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The Salt Lake County Council held a special meeting at Copper Mountain Middle School on Jan. 28 to receive public input on the proposed Olympia Hills project. Hundreds of county residents attended the event. (Justin Adams/City Journals)
the county, as well as reach a certain total number of signatures. Those requirements mean signature gatherers will need to gain the support of people around the valley, including those who wouldn’t necessarily see how Olympia Hills’ construction would impact their daily lives. However, Brown thinks her group may be able to use the momentum from the tax referendum to gain support among those who feel like they’re not being listened to, wherever they might live.
She also pointed out that issues of development are impacting every part of the county, so she expects a referendum would resonate with similarly minded people. If the development is approved and a referendum process is started, Utah for Responsible Growth members will be looking for volunteers to lend both their time and financial support to help gather signatures. Interested individuals can contact the group through its Facebook page. l
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Herriman high graduate reports from Super Bowl LIV as part of her college experience By Stephanie Yrungaray | s.yrungaray@mycityjournals.com
Riverton’s Morgan Mitchell with classmates at the Super Bowl LIVE experience second from the left. (Photo courtesy of Morgan Mitchell)
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ithin a year, former Riverton resident Morgan Mitchell went from following Super Bowl trends on social media and Twitter as part of her sports public relations class at Emerson College to working on location in Miami for Super Bowl LIV doing the exact same things she had studied. “Sports has always been such a big factor of my life,” Mitchell said. “Being able to attend this event was something that a year
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Familiar with the volunteer programs typically found at the Super Bowl, Dr. Maria Scott decided to create a special program for communications students at Emerson to get real-world experience working at one of the biggest sporting events in the U.S.A. “[I’m] a big proponent of experience learning but as an educator, there are a couple of things I worry about,” Scott said. “On the educational side we want them to get real-world experience however we want it to be balanced with the same level of care they get from a professor who understands the educational value.” Scott was able to combine experience learning with access to professors when she traveled with the students to the Super Bowl and was there to answer any questions they had as they came up. As part of her experience, Mitchell worked in the social media command center for the Super Bowl Host Committee monitoring and creating content for their Instagram and Twitter accounts @MIASBLIV. She also served as a liaison between the NFL transportation and members of the media and was able to work at the Super Bowl LIVE experience for fans. Mitchell said one of her favorite parts of the Super Bowl experience was attending a press conference. “I learned so much more about how the importance of preparing questions,” Mitchell said. “I was impressed with the thought that went into [the reporters] questions. I was also impressed by how the commissioner dodged, but also answered, political questions. He would give people the answer they wanted without taking it too far.”
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One thing that she believes would surprise people about the Super Bowl is the fact that it isn’t just a one-day event. “The Super Bowl isn’t just a single day like people often believe it is,” said Mitchell. “It is a long week everyone involved spends a lot of time working.” Students in the Super Bowl Experience returned home before the actual game, since there weren’t valuable volunteer positions available on game day. However, Mitchell said she saw plenty of celebrities. “I saw a lot of famous people, lots of NFL players,” Mitchell said. “We saw Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott and Terry Bradshaw..” Although she grew up listening to the broadcasts the week before the Super Bowl, visiting Radio Row with her credentials live was something hard to describe. “Dr. Scott explained what it was like before we went there,” Mitchell said. “But I was kind of in awe of everything. It doesn’t hit you until you are there.” Mitchell, who graduated from Herriman High School in 2018 is a softball player at Emerson college. She is currently majoring in Sports Communication but is applying to the new Public Relations program. She said her experience working at the Super Bowl has helped her feel ready for future opportunities. “It was an incredible learning experience,” said Mitchell. “I’m now comfortable taking internships knowing I have worked at a major event, I know that I am able to grasp what I’m supposed to do quickly. l
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Sweets swapped for sweat at Bastian Elementary PTA event By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com
Students, parents, and teachers get their hearts pumping at a morning fitness class activity. (Photo courtesy of Kenessa Haight)
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any PTA events revolve around sweets—there’s Parents & Pastries, Dads & Donuts, and Moms & Muffins that invite parents to spend time with their kids before school. This year at Bastian Elementary, PTA President Kenessa Haight is encouraging a break from sugary activities
in favor of healthier traditions. “I didn’t want to only have a traditional twice-a-year doughnuts breakfast for families because I am health conscious,” Haight said. “I wanted to have fitness classes instead.” The first fitness class was held before school on a Wednesday in late January. Fit-
ness instructor Amanda Hansen, whose child attends Bastian as a first grader, led 40 children and 13 adults in a fun and easy high-fitness routine. “The kids had a lot of energy,” she said. “It was a good class, and they were tired. I think it pushed them, but they also had fun.” Hansen encouraged plenty of interaction between kids and their parents. “It’s a lot of fun for the kids to be active and listen to fun songs that they know and can sing to,” Hansen said. “They can move their bodies and also have fun with their parents and their friends. It’s a good opportunity for them to get out and get moving.” Lindsay Pham said the class was a great way to start the day with her son, a second grader at Bastian. “My son has a lot of energy, so I wanted him to have an opportunity to get some of that energy out before school started,” she said. “When I find active things for him to do before school, he generally has a better day.” Pham also enjoys the challenge of high-fitness classes, so it was fun for her, too. She said she takes every opportunity to be involved at her son’s school, including the several activities hosted by the PTA each year. While the fun fitness class ended with a vegetable snack, not every PTA activity will be so health focused.
PTA board members compromised to pass out doughnuts to promote the Book Fair in November and March and to provide a fitness class in January and April. Haight hopes to hold additional classes if families are interested. “We hope that as we hold another class, we will get more participation each time,” she said. Haight said she will continue to use her role as president to promote healthier school traditions. She has already pushed to discontinue the practice of giving each student a piece of candy or a cookie for his or her birthday. “My choice this year was to save time and money and not do anything for birthdays because kids don’t need another treat,” she said. Treats for holiday class parties are still decided by parent volunteers, many of whom believe sweets should be part of the celebration. Haight tries to keep the sugar to a minimum when she helps plan parties in her children’s classrooms. “I am all about promoting healthier habits as a mom and PTA member,” Haight said. “There are plenty of healthier ways to show kids praise as well as showing them that sugar isn’t necessary to have fun.” l
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Historic Senior Night honors Mountain Ridge’s first solitary senior All Photos by Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com
Chase Carley was recognized before the game as Mountain Ridge’s first senior in its basketball program history.
Chase Carley battles down low against a Mountain View defender. Carley was second on the team this year with 10.6 points per game.
Freshman forward Jackson Moller makes a layup during the Senior Night game against Mountain View High School.
The night doubled as Senior Night for the Mountain Ridge cheerleading squad, which recognized five seniors during halftime.
