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ed Barn Academy in Farmington is a non-traditional addiction-recovery program. “We are a life skills academy,” said Alan Fahringer, program director of Red Barn Academy. They don’t just try to get them clean and sober. “We don’t talk about drugs, although everybody here was a former drug addict. We don’t talk about their pasts. We take them from the day they get here and provide them an opportunity to completely reinvent their life, going forward.” The men that come to them come from jail, because it is an alternative to a prison sentence. “Or they come in off the street, just broken, lost, usually homeless, but we have them sit on a bench out front for a while, and we tell them that this is their portal between life outside that door and the new life in here you say you want,” Fahringer said. “And everything we do here is based on character development and behavior modification. So, it is very different,” he said. “We pride ourselves on self-sufficiency. We don’t have people who do our landscaping. We do it. We don’t have people to cook our meals. We do it. We don’t have people to clean up our bunkhouse. We do it. The students run Continued page 4
Red Barn Academy is located west of I-15 near Station Park in Farmington. The facility is a non-traditional addiction recovery program.
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CENTERVILLE—The city has entered into an agreement with Momentum Recycling to provide an optional curbside glass recycling program for residents. The program will cost $8 per month per residence with a one-time $25 activation fee; participants will receive a 35-gallon bin. On June 1, after passing an ordinance that allowed glass recycling in the city, the city council unanimously approved the agreement. Administrative Services Director Jacob Smith told the city council on May 18 that there have been a lot of requests from residents for this service. On May 18, Jason Utgaard with Momentum Recycling outlined the company’s curbside glass recycling program. He also shared information about a second program in response to a question from the city council. That program would utilize a community bulk glass collection pod which would be located on city property. That program would cost $700 to place and $40 for each pick-up. After considering both options, the city council decided to support the curbside program but directed city staff to investigate bulk collection pods for all multi-family developments in the city. Under the new curbside program, the glass will be picked up once a month. Where possible, Momentum Recycling will not schedule its pickup on normal garbage pick-up days, Utgaard said. Users may sign up online for an email, phone call or text message reminder the day before pickup. There is no contract; the service is provided month to month and users may cancel at any time. Momentum Recycling provides glass recycling to 10 communities in Salt Lake County and the cities of Bountiful, West Bountiful, North Salt Lake and Woods Cross in Davis County. The company, which is based in Salt Lake City, operates the only glass recycling facility in Utah. It currently services 800 commercial clients and more than 10,000 households. Most of
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this entire program. It is called, ‘each one, teach one.’ That is the philosophy that we implore,” said Fahringer. “They come in here and there are four phases of the program. First phase is three months long, and they just do menial work around the house. They take care of the animals. They do laundry. They mop floors. They wash dishes.” In the second phase, they get a job somewhere in the academy. They get to show up on time and work hard. play nice with others. “It might be at our moving company, Red Barn Movers. It might be at our restaurant, Sticky Bird. It might be in the kitchen here. It might be at the front desk, or somewhere here on the farm,” he said. The third phase is when they are in the charge of the new guys. “The fourth phase, they have been around long enough and they know enough that they are basically helping us run the place. and then the last three months, they go out into the community and get their own job,” Fahringer said. They can avail themselves of graduate housing if they want. It is subsidized by Red Barn. “A lot of times guys who are felons have a hard time finding people who will rent to them, so they end up in less than desirable neighborhoods, so we try to give them an opportunity to live nicely,” said Fahringer. Unfortunately, about half of the people who start this process leave, he said. “They give up on themselves. About 90 percent of the people that leave do it in the first 90 days of the program. So, the trick is, if you can get yourself to your pillow 90 times in a row, you’re probably going to finish the program. If they do finish
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Mt. Timpanogos is a popular hike for dogs and their humans. Photo courtesy of Alicia Baker.
Once you and your pup are well prepared to hit the trails, research ahead of time which trails allow dogs. In Utah, both Big Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyons prohibit dogs as they are protected watershed areas. Dogs are also prohibited on national park trails. For trails that do allow dogs, also research whether they are allowed off-leash not only so you know if you can unleash your dog but also so you will be prepared and can expect that other dogs will be off leash too. During and after the hike, inspect your pup’s paws, ears, and coat for foxtails, prickly goat heads, splinters, ticks, and other debris so that you can remove them immediately. Despite the few areas where dogs are prohibited, Utah is an outdoor playground for you and your best furry friend. Baker’s favorite dog-friendly hikes are as follows: Beginner – Living Room Trail by the U Intermediate: Desolation Overlook in Millcreek Canyon Advanced: Mt. Timpanogos in Utah County. Baker’s blog provides detailed descriptions of these trails with accompanying photos. “Hikes with my dog are always exciting,” said Joanne Bolnick of Herriman. For me, it’s being outdoors and getting exercise. For him it’s finding game birds and bunnies to chase.” Natalie Johnson Morrison of Kaysville hikes with her Canine Companions service dog, Davin. “His hiking speed is somewhere between sloth and sea turtle, but he’s a very polite and good hiker,” Morrison said. “Seeing our mini goldendoodle, Sully, loves to hike has pushed us to hike together more this past year than ever before,” Amanda Lee of Kaysville said. “Sully takes to the trails with a spring in his step!” If you would like to explore the wild with your most loyal and enthusiastic best friend, visit www.girlonahike.com or join the Utah Facebook group, “Dogs that Hike Utah.” l
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Applications to open to hunt cranes, grouse or swans SALT LAKE CITY — If you are looking for a unique experience in Utah’s outdoors, consider applying for permits for the chance to hunt greater sage grouse, sandhill crane, swan or sharp-tailed grouse this fall. The application period for these four Utah bird hunts opens on Wednesday, July 7. Qualifying to hunt most bird species in Utah is simple: buy a combination or small game license and head afield. However, some bird species also require a special permit in addition to a hunting license. Those species include: • Band-tailed pigeon • Tundra swan • Sharp-tailed grouse • Greater sage-grouse • White-tailed ptarmigan • Sandhill crane • Turkey The permits for band-tailed pigeon and white-tailed ptarmigan are available for free, starting July 29 on the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources website or from any license agent. Permits for greater sage-grouse, sandhill crane, swan and sharp-tailed grouse are available through the Utah hunt drawing. You can apply for permits from July 7-21 for a chance to hunt these larger, unique birds in the fall. If you hunt American crows, mourning doves, bandtailed pigeons, sandhill cranes, white-winged doves, geese, ducks, coots, rails, snipes or swans, you are required to register in the Migratory Bird Harvest Information (HIP) program. It is free to register and Utah has a simple, online HIP registration process. If you are 16 or older and you’re going to hunt any waterfowl — including ducks, geese, swans, coots, rails and snipes — you must purchase a federal migratory bird
hunting and conservation stamp, often referred to as a “duck stamp.” Those stamps can be purchased at your local post office, from some license agents or by phone at 1-800-7826724. To participate in the hunt drawing, you must apply for permits through the DWR website no later than 11 p.m. MDT on July 21. You should be notified of your drawing results by Aug. 6. If you’re not going to hunt swans, grouse or cranes this year, you can still apply for a preference point. Hunters with preference points have a better chance of obtaining a permit for the following year. If you have questions about applying for a permit, call 1-800-221-0659 or the nearest DWR office. The hunting seasons for the birds that require a permit in Utah are as follows: • Band-tailed pigeon: Sept. 1-14 • Sharp-tailed grouse: Sept. 25 to Oct. 17 • Greater sage-grouse: Sept. 25 to Oct. 17 • Tundra swan: Oct. 2 to Dec. 12 • White-tailed ptarmigan: Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 • Sandhill crane: Sept. 4-12 for Cache and Rich counties; Sept. 4 to Nov. 2 for east Box Elder County; Oct. 2-21 for the early Uintah Basin hunt, Oct. 22 to Nov. 10 for the middle Uintah Basin hunt and Nov. 11-30 for the late Uintah Basin hunt. • Turkeys: Multiple turkey hunts take place in both fall and spring. For season dates and how to obtain permits, please see pages 38-39 of the 2021-22 Utah Upland Game & Turkey Guidebook. For more information about the hunts listed above — and how to obtain permits — see the 2021-2022 Utah Upland Game & Turkey Guidebook or the 2021-2022 Utah
Sharp-tailed grouse can be hunted from Sept. 25 to Oct. 17 in Utah. Photo courtesy Utah DWR
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City Journals Economic Overview Economic recovery brings inflation concerns By Robert Spendlove | Zions Bank Senior Economist
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he Utah economy continues to improve. Job growth is accelerating, unemployment is dropping, and wages are increasing. However, the emerging trend of inflation is causing some struggles in the economic recovery. Inflation essentially describes the principle that prices rise over time. It’s actually good to have inflation; it encourages investment and overall growth. However, if inflation grows too much it erodes the value of cash and can cause asset bubbles, which then can crash. An example of this is lumber prices, which nearly tripled in price from July 2020 to May 2021, but have dropped nearly 50% in the last few weeks. Inflation has been increasing nationally and locally for the past few months. The national Consumer Price Index rose in May by 5% from a year before. This is the highest inflation since the summer of 2008. Prices regionally were also up significantly in May, increasing 4.7% over the past year.
