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How To Find Apartments Salt Lake City Utah That Are Available

Did you know it’s possible to get apartments in Salt Lake City Utah by simply searching on the web? There are many different apartment complexes, some of which are standard, whereas others are luxury apartments. The type of apartment that you want, and its location, can have a large effect on the total price. You also have to consider how much it will cost for the first, last, and the deposit. This is an overview of the strategies you can use to obtain apartments Salt Lake City Utah if you need to find one quickly.

Why You Should Start With The Classified Ads First

The first place you should look for apartments in Salt Lake City are local classified ads. There are newspapers that you can pick up at the local store, and quickly go through the advertisements. Papers that are printed daily will have the latest advertisements. If you call these immediately to find out if they are still available, they can tell you how to apply. Once you have applied for them, you will be ready to potentially move into one of these locations.

Check Online Ads

If you check the online advertisements, you should be able to locate several that are on the apartment finder websites. These are very unique, sometimes catering to only single cities. If you can find one that is for Salt Lake City, or if you can find a national website that have that available, it will allow you to find one quickly so you can apply. If you can’t find one the first time that you look, these are constantly updated. You might find one several hours from that point forward. Keep checking, and eventually you are going to find one that looks promising. All you can do is submit your application and see what happens.

How Much Can You Expect To Pay?

If you look hard enough, you will be able to find two or three of these apartments that are affordable. Some of them will cost as little as $1000 a month, whereas others can be substantially more. In most cases, you are better off to pay about $1200 a month, perhaps a little more, if you want a nice apartment in a good location. If you do want a luxury apartment, you are looking at several thousand dollars a month, but it will be a very nice apartment that will have numerous amenities.

If you have not found one after a few days, you should not lose hope. There are always new apartments coming up. By the end of the week, you should have several apartments that look promising. One of those is going to be the one that you are supposed to have, or at least it will seem like it. It will be the right size, at a location that you would prefer, in one of the many apartments in Salt Lake City Utah. Always remember to keep searching through both the classifieds and online listings. Apartments Salt Lake City Utah are listed continuously, one of which will soon be yours.

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A.M. notes: Salt Lake City to cut permit wait times; Domo files for IPO; Utes coaches positive over new athletic director

SALT LAKE CITY — Here’s a look at the news for June 5.

MUST-READ NEWS THIS MORNING:

Salt Lake City mayor’s office: We cut business permit wait times

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s office said Monday the city has cut wait times for business permits by half, according to the Deseret News.

Wait times ranged about 59 days in 2017, which is down from the 114 days it took to receive a permit in 2015, the office said.

"When businesses want to invest in Salt Lake City, we don’t want to get in the way," Biskupski said in a statement.

Local restaurant owner David Heiblim told the Deseret News he’s faced plenty of problems with the city in the past when securing business permits. He said the city is now heading in the “right direction.”

Domo files for IPO as a lifeline

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Utah-based business analytics platform service Domo filed for an IPO late last week, but not because of its success, according to the Deseret News.

Rather, Domo filed the paperwork because the company “is in rough financial waters and the move appears to be more about casting a fiscal lifeline than marking mushrooming success,” the Deseret News reported.

The paperwork revealed Domo accumulated over $800 million in debt since 2010 and has exhausted all credit options. Without an IPO, the company would need to start slashing costs across the board.

"To the extent additional capital is not obtained through an IPO, management will seek other forms of financing," reads a section of the IPO paperwork. "If other equity or debt financing is not available by August 2018, management will then begin to implement plans to significantly reduce operating expense."

Utah coach positive over new athletic director

Coaches at the University of Utah are already ecstatic about new athletic director Mark Harlan, according to the Deseret News.

Harlan called a staff meeting Monday morning before a media appearance and took the opportunity to meet coaches and staff.

Utah women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts told the Deseret News she was positive over Harlan’s hiring.

“It’s a great day for Utah athletics,” she said. “He’s impressive and has a breadth of experience. He’s got a good way about him and is very personable, and I think everybody’s optimistic.”

Mueller’s team accuses Manafort of witness tampering

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team has accused Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager, of tampering with a witness, according to NPR.

Lawyers on the team filed a motion that said they believe Manafort attempted to tamper with a witness, having “repeatedly” contacted two witnesses "in an effort to secure materially false testimony" about Manafort’s potential lobbying efforts in favor of Ukraine.

After the indictment was made public, Manafort allegedly called one witness on his cellphone. The potential witness decided to avoid Manafort and ended the call.

Manafort then allegedly texted the witness, who saved the texts and sent them to the government.

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Salt Lake City mayor names new 911 director to replace fired former boss

(courtesy | Salt Lake City) Lisa Burnette has been picked as the director of the Salt Lake City 911 Bureau. Her appointment requires city council approval.

