The Davis Journal |March 17, 2023

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Local companies pool resources to help village in Uganda

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

CENTERVILLE—On the remote island of Bufumira in Uganda villagers don’t have running water, electricity or latrines. They walk a mile and a half carrying water on their heads to bring it back to their mud shacks. In an effort to help out, three local companies, Green Collective, Salmon Electric and Salmon HVAC, combined resources to drill two wells and build a latrine on the island at their own expense.

“My wife and I served an LDS mission in Zambia,” said Salmon HVAC founder Craig Salmon. “We met another missionary Joseph Snengooba who was going home to Uganda. He was in a rotary type organization that tries to assess different needs in different areas. He called me and asked if there was any way we could help them on a remote island on Lake Victoria.”

He told us they had no water and no latrine, said Salmon. “They have a little school and they were using water out of the lake and people were getting sick. They needed a well at the school for the kids but they also needed one for the village.”

When they learned about what needed to be done, Salmon said he approached the other two companies to see if they’d like to help. “When we told them what we were doing they said ‘we’d love to help.’ Honestly it was a great experience to see them step up and provide money for people they don’t even know.”

Please see UGANDA: pg. 3

School board votes on next steps for Summit learning platform

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

FARMINGTON—The debate over the learning platform Summit used in the Davis School District has been going on for quite some time. The Board of Education has heard from many parents who believe Summit has caused their children to lose confidence and get lower grades. After months of discussion, the board considered the next course of action at last week’s meeting.

Before taking a final vote, board members were given the opportunity to express their opinion on the program and what should be done.

“I’ve been on the board a long time,” said Board Vice President Brigit Gerrard. “We’ve studied Summit and I’ve listened to feedback and genuinely tried to understand concerns.”

Parents are passionate about their student’s education, she said. “Administration

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Olympic Champion Dick Fosbury Dies at 76

Dick Fosbury, inventor of the “Fosbury Flop” that has become the standard method for high jumper since his gold medal in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, died on Monday at the age of 76. Born in Medford, Oregon, Fosbury became a fixture in Ketchum, Idaho over the last 25 plus years. He served as both a City engineer as well as the chair of the Solid Waste District in Ketchum, as well as a prominent board member of the Simplot Games in Pocatello.

Silicon Valley Bank Collapses

The Silicon Valley Bank, a major account holder for a number of Silicon Valley corporations, experienced economic failure over the last week, leading to fears of another 2008 style “chain-collapse” of banking institutions. The FDIC has insured the holdings of bank customers, whose funds were made available on Monday, averting a broader ripple effect through the economy. While several other, smaller banks had their credit downgraded no other bank experienced a similar meltdown, and economists predict that the event should remain fairly localized. Stocks were down immediately after the event, but have since recovered, signaling a resilient underlying system.

Oscars held on Sunday

The 2023 Academy Awards were given out last weekend, with the film “Everything Everywhere and All at Once” taking the lion’s share of trophies home. Directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan won best director, Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan won the supporting actress/actor awards, and the film itself won Best Picture. Brendan Fraser took home the Best Actor Oscar for “The Whale.” “All Quiet on the Western Front” won a number of sound and technical awards. “Top Gun: Maverick” won the award for Achievement in Sound.

and teachers have spent time and effort to help students and parents. It’s not perfect but I don’t think anything is perfect. I think it needs to be addressed at the individual school level and identify those students who are struggling from data at each school and provide options.”

“We need to look at the bigger picture moving forward,” said Board President Liz Mumford. “Some schools are having great success with Summit and others are not.”

Mumford said first they need to identify students and parents who are struggling then create a structure at schools to find the barriers and make a site-based decision as much as possible. “We also need to create a digital learning task force made up of board members to look at adopting platforms and make long-term plans for digital learning and allocate resources to that,” she said.

“It’s a new realm for us so we want to put the best minds into moving forward because we’re going to be making decisions like this in the future so we need to make sure it’s a

really thoughtful process.”

“The schools we’re talking about that are using Summit are successful,” said board member John Robison. “What we’re really talking about are the students that are struggling. When I get an email from a parent that says their child is struggling my ears perk up. The solution to a problem with a student struggling no matter what system they’re in is at the lowest level possible which is at the school.”

Robison said the input he’s received from special education teachers is that for the first time using Summit they could get to those kids. “I talked to one teacher whose son has an IEP and flourished at Farmington High for the first time in his life. It gave him a sense of belonging.”

The board absolutely needs to be sensitive and listen to what the public is saying, he said. “That’s an integral part of what we do but we have to balance that with what

Inflation falls for the eighth straight month

Inflation, which reached historic highs during the summer of 2022, has fallen for the eighth month in row, according to economic analysts. Food prices, which reached an inflationary high of over 11%, are down to a low of 9.5% inflation since September. Fuel and commodities prices are also seeing a decrease. Though inflation is likely to remain an economic issue in many sectors, the overall reduction is being seen as a positive sign of stabilization. Many experts are encouraging the Federal Reserve to begin lowering interest rates in order to restart economic growth.

BRICKS BEING STACKED for the latrine. The people living on the remote island of Bufumira in Uganda helped carry the bricks brought in by boat.

Courtesy photo

Resident opposition confirms denial of zoning change

By Alisha Copfer

NORTH SALT LAKE—With standing room only, the city council chambers were filled with community members ready to comment on the new proposal for building an apart ment complex in the city's downtown area. Many of these residents were angry about the request for an amendment to rezone the development from commercial shopping to a planned district.

On June 16, 2015, the North Salt Lake City Council entered into the original development agreement with David Curtis and National Commercial Properties for the Towne Plaza project. This project is located at 130 E. Center Street. The general development plan for the project included 52 townhomes, now completed, and two commercial office/retail buildings, not yet completed. However, the builder recently filed for a change of zoning for the project. On Tuesday eve ning the planning commission held a public meeting to obtain comments from the residents about the proposal.

The proposed amendment was meant to increase the size of the project to approximately 6.5 acres, reduce the retail space’s commercial area and offer no office space. The cur rent project is a planned district development with a proposal to include additional property within the boundary of this district. The public hearing held Tuesday was required on the zone change for the additional property, which is presently zoned as commercial shopping.

“This is ridiculous, don't destroy the city,” said Bill Salisbury, a North Salt Lake resident since 1950. “What about the water? And the snow removal? The safety of the school children? Please pay attention to the families here.”

Every resident that stood talked about the proposal with objection. They all agreed that if the plans were to move forward, there would be a distinct issue with traffic and parking. Other issues that were raised included school children's safety, water issues, city parks, housing, building height, no customer parking, garbage collection and emergency services.

“I love this city because I love our neighbors,” Shane Gibbs, who has lived in the city his entire life, said. “I believe North Salt Lake is a great place to live. I want to balance resident well-being and quality of life with the reality of growth as a city. I believe there are better solutions for a better quality of life for residents of our neighborhood.”

There were many pleas made for the safety of the school children. “I’m the mother of three, with two of them at Orchard Elementary," one resident said. “The school is already at capacity. Adding this many homes will crack this school.

The traffic is already very dangerous, there is no parking, and there are already no school zones in this area.”

Among those who stood to make public comment was Mayor Brian Horrocks. “I was on the city council in 2015, and I asked the applicant point blank, I know I'm going to get 52 townhomes. Am I going to get these office buildings? And he said I will have my office in one of those buildings. I know things change; if I’ve learned something over the years, it’s that almost every development that we've approved has changed from the initial project to the final project. That's just part of the reality of it.”

“I just want to say we have a vision for this area,” Horrocks said. “We’ve made some great steps in the right direction, and we don't believe that this is following in that

plan. Trying to create a downtown, a walkable community where you can shop and go to restaurants, I know for sure at this point is we will not get anything here but apartments. Thank you for your service, and I appreciated the public comment and the emotion; it’s heartfelt, and I just love this community.”

At the conclusion of the public comments, the planning commission voted on the proposal. With BreAnna Larson, chairperson, presiding, Commissioner Bill Ward put forth a motion of denial of the consideration, and Commissioner Ron Jorgensen seconded the motion of denial. Every commissioner voted in favor of the motion and carried the denial. At this point, there was a collective sigh from the audience as well as many of the residents applauding in approval. l

A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED amendments to the building plans for the ‘Lofts at North Lake’ apartment complex. Courtesy image

Being a friend can change the world

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

BOUNTIFUL—Accepting one another could be the key to ending the divisiveness in the world today. The idea of inclusion – being a friend to someone who looks or acts different – was the message First Lady Abby Cox shared with students at Holbrook Elementary last week as one of her stops through the state to teach acceptance.

“We can all see people with our eyes but we need to get to know them,” said Cox. “We might talk differently or look different but there’s much more people can learn about us. Listening to someone’s story and thinking ‘I can help them’ and wanting to reach out is exactly what we’re talking about. That’s inclusion.”

Sometimes people are in a wheelchair, she said. “Or their body is different from mine or the way that it works.”

Cox said she met a little boy who was in a wheelchair. “I asked if he’d ever had anyone bully him. He told me ‘no not really, people are pretty friendly to me.’ I thought that was cool but then he said he used to sit on his porch with cookies and a sign that said ‘will you be my friend?’ They’re nice and kind but they’re not my friend.’”

Is there a difference? she said. “Think

UGANDA: Continued from pg.1

Salmon said they got a bid from a company to do the drilling for two wells and the latrine. “We hired them. The first day they drilled they got down so far then hit rock. They tried another spot and hit another rock. They were determined to get them water so they drilled a third time and it worked.”

Everything had to be done by boat, he said. “People were carrying bricks for the latrine. When we were setting up the drill for the well the village people broke into song and dance, they were so excited to have a well.”

‘would I invite somebody who is different or thinks differently to my birthday party?’ That’s inclusion.”

Cox read to the kids the book “All My Stripes” a story for children with autism. After she finished she asked children in the audience to talk about how they felt.

“Sometimes I try to change to match what other people want,” said one girl.

“Everyone noticed your outward appearance first,” said a boy. “I wish they would get to know you inside. Sometimes they leave me out.”

“People judge you for your looks not your personality,” said another girl.

“There are things I’m not good at so I’m a target,” said another student.

Being a true friend, that’s what inclusion means, Cox said. “We all want friends – even adults. You can change the world by being a friend. You can be a governor, a teacher or in Congress. Whatever you want to be, you can do that and you’ll be in a position to be a friend and you can make the world a better place.”

Cox then had the kids join her in making a pledge. “I pledge to look for the lonely, isolated and left out, challenged or bullied and overcome the fear of differences and replace that with the power of inclusion. I choose to include.” l

Salmon said he received letters from some of the children. “They said ‘thanks for giving us a way to wash our hands and to get a drink of water.’ It was a heartwarming experience.”

The group went in February for two weeks to work on the project, said Salmon.

“They’re just finishing the wells and now they’re working on the latrine. They’re in the process of getting supplies there.”

The people there are so poor it’s heartbreaking, he said. ‘They’re celebrating water when we take it for granted. We have water and electricity and when we turn on the tap we get water. This is life changing for those people.”l

SUMMIT: Continued from pg.1

we’re also hearing, what we find out because of the research that we do from those who are in the trenches, those professionals. For me, Summit has proven it is a viable part of what can happen in education. Not to help kids get better grades but to help kids be more competent.”

Robison made a motion that the board establish a standing committee with the task of meeting and reporting back at the workshop in the month of May with suggestions they might bring to them with relation to filling the gap between students who are struggling with this and what it takes within

the gap to get that young man or young lady to get back to where they’re succeeding.

