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina and Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony.

His considerable discography of nearly 350 showcases his collaborations with some of the world’s greatest orchestras including Philadelphia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, London Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Tokyo Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony and Seattle Symphony among others.

Schwarz began his professional career as co-principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic and has held leadership positions with Mostly Mozart Festival, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and New York Chamber Symphony. As a guest conductor in both opera and symphonic repertoire, he has worked with many of the world’s finest orchestras and opera companies.

Schwarz, a renowned interpreter of 19th Century German, Austrian and Russian repertoire, in addition to his noted work with contemporary American composers, recently completed his final season as music director of the Seattle Symphony in 2011 after an acclaimed 26 years a period of dramatic artistic growth for the ensemble.

In his nearly five decades as a respected classical musician and conductor, Schwarz has received hundreds of honors and accolades including Emmy Awards, Grammy nominations, ASCAP Awards, and the Ditson Conductor’s Award. He was the first American named Conductor of the Year by Musical America and has received numerous honorary doctorates. Most recently, the City of Seattle and named the street alongside the Benaroya Hall “Gerard Schwarz Place.”

Lukas Geniusas, Piano
Lukas Geniusas was born July 1st 1990 in Moscow. He started piano studies at 5 at the preparatory department of F. Chopin Music College in Moscow, a school he went on to graduate with top honors in 2008.

Being born into a family of musicians played a major role in Lukas's swift musical development at an early age. His grandmother, Vera Gornostaeva, a prominent teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, became his first mentor.

Lukas has appeared with numerous orchestras including the Symphonies of Hamburg and Duisburg in Germany, BBC Scottish Symphony, Kremerata Baltica, Katowice Radio, Warsaw Philharmonic and collaborated with an outstanding musicians of nowadays such as Gidon Kremer, Andrey Boreyko, Saulius Sondeckis, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Antoni Wit, Roman Kofman, Dmitry Liss and others. Lukas has travelled to France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Japan, South Korea, USA, Germany and has performed in such a prominent events as Duszniki Zdroj, Rheingau, Ruhr and Lockenhaus Music Festivals. Season 2012-13 will bring Lukas for a tour around Denmark, a debut recital in Milan's Sala Verdi and a return concert's with Utah Symphony in Salt Lake City.

Russian Masters
October 26-27 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
       Shostakovich - October
       Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
       Borodin - Symphony No. 2 in B minor
       Rimsky-Korsakov - Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Abravanel Hall
123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah


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Author & NCAA Champion Anthony Robles at Viridian Event Center

Author & NCAA Champion
Anthony Robles
at Viridian Event Center

Salt Lake County Library is pleased to welcome NCAA Champion and author Anthony Robles to the Viridian Event Center on Thursday, October 25 at 7:00 p.m. for discussion and signing of his new book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion.

Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler and the 2011 NCAA National Wrestling Champion. He was also born without his right leg. Doctors could not explain to his mother, Judy, what led to the birth defect, but at the age of five, the one-legged toddler scaled a fifty-foot pole unassisted. From that moment on, Judy knew without a doubt that her son would be unstoppable.

Since winning the national championship in March 2011, Anthony has become a nationally recognized role model to kids and adults alike. But Unstoppable is not just an exciting sports memoir or an inspirational tale of living with a disability. It is also the story of one man whose spirit and unyielding resolve remind us all that we have the power to conquer adversity—in whatever form.

Meet the author and hear his remarkable story. Presented in partnership with the Utah Humanities Book Festival. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Viridian Event Center
8030 South 1825 West
West Jordan, Utah


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6th Annual Diversity Dinner to Promote Understanding

6th Annual Diversity Dinner
to Promote Understanding

The 6th Annual Mayor’s Diversity Dinner will be held by the Salt Lake County Mayor’s Office of Diversity Affairs on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 6 p.m. at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. The dinner is free and open to the public although attendees must register prior to the event at www.diversity.slco.org

In addition to sharing a meal, guests will share of their own experiences. Each table will be carefully chosen to represent people from diverse backgrounds.

The moderator Mary Dickson from KUED will present questions to be answered and shared by all participants at each table.

The goal of the Diversity Dinner is to bring individuals of diverse backgrounds together to promote understanding, increase positive interactions within the community and build respect for our differences.

Registration forms and more information about the event can be found at www.diversity.slco.org

6th Annual Mayor’s Diversity Dinner
Wednesday, October 17 - 6:00 PM
Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1355 West 3100 South
West Valley, UT

Sponsors of the Diversity Dinner include: American Express, Rocky Mountain Power, Wells Fargo, Intermountain Health Care, KUED and Superior Catering.


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UMFA Presents Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism

Utah Museum of Fine Arts Presents
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism

Nichols - January, 1935

Dale Nichols is well known as the fourth major Regionalist artist, alongside Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Stueart Curry. Their work, created in the Midwest during the Great Depression, defined a period in American art when artists turned toward the land and known narratives in hope of creating uniquely American themes and styles of art.

