Draper Journal | October 2022

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

One of the favorite activities in schools for many students is recess.

Studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that recess benefits students by improving their memory and attention, helping them stay on topic in class, reducing their dis ruptive behavior, improving their social development, and being more physically fit when they’re active and engaged with their peers in activities.

So then, why does recess disappear after elementary school?

Starting this year at Summit Acade my, it doesn’t.

“The main reason why I made that change this year is just that all students need to go outside and have that fresh air each day and get the sun in their face,” Principal Lindy Hatch said. “I think it also helps decrease (inappropriate) behaviors within the school because it gives them a chance to go out and get rid of some ener

Summit Academy’s sixth- through eighthgrade students enjoy fresh air during a lunchtime recess where they can play with a giant Connect Four game. (Lindy Hatch/ Summit Academy)

gy in the middle of the day.”

She said after the sixththrough eighth-grade students finish their lunch, they’re given the option to go outside for re cess. In the past, they were ex pected to stay inside the cafeteria until lunch was over.

“I would say 90 to 95% of the students go out. They love it,” she said. “They still have PE, but they really like having that break in the middle of the day. PE is just either an A or B day class, so, they don’t have that class every day. It’s also just a semester class so it may be they don’t have PE this semester.”

To go along with having lunch re cess, Hatch purchased with fundraising funds junior high recess equipment in cluding a giant Connect Four and Jen ga games, Spikeball and different yard games.

“Our PE teacher (Kenny Druce) spent the first two weeks of school teach ing the students how to play the differ ent games,” Hatch said, adding that she rotates along with Rebecca Yockey and Hammama Hira on duty at recess and reg

ularly rotate those games during the week.

Traditional recess activities such as basketball, soccer, four square and others are available daily.

Cell phones, however, are not al lowed.

“That was the other change that I made. Last year they were able to have phones at lunch and this year, they’re not,” Hatch said. “Again, it was just the behavior. We had a lot of inappropriate use of the phone during lunch where stu

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Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society to present Broadway concert fundraiser for European tour

By Katherine Weinstein | k.weinstein@mycityjournals.com

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ven before Sherri Jensen founded Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society in 2017, she had recurring dreams of con ducting the sacred musical piece, "Lamb of God," in an elegant, gilded European concert hall. Those dreams may become reality in the summer of 2023. Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society is planning a five city tour of Europe during which they hope to present “Lamb of God” and “King of Kings” to new audiences. To raise funds for their trip, they are performing two con certs of songs from Broadway and movie musicals this month.

“A Night on Broadway” will be pre sented Oct. 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Cor ner Canyon High School in Draper. "We are hoping that people will support us and come to the concerts," Jensen said. "We have some amazing pieces of music. It's going to be a knockout."

Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society has made a tradition of presenting Broad way-themed concerts in the fall. This year, there will be a new selection of songs sung by new vocalists. The songs will be per formed by orchestra and choir with many soloists in costume. Violinist Aliza Bishop described the concert as, "filled with classic songs that families know from their favorite musicals and movies."

Some highlights include a gospel-style rendition of "I Know Where I've Been" from "Hairspray," "A Million Dreams" from "The Greatest Showman," "Bring Him Home" from "Les Misérables," and "All I Ask of You" and “Masquerade” from "Phantom of the Opera."

Both Bishop and second soprano Pat ty Dixon mentioned "Masquerade" from "Phantom" as their favorite piece in the concert, especially the stirring moment

when the choir comes in. For Bishop, the song, “Journey to the Past” from “Anasta sia” brings back memories of childhood.

Dixon mentioned that her teen daugh ter's favorite piece is "One Day More."

"It's a fun concert for a lot of different age groups," she said.

"This show will be so delightful and happy,” Jensen said. "Things are a little tough for people right now."

Jensen's vision for Draper Philhar monic & Choral Society has been twofold from the beginning—to bring light and joy to the community and to share the message of Jesus Christ. The two pieces that Drap er Philharmonic & Choral Society plans to perform in Europe, "Lamb of God" by com poser Rob Gardner and "King of Kings," by Draper composers Tyler Teerlink and Jake Lives, bring Biblical stories to life through music.

Jensen is excited to share "Lamb of God" and "King of Kings" with new audi

ences overseas. This past summer she trav eled to Paris with a group to learn about the logistics of planning a concert tour. There is much to do and many expenses involved. While each of the musicians and singers will pay their own way, suitable venues must be booked, transportation arranged and equipment rented.

Concerts are slated to take place in Paris, Versailles, Prague, Salzburg and Vi enna. The members of Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society are enthusiastic about the trip. "I think it's going to be the experience of a lifetime," Patty Dixon said.

"This will be a really cool opportuni ty," Bishop added. "The more support we

can get the better."

More instrumentalists and vocalists, particularly male singers, are needed for the European tour. Information about join ing Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society may be found on the organization’s web site, draperphilharmonic.org.

"We're going for it," Jensen declared. "I actually do feel that we'll get there."

“A Night on Broadway Benefit Con cert” will be presented at Corner Canyon High School, 12943 S. 700 East at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 7 and 8. Tickets cost $50, $25 or $10 depending on seat location and may be purchased online at draperphilharmonic. org. l

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Gergory Jack, Jacobe Kenison, Dustin Halliday and Perry Morris performed a number from “Jersey Boys” in Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society’s “A Night on Broadway” in 2022. (Photo courtesy Joan Davis/Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society)

Kimberly Robbins performed the song “Gimme, Gimme” from “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society’s “A Night on Broadway” in 2022. (Photo courtesy Joan Da vis/Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society)

How high school students learned about school district’s energy efficiency

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

Many of Canyons School District’s schools and campuses are as energy and water efficient as possible, that’s what a group of Hillcrest High students recently learned.

During a recent Earth Club meeting, student members learned about the school district’s water and energy management pro gram, subtitled, “The Business of Saving Taxpayer’s Dollars and Leaving an Impres sive Legacy for Future Generations.” Then, they had a hands-on opportunity to discover if there were ways it could be better.

“What I would like is for you to measure how we can retain heat or more efficiently re duce our need for heat in this (STEM) build ing and then, identify the cheapest upgrades and start finding grants that we can start mod ifying this building to meet some improved level of efficiency,” Hillcrest Earth Club ad viser Jake Flanigan challenged students.

Hillcrest High senior Sofia Moeinvaziri was one of those students.

“It’s been really eye-opening and bene ficial to learn not only what we’re doing to become more efficient in our water and en ergy use, but the why’s and how’s behind it and how we can become more proactive,” she said.

During the presentation, students learned that Canyons’ water efficiency program be gan in 2016, when District Energy Specialist Chris Eppler introduced the Cal Poly’s audit ing water and analyzing precipitation rates program. He predicted, with the help of his staff and student interns, the school district could save about 25 million gallons of water.