Burnette has been the agency’s interim director since Jan. 3, when the previous leader, Scott Freitag, was pulled over for drunken driving. He was fired the next day.

“Lisa has proven to be a highly effective leader and administrator as interim director of SLC911,” Biskupski said in a letter to the City Council, which must confirm the appointment for it to take effect. “Under her leadership, the department has continued to provide the highest-degree of professional and exceptional life-saving services to residents.”

Burnette has been with the bureau since 1992, when she started work as a dispatcher. During her years at the agency in various capacities she helped establish the SLC911 Training Academy and has contributed to improved efficiency and customer service, the mayor’s office said in a press release.

(Courtesy Layton City) Scott Freitag, Layton City Council member and director of Salt Lake City’s emergency dispatch center.

Freitag was director of the bureau from 2013 until his termination in January, when he was stopped by Centerville police for erratic driving. After failing a sobriety test and discovery of an open alcoholic beverage in the vehicle, he registered with a 0.214 blood alcohol level.

In March, Freitag pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor DUI. He was sentenced to three days in jail after Davis County Justice Judge John Carl Ynchausti suspended the remainder of a six-month jail term.

Freitag, who previously served 16 years as communications director for the Salt Lake City Fire Department, is a three-term Layton city councilman. His term expires in 2019.

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Real Salt Lake picks up first road victory of the season on Sebastian Saucedo’s first career goal

SEATTLE — Sebastian Saucedo launched a shot that found the upper right corner in the 61st minute in Real Salt Lake’s 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday.

Saucedo got the chance for his first goal of his Major League Soccer career when Danilo Acosta passed the ball across the field to him on the attacking left side. The Park City native took it toward the top of the penalty area and sent a rising shot at the far post. Goalkeeper Stefan Frei leaped across the goalmouth and got his left hand on the ball, but not enough to keep it out of the net.

It was a rare victory on turf for Salt Lake (5-6-1), which is 10-32-18 on artificial surfaces in franchise history.

The Sounders (2-6-2) nearly tied it three minutes after Saucedo’s goal. Magnus Wolff Eikrem sent a free kick from the right side into the box. It was headed toward Lamar Neagle, and his header from the top of the 6-yard box was about to dip under the crossbar when RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando reached up to slap it over the top.

Rimando had his third shutout. Seattle has been blanked seven times in 10 games this season.

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From 8% to 93%, Salt Lake County city councils close meetings to the public in a wide range. Find out how your city rates for transparency.

(Taylor Stevens | The Salt Lake Tribune) Within the chambers of West Jordan City Hall, which is pictured here on May 19, 2018, some part of more than 9 out of 10 council meetings were shut to the public — a 48 percent increase in closures compared with 2016. Overall, Salt Lake County cities were slightly more open to the public in 2017 than they were the year before.

Salt Lake County cities were slightly more open to the public last year than they were in 2016 when it comes to how often they moved a portion of each meeting behind closed doors.

But some cities shut out the public significantly more frequently in 2017, according to a Salt Lake Tribune analysis of meeting minutes across the 16 cities in the county. At the top of that list was West Jordan, which closed some part of more than 9 out of 10 council meetings — a 48 percent increase in closures compared with 2016.

“That seems way too high,” said Eric Peterson, a board member of the Society of Professional Journalists. “Even if it’s just in portions, that seems to be … that feels like to me like there’s a lot of decision-making where the city officials seem to have also taken for granted who their bosses are.”

David Brickey, West Jordan’s city manager and former city attorney, said he thinks it’s fair to question the high percentage of closures. But, he said, each complied with the state’s Open and Public Meetings Act.

“I don’t run away from that number,” he said. “I think we’re trying to be proactive.”

To close a meeting, state “sunshine” laws require public bodies meet a range of requirements, such as stating the specific legal reason for the closure and conducting a roll-call vote that must pass by at least a two-thirds margin.

Public officials are prohibited from voting on public business or bringing up any other topic in closed meetings. While a private discussion about “pending or reasonably imminent litigation” or “the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual” would be legal, conversations about tax increases or road projects would not.

SHADOW CITIESWest Jordan • Closed a portion of 93 percent of council meetings.Cottonwood Heights • Closed a portion of 75 percent of council meetings.Bluffdale • Closed a portion of 65 percent of council meetings.

West Jordan saw a number of land disputes, as well as “significant” changes in leadership in 2017, that contributed to its higher number of closed meetings, Brickey said.

Controversial Councilman Jeff Haaga, who had been charged with a hit-and-run misdemeanor after drinking at a local tavern, stepped down last year. West Jordan also lost its fire chief, police chief, public works director, senior engineer and director of personnel, Brickey said.

