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Something wicked this way comes in Lamplight Theatre Co. production of ‘Macbeth’ By Katherine Weinstein | Katherine@mycityjournals.com
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The play’s the thing,” William Shakespeare famously wrote. “It’s good to be with a group that believes that,” said Rebecca Lea McCarthy of her fellow actors in the upcoming Lamplight Theatre Co. production of “Macbeth” at Draper Historic Theatre. “It’s nice to work with people who have a passion for the process, it’s a joy.” McCarthy is playing the treacherous Lady Macbeth in this production, which moves the story of Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty king from medieval Scotland to a lawless, post-apocalyptic world. “We’re drawing inspiration from ‘Mad Max’ and ‘The Walking Dead,’” explained actor and costumer Bailey Loveless. “Lamplight Theatre Co. wants to do classic plays, but reimagined so that they are more relatable to modern audiences.” Lamplight Theatre Co. is a new theater company under the umbrella of Draper Historic Theatre that presents shows geared more to teen and adult audiences. The company put a new, modern spin on the Victorian classic “Charley’s Aunt” at Draper Historic Theater last spring. Lamplight Theatre Co. Executive Producer Eldon Randall is directing “Macbeth,” which will be presented Sept. 6–28. For Randall, the decision to present “Macbeth” is a timely one. “I feel ‘Macbeth’ shows how one can lose their moral compass for personal and political gain. Something that I believe is happening in our society as a whole and in our government,” he said. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is at first a noble and loyal warrior who hears a witch’s prophecy that someday he will become king. Under pressure from his wife, Macbeth decides to take his destiny into his own hands
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Macbeth (Tim Jeffryes) conspires with Lady Macbeth (Rebecca Lea McCarthy) in the Lamplight Theatre Co. production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” (Photo courtesy The Wandering Photo Co/Bailey Loveless)
and commits murder to seize the throne of Scotland. The body count increases as Macbeth and his wife give in to their insatiable desire for power until they themselves are destroyed. The actors in this production of “Macbeth” expressed great enthusiasm for performing Shakespeare. Alex Glover, who plays the courtier Lennox, has studied Shakespeare as a theater student at BYU and appeared in “As You Like It” last July in Provo. “I love how complex this play is, story-wise,” said Glover. “There are so many subplots that influence the main story. It’s applicable to any time period — the conflict between wanting to have power and Macbeth feeling the need to follow his morals.” Macy Rhees, who plays Malcolm, undertook the role of one of the witches in a
production of “Macbeth” at BYU-Idaho. “I really love it,” she said. “One of the things I love about Shakespeare is that the stories can be set anywhere, the roles played by anyone. You can have fun with it.” In the post-apocalyptic world of the Lamplight Theatre Co. version of “Macbeth,” women are warriors and can wield great power. “We have women playing masculine roles,” said Randall. “Society has changed in that women take on a more predominant role.” “At the end, I become ‘king’ of Scotland,” added Rhees. Performing Shakespeare requires training and experience. The two lead actors, Tim Jeffryes and Rebecca Lea McCarthy, bring both to their respective roles as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Jeffryes was part of an im-
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Canyons School District celebrates 10 years, has plans for more progress By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
Canyons Board of Education members Steve Wrigley, Nancy Tingey, Mont Millerberg and Amber Schill cut the cake July 1 after about 700 students, parents and guests sang happy birthday to the decade-old school district. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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idgecrest third-grader Isaac Christensen wasn’t born yet when Canyons School District formed 10 years ago, but he was the first person to have a piece of the district’s 10th birthday cake when Canyons Board of Education members cut the cake for about 700 students, parents, volunteers and guests. “When we created Canyons School District, it was for the students we were serving as well as for our future students,” board member Mont Millerberg said. On July 1, 10 years to the date after board members paraded through the district in a school bus, current and former students and employees gathered at Sandy Amphitheater with community members to celebrate the school district and its efforts, including 13 construction projects approved with a 2010 bond and five already underway with a 2017 bond, as well as back-to-back salary bumps for teachers. Canyons also has created a new response service team, which provides services to help students be safe and healthy and ready to learn, said director BJ Weller. “It’s been amazing to see the innovative collaboration in the district leadership to cohesively provide resources and support for the schools and students,” he said. Career and Technical Education Director Janet Goble also said partnerships with the Governor’s Office of Economics and Silicon Slopes are providing more opportunities for students with career interests. While many departments and schools could boast about successes for students, it was the cohesiveness of board members under the board’s first president Sherril Taylor working with the community that made the transition from becoming a school district to opening the doors for students six weeks lat-
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our communities. People were not wanting to live in Cottonwood Heights (then) because of the school conditions. Many of them needed new roofs and repairs, but the (Jordan) district wasn’t fixing them.” Canyons Public Engagement Coordinator Susan Edwards remembers not understanding why a new district was needed 10 years ago. “Mayor Cullimore invited me (and others) to his office and took the time to explain why and answer my questions,” she said. “Three hours later, I walked out, knowing everything and was fully on board.” That means Edwards has done any task needed for the district, from waiting for delivery of the district’s first computers to maintaining relationships between city, community and district leaders. “We couldn’t fail,” Edwards said. “If we knew then what we know now, I’m not sure we would think we could do it. But we didn’t know, and we had 34,000 students counting on us so we had no choice not to succeed. We worked our guts out, but the mayors’ transitional teams and our Board of Education members had laid out great work for us to follow.” However, not everyone was on board with the new district. One of the district’s current biggest supporters, Utah PTA Student
Involvement Commissioner Betty Shaw, who served as region 17’s director, said she didn’t think it was necessary at the time to split Jordan District. “I thought it was running well enough then, but maybe I didn’t get the big picture,” she said. “What has happened is a good thing and as soon as it was decided there would be two districts, PTA decided to move forward with it and make it a welcoming place.” That warm, welcoming feel is part of what board member Steve Wrigley appreciates about the new district. “Canyons has become a family and that is what was envisioned with it being a smaller district,” he said. “People care about each other, about their students, about their teachers, and it’s apparent with patrons being so gracious to trust us with two bonds being approved to build new buildings and fix schools in disrepair as well as support for teachers raises so we can retain and attract quality teachers.” Wrigley said much credit needs to be given to the four former mayors: Cullimore, Midvale’s JoAnn Seghini, Sandy’s Tom Dolan and Draper’s Darrell Smith, who continued to fight the battle for the school district, for better schools and building new ones in their communities, even when it was threatened with a possible lawsuit.
er, Millerberg said. “We were at the buses at 11:30 p.m., June 30, 2009, and Jordan District wouldn’t allow us to put the stickers with the Canyons name on them until 12:01 a.m., July 1. It was a difficult split. We had voter approval at 52 percent, which in English meant, we had almost as many against wanting a new school district as we had for it,” he said. The voting of a new district was exciting for Canyons, but for Jordan, Millerberg said, he was sure it was “like picking up pieces after an ugly divorce settlement.” That feeling lingered for years, and even today people talk about before and after “the split.” Millerberg credits David Doty, the district’s first superintendent who was not able to attend the decade party, with the organization of the new district. “He had the vision of organization and could put programs in place to help make the district a leader in the state,” he said. “(Current Superintendent) Jim Briscoe now has the love of employees and patrons around the district and is moving us forward. After 10 years not only are we better off, but Jordan School District is better off serving their students with the growth they have on the west side.” One of the earliest supporters of the new district was former Cottonwood Heights Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore Jr. “I’m thrilled with the progress over the decade and Canyons becoming a trend setter in public education in Utah,” Cullimore said. “Early on, I was told my name was being printed to head a committee to become a dis- During the May 13 celebration of Canyons School District’s 10-year birthday, patrons were able to view metrict and I said great. I wanted it known that I mentos of students’ accomplishments during the decade. (Julie Slama/City Journals) wanted a new district with better schools for Cottonwood Heights. Schools are the heart of
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“It was the district that almost wasn’t,” Wrigley said. As part of the split, Canyons continues to pay on a 2003 bond, where “nothing from it is benefitting our schools,” Wrigley said. Canyons Chief Financial Officer and Business Manager Leon Wilcox confirms that “We inherited issues with the split and have none of the good things from it, just all the bad,” he said in reference to paying $216 million in principal and interest. “We still have about $32.4 million to pay in the next three years. We’d like to do more for our district and faster, but we need to pay
some schools and building schools in Draper where there was huge growth.” There also has been safety vestibules added to schools, updated camera systems in school buses and schools, air conditioning and heating upgrades and several other projects from turf to parking lots around the district. Current Midvale Mayor Robert Hale, who was at the July event, said he appreciates the district keepings its word and investing in school children. Midvale already has two new schools — Midvale Elementary and Midvale Middle — and two are underway —
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people doing a lot of great work that will benefits kids a long way into the future.” Current Board President Nancy Tingey agrees. “It’s important to celebrate our achievement and reflect on our accomplishments,” she said. “Our district was born by a community effort and they came together for a common goal: a high-quality school system. We thank everyone associated with the district in making a huge difference. It’s our time to look back and reflect as well as to celebrate and recommit to our ideals in Canyons School District for our families now and in the future. We celebrate our excellence and strive for excellence.” l
