Blackridge Reservoir is an extremely popular recreation destination in the hot summer months, perhaps too popu lar. (Justin Adams/City Journals) Continued page 9 CHANGES COMING TO BLACKRIDGERESERVOIR? By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com Thank YouPostalECRWSSLocalCustomer to our Community Sponsors for supporting City Journals PresortStd U.S.Postage PAID Ogden,UT Permit#190 Scan Here: Interactive online edition with more photos. FREE 09Iss.32Vol.|2022Sept. Now Hiring! $35-$80K + Full Benefits & Bonuses Call 801-262-1596 or email: trent@diamondtreeexperts.com Certified Arborists On Staff. Fully Licensed, Insured & Bonded TREE TRIMMING & REMOVAL • Stump Grinding • 24/7 Emergency Services • Powerline Trimming • Land Clearing • Demolition Options Available • Organic Mulch Products Call for a FREE ESTIMATE 801-938-4345 DiamondTreeExperts.com Mention this Ad for 10% off Expires 10/15/2022 B lackridge Reservoir is a favorite recre ation destination for many in and outside of Herriman, but it’s also long been a source of headaches for Herriman staff and the neigh borhood that surrounds it. With the reservoir reaching its pre-COVID popularity once again, the Herriman City Council has resumed dis cussions of possible solutions. “The popularity is coming back, and what we’re seeing is that people are not very nice to our staff up there. They’re parking all over the place - even parking on medians in the lot and refusing to move their cars. We have parking issues in the neighborhood again, even though there is a permit program,” said Wendy Thom as, assistant city manager, during a recent city council“Thesemeeting.issues are not new. We’re just back to the pre-COVID problems,” added Deputy Police Chief Cody Stromberg. “Our communi ty services officers have been up there pretty much every weekend since the beginning of summer and conducted proactive parking en forcement. In addition, we’ve received numer ous complaints from the neighborhood.” However, the police department can’t monitor the area 24/7, as that would pull them away from more serious calls throughout the city. So instead, much of the enforcement for the area is handled by seasonal parks and recre ation employees, many of whom are teenagers who don’t garner the same amount of respect from visitors as an officer in uniform. “It’s not a fun job. You’re basically doing garbage all day and telling people not to do stuff,” Thomas Unsurprisingly,said. keeping those positions staffed has proven difficult for the city. So what are some possible solutions? The city could completely cut off access to the wa ter, allowing it to continue functioning as a secondary water source but no longer as a rec reation facility. They could keep access to the water, but limit recreation to things like kayaks and paddleboards, similar to Daybreak Lake. They could start charging fees for entrance to
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Other numbers pertinent to the school are: 1/6, 2 and 500.
“We are just in such a great position to take the best of what has been happening in all schools and combine it together and make it our own,” Hoffman said. “We’re going to bring all of those ideas and all of those per spectives together and we’re going to create something great.” One of the things that makes the school unique is that it was built with one Maker space for lessons with the STEM specialist and one dance room for lessons with the arts specialist. It also has one wellness room for students and one wellness room for teachers. For those who are still learning their 1-23s, the school houses a preschool program.
• Oak Leaf is one of six JSD elementary schools piloting the Standards Based Grad ing system.•
By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com
Oak Leaf also has one full-time assis tant principal, one full-time school psychol ogist and one full-time guidance counselor. This is the first year each JSD elementary school will have these full time positions, which were previously shared among two or three schools for a fraction of the time.
Principal Ronna Hoffman, who was previously princi pal at Riverside Elementary in West Jordan, is on cloud nine to be the school’s first prin cipal.“I’m so excited,” she said. “It’s gonna be a good year.” The school has 57 staff members (and growing) which Hoffman has gathered from the four corners of the Valley.
Sixth-grade teacher Jordan Peterson, who transferred from West Jordan Elemen tary (which is 40 years old), is excited for the opportunity to begin the year with a blank slate.
Oak Leaf Elementary teachers started the year with completely empty cupboards and had to purchase supplies for the year. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Greco.)
Herriman’s new Oak Leaf Elementary, at 6936 Silver Sky Drive, is Jordan School District’s 42nd elementary school.