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Bantam girls playing against West Jordan. (Lindsey Murphy/City Journals)
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o you ever wonder how those high school basketball stars got their start in the game? They didn’t wake up on their first day of freshman year with all that talent. There are several programs catered to talented young basketball players in Utah. These programs are designed to prep players for their future in basketball. One of these programs, called Bantam, is a young competition program. Each team represents several different high schools in Utah. “It’s a feeder program for the high school, preparing upcoming players that will be going to their high school to try out and play,” said head coach Chris Brown of the girls Herriman Bantam team. “It’s a good bridge between Jr. Jazz, AAU and high school ball. My goal is to have all these girls make the high school team, whether it’s varsity, JV or sophomore. I do expect some college tickets, and I will be cheering them all the way.” The Bantam program started two years ago when there was a desire for high schools to work closely with their upcoming talent. “We work closely with Herriman High and the coaches so they know the personnel that is coming up,” Brown said. “They come out to our games and practices. Coach Haag and coach Smith are pretty hands on, they are great coaches. The Bantam girls also get to watch the high school teams play and prac-
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tice so they can see how things are done and how fast the game develops.” Since it has started, more high schools continue to join the others in their quest for developing the future. Brown has assisted high schools such as Mountain Ridge and Cyprus in building and recruiting their Bantam teams, and he has a close connection to AAU ball as well, though he only coaches Herriman. Those who know Brown describe him as very passionate. At Herriman’s game against West Jordan Bantam, he was seen grabbing his hat and throwing it to the floor when the girls missed a rebound, screaming, “We just talked about this!” Just one of many ways Chris shows his passion for the game. “That’s one of the reasons he is here, to keep me calm,” said Brown, pointing to his assistant coach. “There is nothing more frustrating than having four towers under the basket and having the other team come up with the rebound.” That doesn’t affect the respect and love that the girls and their parents have for him, though. “I love Chris; he is awesome, and he is the best coach,” said Kyla Talbot, guard for Herriman Bantam. “He is very encouraging,” said Herriman guard Shelby Ulibarri.
Herriman Bantam team. (Lindsey Murphy/City Journals)
Kyla and Shelby are considered the rising stars of the team. They are two girls to watch for in the future years at Herriman High School. “I have known Kyla since kindergarten of Jr. Jazz,” said Brown. “I knew then that she was very talented, very quick. She lives in the gym, and she truly loves the game. I have known Shelby since third grade of Jr. Jazz. We played against her team, and her mom thought we had a pretty good program. She ended up joining our team making us that much stronger.” Each girl on Herriman Bantam adds to the strength of the team. They are tall, strong, talented and determined to win. Last year, the girls played one grade up and went 6-2. During the semifinals against Riverton, Herriman was 10 points down at half. The girls fought back to win the game and made it to the championships against Lone Peak, winning by four points for the win. “Winning games and championships are fun, but I want to see these girls continue to get better,” said Brown. “I always say, ‘If you’re not winning, you’re learning.’” With their talent, love of the game and eagerness to learn and develop, the future of Herriman High basketball looks bright with these rising stars joining the ranks. l
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wenty-three fourth graders from Herriman Elementary rocked the house at a Utah state legislators appreciation luncheon held Jan. 31 to showcase Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Programs. “It was an honor to be invited since they have around 400 elementary schools who have the BTSALP to choose from,” said Jana Shumway, BTSALP dance educator at Herriman Elementary. Linda Gold, BTSALP instructional coach for Jordan School District, said the luncheon gives state representatives an opportunity to see the effects of arts in education. “They get to see the joy in the faces of the children as they listen to them tell about core subjects through art,” she said. Shumway created a 12-minute presentation called “We Will Rock You” to show guests, including state representatives, educators and arts specialists, how she teaches students academic concepts through dance and movement. “We were learning about different kinds of minerals rocks—sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic,” said fourth grader Ruby Wright. “We did different moves and dance for each type of rock. We sang in this cool rhythm, and we told about them in our lines.” Using the basic elements of dance— time, space, energy, body and motion— Shumway choreographed students with fun movements and body shapes representing the formation of rocks and concepts such as heat and pressure. To represent the formation of sedimentary rocks, students floundered around as if they were tiny rock particles in water. As they sank to the floor, a flowing sheet of blue fabric slid over them, and they became compressed at the bottom of the ocean floor. “Their hands are pressing, their bodies twisting and turning, as they go lower and lower down to the floor,” said Shumway. Students said the performance was a fun way to show what they had learned.
“My favorite part about it was when we were learning about igneous rocks and how they form in the volcanoes” said AJ Lealaogata. Lydia Carr liked the part about fossils. Her group used their bodies to form a rock and then broke away to expose a Utahraptor made up of three students positioned to represent its head, body and tail. As a dance specialist at Herriman Elementary, Shumway provides kinesthetic learning for students to physically explore concepts from their core class curriculums. She said the physical use of their bodies is an effective visual and kinesthetic learning tool. “The movement sticks in their heads, which is just such a great powerful way to cement what they’ve learned so that they’ll never forget it,” Shumway said. “Hopefully when they take their science test, they’ll think back to it and have that ingrained in their head because they can see the movement, they can remember doing that, they remember what the movement represents.” Shumway has been a dance specialist for nine years and was recently recognized as the Utah Dance Educator of the Year by the Utah Dance Education Organization. Each class at Herriman Elementary spends time each week learning with Shumway. Students act out the stages of the water cycle, learn about the history of soccer through movement or participate in a “Fly over Utah” experience where they move like the different types of plants they would see from the air. Each year, students showcase what they’ve learned with Shumway through an informance, an informative performance. This year, second graders will demonstrate what they’ve learned about gravity, the world and communities. The third grade’s informance will be about the moon and force and motion. Kindergarteners will perform “Pete the Cat,” and first graders will perform “Giraffes Can’t Dance.” l
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Herriman High School continues Valentine’s Day tradition of chivalry By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com
Herriman High girls were touched by the gesture. (Justin Adams/City Journals)
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ot having a special someone can make Valentine’s Day miserable—especially for a teenage girl. That’s why the boys on the Herriman High School cross country team gave a rose to every girl in their school on Feb. 14. “I think it’s important to let everybody know that they matter,” said Bridger Isbell, who, with Evan Harris, headed up the project. “Hopefully, they leave feeling better than they did when they came to school today.”
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Dressed in suits, the boys flanked every entrance to Herriman High School to make sure no one was missed. “It made me feel special,” said junior Lillian Rodgers. “I just think it’s really, really sweet.” Most girls were not surprised by the greeting. Boys on the HHS cross country team began the Valentine’s Day tradition three years ago. But Isbell said it was fun when some girls, especially the sophomores, were surprised by the gesture. “They don’t know that it’s coming, so they’re totally shocked when they walk in,” Isbell said. He said there were also a few juniors and seniors that had forgotten the boys do this every year, so were caught by surprise. Junior Kylie Sanderson was touched when she was given a rose last year. But because those boys graduated, she wasn’t sure if anyone would be doing it again this year. She was happy to see that the tradition had continued. She said it is not out of character for the boys—those from the cross country team, student body officers and other boys helping hand out the roses. She said they are nice all year round. “I guess they do it to show that they appreciate us,” she said. “They’re just trying to be nice.” Isbell has helped pass out roses all three years. He looks forward to it as much as the
girls do. “It makes me in a better mood every year,” he said. “I get excited for Valentine’s Day. Making other people’s day makes me feel good.” Student body officer Jacob Arsenault enjoyed seeing the girls’ reactions when they were greeted at the doors with flowers. “It’s fun to watch all the smiles on their faces,” he said. Tara Thompson, Isbell’s mom, said the rose tradition is healing for a student body that has had some rough years. They lost several students to suicide. Hundreds more transferred to the newly opened Mountain Ridge High School. Funds to purchase the roses were raised mainly through donations made through a GoFundMe account. The boys removed the thorns from each rose stem, placed them in plastic vials of water and attached a slip of paper stating, “You matter.” They handed out 1,250 roses at HHS, and donated the remaining 1,025 roses to a group of boys at Riverton High School to hand out to the girls there. Boys at Mountain Ridge High School also raised their own funds to implement the rose tradition this year. When the senior boys graduate this spring, they will entrust the underclassmen on the cross country team to keep the tradition going.