After listening to each board member, Mumford made a substitute motion that the board directs the administration to develop and implement a school based framework to respond to Summit concerns by the end of the school year. “That includes components of identifying struggling students and conducting school focus groups where board members and the community can engage in common concerns and offering reasonable accommodations, including an onsite alternative.”

The board approved the substitute motion by a 4-3 vote.l

Getting to Know

Dr. Heaton

Jared Heaton is an attentive and thorough dermatologist, serving his patients in Davis County. Dr. Heaton is Board-certified in dermatology, and he is currently a member of the American Society of MOHS Surgeons.

Dr. Heaton prides himself in serving all patient populations and treating all areas of dermatology from children through retirement age. He places a strong empahsis on catering to the retirement population in his community as skin cancer is more prevalent in this age group.

Dr. Heaton earned an undergraduate degree in International Relations with a minor in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University (BYU). His medical degree is from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM). He completed both his internship and medical residency in Tampa, Florida.

In his spare time, Dr. Heaton enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, parafoil kite flying, and spending time with his wife and three children.

Dr. Jared R. Heaton Board Certified Dermatologist

Shalise Owens DNP, FNP-C

Robyn Rowe Walton

FIRST LADY ABBY COX reads “All My Stripes” a story for children with autism to students at Holbrook Elementary. Cox visited schools in Davis County to teach about inclusion.

Photo by Becky Ginos

Intermountain Health performed a record-breaking number of organ transplants in 2022

By Peri Kinder peri.k@thecityjournals.com

When she learned her friend and co-worker Carrie Riggs needed a life-saving liver transplant, Fogarty went online to register as a living organ donor. No one in Riggs’ family could donate, but Fogarty’s bloodwork came back as a potential match.

“I told her, if you need someone to match you, I’ll do this because it’s important and it will save your life,” she said.

Fogarty was one of only 13 living liver donation transplants performed at Intermountain Health during 2022, a year when the facility performed a record-breaking 300 adult transplants, thanks to the generosity of organ donors, their families and a team of transplant caregivers.

The Intermountain Transplant Program performed a total of 104 liver, 159 kidney, 29 heart, and eight kidney/pancreas adult transplants last year, the fourth consecutive record-breaking year for the program.

“Living donors are incredible people,” said Diane Alonso, MD, transplant surgeon and former medical director of Intermountain Health’s abdominal transplant program. “They are often undergoing major surgery to give new life to their aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, neighbors – and sometimes to someone they don’t even know. They truly are giving the gift of life and we do our best to be great stewards of that gift.”

The uptick in transplants is due to generous donors, an increase in donor organ availability and advancements in technology and medicine. Liver transplants at

Intermountain Health exceed the national average because they are able to match a wider range of donor organs to recipients.

Live transplantation saw the largest increase, with 32 living kidney transplants and 13 living liver transplants.

“Intermountain has created the environment and provided us the necessary tools and medical team to be successful,” said Jean Botha, MD, transplant surgeon and medical director of Intermountain Health’s abdominal transplant program. “I couldn’t be prouder and more honored to be working side-by-side with these caregivers who are changing lives in our communities.”

Within a couple of months, Fogarty passed all the screening tests and was approved to be a living liver donor for Riggs. The transplant was performed in October 2022 and both women are doing well. Riggs said she doesn’t know how to adequately thank Fogarty for saving her life.

“I thought I had to wait for someone to die and that scared me,” said Riggs. “Kristine was my lifeline. She saved my life. We are now closer than ever.”

The success of Intermountain’s transplant program, which serves patients throughout the nation, is the result of caregiver teams across the Intermountain system and community partners working together. The addition of an Intermountain Life Flight long-range medical jet in 2022 enhances organ transplantation by retrieving donor organs from across the United States.

Intermountain also launched a new platform called iReferral with InVita Healthcare Technologies and DonorConnect, the organ procurement agency for the Intermountain West. iReferral streamlines the organ donor referral process and auto-

mates the identification of potential donors.

To learn more about organ donation or register to become an organ donor, go to intermountainhealthcare.org/donatelife.

Fogarty said although her experience was scary, she’d do it again if she could. She challenges others to look into becoming a living donor to give another person the opportunity to live.

“Do it. Save a life. Get this feeling of purpose in life that you helped be part of a miracle. There are so many people out there waiting,” she said. “Living donors are very rare. There were only 13 living donors for livers last year. There’s more people dying than 13. That’s why that number needs to change.” l

Local poet and activist sits vigil with the Great Salt Lake

By Peri Kinder peri.k@thecityjournals.com

Local activist, poet and storyteller, Nan Seymour, is bearing witness to the Great Salt Lake. From Jan. 18 through March 4, corresponding with the Utah State Legislative session, Seymour and her writing community held a vigil for the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.

In a small camper on Antelope Island, Seymour and other nature lovers lived by the lake, recording breathtaking sunsets, the heartbreaking loss of more than 400 aquatic diving birds, the majesty of bison roaming the island and the beauty of a lake fighting to survive.

“I’m not a scientist, not an expert, but someone who’s loved birds for a long time,” Seymour said. “I wasn’t aware of the genuine state of peril and now it’s accurate to call this an active collapse of the ecosystem…I was late to pay attention but when it caught my attention, it caught my full attention. The lake is the heart of this bioregion and hemispherically essential.”

This is the second year Seymour has held vigil at the Great Salt Lake. In 2022, she felt it was necessary to be physically present with the lake and respect it as a sentient ancestor, neighbor and even a mother. She said it helps to hold the lake in a relational way, not just thinking of it as a water resource.

Scientists think there still might be time to save the lake and its ecosystem but it will take a concerted effort from legislators, farmers, homeowners, and stakeholders to ensure the lake’s survival.

At 4,189 feet, the Great Salt Lake is at its lowest point in recorded history. Lawmakers had the opportunity to adopt a resolution, setting a goal of raising the lake to 4,198 feet, but it seems the resolution failed.

“We have to change our ways and it’s not comfortable,” Seymour said. “We will have to think in ways we haven’t thought before and take levels of responsibility we haven’t been willing to take. We have to live within our means with water. Just like if someone you love is dying, you move in a different way.”

The Great Salt Lake is a migratory stop for 10 million birds and is a center of life in the region. As the lake’s level continues to drop, due to drought and human interference like water diversion and outdated water policies, essential aspects of the ecosystem will continue to die off.

Microbialites, essentially living rocks, live in the

shallow water of the lake and metabolize life, creating a home for brine flies and brine shrimp that feeds the birds. As microbialites are exposed due to receding water, they die.

Increased salinity in the lake is killing keystone species. Toxic dust in the dried lake bed is dangerous to humans, birds and animals living near the area. Seymour will continue calling attention to the perilous situation and asked that others raise their voices by talking to their

representatives, writing op-eds and walking along the lake shore to keep the conversation going.

“Speak up, even when it feels hopeless and helpless,” she said. “It’s always against the odds, always against the powers that be. The people who make it happen are instigators, just ordinary, broken-hearted people who persist. They are outside the realm of power and influence. They are just people with hearts that keep showing up. That’s how change happens.” l

KRISTINE FOGARTY (LEFT) donated a portion of her liver to her friend and co-worker Carrie Riggs as part of Intermountain Health’s living organ donation program. Intermountain Health performed a record-breaking 300 adult transplants in 2022.

Photo courtesy of Kristine Fogarty

BISON, ON ANTELOPE ISLAND in the Great Salt Lake, are just one species that depends on the lake’s ecosystem. Local poet Nan Seymour held vigil for the lake for 47 days by living on the island to draw awareness to the lake’s perilous situation.

Photo courtesy of Nan Seymour

BLAST FROM THE PAST

News stories from yesteryear in Davis County

Compiled by Alisha

1923

Weiser, Idaho – A Rhode Island hen’s egg weighing eight ounces and measuring nine and seven eighths inches around its oval is on exhibit at a local bank.

1933

A prominent citizen of Salt Lake paid $100 for a shade tree. He purchased the lot on which the tree stood at the regular price of lots on the street and then added $100 for the spready tree that would mean so much to his home.

1943

A gradual decrease in the number of job applicants at Hill field during February has resulted in a second acute labor shortage in some departments, Ogden air depot officials said Friday.

1953

The Davis County Wildlife will join the state organization and organized conservationists throughout the country in observing National Wildlife Week from March 15 through 21. National Wildlife Week has been sponsored each year since 1938 by the National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C., a non-profit organization, in conjunction with its affiliates in 45 states.

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1963

Spring suits are short. Some have long sleeves and others have the three quarter length. One suit with a fresh look is that of blue with white stripes. It has a pique overlapping collar of white and a white blouse. Blouse sleeves are longer than those of the jacket.

1973

Some Bountiful residents had to “pack in” their culinary water one day last week when an overloaded pump in the culinary system began supplying “muddy” water. More than 800 homes in the northeast area of the city were affected by the water problem. The affected area was north of 400 North and east of 200 West and did not affect water in other sections of the city.

1983

There were some heroic efforts in the gasoline explosion-fire in downtown Layton last Thursday morning that critically burned a Centerville man and threatened to blow up three large gasoline tanks. Heroic praise should be placed on the man who wrestled the burn victim to the ground and extinguished the blaze.

Vehicle hits home causes significant damage

Layton fire units responded to the report of a vehicle that hit a structure in a residential area last week. The home received significant damage, a Layton Fire Department Facebook post said. The homeowner was not home at the time and no one was transported to the hospital.

Four people fall through thin ice on Steed Pond

The North Davis Fire Department is warning residents not to go out on Steed Pond after four people fell through the ice over the weekend. After one person fell in, another person went in to help get the person out before crews arrived. As one unit was at the pond waiting for others to arrive, two more individuals were on the ice. When they came off the ice and were heading to shore they fell through the ice. No one was injured. “The ice is dangerously thin right now and it is not safe to be on,” a NDFD Facebook post said. “If you weigh more than these ducks – please stay off the ice.”

Kaysville man indicted for stealing money from two charter schools

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Compiled by Peri Kinder

March 19-26

Davis School District Student

Exhibition

Through April 29

Bountiful Davis Art Center, 90 N. Main

St.

Peter and the Starcatcher

Through April 8, 7:30

On Pitch Performing Arts Center

587 N. Main St., Layton

Matilda: The Musical

Through April 15

CenterPointe Legacy Theatre

525 N. 400 W., Centerville

Cars & Coffee – Palate Gourmet

Coffee, cars and conversation

March 19, 9 a.m. – noon

Station Park, 225 N. East Promontory

Top of Utah Military Affairs

Open Meeting

Monday, March 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

$25 for Davis Chamber members and guests

HAFB Museum, 7961 Cottonwood St. Building 1955, Hill AFB

Gardening in Difficult Times

Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m.

BountifulPrep.org

South Davis Junior High, 298 W. 2600

South

Aunt Hannah’s Trunk

Pioneer Preschool Activity Hour

Wednesday, March 22, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Whitaker Museum, 168 N. Main St., Centerville

Layton Family Night at the Library

Here There be Dragons

Friday, March 24, 6:30-8 p.m.

Central Branch Library, 155 N. Wasatch

Dr.

All Shook Up: School Edition

Friday, March 24, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 25, 2 and 7 p.m.

Clearfield Arts Community Center 140 Center St., Clearfield

Hasenyager Nature Trail Birding

Adventure

Saturday, March 25, 10-11 a.m., FREE

Eccles Wildlife Education Center 1157 S. Waterfowl Wy., Farmington

Owl Prowl on Antelope Island

Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m., FREE

Antelope Island State Park 4528 W. 1700 South, Syracuse

Send event info to peri.k@davisjournal. com for inclusion in the Davis Journal community calendar.

A Kaysville man was indicted by a Salt Lake federal grand jury for allegedly stealing money from two charter schools, using the money for himself and his family.

