Responding to Utahâs drought conditions, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints â presumably among the stateâs largest private property owners â has cut its water use at church-owned properties.
The Salt Lake City-based faith believes that âthe earth was divinely created and that we are to be stewards over all blessings the Lord has given us,â spokeswoman Kelly Smoot said in a statement.
To that end, the church has âreduced water usage for Temple Square landscaping,â Smoot said. âWe are following the stateâs recommendations to only water twice a week.â
Among the church s other efforts, it began installing âwaterwiseâ irrigation systems in all new facilities beginning in the early 2000s, âand we continue to retrofit older systems,â Smoot said. âWe have adjusted these and all of our watering schedules to meet state guidelines. We also continue to personally monitor the conditions on our properti
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Instructure Acquires Company to Make Ed-Tech Adoption Easier
In purchasing the technology adoption vendor EesySoft, the company behind the learning management system Canvas aims to build in-app messaging and dashboards to help educators learn to use and assess new tech tools.
July 08, 2021 • Salt Lake City-based education technology company Instructure is set to acquire a company in Amsterdam that helps schools adopt new technology, according to a news release last week.
The target is EesySoft, to be rebranded as Impact by Instructure, which will create in-app messages, dashboards and analytics to help educators implement new digital learning tools and evaluate their usefulness. According to the announcement, Impact by Instructure aims to give users a bird s-eye view of how well students and educators are engaging with available tools,” as well as support services for instructional staff learning to use new ed-tech systems.
(Fremont County, WY) – Classic Air Medical, a local air ambulance service provider, was recently acquired by Salt Lake City-based not-for-profit Intermountain Healthcare. The process began in April and is now finalized, according to July 2nd announcement from Intermountain.
This does not impact the current local or statewide air ambulance services, explained Chad Bowdre, Classic Air Medical’s Director of Customer Relations. There is minimal overlap in areas the two organizations serve, none in Wyoming, so the current bases and employees remain the same.
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Classic’s upper management will also maintain their roles including Tony Henderson as chief executive officer. The company was founded by Henderson’s father, Mark, over 30 years ago.
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Utah Governor’s Office
Marlo M. Oaks, a former investment banker who has experience managing multibillion-dollar portfolios, has been named Utah s new state treasurer.
Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Oaks to the position earlier this week after the previous state treasurer, David Damschen, resigned to take a job in the private sector, according to a news release from the governor s office in Salt Lake City. Marlo s broad experience in investment banking, risk management and portfolio oversight makes him an excellent choice as custodian of public funds, Cox said. I m also impressed with his involvement in two nonprofits and Utah Valley University. I commend his desire to serve the public in this new capacity.
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