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Girls look forward to receiving a rose from the cross country boys each year. (Justin Adams/City Journals)
Being given a flower makes a teen’s day better. (Justin Adams/City Journals)
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Mustangs start state playoffs with a win, fall in second round All Photos by Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com
Senior guard Brock Terry looks for an open teammate.
Bodi Nageli goes up for a layup.
Junior Bodi Nageli goes up for a hookshot.
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Senior forward Josh Finlayson takes an open three from the corner.
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Senior guard Legrand Burgess led the Mustangs in scoring on the night.
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Herriman Girls Basketball Shoot Their Way Through First Round All Photos by Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com
Junior guard Ainzlee Enger was lights out throughout the Mustangs’ 60-40 victory over the Davis Darts during the first round of the state playoffs.
The Herriman girls basketball team came away with a 20-point victory over the Davis Darts in the first round of the state playoffs.
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Freshman guard Kenlee Enger finds her way through the Davis defense.
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‘Eager to prove themselves:’ Herriman High Rugby begins season with sights on Championship By Mark Jackson | m.jackson@mycityjournals.com
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n March 7, Herriman High School varsity rugby begins the 15s season with a home game against Riverton High with high hopes for its first national title victory at the end of the season. The Mustangs claimed Utah’s fall state 7s championship and dominated the Arizona 7s tournament in December. Now, they will turn their momentum toward the ultimate goal: winning their first national rugby title. Herriman has had two close 15s national title defeats in the last two years. Last spring, the varsity team watched the 2019 national championship slip through its fingers, as it gave up the deciding points on defense in the final seconds of the game. Three of this years’ leaders, juniors Jackson Hammer, Mason Barker and Strider Fountaine, were on the field last year when the winning points were scored and Herriman lost the lead in the final seconds. “They were distraught,” said coach Zach Thorum. “But within 15 minutes, they were talking about what we were going to do to prepare for [the 2020 National Championship].” With that defeat close in memory, this year’s young varsity team remains hungry to make history for Herriman High School. Whoever the opponent may be, the Herriman Mustangs promise to do everything possible to dominate the 15s national Playoffs in the same fashion as their other recent tournaments: “Our motto this year was ‘we’re gonna force them to prove they can beat us,’” Thorum said during the off-season. He said the team has focused on its conditioning and its defense and hopes to force other teams
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to play Herriman’s especially physical style of rugby. Thanks to Herriman’s passionate coaching staff, the rugby program has grown to more than 80 players across several teams. To build strong varsity rosters, the coaches ensure every player gets game time during seasons and tournaments. Over the offseason, players diligently organized their own extra practices and workouts and worked to come together as a team. “Team rules, team policy — a lot of that is player-driven so that they feel ownership,” said Herriman rugby head coach Jeff Wilson before the Arizona 7s tournament. “We are not afraid to treat them like adults.” Wilson said this approach, aimed at developing players as people first and athletes second, is a key to the program’s success. He also points to coaches such as Elvis Hansen, who coaches at Herriman High School and at Utah Valley University. The school has consistently produced great rugby players, who are often recruited by Brigham Young University. There, former Herriman coach Derek Smith became scrum coach in 2016 and now coaches BYU’s forwards full time. After years of investment from coaches, players, families and the Herriman rugby community, this year’s national prospects look promising. However, the team needs to win the state 15s first. If successful, Herriman High School will have won its sixth straight State Rugby 15s championship title -- itself a historic moment for Herriman rugby. l
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3 performances of ‘Aladdin Jr.’ will grant all your wishes By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com
Curtis Lingwall rehearses the music for the role of Aladdin at Fort Herriman Middle. (Jet Burnham/City Journals)
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ave you ever seen a play that was so good, you wish you could see it again? Your wish is granted. Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” will be performed at three local middle schools this spring: West Hills in West Jordan, South Hills in Riverton and Fort Herriman in Herriman. Each director has plans to grant the wishes of audience members hoping to see a great show. Want to see some magic? Wish granted! Kayla Martin, director at Fort Herriman Middle, promises some big magic in her production. “When I was young, seeing a musical was magical,” she said. “Now that I have 20 years of theater experience under my belt, I see it as my mission to bring that magic to my audiences and my students.” Want to see a carpet come to life? Wish granted! The magic carpet in the production at South Hills becomes a starring character thanks to a parent volunteer, an electric wheelchair motor and a creative dream. Audiences should also be prepared for the unexpected—girls will be playing the role of the Genie and Jafar. Want to be part of the show? Wish granted! West Hills director Judy Binns knows that audience members will get so caught up in the energy of the musical numbers, they’ll want to join in. Everyone will be invited to participate in two of the big musical numbers with colorful props. All three shows highlight student talent on and off the stage. At South Hills, Director Ryan Erwin depends on a core ensemble—those who didn’t fit the role of a lead but are talented and hardworking—for specialized choreography. Behind the scenes, Erwin also encourages students to apply their skills; sets were designed by ninth grader Hailey Fielding. “I feel like we do a great job of highlighting the talent that we have here,” Erwin said. Fort Herriman students have also taken a leading role in the technical aspects and design of their show, including hair and makeup, advertising and sets. High school students have returned to take on some directing responsibilities.