Last year, the 5-year-old civil-rights lawsuit of a former police officer claiming malicious prosecution and retaliation ended with the jury awarding plaintiff Aaron Jensen nearly $3 million in damages — a verdict the city said it would appeal. The city is currently involved in eight open lawsuits as a defendant or plaintiff, Brickey said.

Though the number of closed meetings increased to 93 percent in 2017, Brickey said the council has simultaneously stepped up its efforts to increase transparency.

“When I became the city attorney, one of my recommendations was for the purposes of transparency, you should list [the reason for the closure] in the minutes without, you know, going into any detail,” he said. “Our minutes will reflect that when they went into the closed session, we’ll have talked about a property issue for 12 minutes. If we go into a litigation matter, I actually have listed the litigation matter by minute.”

But it’s not always easy to determine whether a city closed a meeting within the scope of the law. About the only avenue available is to file a lawsuit and ask a judge to review the audio recordings or minutes of the meeting and release them if the meeting was improperly closed.

“The public is the boss and has the right to be a part of meetings, to have access to discussions that are affecting really their tax dollars, their livelihood, their communities,” Peterson said, noting that anyone who thinks a meeting has been improperly closed should file a complaint. “We need transparency to make sure there’s a check on what’s going on and to help the best kind of policies come forward.”

HOW TO OBJECTAnyone can challenge a move to close a meeting of a city council or other public body if there is indication of an improper closure. You may stand and ask to be recognized to make such an objection if the public body: • Fails to state a specific exemption to the Open and Public Meetings Act in its motion to close. • Fails to take a roll-call public vote on the motion. • Fails to approve the motion by a required two-thirds majority.You also may object if there is reason to believe a vote will be taken behind closed doors. Votes are not allowed in such sessions.

Three of the 16 cities examined closed portions of a majority of their meetings, while the others kept most of their sessions open to the public. In 2016, five of 14 cities closed portions of most of their meetings. No data were collected for Cottonwood Heights or Millcreek for 2016.

David Church, the general counsel for the Utah League of Cities and Towns, frequently conducts municipal training on the state’s Open and Public Meetings Act. The law favors transparency, he said, and cities are generally not required to close meetings, even if a topic of conversation falls under the state’s criteria for closure. But it’s not necessarily in the public interest to discuss some things in the open, he said.

“I don’t think it would ever be important, for example, to discuss strategy on pending or reasonably imminent litigation in public,” he said. “I don’t think that would ever be … in the public’s good or in the public’s best interest.”

The wide range in how often individual cities close portions of their meetings could be due to development disputes in fast-expanding cities, Church said, or simply a result of different organizational structures.

“I would expect, for example, that … high-growth cities [and] six- and five-member council forms of government, where a mayor sits as a member of the council, would hold lots more closed sessions than a council in Taylorsville, where they’re in the mayor-council form and the mayor doesn’t chair the council and they have separation of powers,” he said.

SUNSHINE CITIESMurray • Closed a portion of 8 percent of council meetings.Midvale • Closed a portion of 12 percent of council meetings.Millcreek • Closed a portion of 15 percent of council meetings.Sandy • Closed a portion of 26 percent of council meetings.

Under West Jordan’s current form of government, the executive leadership role is in the hands of the city manager. But last November, residents approved a new form, which will take effect in January 2020 and will shift that control to the city’s mayor.

Cottonwood Heights — which has a council-manager form of government with four council members, a mayor who acts as the chairman of the council and a city manager — closed a portion of the second-highest number of meetings in 2016, at 75 percent.

The Tribune could not collect data for Cottonwood Heights in 2016 because it did not have minutes available from nearly a dozen meetings — a clear violation of the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. The city’s recorder produced the missing minutes nearly three months after The Tribune published its 2016 analysis.

Mayor Michael Peterson, who was a council member in 2017, said the high number of closed meetings in his city can be attributed to the quality of communication among staff and council on issues that fall under the parameters for closure.

He rejected the notion that the percentage could point to mismanagement or misapplication of the law, noting that the council always has an attorney weigh in on its decision to shut its doors. And, he said, each city has different circumstances that can contribute to a high or low number of closures.

“Like I tell my kids, ‘It doesn’t have to be the same to be fair or right,’” Peterson said. “But also I teach them that I can’t say how you feel. So if constituents feel that it’s too much or it’s not enough, then that would concern me. I’d want them to understand that it is strictly for an identified purpose and it’s very clear and it’s never misused.”

Since the council often enters a closed meeting for just a few minutes of a council meeting, he argued that the data didn’t provide a complete picture of openness within a city.

At the other end of the spectrum, all but a portion of two of the city government meetings in Murray remained open to the public in 2017. The city also closed the fewest meetings of all the cities examined in 2016.

