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Utah’s Dirty Soda Craze

May 25, 2022 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

Because Regular Soda is Just So Boring It’s 6:15am and the drive through line has already begun forming at Sips in Clearfield, Utah. Customers are craving their favorite morning drink which clearly outsells coffee. Beginning at 6:30am when Sips opens, customers are ordering “Dirty Soda”; a combination of flavored syrups added to soda of all types. Because it’s apparently just … [Read more...]

Utah Parents on Pros and Cons of COVID-19 Vaccine for their Children

January 4, 2022 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

This past spring, when children became eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine through Pfizer-BioNTech, it was great news to Janette, the mother of a 15-year-old daughter who lives in southwest Utah.  “I thought it was in her best interest to protect her,” Janette said. “I was trusting the medical field in making that decision.” After receiving the vaccine as well as the … [Read more...]

Enterprise Reservoir: A Dog Friendly Beautiful Hidden Oasis near Enterprise, Utah

August 18, 2021 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

You might be in good company if you visit Enterprise Reservoir in Enterprise, Utah. That is, if you consider mule deer, mallard ducks, free-range cattle, coyotes and mountain lions good company instead of humans. On a recent afternoon road trip along Old Highway 120 to Enterprise Reservoir, a sense of anticipation grew at the opportunity to spend time in a place where, once … [Read more...]

Bacon – The New Temp Agency That’s Not a Temp Agency

November 1, 2020 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

Rashaad Nunnally is a musician, producer, engineer, and businessman. He calls himself an “one-stop renaissance man.” He is also a family man with bills to pay.  To supplement his income he was working part-time for Salt Lake Community College commuting from Eagle Mountain. That is when a friend told him about Bacon, a company whose specialty is to find and help supply … [Read more...]

Urban Gardening: Self-Sustaining Lifestyles

August 31, 2020 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

Around dinnertime, Adriana Brandt hands her husband Wally a bowl. “Go get me some onions and tomatoes,” she says, as he happily follows her directions. The Brandts have created a gardening paradise on a third of an acre in Central, Utah. During the COVID-19 pandemic, self-sustaining lifestyles are increasingly being brought into the spotlight. “It’s definitely a factor,” … [Read more...]

Embracing Life: From Teenage Drug Addiction to Happily Ever After

May 14, 2020 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

Among a bustling and energetic crowd, Br’ette V. and her husband Trevor recently occupied two auditorium seats at Dixie High School in Hurricane. They waited to see their young son Chantz and his class perform at a Christmas dance recital. As the children performed, the two watched with complete adoration. First grader Chantz stood on a milk crate and swayed to a Disney song. … [Read more...]

St. Patrick’s Day SLC: Everyone can “go green” on March 17

March 12, 2020 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

While enjoying a beer with a few of his friends 43 years ago on St. Patrick’s Day, John Welsh and the crew started wondering why Utah didn’t have a St. Patrick’s Day parade. A quick barroom decision was made, and moments later they marched down the street in honor of the holiday. The following year, Welsh, himself an Irish-American, formed The Hibernian Society, and an … [Read more...]

The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation—Improving Millcreek, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons for Today, Tomorrow

December 20, 2019 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

Twelve years ago, when Cottonwood Canyons Foundation Volunteer Jean Acheson pulled a pale-yellow volunteer t-shirt over her head for a wildflower festival, she had no idea it would become part of her wardrobe. She became deeply acquainted with the flower adorning her shirt, a red Indian Paintbrush. In fact, every wildflower found in Millcreek, Big and Little Cottonwood … [Read more...]

The Suazo Business Center Offers Guidance, Education, Inspiration, & Hope

October 15, 2019 by Gail Veley Leave a Comment

The Story of Marcela Lopez As Marcela Lopez skillfully handcrafts with paint and brush the look of marble above the fireplace of a customer’s home, she feels grateful for the business wisdom and expertise she acquired through the Suazo Business Center. The center, located in Salt Lake City, satisfied the tugging at her soul to be more than she was at that moment, two years … [Read more...]

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