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he call that would forever change the family of Gary and Christi Barton of West Jordan came at 2:22 a.m. the morning of Oct. 14, 2013. Staff Sergeant Zackary Skyler Barton, stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, was gone. With no warning to family or friends, he had taken his own life after serving the United States for five years. “It was devastating,” his mother Christi Barton said. “We were totally in shock and it was the middle of the night. We felt so helpless.” Christi said she and her husband Gary had just been on the phone with Zack that morning for nearly two hours and had been laughing together. “He was doing exactly what he had wanted to do since he was 5 years old and he absolutely loved serving,” she said. “I even thought that he sounded happier than he had ever been.” And just like that, the Bartons became part of a club they never dreamed would happen. They were now a Gold Star family — a distinction given to those who have lost a family member in active military service. The National Guard provides services for Gold Star families, and among the opportunities was the Fallen Heroes program that former Corner Canyon softball coach Garrett Hone and assistant Quinn Linde created in 2016 to pair up Chargers players and families of fallen soldiers, which culminated in a military appreciation game each season. It was then the Bartons, who had practically lived on baseball fields for the past 15 years themselves, again had a life-changing event: they met then-freshman softball player Josee Haycock. “Josee is an amazing girl. She excels at so many things and was actually so much like Zack with how

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Alexsys Campbell, Miss Draper, in sash and crown. (Photo courtesy Maddie Sumsion)

n April 16, the Draper City Council honored Alexsys Campbell, Miss Draper 2018–19, and Grace Mead, Miss Draper’s Outstanding Teen 2018–19, for their year of service. As their reigns come to a successful completion, these intelligent, beautiful and driven young ladies will take with them what they’ve accomplished, the skills they gained and the friends they made and continue onward and upward in their determined pursuits. Campbell of Draper, now 21, was crowned Miss Draper in 2018 and will be competing in Miss Utah this June. One of the things she has really enjoyed was getting the chance to serve the community. “I realized how much I could do,” said Campbell, adding talent and scholarships are important, but she fell in love with service. Campbell, whose been known to voluntarily tutor her peers in physics, has been competing in various pageants from the early age of 13; she was also Miss Draper’s Outstanding Teen in 2012. Being dedicated to service, she’s been looking for more opportunities to serve. And she found them, winning Miss Legacy, Miss Deseret, Miss Eastern Utah and her most recent accomplishment of Miss Draper. “A lot of the time I found that I didn’t have a lot of opportunities to serve as just Alexsys, as opposed to Alexsys Campbell, Miss Draper, so (pageants are a) really good platform for doing service, it’s a really great stepping stone,” said Campbell. Campbell thoroughly enjoyed the service to her hometown of Draper and surrounding areas. Some highlights were Draper Days, working with the Children’s Miracle Network, assisting with community events working with the special events coordinators of Draper and utilizing her title to support in any way.

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Campbell and Mead share a sisterly friendship, so when Campbell had the opportunity, she attended dance company events Mead was performing in. “That’s what I really like about the Miss America Organization, is that it is a stepping stone into service, into sisterhood, into politics if you want it to be that way, into spring-boarding a talent,” said Campbell. When Campbell and Mead speak about one another, they both comment on how they look at one another as friends and sisters. And not only do they get along great with each other, but Campbell and Grace have both made friends with girls they’ve competed against in the program. Campbell gets dinner with girls she’s met through the program, who are now close friends, and they spend time together when able. Campbell is busy taking online classes at Western Governors University so she can work full-time, pursuing a degree in business. She works as an office assistant during the week, in addition to the necessary preparations for the upcoming pageant this June. Mead, 15, was crowned as queen in her very first pageant in April 2018, in Miss Draper’s Outstanding Teen. She wasn’t entirely sure of what to expect from being in the program at first. “This has been the most amazing year of my life,” she said. A peek into the daily routine from the shoes of Miss Draper’s Outstanding Teen: she balances being an honor-roll student, now a freshman in high school, and she’s on the dance team, but still made time to educate others about her platform. Her platform is: “Bright futures begin with STEM” (science, technology, engineering, and math). “I really took it to heart to post on Instagram and Facebook and reach out to people involving my platform, finding things to post

each day,” said Grace, who speaks fluent Chinese and has been to 11 countries. Before Grace won her crown, she took initiative to apply to be an ambassador for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Utah STEM Action Center, becoming the first high school student to be accepted. “Prior to Grace they only selected college students,” said Grace’s mother Stephanie Mead. With the future predicting to have many open STEM jobs, and seeing the importance of getting more girls interested in a growing STEM industry, this is an important topic to Grace Mead. She said many girls tend to lose interest in STEM subjects. According to Grace, “The loss of interest in STEM topics as girls age is attributed to not having a real-life role model and encouragement to persist in the fields.” Grace saw firsthand the impact having a role model can have on someone’s life — her interest in becoming a biomedical engineer can be greatly attributed to a female guest speaker who spoke to her math class at school about working as a biomedical engineer. She’s been able to work on her social initiative within the program, and as an ambassador in multiple ways. “We are working with teachers, school administrators, parents, students and communities to publicize resources, programs, grants and scholarships available to students, encourage ongoing interest and remove barriers in these fields,” she said. Her work earned her the CenturyLink and NBA STEM Excellence Award, which she received at a Jazz game in recognition of her raising awareness for her “Bright futures begin with STEM” social media campaign. She recently competed in Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen Pageant in March, where she won 4th Attendant, or also known as fourth runner-up. l

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Continued from front page “has meant the world” to her. “It’s awesome to see them walking into the ballpark, or sitting behind the backstop wearing my jersey top that has SSGT Barton’s name across the back,” she said. “We have had some social anxiety since Zack’s passing and to be able to enjoy a nice spring day watching softball has been amazing for our healing,” Christi Barton said. “This has been so important to us in helping keep Zack’s memory alive because we could never let him go. For us, we weren’t able to have any new memories with Zack, but this has almost created new memories with Zack.” The first homerun Haycock hit in her high school career isn’t just a memory the Bartons can recall seeing from the stands; they have the souvenir from the game. “She gave us that first homerun ball and I told her, ‘No, this is your first. You need this.’ She said, ‘No, I want you guys to have this.’ It’s still on my desk at work.” The Bartons have also connected with Haycock’s parents and family, including her grandparents. “This has created a family between us,” Gary Barton said. “It’s been freakin’ awesome!” Haycock said she has an “amazing relationship” with the Bartons. “It’s like I have been adopted into their family in a way,” she said. Despite the close connection the Bartons have made with Haycock, they also support the rest of the Corner Canyon softball team and frequently present them with tokens like

