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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 11-13, 2019 A-7 The Park Record W Green Tips Athenaeum club’s legacy predates suffrage Lucky Ones Coffee models sustainability AY WE WERE RECYCLE UTAH Lucky Ones Coffee has become a community gem. The owners saw a need to change the statistic that 70% of individuals with disabilities are unemployed. Beyond their mission to employ and empower people with disabilities, behind the scenes, Lucky Ones also strives to model sustainability for their staff and customers. Their desire is to create a small footprint and they’re learning of the numerous ways to do this. While “Reduce” is the ultimate goal, their recycle program continues to expand with more materials and better signage. They compost and use only LED bulbs. They incentivize staff to use public transit, ride share, walk and bike and recently are prioritizing Modern-day club has a century-old mission HANNA M. HOWARD Park City Museum It’s no secret that strong, powerful women have called Park City home since the town first sprung up in the 1870s. Strong, powerful women are even stronger and more powerful together, evidenced by the accomplishments of Park City’s Woman’s Athenaeum (also known as the Park City Athenaeum Club), first organized in 1897. Women’s clubs like the Athenaeum first emerged as social organizations in the mid-1800s. However, by the dawn of the Progressive Era – a period in United States history beginning in the 1880s characterized by sweeping reforms at the com- PARK CITY MUSEUM, HIMES-BUCK DIGITAL COLLECTION Park City Woman’s Athenaeum member Margaret Jennings, far left, with her sister Winnie, far right, and others circa 1910s to 1920s. munity, state, and federal level – women’s clubs took on a decidedly more political role — even if most clubwomen could not yet officially vote. Clubwomen championed projects that improved the quality of public life, including waste and sanitation management, better educational opportunities for women and children, and food safety. Women’s clubs also played an important role in the fight for women’s suffrage. In 1914, the General Federation of Women’s Club (GFWC), a highly influential league of over 3,000 women’s clubs throughout the United States, released a statement endorsing “the principle of political equality regardless of sex.” The clubs represented by the GFWC included the Park City Women’s Athenaeum. On Monday, Feb. 23, 1920, the Woman’s Athenaeum celebrated its 23rd anniversary at its annual Organization Day luncheon. That year, however, they also celebrated another momentous occasion — the passage of the 19th Amendment. Nine months earlier, in June 1919, Congress officially voted to adopt a Constitutional amendment prohibiting voter discrimination on the basis of sex, extending suffrage to women across the United States. While Utah women had the right to vote much earlier than most of their compatriots throughout the country (Utah women voted as early as 1870, although suffrage was subsequently revoked—and then reinstated — in 1887 and 1895, respectively), they understood Give the gift that gives all year! 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She saved the clubwoman’s greatest achievement for last: “when she desires reform now, she has the power of her own vote behind her.” Explore the Park City Museum’s latest traveling exhibit, “A Woman Speaking to Women: The Political Art of Nina Allender.” The exhibit will be on view in the Museum’s Tozer Gallery through Jan. 13. the purchase of local foods and beverages. Lucky Ones cleans green and they are starting to celebrate their eco-successes overall by communicating more with their staff and customers as to how and why they do this. Lucky Ones Coffee may be a newcomer in the area but they have presented themselves with a splash. They not only understand their impact on creating opportunity and changing the way people see other people, but they are also grasping the impact on our earth that businesses and individuals can create. It has been refreshing to see them evolve. Thank you Lucky Ones for all you do for our community! If your business, any type, is interested in learning about Recycle Utah’s Green Business program, contact 435-649-9698. June sucker fish makes comeback ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY — An imperiled fish found only in Utah Lake is starting to make a recovery after 18 years. The June sucker increased in population from only 300 to 2,000 at last count, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose changing the species status from endangered to threatened, the Deseret News reported. The change is a major milestone, said Chris Keleher, Utah Department of Natural Resources recovery program director. It means the federal agency no longer believes the species is in immediate danger of extinction. Still, “we will remain commit- ted to the ultimate goal — the recovery of the June sucker,” Keleher said. The June sucker population dropped to just 300 fish in 1999, leading to the creating of a program aimed at increasing the population through habitat management and reduction of threats. Conservation organizations also applauded the proposed change. “The successful efforts to recover the June sucker show the Endangered Species Act is working,” said Ryan Beam, a Utah conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposed rule to change the fish’s classification is now available for public review and comment. |