“It’s pretty clear that when you’re doing the business of the public, you need to do it in public,” he said. “So there are very, very few instances where it’s really necessary to close a meeting at all in my opinion.”

METHODOLOGYThe Salt Lake Tribune looked at all regular, special, emergency and work session city council meeting minutes for 16 cities in the Salt Lake Valley to collect data on how frequently each closed a portion of its meetings. Generally, work sessions and regular meetings that occurred on the same day were counted as a single meeting, to account for differences across cities in reporting these minutes. The data collection did not include Alta, which is a township.

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Here are the 14 restaurants in Salt Lake County where diners can legally bring their pups on the patio

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) In this 2017 photo, Gonzalo, a long-haired Chihuahua, sits on the patio of Taqueria 27. So far this year, only 12 restaurants in Salt Lake County have received approval from the health department to have pups on the patio.

But so far in 2018, only 14 bars and restaurants in Salt Lake County can legally allow pups on the patio, officials from the health department announced Wednesday.

Health officials expect additional establishments will apply as the summer dining season continues. By the end of summer last year, 16 establishments had received the variance, officials said.

Many restaurant owners may not be aware that under the state health code, pets are banned from common eating areas, but local health departments are allowed to grant exceptions.

To receive approval from the Salt Lake County Health Department, dog-friendly food-service businesses need to submit a special safety plan (known as a HACCP Plan) and pay a $315 application fee. The money covers staff inspection and review costs.

• Clean the patio every six hours or whenever there is a shift change, using animal-friendly products.

Marketing Director Eleanor Lewis said the restaurant applied for the variance because it didn’t want customers to choose between “going out for dinner and a beer or spending time with their dog.”

With a spacious front and back patio, the restaurant, 865 S. Main, has plenty of room for pups, she said. “We’re fortunate at Proper to have a space that lends itself to dogs.”

At Avenues Proper, a sister restaurant that is not the case. “The patio is too narrow” and it would make food service difficult.

The variance applies only to dogs, not other animals, and does not affect qualifying ADA service dogs. Emotional support animals, comfort animals, companion animals and therapy animals are not considered service animals under the law, the county said.

Here are the 14 restaurants in Salt Lake County that have met health department requirements to have dogs on their outdoor patio:

Taqueria 27 (four locations) • 149 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City; 1615 S. Foothill Blvd., Salt Lake City; 4670 S. Holladay Blvd., Holladay; and 6154 S. State St., Murray.

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Salt Lake V.A. baby shower celebrates veteran mothers

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SALT LAKE CITY — Jennifer Decker is a navy veteran, has degrees in psychology and creative writing, is certified in home inspection and teaching English as a second language, and aspires to become a member of the clergy; but her biggest life dream has always been motherhood.

"I think being a veteran is a blessing and a benefit because it’s important to structure yourself throughout your life to be good role models so your kids can aspire to be greater," said Decker, who’s pregnant with her third child.

The Department of Veterans Affairs celebrated local veterans welcoming new children into their families in 2018 with a baby shower Friday at the George E. Wahlen Medical Center — one shower of dozens thrown by the V.A. around the country this Mother’s Day weekend.

Women make up approximately 10 percent of U.S. veterans, and nearly half of the nation’s 2 million female veterans are of reproductive age, according to the V.A. But sometimes women veterans do not get the recognition they deserve, said Jamie Clinton-Lont, Women’s Services medical director of the Salt Lake City V.A.

"I think that money is finite, and so from a business perspective it makes sense to give the majority of resources to the majority, which happens to be men right now," Clinton-Lont said. "And the women get adequate resources, but because the numbers are smaller it’s often easier to not give them their own services and own recognition, so we try very hard to fight that and help them to be recognized."

Clinton-Lont said there are some simple things anyone can do to support women veterans.

"Women veterans need support just when you meet them," she said. "Just a simple hello and thank you."

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Selma Hercinovic, a licensed clinical social worker with the Salt Lake V.A. women’s program, said mothers are a minority in the armed forces.

"They are brave and diverse and unique and have to withstand many challenges being women in the military," she said. "They definitely present a unique perspective on what it is to be a veteran."

Hercinovic said she also sees veteran mothers facing unique challenges.

"When you’re (an active) female veteran, you’re devoting your whole life and your whole time to being a military service member, which is very demanding," she said. "So being a mother on top of that, there is minimal family support."

Hercinovic said women are often stationed in places away from their families, which poses a significant challenge to mothers.

Clinton-Lont said that in addition to being deployed while having young children, women veterans may be single mothers or be married to a husband who is also deployed.

"So it’s really not the picture of complete stability," she said. "There’s a lot of moving parts. And as many of us know, kids themselves are moving parts, and then you add the military and deployment on top of it and it can really be quite overwhelming and difficult."