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“I give them a list of expectations and let them do it,” Martin said. Sierra Cowley, who plays the Genie at South Hills, said it is a little intimidating to be performing the same show as two other schools within two months of each other. “If everyone’s doing the same show, there’s not going to be a lot of demand to go see the show,” she said. “But I feel like it motivates us to put on the best show so that we can feel good about our production.” Sierra plans to see the other productions, especially at Fort Herriman where her friend Lucas Morley is also playing the Genie. Lucas said it won’t be a strain on their friendship. “There’s not really a competition,” he said. “I think we’re both just doing our own thing.” Micaela Page, an eighth grader playing the Genie at West Hills, said the actors in each production will play their role in their own unique way. “It’s been really fun to put my own spin on all the different things that people would expect to see in the show,” said Micaela. Watching other casts perform your show is a learning experience, said Sterling Lund, who plays Aladdin at South Hills. “It’s always great to take a step back and look at how other people are portraying the roles and to just reflect on our own performance,” he said. Directors don’t expect the differences of their shows will become a competition. Binns believes that middle school art should be collaborative, not competitive. “I don’t tell the kids to be better than any other schools,” Binns said. “I tell them to go support the other schools.” Erwin agrees. “Real art isn’t about the comparison,” he said. “It’s about the celebration of each other’s success.” Erwin said middle school theater programs provide teens an opportunity to showcase their talents. “It’s all about making sure that when the lights go up, the kids are ready to go, they have everything that they need, that they feel confident and successful and they go out and have a fun time,” he said. Residents of all three communities are invited to attend one, two or all three of the shows. “Hundreds of hours go into these productions,” Martin said. “Come out and support all of us and see everyone’s unique interpretations of this magical show.” If cast members could have one wish granted, it would be to have an enthusiastic audience. “My favorite part of the play is at the very end,” said Stockton Taylor, who plays Iago at West Hills. “When you’re in the finishing pose and the crowd’s cheering—that’s just something I will remember for the rest of my life.” l
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Organic foods aren’t just for health fanatics anymore By Darrell Kirby | d.kirby@mycityjournals.com
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t one time, the term “organic food” generated images in some people’s minds of nature-loving, Prius-driving health fanatics who thought any chemicals or artificial ingredients in food would mean premature death. That impression is gradually changing as more of the products are making their way into mainstream grocery stores and into households that typically haven’t been overly health conscious. Shad Stagl of Stagl Organics in Salt Lake City is doing his part to grow and sell such crops and educate people about them. Stagl owns and operates the organic farm behind his home on the city’s west side. He does the bulk of his business using a model called “community supported agriculture.” That’s where people pay up front to purchase a season’s share of his organically grown produce. They pick up a box of vegetables every week or two for up to 23 weeks as it is harvested during the growing season. Stagl finished 2019 with 52 such customers and hopes to have more this year. He also sells his crops at the Liberty Park farmers market. “It gives me a chance to introduce people to new food that they might not normally buy,” Stagl said. Organic foods are generally defined as being grown and processed without using
Shad Stagl of Stagl Organics is preparing to plant early-season crops at his vegetable farm in Salt Lake City. (Darrell Kirby/City Journals)
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inding a parking spot is one of those daily hassles everyone who drives needs to do. Fortunately, some University of Utah students want to make it a smoother ride. Brandon Howard of South Jordan, a film student at the university, is involved with the development of a new app called Parq, which aims to make driveways and other areas with parking potential rentable to students. Think Airbnb, but instead of a space in the home, residents are renting out the coveted real estate of their empty driveways to students needing a place to park their cars during the day. “I came from a video game background, I design digital assets and skins for video games,” Howard said. “I met Will through a friend and we decided we wanted to work on the project.” William Pepper, the founder of the app and a computer science student, said he got the idea for Parq after struggling to find parking even after buying a parking pass. “I was driving around looking for parkBreton Yates Elena Douglas M Woseth Angela Brimhall ing and I realized businesses and homes have D.O. FAOCD M.D. FAAD Hadjicharalambous M.D. many unused parking spots,” he said. “I M.D. FAAD thought, someone should rent out these spots and there should be an app like that.” The project received funding from the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute (lassonde. utah.edu/) via a $2,500 grant through the Get Seeded program (lassonde.utah.edu/getseeded) in October. “I didn’t really know anything about starting a business or anything like the tech space yet, so I did some research and I found out about the program at Lassonde,” he said. “So I entered Shane Farr Michael R Swinyer Alisa Seeberger that and put a lot of work into setting it up.” P.A. -C P.A. -C F.N.P. -C Developer Juno Kim and advisor and entrepreneur Chris Le are also a part of the Salt Lake City Clinic: 1548 East 4500 South, Suite 202, Salt Lake City project. Pepper said that the amount of businesses around the University of Utah opens up even South Jordan Clinic: 4040 West Daybreak Pkwy, Suite 200, South Jordan more potential for rentable parking spaces, potential Parq has worked hard to tap into. Phone: 801-266-8841 “I went door to door asking houses and business if they were interested in this,” Pepper said.
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He said they have about 50 homes on board, and a nearby 7-Eleven. They are in talks with more businesses and plan to add more in the next few months. Howard said having this hard work of getting people onboard already started will help the app when it’s time for its official launch. “We did the physical work, we went around, emailed people that were interested in renting out their parking lot, we already had that,” Howard said. “So once the app finishes, hopefully it will be a pretty easy rollout because we already did the grunt work of the door to door.” Howard also says that gamification of the app will help, adding features that incentivize users and ensure a long-lasting app that’s rewarding to use. “Parking is a task everyone needs to do,” Howard said. “By adding gamification, it will add more incentive. Any app that has an economy behind it, it will pretty much survive forever.” Pepper said he hopes to expand Parq, even bringing it to other states that are lacking in such apps. “We’re really excited. We’ve been working hard and trying to make a difference in this parking industry.” l
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Herriman community pays respects to fallen K-9 Officer Hondo By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com
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here were many broken hearts in Herriman this Valentine’s Day, as the community learned about the tragic death of K-9 Officer Hondo of the Herriman Police Department. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Herriman Police K-9 Hondo, who was killed in the line of duty last night while assisting the U.S. Marshal’s Office in apprehending a dangerous fugitive,” announced the department on its Facebook page. Hundreds of Herriman residents left comments on that post, thanking Hondo for
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Student filmmakers say no to vaping, e-cigarettes By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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iddle-schoolers and high schoolers across Salt Lake County will have the opportunity to share their short films addressing the dangers of vaping and e-cigarettes at the third annual Kick Ash Film Festival. After working on their 30- to 60-second films and submitting them into the film festival, the top films will be shown at 6:30 p.m., March 19 at the Leona Wagner Black Box at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City. The public is invited to attend the free event. “Vaping amongst Salt Lake County youth has increased 500% since 2011,” said Julia Glade, Salt Lake County health educator and film festival coordinator. “Yet, 56% of high school seniors say e-cigarettes are harmful. We want to change that perception.” Glade put together the film festival as a way for youth to share with their peers and community the means to communicate tobacco prevention and cessation. “Teens tend to use their phones and are very savvy using technology, so this way, they can create films about prevention and their peers are more apt to listen more,” she said. Teens also are involved in supporting the
film festival. The Salt Lake County Healthy Teen Advisory Board suggested this year’s theme: “Huff, Puff, Hooked” and some of the judges are students. Before the red carpet event, the judges will select their top middle school winners (seventh through ninth grades) and their top high school winners (10th through 12th grades). First place will receive $350; second place, $250; and third, $100. There also will be audience choice awards and the school which has the most entries will be awarded $100. Prizes and monetary awards were donated by sponsors, including University of Utah Health Plans, Primary Children’s Hospital, Intermountain Health Care and R.C. Willey, Glade said. In addition, this year’s winners as well as past film winners will have their films posted on the Salt Lake County YouTube channel. More than 50 entries were expected to be entered by the Feb. 27 deadline, Glade said. The first year, students submitted 29 entries. “Each year, there is more interest,” she said. “We already have sponsors wanting to be a part of it next year.” l Last year, Draper Park Middle School’s Ryan White received $400 as the middle school level Kick Ash Film Festival winner. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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Uncle Bob’s Butter Country pancake syrups
