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In the wake of recent deadly o cer-involved shootings, some Salt Lake City residents are calling for changes, including better de-escalation training for local police o cers. Last year, the Salt Lake City Police Department voluntarily PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE FIFE-JEPPERSON implemented new training programs for its o cers and super- Salt Lake Peer Court volunteers hold a mock hearing in the Matheson Courthouse as part of their visors, and plans to have the entire department through the training to hear cases and determine what course of action referred youth and their parent/legal programs in two years. e programs, Fair and Impartial Polic- guardian must fulfill. ing and Arbinger, are funded by a three year budget increase approved by Salt Lake City Council. Sgt. Michael Restorative justice program Burbank says these Fair and Impartial Policing programs “are looked at FIP is a training program used by gives youth second chance as the cutting edge, de- various law enforcement agencies escalation, understanding across the country with the aim of By Charlotte Fife-Jepperson Today, Gonzalez sits on as a program just for West your biases-type training helping police o cers recognize their conscious & unconscious the other side of the table High School has become programs.” biases. You can learn more at: Jesse Gonzalez got into as a member of the panel of a statewide program, and Fair and Impartial po- www.fairimpartialpolicing.com trouble for disturbing the volunteers. He is a believer many cities and municipali- licing is a training method peace and breaking curfew in this alternative juvenile ties have their own chapters. used to help law enforce- a couple of years ago. But justice program. “Our is year, Salt Lake Peer ment o cers recognize instead of punishing him by society is too quick to label Court has 80 high school their conscious and un- Arbinger Training arresting him or suspending kids as lost causes. Law student volunteers who conscious biases in order The Arbinger process is an orga- him from school, admin- enforcement should take come from di erent schools to reduce instances of nizational behavior methodology istrators at Highland High into consideration that kids throughout the Salt Lake biased policing. e idea that focuses on changing the mindset of a group at the indi- School referred him to Salt will make mistakes through City School District. ese behind Fair and Impartial vidual level. You can learn more at: Lake Peer Court. trial and error at that messy 10th-12th grade volunteers Policing is that with infor- www.arbingerinstitute.com Gonzalez, accompanied time of adolescence,” said receive training during a mation and motivation, by a parent, sat in a hearing Gonzalez. “Peer Court gives summer conference and people can implement across from a panel of seven kids a second chance. I used retreat and at weekly Peer controlled (unbiased) of his peers, who heard to be one of those kids.” Court sessions held at the behavioral responses that override automatic (biased) associa- his case and determined Salt Lake Peer Court was Matheson Courthouse. tions. In addition, supervisors are trained to identify subordi- what kind of reparations he started in 1993 to keep “ ey learn a new type nates who may be acting in a biased manner and to respond should make. e panel as- youth who commit low- of justice – a less punitive appropriately to o cers who exhibit biased policing behaviors. signed mandatory commu- level o enses on school one,” said Salt Lake Peer e Arbinger program focuses on mindset – the lens through nity service and paired him property out of the juvenile which you see your work, your rela- up with a student mentor. justice system. What began PEER COURT PAGE 3 tionships, and your entire world. e SLC POLICE PAGE 15 PG 2 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW
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FALL 2017 OUR MISSION Court Director Kayley Rich- To strengthen community ards. “ ey also learn about PUBLISHER/EDITOR identity, increase civic diversity and privilege,” she Charlotte Fife-Jepperson involvement, and foster said. social justice for the diverse West High senior Emery DESIGN/LAYOUT community members in west Hovermale, who has volun- Vegor Pedersen Salt Lake City. teered for Peer Court for three years, is upset about unfair CONTRIBUTORS ABOUT US treatment of students of color Atticus Agustin e West View is a product at West. “I’ve noticed that my Juliana Clay of West View Media, a non- classmates [of color] who are Mike Dale pro t, 501(c)(3) community walking in the hall without Michael Evans news organization that o ers a hall pass o en get stopped Charlotte Fife-Jepperson an authentic look into Salt Lake and asked, ‘Why aren’t you Eleanor Johnson City’s west side through stories in class?’ when I don’t get Olivia Juarez written by community members. stopped at all. It’s not fair Troy Mumm that they could go to ‘juvie’ PHOTO COURTESY OF SALT LAKE PEER COURT Neal Patwari Published quarterly, e West or ned for something that Three of the youth volunteers for Salt Lake Peer Court pose William Pech View is mailed to 20,000 homes I could be doing all the time for a photo in the Matheson Courthouse. From left to right: David Ricketts and businesses throughout the and never be stopped for,” said Emery Hovermale, Kayla Williams, and Jesse Gonzalez. Veronica Salazar Fairpark, Glendale, Rose Park, Hovermale. “I am really glad Marilyn Shelton Westpointe, Jordan Meadows and to see that we have programs Michelle Smith Poplar Grove neighborhoods. An in place like Peer Court to "We are a diversion program signs writing prompts such as Nigel Swaby additional 2,000 copies are hand- help address this, even though completely outside of the juve- “Research one college that you distributed to local businesses it is post-incident.” nile court system, so there's would like to go to” or “What SPANISH and public spaces in nearby areas. Students who get into trou- no o cial juvenile record if do you look for in a good INTERPRETATION ble at school can be referred they participate and success- friend?” “It get’s them think- Vicky Lowe West View Media reserves the to Peer Court by their school fully complete their disposi- ing,” said Hovermale. administration or school tion assignments,” Richards Another important compo- COPY EDITING right to edit all submissions and letters for libel, slander, clarity resource o cers (Salt Lake said. nent of the program is assign- Gregory Florez and length. All submissions City police o cers based at “People tend to think it is an ing a mentor to the referred Liesa Manuel schools). e bulk of referred easy way out of an o ense, but youth. ey are usually paired Robert Trishman become the property of West View Media upon sending. students are from middle and that’s not the case. We really up with someone from their high schools within the Salt do require a lot,” said Hover- own school, someone with BOARD OF DIRECTORS To submit, include full name, Lake City School District, but male. whom they can relate. Lilliana Ceceña, Interim address and telephone number. occasionally 5th and 6th grad- Peer Court’s model is based Williams and Hovermale President ers are referred. on three pillars: accountabil- have seen very drastic, long- Brad Bartholomew, Secretary e West View welcomes Sonia Cordero, Treasurer comments, suggestions and ere is a Utah statute that ity, community involvement, term change in people who Troy Mumm corrections. Contact us at: governs which o enses can and development of skills. have come through program. Dorothy Owen [email protected] or be addressed in Peer Court. “We focus on reform and “I watched one referred youth Jason Stevenson 385-355-0910 or Felonies and some Class “A” making people better people,” from my school completely P.O. Box 271516, SLC, misdemeanors do not qualify, said Gonzalez. change his mindset; he ipped Utah 84127 such as gang-related o enses, Instead of punishing from constantly slu ng and WRITERS WANTED! with the exception of vandal- referred youth, they o er sup- failing classes to getting “A”s e West View invites you to ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ism/gra ti. Students are most port. “If a student is referred and “B”s,” Williams said. join our Community Newsroom Portions of the story "Historic commonly referred for “sta- for grades, we can help them Because of its popularity to help produce content for newspaper serves as record of tus” o enses such as curfew, nd tutoring at their school. and success, Richards would future issues. All Community Japanese history in Utah" ( e truancy, underage smoking or Or let’s say they are hanging like to see an expansion of the Newsroom meetings are held West View Summer 2017) drinking, etc. A status o ense out with the wrong group, we program. on the the 3rd Tuesday and 3rd were plagiarized from the story is an o ense that is only illegal can refer them to programs “Over the years, we’ve seen Friday of every month at West “Tireless Kuniko Terasawa is because of someone’s age. like Spy Hop,” said Kayla Wil- a need to provide a diversion View Media’s o ce in the City the force behind a newspaper e primary bene ts of go- liams, a 2nd year volunteer option to youth o ending in Front Apartment complex at 641 almost no one can read" (People ing through Peer Court for re- from the Salt Lake School for the community,” said Rich- W. North Temple, Suite 300. Magazine 1989) by Cathy Free. ferred youth and their families the Performing Arts. One of ards. “Right now, we only get For more info and to RSVP, email e West View regrets the error. are (1) e o enses will not William’s favorite programs referrals for o enses made [email protected]. We are now instituting more go on an o cial state juvenile is Go Girlz, a program geared on school property. We have thorough writers’ guidelines and record, (2) it is free, and (3) speci cally for 6th-12th grade begun conversations with the training as a result. youth gain skills through re- minority girls. It helps build Salt Lake City Police Depart- storative justice practices that relationship and communica- ment to expand,” she said. keep in mind three stakehold- tion skills and o ers college- ers: the o ender, the victim, readiness courses. For more info, please visit and the community. Sometimes the panel as- www.saltlakepeercourt.org. THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 3 New juvenile justice laws offer youth offenders diversion programs for low-level offenses