Cole Arnold, 39, of Kaysville was an accountant for Academica West Services that provided services for charter school business operations. Arnold provided

Compiled by Becky Ginos

financial services to both North Davis Preparatory Academy and Ascent Academies, according to court documents.

The United State Attorney’s Office said Arnold allegedly used his position from August 2017 to June 2022 to steal $2,563,348.23 from the academies. Arnold’s fraudulent activity included: creating false invoices, bills and credit card statements claiming fees for school supplies, teacher salaries and other fictitious line-item expenses, the indictment said.

According to the indictment, Arnold allegedly used the stolen charter funds for concerts, travel, cosmetic surgeries, home improvements, electronics, jewelry and other personal expenses. Arnold is charged with 10 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. He is scheduled for his initial court appearance March 30.

The case is being investigated by the FBI Salt Lake Financial Crimes Task Force which includes the IRS-CI, Layton Police Department and the FBI.

Immigrant Fair set for Saturday

The public is invited to an Immigrant Fair Saturday, March 18. Various organizations will be available to provide resources to the Latino and Micronesian immigrants in Davis County. The fair will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2064 S. 800 West in Woods Cross.

Davis District high schools come out on top in Unified Sports tournament

Athletes from across the district competed in the 2023 Utah Unified Sports basketball tournament last week at Weber State University and Northridge and Davis High won championships in Division A and Division B.

The Unified Sports program pairs peer athletes with special needs athletes for sports competitions and this year Northridge High won the Division A Championship and Davis High took Division B. The Davis Education Foundation and the Davis School District won the “District of the Year” award, according to the DSD Facebook page.

South Davis Metro Fire promotes four firefighters

The following members of South Davis Metro Fire agency were promoted last week:

BATTALION CHIEF GREGORY has served for 21 years. He will be assigned as the battalion chief over B shift.

CAPTAIN JORDAN HUMMEL was hired as a firefighter/paramedic 13 years ago, he is now head of training for structural collapse and ice rescue. He is also on the technical rescue team.

Photo courtesy of DSD Facebook page

CAPTAIN SHAUN HALE has served for 14 years and is a paramedic and on the technical rescue team based out of the Centerville fire station.

BATTALION CHIEF TOPHER MAXWELL has served for 20 years and has been assigned as battalion chief over A shift.

OPINION

Death fueled by misguided right-wing conspiracy

Last week a Utah community was the scene of a police shooting and, as in highly publicized national incidents, there was an abundance of comments, some hasty and some the result of more serious consideration. This column reflects the latter.

CYCLOPS

BY BRYAN GRAY

Undoubtedly, law enforcement has a blemished record from George Floyd’s death on a national scale to the more local shooting of an autistic boy in Salt Lake City. The recent killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis by police officers to the memory of a badly beaten Rodney King by Los Angeles cops besmirches the badge and does not reflect on the vast majority of officers whose aim is protection, not provocation.

It is also tragic when a young man in his 20s meets an untimely death, especially over something that should never have escalated in the first place. But in last week’s case, my sympathies rest firmly with the five police officers.

If there is a culprit, it’s a family’s flirtation with misguided right-wing conspiracy.

The mother sits on the political fringe. When she was pulled over by police last year, she protested with the right-wing babble that Utah cities were “a fiction” and that government had no jurisdiction over her right to travel without showing a driver’s license or vehicle registration. In a court filing she also tossed out the frivolous assertion that Social Security numbers constitute “the mark of the beast” with ample references to the bible.

So, it was no surprise when her son, a supposedly educated man with a college degree, was uncooperative after an officer pulled him over for driving without a license plate. Instead, the car posted a placard declaring that the driver had “constitutional sovereignty.”

It should have been a peaceful encoun-

ter, but the young man refused to roll down his window more than a few inches and, refusing to hand over identification, told the officer he was not required to cooperate. It didn’t help that, according to the police report, he was wearing a holster and a handgun was visible in the vehicle near the driver.

Somehow, in the next few chaotic seconds, an officer yelled, “Gun, Gun, Gun!” and shots were fired as other officers attempted to pull the man out of his car.

The family complained that he was shot while still in his automobile. That’s probably true, but it was the driver’s decision to stay in it. Sure, he was, as the family said, “terrified for his safety,” but his safety only came into question when he refused to step out of his car and answer routine questions from the police officer. The officer who stopped him didn’t approach the car while pointing a gun. He had a valid reason for stopping the vehicle. The whole episode should have resulted in a nominal fine.

I’m sorry for the man’s death and I support the investigation into the details. If the police are proven wrong, punishment should ensue. But while the family calls the man a “patriot” who was “brutally murdered,” I see a man raised in a home full of anti-government flimflam who baited a policeman who simply wanted to fulfill his duties and return home after his shift for a good night’s rest.

The real reason for the man’s death was a shoddy understanding of the Constitution and an accompanying delusion fueled by conspiracy theories.

Bryan Gray, a longtime Davis County resident, is a former school teacher and has been a columnist for more than 26 years in newspapers along the Wasatch Front.l

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A dangerous practice?

Iamconcerned about the killing of about 300 deer near Grangeville, Idaho because of chronic wasting disease (CWD).

CWD in deer/elk/moose and possibly other animals, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), mad cow disease, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are related disorders. They belong to the family of diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) caused by a transmissible proteinaceous particle, which is yet to be fully characterized. Other TSEs include scrapie (a disease of sheep), feline spongiform encephalopathy, transmissible mink encephalopathy. Human forms include classic CJD, variant CJD, kuru, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, familial fatal insomnia, and sporadic fatal insomnia.

Prions are of great concern. And of

Mental Health and Getting Back to Normal

Really? After this pandemic settles down, do we really want our lives to go back to normal? I hope not. “Normal living” was not everything that it was cracked up to be. In fact, when I looked up synonyms for the word “normal” I wasn’t overly impressed with the word. Some of them included: typical, common, ordinary, standard, usual, regular, routine, commonplace, habitual, expected, every-day, average, run-ofthe-mill, unremarkable, plain, simple, vanilla, a dime a dozen, predictable, and in essence…BLAH!!! Is that the kind of existence that we want? Is that what we dream our grandkids will be? Is that the kind of life that we want for our future? I hope not.

JOHN WATERBURY

maintain a balance in life. It’s sad to say that many don’t feel they fit in with others who seem to have everything that they lack.

• We plan for the future but live one day at a time. Others are overwhelmed with fear and anxiety and they build walls around themselves to protect them from a scary world.

• We have a well-defined set of standards and values. Without these standards, there is a tendency to let others set our standards for us.

• We strive for success, not mediocrity. Many strive for mediocrity because they believe they deserve nothing better.

About 40 years ago, a friend of mine, Michael King, Ph.D., wrote a book titled, “What’s the Fantasy Behind That Smile” in which he identified a variety of definitions for a “normal” life. It was a very insightful book 40 years ago, but with the onset of this recent world-wide Coronavirus rampage, these definitions have taken on a much greater significance. (I’ve listed some of them in this article, and I’ve added a few comments on each.)

• We try to be real people and not play roles. Unfortunately, many people dislike themselves and think they have nothing of significance, so they hide behind a façade that they create.

• We are positive but realistic about life. Many (like Chicken Little) are certain that the sky is falling and that the end is near.

• We take responsibility for our feelings and actions. Too often, we blame others for our reactions and feelings, thereby absolving ourselves of any responsibility.

• We have a good self-image and

• We strive for independence in our thoughts and actions. Many strive for codependence where they give control of their lives to others.

• We conquer our fears by facing them. Many live in a self-imposed emotional prison, believing that they’re incapable of out-running their fears, and believing that there is no hope for the future.

In conclusion, maybe one of the greatest results of the Coronavirus is that it will force us to redefine ourselves, and to choose a higher level of existence.

J ohn Waterbury is a retired Clinical Mental Health Counselor who has lived in Utah since 1984 when he moved to Bountiful with his wife and four children. Since then, he has written a weekly column for several years for the Davis County Clipper titled “The Dear John Letters” which was also used throughout the intermountain West focusing on addiction and mental health problems. This new column will focus on mental health and life management issues. l

Silicon Valley Bank and your life savings

course killing of animals with prions in their body is totally justified to prevent the spread. However as I read more it appears that some of the dead deer meat was then butchered and went to food banks? They say it was tested for prions before donated. What tests they used I do not know. I do know that some animals can be asymptomatic, not showing any symptoms of the disease. Did Idaho Fish and Game use blood tests? Most of us realize that any test can be wrong depending on a lot of factors some of the time.

Therefore, I believe it very dangerous to pass any of this meat to the public, food bank or others.

Dixie L Weeks, LEHS, SSW Woods Cross

If you have worked hard and saved money all your life you may have over $250,000 in a bank. Or, maybe one of these days you might if you keep working and saving.

GLENN MOLETTE AUTHOR

You most likely know that only $250,000 of your money is federally insured. In other words, if your bank fails you might lose any amount above $250,000. Let’s say you have one half million in your bank. The assets of the bank would eventually be liquidated. If enough money was collected you might receive the rest of your half million or you might never see a penny above the federally insured amount unless you are in Silicon Valley.

The second largest bank failure in U.S. history occurred March 10 in Santa Clara, California. The Silicon Valley Bank failed after a bank run on its deposits. The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation revoked its charter and transferred the business into receivership under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

SVB is the country’s 16th largest bank with $209 billion in assets and more than $175 billion in deposits.

A number of businesses had millions of dollars in the bank.

Roku had just under $500 million of its 1.9 billion dollars of cash assets in the bank.

Roblox, a video game company said 5% of its 3 billion in cash was held at SVB.

Toronto-based AcuityAds Holding had US $55 million in SVB, and just US $4.8 million elsewhere. That means more than 90% of the company’s deposits were held in SVB.

Aerospace manufacturer Rocket Lab held almost 8%, or approximately $38 million, of its total cash at the collapsed bank, it said in a Friday filing.

Crytpo lender BlockFi, which filed for bankruptcy in November, disclosed it held $227 million with SVB in a bankruptcy filing Friday. BlockFi said in November it had halted withdrawals after facing “significant exposure” to Sam

Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange, as well as its sister hedge fund Alameda. BlockFi’s money in SVB is not FDIC-insured because it was in a money market mutual fund, the company learned from its bankruptcy trustee early this week. (Source CNN. Com)

Move the calendar from last Friday to this past Sunday.

Federal regulators stepped in Sunday March 12, to back all Silicon Valley Bank deposits, resolving a key uncertainty surrounding the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history hours before global stock markets resumed trading.

The U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said the government would back Silicon Valley Bank deposits beyond the federally insured ceiling of $250,000. The decision addressed concerns around the fate of uninsured funds held at the Santa Clara, California-based bank.

“Depositors will have access to all of their money starting Monday, March 13,” the agencies said in a joint statement Sunday evening. “No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by the taxpayer.” (Source NBC.COM)

If you have a half million dollars in a bank, you might consider dividing it up into two banks. Maybe the U.S. Treasury will treat you and the people at your bank the same as the millionaires of Silicon Valley. Don’t risk your life savings on this hope.

Dr. Glenn Mollette is a graduate of numerous schools including Georgetown College, Southern and Lexington Seminaries in Kentucky. He is the author of 13 books including UncommSense, the Spiritual Chocolate series, Grandpa's Store, Minister's Guidebook insights from a fellow minister. His column is published weekly in over 600 publications in all 50 states. l

WHAT TO WATCH

Catching up on this year’s Oscar winners

By Jenniffer Wardell The Movie Guru

If you haven’t seen one or more of this year’s Oscar winners, now is the perfect chance to change that. All the big winners are available online for either streaming or rental, giving you the chance for an award-winning experience right in your own home.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (Best Picture, Best Director – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Actress –Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor – Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing – Paul Rogers)

If you’re only going to watch one Oscar movie this year, make sure it’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” A hilarious, deeply moving epic unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, it swept every major category where it had a nominee. Yeoh and Quan’s wins were both literally history-making, but once you watch it all you’ll be able to think about how incredibly good it all is. It’s the rare Oscar winner that’s also just a delight to watch.

