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9/11 Memorial Walk Helps Veterans Feel at Home

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Residents take turns walking with a flag to honor victims of 9/11. (Jason Comstock/Team Red, White and Blue)

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ozens of residents gathered on Sept. 10 at Draper Park to pay tribute not only to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks 15 years ago but to help members of the military feel connected to their communities. Team Red, White and Blue held a special flag walk, called a Moving Tribute, where people walked around the park carrying an American flag. The procession lasted from dawn till dusk and concluded with a special concert with the Utah Philharmonic Orchestra at Draper Park Middle School.

The local chapter of Team Red, White and Blue, headquartered in Salt Lake City, has conducted these Moving Tributes for the past three years. This was the first time it was in Draper Park. The previous two years, it was at the Sandy Healing Fields at the Sandy City Promenade.

“We’ve encouraged all of our team members all over the country to do something to commemorate this day. So many of our veterans served as a result of 9/11. We also wanted that opportunity to thank law enforcement and first responders and fire department, because a lot of our veterans come home and they go

Though an annual tradition, this was the first year the walk was held at Draper Park. (Jason Comstock/Team Red, White and Blue)

into those fields,” Jason Comstock, a representative of the Salt Lake chapter, said. “We wanted that opportunity to remember that day and remind our teammates and our community members of what that day is all about.”

Comstock said the mission of Team Red, White and Blue is to enrich the lives of veterans through connecting them with their community through social and physical activities. The organization does a lot of things to help people get out and get moving.

“We’ve seen a lot of healing that comes from exercise and getting back into your community. So we set this up so people could come out and get up and move and carry a flag around the park,” Comstock said. “We were there all day so people could come at any time that worked for them.”

While representatives from Team Red, White and Blue walked the entire day, members of the community came in to take a turn with the flag.

“We had families show up with their small children and they’d do three laps around the park.

They went for about 45 minutes,” Comstock said.

“And then there were other people who didn’t have as much time so they only did one lap.”

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This was the first year Team Red, White and Blue worked in conjunction with the Utah Philharmonic Orchestra to also provide a concert at the end of the day. Comstock described it as a great experience.

“We decided to partner with them because we have a lot of different team members who do a lot of different things and we thought those who couldn’t carry the flag or couldn’t walk around the park, they could still kind of participate and enjoy the concerts,” he said.

Comstock said he hoped the Moving Tribute helped people not only remember the tragedy of Sept.

11 but also remember the patriotism the country saw.

He also hoped people would get out and know their veterans.

“That’s the way we recover from some of the experiences we’ve had. We get back into our community and we get reintegrated,” Comstock said. “When appropriate, we share our stories and let them know that we’re regular people who had the opportunity to, sometimes, do an extraordinary job.”

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Willow Springs Students Share Art with Seniors

By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com

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tudents from Willow Springs Elementary shared an assortment of drawings inspired by their own grandparents with the residents of the Draper Beehive Homes. The drawings were on display on Sept. 15 at the assisted living center and featured drawings of kids playing with their grandparents, going camping with their families or simple portraits of their grandparents.

This was the first year Draper Beehive Homes has held the art contest, and they plan to make it an annual tradition.

“We wanted to involve the elementaries and have them connect with their grandparents,” Connie Sperry, communications liaison for Draper Beehive Homes, said.

Draper Beehive Homes contacted Willow Springs Elementary, asking the kids to draw something to the theme of “I Love Our Grandparents!”

The drawings were divided into two groups for judgment. The first group was kindergarten through second grade and the second was third through fifth grade. The drawings on display were the ones narrowed down from a group of 70 entries.

“We let the community come in and vote.

The winner of each category will receive $100 cash from our owner (Stan Ketcher),” Sperry said. “We wanted to let the Draper community know we’re here and connect with them and to show the kids love their grandparents.”

Both of the winning drawings will also be professionally framed and hung on a wall at Draper Beehive Home.

“It’ll be fun for the winners because they will hang on the forever,” Sperry said. “And (the drawings) are just darling.”

Next year, the assisted living center will reach out to another elementary school to provide drawings. Sperry said it will most likely be Draper Elementary with Oak Hollow Elementary the next year. Draper Beehive Homes also plans on reaching out to the various charter schools.

“We want kids reflecting on their relationships with their grandparents. A lot had written about their experiences,” Sperry said.

“Maybe one day they will have a desire to work with seniors.”

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Residents at Draper Beehive Homes, as well as members of the community, voted on their favorite drawing. The winners received $100. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)

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Draper Arts Gets in the Mood with Big-Band Performance

By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com

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esidents enjoyed a big-band performance during In the Mood, a collaborative music and dance production on Sept.

9 and 10 at the Draper Amphitheater. The show drew dozens of audience members who enjoyed the late-night performance.

The director, Valaura Arnold, described the show as a bigband extravaganza that highlights some of the most popular bigband tunes of the 1930s and 1940s.

“It has a large cast. I think our cast was about 65 singers and dancers, all picked to do songs that highlight their specific style,” Arnold said.

This was the fifth year In the Mood has taken place, though it usually happens earlier in the summer. However, due to scheduling at the amphitheater, it ended up happening during the fall this year.

“It’s generally a summer program,” Arnold said.

The annual tradition started when one of the members of the arts council, who used to direct big-band productions, really wanted to do a show to highlight that kind of music.