By Marilyn Shelton that percentage were “The primary thrust of the amendment year. at way they in and they're community placed in Department legislation is to intervene with our get to know students' partners. Let's say the student A new bill, House Bill 239 of Child and Family young people early—in a way that we families. ey'll get was possibly suicidal. Basi- Juvenile Justice Amend- Services custody for get good outcomes.” to know if there's an cally, the school may not have ments, o ers Utah youth delinquency. issue in the home, for the resources in-house, so the o enders who commit minor “One of the things —Rep. V. Lowry Snow example, transpor- partner is called in," Chatwin o enses alternative diversion that the study group tation. ere are a said. programs, with a focus on that I was a member of, that child can only be ordered to whole lot of reasons that can Another requested alterna- community intervention, cost we were surprised by, was the complete a treatment program contribute to a student being tive a ercare service is partici- e ectiveness, and improv- racial disparity that existed a er a needs assessment test absent that aren't the students pation in Peer Court, which ing outcomes for youth of in the dispositions that were is completed by the court and fault." is sta ed by high school vol- all races. e amendments, handed down by the proba- that a er receiving a disposi- She said that if students unteers from schools around signed by Governor Gary tion department in the courts tion, a minor cannot be locked don't return to school, letters Salt Lake City who are trained Herbert during the 2017 Gen- on juvenile o enders,” said up for more than 72 hours are sent out and if the student to hear cases. When referred eral Session of the Utah State Representative V. Lowry while a decision is made about doesn't return a er that, an youth complete the program, Legislature, relate to low-level, Snow. which program or placement additional home visit from a they will avoid obtaining a non-violent, misdemeanor “Part of the legislation is is appropriate for the child. teacher or administrator is the juvenile record, according to infractions – such as disor- to reallocate resources so that e amendments to H.B. next step. e changes to H.B. Peer Court Program Director, derly conduct, possession of we can have truancy centers, 239 now prohibit referrals to 239 provide for the request- Kayley Richards. tobacco, or violating curfew, mobile crisis units that work law enforcement or juvenile ing of alternative a ercare According to the Juvenile and places limits on the time with parents and youth that court for truancy. services by youth and their Justice Oversight Commit- youth spend in residential need additional assistance. Yandary Chatwin, Execu- families, such as therapy or tee, the amendments to H.B. detention centers. e amend- Primarily it's about providing tive Director of Communica- job training or the utilization 239, including the alternative ments to the bill will take full those kind of support services tions and Community Rela- of a mobile crisis unit. diversion programs, will yield e ect by July of next year, with directly to the young people tions for the Salt Lake School "Mobile crisis units are a an estimated $58 million in some of its provisions already and to parents rather than City District, said of the partnership with the Univer- averted costs over ve years e ective as of March 24 of this utilizing the court system changes, "Teachers do home sity of Utah Neuropsychiatric and see lower rates of youth year. or utilizing detention. You’ll visits at the beginning of the Institute, and they get called recidivism. e provisions to the bill see in the data, the outcomes were recommended a er a are actually worse for the research-based, data-driven youth that have greater court assessment of the state's juve- involvement, particularly de- nile justice system, led by the tention, for low-level o enses. Utah Juvenile Justice Working ere's a greater likelihood Group, who stated in their of reo ending. I think we're Come learn about our plans for a new multi-use community report that “more than 80 going to see better results building on October 25th from 5-6 pm. percent of youth entering the because we're going to start court system for the rst time dealing with issues before they are low-level o enders with become high-level, violent minor infractions who pose a o enses. e primary thrust low risk of reo ending.” e of the amendment legislation report also stated that out-of- is to intervene with our young home-placement for youth people early—in a way that costs up to 17 times more we get good outcomes,” said than community supervi- Representative Snow. sion and that youth who have According to the Utah never committed a felony and Board of Juvenile Justice, Take our who are placed out-of-home the amendments to H.B. 239 survey & in secure con nement have a mandate that a child cannot enter to higher likelihood of reo end- serve more than 30 days for ing than those who remain at one o ense, cannot be placed win a $50 home. in an out-of-home residential gift card! e report found that Afri- "service work" program to can-American youth made up complete community service We need your input - fill out our online survey. ve percent of new misde- hours, nor complete more www.surveymonkey.com/r/nhutah17 meanor cases coming into the than 36 hours of service. e system, but nearly three times new law also states that a 1050 West 500 South| 801-363-4589 | nhutah.org PG 4 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW
but right now it is largely a that in nature, at school, and leisure activity enjoyed by in my city, I was where I was OPINION white communities. meant to be. Some say that this is a mat- e wilderness awaits our enced for a few days. Espe- take their shape. e shape of ter of economic accessibility return. Pristine, ancient lands cially when that place is in the that land and our conversa- — people can’t enjoy deserts especially call for low-income middle of the wild, desert land tions has in turn shaped my far away if they cannot a ord communities and people of in southern Utah. memory, and my hopes for the long drive and camping color who are most impacted Even though I’ve lived all the future of wild public lands equipment. Another reason by environmental pollution of my life in the Salt Lake and throughout Utah. explaining the racial dispar- and lack of access to natural Tooele valleys’ urban centers, Primarily, I hope that in the ity in wild areas is the general public lands. ey call for this was the rst distinct mo- future I won’t have to wonder lack of education about how these folk to reconnect with ment that my emotions, and why I am the only person of to enjoy remote, wild areas — nature and bene t from its not my logic or my memories, color in the remote public the idea of driving hours away awe-inspiring gi s. asserted that Utah is home. lands of southern Utah. Be- onto dirt roads where camp- e wilderness is also call- e University of Utah ing the only brown-skinned sites and paths are unmarked ing for our help. e Trump Alternative Breaks program backpacker among a handful is daunting, especially when Administration has its focus brings rst-generation college of strangers isn’t a singular maps are not easy to come by set to eliminate 90 percent of students to the Swell every mishap. It’s a commonality to and information is o en only Bears Ears National Monu- Wilderness fall to engage in community public land users across the available in English. ment in southern Utah which service. e trip provided my nation. Less than 22 percent Additionally, for the undoc- protects over 100,000 ancient rst opportunity to explore of people visiting for national umented communities living indigenous sites. ey similar- calls us slot canyons, scale red rock parks in 2011 were people in the U.S., the desert may not ly are set on devastating more boulders, directly improve the of color, and about one in 10 seem like a place for leisure or than half of Grand Staircase- By Olivia Juarez environment with land man- were Hispanic or Latino/a. sanctuary, but a threat to life Escalante National Monument “ is must be where I’m agement professionals, and at number was exactly the — regarded as the harrow- for coal and oil development. supposed to be.” For the rst interact with diverse students same in the rst 2006 study of ing obstacle on the march to ese attacks are irreparable. time in my 20-year-old life, like me. Our conversations park visitors. living in a safe community. Neither time nor