Seeing the movie is also vitally important if you’re going to be involved in any post-Oscar conversation. Jamie Lee Curtis is a great actress, and she gave a perfectly nice performance, but it’s nothing compared to watching Stephanie Hsu’s incredible portrayal of both Joy and Jobu Topaki. Once you’ve seen it, you’ll understand why it’s an absolute crime she didn’t win Best Supporting Actress.

Available on: Showtime, Showtime on Hulu, various online rental platforms

All Quiet on the Western Front (Best International Feature Film, Best Original Score – Volker Bertelmann, Best Cinematography – James Friend, Best Production Design – Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper)

“All Quiet on the Western Front” isn’t the first movie adaptation of the 1929 novel, but its searing message on the futility of war is timelier than ever. Though the added scenes off the battlefield were mostly to get Daniel Bruhl into the movie, the scenes that bring viewers back to the front are tenser and more harrowing than any horror movie. The production design and cinematography puts audiences right on the battlefield, then makes it clear that’s the last place anyone should ever want to be.

Available on: Netflix

The Whale (Best Actor – Brendan Fraser) Though critics are divided on how they feel about “The Whale,” everyone agrees that Brendan Frasher’s performance is the best thing about the movie. A reclusive

‘Matilda’ is sure to win your heart

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

CENTERVILLE—Mix a girl with special powers and a mean headmistress that hates children and you’ve got “Matilda.” The CenterPoint Legacy Theatre’s musical production follows Matilda, a witty girl with exceptional talents whose cleverness saves her classmates from Miss Trunchbull who rules with an iron fist.

Miss Trunchbull delights in making life difficult for her students by making up new punishments for children who don’t obey her rules.

Miss Honey, a lovable school teacher and mentor becomes Matilda’s ally and the two end up having a great impact on each other’s lives. Matilda’s parents, the Wormwoods, are

self-absorbed and aloof so she finds her own adventures in books.

Using her intelligence and psychokinetic powers, Matilda stands up to Miss Trunchbull and turns things around for the children at the school.

“Matilda” is filled with energetic tunes and a fun cast of characters that will have audiences young and old cheering for the delightful little girl who pulls everyone together.

The production is directed by Emily Wadley, Musical Direction by Tara Wardle, and Choreography by Liz Christensen. The show is double cast with three rotating Matildas.

“Matilda” runs March 17 – April 15, Monday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $19 – $37. CenterPoint Theatre is located at 525 N. 400 West, Centerville. For more information visit CPTUtah.org or call 801-298-1302. l

English teacher suffering from obesity who attempts to reconnect with his daughter, Fraser delivers a raw, emotional performance that will likely leave you in tears. Even if you don’t like what director Darren Aronofsky did with the material, Fraser will absolutely make you care about the man at the heart of it.

Available on: various online rental platforms

Women Talking

(Best Adapted Screenplay)

When Sarah Polley decided to adapt “Women Talking” into a movie, she faced a tough challenge – how to adapt a novel that was basically a series of transcribed debates about a horrific topic into a film people wanted to see? Though the result is still a little cerebral, Polley’s tale of Mennonite

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women trying to reckon with the horrible, systematic rapes they endured is a powerful look at women, agency, and what it means to survive. It’s not an easy movie to watch, but it’s just as hard to forget.

Available on: various online rental platforms

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

(Best Animated Film)

Though the movie has a timeless sweetness that brings back memories of childhood, it also wrestles with fascism and WWII in a way that is desperately important for adults. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is infinitely more complex than the Disney version, a beautifully animated tale of love and regret that feels like the best, most memorable kinds of fairy tales.

Available on: Netflix

THE MUSICAL FEATURES THREE rotating Matildas Penny Hodson, Sarah Monson and Charlotte Witt.

Photo by Kirsten Smith

Jenniffer Wardell is an award-winning movie critic and member of the Utah Film Critics Association. Find her on Twitter at @wardellwriter or drop her a line at themovieguruslc@gmail.com. l

Wood Cross senior receives Award of Merit at art competition

By Kerry Angelbuer k.angelbuer@mycityjournals.com

Anna Stephenson of Wood Cross High School was recently honored along with other art students in Utah for her self-portrait called “Faceless Daisy” which was on display at the Eccles Community Arts Center in Ogden throughout the month of January. Along with an Award of Merit, Anna was also given a $2,000 scholarship. In the 2023 showcase, Davis County had 43 students with displayed artwork including digital, acrylic, and oil painting, along with ceramics and pencil drawings. This art complements the gallery’s extensive collection of Utah’s bestknown visual artists over the last century.

Stephenson was given a self-portrait assignment by her teacher Jack Hattaway who according to her, “really understands how versatile art can be and lets you do what you want with any topic.”

Not really comfortable with portrait work, especially of herself, she searched photos of herself for inspiration. A photo with her covering her face with daisies in her hair became the reference photo for her digital painting, “Faceless Daisy.” Stephenson said she loves digital art because, “you don’t have to use an eraser and great colors are available.” She created her masterpiece on an iPad using a pencil shaped stylus. She is currently using the artist program Drawing Pad, but has also used Illustrator and Photoshop.

Although primarily a digital artist now, she started drawing seriously when she was about 8 years old in a more traditional manner. She currently has nine-10 sketchbooks full of art. Stephenson said that her whole family is creative. Her oldest sister, Rachel, was a particular role model for her who is not only a visual artist, but also into the performing arts. Stephenson herself has participated in a couple of musicals. Her younger sister is great

PROPOSAL

o Convert the historic library into a modern food hall

o Preserve and restore existing building

o Local food options

o Flex space (Art / Meetings / Pop-Up Retail)

o Outdoor patio

o Drivable surfaces for food trucks

Two library repurpose proposals unveiled

By Cindi Mansell c.mansell@mycityjournals.com

outreach and contests, and support from local groups.

at makeup, fashion and interior design. Stephenson is too busy surviving her senior year to think about what she might do afterward but is leaning toward Weber State University where she has a “scholarship thing.” She also enjoys reading, writing, watching old animated Disney movies and playing video games with her brother. If she ever needs a little stress relief at school, Stephenson said she enjoys hanging out in Mr. Hattaway’s classroom. He has a hot cocoa corner and welcomes students in during lunch to “chill.” l

KAYSVILLE—After receiving multiple proposals to repurpose the old library building two came out on top, Alchemy Design and City Creek Development. Parks and Recreation Department Director Cole Stephens said the Library Repurpose RFP was open from October through December. Both companies presented their proposals to the city council at the last meeting.

Mayor Tammy Tran said the goals of the RFP were to save/extend the life of the old library building, to energize and facilitate downtown, provide connectivity, and offer a proven financial structure that allows for continued financial benefits to the city and to maximize financial investment from public funds.

Josh Green introduced the Alchemy team and backgrounds. He presented the Bamberger Food Hall Proposal. He said the intent was to convert the historic library into a modern food hall while preserving and restoring the existing building. He described local food options, outdoor patios or drivable surfaces for food trucks, and options to flex space (such as for art, meetings, pop-up retail).

Green said it would be designed to save and extend the life of the building while energizing the heart of the city and providing connectivity among businesses, residents, and visitors.

Bob Murri, Vice President of Business Development/Marketing for City Creek Development, said City Creek construction has 25 years of experience. He discussed the public/private partnership proposal and said the construction timeline would be 8-10 months and the estimated construction cost for the library building is $2.2 million. He said the intent was for Kaysville City to continue to own the property and negotiate a long-term/lowcost ground lease and a newly formed LLC entity retains ownership of the building for a period of time (5-15 years) and give Kaysville City first right of refusal to buy back. Murri said ideas for tenants include professional services, offices, museum/ arts, coffee shop, retail, and recreation.

Murri said the proposal involved multi-housing with 46 estimated units in a design that compliments the city building with a stepped, tiered design. He said there would be three levels of structured parking and the benefits would be more people connecting to businesses/shops, and to generate continuous tax revenue for Kaysville and to bring covered parking to city hall and police station employees.

Thinking Big will Bring About Kaysville’s

• Unit Count: 46 total estimated Units; 14 twobedroom, 8 one-bedroom, and 24 studio apartments.

Murri said the estimated multi-housing cost was $16 million with a construction timeline of 24-30 months. The proposal was to lease or buy the property or negotiate a long-term, low-cost ground lease while Kaysville City continues to own the property. An LLC entity would own the complex and hire a management company to operate and maintain the facility. He said the design would provide additional parking for those desiring to visit businesses on Main Street. Murri said this design really mirrors what other cities are doing to bring vitality to their main street districts.

• Design: Complements the city building with a stepped, tiered design.

• Parking: 3 Levels of structured parking, one below grade, one at grade, and one above grade. 113 total estimated stalls.

Green discussed budgeting, various costs involved (architecture, engineering, developer, permits, market, etc.), and said the total project cost is estimated to be $5,616,460. He reviewed the proposed timeline, including award of RFP and design in the first quarter of 2023, demolition and core and shell construction by summer, rough finished in fall, and grand opening in the first quarter of 2024. Green reviewed financing methods to consist of public/private partnerships, bank loan or historic tax credits and grants. He said projected potential income in the first year is $316.98. He talked about marketing methods such as community voting on at least one tenant, website, ads, social campaigns, community

• Benefits: Kaysville businesses/shops.

• Generates Kaysville.

Mayor Tran said the intent for this time was only to hear the proposal presentations. She said the RFP process was open to everyone and welcomed anyone interested in creating a plan for the old library building; she thanked those that took the time to submit ideas. l

• Brings (city hall

ANNA STEPHENSON OF WOODS Cross High won an Award of Merit and a $2,000 scholarship for her art piece “Faceless Daisy.”

CITY CREEK DEVELOPMENT proposal involves multi-housing with 46 estimated units in a design that compliments the city building with a stepped, tiered design.

THE BAMBERGER FOOD HALL proposal by Alchemy Design.

SPORTS

Boys soccer update: long winter not slowing teams down

By Josh McFadden

The calendar may have turned to March, but it has still looked and felt pretty wintry out there. Of course, that hasn’t stopped local high school boys soccer teams from kicking off their seasons.

Multiple games have gone on, despite some snow on the ground. Davis, Farmington, Bountiful, Viewmont and Woods Cross have each gotten at least one game in during the early part of the 2023 season.

Davis

The Darts are 1-0 as of our press time, that being a 2-1 win at home over Viewmont. A March 9 contest against Logan was

cancelled due to the weather.

In Davis’ win, the Darts scored a goal in each half, while shutting out the Vikings in the first half. The Darts opened Region 1 play at Farmington on Wednesday and next host Fremont on Friday.

The Darts went 13-5 last season and posted an 8-4 mark in Region 1, good enough for third place. But Davis caught fire in the state tournament, advancing to the state championship game where it lost to upstart Herriman.

This year’s squad must replace some key cogs from last year’s Class 6A runner-up team, but the Darts are typically a competitive team from year to year.

Farmington

The Phoenix were fourth in Region 1

in 2022, posting a 7-5 record. Overall, the team was 13-6. Farmington fell to Herriman in the 6A semifinals, denying it a chance to face Davis for the title.

