Brighton, Utah. November 20th, 2017- Brighton Resort will open on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 at 9:00 am. With recent snowfall combined with extensive snowmaking, Brighton Resort will be offering a base averaging between 10-20 inches on 3 runs serviced by 2 lifts.
For opening day, Brighton Resort will offer “Top to Bottom” skiing & snowboarding from the Majestic and Explorer lifts. Operating with limited terrain the following runs will be open & groomed: Explorer, Hawkeye Access and Shoulder to Lower Majestic. (Snake Creek Express will be ready to ride Wednesday morning.) A limited terrain ticket rate is available at $45 for ages 11 and up. Kids 10 and under ski free with paying adult. Brighton Resort will also limit the amount of tickets being sold to avoid over crowding the slopes.
Ticket windows open at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call 801.532.4731; or the Snow Report Hotline choose 801.532.4732 ext. #2 or visit: www.brightonresort.com
About Brighton Resort
Brighton Resort, Top rated by Transworld Snowboarding and Ski Magazine in the categories of Snow, Accessibility, Value and Terrain Parks is one of Utah’s most accessible resorts offering frequent public bus transportation from many points in downtown Salt Lake City and park & ride lots around the valley. Located at the highest point of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton Resort averages over 500” of snow annually with over 1050 acres and 1,875 vertical feet of ski-able terrain. Brighton is Utah’s only resort that can boast 100% of its terrain is accessible by high speed quads making for less traversing and more skiing. With 22 runs on over 200 lighted acres, Brighton Resort offers the most night skiing terrain in Utah. Visit Brighton Resort and find out why families come back year after year for the best conditions and terrain for all ages and skill levels.
See you on the slopes!
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ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORG GIVES TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS JOBS, NEW HOPE
Operation Underground Railroad Launches Holiday T-Shirt Campaign Supporting Southeast Asia Human Trafficking Victims
Salt Lake City, UT – With the approaching holiday season, Utah-based Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) is making available exclusive t-shirts made by survivors of child sex trafficking in Cambodia. Produced at Agape International Missions’ (AIM) vocational training center which guarantees livable wages to survivors, AIM’s goal is to rescue, restore and reintegrate survivors of human trafficking back into society and to prevent sexual slavery in vulnerable and exploited communities worldwide.
Any donor who gives $50 or more to Operation Underground Railroad will receive a free t-shirt. O.U.R.’s goal is to reach $50,000 to help fund an aftercare home for children rescued from human trafficking. T-shirts will be available starting Cyber Monday (11/27) at 12 AM MT through the end of Giving Tuesday (11/28).
"As many of you have heard us talk about, it is vitally important for survivors to have a livable income,” said O.U.R. CEO Tim Ballard. “We are so honored to partner with AIM's vocational training program. When you purchase one of these incredible T-shirts you not only support future rescues of boys and girls, but you also support survivors. The survivors are beautiful young women who have gone through healing in aftercare and are now thriving as they apply their skills through AIM's employment centers!"
Operation Underground Railroad is registered 501(c)3 organization. Bringing together former CIA, Navy SEALs, and Special Ops operatives, O.U.R. partners with local law enforcement agencies around the world to save children from this modern day slavery. Founded by CEO Tim Ballard in 2013, O.U.R. has rescued more than 745 victims and helped arrest over 365 traffickers worldwide.
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NOVEMBER 20, 2017
A previously deported illegal immigrant gang member charged with attempted murder and kidnapping this month was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Ft. Collins, a northern Colorado sanctuary city that ousted a finalist for police chief over his support of immigration enforcement. Judicial Watch blew the scandal open in September and is embroiled in a public records saga with Ft. Collins officials for documents surrounding the selection process and abrupt elimination of a respected veteran law enforcement official with impressive credentials. Ft. Collins is trying to keep records secret by asserting that the “material is so candid or personal that public disclosure is likely to stifle honest and frank discussion within the government.”
The former chief deputy for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in central Arizona, Steve Henry, was a finalist for the Ft. Collins position and was invited to travel to the city for an interview. But Henry’s offer was abruptly rescinded, according to a source closely involved with the selection process, because he publicly supported an Arizona law (SB1070) that makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. without proper documentation and bans “sanctuary city” policies. This clashes with Ft. Collins’ sanctuary policies, which have been well documented in media reports. Mayor Wade Troxell said in a local newspaper that the city is an open, inclusive and friendly community and that “all people matter.” Members of the city council have consistently said they support diversity and want the city to be a welcoming place for all people.
This recent case proves how sanctuary policies endanger communities. The suspect, an illegal alien from El Salvador named Angel Ramos, tried to kill a woman by stabbing her repeatedly with a screw driver then running her over with his car before trying to stuff her in the trunk. He is a confirmed member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and is wanted for homicide in his native El Salvador, according to information provided to the media by the U.S. Marshals Service. The 36-year-old has been charged with attempted murder, assault, menacing with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, domestic violence and criminal impersonation. Last year Ramos was deported from Texas to El Salvador after getting arrested for domestic violence, authorities told a national news outlet. Days after trying to kill the woman this month, he was arrested at the Ft. Collins construction site where he worked.
It’s not clear how or when Ramos ended up in Ft. Collins, but it’s not unreasonable to assume that the city’s sanctuary measures made it attractive for a previously deported gang member on the run. The MS-13 is a feared street gang of mostly Central American illegal immigrants that’s spread throughout the U.S. and is renowned for drug distribution, murder, rape, robbery, home invasions, kidnappings, vandalism and other violent crimes. The Justice Department’s National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) says criminal street gangs like the MS-13 are responsible for most violent crimes in the U.S. and are the primary distributors of most illicit drugs. Wonder how Ft. Collins residents feel about their city leaders enabling MS-13 members to live and work in their community?
Of interesting note is that Ft. Collins’ local newspaper, the Coloradoan, makes no mention of Ramos’ immigration status, reporting only that “Homeland Security agents assisted with the arrest.” The paper supported Ft. Collins’ push to become a sanctuary for illegal immigrants and appears to be completely in the city government’s pocket. Other Colorado media outlets rightfully mentioned the newsworthy information about Ramos’ immigration status. The Ramos case indicates that Ft. Collins could use a better newspaper and a police chief like Steve Henry, whose support for the rule of law ironically served as a disqualifier for a candidate hired to enforce the rule of law.
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