rehabilita- I had this thought on top of were as decadent as the rough, Public lands should re ect Harsh red rock environments tion can undo damage to a grainy sandstone column grainy sandstone texture be- the faces of our country — a may be undesirable for work- the delicate ecosystems and named Pinnacle II in Utah’s neath my hands. On one hike, public of all ethnicities and ers who have little choice cultural sites in the redrock San Rafael Swell. It’s a strange my hands dragged along the racial backgrounds. Wild, but to make a living laboring environment a er misuse and phenomenon to suddenly feel towering, textured walls for natural places deserve to be on roo ops, construction fossil fuel development. like you’re home in the middle so long, it would seem that I enjoyed by the nation’s grow- sites, road-ways and farms in Our treasured wild lands of a place you just experi- was trying to make my palms ing non-white demographic, both bitter cold winters and need communities of color to blistering summers. In short, speak for its protection. at’s the great outdoors are one where the Southern Utah person’s getaway, and another Wilderness Alliance steps in. person’s place to get away eir initiative to empower from. Latino/a voices celebrates the Despite these barriers, community’s deep respect for people of color still value and our wild, pristine environ- appreciate nature; people seek ments and rea rms the fact wild places whether they are that our wild lands belong connecting with nature at to everybody. e goal is to the Jordan River, in a garden, amplify diverse voices, in u- at the park, or in a nearby ence policy makers, ensure Wasatch Front canyon. wild Utah is welcoming to e stunning characteristics communities of color, and is of creeks in dry landscapes, preserved for generations to wind-shaped mountains, come. bumpy slot canyons, and Join us is making a positive heartwarming camp res have step forward into environ- the power to make us humble mental justice — a step that and remember who we are. validates all colors of skin and is humility can show up as all languages in our colorful, the feeling of our small and wordless desert lands. delicate place in the universe under a million stars in the Olivia Juarez is SUWA’s night sky, or the recurring Latinx Community Orga- encounter with our own nizer. You can nd out more by thoughts and dreams in the si- contacting [email protected] or Rudy Florez / Hive Pass Rider since 2014 lent, natural environment. For visiting SUWA.org me, it was the sudden feeling THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 5
uno de cada 10 eran hispanos mentos y caminos no están OPINIÓN EN ESPAÑOL o latinos. Ese número fue marcados es desalentador, es- exactamente el mismo en el pecialmente cuando los mapas primer estudio de visitantes de no son fáciles de encontrar Tooele, este fue el primer las altísimas y texturizadas los parques en el 2006. y la información, a menudo, El desierto momento único en el que mis paredes durante tanto tiempo Las tierras públicas deben sólo está disponible en inglés. emociones, y no mi lógica o que parecía que yo estuviera re ejar las caras de nuestro Además, para las comuni- nos llama mis recuerdos, a rmaron que tratando de hacer que mis país - un público de todas dades indocumentadas que Utah es mi hogar. palmas tomaran su forma. La las etnias y razas. Los lugares viven en los Estados Unidos, Por Olivia Juarez El programa Alternative forma de esa tierra y nuestras silvestres y naturales merecen puede que el desierto no Traducción por Vicky Lowe Breaks (Descansos Alter- conversaciones, a su vez, han ser disfrutados por la creci- parezca un lugar para disfru- nativos) de la Universidad dado forma a mi memoria y a ente demográ ca no-blanca tar el tiempo, o un santuario, “Aquí debe ser donde se de Utah trae a estudiantes mis esperanzas por el futuro de la nación, pero, en este sino una amenaza para la vida supone que debo estar.” Por universitarios de primera de las tierras públicas del momento es, en su mayoría, - ya que es considerado como primera vez en mis 20 años de generación al Swell cada desierto en todo Utah. un pasatiempo que disfrutan un obstáculo angustiante en vida, tuve este pensamiento otoño para que participen en En primer lugar, espero las comunidades blancas. el camino hacia la vida en una sobre la cima de una columna servicio comunitario. El viaje que en el futuro no tenga que Algunos dicen que se debe a comunidad segura. Los ambi- de piedra arenisca y granosa me brindó la primera opor- preguntarme por qué soy la una cuestión de accesibilidad entes ásperos de las rocas rojas llamada Pinnacle II en el San tunidad de explorar cañones única persona de color en económica - la gente no puede pueden ser indeseables para Rafael Swell de Utah. Es un de ranuras, escalar rocas las tierras públicas remotas disfrutar de los desiertos los trabajadores que no tienen fenómeno extraño el sentirte, rojas, mejorar directamente del sur de Utah. Ser la única lejanos si no pueden darse el más remedio que ganarse la de repente, como si estuvieras el medio ambiente trabajando mochilera de piel morena lujo de hacer un viaje largo vida trabajando en los tejados, en casa en medio de un lugar con profesionales de la gestión entre un puñado de extraños y de comprar el equipo de en las obras de construcción, que has conocido por solo de la tierra e interactuar con no es un accidente aislado. Es campamento. Otra razón que las carreteras y las granjas unos días. Especialmente cu- estudiantes diversos como yo. común entre los usuarios de explica la disparidad racial en durante los inviernos fríos y ando ese lugar está en medio Nuestras conversaciones eran territorios públicos en todo las áreas silvestres es la falta amargos, así como en los ve- de la tierra salvaje y desértica tan decadentes como la áspera el país. Menos del 22 por de educación, en general, ranos mordaces. En resumen, en el sur de Utah. textura arenisca y granosa ciento de las personas que sobre cómo disfrutar las áreas el aire libre es el escape de una Aunque he vivido toda mi bajo mis manos. En una de visitaron parques nacionales remotas y salvajes - la idea de persona, y el lugar del que otra vida en los centros urbanos las caminatas, mis manos en 2011 eran personas de manejar horas en carreteras de EL DESIERTO PÁGINA 6 de los valles de Salt Lake y se arrastraron a lo largo de color, y aproximadamente terracería donde los campa-
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Group Individual Medicare Medicaid PG 6 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW Local church known for its extensive charitable service By Atticus Agustin remind everyone in this com- cal- and Wesleyan-lean- munity that we care,” Major ing tradition, in which Even when road construction Trimmer said. divine sovereignty is was heavy on a stretch of 900 e current location of the acknowledged in concert West in Poplar Grove, the doors Salvation Army at 438 S. 900 with individual free will. of the Salvation Army remained West is planning to expand Founded in 1865 in wide open. eir fourth annual into other tracts of land next the United Kingdom, back-to-school bash held on to the main building, which the church is a quasi- August 19 distributed over 300 would include a music conser- military organization backpacks lled with school vatory for children. started by William supplies to elementary school “We are living in interesting Booth in London’s children in need. times of demographic change. East end where prosti- PHOTO BY DAVID RICKETTS is annual community is is a cultured commu- tution, alcohol, and TOP: The Salvation Army church near 400 South and 900 West serves the west side block party seems to get bigger nity, which is what gives it its looting were rampant. community in a variety of ways, such as hosting Bible Study, Sunday Service, a food each year. Over 521 people vibrancy. It’s like a piece of Booth gathered people pantry, and childcare. attended this year. ere heaven. No one in heaven is involved in those ac- BOTTOM: Salvation Army clergy hand out donated backpacks filled with school sup- was face painting and pizza too Greek or Irish,” said Major tivities with the aim of plies to elementary school students from Salt Lake City’s west side, Aug. 19. provided by Little Caesars, and Trimmer. “ e ultimate goal bettering them through attendees received free vision of our church is to not leave his Christian mission. checks courtesy of the Utah people in the same physical Following a dictation acci- Ophthalmology Society. condition.” dent, in which a pamphlet According to Major Troy e Salvation Army holds called the new mission the Trimmer, head of the Salvation regular Bible Study and Sun- “Volunteer Army,” Booth Army Corps in Poplar Grove, day Service. e facility hosts decided that it was not this event essentially celebrates a handful of human services: really a volunteer mission, the west side and the unof- utility assistance, a case-man- but a Salvation Army. cial end to summer. “ ere agement program, a food pan- Around 1887, the Salva- is a genuineness of the people try, hot meals distributed to tion Army made its way with a good work ethic in needy families, and a six-week to several locations across this community. Even though summer camp for children. the Wasatch Front before many struggle nancially, they e Salvation Army is an landing in its present loca- don’t want a handout. Gang international missionary tion, where it currently violence is also problem here, organization spanning 128 serves many people in but we hold events like these to countries. It has an Evangeli- need. PHOTO BY MIKE DALE
