January 2018 | Vol. 12 Iss. 01
FREE YEAR IN REVIEW: FIRE, POLICE AND THE HOMELESS By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com
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raper City had a year that won’t soon be forgotten. Here are some of the biggest stories from 2017. Fired police chief Possibly the biggest moment of the year came right at the tail end. Bryan Roberts was suddenly terminated during a city council meeting on Nov. 21. The council voted unanimously (Councilwoman Michele Weeks abstained) to fire Roberts stating in the resolution the council found “it is in the best interest of the city to terminate Bryan Roberts’ employment, without cause.” City officials have simply stated since that it was time for a change without further details. Roberts was appointed police chief in 2012 and named Police Chief of the Year in March by the Utah Police Chief’s Association. After giving his annual department report in a March 21 city council meeting, the council surprised the chief by honoring him for the award. In a press release from the city, Roberts was recognized for his innovative and progressive law-enforcement practices and providing stateof-the-art training to police staff that included fair and impartial policing. “He has enhanced community relations with a wide variety of community outreach programs that include Coffee with a Cop, a citizens academy, Sub for Santa program, school resource officers and increased the Neighborhood Watch program to almost 40 active groups,” the press release stated. After presenting Roberts’ report to the council, Mayor Troy Walker praised the department and Roberts in particular. “Ever since we’ve hired you, the department has gotten better and better,” Walker said. He later added, “You guys do an outstanding job and I’m grateful for all your service as well.” Now Roberts, who came to the department from Menlo Park, California, where he was police chief, is being replaced by John Eining. Eining previously was serving as deputy
Former Police Chief Bryan Roberts stands with the council in March after being recognized as Police Chief of the Year by the Utah Police Chiefs Association. (City Journals)
chief before taking over the role on an interim basis. The council passed a resolution on Dec. 5 appointing Eining as police chief. Prior to arriving with the Draper PD, Eining served in the Sandy Police Department for 22 years. “I am excited for the opportunity to lead the fine men and women of the Draper Police Department,” Eining wrote in a press release. “Our goal will always be to enhance our relationships, provide security and improve the overall quality of life for Draper citizens.” Walker said in the press release that Draper will be “well served” by Eining. “John is an outstanding police officer,” Walker wrote in the press release. “He is skilled, well trained and understands the unique role police officers play in our community. John is respected in the law enforcement community
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and he works well with citizens and city management.” Homeless shelter Though the third homeless resource center site was announced to be in South Salt Lake on March 31, Draper was not exempt from the selection process. After an original four shelter plan in Salt Lake City was scrapped with two proposed sites dropped, a third was chosen to be placed somewhere in Salt Lake County. March 10 saw five homeless sites selected — three in West Valley City and two in South Salt Lake, with two additional South Salt Lake sites added on March 21. But it was March 28 that saw Draper jump to center stage, literally. Walker shocked residents by announcing he
was offering two potential sites for consideration within his city limits. One site would be a portion of the Utah State Prison location, which is scheduled to be moved to Salt Lake City. The other site was at 15001 Minuteman Drive. Draper was the first city to willingly offer sites for a homeless shelter. “It’s the right thing to do, it’s the Christian thing to do. It’s the thing that will set us apart and make us the people we are,” Walker said at the time. Draper residents, however, did not feel the same. Nearly 1,000 residents showed up to an open house on March 29 at Draper Park Middle School. The meeting was supposed to be an open house–style meeting where residents could fill out cards with their comments and learn more about the sites.
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local group of kids has won a regional robotics competition and is headed to the state championship. Regionals were held on Jan. 14 at Albion Middle School in Sandy. The Draper-based team, called Brick Torrent, won the Champion’s Award and the Robot Performance Award. Brick Torrent consists of 10 kids, ages 9–13, who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math. Gretta Bohn, 11, joined Brick Torrent because she wants to be an engineer. “First Lego League is the preparation for a great future because you get into an engineering state,” Gretta said. “That’s wat FLL is about, good skills. Not just engineering skills or math skills but life skills.” FLL competitions are based on two events: robot performance and a project. For robot performance, the group works together to build a robot out of Legos that will accomplish different tasks. At the competitions, the teams try to complete the tasks both efficiently and as quickly as they can. For the project, the team has to develop a project idea that fits the year’s theme. The project is then presented to a panel of judges. Each year, FLL announces a theme to the year’s competition. This year’s theme was “Animal Allies,” an examination of animal interactions. During the robot performance, the Lego robots have to complete different tasks, such as giving prosthetic legs to a pig, feeding different animals, milking a cow and collecting honey from a hive. Twelve-year-old Elliot Uffens was the lead engineer for the robot. The team designed the robot to have a base component with different “jigs” that could be put on and taken off depending on which task needed to be completed. “We found the tasks that had the most points and built the jigs and put them on in order,” Elliot said. “We invented different attachments that would interact with the different tasks.” Each team has only two minutes and 30 seconds to complete as many tasks as possible. Brick Torrent went the extra mile and built the robot to lift itself off the ground at the end of the round. “If you end the game with the robot off the ground, you get extra points,” Elliot said. “We have a high gear replacement but it’s worth it.” Brick Torrent won the Robot Performance Award, meaning they scored the most points during their round. For the project part of the competition, the team decided to tackle the issue of deer/automobile accidents. According to Gretta, over $1 billion is spent in the United States on car repairs, medical bills and street repairs from deer collusions, in addition to 105 annual fatalities. The team came up with an infrared camera that can see in the dark and send audio notifications to your phone, alerting drivers of objects coming up. The camera is set to specific parameters so it will only alert the driver if the object is large enough to be dangerous. “This is how we can make the world a better place,” Gretta said. “FLL is a great thing to do because you get ready to make the world a better
