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By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com

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imilar to the Mueller report, Draper had its own independent counsel investigation, concluding with the public release of the counsel’s findings in a report with some redacted names and information.

A potential SunCrest development on approximately 83 acres, known as the Draper Mountain Ridge Estates Project, was the subject of the independent counsel’s investigation into potential conflicts of interest between developers Shaun and Ollie Michel and the Draper City Council. The address given for the development is 2100 East Lake Bluff Drive.

The project was a public hearing item on the March 5 council agenda. Mayor Troy Walker had emailed each council member prior to that meeting, asking them to disclose any connections they had with the developers. All council members responded directly to Walker’s email with the exception of Michele Weeks, who instead chose to send her response to City Manager David Dobbins. Alan Summerhays had previously recused himself from voting on the project over concern of a potential conflict of interest.

Councilmember Mike Green asked for postponement rather than a vote on the project and Councilmember Tasha Lowery expressed that there was “enough doubt to proceed” and she felt that the council’s “hand was forced to do an investigation.”

Attorney Kristin VanOrman of the Strong & Hanni law firm was hired to conduct the investigation and prepare a report. She billed the city $5,620 for about 28 hours of work.

VanOrman was hired by the city in the recent past for another investigation involving Weeks.

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VanOrman’s report was made a public document under the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) after the Draper City Council voted to make it so, with some names and information redacted, at the May 7 city council meeting.

VanOrman interviewed the mayor, city manager and the entire Draper City Council as well as Shaun and Ollie Michel and their attorney Bruce Baird. There are at least six redacted names of individuals whom she also interviewed.

“I do not believe that the Michels have done anything illegal in the present case. However, in my opinion, they have created clear conflicts of interest with both Alan Summerhays and Michele Weeks…It is my opinion that both Mr. Summerhays and Ms. Weeks recuse themselves from voting on the Mountain Ridge Estate Project,” VanOrman wrote.

She reported that the potential conflict between Summerhays and the Michels was one of coincidence. While the project has been under consideration by the council and revised several times in recent years, Summerhays was more recently in favor of the project with the revisions.

In December 2018, Summerhays’ son was involved in an accident that left him paralyzed. That son sought treatment for paralysis at Neurowerx, a rehabilitation company. Only after Summerhays’ son had researched, found and was accepted for treatment at Neurowerx did the Summerhays family realized that Shaun Michel serves on the board of directors.

Meanwhile, Shaun Michel had tried contacting Summerhays “a number of times…in efforts to promote the project prior to his son’s accident,” the report says. l

The end of Lake Bluff Drive atop SunCrest at 2100 East where on approximately 83 acres, known as the Draper Mountain Ridge Estates Project, was the subject of the independent counsel’s investigation into potential conflicts of interest between developers Shaun and Ollie Michel and the Draper City Council. (City Journals) Continued Page 8

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s director Wil Greer recalls, his girlfriend Heather Haycock first encouraged him to get involved in a show at Draper Historic Theatre about five years ago. “I told Heather I would do one show,” he said. Fast forward to spring 2019 and Greer has worked on several productions at DHT both on-stage and off. He just got engaged to Haycock and is directing the musical “Grease” this June, a dream project.

“Grease,” the classic musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, kicks off the summer season at Draper Historic Theatre and will be presented June 7 through 29 at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on June 22.

The show follows the lives of 10 teenagers at the fictitious Rydell High School in 1959 as they deal with social cliques, peer pressure and romantic entanglements during senior year. The stage show is a bit different from the well-known 1978 movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. “All of everyone’s favorite songs from the film are in it — but there are even more songs!” said Haycock, who doubles in the role of Sandy and show choreographer.

While the movie focused more on the romance between “greaser” Danny Zuco and “good girl” Sandy Dumbrowski, the stage version tells the stories of multiple characters. “There is a storyline for each character,” said Haycock. “The pink ladies and the greasers are all finding themselves, which makes the show relatable to a lot of people.

Sandy is going on a journey of discovering who she is. We want to emphasize the message of empowerment and expression.”

In the Draper Historic Theatre production, Eugene, the class nerd who gets picked on, is more than a one-note character. He expresses his inner flamboyant side in the show’s song and dance dream sequences.

Haycock views the character’s story as a message of empowerment for LGBTQ youth.

Jonathon Jones, who plays Eugene, said, “He is learning who he is, trying to connect the dots and learning that he’s much more than just a nerd.” Jones said he has always wanted to play Eugene. “It’s been a blast!”

Greer was amazed to find that many of the actors auditioning for the show came in asking if they could play specific roles. As director he is giving the cast a lot of creative freedom to put their own personal spin on their characters. “I don’t want to take away from anything the actors want to give,” he said.

Warren Tharp is adding a dash of Elvis’ swagger to his interpretation of Danny. “He’s kind of a player,” said Tharp of the character.

“He has a cool edge, very opposite of me. It’s fun to branch out.” Danny is a dream role for Tharp, who is new to Draper Historic Theatre. “Most of my roles have been supporting,” he said. “I’m very lucky to be playing

The cast of “Grease” strikes a pose in the Draper Historic Theatre production. (Photo courtesy Bailey Loveless/Draper Historic Theatre)

The Burger Boys (Brady Lowe, Kenoa DeOllos, Warren Tharp, Tobias Logan and Eric Bass) hang out after school in “Grease” at Draper Historic Theatre.

(Photo courtesy Bailey Loveless/Draper Historic Theatre)

the lead.”

Staging “Grease” represents special creative challenges behind the scenes. Haycock is inventing new choreography for 13 dance numbers. Greer is grappling with how to make the car “Greased Lightning” fit within the relatively small confines of the stage. Because the lead roles are double-cast, costume designer Mae Hinton-Godfrey is creating costumes that have to fit two different actors.

Hinton-Godfrey has purchased some vintage costume pieces and is sewing others from authentic dress patterns from the late 1950s. She explained that she wanted to give the costumes a bit of a stylized, rockabilly look instead of adhering closely to the show’s time period. “It was really because of this theater that this dream of mine (to be a

Got a light? The pink ladies (Kimberly Webb, Savana Lowe, Mae Hinton-Godfrey and Alayna Bria) strike a pose in “Grease” at Draper Historic Theatre. (Photo courtesy Bailey Loveless/Draper Historic Theatre)

costume designer) became a possibility,” said Hinton-Godfrey.

Staging and performing in “Grease” has been a dream come true for many involved with this production, and the cast and crew are eager to share it with the community. “We want to give people that fun of going to the theater,” said Tharp. “It’s nice to escape for a little while.”

“Grease,” directed by Wil Greer, will be presented at Draper Historic Theatre on June 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on June 22.

Draper Historic Theatre is located at 12366 South 900 East in Draper. The ticket hotline is 801-572-4144 during performance weeks.

Tickets may also be purchased via the theater website at drapertheatre.org l

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Draper Elementary celebrates Grandparents Day

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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randparents, who packed their own lunches, joined their Draper Elementary grandchildren to talk about what students were learning in school and to attend the school’s book fair. Under the direction of PTA president Marissa Geertson, a special pickleball court was set up for the two generations to share during recess. She also provided

her golf cart, driven by Wendy Murrills, to usher grandparents who parked a distance from the school. “We welcome grandparents, who love to be involved, to come in and support students and our programs,” Principal Christy Waddell said. (Photos courtesy of Christy Waddell/Draper Elementary) l

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John Eining completes one year as Draper’s police chief

By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com

Chief John Eining has restructured the police department, although he’s struggled with employee retention in a competitive pay environment. (Photo courtesy Draper Police Department)

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olice Chief John Eining sums up his police work prior to coming to Draper as having made him “a jack of all trades but a master of none.” That varied experience in his 25-plus years in uniform has served him well. “In my career, I was always asked to do different things. The nice thing about it is I got a lot of different experiences in different areas, so I had a really good overview — which has been very beneficial as an administrator,” he said.