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roses and even military guardian angel pins. “We want them to know how special they all are to us,” Christi Barton said. “We love all of them and what they are doing.” CCHS head coach Chris Opheikens appreciates the inspiration the Fallen Heroes program brings to his team. This year’s tribute game was held March 27 against Skyridge and focused on the local Survivor Outreach Services (SOS) program. “This cause is so uplifting for both our team and the families of our soldiers,” Opheikens said. “Our girls have been reminded that there is more to life than just softball. They have been humbled to play for these men and women and their families — those who have fought and died for our freedoms. The feeling that we get when we put on a uniform with their initials on it is one of gratitude. We have built up a great appreciation for our soldiers and a lot of love for their families.” Corner Canyon player Lexi Parker said the military game is a highlight each season for her because of the “completely different vibe” on the field. Chargers pitcher Abbi Opheikens said, “The tribute game is something that is so much bigger than softball and I’m honored to be a part of it. Being able to play for a fallen soldier has changed not only my mentality in softball, but it’s changed me as a person.” Gary Barton said he has often asked himself how the Fallen Heroes program would have impacted his family if their player had not been Josee. “I know we still

would have been amazed and grateful for the experience, but our relationship with her and the blessing she has been to us was simply meant to be.” Haycock, who presented her own jersey to the Bartons, said, “I have never met SSGT Barton but I love him with all my heart and am so grateful for him and his family be-

cause of the ultimate sacrifice they paid for our country. This has made my experience of playing for Zack much more meaningful and personal because I have been able to see him, his kindness and his love for others through his sweet family.” l

Corner Canyon High softball player Josee Haycock hugs Christi Barton, the mother of Staff Sergeant Zack Barton, at the Fallen Heroes game March 27. (Photo courtesy Josee Haycock)

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Canyons’ new TechConnect program bridges the technology gap By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

illcrest High School senior Sydney Larsen is looking forward to attending the University of Utah next fall, but she still has a few weeks left of assignments, some online, to complete before graduation. “Most of my classes are a mix between paper and technology, but I can definitely say that I need the use of a computer for every class,” she said. “For example, in my AP stats class, we use Canvas almost daily to watch video lectures in order to keep up with the curriculum. I also use a computer to keep up with my grades and look at due dates for different Canvas assignments. In addition to this, many of my teachers use Remind to answer our questions and send out different notifications outside of class time.” While Larsen has access to a digital device at her home, not all of her classmates do. “Technology is being incorporated into education more and more every day. This makes not having access to a computer an increasingly detrimental factor in a student’s education because they aren’t able to do their school work on sites like Canvas at home,” she said. “Having a computer means being able to research your assignments wherever you are and having so many more resources to get the help you need. It’s a way to boost your education.”

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have access to computing devices or the internet at home. “In the rush to making sure our schools are equipped for the high-tech demands of a 21st-century education, we need to be careful about leaving some students behind,” McCombs said. Through a T-Mobile Empower 2.0 grant, the new district program TechConnect is making Chromebooks available to these students. In April, starting with 120 devices at Hillcrest, students were able to check out the devices much the same way that libraries check out books, except for a more extended period of time. After Hillcrest, the Chromebooks will be available to the 400 other traditional high school students this spring. “We’re rolling it out in order of need: Hillcrest, Jordan, Alta, Corner Canyon, Brighton — starting with high schools who tend to have more online homework and use,” he said. Families who show a need to school administrators, similar to the school free and reduced lunch program, will sign a contract to participate in the program. Chromebooks will be limited to one per family, McCombs added. The grant also will cover half the cost of making hotspots available to the students so they have internet access at home. Internet access will be filtered using the same technology used to limit browsing at the district’s schools. The remainder of the costs may also be partially covered through Utah’s Digital Teaching and Learning Grant. Both T-Mobile and Canyons will pay about $125,000 per year for the device and internet access for these students, McCombs

“I see a great return and difference in these students’ lives and in the lives of their families. Technology is ubiquitous. It’s how we access knowledge, connect with one another and make daily decisions, from crunching spreadsheets at work to finding a doctor or ordering pizza for delivery. I take it for granted that I can access the Library of Congress on my phone, but some of our students don’t have that ability. Without internet access, how can we begin to address other technological inequities?” he said. Results of a survey of Canyons District families conducted by McCombs last fall revealed that the reason students who don’t have access is largely due to the unaffordability of devices and Wi-Fi. Hillcrest senior Ediann Cruz said she is aware of classmates who don’t have access. “(Some) come from different countries so it’s hard for them to find high-paying jobs to buy a laptop for school,” she said. McCombs said he anticipates seeing students’ lives greatly improve with having a computer and internet at home. “If students don’t have access to a computer or the internet from home, it’s harder for them to complete assignments and keep up with homework. I don’t see how students can graduate high school if they don’t have access to a computer. I think with this program, we will improve graduation rates. I foresee a vast improvement in lives of our students and their families who now will have access,” he said. The program already has been piloted with 15 Crescent Elementary special education students and English language learners who had no internet access at home. The results showed having the devices at home helped boost their performance at school, McCombs said. In November when they received the Chromebooks, none of these students were on track to meet grade-level standards of learning by June. Now, 13 are on track to meet or exceed the standards, he said. McCombs said after working on this push for the past seven years, he wanted to introduce the program to bring equality across the district. Having three adopted children, he knows that living in a different environment would have resulted in different lives for them. “I want everyone to be treated respectfully and with equity and every child should have that same level playing field,” he said. “We talk about how the printing press changed history and democratized how people access knowledge. Today, the internet is how we access information, and to deny some students that access is just wrong.” l

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opinjay: A vain, talkative person; a parrot. Although American Preparatory Academy fifth grader Surya Kapu correctly spelled “popinjay” to win Utah’s northern regional spelling bee March 23 and earn a berth for the national competition, he does not match the definition. The quiet, studious student from South Jordan, who in February won both his school and district competitions, will travel with his family to Washington, D.C. to compete May 26–31 in the 92nd Scripps National Spelling Bee. It will be his first time in the nation’s capital. “I remembered the word from studying it,” Surya said. “I was really excited. I didn’t know if I could really win, but I hoped I could. I like to spell. It’s fun to get to know new words.” Surya studied for about four hours daily preparing for the bee, up from when he would just study the weeks preceding the competition as a second- and third-grade student when he won and tied for first, respectively, in his school bees. Rules stipulate that students must be in fourth grade or higher to advance to the regional level. “I studied the list they gave, then my dad would pull up words from the dictionary and I’d learn those. I knew if I study now, I could win regionals and it also would make me smarter,” he said, adding that he has a career goal of becoming a neurosurgeon. Science vocabulary, as well as words in some languages — German, Dutch, Latin, Greek, Spanish and Hawaiian — are easier for him to spell than others, he said. During the competitions, Surya said it can be scary on stage. “There’s a tension. I’m waiting for my word and I don’t know if I’ll spell it right or