Members of Brick Torrent pose with their awards at the First Lego League regionals. The team won the Champion’s Award and the Robot Performance Award and will be competing at state. (Gretta Bohn/Brick Torrent)
place.” Another key component of FLL is teamwork. Brick Torrent came up with the acronym “creampie” to explain their core values of teamwork. Creampie stands for creative, respectful, eager, appreciative, mindful, preserving, inclusive and enthusiastic. The team won the Champion’s Award, an award that recognizes a team that embodies the First Lego League experience by fully embracing the core values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the robot game and the project. Leading up to the regional championship, Brick Torrent held several extra practices to not only ensure the robot would work as it was designed to but also to rehearse the presentation for the project. “We usually only practice on Saturdays,” Gretta said. “We’ve been doing it differently the last couple of weeks.” l
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Living Planet Aquarium takes up yoga By Keyra Kristoffersen |keyrak@mycityjournals.com
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manda Jones says she’s found her calling. After a yearlong process, Jones has begun a program of teaching yoga classes at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper. Jones’ classes began in January in the shark tank viewing room and then, on Feb. 18. expanded into the Journey to South America gallery. She focuses on an all levels of vinyasa flow. “We started with Yoga with the Sharks, and that was a big hit but I noticed this space and I always feel so good and my muscles feel so relaxed in this rainforest space. You can breathe in that fresh humid air right from the tropical plants and have the ambiance of live, free-flying birds,” said Jones. “I feel that Utahns will appreciate the nice reprieve from our dry, yucky air by coming in here to this atrium environment.” Jones, who has been practicing as a certified yoga teacher for three years as well as spent five years as a volunteer, specializes as a hatha yoga instructor and meditation coach, which focuses more on de-stressing and achieving a peaceful mind. Vinyasa yoga focuses on the flow between each pose, moving from Asana to Asana rather than calmly setting into a pose. Vinyasa coordinates movement with breathing, making it faster-paced than traditional hatha yoga. Jones is grateful to have finally found her “niche,” as she calls it. Her journey to it began a year and half before her first Yoga with the Sharks class, when she was suffering from postpartum depression. “I would bring my son here and the shark tunnel was so tranquil, it kind of erased all of my depression symptoms. I just had to show people how tranquil they can get when actually surrounded by nature.”
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Amanda Jones guides through each pose while attendees listen to the sound of tropical birds and waterfalls. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals)
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Quinney School of Law, and a B.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young University. During her schooling, she interned for Representative Becky Lockhart and researched for the WomanStats Project. Rebekah sits on the board for the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce, co-chairs the Serving our Seniors Initiative through the Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar, and has volunteered with several Utah-based organizations including Family Promise, Project Read, and the Boys and Girls Club. Most recently, she has worked with the Herriman High School Future Business Leaders of America Club. She was even named Utah FBLA Business Person of the Year for 2017. Marin Murdock, the president of the Herriman High School FBLA commented, “Rebekah’s selfless determination to help everyone she meets has made a lasting impact, and the Herriman FBLA Chapter is grateful for all of her hard work to strengthen our chapter and community. I personally have learned numerous lifelong lessons from Rebekah as she has been a personal mentor to me. She is a great example of who I want to be as a future business woman and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to be able to work with her over the last two years.” When Rebekah isn’t lawyering, she enjoys eating shaved ice, playing tennis, reading, leg wrestling, watching British Dramas, singing LOUDLY, playing with her kids, laughing, and generally enjoying life. Rebekah can be reached at Rebekah@cglawgroup.com, 801285- 6302 or by visiting cglawgroup.com. l
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Page 6 | January 2018 When residents found out there was no public comment to be made, a handful hijacked the meeting, forcing the school to open the auditorium and provide a microphone. The majority of residents who were opposed to the homeless shelter sites cited concerns over increased crime and drugs, putting strains on the police department and lowering property values. Those who spoke in favor or pleaded compassion were booed by the audience. The nearly four-hour meeting, which mostly consisted of Walker and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams sitting silently on the stage while residents spoke their minds, ended with Walker rescinding his offer of the two sites. “You folks don’t want it,” Walker said, “so we can’t in good conscience say we want it here.” A few months later, a band of dedicated residents put together a citywide service project called I Am Draper City to donate time, blood and/or services to volunteer organizations. It was also to show that not all Draper residents were like those at the open house. “My wife and I showed up for the Draper homeless meeting that they had, and we were really embarrassed. I didn’t want to be from Draper,” Adam Kessler, one of the event organizers, told the Journal. “So we decided we wanted to do something to give the people we know in Draper a chance to go serve and do something impactful and different. There’s no ulterior motive in this, we just want people to serve.”
