February 22, 2021
Named as a 2020 Time Magazine Guardian of the Year for his work helping the Navajo Nation during the pandemic, Weber State University alumnus Pete Sands said his preparation to lead a Herculean effort took root in his high school library in Montezuma Creek, Utah.
“I spent a lot of time in the library in Whitehorse High School, and it opened my eyes to the world,” Sands explained. “At first, I saw through books, but when I came to Weber State, it expanded everything. It really made it okay to try different things: you know, studying for my criminal justice class at the same time I was reading lines for a play or sculpting clay, or taking business classes, and all the while, I had a construction job, so I was building homes.”
Four locals have thrown their names in the hat to fill the open seat of Cache County executive.
The vacancy opened when Craig Buttars resigned to serve as Utahâs interim-Commissioner of Agriculture and Food after Gov. Spencer Cox appointed him in December.
Per county bylaws, the Cache County Republican Party will host its third special election in as many years to see who will be the next executive among applicants Dave Erickson, David Zook, Ladd Kennington and Marc Ensign.
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Erickson, who has been a member of the Cache County Council for six years and was re-elected in November, is a fourth-generation farmer on the northern end of the valley.
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MONTEZUMA CREEK, San Juan County Pete Sands was scrolling through Instagram Thursday night when he thought he saw a familiar face on the cover of Time. I thought, That guy looks like me! he said laughing, because it was a picture of the actor, activist and creator of Utah Navajo Health System sCOVID-19 Relief program, which was honored as one of Time s Guardians of the Year. It was definitely a shocker.
Sands and Utah Navajo Health System were honored along with other front-line health care workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci as Guardians of the Year a feature that is part of the magazine s Person of the Year awards. Sands said he was flattered when a Time reporter called and just wanted to include them in the story.