EL DESIERTO PÁGINA 5 recer como el sentimiento del les. Llaman a estas personas a culturales en el entorno de las lación de políticas, garantizar pequeño y delicado lugar que reconectarse con la naturaleza rocas rojas tras el mal uso y que los terrenos salvajes de persona quiere escapar. ocupamos en el universo bajo y bene ciarse de sus regalos el desarrollo del combustible Utah den la bienvenida a A pesar de estas barreras, un millón de estrellas en el impresionantes. fósil. comunidades de color y que se las personas de color to- cielo nocturno, o el encuentro El desierto también está pi- Nuestras preciadas tierras preserven para las generacio- davía valoran y aprecian la recurrente con nuestros pro- diendo nuestra ayuda. La ad- silvestres necesitan comu- nes venideras. naturaleza; la gente busca pios pensamientos y sueños ministración de Trump tiene nidades de color para abogar Unirse a nosotros es dar un lugares silvestres, ya sea que se en un entorno silencioso y su foco jado en eliminar el por su protección. Ahí es paso adelante hacia la justicia conecten con la naturaleza en natural. Para mí, fue la repen- 90 por ciento del monumento donde entra Southern Utah ambiental - un paso que valida el Jordan River, en un jardín, tina sensación de que, en la nacional Bears Ears en el sur Wilderness Alliance (la todos los colores de piel y en el parque, o en un cañón naturaleza, en la escuela y en de Utah que protege a más Alianza de la Tierra Silvestre todos los idiomas en nuestras cercano del Wasatch Front. mi ciudad, yo estaba donde de 100.000 sitios indígenas del Sur). Su iniciativa para tierras desiertas y coloridas Las impresionantes car- estaba destinada a estar. antiguos. De manera similar, empoderar a las voces latinas que no pueden hablar. acterísticas de los arroyos El desierto espera nuestro se han jado en devastar más celebra el profundo respeto en paisajes secos, montañas regreso. Prístinas tierras an- de la mitad del Monumento de la comunidad por nuestro Olivia Juárez es organiza- en forma de viento, cañones tiguas llaman, especialmente, Nacional Grand Staircase- medio ambiente silvestre y dora de la comunidad Latinx de ranuras llenos de baches a comunidades de bajos Escalante para el desarrollo prístino, también, rea rma el de SUWA. Puede obtener más y conmovedoras fogatas ingresos y a las personas de de carbón y petróleo. Estos hecho de que nuestras tierras información poniéndose en de campamento tienen el color que son las más afecta- ataques son irreparables. Ni silvestres pertenecen a todos. contacto con [email protected] o poder de hacernos humildes das por la contaminación el tiempo ni la rehabilitación El objetivo es ampliar la diver- visitando SUWA.org y recordarnos quiénes somos. ambiental y la falta de acceso pueden deshacer el daño a los sidad de voces, inuenciar a Esta humildad puede apa- a las tierras públicas natura- ecosistemas delicados y sitios los responsables de la formu- THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 7 A bit of history of 'Motel Row' on North Temple
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Until the 70s, North Temple was Clockwise from upper left: Rooftop sign considered part of US Highway 40, for the old Scotty’s Motel, office of All linking the Rockies of Colorado with Star Travel Motel at 754 W., the Overniter the Sierras of Nevada and Califor- Motel sign at 1500 W., Ramada sign at nia, through Vernal, Roosevelt, Salt location of old Holiday Inn on Redwood Lake City and Wendover. ere Rd, Dream Inn historic sign at 1865 W., were once about two-dozen motels and entrance to Gateway Inn at 819 W. along Highway 40 between the LDS Temple and Salt Lake Airport, many Motel. e adjacent restaurant, built aer WWII as freeways and formerly run by the Beany family, jet planes revolutionized consumer prospers as the Red Iguana. e travel. Most of them are now demol- family lived above the restaurant, ished. ese ve remain: e oldest where the o ces are now. e Dem- remnant of these motels was once man family moved their restaurant called Scotty’s. Built before WWII, it MOTEL HISTORY PAGE 16 is now known as the All Star Travel
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Budget records of three North Temple A er taxes, a minimum wage motels – Econo Lodge, All job won’t cover the daily hous- motels create Star Travel Motel and Gateway ing cost, so guests are forced Inn – document the activ- to nd something else to do to stumbling ity. So far in 2017, there were make money. 190 calls to All Star Travel, Salt Lake Police Department block for 296 to the Econo Lodge and a spokesman Greg Wilking disproportionate 750 calls to said some of the motel own- North Temple Gateway Inn. While some of ers have “acted as pimps” by the calls were hang-ups and suggesting to their guests how By Nigel Swaby miscellaneous, many involved to come up with their daily crimes such as car prowls, rent money. is is the main Salt Lake City’s vision for a burglary and numerous sex reason City Councilwoman “grand boulevard” on North crimes including investiga- Erin Mendenhall helped get Temple has yet to be real- tions concerning a child. a nuisance ordinance passed ized a er 10 years of plans, Since January, 37 people were that holds motel owners construction and hundreds of arrested at Gateway Inn for responsible for some crimes millions of dollars spent. serious outstanding warrants. taking place on their proper- With nearby development About two dozen were ar- ties. (She represents District 5, such as the new stadium at the rested at the other two. which includes crime-ridden Utah State Fairpark, the new e Gateway Inn across motels further south on State Jordan River Parkway bridge from the Jackson-Euclid Street.) e penalties increase between 200 and 300 South, TRAX stop at 819 W. North with each incident, escalat- and plans to connect down- Temple is the most notorious. ing into a temporary business town to the fairgrounds with In 2017, police investigated closure a er four violations. a Folsom Trail, North Temple dozens of physical altercations Community leaders are feels like it is lagging behind. there, including 10 ghts with searching for solutions. A e grand boulevard con- large groups and others in- group of students from the cept envisions narrower roads, volving shootings, shots red University of Utah’s plan- colorful streets, art, pedestrian and stabbings. A gang-related ning department conducted a friendly pathways and an shooting occurred in March study on the problem earlier enticing choice of restaurants of this year, and a drug lab this year. Two tactics stood and businesses. e installa- was investigated in Septem- out to the group’s professor, tion of the TRAX light-rail ber. A murder on 800 West Ivis Garcia Zambrana: a city line to the airport narrowed and North Temple served as a ordinance to limit the stays of the street and provided pedes- nal straw before the launch guests to no more than thirty trian transportation options. of Operation Rio Grande in days and to place restrictions New market rate apartment August. on the use of emergency hous- buildings are popping up on ese motels thrive on cash ing vouchers at the motels. the west end of North Temple customers and have no short- e city has looked at buy- and a few key businesses age of guests. Groups of peo- ing some of the most trouble- anchor the street further east, ple mill around the front of some locations but prices have such as the ever-popular Red the property at all hours of the gone up substantially. About a Iguana, Mestizo Co eehouse, day and night. e price point year and a half ago, the owner Leatherby’s and Rancho for the motels is alluring. For of Gateway Inn wanted $1.5 Markets. someone down on their luck, million to sell, according to Despite these improve- perhaps with poor credit, the Redevelopment Agency ments, glaring blight spoils housing options are limited. of Salt Lake City. At a meet- THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 9 ing of concerned State Street businesses two months ago, Ballpark Community Coun- cil chair Bill Davis said the price tag is now six million. Other possible tactics in- clude enforcement of health code violations but both the city and county health departments are short on enforcement o cials. Sched- uled inspections have been delayed because of these shortages. e Gateway Inn has yet to be inspected this year according to a recent email from the public infor- mation o ce at Salt Lake County’s Health Depart- ment. Motels are inspected annually or when a speci c complaint is called in. State Rep. Sandra Hollins’ (D-Salt Lake City) district includes North Temple. She was also recently hired as the city’s homeless liaison. If the motels are disrupted, there’s concern about where dis- placed guests would go. Pre- cious few housing options exist for those living in the margins of society, especially those with criminal histories. Building Salt Lake, a real estate publication, recently observed, “City o cials estimate that the city needs to add nearly 7,500 a ord- able housing units to meet the city’s current housing demands.” However, most of the current construction is for market rate housing. e continued presence of these motels on North Temple block any meaning- ful growth in the area. e guests they attract are not just poor people desperate for shelter but criminals with active warrants and people who behave violently. e “grand boulevard” vision will remain in jeopardy so long as these motels continue to conduct business in the cur- rent manner.