Eining grew up in Oregon and came to Utah to attend BYU where he met his wife of nearly 35 years. He’s a father of two and a grandfather of three.

He began his career in South Jordan as a reserve officer where he was quickly hired full time. “South Jordan was a one-car patrol and Sandy was larger with more people and more opportunity,” he said. He went to work for Sandy in February of 1992 and accumulated experience on patrol, in K9, as a DARE teacher, doing investigations, supervising school resource officers and starting a community response team that he described as “a proactive patrol squad for problem areas in the city.” He also led the SWAT team for a period of time, worked patrol and investigations again, and then moved into the administrative side before being hired as Draper’s deputy chief in February of 2014 under former Police Chief Bryan Roberts.

It’s been more than one year since Eining was named Draper’s top cop, leading a team of 60 employees. His jurisdiction has seen an increase in both property crimes and violent crimes such as aggravated assault, sex crimes and robberies in the last five years, but

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they’ve not had a homicide since 2015. The property crime his department sees the most of is vehicle burglaries (someone entering a vehicle and taking property out of it). He said close to 70% of those are a result of vehicles left unlocked with property left inside. The police department sees the same sort of “opportunistic” crime when garage doors are left open, leading to residential burglaries.

Eining’s biggest challenge as chief hasn’t been on the streets. It’s been hiring and retaining employees. That’s because other agencies are continually increasing their pay and updating their benefits to stay competitive, something that Draper City is also trying to do. But it’s a continual race, especially in a good economy. “Draper has the lowest pay for police in the Salt Lake Valley. It’s important to note that over the last few years the city council and mayor have addressed these issues,” he said, explaining that the council made an adjustment to the pay scale in spring of 2018 and improved the retirement benefit, making it possible for Eining to recruit and be competitive again at that time.

The city is once again working on a new budget, but Draper has been losing more experienced officers to other agencies that are willing to pay $4 or $5 more per hour. Eining’s current recruiting pool is mostly brand new people. “You’re constantly starting over.

We’re trading an experienced officer for a brand new officer, and I lose all the training they gained when they were with us. I hope we’ll be able to do another pay scale adjustment so that we become competitive. We don’t have to be the best paid in the valley, we just have to be competitive,” he said.

Chief Eining met Karen Smith, activity director at Draper Senior Center, when Eining and fellow officers joined seniors for lunch in early May. (Mimi Dutton/City Journals)

He noted the appeal of Draper definitely helps in his recruiting and retention. “The citizenship, everything about Draper is very good, so that does help in recruiting.”

Eining restructured the department when he became chief. He did away with the deputy chief role he used to occupy, which entailed handling the day-to-day operations of the department while Roberts interfaced with the mayor, city council and other chiefs of police, attended auxiliary meetings and assignments in the valley, participated in the Utah Chiefs of Police Association and supported legislative bills that affected law enforcement. Instead, Eining created two lieutenant positions under his role as chief.

One is over patrols and the other oversees administrative duties such as records, investigations and animal services.

His reason for the change in structure was twofold. By splitting up the work, he said it allows for more attention to detail. “It was a lot for one person to manage,” he said of his former role as deputy chief. “The other reason was to provide more opportunity for growth. It used to be that the only path was start out as patrol, next step is sergeant and the next is lieutenant, but we didn’t have that rank and sergeants didn’t really have advancement opportunities. That’s why Bryan (Roberts) recruited outside the department for a deputy chief. By creating lieutenant positions, it’s more advancement opportunity and a mentoring opportunity for me. Sometime I’d like to get that deputy chief position back, but for now, this is the way it’s going to be and we’ll work with what we have.”

The police department has worked to

be part of the community. They host Coffee with a Cop, oversee an active Neighborhood Watch program and they offer a drug takeback program. They’ve worked on a safe schools initiative and done drills for an active shooter situation at local schools. They have a Kids At Risk program designed to identify kids who are starting to act out or have issues, providing them with resources that might change their path. “Instead of bad behavior, we hope to have some early interventions that might change that and put them in a more positive direction so we’re not dealing with them in the future,” Eining said.

The Draper police continue to hold their Citizens Academy, an eight-week program that introduces citizens to different aspects of law enforcement such as traffic stops and investigations. “It gives citizens insight into what the profession is about and then we get some perspective from them on what they want from a police department,” he said.

They have a similar Youth Academy offering.

This spring, Eining and his fellow officers could be found reading to children at Draper Library story time and joining patrons for lunch at the Draper Senior Center.

They’ve also just unveiled a brand new mobile command center that will allow them to set up an instant command anywhere in the city for incidents involving police and fire.

Eining is most proud of the atmosphere of his department and the people he works with. “Because we’re a small agency, we have a really good family feel to the police department, ” he said. l

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Corner Canyon girls golf still among state’s best

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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he Corner Canyon High girls golf team have won the past three state championships and were the favorites to defend its 5A title again this season. The Region 7 champion squad finished 10 strokes back of region-rival Timpview — whom they had battled with closely all season — to place second at the 5A state tournament at the Ridge Golf Course in West Valley City May 7–8. Senior Jamie Connell won medalist honors after finishing the 36-hole tournament in a tie with West High’s Whitney Banz and going on to defeat her in an eight-hole playoff.

“I’m proud of my team for persevering and doing their best,” Connell said. “There were a few strokes that we gave away, but that’s golf and that just happens sometimes.”

“I am very proud of the girls,” first-year head coach Lexi Gagon said. “They showed up and gave it their all out there. Timpview’s girls played awesome, so huge congrats to them. It was cool to see such a young team win.”

Connell began Day 2 of the tournament four strokes back of Banz, but followed up her round of 77 the first day with a par-72 showing to draw even by the end of the scheduled 36 holes. Connell actually had a chance to win medalist honors outright on the 18th hole but just missed a three-foot putt for par. After fairly even play with Banz through seven holes, Connell sank an eight-foot putt for a birdie to finish her high school career on top.

“Jamie really showed grit and determination to pull out the win,” Gagon said. “We are very proud of her.”

Connell said she was disappointed in her play the first day of the tournament, but she came out on the course the second day with more “determination and motivation” to leave it all out there and overcame nerves to prevail in the playoff. “Honestly, when I walked to that first tee, I blocked everything out and I just played my game like I know how to. I essentially made myself think that I was just playing by myself,” she said. “This is all I wanted to do my entire high school career, so I’m really proud of myself for making it happen my senior year.”

Sophomore Savanah Romney also received All-State recognition with a fifthplace finish after rounds of 79s during the two-day tournament. Other scores for Corner Canyon were Suzie Taylor (84, 90), Anica Coesens (91, 91), Bella Boman (98, 97) and Ellie Whitehead (89, 94), who all finished among the top 30.

At the Region 7 tournament a week prior to state, Corner Canyon placed first as a team for the fourth consecutive year, this time with an 11-stroke victory over Timpview with Connell coming in second individually.

Romney placed third and Taylor also finished in the top 10.

“The girls played well,” Gagon said.

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The Corner Canyon High girls golf team finished second at the 5A state tournament at the Ridge May 7–8, led by senior Jamie Connell, who won medalist honors. (Photo courtesy Lexi Gagon)

Corner Canyon High senior Jamie Connell won an eight-hole playoff at the 5A state tournament at the Ridge May 7–8 to take individual medalist honors.

