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Like A Girl MAY 2017
F
ighting like a girl. Running like a girl. Throwing like a girl. I think in this day and age, we can all laugh in the face of those once-slurred notions suggesting something negative. Having two glorious and strong daughters of my own, I appreciate when things are done “like a girl.”
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Mimi Darley Dutton, Lindsay Goeckeritz,
And that includes dreaming.
Linnea Lundgren, Brooke Zimmerman
In “Permission to Dream,” local writer and photographer Lindsay Goeckeritz captures the hopes and dreams of refugee girls who live in our midst, and the certainty with which they seek their future. These dreams will take a lot of determination, a lot of hard work, and a lot of focus.
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Lindsay Goeckeritz, Jamie Jackson, Sea Pine Photography LLC, Tresa Martindale
Qualities that another “girl” in our magazine needed too, to earn the title of the “Bouquet Slayer.” I won’t give it all away, but did you know we have a Guinness World Record holder living in our midst?! She went for her own dream—and she got it. As for all the “girls” in our May issue, there is an admirable strength in their determination that is undeniable. Maybe if we could all do things more “like a girl,” we’d all be better off.
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The Celebration Project, a local non-profit charity which provides birthday parties for children living in homeless shelters, celebrated its first birthday at the Draper Chick-fil-A. With 50 parties currently on their 2017 roster, seven corporate partners, 20+ sponsors, and 500+ volunteers the charity has grown significantly in just one year. TheCelebrationProject.org
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Pilates Revolution's "Healthy Eating on a Budget"
On March 23, Pilates Revolution & Fitness, ISE Training and Sanctuary Development Group presented "Heatlhy Eating on a Budget" with featured speaker Mackenzie McCleery. The purpose of the seminar was to educate people on how you CAN feed your family healthy, delicious and nutritious meals AND stay on a budget.Â
Featured speaker Mackenzie McCleery and Stephanie "Addie's Pantry" is a plant-based cookbook by Addie Stephanie Smith addresses the group Smith, owner of Pilates Revolution & Fitness Robbins, instructor at Pilates Revolution & Fitness
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AROUND TOWN
Conference. The award was presented during the Opening Session of the conference, which was held at the University of Utah. Lennox is first in line to embrace new technology, Blunt says. Many of the devices she uses were purchased with grant money that she personally applied for and won. Yet she’s generous with her time and resources, forever sharing students' accomplishments, tech tips, and teaching ideas on social media to promote the cooperative development and effective use of technology. Lennox, M.Ed., is a certified NASA teacher with endorsements in educational tech-
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nology, reading, and teaching English as a second language. The leader of Draper’s "Techniteer Troupe,” she brings together students
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award for the Best Company Safety Program-Large Business. Utah
to code, and complete engineering challenges. She’s not one to let
Business Company
Insurance (UBIC)
high-tech resources rest idle, Blunt says. “When entering her class-
has
room, what becomes instantly obvious is the passion Ashley has for
an annual “Magnificent 7”
teaching and learning and the love she has for her students. She
(or M7) Awards Ceremony
motivates, encourages, and inspires.”
that honors policy holders,
business
partners
and insurance profession-
SANDY YEA SHARK TANK WINNER, OLIVIA BERHAN
als for excellence in their
Oliva Berhan’s business, Kelali,
fields. The awards are
was very inspiring to the judges
split into two categories,
and the audience. Inspired by the
one for safety and the
women swaddling their children
other for insurance.
in the traditional gabi, Kelali's first
ONE TEACHER'S LOW-COST APPROACH TO HIGH-TECH EDUCATION
product is a simple swaddle blanket. Kelali seeks to bring the historical significance of swaddling to
Chromebooks, iPads, Sphero devices, and Makey Makey kits:
an American audience. Throughout
These are just a few of the digital tools in Ashley Lennox’s class-
time, swaddles have been used in
room. The fifth-grade Draper Elementary teacher also has been
ancient civilizations to hold young
known to put a few analog (even living) devices to use, including,
children and infants. However, the
an iguana and yoga balls—masterfully marrying them with the
true significance of the swaddle
curriculum to make learning fun and encourage students to think,
was not yet known by Western
problem-solve and create. But don't let her fun-filled classroom fool
Society until recently. Medical doc-
you. “She’s an outstanding young educator who combines creativ-
tors and researchers have actually
ity, technology use, class-
found that the swaddle mimics the
room management, and
mother's womb; tightly holding
superior teaching skills
them the way they are positioned before birth.