Nigel Swaby is a Fairpark resident and currently serves as the chair of the River Dis- trict Business Alliance. PG 10 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW Fascination with the gargoyle
By Michelle Smith
One fall aernoon about 14 years ago, we drove past the haunted house, Nightmare on 13th. When my one-year-old daughter, Mee- sha, saw the gargoyle guarding the entrance she grabbed me and held on tight. I assured her that everything was alright. By the time we arrived at home, I had forgotten all about the gargoyle, but Meesha jumped out of the car and was looking in the sky for it. She was hardly talking at that age, but she must have recognized the gargoyle had wings. e gargoyle eventually became a part of our everyday lives. He was positioned between our house and Meesha’s daycare. We started telling her that the gargoyle was friendly and during the few months that he was actively moving, we would make up words that he was saying. We would say in our gargoyle voice, “Meesha, I’m going to tickle you!” In the next year or two, she started making up words that gargoyle was supposedly saying to us. A decade later my youngest, Marcelina, also became fascinated with the guardian of the entrance, only then it was a dragon. We told Marcelina, “Dragon sees you. He said, ‘Hi Mar- celina!’” Of course we used our deep dragon voice. When Dragon was not moving, we told Marcelina that he was sleeping. Aer the Halloween season, Nightmare on 13th covers the creature over the entrance. I explained to Marcelina that Dragon is hibernating. One year, the covered Dragon disappeared for a few months. We drove around town call- ing his name out of our car windows. ree- year-old Marcelina determined that the other haunted house in the area had taken Dragon and chained him up. He needed to be rescued. She asked her older brother for swords. One day aer passing the other haunted house, Marcelina turned to me and said, “I’m not going in there, Mom. Will go by yourself to rescue Dragon?” I bravely agreed. A couple of months later I saw that Dragon was back at Nightmare on 13th. I was so excited to tell Marcelina. I picked her up from daycare and told her that I had rescued Dragon. We drove by Nightmare on 13th and she saw him. I told her that Dragon is no lon- ger red. He turned greenish-blue. She told me that I rescued the wrong dragon! PHOTO BY DAVID RICKETTS Two little girls became enchanted by a gargoyle and a dragon, which were similar to this devilish-looking creature that currently sits atop a pedestal near the front entrance to Nightmare on 13th at 320 W. 1300 South. THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 11
PHOTO BY MIRIAM FLOREZ People often decorate their altar (ofrenda) with paper cutouts (papél picado), photos, traditional bread (pan de muertos), flowers (especially mari- Mexican golds or cempasuchitl which were sacred to the Aztecs), sugar skulls (calaveritas de ázucar) and other items that their loved ones enjoyed during life. Celebrants do not worship these altars; they are offerings in honor of their deceased loved ones. holiday the tradition mainly at com- According to azcentral.com decorate them in memory of honor of Dia de los Muertos. munity festivals on November reporter Carlos Miller, the a loved one with names and Jarred Martinez, Kearns honors 1 and 2. Aztecs kept skulls as trophies bright colors. native and former co-director Dia de los Muertos is and used them during the Like in the time of the of Mestizo Arts and Activism, deceased thought to have originated holiday’s rituals as symbols of Aztecs, people will make altars elaborated on the meaning of during the time of the Aztecs death and rebirth. “ e na- and shrines dedicated to their the Day of the Dead. in the 12th century, but some tives viewed it as the continu- dead, and place on the altars “In Mexico, I know the loved evidence suggests the tradi- ation of life. Instead of fearing sugar skulls, food, drink and celebration is much more tion predates the Aztecs as far death, they embraced it. To owers that the deceased liked widespread, and there are ad- back as 3,000 years. them, life was a dream and in life. Orange marigolds and ditional traditions that various ones During the ancient Aztec only in death did they become pan de muerto (sweet bread) communities follow, so, there period, Dia de los Muertos truly awake,” Miller said. add to the festivities. can be a lot of diversity in how By Julianna Clay was celebrated during the Today, those skulls are incor- In past years, Day-Riverside Dia de los Muertos is celebrat- & Charlotte Fife Jepperson month of August. It wasn’t un- porated into Dia de los Muertos Library, Rico Warehouse, ed,” he said. “ e general idea til the Spanish conquistadors celebrations in di erent ways. Mestizo Co eehouse and is honoring loved ones who’ve arrived in the Americas that Miller stated that people wear Mestizo Arts and Activism in passed.” Dia de los Muertos, or Day it was later moved to coincide wooden skull masks called Salt Lake City have hosted ac- e spirit behind Dia de los of the Dead, is a time when with All Hallows’ Eve and All calacas and dance in memory of tivities honoring this holiday Muertos is that life and death many Mexicans honor their Saints’ Day at the end of Oc- their dead relatives. Celebrants and its traditions. Activities are linked and both should be ancestors in colorful, joyful tober and in early November. also elaborately paint their faces included paper cutting (papel causes for joyous revelry. celebration. In Mexico, some Upon discovering that they to resemble skulls. e making picado), sugar skull making, people celebrate near the couldn’t eliminate the rituals of sugar skulls are another way altar decorating and an open- Learn more at www. graves of their loved ones in from the people, the Spaniards this tradition has carried on. mic night where people sang, azcentral.com/ent/dead/ cemeteries. But here in the embraced the holiday and People make them with sugar, danced, shared stories and articles/dead-history. United States, they carry on added it to their own. meringue and water and then poems and prayed together in html#ixzz2l38F26xH PG 12 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW
sible to achieve them. at those of us a ected, America were allowed to. I was in the Replacement for would mean that my parents’ is all we’ve known, and DACA process of moving to Chicago sacri ce would have been for provided a sense of belonging with my then-partner (who nothing, and, when you have and legitimacy in the country was also a DREAMer), as he DACA badly needed familial pressure to achieve, we love and call home. was accepted into a master’s/ By William Pech in the Senate being just ve it begins to take an additional Even if it was a temporary Ph.D. program at North- votes short. I already under- emotional toll. I was in the x, it was something great at western University. I was It was June of 2012 when stood the negative impact that process of guring out what least for that period of time employed at a bank during the Deferred Action for this would bring to my life as other alternatives I could take for me. DACA gave us a two- my time there, and when it Childhood Arrivals (DACA) it ensured that my future in instead of higher education year employment authoriza- was time to come back to was announced. A few days this country would remain that would at least allow me tion as well as protection Salt Lake City, I obtained my before the announcement, uncertain for an inde nite to survive and stay in the from deportation. It gave us insurance producer license – there were rumors that period of time. e feelings of United States, as this is the the mobility we needed to something I was not able to something major in regards to fear, anxiety and loss of hope only country I have known earn higher wages to help do prior to DACA. immigration reform and the that came were too much to since the age of six. at home and pay our way is time around, I was DREAMers, as we have been bear at times. President Obama’s an- through college. We no longer serious about completing known to be called, was going I was enrolled at Salt Lake nouncement in the Rose had to live in fear that if we my degree. I knew I could to happen very soon. What Community College when the Garden was monumental. were pulled over by a police complete my undergraduate soon followed was a ray of rumors broke, oating along A er many failed attempts by o cer we could be referred to studies as I was earning more hope. I cried that day in dis- with no direction or motiva- congress to pass the DREAM deportation proceedings. money to pay for tuition, belief that I was nally going tion to take my education Act, years of organizing and To be clear, DACA is not which ultimately would cul- to stop living in fear and have seriously. My mentality was protesting by immigrant a pathway to permanent minate in a career. Undocu- a chance to make something that I wasn’t going to be able youth, we nally had a viable residency or citizenship but a mented students, even with of myself. to use a degree because of my option – the Deferred Ac- Band-Aid solution a er years DACA, do not qualify for any Looking back, the winter of undocumented status, so why tion for Childhood Arrivals, of uncertainty and hard work. state or federal assistance to 2010 was particularly di cult bother? It was a sad place to a program created by the I was fortunate enough to pay for higher education. We as the Development, Relief, be as my dreams of wanting Obama administration a er have saved up a little bit of rely on private scholarships and Education for Alien Mi- a career were in the path of congress repeatedly failed money to pay the $465 fee and our own labor to pay for nors Act (DREAM Act) failed most resistance, and I felt to pass immigration reform and submit my initial applica- DACA PAGE 17 to pass, yet again, this time it would be nearly impos- and protect DREAMers. For tion for DACA as soon as we
