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hree years ago, the Corner Canyon High School cheer team won its first national championship in the Small Varsity Division. This year, the Chargers repeated the feat, this time in the Medium Varsity Division for the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championship April 24.

The Junior Varsity squad also had a program-best third place finish in the JV Division.

“This is the most special thing that could ever happen to a team or program,” said head coach Whitney Lunt. “There is nothing like winning at the National High School Cheerleading Championships.”

“The feeling of winning nationals was incomparable to anything else, that feeling of knowing all of our hard work paid off because we get those national champion jackets,” said senior Taylee Westra. “We were successful this season because of our hard work and determination—we never gave up on our goal no matter how hard it got.”

In this unique year, with many teams not traveling, Corner Canyon actually competed virtually for nationals, which is normally held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. This time around, the team filmed their performances at the high school in front of alumni, family and friends and submitted videos for each round of the competition.

“We filmed for five days trying to get the perfect video.

It was a grueling and intense process. I hope we never have to do it again!” Lunt said. “Having to film also dragged the process out much longer than normal. We had to wait several weeks for results and progressing through the rounds. Overall, The Corner Canyon High cheer squad won its second national title April 24, learning of their championship while watching virtually during a team getaway in St. George. (Photos courtesy Whitney Lunt) Continued page 10 it was a much longer and hard-

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Canyons School District introduces summer job partnership for students with disabilities

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

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ocal businesses have a chance to be part of a pilot program that employs Canyons School District students with disabilities, thanks to a two-year $111,000 pre-employment transition services grant from the Department of Workforce Services.

“We wrote a grant, a sub grant, from the Department of Workforce Services who gives grants out to a variety of community providers,” said Nate Edvalson, who is the program administrator for secondary and transition in special education and an administrator for the Canyons Transition Academy.

“The goal behind the program is for right now, to provide some services to 20 students this summer, providing so many hours of career exploration with them and figure out what they’re interest in post-high school is and then hook them up with a job that is related to that interest and getting involved in that job.”

He said that this will create better outcomes for students with disabilities by helping them have summer work experiences that show them how the world of work relates to their educational experiences and how education is relevant to them.

Canyons will provide skill job coaching for the high school juniors and seniors while area businesses will provide work experience in the Canyons Summer Work-Based Learning Program, Edvalson said.

“We’re looking at punctuality, honesty, trustworthiness, appropriate attire, hygiene, grooming and those kinds of things that make a good employee and the company will teach them the hard skills on the job, such as how to build something or how to design a computer program and those kinds of things they need to learn for that entry-level position or whatever position they’ve carved out for these students to have in work-based

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learning for about four weeks this summer,” he said, adding that he is looking into high school credit in career exploration for these students.

Edvalson said the program is a win-win for both students and the community.

“That gives students something to do and learn so once they graduate, they can contribute to the community and they’ll get paid from our partnership businesses, which many businesses are looking for summer help. The impetus behind it is trying to give students real-world experiences so that they understand the world of work and are more prepared for leaving high school, whether they go to pursue a college degree or some kind of post-secondary education or they go right into work. It’s specifically geared for students with disabilities and that is what the grant is funded for,” he said.

As part of the grant, 11 staff members will be paid to run the summer program as each student will be assigned a job coach to help students, who may have “very severe to very mild disabilities,” he said.

“They may need more intensive support

for the job coach to help them from doing this problem solving to maybe a student who just needs to check in. This allows them to have that someone there to watch them and work with the employer to see how this will best benefit the student and the organization,” he said. “It’s really customized to fit the student’s learning and the variety of businesses.”

This summer, Edvalson is lining up businesses to become part of the program based on student interest surveys to try to match a job experience with the students’ career aspirations. The interest could range from STEM careers to business to catering to manufacturing, but the goal is to help them be prepared for meaningful employment.

“We’d like to support the students and their goals, but also help our community.

We’re hopeful to have some really good experiences. My eventual vision would be serving 20 to 60 students; I really think this would be an awesome experience and partnership,” he said, adding that the District has an option to renew the grant for a third year.

Businesses should benefit from employing the diverse population, Edvalson said.

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“They’re going to benefit from different perspectives, different talents, different things to focus on making their business more friendly for employees that do actually have disabilities. They’re being more responsive to community and understanding that there’s a growing population of folks that they need to be sensitive to,” he said. “Eventually, businesses will want to take on more of those specific targeted groups and there are tax credits available for businesses to do that. There are some incentives there for businesses who are interested in making this a part of their mainstays.”

Edvalson hopes people will embrace this program and see the benefit.

“I think people look at a student with disabilities often as stereotypically with autism or Down syndrome, but we have students with disabilities that people wouldn’t know. They may struggle with a reading disability, for example, but people wouldn’t be able to look and see it. But they do impact different facets of their life if overcome or if they had different accommodations from their employer, they’ll bring great things to the table,” he said.

Businesses that are interested in offering a four- or five-week job should contact him at the school district, Edvalson said.

Canyons School District has about 3,000 students who have been identified with a disability, with approximately 1,000 of those being in high school.

“I’m excited about starting something,” he said. “I think that’s the coolest part is that we’re trying to do something different to engage students in a different way that they will hopefully benefit from.” l

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raper Historic Park will come alive with the sounds of rock, jazz, country and much more this June when the free Monday night summer concert series returns. All are invited to come to the park, spread out a blanket and relax or rock out to bands such as The Fabulous Flynn’s Tones, The Time Cruisers, Cantana and Killer Keyz Dueling Pianos.

“We’re really looking forward to playing Draper Historic Park,” said David Orza, who plays lead guitar for The Fabulous Flynn’s Tones. The band is kicking off the concert series on June 7.

While this will be the first time the band is playing Draper Historic Park, The Fabulous Flynn’s Tones have been playing outdoor summer concerts for years. “Our focus is the festival circuit in the summertime,” Orza explained. “We play to this type of audience, this is our people.”

The band’s saxophone player, Kevin Flynn, came up with the name for the band as well as the word “FRAZZL” to describe the mash-up of funk, rock, jazz and Latin music that they play. They perform a broad range of instrumental covers as well as original songs.

“We take people on little adventures,” Orza said. “We put something special in every song.” After decades of experience playing in other bands, the members have been together for eight years now. Orza described the chemistry between the musicians. “We have a grand time together. You wait your whole life for a combination of friends like this.”

Dieter Wachtel, a vocalist and drummer with The Time Cruisers, also spoke of how much the members of his band enjoy playing together. “We’re doing it for fun, it’s a serious hobby,” Wachtel said. The Time Cruisers will take the stage in Draper Historic Park on June 14.

This will be the second time that the band has participated in the concert series.

“It’s a great venue to play over there,” Wachtel said. “We play all over the state—fairs, art festivals, rodeos and weddings.”