Draper City Journal Elections Draper elected two new members to the city council at the November elections while Walker retained his seat as mayor after defeating challenger Michele Weeks. “I am excited to serve as mayor for another term,” Walker said in November. “I will continue to work to improve our quality of life and enhance our economic opportunities.” Walker was initially elected to the city council in 2006 before being elected mayor in 2013. He now enters his second term, having won with 54 percent of the vote. “We live in an amazing place. I love the city and it is an honor to serve as mayor.” Joining him in the council chambers will be two new at-large city council members in Tasha Lowery and Mike Green, respectively. They beat out incumbent William Rappleye, who had served on the council for eight years. Jeff Stenquist, the other at-large councilman, chose not to run for reelection. Lowery is a long-time Draper resident who said she will focus on the increasing congestion on the streets, red level air quality and poorly planned homeless shelters. “Thank you, Draper residents,” she said in November. “My heart is filled with gratitude to each and every one of you who believed in me, who worked for this campaign effort and who turned out to vote.” Green is a military veteran, assistant Utah attorney general and former football walk-on for the Utah State Aggies. Green said he was
honored to earn enough support to be elected. “I will strive to be a good steward of the office, listen to all concerns and make decisions most beneficial to our community,” he said. Draper had a 50 percent voter turnout with 10,853 ballots counted. Fire department 2017 saw the Draper City Fire Department officially begin its service on June 30. This came 10 months after the council voted 4-1 to leave the Unified Fire Authority (UFA) to create their own fire department instead. Clint Smith was appointed the city’s fire chief in October 2016 and then worked through months of planning, hiring and training. Smith said the city didn’t part ways with UFA because of service; the city simply wanted
more control over fire services. While many thought the city would get no response for firefighters, the department ended up with over 400 applicants. Thirty-nine were hired full time, with 20–25 working part time. Four of those firemen were in California in mid-December helping battle wildfires. Smith told the Journal in August that some residents were worried about decreased services, “but that hasn’t been the case,” as most of the feedback they’ve heard has been positive. “I think the other thing is the fact that we are truly their fire department,” Smith said. “We want to be recognized not just as the firefighters, but we want people to recognize faces and recognize us as real people — not just firefighters. We’re trying to capture the fact we are Draper City’s fire department.” l
Draper City Fire Department opened for operation in late June after the city decided to withdraw from Unified Fire Authority. (City Journals)
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Miyazaki leads defending champs into new year By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com
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rthur Miyazaki has been coaching tennis at Juan Diego Catholic High School since 2000, a year after the school opened. He has experienced the ups and downs of the boys tennis program and he now leads them into their 2017 season. “In the early years it was hard, we were just starting a program brand new and we struggled…It took four years to place at state” when the boys took second in 2004, Miyazaki said. Entering their new season in March, the Soaring Eagles have now won two of the last three state titles. Senior Connor Kempin has played a major role in that. After losing the semifinal in doubles as a freshman, Kempin was runner-up in No. 2 singles his sophomore year. He lost in the final, a match that started 30 minutes after his semifinal ran three hours. Kempin then returned in 2016 to claim the No. 2 singles crown. “Yeah (winning) definitely gives me more experience, but playing at [No. 1 singles] this year I’m going to have a lot tougher competition so it’s going to be a lot harder,” Kempin said. Miyazaki said Kempin is a college caliber player. “You hope that he keeps it up and is state champion again this year,” Miyazaki said. Kempin plays No. 1 singles this year replacing his brother Ryan, who now plays at Notre Dame with their oldest brother Brennan. It’s part of a family legacy that includes their father, who played at Utah State and is now a CEO at HEAD, a major
The Juan Diego boys tennis team next home match will be April 6 against Morgan. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
tennis company. “It’s hard,” Kempin said of following his brother’s legacy. “Because Ryan and Brennan are both very good and they’re probably more passionate about the sport than I am so I have high expectations.” Kempin is a quality player in his own right with his will power, ability to grind down his opponents and speed. He said
he’s improved his power game this year by doing strength training every day. “I used to be more of a pusher, but now I can actually hit the ball,” Kempin said. Juan Diego’s ability to repeat will be tested with only two returners from last year’s team. “I’m just hoping to get as far as we can, but mostly I want to have fun with the guys my last year,” said Kempin who will attend the University of Utah in the fall and may walk on the tennis team. For Miyazaki, he started playing tennis in his twenties and has coached for a long time. He said seeing the players succeed giving them something to remember is what’s special for him. “As we get older, we relive our glory years, but very few relive their glory years in the classroom. That’s where they make their money, the job they have, the college they went to,” Miyazaki said. “But when they reminisce with their buddies, I know that as we accomplish things, these kids will get memories.” Like every caring coach, Miyazaki wants what is best for the kids. One of his players transferred schools this year. Not one to hold grudges, Miyazaki arranged a recruiting visit for the player to Saint Peters University (New Jersey). “That’s our job to prepare kids for college. If we can do it in a tennis program where they can get a tennis scholarship then I’ve done my job,” he said. l
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ith 58 percent approval by voters for a $283 million taxrate-neutral bond in November’s election, Canyons School District will rebuild two high schools amongst 11 construction projects while continuing to offer many opportunities and services to students and the community. This comes as the district is concluding the 13th and last project earmarked with the 2010 $250 million bond — Indian Hills Middle School. While students are currently housed in the former Crescent View Middle School, two new additions as well as windows and natural light are being added to the 37-year-old school. “It’s exciting to see all the windows going up on all sides of the building and solar tubes being placed for the inner classrooms,” Principal Doug Graham said. “It’s definitely giving it a cleaner, lighter feel.” With all exterior walls expected up by the end of 2017, crews were working on drywall and paint in the south end of the building. The construction is slated for completion by summer so the school will open to about 1,125 students in August. “We will open up with 95 percent of our equipment new. We’ll replace our mismatched desks, chairs, tables and upgrade our equipment so when the kiddos walk in, they’ll realize this is a great place to be, a great place to learn and it will be fresh, clean and new,” he said. The students, who gathered 10,521 items in late November for the Utah Food Bank, also will be able to embrace the heritage of the school as Native American designs will be in tile in the commons area and carried throughout the building. The new Indian Hills logo also will be illustrated on the cafeteria wall as well as the marquee. The logo suite is one of 18 that district graphic designer Jeff Olson has created for schools that need updating. He often ties in the new logo with remodeling
By Julie Slama | Julie@mycityjournals.com or reconstruction, such as the completion of the new Alta View Elementary and Midvale Middle schools this year. “The logos are marks of identity that I love to work on,” Olson said. “There’s emotional attachment to these logos. I’ve learned they mean a lot to people so now I make sure I talk to key people about the logo as I update it. Whenever I’ve redesigned logos, I create a logo suite so we can use the logos for different circumstances that fit the need, shape, color or size.” In the past, Olson said many of the logos were left up to the schools that borrowed artwork or didn’t specify uses of it. Now with the redesigns, the logo copyrights will belong to the district. He recently completed Diamond Ridge’s logo after the school decided to call themselves the raptors. “It’s a different mascot. People remember the different ones — the Beetdiggers, the Kittyhawks — so it’s really cool to be able to work on something unique. I made it edgy and fierce and high school appropriate,” he said. Refining logos, making animals not as cartoons, and giving them clean, fresh looks are what he has done through several schools, including Ridgecrest Elementary, which held its 50th celebration this year, bringing back former teachers and students to sing the school song and look through yearbooks. Bell View’s 50th offered a carnival-type atmosphere to current and former students and the community. This coming year, Olson plans to work on logos for Silver Mesa, Crescent, Altara, Oak Hollow and East Sandy elementaries as well as look into logos for Sunrise Elementary and Jordan High. With the construction, the completion dates aren’t set as he will need to focus on a new logo for Brighton High as well as upcoming logos for the new elementary school that will be coming in Draper and possibly a White City logo with the rebuild.