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off the great debt,” he said, comparing it to a divorce settlement where one has to pay all the mortgage, but doesn’t get the house or the kids. “Still, we’ve made tremendous progress from 10 years ago, fixing desperate needs in
Midvalley Elementary and Hillcrest High. “Kids are our future and Canyons is putting a big investment in them,” he said. “It’s exciting to benefit from these 10 years of a new district; we’re moving in the right
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Cantana offers up a musical smorgasbord of country, classic rock at Ridge Cafe By Katherine Weinstein | katherine@mycityjournals.com
Members of Cantana — Jim Corpuz, Dan Webber and Mike Webber — rehearse for their next gig. (Katherine Weinstein/City Journals)
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n old photograph of a group of young musicians hangs in the Lehi home recording studio of guitarist Mike Webber. From the band’s hairstyles, skinny ties and guitars, one might think at first glance it is a photo of a certain famous band from Liverpool. But it’s not. “That’s us!” said Webber with a smile. In the 1960s, Mike and his brother Dan Webber toured Utah, Idaho and other western states as members of The Mods and later in The Bassment Walls. Although only in their teens, “We were on all the radio stations,” Mike said. “It was kind of neat.” Today Mike and Dan play lead guitar and bass, respectively, as members of a cover band newly christened Cantana. Formerly the Rocky Mountain Rockers, the name change comes from the fact that four members grew up in Montana while keyboardist Mark Dahl hails from Canada. Draper resident Robyn Price sings lead vocals and Jim Corpuz, who moved to Draper 10 years ago, plays saxophone. Each member of Cantana brings decades of musical experience and a real enjoyment of performing to the group. They play at The Ridge Café in Draper most months and have also performed at Draper Amphitheater and Deer Valley as well as private events. “We play rockabilly, classic rock, country and big band,” said Price, describing the variety of musical styles in Cantana’s repertoire. “It’s a lot of fun just in the variety of genres we play,” Mike Webber said. “I’ve never been in a band that plays so many different genres.” Mike worked as a session guitarist in the late sixties at Capitol Records in Hollywood where he played with Bobbie Gentry, among many artists. He also worked with Linda Ronstadt and plays some of the songs with
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Cantana she made famous. Mike’s musical career was interrupted when he was drafted into the army. When he returned home from overseas, Mike and Dan started a new band, the Classic Reunion, and enjoyed playing throughout Utah for a number of years. Dan Webber also played music for most of his life and gravitated to the bass while in his teens. “It’s always been part of me,” Dan said. “We grew up on classical music.” Mike remembers his dad playing popular songs like “Sweet Georgia Brown” and “Mr. Sandman” at home. “There was an instrument in every corner,” he said. Dahl started playing the piano at an early age. “My mom started me on the piano when I was 4. I took up guitar when I was about 14 or 15 and have been playing ever since,” he said. Dahl, who is from Alberta, Canada, began playing in bands in high school. A versatile musician, Dahl plays keyboard, guitar, banjo and pedal steel guitar in addition to contributing vocals to Cantana. Dahl joined up with Mike and Dan to form a country cover band called the Wasatch Country Pickers. Later, the three became the core members of the Rocky Mountain Rockers. Price joined the band as the lead singer two years ago. Price also grew up in a musical family. Both of her grandfathers and her mother were musically inclined. “My mom and two of her sisters performed all over Utah in the 1950s,” Price said. Price started singing with her family members and in church. In high school, she sang in three different choirs and joined her first rock band. She performed at Draper Days about 20 years ago with Rocky Mountain Thunder and has been a member of four different bands. “I think I’ve always gotten this adrenaline rush from being in front of a crowd,” said Price. “I like to involve the audience
— it is so fun!” In her shows with Cantana, Price enjoys getting audiences to sing along to crowd-pleasing favorites like “Sweet Caroline” and “Crocodile Rock.” “Sharing my talent with people and watching them get into the music is really rewarding,” she said. Price knew Jim Corpuz from her childhood in Montana. Corpuz is the most recent addition to Cantana. He too has a multifaceted musical background and plays many instruments including rhythm guitar. Corpuz has performed in nine bands over the years including the Dovells. Years ago he toured the western U.S performing in bands that opened for well-known acts such as Tom Jones, Nancy Wilson and Paul Revere and the Raiders. Corpuz said of Cantana that he enjoys “the versatility of the group. They’re nice people.” The style of music they play is “wide open,” he said. Audiences at a Cantana show might hear anything from Johnny Burnette’s “Tear It Up” to Alan Jackson’s “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” to songs by Elton John, the Beatles and more. Their next performance is at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28 at the Ridge Café, 14886 Traverse Ridge Road in Draper. To reach Cantana for a booking, call or text Robyn Price at 801-599-6958. l
Draper resident and lead singer of Cantana, Robyn Price, rehearses with the band. Mark Dahl is on keyboard. (Katherine Weinstein/City Journals)
The members of Cantana take a break from rehearsing. Pictured from left to right are Jim Corpuz, Dan Webber, Robyn Price, Mark Dahl and Mike Webber. (Katherine Weinstein/City Journals)
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We’ve all met someone who says (more like “claims”) they have never experienced a car accident before. While we might doubt the veracity of such a statement, there are countless ways to avoid those nauseatingly time consuming situations — the ones where you wait for law enforcement on the side of the road (or middle of the intersection), deal with insurance companies and figure out finances for fixing the fender. There are countless ways to avoid an accident, here are the top four. 1| Attitude. You probably weren’t expecting this one first. As a driver, you control over 3,000 pounds (or more) of metal that can cause incalculable damage. Driving with maturity and the right mindset makes a world of difference. Speeding to beat another car to the exit or to get back at the person who cut you off a minute ago may give you a moment of satisfaction, but is it worth the risk and ramifications? If all drivers commit to having a responsible attitude, imagine how much less we’d find ourselves in bumper to bumper traffic waiting to pass the accident. 2| Speed. From 2012-2016, 40 percent of motor vehicle traffic crash deaths in Utah
were because of speeding, according to Utah Department of Public Safety’s crash data. Slowing down isn’t going to kill you, but flying past others just might. 3| Distraction. Stay focused. Keep your guard up. Though you may be a phenomenal driver, others aren’t. Be aware of your surroundings by paying attention to what’s in front of you and checking your mirrors. Knowing where everyone else is helps avoid collisions. If you’re distracted by your phone, music, or billboards with cows writing on them, it limits your response time to what another driver may being doing in front of you. 4| Defense. This was one of the first concepts taught in driver education and one of the first we forget: drive defensively. Failing to yield caused 12% of deaths from 2012-2016 in the same data mentioned before. That comes to 154 people who died because they didn’t let someone else go first. This also applies when driving in poor weather conditions. Heavy rainfall and snowstorms blot windshields and make roads slick, adverse circumstances to traveling safely. Basics become even more vital like keeping your distance from the vehicle in front of you.
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Corner Canyon soccer team charging on field By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com
Corner Canyon’s Grace Jeppson is among the senior leaders back for the defending state champion Chargers squad. (Photo courtesy Grace Jeppson)
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he Corner Canyon High girls soccer team is beginning the season right where it left off last year — with stingy defense and plenty of offense. The Chargers gave up 13 goals in 20 games in 2018, with three of those goals surrendered in its four state playoff games — all while scoring 76 goals. In five games this season in their new 6A classification, Corner Canyon is undefeated with a 5-0 victory over Roy, a 2-0 win against Murray, a 2-1 victory over Viewmont, a 4-2 win against Logan and a 7-0 domination over Herriman. Against Roy, Kallyn Chynoweth, Kenli Coon, Macy Hart, Maryn Granger and Reagan Winget scored in the second half after a 0-0 tie at halftime. Freshman keeper Meg Covey recorded the shutout. Chynoweth again found the net in the win over Murray while Willow Collins also scored. Covey had
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her second shutout of the young season. Winget scored a goal in each half to lead the Chargers to the Viewmont win. Against Logan, Coon, Winget, Collins and Paje Rasmussen all scored in the first half for the Chargers’ scores. Coon and Collins had two goals each against Herriman with Winget, Rasmussen and Annika Manwaring also finding the net. “The first few games have been a good start,” new head coach Bayleigh Steed said. “We had six different goal scorers so that really says how much they can work together and it’s not about one person scoring all our goals or taking all the credit. I’ve seen some good things, but there’s always ways to improve and grow.” “It’s always nice to start the season off winning,” Coon said. “The first games are always about learning to play together. It felt good to beat Roy and Murray where we had multiple players score which makes us a threat.” Steed said more than half of her starting lineup are “solid” returning varsity players and they are focusing on “finding chemistry as a team again.” “It’s just getting back into a groove and finding our timing again with each other because we have a solid foundation to build off of,” she said. “Overall, it’s just about our team working as a team because that is where we have the most strength.” Coon said the team takes summer train-
ing seriously, knowing that “come the middle of July we better be in our best shape.” “It’s a tough few weeks of conditioning after that, but we bond as teammates during this time and cheer each other on through the process,” she said. Senior Grace Jeppson said those hours of training and then team bonding off the field have brought a strength to their team as they stepped on the field for their first games. “It felt amazing to be back with my teammates and start getting back into the groove with them,” Jeppson said. “It was so fun to play hard with them by my side.” Coons and Jeppson said those connections will be the key to success on the field this season. “We have to play as a team in order to win games,” Coon said. “We have the talent and athleticism. Team chemistry is everything.” “I think one of the biggest keys to a successful season are the strong bonds we share on the team,” Jeppson said. “The best teams will do anything for their teammates both on and off the field because they are tightly knit and will want to work harder.” Covey, who is the team’s goalkeeper in just her first year of high school soccer, has been a thrilling addition to the Chargers defensively. “She’s excited and we’re excited to have her,” Steed said. “The girls love her.” Also on the varsity squad are Abbie
