This Day In Gay Utah History October 17

October 17th

State Prison at Sugar House

1896 The Fourth District Court. Frank Merrill, Patsy Colvey, and James Owens, on Tuesday were convicted of a crime against nature near Spanish Fork on Sept 15^th, came up for sentence. Messrs Booth and Booth moved for a new trial on grounds of errors to the charge of the court to the jury and error admitting testimony. And also on the grounds that Messr Thurman and Whitecotton, who prosecuted the case for Mr Gash, had not been appointed assistant prosecuting attorney. The motion was opposed by Messr Thirman and Whitecotton and after argument was over ruled, and defendants sentenced to three years each in the state prison.  Salt Lake Herald. Deseret evening news., October 17, 1896

  

1930 Motorist Victim of Female Impersonator Much to his discomfiture, the loss of $3.80, and a little ride at the point of a revolver, C. A. Harris, 165 Twenty-Sixth street tried the good Samaritan act a short distance north of Layton early this morning. As Mr. Harris drove along in his automobile, he observed a woman sitting beside the road, evidently looking for some traveler to give her a lift. He drove his car to the side of the roadway and as he did so a man came from concealment with a revolver telling Mr. Harris to hand over his cash, The woman joined the bandit in the operation, the funny part of it being, however that it was a man in woman’s clothes. Ogden Standard Examiner.

1956 Wednesday- A Brooklyn New York man was fined $299 and sentenced 60 days in jail, Tuesday when he pleaded guilty in police court to charges of disorderly conduct.  The defendant Thomas John Carbone, 31, Brooklyn, was arrested at the Greyhound Bus Depot at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.  City Judge J. Patton Neely ordered the jail sentence suspended on payment of fine and on condition Carbone leave the city by Thursday. (SLTribune 10/17/56 Page 35 Col. 4)

1956- Radio City Tavern had its Beer permit suspended The Salt Lake City Commission, Tuesday suspended the Class C beer tavern licenses of two taverns for 60 days on recommendation of Chief of Police W. Cleon Skousen. Suspended were the licenses issued to Elvin P. Girrard and Lee J. Caputo operating the Radio City Lounge 147 South State and H.S. Bauer, owner and Mark Holding (1896-1976) manager of Boulder Tavern 24 West and 2nd South. (SLTribune 10/17/56 page 35 col.8)

Spencer Kimball

1978 - Tuesday -" I rewrote the letter I had printed in the Utah Chronicle. I made it a little more readable to the gay and lesbian audience and signed it L.M.L. It was submitted and printed in the Open Door, a gay and lesbian newspaper in Salt Lake City. " [Diary of Donald Attridge] An article called Bloody Knuckles was in response to LDS Church President Spencer Kimballs suggestions of how to overcome homosexuality, "How can you say the door cannot be opened until your knuckles are bloody, till your head is bruised, till your muscles are sore? It can be done

1979 a survey was taken at “UTech” where students were asked what they would like to see on campus in the way of clubs or organizations. A list was compiled of clubs that were not already formed and these were published in the Nov. 5 Issue of Points West, the student newspaper. On this list was “Gay Services” in which some students and faculty expressed an interest as “an organized meeting oriented toward social progressives.” Rumors immediately spread that someone was starting “a gay-rights movement on campus.” A student editor named Skip, who had initiated the move for more clubs on campus, wrote in an article titled “Is It Queer?” saying, “Not true. This doesn’t mean that hoards of screaming drag queens want to flood the campus or degrade the honour [sic] of our system.” He promoted the new club for homosexuals because “it seems more civil to let them meet in a progressive manner than going to bars for a one-night trick or going to the park and getting mugged. And if the gay students on this campus can be decent about it and make it work, they deserve at least our lack of antagonism or harassment.”

1980-The first Black Lesbian Conference began in San Francisco with nearly 200 women in attendance. The Black Lesbian Caucus was created as an off-shoot of the Gay Liberation Front in 1971, and later took the name of the Salsa Soul Sisters, Third World Wimmin Inc. Collective, which was the first "out" organization for lesbians, womanists and women of color in New York. The Salsa Soul Sisters published a literary quarterly called Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Sisters are now known as African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, and is the oldest black lesbian organization in the United States.