Wachtel describes The Time Cruisers’ music as “Top 40 Oldies” or “family-friendly oldies rock.” They play well-known music from the ’50s, ’60s and a little ’70s including covers of songs by Elvis, the Beatles and Roy Orbison. All four band members sing together in two-part harmony.

“We’re not eye candy,” Wachtel said with a laugh. “We’re old guys, seasoned musicians. We play something for everybody.

It’s fun to play for a wide audience.”

Robyn Price, the lead vocalist for Cantana, also enjoys performing a variety of musical styles and genres. “We do classic rock, country, rockabilly, big band and more,” Price said. Cantana will perform on June 21.

“This will be our first time at Draper Historic

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Above: The Fabulous Flynn’s Tones will kick off the Monday night free concert series at Draper Historic Park on June 7. (Photo courtesy David Orza/The Fabulous Flynn’s Tones) Below: Cantana, featuring Robyn Price, Mark Dahl, Doug Dahl, Tel Dyer and Peter Jensen, will perform at Draper Historic Park on June 21. (Photo by Savi Price)

Park,” she said.

Local music fans might remember Cantana from their pre-pandemic gigs at Draper’s Ridge Café. The band underwent some changes in their lineup during the past year.

Three new Utah musicians have joined with original Cantana members Price and keyboardist Mark Dahl.

What hasn’t changed much is the band’s repertoire. “We play a lot of the same songs,” Price said. These include covers by artists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lauren Daigle, Billy Joel, Linda Ronstadt, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty. One of Price’s favorite pieces is the Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” which she sings with Dahl.

She is looking forward to playing Draper Historic Park. “I love performing to all ages with music through the ages, because the energy we get back is amazing!” Price said.

Kirk Garrett, half of the Killer Keyz Dueling Pianos duo, has been playing the June concert series at Draper Historic Park for eight years and remarked that audiences there are special. “This is a family-friendly show which makes it fun for us,” Garrett said. “We get unusual requests that we don’t get at other shows.” Killer Keyz Dueling Pianos will perform on June 28.

The concept for a Killer Keyz show is

that audience members submit song requests just before the performance. “We like people to ask us to play songs that we know,” Garrett said. “There’s always somebody that will try to stump us, but that’s not the point.

We play everything across the board, all different styles.”

Both Garrett and his Killer Keyz partner, Rich Wyman, have been playing piano their entire lives. They have amassed a huge repertoire of songs ranging from standards of the 1940s through pop, rock and country hits of the ensuing decades to current “newer stuff.”

Killer Keyz Dueling Pianos tours nationally, but they look forward to the Draper Park concert series. “It is so much fun. We get everyone from little kids to seniors in the audience. We get such a wide variety of song requests,” Garrett said. “We love coming back every year and seeing many of the same people come year after year. It’s a pleasure for us to do this type of show.”

The free summer concerts at Draper Historic Park begin at 7 p.m. on Monday evenings in June. Draper Historic Park is located at 12625 S. 900 East. l

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Draper City Presents The Return of Draper Nights 2021 20-year Anniversary and Historic “Come Together” Community Celebration of Unity, Hope and Gratitude with three nights of spectacular Concerts and Fireworks, July 15-17

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Draper Nights Returns July 15-17, 2021 Draper City has a deep history of unity, service and community events and gatherings. Draper has grown over many decades and provides a beautiful and heartwarming quality of life for all!! And yet, the COVID crisis created an unprecedented separation and isolation over the past year. Thus, we are all the more grateful to reunite on July 15-17 as we enjoy the RETURN OF DRAPER NIGHTS 2021. This will be our 20th Anniversary with spectacular concerts and fireworks once again.

It all began 20 years ago, in 2001, when LaVar Christensen presented to Draper City his vision and offer to bring top national artists to Draper City Park to perform timeless hits and music memories for all to enjoy. The first Draper Nights Concerts began with the British Invasion and the stars of the Broadway production, “Beatlemania”, followed by Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits, BJ Thomas, The Rascals, The Happenings, John Ford Coley, Maxine Nightingale, AMERICA, Little River Band, Collin Raye, Diamond Rio, Lone Star, former band member Steve Augeri and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter performing the best of Journey, Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Don McLean with Starry, Starry Night and Bye, Bye Miss American Pie and more, former band members of Chicago and Kansas and top national artists featuring the music of the Beach Boys, Neil Diamond, Alabama, Four Seasons, Whitney Houston, Credence Clearwater and numerous favorite Broadway productions.

It truly does just get better every year! Together with Draper City, our generous and loyal sponsors and volunteers make it possible and we are forever grateful! Thank you to our Mayor, City Council, City Officials and Draper Community Foundation. We are so grateful to share this much-loved tradition and annual event with families and friends and our ever-growing business community.

This year, Thursday night, July 15, presents the Carpenters Tribute featuring Michelle Whited and Tapestry with Suzanne Davis and the Carole King Songbook. Friday night, July 16, presents the James Taylor Experience with the Fire & Rain Band and Broadway Star Tony Kishman with orchestra performing a symphonic tribute to the legendary music of Sir Paul McCartney. Saturday, July 17, features the return of ABC TV Nashville Stars, SIXWIRE and the best of rock and roll and country including “Saturday in the Park” with long-time lead singer of CHICAGO, Jason Scheff, plus SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS ALL THREE NIGHTS AND FREE ADMISSION!!

Grab your blankets and chairs and bring your family and friends. DON’T MISS IT! This will truly be an historic event and community celebration of unity, hope and gratitude as DRAPER NIGHTS returns to Draper City Park.

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Summit STEAM Week allowed students to explore, discover, have fun at home

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

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pandemic like COVID-19 isn’t going to stop Summit Academy from hosting its annual STEAM event for students and families, but it did allow it to be delivered differently.

“We’ve always had the event at the school with a theme and activities for students to do and businesses to come support it, so we didn’t not want to hold it, we just decided to hold it as a virtual event over a week,” said Erin Hughes, Summit’s STEM coordinator and sixthgrade teacher.

The at-home STEAM week had a HyperDoc that allowed families to download activities, from making paper helicopters and paper gliders with a straw to providing directions on how to create a chalk flower to multiply the petals. In addition, students in several grades had their art projects showcased.

“We sent home supplies for most of the projects so students and their families had everything they needed,” she said, adding that she also used a couple bags of tiny marshmallows so the students could shoot them into hot chocolate after they created catapults. “We did it in class in the winter and they had a blast.”

While most of the activities were mostly geared for elementary students, Hughes said she heard back that older students and families enjoyed the time together.

“The file was downloaded 284 times, so I felt good about our participation,” she said, adding that some students posted photos of the projects they did. “We sent kits home so these activities could be easily done. We

wanted them to know they didn’t need fancy robotics or expensive materials to do STEAM activities.”