Flamm, Maggie Hart, Avery King, Annika Manwaring, Aly Milford, Paje Rasmussen, Kaytlyn Scott and Jadaisha Waahilla. The junior varsity team includes Sarah Broadbent, Sage Burt, Sophie Burt, Sydney Christensen, Esme Fletcher, Maggie Hart, Brighton Jakeman, Ellie Jones, Skye Meyers, Ellie Mills, Ella Muir, Lucie Packer, Riley Stevens, Hallie Tripp, Kayla Welker, Eliza Willey and Mikayla Zvekan. Steed is assisted by Ali Houghton and Krissa Reinbold on the coaching staff. Corner Canyon is also scheduled to face Viewmont, Logan, Herriman and Copper Hills before home-and-away region matchups against Pleasant Grove, Lone Peak, Skyridge, American Fork and Westlake. “In a few short years we have progressed from region champs to 5A state champs and now we are going into 6A,” Coon said. “This opportunity to compete with some of the best 6A soccer schools is exciting and I think we have what it takes to win. We are going to take it one game at a time and we are ready to roll.” “We’re excited for a solid region that will require us to improve each game in order to do well,” Steed said. “The girls are really trusting each other and relying on each individual to do their part. Finding strength in our team is the only way we can succeed.” l
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New South Valley Chamber combines three cities for more opportunities By Stephanie DeGraw | s.degraw@mycityjournals.com
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he new South Valley Chamber is open for business. Formerly the Sandy Area Chamber, the South Valley Chamber will use the new name to reflect its regional presence and collaboration with Draper and Riverton. For the past several years the Sandy Chamber operated more as a regional hub with 40% of their membership located outside city limits. By teaming up with Sandy, Draper and Riverton, it will create more economic development opportunities to benefit the region according to Amy Nelson, director of communications for the new chamber. “The South Valley Chamber is actively working to create additional partnerships with surrounding cities,” she said. The changing business landscape is another reason the chamber of commerce is expanding. “We need to adapt. We believe that a vital role of a chamber of commerce is to provide resources to help companies grow, increase revenues, create jobs and get more customers,” said Greg Summerhays, president and CEO of the South Valley Chamber. The South Valley Chamber will be offering The Business Institute to all members. Greg Summerhays, president and CEO of the new Businesses across Salt Lake County and beSouth Valley Chamber, explains its new role in the yond can take advantage of the services and valley. (Photo by Jeremy Housekeeper)
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the programs. The Institute launched in 2018. The Business Institute has several academies including a mini-MBA program, sales academy, digital marketing academy and a finance academy. The signature program — the KeyBank Business Accelerator Academy — takes business owners through a 13-session course. It builds a customized, three-year growth plan by taking a hard look at the company’s finances, marketing, sales and management style. “We utilize an award-winning curriculum that has proven tangible growth outcomes for small businesses,” Summerhays said. Sandy City Mayor Kurt Bradburn supports the new name and regional focus. “As the south end of the valley continues to grow, we need an institution that can help drive economic development for the region by strengthening our small- to medium-sized business community. We have valued our partnership with the chamber,” Bradburn said. Draper Mayor Troy Walker is also thrilled with the new partnership. “This will give more businesses in our city the opportunity to benefit from the programs already offered at the South Valley Chamber. We have a great relationship with our surrounding cities
and believe this partnership with the South Valley Chamber will help accelerate regional economic development,” Walker said. Riverton Mayor Trent Stagges said the arrangement with the new South Valley Chamber would help businesses continue to prosper. “This move aligns directly with Riverton City’s goal of promoting a thriving business climate that supports the needs of our residents. The regional economy in the south end of Salt Lake County will benefit from the support of a strong regional chamber of commerce,” Stagges said. The executive board of the former Sandy Chamber discussed how to align resources better and create a more significant impact on the business community. “We believe that a regional chamber that focuses on fostering small business growth, increasing networking opportunities and advocating for the unique needs of the region will accomplish these objectives,” said Nathan Anderson, the chamber executive committee chairman. The Chamber offices have relocated to the Mountain America Expo Center in the Cairns District in Sandy, 9575 S. State St. The new website is southvalleychamber. com. l
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Amongst construction rubble, classes begin in Canyons School District By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
Construction was nearing the end on one classroom wing in August at Corner Canyon High; each of the new wings will have 12 new classrooms. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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hen Midvalley Elementary School students returned to school this fall, their teachers may have asked them to create a journal marking the progress of the new school being built on what was their east playground and field. “It’s an opportunity for our extremely creative teachers (to) tie in the real-world experience” of witnessing the building of a new school in their curriculum for students, Midvalley Principal Tamra Baker said. At Midvalley, as well as at many of Canyons School District’s high schools where construction is underway, classes began as usual, with perhaps new parking lots, some schools minus sports fields, and at all schools, attempts to keep disruptions to a minimum, said Canyons Business Administrator and Chief Financial Officer Leon Wilcox. Midvalley is the first elementary school to be rebuilt with the voters’ 2017 approval of a $283 million bond, which also will include new school buildings at Hillcrest High, Brighton High, Union Middle, Peruvian Park Elementary as well as a new West Draper Elementary, a new White City elementary, and classroom and lunchroom additions at Corner Canyon High. At Midvalley, the foundation was poured and metal framing was starting as school began. Plans are to begin sheet rocking and painting after the building is enclosed in February. The construction cost of the 85,000-square foot two-story building is $22.5 million and is being constructed for up to 800 students, Wilcox said. The new school will open to students in August 2020. At nearby Hillcrest High, many student-athletes’ home fields still are displaced, and by December, the new turf-field field-
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The updated auditorium will have a full fly system and improved acoustics as well as lightning and sound. There also will be updated dressing rooms adjacent to the theater and storage for props. After these are complete, classrooms, the media center and offices will be rebuilt. “Before we tear down any of the old buildings, we certainly will have final open houses and we will create alumni rooms at the schools, which can double as conference rooms,” Wilcox said. The new $113.5 million school is expected to open in 2021. Alta High also is getting a new 1,400seat auditorium, with interior highlights of red, black and gray, as the walls and ceiling were nearing completion on the northwest corner of the 27-acre campus as school began. New heating, ventilation and air conditioning also was installed over the summer for the north upstairs classrooms. Construction of the new fieldhouse, with artificial turf and training rooms, as well as an upstairs banquet and meeting room, was expected to be completed near the start of school. Sports teams, cheerleaders, drill team, marching band and physical education classes all will be able to use the new facility. Also on the agenda will be to put in 120 skylights to give more natural light and to fill in the commons area pit and update it with charging stations. Several offices and classrooms will be relocated, including the main office being moved next to the main entrance, a green room will be added for video broadcast, and windows will be added for more natural light. A security entrance will guide visitors to the main office before they can gain access to the hallways.
The updates at Alta are projected to cost $53.5 million, Wilcox said. When students returned to Corner Canyon High, they may be attending class in one of the two new classroom wings that have been built over the past year. The second classroom wing is projected to be completed by October. Until then, teachers are expected to hold class a few weeks in portable classrooms until the transition can be made, he said. An additional 4,700 square feet was built onto the lunchroom so students could eat in the designated area instead of on steps and in the commons. These additions of 24 classrooms and the lunchroom were constructed to accommodate the enrollment of 2,300 students. The total cost for additions to Corner Canyon are $10 million, Wilcox said. Wilcox also said some projects are costing more than earlier projections. “There has been inflation in construction and tariffs, but we still plan to do all of them. We are just adjusting the timing of the projects,” he said. A new Canyons administration building is nearing completion by the east district office, after selling the west office for $9.5 million and using those funds to centralize all departments, except for maintenance. “It will be great to have everyone in one location to improve communication and operations, and with all the schools on the east side, this will reduce time for those in the west office to get to our schools,” Wilcox said. “I’m proud of what we’ve been doing, and we have more good things yet to come.” l
house and athletic center will be home to a number of Husky sports. The athletic center will include a main and auxiliary gym, indoor track, dance room, weight room, wrestling room, locker rooms and a meeting room, which will serve several sports, physical education classes, cheerleaders, dance and drill teams. “It was a really wet spring, so that impacted construction by about 15–20 days, which was hard to make up in the summer,” Wilcox said. “There will be school colors and the Husky mascot all throughout the new school.” Soon after the new athletic center is completed, the current gymnasiums will be torn down and a new classroom wing will be constructed in the next phase of the construction project. A new auditorium with a larger stage is set to be constructed, with about 250 fewer seats. “There will be state-of-the-art technology, better equipment and an updated learning environment for students,” he said. By August 2021, the new building is expected to be complete at a construction cost of $119.4 million, and the following school year all the Huskies will have their home courts and fields back on their 38-acre campus. At Brighton High, much of the construction will continue around the athletic center and fieldhouse, career and technical education shops and auditorium. The new fieldhouse is expected to alleviate some of the use of the current basketball courts. Dance, drill, wrestling, soccer, lacrosse, physical education classes and other activities and sports can use the multi-use fieldhouse with artifi- Construction of more offices at the Canyons School District administration building will mean centralizing cial turf, an indoor track and baseball batting almost every department near schools on the east side. (Julie Slama/City Journals) cages.