Chris Tujillo

1987 Chris Trujillo and Yvette Del Rio won the Mr. & Miss Golden Spike Universe Pageant Contest at Backstreet in Salt Lake City, Utah

1987 The organizational meeting of the Gay Community Council was held at Aardvarks Cabaret. At the meeting, the name Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah was officially adopted with membership open to anyone with indivduals having one vote and organizations up to 3 votes. "I got up at & a.m. to get ready to walk down to the Aardvark Cafe (3rd West and 4th South) for the Gay Community Council meeting at 9 a.am. It was a meeting to organize and set voting rights and memebership. People there were John Bennett, Lyle Bradley, Satu Servigna, Bob McIntier, Ted Fairchild, David Nelson, Michael Aaron, Mark Lamar, Jim Hunsaker, Graham Bell, and another woman I think her name was Barbara Stockton. I was bound and determined not let the individuals only representing themselves have equal status with organizations. The community council was established originally as a place for organizations to network with each other. I shaved my beard off today to go to Curtis Jensen's drag party tonight. It was okay, sort of fun. I didn't stay late." (Journal of Ben Williams)

Ben Williams

1988 Ben Williams spoke at the Utah Valley Men’s Group on “Gay History and Gay Liberation through Political Activism.” The group was under attack by Brigham Young University Standards officers by infiltrating the group and calling into standards any BYU student attending. Geoff McGrath Presient of the group. 

1988 Utahn Barry Fairbanks died of AIDS at age 34.  

AIDS Quilt

1990-US

Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL) insults openly gay congressman Barney Frank during a budget debate, saying Frank does not know what is going on in Congress because he is too busy performing quickie sex acts.

Loren C. Dunn

1992 Ten years after  after the epidemic appears in the Gay Men's community, Elder Loren Dunn of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints First Quorum of the Seventy stated that the church was now willing to talk with leaders in the AIDS community to “explore how the church could be of greater service’’ to patients and their families.

1993- Sunday  Rector's Forum program at St. Paul's Episcopal Church,  will feature LaDonna Moore, director of the Utah AIDS  Foundation. She will speak on ``Compassion and Aids.''  

1995-The Advocate published an interview with Barney Frank, Gerry Studds, and Steve Gunderson, the three openly Gay members of Congress.

1995 Tuesday-Jacob Daniel Rice age 25 died in Seattle, Washington, from AIDS. He fought so hard just before he died. He told his mom "Just tell everyone to be happy". .

1996 Deseret News Who's behind pink flier? Not me, Cook

Merrill Cook

asserts By Bob Bernick Jr., Political Editor Merrill Cook denied Wednesday any connection to a flier that showed up in the downtown Salt Lake area this week, saying his campaign had nothing to do with it and he'd fire any volunteer or paid campaign worker who did. "I deplore it," said Cook. The flier, printed on pink paper, was plastered on the Main Street headquarters of Ross Anderson, Cook's Democratic opponent, and on some newspaper boxes and retail store windows. It says: "Utah Gay & Lesbians Unite, we have a voice, Ross Anderson for Congress, pro-abortion!, pro-ACLU!, pro-gay clubs in schools!, pro-more gun control, anti-death penalty!" In smaller type at the bottom, imitating the legally required committee endorsement, is written: Utah Gay and Lesbian for Anderson Committee. There is no such committee, says

Rocky Anderson

Anderson and Howard Johnson, board member of Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats. Anderson said the flier is an attempt by his opponents to harm his campaign. Following a debate before the Utah Women's Forum on Wednesday, Cook said he hadn't heard about the flier. After it was explained to him, he said he condemned such tactics. Cook said he could still be against same-sex marriages and still condemn any discrimination of homosexuals. A staff member of Cook's campaign did fax a copy of the flier to several newspaper reporters. But Cook said that didn't show that his campaign had anything to do with producing or passing out the fliers, just an attempt to notify the news media of the fliers. The flier "is just an attempt to outrage conservatives and moderates (to oppose Anderson)," said Johnson. David Nelson, founder of Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats, said the latest episode "sounds an awful lot like what happened at the end of the Rich McKeown campaign." McKeown, a Democrat running for Salt Lake mayor last year, was the victim of a last-minute flier drop. In that case, one page of a Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats newsletter that endorsed McKeown was copied and dropped on doorsteps in a mostly Republican eastside neighborhood. No one confessed to doing it, but McKeown said it probably hurt his campaign. He lost a close race to Mayor Deedee Corradini (who said her campaign had nothing to do with that flier). The latest flier had nothing to do with Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats at all, said Johnson. "I would know if there was any such committee for Anderson, there isn't. It doesn't exist." 