to create a classroom
The swaddle blanket will be manufactured in Ethiopia, to
where all students learn
support the "Women's Workers Union". This venture will support
and achieve,” says CSD
women who have been victims of abduction marriage, divorce,
Educational
Technology
and cultural separation. This model provides a way for women
Specialist Katie Blunt. For
in these circumstances to become independent and provide for
her smart use of new
themselves and their children.
technology, her willing-
Olivia was awarded $4,000 to aid her in efforts to start her business.
ness to collaborate and
She will be traveling to Rochester, NY at the beginning of May to
share tech tips with her
compete against approximately 100 other businesses from across the
peers, and her efforts to promote good digital citizenship, Ashley
nation in the Regional and the National competitions, after which, she
Lennox was named the 2017 UCET Outstanding Young Educator
will be traveling to Ethiopia to immediately begin following through
Award at the March 16 Utah Coalition for Educational Technology
on starting her business.
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ired of the mainstream music scene and the same old stuff that all sounds like a copycat on your playlists? Ready to immerse yourself in something that actually sounds original and leaves you wanting more? Good news: MMEND recently joined the
local band scene and is providing music that will get your blood pumping and is like nothing you’ve heard, guaranteeing you’ll add their songs to a couple of your playlists. Better news: MMEND is a group of local Draper residents and Alta High School graduates!
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While some people call MMEND’s sound an alternative-indie-rock type, MMEND prefers not to give their music and sound a title or category. “When we write music, we are trying to come out with a sound that people don’t know they want but it ends
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up being a niche in their playlists. We don’t want to be a better version of a different artist, we want to make sure our sound is unique,” says band member, Mitchell Winter. MMEND band members include Mitchell, Mason Winter, Elise Winter, Dallin Orr and Connor Robertson. Everyone grew up with musical backgrounds and came together through a love of music. Three of the band's members are siblings and the other two are friends and Alta High School classmates. Mason and Dallin have been playing together since high school, and other band members came and went until finally Mitchell, Elise and Connor joined. The sound was made and the rest is history! But really, this is just the beginning: MMEND has a handful of awards and recorded singles and they are just getting started. MMEND won first place in Provo’s Battle of the Bands, hosted by Velour in June 2016, and The Wall’s Battle of the Bands at BYU in October 2016. Reach Provo is a music magazine in Provo City
that covered the Provo Battle of the Bands competition; they men-
tioned MMENDs live performance by saying it was “absolutely incredible” and “it felt like they were on a huge stage with thousands of people hanging on to every word.” Reach Provo also mentioned that one of the judges of Provo’s Battle of the Bands said, “I
haven’t felt this way about a Provo band’s performance since I saw Imagine Dragons here five year ago–right before they went big.” When you see MMEND live you will hear at least a few of their 10 original songs. Currently they have recorded and released two singles, which you can find on Spotify and Apple Music. They are in the process of recording a few more songs and plan to release an Extended Play (EP) with five to six songs by fall of 2017. MMEND writes, records, and performs in between their full-time school and work schedules. Band members attend BYU and UVU, as well as work full-time and part-time jobs. They actively support each other in their individual lives, but try to come together and fit as much band time in as possible. Short-term goals for MMEND include joining the Provo Rooftop Series this summer. Long-term, they hope to graduate from school and replace their jobs and income with the band full-time, which would open the doors for recording and releasing full albums and begin touring and playing at festivals. With their accomplishments and successes in the short time they have been performing together, anticipate seeing big things from MMEND! Mitchell said, “We feel really lucky that everything has fallen in line and we have been able to move to the next step when needed. The support has been amazing and helped us achieve our successes so far.” Check out their Facebook page to hear their music and find out where you can see them perform live.
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Apple Tart • 12-inch pie crusts • 1⁄2 cup sugar • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour • 4 cups chopped peeled apples • 2 tablespoons sugar • 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg • 1 tablespoon butter 1. Heat oven to 400º F. 2. Mix 1/2 cup sugar and the flour in large bowl. Stir in apples. The
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1/2 cup shallot, minced
3. Spread the apple mixture
1/2 cup local honey
uniformly from the center of the
2 tablespoons whole grain mustard
dough circle to within 2 inches of
1/4 cup passion fruit puree
edge. Fold edge of dough over apple
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
mixture; crimp edge of dough slightly.