To find the singers and dancers for the show, the Draper Arts Council holds open auditions. The call for auditions is posted both on the Draper Arts Council website and on backstageutah. com, though Arnold said a lot of the draw comes from word of mouth.

“We have a lot of people who do it who want to come back and sing again,” Arnold said.

As far as the musicians, different big bands have been used over the years.

“This year and last year, the core of the band has been the Riverton Jazz Band,” Arnold said. “And then they’ve used other musicians as they’ve needed them.”

Also new this year were new performers from years past.

“It has a large cast. I think our cast was about 65 singers and dancers, all picked to do songs that highlight their specific style.”

“Actually this year, we had a couple people audition who were just perfect for specific songs that I hadn’t done before,” Arnold said. “We were able to add a little bit more variety to it due to the new people who came.”

One of the main challenges for Arnold directing In the Mood is the music isn’t necessarily preset.

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Arnold has a hard time identifying which number is her favorite because each one has its own unique quality.

“As far as band numbers and what the band plays instrumentally, it’s definitely ‘In the Mood’ or ‘Sing, Sing, Sing.’”

Arnold said. “‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ is just so fun and the drummer gets to let loose. It’s kind of a funny number because it’s called ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ but it’s just instrumental. And people cannot sit down. They just have to get up and dance.”

Arnold believes both of those songs are also the audience favorites. “‘In the Mood’ is the title of the show but also a wonderful hit that always pleases the crowd,” Arnold said.

The audience attendance was lower than in years past. Arnold blames this on the event taking place the same day as the BYU-University of Utah football game but also on the chilly weather.

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Residents Encouraged to be Wild Aware

By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com

The purpose of Wild Aware is to educate the public about the local wildlife.

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ild Aware is hoping to help residents to become not only more aware of wildlife but also more aware of what is normal behavior for animals before calling authorities. Founded in 2009, Wild Aware is a Hogle Zoo, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah State University Cooperative Extension.

The collaborative effort was created by zookeeper Stephanie Jochum-Natt after attending several conferences about humans and predators.

“I started to notice that the problem is not going away. It’s getting bigger and bigger because the wildlife is all across the US and Canada. More and more states and Canada are starting to come up with these living with wildlife programs,” Jochum-Natt said. “We were doing an event here at the zoo called ‘Predator Awareness’ and making connections with the Division of Wildlife Resources. And we realized we just didn’t have that in Utah.”

The creation of Wildlife Aware was also spurred by the death of Samuel Ives, an 11-year-old boy who was killed by a black bear in 2007 near the Timpooneke Campground in American Fork Canyon.

“I knew it was time to start bringing everyone together,” Jochum-Natt said.

“Luckily everyone who got involved was very interested in making this happen.”

According to Jochum-Natt, the purpose of Wild Aware is to serve as an education program to try and help people coexist, preserve the wildlife by keeping

them wild and reduce the nuisance animal calls.

“Ninety to 99 percent of times when animals become a nuisance, it’s usually due to human behavior, not wildlife behavior. The only thing they’re trying to do is find what they need: shelter, water and food,” Jochum-Natt said. “If someone is putting out sticky buns or corn for the deer in the backyard because they think it’s really cute, why would the deer leave?

Why would they find wild food?”

Jochum-Natt said if the deer were able to travel on their migratory routes, which will happen in the fall, they could walk through neighborhoods and backyards and everyone could watch at a distance.

“They put their trash away. They don’t leave fallen food on the ground.

They keep their pets inside,” Jochum-Natt said. “Then these animals could stay wild and continue their move. It’s when they find something in those neighborhoods, why would they leave?”

The big issue when people call in nuisance animals is the animal is either moved or destroyed.

The Wild Aware program conserves wildlife, protects people’s safety and helps reduce the nuisance problems, the human to wildlife conflicts.

“Instead of calling it a conservation program, it’s more of a human safety program,” Jochum-Natt said.

The Wild Aware website, wildawa-

reutah.org, lists several local animals and provides information on how to prevent them from becoming a nuisance. There is also a wild life emergency link for situations that are an immediate danger.

Jochum-Natt described an example of an immediate danger as a cougar lying on a front porch for more than an hour or a buck that is running loose in the neighborhood and everyone is leaving for work.

“It constitutes something that is an immediate injury or death to you and/ or the animal,” Jochum-Natt said. “It’s potential danger for someone’s safety or even the wildlife’s safety.”

Jochum-Natt also advises not all animal situations pose an immediate danger.

“If a moose in a backyard eating a bush or trees and then it gets up and walks away, (it’s a) great experience,” Jochum-Natt said.

Wild Aware also brings its message to the public through different programs.

There is a program specifically designed for schools based on the fourth grade curriculum.

“The zoo’s education department, we travel to schools throughout the state and give this program that emphasizes being wild aware, not taking things home, not trying to pet them, not trying to feed them. Just the basics,” Jochum-Natt said.

“We also do programs for Scouts, for church groups, neighborhoods, HOAs.” To learn more about Wild Aware and its efforts, visit wildawareutahorg. l

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Draper Days Parade Chair Stepping Down After Four Years

By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com

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he Draper City Council honored Debbie Ballard for her four years of service as the Draper Days parade chair after Ballard announced she was stepping down from the role. Ballard, who was honored during the Sept. 6 city council meeting, said she is going to be a grandma in October and she wanted to devote her time to that.

“I’m not going to have many of them so I’m going to enjoy being a grandma,” Ballard said. “This has been an honor. It has been fabulous to work with all of you.”