In addition, some teachers held their own STEAM activities in class during the week or talked to students about the ones that they did at home.

“Students are more curious to try things out and are interested in learning new things. I’m a firm believer of hands-on learning and creating those opportunities for students,” she said. “It’s a fun way to learn.”

In addition to teaching activities to students, Hughes also provides trainings and resources for faculty so they can incorporate STEAM into their lesson plans.

“We’ve had students learn about merge cubes to dissecting owl pellets to relate what they discover to themselves,” she said.

Merge cubes are black and silver physical cubes with inlaid designs that interact with the app to transform the cube into a digital canvas where they have been able to see the solar system in their hands, she said.

“It’s exciting and fun for them,” Hughes said.

“STEAM week gave them the opportunity to learn and discover things together with their family.” l

A Summit Academy sixth-grader shows the catapult she made to shoot marshmallows into her hot chocolate. (Erin Hughes/Summit Academy)

City Journals Economic Overview

Utah Employment Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels

By Robert Spendlove, Zions Bank Senior Economist

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ne year after the economic recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic began, Utah’s economy has emerged as one of the strongest in the nation. Utah’s unemployment rate in April was 2.8%, down from 2.9% in March and nearly as low as it was before the pandemic.

Utah is now tied with South Dakota and Nebraska for the lowest unemployment in the nation.

Utah also has the second-highest job growth in the nation, ticking up 2.5% in the last 24 months. This is just behind Idaho’s job growth of 3.9% in the same time period. In fact, Utah and Idaho are the only two states that have added jobs in the last two years. Utah added 35,600 jobs over the past two years, with professional and business services (+15,700) leading the growth. Other sectors that saw notable gains were construction (+11,900); trade, transportation and utilities (+9,800); financial activities (+8,800); and manufacturing (+6,900).

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However, the government (-10,500); leisure and hospitality (-7,600); and natural resources (-1,400) sectors have all lost jobs in the past 24 months.

While the strong job market and low unemployment are very positive for Utah, our state is once again struggling with a labor shortage. Simply put, there are not enough people in the Utah labor force to meet demand for workers. If this continues for too long, it could constrain potential economic growth, especially for smaller companies that must compete with larger employers for these workers.

Robert Spendlove is senior economist for Zions Bank, a division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A.

Draper Park Middle wins sixth-grade intramural title

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

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raper Park Middle’s sixth-grade team put together solid games, dribbling, passing, playing defense, scoring and making all the right moves in Canyons School District’s coed middle school soccer tournament; the Vikings were crowned 2021 champions. Union Middle won the seventh-grade bracket and Albion took the eighth-grade title. Last year’s event didn’t happen because of the soft closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian Hills eighth-grade team member Zach Lovell said, “The best part is that everyone can join. I got a couple friends, some who didn’t play, and we were passing the ball, laughing and just having fun.” Pictured here is a battle between Indian Hills Middle and Albion Middle, the eventual champions. (Julie Slama/City Journals) l

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The Point’s master plan progresses and should be finished this summer

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

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lans for The Point are progressing to shape the future of the 600 acres of state-owned land that bridges Salt Lake and Utah counties where the Utah State Prison currently sits.

“We’re at an important stage of our planning process where we’ve just received a draft of the framework plan. It’s an early draft and we wanted it to be early so we can get public input for a plan this summer,” said Alan Matheson, The Point’s executive director.

To that end, The Point held a virtual open houses May 4 and 20.

They also sent out a survey that anyone from the public can take. The survey closes at 5 p.m. May 28. It can be accessed by visiting bit.ly/planthepointsurvey The survey takes approximately five minutes to complete. It includes questions on ranking preferences for what types of entertainment, retail, open space, and activities the public would like to see at the site. It asks what types and sizes of parks people would like to see, preferred forms of transportation including options of electric vehicles, autonomous shuttles, trolleys or passenger vans.

It asks about the character of streets people desire and types of housing, whether high-end including designs for retirees, or more affordable homes for families and people in the workforce.

The survey also asks what types of training and education should be offered, whether traditional K-12, training and education geared toward trades, or university-level courses. Finally, it asks how much of an environmental focus there should be at the site including the possibility of solar and wind power and the conservation of water.

The firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill began work in January 2021 on the first stage of developing a master plan. That phase involved gathering information on previous public input, data,

demographics, etc. The second stage was developing planning concepts and evaluating them to see how they performed relative to 25 key performance metrics.

“Essentially we tested 25 different ideas by developing a range of concepts and using analytical tools to test how they’d perform,” Matheson said. That involved analysis of how much traffic each idea might generate, what the mix of uses would be, how many jobs might be created, impact on air quality and access to open space.

The next stage was to take what Matheson called “the best-performing and most exciting elements” from those concepts to further develop the draft plan. Some of the concepts included are: 1) A central park, or a roughly 5- to 10-acre park in the middle of the site for public events and gatherings.

2) A range to river trail connecting Jordan River Parkway to the foothills of the Wasatch, providing a migration corridor for wildlife and recreation throughout the site.

3) Neighborhood circulator, or a system to get people through the districts of the site so people could access any area by taking the internal circulator. It might be an electric, autonomous vehicle that would still maintain opportunities for people to walk safely and do so in quiet surroundings.

4) An entertainment and retail center that might include performing arts, theatres and shopping experiences.

Beyond the two virtual open houses held in May and the public input survey, a finalized plan is expected in July.

“Just a reminder, we’re calling it a framework plan because it’s not going to have every detail of where each building will go.

It’s designed to provide a good understanding of the types of uses that will be there, but we’re building in flexibility, recognizing that

The public is being asked to weigh-in on the developing master plan for The Point by participating in virtual open houses and/or taking the survey which closes May 28. (Courtesy The Point)

over time there will be changes in the market, preferences of consumers, technology, and we want to be able to adapt over time to those changes. We want to make sure this is a project that is relevant and future-focused well into the coming decades,” Matheson said.

In mid-2022, inmates will be relocated to the new correctional facility and some site preparation work for future development will begin.

“This is becoming much more real and more exciting as we have some compelling ideas that we think will set the standard for a sustainable, future-focused development in Utah, a place that will attract the attention of the world and will be a beloved community in Utah,” Matheson said.

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Continued from front page er process than attending the championships in person.”

“This was so physically and mentally hard on all of us,” said senior Lily Baird. “It was hard to stay motivated, but it was important for us to remember that we are trained for this. Everyone bought into this team and gave it their all.”

Senior Madisyn Wankier said the love the team shares with each other was the key to winning this season. “We as a team pulled together to complete the hardest week of nationals we’ve ever had,” she said. “We also knew there was no reason to stop or hold back this year because we had lost so much.

Why not use every moment we get to push for success?”

