Zion's Bank is providing exhibits from the Utah Natural History Museum- Thurs. Sept. 7th through September 30th

  

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, ZIONS BANK BRING FREE COMMUNITY SCIENCE NIGHT TO GARDEN CITY

The museum’s ‘Soil Stories’ exhibit will be on display at Zions Bank through September

 

 Garden City is the latest stop in the Natural History Museum of Utah’s “Soil Stories” traveling exhibit, featuring the untold stories of the earth beneath us. The public is invited to a free Community Science Night on Thursday, Sept. 7, from 4:30-7 p.m. at Zions Bank’s Bear Lake Garden City branch, 557 N. Bear Lake Blvd. The community event will feature interactive stations, hands-on activities and touchable specimens.

 

In conjunction with the Community Science Night, a traveling exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will be on display at the Bear Lake Garden City branch during regular bank hours through Sept. 30 as part of its multi-county tour across Utah.

 

Soil Stories highlights the uniqueness of soil, which is often taken for granted. The exhibit unveils the process and players who make, enrich, and survive in soil, including:

 

• Soil samples and soil crusts from across Utah
• Insect specimens and small vertebrates
• Indigenous farming tools, artifacts, and pottery
• Paleosol: where it’s found, and why it matters

 

“We’re excited for Traveling Treasures to come to Garden City for the first time since our branch opened in May 2021,” said Steve Allred, manager of Zions Bank’s Bear Lake Garden City branch. “The museum does a great job making science and history accessible.”

 

Visitors will learn that soils vary in color, texture and smell, and that the organisms that inhabit soil – like cicadas – are just as interesting. One exhibit shows the Indigenous farming practices that allowed Utah’s original peoples to thrive in an arid climate, while another highlights the importance of corn, beans, and squash, and their role in the soil.

 

“In my work studying insects, I have always been fascinated by soil,” said NHMU entomology collections manager Christy Bills. “Invertebrates such as beetles, ants, and snails enrich soil and play a large role in sustaining all kinds of ecosystems in surprising ways.”

 

For more than 20 years, the Natural History Museum of Utah and Zions Bank have partnered to brings natural history collections and research to Utah’s diverse communities. Each year, a team of educators, exhibit designers, bankers, and museum volunteers create a new traveling exhibit that explores a unique aspect of natural history in the state, region and beyond.

 

For additional details about future Traveling Treasures stops and locations, visit https://nhmu.utah.edu/outreach/traveling-treasures.

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Idaho Bear Lake Public Lands Committee

 

The Idaho Bear Lake Public Lands Committee met August 7 to discuss implementing new restrictions on lakeshore access and use.

Members of the committee had met with Governor Brad Little on July 20, one day after the governor had signed an Idaho Board of Land order prohibiting certain activities below the high-water mark of Bear Lake.

Most notably, the order prohibits motor-vehicle travel parallel to the lakeshore, within the high-water boundary. Vehicles may drive to the lake in a perpendicular direction only, and may not park within 100 feet of the water, per the order.

County commissioners were scheduled to vote on signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the state, at the time this newspaper went to press. The effect of this document was to lay out enforcement procedures for the new policies. The Department of Lands has no enforcement authority, so enforcement on the Idaho side of the lake would fall to county agencies.

The stated reasons for the new order and memorandum were environmental protection and public safety, though some parties at the August 7 meeting expressed misgivings about the practical effects of enforcement. As it stands, much of the shoreline on both east and west sides of the lake would become functionally off-limits, except to the adjacent property owners.

Sheriff Bart Heslington, a member of the committee, said that most of the policies in the new order were already in place in the 1991 document that is being superseded, but that the new order and memorandum will provide a mechanism for enforcement.

Bloomington mayor Roy Bunderson spoke to question the new obligation of enforcement on the county’s side, given the absence of funding from the state. On the south side of the lake, the state of Utah provides funds to Rich County to offset enforcement costs.

Full versions of the governor’s order and the Memorandum of Understanding can be found on this newspaper’s Facebook page.

 

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Zion's Bank is hiring

 

Zions Bank recognizes that its success comes from the dedication, experience and talents of its diverse employee base. As we build upon our 150-year legacy and usher in the next generation of banking, we’re committed to being the premier employer of choice. We’re proud to have ranked among American Banker magazine’s “Best Banks to Work For” almost every year since 2013, as Best Employer from Utah’s Best of State, among the Best Places to Work in Idaho, and “among the Salt Lake Tribune’s Top Workplaces. Make the leap into a new era of banking. Let us transform your career. Work closely with members of the community by helping them build a better financial future. You'll become a banking expert and guide clients to products and services that will improve their everyday lives. You will also be working with employees who are there to support you, your family, and your career aspirations. Take your first step in your banking career and gain invaluable insight into our operations, procedures, and abilities that make Zions Bank one of the premier banking institutions in the west. We look forward to having you join the Zions Bank family! 

Minimum pay is $17 per hour

Work schedule is: May-September M-F 9AM-5PM and October-April M-F 9AM-4PM

 

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Malcolm Hong
Public Relations Officer | Assistant Vice President
Corporate Marketing and Communications
800 W. Main St., Ste 700
Boise, ID 83702
208-501-7571 direct
malcolm.hong@zionsbank.com 
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