Decker, who joined the Navy at 25 and is no longer active, said she loved attending the Mother’s Day baby shower the V.A. threw for her and other local mother veterans Friday.

"To feel appreciated after you’ve served your country is so important," Decker said.

Clinton-Lont said the motivation behind planning the event was to celebrate and honor women veterans and provide them with the help they might need in motherhood.

"Being a mom is very important," she said. "If we don’t feel prepared or don’t feel support, we really impact the life that comes into this world."

Clinton-Lont brought up in her opening speech the struggles mothers, veterans and non veterans alike, often go through.

"What I’ve observed is that most moms worry an awful lot about being normal," she said. "Really, we don’t know if we’re doing it right. There’s no book. Are we going to screw our kids up?"

She added that too often moms compare themselves to ideals seen in the media.

"There is no ideal mom, and there’s many, many ways to roam as a mother," she said.

Clinton-Lont added a caution to moms to avoid setting an ideal of perfection, comparing themselves to their neighbors and denying themselves their passions.

Jill Atwood, director of communications for V.A. Rocky Mountain Region, said the Salt Lake V.A. is ahead of the curve in the nation for women’s health care. Since May 2017, it has taken care of 53 expectant moms, she said, and the numbers continue to grow.

"How unique you are," Atwood told the group of veteran mothers. "We’re celebrating you today."

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Orlando City tops Real Salt Lake 3-1 for 6th straight win

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Yoshimar Yotun had a goal and an assist to help Orlando City beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 on Sunday night for its franchise-record sixth consecutive win.

Lamine Sane headed home a corner kick from Yotun in the 63rd minute to give Orlando City (6-2-1) a 2-1 lead. It was the first MLS goal for the 31-year-old defender, who signed with Orlando City on Feb. 20.

Real Salt Lake’s Corey Baird chipped it over a sliding Joe Bendik into a wide-open net to open the scoring in the 12th minute. Damir Kreilach’s arcing pass from midfield led Baird into the left side of the area, where he raced past Sane for the finish.

Dom Dwyer made it 1-1 in the 60th minute, heading home a cross from Sacha Kljestan for his sixth goal – second most in MLS – in six games this season. Yotun, from the near the spot, hammered home the rebound of a shot by Dom Dwyer to cap the scoring in the 78th.

Bendik had eight saves, his most since recording 10 stops on April 24, 2016.

Real Salt Lake (3-5-1) in winless in its last nine road games.

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Acting VA secretary: Dirty Salt Lake City clinic demonstrates need for more private care

WASHINGTON — Robert Wilkie, acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, responded Tuesday to photos of a dirty VA clinic room in Salt Lake City by stressing the need for more private-sector health care to supplement VA services.

In a statement Tuesday, Wilkie pushed Congress to pass legislation by May 28 to reform the VA Choice program, which allows veterans to go into the private sector for medical care. Wilkie’s comments came after Chris Wilson, an Army veteran who took the photos of the dirty room that went viral on the internet, appeared on Fox and Friends on Tuesday morning.

Brian Kilmeade, co-host of Fox and Friends, asked Wilson about his experience with the VA and whether he thought it was indicative of systemic problems.

Wilson’s photos, which quickly spread on social media over the weekend, show an overflowing trash can, medical instruments strewn on the counter and a filthy sink in his exam room. Besides the dirty room, Wilson said he faced long wait times at the VA, and that his six-month, follow-up appointment was set for February 2019 – 10 months away.

“Would going to your own physician be something that would fix it right away, allowing the same funding to use private?” Kilmeade asked.

A series of photos showing the condition of an exam room at the Salt Lake City VA clinic rocketed across social media Friday, prompting an apology from the hospital system’s chief of staff and triggering an investigation. VIA TWITTER

“Choice would be very helpful,” Wilson responded. “It would take the strain off the VA system. It would give veterans more options to get their treatment where they would like to, closer to their homes. People have to drive 150 miles to be seen at the Salt Lake clinic. It’s a mess.”

Wilson’s take on the issue is one often used by advocates who push for expanding the amount of private-sector care for VA patients.

“Chris’s comments in support of health care choices outside of VA serve as an important reminder how critical community care is for our nation’s veterans, particularly in rural areas common in states like Utah and Montana,” Wilkie said in his statement.

The debate over the VA Choice program has been long and contentious, and former VA Secretary David Shulkin blamed it for his ouster in March. He said some political appointees at the VA viewed him as an “obstacle to privatization.”

On Monday, the liberal-leaning group VoteVets accused Wilkie in a lawsuit of working on behalf of President Donald Trump to privatize the VA.

Lawmakers and veterans advocates agree the VA Choice program needs to be fixed, but there’s disagreement over how far veterans’ care should be pushed into the private sector. Many veterans organizations believe “unfettered choice” would erode VA resources and eventually dismantle the agency.