The CCHS team spent what would have been their time away at nationals on a weekend getaway in St. George to watch the championships aired together. “This was super fun and special and even though we couldn’t travel to Florida, it helped make it more special,” Lunt said. “It was also really fun for the girls to bond and get to spend time with each other since so much has been taken away from them this season. It was the best way to spend time together and to find out that we won.”

“Even without all the cameras and glam and extra things we usually have at nationals, seeing our names pop up as the national champs made me just cry and yell and hug

everyone,” said Wankier. “It was so rewarding and happy and such a good moment to have as we haven’t had that many this year.

Realizing all that we completed was such a humbling experience. We have come so far and done so much for this one moment.”

The Chargers squad also placed fourth at the invite-only America’s Cup, which was also virtual this year, that aired in late April.

In this competition, they went up against the top 20 teams—middle school, high school, all-girl or coed—from across the country in a unique non-classification event.

Also on the varsity team (who won their fourth state championship this year) were Lauren Adams, Avery Adamson, Lily Baird, Brooke Barney, Lizzie Boyle, Lauren Easton, Jessica Flores, Shannon Gillespie, Annabelle Harris, Zoe Kener, Emilie Mecham, Brooklynne Nelson, Ella Nelson, Bethany Rooklidge, Olivia Sharp, Madisyn Wankier, Taylee Westra, Jade Winkel, Danika Wood and Kylie Wood.

The JV squad (who also won region and state this year) consisted of Bailey Davis, Ella Duffin, Eloise Fletcher, Kiki Haward, Addy Jones, Abbie Keys, Ellie Keys, Kimberly Lilienquist, Ashley Macievic, Paige Rees, Christine Schmidt, Kennedy Scott and Macy Watts.

Lunt was assisted on the coaching staff

by Kyler Schofield, Bria Bowthorpe, Stephanie Sampson and choreographer Cameron Larsen.

The Corner Canyon High cheer squad won its second national title April 24, learning of their championship while watching virtually during a team getaway in St. George. (Photos courtesy Whitney Lunt)

“This has been our best season overall able to do what we love and to be successful for our team and program,” Lunt said. “We doing it. I’m excited to see what we can acare super grateful and feel so blessed to be complish in the future.” l

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Area children, age 18 years and under, will be able to have free meals at select curbside school locations beginning June 1. The meals are for any youth those ages, not just Canyons School District students, and parents may pick up the meals without children present.

The meals will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or until the meals run out. Families will be provided enough food to cover the week. Two breakfasts and lunches will be given out on Tuesdays, and three breakfasts and lunches will be given out on Thursdays.

Daily menus can be found at canyonsdistrict.nutrislice.com.

The meals are provided at these locations: • East Midvale Elementary, 6990 S. 300 East, Midvale

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• Midvale Elementary, 7830 South Chapel St., Midvale • Jordan High, 95 Beetdigger Blvd., Sandy • Bell View Elementary, 9800 S. 800 East, Sandy • Butler Middle, 7530 S. 2700 East, Cottonwood Heights • Sandy Elementary, 8725 S. 280 East, Sandy • Willow Springs Elementary, 13288 Lone Rock Dr., Draper • Crescent Elementary, 11100 S. 230 East, Sandy • Midvalley Elementary, 217 E. 7800 South, Midvale • Copperview Elementary, 8449 Monroe St., Midvale Students enrolled in CSD’s by-invitation Summer Boost program will be served free breakfast and lunch Monday through Thursday, during the days of June 7-24, in the cafeteria of the school site they are attending.

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wo new flowering Crabapple Royal Raindrop trees with magenta-pink blossoms now adorn Southridge Park. Draper City officials, staff and volunteers celebrated Arbor Day and the city’s 22nd year of recognition as a Tree City USA by planting the trees, and the city continues to plant and maintain trees on city-owned property while also working to be water-wise.

The Tree City USA designation comes from the Arbor Day Foundation. Draper achieves that annual recognition by meeting the foundation’s requirements of having a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.

Draper’s Tree Commission, made up of volunteers including Dan Portwood, meets monthly to advise the city on what trees to plant, where, and how to take care of them.

“What a great resource. We have several people who own nurseries, one is the arborist for Thanksgiving Point, it’s just a wonderful, knowledgeable group of people,” Portwood said. He is especially impressed that the city’s website has information that can be accessed by all residents about tree planting. “You don’t

see a lot of cities with that information available.”

Portwood said his wife is “the tree expert,” but he’s happy to volunteer on the Tree Commission to help the city. “Having lived in Utah for a few years, I’m not a big fan of sagebrush! I love trees. I wanted to get involved to be of assistance in some way to help beautify the city. There’s nothing better than going out for a nice evening stroll on a beautiful, shade-covered street,” he said.

Certified arborist Tom Flynn is Draper City’s forester. He maintains city-owned trees in park strips and parks including pruning them and doing risk assessment of dead limbs that could fall. He also handles the planning and purchase of trees for the city. Flynn said the species of tree planted at Southridge Park was chosen because of its drought tolerance and ability to thrive in local conditions.

According to Flynn, the city has put a big emphasis on being water-wise in recent years.

They’ve updated the city’s irrigation clocks with a new technology that allows an analysis of weather data from a series of weather stations in an effort to water more efficiently.

“We’re able to draw that weather data from a very close proximity to any given irrigation

City staff, volunteers and officials planted two flowering Crabapple Royal Raindrop trees at Southridge Park in observance of Arbor Day. Pictured L-R are David Dobbins, Rhett Ogden, Tom Flynn, Troy Walker, Tasha Lowery, Marsha Vawdrey, Fred Lowry and Jeff Stenquist. (Mimi Darley Dutton/City Journals)

clock. It will take that into account and decide what is the appropriate amount of water at each clock throughout the city. In the past, we’d turn on a clock and it would water regardless of conditions, even when it was raining. Given the drought we’re in, it’s a really valuable feature,” Flynn said.

At the Arbor Day event, Parks and Recreation Director Rhett Ogden read a poem written by a middle schooler named Ilan Shamir titled “Advice from A Tree.” It included the phrases, “stand tall and be proud, think long

term, go out on a limb, remember your place among all living beings, embrace with joy the changing seasons, feel the wind and the sun, drink plenty of water, be flexible, and enjoy the view.”

The new trees at Southridge Park will flower each spring and are expected to grow to 15-20 feet tall in approximately 15 years. They have deep purple foliage that remains even after their flowers fade and the leaves transition to bronze, orange and mahogany in the fall. l

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Revised plans for Draper’s first Ranked Choice Voting election

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raper will indeed have its first Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) municipal election in November, but after considering running the election through Utah County, city officials have chosen to once again contract with the Salt Lake County Clerk’s office.