(Photo courtesy Jamie Connell)

“Overall, I thought we had an amazing year.

We went head-to-head with Timpview every single tournament.”

Also on the Chargers squad this year

“Jamie really showed grit and determination to pull out the win,” Gagon said. “We are very proud of her.”

– Lexi Gagon

were Abbey Aamodt, Abby Brady, Emma Catmull, Olivia Didier, Emma Eckersley, Alexis Erickson, Brinley Horsley, Malin Jorgenson, Ambrey Judd, Megan Muir, Kiersten Smith and Afton Walker.

“The team has really come together this year,” Gagon said. “The girls have been out there supporting one another and really cheering each other on. It’s been a hard season due to weather, but we have been able to pull through and continue to work hard every day. The girls grew over the course of the season, as golfers and as human beings.”

Gagon said the program will miss Connell, who will play collegiate golf at Idaho State, and Taylor, who signed with Westmont College in California, along with Coesens, Catmull, Muir and Smith. “We will be sad to see them go, but we are very excited for the future of this golf team,” she said. l

The Corner Canyon High girls golf team finished second at the 5A state tournament at the Ridge May 7–8, led by senior Jamie Connell, who won medalist honors. (Photo courtesy Lexi Gagon)

Corner Canyon High senior Jamie Connell won an eight-hole playoff at the 5A state tournament at the Ridge May 7–8 to take individual medalist honors. (Photo courtesy Jamie Connell)

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Continued from front page “Summerhays did not know that (Shaun) Michel was on the board of directors at the time. Further, his son had already independently decided to receive treatment with Neurowerx while in the hospital…Councilmember Summerhays later learned that Michel sits on the board of directors and wondered if his son was receiving any special favors due to the connection with the project. This led to Summerhays recusing himself from voting on the project,” VanOrman wrote.

It came to light that either Shaun Michel or a member of the Neurowerx board had reached out to members of the city council in an effort to get the development approved.

“In June 2018, (Shaun) Michel attended a board of directors meeting for Neurowerx.

A focus of the meeting was getting funding for Neurowerx…Michel stated that he would make a significant donation to the organization if he could work out the deal with the SunCrest project,” VanOrman’s report said.

She then detailed that either Shaun Michel or another member of the Neurowerx board had reached out to council members Lowery, Green and Marsha Vawdrey. “It is clear that Shaun Michel used his position on the board of Neurowerx to assist with lobbying his efforts with Draper City…The council members handled the communications appropriately and no conflicts were created,” VanOrman wrote.

“I think she (VanOrman) did her best. I was exonerated. This has been a tough one for the last year and a half,” Summerhays said of the report. Regarding if he’ll recuse himself from voting on the project, he said, “Whatever is the right thing to do, I will do. If it’s recuse myself, I will…it’s a good project, but it’s not worth me doing something illegal to pass something,” he said.

VanOrman noted that in September 2018, when Weeks was running for office in the State Legislature, Shaun Michel approached Weeks and gave her a donation of approximately $1,000 for her campaign, but Weeks did not accept the check and sent it back to Michel.

“The potential conflicts of interest regarding Councilmember Michele Weeks involve three separate incidents,” VanOrman wrote, indicating that those included one of Weeks’ sons going on a fishing trip with Shaun Michel, one of Weeks’ sons participating in Youthlinc, a nonprofit organization to which the Michel Foundation donates between $30,000 to $50,000 annually, and “a $1,000 donation made to Ms. Weeks’ Teacher Appreciation Night event.”

VanOrman felt that Weeks should have declined the fishing trip for her son, regardless of the monetary value or lack thereof.

Regarding Youthlinc, she wrote that Weeks’ son “was not sponsored by the Michels, and has not received any financial aid.” But VanOrman did write, “I believe there were potential ethics violations by Michele Weeks in connection with the Teacher Appreciation Night and the Michels…it is my opinion that

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a complaint to the Draper City Ethics Commission is warranted, or if no such commission has been established, such a complaint could be filed with the Utah State Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.”

Weeks has organized the teacher appreciation event at the aquarium in recent years, but for personal reasons, she did not organize it last year. According to the report, however, Weeks offered to give the donor information

doing — it’s a strange stretch, but it will be up to the state ethics board again.”

Asked if she’ll continue to fundraise for the teacher appreciation event, Weeks replied, “In the future, if time allows, I’d love to bring this event back to fruition.” She explained that it normally happens in May but it’s not happening this year, and the donation in question happened last year.

“I have since found a conflict of inter-

“I don’t feel like I’ve done anything wrong, so at that time (of the vote) I’ll make the decision, but I won’t recuse myself because of this report.”

– Michele Weeks

she had for the dinner to the Jordan Valley Teachers Association, a 501(c)3 organization that offered to assist with the dinner that ended up costing $8,300. “They then paid for the dinner from Ms. Weeks’ donors…the Michel Foundation donated $1,000 to the Jordan Education Foundation…There is no doubt that the Michels knew they were donating to Ms. Weeks’ event…there is no doubt that Ms. Weeks knew of the donation as she provided all the donors directly to the Teachers Association. I believe there is sufficient information to support the fact that the Michels donated substantial funds to an event founded by — and for all intents and purposes — organized

by Michele Weeks. In my opinion, this clearly represents a conflict of interest,” the report says.

Weeks said of the report, “I thought it was very biased and misinformed. This is the third time that the city council has tried to accuse me of doing wrong with the teacher appreciation event. I think it’s done because they’re jealous because it’s a wonderful event. Instead of chastising me, they should see if they could become part of it to help appreciate our teachers. The first two times I was found innocent of any wrongdoing. I emailed the Lieutenant Governor’s office (in response to the VanOrman report) and asked if I had broken the code that she (VanOrman) says I broke, 10-3-208. The Lieutenant Governor’s office replied ‘not that they could see.’ It’s not my money, it went to an event, not to my campaign or to enrich my family’s life. For Ms. VanOrman to say that is wrong-

est with Ms. VanOrman’s firm. During this whole investigation, UTA was negotiating with firms for possible legal advice. These contracts go up to $1 million. Ms. VanOrman’s firm, Strong & Hanni, was one being considered. I believe this could possibly be a conflict of interest that needed to be disclosed because of the potential connection between Strong & Hanni, the UTA and Mayor Walker’s connection with UTA, being part of the board and also chair of the auditing department for UTA,” Weeks said.

When asked if she will recuse herself from voting on the Michel project, Weeks said, “I don’t feel like I’ve done anything wrong, so at that time I’ll make the decision, but I won’t recuse myself because of this report. I haven’t done anything wrong.”

Separately, there was also an incident noted in the report where a female employee of Draper City had her purse stolen, and when Shaun Michel learned of it, he gave her a purse and told her “make sure you check the pockets.” She found $50 but did not accept the purse or the money and returned it immediately. The report said that city employee doesn’t have voting power or influence over the council members.

Regarding the next step in the process, Dobbins said, “The city council will decide what, if any, additional steps will be taken.”

He added that because Draper does not have its own ethics commission, if it is reviewed, it would be at the state level. “This application has not been scheduled yet for final action,” he said. l

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Kick Ash Festival seeks to put an end to ‘vape-havior’

By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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ocal students are hooked on a bad habit: the use of e-cigarettes and vapes has increased an astonishing 500 percent since 2011.

The findings come from the annual Student Health and Risk Prevention Survey (SHARP), conducted by area school districts in conjunction with the state health department.