However, the initial recommendation by the Canyons administration is to begin with the high school construction — new schools for Hillcrest and Brighton, major renovation for Alta and new classroom wing for Corner Canyon, said Superintendent Jim Briscoe. Canyons School District Business Administrator Leon Wilcox said the goal with the high school projects is to have little disruption to students, who will remain onsite during construction. Construction is expected to begin by summer. In the meantime, classes and activities will continue, including Hillcrest’s dedication to helping Syrian children. This past year involved 24 students in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs who painted portraits of Syrian refugees in conjunction with an organization called the Memory Project. The Memory Project gave Hillcrest students photographs of the children to paint. Then the students gave the portraits to the Memory Project, who delivered their artwork to the children. The high school students then received a video of the children receiving their artwork. “As we watched the video, a few of the students got emotional,” Hillcrest art teacher Kari Bennett said. “It is a touching experience to know that you have made a child in such dire circumstances so happy. They all sat and watched with huge smiles on their faces and loved seeing how excited the kids were upon receiving their portraits.” In addition, three students had replicas of their portraits included in a traveling exhibition featuring 70 students who had made portraits of Syrian children living in refugee camps in Jordan. Students already are asking if they can participate in 2018, Bennett said.
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DraperJournal .com At the nearby new Midvale Middle School, which held its ribbon-cutting in August, finishing touches of the auditorium were being completed as the first play in the middle school was produced in November. Students have much to celebrate with the move. Before moving into the new school building that was constructed on the same site as the former school, it was announced that a team of students won third place in the nonfiction worldwide junior division of the first-ever online Shakespeare Student Film Festival. The team’s film submission titled, “Portia’s Example,” beat 76 student teams from 22 countries across three continents. Student director Elizabeth Martin said the project was “massively more complicated” than she anticipated. “There were costumes, props, schedule conflicts and struggles between our visions that we had to work out,” she said. “We put in a lot of detail, effort and time and it was clear how much work went into it. I learned a lot of people skills and how people think which has helped me now that I’m in high school in a different atmosphere. It’s been easier to work in groups and meet people.” Theater teacher Bethany Lenhart said the student-produced film was evaluated in three rounds by students in Germany as well as professional Shakespearean directors, actors and professional filmmakers. Elizabeth said when it was announced they were the top film from North and South America, she found it hard to focus on her schoolwork the rest of the day. “I couldn’t believe we were going on into the international round. I realized they appreciated how much work goes on behind the scenes,” she said. With the announcement of their third-place international finish, Lenhart said students celebrated. “They were screaming, jumping up and down and tearyeyed,” she said. “They couldn’t believe it. It was a great experience where they had an authentic audience who could see the really hard work they dedicated to the project.”