Mayor Troy Walker praised Ballard for her hard work and dedication in her role as parade chair from 2012 to 2016.

“One thing you have to know about the Draper parade is without fail every year about four hours before the parade is about to happen, Debbie gets at least 50 different people who want to join the parade. It’s not a job that is really easy,” Walker said. “She has to tell a lot of people no and most of the time she accommodates people and she’s done a fantastic job.”

Walker described the job of parade chair as one that comes with a lot of headaches and said Ballard has handled the position with grace over the years.

“She’s worked hard [to] invite great bands and a lot more floats to participate in the parade.

She has brought in a sound system to broadcast

announcements over loud speakers,” Walker said. “The Draper Days Parade is so popular, we have to shut down applications once we reach 100 entries and people set up their chairs along the parade route weeks in advance.”

Walker told Ballard since she lives on the parade route, next year he and the council expect to see her in her front yard enjoying the parade.

“We’ll look for you and see if we can’t land some candy your way,” Walker said.

Ballard thanked the council and other members of the city, specifically the police department.

“They have made my job so easy. I know that I can call them and they are there for me whenever I need them,” Ballard said. “They are spectacular. Thank you for your support and kindness.”

She also thanked everyone for having patience with her while she learned the job as she went along and expressed hope in coming back one day.

“It’s a decision that has been very hard for me but I’m doing what I need to do next, which is be a grandma. I will be watching the parade next year and feeling bad I’m not a part of it,” Ballard said. “It’s hard for me to give up something that I’ve worked so hard to value and enjoy. Good luck to all of you and thank you for the opportunity.” l

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City Council Officially Welcomes New Miss Draper

By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com

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ayor Troy Walker and the Draper City Council thanked the former Miss Draper, Brynn Garfield, for her year of service and officially welcomed the new Miss Draper, Sage Nielsen. Both pageant queens were honored at the Sept. 6 city council meeting.

Walker expressed his thanks to Garfield saying he has enjoyed getting to know her and felt she has always represented the community.

“While serving the community, Brynn has been able to promote her platform, which is Zero Fatalities, encouraged residents to drive safe, buckle up and stop texting. What a great message to give to the youth in our community,” Walker said.

“Brynn is currently enrolled at the University of Utah and hopes to work in New York City as an architect.”

Garfield expressed her gratitude toward the city and the city council.

“I’m so grateful for the opportunity to serve as Miss Draper 2015. I have a lot of ancestors who grew up here so it was an amazing year,” Garfield said. “I wish Sage the best. It’s a lifelong experience.”

Walker welcomed Sage as the Miss Draper for 2016–17.

She is the daughter of Justin and Sarah Nielsen and is a senior at Corner Canyon High School.

“Sage said she enjoys composing piano music, running and hiking. Almost every day of the week, you’ll see her somewhere in nature,” Walker said. “Her favorite place to travel is New York

City. After high school, she wants to live in New York while pursuing a degree in journalism and broadcasting.”

Sage thanked Walker and the city council, saying she is more than honored to be the new Miss Draper.

“It’s been my dream ever since I was 13 years old. I’ve been working hard for it ever since,” Sage said. “It’s just so surreal and amazing.”

During her reign, Sage will be working on her platform of self-empowerment.

“Now that school has started, I’ve been getting in touch with the different schools in Draper and Sandy. My goal is to spread awareness for self-empowerment and goal setting and thinking positively and loving yourself,” Sage said. “I want to spread my message all around and really help little kids setting goals and really thinking positively. I look forward to my year with Draper and everybody.”

Walker also took the time to thank the members of the Miss Draper committee. Walker said this year, the city had a great pageant and it was a great show, due in large part to the work of the women on the committee.

“We have some amazing young ladies in our city that participated and these women put a lot of heart and soul and time into it and it provided a great opportunity and experience,” Walker said. “I was impressed with their hard work and all that they did and I’m grateful to them.” l

Brynn Garfield thanks the city and the council after a year of serving as Miss Draper. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)

Sage Nielsen talks about her plans as the 2016–17 Miss Draper.

(Kelly Cannon/City Journals)

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Residents Hoping to Get Community Garden

By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com

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esidents are working with the city and Salt Lake County to get a community garden established in Draper. The potential garden is part of the Parks for Produce community garden program under open space and urban farming in Salt Lake County.

The selected spot for the garden is 13800 South and approximately 440 East. There would be approximately 3.4 farmable acres.

“It’s going to be a community garden. People can purchase plots and have their own garden space and they volunteer to help out to maintain an area outside of their garden plot,” Dana Hyer, administrative assistant at the Draper Parks and Recreation Department, said.

Councilmember Marsha Vawdrey initially proposed the idea of a community garden to the Draper City Council.

“There are a lot of people who live in apartments and condos and they don’t have the opportunity to garden,” Vawdrey said. “I think that’s a great opportunity because I think gardening is the number one pastime in the U.S. I think it’s something a lot of people want to do.”

Draper is one of two cities that is applying to Salt Lake County for a community garden. The application process includes finding at least five core garden organizers who will participate in promoting, organizing and implementing the garden before the garden is established.

“Their role is they donate 30 hours of time so they can help organize it,” Hyer said. “They will coordinate work sites, the layout, the digging of the garden beds, that kind of thing.

The city also has to submit an application narrative, a community support petition and the names of at least two garden

Residents sign the petition to get a community garden in Draper. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)

organizers who will complete the Wasatch Community Gardens’ leadership training.