“We ended up saving a documented 20 million gallons,” he said. “Our meter was out at a school so we couldn’t document all the water we saved, but I’m very confident we ended up saving more than what we project ed.”

The program is designed to water the area to meet plants’ needs, but not waste wa ter through runoff or overspray.

“It’s very straightforward and it’s actu ally very simple,” Eppler said. “What we do is go out and document how many sprinkler heads we have, what type of heads they are and what is the precipitation rate and the zone precipitation rate. Then, we’re able to calcu late how to operate as efficiently as we possi bly can. I would venture to say we may be the only school district doing this and one of the few in the state of Utah. We can predict, based on the summer, how much water we need and show how much we actually use.”

The program began with a grant from a water conservancy district, he said.

“Now the thing people say is ‘How much do you save now?’ The savings aren’t as great anymore because we’re watering the way we’re supposed to, so it’s more of a maintenance level and the savings is just put right back into the program,” he said, adding that there have been circumstances such as

rebuilds of schools and an increase of water fees by Sandy City that have factored into the equation.

Even with that, his handful of summer student interns projected water usage in 202021 would total more than 113 million gallons for the middle schools alone; however, they were still able to consume less, at 88.5 mil lion. During that same time period, elemen tary schools used 4 million gallons less than projected as well.

While the high school playing fields are preferred to be green, Eppler said they have reduced water consumption to 65% in other areas, such as the non-playing areas.

“The grounds for children stay in a healthy condition, but we’re sacrificing in other areas to stay within the governor’s pa rameters,” he said. “We know those big fields consume huge amounts of water and there’s no way of getting around that. But what we try to do is put the correct amount of water in the ground and do that during the less hot times. The amount of watering stays the same, but maybe it’s the frequency and the time of year that change.”

Canyons has been recognized as a Utah Energy Pioneer in 2015 for its leadership and commitment to energy conservation by the Utah Association of Energy Engineers and again in 2017, by Gov. Gary Herbert’s Office of Energy Development as a Utah Energy Pi oneer.

Eppler, who is a certified irrigation de signer, contractor and auditor as well as an energy engineer, said that his team, including Brandon Wolf, Daniel Bray and Robynn Le fler, have helped Canyons save money in its gas and electricity usage as well.

At a recorded high in 2013-14, Canyons paid $1.29 per square foot for natural gas, electricity, sewer and water. During the 201920 (mostly pre-pandemic) year, that same cost was down to 93 cents.

“This doesn’t take into consideration that we’ve increased the size of our buildings by 600,000 square feet (excluding the recent re builds of Brighton and Hillcrest high schools, which weren’t completed at that time) or 12% or that Rocky Mountain Power has increased their rates by about 10%,” Eppler said.

He added overall there also has been more usage with climate change resulting in warmer temperatures and less rain and snow.

“We actually did really well through 2019, then with COVID, we had to run our fans all the time and that changed our effi ciency,” Eppler said, although the rates still are only a few cents up from pre-pandemic periods.

He said that with newer, upgraded equip ment, the schools are more efficient.

With the recent rebuild of Hillcrest, stu dents learned that 10 new condensing boilers, which are only heated up to 120 degrees, re placed two larger steam boilers that heated

water to 160 degrees.

“What this means is that now all the wa ter goes into a main line and the temperature of the return water that comes back dictates whether we need to bring on another boiler,” he said. “By using one boiler to heat instead of two, it has saved Canyons HVAC dollars and energy. When we inherited the schools back from Jordan School District, it was ter rible. Our usage looked like it was a runaway freight train.”

Sometimes, when a building is modified, Eppler said, it can throw the systems off.

“What ruins it is when they start sub dividing the rooms, knocking down walls, adding walls. Technically, then they need a rebalance in rooms so that the air matches what is required. But instead, people start getting creative. At Bell View (Elementary) last year, where the principal’s office was once much larger, it was subdivided, but they didn’t move the ducts; so the principal was getting blown to death and was getting twice as much air and freezing, while everyone else was hot,” he said.

In some cases, adjustments can be made to help with the usage. Eppler illustrated the improvements at Park Lane, an elementary that has not been rebuilt.

“There has been a 70% improvement at Park Lane,” he said. “When I came here, we recommissioned the programming of the HVAC system. In a nutshell, buildings were probably running 24/7 and we basically start ed running it when people are there and set a temperature range and that allowed for it not to be constantly cooling and heating. Now with the new schools, we can control the tem

perature in rooms, and in some schools, we have zones we can cool or heat. As those old systems are being replaced, we’ve become smarter and more efficient about the way we are heating and cooling the buildings.”

Eppler has seen marked improvement with newer buildings, such as Butler Elemen tary improving 44%, Alta View Elementa ry at 43%, and Midvale Middle at 71% and Mt. Jordan Middle at 70% from their former buildings.

In addition, he said Canyons has saved energy and money by putting intelligent HVAC programming into the buildings’ au tomated systems, installing LED lighting and educating staff to become more conscien tious.

“We’ve reduced cost substantially. It helps the environment because these build ings pollute less. It helps because we’re using less water,” Eppler said. “Our job, we’re in the background, trying to keep our water us age and our energy use down for essentially 50 buildings throughout the district. We’re creating energy-smart and efficient schools that will create an environment to supports student learning through improvements in site selection options, daylighting, roof design and replacement, indoor air quality, lighting, ther mal comfort, acoustics and classroom design. These all influence a child’s ability to learn and a teacher’s ability to teach. The reason I left the private sector was because I wanted to change the world and make this difference in the school system.” l

Canyons School District Energy Specialist Chris Eppler shares with Hillcrest High Earth Club about how the school district is saving money by regulating water and energy use. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Last look of the old Utah State Prison before it’s gone

The media and public officials were invit ed for a final tour of the now-closed pris on site in Draper before abatement and dem olition begin. The tour focused on A block built in the 1950s.

In mid-July, 2,454 inmates were moved to the new prison. That same week, The Point announced their choice of a Phase One de velopment partner for the 600 acres of stateowned land.

“It’s the closing of an era and something bigger and better at a place we affectionately call The Point,” Gov. Spencer Cox said.

According to Scott Cuthbertson, chief operating officer for The Point, former Gov. Jon Huntsman first floated the idea of relo cating the prison in 2004. “It used to be the backwoods of Salt Lake County and it’s be come the most prized spot of real estate in the state. You’ll see a city rise from this prison site,” Cuthbertson said. l

Inside the chapel which will be preserved for histor ic purposes. “In the darkest of times, it gave hope,” Gov. Spencer Cox said. Religious services could only happen with volunteers from the community coming in to offer them. “Without volunteers, we would be in a world of hurt,” said Spencer Turley, Division of Prison operations director, who led the tour.

