It’s been quite a winter, both on and off the track, and now Spring is right around the corner (and you know how we feel about corners)!
Since the sale of the track closed late last year, we’ve been busy organizing everything for the 2019 season. That is now done, and we’re happy to announce what we think is an excellent schedule of events, particularly considering the complications imposed by the late sale closing.
Click the button below to read all the details about our 2019 season!
Click to read the 2019 Schedule Announcement
We had the fifth and final round of WinterX last Saturday, wrapping up what may be the best WinterX series we’ve ever had. Mother Nature certainly played her part, blessing us with piles and piles of snow, and it was great to see so many happy faces and sideways cars out on the track. Thanks to everyone who participated! We’ll do it again next year, but now we’re getting ready for Wide Open Wednesday (first one on April 10). If you just can’t wait and want to sign up early, click the button below for all the WOW info and to register.
Click for WOW Info / Registration
This winter wasn’t really any longer than any of the previous ones, but it’s sure seemed that way. The 2019 UMC racing season officially kicks off over the weekend of March 29-31 with Round 1 of NASA Utah’s 2019 championship, and we’re thinking about having a little celebration. Stay tuned!
One thing that didn’t stop or slow down during the winter was the amazing Brazilian fare that Rodizio Grill continues to serve up every weekend. There can’t be many of you left who haven’t discovered how great Rodizio Grill is, but if you are one of them, you need to rectify that as soon as possible! You can thank us later!
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Joint Resolution Regarding Daylight Saving Time
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (3/9/19) – On Monday, March 11 at 2:00 p.m., Representative Marsha Judkins will present 1st Sub HJR 15, Joint Resolution Submitting a Question to Voters, to the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee.
The bill would require the Lieutenant Governor to submit a non-binding question to Utah voters on the 2020 ballot. The opinion question will ask voters if Utah should do away with daylight saving time or keep it. The resolution states that the “… Legislature's difficulty in determining the best course of action on daylight saving time results, in part, from uncertainty about how the public feels on the issue.”
HJR 15 will be heard just one day after Utah and 48 other states observe the annual “spring forward” tradition that sets the clocks forward by one hour. This ritual, coupled with the “fall back” portion in the fall, is based off of misguided efforts decades ago to save on energy. However, research has shown that the clock-switching scheme does not actually save energy – though there is a growing body of evidence that indicates the tradition has a negative impact on health and productivity.
Efforts to address the daylight saving issue has stalled for years, in part because the federal government does not allow Utah to stay on daylight saving time year-round – it being one of the more popular options. The resolution is in support of Congressman Rob Bishop's proposal to Congress to allow states to decide whether they stay on standard time OR daylight saving time year round. With this new flexibility, Utah would finally be able to have a real policy discussion about what time zone scheme is best for our state and our citizens.
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Hindu mantras to open both Utah Senate & House next week
Both Utah House of Representatives and Senate in Salt Lake City will begin their sessions on March 13 and 14 respectively with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.
Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use; besides lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He plans to start and end the prayer with “Om”, the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work.
Reciting from Brahadaranyakopanishad, Rajan Zed plans to say “Asato ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, Mrtyor mamrtam gamaya”, which he will then interpret as “Lead us from the unreal to the real, Lead us from darkness to light, and Lead us from death to immortality.” Reading from Bhagavad-Gita, he proposes to urge Senators and Representatives to keep the welfare of others always in mind.
In Utah; Zed has already read Hindu invocations before the county commissions of Juab, Salt Lake, Utah, Wasatch, Weber; and city councils of Centerville, Draper, Charleston, Heber City, Layton, Payson, Provo, Salem, Sandy, South Jordan, Taylorsville, West Bountiful, West Valley, Woods Cross.
Rajan Zed is a global Hindu and interfaith leader. Bestowed with World Interfaith Leader Award; Zed is Senior Fellow and Religious Advisor to Foundation for Religious Diplomacy, on the Advisory Board of The Interfaith Peace Project, etc. He has been panelist for “On Faith”, a prestigious interactive conversation on religion produced by The Washington Post; and produces a weekly interfaith panel “Faith Forum” in a Gannett publication for over eight years.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about 1.1 billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal. There are about three million Hindus in USA.
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