The Choice program is expected to run out of funding in early June, and the shortfall could soon disrupt appointments for thousands of veterans.

“America’s veterans need Congress to come together now to support this crucial program and pass legislation before Memorial Day that will make it permanent,” Wilkie said. “Veterans like Chris Wilson deserve no less.”

Wilkie described the situation with the dirty exam room, as well as Wilson’s 10-month wait for a follow-up appointment, as “unacceptable.”

The VA is “doubling down” on making certain their treatment areas meet standards, he said. Wilkie also promised he would work with facility leaders in Salt Lake City to secure Wilson a timely six-month visit.

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2018 Salt Lake City Supercross | Event Schedule

2018 SALT LAKE CITY SUPERCROSS | COMPLETE COVERAGE

The 2018 Monster Energy Supercross Series is in its final stages as the field is set to compete at round sixteen of the championship, the 2018 Salt Lake City Supercross. But there’s one thing we must point out: this is an afternoon race! In order to grab a spot on the main FOX network channel, Feld Motorsports moved the schedule of events to early times than we are used to and the final checkered flag will fly before the sun even sets. If you’re planning on attending, be sure to pay attention to the timetable below or you might miss some of the motos.

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After missing much of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross Series with an arm injury sustained at the 2018 San Diego Supercross, it looks like Jake Weimer will be back on the track for the final rounds of the season, starting this weekend in Salt Lake City. The SmarTop/Bullfrog Spas/MotoConcepts/Honda rider’s name is on the entry list in the 450 class for rounds sixteen and seventeen of the series for the first time since his injury.

Weimer has had a rough run in 2018, as he crashed in September during preseason testing and suffered a broken right wrist, broken left scapula, broken left elbow, bruised ribs, a bruised right lung, and a collapsed left lung. He was back on the bike at the start of the year and was on the starting line a few rounds into the series until a crash during practice at the San Diego round resulted in a broken wrist and two broken metacarpal bones in his right hand.

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First time’s a charm for former BYU runner Travis Fuller in Salt Lake City Marathon

Fuller, who trained with and got advice from some of the best known long-distance runners in the state, raced away from the rest of the men’s competitors and crossed the line in 2 hours, 27, minutes, 53 seconds Saturday.

“Just be confident, your body is going to hold up. Just people believing. Honestly, sometimes it’s just a head game. Everybody was just being so supportive.”

Fuller said that famed BYU runner Ed Eyestone was one of those he worked with leading up to Saturday’s marathon as well as fellow former Cougar Jared Ward, who finished sixth at the Olympic marathon in 2016.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Women’s winner Jen Rock of Detroit, MI, crosses the finish line with a time of 2:50:23.53 in the Salt Lake City marathon, Saturday, April 21, 2018. She finished 9th overall. RESULTS Men’s marathon top 5 �� 1. Travis Fuller, 2:27:54; 2. Daniel Bishop, 2:31:20; 3. Samson Mutua, 2:31:53; 4. Benjamin Kopecky, 2:35:15; 5. Skylar Riggs, 2:40:46 Women’s marathon top 5 • 1. Jen Rock, 2:50:24; 2. Tara Beth Lewis, 3:02:33; 3. Janel Sick, 3:08:19; 4. Christina Perry, 3:09:37; 5. Haley Alexander, 3:13:52 Men’s half marathon top 5 • 1. Riley Cook, 1:06:47; 2. Nathan Peters, 1:08:49; 3. Ben Van Beekum, 1:13:11; 4. Derek Delancey, 1:13:56; 5. Nate Blouin, 1:14:33 Women’s half marathon top 5 • 1. Emily Jameson, 1:22:12; 2. Allison Delancey, 1:23:42; 3. Megan Flanagan, 1:27:57; 4. Emma Garrard, 1:28:13; 5. Lauren Mills, 1:29:26

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Salt Lake City Council will postpone vote on sales tax hike for two weeks

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, center, with City Council Chairwoman Erin Mendenhall, met with The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board April 11, 2018, to discuss a proposed city sales tax increase and bond issue for city roads. Joining them are, at far left, City Councilman Chris Wharton, and members of the mayor’s administration and council staff.

The Salt Lake City Council will postpone Tuesday’s expected vote on a half-penny sales tax increase in order to spend another couple weeks looking at where that new money will go.

The delay comes in response to one councilman’s insistence that the council has not done enough due diligence to ensure that the funds will be spent as outlined.

“What we have is a presentation from the administration as to what their recommendations are,” Councilman Charlie Luke said Monday. “What we haven’t done is discuss as a council if that actually is the direction we want to go.”