A holding cell, equipped with cuffs for hands and feet, inside the antiquated prison.

Gov. Spencer Cox pre sented former Gov. Gary Herbert with a key to the old prison. Herbert said his grandfather laid brick at the site and helped to build the prison in 1951. “This really is a win-win. We’re going to develop an import ant piece of real estate… and we’re going to have a better prison. Rehabilita tion is an important aspect of what we learned in the process here…and better for society in the long run,” Herbert said.

Photos and story by Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com

Draper Mayor Troy Walker initially wanted to save one of the towers from the former prison, but he was persuaded to save the historic prison chapel instead.

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Attendees dance with Bomba Marile, a Puerto Rican Folkloric Music and Dance Group at Draper’s International Arts and Crafts Festival on Sept. 17.

(Above) Bomba Marile is a Puerto Rican Folkloric Music and Dance Group that shares the traditions of Bomba music and dance. The group, established in 2017, performs at various cultural events throughout the state.

Draper’s annual International Arts and Crafts Festival featured clothing, pottery, jewelry, fine art and entertain ment with hundreds of people filing through during the six-hour event.

The Children’s Entrepreneur Market was part of the arts and crafts festival at Draper Park on Sept. 17 where kids sold various items from wreath ribbons to wands.

dents would be taking pictures of other students or using that time to use social media inappropri ately and so I was just taking their phones away. (With the change), students at first, were hesi tant; they were leery of the new, no cell phone procedure, but they've actually done very well with it. I have not had any complaints from stu dents. I think it’s one of those things where they know they needed that boundary, but they're not going to ask for that boundary.”

Those changes have helped with positive behavior.

“It definitely has helped with our lunch room behavior. Our lunchroom office discipline referrals are definitely down,” she said. “What’s hard is our lunchtime has to be a certain length to provide enough time for the students to get their food and eat it. But you always have those fast-finishers or students who bring their own lunch and start eating quickly while the other students are in line getting their lunch. So, you have some students that were just sitting there for a good 15 minutes after sitting in their chairs in the classroom. We ask them to come sit in the lunchroom and just not stand up and walk around, so by getting a chance to go outside, it allows them a chance to move around and get some movement within the day.”

Hatch also said that it gives students some down time during the day.

“It's just as important for junior high kids to have some release time together to socialize and have fun, so when they go back to the classroom, they can focus,” she said. l

Corner Canyon breaks into the top 10 ranking in Utah’s best public high schools

Climbing the ladder five spots in the rank ings of Utah’s best public high schools is Draper’s Corner Canyon High School.

The four-year high school in Canyons School District received the seventh place ranking in the annual U.S. News & World Report, which reviewed nearly 24,000 U.S. public high schools, which included 163 Utah schools that made their ratings. Nationally, the school ranks 980th.

The scorecard included evaluating Corner Canyon’s graduation rate, at 94%; mathematics and reading proficiency; as well as the number of students taking at least one Advanced Place ment exam and passing at least one AP exam.

The school also is ranked in the top 5 in the state in the college readiness index rank and college curriculum breadth index ranking.

Fifteen percent of the students are identi fied as minority with Hispanic comprising of the majority. The male to female ratio is 52 to 48.

Other area schools that were ranked in the Utah top 10 include Beehive Science and Tech nology Academy in Sandy at first; Academy for Math Engineering and Science (AMES) in Murray at fourth; Itineris Early College High School in West Jordan at fifth; and Skyline High in Salt Lake City at eighth. l

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

For the first time in its 10-year history, Corner Canyon High School was ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of Utah’s best public high schools. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

More than 100 students came to au dition for parts in Corner Canyon’s show “Crazy for You,” the 10th fall musi cal since the school opened in 2013 with “Seussical.”

“We spent five hours in auditions yes terday and another five hours with call backs,” theatre director Phaidra Atkinson said. “We didn't expect to have this many kids out, right after COVID and with a 1930’s Gershwin show, so we're surprised, but this is awesome. I think it's great all these students want to be involved.”

That involvement in the musical will total about 200 students overall once the pit orchestra, dance team and tech crew are added into the cast. In addition to Cor ner Canyon students, there will be some eighth-graders from local schools who will join them on the stage.

“Crazy for You” will be performed at 7 p.m., Nov. 10-12 and again on Nov. 14. There also will be a 1 p.m. matinee on Sat urday. Tickets will be $10 in advance on CornerCanyontheatre.com or $12 at the door; it will be performed in the school au ditorium, 12943 S. 700 East.

In addition to Atkinson and colleague Case Spaulding directing the show, Melis sa Thorne is overseeing vocal music and Mitchell Atencio is over orchestration. Costume design is by Brooke Carn, chore ography is by Noah Garcia and dance team direction is by Jamie Crowther. Spaulding also will oversee set design.

Atkinson said that she selected the show to give students a different experi ence.

“In our 10 years, we have not done a classic piece like this. We've never done a show that focuses on tap dance like this; we did do a little tap in ‘Shrek,’ but I just thought this would be a lot of fun to try a classic musical and we have the right kids for it,” she said. “There’s a lot of familiar ity that people might not realize that they know the show, but they are familiar with Gershwin’s songs. It's all of his music put into this musical.”

Many students were not only rehears ing for the fall musical, they also were pre paring to take part in the 46th annual high school Shakespearean competition that was Sept. 29 through Oct. 1 in Cedar City. Twenty-eight student-actors were to per form “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set in the 1930s, to match their musical, as well as take part in individual competitions.

“We perform a showcase for whoever wants to come see it. It involves the middle school theater kids. It involves the dance team. It involves choir, and it involves the actors. It's a really big deal,” Atkinson said about their Sept. 28 performance before the competition, which also was to include the stage tech crew competing in the tech

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theatre program set for its 10th show season

By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

Phaidra Atkinson

Corner Canyon has won the Shake speare sweepstakes competition in its di vision several times in its 10-year history: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2021.

“We have flags from every single year that we've won, and they're all hanging in our auditorium. We've been known for our strong program,” she said.

Following the school musical, will the student-directed showcase at 7 p.m., Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in the Little Theatre high lighting some short 20- or 30-minute plays.

“The kids who have taken the direct ing class will direct plays,” Atkinson said. “They pick them, they direct them, they cast them, they produce them.”

Students will perform “24 Pebbles” at the region competition in March 2023. State competition is in April.

The play chronicles the shooting trag edy experiences of the parents and the community of Newtown and Sandy Hook. Directed by Spaulding, “24 Pebbles” will be performed at 4 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m., March 3-4, 2023 in the Little Theatre.

The thespians’ final show of the year will be Monty Python’s “Spamalot.” It will be performed at 7 p.m., May 10-13, 2023 in the auditorium. The musical tickets will be $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

“We have some really funny kids this year, like really hilarious kids who can do really funny things and are great at com mon comedic timing, so we picked this show to highlight their talent,” she said. “We thought this was an uplifting show to end the year.”