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hree key players from last year’s 4A state semifinalist team returned for Juan Diego this year and have been providing leadership on and off the field so far this season. Senior left back Seth Blasingim is the squad’s leading scorer with five goals so far this year while senior center Brayden Reid has added three to also be among the team’s offensive leaders. “We have pushed the team very hard as leaders to bring high performance and high quality every single game,” Reid said. Senior right wing Connor Kimball is also back for the Soaring Eagles, who have a 3-6-1 overall record this season and a 2-4-1 Region 11 mark. “This year, we have basically a brand new varsity team with losing 13 varsity players last year,” Blasingim said. “I am very proud of my teammates who have all stepped up to the challenge. We have made all the games a battle for every team that has played us.” The team’s wins so far this season have been against Tooele 5-0 March 20 — where Blasingim scored four goals — and against Ben Lomond 4-1 April 5 and Tooele 2-1 April 13. Juan Diego tied Ogden 3-3 March 22 and three of the squad’s losses have been by one goal. “We have had a little bit of a rocky season with ups and downs,” head coach Daniel Cavar said. “Brayden and Seth have been playing well and helping the boys take the game to the next stage. Reid, who will play next year for Carroll College, echoed his coach’s feelings on the

team’s record. “We have put ourselves in a tough position for the state tournament but I think we will make it and do very well,” he said. “We need to focus on execution and touches in the final third of the field.” Blasingim, who has a scholarship for the fall at Curry College, is encouraged by the team’s play of late heading into the final stretch of the season. “We have had some great wins and momentum recently, so I think the focus for the rest of the season is to keep the level of play and intensity up to try and get more results,” he said. Juan Diego plays Ogden, Bonneville and Park City to close out the regular season. Also on the JDCHS squad are Jaron Adams, Jayce Clarke, Connor Cutshall, Ishan Dhawan, John Donohoe, Haydn Duncan, Michael Durazo, John Fivaz, John Flanagan, Leo Flores, Juan Freguso, Keegan Gilbert, Brenden Gutierrez, Mason Harris, Aidan Hodlmair, Brock Jones, Aaron Kolff, Max Merhi, Antonio Ortega, Jeremy Ortega, Lucas Ortiz, Matthew Osmundson, Kevin Pelavo, Anthony Ramirez, Elias Ramirez, Israel Rodriguez, Dylan Strydom, Jose Villasenor, Tyler Young and Gexia Yu. Cavar is being assisted by Joe Baca and Alex Saunders on the coaching staff this season. “This is a very strong and technical group of players,” Cavar said. “We want to finish strong and focus game by game. It will be very interesting to see how they close the season out.” l

wrong. The best part is being done. I’m not nervous then. I feel accomplished,” he said. There was a tense moment in the spelling bee when Surya misspelled “alimentary” with five spellers remaining in the bee. Normally, it would mean a contestant — one of 201 — would be out of the regional competition. However, in that round — one of 16 in the regional competition — each of the five contestants remaining misspelled their word so they all continued in the competition. His dad, Udaya, said the family was watching Surya from the audience. “We were thinking, ‘he did great, top five; he had a great opportunity,’ but then we were excited it worked out he could keep competing, and actually won,” Udaya Kapu said. Now, his son already is learning more words from the dictionary in preparation for nationals. Surya makes sure he knows the origin and definition as well as the spelling. “Surya can learn at least 200 words in two hours,” Kapu said. “My son is actually a good reader and gets lots of books from the library.” One word he got to spell — “dryad” — he learned from reading a book by Percy Jackson, his favorite author. He also has learned Latin words from the Harry Potter series. His dad is excited for the competition not only in May, but in the future. “Nationals is the highest level,” he said. “People actually come from all over the world to compete. He is actually young enough that he actually may even be able to The Juan Diego Catholic High School soccer team have struggled through a bit of a rebuilding year after a compete another year. ” After all, just two weeks before nation- state semifinal appearance last season with hopes of still making the postseason. (Photo courtesy Bob McLelals, Surya, Utah’s Northern Region candi- lan, ShootingStar Photography) date, will turn 10 years old. l

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hen Jerry Kimball went into the commons outside Corner Canyon High School office on March 25, the custodian was shocked. He saw hundreds of students gathered around and administrators orchestrating the demonstration — a demonstration complete with a happy birthday banner and a cake with 80 candles for him. “I was kind of surprised by it all,” Kimball said. “I was told to go to administration, which wasn’t normal. Then I saw the cake, and it sunk in what was going on. I was completely blindsided, but it was very nice that they put this on for my 80th birthday.” Kimball was given a birthday crown, was covered with leis and six or seven students held up a banner that was signed by students and staff alike, Corner Canyon Assistant Principal Marsha Morgan said. “He’s special to us so we wanted to do something special for him,” she said. It came about as his immediate supervisor Sara Cook was invited by Kimball’s wife to a family and friends gathering in honor of his birthday. She knew the school would be on board to celebrate the big day. “In my 24 years working with the (Canyons and Jordan School) District, I never

worked with an employee who turned 80,” Cook said. “He is always here, always wanting to tell a joke, always happy, wanting to support students and everything that is going on here. He’s been here since Corner Canyon opened so everyone knows Jerry.” Kimball, who has his master’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University, already retired from working at Metropolitan Water District. However, with eight children “who all have needs” and “still have bills to pay,” he reentered the work force, first donning a pair of football cleats he purchased from Deseret Industries so he could do landscaping on the hills of Salt Lake School District schools. Since then, he has worked maintenance at the downtown Hilton, worked fixing computers in a call center and still does double shifts working a second job in security at a recycling and scrap metal company. Kimball, who can remember getting his first new car, a Monte Carlo for $4,400 and filling it with gas at 70 cents per gallon, said being around teenagers helps keep him young. “This helps me. I’m here to help them, but it keeps me moving — although I’m not as fast as they are and I can’t jump the

stairs like they can — but it’s good for my health. I’ve had a heart attack in 2014 and replaced both my knees, but I’m able to have the school clean and ready for them,” he said. Cook jokes that Kimball isn’t 80, but rather “40 twice; he has more energy and is younger than his actual number.” While Kimball can run the scrub machine to clean the tile floors, he jokes that his favorite part of the job is lunchtime — probably just as he would have answered when he was a student, he said. Cook said once when she rotated the custodial staff, a woodworking teacher was upset. “The teacher wanted Jerry back. He appreciated him and not just because Jerry understood what was needed in the area. The drama teacher here loves him, even gave him a huge hug. People love Jerry as a person, not just as a custodian,” she said. Kimball’s Corner Canyon birthday bash included pizza, drinks — including his favorite, Mountain Dew — and a bucket filled with snacks and a movie gift card to use if he can find any down time. “Everything was so great and the kids sang happy birthday around me,” he said. “Eighty is a good, respectful number.” l