1 1/2 cup canola oil
4. Mix 2 tablespoons sugar,
Combine all ingredients except
nutmeg and cinnamon; sprinkle
oil and blend for 10 seconds. Slowly
over apples and dough.
drizzle oil into the running blender
5. Cut 1 tablespoon butter into 5 or 6 small pieces; spread on top of the apples. 6. Bake 27 to 32 minutes or until crust is golden brown. 7. Cut into wedges. Serve warm drizzled with caramel topping.
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DEEP DRAPER roots Landscaper Ryan Summerhays welcomes city’s growth and works to be water-wise ARTICLE MIMI DARLEY DUTTON
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yan Summerhays grew up in Draper and remembers when the town was primarily made up of farms and horse property. He has watched the evolution of Draper from wide-open spaces to the growing city that it is today. The Summerhays family history in Draper started when his grandfather bought property in the early 50’s. Ryan's dad, city councilman Alan Summerhays, was about ten years old at the time. Ryan was drawn to the landscape business as a result of how he was raised. "I grew up on five acres. My dad had a lot of tractors and equipment and it wasn't unusual for him to volunteer my services,” he said with a chuckle, adding, “I was the ultimate boy in the sense that I loved tractors and working in the dirt.” He can recall when the current location of Starbuck's was a small airport. “Corner Canyon was our playground, before the trails were actually trails," he said. He relishes those small town memories and experiences, but he also welcomes the transformation of Draper as it’s grown. Ryan’s company motto is, “We do it right the first time, every time.” Summerhays Landscape is committed to making sure that every landscape is done right. “Every project cannot be perfect, but I will always stand behind my work and my crew,” he said. Ryan invests time in continuing education for himself and for his crew, particularly when it comes to water management and efficient water use. He states, “Water is one of our biggest commodities. We need 22
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to work to be better stewards of the water we have.” He is a proud member of the Irrigation Association, and states, “I am very passionate about water conservation. I feel that this is such an important aspect in the landscape community; water is life.” Volunteering time in the community is important to Ryan. In the footsteps of his dad, he serves on the city's Parks and Trails Committee, a position he was appointed to by Mayor Troy Walker. “We advocate for balance in our open space for all users. I think the parks are stellar and I would push to continue the growth of parks and trails. It is important to have places to hike, bike, and play outdoors. I like the idea of keeping our children moving and active, to be outside and off technology,” he said. One of his proudest landscape achievements is Ballard Corner Memorial Park in Draper which features a monument and bench honoring the late Sergeant Derek Johnson. "That was an honor to do. I'm glad that Draper was able to create a space in his memory. That's one of the more powerful things we've been a part of," he said. This March marked 14 years of Summerhays Landscape being in business. "Being able to work with someone and transform their yard to create what they want is part of my why. I like empowering people to use their creativity and transform their living space into something that will create memories with their family and loved ones.” Ryan feels that landscaping is often oversimplified. First, you must consider
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“We advocate for balance in our open space for all users. I think the parks are stellar and I would push to continue the growth of parks and trails. It is important to have places to hike, bike, and play outdoors. I like the idea of keeping our children moving and active, to be outside and off technology.” Utah’s unique climate as well microclimates. Microclimates can change from neighborhood to neighborhood as well as different parts of your own yard. There is also an extensive amount of knowledge that goes into the architecture of plant design. “Landscapers keep things alive like doctors and vets, you have to have the knowledge base and then be able to assess what will thrive rather than just live. It’s not just a matter of planting trees and putting sprinklers in the ground,” he said. Summerhays Landscape services the entire Wasatch Front with commercial and residential landscaping and maintenance. This includes sprinkler systems and repair, planting, hardscapes such as patios and water features. During winter they provide snow removal services to commercial clients.
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Inspired By
“WHEN WE SHARE OUR STORIES... IT OPENS UP OUR HEARTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. AND IT GIVES US THE SENSE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE ON THIS JOURNEY.” -JANINE SHEPHERD
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t was just a quick little Facebook blurb, buried between photos of a friend’s new baby, and
the vacation post of another. “Volunteers needed to photograph children who are refugees at upcoming event.” The organization in need was the local non-profit MyStory Matters, which compiles interviews and photographs into beautiful albums which are given to each child to “promote healing, inspire hope, and celebrate courage...by engaging them in a process that helps them reflect, recount, record, and reframe their stories.”
ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY
A few weeks later, towing lights, camera,
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props, and backdrops in my little green wagon, I
DREAM
walked down the hall of a typical looking brick middle school in Salt Lake City. After checking in I got set up at my assigned station. My job that day was to create photograph’s for the “I Dream” page that would go in each child’s book. As I took a few minutes to talk with each child,
I quickly realized how big their dreams are. After finishing up for the day I considered all that had been shared with me. A local leader recently posed the question, “What if their story were my story?” I started wondering, “What if this
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child were my child?” What would I hope and
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need from a new community where everything from the language and dress to the educational expectations was foreign to me? It’s simple. I would want--and need--kind-
ness, inclusion, guidance and support. I returned home to search for additional opportunities to assist the children I had met. I did not have to look far to locate fantastic local organizations engaged in working with youth who have come to this country as refugees. Opportunities offered included things such as purchasing an item off an Amazon wish list, gathering a group of 12-18 year old girls to play one volleyball game
“I want to learn
ENGLISH & MATH.
I want to be a DOCTOR.” -Mudan (Somalia)
with a team of girls who are refugees, sewing teachers to help at a Saturday clinic to teach women who are refugees to sew. The opportunities to serve are varied and
numerous. As we work together to compassionately provide necessary support for children who are refugees, we help shape their future story, and in so doing, write a new chapter in our own.
Calendar a few minutes to check out some of the organizations and opportunities highlighted by The Refugee Connection at at ServeRefugees. org Follow their Facebook page and download the Serve Refugees App to view the most current needs. For more information on becoming a writer, interviewer, or photographer for My Story Matters, go to MyStoryMatters.org
“READING makes me happy. I want to be a DOCTOR when I'm older." -Dunia (Kurdistan)
“I will go to college after I graduate from high school. I want to go to the
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. I want to help people see. I want to help little kids who have eye problems & bad grades in school to see. It would help them get
GOOD GRADES.” -Muna (Kenya)
“I wish to go to COLLEGE, graduate, get a job, and have a
FAMILY.
“I want to teach English." -Etoo (Tanzania)
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(CON TI N U ED)
“The people around me give me STRENGTH.
I am motivated by my friends & teachers. I want to be a teacher.
I WANT TO TEACH ENGLISH.”
-Asma (Ethiopia)
“I like school here. I like the teachers and the quality of the education. My MUSIC CLASS IS MY FAVORITE because I have been practicing the cello for six years.
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Trend Setter
A Good Catch DRAPER WOMAN SNATCHES WORLD RECORD FOR BRIDAL BOUQUET CATCHES
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s soon as Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” comes on,
statements needed to be done on their official form.
Jamie Jackson positions herself up front, checks
She started all over.
out the gals beside her and gets ready to jump and catch the bridal bouquet. That’s Jackson’s modus operandi, and it’s paid off. The longtime Draper resident holds the Guinness
“I felt like it was like getting my Ph.D.,” she says of the documentation process that took from 20042015. She keeps all her bouquets (dried) in a glass display case and all documentation in binders.
World Record for most bridal bouquets caught—a
Before Valentine’s Day 2015, her record became
total of 50. She calls herself the “Bouquet Slayer,” and
official and word spread. Within minutes, radio
for those wedding guests lucky enough to see her
and TV stations from around the world called for
catch, they say it’s the best interception they’ve seen
an interview. “It was crazy, crazy,” she recalls.
outside of football.
Now that things have settled, she looks back on the
“It was a fun goal that I always wanted to do
lesson she’s learned. “People can achieve their dreams.
forever,” says Jackson, a personal trainer. “I finally
You can do anything if you know your end goal,” she says.
accomplished it. It took a lot of perseverance.”
With so many bouquets caught, the question
Thanks to many friends and co-workers tying the
remains: will Jackson ever toss a bouquet? Maybe
knot, she’s been to a lot of weddings, starting in 1996. It
that could be the next goal on the docket, but until
wasn’t until 2001 that she discovered there was a record
then she says she’ll continue living life to the full-
for catching bouquets, which she’d easily broken.
est with her “Just Do It” mantra and mentality. It’s
Catching bouquets was the easy part. To make her record official, Guinness required extensive documentation, including photographs/videos—difficult to gather before the arrival of the smartphone. Luckily, Jackson was persistent. However, after submitting everything, Guinness decided all witness
on her list to create a sports commercial, teach a bridal boot camp and travel to Ireland. Should Jackson tie the knot, she knows exactly what music she’ll use for the bouquet toss. “It will be the theme song from ‘Rocky’,” she says, “because I am so competitive.”