It will be a year of shows that may challenge Atkinson’s favorite, “All Shook Up,” which was performed on Corner Can yon’s stage in the 2018-19 school year.

“I am excited that I've been here for 10 years and that we can keep moving for ward,” she said. “I'm really glad that the community trusts me and feel like I’m teaching their kids good things. It’s been a great decade and a lot of fun.” l

Corner Canyon thespians gather before rehearsing for their upcoming fall musical, “Crazy for You.” (Phaidra Atkinson/Corner Canyon High)

We have flags from every single year that we’ve won, and they’re all hanging in our auditorium. We’ve been known for our strong program.

Tomorrow’s leaders pitch in to help the city today

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

“High caliber” and “cream of the crop” are words used to describe the Draper City Mayor’s Youth Council (DCMYC). The youth took their oath of office at the Aug. 16 City Council meeting, but returning members volunteered for the city throughout the summer, including during Draper Days events.

With 41 new members, the DCMYC has 87 members total, the largest for a youth council in the state. They’re helped by five adult advisors.

Arie Van De Graaff is the newest adult advisor. His wife Mindy volunteered in that capacity for several years. “This was the year I finally had the time and they had the need. Our third child is in the council now and it’s a great organization. It’s fun to interact with teenagers regardless, but especially these teenagers. They’re cream of the crop. They’re interested in the com munity and in service. They’re full of great ideas. A lot of this is youth-driven and youth-led,” he said.

The process for joining DCMYC hap pens in March and April. Potential new members must fill out an application, write an essay, and get two letters of recom mendation followed by an interview with Mayor Troy Walker. Returning members are asked to write several paragraphs on what they liked about the previous year and their ideas for improvements. Return ing members can also apply to be part of the executive board which requires creat ing a resume and writing a short essay. The adult advisors choose an executive board, the youth mayor and mayor pro tem from among those applicants.

All members must commit to a mini mum number of service hours doing youth council activities and complete a service project as a small group of two to five peo ple.

This year’s Youth Mayor is Shaelyn Preede, a senior at Corner Canyon who’s also First Attendant in the Miss Draper scholarship program. This is her third year on the council. “Service is very important, and I believe that everybody should make it an integral part of their life. The youth council is a fantastic way for high school students to be involved in their community through leadership, service and activities,” she said.

Preede has volunteered as a photog rapher for events such as the Easter Egg Hunt and the Tree Lighting Ceremony. Her favorite youth council activity was last year’s Amazing Race. “I love event planning and management, and since I or ganized the activity, I enjoyed watching the fierce competition,” she said.

Saskia Willey, a junior at Corner Canyon, serves as Mayor Pro Tem and is also in her third year with DCMYC. Her

involvement has helped her gain an appre ciation for the city, its leadership and vol unteers. “I think everyone in the council loves serving the community. It’s fun to be able to do a variety of things like helping with assisted living centers…and meeting a variety of people. It gives you leadership experience and helps you get out in the community. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is considering joining,” Willey said.

It's likely that these youth have learned life lessons in volunteerism that will propel them to serve in their commu nities in the future.

“Wherever I might be (as an adult), it would be really cool to be involved in the community to make a change. Even if I don’t have a job with a city, I think vol unteering when I’m older is something I would definitely consider,” Willey said.

New member Christian Scheidecker is excited about the camaraderie that comes from being on the council. A freshman at American Preparatory Academy, his fam ily moved to Draper from Park City two years ago. The council has been a great way for him to make new friends, volun teer and build his resume for college where he plans to study engineering. “We help the city, get to know each other, and I learn about college opportunities and useful things for life during these activities. It’s a really positive environment,” he said.

Scheidecker already planned and achieved his small-group volunteer ac tivity for the year by helping an elderly neighbor with her large ranch property. “I figured if she needs help, I can get myself and these guys to help her,” he said.

Melarie Wheat, a volunteer on the city’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, stopped by the Youth Council’s booth at the recent International Arts & Crafts Fes tival where the youth were helping chil dren create crafts representative of differ ent cultures.

“They are so great to have here. We bring them the crafts and they run the show,” Wheat said. “It’s great to have so many high-caliber youth in our community to help with our event.” l

Sophie Tripp (L) and Adalyn Wood helped children make fans representing Diwali Diya, India’s biggest festival, at the International Arts & Crafts Festival held Sept. 17 at Draper Park. (Mimi Darley Dutton/ City Journals)

Draper Youth Council Mayor Pro Tem Saskia Willey helped children who had collected stickers from different activities at the International Arts & Crafts Festival choose a small prize. (Mimi Darley Dutton/ City Journals)

Mikaela Gale (L) and youth council adult advisor Arie Van De Graaff. “We’re there to mentor and help them, but really they’re so good, a lot of it they do themselves,” Van De Graaff said. (Mimi Darley Dutton/City Journals)

“Matilda” has a special place in the hearts of those who are behind the scenes of the Juan Diego Catholic High production.

Director Joe Crnich was “blown away” by the production he saw on Broadway in 2014 and choreographer Isabel Keetch grew up watching snippets of the musical on You Tube. Both are fans of Roald Dahl books.

However, those aren’t the only reasons why “Matilda” will be on stage at Juan Di ego this fall.

“The music is really fun and it's really a well written show and very magical,” Crnich said. “It’s a really fun show, and we have the people to do it.”

Senior Catelyn Raven will play the character of Matilda and senior Jackson Shadwell will be Miss Agatha Trunchbull, the headmistress of Crunchem Hall Prima ry School and Matilda’s main antagonist. About 80 students are expected to be part of the show.

“Matilda,” with its high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, will be per formed at 7 p.m., Nov. 17-19 and again at 2 p.m., Nov. 20 at the school’s stage, 300 E. 11800 South. Tickets are $10 and are avail able at the door or at gosoaringeagle.com.

Keetch, who joined the Juan Diego faculty last year during the “Freaky Friday”

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rehearsals, said this year it’s been “great to be able to go in with a fresh eye and my per sonal choreography and be able to share my perspective of what I believe the characters should look like in ‘Matilda.’ I get the oppor tunity to put my own flair and to have lots of fun, getting to know the kids and build this world together.”

“Matilda” is on Keetch’s dream list to choreograph.

“It’s a bucket list show for me,” she said. “My mother loved Roald Dahl so I knew all of his stories. When I first heard that ‘Matilda’ had been turned into a musical, I got a hold of the music as fast as I could and just fell in love with it. When I was in high school, we used a song titled, ‘When I Grow Up’ as a senior good-bye song that we per formed as an entire theater group as a way to send us off into the world. It became a man tra for me, growing up and moving forward to what I wanted to be as a responsible adult, but still having fun as a kid. I think the magic of Matilda is watching her grow and develop even amongst this awful, abusive home, and yet, she still blossoms and finds people who love her. It's just a wonderful message.”