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molestarme? Era triste estar able: la Acción Diferida para mos ser referidos a proced- Reemplazo para DACA en ese lugar mientras mis sue- las Llegadas en la Infancia, imientos de deportación. ños de tener una carrera es- un programa creado por el Para ser claros, DACA no es urgentemente necesaria taban en el camino de mayor gobierno de Obama después un camino hacia la residencia resistencia, y sentía que sería de que Congreso fracasó, permanente o la ciudadanía Por William Pech Extranjeros (DREAM Act) casi imposible lograrlos. Eso en repetidas ocasiones, en sino una solución temporal Traducción por Vicky Lowe no logró pasar, otra vez, esta signi caría que el sacri cio aprobar la reforma migratoria después de años de incerti- vez en el Senado, estuvo corta de mis padres habría sido y proteger a los DREAMers. dumbre y trabajo duro. Fue en junio de 2012 por solo cinco votos. Yo, ya en vano, y, cuando se tienen Para aquellos de nosotros af- Tuve la suerte de haber cuando se anunció la Acción entendía el impacto nega- presiones familiares para ectados, los Estados Unidos es ahorrado un poco de dinero Diferida para los Llegados tivo que este hecho traería lograr algo, comienza a tener todo lo que hemos conocido, para pagar la tarifa de $ 465 y en la Infancia (DACA). Unos a mi vida, ya que aseguraba un efecto emocional adicio- y DACA nos proporcionó un presentar mi solicitud inicial días antes del anuncio, hubo que mi futuro en este país nal. Estaba en el proceso de sentimiento de pertenencia para DACA tan pronto como rumores de que algo im- permanecería incierto por un averiguar qué otras alterna- y legitimidad en el país que se nos permitió. Estaba en portante iba a suceder muy período de tiempo inde nido. tivas podría tomar en lugar amamos y llamamos hogar. el proceso de mudarme a pronto en lo que respectaba Los sentimientos de miedo, de la educación universitaria Aunque se trataba de una Chicago con mi entonces a la reforma migratoria y los ansiedad y pérdida de esper- que, por lo menos, me permi- solución temporal, fue algo compañero (que también era DREAMers, como se nos ha anza que llegaban a mí a veces tiera sobrevivir y permanecer grandioso, al menos du- un DREAMer), ya que fue llamado. Lo que pasó después eran demasiado difíciles de en los Estados Unidos, ya que rante ese período de tiempo aceptado en un programa fue un rayo de esperanza. soportar. este es el único país que he para mí. DACA nos dio una de maestría y doctorado en Ese día lloré con increduli- Me matriculé en el Salt conocido desde los seis años. autorización de empleo de la Universidad Northwest- dad porque, nalmente, iba Lake Community College El anuncio del presidente dos años, así como protección ern. Estuve empleado en un a dejar de vivir con miedo cuando los rumores comen- Obama en el Rose Garden contra la deportación. Nos banco durante mi estancia y tendría la oportunidad de zaron, otando sin ninguna fue monumental. Después dio la movilidad que necesi- allí, y cuando llegó la hora de hacer algo de mí mismo. dirección o motivación para de muchos intentos fallidos tábamos para ganar salarios volver a Salt Lake City, obtuve Viendo hacia atrás, el tomar en serio mi educación. del Congreso para aprobar más altos para ayudar en casa mi licencia de productor de invierno de 2010 fue par- Mi mentalidad era que no iba la Ley DREAM, años de y pagar la universidad. Ya seguro, algo que no podría ticularmente difícil, ya que a poder usar un título debido organización y protesta de no teníamos que vivir con el haber hecho antes de DACA. la Ley de Desarrollo, Alivio a mi condición de indocu- jóvenes inmigrantes, nal- miedo de que, si un o cial de y Educación para Menores mentado, entonces ¿para qué mente tuvimos una opción vi- policía nos detenía, podría- DACA PÁGINA 17 Open the Door To Home Ownership
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By Venecia Salazar As I was making my way home that night, I At a certain point at dusk, received another call from our oldest sister who still the harsh, white lights of the lived in Arizona.... “Carlos got caught and they are hallways turn o and the taking him to Mexico right now.” dimmed, orange-colored lights come on throughout the school halls. is was my est sister who still lived in She didn’t appreciate it, “P, favorite time of day in high Arizona. My heart knew why what could possibly be the school, when it was quiet, before I said hello. “Carlos got reason for this?” she asked as everyone was gone, and the caught and they are taking she wiped her tears from her night sky lled the windows. him to Mexico right now.” eyes that were focused on the I was enjoying the peace. I I heard the disappointment oor. I stayed quiet because was at my locker when I re- in her voice along with the she didn’t want to hear the ceived a call, and I was excited words I never wanted to hear. answer from me, but from when I saw that it was my “Let mom know, OK?” “OK.” someone who is all seeing older brother, Carlos. I had not e conversation was over and all knowing. For, why did seen him since I le Arizona between us, but not the war He allow our biggest fear to and moved to Utah a couple in my mind. When do I tell be this real? of months before. “Hello!” I her? When is it a good time ere was a long silence answered. “I’m going to Cali- to tell my mom that her son until it was broken by more fornia,” he said with a subtle had been deported? Should I chopping, when all she could voice. at was enough for my wait? No! do in the moment was chop. blood to rush in my veins and I nally arrived home from My mother and I had never my eyebrows to rise. my journey. When I went been close enough to talk My family moved to inside, I looked and treasured about our feelings, so we Arizona when we were my mother’s skinny, already- didn’t. I knew she was in children. We lived there for pale face, her light brown bun shock, and I accepted her years. When my mother and curled on the top of her head, subtle reaction with grace. I I moved to Utah, my brother and caramel-colored eyes. prepared the table, and we ate who was a couple years older I held that moment, know- in silence. I was wondering if than me, decided to stay in ing it would all change in a she was going to do anything Arizona. Fear captivated few minutes. e house was else, say anything more, or our lives since we were told lled with a wonderful, warm express her emotions. She at a young age that we were aroma of her delicious food. I didn’t. undocumented, and we could decided to tell her before we Everything else that night not travel much because of ate. My heart was pounding was monotone and gray. Will dangers of being asked where as I made my short way to I ever see my brother again? the almighty papers and the kitchen where I saw my Will he ever be able to step proper documentation were. mother cutting some onion. foot in the United States? Now, here my brother was Chop! Chop! Chop! I stood Will I ever get a chance to see telling me that he was going by the wall in silence, just him without putting myself to California. observing. in danger, too? Lord, please My heart was pounding as I I asked her to put the long, keep him safe. ese were my expressed my worry. I wished sharp knife down. I took a thoughts as I went to bed, but him well in whatever deci- breath, looked into her eyes I fell asleep to the wonder of sion he made, and we hung and said with a calm voice, my mother’s praying words, up. e halls now seemed to “Carlos is in Mexico.” A both hopeful and question- be against me, judging me short but powerful spear of ing. because I let him go. Even a sentence into my mother’s A few years later on a win- though it was his choice, I heart. “What!?” “He was on ter night, my mother gave me knew that hearing my voice his way to California ...” I news that lightened my heart calmed him and made him began. Tears were lling up like no other. My brother was feel it was OK to go. her eyes. “Why?” she asked. “I still in Mexico but she oozed As I was making my way don’t know.” Pause. “Every- all the happiness in the world. home that night, I received thing happens for a reason,” “Your brother is going to have another call from our old- I told her with a heavy heart. a baby!” THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 15
FROM SLC POLICE PAGE 1 objective of the Arbinger method used by police departments is to give o cers the tools to develop and implement an outward mindset in their work. SLCP Training Lieutenant Eddie Cameron said for most o cers the information and training provided by Arbinger was a good reminder, but wasn’t really groundbreaking, but it did give a few o cers a new perspective. In addition to Fair and Impartial Policing, the police department introduced Blue Courage, a program for “seasoned” o cers, which is funded through a grant from the Department of Jus- tice. Training O cer Jason Miller said, “A lot of o cers, aer seeing what we see, tend to forget the reasons we got into the job. [Blue Courage] reminds us this is a noble profession, and in order for it to be a noble profession you have to have noble character.” Blue Courage reinvigorates this idea of nobility through emphasis on self-help re- sources and o cer wellness, and stresses the idea of police o cers as “protectors” of the community, rather than “warriors.” Sgt. Michael Burbank said, “We’ve always had these principles within the department, but these programs are actually giving us a framework PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE FIFE-JEPPERSON and a way to talk about them. Looking to change Training Lieutenant Eddie Cameron teaches a class to members of the Salt Lake City Police Department at the Pioneer Police the culture of an institution is a long process; it doesn’t happen overnight.” Precinct in October. It will take two more years to get the entire department rotated through the de-escalation training courses.