A primary cause of this recent inflation is the economic reopening. A year ago, as the pandemic spread and as the economy shut down, demand for many goods and services evaporated. This caused prices for things like gasoline, hotel rooms, and airfare to collapse. With many people now returning to work and going on trips, demand has surged for these products. Gasoline prices alone are up 56.2% in the last 12 months, and the price of used cars and trucks has surged 29.7% over the same period. Airfares are up 24.1% in the last year and increased 12.2% in the last month. The big question now is how long this high inflation will last. Is this a temporary surge or is it the beginning of a prolonged period of price pressures? No one knows for sure and this is a topic of intense debate. The Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates, has said they are concerned about unexpected high inflation but they want to wait and see what the future brings over the next several months before pulling back on monetary policy that encourages growth. Robert Spendlove is senior economist for Zions Bank, a division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A. l
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City has agreed to convey property to historic home owner By Wayne Kartchner | The City Journals
FARMINGTON—On many historic properties the official property line is not at the location the owner thought it was. In the case of Jason Lindsey’s property the official property line cut through his house. Lindsey purchased and remodeled the historic home on 600 North. He worked hard on it and made it look beautiful. Last year he found out that the property lines were not where he expected them to be. Part of his bathroom and laundry is actually on city-owned land. “There was a lack of clarity about the old original property lines that goes back decades and really came to light when the new adjacent Symphony Homes subdivision was recorded,” Lindsey said. He approached the city and they agreed to convey the property to Lindsey so that he could wash clothes on his own property instead of city property. One of the city council members suggested, in jest, that they should have breakfast in the home at least once since they own part of it.
Lindsey was very happy with how the city responded. “Dave Peterson and Shane Pace at Farmington (City) were very helpful as we worked through the issues,” he said. “I’m grateful we were able to come up with a resolution that I think is fair for everyone.” A separate piece of land which is part of the 600 North right of way will also be deeded to Lindsey. This property is used for parking. Legally the city cannot give this property to him without compensation. The city and Lindsey have agreed on fair market value for the property. The agreement will clean up the property line which cuts through the historic single-family house, leaving the laundry room and bathroom on city property, as well as preserve water sewer and possibly other easements which may exist related to Rock Mill Lane and 600 North. Farmington City has previously deeded portions of Rock Mill Lane and 600 North rights-of-way to the Symphony Home subdivision. l
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Books to read: Lists, lists and more lists
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hat started out to be a simple story about summer reading lists turned into a whopping whale of a find for anyone—kid, parent, student, casual reader, avid reader, curiosity seeker—if you can’t find something to pique your kid’s interest here something is very wrong. That place is imaginationsoup. net/book-lists-books-for-kids/ ImaginationSoup is the brainchild of Melissa Taylor, a freelance education blogger/writer with a long list of awards and credits to her name that qualify her to create the marvelous lists of books you’ll find on her mind-boggling site. The first thing you find on her “Best Board Books for Babies and Toddlers” site is a quote from Arthur Conan Doyle. “It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.” Here are the first 10 of what she recommends: Baby Montessori Book Set 1. Big or Small? 2. The Garden 3. Animals 4. Follow Me! • The Very Hungry Caterpillar • Brown Bear, Brown Bear • You’re My Little Baby • Where is Baby’s Belly Button? • I Thought I Saw a Bear!
By Carole Osborne Cole | The City Journals • Goodnight Moon • The Going to Bed Book • Silly Lullaby • Little Fish and Friends Her lists are categorized by genre, by age and by playful learning. A list of her recommended picture books cover so many topics it’s impossible to cover here; suffice it to say if you can think of a person or subject, you almost certainly will find a picture book on this list. Even with the richness of the ImaginationSoup site, other lists are also useful. Sometimes a simplified list could be valuable. The following was put together by Amanda Morin who styled it the “perfect summer reading list for soon-to-be first-graders.” • Henry and Mudge: The Complete Collection • Scholastic Hello Reader Series, Levels 0, 1 and 2 • First Grade, Here I Come • Chrysanthemum • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie • Frog and Toad: Collection Box Set • The Listening Walk Here are the first 10 books of those that We Are Teachers recommend for middle-grade readers: • A Girl, A Raccoon, and the Midnight
Moon • Home Sweet Motel (Welcome to Wonderland #1) • Ellie, Engineer • Trapped in a Video Game • The Season of Styx Malone • The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science • The World According to Humphrey • The Pony on the Twelfth Floor • Funny Girl • Blended The following are the first 10 of the Children’s Book Council’s highest-rated STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) books: • Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner • A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon • The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons • All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World • Born Just Right • A Dream of Flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont’s Race Around the Eiffel Tower • The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the Race to Light the World
• Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car • Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World • Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World Rating the Best STEM Books is a joint project of the American Society for Engineering Education, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, the National Science Teachers Association, the Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees, and the Children’s Book Council, an annual event since 2017. Ecclesiastes 12:12 was right: “. . .of making many books there is no end.” l
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Centerville hires new people for key positions By Linda Petersen | The City Journals
CENTERVILLE—There has been some reshuffling going on at City Hall lately. On June 1, the city council voted unanimously to appoint Jennifer Hansen as the new city recorder and Nate Plaizier as the city’s finance director. Hansen, who has a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration with minors in drones and music from Utah State University, was hired in April as the city’s recreation coordinator. Even though many of the city’s recreation programs shut down during the pandemic, the city did not lay Hansen off. “I was lucky that Centerville kept me even though there wasn’t a lot of recreation happening,” she said. “I was very appreciative they let me keep a job. They were very helpful and found other responsibilities and tasks for me to do throughout the pandemic.” Some of those responsibilities involved helping out in the city recorder’s office; Hansen became the deputy city recorder in October and found she loved the position. In recent months, there was some turnover in the recorder position, and when it opened up again recently, Hansen thought it would be a good fit. “I had been helping out with it for several months and when the job opened up, I had really enjoyed it and was learning a lot, so I decided to apply,” she said. Hansen said she is still learning but having a good time as recorder. Prior to being hired by Centerville City, Hansen worked as a substitute teacher in Davis School District and taught piano out of her home. This position has not been the only major change in Hansen’s life; in November she married Cole Rob-
ison. The two have a dog, Mogie, a border collie/blue heeler mix, and Hansen, a true outdoors woman, loves nothing more than going on adventures and hiking in the mountains with their dog. She also enjoys mountain biking, water skiing, reading and playing the piano. Before accepting the position as finance director, Plaizier had previously worked as Murray City’s controller for four years. Prior to that, he worked for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in its international accounting division for three years. Plaizier has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in accounting from Westminster College. A Bountiful resident, Plaizier is happy to now be working so close to home. “The commute’s a lot nicer,” he said. “It was a step up in my career and it’s close to home,” he said of applying for the job as finance director. “It’s always nice to work for your neighborhood. Even through I’m not a Centerville resident, you have an impact on your surrounding neighborhoods.” Plaizier and his wife Aubrey have a 1-year-old daughter Cosette. He enjoys hunting, “anything outdoors,” and spending time with their dogs. “I’m happy and excited to be here and I look forward to serving them to the best of my ability,” he said. Mike Carlson, the former water department supervisor, has been serving as interim public works director. He has agreed to accept the position full time, and Dave Walker has been named deputy public works director. l
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andidates have declared their intention to run for the offices of mayor and city council members in Centerville. Mayor: George McEwan (Current city council member) Clark Wilkinson (Incumbent) Lawrence Wright City Council: (two four-year seats) Adam Alba Gina Hirst Stephanie (McIntyre) Ivie (Incumbent) Lynn Keddington Colson McCloy Del Ruesch Nannette S. Smith
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Lucile Reading still inspires others through her legacy By Peri Kinder | peri.k@davisjournal.com
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hen Michelle Wardle runs through her neighborhood in Centerville, she usually passes Lucile C. Reading Elementary. Although Wardle was only 14 when her grandmother passed away, seeing Lucile Reading’s name on the school brings back memories of Christmas Eve celebrations, family get-togethers and the strong woman who left a legacy of service and love in Davis County. “My grandma was determined and I think she was definitely capable and very accomplished,” Wardle said. “I get exhausted when I read her history. She did so much in the community. I try to emulate all her good qualities.” In 1909, Reading was born in Logan, Utah, the daughter of Louis Samuel Cardon and Rebecca Ann Ballard. She attended Logan High School and graduated in 1931 with a bachelor’s degree in English from the Agricultural College of Utah, which later became Utah State University. She married Keith Reading in 1935 and had two sons, James and Don. Reading was passionate about lifting others, especially when it came to education, children and women. She served on the Board of Trustees at Primary Children’s Hospital and the Utah State Federation of