Draper held an open house on Sept. 14 to not only gather signatures for the community support petition, but also to try to find those interested in being a core garden organizer.

Hyer said there a multiple ways having a community garden can benefit Draper.

“I think it will help with the apartment communities and those who can’t have gardens. They’ll be able to go there,” Hyer said. “Schools can buy plots and have their students buy plots or even people who want to teach gardening can get a plot and help teach gardening and responsibility.”

Mayor Troy Walker was in attendance at the open house and gave his support to the efforts.

“I think it will be a great option for people who don’t have a big yard or don’t have an ability to do it because everyone knows gardening is great therapy, plus the food is awesome,” Walker said. “I think it will be a great opportunity for anyone who wants to do it and it looks like we have a great response.”

The city’s application must be handed in by Dec. 1. After that, the county will evaluate all the applications and will determine who has the bigger need. The winning community will be announced Dec. 15. Training will take place in early 2017 and construction on the garden will take place in spring 2017. l

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After 13 years as principal and assistant principal at St. John the Baptist Middle School, Jim Markosian took the charge as director of facilities for St. John the Baptist elementary and middle schools as well as Juan Diego Catholic High School. (Nevah Stevenson/St. John the Baptist schools)

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his fall, St. John the Baptist students will still see their familiar former principal, only he will be in a different role as the Skaggs Catholic Center, and the community welcomes a new principal to the middle school.

Former principal Jim Markosian has been named director of facilities for the Skaggs Catholic Center, and former St. Francis Xavier Catholic School principal Patrick Reader became the new St. John the Baptist Middle School principal on July 1.

The transition began when Juan Diego Catholic High School Director of Advancement Molly Dumas retired June 30, which allowed for the former director of facilities Rick Bartman to fill her vacancy. Seeing the director of facilities position open, Markosian was prepared for the move.

“After 23 years in administration and 36 in education, it’s healthy to do something different,” Markosian said, who served St. John’s for seven years as principal and assistant principal for six years before that. “Each of the Skaggs’ principals take on overseeing a part of the campus and as middle school principal, I oversaw facilities, so I wasn’t completely new to the change.”

Still, Markosian said it was a different kind of challenge.

“It’s been this new, crazy kind of busy. I started as we were finishing the new wing on the elementary school and creating the Mother Teresa prayer garden. We’ve had special events where I had to make sure everything that was needed was there from tables and chairs to traffic flow. I need to make sure that the 2,000 kids on the property, the buildings and classrooms, and all 57 acres that include our sports fields and stadiums, are ready as well as see to invoices, spreadsheets and paperwork. It’s just a new kind of demands,” he said.

Another adjustment was to cut back the custodial crew from 11 employees to four.

“We needed to adjust for insurance costs and such, but we realized we can’t do what we did with 11 with just four employees and it’s different

Former St. Francis Xavier Catholic School principal Patrick Reader has become the new St. John the Baptist Middle School principal. (Nevah Stevenson/St. John the Baptist schools)

from summertime when kids aren’t around to fall when all the students return. So we’re making adjustments,” he said.

Still, he looked forward to school starting when he could see his former students and say hi and ask how classes are going. Markosian, along with Assistant Principal Jean Synowicki and Administrative Assistant Felicia Frakes, also helped with the transition as Reader took the helm of the middle school.

Reader was named principal in late May and came in on Fridays in June so he could learn some of the history and traditions of the school.

“I’ve been at St. Francis the past seven years and it’s a great school with a phenomenal community, but I saw a new opportunity in this middle school and new challenges for me,” he said.

He said that students will quickly learn his personality as being one that is outgoing, often laughing and joking with students.

“I can add some fun and different experiences for middle school — academic rigor with the fun,” he said, adding that the students will excel in academics, religion, arts, athletics and other activities.

Students may be able to relate to their new principal athletically, as he used to compete in triathlons, and also musically, as now he devotes some free time to playing rock ‘n roll on the drums.

“I could lose myself for periods of time. I’m just a kid of the 1970s,” he said.

Reader, who got his bachelor’s degree in business from Oregon State University, worked in the field for 12 years before earning his master’s degree in Catholic education leadership. He taught and was an administrator at the University of Portland for five years before moving to Utah.

Reader said his near future goals include meeting his students and their families and learning the culture of the Skaggs Center as he partners with the other schools to make it a smooth kindergarten through high school senior experience.

“It’s a unique setting in our area and a great school to be a part of,” Reader said. l

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Corner Canyon Theater Students to Perform “Romeo and Juliet,” “West Side Story”

By Julie Slama | julie @mycityjournals.com

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orner Canyon theater students will get a taste of both the classic and modern-day version of similar stories as they compete in the annual high school Shakespeare competition with their ensemble performance of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” in October, followed by performances of the popular musical “West Side Story” on their school stage in November.

“We’ll be teaching the students two styles with the Shakespearean ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and the modern story through ‘West Side Story,’” Theater Director Phaidra Atkinson said. “They both introduce rivalries whether it’s families or gangs and violence.”

The cast of “Romeo and Juliet” is led by seniors. Adam Packard plays Romeo, Maddie Sueltz is cast as Juliet and Zach Davis is Friar Lawrence. The cast will give several free performances for students and family from 8 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the theater before they head to Cedar City to take part in the 40th annual Utah Shakespeare Festival, which has attracted more than 3,000 student participants. The competition is Thursday, Oct. 6 though Saturday, Oct. 8.