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Celebrating the mother of all holidays with stories about moms By Jennifer J. Johnson | J.Johnson@mycityjournals.com

appy Mother’s Day, Salt Lake County! In the stories below, The City Journals shares various ways people throughout the valley celebrate Mother’s Day. An ‘incredibly therapeutic… Mother’s Day that I will never forget’ The already somber 9-11 date was forever more deeply darkened for Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton, with the news that her mother had died in a car accident Sept. 11, 2011. “The pain was deep and the loss was so sudden that it was incredibly hard to process,” she recalled. “I knew my first Mother’s Day without my mom would be painful, so I decided to be proactive.” The weekend before Mother’s Day in 2012, the resilient leader whom Republican power brokers are now encouraging to run for governor in 2020, invited women who had lost their mothers to come to a Mother’s Day luncheon at her Taylorsville home. “I had people from my neighborhood, work and both sides of my family,” she noted. “We enjoyed lunch together and then went around the room and each of us showed a photo of our mom. It was incredibly therapeutic and a Mother’s Day that I will never forget.” The badge of motherhood “When I was growing up, Mother’s Day was exciting for me and my siblings. It gave us an opportunity to show our mother how much we loved and appreciated her,” reflected Salt Lake County Sheriff and Riverton resident Rosie Rivera. Rivera “started to not enjoy Mother’s Day so much” after the untimely passing of her mother at the young age of 52. “I was left with an emptiness that I could not fill,” she said. “This feeling changed once I became a police officer 26 years ago,” she said, and then asked herself the rhetorical question, “Why the change?” The answer from Utah’s only female sheriff and the sheriff responsible for the state’s most populous county is profound: “I have seen mothers who have lost a son or daughter in a tragedy, such as a drug overdose or a car accident, and the loss is incredible. I have seen mothers go to jail and not have the opportunity to spend the day with their children. I have seen the unconditional love mothers have for their children — regardless of their life choices — and I have seen the sacrifices mothers have made for their children. These experiences have made me appreciate Mother’s Day for the special day that it is.” Muumuu for Mama: a colorful Mother’s Day in Samoa The 2019 “Project Runway” contestant and Salt Lake City designer Afa Ah Loo has fond memories of a special Mother’s Day,

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Mother’s Day portraits “for women who had to leave their pictures behind” in coming to the United States, explained URC Executive Director and Sandy resident Amy Dott Harmer. URC dedicates the month of May to supporting refugee mothers, distributing paper towels, laundry detergent, and toiletries to refugee mothers and adding to the stockpile of supplies at their “Sharehouse” supply store at Lincoln Elementary. “Some of the cultures they come from have a Mother’s Day and some don’t,” Harmer said. “We want them to feel honored and appreciated.”

“XO” marks the spot for Ruby Snap Mother’s Day cookies, which the gourmet cookie shop says are second in popularity to Valentine’s Day cookies. (Photo Credit Ruby Snap Cookies)

that occurred almost 20 years ago in a village more than 5,000 miles away. To celebrate Mother’s Day 2002, the then 16-year-old Ah Loo engaged both his biological mother and his grandmother, who reared him from birth and whom he refers to as his mother, in commemorating the holiday. Ah Loo’s biological mother took him to the store to purchase the fabric he would use to then sew a colorful muumuu. The gown would prove to be an early prototype for the designer’s “Amioga Samoa” fashion line, which took the Fiji Fashion Week by storm in 2018, which in turn, led to his being cast for Bravo’s current season of the reality TV “Project Runway” series, where clothing is design/produced/modeled in short timeframes by contestants looking for their big break into the fashion industry.

a unique honor might consider nominating their moms for Utah Mother of the Year. The fairly breezy nomination process is available online: www.utahmothers.org/honor-mom/ mother-of-the-year/. (Utah moms do get noticed. School teacher Judy Cook from Vineyard, Utah, was the 2013 American Mother of the Year.) Acting local with mothers around the world This Mother’s Day, volunteers and staff of the Utah Refugee Connection (URC) will host a luncheon at South Salt Lake’s Lincoln Elementary in Granite School District for approximately 300 refugee mothers from all over the world. The annual event, now in its sixth year, will gift refugee mothers with the opportunity to learn quilting and receive professional

Pastor-ized Mother’s Day appreciation and the cookie-making parents of seven who deliver An “XO” that tastes good? It sounded like the perfect gift to Pastor Vince Craig. The lead pastor at C3 Church in Sandy, Craig feels Mother’s Day needs to be special for all women and wanted to provide a special gift, to “give moms something they can go home with.” For the past three years, the church has partnered with downtown Salt Lake City gourmet cookie company Ruby Snap to order a few hundred individually-boxed cookies to make Mother’s Day a day “to spoil our moms,” he said. The Millcreek couple at the helm of Ruby Snap dedicates their Mother’s Day to other mothers in the state and across the country. Parents of seven themselves, Ruby Snap founder Tami Mowen Steggell and husband Robert Steggell spend Mother’s Day baking and managing delivery logistics for custom cookies which literally spell love (with a delicious icing “XO” written on them). The ushers at C3 Church pass them out after the conclusion of the Mother’s Day service. Of the Ruby Snap confections, “We give them to all of the women!” Craig exclaimed. “Even if you are not a mom, you have a mom, and may yet be a mom.” l

American Mothers Inc. and Utah Mothers Association: Honoring a ‘role not often recognized’ The Utah Mothers Association of the national American Mothers organization celebrates Mother’s Day the same way some depict the elves of Santa’s Workshop preparing for Christmas – the work to celebrate the following year’s Mother’s Day begins on the Mother’s Day holiday itself. “We have been active in naming mothers of the year across the country since 1935,” said Utahn Deanne Taylor. She said the organization was founded to recognize the crucial contribution mothers made in pulling American families out of The Great Depression. Motherhood is a role worthy of continual exploration, but “is a role not often recog- “Project Runway” 2019 contestant and Salt Lake City resident Afa Ah Loo’s 2002 Mother’s Day creation helped inspire his current, colorful fashion line. (Photo Credit Afa Ah Loo) nized,” emphasized Taylor. Salt Lake Valley families wanting to gift