Farmington has some talent and experience to be a factor in Region 1. The Phoenix bring back senior goalkeeper Davis Wadsworth. He, along with returning defenders Jaden Petersen and Austin Judd, helped to limit foes to just 0.9 goals per game last season. Senior Boston Peterson and senior Jake Call will lead the offensive attack. A couple of junior midfielders, Cole Janke and Chase Ashby, will aim to control the ball from their positions.

So far, Farmington has also gotten off to a 1-0 record, having dispatched Riverton 4-0 on March 9. The Phoenix hosted Davis on Wednesday and will travel to Layton on

Friday. In the big win over Riverton, Gavin Warner had two goals and an assist. Ben Wright and Ashby each added goals. Peterson got the shutout in the net.

Bountiful

The 1-1 Redhawks have a big game coming up at American Fork this Friday. Bountiful will look to build on a 5-0 victory over Bear River on Tuesday. Four Redhawks players found the back of the net in the win. Raymond Robinson had two goals, while Thomas Thorne, Kevin Suarez and Javier Moreno each had one. Impressively, Moreno also had three assists. Goalkeeper Nash McReynolds had the shutout. Bountiful opened the season on March

Please see SOCCER: pg. 11

Boys lacrosse teams start spring season regardless of weather

By Catherine Garrett c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

Davis

Ten seniors return for Davis from a young team that went undefeated in Region 1 last year and made it to the 6A semifinals.

“We’re still fairly young, but we have a lot of guys with varsity and playoff experience,” said head coach Dillon Yocom.

The Darts will be led by First Team All-State attacker Emmett Rice, a senior, who has a “high level of lacrosse IQ,” according to Yocom, along with senior defender Emerson Bell, who has been a varsity start his entire high school career. “Emerson is a leader and everyone looks to him,” Yocom said of the Honorable Mention All-State player.

Other key players for Davis this year look to be seniors Eli Greenway, Everett Hensley and Blake Lucas, juniors Jacob Faerber, Nick Johnson, Ben Roylance, Jackson Rust and sophomores Carter Sant

and Ashton Wood. The Darts also welcome junior goalie Hunter Keller who started at Utah Military Academy the past two seasons. “He’s arguably the best goalie in the state,” Yocom said.

Also on the DHS team this season are seniors Fletcher Anderl, Daniel Brough, Jacob Dowdle, Jaxon Reynolds, Parker Romney and Collin Wright; juniors William Adams, Damon Brown, Parker Chandler, Samuel Larsen, Josh Magana, Mason Magee, Mackay Neiderhauser, Chase Nelson, Logan Reynolds, Spencer Rigby, Brody Searle, Carson Smolka and Deuce Wright; sophomores Bryson Bare, Elijah Bateman, Christian Bott, Jackson Bunch, Isaac Call, Conner Clark, Spencer Clark, Charles Dibble, Luke Donigan, Dawson Draper, Rocky Edelman, Jack Hilton, Brek Jensen, Maxwell Lifferth, Cooper Mason, Emerson Minalga, Gavin Morrell, Luke Nosler, Keaton Reid and Tate Wallwork; and freshmen Malachi Elsmore, Hendrix Grace, Ethan Lifferth, William Marsh, Caleb Murdock, Taylor Rust, Payton Smith,

Milo Thorpe and Trustan Tucker.

“All of our guys are pushing each other to be better,” Yocom said.

Yocom is being assisted on the coaching staff this spring by Josh Bell, Trevor Yocom, Tim Richards, Nick Erickson, Kyle Hoskins, Boston Frasure, Berklee Baskin along with foreign exchange student – from Germany – Freddy Behrens.

In its first game of the season, Davis went up against 6A champion Corner Canyon and lost 14-3.

“Last year, we started the year against Corner Canyon and it was great to again start the season playing great competition.

If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best,” Yocom said. “We knew they would be a tough opponent coming off back-to-back state titles. We learned lots of great lessons that will help us get to where we want to be at the end of the season.

Emerson stood out at long stick middle for us and the anchor of our defense with three caused turnovers. We are excited to bounce back and play some more great competition this week.”

The Darts are also scheduled to face Region 1 teams in home-and-away matchups in Fremont, Farmington, Layton, Clearfield, Syracuse, Roy and Weber while also playing 2022 5A semifinalist Olympus March 23.

“Our region continues to get stronger,” Yocom said. “This schedule will push us and we want to be tested.”

Farmington

Senior attackman Mason Hepworth, senior defenseman Dallin Larsen and senior goalie Leif Erickson headline Farmington High’s returners this spring along with junior attacker Cooper Hyde, junior middie Tyler Jacobs and junior defenseman Dante Coats.

Head coach Christian Taylor returns much of his varsity lineup from a year ago and is looking to junior Dom Coats, sophomores Mitch Milne and Zach Moore and freshman Ryker Yeates to also make significant contributions on the field as the Phoenix squad begins play.

Please see LACROSSE: pg. 11

Bountiful hung on to

Photo by Roger V. Tuttle

FARMINGTON’S GAVIN WANNER celebrates his second goal with teammates as the Phoenix win against Riverton March 9.

Photos by Roger V. Tuttle

FARMINGTON GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD against Riverton as the Phoenix shut out the Silverwolves 4-0 in the first game of the 6A Soccer season.

joshm@mycityjournals.com

Softball teams ready to play … when they can

By Catherine Garrett c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

Davis Head coach Todd Street, who is in his fourth year at Davis welcomes back seven key returners in seniors Nina Attanasio, Ellie Black, Abby Olsen and Laney Tuft along with juniors Jada Chilton, Sydney Marrelli and Rayleigh Starnes to a program hoping to “get better every day” and have a winning season after two sub-.500 campaigns.

“We want to compete in every at-bat and every pitch and do all we can to give ourselves a chance to win each game,” Street said.

Newcomers Hadlee Isaacs and Libby Miller, both sophomores, and freshmen Jewel Korth and Serena Roth will also be looked to by Street to contribute to the Darts team on the field.

Davis’ scheduled start to the season – which originally included games with Box Elder and Northridge – was delayed due to the snow, but the Darts were able to head south to the St. George Warm-Up Elite tournament March 10-11. The Darts picked up wins over Canyon View, Altamont and Granger – outscoring opponents 51-7 – while losing a close one 12-10 to Virgin Valley, Nev. Tuft led Davis with 11 RBIs on the weekend while Korth (eight RBIs), Starnes (seven), Black (six) and Chilton (five) offense with other “great efforts batting and fielding,” according to Street from Isaacs, Olsen and Sydney Marrelli with a “good overall effort pitching” from Black, Roth, Nina Attanasio and Katie Klaumann.

Also on the preseason slate is Woods Cross, Roy, Lone Peak and Bountiful before Region 1 home-and-away games with Layton, Fremont, Weber, Syracuse, Clearfield and Farmington.

Also on the DHS team this season are senior Abby Hicks; juniors Gracie George and Lauryn Hall; sophomores Regan Caldwell, Tempe Haslam, Hadlee Isaacs, Katie Klaumann and Emma Worthington; and freshmen Chloe Peery, Koryn Mafi and Adelyn Turpin.

Street is being assisted this season on the coaching staff by Rainy Dold, Bobby Sutherland and Shelby Tyteca along with team manager Brynlee Beckstrand.

Farmington

Farmington High begins the season with a new head coach but a familiar face to them as Haleigh Mortensen-Morales was with the Phoenix program as an assistant in 2022.

“I am stoked to be coaching at Farmington,” Mortensen-Morales said. “I am beyond grateful for this opportunity. I am truly impressed with the girls and their families that are a huge support to the program. I really can't express how excited I am to be here and to be a part of building this program.”

Senior Courtney Christiansen, who was an Honorable Mention All-State catcher a year ago, along with seniors Kate Hansen and Elle Mortensen and juniors Lexi Crowley, Madison Kelker and Nev Carrasquel return to lead the team on the field this year.

Mortensen-Morales said there was an “amazing turnout” for tryouts and she is excited for the strong freshman class that emerged and what they can add to the program.

The off-season workouts focused on fundamentals and strength training as Mortensen-Morales said she “wanted to work from the ground up.”

Also on the FHS squad this year will be seniors Riley Eckhardt, Eva O’Brien and Lisa Rasmussen; juniors Hannah Barton, Ryann Bennion and Lilly Nielson; sophomores Lola Ogzewalla and Brooklyn Wright; and freshmen Ruby Andrus, Kiley Gazafy, Claire Hansen, Megan Hoskins, Ella Nielson, Leah Pease-Johnson, Morgan Rogers and Rylin Toone.

Mortensen-Morales will be assisted on the coaching staff by John Mortensen and Brittany Seupule.

“This season I would like to compete and have fun,” said Mortensen-Morales. “We truly have a great group of girls on the team this year and we can’t wait to compete. As a coaching staff we are beyond excited to get the season started.”

Mortensen-Morales brings a lifetime of softball to the Phoenix program, having played for Weber High – winning state in 2012 as a starting sophomore for the Warriors team. She competed collegiately at BYU-Hawaii until injuries ended her playing career.

She got into the coaching ranks through the influence of her dad, John, who has coached her since she was 12 and will assist her this year, and wants to pass on her “love and passion for the sport.” “Softball has taught me so many life lessons and I have had so many great coaches become role models to me, I want to pass on my passion and knowledge for the game,” she said. “I believe in teaching mental toughness and that we can do hard things and we can have fun while doing them.”

Farmington began the season at the St. George Warm-up Elite tournament March 10 and played two one-run games before rain washed away the rest of their games. The Phoenix squad defeated West 7-6, coming back from a 6-0 deficit after two innings to win with seven runs over the next two innings. An 8-7 loss to Bonneville ended their showing at the tournament. Lisa Rasmussen recorded four RBIs to lead the team.

This season, Farmington is also scheduled to face West, Bonneville, Timpanogos, Galena and Bishop Kelly before playing Morgan and Bear River among home-and-away Region 1 matchups with Syracuse, Layton, Fremont, Weber, Clearfield and Davis.

Bountiful

Bountiful High’s Eva Stoddard, the First Team All-State pitcher who signed with College of Southern Idaho, returns as the ace for the Redhawks this season who hope to again be playing in 5A’s final four – where they have reached since the 2018 campaign.

“She’s our main leader and is all excited to get things going for us,” said head coach Butch Latey, who is in his 19th year at Bountiful and 32nd in high school softball.

Bountiful begins the year ranked third in the state with a five-deep pitching rotation that also includes junior Ella Miller, junior Melissa Turpin and sophomore Claire Yates.

“Ella throws harder than Eva and has just gotten better and better,” Latey said, remembering his initial meeting with her as an 8 year old for a lesson and then not seeing her again until the fall of her freshman year when she walked onto the field and “ran as fast as my varsity players and then hit one up on the building.”

Junior catcher Athena Tongaonevai, who was the team’s leading hitter last season as a Second Team All-State selection, is back “even stronger this year,” according to Latey. Her presence behind the plate along with Turpin and Yates anchoring the middle infield will be big for Bountiful as the season progresses.

Only 15 girls participated in tryouts this year so Latey will fill his varsity and junior varsity squads with the lowest number of players he’s ever had.

“We’ve just told the girls that everyone is playing and we’ll be playing as a team so we can field the two teams,” he said. “We don’t think it’ll take long to come together with these girls and they think they can go win it this year.”

Also on the BHS team this year are senior Ashlyn Watson; juniors Jaci Alvey, Mylie Burns, Frankie Galeana and Katelyn Rogers; sophomores Isabeau Hoff and Abby Orme; and freshmen McKinley Duryea, Aimee Moore, Kamryn Rasmussen and Alivia Trump.

Latey is being assisted Ron Osborn, Kyli Evans and Katie Tanner on the coaching staff this season.