The sales tax increase of 0.5 percent, or five cents for every $10 spent, is projected to bring in an additional $33 million annually. Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s administration, with the council’s backing, has earmarked specific portions of that increase for four priority areas: $5 million for road repair, $5 million for affordable housing support, $12 million for more police, and $8 million for public transit improvements, with the remaining $3 million going into reserve.

Those outlays have been mentioned in various public discussions dating to the fall, when the council took action on housing and transit master plans and approved hiring 50 new police officers. The figure on roads spending was included in a study released in January.

Luke has not opposed either the sales tax increase or the city’s spending priorities. But in comments he first posted Friday on Facebook, he said the council had not taken steps to guarantee that revenue will not be “reappropriated to other future needs or priorities.”

Council Chairwoman Erin Mendenhall said Monday the council would reschedule its vote on the sales tax for May 1 to allow for more council discussion that makes the spending commitments “as bound as they can possibly be.” A council public hearing on the sales tax will be held as planned Tuesday.

Mendenhall said she would also schedule a public discussion next week with business owners who have asked for more dialogue on the tax increase.

The new date for the sales-tax vote is also the day the mayor will unveil her budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

City sales tax would rise to 7.35 percent under the increase. A two-week delay in approving it means approximately $1.35 million less in sales tax for the coming fiscal year.

A second spending initiative would ask voters to approve an $87 million bond in November for a broader, multi-year road rebuilding effort. Resident surveys by the city have shown high support for both the tax and bond proposals.

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Salt Lake City gives $200,000 to support arts, cultural events in the city

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune Oreta Tupol dances a Tahitian Aparima dance outside City Hall after Mayor Jackie Biskupski gave the Utah Pacific Island Heritage organization a $5,000 ACE grant, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Salt Lake City is giving $200,000 to 79 organizations in 2018 to promote neighborhood and community arts and cultural events. The ACE grants are given to organizations that promote diversity, inclusion, cultural identity and economic development.

Salt Lake City has awarded $200,000 to 79 organizations sponsoring arts and cultural events in the city this year — including street festivals, the Sugar House Farmers Market, a Bhutanese New Year celebration and Mexican Day of the Dead observance.

The money comes from the mayor’s office Arts, Culture and Events (ACE) Fund. Since the fund began in 2012, the city has awarded around $170,000 a year to help “establish and grow unique events across the city,” according to the Mayor’s Office website.

“What we’re finding is that these events attract people from all over the region and it’s just a great reason to celebrate the different cultures we have in Salt Lake City,” said Paul Murphy, a spokesman for the city. “So every dollar we spend seems to come back many, many times.”

The grants support organizations that promote “diversity, inclusion, cultural identity, economic development and neighborhood unity” and that support the health and wellness of city residents.

Mayor Jackie Biskupski presented a check to three recipients organizations — the Utah Pride Center, Hispanic Heritage Parade and Street Festival, and Utah Pacific Island Heritage Month — at a ceremony Wednesday that featured music and dance performances.

“Salt Lake City attracts people from all over the world who help make this community a rich tapestry of different cultures,” Biskupski said in a news release. “The ACE grants enrich all of our lives by helping us learn about the arts and traditions of all our neighbors.”

Neighborhoods in Salt Lake City and the rest of the state are increasingly becoming more diverse, census data show.

During this decade, the state saw the second-fastest growth rate for residents who speak a language other than English at home — a shift driven by the children of immigrants. And census estimates last year showed that Utah’s minority populations continue to be younger and grow faster than whites, with minorities accounting for 21 percent of the state’s population.

The events the ACE grants support bring large numbers of people to the city and stimulates economic development, with the top nine recipients bringing in more than 400,000 people, according to the mayor’s office. Some of the largest events include the Utah Arts Festival, which brings in an annual 75,000 attendees; the Pride Festival, which brings in 60,000; and the Urban Arts Festival, which brings in 35,000.

To be eligible for funding, an event must be held within city limits, be open to the public and further Salt Lake’s goals of promoting cultural diversity and financial development.

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Paraglider is grateful to be alive after falling 200 feet in Salt Lake foothills

SALT LAKE CITY — His love for the sport, even now, hasn’t faded. Robert McRae, 45, said that is probably because he does not remember falling 200 feet, while paragliding in the foothills near the west face of Grandeur Peak in Salt Lake City.

“I don’t remember the drive up to the mountain, I don’t remember the hike up to the mountain, I don’t remember the flight at all,” McRae said.

What he does remember, in part, are the tireless efforts of the Salt Lake County Search & Rescue team who saved him. Last Tuesday, crews, along with civilians, stayed by McRae’s side as a medical helicopter was en route to take him to the University of Utah Hospital.

“I am so grateful for them all even though I don’t remember much,” he said. “My first memory was just a flash of a helicopter and my second was being here in the hospital.”