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Corner Canyon off to competitive start in tough Region 7 By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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irst Team All-State defender Bladimir soccer team, who were quarterfinalists at son Barney along with junior midfielder/deCuevas leads a talented group of re- state last season. fender Trevor Dillon are expected to be key turning players for the Corner Canyon boys Senior defenders Connor Neff and Jack- contributors for the Chargers, according to head coach Andrew Van Wagenen, while he will also rely on a “strong junior class” and a few sophomores to help the varsity squad. “The talent is there, but the team needs to come together and gel quickly in order to be successful,” said Van Wagenen, who is in his third year as head coach and sixth with the program. Van Wagenen said his team’s goal is always to reach the state finals, but he notes that it could be a reality this season. “This year it feels closer than ever,” he said. “For us, it starts with daily and weekly goals for each game and practice.” Corner Canyon began the season with a 3-2 win over American Fork March 6, breaking a 2-2 halftime score with a second-half goal. Neff, senior midfielder Cameron Mills and junior forward Max Olsen recorded goals in the close win. The Chargers have since recorded wins over Lone Peak 1-0, Cottonwood 3-0, Brighton 2-1 and Timpview 2-1 while they tied Pleasant Grove 2-2. Its five losses this season have been by one goal — to Olympus 2-1, Skyridge 1-0, Riverton 1-0, Jordan 2-1, and Alta 2-1. First Team All-State defender Baldimir Cuevas (right) and junior defender/midfielder Trevor Dillon have Six different players have scored for scored three goals to help lead the Chargers this season. (Photo courtesy Nickie McNeil) Corner Canyon so far this year, led by Olsen with three goals and Cuevas, Mills and senior Colin Johansen with two each. Junior goalkeeper Jagen Allen has recorded two shutouts. “I feel very positive about our season this year,” Johansen said. “I have no doubt that this will be our best year so far. We have a very good opportunity this year to do better than we ever have. There are great things coming.” Our programs are taught by PGA Professionals, Todd Tanner Neff also has been pleased with the year & Stacey Jones. 1 and 2 hour programs are held once a week. at this point. “Every game and every practice Each class has a 5:1 student to instructor ratio. we improve on how we play,” he said. All programs include short game practice, range balls, in Also on the 2019 squad are seniors Will Avila, Mugabo Blaise, Zack Elkebbi, Ashton depth instruction, video analysis and on course playing time. Jensen, Riley Kraft, Luke Lillywhite, Jack McNeil, Noah Rawle and Griffin Watts; juniors Jake Bond, Caleb Edmunds, Josh Hurt, Elias Marshall, Kaelan Maxfield and Kesler Noble; sophomores Garrett Allred, Carson Compton, Dillon Griffin, Sam Harbertson, Cannon Reading and Alex Zoumadakis; and freshmen Aiden McMullin and Gunner Osthed. Van Wagenen is being assisted on the coaching staff by Nate Murphy, Garrett Available Programs: 4-7 Beginner • 4-7 Advanced • 8-12 Beginner Losee, Fodé Doumbia, Edixon Cuevas and • 9-13 Advanced • 14-18 Advanced • Girl Only Wade Nielsen. Johansen said the team is focused on Programs start June 10th with morning and evening times available. their chemistry and “working for all the guys next to you” on its way to its goals of a Region 7 championship with eyes also on the final prize. l

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Discord on display at Draper City Council meetings By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com

here’s been a great deal of drama and discord at recent Draper City Council meetings. Differences of opinion and distrust among council members have left some Draper residents disgusted while others find the actions appropriate. Twice in recent months the city has hired an independent counsel to investigate matters. In early March, the city council postponed a vote on a zone change and development agreement for a Master Planned Community on approximately 83 acres in SunCrest with Shaun Michel and his company Michel Land, LLC. Councilmember Alan Summerhays had previously recused himself from voting on the matter and the mayor had emailed all the council members asking them to disclose any connection they had to Michel. All council members responded directly to the mayor’s email with the exception of Michele Weeks, who said she had instead notified city manager David Dobbins that she’d received flowers from Michels when her husband passed away. Freshman Councilmember Mike Green asked for an independent counsel before moving forward on a vote so any connections the council members have with the Michels could be investigated. Fellow freshman Councilmember Tasha Lowery agreed with Green, indicating she felt “there’s enough doubt to proceed” and that she felt the council’s “hand was forced” to do an independent investigation. Weeks voiced concern about delaying the vote on the development because of possible legal repercussions with the developer. City Attorney Mike Barker clarified the developer can demand a vote within 45 days, but the council voted to proceed to hire the independent counsel and postpone a decision on the development. “We’ve retained an attorney who is in the process of doing that investigation, but we don’t have a report back yet,” Dobbins said. Kristin VanOrman of Strong & Hanni, an attorney in practice for more than 22 years who specializes in government liability among other matters, was hired. Dobbins said the potential cost to the taxpayers for the investigation is unknown. “She’ll continue until she determines she’s done all the investigating she needs to do. We don’t know the scope of that so we don’t know the timeline,” he said, adding that the money for the investigation comes from a fund the city has for hiring consultants. VanOrman had also been hired by Draper City to oversee an investigation stemming from an incident at a Drap-

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er City Employee’s Association annual Christmas lunch last December. At that event, Councilmember Weeks kissed a male city employee on the cheek, an action witnessed by a number of city employees. VanOrman was tasked with investigating if it was a case of sexual harassment. VanOrman’s letter to Dobbins on the matter indicated that neither she nor the male involved felt that this conduct rose to a level of sexual harassment. “However, I do believe this conduct is unprofessional and highly inappropriate for anyone, let alone an elected official. Such conduct has the potential for liability upon the city as well as Ms. Weeks individually,” VanOrman wrote. Her letter recommended a training program for Weeks to complete within 30 days. As a result of VanOrman’s investigation, the April 9 city council meeting agenda listed as a consent item a resolution requiring said professional conduct and harassment training. Weeks abstained from voting and Summerhays voted no, but the consent items passed with a majority. Prior to the council’s vote on the resolution, two men made public comment at the meeting expressing their support of the training. “Sexual harassment is not a joke… I think we need to hold our elected city council members to a higher standard,” Benjamin Harold Frederick said. He went on to say that if he were raising a daughter, he would want that daughter held to the same standard as everyone else and that asking for professional conduct and harassment training should

be a minimum. Jeremy Roberts stated that he’s worked for the past 15 years with the state legislature to draft bills on sexual harassment and related matters and also as a private victim advocate. “We hold our elected officials to the highest standards humanly possible. It’s inevitable in any legislative or executive body that there will be factions; those develop. I’d like to commend the city council for using someone independent so those factions didn’t play into it. It’s not an attack on anybody to look at behavior, have course correction and say let’s get further training so it doesn’t happen again,” Roberts said, adding he felt it was an appropriate and measured response. “With any luck, the city can move forward and put this behind it quickly.” Two women at the meeting who’d come out of interest on other agenda issues also took advantage of the opportunity for public comment on the harassment matter. “It seems to be all of you against one. I know you’re all good people and I know this woman is a good person. I ask you as decent human beings to stop this. Let’s get back to city business,” Renee Wiegan said of what she felt was “a total injustice against Councilmember Weeks.” Retired teacher Bonney Thom said, “I’m disgusted…you have been berating her just because she doesn’t agree with your politics, but she agrees with our politics.” Thom went on to say to the council, “We know whose pockets you’re in. That’s my opinion.” l

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Crafts, cars and cotton candy: Festival and car show return to Draper Park By Katherine Weinstein | katherine@mycityjournals.com

Visitors check out the classic cars at the Susan K. Classic Car Show in Draper Park. (Photo courtesy Jon Madsen)

t’s that time of year again! Draper Park will soon be filled with an array of unique craft items and works of art, classic cars, live entertainment and food. Draper City’s seventh annual Arts & Crafts Festival and the Susan K. Classic Car Show will be held on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Over 70 local artists will feature their works for sale at this free event. Items will include fine art, pottery, jewelry, soaps, clothing, home decor and much more.