The season’s first two games against Syracuse were delayed because of snow-covered fields. The Redhawks are scheduled to now open the year against Grantsville March 14 as well as other non-region action against Cyprus, Corner Canyon, Layton, Davis, Alta, Uintah and Herriman. Bountiful will also compete in a St. George tournament March 16-18 and a Brighton tournament April 8 along with home-and-away contests with Region 5 opponents Viewmont, Bonneville, Northridge, Box Elder and Woods Cross.

Viewmont

First-Team All-State pitcher Molly Roberts along with fellow juniors Kennedy Embrey and Lily Hawker, who were Honorable Mention All-State players last season, return to lead a Viewmont team who welcome new coaches Bree Lopez and Kayla Lowry this season.

“The talent is so great on our team right now that I’m not even sure who my starting nine will be,” Lopez said. “I’m so impressed with their talent and effort. It’s gonna be a dogfight for everyone in the battle for playing time.”

Lopez and Lowry have been emphasizing author John Gordon’s perspective of “Positive Ways To Thrive During Change” as they try to build team chemistry among the Vikings program.

Viewmont’s March 8 game with Morgan was cancelled as spring sports struggle to start the season in winter conditions. The Vikings are scheduled to

play Ridgeline March 17 and Green Canyon March 21. A special “Autism Game” will be held March 24 preceding Autism Awareness which is highlighted during the month of April, which is especially significant to Lopez whose 6-year-old son is high-functioning autistic. Other games this season will be against Bountiful (twice), Box Elder (twice), Northridge (twice), Bonneville (twice), Taylorsville, Woods Cross (twice) and Mountain Ridge.

Also on the VHS squad this season are seniors Amanda Barton, Sammie Bice, Jena Eggett and Sydni Steed; juniors Ella Naea, Haley Rodabough and Lily Wright; sophomores Karli Dickerson, Emi Jones and Kaitlin Riley; and freshmen Peyton Burningham, Kate Egnew, Marlee Moser and Ricky Smith.

Woods Cross

Seniors Mel Zarate and Brighton Malmrose along with junior Natalie Wall return for an inexperienced Woods Cross team this season.

“We are very young this year so we will focus on getting better, playing together and developing fundamentals,” said head coach Casey Plowman. “We will also spend a lot of time on the mental side of the game this year.”

Plowman also noted the addition of senior Luisa Piutau along with freshmen Audrey Ayala and Aspen Lewis who stand out among the 11 freshmen joining the program.

“We have great leadership from our upperclassmen that I am really looking forward to seeing them shine and show what Woods Cross softball is all about,” Plowman said. “Also, seeing that we are getting bigger numbers from our underclassmen is very promising.”

Also on the WXHS team this year are seniors Kaii Crockett, Luisa Piutau, Olivia Wauneka and Zoe Williams; sophomore Audrey Strong; and freshmen Sydney Axenty, Audrey Ayala, Ili Crockett, Rylee Feller, Breck Harris, Savannah Juggert, Aspen Lewis, Kaylee Moen, Bella Mortensen, Ashlynn Nelson and Grace Thomas.

Woods Cross’ game with Skyview was cancelled to start the season due to weather. The Wildcats are scheduled to play Davis March 14 and then Olympus, Sky View, Skyline, Granger, Highland, Taylorsville and Mountain Ridge in non-region action along with homeand-away games against Bonneville, Northridge, Bountiful, Box Elder and Viewmont.

Plowman is being assisted on the coaching staff by Madi White and Katelyn Sadler with Cris Plowman and Jodilyn Wall helping with scorekeeping and stats. “I’m really looking forward in developing the youth we have this year. We have a lot of coachable girls who want to get better and have gotten better in just a short amount of time,” Plowman said. l

SOFTBALL PLAYERS from last spring take a swing. The weather has made it difficult to start this season.

Photos by Roger V. Tuttle

“We feel really good about our team this year,” said Taylor. “We have most of our starters back along with a few key players. We also expect to have a solid defense anchored by Dallin and Leif.”

Also on the FHS team are seniors Tyson Beynon, Jacob Duncan, Dallin Larsen, Brigham Palmer; juniors Charlie DeAndra, Ryan Eddins, Jake Guile, Luke Guile, Malachi Harrison, Wyatt Jacobsen, Hyrum Johnson, Kai Leavitt and Brady Wallace; and sophomore Mitch Milne

“We think there’s a lot of room to grow and we’re just getting out every day and playing hard,” Taylor said.

Taylor is being assisted on the coaching staff this season by Scott Beynon, James Taylor, Rob Moore, Nick Carrino and Paul Williams.

In its first game of the year, Farmington lost to Bountiful 8-7 March 10.

The Phoenix team gets right into Region 1 play with home-and-away games against Syracuse, Davis, Roy, Weber, Clearfield, Fremont and Layton. Their final game is scheduled for May 12 in a non-region matchup with American Fork.

“We have a stronger region this year than last,” Taylor said. “Every game will be hard-fought and we’ll see where things go.”

Bountiful Bountiful High senior goalie Cooper Lowe was credited by head coach Peter Jordan as “having his best game in a Bountiful uniform” that ultimately made the difference in an 8-7 win over Farmington for the Redhawks in their first game of the season.

“It was a good back-and-forth game where we unfortunately had a lightning delay for over an hour just before the fourth quarter,” Jordan said.

Junior Tate Terry had four goals and an assist to lead Bountiful while freshman Carter Terry (two goals), junior Jensen Freeman (one goal), junior Wyatt Farr (one goal), senior Adam Mabey (one assist), junior Kyle Nielson (one assist), junior Faletau Satuala (one assist) and sophomore Ryland Hewitt (one assist) also helped the offense.

Also on the BHS squad were seniors Caleb Allred, William Black, Tanner Crane, McCoy Diaz, Cooper Lowe, Russell Smith, Samuel Stevenson and Isaac

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9 with a 1-0 loss to 6A foe Layton. The Redhawks allowed a first-half goal in the setback.

This season, the Redhawks are aiming to improving on a challenging 5-13 campaign from a year ago.

Viewmont

In 2022, the Vikings shared the Region 5 title with Northridge and Bonneville, going 6-4. Overall, the team was 8-8 and lost in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs to Orem.

The 2023 version has some confidence and some experienced players to lead the charge. Mason Hanson is a solid senior defender. He’s part of a unit that hopes to improve on the 1.7 goals per game it allowed. Cole Halterman, a senior forward, is the leading returning scorer. He tallied seven goals last season, just behind the graduated Kenyon Grange, who scored eight.

Viewmont’s 2-1 loss to Davis in the March 9 season opener is the only game the

Stout; juniors Jack Clemons, Mason Crane, Nathan Horne, Michael Kaspar, Brigham Morrison and Brandon Wilkinson; sophomores Jax Bytnar, Thorin Carlile, Dawson Hanson, Tate Hattaway and Britton Tidwell; and freshmen Dawson Allsop and Connor Mertz.

Peter Jordan is being assisted by Allen Clemons, David Jordan and Zach Jordan on the coaching staff this year.

The Redhawks are also scheduled to play East, Park City, Olympus, Herriman and Highland before Region 5 home-andaway games with Box Elder, Bonneville, Woods Cross, Viewmont and Northridge.

Viewmont

Viewmont High senior Abe Salmon, who is among one of the top scorers in the state, returns for the Vikings squad who welcome in a new head coach.

“I’m really excited about the 2023 team,” said head coach Dan Derrick who assisted with the VHS program last season.

“Abe is by far the best player in our region and we have a lot of other key players returning on the offensive side and face off positions. We have some of the top ranked players in the state who are sharp, fast, creative and aggressive. They have different skill sets that compliment game styles very well. It will be a super fun exciting team for the community to come out and watch.”

Derrick said he wasn’t looking for a head coaching position, but he is happy to be at Viewmont and humbled for the opportunity as well as to continue to learn.

Derrick brings a wealth of experience to his coaching staff with six former college athletes, five of whom played lacrosse, for the experienced group of players the Vikings return from a year ago. The coaches include Kyle Fujikawa, Trevin Hales, Alexandru Andersen, Austin Inkley, Carson Franklin, Zach Wheatley and former Viking Max Staples.

“Transactional coaches focus on the score, but I try to be more of a transformational coach who feels we can still be successful even if we lose some games,” Derrick said. “We want to be organized, create a positive experience and win and with the great individuals we have, we will work together to find success.”

Also on the VHS team this season are seniors Parker Burt, Presley Gubler, Caleb Hansen, Kai Horlacher, Landon Jeppesen, Tyler Mauri, Tyson Mauri, Portar Randall, Camden Stephenson and Ben Thomas; ju-

Vikings have played so far. McKay Stacey scored in the loss. The Vikings played a non-region game against Brighton on Thursday and next play at Corner Canyon on March 21.

Woods Cross

Woods Cross was 9-10 overall last season and went 4-6 in Region 5, placing fifth. Though the 2022 season was disappointing, the Wildcats do have a lot of players with varsity experience returning this season.

Seniors Nate Blanchard, a forward, and Bracken Hess, a defender, will be team leaders and main contributors. A host of juniors, who got a lot of action as sophomores, should be more seasoned for bigger things in 2023. Midfielders Aidan Moore and Zach DeSpain, along with junior defenders Josh Tibbitts and Gage Gardner, will be important parts of head coach David Newman’s squad.

The Wildcats played at Kearns on Wednesday and next face Maple Mountain at home on March 21. The team’s season opener on March 14 was a tough 1-0 loss at home to Logan. l

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“We have some new players that moved into the area last summers with years of experience and we have some new freshmen,” Derrick said. “But, the coolest part I think about this team is their willingness to work. We have players who have completely transformed their game, from being ordinary players to becoming extraordinary players. It says a lot about them as players and about the community.”

Viewmont is scheduled to begin its season March 15 against West while also facing East, Highland, Bingham, Maples Mountain and Skyridge before Region 5 home-and-away games against Bonneville, Northridge, Box Elder, Bountiful and Woods Cross.

“This will be a fun team to watch,” said Derrick. “We will be fast, we will be quick and aggressive. The games will be entertaining for the fan who has never seen lacrosse and for those with many years of experience as well.”

Woods Cross

Head coach Lt. Col. Brett Rurka –who is affectionately called by his flight call sign “Razor” by his players – returns a strong captain group this season in seniors Seth Laycock and Will Marx and junior Jack Wood.

“They are working really hard to help build team unity and encourage our players to work hard,” Rurka said. “We have a developing team of mostly freshman and sophomores and we’re absolutely excited about the year.

Freshman attackman Gus Wood will be looked to by coach Rurka to “bring a lot of offense,” with his ability to see the field and solid stick play. Freshman midfielder Gavin Rurka can contribute complementa-

ry offense from his position.

On the defensive side, sophomore Aiden Weston, who has a lot of tenacity, according to coach Rurka, will be counted on to “step up and be a force,” while sophomore goalie will direct the defense with “good presence in the cage.”

The players have been training since September to develop fundamentals they can bring to the field this spring. “While we’re young, these kids have a drive to get better and are learning and improving,” coach Rurka said. “We hope to help them develop their lacrosse IQ just a little more where every player on the team has better field awareness, agility and stick handling as we go along and then each year we’ll build on that.”

Woods Cross is scheduled to start the year against Payson, Highland, Skyridge, Waterford and Maple Mountain before home-and-away Region 5 matchups with Northridge, Box Elder, Bountiful, Viewmont and Bonneville.

Also on the WXHS squad this season are seniors Ben McGuire, Caleb Richards and Roy Yazzie; juniors Mike Freebairn, Lincoln Oaks, Kenyon Von and Luke Yospe; sophomores Brennen Auger, Jared Cannon, Carter Dunn, Lucas Hammond, Ledger Harding, Carter Kringlen, Noah Lake and Asher Patten; and freshmen Jameson Rich, Dawson Staten and Isaiah Walletine.