Ranked Choice Voting is the informal name for the Municipal Alternate Voting Method. In the last legislative session, District 51 State Rep. Jeff Stenquist introduced H.B. 75, confirming that it’s the decision of a city council (not a city’s mayor) to pursue a pilot project for RCV. As a compromise in getting the bill through the senate, it was changed to state that any city could contract with any county in the state to run their election, that they didn’t have to contract with the county the city resides in.

“It’s going to be really interesting to see what cities contract outside their county to do it. Draper is in a unique position because it spans into Utah County, so they could have done that without the bill to participate,” Stenquist said.

Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen said, “Our former system didn’t allow us to offer Ranked Choice Voting. The new system does accommodate it. We feel confident as far as the equipment we’ve chosen, Dominion. They are Election Assistance Commission certified. Their software is certified for Ranked Choice Voting which is very important.”

Laura Oscarson, Draper City’s recorder, expressed confidence in Salt Lake County elections. “We’ve always used Salt Lake County Clerk’s office in the last many years, it really was just a matter of the council really wanted to do Ranked Choice Voting. If it wasn’t going to be an option through Salt Lake County, they wanted to give themselves the option of doing it through Utah County. Salt Lake County is a much better fit for

us since they’re in Salt Lake County and so are we. And because we’ve used them in the past, and we’ve never had problems, we have a good relationship with them. I will tell you that Salt Lake County is less expensive than Utah County for us to run the RCV election,” Oscarson said.

Ranked Choice Voting is just as it sounds. All the candidates are listed on the ballot and each voter ranks them in City Recorder Laura order of their first to last choice. The Oscarson was directed person or persons with 50% or more

by Draper’s city council to conduct the city’s first of the votes are declared the winner(s).

No primary is needed so it saves both Ranked Choice Voting the city and the candidates money. It’s municipal election in also said to lead to more collegial camNovember, through the Salt Lake County paigning because, if a candidate isn’t Clerk’s office. (Courtesy your first choice, they hope to be your Draper City) second or so on.

“When you have a primary, it’s essentially running two elections. It’s expensive and a lot of work if you want to be a successful candidate. This (RCV) may encourage people who don’t think they have the money or the wherewithal to do it that they can participate. I think there are some good things that will come out of it and I hope the residents will like this pilot program,” Oscarson said.

Two at-large city council positions and the office of mayor will be on the November ballot. Swensen indicated there have

to be more than double the number candidates file than there are seats available for Ranked Choice Voting to work. For example, in order for RCV to be applied there would have to be more than four candidates for the city council positions and more than two candidates for mayor. “If one contest should require RCV because of the number of candidates and the other doesn’t, they would both be included on the same ballot,” she said.

“I imagine most cities have more than enough candidates, at least that’s my experience in Draper. We have lots of people who want to be involved which is awesome,” Oscarson said.

Because RCV doesn’t require a primary, the declaration period for candidates will be Aug. 10-17 and ballots will be mailed out Oct. 12. As with all Utah elections, it will be vote by mail.

According to Oscarson, May 10 was the deadline for cities to decide if they wanted to try RCV for the November election.

Because this is a statewide pilot project for RCV, Oscarson said the Lieutenant Governor’s office will meet with city recorders and do outreach and education so that voters will understand and be ready for the new election format.

“Talking to the recorder from Vineyard who did it already, she said people caught on really fast,” Oscarson said.

Oscarson and Linda Peterson, Draper’s communications director, said that both the state and the county’s websites will be good resources for voters to learn about the candidates and about this new style of voting. Peterson encouraged voters to check their registration status at the Utah State website. “For instance, if you’ve moved or such, that has to be squared away,” she said.

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Juan Diego golf takes third at state

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com The Juan Diego Catholic High School girls golf team placed third at the 4A state championships at Meadowbrook Golf Course May 12-13. “I am so proud of my girls,” said head coach Jason Andersen. “The entire team faced their own struggles at multiple times over the two days and were able to show their true character by continuing to grind and compete. The Soaring Eagle squad was led by Grayson Gagnon, who placed seventh, and ninth-place finisher Cabria Walters.

“Besides [state champion] Pine View, we were the only other school with two top-10 individuals,” Andersen said. “I think that is a great accomplishment on their part.” Also competing for JDCHS at state were Shayne Farnsworth (20th), Ashley Cutshall (32nd), Saydia Worrall (53rd) and Jazmin Asmer (63rd). “After watching the other team presented with their championship trophy, my girls came up to me as a team and said they want that experience and are willing to do whatever it takes,” Andersen said. “They are not satisfied and want to win. You can’t teach that determination. I can’t wait to see what the next few years hold for these girls.” (Photos courtesy Jason Andersen)

‘Fought like lions,’ Corner Canyon takes second at state

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com Corner Canyon High freshman Aidan Rideout won the 6A state championship at No. 2 singles with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win over Lone Peak’s Abe Robbins May 13 at Liberty Park. His title and other top finishes helped the Chargers take second place overall to the Knights. “Aidan played an incredible match against [Lone Peak’s] Abe Robbins. They are both great players and today was Aidan’s turn for the victory,” said CCHS head coach and Aidan’s mother Allison Rideout. “It was awesome!” Prior to his final round, Aidan Rideout lost just four games in the six sets he played to reach the championship. Junior Spencer Willes, playing at No. 3 singles, lost in the finals to the Knights’ Griffin Karras 6-3, 6-3 while Corner Canyon’s No. 1 doubles team of Cole Jenkins/Beau Welker were also defeated in the title match against Lone Peak’s Nate Ashton/Brayden Blodgett 7-5, 6-0. “It was a great day,” coach Rideout said. “All of the boys competed very well. We were so proud of the way they played. They fought like lions and as spectators we watched some great tennis.” Also competing at state for the Chargers were Tristan Buckner-Munteanu who lost at No. 1 singles to Bingham’s Josh Peterson 7-6, 6-2 in the second round and the No. 2 doubles team of Charlie Jenkins/Connor Shaw who lost to American Fork’s Sam Jensen/Treson Hucks 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round. “We are thrilled that we played so well and to place second at state,” coach Rideout said. “We lost a couple close matches in the finals, but all of the boys contributed to our awesome second place finish. We are motivated to work even harder and take it all next year.” (Photos courtesy Allison Rideout)

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The Chargers had a four stroke lead late into the second round before the Darts mounted a comeback and came out on top. Corner Canyon finished tied with Lone Peak for second place so Savannah Romney, Victoria Romney, Bella Boman and Ellie Whitehead competed in a playoff with the Knights, winning after three holes, to own the second spot outright. “It was pretty crazy, and it felt like we had just won the entire thing,” Gagon said. Savannah and Victoria Romney earned All-State honors with sixth and seventh place finishes, respectively, to lead the Chargers. Ellie Whitehead tied for 12th while Bella Boman—who was the low score for Corner Canyon after day one with an 81—took 14th and Alyssa Meadows tied for 15th. Laney Ross also competed in the two-day tournament. “The girls stepped up and they left everything out on the course,” Gagon said. “I’m so proud of all of them.” (Photos courtesy Lexi Gagon

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Draper Arts Council kicks off summer with ‘Mamma Mia’ at Draper Amphitheater

By Katherine Weinstein | k.weinstein@mycityjournals.com

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hen “Mamma Mia,” the hit jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA, opened on Broadway in October 2001, it brought much-needed joy and escapism to audiences in the aftermath of 9/11.