Women’s Clubs, but where she really made a difference was when she was elected to the Davis County Board of Education in 1977. The first three women elected to the Davis school board, Reading, Sheryl Allen and Theo Italisano set out to upset the usual order of business in the district. “We definitely wanted to make a change,” Allen said. “We were elected to be change agents. The three of us met prior to the first board meeting to decide which one of us we would nominate as president. We knew it had to be Lucile. She had an innate, natural leadership ability, combined with integrity, empathy and thoughtfulness.” Reading was elected as the first female president of the Davis Board of Education with a vote of 3-2 and set about bringing all school board discussions into an open meeting format, something that had never been done before. The first Davis School District board meeting in 1977 was standing-room only. The majority of women in education were teachers, with men representing more than 90 percent of the school administrators. People knew change was in the air, and they wanted a first-hand account of the three female board members making history. “We literally changed the culture of the
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Davis School District by making appointments more merit-based,” Allen said. “We addressed the bidding on capital outlay projects and we certainly changed education in terms of improving opportunities for gifted and talented students.” Allen first met Reading in the early ‘60s when Reading owned and operated the Mother Goose clothing store in Bountiful. “As a child, I’d go with my mother to the Mother Goose store to buy clothes for my sister,” Allen said. “I was always impressed with the lovely lady behind the counter. She had beautiful gray hair, even then, with a beautiful smile on her face.” Allen went on to serve in the Utah House of Representatives from 1994-2011 and in 2010 was selected by Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon to be his running mate during his gubernatorial bid. They were the first bipartisan ticket for a major office in the history of Utah. “Women, in particular, grow and nurture and reach out more if they are mentored,” Allen said. “Lucile was my political mentor.” Reading was devoted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many positions including eight years on the Primary General Board and in the General Presidency of the Primary. She established funds to send missionaries to places around the world, and helped create a magazine dedicated to educating and enlightening children. From its establishment in 1971, Reading worked as the managing editor of the church’s magazine, The Children’s Friend, where she continued her mission to enlighten, uplift and demonstrate her devotion to children. Reading loved to read and write, and participated in many book clubs throughout her life. To help further the creation of children’s books, she created the Lucile C. Reading Scholarship for Students of Children’s Literature, awarded to English majors at Utah State University who want to become writers and teachers of juvenile literature. Death is usually unexpected, but in Reading’s case, her passing shocked the community. Even at 72, she was still active, working as an editor and serving her third term as president of the Davis School District Board of Education. When she passed away in her sleep on March 22, 1982, she left behind a legacy that continues today. At the time of her death, a new elementary school was being planned for Centerville. When it was named Lucile C. Reading Elementary, the community approved wholeheartedly. “People just applauded that decision and embraced it,” Allen said, who served as president of the Davis School Board for six years after Reading’s death. “It was really
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a comfort to the community. It was a great honor to follow in her footsteps and I will always be grateful to her.” Lucile C. Reading Elementary serves approximately 430 children each year and is known for high achieving students and outstanding educators. It’s as if her energy permeates the school, lending her spirit to the development of children who love to read, to write, to explore the world and to express themselves. Reading Elementary Principal Scott Hughes said most people don’t always understand the heritage of the school. They just know the school is dedicated to creating exemplary students as tribute to an amazing woman. “Our school’s namesake, Lucile C. Reading, was an amazing person,” Hughes said. “It is important to me that we carry on her legacy. The more I learn about her life, the more impressed I am. She was a trailblazer and a leader in the community . . . Beyond all of that, she was incredibly kind. In a world without enough kindness, we need more Luciles. She is a great role model for our students.” Christine Wilcox, one of Reading’s six grandchildren, lives in the historic Reading home in Centerville. She said naming an elementary school after her grandmother is an apt tribute and one that will carry on her name for generations. “She always said, ‘Reading is good for you.’ I think it’s really cool that a school is named after her. The legacy she left behind was that she loved learning. She always said you should be the best person you can.” l
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Julie Freed and Growing Up (at) Lagoon By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—Most 9-year-olds can’t wait to go to an amusement park at least once or twice a summer – but how about being able to go almost every day? That was the idyllic childhood for Julie Freed, who is now the director of special events at Lagoon. She began working at the park at age 9, starring as a character in one of Lagoon’s haunted houses. But no child labor laws were broken – it’s her family’s business. newest and most popular attractions. “Lagoon had been closed during the war and it was rather rundown. So they leased it from the Bamberger family.” The original owner was Simon Bamberger, who built the popular railroad line that ran from Salt Lake City to the park, and eventually to Ogden, and was later governor of Utah. “The brothers opened again in the late 1940s, and my grandfather used to tell this story that the first day they reopened, he stood at the entrance, his hands behind his back, and as people came in he was counting. Well a total of 15 people came, and he thought that was incredible,” she said. The Freeds bought the park outright a few years later. Peter Freed passed away last year at the age of 99, and Julie said he came to the park almost every day until the age of 96. “In our family,” she said with a smile, “we don’t really retire. My dad (David W. Freed – president), mom (Luella Freed, who helps with staffing issues and running rides), aunt (Kristen Freed – vice president) and my sister Kirsten (who works with animals at the park) think we’ll be here forever – but when you love what you do, why would you retire?” She grew up Lagoon – or at least at Lagoon. By age 12, Julie worked a game called Plop Plop, standing out on the midway and inviting visitors to come play her game. “I remember my grandfather saying ‘This is just what we need – having Julie out front when people first come in.’ So I began greeting people as they walked through the gates.” All through her years in high school at Judge Memorial, any time the park got busy and they needed people, she would come up and serve drinks or food. She worked the rides, and still does today. “We were constantly on call,” she said. “Kirsten loves working with the animals and behind the scenes, while I love being out in the crowds. I think we compliment each other.” She only had one “beef” growing up – that Kirsten’s birthday party in June could be held at Lagoon, while Julie, who was born in March, didn’t get that. “We’re not open in March, of course, so I’d have to celebrate my half-birthdays in September. I remember thinking, ‘This is so not fair.’ But of course it was still fun. I got over it,” she said with a laugh. Through the years, she’s seen the growth of Lagoon, which is the only family-owned amusement park in the nation (all others are corporate-owned). She’s seen new rides and attractions, enjoyed the summer musicals and some of the numerous national acts that have performed at the park, and savored the laughs and smiles she observes every day at the park. After graduating from Judge Memorial, Julie left the park and went to college at Arizona State University,
-Julie at age 12 with her grandfather, Peter Freed, working her first game, Plop Plop, on the midway. Courtesy of Julie Freed
majoring in health. She teaches yoga and does some nutritional coaching on the side, but once back home, she returned to the park. To say 2020 was a year to forget for all of us would be an understatement, but it hit Lagoon particularly hard. When the park finally opened last spring, attendance was capped at 15 percent capacity by health officials. That restriction – Julie Freed stayed in place until the final two weeks of the season during its Frightmares presentation. Hundreds of six-foot-distance markers had to be installed around the park’s 150 acres, and over 200 hand sanitizer dispensers were installed. And then on Sept. 10, the weekend before Frightmares was to open, a horrendous windstorm came through Davis County, proving to be the most damaging storm in the park’s history. “We lost so many trees, some of them legacy trees that my grandfather had planted,” Julie said. “But the silver lining was that it took every one of our staff to clean things up. We all worked together and it was a bonding experience for everyone.” Reflecting on the two-plus decades she’s spent in and around Lagoon, she feels very blessed. “I feel really lucky to have grown up here, to have a job available for me when I returned from college,” she said. “From the minute I got back, I have loved it. I have never second-guessed being back at Lagoon.” l
Julie Freed, director of special events at Lagoon, began working at the park at age 9. Photo by Tom Haraldsen
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Julie and older sister Kirsten with their father David W. Freed, president of Lagoon Corp. Courtesy of Julie Freed
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Tutors use new techniques for instructing students
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ne of the hottest debates among educators in recent years has been teacher-pupil ratio. What is the ideal situation in the classroom? According to The National Bureau of Economic Research, small class size and low student-teacher ratios were among the most vital elements to predict academic success. As one child-care provider put it, “The most ideal circumstance, and one that many parents dream about, is if your child were paired up with a single adult childcare provider who could provide individual attention and support to your child and no one else for the entirety of their school days.” Tutoring is perhaps the closest anyone may come to this ideal. Two local tutors were interviewed. Both are experienced teachers who teach in the local school district. One has worked through an online tutoring service and seeks students through an online flyer; the other obtains her students through references from school employees, friends and an online flyer. Lori Kunz is a certified teacher with 16 years of experience who lives in Bountiful and has tutored a third-grade student who lives in Southern California during the pandemic. They used the online platform provided by VarsityTutors, who also provided all the teaching materials. Her student had been tested in reading