Nichols - The Last Load, 1966

The UMFA is delighted to offer Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism, an exhibition spanning much of his long career. Nichols' early paintings focused on the often-difficult relationship between Midwest farmers and their land. His stylized landscapes and red barns, representing both shelter and sustenance, held images of hope for a struggling nation and honored the agrarian ideal. By the 1940s Nichols indulged his wanderlust, traveling repeatedly to Alaska and spending extended periods of time in Guatemala and Mexico. Paintings from this period are represented in this exhibition as well.

On view through March 18, 2013

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah Campus
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Dr.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Museum Hours
Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm

Closed Mondays and holidays

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SL County Official 2012 Tax Notice Mailing

SL County Official 2012
Tax Notice Mailing

Salt Lake County property owners will get their property tax notices in the mail this week. November 1 is the traditional mailing date for property taxes notices.

“During these tough economic times, an extra three weeks provides a little extra time for citizens to make any necessary arrangements,” says County Treasurer K. Wayne Cushing. This earlier mailing date also provides additional time for the Treasurer’s office to receive returned notices from the post office, research corrected addresses, and forward them to taxpayers in a timely manner.

“Even with the County’s severe budget constraints, including employee pay cuts, our staff put in the extra effort to provide a quicker response time in generating the notices” added Mr. Cushing. “Only with the help of other County agencies including the Assessor, Auditor, IT, and the County Council’s Tax Administration Department and the outside support of Wells Fargo Bank were we able to complete this task in record time.”

Even though the County has not raised taxes for nearly a decade and it has experienced budget and staff reductions for years, collections continue to increase amounting to $28M in 2012 and a $150M increase since 2009.

This growth is due to our population increase as well as non-county entities adjusting rates to absorb the expansion.

K. Wayne Cushing, Salt Lake County Treasurer

The County Treasurer, as an independent elected official, collects for and distributes to 69 of separate self-determining entities within the County. These include police and fire, schools, libraries, cities, utilities, etc. Less than 20% of those collections go to Salt Lake County.

Approximately, $1Billion in tax revenues and fees will be distributed to the various county, city and other governmental entities for 2012.


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Hale Centre Theatre to Present "Oliver"

Hale Centre Theatre to Present "Oliver"

Utah’s Premiere Family Theatre pays homage to Charles Dickens’ Classic Tale.

Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah’s Premiere Family Theatre, will present Charles Dickens’ classic “Oliver!” Oct. 10 through Dec. 3.

Based on Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Oliver Twist, “Oliver!” is the story of a young orphan boy looking for a place to call home. From the orphanage to the mean streets of London, the ever-optimistic Oliver strives to survive through triumph and adversity. Director David Tinney said he felt a particular responsibility to go back to Dickens’ original novel and extract as much of the renowned author’s true intent as possible.

“As a lifelong proponent for social change and an advocate for the multitudes of discarded and forgotten poor, Dickens used biting satirical narrative intended to bring the public’s focus to various contemporary evils,” Tinney said. “Yes, it is dark, gritty and deliberate. It is also radiant with hope, humanity, sacrifice, triumph and redemption. ‘Oliver!’ is a ‘reminder that we are all indeed our brother’s keeper.”

“Oliver!” features a book, lyrics and music by Lionel Bart. The original Broadway production opened on Jan. 6, 1963, ran for 774 performances and won three Tony Awards, including Best Composer and Lyricist, Best Conductor and Musical Director, and Best Scenic Design. The score contains Broadway classics including “Where is Love,” “Consider Yourself,” and “As Long As He Needs Me.” The story was made into a film in 1968.

HCT’s production stars Wally Inkley and Zachary Brown as Oliver, Barrett Ogden and Jeffrey Whitlock as Fagin, Geoffrey Beckstrand and Connor McMaster as The Artful Dodger, Jacquelyne Jones and Emily Bell as Nancy, and Paul Cartwright and Josh Richardson as Bill Sykes.

The show features direction and choreography by Tinney; music direction by Jennifer Hohl; costume design by Peggy Willis; technical direction and scenic design by Kacey Udy; sound design by Dan Morgan; production assistance by Tammy Morgan; and hair and makeup by Trisha Ison.

Performances are Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with matinées each Saturday at 12:30 and 4 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at www.halecentretheatre.org, via telephone at 801-984-9000 or at the Hale Centre Theatre box office at 3333 South Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, Utah.

In conjunction with the production, HCT is honoring the Granite Education Foundation as part of its “HCT Applauds” program to spotlight other non-profit organizations making a difference in the community. Just as the nearly starved orphan Oliver requested, “Please, sir, I want some more,” many local students and teachers are in need of more than what they are given. The Granite Education Foundation works to bridge that gap with fundraising efforts and programs such as Student Health Aid, Student Art Night, Cash for Classrooms and Adopt-a-School. HCT applauds their efforts to help students and teachers succeed in and out of the classroom.