While to young minds “vaping” may seem like a warm and fuzzy, innocuous version of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, vaping is anything but un-dangerous. According to the American Lung Association, “evolving evidence” spells a collision course of vape usage with irreversible lung damage and lung disease.

“People think vaping and e-cigarettes are different (from traditional tobacco products),” explains Julia Glade with the SLCO Health Department.

“They aren’t. They are the same thing.”

Kicking Ash through the best communicators — kids themselves SLCO is using an innovative approach to discourage teen vaping.

The county is counting on kids to do much of the communicating and, in doing so, create even more buzz, with the ultimate outcome being to “Escape the Vape.”

The 2019 Kick Ash Short Film Festival, held March 20 at West Jordan’s Viridian Event Center, gave students the chance to use creative and technical skills to make compelling 30–60-second anti-vape film “shorts” or public service announcements (PSAs) and then have them screened at a red carpet event.

“Movies have always had great power in persuasion of ideas,” said Channing Lowe, associate professor of film for Salt Lake Community College. “Visuals can be more potent that words. Striking images stay engrained in the minds of the viewers for better or worse. Lowe commended SLCO in leveraging film to “influence those in a direction that can improve their lives.”

In addition to the carrot of helping make a difference in the world, filmmakers were tantalized by significant booty.

The school with the most Kick Ash film entrants was awarded $350 for its multimedia classrooms.

Kick Ash first-prize filmmakers in the upper division (grades 10–12) received $400, but the lure of the Audience Choice award may have been even more tantalizing: The Audience Choice winner, determined by a Facebook voting poll, received a Chromebook with a 32-inch monitor, speakers and Blue-

Area junior high and high school students won hundreds of dollars for their “Escape the Vape” videos as part of Salt Lake County’s “Kick Ash” film festival. (Photo Credit: David Skorut/Salt Lake County Health Department)

tooth headphones. Lower grades were fect fit for the DPMS science curricuawarded $100 for placing. lum. “In seventh grade, we learn about body systems,” explains Amy Valdez, The Kick Ash ‘aha’ moment Having studied health-education seventh grade teacher for DPMS. “We promotion at the University of Utah, had just finished learning about respiraSLCO’s Glade is a certified health-ed- tory systems, so they had a lot of good ucation specialist for SLCO. The Kick background knowledge.”

Valdez paired the science and comAsh Festival, now in its second year, is munications aspect of the project in stuher idea. She says she got the inspiration for Kick Ash while attending the dents’ learning. “We talked about how a 2017 Utah Substance Abuse Confer- PSA needs to be informative. It needs to be a quick message and pack a punch.” ence in Southern Utah.

School with most entries — DrapStudiously listening as a speaker encouraged creative solutions for sub- er Park Middle School Complete list of winners in the stance abuse, Glade suddenly had a proKick Ash Short Film Festival: found “aha”: Salt Lake County youth, as members of Generation Z, the first Upper Division (Grades 10–12) generation of true “digital natives,” • First Place — Savannah Cobb would respond to messages in a comand Maura Broadhead, Riverton pelling, digital format.

High School The concept for Kick Ash was • Second Place — Emily Guerrero, formed. Glade’s idea got the go-ahead, American Preparatory Academy, and the first Kick Ash event took place West Valley City last year with the theme “Stand Up, • Third Place — Serena WashSpeak Out Against Big Tobacco.” burn and Sydney Austin, Summit The winners — every Gen Z hearing Academy High School, Bluffdale the message and lucky high school, Lower Division (Grades 7–9) junior high filmmakers • First Place — Ryan White, DrapThe night of the screening of the er Park Middle School 28 entrant videos at the Viridian Event Center, none of the entrants knew ahead • Second Place — Kasch Hart, of time which entries had won, adding Draper Park Middle School to the excitement of the event. Winning • Third Place — McKay Neyman entries were presented with oversized and Tyler Balls, Draper Park checks and another opportunity to pose Middle School on the red carpet.

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Corner Canyon boys volleyball second best

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

The Corner Canyon High boys volleyball team finished second at the Utah Boys Volleyball Association state tournament May 10–11.

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ed by All-Tournament players junior outside hitter Gavin Penrod and senior setter Sam Barlow, the Corner Canyon High boys volleyball finished second in the state at the Utah Boys Volleyball Association (UBVA) championship May 10–11. In the final match, the Chargers lost to three-time defending state champion Bingham 25-15, 25-22.

Corner Canyon entered the state tournament as the third seed from the Salt Lake County region and swept through its three pool play matches on the first day of the state tournament and came into the second day as one of the top seeds. The Chargers defeated Weber 2-0, Olympus 2-1 and Lone Peak 2-1 before meeting the Miners.

In the first set of the championship match, the Chargers battled through errors to lose 25-15 before “regrouping and refocusing,” according to assistant coach Dan Penrod, giving Bingham a battle in the second set.

“While certainly a heartbreaking loss, (head coach) Mike (Rogers) and I were extremely proud of the way our players showed heart and determination throughout the tournament,” Dan Penrod said. “Both on and off the court, they conducted themselves admirably, earning the support from several of the other teams along the way for the matchup against Bingham.”

Gavin Penrod led Corner Canyon with 44 kills while Barlow recorded 141 assists to lead the Chargers’ offense. Sophomore middle blocker Anthony Vranes, who along with Barlow and junior TJ Burns, attend Brighton High but play for Corner Canyon because their school doesn’t have a team. The team has a .375 hitting efficiency while Gavin Penrod and junior outside hitter Trystan Pace hit .300. Burns’ 12 aces along with junior libero Zane Minnick’s 11 led the Chargers from

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the service line. Defensively, Minnick had 40 digs and opposite hitter Jack Nielsen had 16 blocks, including eight solo, with middle blocker Blake Rupp adding 11.

“One consolation for us is that as most other teams will be graduating several seniors this year, our team is made up of mostly juniors, who will be returning for another shot at the title, next year,” Dan Penrod said.

“They finished fifth as sophomores, second as juniors and they hope it can be first as seniors.”

The UBVA was created five years ago to grow the sport that had already been competing for more than two decades. The number of teams in Utah continues to climb and this year, there were seventy teams playing in different leagues throughout the state.

Although boys volleyball is not currently sanctioned by the Utah High School Activities Association, discussions are ongoing as the sport gains more and more momentum.

UBVA President Jill Davis said, “Anyone who has ever seen boys play at a competitive level know it is a very different and exciting game to watch, so we are hopeful the culture of boys volleyball will continue to build and become more accepted and supported by our community at large.”

Davis said what lies ahead for boys volleyball in the state will be determined, in large part, by UBVA’s “ability to accommodate the current growth and interest.”

“We truly hope the future sees all boys high school volleyball teams in Utah enjoying a healthy presence within their own schools — whether merely using the gyms for practices and games as a club sport or as a full-fledged sanctioned sport with total school support.”

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Canyons board announces proposed teacher salary increase

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

Many Canyons School District teachers, like East Sandy kindergarten teacher Stephanie Cobabe (seen here), support the proposed teacher salary increase. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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s the Canyons School District Teacher of the Year celebration drew to a close, Canyons Board of Education President Nancy Tingey read a statement that brought the auditorium of educators to their feet erupting in applause.

Tingey’s statement on April 23 addressed a tentative agreement with the Canyons Education Association proposing that all Canyons teachers would receive a $7,665 per year salary increase.