“Last year, we won the ensemble competition as well as the dance category and it was the first time we took our dance company. The tech competition awards scholarships and everyone in our tech crew received a scholarship,” she said.

Atkinson said that as students learn Shakespeare, they discover the language and how it helps tell the story. Then, as they learn that story, they can convey it and express it on stage.

“It’s hard to tackle, but it’s an awesome experience for the students. They are motivated and so proud of themselves when they perform it on stage in Cedar City,” Atkinson said.

In addition to performing on stage, the group usually attends two shows put on at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and attends workshops on acting, dance and technical theater.

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“They take on their work with pride, stepping outside the box and diving into the material. They really shine as they go from point A to B to C. As their teacher, I love watching their growth, ability and talent,” Atkinson said.

Their knowledge of the classical story will help them translate into the modern-day story they plan to introduce with “West Side Story.”

“This will be something they can relate to and compare and contrast the two productions.

We’ll talk about today’s issues of bulling, even social media bullying, and ensure we have a social media plan for our theater classes. I’d like to combat this issue at our school and with this storyline, show how it is hurtful, painful and how it just starts with something small, somewhere. It’s hard material, with heavy content about death and fighting, and we talk about it. But we also learn about friendships and the show has tremendous music and dancing,” she said.

Atkinson said producing “West Side Story” came from instrumental director Randal Clark, who said that his orchestra could perform the difficult music in the production.

The family-friendly musical “West Side Story” will be performed at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 through Saturday, Nov. 19 and again on Monday, Nov. 21. Tickets are $8 in advance through showtix4u.com or $10 at the door.

Local businesses interested in supporting the theater programs can add their logos and names to the program, which will be designed to look like New York City graffiti. Call Phaidra Atkinson for details.

In addition to performances, the drama club, which averages about 70 students, also performs service projects such as caroling during the holidays for donations that are given to different organizations in need. They also attend Pioneer Memorial Theatre shows, other schools’ productions and other activities to support one another. l

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ummit Academy’s third annual fall festival will feature activities for children of all ages and a chance for parents to reunite with friends as well as faculty and administration.

The 2.5-hour event will be held on Monday, Oct. 3, on the field north of the junior high building, 1225 East 13200 South, in Draper. Student admission to the activities will be $5 and dinner and desserts are available to purchase from food trucks.

“This is a fun, open-house event where families can come on by, get some food, enjoy each other’s company and students can have fun with several activities and games,” Principal Tyler Whittle said. “Families sit on the grass, relax and reconnect.”

About 500 people attended last year’s fall event, which started when the school’s parent organization decided to introduce a festive school activity welcoming the community back to a new school year, Whittle said.

“I’d like us to celebrate the achievements, test performances and good things our students have accomplished.”

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This year, the celebration continues with many parent volunteers from each grade introducing games and activities. Summit Academy Junior High National Junior Honor Society, student government and student leaders also will help lead some activities.

“It’s a really good tradition that allows families to come together after the school year begins,” Whittle said. “We’re including our older students and head room parents to coordinate activities and become involved. It gives the students a chance to give back.”

Some of the activities that are being discussed and could be included are bounce houses, photo booth, video game truck, ring toss, bean bag toss, ping pong ball toss, knock down can toss, inflatable laser tag, face painting, wet sponge toss, volleyball using beach balls, a putting green and others.

There are also plans to have snow cones, cotton candy and popcorn available in addition to the food trucks.

“This gives our families several options of just coming for the activities, or activities and dessert, or the activities, food and dessert,” Whittle said.

He said the popularity has expanded to other Summit Academy campuses, including the new Independence campus in Bluffdale in September.

Whittle said that he’d like to see the fall festival expand and possibly include some of the students’ accomplishments from the previous year.

“I’d like us to celebrate the achievements, test performances and good things our students have accomplished. We have great students and a great school and this could be a celebration and a welcome-back fun fall festival,” he said. l

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For a child, it’s unimaginable. But doing it with the knowledge that your education — all the way from primary school to university — could be paid for by generous strangers appears to make it worth it.

The African Children’s Choir operates under such a premise for African children in dire need.

The choir performed twice in Salt Lake County on Sept. 4, at Mountain View Christian Assembly in Sandy and Cottonwood Presbyterian Church in Murray.

Cottonwood Presbyterian Church member Deb Abbott heard the choir perform back in 2001 when living in Colorado. She was excited to hear that the choir was looking for performance and sponsorship opportunities in the area.

“They gifted us with a performance that was outstanding,” Abbott said.

“Many of the (congregation members) hosted the children — with their adult chaperones — in our homes.”

“It was an exceptional experience,” she said.

She suggested to the Discipleship Ministry Team, the church’s outreach

group to member and nonmember children, that the African Children’s Choir would present a “wonderful experience for the kids and for the community to hear them and receive the beautiful spirit they bring.”

According to Sarah Lidstone, North American choir operations manager for the parent organization Music for Life, the choir currently touring the western U.S. is an exclusively Ugandan choir.

The choir typically represents children from all over the continent.

“I have been able to chat with parents as they have said goodbye to their children,” Lidstone said. “They are obviously sad they will have that time apart, but know the opportunity is one that they don’t want to take away.”

The ultimate goal of the touring choir, according to Lidstone, is to raise awareness of the plight of underprivileged children all across the African continent and promote them to donate to the educational efforts of Music for Life.