The Granite Education Foundation will be highlighted in the theatre program and given a VIP night at the theatre to applaud their good works for Utah’s community.

Hale Centre Theatre
3333 South Decker Lake Drive
West Valley City, Utah

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New Signal Promotes Pedestrian Safety

New Signal Promotes Pedestrian Safety

The HAWK is coming to Salt Lake County.

HAWK is an acronym for High-intensity Activated crossWalK. It’s a pushbutton-activated pedestrian signal designed to provide a way to increase pedestrian safety while reducing the amount of delay for vehicles.

Salt Lake County Public Works has installed a new HAWK on 4715 South at 4180 West in Kearns.

The signal has been installed to increase safety and assist pedestrians in crossing 4715 South.

Step by step, these types of signals function in the following way:
• A pedestrian presses the activator button when they want to cross
• The yellow lights will then turn on, warning motorists that a red
   light will follow
• The red light turns on requiring all traffic to stop
• Pedestrians then cross the road
• After a short period of time, the red lights begin to flash indicating
   motorists may proceed after stopping, if the crosswalk is clear
• No stopping is required when the lights are off

If the HAWK works in this location, Salt Lake County will use is at other locations where vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic intersect.


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Action Plan Changes for Murray After-School Program

Action Plan Changes for Murray
After-School Program

Notice of Public Comment for a Substantial Amendment to the 2012-2013 HUD Consolidated / Action Plan.

Funding for Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center

The US Department of Housing & Urban Development approved the Salt Lake County Consortium Consolidated Action Plan for 2012-2013 as of July 1, 2012. The County’s Citizen Participation Plan requires a Substantial Amendment be submitted whenever there is a change of use in the approved activities or the addition of a new activity. This change includes activities not previously described in the approved Action Plan. The Refugee and Immigrant Center at the Asian Association of Utah (RIC-AAU) will be starting a new after school program for elementary, junior, and high school children at the Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center in the Sunnyvale Apartment Complex located at 764 West 3940 South Murray, UT. The program will provide community outreach and structured activities designed to help the children with academics and social skill development as well as parent involvement. Activities will place a strong emphasis on positive reinforcement, giving back to the community, and social skills.

The Substantial Amendment is available for public review at the Salt Lake County Division of Community Resources and Development, 2001 South State Street, Suite S2100 or by calling Karen Wiley at (385) 468-4870.

You may also access a copy on the Salt Lake County website at http://www.crd.slco.org/communityDev/PublicNoticesComment.html. Information, comments or questions can also be faxed to 385-468-4881.

Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or those in need of language interpretation services can be provided if five days’ notice is given by calling 385-468-4880 and asking for Nancy. TTY/TDD users should call 7-1-1.

Written comments on the proposed Substantial Amendment will be accepted for a period of thirty days beginning September 30, 2012 through October 30, 2012 at the Salt Lake County Division of Community Resources and Development, 2001 South State Street, Suite S2100, Salt Lake City, Utah or can be emailed to kwiley@slco.org.

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Fall Entertainment Abounds at Snowbird

Fall Entertainment Abounds at Snowbird

Although Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort just celebrated the first snowfall of the winter season, the resort has plans for plenty of autumn events before skiing and snowboarding will begin.

“As a year-round resort, we’ve come up with events and activities for all seasons, and we’re excited to offer a range of family activities this fall,” said Dave Fields, Vice President of Resort Operations. “With the vibrant autumn colors on display, it’s a great time to visit Snowbird.”

Calendar of Events at Snowbird:

October 6-7: Oktoberfest Continues. Snowbird Entry 2. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Oktoberfest features live musical performances each day in the Snowbird Event Center tent from festive acts like the Salzburger Echo and Polkatones. Visitors will find art for all tastes at “Der Marktplatz,” where more than 35 local and regional artists display and sell handmade arts and crafts. Oktoberfest food includes bratwurst, weisswurst, beef rouladen, spatzle, German chocolate cake and more. New this year, Snowbird will be offering a wine and cheese booth, as well as Belgian Liége Waffles and Pommes Frites. Local Utah breweries will also be featured.

Special Oktoberfest entertainment and activities for children include a new Hi Striker giant hammer game, a roaming accordionist, Shan the Juggler/Magician, Dale the Yo-Yo Man, face painting, caricature artists, and more. Alp horns will chorus the festivities daily at 3:15 p.m. from Hidden Peak.

October 13-14, 18-21: Customer Appreciation Days. Snowbird Center. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a can of food to the front of the Snowbird Center, or bring $3 to the Snowbird Ticket Office for a free Tram ride. All food is donated to the Utah Food Bank. All money is donated to the Wasatch Adaptive Sports program.

Home of the longest ski and snowboard season in Utah, Snowbird plans to kick off the ski and snowboard season on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 (conditions permitting). The Aerial Tram will be closed for annual maintenance Oct. 22 - Nov. 2.


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