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Draper Park eighth-graders prepare for scholarship program By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
Draper Park Middle School awarded its Viking Scholars trophies as well as a $100 scholarship from Jordan Credit Union and Canyons Education Foundation at a year-end banquet. (Photo courtesy of Anita Riddle Schmidt)
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raper Park eighth-grade students may already be preparing for the Viking Scholar program even though classes are just getting underway. That’s because students need to submit extensive applications that evaluate gradepoint average, community service and awards as well as involvement in extra-curricular activities. They also may be assembling a portfolio to showcase their experiences as it relates to a subject matter they’re applying for as well as preparing for a way to demonstrate knowledge in a subject area or preparing a short performance in the same field. The Viking Scholar program, which was modeled after the Sterling Scholar program, encourages students to find joy in their subject area they’re successful in as well as gives students confidence and a growth mindset, Assistant Principal Randall Seltz said. “We want as many as possible to apply,” he said. “Even if they don’t win, they’re getting feedback, building their resume, learning about their strengths and achieving some awesome things by just going through the process. This is empowering for kids and they work hard to be recognized for their talents.” The middle school program was created several years earlier, as was the Bobcat Scholar by Nate Edvalson, who served under Draper Park Principal Mary Anderson at Union Middle. When the two came to Draper Park, he continued the program as the Viking Scholar. “It was a way for the students to prepare for the competition of the Sterling Scholar
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and also become more college and career prepared,” said Edvalson, who now is at Eastmont Middle. “It gives students confidence and it lets them build toward something, a capstone concept, so they had a direction and felt accomplishment in middle school.” This past year, after going through three rounds of judging against their peers, 11 students were recognized in performing arts to math and science, from world languages to career and technical education. They were awarded a $100 scholarship from Jordan Credit Union and Canyons Education Foundation in addition to being presented a trophy of a Viking with a shield at a banquet at the end of the school year. Letters announcing winners were mailed to their homes during the spring break. Drake Larsen, the social studies winner, said when he came home from hanging out with friends, he opened the letter that waited for him. “I was really happy, more than in shock,” he said, adding that he is planning to set aside the money for college. “All the hours I spent studying, writing essays, researching websites. It was stressful. I told my mom and she was really happy. She was screaming like for five minutes straight.” “It was super stressful,” agreed Jacqueline Clegg, who won the science category. “I put my time and heart and soul into this. I wasn’t home over break and kept asking, ‘did the mail come?’ When the letter came, my mom got a flashlight to look through the envelope to see if I won.” Jacqueline, who would like to go to col-
lege at MIT, said this has helped her know how applications process and wants to apply for Sterling Scholar as a high school senior. “This has given me self-confidence and it’s something I can put on an application. I know if I work hard, I can achieve success. Even if I don’t win, I will have learned a lot,” she said. Her classmate Kylie Hiatt, who won for vocal music, agreed: “I know now how to prepare for Sterling Scholar and have the confidence that I can get it. Even if we didn’t win now, all the work and practice helped us learn and grow in our subject areas.” Annika Gilson, who was the dance subject winner, said even though she was dedicated to her field, it was something she enjoys. “I like to choreograph on my free time; it’s fun,” she said. “I didn’t mind all the countless hours preparing for this. I wasn’t nervous to perform as I do that at my studio, but it was more nerve-racking to do the interview even though I could talk about the elements of dance.” Kylie said she prepared for her performance not only by reviewing rhythms, scales, and sight-reading, but also by taking voice lessons. “I made time for it. It became a priority and I love singing, so it was something I wanted to do,” she said. While some of their classmates chose not to apply for the scholarship, all four said they’d strongly encourage peers to do so. “It’s a good opportunity to start focusing about our future. We have four years of high school, then college and real life. It’s good to test ourselves like this in middle school,” Drake said. Kylie said it also gives the high school a chance to let them know they’re ready to excel at that level and “shows all you can do. We also can help our friends in understanding a certain subject.” Annika said it has given her more opportunities, such as knowing how to prepare and audition to perform with drill team at Corner Canyon. “It opens up so many more possibilities because we believe in ourselves and know we can succeed,” she said. Jacqueline also said the program tells them about themselves. “We learn about ourselves, who we are and what we can do,” she said. “And even among our peers, it unites us.” Other subject winners include Christine Schmidt, theater; Jacquelyn Marsh, English/ language arts; McKaylee Hortin, visual arts; Sadi Peacock, career and technical education; Hayley Webb, math; Emily Geilman, world languages; and Madison McGee, instrumental music. l
Each year, Draper Park students compete to be Viking Scholars, an eighth-grade program that awards students who excel in subject areas with statues, as seen here, and scholarships. (Photo courtesy of Annabelle Larsen)
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Draper teen honored at national Reflections competition By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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nnette Ferran was a family friend. She was a wife, a mother of four and a leader in her community, and although she recently died of stomach cancer, to Draper teenager Joey Garrett, she remains her hero. In an essay, Joey wrote about her neighbor: “When she was diagnosed, many people would think that she would settle down and start accepting help. Instead, Annette dedicated her life to service. She told me her motto is, and always has been, ‘Service can get us through hard times.’ When she is sick, when she needs help, she decides to give instead of get, by understanding that some people have it worse than she does. She says giving service makes her very happy: ‘It’s really a very simple thing, but it has affected my life and so many others.’ She inspires me.” As a Draper Park eighth-grader, Joey entered that essay last school year in the PTA Reflections contest and recently traveled to the national convention in Columbus, Ohio, where she was awarded a bronze medal as a national Award of Merit winner in her age group. Her essay, “Day by Day,” was written to the theme, “Heroes Around Me,” and will be part of the national traveling exhibition, which will begin at the U.S. Department of Education in January 2020 and will conclude in June in Louisville, Kentucky. For 50 years, more than 300,000 students from pre-kindergarten through high school seniors annually create original works of art in line with a student-selected theme. Students submit their completed works of art in one or all of the available arts categories: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. Student winners have a chance to compete at their school level through nationals. The theme for this school year is “Look Within.” Joey, who is a freshman at Corner Canyon High this fall, said she always has loved writing and hasn’t thought of an idea for this year’s contest. Last year was the first time she entered Reflections. “I’ve had fun with the competition and have had so many great opportunities. Even though I knew what Annette was doing, I am glad I had the interview with her. I feel as if I’ve learned from her and her approach. She said, ‘You can either be miserable or you can be happy,’ and that has stuck by me. She had the attitude if she had a bad day, she wouldn’t let it get her down, and said that the next day would be better,” Joey said. Joey said that after talking to her neigh-
bor, she wrote an outline for her essay. She rewrote parts and edited it several times before letting her mother, MaryBeth, read it. Then, she shared it with Ferran. “She read it and loved it; I gave her a copy,” Joey said. Joey won her school, region and state. Shortly after, her neighbor died before learning about Joey’s national award. “I still live by what she said and take everything day by day. It helps me by taking on her attitude and approach,” Joey said. At nationals, Joey and her dad, Stephen, flew to the red-carpet event. “The Utah delegation came over and took photos of me. I went up on stage to get my medal and was told my essay would be in the traveling exhibit. It was so fun,” she said. Now the national medal hangs on her bedroom mirror. “I feel as if this has changed my approach,” she said. “I can choose to be happy and help others.” Utah PTA Director of Communications Amy Choate-Nielsen said for Joey and other Utahns to be selected for national recognition amongst 50,000 entries “says a lot about their talent and ability to express themselves. For Joey, she wrote about her neighbor and how she was living her life as a hero and how it was impacting her. The judges could resonate with that.” Only 200 students were selected to compete at the national level. “Reflections is a valuable program that allows children and teens to think through difficult concepts and experiences,” Choate-Nielsen said. “It’s also very cool that it adapts itself over time to include animation and 3D art. We’re proud of our students who have created expressions of art and have gone on to the national level.” While Choate-Nielsen said there is no record of the number of Utahns who have competed and placed at nationals, she said the state regularly does have winners because “Utah celebrates the arts and it’s really important to our culture. It’s a testimonial to parents for strongly supporting and volunteering with the program, and to students, who use it as an artistic outlet of expression.” Utah has been instrumental in the development of Reflections, with Jean Irwin encouraging the addition of film production and dance choreography to the program in 2005, and then the state piloting both theater and 3D art as categories, the latter of which was added after the trial run, Choate-Nielsen said. l
Draper Park Middle School eighth-grader Joey Garrett, who wrote an essay titled “Day by Day” about her neighbor’s positive approach to life while battling cancer, won the national Reflections contest Award of Merit in literature and was awarded a medal at the national PTA convention this past summer. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Garrett)
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Three Channing Hall students’ science project wins trip to national eCYBERMISSION competition By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
Team Think Blue, along with their teacher Jeff Meyers, visit with Sen. Mike Lee while competing in the national eCYBERMISSION science contest. (Photo courtesy of Channing Hall)