Two extra buses will provide tem porary Safety Shuttles to students who are within walking distance of Oak Leaf but have no safe walking route while Herriman Main Street is under construction.
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School Supplies By the Numbers: To start off the school year, office staff
“You get the best technology, you get the newest building but it does come with challenges, like you may not have all the supplies you need, or the air conditioning doesn’t work and you do spend a lot of your summer doing school stuff,” sixth-grade teacher Angie Alms said. She knows a trick or two for opening a new school—this is her third“Youtime.really have to start from scratch,” she said. “Every single thing that you think the kids need, you have to order.”
Fifth grade teacher Brittany Greco stocked her classroom with supplies for more students than she has enrolled, expecting enrollment to grow by the end of the school year. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Greco)
$20Construction1,8802,3803,9502941,1352108,5144,032ordered:pencilscrayonsboxesoftissuesscissorsballsLegobrickspoundsofpaperpaperclipsBytheNumbers:million,thecosttobuild the school.76,282 square feet, the total square footage of the school. 6,000 truck loads dumped 220,000 cubic yards of structural fill to create the building pad. 198 tons of structural steel were needed to erect the building and to sup port the roof. 43 tons of rebar were used in the building’s footings, foundation and walls.100+ workers were on the construc tion site each day. 0 utilities were available during the majority of the construction window— there were no electricity, gas or water lines to the site.
• There are 500 K-6 students currently enrolled at Oak Leaf Elementary. More are expected by the end of the year as the neigh borhoods in the surrounding area are devel oped. Teachers bought classroom supplies for 35 students even though they may only be starting the year with as few as 20 Teachers are of two minds about teach ing at a brand new school—it has both posi tives and negatives.
Oak Leaf Elementary, by the numbers
“I’m coming from an old school where everything was already set in stone,” she said. “Those traditions have been in place for years. They were good traditions, but I didn’t have a part in creating them. So that’s excit ing to me to be a part of starting something new. We get to create what we want.” l
Fifth-grade teacher Brittany Greco said teachers have been able to add their two cents to decisions about classroom furniture and supplies.“Theteachers get more of a say instead of coming into an established school that has its routines and procedures,” Greco said.
While many students take advanced computer classes at JATC, many courses are offered at local high schools. Herriman High School is the only high school in Jordan Dis trict which offers the full computer science pathway, from Computer Science 1 to AP Computer Science.
“Most programming courses, kids come in, they open the book to page 20, and they do a problem or two from that page, and that’s not really exciting,” Puich said.
“By doing that, the kids are not only learning programming basics and fundamen tals, but they’re also learning how to solve problems using collaboration, and they’re learning how the actual industry of software
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Myth: The Jordan Academy of Technol ogy and Careers is the best place for stu dents to take computer science courses.
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Busting computer science myths
However, Puich’s computer science classes are full, and many have waiting lists, because he engages students in program ming project simulations. Students take on various roles and responsibilities to work as a team to meet the needs of a client.
“I would like to offer some additional new courses but there’s just not room in the schedule,” said HHS Computer Science De partment Head Sam Puich, who has started and/or expanded computer science programs at four high schools, including HHS. Puich was one of 10 teachers in the country to receive the 2022 Computer Sci ence Teaching Excellence Award from the Computer Science Teachers Association of America. He has 34 years of experience teaching high school and college and has worked in the programming industry. “Sam Puich has done great work to build our Computer Science Program from one Computer Programming I offering to an abundant program that includes seven cours es,” HHS CTE Coordinator Julianna Wing said. “Students in those classes are excelling with internships, jobs and post secondary opportunities.” Myth: Computer science is a dull sub ject.
Herriman High School’s Girls Who Code Club builds girls’ confidence and skills in coding. (Sam Puich/HHS)
Herriman high school girls listen to the experience and advice of a successful woman as part of a series of guest speakers for the Girls Who Code Club. (Sam Puich/HHS)
Sant believes everyone should take a computer science class.
“I started taking better notes in all my other classes and saw big improvements in the way I was taking my tests and in my overall grades,” Harker said.