Saturday pancake breakfasts have been a staple in the Smith household for decades. But the crowning glory has always been dad Bob’s homemade buttermilk syrup. “One day we were out of buttermilk, but we had an old container of Log Cabin (syrup),” Bob recalled. When the pancakes were served without dad’s buttermilk syrup, his children boycotted the pancakes. His oldest son asked incredulously, “Do you really expect us to eat this syrup?” “Right then, I knew the buttermilk syrup was something special,” Bob recalled. Special might be right. There have been few innovations in pancake syrups. “It’s been basically maple forever, some artificial syrups and low sugar ones, which nobody likes, and some fruit syrups,” Bob said. So buttermilk syrup — a favorite of home cooks — was ready to sweeten up the market. The Smith family dove in. After obtaining a cottage food certificate (an approval by the State), things started slowly. In their Cottonwood Heights’ kitchen, the eight Smith children plus parents made 250 bottles of syrup. It was a tricky business managing three gallon-sized pots, temperamental frothing syrup, and bottling. They sold the final product, Uncle Bob’s Butter Country syrup, at local farmers markets. It wasn’t until a few years later when Bob’s son Jared returned from his church mission and began attending BYU that things got going. “I knew that if we didn’t make and market this, someone else would,” Jared said, adding that once people taste buttermilk syrup, there’s no going back to artificial maple syrup. Jared set about experimenting, making hundreds of bottles, and consulting
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food scientists, including his brother-inlaw, Cameron Smith, a recent food science graduate at the time. It took about 18 months to verify that Uncle Bob’s syrup was shelf-stable, because it is made with real buttermilk and cream. Getting the product to market proved to be another challenge. Eventually Harmons took them on and later, Associated Foods. Butter Country is now in 170 stores. Jared described the syrups as on par with premium maple syrup, but with new flavors, a creamy texture, and no artificial additives. For traditionalists, they have a butter-infused maple flavor. The original buttermilk flavor makes a good base for fruit toppings. New flavors include harvest spice and coconut cream. Bob said he hopes these syrups bring people back to the simple delights of a pancake breakfast. “It’s about making memories,” he said. Jared agreed. “The syrup reminds me of big, hardy pancake breakfasts with my family.” www.buttercountry.com
black market trading company’s chili-Pepper infused free range fudge
One autumn day, Rick Black was pureeing his varieties of homegrown chili peppers to freeze, when he had a fiery vision. “I wondered what the essence of the chilis would be like in a good quality hot fudge,” he recalled. “That is, literally, how the idea came.” With his favorite Dutch processed cocoa, he experimented extensively until he invented a chili-infused hot fudge sauce that, he said, “amazed” people, including his brother in Texas, who became his first
The original Uncle Bob’s Butter Country Syrup is made with real buttermilk and cream. (Photo courtesy Jared Smith)
The chili-infused Peppermint Free Range Fudge, which tastes like a warm, spicy, ooey-gooey Junior Mint. (Photo courtesy Marli Black)
investor. Black’s goal was to make a premium product with a unique twist. He sought sensations that brought the palate to life — a smoothness and sweetness from chocolate combined with the “essence” of chilis to bring out notes of heat and flavor. Black, a scientist by profession, got seven tasting groups together in his Sandy neighborhood. He’d test different types of chocolate, cocoas and combinations of chili varieties, then asked participants to fill out questionnaires. “Even if people didn’t like spicy foods, they all said it’s the best hot fudge they’d ever had,” he said. After perfecting his “proprietary blend” of seven varieties of chili peppers and finding the best cocoa, he leased a commercial kitchen, and with a humorous poke at our label-conscious culture, named his spicy creation Free Range Fudge. Popular flavors include original, extra spicy, milk chocolate and peppermint fudge, which Black’s daughters say is “like a warm, spicy, ooey-gooey Junior Mint.” New flavors for holiday offerings are in the test kitchen now.
Donning chili-patterned pants and wearing an aspirator and goggles while pureeing the chilis, Black makes his fudge in small batches, selling them through his website, www.blackmarkettradingcompany.com and at local stores. His family, including wife Jill, help cook and bottle the fudge. They work quickly, the beneficial result of Black’s production-efficiency studies. Daughter Marli does the photography, while daughter Kalen manages social media. Soon, he hopes to have his own commercial kitchen in order to work on transitioning from small-batch to large-batch production for distribution to grocery stores. “This is a passion,” Black said, and one that’s challenging to do while working full-time. But he’s having fun zooming around town in his Honda hybrid with a bold graphic of the Free Range Fudge mascot — a cartoonish chili pepper wearing a cowboy hat. On the rear window is written his favorite quote, “We don’t pen up our peppers.” “Happy peppers make happy fudge,” he quipped.
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SweetAffs Cakes and Cookies
mas for her creativity. Her work ethic and determination comes from her dad, who passed away three years ago. And her love of cake making? She credits that to the TV show, “Cake Boss” and the inspiration of star baker Buddy Valastro. So, 12 years ago, the West Jordan resident started educating herself through YouTube videos, cake blogs, and “a lot of trial and error.” Soon, she developed recipes and learned techniques that gave her confidence to make cakes and cookies for Swensen is more than just head baker friends and family. They, in turn, encouraged her to start and cake/cookie decorator for her busian Instagram account (@sweetaffs), which ness. She’s also the janitor, finance direc“just took off,” she said. Now, she books tor, photographer, videographer, teacher, researcher, social media whiz, and inven- three months in advance for orders and has expanded into teaching cake and cookie tory clerk. “You have to wear so many different classes, which often book out in a day. As a self-described social butterfly, hats,” she said, referring to food entrepreneurship. “You have so much that you end Swensen loves teaching others as much as she loves baking. “Sometimes we sell ourup learning along the way.” Swensen credits her mom and grand- selves short and think we can’t do something,” she said. When her students have
On the long counter of Afton Swensen’s commercial-grade kitchen sits flour, sugar, butter and M&M’s, ready to be made into Valentine’s Day cookies. Besides custom cookies, Swensen’s home-based company, SweetAffs, creates specialty cakes — her most requested flavor is Biscoff cookie batter and her most popular cake is a four-layer colorful unicorn creation.
that “I can do this” moment, she is joyful. Time restraints have honed her designs (think “simply elegant” or “colorfully fun”) and baking work. “Baking has created a whole new sleep schedule for me,” she said. With a 2-year-old, a part-time job, and a small farm she runs with her husband, she works late most nights. “It’s been a learning process of what I can handle and what I can take on,” she said. “I do things in stages.” She’s hoping to add more classes, including online classes for her out-of-state fan base. One day, she wants to operate SweetAffs full time. Until then, she’ll work late into the night baking and decorating the dozens of cookies and several cakes she makes each week. “I am grateful that I am in a place to make this a reality,” she said. “I try to be grateful for it and for everything I have.” The four-layer unicorn cake is most often requested www.sweetaffs.com and on Instagram for kids’ birthdays says SweetAffs’ owner Afton Sw@sweetaffs ensen. (Photo courtesy Afton Swensen)
Food competitions take the cake By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com Eight teams of students and teachers emerged from the dust of flour and sugar with creations such as panda-faced red velvet cupcakes and apple cinnamon cupcakes with apple cider buttercream and a last-minute caramel drizzle. The latter was named winner of Fort Herriman Middle School’s second annual Cupcake Wars held Jan. 22.
A passion for cooking, the thrill of competition and bragging rights, motivates many teens to enter cooking competitions. “It lets them be creative in a way that school doesn’t always let kids be creative,” said Madison Heist, teacher and judge at FHMS. All seventh graders learn basic cooking skills. Older students take Foods and Nutrition classes as electives. The most serious high school students take two years of ProStart classes to prepare for food service industry jobs. But—it’s the contests that really take the cake. Competitive cooking is a popular TV trend that has influenced many foods instructors to incorporate contests into their curriculum—who can create the best smoothie or ice cream sandwich? Others host afterschool competitions for any student who thinks they can craft the best pizza, burger or cupcake. For more intense competition, the Family Career and Consumers Leaders of America (FCCLA) offers student competitions in Baking and Pastry and Culinary Arts events. ProStart hosts region, state and national competitions requiring teams to create and execute a three-course meal. Jordan High foods instructor Shauna
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Young said competitions provide learning opportunities students can’t get in a classroom. “In the classroom, they have a limited amount of time and oftentimes a limited amount of resources,” Young said. “Having students compete teaches them to try new things, expand their comfort zone, build confidence, and do hard things that they didn’t think they could do.” JHS junior Jordan Castaneda likes that competitions allow him to be more creative. For the ProStart competition later this month, his team will make shrimp nigiri, stir fry chicken in a noodle nest, and layered mocha Chantilly cake. They will have just one hour and two gas burners to execute their menu and will be judged on taste, presentation, technique, time management, knife safety, sanitation, food cost, menu planning and business plan. During competitions, students are expected to problem-solve on the fly. As a FCCLA event judge, Kristy Yeschick watches for how well students respond to problems under pressure. “In the classroom they have that safety net,” she said. “If they mess up, it’s OK, they can do it again. Whereas in the competition, you’ve got to be at your top game.” Copper Hills High School foods instructor Megan Maxfield said competitions teach teamwork, problem-solving, time management, and leadership skills. When CHHS teams competed in the FCCLA regional Baking and Pastry event, problem-solving began weeks before the competition. The recipes they were given recipes for chocolate chip cookies and
Fort Herriman Middle students put finishing details on their cupcakes. (Jet Burnham/City Journals)
garlic bread knots had errors, said senior Brooklyn Gutierrez. Measurements and cooking times had to be adjusted through trial and error during several practice runs. At competition, the team had to adapt to even more complications: Their cookie dough got too cold, the kitchen equipment was unfamiliar, and humid weather affected their recipes. FHMS teacher Kayla Martin, whose team has won cupcake wars both years, said skills gained through competitions benefit everyone, not just those interested in highly competitive culinary careers. “Everybody works a fast food job at some point in their life,” she said. “So it’s good practice for working in a kitchen or a high stress job.” Many students love the thrill of the stressful environment of competition.