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hree Channing Hall students may have found an easy solution to desalinating ocean water for household use even though they live about 1,000 miles away from the nearest shoreline. Now as Channing Hall eighth-graders, Georgia Barrett, Sophie Hoecherl and Saskia Willey worked last school year as team Think Blue to develop a device that can desalinate water at home. After winning local and regional eCYBERMISSION competitions, they received an all-expense-paid trip to compete at the 17th annual national contest in mid-June in Arlington, Virginia. “I just couldn’t believe it,” Saskia said about when their first-year science teacher Jeff Meyers pulled them aside before class one morning with the news they would compete at nationals. “I wasn’t sure our interview went well with the regional competition, so it was complete shock. I felt like I was going to cry.” The eCYBERMISSION competition, which is sponsored by the U.S. Army and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, is designed to cultivate student interest in STEM (science, technology, education and math) by encouraging students in grades six through nine to develop solutions to real-world problems in their local communities. “It’s exciting to see students thinking beyond the science classroom, connecting what they have learned in school to practical applications, while actively engaging their community to make a real difference in the world around them,” NSTA executive director David Evans said. “I hope the success of these students will inspire others to follow in their footsteps.” Think Blue’s portable desalination project uses items that can easily be obtained, which makes it cost-effective and useable for low-income families, including those
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teams across the country for seventh grade,” Sophie said. “Nationals was amazing, there were students who had awesome projects and we got to do fun experiments, working with engineers and scientists, using STEM skills to look at real-world problems.” Other teams from across the nation entered projects such as “Oh Deer!” where reflective grass is planted along roads to help light up roadways when headlights are on and prevent cars from hitting deer; different ways to reduce, reuse and recycle such as taking old lettuce to fertilize plants; and creating a watch that could alert parents when their child is in danger. Georgia said she enjoyed some of the engineering projects such as test packaging six Oreos to determine the best way to have them not break; running water through a sand table to determine the best ways to protect a scaled mock city and bird refuge; and learning about robotic uses, such as opening a container or drawer. As the eCYBERMISSION competition is sponsored by the U.S. Army, these workshops tied into real-life applications: testing Oreo packaging to help improve packaging to the military in the field; helping engineer better ways to build walls to prevent flooding; and understanding the advances in technology and ways it can help in the military. “I hadn’t thought of some of these things before and didn’t know there were some people out there who do this, so it was all new to me,” Georgia said. Saskia also said it was a high point. “We got to work as a group on projects with scientists. It definitely was a highlight,” she said. The team also had a day to visit several monuments and memorials and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. “We explored the National Mall, the botanical gardens and met our senator,” Georgia said. In fact, Sen. Mike Lee, who they said was keenly interested in their project, invited
the girls for green Jell-O the day before they presented their project to a panel of judges in a closed-door session. At nationals, there were among the top 20 teams from sixth through ninth grades from more than 7,000 teams across the country who initially took part in the online competition. “They asked us a lot of questions specifically on our project and who it will benefit and gave us feedback how to implement it,” Sophia said. “They asked our favorite part. After taking a long time to research and create the project, we were really proud of getting our results and being able to desalinate the water.” Through the project, the girls said they improved their research and presentation skills, which resulted in them coming together as a team to build a workable project that may help folks obtain fresh water. They even plan to continue studying desalination and look for ways to work together this coming school year. “It’s been great, all of us already knew each other and had worked together on other projects, so we knew how to balance one another, to pull our strengths out,” Sophia said. “It’s been amazing what we can do.” Meyers said many students at Channing Hall, which has the International Baccalaureate’s primary and middle years programs, look at real-world problems to find a solution. “They did well,” he said about the team he described as driven, smart and can communicate well. “They researched and learned about 2.5% of the world has access to fresh water, they talked to experts in the field, came up with an idea, got feedback, and developed a way to help people. They wanted to make sure it had an impact.” Working together to find an answer to helping people was key for Georgia. “With this whole project, we got to experience so many things that most people don’t get to experience,” Georgia said. “But the best thing was creating something to help people and working with my team.” l
who may live on some of African coastlines, Saskia said. “The year before, Georgia, another girl and I researched solar desalination, but it didn’t work as well. When Sophie teamed up with us this past year, we looked at ways to make it more effective and efficient. We wanted to keep the cost under $60, and it’s probably about half that cost, and have it small and portable. With our research, we learned the largest population who needs fresh water lives along the coast, so we concentrated on desalinating ocean water,” she said. The girls superglued a mason jar to an acrylic tube. Then, using a hot plate, they tested both a metal plate (the mason jar lid) and a glass bowl with cold water to determine the best method. The group was able to successfully gather about 16 milliliters in the five minutes they tested with the glass bowl. They also tested different angles for the tube before deciding the 15-degree bend was the most effective, Sophie said. “Saskia had read a fantasy book about a person collecting water through condensation and she thought it was cool,” Sophie said. “We were looking at problems going on in the world and having access to fresh water was one so we took that idea to see what we could do in real life, using materials people already have.” Of course, there were trials along the way as they recalled trying to heat the mason jar directly on the heating plate, which resulted in a breaking the mason jar. Think Blue was awarded $4,000 in U.S. E.E. savings bonds (matured value) for both the state and regional eCYBERMISSION titles, and advanced to nationals. The girls, also recognized by Draper City Council, are investigating the possibility of patenting their Channing Hall eighth-graders Georgia Barrett, Sophie Hoecherl and Saskia Willey as team Think Blue won project. “We know we didn’t take first at nation- both the state and regional eCYBERMISSION science competitions to receive an all-expense paid trip to comals, but we were one of the top five or six pete at 17th annual national contest. (Photo courtesy of Channing Hall)
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Council unanimously passes anti-idling resolution By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com
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Erika Doty was recognized by Salt Lake County Health Department as an Air Quality Ally and honored by the city council and Breath Utah for her clean air efforts. (Courtesy Erika Doty)
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raper recently joined the ranks of eight other Utah cities that have passed resolutions or ordinances for clean air and idle free restrictions. The resolution states, in part, the city’s desire “to educate the public to the harmful effects of idling vehicles, and foster collaboration in addressing clean air issues.” Drivers cannot idle more than two minutes on public or private property, according to the resolution, and the city will collaborate with schools to develop “an education program to inform parents of the consequences of idling cars” in addition to the community at large. Draper resident Erika Doty has been an advocate for clean air, beginning first at her children’s school, St. John the Baptist Elementary. “What started all of this is that both of my children suffer from asthma. When we have those nasty inversions, we have more of an issue from a health perspective in my household. As a mother, I was interested in what can we do, why is this happening? It took us down this path. I found out many parents are dealing with this same thing I’m dealing with… with other parents we realized this isn’t that hard, there’s so much of this based in education. Teach them they can do these simple things each day to reduce it. We got our school involved, tried our first idle free awareness week. It was such a success. Most parents say ‘I never even thought of this, but now I think about it all the time’. I think with that is going to come the change. It’s a step in
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the right direction,” Doty said. Doty was honored for her efforts by the Salt Lake County Health Department as an Air Quality Ally winner at a May City Council meeting, and she came to speak to the council on the night the resolution was passed. “This initiative is not a partisan issue, this is a health issue…this is about education,” she said. Doty is helping the city create a “low hum” of information throughout the year to keep the focus on cleaning our air with plans to make it a larger focus one week in January when the air is traditionally bad with inversions. Police Chief John Eining has plans to reward people outside of schools who are not idling with gift certificates as part of the city’s efforts. “We know we can’t fix air pollution just from Draper, but we want to educate the public and do our part. We all share jointly some responsibility. We’re not trying to be punitive, we’re just trying to recognize easy things everyone can do,” Councilmember Tasha Lowery said. Lowery explained why schools are a good place to focus these efforts as Doty has done. “Emissions aren’t spread evenly throughout the valley. They’re in hot spots, and one of the biggest collectors of emissions is schools because of all the idling parents running their cars for air conditioning in hotter temperatures and for heat in the cold. And with the private schools and charter schools we have in Draper, only
the public schools have buses, and not everyone is riding the buses. At preschools, parents oftentimes idle next to the playground, so it’s like they’re pumping some of these toxic emissions right into the kids’ lungs,” she said. Melarie Wheat brought her young children to the city council meeting the night the resolution was passed to speak in support of it. She said she used to idle her car. “Now, knowing what I know about how dangerous that is for our air, it horrifies me, but I didn’t know,” Wheat said. She said the issue was brought to her attention when Sandy City passed their initiative. “It’s clear that it’s designed for Draper City and the residents for their health,” Wheat said of the resolution. “The nature of being in a valley is that our air is trapped in with the mountains surrounding us, so we’ve got to work with what we’ve got,” Lowery said. Doty said she feels there’s a frustration that more isn’t being done for clean air on the state level, and people are looking to be part of the solution, so they’re looking to their local leaders or governments to express what they want as a community. “Fifty-three percent of pollution comes from mobile sources, including cars and trucks. We can’t prevent the inversion from occurring because of the geography, but we are in control of what gets trapped under that lid,” Doty said. l