Artists come together for Arts & Crafts Festival “In a ‘big box’ world, the Arts & Crafts Festival gives people the opportunity to find something special and unique for Mother’s Day,” said Frank Falk, who exhibits and sells his cell phone amplifiers, iHorns, at the festival. “My art involves creating passive amplifiers for the iPhone or any cell phone that has a speaker at the bottom,” explained Falk. “I take a variety of conical-shaped items, mostly vintage and antique items, and utilize them to amplify sound.” Falk uses everything from antique horns that once allowed people to listen to music from phonographs and radios to simple cow horns. His iHorns can fill whole rooms with music played from a cell phone and can also be used to amplify a voice for speaker phone. With their unique look and functionality, Falk’s iHorns have won Best of Show awards at the Utah Arts Festival and the Urban Arts

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Festival. Falk and his wife enjoy traveling to arts and crafts shows around the country and look forward to this year’s festival in Draper. Draper potter Steve Bryant and his wife Donna have been selling their one-of-a-kind wares at the Draper Arts & Crafts Festival since it began. Bryant, who holds a degree in ceramics, has been making pottery since 2000. “You can’t keep everything you make, so I started selling it,” he said. The name of his business is Two Dogs Pottery. Bryant makes functional kitchen pottery such as bowls, colanders, trivets and mugs with an artistic quality. Some of his trivets are made to look like waffles, others evoke Celtic designs. His most popular items are rice bowls and coffee mugs. All of the glazes Bryant uses are food safe. More recently he has been experimenting with a Raku kiln involving a traditional type of firing invented in 16th-century Japan. Organic materials and metals such as copper and iron are used to add color to the pottery instead of commercially prepared glazes. The pots come out of the kiln glowing redhot and have a distinctive smoky look when they are finished. Bryant offers classes in pottery making at his Draper studio two nights a week. Bryant sells his wares at the Wheeler Farm Farmers Market in the summertime. He enjoys the Draper Arts & Crafts Festival. “I’m a lifelong resident of Draper,” he said. “It’s always nice to go back to the park that I’ve known since childhood.”

By contrast, artist Natalie Allsup-Edwards will be setting up her Hand Drawn Photo Booth at the Draper Arts & Crafts Festival for the first time this year. “I’m excited to see what it’s like,” she said. Allsup-Edwards’ Hand Drawn Photo Booth is a riff on classic photo booths in which an artist sketches portraits in miniature of a seated customer — or two — by hand. The customer comes away with four small portraits drawn in pen on a strip of paper. “You have to commit to your line and draw it quickly,” said Allsup-Edwards of the challenge to capture faces and personalities quickly and accurately. She uses specialty drawing pens that make very fine lines. Allsup-Edwards started out making the drawings herself but now hires other artists to draw as well. She began the Hand Drawn Photo Booth in 2011 while a student at the University of Utah. Her experimental project has become an entertainment company hired for festivals, weddings and other special events. Making sketch portraits is something Allsup-Edwards greatly enjoys. “I love personal interaction, seeing people laugh — it’s really satisfying,” she said. “When you see someone really excited, that’s what I like!” The Susan K. Classic Car Show For the fourth year in a row, the Susan K. Classic Car Show will be held in conjunction with the Draper Arts & Crafts Festival on the grounds of Draper Park. “What we do is get

together individuals who collect cars and invite other enthusiasts to bring their cars to the show,” explained organizer Jon Madsen. “We do the show in honor of my late wife.” Susan K. Madsen, whose grandfather collected cars, tragically lost her life in a car accident with a drunk driver five years ago. Jon Madsen wanted to find a way to honor her memory. “You realize that you can’t change it, you have to figure out what to do,” he said. “I started by doing the things that we had wanted to do together.” Madsen collects donations of $15 from each participant in the classic car show. The funds are given to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD.) His goal is to have over 25 cars on display in this year’s show. DT Auto, a local classic car restoration company co-owned by a friend of Madsen’s, will display a couple of their cars in the show. Madsen will display his own red and white 1956 Oldsmobile 88 as well as his brother’s 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. All models are welcome, but the focus of the Susan K. Classic Car Show is on classics and older automobiles that are rarely seen. A highlight of last year’s show was a blue and white Volkswagen van, a model which was manufactured from 1950 to 1967. Both the Susan K. Classic Car Show and the Draper Arts & Crafts Festival are free and open to the public. Draper City Park is located at 12500 South 1300 East in Draper. For more information, visit the Draper City website. l

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Corner Canyon baseball hoping for turnaround in region play By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

econd-year head coach Jeff Eure said his Corner Canyon High baseball team focused on strength and conditioning to prepare for the season following a third-place finish in Region 7 last year. The Chargers returned some key players from a year ago and have others “ready to step in and contribute,” according to Eure. Just prior to the season, Eure said, “I’m excited to see this team work together this season. We have worked really hard to prepare for the season. The success of our team will depend on teamwork and consistency.” The preseason was a little rough for Corner Canyon with five losses to 5A and 6A teams before junior Noah Garff pitched the Chargers to a win over Viewmont 4-3 March 27. In that game, Corner Canyon came back from a 3-1 deficit heading into the sixth inning to score three runs over the final three innings to win by a run. Junior outfielder Luke Cahoon had a key RBI in the win. The next day, the Chargers got another win with a 7-3 victory over Murray. Senior Jack Roundy drove in three runs while senior outfielder Kody Tidwell and senior first baseman Keaton Morf also had an RBI each. Sophomore pitcher Jeremy Tilby recorded the win on the mound. Corner Canyon is struggled a bit offensively in the early going this season with be-

ing outscored over its last four games 46-5 in a loss to Roy and three to Cottonwood. “We just started region play and the team is off to a slow start,” Eure said. “But, we will keep battling!” Senior catcher Timmy Goodwin said this season has been a true test for each player and as a team overall. “It’s tested us by forcing us to learn from our mistakes and to move on to the next pitch with the mentality ‘I’m the best person for this job right now,’” he said. And though the season hasn’t quite started the way senior second baseman Preston Winget pictured, he said there has been a lot of learning through the challenges. “We have grown together as a team and we are all bonding as brothers,” he said. “Each of us have learned a lot and we’ve all been tested in our own unique ways.” The Chargers, who currently sit in third place in Region 7 at 5-3, are also scheduled to face Brighton April 26, Jordan April 30, May 1 and 3, and Alta May 6, 7 and 8. “The focus for the rest of the year is to play with purpose, and to stick together as a team and keep playing to our best potential,” Winget, who leads the team with six doubles this season, said. Also on the Corner Canyon 2019 squad are pitcher Bentley Arndt, pitcher/utility