and writing and she was given access to his test results. Using those she could assign the appropriate practice exercises in reading, writing and grammar. They had one-on-one tutoring sessions where they could see each other and could both see the Varsity Work Boards in the same time frame. Kunz assigned additional reading as she saw fit, and his mother provided that reading material. Did she ever give “pop” quizzes? “Yes, I did give a couple,” she said. “Evaluation, however, was pretty subjective. I could see and hear the difference in his oral reading when he was reading at home. If he hadn’t been reading at home, I encouraged him to do so and report to me how much he had read—and let him tell me about his book and what was happening.” Both student and tutor had satisfactory experiences and look forward to repeat performances. How did Kunz charge for her services? Varsity Tutors charges the parent. Kunz filled out an invoice for her time after every session. If her student didn’t let her know at least 24 hours in advance that he wouldn’t be in tutoring, she was still paid for a “no show.” Hallie Schaff has a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and 15 years of experience in that field. She currently works as a Special
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Ed TA during the school year and tutors during the mornings in the summer months, Mondays through Thursdays. Her current students range from second through sixth grade and she tutors them in reading (phonics, fluency, and comprehension) and math (fact, fluency, calculation, and application). Schaff uses Reading for All Learners by Andy Hofmeister for her reading students, consisting of a set of eight texts approved
by the state of Utah for home learners. She has also used Reading Mastery and Reading Wonders. Her students come to her home for sessions that last half an hour (one subject). If two subjects are covered, then they spend 45 minutes. She compares her fees to those charged by music teachers.”I think $12 for half an hour is what feels affordable to most people.” Gone are the days when families hired governesses to teach their children and gave that almost one-on-one ratio of teacher-student support. More and more people today, however, are turning to tutors to provide some of that support. l
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Year of the Shorebird declared at Great Salt Lake By Tom Haraldsen/tom.h@davisjournal.com
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n May, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared 2021 as the “Year of the Shorebird” at the Great Salt Lake and in Utah, and the year of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site at Great Salt Lake. It celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Great Salt Lake Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network designation, the highest level of designation given to a site by the Network. The announcement coincided with the annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, held for the 23rd year at the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Wildlife Education Center at the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area. The event was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19. “This declaration signaled and highlighted the importance of Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem for many of our bird species,” said Utah Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Brian Steed. “We also greatly appreciate the many partnerships that work to study and help preserve this unique ecosystem for the benefit of wildlife and others.” Great Salt Lake and its associated wetlands provide an invaluable food source to around 10 million migratory birds annually, including about 330 different species. Great Salt Lake receives the largest percentage of the world’s population of Eared Grebes feeding during their migration. Between 3 million and 5 million Eared Grebes have been documented using Great Salt Lake as a stopover spot during their migration each year from September to October. The lake also supports nearly one-third of the global population of Wilson’s Phalaropes, more than 56 percent of the global population of American Avocets, and 37 percent of the North American population of Black-necked Stilts. The lake’s shoreline, playas and mudflats also support 21 percent of the North American breeding population of Snowy Plovers, a species identified as
one of greatest conservation needs by Utah’s Wildlife Action Plan. “Great Salt Lake is a hub for migratory birds throughout the Americas, and the people of Great Salt Lake have also created a hub of collaboration, connecting communities and cultures whose livelihoods and welfare depend on the conservation and wise use of the natural habitats which are critical to shorebirds and other migratory species,” said Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Executive Director Rob Clay said. The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network conserves shorebird habitat through a network of key sites across the Americas. Currently, there are 107 sites in 17 countries covering 38 million acres. Partners at each location commit to conserving and managing sites to benefit breeding, migrating and wintering shorebirds. Thirty years after its designation, Great Salt Lake continues to play a vital role in providing for shore- A Great Blue Heron takes off from man-made nests near the Eccles Wildlife Education Center west of Farmbirds, with some species migrating from ington. their wintering grounds at the southern tip of South America to their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra, using Great Salt Lake as a stopover site to rest and refuel during their journeys each spring. In addition to its Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network designation, both the National Audubon Society and Birdlife International recognized five bays of Great Salt Lake as “Globally Important Bird Areas,” with the lake and its associated wetlands providing important habitat for more than 10 million migratory and breeding shorebirds, waterfowl and other water birds each year. l A Great White Heron enjoys a morning stroll in the lake maintained by the Utah Division of Wildlife resources and funded by Pacificorp and the LeRay McAllister Conservation Fund. Photos by Roger V. Tuttle
A Yellow-Headed Warbler spies breakfast in a lake west of Farmington and part of the Great Salt Lake Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve.
A Black-Necked Stilt looks for food in a part of the Reserve.
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Families Helping Families group in Mexico. Courtesy photos
Families Helping Families is providing homes and services in Mexico By Jackie Kartchner | The City Journals
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ared and Marsha Parker and their friends Ralph and Janene Pew first went to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico in 2002 just for fun. They kept going back. Then in 2005, they said to each other, “We’ve got to do more than just sit on the beach.” That is when Families Helping Families was born. The couples formed the organization where families go to Mexico and build homes for less-fortunate people. “We took five families from our neighborhood,” said Jared Parker. “We took every penny we would have spent on Christmas and bought building material with it, and
the five families built a house for a nice little lady who had lost her husband in a work -related accident.” They had a great experience and decided to do it the next year. “Families kept calling and asking us if they could come,” he said. “In 2019, we had about 380 volunteers that worked the week between Christmas and New Year’s. We are a true nonprofit because no one is taking a salary or getting paid. Every penny that we raise, 99% of it goes straight to the cause that we support. We all do it because we want to.” Usually, they have everybody who
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goes down donate money for the cost of materials. “A family of five usually donates around $3,700 to $4,000. Houses cost about $40,000 to build,” Jared said. “They are really good homes. They are tiled. They have cabinets. They have three bedrooms, one bath, a good operating kitchen.” Marsha Parker talked about a partnership they have with the San Raphael Community Center down there, including a thrift store that has clothing, bedding and other items. In partnership with the Rotary Clubs in Utah, FHF has also built a preschool, a dental clinic and a prosthetic clinic at the community center. The clinics are operated by locals and assisted by volunteers from the States. With Rotary, they have also built a library and a playground. In conjunction with the Rotary Clubs of Utah, “On Christmas Day each year, with the help of volunteers who have come with us, we usually do a big Christmas Day dinner and feed about 600 local people,” Marsha said. In June they have a joint project with the Utah High School Rotary “Interact” clubs. “We take the high schoolers down there and it’s really fun,” she said. “They get to build two or three homes.” Also in the area, there is a special-needs program. “A group of mothers got together,” said Marsha. “All these special needs kids needed something to do, so the mothers started making piñatas with the kids, then selling the piñatas. This pays for the school.We call it the Piñatas School. They have continued opportunities for learning.” FHF Mexico remodeled the Piñatas School in conjunction with the Rotary Clubs of Utah when they came down to do their convention one year. They learned early on that they have to sustain their efforts. “Poverty is a systemic problem,” said Jared. “You need to create a system to overcome it. That is why partnerships are so important. Through partnerships we can give them a hand up.”
“We are a true nonprofit because no one is taking a salary or getting paid. Every penny that we raise, 99% of it goes straight to the cause that we support. We all do it because we want to.” Jared Parker
The organization hires locals, giving them a good income. “They develop skills as craftsmen,” he said. “Then they use them in their community and to help each other.” When they build a house for someone, they don’t just give it to them. “We rent to own, so we can have partnerships buy into the program,” Jared said. It’s a really big deal to own property down there. “So, once they own property, it just puts them in a different place to be self-reliant and help other people,” he said. The Parker family said they are blessed through this service. “We don’t spend Christmas at home,” they said. “And we usually don’t buy each other gifts. This is Christmas. Every single moment we love it. It has changed our lives.” FHF is always in need of donations. To donate, go to their website at fhfmexico.org.l
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Phoenix of the Highest Order honors students at Farmington High School By Peri Kinder | peri.k@davisjournal.com
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t high school graduation, two Farmington High School seniors were surprised to learn they’d been selected to receive the Phoenix of the Highest Order award. Hallie Daines and Cole Beynon were given the honor presented to graduating students who demonstrate leadership, generosity and purpose during their time at FHS. Mary Kimball, director of the FHS dance company, nominated Daines based on her actions while fulfilling a leadership role in the company. “The premise of the award is finding someone who represents what Farmington is about,” Kimball said. “It’s about being a good student, going out of your way to help others, being exemplary, and Hallie does this . . . She just looks to always include everybody. She’ll look for the student that needs some support. No one asks her to do it. It’s just who she is. She can bring a smile to your face.”