• 1996 GAY BASHING POLITICS Salt Lake Tribune Page: B1As political dirty tricks go, this one wasn't particularly clever or even grammatically correct, although it raised a hubbub just the same.  A flier showed up in various Salt Lake City locations Wednesday, purporting to be from a  gay and lesbian group promoting Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Ross Anderson as ``pro abortion,''``pro ACLU,'' ``pro gay clubs in schools,''``pro more gun control'' and ``anti death penalty.'' Upon learning of it, Anderson's campaign informed news organizations that the candidate intended to confront Republican opponent Merrill Cook about the flier's origin. But Cook's disavowal of the paper and his statement that it did not come from his campaign or his staff apparently satisfied Anderson. ``Sometimes you're tacky, but not this tacky,' 'Anderson told Cook when the two discussed the matter after a debate Wednesday. ``I really doubt that Merrill Cook himself had anything to do with that flier,'' Anderson added.``I don't think he would stoop that low, although he has misrepresented a number of things in this campaign.'' Cook assured reporters that nothing like the flier would ever come from his campaign. And if it was done without his knowledge by a staffer or overzealous volunteer, ``they would not be on my campaign a minute longer.''   The flier, printed on pink paper with the name``Utah Gay and Lesbian for Anderson Committee'' on the bottom, was found taped to newspaper stands, on bank windows, even on signs designating parking stalls for the disabled.   Anderson and Cook agreed the propaganda had to be from a bogus organization. ``This has come very clearly from right-wing extremists that are too cowardly to come up out of the shadows and debate these issues,'' Anderson said. A copy of the flier was faxed to The Salt Lake Tribune by a Cook staffer Wednesday morning, but the aide said it was to make the newspaper aware that the thing was appearing all over downtown. Cook said he hadn't seen the flier until reporters showed it to him after the debate. ``People know that my opinion against same-sex marriage is in no way bigotry or hatred toward homosexuals or lesbians. I am not one that ever engaged in the kind of bashing a piece like this would indicate,'' he said.

Chad Keller

2003 DRAG IDOL "SHOW STOPPERS" - Friday, October 17 Once again Crown Prince & Princess 28, Chad [Keller] & Paris did a great job with another installment of Drag Idol.  Congratulations to Jessica for finishing first place in Round 4 and Kassidy Vaughn for being the newest Wild Card entry.  All of the contestants did a great job... don't miss Round 5 "Rope n' Ride" - November 28.

2005 gay club -- student quotes  Daily Herald Sunday, October 16, 2005 Students at Provo and Timpview high schools were asked recently by the Daily Herald what they thought of the possibility of a Gay-Straight Alliance club at Provo High. 

• "We just want to be left alone. We don't want this as our image." Kevin Dix, 17, Provo High senior
•  "I think that it should be fair for other people to be in the relationship that they want to." Bodi Bench, 14, Provo High freshman 
• "I don't think that's fair. That's like them signing a petition for us not being able to breakdance." Olga Rouse, 16, Provo High sophomore 
• "I wouldn't go out against it openly, but I wouldn't join it, either." Julianne Long, 15, Timpview High sophomore 
• "If they have problems, they can talk about it during lunch or in between classes, or even after school. They shouldn't even freakin' impose on us. I'm tired of the gays." Devan Lawrence, 15, Provo High sophomore 
• "They shouldn't encourage any sexual thing at all, because school isn't about that. It's about learning, and it's about getting an education. It's not about going to sexual clubs. If it was about learning or a sport, I'd understand." Courtney Dixon, 15, Provo High freshman 
• "I don't agree with being gay or lesbian, but I think it's OK that people want to make them feel accepted, but I wouldn't ever be a part of it." Jenna Palmer, 15, Timpview High junior 
• "If they want a club they should do it somewhere else." Tiffanie Henrie, 14, Provo High freshman
• "They shouldn't have it inside a high school at all, anywhere. It's just wrong." Weston Stubbs, 15, Provo High sophomore
• "Some people have different views. It doesn't mean the whole school's necessarily different." Melanie Jamison, 16, Timpview High junior
•  "It's gotten easier over the years for them to come out of their shell and not be made fun of. Still being at a young age, it's still really critical for them to be shown that it's OK to be different -- they're not going to be persecuted for it." Brecca Singh, 15, Provo High freshman 
• "They have, like, a sickness. You can't get mad at somebody for being sick." Megan Muirhead, 15, Timpview High sophomore This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page A1.