Keetch, who also teaches dance and yoga at Juan Diego, coaches the dance com pany and teaches dance at St. John the Bap tist Middle School, said she created the cho

reography so students could have fun with it.

“The kids’ favorite things right now are TikTok and hip hop and they are the most interested in those types of dance forms. I've taken influence from hip hop and sim ple ideas of TikTok dances and incorporated them into my choreography. The kids are su per excited because it's something that they think is really cool and it's totally ‘in’ right now,” she said, adding that this production will be the first time she has actually seen the musical even though she knows the book and movie.

Joining Crnich and Keetch on staff is new music director Alla Keoppel, who also teaches music and directs the schools’ choirs.

Since school began, Juan Diego stu dents, some who have read “Matilda” and watched the movie, not only worked on the choreography, music and learned their parts, they also were rehearsing for the 46th annu al high school Shakespearean competition Sept. 29 through Oct. 1 in Cedar City.

At the competition, 14 Juan Diego stu dent-actors planned to compete with their

ensemble piece from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” More than 50 students were to com pete with their monologues, scenes, dance and in the tech Olympics. They planned to hold a Shakespeare showcase for the com munity in late September.

While in Cedar City, the students had tickets for several shows including “Sound of Music,” “Clue,” “Macbeth” and “Thur good.”

Crnich said that in mid-March his stu dents will perform “Macbeth” on their own stage as well as host the region competition that month. State competition is in April back in Cedar City. A competition showcase is planned for the community in May.

In addition to performances and compe titions, he said the drama club gets together for socials, activities and viewing parties as well as attending professional theatre shows. Many students are involved in theater class es ranging from beginning to advanced dra ma, musical theatre, technical theatre and advanced technical theatre.

Juan Diego Catholic High thespians will perform “Matilda” this November. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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League of Women Voters dedicated to educating, registering voters

Many voters have paged through a book let of candidates and chances are, it came from the League of Women Voters. Perhaps a great number of voters also signed up to vote with the help of one of the League’s volunteers.

“The League of Women Voters has been around for more than 100 years; we came into being around women's suffrage when the founders of the League of Women Voters fought hard to get women the right to vote,” said Shauna Bona, Salt Lake County’s chap ter president. “We take the rights and the need of all people to vote very seriously. Our biggest issue is access to the vote. We want to educate voters, register voters and moti vate voters. Our mission is really about em powering voters and defending democracy.”

While those early suffragists paved the way for women today to vote, Bona said that their mission isn’t over.

“We look at issues and study them, and it can be a local study or a state study or a national study. Then we lay the information out for our members, and we discuss it in small groups until we reach consensus on the issues, if this is a good issue for us to support. We do have positions around hav ing a clean, healthy environment to live in and to raise children and definitely we think women should be in the Constitution with the Equal Rights Amendment. When we do take a stance, we really work hard to help ed ucate the public and our lawmakers in hopes of really doing things that are right by the people,” Bona said.

She also pointed out that while their main message is to empower voters to make a better democracy, the League isn’t restrict ed to women members.

“We’ve had men in the League for de cades. In fact, we were going to change our name to not be the League of Women Vot ers, but the problem was that if we would have let go of the name of League of Women Voters, that we would have lost our history,” Bona said. “We have members of every sex ual orientation, of every background. What’s important is that we have this history to our nonpartisan commitment of voting rights.”

Among the issues the local chapter has reviewed are voting by mail, health care, census and immigration.

“Our members hold an annual meeting, and they say, for example, ‘Hey, we think that we should study abortion.’ So, we did a study recently about abortion laws and it wasn't taking a stand particularly, but it was a study just to understand the abortion laws in Utah. Sometimes those studies are to educate our members and then, they come up with their own personal opinions on it. Sometimes the study is a consensus study, when we're really trying to come up with a position. We're cautious and we're careful. We really want to make sure that we're not

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making rash positions, but have our posi tions based on study,” she said.

While more than 300 local members gather annually, smaller groups study the issues monthly. “We also have our commit tees, such as the voting committee, and those committees might meet weekly because we have so much work we do. We work to reg ister voters; they go out to educate voters.

In the past, we have taught high schoolers about the importance of voters and register them; we have gone to naturalization cere monies and helped them register as new citi zens,” Bona said.

Currently, they’re updating Vote411 (vote411.org), a personalized voting web site, which after entering a residential ad dress, voters can explore their candidates’ information, learn about upcoming elections and how to register and find out polling loca tions. The site covers local, state and nation al election information.

For example, currently the website states that voters need to be registered by Oct. 28 for the next general election on Nov. 8.

“We have groups of people, men and women, all over the country, including here in Salt Lake, formulating questions for our candidates for every race and every elec tion,” she said. “It’s one of the only places that candidates can answer these questions. We do not edit what they write. It’s com pletely nonpartisan. There's no ‘gotcha’ questions. Every candidate has the opportu nity in their own words to answer questions. You can pick a question and put the candi dates’ views side by side to compare their answers. They can put in YouTube videos so it’s educating voters and it’s completely fair to the candidates. It’s really just to inform the voters.”

The League of Women Voters also sponsors debates or candidate forums “so that voters can hear from the candidates,” Bona added.

As part of League, some members called Observer Corps attend local city meetings.

“Our goal is that we have a League of Women Voters observer at every city coun cil meeting, at the racial equity and policing commission meeting and at the planning meetings just to hear what's going on and to take notes and report back to our members what is happening because local govern ment is incredibly important,” she said. “Of tentimes, people are busy in their lives and things get overlooked so our Observer Corps is doing that work for us. We’ve done a lot of great things like finding out ranked choice voting and about the gravel pit in the canyon and letting people know when the council was going to be discussing issues and en couraging people to contact their council members. Our Observer Corps believes in transparency and accessible government, so

we go and find out what they’re doing and report back so our members can follow their own conscience and reach out to their lead ers and let them know what they think.”

Many issues are shared on their website and in their weekly email briefings.

Education is an issue “what our mem bers are passionate about,” Bona said. “We cover every single school board race and make sure that we’ve researched it and have good questions to ask the candidate. We cov er the school board races and make sure all citizens are educated about the issues, par ticularly in K-12 education in Utah. There are serious issues related to inclusion, issues

related to all kinds of things in education. We’re focusing on educating to make sure people know who the different candidates are on the local school boards, what’s moti vating them, why they’re running and what their intentions are. That is incredibly im portant right now. We’re not saying, vote for this candidate or that candidate. We believe in empowering voters. We ask questions. We have candidates answer those questions, and the voters read those and how they decide who is the best to represent them and their options. It doesn’t matter to us how they vote. It’s not our business. We just want them to be educated and to vote.”