Myth: Computer programming is for logical, left-brained thinkers and boys who like to play video games. Sant, who graduated from HHS last year, fell in love with computer program ming by accident. She signed up for her first computer science class as a sophomore, just to fill a gap in her schedule, and continued taking classes when she discovered she en joyed it. She was surprised by how much creativity was required for programming.
Harker, one of the 37 members, said the club provided an opportunity for girls to gain experience, skills and confidence to be able to compete with the boys in their computer classes, who seemed to already have a head start from playing video games and from early exposure to programming. “There’s a difference between women and men in this industry,” Harker said. “The drive of women is different than the males because they just have a different back ground. I was never into video games or any thing like that. I like to be creative, so that led me to technology, whereas boys have a different background coming into these classes. And so, as a girl, you kind of have to work a little bit harder. I did, because I was unfamiliar with a lot of the platforms we were using or some of the lingo they would use, whereas most of the boys understood just right off the bat.”
Guest speakers were all local women working in STEM fields, including a BYU professor and NASA scientist, the president of a corporation, a programmer, and a wom an who works for Microsoft and is president of Women in Coding at the University of Utah.“They really related well to the girls in some of the troubles and struggles and the stereotypes of being a woman in STEM,” PuichSantsaid.said it was inspiring to hear how these women earned top level jobs.
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“I was a dancer growing up and so I was very creative that way, but then I am so leftbrained to where computer science really just fit that puzzle piece for me,” she said. “You learn the very basic skills of how to program, but then you use those tools and you twist them and you write them in your own way in order to solve this problem. It’s really creative. You can really just take it and make it Sheyours.”saidshe was always surprised when the class was given the same problem but each student or team of students came up with a unique approach and solution.
Addie Sant, a former student, is cur rently studying at Utah State University to become a systems analyst because of her experience taking on that role during one of Puich’s in-class simulations.
Harker said Puich is a great mentor who really cares about his stu dents and makes sure they know about schol arships and other opportunities. She said he provides female students opportunities to get on a more even footing with the boys. Puich started a chapter of the national Girls Who Code Club at HHS last year. In club meetings, girls develop and program websites based on social issues.
Harker said in the all-girl environment of Girls Who Code, there was a different kind of competitiveness than in the class room, where girls are still outnumbered by boys.“You’re not going against a boy in your class anymore so it’s like, ‘Okay, here’s an other girl, now let’s both rise to the occa sion,’” she said. Myth: Girls have no role models in the industry.
Sant’s journey from programming new bie as a sophomore, to second place win ner of the state Computer Science Sterling Scholar competition as a senior, to studying to become a systems analyst as a college freshman, has been influenced by Puich. He believes that girls have amazing potential in the industry if they can just break through the stereotypes.SeniorAbigayle
“There’s kind of a stereotype so it was so amazing to me to be able to see those women who are just like me, who made it, who were successful, who put in the work and actually got up there and are doing ex actly what I want to do,” she said.
“You learn so many things by doing computer science, not just programming,” she said. “You learn how to take a problem and solve it and use your resources. If every body could just take one computer science class, just to test it out, even if they didn’t learn anything about computer science, they’ve learned a lot of life skills. I think that’s what’s so valuable that a lot of people miss.” l
In its inaugural year, HHS’s Girls Who Code chapter was recognized by the Nation al Girls Who Code Club. Some of the partic ipants were also recognized by the National Center for Women in Technology.
Members of Herriman High School’s 2021-22 Girls Who Code Club. (Sam Puich/HHS)
“I loved that fast-paced real-world sit uation,” she said. “You really felt like you were doing the real thing. You weren’t just doing book work all day long. You weren’t just sitting at your computer typing all day long. You were given a problem, you were taught how to solve it with the basic comput er skills, and then you took those skills and rearranged them in a certain way to solve that problem and create a program.”
“These programs have had an enormous impact on female students who are now pur suing degrees and careers in a wider variety of areas,” Wing said. “They have goals to start nonprofit organizations and use their skills for good. It’s amazing to witness and hear about their goals.”
