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INSIDE... ANNUAL 'JULY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 JAMBOREE' EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 VOL. 12 NO. 28 IRONCOUNTYTODAY.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 SHOWCASE 4 Opinion 2020 Final 11 Showcase Friday 13 Life Art Walks 20 Sports Return to 22 Classifieds Cedar City 25 Comics/Puzzles In the Fight WITH BOX ELDER COUNTY ALREADY EXPERIENCING FOUR FIRES, Utahns are asked to be very cautious in helping to prevent brush and forest fires. MORE ON PAGE 9 COURTESY OF JESSICA RICHARDS 2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 NEWS IRON COUNTY TODAY The battle continues for the rec center by Richard CROMMIE Cross fit FOR IRON COUNTY TODAY gyms, events, Certain that the citizens of Cedar City want a multi recreation center, multi-cultural the Cedar City Council continue to “ talk about the budget for the project. center…how As such, people at the podium during many businesses a previous city council meeting asked the council members to place in Cedar is that the item on the ballot so the people going to impact?” can vote on it. On May 27th the citizens of Cedar C OURTESY PHOTO T HE CEDAR CITY AQUATIC CENTER AND A NEW REC ceNTER are still sensitive topics, » Milt McLelland City showed up once again to voice especially with the Coronavirus concerns still swimming around. their opinions about the building of “If we vote to approve the plans the Gymnasium to be built at the with thanking them. However, being on the council members “…but if and the costs and let the architect go Aquatic center. All who spoke were a business owner himself he quickly you guys install cross fit equipment forward it does not mean that this concerned about the future. In the age moved on to what concerns he had and gym equipment and all of these does not go on the ballot, it does not of COVID-19, with millions of people about the city’s plan to build and the other things all of a sudden every mean it is approved,” stated Council out of work and struggling to pay their potential this new rec center will have business in town that is privately member Terri Hartley. bills, residents could not see the bene- in killing local jobs for the community. owned now is competing with the Taking the citizen’s concerns into fits of the city going in debt millions of “…Cross fit gyms, events, city. That’s not ok.” consideration the Cedar City council dollars to build this rec center. multi-cultural center all of these Since the beginning of the year passed 4 to 1 a motion for the staff As it has been stated by some things, and how many businesses this Multipurpose recreation center to research the total cost, needs and members of the council, they do in Cedar is that going to impact?” has been a sensitive topic in the assessment, and to go ahead with not believe that this new rec center Milt McLelland continued with weekly Cedar City council meetings. the architect. No extra money is will be profitable for the city, and determination in his voice, “because Starting with the Glacier ice rink being spent and the project is not that is just what Milt McLelland was I can guarantee you that the city being removed from the location the finalized. The council will get total concerned about. Taking the podium can undercut every one of those city council has meet resistance just costs and bring this back to the table to address the council he started businesses.” His passion was not lost trying to approve the plans. to discuss on a later date. IRON COUNTY TODAY NEWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 3 4 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 NEWS IRON COUNTY TODAY OP INION A DMINISTRATION From the Editor To the Editor R . Gail Stahle PUB LISHER only those who chose to attend the [email protected] Concert putting concert, but many other people who Replacing racism community at risk won’t be attending the concert, but D eborah Martineau who will later be in contact with O FFICE MANAGER lag day is this Sunday. The Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, others who did attend the concert officemanager@ Flag of the United States ironcountytoday.com or who picked it up later by having is the most recognizable My mother and I are very contact with those who did. A DVERTISING Fflag in the world. While not distressed to hear that a concert— My Mother and Aunt (who also always the most revered and that has been dismissed by two lives in Cedar) are in a high-risk S cott Stahle too often feared, it stands for jurisdictions (Kaysville, and Toole group. We are trying to be very S ALES REPRESENTATIVE such vital values as courage, County) as too dangerous because careful to keep them safe. I teach at [email protected] valor, justice, innocence, purity of the difficulties involved of 801.755.5999 SUU, and will be going back to open, and bravery. It doesn’t repre- enforcing social distancing and the in person classrooms in the fall. I will Patti Bostick sent one race, color or religion. high chances of spreading COVID- be taking precautions to be as careful S ALES REPRESENTATIVE It represents freedom for all COREY 19—has been invited to Iron County BAUMGARTNER as I can, but it would make me feel [email protected] who are willing to fight for it, and all hands seem to be on board. better if more were being done to 435.592.1030 protect it and cherish it. MANAG ING EDITOR Right now, there is a trend in keep COVID-19 out of our area. Despite the disregard and Utah of an upward climb in the EDITORIAL I know that it has been disrespect of others, the American Flag is not a rate of the virus. Today (Saturday, extremely difficult for everyone in doormat allowing someone to do whatever they June 6, 2020), there were over 546 Corey Baumgartner this area to see the Utah Summer M ANAGING EDITOR want and get away with it. The American Flag is new cases in Utah, the highest of Games and the Shakespeare Festival [email protected] a bold banner, a bright beacon beckoning us to new cases in a day number to date. cancelled this summer because become better and reminding us that to truly Because of this, Utah will remain in of the virus. I think it would be a Shay Baruffi be free we need to live above all immorality and yellow for the foreseeable future. R EPORTER huge mistake to let down our guard immaturity. Our area has been very blessed now by sponsoring a free concert T om Watson Freedom doesn’t mean a free-for-all. It’s a that because of isolation, we have to gratify a few, while putting the R EPORTER responsibility entrusted to each of us to live mor- retained a low incidence of the community at large at greater risk. ally and ethically, even though we have the choice spread of the virus. All of us want T om Zulewski SpORTS WRITER not to. Freedom gives us the choice to express to get back to a more normal way Sincerely, our voice and our actions, but such liberty doesn’t of life, but this will require that we Ruth Scovill and Carol Jones LAYOUT/DESIGN entitle or excuse those who overlook or neglect our take more necessary precautions to individual responsibility to be moral and ethical in help each other stay well. Getting D evin Christ our dealings with our fellow men and women. We businesses opened, getting schools Submit your letter on our website C REATIVE DIRECTOR ironcountytoday.com, or by emailing them may have the right to destroy our own lives and opened, are essential things. Invite to [email protected] or bring/mail [email protected] those of others, but that doesn’t make it right. people in from all over the state them to 389 N 100 W, Cedar City, Utah 84721. All letters must be signed, be brief (generally C IRCULATION Considering the current events in our nation, to a free concert is not. We cannot under 300 words in length), list the author’s we continue to boldly and bravely battle bigotry pretend that this is some enjoyable city and give the writer’s telephone number (phone number will not be printed). We T aisha Powell and its terrible consequences. While this per- thing without consequences. It reserve the right to edit all letters for length S . CEDAR CITY sistent poison can be defeated more often than will almost surely bring greater or content. For letters arriving electronically, we will use the author’s e-mail address in [email protected] repeated, we must realize that to rise above such exposure to the virus into our lieu of a signature. 435.233.6011 evil and other crimes, erasing the hatred and community. This will affect not bitterness caused by racism is only the beginning. S tormee Anderson N . CEDAR CITY/ENOCH If we do nothing to replace it with greater love, [email protected] unity and compassion, then racism will keep 435.592.5724 finding a way to rewrite itself back into hearts and history books wherever it can. Wendy Hanson If we are to truly become one nation, a free PARO WAN/PARAGONAH [email protected] nation, we must not only seek to erase racism, 435.477.9100 we must also replace it by embracing the whole human race with greater love, unity and compas- Iron County Today is sion.