Susan DeMill, the director of Draper Arts Council’s production of “Mamma Mia,” feels that it’s the perfect show for the current moment. “After this past year, coming together for singing, dancing and having fun is just what the doctor ordered,” she said.

The production was cast and much of the set was built over a year ago, but the show was postponed due to the pandemic. The actors are excited at the prospect of finally performing for an audience. “This really is a catharsis for us,” said Chad Smith, who plays Harry.

In the show, Harry is one of three men invited to a wedding by a young bride, Sophie, who is determined to find out which of her mother’s former boyfriends is her father. Sophie lives on a Greek island with her free-spirited mother, Donna. Donna’s two best friends, Tanya and Rosie, who used to sing with her in a girl band called “The Dynamos,” also come for the wedding. Over the course of the festivities, the bonds of mother/daughter love are tested, friendships are renewed and old flames are rekindled.

The music of ‘70’s Swedish pop super group, ABBA, reflects the emotions of the characters and propels the storyline.

In 2008, a movie version of “Mamma Mia” starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried became one of the top-grossing films of the year. The Draper Arts Council production, however, differs from the film in a couple of key ways. Certain scenes have been changed up and the script has been edited.

“We cleaned up the language a little bit,” DeMill explained. “This is definitely a family-centered show.”

DeMill credits the fact that she grew up dancing during the ABBA era for her decision to make the “Dancing Queen” number “the centerpiece of the show.” While it is not a major scene in the movie, in the Draper Arts Council production, “young Sophie becomes the Dancing Queen.”

The song “Slipping Through My Fingers” is staged as a journey into Donna’s memory, showing her interacting with her daughter at different ages. Tara Kearl, who plays Donna, explained that as a mother of three in real life, she related to the character as she came to terms with her daughter growing up and getting married. “I pulled in my emotions from my real life,” Kearl said.

Kearl is enjoying the role of Donna. “I love her!” she said. “She’s a really deep character that I didn’t expect to find. There’s a lot of emotion.”

Sara Holbrook said that she can also relate to her character, Sophie, on an emotional level. “Sophie gets emotionally involved in people, like I do,” she said.

Several cast members said that they didn’t appreciate the depth of the musical’s plot and the characters until they took on their roles. Serena Mackerell, who plays Donna’s friend Tanya, remarked that audiences will be surprised as well. “People may think it’s just a concert with an underlying story,” she said. “You’re going to get a lot more than you think.”

“It’s relatable,” added Chad Smith. “It’s about things that are universal.”

Linze Struiksma, who plays Donna’s friend Rosie, elaborated. “The show is more about relationships,

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The entire cast of “Mamma Mia” poses for the camera on stage at Draper Amphitheater. (Photo by Taylor Davenport/Draper Arts Council)

especially the relationship between the mother and the daughter.”

At the same time, “Mamma Mia” captures the sheer fun of ABBA’s music and iconic look down to the white platform boots and sequined outfits worn by the characters in some of the song and dance numbers. Kearl noted that while her role is “very emotional, I also get to have a blast with my girlfriends, my Dynamo girls!”

The cast has been working hard and having a lot of fun with the choreography. After the isolation and uncertainty of the past year, the actors are thrilled to be performing together.

“It’s been an uplifting thing to experience,” Holbrook said. “We’ve become such good friends based on our experience doing the show.”

DeMill is eager to spread the word about the show.

“It’s nothing but straight fun,” she said. “It’s a joy!”

Draper Arts Council will present “Mamma Mia,” with music and lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, at Draper Amphitheatre on May 28, 29, 31 and June 4, 5, 7, 11 and 12. Draper Amphitheatre is located at 944 Vestry Road in Draper. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit draperartscouncil.org. l

Chad Smith (Harry), Dan Martinez (Bill), Serena Segura Mackerell (Tonya), Sam Martinez (Sky), Sara Holbrook (Sophie), Cris Kennedy (Sam), Tara Lewis Kearl (Donna) and Linze Struiksma (Rosie) pose as their characters in the Draper Arts Council production of “Mamma Mia.” (Photo by Taylor Davenport/Draper Arts Council)

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Local youth historians to compete at national competition

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

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t started as a class assignment, but with an interest in politics, Draper Park Middle School eighth-grader William Harrison’s paper became a passion to relate how presidential races use television to communicate throughout history.

The 2,112-word paper begins, “From press conferences to town halls, board meetings to prime-time debates, communication is at the core of politics. Candidates who can most effectively communicate with the public beat out those who can’t, and incumbents who artfully persuade their constituents are the ones who stay in office.” That statement directly correlates to the History Day’s theme, “Communication and History: The Key to Understanding,” In his paper, William illustrates that with the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate, quoting PBS, “According to PBS, ‘Before the debate began, public opinion polls showed a close race between the two men. But the television cameras changed that.’”

Nixon was recovering from surgery while Kennedy looked youthful and photogenic; Americans believed that and it helped Kennedy win the election, he said.

“I focused on how the difference in appearance influenced the perception of the debate,” William said.

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“Reagan was able to emotionally connect with the audience, bringing large swings in his approval ratings,” William wrote, including many examples of how he reassured the nation with televised speeches. “In 1983, President Reagan gave a televised address on the situation in Lebanon, in Grenada, which at the time had been an escalating situation. He had made some important policy decisions that were controversial.”

Reagan, for his ability to be charismatic and relate to his audience, was nicknamed, The Great Communicator.

William included Reagan’s thoughts: “I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: It was the content.

I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn’t spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation—from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in principles that have guided us for two centuries.”

William also showed how George W. Bush’s approval rating soared 35 to 40 points higher after the 9-11 terrorists’ attacks.

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With the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could,’” he wrote about the 43rd president.

“I talked about the rally around the flag effect and how Bush managed to unite Americans behind him in a time of crisis,” William said.

He said that much of his research he was able to do on the J store database, where he could obtain 100 free articles per month. He also read books, speeches, debates and newspaper coverage.

William said his first paper for class wasn’t “particularly great, but I managed to improve it a bit for the regional competition and then, much more after” for state. “I went more in-depth. I found new research to add, and I added analysis as to how it is that presidents can use television to influence public opinion.