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This show, written by Bryan Dayley and directed by Scott Holman, follows the story of sisters Stella and Hannah, the orphaned rulers of Icydale, as they attempt to come to terms with Stella’s icy powers. When the kingdom holds a royal coronation to make Stella queen, who should show up but Stella’s lying, villainous ex-boyfriend, Chaunce. Recently kicked out of his parent’s basement and eager to cash in on some royal wealth, Chaunce tricks naive Hannah into believing he’s the love of her life, and the two make plans to wed. Quick to put their plans on ice, Stella kidnaps Chaunce and drags him off to a remote ice castle. Hannah enlists the help of snow cone salesman Gristoph, his trusty sidekick, Moose, and freshly sentient snowman, Olive. Together, can they save her sister from slipping off the deep end? Comedy, romance, and adventure are all on the docket for this delightful send up of the animated blockbuster, as well as topical humor torn from today’s headlines. “Freezin’” runs March 28th through June 8th, 2019. The evening also includes one of Desert Star’s side-splitting musical olios, following the show. The “Saved by the 90’s Olio” features hit songs and musical steps from 1990’s mixed with more of Desert Star’s signature comedy. Food is available from an á la carte menu and is served right at your table. There is also a full service bar. The menu includes gourmet pizza, fresh wraps, appetizers, and scrumptious desserts.

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pring is upon us, summer is on the way; and with warmer temperatures and (hopefully) blue skies on the horizon, drivers can’t blame slick roads or blinding flurries for their faulty driving anymore. Driving safely requires good driving habits. Habits. Not occasionally safe maneuvers. The following are some prudent practices to implement in your daily travels.

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drove over a nail and didn’t realize it. We often don’t look at the tires on the passenger side since we don’t approach the car from that direction, checking regularly allows you to examine those opposite side wheels. It will keep your car’s handling in its best condition. Each vehicle can have different appropriate PSI (measurement for tire pressure), but when temperatures drop, so Blinkers and blind spots Driving 101. If you plan on changing does the pressure in your tires. lanes, let others in on your secret. Everyone Keep car maintained will appreciate it. Others want to know what Since you’ll be regularly checking the you are planning. tires, might as well keep regularly schedLikewise, if you see a blinker come uled maintenance on your car. This can range on indicating your lane is that car’s desired from oil changes to transmission flushes. destination, let it in. This isn’t the Daytona Simply checking windshield washer fluid or 500. We are not racing for $19 million. It is the antifreeze level in your car’s reservoir can common courtesy, if we want people to use prevent serious issues happening on the road. their blinkers, then we should reward them Wash your car especially after storms for doing so. or if you’ve parked under a pine tree where Remember the blinker doesn’t automat- birds can drop their white business on the ically assume safe passage to the next lane. hood or sap could drip onto the roof. Left And while your car’s sensors in the rearview untreated, these outdoor stains can ruin the mirrors are helpful, they are not omniscient. paint on your vehicle. Check your blind spot with your own eyes. Drive defensively There’s a reason it’s called a “blind” spot. This means keeping distance between

troubling and you probably shouldn’t be behind a steering wheel. Also you can’t always see what’s in front of the car before you. They may have to slam on their brakes due to an unexpected obstruction. If you rear end them, insurance rarely works out in your favor. This can also mean slowing down on wet roads or not weaving in and out of traffic. Distractions This is the No. 1 reason for accidents. This is not limited to using the cell phone, though texting, checking news alerts or making a phone call are all terrible decisions to make while driving.

It also extends to dozing off or checking the price at the gas station you just passed. Be alert, stay vigilant. Other drivers may suddenly stop, they may not see you as you yield or turn. By staying engaged and sharp, your reactions can be sharper and you may even anticipate what other drivers are looking to do. One way to stay engaged is to vary your daily commute. Changing your routine alerts your brain, breaking you from the monotonous snooze you may find yourself after traveling certain routes hundreds of times. These habits are important and it is not overdramatic to say that they could save a life.

Tire pressure you and the car in front of you. This one is almost as simple as the first. Touching their bumper does nothing for Check your tire pressure on a regular basis you. And if you need to get that close to read to know if there is a small leak. Maybe you their license plate or sticker, your eyesight is

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School district saved 18 million gallons of water from 2015 to 2017 By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

hen Bridger Welch turns on sprinklers, he doesn’t just see a stream of water spraying over the lawn. Welch can tell from the spray and the soil if enough or too much water is used, if it’s covering the area intended and if the sprinkler head is the best one to be used for the grassy area. That’s because Welch, a Hillcrest High graduate, and about seven other high school juniors and seniors each year for the past six years, have gained an understanding about the Canyons School District water usage and have actively been a part of conserving the natural resource in the second driest state in the country. “People naturally overconsume water in an effort to make sure their grass is green,” Welch said. “I care about Utah and we need to conserve our resources before it’s too late.” For the past two summers, Welch would buddy up with another high school student and check the sprinklers at the elementary, middle and high schools to ensure the sprinkler heads were correct, record any broken heads and monitor the spray levels. “We’d record the rotation of the spray to make sure it was hitting the right area, not the sidewalks, for example. We’d look at the head to make sure it was facing the right way and mark it if it needed adjusting or replac-

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ing, if maybe it broke after being hit by a lawn mower,” he said. “We got so familiar with the sprinklers, we could point out which ones were broken, or which heads were incorrect.” Then the teams would return to the office and crunch numbers. “We measured the water usage and used an Excel sheet for calculations. If it was too much, the grass would be marshy. If it wasn’t enough, it would die. We got an idea of how much time per day to water and how much water to use. It ended up saving millions and millions of gallons of water,” Welch said. The student water manager program began by district Energy Specialist Christopher Eppler. “It was actually my wife’s idea,” Eppler said. “I was in landscape irrigation, a contractor for 25 years with my background as a mining geologist. I studied about auditing water at Cal Poly analyzing precipitation rates. When my wife said that schools could save money with their water usage, I got involved as a private contractor for Granite schools before I came to Canyons in 2009.” At Canyons, Eppler first concentrated on energy usage, upgrading heating and cooling systems and placing them in a “saving” mode when schools are unoccupied, lowering the usage by 43 percent.