Myth: Computer science classes are only for students interested in STEM careers. Harker took programming classes her sophomore and junior year, and now in her senior year is taking a database class. Even though she doesn’t plan on pursuing a STEM career, she said the skills she’s learned in these classes have helped her in other areas of herExperiencelife. with problem-solving, com munication and collaboration skills have helped her in her role as a student govern ment officer. The study skills she learned in computer science classes have impacted her overall study habits.
development works,” Puich said. “I think that gives them a head start, if that’s what they want to do down the road. I try to in corporate that into my courses and the kids seem to really like that.”
Puich invited successful women to Girls Who Code Club meetings to speak about their experiences and to provide networking opportunities for students.
Myth: Girls and boys have equal expo sure to computer science and programming. There were just two girls in the comput er science program when Puich first arrived at HHS six years ago. He focused recruiting efforts on growing female participation and last year there were 51 girls in HHS’s com puter science pathway, including Sant.
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The one solution which the council seemed most interested in was adding to the parking lot. The engineering de partment did a study five years ago and estimated they could add 35 addition al parking spaces for about $7,000. Of course, with construction prices explod ing in recent years, that figure would be much higher today. To find out exactly how much higher, the council asked city administration to look into getting an up dated estimate before the discussion con tinues at a future city council meeting.
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Herriman City Library hosts events such as recreat ing Diagon Alley. (Salt Lake County) decrease demand, either to all visitors or just to visitors who aren’t Herriman res idents. They could even restrict the res ervoir so that it would only be accessible to Herriman residents—the taxpayers that pay for Theit.challenge for the city is that each solution could create its own new set of problems, or unintentionally exacerbate existingTakeones.entrance fees for example.
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Herriman Library hosts Diagon Alley
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“If there’s a $5 day-use charge, I think people are just more likely to try to find a place to park in the neighborhood,” said Councilman Steven Shields, who represents the district in which the reser voir is Addinglocated.new regulations to the area would also require additional resources for enforcement. If the city limited the reservoir to only Herriman residents, for example, the city would have to pay to have someone stay at the gate and verify the ID’s of potential visitors. The parking lot also serves a popu lar trailhead, so any change that impacts parking for the reservoir will also impact those who are just looking to go hiking or mountain biking. Even solutions the city has already implemented, such as a parking permit system for the surrounding neighborhood, have had unintended consequences. Resi dents who have invited family and friends to their homes for barbecues or birthday parties have had their guests’ vehicles ticketed, since officers can’t tell whether a car parked at a home near the reservoir is parked “legitimately.” (The city has made a change so that residents can request a number of single-day permits to use when they host parties at their homes.)
“Harry Potter,” by author J.K. Rowling, has been a series that has influenced the lives of the old and the young for decades. Since its first publication in June of 1997 it has bewitched men, women, children, the elderly and everyone in between. Since its release it has encouraged all ages to pick up reading as a hobby and to explore the world of books and Herrimanimagination.CityLibrary, along with the other libraries in the Salt Lake County Li brary System, have teamed up to recreate Diagon Alley, a location found in the Harry Potter series where young witches and wiz ards can peruse and purchase magic supplies to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. J.K. Rowling created a very intri cate and creative world of magic, witches, wizards, wands, spells and quidditch. The possibility of experiencing Diagon Alley from the local library was very ap pealing to all ages in Herriman City. Sources from the Herriman City Library stated there were approximately 250 participants in the Diagon Alley events at the Herriman Library at the end of July. The age ranges went from young children to pre-teens to teens and even adults participating in the activities set up by the city library and librarians. These activities consisted of crafts, search and finds across the library and of course prizes for those who participated. Several residents stated that they love the opportunity they have to participate in library activities and it is a great reason to get out of the house and encourage reading. Library staff has also stated that they create activities like this throughout the year de pending on the season as well as popularity of previous activities hosted by the library. If you are ever bored, wanting to get out or looking for a great new read, Herriman City Library is the place to go.