I went into the fact that it’s very important for presidents to try to form an emotional connection with the viewer and appeal to the intuition of who’s the audience.”

He hopes to improve his paper more before nationals.

“What I want to do is contrast the classical uses of television with unsuccessful ones.

I was thinking perhaps show Reagan and then contrast that with Jimmy Carter, who is not very good on television,” he said.

This year, History Day Fair competitions were held virtually to ensure the safety and health of student competitors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

William said that it was important that he

picked a topic that interested him.

“If you don’t, you will have a lot of difficulty motivating yourself to research it,” he said, adding that writing a paper set him at ease versus other choices of delivery method.

That was the key to a trio of Union Middle School girls, Allie Murray, Sara Russell and Ellie Glover, who researched and created a group exhibit that illustrated their findings about women’s suffrage. They said they picked a topic that interested them and wanted to learn more about it as well as an exhibit style they were comfortable with presenting. Their group exhibit, “Women’s Suffrage,” won the state title and advanced them to nationals.

Their classmate, Isabella Toledo, shared her heritage with “Quipus,” a way Incas communicate in South America, and was crowned state champion in the individual performance category. She also will compete for the national title.

In the senior division, Jordan High’s Elsie Grow will present her paper, “For the Advancement and Betterment of Humanity: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage at Utah’s Constitutional Convention.” Grow was honored with special awards at state, including the American West Prize and the Glen & Caroline Miner Prize in Utah History.

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Disney Day returns to Corner Canyon campus after a year hiatus

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

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very year since Corner Canyon High opened, student government leaders have created a Disney Day on campus—except for last year since it was scheduled during the soft closure of schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The day of Mickey ears, Dole Whip and fun rides returned this year, although with some health and safety guidelines in place. All students who attended the free event wore masks, had to have a parent-signed permission slip and a time slot on the reservation system was established to ensure social distancing.

“It is just so fun,” said Emma Searle, a student body officer who oversaw the Soarin’ Over CC Adventure. “It was one of the best things we’ve done this year and the first day, it felt like normal.”

Disney Day was held on April 1, the day before spring break, and one of the last traditional events of the school year.

“Everyone knows and loves Disney and is familiar with the rides, so if felt like our own spring break,” she said especially since Disneyland wasn’t open to non-California residents at that time.

In the school’s student government room, Searle ran the Soarin’ Over CC Adventure. Black tarps were draped all around the room and students sat on chairs as a projector showed footage of the campus, much of it taken with a drone that flew over the stadium, baseball field, tennis courts and other parts of the school. A fan blew to make it feel similar to the Soarin’ Over California at Disney’s California Adventure.

“It was a hit; everyone loved it,” she said, adding that student leaders wore polo shirts and khakis to copy the look of Disney employees.

In a nearby hallway, the leaders recreated Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride, where students were able to use astro blasters which lit up when correctly aimed at targets.

“We had neon lights, music, the logo on the wall, targets and rolling chairs that we pushed the students through the ride,” she said. “At the end of it, they got a (made-up) score.

Everyone was comparing and having fun.”

Their last ride was in honor of student leaders in 2020, who had planned a Star Wars ride.

“They had everything planned for Disney Day, but it was canceled, so we took their idea of a Star Wars attraction,” Searle said, adding that previous years the school has had Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise themed rides.

The Commons was split into four sections using black tarps hanging from volleyball nets. Throughout the ride, students boarded carts which then the football players pushed them through it.

In one section, they had a representation of Oga’s Cantina with tables and glass jars and the school jazz band even played the same song as in the theme park. Another section had a jungle room, complete with trees and vines. A third section was at the snow planet, Planet Hoth. The section was completely snow-covered and hosted a duel between a Yeti versus Charlie the Charger mascot. The final section featured students dressed as Jedis at their spaceship.

“The whole adventure took under three minutes, but the Commons was completely transformed. It was just amaz-

A ride through Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters was one of the featured adventures of this year’s Disney Day, an annual event at Corner Canyon High. (Emma Searle/Corner Canyon High)

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Churros, Dole Whip and popcorn were free to those who came to Disney Day. “The entire time experience was about 30 minutes, and a lot of teachers brought their entire class to come experience it,” Searle said. “The principal brought his niece and nephew, and the preschoolers came with their Mickey ears and got to go on all the rides. It was so much fun to see them; it was fun for everyone.”l

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Summer camps back in session

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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ast summer looked a little different when it came to sports camps at local high schools. This time around, gyms and fields have opened back up to offer traditional options. Here’s a look at what’s available at Corner Canyon High School and Juan Diego Catholic High School.

Corner Canyon A boys basketball camp is scheduled in the CCHS basketball gym for fourth through eighth graders June 1-4 from 8 to 9:45 a.m. each day. The $80 registration fee includes a camp shirt. For those in grades nine through 12, the camp will be held June 1-4, 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day.

The cost is $120 and also includes a shirt. Registrations can be completed online at www.cornercanyonbasketball.com.

Contact Dan Lunt at Dan.Lunt@canyoncdistrict.org with any questions.

A girls basketball camp will be held June 21-24 for those in grades four through 12. For fourth through seventh graders, the time each day will be from 8 to 9:50 a.m. and for those in eighth through 12th grade, the camp will run from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The cost is $80 which includes a camp T-shirt. Contact Craig Morris at craig.morris@canyonsdistrict.org for more information.

For cross country, a summer camp for those entering grades seven through 12 is being held Mondays through Thursdays from June 1 through Aug. 5 beginning at 7:30 a.m. each morning. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, runners will meet at the north pavilion at Draper Park, located at 12500 S. 1300 East with Thursday trainings being held at Andy Ballard Equestrian Center, located at 1600 E. Highland Dr. The registration cost of $70 includes a shortsleeve athletic shirt. More information can be found at CornerCanyonXC.com.

A one-day football camp will be held at the CCHS football stadium June 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. for those in grades two through eight. The cost is $50 with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m. just prior to the camp. More information can be found at https://canyons.revtrak.net/corner-canyon-footballcamp-gr-2-8-2021#/list.

A “Corner Canyon Free Try Lacrosse Day” is scheduled for interested girls in grades three through 12 on Aug. 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the CCHS football field. Contact Mathew Kenning, makenning@gmail.com for more information.

For young boys and girls tennis players, weekly camp sessions are being offered throughout the summer for $60 per session. Each session will be held at the CCHS tennis courts Monday through Thursday, beginning June 1 (excluding the week of July 4) through the end of July. Fridays will be weather makeup days. For those in grades one through four, times will be from 10:30-11:30 a.m. each morning with fifth through seventh graders scheduled from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Payment must be received to secure spots with no refunds or transfers given. High quality, professional instruction is being offered for high-level players in eighth through 12th grades in a two-week session format. Session 1 will be June 1-4 and 7-10, session 2 June 14-17 and June 21-24 and session 3 June 28-July 1 and July 12-15. Session 4 is a boys-only camp from July 19-21 and July 26-29. The times will be from 8-9:30 a.m. each morning. These will cost $160 per session. Payment must be received to secure spots with no refunds or transfers given. For questions, contact Allison Rideout at 801-664-6537.