“I like the pressure,” JHS senior Mia Conham said. “I think it’s fun and I get really competitive.” JHS senior Holly Tang said when they are prepared, they can enjoy the competition. “We always have a ton of fun,” she said. “We’re always laughing and joking with each other.” Emma Powell, a competitor in FHMS’s Cupcake Wars, said it’s easy to forget about the pressure when doing something you enjoy. “It has a competitive aspect to it but you also have fun in the moment,” she said. “Then you realize there’s 10 minutes left. There are people you have to beat. So you put more effort than you think you can put into it.”
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It’s a life of learning for this wine educator By Linnea Lundgren | l.charnholm@mycityjournals.com All during this winter, Sheral Schowe’s disabled adults to learn independent living skills. mind was focused on sunny Spain. Not for vacation planning (she wishes), but rather to study Spain’s 17 autonomous wine regions and the dozens of unique appellations. There were thousands of wine facts to know, maps to memorize and soil conditions to understand. For 6 to 8 hours each day, Schowe sat at her desk studying for the Wine Scholar Guilds’ rigorous Spanish Wine Scholar certification program. “It’s the hardest test I’ve ever taken, and I have a master’s degree,” joked the Sandy resident. But such diligent study is all in a day’s work for Schowe, the first female wine educator in the state who started Utah’s first official wine school, Wasatch Academy of Wine, decades ago. Wine has always played a central role in Schowe’s life. She grew up near California’s wine country, where wine was appreciated and served with dinner and visits to wineries were regular events. So, when she moved to Utah in the ’70s, she said, “I anticipated a change in the wine culture.” But, when she found herself at a Provo restaurant and the waiter poured her “wine,” which turned out to be a disguised bottle of Welch’s grape juice, she thought, “What kind of bizarre place am I in?” Utah, she decided, was ripe for a proper wine school. But that would come a bit later. Instead, Schowe, who had just received a master’s in education administration, found herself developing Utah’s first community education program serving children and adults with disabilities. Granite School District told her if it was going to succeed, she’d have to fundraise for the participants’ enrollment fees. “I thought, ‘How incredible, I got a master’s degree just to do bake sales and car washes,’” she said. Then her thoughts turned from tedious cake baking to the joys of wine tasting. She enlisted Utah chefs to donate food for a tax write-off and then gathered every oenophile (connoisseurs of wines) she knew to make a donation, bring a bottle, and learn about it. “The [District] was impressed with my fundraising, but I never told them it started with wine,” she said. Enough money was raised to open several programs in the District that addressed the academic needs of adults with cerebral palsy, gave children access to wheelchair basketball, and created programs for developmentally
“And it all was originally started by wine education,” she said. Several years later, in 1991, she started Wasatch Academy of Wine. For Schowe, the appreciation and study of wine is a gateway to many stimulating experiences in life. Besides new tastes, aromas and textures, an education in wine opens up new worlds — the geology of a grape-growing region, its society, art, history and culinary expressions. “You can become intellectually and experientially connected to the world through wine,” she said. While academic study is necessary, she values learning through experiences, especially through travel and meeting winemakers. “Last year I was in Europe for two months. The purpose was to meet with winemakers, to walk through their vineyards, to watch them make wine, to visit cellars, to taste wine with their families and experience their food traditions,” she said. “I bring those stories home and it greatly enhances the presentation in all my classes... it gives a deeper meaning.” Schowe focuses on European wines, while other teachers at the Academy cover New World wines. Her life’s goal is to taste every wine from every appellation in France, Italy and Spain and, while she’s tasted many, there are hundreds she hasn’t. “It is like a treasure hunt,” she said. Her students today have increasingly sophisticated palates, Schowe said, so the Academy has expanded to include Wine Scholar Guild classes, wine dinner clubs, and popular food and wine pairings. She’s delighted to now see local restaurants with well-researched wine lists and knowledgeable staff. And diner’s tastes have ventured beyond just wanting to know what the best Cabernet is, she said. People want to explore wines in detail, such as dry sherries from Andalusia, the southernmost region of Spain. That’s something she’s excited to teach now that she’s spent all winter studying Spanish wines. “I look forward to planning new and creative ways for wine enthusiasts of Utah to learn about wine, where and how it is made, and connecting them with the hard working and caring people who make it,” she said. Visit www.wasatchacademyofwine. com or on Instagram @utahwineschool.
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You might say meatless burgers are having a moment. Meat-free patties come in two basic categories: those designed to imitate meat and those that embrace their veggie essence. Of the meat imitators, the Impossible Burger (made largely of soy protein) and Beyond Burger (made of pea protein) reign supreme. They’re very similar to real meat in taste, texture and even macronutrient content. Veggie patties are usually made from a blend of vegetables, grains and seeds, and their macronutrient content reflects that. Overall — especially when prepared with all the fixin’s — meatless options aren’t necessarily healthier than their animal-based counterparts. But we’re just talking taste here. If you venture downtown, plant-based eateries and meatless options are easier to find. But restaurants in the south Salt Lake Valley have some tempting offerings as well. Here’s a roundup of the best meatless burgers. 1. Ice Haüs’s Kein Fleisch Burger (Murray) Ice Haüs, a bar and restaurant, offers one of the more extensive vegan menus you’re likely to find at a place for omnivores. Their Kein Fleisch (German for “no meat”) burger does not disappoint. Ice Haüs uses Beyond patties, but they certainly put their own spin on the burger, which is topped with vegan kielbasa and cheese, beer-caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms, sauerkraut, and spicy mustard. It’s heavy, flavorful and satisfying. If you’re looking for a big, juicy meatless burger you probably won’t notice it’s meatless, this is the one to try.