Their classmate Zach Jessop also had reason to celebrate in June as he placed fourth in the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C. His documentary, “Each Life Os Worth a World: Gil and Eleanor Kraus and the Rescue of Fifty Jewish Children from Nazi Germany,” was also chosen as the Outstanding Junior Division Entry from Utah. Zach’s documentary tells the story of an American Jewish couple who went into Nazi Germany and were able to save 50 children from the Holocaust. He interviewed one of the children rescued as well as other survivors’ now adult children and others who lived in Germany under the Nazi regime. Next for Zach is an opportunity to share his film at the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 24 for History on the Hill Day. Zach wasn’t the only Canyons student who went to Washington, D.C. Students from both Alta and Corner Canyon attended the presidential inauguration and Alta High’s marching band participated in the national Memorial Day parade. “D.C. was just fantastic,” Alta marching band director Caleb Shabestari said. “We turned the corner on Constitution Boulevard by the National Archives and thousands, maybe upward to 5,000 just there, were watching the parade on the stairs. I’d say there were 20,000 to 30,000 along the entire mile route. We marched under a massive flag that was hanging from a crane and finished right in front of the White House.” In addition to upcoming parades in Salt Lake City, Sandy and Draper this year, the marching band will be joined by the entire Alta music department to go on tour to New York City this coming April. Six Corner Canyon Peer Leadership Team (PLT) members attended the national Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America conference in Washington, D.C. where they learned leadership skills and ways to approach substance abuse and bullying situations. “We learned how to analyze our community to address issues that need to be improved,” student Nic D’Amico said. “We want to provide more service and take the initiative as PLT
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I Am Draper City gives residents chance to show who they really are
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By Lexi Peery | l.peery@mycityjournals.com
fter the controversial homeless shelter relocation debate in Draper, and in an effort to prove who the residents of Draper really are, a band of dedicated residents planned a citywide service project that was held on Aug. 10. “My wife and I showed up for the Draper homeless meeting that they had, and we were really embarrassed. I didn’t want to be from Draper,” Adam Kessler, one of the event organizers, said. “So we decided we wanted to do something to give the people we know in Draper a chance to go serve and do something impactful and different. There’s no ulterior motive in this, we just want people to serve.” And that’s exactly what they did. In a service project called I Am Draper City, thousands of residents of all ages gathered at Corner Canyon High School to donate their time, blood and/or money to volunteer organizations from around the Salt Lake Valley. “Draper got a bad rap a few months ago and the truth is that was a very small percentage of the residents here,” said Chad Booth, one of the organizers. “They didn’t have enough information and they were full of fear. They got the microphone and the spotlight and that just turned into a big…whatever that was. I sat there thinking, that’s not Draper. People who show up here, they are Draper.” On the I Am Draper City website, people
could sign up to volunteer on the day of the event, and that’s how Jody Heaton got involved. She was in charge of the area that was filling hygiene kits and backpacks, but said she was excited to serve once her shift was over. “I love it. One of my favorite things is after I’m done volunteering, they have all the different charities or organizations here and we can sign up tonight,” Heaton said. “They have calendars ready for us so it’s hands-on ready to volunteer going forward, instead of writing down your number and maybe I’ll volunteer.” In one part of the school, the American Red Cross had set up shop and was busy drawing blood from willing residents. In another room, 10,000 hygiene kits and 600 back-to-school backpacks were put together for those in need. In another room were several tables, with local volunteer organizations conversing with residents and educating them on how to serve for their various groups. Volunteers of America — an organization that helps people who struggle with homelessness, addiction and mental illness — tabled at the event, and Sarah Cavalcanti, the marketing and communications director for the group, said the people she talked to seemed genuinely interested in helping out. “They aren’t just coming and taking a piece of candy — they are asking questions
Tim Provost, a volunteer at the I Am Draper City service project, enjoying the food trucks, all of which donated part of their profits to the service project. (Lexi Peery/City Journals)
and learning about how to sign up. It’s great,” Cavalcanti said. “Draper is a little bit removed, from us and a lot of the other organizations … although we are not that far, we are still 20 minutes away, so it’s good to get people from surrounding areas involved.” Outside of the school, a row of bounce houses lined a field outside, with food trucks parked nearby. Kids’ games were set up around the field, where Victoria, 15, stood manning the Frisbee golf station. Victoria volunteered for the event with her church youth group. “It’s really cool to help kids and show them how fun volunteering can be,” Victoria said.
Booth said the inception of the event continued to grow as more people got involved. Even though this is only the first year for the citywide service project, the turnout and excitement surrounding it makes Booth think the success will continue for years to come. “Let’s invite Draper, let’s invite people to do good things. People in Draper work hard, are overscheduled and are super family orientated… and it’s a little scary to figure out what to do to help,” Booth said. “Everyone is super excited about it. I think people want to do good. When you can break down those barriers and gaps, people get really excited about service.” l
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DraperJournal .com members to help our community.” Already, the PLT has done that with receiving the Youth Service America 9/11 Service Project Grant. They assembled boxes of goodies and delivered them to Draper police and fire departments as well as made blankets and delivered food donated from a school-wide food drive to veterans and their families. “Only 50 schools in the nation were awarded this grant. It’s been incredible to receive it and plan a school-wide service project,” said senior Amber Wood, who is PLT’s school community representative and will coordinate the Global Youth Service Day for the school in April. Brighton High Peer Leadership Team, which is in its first year, also provided baskets for the local police and fire departments on 9/11. They are continuing to look at other opportunities to serve, from tutoring to helping with the elderly. “When we work together, we can make a difference,” Brighton teacher and PLT adviser April Ball said. Working together has made a difference to many others throughout the district. Several schools and school groups have received donations of clothing, food and personal hygiene items to provide to students and their families in need. Students who are active in Latinos in Action, National Honor Society, international baccalaureate and other organizations have provided tutoring for their peers or younger students. At Jordan High, with a greater diversity of students expected with boundary changes, students have been welcomed with the #DigDiversity project. “We wanted to make sure the refugee students knew they had an inviting, safe place at Jordan High,” English and social studies teacher Shannon Callister said. “(Students) are wanting a better environment for the school and have welcomed everyone.” This has extended to supporting families for the past year. Spanishspeaking parents have been invited to attend “puertas abiertas,” or open-door meetings, with Assistant pPincipal Roberto Jimenez to learn more about Jordan High. “We held the meeting as a way for these parents to become familiar with the school, its resources and key people for them to talk to about their students’ classes,” Jimenez said. Callister said the school is becoming more multicultural and students are embracing it. “We’re making a change and already it feels different,” she said. “It’s been fun to see students get excited.” Across the district, families are supporting an effort that began by student Kaleb Broderick, who attended Ridgecrest, and parent Cindy Boyer at Altara — a campaign to make the district’s schools idle-free.