The “big enchilada” for being a 7-year-old to 11-year-old on this choir is to find someone willing to sponsor a child’s education in Africa.

Abbott described the children as joyful, well-mannered and bright, saying

that the children often called the hosting families “auntie” and “uncle.”

The choir has two separate choirs that are touring on either ends of the nation’s coasts. Choir 45 started touring in April 2016 and will end in January 2017. They will conclude in Texas after zig-zagging all over the U.S. Each child, Lidstone said, is considered vulnerable and doesn’t have access to a “proper education” or “stable living condition.” After the tour, the children will go to a boarding school for primary school.

Abbott and her family sponsored an African child’s schooling earlier in the year through the choir program. They also sponsored a child’s education years earlier. That child — whom they’ve kept in close contact — is now in college.

She said everyone should hear the choir’s performances and seriously consider supporting educational philanthropy in Africa.

Lidstone also suggested such a consideration. She said that the education of the African children now will help them become leaders and innovators that will help improve their communities in the future. l

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Momentum Indoor Climbing Celebrates 10 Years, Looks to the Future

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omentum Indoor Climbing is celebrating a decade dedicated to helping rock climbers be their very best.

Momentum currently has locations in Sandy, Millcreek, Lehi and in Katy, Texas, with their Sandy location being their first gym.

The Sandy gym, located at 220 West 10600 South, had a soft opening in November 2006.

“Sandy Momentum is what is called a full service gym. It has a bouldering area, a high wall area and exercise and yoga areas.

The first thing to be ready for customers was the bouldering area,” Jeff Pedersen, CEO of Momentum Indoor Climbing, said. “We opened our bouldering area to customers by creating an enclosed OSHA approved pathway through the rest of the construction. We were able to start getting some cash in. It was more of a soft opening.

The rest of the gym wasn’t open until May 2007.”

Pedersen developed the idea of creating indoor climbing gyms after noticing the world climbing community were drawn to the Salt Lake area for outdoor climbing but there wasn’t any indoor climbing facility.

“This was in 2005 when my business partners were starting to talk about that we’re this hub of rock climbing but there was not this modern gym,” Pedersen said.

“That’s what got my business partners and I talking about. Let’s do this. We’re passionate rock climbers. We see a good

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business opportunity. Let’s start finding a way to bring modern indoor climbing to Salt Lake.”

One thing that sets Momentum Indoor Climbing apart from other gyms is its amenities specifically designed for beginner climbers. Pedersen explained older gyms used to be designed only for existing rock climbers to stay in shape during the winter so they can be ready for outdoor climbing in the spring and summer.

“As the model has matured throughout the year, modern gym operators have become more and more adept at new audiences to climbing. The gyms are bigger, they’re more accessible, they can handle more climbers,” Pedersen said. “The old gyms didn’t have yoga rooms or fitness

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Another feature in the Momentum gyms is the amount of natural light let in due to a specific design of the building.

“We spent quite a large amount of money designing large window bays. In fact, at Sandy Momentum, we were very strategic about our window bay,” Pedersen said. “We designed it so when you stand on the floor, you can look out and see Lone Peak. I thought that would make it feel better to stand in the gym for hours on end and it does.”

The Momentum gyms have a variety of features that create a modern climbing gym atmosphere. This includes top rope walls, lead climbing walls, crack climbing, kids areas, bouldering, yoga rooms and fitness rooms.

“Most gyms now, and Momentum is no different, have some sort of fitness offering,” Pedersen said. “Some gyms lean more toward what you might find at a Planet Fitness. We lean a little bit more toward a CrossFit.” Pedersen believes the gyms and rock climbing in general have become so popular because climbing has always been exhilarating.

“It’s always been exciting. It’s always been rewarding. There’s something about climbing that really grabs people. The trouble with it is it had such a high barrier for entry,” Pedersen said. “I think what modern climbing gyms have done (is) they have created a broader, much more accessible entry point for something that has always been exciting. It’s always been addictive and rewarding. I think that’s part of the success of climbing and why it can be a powerful business. You’re giving people access to something that is truly very exciting.”

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As your County Councilman, I appreciate the responsibility that comes with serving our community. No subject is of greater concern to our state right now than opioid abuse and overdose deaths. The problem is pervasive, prevalent, and devastating.

While deaths from firearms and vehicle Steven L. DeBry accidents receive far more attention from County Council District 5 our media, overdose deaths occur with more frequency. We rank 4th in the nation for prescription overdose deaths per 100,000 population. Most of those prescription overdose deaths come from Opioids, which are pain pills like Oxycodone (often called Oxycontin or Percocet), Fentanyl, and Hydrocodone (Vicodin). Overdoses from heroin also continue to rise.

We cannot build enough prisons to jail our way out of this problem, and jailing those in need of treatment without sufficient recovery resources kicks the can down the road. We have to have a comprehensive set of solutions developed, and I am committed to developing those at the County Council.

Councilmember Jenny Wilson and I co-sponsored a roundtable at the County Council to coordinate efforts on this critical public health issue. We heard from healthcare providers, public health experts, insurance companies, state leaders, our District Attorney and Sheriff, and from people who recovered from substance use disorders.

Let me share with you a few things the County Council learned from this roundtable: • Addiction to Opioids can take just 1 week.

County Council Takes on Opioid Crisis • Since 1999, the rate of deaths from drug overdose in Utah doubled.

• In Salt Lake County, that increase was 50%.

