This new job opening requires you to wield a 27-foot-long vehicle while "traveling an average of 20,000 miles, visiting more than 20 states and handing out 250,000 Wiener Whistles during the year."
Also on our mind: How you could win Super Bowl tickets by donating blood, five people have died from the flu this season in Salt Lake County and Gov. Cox unveils recommendations to create new clinical paths in behavioral health.
Get your dog out of here! Where can service dogs go?
Jefferson the corgi is well-behaved and well-traveled. He’s flown on commercial planes — in the cabin under a seat. He’s also been to the symphony, the opera, the theater and scads of movies.
But recently, his mere presence created a stir in a Salt Lake City restaurant, where the manager told Jefferson’s owner, Kathleen Sykes, to “get your dog out of here” or he’d call the police.
It didn’t matter that Jefferson was wearing a vest that identified him as a service animal or that Sykes offered to tell what the dog was trained to do for her — tasks that include picking up items for her since she can’t do it herself because of a serious back injury.
The dog’s presence in the restaurant didn’t violate state or federal law. Service dogs are permitted to go where the public is allowed, with a couple of exceptions. The restaurant manager’s response might have violated both, though the complaint is civil, not criminal.
Read more about what Utah's laws say about service animals.
The last time there was a U.S. Senate race on the Utah ballot, the state Democratic Party chose to get behind an independent candidate rather than back one of its own.
“There was a couple others that we had been speaking to and they were considering,” Utah Democratic Party Chair Diane Lewis said, “but it’s back to that same, ‘You know, we have to make our personal decisions’ and they chose not to at this time.”
Party spokesman Ben Anderson described Gleich, a professional athlete and activist, as “a great candidate. We’re excited to have her.”
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