Despite his extensive injuries, a broken pelvis, five fractured vertebrae and a severe concussion, McRae is expected to make a full recovery. He is headed to rehabilitation, and hopes to be up and walking in four to six weeks.

“Standing and sitting in a wheelchair is as far along as I am,” he said.

Emergency crews found a paraglider pilot had crashed near the west face of the mountain at about 6,800 feet. Witnesses said they saw part of the glider’s wing collapse before it dropped about 200 feet to the ground, partially opened. .

McRae said although he doesn’t remember how exactly he got where he is, he is grateful to have family by his side.

“When I saw their eyes, the gratitude of me surviving and being here, and telling me I won’t fly again, it’s hard to not listen to that,” he said. “Collapses happen, they are the unfortunate part of our sport, but if you’ve got the altitude to correct it then things turn out better.”

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Mormons march in Salt Lake City to demand end to private youth interviews

About 1,000 Mormons and former Mormons march to the church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City on March 30, 2018, to deliver petitions demanding an end to one-on-one interviews between Mormon youth and lay leaders and the sexual questions that sometimes arise during the meetings. (Rick Bowmer / AP)

About 1,000 current and former Mormons marched to the church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City Friday to deliver petitions demanding an end to closed door, one-on-one interviews between youth and lay leaders where sexual questions sometimes arise.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed its policy this week to now allow children to bring a parent or adult with them to the interviews, but protesters said that doesn’t go far enough to keep children safe.

The policy change followed recent revelations that a former prominent missionary leader was accused of sexually assaulting two women in the 1980s. The ex-leader denies the allegations.

Protesters carried signs such as "Mormon children we have your back" and "No more closed doors," saying the so-called "worthiness" meetings can lead to unhealthy shaming of youth. Some cried as they recalled being asked detailed questions about their sexual activity or being punished after admitting to masturbation.

"This is my church and it has many good things but it has one thing that has to be eliminated," said campaign organizer Sam Young, a Mormon from Houston, urging an end to one-on-one interviews and all sexually explicit questions.

Church officials say the interviews allow bishops to get to know youth better and determine their religious habits and obedience to God. They usually happen twice a year starting at age 12. Questions cover topics such as school, sports, hobbies, education goals and family issues, but sometimes delve into sexual behavior because of the church’s strict teachings on abstinence before marriage.

The protesters said they delivered 55,000 signatures on petitions and 15 copies of a book with people’s stories of inappropriate encounters during the interviews to a church representative from the public relations office.

The event came a day before a twice-annual church conference that will be the first since new church president Russell M. Nelson assumed the post in January.

The march had been planned for months by Young, who launched the public campaign last year after he said private attempts to get church leaders’ attention failed.

Allan Mount, a 36-year-old Mormon father of four from Murray, Utah, said he’s a loyal member of the religion who plans to teach his kids the importance of chastity. But, he said the line of questioning that too often happens in the meetings isn’t necessary.

"There’s too much shame attached it," said Mount. "You can have a healthy understanding of how you should responsibly act sexually without there being shame involved."

Robin Day, 40, traveled to the march from Arkansas. At one point, he broke down in tears as he relived not being allowed to pray in church or visit the temple when he admitted to his bishop as a teen that he masturbated. He eventually left the church.

"I was told I was lying to God if I don’t confess," Day said.

Mormon spokeswoman Irene Caso said in a statement Friday that the religion "condemns any inappropriate behavior or abuse regardless of where or when it occurs" and that church leaders are given instructions for youth interviews.

The statement also seemed to be open to change: "As with any practice in the Church, we continually look for ways to improve and adjust by following the Savior in meeting the needs of our members."

Scott Gordon, president of FairMormon, a volunteer organization that supports the church, said he agrees that bishops shouldn’t be asking inappropriate sexual questions but disagrees with Young’s demand to require that parents be in every interviews and a ban on questions about a teen’s sexual activities.

"What they’re asking is a step too far," Gordon said. "It’s making the assumption that bishops are sexual predators. They’re not."

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Letter: Salt Lake City needed better policing

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City Police investigate homicide scene at 300 East Browning Street in Salt Lake City Tuesday Dec. 27. Shots were fired just after 11a.m. and a body was found in a car at the scene. Police are on the lookout for two men believed to be involved in the shooting. They are still at large.

What exactly does it take to stop crime in Salt Lake City? While budgets are spent diversifying Salt Lake City even further, the response time for the Salt Lake City Police Department keeps falling and falling to over 15 minutes for a nonfelony crime in progress … while I sit and watch it happen and give descriptions.

Does anyone have the number for the complaint department where issues are actually heard and addressed? Maybe it is time to ask the feds to step in. The public in Salt Lake City deserves better help from law enforcement, plain and simple.