“Besides educating students, I feel we have some responsibility for their health, and their future health,” said Superintendent Jim Briscoe, who supported the Board of Education in making the district’s schools idle-free. Since then, Altara Elementary has continued to hold an idle-free week celebration. “We want students to talk to their parents so they understand that even by doing a little, such as not idling, they are contributing to promoting healthier air,” Boyer said. “We are giving a path for them to follow and I hope to see every school embrace being idle-free.” Safety also is a district-wide concern of the 34,000 students. This year, the district emergency management committee — which includes risk managers and crisis counselors — has updated its emergency plans that include school drills and preparedness, said Canyons spokeswoman Kirsten Stewart. “We’ve taken what we learned and improved upon our existing plans,” she said. Each drill, such as shelter-in-place, hazmat, fire, earthquake and bomb, will be practiced according to a schedule so the team can evaluate what works and how to improve upon it, Stewart said. In emergencies, communication with parents through Skylert will continue, and Stewart encourages parents to follow the Facebook or Twitter feed for additional information. In addition, emergency tip sheets are posted at all schools. As part of this, all elementaries are becoming communication centers with Salt Lake County and have emergency supply tubs in place to help network the community and responders. Canyons’ middle and high schools will continue with its Red Cross agreement to provide shelters when necessary, she said. “Learning can only happen in environments where students feel safe and well cared for and that is the aim of our district,” Stewart said. Altara Elementary teacher Joani Richardson, who received the Huntsman Award for Educational Excellence, and other teachers throughout the district, were provided a new salary boost of an average 6.5 percent this year, and have the opportunity to continue their own learning through professional development and certifications. About 26 percent of teachers have earned level-one certification in the instructional use of technology, which is about halfway to the point the Canyons Board of Education would like the district to be in 2019, Canyons Spokesman Jeff Haney said. Outside the classroom, teachers have continued to support students in striving for success, he said. Among the numerous awards students have achieved, four of Canyons District’s traditional high schools have been recognized for the
number of students who take advanced placement courses and two students won 2017 National Merit scholarships. In technology, Jordan High’s robotics team won the 2017 Utah Regional FIRST Robotics competition and a team from Hillcrest High won the STEM Entrepreneur Award at the 2017 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. Two Midvale Middle School students were part of a team that won best prototype at the same competition and received the Presidential Youth Environmental Award. Twenty-four students representing all five of Canyons traditional high schools won superior honors at state choir, band and orchestra events. Hillcrest High took the state crown in 4A theater. Thirtyfour Canyons students took first place in state career and technical education competitions, including two Hillcrest students who won top honors at the national Future Business Leaders of America contest. Helping Hillcrest students get to this stage has been the addition of the summer Husky Strong Academy to give entering freshmen a jump on high school and put them on the path to excel. The program, coupled with daily mentoring and social and behavioral supports, has contributed to a 10 percent increase in the number of Husky freshmen on track to graduate. It has earned Canyons the honor of being named a 2017 District of Distinction by District Administration Magazine and has served as a model for Jordan High’s AVID Summer Bridge Program, which served 45 freshmen in its inaugural summer academy this past year. Hillcrest administrators this fall created Taco Friday, where students with perfect attendance are rewarded with free tacos. In the first months of the program, more than 1,800 tacos were awarded and attendance had increased about 0.4 percent overall from October 2016 to October 2017, said Principal Greg Leavitt. “Every kid is in a different situation, but we’re able to help students and reward them with incentives,” he said. “We want students in class so they are learn important information that is relevant and we’re celebrating that they’re learning.” Taking that a step for further learning is the goal of the Step2theU new early college pathway program created by Alta High Principal Brian McGill. “Through taking general education classes in the summer between their junior and senior year, then college math during their senior year and more classes the summer after their high school graduation, (students) can receive a general education certificate from the University of Utah,” McGill said. “The focus is directed at the transition to college and getting those students the first years of college while they are in high school. This partnership is just giving them an option to be successful in their education.” l
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Manifest dynasty: Charger golf repeats as state champs By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com
They did it again. Corner Canyon girls golf team made history a year ago by winning the school’s first (high school sanctioned) state championship. They made history again on May 16 by repeating as the 4A state champions.
Junior Makenna Kartchner tees off during the 4A state championships at Meadowbrook Golf Course. (Aimee Kartchner/Corner Canyon girls golf)
“Honestly, it was kind of almost unreal that we won it again,” said junior Makenna Kartchner a few days after the euphoric celebrations. Being a repeat made it all the sweeter for junior Cristi Ciasca. “To do it two times in a row, it’s something that you don’t come by a lot so it’s great to be able to have that experience,” she said. She later added, “That’s really exciting being able to represent our school that way.” Five girls finished in the top 21, making them runaway winners by 17 points over closest challenger Alta. Even though the Chargers won by double digits, it wasn’t without a few nerves on day two of the tournament. After some uncharacteristic double and triple bogeys, head coach Ryan Kartchner said the weight of expectations may have started to reach the girls. “(It) was a little nerve racking more so than last year, but it was pretty exciting and still fun for the girls. It was fun to see them in that situation,” said Ryan, also the head pro at Hidden Valley Country Club and father to Makenna. Junior Emma Winfree, who finished tied for third, said she was nervous throughout both days, including her even par round on day one. “There’s always a little bit of pressure, but (it’s about) just trying to keep calm and keep
doing as good as I can,” Winfree said. May 16 also doubled as Winfree’s birthday with her describing the championship as “a pretty good birthday present.” The school was in full support mode with the athletic director, assistant principal and principal — in addition to the students who were excused from school to come watch — all present for the memorable day. “A lot of people came out, it had a different feel. It was a repeat for one, and everybody wanted to see that happen,” Ryan said. Target on their backs It was mid-April when the Chargers lost a region tournament to their friendly rivals at Alta. If it wasn’t a turning point in their season, the six-stroke loss certainly poked the bear. “It just made us want (the state title) even harder. It just pushed us even more and made us work even harder,” Winfree said. With Corner Canyon taking state last year by a whopping 33 points, the team knew they had a target on their backs coming into the year, something they relished. “I always told the girls it’s fun to be part of everyone else’s goals,” Ryan said. But the third-year head coach knew teams weren’t going to roll over and give them the
trophy. “Even though we knew we were still probably the favorites and still a really, really good team going in, we needed to get better no matter what,” Ryan said. What made the repeat possible Every winning team is the result of some lucrative concoction. For the Chargers girls golf team, it was a combination of mental fortitude, personal improvement, coaching and team chemistry. In addition to team practices, the girls had individual sessions with Ryan at Hidden Valley where they could set goals and see what each could improve upon for tournament play. “They all have a pretty good golf sense and golf mind,” he said of the players. “They have great swings, but where they’ve improved the most this year is the short game and the mental side.” And, in a sport like golf, the mental game is as crucial as the athletic game. “It’s amazing how you can have the golf game and the skill but if you don’t have that mental strength as well then it’s hard for you to shoot good scores,” said Makenna, who played the state tournament with a knee brace after hyperextending her knee while cheerleading.