“Razor” Rurka is being assisted on the coaching staff this year by fellow AFA lacrosse alum, and 2ND LT., Caden Wolfson who is providing “an immediate and incredible impact on the defense,” according to Rurka, and Dr. Mark Kringlen, a volunteer coach who is also the Woods Cross youth lacrosse director. Other support personnel are Dr. Raul Weston and Devon Wood along with Wes Johnson. The Wildcats coaching staff and players will be hosting clinics this summer and in the early fall for new players and also for those with more experience as part of the community out-reach they want to be a part of to expose young athletes to the sport and help them be motivated to play lacrosse. l

TELEVISION GUIDE

Hollywood Q&A

By Adam Thomlison TV Media

Q: I swear I see a resemblance between the Fonz and Det. Munch from “Law & Order,” but I know it’s not the same guy. Are they brothers?

A: The timing of your question is sadly apt. Henry Winkler, who came to fame playing Arthur Fonzarelli on “Happy Days,” was among the celebrities leading tributes to his cousin Richard Belzer after he died on Feb. 19.

Belzer is, as you say, best known for

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playing John Munch on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and several other shows. Indeed, his character created an unofficial “Munch-iverse” that united several disparate shows, including “Homicide: Life on the Street” (where the character first appeared), sci-fi drama “The X-Files,” sitcom “Arrested Development” and three versions of “Law & Order.”

The longevity and recognizability of the character was helped by the fact that Belzer never seemed to age. If you see him on one of his early TV appearances, such as his few early turns on “Saturday Night Live” in the mid-’70s, and then see him again as recently as last year on “Law & Order: SVU,” you’d find it hard to believe nearly 50 years had passed in between. Whereas Winkler had to age into his resemblance with his cousin. After largely going quiet in the ‘80s and ‘90s, he’s

been enjoying a career resurgence in the 2000s, but doing so involved shedding his teen-heartthrob looks.

The now silver-haired Winkler has had a number of critically acclaimed roles in recent years, including on the aforementioned “Arrested Development,” though he and Belzer never shared a scene.

Q: I heard a casual reference recently about James Dean’s old car being cursed. What’s that about and, well, is it true?

A: Sadly, I’m not qualified to say if James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder is, in fact, cursed. I can only offer some facts and let you decide for yourself.

The central fact is, of course, that James Dean (“Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955) died in it. He crashed it in

September 1955 on a treacherous stretch of California highway, en route to a race. It’s remembered as one of the most iconic gone-too-soon deaths in Hollywood history and a true-life tragedy.

Alas, Dean’s death wasn’t the only one tied to his car. Parts of it were used by two other racing drivers who crashed, one fatally. And there have been other stories of people being hurt or even killed in cars that used salvaged parts from Dean’s original.

But is that due to a curse on this particular vehicle? Or is it the fact that the Porsche 550 Spyder was a famously fragile and dangerous car, as a result of which very few were ever made?

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Monday

Bob Hearts Abishola

(2) KUTV 7:30 p.m.

The laughs continue in this new episode, as Bob (Billy Gardell) and Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku) keep navigating the ups and downs of life and love. The cast includes Christine Ebersole as Dottie, Matt Jones as Douglas, and Maribeth Monroe as Christina.

Rain Dogs HBO 8 p.m.

Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Edmondson and Fleur Tashjian star in this dark comedy about a working class single mom, her 10-yearold daughter and a privileged gay man. The series is created by new voice Cash Carraway.

Tuesday American Masters

(7) KUED 7 p.m.

This new documentary follows Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s most prominent physician, across 14 months to present a portrait of the man behind the microphone. The film looks at his 50-year career and how he grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Will Trent

(4) KTVX 9 p.m.

When a convicted criminal is accused of murder in this drama’s newest episode, they take one of the GBI agents hostage, leading Will (Ramón Rodríguez) and Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) to discover some evidence that could prove their innocence.

Wednesday

A Million Little Things

(4) KTVX 9 p.m.

A new episode of this drama series finds Regina (Christina Moses) and Rome (Romany Malco) facing challenges living with Walter (Lou Beatty Jr.). Meanwhile, Gary (James Roday Rodriguez) reunites with a relative who provides a new perspective on the past.

Snowfall FX 11 p.m.

The saga continues. After confronting Teddy’s father (John Diehl) in last week’s episode, and with events threatening to destroy the Saint family, Franklin (Damson Idris) braces for fallout and Kane (DeVaughn Nixon) seeks revenge in this installment.

Thursday

Next Level Chef (13) KSTU 7 p.m.

Hoping to level up, the remaining chefs

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face a new cooking challenge in this episode. Mentors Gordon Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais continue to guide and critique their performances, as they compete for a $250,000 grand prize.

Alaska Daily

(4) KTVX 9 p.m.

While making progress on Gloria’s (Mamie Eva Cecilia Pete) case in this new episode, both Eileen (Hilary Swank) and Roz (Grace Dove) are offered new career opportunities, leaving them to consider what may lie beyond Alaska. Jeff Perry also stars.

Friday

Lopez vs Lopez

(5) KSL 7 p.m.

When a visiting veterinarian takes an interest, Mayan (Mayan Lopez) worries she might be destined to repeat the Lopez legacy of cheating — a legacy dating all the way back to an Aztec ancestor. The sitcom also stars George Lopez and Matt Shively.

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(30) KUCW 9 p.m.

Host Aisha Tyler and performers Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie return for another round of improvised sketches. This new episode also features comic Greg Proops as the weekly guest star, who joins the series regulars in performing scenes.

Game Theory With Bomani Jones

HBO 9 p.m.

Emmy Award winner Bomani Jones shares his perspective, deep analyses and satirical takes on timely issues that transcend the world of sports. Expect some honest sports talk and topical news pieces, as well as interviews with players, coaches and experts.

Saturday College Basketball

(2) KUTV 1 p.m.

The final two teams remaining in the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament meet in the championship game, which airs live from the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. This was also the site of the 2021 and 2022

Wednesday

(13) KSTU 7 p.m.

The Masked Singer

championship games.

Figure Skating

(5) KSL 7 p.m.

The world’s top figure skaters are in Saitama, Japan, for the 2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. This year’s event began on Wednesday with the Pairs Short Program, and it is scheduled to conclude Sunday with the Gala Exhibition.

Masters of Illusion

(30) KUCW 8 p.m.

Another new episode of this competition series brings more mystifying tricks, large-scale illusions and thrilling escapes. Featured magicians include Alexandra Duvivier, Rudy Coby, Joshua Jay, Ana DeGuzman, Chipper Lowell, Andy Gladwin and Clairvoyants.

Sunday

Lucky Hank AMC 7 p.m.

When George Saunders visits Railton College, the professors scramble to impress the celebrated writer but Hank (Bob Odenkirk) is reminded of his own failed career. Meanwhile, Hank and Lily (Mireille Enos) anticipate an announcement from their daughter.

Yellowjackets

SHOW 7 p.m.

Season 2 begins, and things get complicated for Shauna (Melanie Lynksey), Misty (Christina Ricci), Natalie (Juliette Lewis) and Tai (Tawny Cypress) when the friends relive the plane crash. Elijah Wood guest stars as a citizen detective. HouseBroken

(13) KSTU 8:30 p.m.

The members of a therapy group for neighborhood pets and strays are up to more shenanigans in Season 2, which premieres tonight. The series features the voices of Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte,

Celebrity Profile

By Dana Simpson TV Media

There are few faces as internationally recognized as that of actress Jennifer Aniston. Best known for her role as waitress-turnedfashion executive Rachel Green in the ‘90s/early 2000s sitcom “Friends,” Aniston has remained one of the industry’s top icons for decades. The “Morning Show” star continues her onscreen journey in “Murder Mystery 2,” premiering Friday, March 31, on Netflix.

A sequel to the 2019 Netflix comedy flick “Murder Mystery,” the film follows returning characters Audrey (Aniston) and Nick Spitz (Adam Sandler, “Hustle,” 2022) as they struggle to get their new detective agency off the ground in the wake of the first film’s crimes. Now invited to the over-the-top wedding of their friend, the Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar, “Enola Holmes,” 2020), the Spitzes find themselves trapped in the midst of an international mystery.

Born Feb. 11, 1969, to actors John Aniston (“Days of Our Lives”) and Nancy Dow (“The Ice House,” 1969) in Sherman Oaks, California, Jennifer Aniston was no stranger to the acting industry from a young age. Despite her parents never actively encouraging her to join the family business, the call to the screen was strong for Aniston very early on in life.

Around the age of five or six, Aniston spent a year in Greece with her family, at least six months of which was spent on the family farm in Crete, where her father, born Yannis Antonios Anastassakis, was born. Upon their return to the United States, the Anistons settled in New York City, where the budding actress’s parents ultimately filed for divorce when she was nine.

At age 11, Aniston took her first foray into the world of acting. While attending the Rudolf Steiner School in New York’s Upper East Side, Aniston joined the drama club, which led to a passion for the arts that would go on to fuel the rest of her life.

The popular guessing game continues, with a new installment of “The Masked Singer” airing Wednesday, March 22, on Fox. Hosted by Nick Cannon, each episode in Season 9 features a sudden elimination and double unmasking, and panelists have an opportunity to keep one costumed celebrity in the game by ringing a bell.

Alvin Myron

Adams

Jan. 16 1930 – March 10, 2023

Alvin Myron Adams passed away on March 10, 2023, in Bountiful, Utah, age 93. Myron was born Jan. 16, 1930, during the Great Depression, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He is the second son of Victor C. and Vilma D. Adams. In 1931 Myron’s family moved to a rural area near Honey Creek, Nebraska, where he attended school until 1938. The family then moved to Huntsville, Utah, until 1943 before moving to Centerville, Utah. In Centerville, he was introduced to the Boy Scouts. He always said, “his greatest achievement in life was earning his Eagle Scout award.” Myron graduated from Davis High School in 1947. He said, “he never made the honor roll, but came close.” At Davis he earned two letters. One as the state champion wrestler, and the other as state champion small arms, .22 caliber rifle marksman. While still in high school he started serving a four year indentured apprenticeship in the masonry trade.

In 1948, at age 18, he joined the Army. After basic training at Fort Ord, California he was transferred to White Sands proving grounds near Los Cruzes, New Mexico. Here he learned the flying missile business.

After this tour of duty, he was released back into active reserves. In a month he was re-ordered again to active duty and served his remaining time with the Atomic Energy Commission at Eniwetok, Marshal Island. A year later he received his honorable discharge. He married Beverly Close and had four children. This marriage ended in divorce in 1969. In 1972 Myron married Ruth Marie Rodda. Marie brought one daughter into the marriage. Myron’s greatest joy was when he adopted Donna.

Myron had many hobbies. Besides loving his work as a Master Mason, and builder, he was an avid outdoorsman. He loved hunting, fishing (especially with fly rods), tying flies, and building bows and

arrows. He had taken many deer with his homemade bows. One buck deer is still in the record book. When he wasn’t hunting, he was doing oil paintings and wood carving. Myron really enjoyed being a Boy Scout Master for about eight years. He joined the Bountiful City Jeep Posse (an all-volunteer world’s first jeep posse search and rescue club) in 1963 and was an active member until his death.

Myron contracted and built many fine homes, as well as worked as a supervisor on school houses and other large commercial buildings. In his later years, he worked 20 plus years as a civil engineer at Hill Air Force base retiring in 1992.