“This would put the starting teacher annual pay at $50,000 — elevating the teaching profession by bringing salaries in line with those of other professionals in Utah, and making it possible for teachers to pursue their passion and do what they’re good at while also earning a living wage,” she said.

The $50,000 starting teacher salary would be the highest school district pay in the state.

However, she also said this would be made possible with a property tax increase, which will be presented for approval at a required Truth-in-Taxation hearing in August.

“All of the funds from the proposed property tax increase would go exclusively to teacher salaries. We see this investment as a positive step toward inspiring college students to regard teaching as a viable career and reinforce the belief that teaching is a destination profession,” she said.

Utah’s Truth-in-Taxation law shifts the base for taxation from a fixed rate to a fixed revenue amount, with a sliding scale for population growth or to reflect property value.

It also requires local government entities to notify the public and hold hearings with intended raising of taxes to allow transparency to decision-making about taxes.

While she said more information will be available forthwith, Tingey and other board members were decisively quiet following the

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announcement.

“I believe we’ll just let the statement stand,” she said.

However, teachers were elated following the announcement.

East Sandy Elementary teacher and former Teacher of the Year runner-up Stephanie Cobabe supported the statement.

“Just prior to the awards/recognitions, all of the teachers in the room were asked to stand and declare, ‘I am a teacher,’” she said.

“We were thanked for the work we do to help inspire, guide, and change the future for children. With this announcement, I’m certain many of us feel supported and encouraged to continue to make a difference the way we do.

Sarah Mortensen, Jordan Valley music teacher, instructs students in December 2017. Teachers in school districts across Salt Lake County have received pay increases over the past few years. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

However, he did acknowledge that it could be hard on some community members, such as seniors who live on a fixed income.

“They can file an appeal — a circuit breaker — with the Utah State Tax Commission so their taxes don’t go up,” he said.

There also are exemptions such as veterans with disabilities, legally blind property owners, active or reserved duty armed forces and others. (For more information, see https://tax.utah.gov/forms/pubs/pub-36.pdf) Briscoe said there will be opportunities for community discussion about the proposal. On June 18, there will be a budget hearing and in July, discussion on the tax bill. There will be a date in August announced on the

It’s exciting that our board is wanting to give teachers more money,” he said.

Draper Park Middle School eighth grade teacher Jared Collette said this will step up the quality of teachers in Canyons District.

“With the big demand for teachers, we’ll be offering teachers a salary they deserve and filling those with great professionals who will deliver students a high-quality education,” he said.

Eastmont Middle School seventh- grade teacher Cody West supported the board’s proposal.

“When I choose to work for this district, I asked family and friends about Canyons,” he said. “My mother-in-law works at

“This would put the starting teacher annual pay at $50,000 — elevating the teaching profession by bringing salaries in line with those of other professionals in Utah, and making it possible for teachers to pursue their passion, and do what they’re good at while also earning a living wage.”

— Canyons Board of Education President Nancy Tingey Photo courtesy Canyon School District

I am grateful for the continued support from our school communities, from the parents to our principals to our school board. We all need to be a team to make the most impactful differences.”

Canyons Superintendent Jim Briscoe said he was proud of the board.

“I think it took courage from the board to be willing to have a Truth-in-Taxation to increase the pay for teachers, to set the bar high and put that high priority on education,” he said.

canyonsdistrict.org website where the community can speak about the proposal.

Park Lane Elementary Principal Justin Jeffery said that while the news is exciting, he could see taxpayers initially being nervous about the potential increase.

“I think when they realize the funds will just go to the teachers, they’ll be more receptive than seeing a tax increase for roads.

I hear back East, the teachers have great pay and their roads have pot holes. We have great roads, but our teachers aren’t paid as well.

Midvale Elementary and she said how well teachers are taken care of. My experience is a true reflection of that level of dedication of the care of teachers who, in turn, take care of the future of our students. If teachers aren’t taken care of, how can students prosper? This is a step in the right direction.”

Draper Principal Christy Waddell was pumped up about the possible increase.

“I’m so excited about it,” she said. “It’s so needed. It’s impressive how Canyons District is at the forefront of it.” l

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Draper Arts Council’s ‘Newsies’ seizes the day at Draper Amphitheater

By Katherine Weinstein | katherine@mycityjournals.com

The cast of “Newsies” in the Draper Arts Council production at Draper Amphitheater. (Photo courtesy Krissa Reinbold/Draper Arts Council)

ing her role is the extensive choreography.

Assistant Producer Krissa Reinbold said that after watching the rehearsals she is most excited to see the cast perform “King of New York.” “It’s a big tap number,” she said. “It is going to be really cool!”

The “newsies” (Nolan Reinbold, Sam Martinez, Max Morgan and Greg Dowse) share a moment with reporter The outdoor ambience of Draper AmKatherine Plummer (Brielle Anderson) in the Draper Arts Council production of “Newsies.” (Photo courtesy phitheater and the way the action and choKrissa Reinbold/Draper Arts Council) reography spills out into the audience makes the Draper Arts Council production of “Newsies” unique among other productions If we stand as one, someday becomes newsboys. somehow.” This line from the song “Seize In the fictionalized musical, things get of the show in the valley. “What’s fun about the Day” in the musical “Newsies” expresses even more complicated when Pulitzer’s the message at the heart of the show. daughter, Katherine — who aspires to be a “I can’t think of another show that’s reporter herself — falls in love with strike about unity and the purpose of working to- leader Jack Kelly and joins the newsies’ gether for the greater good,” said Susan cause.

DeMill, director and choreographer of the “The energy and cohesiveness of the Draper Arts Council production. “Newsies” group has been fantastic to watch,” said Dewill be presented June 1–15 at Draper Am- Mill of the young cast. “They’ve really bephitheater. come a tight-knit group of newsies.”

“It’s inspired by a true story,” DeMill Many cast members, as well as the disaid. The stage musical version of “Newsies” rector, are fans of the original film, which is based on the 1992 Disney film, which was starred a young Christian Bale. “‘Newsies’ is in turn inspired by the historic Newsboys a beloved film and it’s even better on stage,” Strike of 1899 in New York City. said Brielle Anderson, who plays Katherine When newspaper magnates Joseph Pu- Plummer (aka Pulitzer.) litzer and William Randolph Hearst decided Greg Dowse, in the role of Jack Kelly, to charge newsboys more money to pur- said his favorite part of the show is the song chase the papers they sold, the “newsies” “Santa Fe,” in which Jack sings of the place went on strike and brought New York City he’d rather be. “I’ve been waiting to sing that to a standstill. The newsies, who were large- song my whole life, ever since I saw Chrisly comprised of homeless and desperately tian Bale do it in the movie and I danced poor youths, organized and refused to sell along in my living room,” he said. the papers owned by Pulitzer and Hearst. The Dance is a huge part of “Newsies,” and strike ended when the two publishing giants the cast is hard at work learning the routines. the space is that we use the whole amphitheagreed to buy back unsold papers from the For Anderson, the biggest challenge of play- ater,” said DeMill. “We create the story right in front of you and immerse the audience in

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“The energy and cohesiveness of the group has been fantastic to watch,” said DeMill of the young cast.

“They’ve really become a tight-knit group of newsies.”

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what’s happening.”

The cast members look forward to transporting audiences to New York City at the turn of the 20th century. “The thing I love about theater is just escaping to another world,” said Dowse. “It allows people to be engaged, even if just for a moment, away from their troubles.”

Stephen Whitchurch, who plays “bad guy” Joseph Pulitzer, echoed the sentiment.