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DraperJournal .com The team is notorious for their bus rides filled with dancing and rapping to old-school hip-hop. Team sleepovers and team dinners are common throughout the season to help enhance that crucial team chemistry. “It all just comes so naturally,” Winfree said of the camaraderie. “We all just love each other, want the best for each other, support each other, are proud of each other when we do good.” It appears the team has struck the sweet spot between focused preparation and rambunctious enjoyment. “We take it seriously on the course, but off the course at practices we joke around and try to get everyone laughing. It’s just super fun,” Makenna said. That camaraderie extends beyond the Chargers golf team as well. The golf team shares its bus rides with Alta, engaging in multiple friendly matches between them, and friendships have blossomed. “Those girls are honestly some of the best girls I’ve ever met. They’re our biggest competition but they’re also our favorite girls to play with, to talk to,” Makenna said. The connection even includes a group text between the teams titled “Alta Canyon” where they send funny pictures and discuss school and boys. After the state tournament, the champs and runners-up took pictures with each other on the 18th green. “Girls golf is such a small world … it’s way fun, it’s in a good spot at least in this part
of the valley,” Ryan said. Brewing dynasty The Chargers won their second state title with four juniors and two sophomores, meaning the core of this legend-building team returns next year for a potential three-peat. It begs the question, is a girls golf dynasty forming at Corner Canyon? “I’ve joked that we have a little bit of a UConn womens basketball-like dynasty brewing here. We’re obviously a long ways down the road from something like that,” Ryan said. “Obviously, we’ll be on the top of everyone’s lists going in but we’ll get better.” Ciasca said they’re working hard to start that dynasty. “Next year we have a good shot, and we have a lot of girls who have the drive that want to win the championship. I think that (drive) will be good to introduce to the new players to carry it on later after our graduating class,” she said. Beginning the 2016 season with six girls, the team has blossomed to 14, with success begetting more interest. Winning state despite the girls feeling like they didn’t play their best — various players hitting triple and double bogeys on the final day — may not bode well for those chasing the Chargers. “It shows our hard work and how much it pays off and it shows how great our coaching staff is and how much they do for us; how much
Corner Canyon High girls golf coach Ryan Kartchner returns the same team that has dominated the 4A golf ranks the past two seasons and has added freshman Savanna Romney. “We are really looking forward to this
we support each other in our team chemistry being so good. I think it all plays a big part,” Winfree said. “We’re just really proud of ourselves,” Winfree continued. “We knew that we could do it all along but just actually knowing now makes it that much better. We’re hoping to do it for a third time next year and we’re starting to
prepare for that already.” And with coaches like Ryan and assistant Lexi Gagon, the girls feel like they’re in good hands. “We love both of the coaches so much and they make such a great impact on our game and how we do,” Winfree said. “We couldn’t do it without them.” l
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For the second year in a row, Corner Canyon girls golf took home the state title, winning by 17 points. (Aimee Kartchner/Corner Canyon girls golf)
next season and going for that ‘dynasty’ title,” Kartchner said. “While the competition has improved, so has our team. The future for girls golf at Corner Canyon is very bright.” Two seniors have already committed to play in college next fall – Cristiana Ciasca (University of Wyoming) and Emma Winfrey (Regis University), while Kartchner’s daughter Makenna is currently exploring her options. l
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Juan Diego men’s lacrosse takes another state title behind strong defense By Jesse Sindelar | jesse.s@mycityjournals.com
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The Juan Diego Men’s lacrosse team won a tense championship after beating Brighton by one goal with 15 seconds left (Bob McLellan/Draper)
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or anyone who doesn’t believe in the phrase “Defense wins championships,” just ask the Juan Diego men’s lacrosse team. The team won another state lacrosse championship this season after beating Brighton in the final by just a goal, behind a stellar defense and a matured offense. In his eighth year with the team, and fourth as head coach, John Holmes had a lot of confidence in the defense before the season started. “The season started in February, and by that point, I knew we had a strong defense. It was just a matter of maturing the offense, which was a little inexperienced at the time,” Holmes stated. To mature the offense, coach Holmes stacked a lot of work in the preseason for the team, playing a lot of preseason games against Utah and non-
Utah teams alike. “The kids worked really hard in December and January to get ready for the season,” Holmes added. By the time the season came around in February, the team was very ready. And it showed. The team had some crucial early season victories against Alta, Judge, and Brighton that helped grow the team’s confidence. However, with three games to go in the regular season, the team dropped a game to American Fork, a game they should have won. “That game against American Fork was a real test, because after we lost to them, we had to play them two weeks later in the first round of state. That was a real test,” Holmes said. But the team passed the test with flying colors, crushing American Fork 11-3. The next test in the playoffs was Corner Canyon at their
home field, which the team narrowly squeaked by 11-10. In the semifinals they faced an undefeated Park City team in the finals, who they had lost to in the regular season. “[In the semis] we had a game plan to slow down their start player, and it worked as well as it could have, I mean he still got his points, but we slowed him down enough to win in overtime,” Holmes continued. In the finals, they were matched against Brighton, a team they had beat in the regular season by a modest three goals. “We expected a tough battle [against Brighton], but I expected a pretty sloppy game. We were down two at one point and the kids could have easily thrown in the towel at that point,” Holmes said. But no towels were thrown in, and the Juan Diego men’s team got their own two goal lead, before Brighton tied it
back up. After a mad scrum in front of the Brighton goal with about 15 seconds left, Juan Diego got their winning goal, only needing a faceoff win to clinch it (which they did). With a state championship, fresh in the mind, the team has a bright future ahead. “Next year will be similar to this year, with a solid defense, and an offence in need of some fine tuning. We lost 8 seniors, two of which combined for about 80-90 goals this season, but we have a good group of returners, and the kids will be working the weights and the sticks all summer long,” Holmes concluded. After a fantastic finish to a long season, the Juan Diego men’s lacrosse team has a bright future under the direction of coach Holmes, and will be a team to keep a close eye on. l
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ome people are lucky enough to excel at a sport, others are lucky enough to excel at school, and even some others are lucky enough to excel at both. For Mark Rockwood, while he excelled at both, luck had no part in it.