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connects its students to the We simply believe that 125 University of Utah via the Ad- years is su cient for hav- elante and Go Girlz programs. ing our school named aer It has an amazing dual- Jackson, and now our school language English/Spanish name can express gratitude for learning program with a true someone or something else we balance of English-dominant all believe worthy. and Spanish-dominant stu- Our school went through a dents. It hosts the El Sistema process, over the past year, to aer-school music program. collect feedback on whether It won an Apple ConnectEd the name should be changed, grant, one of only a few in the and more than 70 percent of The West View appreciates nation, which ensures every responses were to change the student and teacher has an name (including the possi- the generous support of our iPad and can use it in innova- bility of selecting a di erent community partner: tive ways in the classroom. person named Jackson). More Time to find It has creative and talented information about our process a new name teachers, an incredible princi- is at http://www.jacksonna- pal, and engaged parents who mechange.org. is year, we for Jackson care deeply about their school. are in the process of gather- e school name just doesn’t ing suggestions for a new Elementary— reect our current commu- name, and would welcome one we can all nity’s values and strengths. In your suggestions. We’d love to 1892, a school board member honor someone with local ties be proud of chose to name the school and contributions, or have a (then known as the 16th name connected to our local By Neal Patwari Ward School) aer President geography or ideals. Please Andrew Jackson. Although he send us your name suggestion I love my child’s elemen- was a U.S. President, we know at http://www.jacksonna- tary school. If you’ve been that his actions included being mechange.org/contact. following what’s happening an architect of the genocide at Jackson Elementary, you of more than 10,000 Native Neal Patwari is the parent of know it is a truly amazing and Americans, known as the Trail a Jackson student and chair of diverse school. It is “the home of Tears, and the killing of the Jackson School Community of future college students” and people who escaped slavery. Council.
MOTEL HISTORY PAGE 7 corner of Redwood Road and as the Panama Canal Zone North Temple hosted touring in the 1960s. e Dream Inn from the corner southwest rock stars like Tommy Roe, sports the sole remaining of the old Jackson Junior the Moody Blues, the Turtles, North Temple hospitality High to North Temple, west and Frank Zappa, the latter product made by local busi- of the fairgrounds, adding two writing songs about the ness Young Electric Signs, fa- accommodations, which now place, long before Ramada mous for their glitzy signs in exist as the Overnite Motel. bought it. e Gateway Mo- Las Vegas. ese old motels e small white clapboard tel, across from the Jackson/ serve as a reminder of a by- building, which housed their Euclid TRAX Station, opened gone era of post-war prosper- soda fountain for so many under a di erent name at the ity and con dence that many years, still exists at 700 West same time as the Holiday Inn. thought would continue to an and 200 North. e former It once served LDS Confer- unforseen future. Holiday Inn on the southeast ence visitors from as far away
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DACA PAGE 12 cision, we are put in a terrible DACA PÁGINA 13 primera generación. Alonso de regreso al punto de inicio. position as everything we in uyó en mi decisión de Estoy en el último año de our education. have built for ourselves over Esta vez, me tomé en serio trasladarme a la U. Dejé mis estudios de pregrado y I met with Alonso Reyna- the last ve years since the el completar mi título. Sabía nuestra reunión con el la idea de no poder usar mi Rivarola, who was an academ- introduction is in jeopardy. que podía completar mis conocimiento necesario título, después de todos estos ic advisor at the Center for For me, it feels as if I am estudios de pregrado, ya que sobre cómo guiarme por la años de sacri cios y trabajo Ethnic Student A airs (CESA) being dragged back to square estaba ganando más dinero institución para avanzar en duro, es realmente dañino. at the University of Utah, to one. I am in my senior year para pagar la colegiatura, lo alcanzar mis objetivos. Muchos de nosotros educate myself about what my of my undergraduate studies, que nalmente culminaría Las elecciones de 2016 tenemos tanto que perder si options were to pay for tuition and the thought of not being en una carrera. Los estu- tuvieron profundos impac- no hay un reemplazo para as an undocumented, rst- able to use my degree a er all diantes indocumentados, tos en las comunidades de DACA. Somos estudiantes, generation student. Alonso these years of sacri ces and incluso con DACA, no inmigrantes. Estábamos propietarios de viviendas, in uenced my decision to hard work is truly damaging. cali can para ninguna asis- inseguros, una vez más, de propietarios de pequeñas transfer to the U. I le our So many of us have a lot to tencia estatal o federal para qué nos pasaría y cuál sería empresas y, lo más impor- meeting with the necessary lose if there is no replacement pagar la educación superior. el futuro de DACA después tante, estadounidenses en knowledge about navigating for DACA. We are students, Con amos en becas privadas de que el entonces candidato todos los sentidos, excepto the institution to move for- homeowners, small-business y nuestra propia mano de presidencial Donald Trump en el papel que no tenemos. ward in completing my goals. owners and, most important- obra para pagar por nuestra prometiera desmantelar Mi esperanza es que, al com- e 2016 election had pro- ly, Americans in every way educación. el programa y dejarnos en partir nuestras historias, las found impacts in the immi- except in the piece of paper Me reuní con Alonso ruinas. Con la reciente de- personas comiencen a darse grant communities. We were we do not hold. My hope is Reyna-Rivarola, quien era cisión del presidente Trump, cuenta de la complejidad de uncertain, yet again, what that people start realizing asesor académico en el nos encontramos en una este tema. El sistema de in- would happen to us and what the complexity of this issue Centro para Asuntos Étnicos posición terrible ya que todo migración es profundamente the future of DACA would be as we share our stories. e Estudiantiles (CESA) en la lo que hemos construido defectuoso y la población en a er then-presidential candi- immigration system is deeply Universidad de Utah, para para nosotros mismos en los general no entiende qué tipo date Donald Trump vowed to awed and the general popu- aprender sobre cuales eran últimos cinco años, desde la de obstáculos necesitamos dismantle the program and lous fails to understand what mis opciones para pagar introducción, está en peligro. superar para salir adelante. leave us in shambles. With kinds of hurdles we need to la colegiatura como estu- Para mí, se siente como si President Trump’s recent de- surpass to get ahead. diante indocumentado de me estuvieran arrastrando
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event communitycouncil info communitybulletin GET INVOLVED IN YOUR Chapman Library Glendale Library COMMUNITY COUNCIL! 577 South 900 West, 801-594-8623 1375 South Concord, 801-594-8660 Community councils are neighborhood-based organizations developed to help community Spooky Saturdays: Crafting and Movies Open Creative Lab members directly advocate for change in their Saturdays in October - 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Mondays 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. communities. Their job is to provide various city departments with input and recommendations Fun crafts, Halloween movies, and free popcorn The Creative Lab puts awesome technology generated directly from the community. These are on the menu at the Chapman Branch every in your hands for making videos, podcasts, councils consist of local residents, service providers, Saturday in October. music, 3D printing, and more! Open for Teens property and business owners. Meetings are every Monday evening throughout the fall. open to the public. To nd out which community River. Swamp. Cave. Mountain. council area you live in, visit www.slcgov.com/ Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 - 2:00 p.m. commcouncils. SLCC Community Writing Center The immersive nature of live theatre is a great Workshop: Resume and Cover Letter way to help young children understand di cult Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 - 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ballpark Community Council concepts. Local playwright Elaine Jarvik hopes This workshop will introduce resumés and Meets 1st Thursdays that this new play will help children better cover letters, and the do's and don’ts of Taylor Springs Apts. Community Room prepare for grief and spark conversations writing them. Come learn the purpose, 1812 S. West Temple, 7:00 p.m. between children and parents. structure, and tools to craft a well organized Chair: Bill Davis, [email protected] Five-year-old JJ (who has lots of questions) and resumé so you can land that dream job. Facebook: Ballpark Community Council eight-year-old Izzy (a know-it-all who doesn’t Fairpark Community Council know it all) are siblings who have recently lost How-To DIY Sessions for Adults Meets 4th Thursdays their grandmother. They embark on a funny 2nd Saturday of each month, 2 - 3 p.m. Northwest Multipurpose Center, 6:30 p.m. and touching hero’s journey to try to make Make something yourself or learn a new skill. Chair: Bryce Garner, 801-885- 1352 sense of loss, grief, death and life. Every month at these mini-workshops adults [email protected] and older teens will have an opportunity to www.fairparkcommunity.org “make it and take It” with a craft project, or Facebook: Fairpark Community Council Day Riverside Library 1575 West 1000 North, 801-594-8632 learn a new trick to practice at home. Materials Glendale Community Council provided unless noted otherwise. Meets 3rd Wednesdays Schedule: November 11: Make Lip Balm, Glendale Library, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Movies at Day-Riverside: Coraline December 9: Make Bath Bombs, January 13: Chair: Sean Crossland, 385-202- 6445 Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 - 3:00 p.m. Learn Palm Reading. [email protected] Join us for a free lm series the fourth Saturday Facebook: Glendale Community Council of each month. Movie fans of all ages are Jordan Meadows Community Council welcome to attend, and refreshments will be Marmalade Library Meets 2nd Wednesdays provided. 