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The Train Shoppe is another iconic local business first opened in the city decades ago and is now located in the suburbs. After moving several times throughout the years, the model train retailer opened at Gardner Village in West Jordan in 2021. Early this year the shop introduced kid-size rides and a full model train display where visitors can oper ate the trains for a small fee. The Train Shoppe has plans to expand in the future, possibly creating an outdoor play space within Gardner Copperhive’sVillage.newstorefront, at 2709 S. State St., is also larger—1,300 square feet, up from 800 at the old space, with a studio in the back for Whitmore to work on her own fash ion line of plus-size, environmentally-friendly clothing.
“There are lot more food options for when I forget to pack my lunch,” Whitmore said with a laugh. Still, there is significantly less foot traffic in South Salt Lake.“The experience I had through displacement…it’s really erasing small businesses,” Whitmore said. “It takes out retail spots and just builds residential. The retail left is so expen sive that only chains can afford it.”
“Another issue that was special for our case is that we sell vintage,” Whitmore said. “We would qualify financially, but landlords would turn us down because we sell second handButitems.”Copperhive Vintage is no thrift shop. The handpicked selection of items for sale include high-quality cloth ing from the mid-20th century, housewares, art and furniture. Whitmore culls the most desirable items from estate sales and flea markets.
After relocating to Salt Lake City, Whitmore began selling some of the items she’d collected at the Urban Flea Market.
“We’re waking up from the tiredness of it all and see ing that it could be a blessing in disguise,” Whitmore said. “There’s a lot to like about this area. All of our neighbors are family-run stores, which feels like a good fit.” l
Flexibility can be an important attribute for a small business owner. Whitmore got her start selling action sports equipment in Phoenix, Arizona, then in Logan, Utah.
“It’s still very disorienting,” Whitmore said. “It still feels very scary, like we’ve stepped back seven years to when we first started. I feel very isolated. My neighbor used to be Haight & Ashbury Consignment and people came to shop at Haightboth.”& Ashbury found a new home in the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City, at 1357 S. Main St. in May. The businesses near Copperhive’s new location are mainly restaurants, diners and bakeries.
Shop in the suburbs: Small businesses move south as downtown rents go up
Whitmore’s retail shop, Copperhive Vintage, thrived in a building on 700 East in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City for seven years. Then, in early 2022, Whit more was informed that the building was to be demolished to make way for a large residential complex. She would need to either close or relocate. She worked with a realtor group and talked to the eco nomic development department at the city, but struggled to find an affordable space.
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“I realized this could be a profitable thing for me,” Whit more said. “I had the freedom to not work so many hours. Or if I was working more hours, it was doing something I liked. Then when I had my daughter, I didn’t want to go back to a traditional workplace scenario. I wanted to be able to hang out with her.” The fact that Whitmore’s daughter grew up in Copper hive’s original space made it even harder to leave. But she’s hopeful for new opportunities.
It was a moment straight out of a movie. Jacqueline Whitmore was reaching the end of the 90 days she’d been given to find a new space for her business, and her local li quor store was out of the wine she wanted. So she headed to a different store in South Salt Lake.
A business called Modern Display was also located on 700 East in downtown Salt Lake City and moved this year. The venerable holiday decor retailer temporarily closed in May and plans to reopen at a new location on State Street in late summer or early fall. The new location, which is in Murray, will have more space on one level and a larger park ing lot.
“It was an older building, and the rent was really reason able,” Whitmore said of the space that was torn down.
Copperhive Vintage, which sells clothing and home decor, recently moved to South Salt Lake after their original location in Salt Lake City was torn down. (Sarah Morton Taggart/City Journals)
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“It’s double what we were paying, but still the most affordable thing we could find,” Whitmore said. “Even the Granary District was four times what we paid before, for the same amount of space.”
A stretch of Broadway (300 South) in Salt Lake has also lost retail space in the past year. When the iconic yellow building on the north side of road between 200 and 300 East was torn town, The Tavernacle Social Club, City of Industry, Dara Modern, Fellow Shop, Grow Kratom and The People’s Coffee all had to relocate. Four of the businesses found other locations nearby. City of Industry, a stationary shop, has just an online pres ence for now. Fellow Shop, which sold clothing and other vintage goods, now sells at pop-up markets.