Salt Lake League of Women Voter Services Director Helen Moser registers a new citizen at a naturaliza tion ceremony Aug. 25 at Bryce Canyon National Park. (Photo courtesy of Peter Densmore/National Park Service)

Norma Wills, the natural resources director for the League of Women Voters of Utah, volunteered at the recent Salt Lake festival at 9th and 9th to register voters. (Shauna Bona/League of Women Voters)

Margie McCloy, a Salt Lake League of Women Vot ers member and volunteer, talks to the community about the League and the importance of voting. (Shauna Bona/League of Women Voters)

Afootball coaching legend left his stamp on hundreds of young athletes and the Juan Diego Catholic High School community as a whole in building the pro gram from the ground up when the Draper campus opened in 1999 until he retired over two decades later. On Sept. 16, the John Colosimo Field at Soaring Eagle Stadium was dedicated to now bear the name of the coach that brought eight state championship banners to the school.

John Colosimo, whose state titles in cluded two 3-peats during his tenure, was honored with the field dedication ceremo ny at this year’s homecoming game against Morgan High.

“This was truly a homecoming event as several former athletes and coaches came to support coach Colosimo,” said JDCHS athletic director Ted Bianco. “He impacted so many young men throughout the course of his career which was very ev ident by the hundreds of people who came to support their coach.”

“It’s such a singular event that not everyone gets the chance to be a part of,” Colosimo said about the dedication that included a video of several players’ trib utes to him and a program that his wife and children helped facilitate. “It was quite touching and emotional for me to see so many old players, parents and coach es. They are all fine young men and look great, although most of the boys gained a little bit of weight and could now suit up as linemen!”

Colosimo reminisced on his “incredi ble journey” from 45 years of coaching at Judge Memorial Catholic High School and then being part of the foundational begin nings at Juan Diego. “I remember when we were making plans to open and asking Ga ley [Colosimo, the school’s first and only principal] who was going be the football coach,” John Colosimo said. “He said that I would be doing that, so I agreed to coach for three years, and then it ended up being

Football field dedicated for legendary coach

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18 years beyond that.”

Colosimo also noted the community that has been so supportive, both among those within the school as well as Draper City officials. “Our field wasn’t going to be done for our first year and Draper City offered for us to use a city park,” he said. “I’ve never forgotten that and will always be grateful for the support we have been given.”

And, above all, Colosimo said that he misses the camaraderie with his play ers and the great dedication he witnessed from them and all those that “made my job easy” throughout the years.

Former player Keegan Anderson, who starred at JDCHS from 2006 to 2010 said he is grateful for the “big impact” that Co losimo had on him over the years. “He was always pushing you to be the best version of yourself on and off the field—preaching that hard work, teamwork and dedication will get you to where you want to be,” An derson said.

Anderson, who went on to play tight end at Utah State, also took coaching notes from Colosimo to his own stints with the Wisconsin, Oregon State, Utah and Utah State football programs over a 10-year pe riod. “Coach Colosimo’s attention to de tail always had us prepared the right way,” Anderson said. “He was very thorough and that is what led us to working as a team and winning two state championships while I was there.”

Colosimo retired from the sidelines in 2020 as one of the all-time winnin gest coaches in state football history. He coached for 45 years, including 21 at JDCHS where he led his teams to 17 re gion championships, with 12 of those titles being consecutive, and 18 state postseason appearances in a row.

Since 1974, he has been honored with numerous coaching awards over the years, including the Best of State High School Coach recognition in 2019 while being

inducted into the National High School Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Utah Sports Hall of Fame this past spring. He has coached 10 state football MVPS, countless All-State and Academic AllState players and several that went on to play collegiately.

“As great of a coach and leader that he was for Juan Diego throughout his ca reer, he has proven to be an even greater man because of his dedication to his fam ily, his faith and hundreds of young men who were lucky enough to play for him,” Bianco said.

Former JDCHS Athletic Director

Chris Long echoed those same sentiments.

“John influenced hundreds of lives in a positive way,” Long said. “By playing for him, the boys learned to be men. They are better husbands, fathers, employees, and citizens because they played for John Co losimo. His players were coached, taught, guided, and most importantly loved, by the rarest of things: a truly good man. His players loved playing for him and they be came better people because of him. I can’t think of a better legacy for a coach.”

And that legacy has been literally im printed between the 20- and 50-yard lines on the Soaring Eagle Stadium turf. l

She said voting is critical.

“Our entire system is predicated on an educated populace exercising the right to vote. We pick our leaders, our leaders don’t pick the voters, and the better educated and inspired and energized our voting and voting populace is, the better a country our demo cratic republic will be,” she said.

Lori Jones, a former longtime educator, said educated voting is critical to elections, including the local school board.

“Voters need to review candidates’ platforms, then they can make educated de cisions about who wants to support schools and make them better,” she said.

While her longtime passion has been

education, Jones, who recently joined the League of Women Voters, said she has con cerns about redistricting and environmental issues, both of which Bona said are hot top ics right now.

“I joined the League because I read that they filed a lawsuit against the legislature about gerrymandering of the congressional districts, which I was furious about, and I’m also really interested in trying to do things to make sure that the Great Salt Lake doesn’t die because that would be a huge disaster for our children. I'm an advocate for children and a lot of people blow off the Great Salt Lake because they don’t realize everything that it does. I just thought, ‘OK, I don't have

a right to complain unless I volunteer’ so I’m taking a look to learn more about these is sues,” she said.

After attending a couple meetings, Jones plans to get more involved.

“I like how the League gets people in volved in nonpartisan politics and how they also take an active role in what’s going on in the state. The great thing about it is you don’t have to run for office to have to see if you can have an impact on something and you can get involved in as little or as much as you want. They’ve got a climate group that’s looking at problems with water in Utah. They have a legislative group that goes to the legislative sessions to find out what they’re

doing, and they have an observer group who are trained to be an observer at city meetings and report back what's going on,” she said.

Bona’s involvement with the League started after the 2016 election.

“I wanted to get involved with educat ing voters and helping voters understand the importance of going to the ballot in an informed way,” she said. “I saw what the League was doing and that they were em powering voters and registering people to vote, not asking them how they were going to vote, but just making sure that they were informed citizens who did vote. To me, that felt like a way of making the world a better place.” l

Former Juan Diego Catholic High School football coach John Colosimo stands with his family on the field that now bears his name. (Photo courtesy April van der Sluys)

JDCHS cross country team on pace to reach goals

Juan Diego Catholic High School cross country coach Joe Elliott went into this sea son with high expectations for his defending Region 15 champion squads, who also both placed eighth at the 3A state race last fall.