Myron is survived by his wife Marie. Daughters, Lauri Patel (Ghulam), Connie Hinerman (Craig), Donna Perry (Mike). Sons, Guy Adams (Marci) Val Adams (Aimee) , one sister Linda Esplin (Roe), 12 grandchildren, and great grandchildren. He is proceeded in death by four brothers. Victor (Hank), David, Danny Joe, Allan, grandson Benson Adams, and great grandson Ibrahim.

Funeral services were held March 15, 2023 at Russon Mortuary, 295 N. Main St., Bountiful, UT. Interment at Centerville Cemetery.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the City Engineer, 795 South Main St., Bountiful, Utah for: 2023 ASPHALT OVERLAY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Bids will be received until the hour of 2:00 pm Tuesday March 28, 2023 at which time they will be opened and read aloud in the office of the City Engineer at 795 South Main St., Bountiful, Utah.

Proposals will be in accordance with drawings and specifications prepared by the City of Bountiful Engineering Department. Project documents will be made available via email distribution from the Bountiful City Engineering Department and through the SciQuest website https://solutions.sciquest.com/apps/Router/Login?OrgName=StateOfUtah&URL

Each bid must be submitted on the form provided as a part of the Contract Documents and shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond from a surety company, acceptable to Bountiful City Council, all made payable to City of Bountiful in an amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the bid. Said check or bid bond shall be given as a guarantee that the bidder will execute the contract in conformity with the form of contract included in the Contract Documents, and furnish a performance bond within fifteen (15) days after notification of the award of the contract to the successful bidder.

Bountiful reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or any part of any bid or to waive any informality in any bid as its best interests may appear. A decision on the rejection of any or all bids or the award of a contract will be made within seven (7) days after the bids are opened.

N. CHENEY

LLOYD

City Engineer

Date of First Publication: March 10, 2023

Date of Second Publication: March 17, 2023

Date of Final Publication March 24, 2023

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Key: 1F, 2F, 3F degrees of felonies; MA, MB, MC degrees of misdemeanors

March 8

Dante N. Figueroa, Forcible sexual abuse 2F

Melissa S. Irish, Retail theft (shoplifting) 3F

Landon P. Parkin, Fail to stop or respond at command of police 3F, Burglary 3F

Jake C. Pastrana, Forcible sexual abuse 2F, Forcible sodomy 1F

Hunter S. Robinson, Assault against officer 3F

Michael D. Walsh, Possession or use of a controlled substance 3F (three counts)

March 9

Alea R. Charley, Theft 2F

Tyler J. Demarco, Forcible sodomy 1F

Nicholas A. Dixson, Aggravated child abuseintentionally or knowingly 2F

Richard A. Duran, Possession of controlled substance schedule I/II/analog 3F

Sunit S. Govind, Possession or use of a controlled substance 3F

Emilio Patino, Child abuse w/injury - intentional or knowing MA

Alyssa M. Stone, Possession or use of a controlled substance 3F

March 10

Emmanuel D. Dumlao, Entice solicit seduce or lure a minor by internet 2F

Preston C. Gallegos, Retail theft (shoplifting) 3F, Identity fraud 3F

Kari L. Henshilwood, DUI alcohol/drugs 3F

Michael P. Lobato, Violation protective order 3F

Heidi M. Martin, Driving under the influencetwo or more priors in 10 years 3F, Forgery 3F

Shaun R. Mauchley, Forgery 3F (four counts), Theft by deception 3F (three counts)

Brandon G. Mayhew, Endangerment of a child or vulnerable adult 3F

March 11

Alinda L. Haeger, Aggravated assault 3F

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Kyle K. King, Possess of controlled substance schedule I/II/analog 3F, Burglary 2F

Donald C. Myers, Domestic violence in the presence of a child MB

Tiffany N. Nelson, Domestic violence in the presence of a child MB

Jeffery T. Sanders, Aggravated assault 3F, Theft by receiving stolen property 3F

March 12

Oliver E. Byars, Possession of stolen property 3F

Colten M. Clingenpeel, Purch/trans/possess/ use of a firearm by restricted person 3F, Burglary 3F, Poss of cont sub w/int to dist 2F

Carlos Cobos, Burglary 3F

Cruz Erives, Damage jails 3F

Carson R. Hinds, Domestic violence in the presence of a child MB

Weston K. Nelson, Theft of rental vehicle 2F

Lance R. Reed, Facilitates possession of contraband by offender in corr 2F

Lance R. Riggs, Report or cause rpt of emergency to fire/police/med falsely 3F

Michael D. Schweppe, Purch/trans/possess/ use of a firearm by restricted person 3F, Theft by receiving stolen property 2F, Poss of cont sub w/ int to dist 2F

Cristy L. Torres, Retail theft detection shielding devices >500 3F

March 13

Bobbie E. Collins, Transaction of dangerous weapon by Class I restricted person 2F, Theft by receiving stolen property 2F

Justin B. Egginton, Possession of controlled substance schedule I/II/analog 3F

Jose E. Flores, Permitting use or distribution of a controlled substance in 3F (two counts)

Peter Gatoro, DUI alcohol/drugs 3F

Anthony M. Gordon, Distribution of CS 3F

Leah C. Halley, Domestic violence in the presence of a child MB

Brenda Y. Rivas-Morales, Domestic violence in the presence of a child MB

Matthew S. Rockhill, Theft by receiving stolen property 3F

Vincent O. Rodriguez, Poss of weapon - restricted pers 3F

Serving is the heart of leadership

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

BOUNTIFUL—What does

it take to be the mayor? Kids at Bountiful Junior High had the chance to find out from Bountiful Mayor Kendalyn Harris during a presentation she gave at career day at the school last week.

“I did a lot of things to prepare,” said Harris. “It takes steps, maybe years to get to whatever your goals are. You can’t just walk into a restaurant and say you want to be the chef. You have to learn how to cook. You can’t just show up at a concert and say you want to sing. You have to prepare.”

Harris said she graduated from the University of Utah in political science and communications. “College is a good way to take lots of classes to see what you like. If you get the best grades you can get scholarships.”

Sometimes college isn’t for everyone, she said. “There are schools like Davis Tech where you can learn to do different things. You might want to do hair, be a machinist, a chef or a welder.”

People think the mayor runs the city, said Harris. “We’re lucky because we have a city manager. A mayor is elected for four years but the city manager stays

and keeps things running smoothly.”

The city builds new roads, she said. “That costs money so we have to plan the budget. We have overhead power poles that bring electricity to your house and the city makes sure you have clean water. Police officers are hired by the city. The parks are maintained by the city and garbage we have to plan where that’s going to go.”

Harris said she spends a lot of time talking to residents. “They’re usually upset. It’s things going on in the city like deer. Some people love the deer and others hate the deer. There are good parts and bad parts of the job. It’s a fun job too. I like to talk to people like you.”

Being mayor is a part-time position, she said. “You do get paid to be the mayor but it’s not enough to live on. Most of them have a regular full-time job.”

Harris told the kids they could all assume a leadership role. “You have the opportunity to become a leader but you need to show up. Show up and make sure you have a seat at the table. Be a decision maker.”

Speak up, she said. “You might be sitting in a meeting and you’re too afraid to say your opinion. Shut up. Sometimes other people have important things to say. Listen, if you’re too busy talking you

PROFESSIONALS Value

BOUNTIFUL

career day. Harris told the kids the highs and lows of being the mayor and what it takes to reach their goals.

won’t hear it.”

Harris said she tries to know what her neighbor is thinking about. “One of my neighbors wanted a bike lane. It’s fulfilling sitting in meetings talking about a bike lane and knowing that it was import -

ant to my neighbor.”

It’s about service, said Harris. “I might say, ‘oh I’m in charge, I can do whatever I want.’ Serving is at the heart of leadership. It’s about everyone else.” l

138 Years of TRUST

WHY

Larkin Mortuary is the most respected funeral home in the Salt Lake Valley. Its pioneer founder, George William Larkin, arrived in Utah in 1863, having emigrated from Cambridge, England. He started the Larkin tradition of arranging funerals in 1885 and today, with six generations of history serving Utah families, Larkin Mortuary remains locally owned and family managed

Our quality reputation is everything to our business and we have established ourselves in the local community as a qualified and trusted resource. We are not a national franchise and are not controlled by any outside influences. Larkin can meet any need by providing traditional funeral and graveside services, cremation facilities, cemeteries, indoor and outdoor mausoleums, cremation niche and scattering gardens, personalized life memorials and legacy keepsakes.

One of the most important aspects of being locally owned and operated is our firsthand knowledge of the communities we serve. With 138 years of excellence and innovation in providing quality memorial products and compassionate service, Larkin Mortuary provides a full spectrum of end of life services. Being a qualified resource to you is our core mission. Larkin’s vertically integrated services provide a premier floral shop, monument, urn and vault manufacturing facilities, and beautiful memorial meeting and luncheon facilities. These full range of services offer individuals and families the flexibility to design a custom memorial tribute for their loved one. Multilingual staff honor and facilitate important traditions of many cultures. Larkin can also assist with legal transactions and documentation for timely and efficient transfers to other countries.

We are community minded and active in our places of worship and donate either monetarily or with our time to many worthwhile causes in the local area. Being community-minded is who we are. It defines our character and provides a solid foundation with the people we serve.

Memorial preplanning services are offered by qualified and compassionate Larkin counselors who will help determine final wishes. Advanced funeral arrangements can provide peace of mind knowing that end of life plans are complete and will be carried out exactly as specified. Preplanning reduces the details and decisions loved ones must confront during a time of grief.

The family and staff at Larkin Mortuary understand that arranging a funeral or memorial service is a deeply personal experience. Realizing the sacred nature of the profession, Larkin is honored to serve the community by providing genuine care at this sensitive time of life.

Our memorial services are available in any of our beautiful buildings amongst our four locations along the Wasatch Front or in a building of your choice.

For more information visit www.larkinmortuary.com or call (801) 363-5781 for an appointment with an experienced funeral director.

MAYOR KENDALYN HARRIS speaks at Bountiful Junior High’s

Photo by Becky Ginos

Viewpoints

A balanced news report provides di erent points of view about the news.

There is a highway that starts in Alaska and ends at the southern tip of Argentina in South America.

Or does it start in Argentina and end in Alaska? It depends on your point of view.

This silly news article is about Popcorn declaring itself the best movie snack. This is Popcorn’s viewpoint. Clearly not everyone has the same opinion, so the reporter interviewed a couple of other snacks to get their point of view.

Which movie snack does Red Licorice think is the best?

Why?

Which movie snack does Chocolate Mints think is best?

Why?

If you were interviewed for this article, what would you say?

on the news, you need to have “balanced reporting.” That means that the reporter includes information from people with different opinions about the news.

HOLLYWOOD — In an interview

Tuesday, Popcorn declared itself the best movie snack in the world.

“Not to brag, but I’m the best-selling movie snack of all time. Obviously, people really love me!”

While signing autographs for fans, Popcorn added, “I’m crispy, buttery, salty and delicious. I’ve been a movie tradition for generations!”

Red Licorice was asked to comment on Popcorn’s statement. “It’s true that movies wouldn’t be the same without Popcorn,” Red Licorice said. “But with all that crunching, Popcorn can be kind of noisy. I’m sweet, tasty and quiet, which is good in a movie theater.”

After hearing Red Licorice’s comments, Chocolate Mints said, “I’m quiet, too. And I’m in a box that you can close and

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movie. I’m delicious and convenient.”

Dismissing concerns about noise, a confident Popcorn replied that “people with good manners know how to eat popcorn quietly in a movie theater.”

“Besides,” Popcorn added with a grin, “Chocolate Mints can melt in a warm car ride home. Popcorn never melts.”

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