Daines, who was a dance company officer and a member of the swim team for two years, was shocked when her name was announced as a winner of the award by FHS Assistant Principal Merci Rossmango. “It gives me a lot of confidence. I didn’t realize other people were noticing what I did. It makes me want to be a better person,” Daines said. “Everyone’s watching, despite what you think. They notice the little things you do and the way you are kind to others.” A dedicated student, Daines excelled in numerous advanced classes and completed Emergency Response and CNA courses. She will attend Utah State University in the fall. “Hallie is kind, compassionate, respectful, and friendly,” Rossmango said. “She does not seek the limelight, but leads through a quiet, careful, and dignified example. Hallie works extremely hard but is also very
aware of others. Hallie is known to reach out to those who need extra support or someone to just listen. In her academics, Hallie is dedicated, hardworking, determined, and ambitious.” Although FHS does not announce valedictorians, the Highest Order award is given to students who embody the characteristics of the school mascot, the Phoenix. Fearlessness, determination, integrity and spirit are leadership attributes award winners must demonstrate while also showing compassion and kindness to fellow students. FHS Assistant Principal Brett Sims said Cole Beynon fit all the criteria for the Highest Order honor. Sims had the privilege of getting to know Beynon as one of his junior high school teachers and now as an administrator at Farmington High. “Cole has been full of school spirit from day one. He gets involved with everything from class discussion to ex-
FHS senior Hallie Daines was one of two seniors presented with the Highest Order award. Photo courtesy of SK Photography
tracurricular activities,” Sims said. “He was a captain of the first Farmington High Boys Lacrosse team and one of the top goal scorers. Not only was he a big supporter to his teammates on the lacrosse team, but he attended and supported many
Cole Beynon, a recent graduate from Farmington High School, was surprised with the Highest Order Award. Photo courtesy of Davis School District/Bell Photography
other students at their respective games, matches, and other activities. Cole is an all-around good person who exemplifies what it is to be a positive member of a team and organization.” l
Utah lifeguards receive an award for saving lives By Karmel Harper | k.harper@mycityjournals.com Because of them, an estimated 100,000 lives are saved annually in the United States. The figure is close to 1 million lives saved worldwide. With their signature red swimsuits, whistles, and life-saving buoys, lifeguards are an invaluable presence in public pools and waterparks this time of year. While lifeguards work all year in pools that operate yearround, in Utah, where most outdoor pools and waterparks open around Memorial Day weekend, the hiring process for the summer months begins much earlier. The early onboarding is necessary for new hires to complete the rigorous certification and training process to save lives. The American Red Cross lifeguard certification is more than 25 hours long and includes both testing of hands-on skills as well as comprehension on written tests. The certification also includes CPR, AED, and First Aid. At JL Sorenson, the in-person course is broken up over 5 intensive days but their trainees also complete coursework online. Yet even prior to beginning the training process, potential new hires must first qualify by passing a swimming skills test which typically consists of demonstrating the ability to swim 100 yards, tread water for 2 minutes, and retrieve a brick from the bottom of a deep pool (typically around 13 feet deep). In addition to this initial training, lifeguards continue to maintain their skills with regular in-service trainings and meetings. A lifeguard’s primary responsibility is to prevent drownings and other injuries at aquatic facilities. They do this by monitoring activities in and near the water through patron surveillance. They also prevent injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors, respond im-
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mediately and effectively to all emergencies, and administering first aid and CPR, including using an automated external defibrillator (AED). Lifeguards also have secondary responsibilities and tasks, but these may never interfere with patron surveillance or emergency response. These secondary tasks include testing the pool water chemistry, assisting patrons by performing safety orientations, cleaning or performing maintenance, completing records and reports, performing opening and closing duties, or facility safety checks and inspections. If you have ever visited a public pool or aquatic park, you may have noticed that lifeguards rotate their post regularly every 15–20 minutes. This rotation is necessary as it offers a change of scenery for the lifeguard to maintain vigilance and provide fresh eyes to the new location. In public Lifeguards train and practice life-saving skills regularly. Photo courtesy pools this change of location can involve moving to a differ- of Lizie Allen. ent chair and in large aquatic parks like Cherry Hill in Kaysville, lifeguards move to various attractions such as assisting with the slide at Cardiac Canyon Run or surveillance at the cies) saw a need and took care of it — no hesitation; they knew what to do and did it. I’m so proud of their bravery pirate ship at Pirates Cove. In September 2020, South Davis Recreation Center during a life-threatening situation.” Lifeguards’ responsibilities are significant, necessary, lifeguards were honored with Red Cross Lifesaving Awards for their efforts in sustaining lives in three life-threaten- and can be daunting in an aquatic center. Lizie Allen, Aquating instances. These heroes worked in teams and put their ic Program Manager at South Davis Recreation Center, ofknowledge into action. The awards ceremony was held at the fered tips for parents to make the lifeguards’ jobs easier. She South Davis Recreation Center board meeting where several said, “Put your phone down, engage with your children in mayors were present to offer their congratulations. Kathleen the water and please stay within arms’ reach of your children Steadman, Aquatic Operations Manager for the center, said, around the water.” l “These young people are amazing. Each of them (along with many of their co-workers who assisted with these emergen-
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Up, up and away at summer science camp By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—It wasn’t NASA but rockets were launched into the skies over Knowlton Elementary as students tested their homemade rockets during a summer science camp last week. “It’s a four day camp,” said sixth grade teacher Sonya Nelson. “There are rotation activity stations that are all science related. We make ice cream, dissect a sea star, engineer a kaleidoscope and use STEM learning building with Lego pieces to create something.” The kids also launched hot air balloons they had created. “They used tangrams and soma cubes to make shapes from these pieces,” she said. “They made panels out of tissue paper and glued them together to make the air balloons.” Nelson said on Tuesdays they usually go to an IMAX theater but because of COVID, they saw a movie at Davis High. “After that the kids worked on cutting the panels and gluing them together. We did coding activities that afternoon.” Last Wednesday was flying day, she said. “We went to the Hill Aerospace Museum and came back and launched the paper rockets and hot air balloons with a hot air
balloon launcher fueled by propane. The kids stood back and watched their creation.” The balloons aren’t as hot as they could be because of the summer heat, said Nelson. “They still went pretty high, some even landed on the roof of the school.” The pre-made rockets come from a company in Orem called “It’s a Blast,” she said. “They have a styrofoam nose cone. The kids have to trim the nose cone so it helps them to learn about aerodynamics. Then they attach fins to the rocket and launch it with an air compressor and PVC pipe.” They have to use an engineering mindset, said Nelson. “They learn what weighs it down, then they modify it and launch it then modify it again to see ‘if I do this what’s going to happen?’” The camp has two sessions and is for kids going into fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh grade. “They’re taught by teachers in the district,” Nelson said. “We had 79 kids in the first one and we’ll be getting another batch for the second session and both sessions are filled. I’d just say keep an eye out for signups in the spring.”
Students trim the tip of their rockets. Mason said, “Every time I cut the tip it went farther." Max said his “almost went to the back of the field.” Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
County to expand events center facility and grounds By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—Big changes are coming to the Legacy Events Center. Plans call for an expansion of the facility and grounds while also building a new heritage center at the USU Botanical gardens in Kaysville. “It’s a continuation from when we were looking at putting in the concrete floor,” said Kent Andersen, Community & Economic Development Director for the county. “Over the last decade we’ve recognized significant growth and an increase in demand. Even with COVID we continued to have a demand.” The concrete floor couldn’t have been better timing for turning it into a testing/vaccine clinic, he said. “It will still be set up in case we have to do it again.” The facility has been through a lot of iterations, said Andersen. “The equestrian demand has decreased, especially during the recession. It’s been a challenge trying to continue to attract large events. We brought in a temporary floor to cover the dirt but 90 percent of the demand was for wrestling, cheer, dance and expos.” However, Andersen said they recognized the facility was never designed for that. “It needed air conditioning. For equestrian events you could open the doors, etc. So as we started to look at HVAC and other improvements we decided it was time to look at the whole campus.” Andersen said they contracted with an architectural firm to design plans for a remodel of the existing facility but started to consider a second facility and what that would look like. “There was a cost savings if we did a full project at one time as opposed to just a remodel of the Legacy Events Center. We decided to redevelop the entire property.” The master plan calls for removal of ancillary buildings to consolidate the grounds and make way for four through nine soccer fields with a championship field that has astroturf, he said. “We’ll have a championship field and experiential
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fields so that teams can work their way up. We can hold championship tournaments and we’re partnering with the Big Sky Conference to host 3A and 4A championships.” They will also work with the Davis School District to accommodate high school graduations. “It’s a great advantage for the community to have multiple events going on at the same time,” said Andersen. “Our primary target is youth sports. We don’t see any slowing in that as well. The permanent floor allows us to expand who we can go after like pickleball and basketball. We can expand our market if we have that space.” The total site is 55 acres, he said. “That will stay the same. The existing building is 75,000 square feet and this will add 100,000 square feet to that. There are 1,600 parking stalls and it will increase to 2,200.” The Agricultural Heritage Center will be built on the grounds of the USU Botanical Center. “There is a storied history in Davis County in agriculture,” Andersen said. “We’ve entered into a ground lease/management agreement with USU. The county is partnering with them to construct an indoor and outdoor arena for agriculture and equestrian use. We couldn’t have found a better partner than USU for this facility.” USU will actually manage the center for the county, he said. “We can host so many community gathering events. We’re proposing shifting the fair to more of historical exhibits and products in cooperation with the USU Botanical Center and have it be at that location.” The center will be just north of the Wetland Discovery Point, said Andersen. “It’s a little over six acres that we’re leasing from USU. There will be an improved parking area and stall barns for trucks, trailers or cars.” It’s a zero cost lease to the county on the land, he said. “After 15 years has passed USU will have ownership of the
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arena. It makes it so nice to partner with USU in their mission to promote these types of activities.” The project will be funded through a sales tax bond and tourism tax the county receives from hotels and restaurants. “It’s not a general obligation bond so it doesn’t have to go before the voters,” said Andersen. “The commission will pay for the agricultural center with the existing tourism fund balance. We hope to start construction and finish the agricultural center in 2022. The Legacy project will take more time to complete. A 55-acre redevelopment project takes a little longer.” Andersen said the project will put the county at the forefront because of its amenities. “It’s 15 minutes from the airport, centrally located off of I-15 and near Station Park. It will attract regional, statewide and national groups and continue to grow this tourism tax and do what the tax was intended to do.” l SITEPLAN ITERATIONS P37
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Centerville looks to raise property taxes By Linda Petersen | The City Journals