“We returned every scorer from state last year,” Elliott said. “We’re aiming to win region again and then notch our best 3A finishes in school history at state at the end of the season.”

In the first meet of the season, the Premier Invite, on Aug. 13, the girls team placed third while the boys came in fourth.

The next week, at a pre-Region meet, both squads finished first behind individu al winners in both races. Ethan Stevens won the girls event with Isabella Pickers (third), Olivia Young (eighth), Nicole Merhi (ninth) and Maudie Poirier (10th) also placing in the top 10. Chloe Reilly took first in the boys race while Curran Madden (third), Shepherd Foy (sixth) and Connor Orges (ninth) were also top finishers.

The girls and boys teams also won the Juan Diego Regional Aug. 31, again behind first-place showings by Stevens and Reilly. For the girls, Pickers (third), Young (eighth), Poiri er (ninth) and Merhi (10th) also came in top 10 with Madden (fifth), Orges (sixth), Sebastian Galindo-Ramirez (eighth) and Foy (ninth) also finishing high.

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Stevens again won at the Juab Invite Sept. 8 in leading the girls varsity squad to sixth place. Reilly’s fourth place finish helped the varsity boys take fourth. Galindo-Ramirez took 10th for the JV boys, bringing them into eighth place while Domiona Marine was the top finisher—in 60th place—for the JV girls eighth place team.

At pre-state Sept. 14, Stevens was eighth in the junior/senior girls race with Madden tak ing 24th in the junior/senior boys event. Daniel Keegan was 57th in the boys freshman/sopho more race and Abby Quigley was 97th in the freshman/sophomore race.

“We had lots of individual PRs and solid team finishes at pre-state which is exactly what we want to be doing,” Elliott said. “This season has been going along pretty successfully. I like where we’re at in our training with a month to go. I’m hopeful these kids will be ready to run fast at the right time. They’re looking far more like a veteran, experienced team this year than where we were at this point last season, and we’re excited for the upcoming meets. We’re also working hard and having a lot of fun along the way.”

Stevens had the third fastest time ever in the girls varsity classification at the Bob Fir man Invitational Sept. 24, winning the race and leading the squad to a sixth-place finish out of

31 teams. Pickers placed 17th. Madden and Reilly led the boys team to a second place finish by taking sixth and ninth, respectively. “On one hand, I’m thrilled about these results, and really proud of the kids, but then we’ve also got to make sure this isn’t the highlight of the season,” Elliott said. “We’ve still got more winning to do.” Also on the JDCHS team this season are Jasper Aban to, Ramon Aviles, Sara Brunslik, Nyrvannah Crockett, Elizabeth Cruz, John Deffner, Elijah Earhart, Xavier Flieringa, Remington Gray, Hobie Hodlmair, Emmalyn Jacobs, Noah

Jones, Thomas Jones, Lauren Keegan, Owen Kotter, Christopher Madden, Aidan Mulligan, Adriana Newton, Tanner Nicholson, Simone Nicolodemos, Alexus Quayson-Sackey, Cate Rainey, Annette Rodriguez, Allie Sloan, Cate Stevens, Jackson Stolz, Matthew Tita, James Vekiarides, Jessie Whitehead and Gabe Woods.

Juan Diego is also scheduled to compete at the Bob Firman Invite Sept. 24, in a tri-meet with Judge Memorial and St. Joseph’s Sept. 28 and the Sanpete Invite Oct. 5 before the Region 15 championships Oct. 13 and the 3A state championships Oct. 25. l

The defending Region 15 champion JDCHS cross country team. (Photo courtesy Joe Elliott)

Peripheral Neuropathy Breakthrough!

“My feet feel like they're on fire.” “Each step feels like I'm walking through wet paint. ” “I live in constant fear that I’ll fall.” “I can't sleep, my hands and feet tingle all night.”

What do all of these people have in common? They suffer from peripheral neuropathy. It's estimated that more than 20 million people in the United States have peripheral neuropathy. Unfortunately this figure may be significantly higher as the disease is often misdiagnosed because of its wide array of symptoms.

Dr. Stephanie Scott of Salt Lake Acupuncture Clinic in Sandy shares this belief. “I’ve been treating neuropathy, in all its various forms, for over five years and so often my patients come to me because of the symptoms, not because of a diagnosis. They saw one of my print ads, or read the testimonial of another patient and say to themselves, ‘hey, I feel the same thing’.”

Frankie M. of Draper testified to this. “I remember my husband driving me to my consultation and I saw a woman running just outside our neighborhood. I was so envious I just kept thinking ‘I would give anything just to walk again’. My primary care doctor told me my troubles with pain and balance were just symptoms of old age and gave me a prescription. I was so depressed."

Fortunately Frankie would eventually hear from a friend, who was experiencing similar symptoms, about Dr. Scott and how she offers a real solution at Salt Lake Acupuncture Clinic. "I just knew I had to see her. She was my last hope.” “Almost all of our patients come to us with a story similar to Frankie's. They've been everywhere else. They've been told there's no hope. They've been told 'it's just part of getting older’,” shares Dallin, a Patient Care Coordinator at Salt Lake Acupuncture Clinic. “It just breaks my heart but I know how much we can help people like Frankie, so I'm always so happy when they walk through our door. ”

Those diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy often face a very grim reality; Western medicine declares that there is no solution while most alternative therapies carry large price tags and offer little to no resolve. Which is why Dr. Scott and the staff at Salt Lake Acupuncture Clinic pride themselves on being ‘the last resort with the best results’.

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves and this damage is commonly caused by lack of blood flow in the hands and feet. A lack of blood flow results in a lack of nutrients; the nerves then begin to degenerate and die which causes pain ranging from discomfort to debilitating. Because neuropathy is a degenerative condition, once those nerves begin to deteriorate they will continue to do so until they are completely expired, leaving those suffering with crippling balance issues. “In this case, the absence of pain is not necessarily a good thing," shares Dr. Scott. “This usually indicates that your nerves are hanging on by a fragile thread.”

So how exactly is Dr. Scott able to reverse the effects of this degenerative disease? “Acupuncture has been used to increase blood flow for thousands of years which helps to get the necessary nutrients to the affected nerves. But the real magic happens when I integrate ATP Resonance BioTherapy™. This is tech that was originally developed by NASA to expedite recovering and healing."

“I just can't say enough about Salt Lake Acupuncture Clinic,” Frankie shared through tears of joy. “My husband and I moved here three years ago and he's gone hiking almost everyday. I always stayed home because of the pain and discomfort. Yesterday I went hiking with him!

And next week we're starting ballroom dance lessons. I am truly living life these days.”

According to Frankie’s test results, she has seen a 74% improvement in pain and functionality, which is on par with a majority of our patients,” shares Dallin. “But more important than those test results

is the joy she's expressed being here and hearing about all the amazing things she's able to do because she feels great!”