Whitchurch is sharing the stage with three of his younger children as well as a married daughter and her husband. “I love that I can do it with my kids and share with them that rush, that excitement of making other people feel good,” he said.

The West Jordan resident explained that he and his family keep coming back to do Draper Arts Council shows because of the community atmosphere. “We come because it’s family,” he said.

Nolan Reinbold, a fourth-grader at Willow Springs Elementary who plays Les Jacobs, said one of the best aspects of performing in live theater is the people he gets to work with. “I like the people that I meet and the friends that I make,” he said. Indeed, the cast and crew have come together for a common cause in this production much like the actual newsies did back in 1899.

Draper Arts Council will present “Newsies” with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and book by Harvey Fierstein, at Draper Amphitheater June 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, and 15. Draper Amphitheater is located at 944 Vestry Road in Draper. Tickets are available two weeks prior to the first performance at www.draperartscouncil.org/tickets l

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CCHS senior wants to help others through music

By Katherine Weinstein | Katherine@mycityjourmals.com

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ordan James Pinkston (stage name Jordan James) is a very busy young man. A senior at Corner Canyon High School, the Draper singer-songwriter is preparing to graduate and will leave to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this summer. His second album, “My Desire,” is coming out in June, and he continues to write songs, record, perform and give piano lessons.

In spite of his schedule, Pinkston makes time for his friends. “I have sessions two times a week,” he said. “When I’m not doing that, I’m writing and hanging out with friends.”

Being a friend is very important to Pinkston, whose new album is geared toward helping people with depression and anxiety.

Pinkston has family and friends who have these issues. “Everyone goes through it, especially in your high school years. It’s not expressed very much and is sort of hidden.

So I wanted to write about it,” he said. “The suicide rate is worse in Utah. It’s a really important topic that isn’t spoken about enough.”

As his mom, Christine, explained, Pinkston’s new album marks a departure from his earlier work in its overall theme. His first major single, “Change the World” (2017), was an inspirational song that asked, “What

can you do to change the world?” Pinkston’s first album, “Truth” (2018), consisted mainly of pop love songs. His new album is about helping others to empathize. “People who are struggling want to hear that you get how they feel,” Christine said.

The titular song on Pinkston’s new album, “My Desire,” uses fire as a metaphor for hope. “The theme is about cultivating the fire inside and keeping it alive,” said Pinkston. “It’s about the desire to live.”

Other recent songs are about relationships. “I just put out a single about two weeks ago, ‘So Difficult,’” James said. “It’s about how being in a relationship with someone can be confusing.” Another recent song, “So Far Gone,” tackles the issue of moving on from a relationship.

Pinkston has a strong desire to help people through his music. His single “Fighter” is the theme song for Ronald McDonald House Charities in Salt Lake City. Pinkston has donated 50% of his profits to that charity.

He describes himself as an acoustic soulpop artist. Pinkston counts John Legend and Sam Smith among his influences. Lately he has been listening to more R&B and popular music. Pinkston listened to songs by Jeremy Zucker while recording “My Desire,” explaining that Zucker’s music also deals with

anxiety and depression.

He has been working with his mentor, songwriter and music producer Nik Day, to cultivate his songwriting skills. “Jordan does get gigs here and there but spends most of his time writing songs,” said Christine. He will, however, perform at the Big Summer Bash, a free live music festival happening at the Provo Towne Center June 7–8. Pinkston will play his set at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 7.

Ever since Pinkston decided to give up basketball for music in the summer of 2017, his pursuit of a career in music has had an impact on his family. “It’s been an interesting ride,” said Christine. “Jordan’s music was a big support for his older brother when he came home from his mission. We all attend his charity shows. It’s helped us to get more involved in the community. We are grateful to the many people who have supported Jordan with his music. Draper is a great place to live.”

In July, Pinkston will leave to serve his mission in Phoenix, Arizona. He hopes to make music part of it. “Everyone tells me I’ll be able to use music to teach people,” he said.

“Whatever the Lord wants me to do with my music I’ll do it. “ When he returns from his mission, Pinkston will attend Utah Valley University on a music scholarship. l

Pinkston’s music is often heard on the “Sunday Sounds” program with Greg Hansen on FM 100.3. His new album, “My Desire,” will be available for purchase on iTunes or to stream on Apple Music or Spotify in June.

His videos can be found on YouTube.

Singer-songwriter Jordan James Pinkston will release his new album, “My Desire,” in June. (Photo courtesy Christine Pinkston)

Fun in the sun — Draper Arts and Crafts Festival has another successful year

By Kaitlyn Rowbotham | k.rowbotham@mycityjournals.com

Children creating their own spin art at the Draper Arts and Crafts Festival. (Kaitlyn Rowbotham/City Journals)

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unshine was a welcome guest this year at Draper City’s seventh annual Arts and Crafts Festival and the Susan K. Classic Car Show, held on Saturday, May 11.

“The weather has been terrible (in years past), but the people are great so I keep coming back,” said Nona Lansbarkis of Lanmom Originals and Bountiful Soap. “There are so many nice people at the festival — the other vendors, the people who run it, the people who come and visit — are all so great.”

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With warm temperatures and sunny skies, patrons flocked to Draper Park in droves. Whether they were shopping for gifts for Mother’s Day or just enjoying the community, the festival packed the park to bursting.

“This is the biggest it’s ever been,” said Parks Technician Stefania Wilks. “This is probably one of the best days weather-wise we’ve ever had; it’s just so exciting.”

This year the festival boasted 165 ven-

dors, five times as many as the first festival in 2015, one-quarter of which are Draper residents.

“My favorite part is just the amazing variety of things,” Wilks said. “They’re all hand crafted and the festival gets to feature a lot of Draper residents who are showing people what they make.”

From kids to adults, the festival had something for everyone, including face painting and “spin art.” Erin Carrick and Jon Carrick created Spin Art after seeing the concept on a much smaller scale in another state.

“My daughter was 3 and she loved it,” Erin Carrick said. “We decided we had to come back and do something like this.”

Spin art, Erin explained, is upcycling old vinyl records to create something new and fun to hang on the wall. She and her brother Jon went to the store to find a record player for their project, but instead found an old pottery table. Jon took the motors off of the pottery wheels and hooked a bike to them instead to power the painting fun. As the records spin, participants young and old can decorate them with paint, creating psychedelic patterns on the vinyl.

“We love doing this festival and the diversity of art that’s here,” Erin said. “I think there’s a lot for everyone to see.”

After creating art of their own, doing a little shopping, or getting a bite to eat from one of the food vendors at the center of the festival, patrons headed down to check out the Susan K. Classic Car Show, held in conjunction with the arts festival. The show was started as a tribute to Susan K. Madsen, who tragically lost her life in a drunk driving incident in 2014. All funds generated at the event were donated to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

“The car show is incredible — that’s something that everyone should come out and take advantage of, checking those wonderful vehicles out,” Lansbarkis said. “There’s a wide variety of things here, and I love being in this beautiful park to just come out and enjoy the outside.”

Bringing together people from all walks of life, the festival fosters and encourages arts in the community and connects them to local businesses.

“Looking around at everything that is handmade, it’s super cool because you look at the person and go wow, she’s really talented, or he’s an amazing artist, or who would have thought of that idea?” said Candice Brim of Pet Charming. “It’s a lot of fun and I think it allows people to be long-term, solid, stable members of the community.” l

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Steel tariffs add projected $1 million to upcoming Draper Rec Center

By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com activities, but mainly soccer, football and lacrosse.” Ogden said there will also be batting cages that will drop down from the ceiling for baseball practice. “It really opens itself up to a variety of things you can do. It’s basically just a field indoors. You can use it year-round because it won’t be cold or covered in snow,” he said.