funding) and now we’re going to raise your taxes on top of it,” Council member Stephanie Ivie said. “I’d rather scale back what the city is providing if I have to and focus on the important things that government can provide. If we get to the point next year where we can’t provide those things, then let’s talk about a tax increase. Let’s not talk about it today when we’re talking about where can we put the money because we have so much, even if it’s not in the same pot that we’d want to have it in.” Council member Robyn Mecham said she did not see the need to implement a tax increase this year. “It looks like to me we’re in great shape this year,” she said. “What it will be next year or two or three years down the line, I don’t know. If you raise taxes, they’re never going to go back down, and I think this year we have plenty of money to maintain our city and the level of service that we have.” Other city council members are concerned that the CARES and ARP funds are only onetime funds and if the city does not enact an increase, it may be back in the hole in terms of funding infrastructure. “Last time, to get us up to where we were 20 years earlier, we would have had to raise it 75 percent, so even at that time we didn’t get us to the point of being able to catch up from all of those years of basically losing money,” Council member Tami Fillmore said. “In my mind, we can just say this is a road need. People driving the road know and feel that. It’s just very expensive to keep up with the infrastructure under the roads, the
CENTERVILLE—City officials are considering raising property taxes by 14.5 percent, an action they say is needed to fund infrastructure, particularly roads, throughout the city. On May 18, the city council voted 3-2 to begin the Truth in Taxation process. (Under Utah law, municipalities must hold Truth in Taxation hearings when they elect to collect more revenue than was collected the previous year). The city last increased property taxes, by 40 percent, in 2017. Prior to that, it had been more than 25 years since a property tax increase had been approved. Those who support this increase say that the 2017 increase has largely been negated by inflation. “We were flirting with going under state management with our reserves three years ago…we got that close,” Council member Bill Ince said. “I believe that prior councils did the residents of the city a disservice at the same time that they were trying to protect them from increasing taxes. That’s the reason that I feel this is important and appropriate.” The city council is divided about the need for an increase right now. All seem to agree the city has not had the funds it needs for infrastructure and to maintain staff. However, some council members believe that having received $1.2 million last year and $1.9 million this year in CARES Act and American Rescue Plan funds, the city is healthier fiscally than it has been in some time. “This is not the time to say the city brought in $2-3 million more than they expected (due to CARES Act
roads themselves. With that 20 years of no hike, we just got ourselves behind; we got ourselves in a pickle.” They are also concerned about inflation. “With the inflationary pressures, with the cost pressures, we already aren’t meeting those needs; we’re behind where we need to be,” Council member George McEwan said. “… Your income, whatever that is, you still expect services to come from your city. You still expect the fire department to show up; you still expect the police department to show up. You still want the water to run and be clean and healthy for you. I think it’s fair to say … nobody in this room thinks prices are going to drop on anything…I think we’re facing a new reality of where we are as what things are going to cost…If you take all of these in aggregate…you’re behind, you’re already behind.” After much discussion of the subject, at the May 18 council meeting Ince proposed a 14.5 percent increase and to direct the staff to move forward with the Truth in Taxation process. Council members McEwan and Fillmore voted in favor of the motion; Council members Mecham and Ivie voted against. Although the city may increase its property tax, some residents may be surprised to learn that the share the city receives of the property tax increment is quite small. On an average home valued at $414,000, the owner pays $237.95 annually to the city in property taxes. The proposed property tax would increase a resident’s taxes by $34.61/year, according to figures provided by the city. l
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American Legion supports veterans and their families By Jackie Kartchner | The City Journals FARMINGTON—The American Legion is a service organization for all the veterans in the area. “We have thousands of posts across the United States,” said Robert Anderson, 1st Vice Commander of Post 27. “On the national level, we have a lot of political things we put through.” The Legion was first organized in 1919. “Throughout history, we were one of the main organizations to create the GI Bill,” Anderson said. “We wrote and put that through Congress back in the 1920s.” Post 27 is very active. “We do a lot of different things,” said Anderson. “We’re also very active in supporting veterans and their families, both those who are currently deployed, as well as those who are survivors of those who have died,” said William Huber, former commander of the post. They have a program called Gold Star. “It is for families that have had a member from their family that died in serving their country,” Huber said. They also have a blue star program. “We have a banner that is presented to families who currently have someone serving,” he said. They put on a blue star for each serving family member. “We’ve put on a number of programs recognizing people in our own community,” said Huber. Every year the Legion does Boys State and Girls State, which is held at Weber State University in June and July. It is open to high school juniors.“Boys State is where they form a government and go through the governmental process, so they get a better understanding of how the government works.” said Paul Hubenthal, 2nd vice commander. “A lot of our national leaders have been groomed and in-
fluenced by their experience in Boys State,” he said. “The reports and briefings we receive afterwards have always been positive,” Huber said. “Morale is high and they maintain connections long after Boys State has concluded.” Those who are interested can apply. “The qualifications are not arduous,” Huber said. “Basically, they have to show interest and apply.” They look at citizenship and leadership opportunities they have had in their community. “The boys can qualify for a lot of scholarship money,” Huber said. “In our locale, that’s mostly given out through Weber State University.” The Samsung company also gives out a scholarship that is open anywhere in the country. In August, they do Pro-Americanism. They teach flag etiquette and make a visual show in the community on how to pay respect and honor the flag. “We try to promote that – how and when your flag is tattered and worn and no longer presentable, we want to be able to properly retire those flags in a respectful and reverent manner,” said Hubenthal. In August, they do a Retirement of the Colors at the Davis County Fair with 200 to 400 flags from the four communities they support, which are Kaysville, Fruit Heights, Farmington, and Centerville. “We have the inside of an arena, in which we have a large pit dug,” said Anderson. “We have a rifle team that fires seven blanks.” They also have a live bugler play “Taps.” Another program is military funeral honors. “We have an established relationship in the area with the funeral homes,” said Huber.
The American flag is displayed from the ladder of a fire engine. American Legion Post 27 teaches flag etiquette and how to pay respect and honor the flag. Photo courtesy of American Legion Post 27
The families have to provide a document of the deceased individual, and then the funeral homes provide a flag to put over the coffin. The branch of the military the person served in is contacted, and they come out and do a tribute, with the rifle salute and “Taps.” “After which the flag is folded reverently and presented to the family.” Huber said. On Memorial Day they put flags on the veterans’ graves at the Kaysville Cemetery and the Farmington Cemetery. A ceremony is done of the 13-fold. That is how the flag taken off the coffin is ceremoniously folded. “Each fold has a reason for it,” said Anderson, “or a statement behind it.” During the Farmington Festival Days, they lead out in the parade, which they have
done since about 2005. The current officers are Jon Rue, commander; Bob Anderson, 1st Vice and Paul Hubenthal, 2nd vice. They invite people to come join them. They currently have 122 members and would like to double that. “For those who are veterans themselves, as well as those who are sons of veterans,” said Huber, “they qualify as Sons of the American Legion.” There is no set time frame, they just have had to serve at one point. Women and men who have a spouse that has served can join the auxiliary as well. Contact Robert Anderson for more information: 801-347-8735 RBA1524@aol.coml
FHS graduate presented with the DAR Good Citizens award By Peri Kinder | peri.k@davisjournal.com
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hen Elisabeth Issertell was 12 years old, her parents divorced, ushering in a turbulent time for their family. As one of five children, Issertell took care of her younger siblings, helping her mom as the family adjusted to a new normal. She said it was a rough experience, but one of the most rewarding things she’s ever done. “There’s a lot of moments when I doubted myself and my abilities but I look back to where I was a few years ago and to where I am now and it’s amazing,” Issertell said. “We can get down about the hard times or we can see them as opportunities. You just never know what someone else is going through. You never know what goes on behind the scenes.” When she decided to apply for the DAR Good Citizens Award as a senior
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at Farmington High School, the 18-yearold Kaysville resident wrote an essay explaining how we can persevere and grow through difficult times. It won Issertell the award from the Sego Lily Chapter of the DAR that recognizes students for being dependable leaders and service-oriented patriots in their communities. “It was really nice that my hard work was finally getting recognized,” she said. “It was nice to tell my story.” In her award-winning essay, Issertell wrote, “With all the commotion right now, it is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But just as our ancestors we can push our nation forward. We already are working together to fight covid-19, racism, and natural disasters. We, just like our nation’s founding fathers, will fight to help our nation not only recover
but thrive as we combine our efforts.” Issertell competed in cross-country and track for the last four years and credited running with helping her deal with the pressure of school and home. “It’s the most freeing thing,” she said. “Your brain just gets to think. It hurts your body, I’m not going to lie, but it’s amazing. When I’m done I know I can do hard things.” Issertell just graduated from FHS and will attend BYU in the fall, majoring in accounting. She plans to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “I’m very appreciative to win the award. I was very grateful that the women chose me. They’re all such amazing Kaysville resident and FHS grad Elisabeth Issertell was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolupeople.”l tion Good Citizens Award. Photo courtesy of Grace Mcmullian
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Centenarian takes everything in stride By Jackie Kartchner | The City Journals FARMINGTON—Al Chamberlain has seen a lot in his 100 years of living. The Farmington man will turn 100 years old on Aug. 7. “I have had lots of experiences, some good, some bad, but mostly good,” he said. “It’s one of those things you take in your stride every day.” His secret to longevity is, “I eat right and exercise.” He also takes care of his many fruit trees and a large grapevine. Chamberlain was born in Dubois, Idaho in 1921. He got married on June 5, 1948 in the Hawaiian Temple. He and his wife had eight children. Six are still living: three boys and three girls. The other two were premature and died right after birth. His wife passed away on April 15, 2008. Chamberlain has 66 grandchildren and more than 80 great grandchildren. “They have been coming so fast lately I can’t keep track,” he said. Chamberlain was raised in Burbank, California, where he graduated from high school. “We moved there in February of 1930 after the stock-market crash,” he said. “My folks, at that time, owned a café in Ririe, Idaho. After the crash, nobody had any money to go to the café.” After he graduated from high school,
“I have had lots of experiences, some good, some bad, but mostly good.” – Al Chamberlain he worked for a car wash owned by his brother. His next career move was to Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank. “I started at 50 cents an hour, and then later I got 60 cents an hour,” Chamberlain said. “I worked in the sheet metal department in the rework section. I worked there until Pearl Harbor.” He quit and joined the navy on Sept. 4, 1942. “I didn’t want to be drafted,” he said. “My older brother had been in the navy and recommended it.” Chamberlain talked a lot about his experiences there. “They sent me to boot camp in Great Lakes, Wisconsin.” From there he went to Norfolk, Virginia for seven months. “They liked my experience with sheet metal and sent me to training school,” he said.