By seamlessly blending the ancient science of acupuncture with modern medical solutions, Dr. Scott has achieved a 90% success rate in reversing the effects of neuropathy. She starts each patient with an initial consultation, during which a sensory exam is performed.

“This not only aids in making a proper diagnosis but it helps to define just how much nerve damage has occurred,” explains Dr. Scott. “This is important because if a patient has suffered more than 95% damage, there is little that I can do to help them. I'm familiar with the medical miracle but I know my limits as a practitioner and the limits of my medicine.”

When it comes to treating peripheral neuropathy, regardless of its origin, early detection greatly improves your chances of a full recovery.

If you or someone you love is suffering from chronic pain that presents as burning, tingling or ‘pins and needles’ or you've recently been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy, it's important to know that there are options.

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Megan Sewell always felt called to be a healer. In her 20s, she studied yoga and meditation in India before turn ing her attention to Eastern medicine practices. In 2010, she graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle with a Masters in Science of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and in 2015 she opened Wild Sage Acupuncture to help people struggling with hormonal issues, autoimmune disease and chronic illness.

“I always knew I wanted to work in the field of medi cine, specifically mind-body work,” she said. “The acupunc ture program drew me in. It provided a holistic framework to treat all sorts of illness and disease.”

Located at 2258 E. Fort Union Blvd., Suite B6, in Cot tonwood Heights, Wild Sage Acupuncture is a place for women struggling with PCOS, endometriosis, adrenal fa tigue, weight issues, menopause or infertility. Sewell also offers cupping therapy, a treatment to help resolve chronic muscle tightness and pain, and she uses Chinese herbal med icine and key supplements to treat or prevent disease.

With her recent training in the field of 5 Element Func tion Medicine, Sewell’s treatments encompass a whole-sys tems approach to create a framework for easy-to-follow treatment plans that create true and lasting change. She has helped women suffering from disease and illness ranging from digestive issues to migraines to acute pain or injury.

Wild Sage Acupuncture also treats men, who have their own unique wellness needs. Sewell works with men strug

gling with prostatitis, tension, low libido, insomnia, anxiety and stress.

“In my clinic, I always offer free consultations so that we can meet and discuss the problems needing attention, to get to know one another, and see if I can help. This is a chance as well to ask any questions someone may have about our approach.”

The concepts and acupuncture techniques she uses helps the body heal by reducing the disruption of the natu ral healing force. The acupuncture treatments strengthen the signal the cells are receiving to repair and regenerate, reduc

ing inflammation, removing toxic buildup, improving sleep and more.

Sewell said the changes in the body happen at the lev el of the neuro-endocrine axis, the way the nervous system talks to the hormones. For people who might be needle-hesi tant, she uses fine needles and said most people find the treat ments very relaxing. All procedures are designed for comfort so the body can relax and heal.

For more information about Wild Sage Acupuncture, or to schedule a free consultation, call 801-849-8312, email care@wildsageacu.com or visit WildSageAcupuncture.com.

Sewell and her life partner Dr. Shawn Postma, a naturo pathic physician, often discuss healing medicines and prac tices in their home. She started Wild Sage Acupuncture as a venue to teach patients about soulful healing and is confident in the results of her therapies.

“My medicine is to show compassion to people who are struggling and also provide hope and inspiration to those that are suffering in the mind and in the body.”

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Former Corner Canyon High runner Hannah Branch (left) placed 17th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships June 9 in Eugene, Oregon, competing for Utah Valley University. In 2021, the senior was competing in the 5,000 and 10,000 events, but a broken foot during the 10,000 meter race, left her side lined. The Draper native bounced back after a two-month recovery to help the Wolverines cross country team win the Western Athletic Conference title last fall. This summer, she became the first UVU female runner to qualify for nationals. (Photo courtesy Clint Burgi, UVU)

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here are lots of people in this world who scare me, like toddlers, Christian nationalists and the barista who always compliments my shirt, even when I’m wearing a blood-stained hoodie.

But dentists! Dentists are a higher level of fear. I'm sure they get tired of being compared to the sadistic den tist in “Little Shop of Horrors” but if the tooth fits…

My dentophobia is rooted in an experience when I was 5 where many of the details are still slumbering in my subconscious, waiting to burst when I’m least expecting it. The only thing I remember was the dentist was not my friend.

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I start ed dreading my annual checkup.

Mom would write our dentist’s name on the bathroom mirror in red lipstick, so she’d remember to schedule the appointment. But every time she wrote it, I’d take a wet washcloth and wipe it off. I’m sure she never noticed the smeared lipstick or the dripping-wet mirror.

Now that I’m older, I should be braver, right? I should be grateful I don’t have a medieval dentist who also works as the village butcher, barber and blacksmith. I’m lucky I’m not Tom Hanks in “Castaway” when he uses an ice skate to knock out his abscessed molar. Modern dentistry

It’s like pulling teeth

is a privilege.

My rational mind knows all those things, but I’ve never left a dentist’s office thinking, “Hmmm. That wasn’t too bad.”

I recently had my first root canal, which didn’t ease my fears. At all. I was upfront with the endodontist and told him I didn’t like him very much.

“I understand,” he said.

“No, really. I loathe you,” I said.

“Yeah, I get that a lot.”

We went from there. He offered me nitrous oxide be cause if I’m going to be root-canaled, I’d rather be float ing somewhere near Venus. After I was nice and drifty, he told me I’d feel a little pinch as he numbed my mouth. Then he proceeded to nail my face to the chair while the nurse handed him a Black & Decker drill. He laughed ma niacally, donned a hockey mask ala Jason Voorhees and started excavating my back teeth.

At least, that’s how I remember it.

After the root canal, I had to make an appointment with my dentist to put a crown on my tooth. I called the receptionist who said I could schedule time on Sept. 12 at 2:30 a.m. or wait until June 2023. Typical.

I don’t know why I’m still terrified of all things den tal. The smell of a dentist’s office makes my stomach roll. The sound of a drill makes my jaw clench, which makes it really hard to work on my teeth. When it was time for my crown appointment, I sat in my car for a good 15 minutes, giving myself a pep talk.

“You’ve got this,” I said. “You’re a big girl.” “Nope. I’m going to Starbucks,” I responded. “No, you’re not. You’re going to act like an adult

and walk in that office.”

I stuck my tongue out at myself and went to get my crown. Not a cool crown like a Dutch sapphire tiara but a porcelain crown that I’m afraid to chew with. I’m pretty sure my dentist has a hook for a hand and he proceeded to stab my gums repeatedly, probably just for the fun of it. And then it was over. For now.

I’d rather face a zillion zombies, a multitude of mum mies, a van full of vampires or a ton of toddlers before seeing the dentist again. He’s the scariest monster I know.