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Too many close calls for crossing guards By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com
The intersection of 13200 South and 1300 East has experienced many close calls for crossing guards and kids and is the busiest school crossing intersection in Draper. (Courtesy Leslie Bruce)
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chool is back in session and that means the crossing guards are out in their yellow vests with their hand-held stop signs. They do this job because it fits well into a parent’s schedule and they do it because they care about the safety of all children. Most of all, they do it because they love kids. But they need the public’s help in keeping everyone safe. Draper has 20 stations with crossing guards and most have both north/south and
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east/west crossings happening, both before and after school. Leslie Bruce serves as supervisor of the 42 crossing guards, who are employees of Draper City’s police department. Bruce said the intersection of 13200 South and 1300 East is their busiest. “Luckily enough we haven’t really had anyone hit there, but it is by millimeters…it’s kids or guards. Technically we did have a guard that was bumped into by a car, but she wasn’t injured. That was a
couple years ago. But there have been tons of close calls at that intersection,” Bruce said. The two biggest problems the crossing guards observe, according to Bruce, are drivers distracted by their cell phones or drivers turning right or left, often trying to beat a light before it turns red. “When the crossing guard pushes the button, the driver’s light to turn will not go to a flashing yellow — the light stays red arrow when pedestrians are crossing. Once pedestrians are safely across, the arrow light turns yellow or red. We’ll get three or four cars after that light turns red still turning the corner. It’s nuts,” Bruce said. As employees of the police department, the crossing guards take that burden from police officers who can spend their time focused on other issues such as patrolling the city. “If they observe a violation and are able to give us a plate number or good description of a vehicle, we’ll follow up and issue citations if necessary,” said Matt Coe, Draper police patrol sergeant. Sandy Smith works at the crossing near Channing Hall. “It’s a wonderful job. You get to meet people and socialize and the children are awesome. The Channing kids have really good manners,” Smith said. She loves to give the kids candy, especially on holidays when she matches the candy theme to the holiday such as green Andes mints on St. Patrick’s Day. She cleverly offered “fish and chips” on the last day of school, consisting of goldfish crackers and cans of Pringles. In 2017, Smith was subbing at the intersection of 13200 South and Fort Street after school when she was hit by a car, resulting in a total knee-replacement surgery. Smith explained that a crossing guard must stay in the middle of the crosswalk holding their stop sign until the last child crossing has their foot on the curb. “In that time I was standing there, she (the driver) came up behind me. The other crossing guard screamed. I turned quickly and the driver hit me on the right side of the knee. I got up and she sped
Crossing guards Dawn Garcia (left), Sandy Smith and their colleagues are employees of the police department. Garcia has had many close calls at her intersection and Smith was hit by a car, resulting in knee-replacement surgery and a year of recovery. (Mimi Darley Dutton/City Journals)
off, but we did find her,” Smith said. Smith chuckled when she said that happened on a Friday the 13th, but she had a serious tone when she explained it was scary and hard to return to work one year later, after she’d recovered. “They say it’s like riding a horse. If you fall, you have to get back on it. We had three crossing guards that got hit that year,” Smith said. Dawn Garcia came full circle on an understanding of and appreciation for crossing guards. She had recently moved here from California when she was cited for a violation in a school zone. Her choices were to pay a fee or watch crossing guards on the job for a better understanding. “I went to watch and they told me they were hiring. Now I am more aware. I am so thankful that I am a crossing guard. I am a much better driver now, I notice things — it’s really opened my eyes. I think that when kids are going to get their driver’s license, I would recommend they sit at a crossing to oversee and be aware. That’s been the biggest thing for me, seeing what stupid things people do has made me a better driver,” Garcia said. Garcia has had several close calls, including last year when a driver was inches from her. “I’ll be in the middle of the road with my sign and they’ll look at me and they’ll just go right through it because the kid isn’t there yet or the kid has passed. But a stop sign means stop,” she said. The crossing guards and their supervisor have the same simple requests: Pay attention, get off your phone, go slow, and be aware that kids are there. They say they feel that often parents drop their own children off, then don’t show the same care for other people’s children as they rush to the next place they’re driving to. “It could be your child or grandchild, your friend’s child,” Smith said. “We don’t want to have to go to that child’s parents and tell them they were hit.” l
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Pack out human waste to protect Utah’s water By Amy Green | a.green@mycityjournals.com
Young climbers Lucas Burnham, Lily Matsen and Lexee Call help keep our Utah waters clean. (Amy Green/ City Journals)
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ccording to Utah’s Department of Natural Resources and visitation data, over seven million people spent time in our magnificent parks between July 2018 through July 2019. Have you ever wondered where all those people are pooping? Consider, most of our water comes from the Wasatch mountains, where its state park had over 500,000 visits in the last 12 months. In generations gone by, many were taught to dig a “cathole” outdoors to “go No. 2.” A cathole is a small pit made to hide and bury human feces. There’s all kinds of rules on digging a proper cathole — where, how deep, etc. Feel free to forget those rules. Please forget them. Everyone needs you to forget them. Kevin Gmitro is an experienced outdoorsman and co-owner of The Gear Room (a mountain adventure supply store at 3422 E. Fort Union Blvd. in Cottonwood Heights). “We used to be told that catholes are copasetic,” he said. “To dig six inches down was fine. But because of how many people are visiting the canyon and alpine areas, that’s not really the case anymore. That poop makes it into our water sources, regardless of how deep you dig. So that’s not the way you want to do it anymore.” Gmitro makes solid points. “We pick up after our dogs, so we need to pick up after ourselves. There’s water in all these environments. Water helps break it down, but also
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helps carry it down. We’re all drinking out of that water. The higher alpine areas like the Uintas are a more delicate ecosystem, even more so than the Wasatch, so poop is even more frowned upon up there. We all go to the same zones to enjoy Utah. Mirror Lake Highway is awesome because it splits the Uintas. It only accesses a short chunk of the range though, so we all congregate in the same few dozen square miles. If you are going to some of the more popular areas, it’s imperative to get your poop out of there,” he emphasized. Madison Goodman, gearhead at The Gear Room added, “Here’s what we all forget…we think we live in this grand mountain range, which we do. But all our water comes from this grand mountain range. And there’s a million-plus people living in this valley. So if every single one of them were to take a poop, that would be a million poops coming down into our water stream. And that would be so gross.” Hard to argue with that. According to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Utah’s drinking water comes from either surface water (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) or groundwater (wells or springs) — altogether 1,850 sources. Unfortunately, some of the poop coming from seven million visitors each year makes its way into our drinking water. The situation requires costly chemicals and treatment processes to make our water safe to drink.
A poop tube and a wag bag. (Amy Green/City Journals)
If one doesn’t have public restroom access while at Utah’s many wonders, it is essential to pack human waste out. Yeah, it sounds gross. But it’s not as bad as it seems. With a little foresight, there should be no overly smelly accidents. There are currently two recommended methods to pack it out — the “cheap and reusable” way, or the “inexpensive and disposable” way. People experienced with hiking and climbing might recognize the reusable option — the “poop tube.” A poop tube you can make yourself using a few pieces of black ABS pipe, following these directions.
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1. A forearm’s length of pipe (about 3 to 4 inch diameter) 2. Cleanout plug/screw cap 3. DWV threaded hub 4. DWV cap 5. Black ABS cement The idea is to glue all of it together except the screw cap, so you can open it. Then when nature calls, you poop into a grocery/ plastic bag and tie it up securely (you know, the grocery bags we shouldn’t be using). Repurposing plastic sacks for this valiant reason is more commendable than just tossing them loose and useless. Then, double-bag the waste and used toilet paper. Seal it in the tube and pack it out with you. When home, empty the bag’s
contents (not the bag) into your toilet or garbage can. Wash out the poop tube and use it on your next trip. The ABS plastic is durable and the screw cap seals in the unpleasantness. Emptying and cleaning the tube isn’t too bad if the bag inside is knotted up tight. Worst case scenario, the tube can smell like a bathroom (a quick enzyme cleaning soap rinse can help that). The disposable way is just as easy. It’s lightweight and inexpensive — the “Go Anywhere Toilet Kit” a.k.a. “wag bag.” A wag bag can be purchased at sporting goods stores like The Gear Room and also IME (3265 E. 3300 South). They’re generally around $2 or $3. There’s different types of wag bags. The fancier style has some kitty litter inside to absorb moisture. They come with toilet paper and a towelette for hand sanitizing. They have an aluminum coating so the bag won’t puncture or tear. The idea is the same. Do your business in the bag, seal it up and carry it home, once again disposing of it properly. If you’re paranoid about carrying waste, you could get a poop tube and also put the wag bags inside. Some may consider that a little overkill, but taking whatever steps to modernize habits is crucial. If we can pick up after our dogs, humans can step up to the same expectations. Water is a precious resource in Utah. Safe clean water, is nonnegotiable. l
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THANK YOU DRAPER CITY For Another Spectacular and Unforgettable DRAPER DAYS and DRAPER NIGHTS Celebration!!!
Thank you Mayor Troy Walker, City Council Members Marsha Vawdrey, Alan Summerhays, Michele Weeks, Tasha Lowery, and Mike Green, City Manager David Dobbins, Police Chief John Eining, Fire Chief Clint Smith, Parks and Recreation Director Rhett Ogden and your outstanding staff and teams. Thank you to our Draper Days Committee and our selfless volunteers. Together, we are able to feature top national artists and performers each year. These amazing shows and Fireworks Spectacular are deeply appreciated by the citizens of Draper and all who come to join in our Draper Days Pioneer Heritage celebration. Thank you for your strong support in making this much-loved tradition and annual community event so enjoyable and memorable and such a success!!