“I also had drafting experience in high school that they liked.” From there he went to Pansacola, Florida. “I spent three weeks doing commando training,” said Chamberlain. “It was a good experience.” Next, he reported to Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay before going to New Orleans. “We never knew where we were going,” he said. Once when he was on an LST ship, a hurricane began to blow. “We rode the ship through the hurricane. Everyone on the ship got seasick, including the captain.” When they were sailing on the equator, they were initiated into Neptune’s Kingdom, said Chamberlain. “It took us 30 days to go around the canal on the way to Pearl Harbor. Here all the battleships were sunk – it was terrible.” While he was stationed in the Philippines, he took leave. “After my 30-day leave, the war ended on Aug. 5, 1945. We just celebrated and were thankful it was over,” Chamberlain said. However, it wasn’t until Oct. 29, 1945 that he got out of the Philippines. Now he plans to celebrate his birthday with family and friends as he becomes a centenarian. l
Al Chamberlain with his American flag. Chamberlain will turn 100 in August. Photo by Jackie Kartchner
City extends contract with Robinson Waste Services By Wayne Kartchner | The City Journals FARMINGTON—Robinson Waste Services has had the Farmington garbage contract for the past eight years and the contract is expiring. The city requested bids from four other waste companies. Robinson was the only company to respond. The city has been happy with the service provided by Robinson Waste Services in the past and has decided to extend the contract. The new contract includes a slight increase of 10% for the first black can and almost 20% for the second can and the recycling can. Robinson also provides service to Riverdale, Kaysville, Fruit Heights, South Weber, Syracuse, Clinton, Morgan City, Morgan County, and Hill Air Force Base. When the waste company got started, workers were manually lifting and loading trash into load trucks. In the late 80s, they converted to fully automated trucks. During the City Council meeting, it was noted that there are few complaints against the garbage contractor and most of those are caused when the resident does not understand the rules. Because there are so few complaints the council felt that Robinson was doing a good job. During the September wind storm, Robinson did the same route three times. This allowed residents to put out trash after the wind had died down. This was not a requirement of the contract. Robinson went above and beyond to give good service. If a resident is infirm and unable to move the cans to the curb the drivers will retrieve the cans for the resident and return the cans. Very few waste services will provide this service. Residents just have to inform Robinson of the need. Mario Sanchez, A driver for Robinson, has been working for them for about three years he used to do construction work
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and he loves working for Robinson. “They take good care of us,” he said. Once a year an audit is conducted to make sure that every residence has the number of garbage cans that they are paying for as occasionally there are mixups. The city offers these tips for placing trash out for dumping: • Please have your trash container at the curbside by 6 a.m. on collection day. Pick-up times may vary. If you don't get your container out in time, there will be a fee to come back and service your container. • Place your container at the curbside, facing the street. Do not place your can on top of the curb. For those without a curb, place it within two feet off the blacktop. • Do not place the container near parked vehicles or other obstructions. When dumping your container, the driver must have clear access to it. • Do not place the container where it will block the delivery of your mail. • If you have two or more containers, place them four feet apart. • Do not place the following items in your trash container: hot ashes or coals, large quantities of dirt, sod, rocks or concrete, flammable materials, large bulky items, construction, remodeling, or demolition debris. • Do not place items of length greater than four feet in the container. • Do not overload refuse over the top of the container. • Be sure to remove your container off the street by the end of the day. Holiday schedule for trash pickup for the rest of 2021:
A Robinson Waste Services truck lifts up a trash can and dumps it in the bin. The company will continue its contract with Farmington City. Courtesy
• Labor Day – Monday, Sept. 6, 2021 (Observed) • Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 (Observed) • Christmas Day – Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021 (Observed) • New Year’s Day – Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 (Observed) “Robinson Waste Services is very grateful to continue our association with Farmington City in providing residents waste services,” said Steve Robinson of Robinson Waste Services. l
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Goose on the loose in Farmington Bay By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—It was a wetland rodeo of feathers and water as biologists and volunteers with the DWR zipped through Farmington Bay on airboats last week to round up Canadian geese for banding. “We do it every year in June,” said Rich Hansen, Waterfowl Banding Coordinator for the DWR. “The geese are very gregarious and gather in big groups. We pull up in the airboats, reach down and grab them. They don’t have their flight feathers so they can’t go anywhere.” The goose is put into a crate on the boat and given a leg band. “A unique number is given to each bird,” he said. “Once the band is on we determine if it’s a male or female, an adult or a young gosling.” Then the birds are released, said Hansen. “We take all the data and put it into the U.S. Geological Survey. All the information is recorded that it was done at the Farmington Bay bird banding lab on June 10 and whether the bird is an adult/juvenile and male or female.” That way if a bird is found the band report will tell them the bird banding site, date and year it was done, if the bird is male or female and how old it is, he said. “It helps determine survival rates, migration patterns and areas where the most hunting
and harvesting is taking place.” It helps to monitor the population to see if there is over harvesting, Hansen said. “Then we can reduce the number of days hunting is open.” The first Saturday in October to the first Sunday in February is goose hunting season, he said. “They’re really smart. For the most part they hang out in the city at golf courses or parks where there is no hunting going on.” Hansen said they captured a couple hundred to band. “The goslings were probably hatched in April and by mid July they’ll be flying again. A lot of birds replace their feathers and molt but they’re the only birds that molt at the same time and become flightless. They do it to coincide with their young after they hatch. It’s interesting how they synchronize that. They go to a good waterbody that’s shallow so we take advantage of their thinking to take the airboats out to catch them.” Geese normally don’t start reproducing until they are three or four years old, he said. “When they’re one, two or three years old the non breeders go to places with big open waters to molt together. Non breeders leave areas with young. There’s only so many resources and they don’t want to be
Colton Taylor readies a goose for transport where it will be tagged and recorded to ensure future flock health. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
competing with breeders and their young. Most of the birds we caught were breeding adults with their young.” Hansen has wanted to be a wildlife biologist since he was 8-years-old. “I started volunteering at the Ogden bay area in high
school,” he said. “I got my degree in Wildlife Management and waterfowl banding. We’ve banded 57,000 geese since I started in 2004. All of us wetland managers do it for the love of waterfowl and shorebirds.” l
Centerville gets $3.6 million to develop two intersections By Linda Petersen | The City Journals
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CENTERVILLE—The city has applied for federal funds to complete improvements, including signals, to two intersections on Parrish Lane: 400 West and Marketplace Drive. On May 18, City Engineer Kevin Campbell reported to the city council that Centerville had received tentative approval for the funding and needed to enter into a federal aid agreement with UDOT which oversees federal aid projects. The total project cost is estimated at $3,667,100. Centerville City is expected to come up with a 7 percent match ($ 387,060) to cover the environmental portion of the project, Campbell said. Once the environAre you a business leader? mental aspects of the process have been apAt no cost, the ElevateHERTM Challenge is easy proved, the city can begin using the federal funds for design and the public involvement to accept and will benefit your company. process. Join businesses across Utah in Wasatch Front Regional Council agreed our mission to elevate the stature to bump up the funds disbursement schedule of women’s leadership. Take the on one of the projects so the two could be ElevateHERTM Challenge and stand with completed together, Campbell told the city other businesses as we pledge to elevate council. women in senior leadership positions, in “That was a big win for the city in getboardrooms, on management teams and ting those other funds bumped up and comon politcal ballots. bined,” he said. “There will be a cost savings due to the fact that just one contractor will LEARN MORE: have to mobilize. Combining the two projects will also www.WLIUT.com/challenge mean the city will be impacted just six to nine
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The city plans to make improvements at 400 West and Marketplace Drive on Parrish Lane. Photo by Tom Haraldsen
months, rather than the two years it would have taken to complete the projects separately, he said. Campbell expects to bring the design to the city council and to have a public open house this fall. He hopes that construction on the project can commence next summer. “The main wild card is acquiring of the right of way,” Campbell said. “That’s where things can get caught up a little bit.”