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Realty Report
Draper Realty Report
Neighborhood
List Price
Sq Ft
BDRM
Bath
DOM
Type
Bear Canyon Estates
$849,900
5463
7
6
238
SF
Bellevue
$649,900
4904
6
4
1
SF
Bridle Pointe
$750,000
5739
4
4
49
SF
Canyon Oaks
$674,900
5472
6
4
35
SF
Canyon Ridge at Akagi Farm
$1,199,000
7987
6
7
45
SF
Corner Canyon Vista
$1,399,000
7655
7
8
333
SF
Corner Canyon Estates
$819,900
5929
6
6
37
SF
Cottages at Fairway Hollow
$525,000
4257
4
3
4
SF
Crystal Meadows
$609,900
4284
6
4
13
SF
Deer Hollow
$619,000
3628
6
3
103
SF
Draper Heights
$749,900
6332
6
4
110
SF
Draperville Farms
$830,000
6611
4
3
16
SF
Eagle Crest
$569,000
4527
5
4
29
SF
Fox Crossing
$825,000
5112
6
6
90
SF
Hickory Ridge
$699,000
4824
5
3
24
SF
Oak Vista
$639,500
4931
6
4
5
SF
Somerlin Meadows
$619,900
5030
4
3
121
SF
Southam Estates
$579,800
4162
5
4
13
SF
South Mountain
$669,500
5180
6
4
103
SF
$2,900,000
8670
7
7
90
SF
Twin Peaks at Draper
$610,000
5015
6
4
170
SF
Valle di Villa
$875,000
5233
5
5
5
SF
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Lifestyle Calendar
May EVERY THURSDAY
MAY 14
FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS
MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH BUFFET
THE GALLIVAN CENTER
THE GATHERING PLACE AT GARDNER VILLAGE
Taste some of SLC's eclectic food trucks parked along Gallivan Ave-
Offering everything from a delicious array of traditional break-
nue every Thursday from 11a.m. to 2 p.m.
fast items including a crepe station, to savory meats that include
MAY 5
carved turkey and roast baron of beef, and a sweet ending at the Belgian Chocolate Fountain, The Gathering Place is THE PLACE to
CINCO DE MAYO PARTY ON THE MEZZANINE
take mom. $15.95 for ages 3-11, $27.95 for adults. First-come, first-
HARMONS BANGERTER CROSSING
served, no reservations accepted.
Spice up the night at a fiesta that will close down the mezzanine and feature Mexican specialties made at Harmons--including salsas,
MAY 18 - 26
guacamole, fish tacos, carne asada fajitas, tamales, gelato, Mexican
NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL
chocolate and more. New World Distillery will be serving their Agave
JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE
Spirits (Tequila) and Proper Brewing Co. will be serving their Craft
Join Ballet West and four of America’s most esteemed ballet com-
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panies over two weekends to celebrate another season of new
MAY 6
works. The festival will focus on the work of women choreographers and women artistic directors from around the world. Featur-
TASTE FOR THE SPACE
ing two different programs in the Eccles Theater, including world
SHOPS AT SOUTH TOWN
premieres by Africa Guzman and Natalie Weir for Ballet West.
A community experience and culinary competition, Taste for the Space pits chefs, food trucks and local restauranteurs against each
MAY 20 & 21
other for the ultimate prize: restaurant space at The Shops at South
DOWNTOWN YOGA FESTIVAL
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WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
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healthy lifestyle, peace, and happiness through yoga, music, medi-
MAY 13
tation, eating, get-togethers and more. It is a unique and extraordinary gathering unlike any other that celebrates the healing effects
2017 RACE FOR THE CURE
of yoga with a variety of yoga classes, workshops, and seminars
LIBRARY SQUARE
for all skill levels and ages.
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UTAH COPA AUDITIONS
deaths by 50% in the U.S. in the next 10 years.
COPA BUILDING AT OLD PARK SCHOOL
MAY 13 ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL DRAPER PARK
Utah COPA will hold company auditions for the following year, as well as auditions for "Annie," to be performed at Summit Academy August 4-5. UtahCopa.com
Featuring gifts, jewelry, art, clothing, pottery, home decor, live enter-
MAY 30 - JUNE 4
tainment and delicious food!
RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA
MAY 13
THE ECCLES THEATER This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-drop-
THE DRAPER MOTO CHALLENGE
ping transformations and all the moments you love—the pump-
BALLARD ARENA
kin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more—plus some sur-
Motorcycle racing returns to Draper! Buy tickets in advance at The
prising new twists!
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Parting Thoughts
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