In addition to the existing outdoor pool and the fieldhouse, the facility will consist of two pools: a leisure pool featuring a slide, toys and a lazy river, and an eight-lane, 25-meter competition pool with observation seating. There will be party rooms next to the leisure pool, available to the public for rental.

“Big garage doors will open up from the new aquatics area that will lead out to the current one. Depending on if you want to swim in the shade or sun, you’ve got two options there,” Ogden said.

There will be a fitness room on the main level with weights, strength and conditioning equipment including treadmills. The upper level will have a multipurpose room with a wood floor for activities such as dance, karate, aerobics and yoga. There will be drop-in

that’s a county standard on all new buildings.

Because it’s LEED certified, it needs to go through a flush-out. The mechanical systems are run for about a week or two to flush out toxins, chemicals, then they test the air quality as part of our environmental certification,” Calacino said of a process that will take place before the center opens.

“They’re really trying to be conscious of the environment and protective of natural resources, making it cost efficient as possible,” Ogden said.

The county will offer various passes such as family or individual, similar in cost to existing county facilities like Dimple Dell.

The county plans to use some current staff from older facilities and reposition some people, but they’ll likely be hiring new staff as well.

Homeowners in the Vestry Road area have mixed feelings about the new facility.

Some have seen their city views dissipate and were surprised by the height of the facility.

They also have concerns over the noise and increased traffic the new building will bring.

But others are excited at the prospect of using

Construction workers meet each morning before starting work on the county’s newest recreation center, located on Vestry Road in Draper. (Photo courtesy Raquel Mills)

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raper is home to the county’s newest recreation facility built in the last seven years. The center is located on Vestry Road, adjacent to the Draper outdoor pool that was built nearly 30 years ago. The new facility will open its doors in early 2020.

“We’re excited to provide another dynamic and highly efficient facility to serve the county,” said Angelo Calacino, park development project manager with Salt Lake County. He described the new facility as basically three different cubes put together in contemporary style with masonry and metal components. Calacino said the county designed the building to fit the site and its needs while trying to preserve existing park space.

Architectural Nexus served as architect and Layton Construction is the contractor.

Funding for the nearly 60,000-squarefoot building came primarily from the ZAP (Zoo, Arts & Parks) tax approved in 2016.

According to Rhett Ogden, Draper Parks and Recreation director, Draper City contributed over $2 million toward the building. “It’s a county facility and partnership with Draper City,” Ogden said. As a result of the city’s contribution, the county will allocate hours for Draper City programming at the facility.

“We’ll have time allocated by the county to run city programming that we think is best for residents. They’d register with Drap-

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er City and it would take place in the county facility,” Ogden said. Canyons School District also donated to the project so local high school swim teams could use the pool for swim meets and practices. “That’s pretty common. The city usually contributes as well as the local school district. Most of the recreation centers have that type of agreement in place,” Calacino said.

Ground was broken and construction began in the fall of 2017. “We figured on 20–24 months of construction. We’re shooting to be finished by the end of the year with the facility to open in early 2020,” Calacino said. Steel tariffs added about $1 million to the projected cost of the facility, expected to be about $22 million upon completion.

The facility will have two stories with 52,331 square feet on the first floor and 7,486 square feet on the upper level for a total of 59,817 square feet. Parking for 312 cars is planned.

What sets this facility apart from others is a fieldhouse component. While the county partners with University of Utah to run some programming out of the university’s fieldhouse, this will be the county’s first fieldhouse that they’ll program, operate and maintain as part of a recreation center. Ogden described the fieldhouse as “A big, open, indoor turf area that can be used for a variety of

A rendering of the nearly 60,000-square-foot Draper Recreation Center which will include two indoor pools and a fieldhouse in addition to workout equipment and a room for classes such as yoga. Doors are expected to open in early 2020. (Courtesy Salt Lake County)

child care as well as several banks of lockers in different areas of the facility. Rather than men’s and women’s locker rooms, the facility will offer several changing rooms, each self-contained with a shower, toilet and sink. “Newer recreations centers around the country are going with this model so there is no concern over a father or mother going with a child, or for transgender — it will be neutral,” Calacino said. There will be men’s and women’s restrooms and unisex/family restrooms as well.

The facility will be LEED certified.

“We’re shooting for a gold certification —

the new facility.

“It will be a great addition to the entire area and especially for the Clinton family. We will be within walking distance of a stateof-the-art recreation center with swimming pools, exercise equipment and youth sports facilities,” said Pat Clinton, area resident.

As a result of construction, Draper’s outdoor pool will be closed this summer.

The county hopes to refresh it with new paint and possibly new aquatic play structures and lighting so it ties in with the new building.

The outdoor pool will re-open next summer. l

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Air quality discussion dominates second stop on Wilson’s town hall tour

By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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he mayor of Salt Lake County (SLCO) wants to know how far residents are willing to go, right now, in the name of air quality. She says she is willing to “put regulation on the table” if it is the will of the people, and foresees a future “in her lifetime,” where, instead of owning two or three cars, a single family will breezily get by with one vehicle, more fully accessing a more connected, clean transit system.

Draper second in county’s five town hall lineup SLCO continued its cross-county town halls April 25. The tours comprise Mayor Jenny Wilson and a cadre of county employees visiting five geographical sweet spots across the county, spending a few hours in each site, visiting with as many residents as possible in a few weeks’ time.

This time the Draper Senior Center was the location, a follow-up to the meeting a few days prior at South Jordan’s Equestrian Park Mayor Jenny Wilson spent the second hour of her Draper Town Hall presenting and answering resident questions. (Photo courtesy Salt Lake County) and Event Center. Draper residents and others from neighboring Sandy and as far away Stenquist shared his family’s personal son asked the rapt audience, in terms of what as South Jordan attended the meeting. experience interacting with the paratransit personal sacrifices all are willing to make in Draper, Sandy, and as far as South Jordan service offered by the Utah Transit Authority the name of air quality.

Susan Edwards, Draper resident and (UTA), in addressing an audience member’s “What I’d like to see this valley do,” public engagement coordinator for Canyons question. she said, pausing, “is be a one- or two-car School District, described the town hall tour The question, asked by a resident new family… as opposed to a three-car family. as nothing short of “fantastic.” to Utah from California, showcased the pow- Wouldn’t that be a great goal?”

Retired Sandy resident Deb Sussman er of the county’s facility being a benefit to Acknowledging that the total eliminacame to the event to express her “two cents” residents. The resident expressed exaspera- tion of cars during her lifetime is not realistic, about having more off-leash areas for dogs tion in trying to come to the Draper Senior the mayor indicated that making a transition and more bike lanes.

Center via UTA’s free paratransit services for away from reliance on traditional vehicles is Retired South Jordan resident Bob Paxresidents with physical, cognitive or visual something she could champion. ton asserted his protest of “high density in disabilities. The address of her residence, per “How far do we want to go?” she asked the valley (being) against the will of the peoUTA, she said, disqualifies her for the free the almost full room of residents, employees ple.” As a local skier for more than 50 years, services, which are restricted in terms of res- and officials in attendance. “If we demand Paxton also bent the mayor’s ear about transidents’ proximity to urban areas. change, I will put regulation on the table.” portation and other issues involving Big and It turns out that the woman can access With regards to air quality, Wilson indiLittle Cottonwood Canyons, key agendas for the transportation services of SLCO’s Draper cated exploring having select SLCO employthe mayor.