2006 Stolen pride  LGBT pins and posters presumed stolen Ana Breton Although Pride Week is meant to bring awareness conversations about diversity to campus, some students are trying to silence the celebration. Between the night of Oct. 10 and the following morning, about 200 Pride Week pins were stolen from the Heritage Center. The Being Educated About Diversity pins, which were placed in a basket near the Heritage Center dining hall, were intended for student use for those who wanted to show support during Pride Week. Twenty of the 35 Pride Week posters, which were placed around campus, are also presumed stolen. Several of the remaining posters, however, have been vandalized or destroyed. Because of the incident, Housing and Residential Education sent an e- mail written by Erin Miedema, assistant residential education coordinator at HRE, to students living in the Residence Halls about the value of having a diverse community. "We value free speech and encourage all residents to dialogue about differences rather than for a few to try to take away the ability for others to symbolically show support for fellow human beings," Miedema? said. The BEAD pins, which are composed of colored beads and an information sheet, cost $50 and six hours of volunteer

Charles Milne

time to make. The amount of restricted speech, however, surpasses the monetary worth, said Charles Milne, director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center. "Any time you silence someone, you're sending a message that you're not willing to accept who they are- regardless of what they stand for," he said. "It brings me sadness because their actions impacted students on so many levels." Clare Cho, who lives in the Residence Halls, said he agrees with Milne's opinion. "I just don't think it's right for someone to do that," said Cho, an undecided freshman. Because the Heritage Center is not equipped with security cameras, no suspects have been identified at this time. Miedema, however, assumes the person or persons who took the items did not agree with Pride Week. She also hopes to send a clear message to potential thieves. "Behavior such as this that encourages hatred of any group or makes the Heritage Commons area an unsafe or unwelcoming living space for any student from any background will not be tolerated," she said. "Consider how you would feel if you were impacted in such a way from others in your community." This incident, however, is not the first time Pride Week advertising items have been vandalized. Last year, several Pride posters were also stolen from areas around the Residence Halls. In 2002, "straight pride" posters were illegally put up around campus countering Pride Week, but because they did not have a stamp of approval, they were taken down before anyone noticed them. Because of the incidents, HRE and the LGBT center are holding an open dialogue session tonight at the Heritage Center. The event, which starts at 8 p.m., will give students a chance to discuss acceptance and the consequences of the incident.?Students who have witnessed or have any knowledge of vandalism or theft-either in the past or presently-are encouraged to contact HRE at 587-2002.

Curtis Jensen & Devon Hansen
Queer Nation

•  Re: [gay_forum_utah] U of U Gay Pride Vandalism  “This all reminds me of the time back in the early 90's when the Uof U student caucus of Queer Nation Utah, with the moniker “FaggotAssQueer-a-Lesbo” a name taken from an anti-gay rant in the Chronicle.  We had posted posters from the Red Hot and Blue organization promoting Safe Sex and Queer visibility, all approved by the correct office, and they were all torn down very early in the morning after being posted the night before.  Almost nobody saw them and we were disappointed, but thought that would be the end of it.   Peter Small, who was a student at the U at the time talked about the posters being torn down in one of his classes that day (they had a forum for current events discussions at the beginning of each class) and one of the students in his class wrote a letter to the Chronicle condemning the tearing down of the posters.  The incident took on a life of its own without much prodding from Queer Nation.  A firestorm of letters to the editor ensued, mostly supportive, and the Chronicle ended up publishing the poster, reaching a much wider audience than we ever hoped for...  A notable exception came from a couple student s who claimed the Chronicle was becoming a defacto Gay rag, and supposedly only reported on issues concerning gays on campus (an absurd assertion).  They complained about Gay Pride, asking the tired question “What about straight pride?” (as common as the tired old “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” argument).  They formed a group called Straight Married Abstinent Responsible Teachers and Students (SMARTS) and made a general call for interested students and faculty to come to a meeting.  The story was picked up by local media, and the poster was shown on local news broadcasts and picked up on CNN.  Rod Decker invited the two complaining homophobes to debate the issue with Scott Spiers and myself on Take Two.  The poster was shown no fewer than 3 times during the broadcast and the two homophobes came off looking like a couple of morons. Their SMARTS meeting attracted almost no support, and the two ended up attending a couple LGSU meetings, and actually made an effort to reach out and understand the LGBT community at the U.”- Curtis Jensen