2. Hires Veggie H (Midvale) Unlike many burger joints that source their meatless patties from outside companies, the patty at the center of Hires Veggie H is house-made. The patty is a blend of carrots, broccoli, onions, green peppers, celery, mushrooms, rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, seeds and spices that tastes a lot better than it sounds. It’s also topped with a soft bun, cheese and fry sauce. It’s not meant to imitate meat—the veggie patty is its own thing—but it might be as close to the greasy deliciousness of a classic Hires Burger as you can get without involving a cow. Plus, almost any of the burgers on Hires’ menu can be made with a veggie patty instead of beef patty, so there are plenty of options for meat-free eaters. 3. Dog Haus’s Impossible Burger (Sandy) Dog Haus is known for their hot dogs and sausages, but they do have a fair selection of plant-based options. Their Impossible Burger isn’t large, but it does have everything Utahns love in a cheeseburger: pickles, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and fry sauce. The sweet King’s Hawaiian roll that serves a bun completes the sandwich. I dare you to tell the difference between this and a beef burger. 4. Crown Burger’s Garden Hamburger (Sandy) Crown Burger doesn’t make its meatless option easy to spot on a menu. But the Garden Hamburger is, in fact, vegetarian. There’s not much to it except for a tasty bun, fry sauce, fresh toppings and a Gardenburger patty (made from mushrooms, oats, cheese and spices). And while it’s not meant to fool you into thinking it’s made of meat, it is a pretty delicious sandwich. 5. Fueled Kitchen’s Black Bean Veggie Burger (Draper) Fueled Kitchen offers one of the most popular meat alternatives: a black bean burger. Their black bean burger has a subtle spiciness, accentuated by the tomatillo spread that tops the patty. The whole wheat bun is soft and the sandwich feels substantial, but it lacks the greasiness many crave in a burger.
The Kein Fleisch burger at Ice Haüs is completely vegan, though you wouldn’t guess by the look (or taste) of it. Ice Haüs has an extensive vegan menu. (Alison Brimley/City Journals)
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Don’t burn out By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com
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ental health is ridiculously important. If we experience burnout (a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress: synonyms include overwhelm, fatigue, exhaustion, collapse), we can’t function to our usual standards. Luckily, we are beginning to take mental health seriously. We are talking about it more, leading to policies being implemented that place emphasis on mental health, more focus being paid to the individual and less stigmatization of diagnoses. I’m grateful to live in a time where my boss and colleagues understand if I need to take a mental health day. But…(you knew this was coming, right?) I don’t support the perpetuation of normalized self-care stereotypes. For those frequently on social media, common tropes can be found weaving through tags like #selfcaresunday and #mentalhealthmonday. Within the first long scroll, users will view pictures of female legs emerging from bubbly bath water, potentially from a bath bomb, with an assortment of accessories like a wooden caddy holding a book, lit candles, flower petals, and/or a glass of wine. In addition, users come across posts endorsing skin cream, face wash and other beauty products. These posts perpetuate the idea that self-care is wrapped up with beauty. (While there are positive emotions associated with the confidence of looking and feeling
beautiful, which can influence one’s mental health) I believe that self-care should not be solely dependent on beauty. I should be able to take care of my mental health without glowing skin or radiant makeup. As Beyoncé says, pretty hurts. Instead, I whole-heartedly support perpetuating individuation – finding something to do for your mental health that works for you; something that supports your mental health, something that allows you to practice self-care, something that releases those dopamine neurotransmitters. For example, music makes me happy. A self-care ritual I routinely engage in is driving along I-15 and singing (and dancing) to the steering wheel. Additionally, I will always, always recommend therapy as an important and frequent practice to take care of your mental health (mostly anyone with psychology training will). If therapy is an option for you and your financial situation, please consider it. Just remember to stick with it – therapy sessions don’t begin to become beneficial until after the first few visits. Therapists need the opportunity to get to know their patient beyond just a single hour. However, many patients will drop therapy after their first session because they don’t feel that it’s immediately helpful. Don’t do that. “Therapy doesn’t work for me,” one of my friends told me last month.
My immediate thought was that the therapist and patient weren’t a match, which happens. Sometimes you just need to find your therapist. However, this experience left my friend totally dismissive of therapy altogether. “That’s okay,” I told them, “let’s find a therapy that works for you.” What I meant by that was, let’s find your selfcare ritual. After asking them a variety of questions trying to narrow down what contributes positively to their mental health, we figured out that their therapy needed to be prayer. After that conversation, he attempted to engage in prayer more often, and that self-reportedly helped his mental state. Back to the main point: mental health is important. Self-care is important. Find a self-care activity that works for you, and practice it frequently. Make that activity a ritual. Maybe taking a bath does help your mental state (because you’ve figured out that works for you, not because of the conditioning of that ritual). Maybe that’s going on a drive and singing your heart out (I’ll see you on the freeway). Maybe that’s spending time outdoors. Maybe that’s exercising. Maybe that’s engaging in #selfcaresunday by going to church. Maybe that’s meditating. Maybe that’s eating ice cream. Maybe that’s snuggling with your pet. It doesn’t matter what the ritual is, as long as you’re making time for you and your mental health. l
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hen a middle school teacher tells students they are going to study the best breakup letter of all time, they pay attention. That’s how Gina Knowles, Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year, teaches eighth graders about the Declaration of Independence. “You can’t just say, “Here, read the Declaration of Independence, and we’ll discuss it,’” Knowles said. “There’s no way for them to access that. You have to put it on something that they can understand. Otherwise, it’s just a bunch of words—hard words.” Her students study the Declaration of Independence for tips on how to end an unhealthy relationship. The colonists’ “Olive Branch Petition” becomes an example of how to butter up parents before asking them for more privileges. As a teacher of Utah studies and U.S. history at South Hills Middle School, Knowles has thrown out the textbook. Instead, she uses primary source papers—authentic historical documents—to teach the curriculum. “It’s important that students understand the story from the people’s point of view, those that were there,” she said. As a class, students read and discuss selected excerpts from documents such as “Resolves of the New York Sons of Liberty,” speeches by Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton’s “Federalist Papers,” and the “Olive Branch Petition” colonists wrote to King George III. “They learn how to annotate and look at primary sources and really think about those things in depth rather than just skimming over it from a textbook,” Knowles said. “Then they get to make their own conclusions and draw their own understanding.” Knowles encourages students to find lines in the texts that speak to them and to consider what their life would be like if certain documents had never been written. “It really gets them involved personally in what was going on at that time,” Knowles
said. “The more that I can link it to them, the better.” Knowles encourages students to make personal connections to history, such as finding ancestors who were involved in key events. Eighth grader Peyton Alger said when he discovered he had ancestors who were on the Mayflower and who signed the Declaration of Independence, what he was learning in class became more relevant. “It means more to me because that’s my blood touching such an important document and doing such an important thing,” he said. “That’s my ancestor, and they did this. I can look at what they’ve done, and then I can relate back to what we’re learning.” Students also gain personal connections through historical reenactments. In an activity called “Taste of the Santa Maria,” they snack on beef jerky, crackers and cheese sticks while discussing the conditions pilgrims experienced on their voyage from England to America. They measure out the ship’s dimensions in the area just outside the portable classroom (approximately three portables long and one and a half wide). The entire eighth grade student body remains inside the area for a few hours of the simulation, performing jobs related to navigation, organization and manual labor. “I try to throw at least one of those activities into every unit, just so that they can get more of an experience-based piece,” Knowles said. Other times, Knowles uses games, video clips, period music, opinion polls, simulations, digital experiences and readers’ theater to teach concepts. Students show what they have learned by recording video ads, creating digital slide presentations and participating in formal debates. “She has a variety of ways of teaching us so everyone has a different way they can understand,” said eighth grader Rylee Sanchez. In her 25 years of teaching, Knowles has taught grades 1–9 and is always looking for ways to keep things fresh for herself
Gina Knowles receives the Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year award. (Photo courtesy of Gina Knowles)
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tah high schools are welcoming boys and girls lacrosse to their sanctioned sports this spring season. This traditionally “East Coast” sport is not as familiar to sports fans here so we thought we’d ask some experts in the area to give us all a “Lacrosse for Dummies” lesson. The sport itself has plenty of differences between the boys and girls games so let’s look first at this individually.