Volleyball skills camps are scheduled for June 7-10 for players from kindergarten through 12th grade. The K-fourth group, which costs $50, will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Registrations are available at

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Many options are available for sports camps this summer. (Photo courtesy Drew Trost)

https://canyons.revtrak.net/cc-volleyball-grades-k4th-2021. For those in grades five through eight, the cost is $100 for sessions from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Interested participants can register at https://canyons.revtrak.net/cc-volleyball-grades-5-8th-2021. A ninth- through 12th-grade camp will be from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. for $150. Registrations need to be completed at https://canyons.revtrak.net/cc-volleyball-grades-9-12th-2021-h. Additionally, strength and agility training—led by Jason Gonzalez—is available for high school-aged players for several dates in June and July at 7 a.m. in the CCHS weight room for $125. More information and registration is found at https://canyons.revtrak.net/ CC-Volleyball-Strength-Agility-2021-H. A wrestling HIT Technique camp will be taught by Arizona State assistant coach Lee Pritts June 7-9 in the CCHS wrestling room for those in sixth through 12th grades. The days will be broken up into technique, drill, conditioning and classroom settings from 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. with a lunch break from 11:15 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch is not included in the $175 registration fee. Sign up online at www.hitcamps.com.

Contact Jeff Eure at 801-425-8419 or jeff@hitcamps.com for more information.

Juan Diego A boys basketball camp is scheduled in the JDCHS main gym for June 14-17 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for those entering fourth through ninth grade. The cost is $80 which includes a camp T-shirt. Registrations are online at www.jdchs. org/camps.

Girls basketball players in grades three through eight can attend a camp June 28-30 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for $60.

Register online at www.jdchs.org/camps.

A two-day “MAC’s Kids” football camp with former University of Utah coach Ron McBride is slated for tJune 30 and July 1 from 6-8 p.m. in the evening at JDCHS. Contact Greg Williams at gregwilliams@jdchs.org for more information.

For high school-aged girls interested in golf, contact Jason Andersen at jrandersen22@gmail.com for information about summer practices.

A softball clinic will be held June 9 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the JDCHS softball field. The cost is $25. More information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/JuanDiegoSoftball.

For boys and girls tennis players, weekly sessions are being offered at the JDCHS tennis courts beginning June 7 through Aug. 27. The costs vary based on skill level from beginners/futures, intermediate/challenger and advanced/open players with more information available by emailing team. gttennis@gmail.com.

A volleyball camp is scheduled for June 14-17 in the JDCHS main gym for fourth through 12th graders. Those in grades four through seven will go from 12:30-2:30 p.m. with the eighth- through 12th-grade session being held from 2:30-5:30 p.m. The cost of the camp is $80 which includes a T-shirt. No refunds will be given after June 10. Sign up at https://www.jdchs.org/camps/. For more information, contact davidzlotucha@gmail.com and Sam.vaitai@icloud. com.

An All-Sports Camp is also being offered in three separate sessions for boys and girls grades K through sixth.

Participants will be separated by age and ability in playing and learning two sports each day with instruction, games and special events planned. Session one is scheduled from June 1-4, session two from June 21-25 and session three from July 12-16. Full-day sessions will go from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and will cost $185 for session one and $225 for session two or three.

Half-day sessions are also available from either 9 a.m.-12 p.m. or 12-3 p.m. and will be $120 for session one and $150 for sessions two or three. Registrations can be filled out at https://www.jdchs.org/camps/. The cost for each camp also includes a water bottle and camp T-shirt.l

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For an elevated dining experience, Ridge Cafe in Draper offers an expansive view of the Wasatch Mountains and delicious Mediterranean food with an Italian flair. The Stefano Ferrara copper-tiled oven is a beautiful cornerstone of the restaurant where artisan pizzas are cooked to perfection.

General Manager Anthony Crossley has more than 25 years in the hospitality industry, and always loved how good food brings people together.

“I grew up cooking and feeding people,” he said. “I started working in restaurants when I was 14. I love the camaraderie and I just love the business. It’s something that’s always been fun for me.”

The award-winning Naples-style pizza is fired in the brickand-clay oven and is a big draw for anyone who loves pizza with fresh ingredients. The popular Lone Peak pizza is smothered with pepperoni, prosciutto, kalamata olives, smoked gouda - and more!

Gluten-free pizza crust is also available.

Ridge Cafe small plates offer tantalizing options like the shrimp with feta, bacon-wrapped dates and roasted garlic hummus.

“With the shrimp and feta, the actual dish is our take on a Greek saganaki. It’s one of our best menu items.”

Sandwiches at Ridge Cafe are a unique blend of flavors, like the wood-fired caprese or the Ridge burger. Salad options range from a Caesar to a Mediterranean Cobb with artichoke, chickpeas, kalamata olives and a Greek vinaigrette. Pastas at Ridge Cafe, like the lasagna, rigatoni with a bison and pork ragu, or the fettuccine alfredo, will engulf your senses with home cooked authenticity.

“Everything is scratch-cooked and all of our sauces are prepared Old World-style, so there’s definitely a focus on food. We’re a small intimate staff, we’re really like a family.”

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Ridge Cafe offers a full bar with a fun twist on cocktails like the Proseccarita with Zonin sparkling Italian wine, Patron Silver tequila, lime juice and grand marnier. Wines, draft beers, liquor, sodas and coffee are also available.

Make sure you leave room for dessert. With choices like tiramisu, baklava, chocolate chip cannoli crème in a cinnamon shell, seven-layer chocolate cake and a gluten-free chocolate mousse cake with white and dark chocolate, everyone will find a favorite item to hit their sweet tooth.

On Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m., the cafe features live music, classic cars and motorcycles. Sunday brunch is served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and regular dinner hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 5-9 p.m., with patio seating available.

“I really believe we have the best patio in the valley,” Crossley

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Ridge Cafe is the perfect location for a wedding party, family get-together or corporate event. Catering is available on- and off-site to create a special atmosphere for any occasion. There are also take-out and delivery options if you want to enjoy incredible food in the comfort of your own home. For menu information, visit RidgeCafe.com.

“We describe ourselves as upscale casual. You can come in dressed nicely, or in a T-shirt and jeans. We often get people coming in from a hike and we get lots of mountain bikers who want to come in for a beer and some pizza. It really is just a wonderful environment to spend a couple hours in.”

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