Campbell estimates eight to 12 parcels will be impacted by the intersection development. “We have tried to shift as far as we possibly can to the west on the 400 West intersection, so that we’re not impacting the Dairy Queen drive through at all,” he said. “There will still be a take along the Dairy Queen corner, but we’ve shifted to the west towards Zions Bank and America First Bank.” l
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Seize the day with CenterPoint’s ‘Newsies’ By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com CENTERVILLE—CenterPoint Theatre has done it again, delighting audiences with its production of the Disney hit “Newsies.” Filled with upbeat musical numbers and dance, the show is sure to please all ages. Based on the real-life Newsboys’ strike of 1899, “Newsies” follows Jack Kelly and his band of newspaper boys as they battle publisher Joseph Pulitzer for fair wages. It all begins with Jack dreaming of a better life in Santa Fe but chances of that are slim on what he makes selling “papes.” He and the other boys wait outside the Newsboys’ Lodging House to pick up papers to sell on the streets of New York. They have to pay for the papers and anything they don’t sell is just a sunk cost. When Pulitzer decides to raise the rate to 60 cents, the boys plan a strike getting as many other newsboys as possible to join in the crusade. In the meantime, Jack meets society news reporter Katherine Plummer and is immediately smitten despite her rebuffs. When she hears about the strike, she sees the opportunity to become a real news reporter and writes the story that hits the front page “above the fold.” In response to the story, Pulitzer sends his men to rough up the boys, taking some to jail. Feeling defeated and responsible for the attack on his friends, Jack leaves the band with plans
to forget himself in Santa Fe. Katherine and the others soon pull him back into the fight, not only for the Newsboys but all the lower class workers who are treated unfairly. The talented cast performs well-known numbers like “Seize the Day,” “The World Will Know,” and “Once and For All,” taking the audience on a journey of friendship, love and perseverance. Jack Kelly (played by Matt Taylor on M/W/F) had an amazing voice, as did Kathrine (played by Jordan Petersen on M/W/F). Perhaps the most poignant song was performed by Crutchie, a crippled boy (played by Brandon Smith on M/W/F) writing to Jack from his cell at the Refuge. With a backdrop of metal steps and balconies, the ensemble jumps, dances and somersaults across the stage engaging the audience in non-stop fun. Jack and the boys perform an especially fast-paced number dancing on newspapers and switching them between their feet. Disney released the movie musical “Newsies” in 1992 but initially it wasn’t a hit in theaters. However, as word of mouth spread, it found its audience and became so popular that youth theater and school groups started producing illegal versions of the show and begged Disney to take it to Broadway. At first
Frolic through the forest in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com CENTERVILLE—When actors, lovers and fairies all find themselves in the forest on the same night, mayhem ensues in William Shakespeare’s unforgettable comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” now playing in the Leishman Performance Hall at CenterPoint Theatre. Join Puck, the master of mischief as he creates the unlikely pairing of a fairy queen and a donkey and mismatched would-be lovers causing a night full of mistaken identities and chaos. Despite the confusion, love wins in the end in this delightful Shakespeare comedy. “Midsummer Night’s Dream runs through July 10, Mondays and Thursday – Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $16. CenterPoint Theatre is located at 525 N. 400 W. in Centerville. For more information call 801-298-1302 or visit CPTUtah.org. l The cast of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Gary Pimentel (Bottom), Katie Drake (Hippolyta), Mitch Daley (Philostrate), Tony Baca (Theseus). Photo by Holly Reid
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Jack tries to woo Katherine. Photos by Holly Reid
it was created as a stage play that would run only four weeks at the Paper-Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. It became a critical and fan success and moved to Broadway’s Nederlander theatre March 29, 2012. “Newsies” runs through July 19, Monday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $18 – $30. The theater is located at 525 N. 400 W. in Centerville. For more information call 801-298-1302 or visit CPTUtah.org. l
Matt Taylor (Jack Kelly), Jordan Petersen (Katherine Plumber), Nick Crapo (Davey) and Soren Ray (Les) perform in the Monday, Wednesday and Friday shows.
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It’s been said that when we make plans, God laughs. Do you think that’s a silly giggle or a maniacal James Bond villain laugh? The last few weeks brought a string of first-world irritations that felt like a game of Whac-a-Mole. I hit one problem and another one popped up. I pound that problem but end up hitting myself in the face with a rubber mallet. I can hear God LOLing from here. Despite our daily devotion to it, our TV stopped working. We shook the remote and pushed buttons as hard as we could, but there was still no picture. Just a dark, mocking abyss. We decided to run away from our responsibilities by driving to Idaho and checking-in at an Airbnb. (The room was nice, but the bed was shaped like a taco. I slept on the couch so I didn’t roll over in the night and suffocate my spouse.) Every 50 years, my husband likes to visit Yellowstone, so we left our Airbnb and drove to the national park to snap pictures of the bison, tiptoe around the geysers and marvel at the wondrous number of people who had the same idea. #HelloCOVID After getting lost in Yellowstone and stopping for Mexican food so we didn’t starve to death, we crossed the Teton Pass just as the sun was setting. Deer lined the road, waiting for the right moment to lunge in front of our car. We’d see their eyes glow-
ing in the dark, then hit the brakes before driving on. It took us 245 years to get back to our Airbnb. The drive back to Salt Lake the next day was pleasant, except when I had to give my husband the silent treatment because he wouldn’t take me to the Potato Museum (#PotatoIceCream). After we crossed back into Utah, the truck in front of us kicked up a rock that hit the car’s windshield, leaving an extensive and expensive crack across the glass. Used to be, when you broke a windshield, you’d call the junkyard and they’d take a windshield out of a car in their backyard to replace the broken one. Today’s windshield has monitors, antenna and tracking devices, so it’s worth half-a-million dollars, according to the windshield repair shop.
Why hasn’t Elon Musk created self-healing windshield glass? We made it back home, picked up the dog and gave everyone their Yellowstone golf balls and Idaho potholders. I looked forward to a nice hot shower but (joke’s on us) the hot water heater stopped working and was chuckling with God and the TV. They all had a good laugh together. We forked out more cash so we could have hot water, collapsed into our non-taco bed and slept. A few days later, my husband said, “We have a gas leak in the basement.” It took me a minute to understand what he was saying because he was so calm. My husband is notoriously terrible under stress. “Why are we still in the house?” I asked. “Where else would we be?” He responded. “Not in a house that could explode if we make toast.” We hustled everyone to the neighbor’s lawn until the gas company gave us the okay. The water heater had been installed incorrectly but our house wasn’t going to blow up. Today, at least. I rarely look at the dark side of life and by the end of the week I was chortling right along with God, the TV and the water heater. Sometimes, LOLing is the only thing you can do.
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Vote Wright for Mayor You can’t go wrong with
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I am running for Mayor because I deeply care about Centerville and have a desire to promote the general well-being of its citizens. I am superbly qualified, have served 8 years on the City Council, retired from military service, have decades of leadership and management experience, and am well educated. I have no agenda. I do not owe anyone political favors. I do not have aspirations to pursue higher political office. My only legacy will be knowing that I have contributed to the well-being of our community – making it a better place to live and raise families. If I can ease the burden on our citizens, then I will have succeeded and I believe I can do this!
The Philosophical Center of My Life: I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I love Him and all that He stands for! And, I am committed to living a Christlike life. It is that kind of life that best informs how I choose to live and interact with others. It will inform how I serve as Mayor.
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H SECURITY – Fund and support the police. H SAFETY AT SCHOOL CROSSINGS - Safety for our children. H ZONING – We cannot forget our rural roots by superimposing an urban zoning philosophy. H LIGHT RAIL OR RAPID TRANSIT DOWN MAIN STREET – is an automatic “no”. H EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE – it is hard to keep emergency preparedness alive when we don’t have a disaster. This needs an infusion of energy! H TAXES – I will put the skids on raising taxes. Time to take another look at our budget priorities in order to live within our means. H PRIORITY INFRASTRUCTURE – Continually maintain, repair and replace critical infrastructure. H SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS – local business is the lifeblood of our community. We need to support them! H REJECT CRITICAL RACE THEORY – CRT is infecting our country, and it is a dogma to freedom, and does not have a place in Centerville, Utah, or our Country! And, certainly not in our school system. H CEMETERY – Our current cemetery is full. We need more cemetery space and this may require a land purchase. H BIKE TRAIL – More study is needed to know the impact on Centerville citizens. Can the city afford it?
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