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Juan Diego senior Aspen Holdsir is among five seniors returning for the Juan Diego Catholic High School girls soccer team this season. (Photo courtesy Joe Baca)
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hree years ago, Joe Baca was in the stands watching his daughters Kailey and Kiersten win the 3A girls soccer state championship with Juan Diego Catholic High School. This year, he finds himself as the new head coach of the program that has lost in the first round of the state playoffs in the two seasons since the title. “It’s gonna be a true team game for us,” Baca said. “For the past few years, we have had the Vaka twins [who are now playing for BYU] and now we’re coming out of that era and we get to see where the talent lies.” Five seniors — Kiersten Baca, Jeannette Dimpel, Aspen Holdsir, Cassie Nelson and Lizzy Raven — return to start for the Soaring Eagle squad this season and Coach Baca said he will rely on them heavily to lead on and off the field. “They have the most experience, but they have a responsibility to keep their position and hopefully that will motivate all of the girls program-wide.” Junior right back defender Ellie Simkins and junior right wing Maddie Orges are also expected to be key contributors for Juan Diego this season. “We’re excited about the year and have goals we want to achieve in winning more region games and hosting a state playoff game,” Baca said. “This is a solid group of players with some new kids that are even new to competitive soccer and I feel blessed and grateful to be here.” Baca isn’t your average dad in the stands cheering on his daughter. After playing soccer for years, he began coaching his sisterin-law’s team — a group of 13-year-olds — when he was just 22 years old, and he has been involved in the sport for more than 20 years. He helped create a soccer club in Arizona and founded Ajax Utah FC six years ago, a program that has grown to 27 teams. “I have a love of the development of
First-year head coach Joe Baca will lead the Juan Diego Catholic High School girls soccer team this fall. (Photo courtesy Joe Baca)
others in soccer,” he said. “I love to help promote the game, help these kids develop from scratch and watch them succeed.” At Juan Diego, he and his coaches — Joe Alamilla and Natalie Akiyama — have “structured learning” to have all players understand their roles throughout the program. “At any time, any of our players will be asked to step in and we are trying to get them ready for that and be comfortable in our system,” Baca said. “We’re teaching each girl how to train the same and come in willing and excited so that there is unity from the freshmen to the seniors here.” In its first game of the season Aug. 9, the Soaring Eagle squad lost to Judge Memorial 4-0 before picking up its first win over Granger – a 2-1 victory pulled out in overtime with a goal from freshman Hailey Mezenen who was assisted by Nelson. Against Bingham Aug. 15, the team had a 6-0 setback but possibly suffered an even greater loss with Orges going down with a possible ACL team. Juan Diego is also scheduled to face Cyprus before region home-and-away games with Cedar Valley, Ogden, Tooele, Ben Lomond, Stansbury and Uintah.Also on the varsity team are juniors Isabelle Alamilla, Brie Greenwald, Savanna Greer and Sami Herrera; and sophomores Madz Burnham, Janessa Flores, Kira Rhay and Jonna Tucker. The 2019 junior varsity squad includes sophomores Teryn Easterbrook, Sonja Gulgulian, Olivia Harbison, Hanna Jessen, Mwende Kavila, Natalie Lamb, Cami Mates, Olivia Meredith, Hannah Munding, Tessa Pan and Chaya Roberts; and freshmen Lily Edwards, Hailey Mezenen, Diana Soriano and Sunny Wilker. “We want to do our best and put on a show and make Juan Diego proud,” Baca said. “In order to do that, we need to be firing on all cylinders.” l
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Draper player part of national championship soccer team by Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com
Draper’s Megan Astle (right) was a part of the Utah Celtic FC 00 U-19 girls soccer team that won a national title at the 2019 U.S. Youth Soccer’s National Championship Series late this summer. (Photos courtesy Megan Astle)
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he Utah Celtic FC 00 19-under girls soccer team brought home the state’s first national championship in more than 40 years at the U.S. Youth Soccer’s National Championship Series Tournament July 28 in Overland Park, Kansas. In the championship game, the Celtic team defeated Lou Fusz Elam (Missouri) 9-1. “It was a great accomplishment for our team,” said head coach Steve Magleby, who has been coaching this team for the past five years. “We’ve been working toward this for a long time. This was our last game together and I can’t think of a better way to finish our time together. I’m so proud of the girls and the hard work they have put in to get to this point.” Draper’s Megan Astle, a 2019 Corner Canyon graduate who is the daughter of Jeremy and Janet Astle, scored a goal late in the game to put the team up 8-1. “It was the best feeling in the world,” Astle said. “We had fallen short last year at regionals when we lost in double overtime in the semifinal, so we promised ourselves we would never do that again. It was such a defeating loss, so being able to come back and play our best soccer was the most gratifying feeling.” The championship game was a rematch of the second game of the tournament for the Celtic team which had resulted in a 0-0 tie. “We felt the first time we played them we weren’t as sharp as we usually are and we still felt like we should have won that game,” Magleby said. “Our style tends to wear teams
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down and it’s hard to keep up with us when we are on top of our game, especially after a long week. We felt really confident that we were going to have lots of chances and the girls were fired up from the beginning. We were much sharper than the first time we played them and that made a huge difference.” Brian Smith, the UYSA’s president of the board of directors said, “These girls winning a national championship is the culmination of a lot of work and preparation by parents and their coaching staff. They worked their game and showed their complete class both on and off the field. I could not be any prouder of these ladies. They are national champs in every sense.” Throughout the five-game national championship series, they outscored opponents 21 to 6 with additional wins over Sunrise Sting (Florida), Legends FC South (California) and MapleBrook Fury (Minnesota). Astle said the keys to their success this year were a prepared squad from top to bottom. “We were all super healthy this year and the bench was strong,” she said. “When subs came in the level of play didn’t drop and we continued to dominate.” The Celtic squad went undefeated throughout its postseason play, which began with Utah’s State Cup where they defeated Utah Celtic East 5-0, Blue Knights Premier 4-1, Wasatch SC 4-1 and Blue Knights 6-0. During the Far West Regional Championships, they beat Players Elite (Nevada) 8-0, Rio Rapids Girls (New Mexico) 2-0, CDA
Slammers (California) 4-0, FC Boulder (Colorado) 3-0 and Boise Thorns (Idaho) 1-0 to set up a rematch with CDA Slammers in the final where the Celtic team prevailed 4-0 to reach the national tournament. “We have a very talented group,” Magleby said. “We attack in so many different ways which makes us really hard to predict. It’s never been about one player on this team. That type of team mentality along with our depth made us dangerous.” Also on the 19-member squad (who are all current or future collegiate players) are Hailee Atwater, Samantha Brady, Sydney Bushman, Jordan Crockett, Abbi Graham, Katie Haskins, Gabriella Jensen, Kennedy Jex, Brecken Mozingo, Rebecca Olsen, Chelsea Peterson, Alaina Pestana, Anna Pickering, Kate Schirmer, Jamie Shepherd, Megan Unbedacht, Tara Warner and Kathryn Wynn. Astle, who will play for Utah State University this fall, has been playing soccer since she was 4 years old said she has learned skills beyond technique from the sport, including mental toughness and even how to build chemistry with teammates. “Megan has been a great player for us,” Magleby said. “This year she really came out of her shell and was one of our top producers. She’s been getting better every year and I’m really excited to see how she keeps progressing at Utah State. When she is playing confident she creates great opportunities for her teammates and herself to score.” This summer, she has been training for the jump to collegiate soccer. She is grateful for her experiences that have helped her prepare for the next level. “It’s going to be different playing soccer games and seeing all my best friends in different jerseys playing on the other side of the field, but it’s a good change,” she said. l
Draper’s Megan Astle was a part of the Utah Celtic FC 00 U-19 girls soccer team that won a national title at the 2019 U.S. Youth Soccer’s National Championship Series late this summer. (Photos courtesy Megan Astle)
Draper’s Megan Astle was a part of the Utah Celtic FC 00 U-19 girls soccer team that won a national title at the 2019 U.S. Youth Soccer’s National Championship Series late this summer. (Photos courtesy Megan Astle)
Draper’s Megan Astle was a part of the Utah Celtic FC 00 U-19 girls soccer team that won a national title at the 2019 U.S. Youth Soccer’s National Championship Series late this summer. (Photos courtesy Megan Astle)
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Juan Diego, Corner Canyon to provide families with some favorite shows this school year
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ootloose and fancy free, students will turn up their dancing shoes to a musical filled with great songs at Juan Diego Catholic High late November. But before that, the community has the chance to get in the holiday spirit with the newly beloved “Elf, the Musical” at Corner Canyon High. “Elf” will be performed at 7 p.m., Nov. 14–16, and again Nov. 18 on Corner Canyon’s stage, 12943 South 700 East. There will be a 1 p.m., Saturday matinee. Tickets are $8 in advance through cornercanyontheatre.com and $10 at the door. Footloose will be at 7 p.m., Nov. 21–23 and again Nov. 25 at Juan Diego’s auditorium, 300 East 11800 South. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and free to those 5 years old or under. While “Elf” didn’t hold auditions until late August, it didn’t mean theater students sat around the summer idle. About 40 theater students, along with parents, community members and others interested, joined director Phaidra Atkinson, theater teacher Case Spalding and choir director Melissa Thorne in June for a trip to New York, where they not only toured sites such as the Statue of Liberty, 9/11 memorial, Empire State Building, Coney Island and several museums, but they watched up to nine Broadway musicals. “We had a talk-back with ‘Beetlejuice’ and asked the actors about what New York living was like and what it takes to be on Broadway, and to learn what it is like behind the scenes with technical theater, but this wasn’t a class and we didn’t take workshops. It was a group of us getting together to explore New York and appreciate its entertainment,” Atkinson said, adding that she takes a group of those interested every other year. Soon after, on July 7, she learned that Corner Canyon could be one of the first high schools in Utah to perform “Elf” as the rights were released. “I’m super excited about it,” she said. “We’ll start rehearsals the week of Sept. 3 and have 10 weeks to put it on. It’s a fun Christmas show, which will get everyone pumped up and in the mood.” There are several differences between the musical and the 2003 film, starting with the narration being done by Santa Claus instead of Papa Elf, who doesn’t appear in the musical at all, and that Walter Hobbs isn’t obsessed with work, but rather, forgetful and overworked and doesn’t believe in Santa. The store location and names of elves also were changed. “Elf” appeared on Broadway in 2010– 11, 2012–13, and again in 2017, had four North American tours, and appeared for 10