• Utah averaged 1 opioid related death each day in 2015.

• One of the most frequent areas for overdoses in the County is in the Southwest Valley. Our community is heavily impacted by this problem.

• In the last 4 years, physicians have prescribed about half as many Opioid pills with each prescription. But it has not appreciably decreased Opioid related deaths.

• While pills are less readily available on the street, heroin dealers have increased distribution. While Opioid abuse is never safe, heroin is far more dangerous, because it is produced with no quality control or regulation, and is often laced with other drugs in potentially deadly quantities and combinations.

Our County Jail is full, and that largely stems from crimes associated with drug and alcohol abuse to help fuel habits of people with substance use disorders. As a police officer for 35 years, these trends have been noticeable and alarming. It’s in our neighborhoods.

Addiction can turn decent people into criminals, and rob families of their loved ones. If we can save individuals from the scourge of substance use disorders, we can strengthen families and our community. Eventually that translates to saving tax dollars.

From our Opioid summit, some solutions have begun to take hold. Finding ways to purchase Naloxone for first responders seems wise. Naloxone is a non-addictive prescription medication that helps to block the effects of opiates on the body. It saves lives of overdose victims when administered quickly after an overdose. Naloxone has been in use by EMTs for more than four decades because it is safe

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o mother wants to hear her child speak the words “I want to die.” But for parents of children battling depression, that is Aimee Winder Newton a fear. And for me, it became a reality when County Council District 3 one of my own children was struggling and needed help.

It was 10:30 p.m. one summer night when my son came to me and shared his thoughts of suicide. As a mother, I am so grateful that he was willing to speak up. But I didn’t know what to do or who to call. Mental illness is one of those “taboo” subjects in our culture, and we really need to change that. We also need to take seriously our teens crying out for help. My son is very brave and has allowed me to share his story so that others can get the help they need.

After this particular incidence, I learned that the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute or “UNI” has a crisis line. This line is

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staffed with trained counselors 24/7. You can call anytime and have a live person answer the call. It is also anonymous. But how many of us know this phone number? I didn’t. This is why I am determined to see that we have a three-digit phone number that can be used to go directly to a crisis line statewide.

Across the state there are 19 different crisis lines, many with limited hours and staffing. This past month, I invited Missy Larsen, chief of staff for Attorney General Sean Reyes, and state Rep. Steve Eliason to present to our county council on this issue. They spoke of Utah’s suicide rate (5th highest in the nation), and discussed how suicide is now the number one killer of Utah teens. The rate of suicide by seniors is also climbing in Utah.

These leaders, as well as state Senator Daniel Thatcher, have been involved in developing the SAFEUT app. Youth are able to report unsafe behavior at school or other behavioral health-related issues and get help.

We had several mayors and city officials present at our council meeting who expressed

support for this initiative. Some tearfully shared stories of loved ones or city residents who have needed help. This truly is a crisis in our community.

I believe there is incredible consensus and support for establishing a statewide, dedicated, three-digit mental health crisis line to connect more Utahns with needed support.

Our coalition is working with stakeholders and the FCC on this issue and will look at all numbers available and determine the best one that will fit these needs.

I know there are many people still struggling, both parents aching for their children and individuals grappling with these issues themselves. It is imperative that we prioritize solving this issue. We’ll be working hard in the coming weeks and months to find a solution. In the meantime, download the SAFEUT app on your smartphone. And in times of crisis you can always call 801.587.3000 to talk to a trained counselor in a free and confidential call. l

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Oakwood Fire Kitchen

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on’t call Oak Wood Fire Kitchen a pizza place. Call them your community eatery where diners can enjoy fresh, local food selections to fit any mood or preference.

“We call it wood-fired cuisine,” Operations Manager Stu Brown said. “We don’t want to be stuck with just the pizza moniker.”

The burning heart of Oak Wood Fire Kitchen is the brick-and-mortar oven. Brown described it as a traditional wood-fired oven with a giant slab that people would likely be familiar with from other Italian pizza establishments.

As the name suggests, only oak is used as the fuel.

“We cook whatever we can in it — all the way from meatballs and cookies to steak and chicken roulade,” Brown said.

The original Oak Wood Fire Kitchen location opened at 715 East 12300 South in Draper in June 2014. Almost exactly two years later, the business is expanding as customers are increasingly appreciating access to fresh and flavorful wood-fired cuisine. Their new second location is at 110 West Broadway in Salt Lake City.

The idea for Oak Wood started in 2013 when a group of soccer friends wanted to create a neighborhood eatery that would cater to locals’ tastes, both in food and atmosphere.

Oak Wood Fire Kitchen strives to create a comfortable environment that feels new and hip, but also welcoming and warm. It’s a restaurant where the staff knows you and you know the staff.

The comfortable atmosphere, varied menu and reasonable prices make Oak Wood Fire Kitchen an eatery for everyone to enjoy on date nights, birthday celebrations, lunches with friends, or just a go-to restaurant for lunch or dinner.

You can even catch the game here. While definitely not a sports-themed restaurant, each location has several 70-inch televisions in the dining room so the big game won’t be missed.

Families are especially welcome at Oak Wood Fire Kitchen. Brown said the Draper location caters to families with crayons for the kids and a varied kid’s menu, which features individual-sized pizzas for young diners. The staff will even demonstrate how to stretch pizza dough while the kids wait for their order.