John Griffin aka
Nova Starr

 2006  Tuesday  More than Dream - Bigger than a Goal. Miss Gay USofA At-Large This last Saturday I finally achieved a goal I have worked three years for, I finally won Miss Gay Rocky Mountain USofA At Large. My preliminary to Miss Gay USofA at Large. I have been to nationals before, by coming in 1st alternate for the pageant, but never as the title holder for it. Last year a dear friend of mine won Rocky Mountain, Krystal Leight. This year she crowned me.  Now comes the truly hard part, I have little less than a month to raise aprox  $8000 to cover the costs of nationals. This money will help pay for mine and my dancers costumes, hotel and plane tickets, dancer passes at nationals and odd and ends we MUST have. And we are working hard. For me this is more than a dream, it's a true passion. To be recognized as one of the best in the nation and the world at what I love so much. To know I have accomplished my goal - but it's bigger than a goal - it's an ambition, a synthesis of my life’s work so far, and an accomplishment I harken for. I want to thank everyone who helped me with Miss Rocky Mountain, Tiara Starr, Trynity Starr, Aurthor, Miles, Paris, Nic, Josh, Paul, Dwayne, Brian, Krystal, Wendy, Aurora, ChiChi, Amber, Tom, Mark, Ray, Peter, Mackie, Coco Vega and more. I know without all of you I would be much less than I am. And the friendship you give me builds and lifts my spirit. If you or anyone you know has a way of helping us reach our goal for nationals. PLEASE let me know. The date aproaches so quickly. And we already are geared up and working so hard:) Nova Starr

2006 Hate-crime reports decline in Utah But critics say records don't give a clear tally of offenses By Robert Gehrke and Jennifer W. Sanchez The Salt Lake Tribune Article Utah had fewer reported hate crimes in 2005 than in any year since 1997, but at least one civil-rights advocate says she expects those numbers to increase over the next few years because of the state's recently amended law. There were 44 hate crimes reported in the state in 2005, down from 59 in 2003 and 2004, according to the FBI report issued Monday. But some critics say the trend says more about lack of accurate reporting than it does a decline in the number of attacks on minority groups. The report mirrored a decrease in hate crimes nationwide, with about 500 fewer incidents reported last year than in 2004 across the country. Fraser Nelson, executive director of the Disability Law Center in Salt Lake City, said she can't speak to the report, but she doesn't think the state has ever had an accurate count of incidents. That's because some victims didn't see the importance of reporting their case if nothing could be done about it, she said. Under the former hate crimes state law, there was little law enforcement could do to prosecute a person who allegedly committed a hate crime. Judges and prosecutors for years had said it was unenforceable. Nelson is certain the number of hate crime incidents will be higher next year and even higher in 2008 because of the state's amended law. After eight years of debate and compromise, lawmakers in March approved an amended hate crimes bill that asks judges to consider giving criminals longer sentences for offenses likely to spark fear or "community unrest." The law now encourages victims to pursue justice by reporting a hate crime, she said. "There's an incentive to recognize it," Nelson said Monday. The FBI report seeks to track attacks against people based on their race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or disability. For example, in March 2005, Robby Wayne Baalman and two other men attacked George Stephenson, a black man, as Stephenson rode his bike to work in Salt Lake City. Baalman pleaded guilty and said the attack was part of an initiation into the American Front, a white supremacist group. It's hard to know how many hate crimes actually occur, said Shuaib Din, a member of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake. Some hate crimes are reported but are not labeled as "hate crimes" because it's hard to prove an act was motivated by hate, he said. For example, Din said windows have been broken at his mosque a few times, and the police usually report it as an act of violence. "We can't say it's a hate crime because there's not graffiti or a note to say it was motivated by hate," Din said. It will always be difficult to track hate crimes because of the  crime's "narrow definition," Din said. "There are a lot more ways that hate is expressed, but it's not a crime," he said. In Utah, about half of the 44 hate crimes reported in 2005 were racially motivated, nine were related to ethnicity and eight religion, according to the data. The FBI numbers are reported voluntarily by local law enforcement agencies. The Anti-Defamation League, a leading group opposing anti- Semitism, noted that some large law enforcement agencies and thousands of small police forces did not report data and steps should be taken to gather a more complete picture. "The fact that New York City and Phoenix did not report hate crime data to the FBI makes the 2005 report clearly incomplete and marks a setback to the progress the Bureau has made in the program," Deborah M. Lauter, ADL's director of Civil Rights, said in a statement. In Utah, sexual orientation was the basis for six incidents in 2005. Nationally, there were 1,107 crimes resulting from bias against victims' sexual orientation, down from 1,197 the previous year. But while the trend is positive, crimes motivated by bias toward sexual orientation remains the third-highest cause of a hate crime, said David Stacy, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for gay and lesbian issues. "The number of anti-gay hate crimes indicates the need for state and local government to do more to prevent and investigate hate crimes and points out the need for Congress to enact federal legislation," he said.