By Jesse Sindelar | jesse.s@mycityjournals.com achieve them,” Rockwood said. With such great success in both school and sports, the time management and life balance required is impressive in its own right. But for Rockwood, the balance was natural throughout his life. “I didn’t know any other way. I had always played sports — football, basketball, track. I moved here my junior year, and didn’t really know school without sports. I knew I wanted to do well in both school and sports.” “I just had to prioritize my time really well. As soon as I would get back home from practice, I got to work on my homework. My parents didn’t really need to hound me about it, I just knew what I needed to do,” Rockwood said.
With his realistic goals in mind, Mark did achieve them. He got a 4.0, and he broke 50 seconds for the 400-meter sprint (he clocked in at 48.85 seconds). Seeing such accurate and realistic goal setting and achievements from a high school senior might depress some and give hope to others, but hopefully all can understand the patience and dedication it takes to achieve what he has achieved. The dreamer/realist Rockwood’s exemplary year will be a fond memory for him, and hopefully an inspiration for all. It appears the track world and academic world alike have a bright star headed their way. l
Corner Canyon sprinter Mark Rockwood broke three school records and was selected for Academic All-State with a 4.0 GPA. (Mark Rockwood/ Draper)
In Mark’s family, running track is family tradition. While his family members might not be able to boast about their 4.0 GPA or broken school records, his family is what got him started running in the first place. “I’m from Colorado originally, and my older brother and my dad had run track pretty seriously. I started track at age 5, but I stopped for a while after that. Then my family moved to Germany for a year, and I joined the high school team there for a year,” said Rockwood. And from then on, the sprinter’s track career only got more impressive. He is a senior on Corner Canyon’s track team, and he currently holds school records in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints, set this year. And as impressive as that might be, Rockwood was also selected for Academic All-State track team with a 4.0 GPA. That is straight A’s, from start to finish. Few people can boast school records or a 4.0 GPA, and even fewer can boast both. For Rockwood, success came from setting high goals for himself and pursuing said goals with determination. “I consider myself a dreamer and a realist. I need to be realistic about setting a goal, but those goals need to be high goals. So for example, for the 400, I set a goal of breaking 50 seconds, or for high school, I wanted to get a 4.0. Even if they seemed far-fetched, I didn’t let myself not
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How to beat the January Blues
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Christmas is over, money is tight and our waistbands are even tighter. We can’t help but feel a little let down. After eating too much, spending too much and maybe a few too many parties for many people January means buckling up the spending and the prospect of hitting the gym. I can’t help but feel a little bleak however, this year I’m determined to have the best January yet without breaking the bank. Here are some things I’ve got planned for the month that build up the cheer and won’t demolish the budget. Check out the Wildlife - Hogle Zoo is free the last Wednesday of the month from November through February (January 31 and February 28 2018). Plus, Tracy Aviary offers $1 admission the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month through March. Go to a Hockey Game – The Grizzlies play at the Maverick Center in WVC through April. If you’ve never been to a hockey games, they are fast paced and exciting! You can
get discounted tickets for $6.50 a person at UtahCoupons.com. Get Outside - There is nothing quite like a brisk walk in our beautiful surroundings to blow away the cobwebs and beat the winter city air. Visit one of our National Parks. They are much less busy than during the summer months and just as beautiful. For more information about Utah’s National Parks in winter go to www.visitutah.com/ places-to-go/most-visited-parks/national-parks-in-winter Volunteer – When the holiday’s end the giving shouldn’t. In fact the need is higher for volunteers in January then any other time of year. There are plenty of opportunities all around us like the food bank, animal shelters, elementary schools or just take a minute to shovel someone’s driveway after a storm. Plan a Vacation - Part of the joy of Christmas is all the planning, preparation, and excitement leading up to it. Now is a great time to start to plan a summer family vacation. A vacation to look forward to can
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2018 - Year of the Dog
Ranking as the eleventh animal in Chinese zodiac, Dog is the symbol of loyalty and honesty. People born in the Year of the Dog possess the best traits of human nature. They are honest, friendly, faithful, loyal, smart, straightforward, venerable and have a strong sense of responsibility. On the negative side, they are likely to be self-righteous, cold, terribly stubborn, slippery, critical of others and not good at social activities.
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