Senior Center, the very location of the event. ees be able to “work from home on red air Draper resident and businessman Robert This information was volunteered by a res- days.”

“Sully” Sullivan came “to hear the mayor’s ident in attendance at the meeting, attesting The reference to “red air days” maps to plan for cleaning up the air.” Observed Sulto the value of town halls for multidirectional the State of Utah’s Department of Air Qualilivan: “We need a grand plan. We’re not getinformation. ty’s definition of “red,” indicating anywhere ting any smaller.” from unhealthy to hazardous air.

From air quality to transit to growth Agenda big on communication Wilson’s taking an inward look at huThe Draper Town Hall was so well atThe town hall format, flexing a bit from man resources policy is a step forward from tended by residents, SLCO elected officials the session a few nights prior, allowed resiMarch’s “State of the County” speech. When and Draper area elected officials on local and dents about an hour to mingle, visit table-top City Journals directly asked if her adminisstate bases that time was shaved on the group displays of SLCO services and speak with tration were making any specific changes to question-and-answer session. But quality program managers, and visit with Wilson in a be a more air-quality-responsible employer, trumped quantity, in terms of the mayor’s one-on-one or small-group format. After that, there were no specific indications at that time. surfacing intriguing policy inputs. the last hour was reserved for a presentation In that same speech, the mayor introIn answering a question from the counby the mayor and her answering a few quesduced her Office of Environmental Services, ty’s own surveyor and Draper resident, Reid tions.

Demman, Wilson indicated that some of the to improve air quality.

In attendance at the event were Utah The creation of the new office seems to Draper Geneva Rock location would make State Sen. Kirk Cullimore, Utah House Reps. be having an impact. an “ideal” location for a transit center. “It’s Suzanne Harrison and Jeff Stenquist, County “Every business needs to do this, too,” 2020, and we have a lot of needs in this quadCouncilman Max Burdick, Draper council said Wilson, pitching the work-at-home for rant,” she said. members Tasha Lowery and Alan Summerair-quality idea. l “Are we willing to pay the price?” Wilhays and Sandy Councilman Zach Robinson.

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Remember these safety tips during fireworks season

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ndependence Day is a day (and night) to celebrate the birth of our nation. There’s watching parades, enjoying backyard barbecues and, of course, igniting fireworks.

Fireworks. There’s lots of them here, especially with July 24, Pioneer Day, also being a holiday where fireworks play a major entertainment role. In makes for month full of blasts, bangs, whizzes, and sparkly colors lighting up the dark.

But the joys of fireworks come with risks. To avoid accidents (or even death), here’s a few tips to remember as you and neighbors prepare to celebrate your state and country.

• Recent legislation passed in Utah limits the days of the year allowed to light fireworks. Only light fireworks during those days in accordance with the newly passed law.

• Dress appropriately. Loose clothing that can catch fire easily should be left in the drawer, while snugly fitted long sleeves and pants can protect from potential burns.

• Check with your city to determine what areas allow fireworks. Cities such as Sandy and Herriman have decreased the areas that permit fireworks.

• Always have a bucket of water and charged water hose nearby.

• Know your fireworks. Read cautionary labels and performance descriptions before igniting.

• Don’t get fancy. While it may be tempting to be creative and construct your own fireworks, the results may not be worth it.

• Responsible adults should not only be present, but should supervise closely.

Never give fireworks to small children.

• Alcohol and fireworks does not make a good cocktail. Save your alcohol for after the show.

• Light one firework at a time and don’t linger. Fireworks look just as pretty from 30 feet away as they do from five.

• This one may seem obvious, but fireworks should be shot outside, not inside.

• Never shoot fireworks into metal or glass containers. The ricochet hurts just as much.

• Dispose of spent fireworks by wetting them down and place in metal trash can away from any building or combustible materials.

• Report illegal explosives. They ruin it for the rest of us.

• Don’t forget about your pets. Make sure they are securely indoors and have identification tags in case they do escape during a fireworks display.

• Keep fireworks out of reach where curious children can’t get to them. High heat or damp air can damage the fireworks. The best place to put them is in a cardboard box in a high location such as a cabinet or shelf.

• Last, but not least, make sure everyone using fireworks has safety glasses or goggles.

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o you know what the first day of summer (June 21) means for a music lover like myself? Summer concerts! Utah, surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly?), has an amazing music scene. From rock shows, to country extravaganzas, to electronic music festivals, to rap concerts, to musicals, to recitals; we’ve got it going on.

When purchasing tickets, concertgoers have a few different options. You can purchase tickets through one of the most popular local ticket vendors: Smithstix. Alternatively, you might seek out tickets from TicketMaster, VividSeats, Songkick, Stubhub, or other similar websites. Or, you might buy tickets directly from the venue. For example, if a show is at The Complex or Eccles Theater, you can visit their website and purchase tickets there. The final option is to buy tickets at the door (or maybe even from scalpers).

After spending years refining the craft of buying tickets for the best price possible, the best advice I can give is: it depends. I know, I know, that’s not the answer you were hoping

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for. Here’s why: it depends on how much the tickets are, how excited you are to see the artist, and when/where/and how long the show is.

When considering buying concert tickets, I recommend answering the following question: how much do you care about seeing the performance? Usually, that answer has some follow-up questions. Have you been waiting to see this artist/band/show? If so, how long have you been waiting? Do you know song lyrics (if there are lyrics)? Would your life benefit from seeing the artist/band/ show live? Or will it be better to only know them from their videos, televised concerts, etc.?

After gauging your desire to attend the show, figure out how much you would be willing to pay for a ticket. If it’s someone like Lady Gaga or Paul McCartney, are you willing to pay in the triple digits? If it’s someone local, or niche, are you willing to pay $20?

Maybe $40? Once you have an acceptable number in your head, go ahead and search for those tickets, but not before.

At this point, if you find the desired ticket is about $10 below your acceptable price range, go ahead and snag that ticket. Allow for that $10-$20 flexibility, because online vendors will charge various service fees.

Smithstix has at least three different service fees, generally totaling around $15.

Or, if you find the ticket is a little over your price range, but your desire to attend far outweighs the cost, make sure to buy early.

You don’t want to get stuck in a situation where you want to go to a show, but it sold out quickly, so now all the tickets are over $200, when they were originally around $40.

No one wants that.

If the ticket is not in your desired price range, and you’re not sure if you really want to go, you have some options. Buying at the door isn’t a bad one. The awesome thing about buying tickets at the door is the absence of service fees. If a show is going to be $20 at the door, I can bring a $20 bill and be just fine. Not like when a website says it’s going to be $20, then all of a sudden, it’s $35 because of fees.

However, if you wait to buy your ticket at the door, there’s the possibility that the show could sell out. And then you’re back to the question, how much do you care about seeing the performance? Is it worth potentially missing it?

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When my energy drains like a cell phone battery, that’s the sign I’ve neglected my mental health for too long. I get snappy with my husband to the point he tells me to get out of the house and come back when I can act like a grown-up. After flipping him the bird, I pout to my car.

Self-care isn’t just bath bombs and margaritas. Bath bombs dissolve too quickly and margaritas only get me into trouble. Selfcare is tapping into activities that recharge your energy levels. This might mean asking for help (I know, a woman’s ultimate sign of weakness) or finding more time for yourself.

Ordering pizza Monday nights is just fine. Jogging through the park is just fine.

Hiding under your bed eating Hershey kisses is just fine. Telling your family you’re going to get ice-cream, then taking a monthlong drive through the Andes is on the border of just fine.

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