Things you need to know about boys lacrosse
We asked Collin Madsen, boys program coordinator for Intermountain Lacrosse, to help explain the sport from the high school boys perspective. • There are 10 players on each side of the field – three attackers, three midfielders, three defenders and one goalie. • Among its midfielders, teams can use a faceoff specialist, who may come right to the sidelines after faceoffs, and a long stick midfielder, who plays with a longer stick. • Faceoffs, where one player from each team crouch down and fight for control of the ball, start all quarters and also happen after each goal is scored. • Lacrosse sticks are allowed to be deeper for the boys than the girls and the string can be mesh or traditional leather. • During play, the attackers need to stay on the offensive side of the field while the defenders stay on the defensive side. The midfielders can be mobile all over the field. • Players can body-check another player that has the ball with referees allowing body contact from the shoulders down to the waist. Boys are required to wear full protective gear, including helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads, rib pads, gloves and mouth guards. • Fields measure 110 yards long by 60 yards wide – that is marked with a midfield line, two restraining boxes and two creases around the goal. • High school games are four 12-minute stopped time quarters. Madsen said approximately 5,500 boys play lacrosse in Utah with 2,000 of those of high school age. “I’d hope and expect both of those numbers to increase slightly this year with sanctioning and definitely see a sizeable amount of growth at both youth and high school over the next three to five years and beyond,” he said.
Things you need to know about girls lacrosse
Maddie Ferguson, the girls program director for Intermountain Lacrosse helped us understand the differences between the high school girls game and the boys. • There are 12 players on each side of the field – three attackers, five midfielders, three defenders and one goalie. • Games are started with a draw where
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centers from each team stand facing each other with the ball being placed between the heads of both player’s sticks. At the whistle, both players try and push or pull the ball high enough in the air that it clears the shoulders of both players. After a “fair” start, they can either get the ball from the air or the ground. The other midfielders are waiting outside the center circle until the draw is clear or a penalty is assessed and possession is given to the other team. Draws are used after each goal as well as at the beginning of the second half. • Lacrosse sticks have a traditional pocket and the material of that pocket can be different. • During play, no more than seven players can be below the restraining line on their offensive side of the field. On the defensive side, eight are allowed including the goalkeeper. • The top of the ball must be above the sidewall when it’s in the pocket. • No body-to-body or stick-to-body contact is allowed. An immediate yellow card is assessed if a player’s stick hits another player above the shoulders and a two-minute non-replaceable penalty is given (like the hockey penalty box). Two yellow cards equal a red card and players are subject to automatic removal from the game. Players are only allowed to make contact with their stick when the ball carrier is holding their stick below their shoulder. Girls are required to wear a mouth guard and goggles. • Goalies remain in the goal circle, or defensive area. The three defenders are in their restraining area and typically use a square or diamond setup while the three attackers do the same in their restraining area. The five midfielders are the only players that can be in the center section of the field for the draw with the center midfielder designated to take the draw. • Typically, players use a tight cradle
motion between the ear and the shoulder when possessing the ball. • Fields measure 120 yards long by 70 yards wide and contain a midfield line, two creases, an arc at eight meters and an arc at 12 meters. • High school games are two 25-minute halves. “The growth here has been amazing,” Ferguson, a New Jersey native, said. “There are more girls high school teams than ever and it’s growing at a massive pace.” She noted that nearly 40 teams have been added since UHSAA’s announcement that the sport would be sanctioned. Also, Utah now has its own U17 national team where previously they had been combined with Idaho and Montana and with that increased presence, more All-American players are being recognized from the state and moving on to play collegiately.
Where the boys and girls games are the same
• When a team shoots and misses the goal, possession is awarded to the team that is closest to the ball when and where it exits the field of play. So the offense can take multiple shots in a possession that miss the goal, and still retain possession. • An offsides penalty is assessed when too many field players are over the restraining line. The maximum is seven. • Only goalies are allowed in the crease or goal circle unless the goalie is not in that area. In that case, a field player can run through to pick up the ball, but no defense can be made against shots on goal since they are not wearing the appropriate gear. • A rule of “shooting space” protects players to ensure safe play. When players are on the attack and typically around the goal area, defenders must come in from an angle – not head on – to align their bodies to defend safely. “Shooting space” penalties result in an
8-meter shot (think penalty kicks in soccer). The “dangerous propel” rule puts the responsibility on an attacking player to refrain from shooting if a defender comes at them head on until the official makes the “shooting space” call. Otherwise, the penalties offset. “Those two rules are super, super complicated to observe as they are happening, to administrate as an official, and to put into action as a player,” Collins said. “So, I would say that shooting space is one of the most common penalties in the game and generally the least understood.” • Yellow and red cards typically are handed out for safety and sportsmanship violations and other penalties result in change of possessions or penalty shots, depending on where on the field the fouls occurred. • Whether it’s boys or girls lacrosse, the most basic movement on the field is a cradle which keeps the ball securely in a player’s net. The use of an effective cradle leads to the best possible scenarios for a shot attempt or a pass. • When the ball is scooped off the ground, it’s called a ground ball. In a battle for that ball, players cannot hit the other’s stick if they don’t have possession of the ball. That is called an empty check and is basically a turnover, handing possession to the other team. • Defensemen use “d-pole” long sticks which are six feet long and designed for players to try and check and dislodge the ball from attackers from a distance. (Teams are only allowed to use up to four long poles on the field at one time while the other six players have a standard lacrosse stick that is required to be between 40-42 inches in length. These sticks allow for easier movement and protection. • Goalies wear full protective gear and have sticks with a much larger head than the field sticks. “The inclusion of lacrosse as a UHSAA-sanctioned sport is huge for the sport,” Madsen said. “I think that overall it is going to have a massive impact on the sport here in the state. It is something that the Utah lacrosse community has been talking about and hoping would happen for many years, and it has finally come to fruition. I think it brings additional credibility, awareness and interest to the sport that will continue in growing the sport both in participation and performance.” “Lacrosse is an amazing sport and it’s also an extremely different sport than many others,” Ferguson said. “Oftentimes there is a quick love for the game because there is a spot on the field for every kind of athlete. It’s also an amazing off-season training sport for other sports, so anyone focused on basketball has the footwork to be an amazing defender, if you love to run, well, you’re a great midfielder and football players get the physical aspect of men’s lacrosse.” l
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memory of your loved or create an annual family dinner in your loved one’s honor. 4. Go somewhere meaningful. Travel to a place you shared special memories or a place they didn’t make it to, this can be especially heartwarming if done with special family and friends. If you opted for cremation you might scatter a few ashes. I leave a pinch of my hubby’s ashes when I travel to destinations we had planned to go together. 5. Plant something and watch it grow. It could be a tree or a special flower that was special to your loved one. My hubby loved pumpkins, so I plant one in my yard each year to honor him. 6. Hold an anniversary memorial. You may have skipped a funeral, but this doesn’t mean you can never have a memorial. If you are feeling a lack of resolution, pick another meaningful day to have a memorial. This could be as simple as a memorial BBQ or dinner party to a full formal memorial service. Your family and friends will be there to support you no matter how you choose to close your loved one’s life. Honoring a loved one in a most personalized remembrance is absolutely beautiful no matter how you choose to do it. l
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