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By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com weeks in the West End of London in 2015– 16. Before the Chargers perform “Elf,” they will take their stage Oct. 2 with their Shakespeare Showcase, which will feature their ensemble piece from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The ensemble, scenes, monologues and more will be performed Oct. 3–5 at the annual high school Shakespeare competition, hosted by the Utah Shakespeare Festival and Southern Utah University, in Cedar City. Corner Canyon students are six-time winners at the Shakespeare competition. The rest of their season includes “Broadway Backwards,” a student-directed showcase which will help raise funds for Chargers for Charity, at 7 p.m., Dec. 18 in the school’s Little Theatre. “Check Please” will highlight “a horrible dating experience,” according to Atkinson, at 7 p.m. on March 6–7. Students will perform the show at their region competition in March and state in April. The season’s ending show for the cast is “Little Shop of Horrors,” at 7 p.m., May 13–16, with a 1 p.m. Saturday matinee. Sandwiched in between productions, about 100 students will gather for socials, perform service and attend Pioneer Memorial Theatre productions as part of the drama club. “It’s a place where students feel safe and can express themselves, and be part of the community,” Atkinson said. Juan Diego also will take the stage in Cedar City as part of the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s high school competition, said director Joe Crnich. He plans to take his ensemble, scene, monologue, dance, choir and tech teams to compete. However, students already will be in rehearsals for “Footloose,” a show he chose for this year’s students. “It’s fun and we have students who will be an amazing cast for it,” he said. “The music is great and the script for the musical is even better than the movie.” The 1998 musical was made based on the 1984 film, which starred Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. The musical appeared on Broadway in 1998 and ran for 709 performances. It also appeared on the Strand in London and had national tours in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Shelti Thompson will choreograph the show. “I want this to not only be fun, but a lesson in tolerance. I want them to try to step in another’s shoes and see their perspectives — to learn from our past,” Crnich said. After “Footloose,” Crnich will work with students who will perform “The Curi-
Corner Canyon High will present “Elf, the Musical” on its stage in November. (Artwork courtesy of Corner Canyon High)
ous Incident of the Dog in the Night,” based on the 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. The book has earned several awards including the Whitbread Book Award for best novel and book of the year. The play, which opened on the West End, tied the record for winning the most (seven) Olivier Awards, including Best New Play in 2013. It’s a story within a story about the mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who has autism, and Boone’s
relationships with his parents and school mentor. “Our advanced theater students will read the novel and we’ll have discussions about tolerance, love, acceptance, forgiveness. The book is a brilliant read and the script is just phenomenal,” he said. The rest of the year will include students competing in their one-act play at region and state in the spring as well as presenting their showcase in May. l
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he Juan Diego Catholic High School football team always seems to be there at the end — as evidenced by six state titles since 2008 along with three state semifinal appearances during the past decade. And yet, they are continually rebuilding their program, particularly in the beginning stages of a season, and turning football players into stars. This season, head coach John Colosimo — in his 20th season with the Soaring Eagle program — said he isn’t loaded with returning experience on either side of the ball. “It’s still pretty early to tell,” he said. “I don’t have a real good grasp on what we have. We’ve got a lot of new kids, particularly to varsity play.’ Offensively, junior Justice Brusatto returns as quarterback after starting the first two games last season. He produced more than 250 yards and two touchdowns through a loss to Bear River and a win over Judge Memorial to begin the 2018 campaign. “We know what he can do and have confidence in him leading the team,” Colosimo said. Three offensive lineman in guards Graham Skirucha and Trace Monson and tackle Konnor Kaczka return for Juan Diego and Colosimo is counting on their experience on the line. “They are instrumental in keeping the team together and we are excited to see them back for us,” Colosimo said. “We are expecting great things.” Running back/linebacker Jackson Butler will be joined in the backfield by Jayden Madry as the key rushers for the Soaring Eagle. “Jackson is very motivated and hard-working and is an enthusiastic presence on the both sides of the ball,” Colosimo said. “Jayden
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A look at municipal campaign donations in Salt Lake County By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com
Chart 01: Average Campaign Donations per Candidate (City Journals)
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ith Salt Lake County’s 2019 municipal primary elections in the rearview mirror and the general election now months away, it’s a good time to look at the state of campaign finances at the local level. The City Journals examined the campaign finance disclosures of every municipal candidate in the valley (excluding Salt Lake City proper) to see which cities’ elections are drawing the most money, where the money is coming from and to what degree campaign spending impacts election results. Here’s what we found.
Where is the money going?
It turns out there is a wide disparity in how much money is being spent in different cities across the valley. In Sandy City, 26 times more campaign money per candidate was raised than in the neighboring city of Midvale. A competitive race in the city of Draper where 11 candidates are fighting for three open at-large city council seats has drawn $88,894 worth of campaign funds, the most of any city in the county. Of that total, $23,471 came from just one candidate. Most cities (10 out of 13) raised between $1,000 and $5,000 per candidate.
Where is the money coming from?
The three most common types of campaign contribu-
Chart 02: Source of Campaign Donations (City Journals)
Chart 03: Percentage of Cities’ Campaign donations Coming from Salt Lake Board of Realtors. (City Journals)
tors are individual donors, donations from businesses (which sometimes happens through a political action committee) and self-funding from the candidate themselves. The balance between these three types of sources varies from city to city. We took a look at the three cities with the most total donations, Sandy, West Jordan and Draper, to see where the money is coming from in their respective races. Draper was the most balanced, with each category being within a few thousand dollars of each other. Sandy City was the only city which had more donations coming from businesses. West Jordan was noteworthy for how much its races are being self-funded by its candidates. Fifty-seven percent of the funding for all the city’s campaigns came from the candidates themselves. When it comes to donations from businesses and business interests, one source stands out from the rest. The Salt Lake Board of Realtors (and its political action committee, The Realtors) doled out over $58,000 in donations to candidates’ campaigns during the primary season. In some cities, donations from the Board of Realtors accounted for a quarter, or even half, of all donations. At the candidate level, the Board of Realtors donated an average of $2,252 to candidates, though there were a few candidates who received more than $5,000. For 10 candidates,
donations from the Board of Realtors made up at least half of their total campaign finances.
Does the money even matter?
In today’s world where candidates can easily reach people through social media, some might wonder if having money for traditional campaign advertising is still important. Can you win without courting donors, or does money buy elections? In the primaries, 76% of candidates who raised at least $1,000 advanced to the general election. However, there may be diminishing returns when it comes to bigger campaign coffers; for candidates who raised at least $5,000, the percentage of those who advanced to the general election remained at 76%. However, candidates who received money from the Board of Realtors got an extra boost—84% of them advanced to the general election, compared to 50% of candidates who didn’t. Money is not the be-all and end-all however, as there were 11 candidates throughout the valley who were able to advance to the general election despite having the lowest-funded campaign in their respective races. l
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make $1,500 per month in retirement funds or social security,” Eschler said. Through Retirement Funding Solutions, Eschler counsels many retirees who value their financial independence and do not want to affect their families even as making ends meet becomes more and more challenging. For these clients, the HECM—or reverse mortgage—offers an extra stream of income. A reverse mortgage, available to those over 62, is a federally insured loan which allows a person to draw income from their home’s equity and/or eliminate their mortgage debt or both without repayment during their lifetime. Though a person holding a reverse mortgage will pay their own property taxes and homeowners insurance payments, no mortgage payments are required until the person leaves the house permanently, at which point the loan becomes due. This allows a retiree to remain in their mortgaged home through the remainder of life while still benefiting from its equity. Any remaining equity returns to the person’s estate. Any remaining mortgage balance or
shortfall is covered by the FHA, ensuring the reverse mortgage holder’s estate is not responsible for any money owed beyond the value of the home. Regardless of a person’s FICO score, the reverse mortgage is an option so long as mortgage payments have been made faithfully. Reverse mortgages are a specialized type of loan and not for everyone, Eschler said. Among the wealthy, he said, many use reverse mortgages to protect their equity in case of economic downturn. Reverse mortgages are impractical for those who want heirs to inherit the home and for those who owe very large percentages of their mortgages. However, for those it is designed to serve, the reverse mortgage offers the opportunity to remain financially independent and living in their own home, perhaps even funding end-of-life care. Eschler has spent 35 years in the mortgage industry, seeing reverse mortgages evolve into specialized and effective products that help fund a person’s retirement.
“More and more retirees find their fixed incomes stretched thin by rising cost of living, said Eschler. ” For 13 years, he has chosen to specialize in reverse mortgages, believing they are an excellent product when used properly. “No one’s going to get rich off a reverse mortgage,” he said, “but they help people not to rely on anyone else.” Eschler’s dedication to his craft is visible. In 35 years, he has never changed his phone number, always remaining an accessible counselor for his clients. “I help people get to the end of their life with as much dignity and comfort as they can.” Contact Reverse Mortgage Specialist Lonny Eschler by phone at 801-573-7525, or by email at leschler@rfslends.com. Read more about reverse mortgages at rfslends. com/lonny-eschler-utah-reverse-mortgage.
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