Student water managers check sprinklers on Canyons School District’s properties as an educational learning experience that saves the district millions of gallons of water. (Photo courtesy of Canyons School District)

After a few years, with the administration’s approval, and a $15,000 grant from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Eppler created the program where he hired and trained high school students to help survey, monitor and adjust school water schedules of the 370 acres of grass. The savings was immediately noticeable — about 20 million gallons, he said. In July 2014, the district used 16.5 million gallons less than in July 2012 and 9.5 million gallons less than in July 2013. From 2015 to 2017, the district saved a combined 18 million gallons of water. For that, Eppler was awarded the 2017 Utah Energy Pioneer Award and has spoken to the national Irrigation Association as well as other school districts and the governor’s water board, sharing his program. “The money we’re saving is just put right back into the program,” Eppler said. “The savings aren’t as great anymore because we’re watering the way we’re supposed to, so it’s more of a maintenance level.” However, with new schools being built, the student manager program continues so those fields will be properly managed. In the summer, students work five hours per day, four days per week, making their way through the district one sprinkler head at a time to adjust water schedules based on the root zone, type of grass, shade, soil type and evaporation rate. “It’s more than they may realize when they’re hired. Students learn basic hydraulics and such concepts as ‘evapotranspiration, permanent wilting point, and soil moisture depletion.’ Students are learning to irrigate properly. They spend hours logging the precipitation rate of each sprinkler head at schools throughout the district. By understanding precipitation rates, root zone and soil type, students can calculate the correct amount of water to give an area over a certain amount of time. They’re gaining the

field experience to log equipment and data and bringing that info back to calculate on spreadsheets and be reviewed,” Eppler said. While Eppler said it is a great learning experience and resume-builder, he said “these students really care about water usage.” Eppler has worked with students from several high schools, but currently hires recommended Hillcrest High students who are committed to conserving natural resources even if they may choose to study math, computer software or other fields upon graduation. “I’ve found these students to be great self-starters, super polite, real thinkers who make the program better,” he said. “They take huge initiatives and understand the commitment involved.” Welch, who graduated and now is studying at Utah State University, said he is considering forestry as a career and would also like to work with the conservation corps to restore Logan River. In February, Rep. Suzanne Harrison, who said her community supports wise stewards of water, introduced House Bill 143, amending water conservation plan requirements, and invited Hillcrest senior Amelia Slama-Catron, who was a student water manager last summer, to talk to the Natural Resources, Agricultural and Environment Standing House Committee about Canyons’ internship program. “When I found out about the actual program and about the amount of water we could save, I instantly wanted to be involved,” Slama-Catron testified. “I want to major in marine biology and environmental science, so obviously water is a huge concern of mine. Water conservation is something that has always been of interest to me. However, fresh water is not only a limited source, but a costly one. It is within everyone’s power to conserve natural resources.” l

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Corner Canyon softball on top of region By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

wo All-State players returned for the Corner Canyon High softball team this season and, along with other key players, have been instrumental in the Chargers’ undefeated showing in Region 7 so far. First Team All-State third baseman Lexi Parker leads the team in batting with a .500 average and 31 RBIs and is one of the team’s aces on the mound with a 6-2 record. Senior Abbi Opheikens is 4-1 with a 3.27 ERA as well while batting .467. “Our pitching has been outstanding,” head coach Chris Opheikens said, also noting the contributions of catcher Whitney Opheikens in working hard with the pitchers. “Lexi and Abbi have stepped up their game.” Junior Kaelyn Kearney, who is batting .435 with 16 RBIs, and Honorable Mention All-State shortstop Josee Haycock, who has scored 25 runs, are also tops offensively for Corner Canyon. “Our hitting has been amazing. Kaelyn and Josee have shown great leadership on this team,” Coach Opheikens said. Corner Canyon began the season with a 3-2 showing at the March Warm-Up Elite tournament in St. George, which included wins over Enterprise 10-3, Orem 5-0 and Juab 9-8. “We had some key wins against Enterprise and Juab, both of which are great programs,” he said. “Those wins gave us

The Corner Canyon High softball team currently has an 8-4 overall record this season and is undefeated in Region 7. (Photo courtesy Chris Opheikens)

confidence as a team.” Three of the team’s seniors felt that the St. George trip was an important bonding time to begin the year and set the tone for the squad’s success thus far. “The team played so unified,” said Haycock, who will compete for Salt Lake Community College in the fall. “We came out stronger than we ever have before at the start of our season,” said Parker, who will play for Western Nebraska next year. “The girls came ready to play. Double plays, diving catches and homeruns added a lot of excitement to our team that weekend.” “We’ve grown so much from our trips to St. George as far as coming together and learning to play as a team,” said Abbi Ophe-

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ful record is a direct result of the team’s mentality and execution in various roles. Corner Canyon is also scheduled to face Lehi, Jordan, Brighton, Cottonwood and Roy before the 5A state tournament begins May 14. Also on the 2019 squad are Gabreilla Avelar, Lauren Dupree, McKenna Healy, Kaye Kakunes, Kaelyn Kearney, Abby Kleinman, Selma Kohler, Kathryn Miner, Maryn Murdock, Anna Nemelka, Samantha Opheikens, Whitney Opheikens, Olivia Sunderland, Rylee Taylor, Sydney Taylor and Erin Woods. “I love this team and every girl on this team individually,” Haycock said. “Everyone brings something unique and I believe that is why we are all so close and get along so well. Everyone has each other’s back and I always know I can count on them to pick me back up when I need it.” Parker said the team’s eyes are on the Region 7 title on its way to a deep run in the 5A state tournament. “We have the talent and attitudes to do so,” she said. “We want to play our style of game and continue to play as a team, and we believe that if we keep playing like we are we have a great chance of contending for a state title,” Coach Opheikens said. l

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Events planned for Canyons School District’s 10th anniversary By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

t’s a celebration of a decade. Nicknamed “Decade of Distinction,” plans are under way to celebrate Canyons School District’s 10th anniversary with a May 13 anniversary festival as well as a July 1 birthday party. The anniversary festival will start at 6 p.m. with a social hour on Monday, May 13 at Jordan High, 95 Beetdigger Boulevard, Sandy. The hour long social will allow patrons to mingle as well as review memorabilia of the founding of the district and the accomplishments since. Afterward, guests are invited to join in a program setting for the second hour of the evening. “The first event will be an evening showcase of the district’s milestones and of students’ academic, artistic and athletic achievements,” Canyons Spokeswoman Kirsten Stewart said. “Speakers will share stories and remembrances and student groups will perform.” In between the performances, there will be short videos and district officials and community leaders to speak. A second celebration, on Monday, July 1, will be a birthday party. The party kicks off at 10:45 a.m. and

will continue until 2 p.m. on the athletic field of Mount Jordan Middle, 9351 South Mountaineer Lane, Sandy. “The free hot dogs and cake are a small token of thanks for all the people who make Canyons District such a wonderful place to live, learn and work. This district simply wouldn’t exist without the community’s support,” Stewart said. The community event is a celebration of sorts, she added. “We are a community of many talents. Behind every student achievement and success story, you’ll find parents, faculty, staff and community partners selflessly sharing those talents to enrich the lives of children. In their wisdom, this community has chosen to invest in children, and for that we are eternally grateful,” Stewart said. Canyons School District serves the communities of Alta, Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Midvale and Sandy. Residents of those communities voted to create the district in 2007, making Canyons School District the first school district to be formed in the state in almost a century. Canyons serves approximately 34,000 students.

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