2008 PWACU Thrift Store to Open  Written by David Nelson    Friday, 17 October 2008  After several months of careful planning, the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah’s newest venture Our Store, Your Thrift Alternative will open to the public—just in time for the holiday shopping season. “We are very excited about this project,” said Toni Johnson, director of PWACU. “The thrift store is going to make PWACU self-sufficient so we can improve our existing programs and expand our programs as well for people living with HIV and AIDS.” As a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, PWACU receives no federal or state funding and relies completely upon donations. Ninety-one percent of its funds go towards its programs for people with HIV/AIDS which include: HIV/AIDS education, wellness programs, recreation programs, support groups and providing payees for social security benefits. The store’s opening comes after several months of intense planning and negotiations. “It’s been

Toni Johnson

overwhelming, exciting, terrifying, and wonderful all at the same time,” said Johnson. “It’s been a lot of work, but thankfully I’ve had great support from community and volunteers to make this happen. Without community support we couldn’t do this.” The thrift store’s home is now 358 S 300 E in Salt Lake City. Located half a block from the Salt Lake City Public Library and the University of Utah TRAX line, the 5,000 square foot store is, according to Johnson “a great location.” But to be a great shopping location, Our Store needs items to sell. Currently, Johnson is interested in accepting just about everything including the kitchen sink: appliances, electronics, furniture, kitchenware, clothing, shoes, jewelry, tools, glassware, art, books, CDs, videos, DVDs and knick-knacks are all acceptable items to bring in if they are clean and in saleable condition. The only thing the store can’t accept, Johnson said, is used mattresses, because they are too difficult and costly to sanitize for reselling. Although the store did not officially begin accepting donations until Oct. 20, Johnson joked that so many people had brought donations that she barely had any office space left. “We’re already overflowing,” she laughed. She encouraged people to continue bringing in donations, however, in order to fill the store before its Oct. 31 opening. Along with merchandise, PWACU will also need volunteers to accept and clean donations, price items, create displays and to help out with every other aspect of running the store. “I have staff to run the store but it’s going to be a huge job and they can’t do it by themselves,” she said. Although the thrift store is run and operated by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, Johnson added that everyone is welcome to shop there regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. “It’ll be a fun environment. It’s a gay thrift store! How can it not be fun?” she said. Our Store will hold a Halloween party open house on Oct. 31 from 5—8:00 p.m. “People are always welcome to come dressed up. I can’t promise I’ll be dressed up, by they can,” Johnson joked. Visitors will be able to make purchases and bring in donations at this time. The store’s grand opening will be Nov. 1 from 10:00 a.m.— 7:00 p.m. Currently Our Store is scheduled to be open seven days a week: 11:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m. Saturday and 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Sunday.  To donate or volunteer contact Toni Johnson at (801) 484-2205.