280 West 500 South, 801-594-8680 Day Riverside Library, 6:30 p.m. Chair: Jim Goostrey, 801-859- 5887 Rose Park Día de los Muertos Festival 2017 [email protected] Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 - 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Healthy Relationships Classes: Parenting The annual Rose Park Día de los Muertos the Love and Logic Way Poplar Grove Community Council Festival will be held November 2 at the Day- Mondays 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Meets 4th Wednesdays A free four-week course to help parents raise Pioneer Police Precinct, 7:00 p.m. Riverside Branch. A Mexican holiday combining Chair: Dennis Faris, 385-743-9767 Aztec and Catholic traditions, Día de los responsible children in a peaceful and loving [email protected] Muertos is a joyful celebration of those who household. Facebook: Poplar Grove Community Council have passed on. Festivities include music and dance performances, calavara (sugar skull) and Business Workshops with SCORE: Rose Park Community Council altar decorating, a photo-booth, face painting, Sustaining Your Small Business Meets 1st Wednesdays Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Day Riverside Library, 6:30 p.m. food and drink, and more. Chair: Blake Perez, 801-702- 2522 Join The City Library and Salt Lake SCORE for this monthly workshop series that will help you [email protected] Creative Career Talks Facebook: Rose Park Community Council 4th Monday of each month - 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 start up and nurture your small business. You p.m. (starts Nov. 27, 2017) will meet with business mentors to discuss the Westpointe Community Council This is a monthly series of talks from local steps involved in starting a business, and learn Meets 2nd Wednesdays the keys to success. Day Riverside Library, 6:30 p.m. professionals who pursued their passions Chair: Dorothy P. 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varieties of chocolate, tea, and cider on a crisp Come and prepare for the United States given at 5:30pm) autumn evening. These events ll up fast, so Citizenship exam in a fun and relaxing classroom * If you would like to decorate your car and be a please register at www.mokaslc.com. setting. part of our Trunk-or-Treat event, please contact Kathy or Tammy at 385-468-1330. Marmalade Coffee and Chocolate Society Utah Prostate Cancer Support Group 1st Thursday of each month - 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. First Wednesday of the month 6:30-8:30pm Enjoy presentations on and tastings of co ee Support program for men and their families Others and chocolate presented by Moka and the to learn about the diagnosis and treatment of Library. The rst Thursday of each month, learn prostate cancer. Crossroads Urban Center something new about this classic combination YouthCity Afterschool Program from local co ee and chocolate producers and Monday-Friday 347 South 400 East, SLC, UT 84111 experts. Afterschool Program for 3rd through 8th Open House and Awards The annual Crossroads Open House and graders. Snacks, activities, homework help, and Volunteer Awards will be Wednesday, October eld trips. Fees range from $11-$228 per month TEDxMarmaladeLibrary: Dare to Have Fun 19th. The Open House is from 5 PM to 6:30 PM. based on family size and income. Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 7:00 p.m. to Tours and light refreshments will be served 8:00 p.m. beginning at 5. Marmalade Branch invites all to become Guitar Classes - Utah Classical Guitar inspired and informed at our series of events Adult Class: Wednesdays 6-7pm & Youth Class: featuring dynamic talks from live local speakers, Thursdays 6-7pm Utah Cultural Celebration Center TED Talk videos, and conversations with your Free guitar class for adults & youth. Open to all 1355 West 3100 South community. The November event will be skill levels. West Valley City, UT 84119 centered on "Daring to Have Fun," presented by Diversity Career Fair Clint Watson. Friday, November 3, 2017 Women Empowerment Series – PIK2AR 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Pacific Island Knowledge 2 Action The Ethnic Chambers of Commerce of Utah Resources) are very excited to sponsor Salt Lake City’s Wednesdays 6-8pm TEDxMarmaladeLibrary: Re-Imagining rst Diversity Career Fair. Dozens of local Paci c Island woman's peer-to-peer support Learning employers will be on hand to discuss their Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. group. Marmalade Branch invites all to become current openings and o er advice on how to apply. This event will also provide an interview inspired and informed at our series of events Diabetes Focus Group – PCORI (Patient- featuring dynamic talks from live local speakers, skills workshop o ering discussions on resume Centered Outcome & Research Institute) writing, interviewing and job search tips. TED Talk videos, and conversations with your Second Wednesday of the month 6-7:30pm community. The December event will be Focus group for people with diabetes that centered on "Re-imagining Learning," presented teaches about how to maintain a healthy Community Input Meeting for by Jason Tackett. lifestyle. Neighborhood House October 25 from 5 – 6 p.m Learn about plans to construct a new multi-use, Teen Success - Planned Parenthood community building at Neighborhood House, Sorenson Unity Center Tuesdays 5-7:30pm 1050 W. 500 South. 1383 South 900 West, 385-535-6533 Weekly support group for teenage girls who are mothers or pregnant. In Heels 2 Heal Walk Technology Center OPEN ACCESS October 28, 10 a.m. – noon, Jordan Park Monday - Thursday 9:00am-9:00pm Friday Day of the Dead Festival International Peace Gardens Nov. 4, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. 9:00am - 8:00pm Join Paci c Island men and other male Free admission and activities, including Knowledgeable sta to help you with: Internet “warriors” as they walk one mile in high crafts, food, face painting, and entertainment. basics; email basics; checking your children’s heels alongside women and children to raise Organized by the non-pro t, Una Mano Amiga. grade online; learning how to use your smart awareness about domestic violence. Organized For more info call Rocio Mejia at (801)450-0849. phone; online job searches and online job by Kava Talks. applications; creating a resume and cover Letter; nding a new apartment online, and many more. Northwest Recreation Center This Community Calendar was brought to you by: 1255 W. Clark Ave, 385-468-1319 Búsqueda de Trabajo en Español Monday & Wednesday 9:00am – 10:30am Trunk or Treat Friday, October 27, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Clase Básica de Computacion en Español - Music - Haunted Bus - Games for kids - Face Tuesday & Thursdays 9:00am – 10:30am Painting - Balloon Twisting - Costume Contest (Judging will take place between 4:30pm- Citizenship Class – IRC (International 5:15pm, Prizes will be given at 5:30pm) Rescue Committee) * Car Decorating Contest (Judging will take Mondays 6-8pm place between 4:00pm-5:30pm, Prizes will be Community news focused on west Salt Lake City PERMIT# 2771 PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE The West View PAID Postal Patron CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! Get involved in your community newspaper by contribut- ing stories, helping with distribution, or copy editing. If you are interested, send us an email at [email protected].
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Contractors and Engineers deftly set the steel archway in place over the Jordan River Parkway Pedestrian Bridge on October 9 under the careful eye of Union Pacifi c workers coordinating train traffi c during this critical operation. The bridge is on-schedule and its original opening ceremony is still scheduled for late November 2017.
Our community golf course
The Rose Park Golf Course has served the Rose • 18 Holes, Par 72 Park Community since 1958. The course is much • Driving range more than a great place to play golf, it’s a gathering • Free practice areas place for our community to enjoy the beauty of this • FootGolf area and to connect with friends both old and new. • Jordan River Trail access We hope to see you soon! • Cafe
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