Brown said the most notable accomplishment of the business is that they have loyal repeat customers. The success of being able to open a new downtown location demonstrates that. l

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Garbett Homes understands the importance of this decision and builds homes with the mindset that a home is more about just walls and a roof: it’s a starting point for all that people do.

With this in mind, Garbett has begun construction on a townhome project in Daybreak’s popular SoDa Row area called Parkway Station.

These 27 new homes with seven floor plan options include at least one outdoor living space such as balconies, roof top terraces or patio spaces and solar panels as standard features.

Living in these townhomes means homebuyers will also get SoDo Row, Oquirrh Lake and a UTA Trax station all within walking distance and The District and Mountain View Corridor just a short drive away.

Models for the first phase of townhomes will open in early 2017 and the pre-selling will begin soon, with prices from $230s.

“When people buy from Garbett Homes, they’re not only buying

a home,” Garbett Homes President Bryson Garbett said, “they’re also buying into a lifestyle choice.”

Garbett started his construction career as a young man, working as an 18-year-old framer. He graduated from the University of Utah with a history degree and then started his own company in 1988.

After 28 years of perseverance and excellence, Garbett Homes has become one of the largest and most innovative homebuilders in the state.

Garbett is also selling complete “inventory homes” and three home sites in the single-family housing phase called Solaris. The newest phase of Solaris opened on Sept. 2. Additionally, Garbett has opened 10 of 25 additional home sites of their next phase of development that incorporates their most popular plans and exciting new updates.

Garbett builds homes and townhomes using its award-winning formula of utilizing the latest “green technology and design” and affordability in Daybreak communities.

The homes in Daybreak set themselves apart with modern interiors and exteriors. Because of Garbett’s pride in being “Utah’s Greenest Homebuilder,” all homes in these new developments offer solar panels as a standard feature and are built to exceed the Energy Star 3.0 standards that all Daybreak builders are required to meet.

Homeowners will definitely notice the advanced framing, drywall, and insulation practices in their lower utility bills.

To further decrease the cost of homeownership and increase energy and resource efficiency, Garbett has partnered with Slow The Flow to offer Solaris buyers the option to “Flip Your Strip,” or remove lawn or minimize greenery in parking strips. This saves both water

and money instead wasting an average of 10,000 gallons of water annually on poor irrigation practices.

Questions can be answered or an appointment can be made at the model home at 10458 S. Abbot Way, South Jordan, or by calling 801-396-9800 to speak with a new home specialist. l

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Activities to Help Kids Understand Halloweens of Long Ago

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alloween. It’s a holiday that leaves me confused and mystified. No, it’s not the witches brew getting to me, it’s the evolution of the holiday itself. Take for example this trunk or treat tradition where kids safely walk past parked cars, with cleverly decorated trunks that hold candy lures. Then there are the costumes, which look like characters from PG-13 Disney movies and cost a king’s ransom.

Perhaps I am confused because I had to endure candy hunting through my own neighborhood, wrapped up in a coat, with a pillowcase full of hard candy and stale raisins.

I wore a costume pieced together from torn sheets, yarn scraps and toilet paper.

It seems that the Halloweens of days gone by were much more imaginative and memorable than the picture-perfect, formulated, store-bought ones we are giving our kids today.

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materials. Sheets, scarves, old sunglasses, hangers, old clothes and shoes, pillows, cardboard boxes, wrapping paper and yes, even toilet paper can make for imaginative costumes.

2. Decorate a Halloween cookie.

And, speaking of cookies, no I didn’t say “frost” a Halloween cookie, I said “decorate.” Get out that creativity with Halloween colors, decorative sugars and different shaped cookie cutters.

5. Watch a vintage scary Halloween movie.

While your kids’ ages will most certainly determine the movies you allow them to watch, scary movies of yesterday are less scary and less violent than many of today’s blockbusters.

This year, with the passing of Gene Wilder, Mel Brook’s “Young Frankenstein” is calling my name. If you must cartoon it, how about “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”?

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3. Design a Halloween costume using only items found around the house.

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4. Enjoy a hay ride, corn maze or other fall activity.

There are many reasons you can talk yourself out of doing this activity—ignore them, and just go do it. A parent’s role in Halloween is passive as it is. Stop being the observer while your kids are having fun and do something together.

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But then. One morning you step onto the deck and see the Statue of Liberty standing in the New York Harbor, lifting her lamp and welcoming you to America. Breathtaking.

The hubby and I visited New York this summer and Lady Liberty was one of our first stops. At 130 years old, and standing 22-stories tall, she continues to attract people from all over the world who view her as a light in the darkness, a symbol of freedom, and the best place to buy overpriced ice cream cones and Statue of Liberty back scratchers.

While navigating the crowds on Liberty Island, I learned some things I thought I’d share with you.

1. Selfie sticks need to go. Maybe it’s an evolutionary stage. Maybe in 100 years, our arms will be three feet longer to accommodate our narcissistic self-obsession to document everything we do with a photo. I watched as girls stood in front of Lady Liberty, extended their selfie sticks and took seven or eight dozen pictures, flipping their hair from side to side and making kissy, duck faces at their cameras. By the angle of the phone, I’m sure the statue wasn’t even in the photo.

2. I’m so white. Picture hundreds of people with beautiful

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5. She still stands for freedom. At the statue’s right foot, a broken shackle and chain rest on the pedestal, representing freedom from oppression. Through all the shrieking immigration debates, her promise still resonates in the hearts of people all over the world: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

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