“I could sell snowboards in the desert, so they sent me to the mountains,” Whitmore said. “I also worked part time at a mom and pop thrift store there. It came down to accumu lating too much stuff. I started taking things home.”
But the perks come at a price.
“I actually saw the ‘for lease’ sign being put up,” Whit more said. “I pulled over and filled out an application.”
“This new space has extras that make it nice,” Whit more said. “There’s a cute parking lot in back and we’re hop ing to do events in the future once we get caught up with life. The parking is better, the AC is better, the condition of the building is better.”
A look a retail spaces available to rent or lease on loo pnet.com in early August confirms that the Granary District, a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood southwest of downtown, has the highest rents in Salt Lake County. One space is listed at $40 per square foot (paid annually), nearly double the av erage rate in South Salt Lake. Salt Lake City tends to have the highest volume of spaces available to rent. West Valley City is a close second, where the average price per square foot is around $23. San dy, Millcreek, Midvale and Taylorsville have rents averaging less than $20 per square foot. Rents in Cottonwood Heights were the most expensive with just two listings, one at $28 and another at $37. But rent is just one thing to consider when relocating a business.Copperhive’s new location is less than two miles away from the old one, but the character of the neighborhood is different. It’s also difficult to get the word out to customers that she’s moved.
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When asked about a typical day for Kurtzhals, his answer was, “I start my morning with some breakfast, and then I usually go to work at the gym, so I can train while I’m working at the same time. I get paid to do everything that I want to do. So I can train while I work, but I also train at a place in SLC with a couple of friends after work.”After talking with Tyler, it was clear to see that he eats, sleeps and breathes this life style, and that he is thrilled to be able to par ticipate in NBC’s show.
What does it take to be an “American Ninja Warrior?” Tyler Kurtzhals of Herriman took the time, practice and patience to find out for himself. Tyler Kurtzhals, 18, re cently qualified for the semi-finals on NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior,” and has been training and practicing fiercely in order to get ready for his competition in Texas. When asked why Tyler got involved in training to be a ninja warrior, his reply was, “The thing that got me interested in “American Ninja Warrior” was when I was 8 years old, I saw it on TV for the first time and I was always the kind of kid to be climbing on everything I could see…so “American Ninja Warrior” seemed like the coolest big-kid play ground at the time. And so I was just hooked, from the moment I first saw it. That passion for it never went away the whole time ” Kurtzhals’ interest in obstacle courses and strength training began at a very young age, and he was able to put in the time and dedication needed to pursue this interest and excel in the field. And there is a lot of ded ication and training needed to participate in “American Ninja Warrior.”
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Tyler was asked what it was like when he got accepted to compete in American Ninja Warrior.“I was through the roof with excite ment and just joy. Basically what happened was I got accepted on my 18 birthday, which made it ten times better. So, it was the best birthday present ever. It was 10 years of train ing in the making.” That phone call changed a lot about Kurtzhals’ life, overnight. Going from being a high-school student to competing in a nation wide competition would be a big change for anyone. In response to this, Kurtzhals stated, “I definitely could not have done it with out my mom’s help.”
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“I do hope that I inspired a lot of people, and I do want to see more people going after what they love and chasing their dreams.” l
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Kurtzhals has just finished high school and will be attending a university in the fall to study Kinesthesiology. He hopes to continue to pursue his interest in obstacle courses and fitness, while also being able to help people achieve their dreams as well. Tyler has a deep belief in following your dreams and passions to the best of your ability. “I say, if you have a goal like that, just go for it. The worst that can happen is that you fail. And if there’s anything that ninja warrior has taught me is that it’s okay to fail, because every failure you have is a good learning ex perience to better yourself and improve next time. There will always be a next time so you can try“Evenagain.if it’s not Ninja Warrior, just push everything you can towards that, and eventu ally your hard work will pay off, and make sure to stay humble and accept failure as it comes because failure is the only way you can get better at something, because no one will be perfect off the bat.
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Auburn University in Alabama has one of the largest team handball clubs in the country. Only a handful of colleges have organized clubs including the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy (West Point). The Salt Lake handball club consists of about 30 members. They practice three or four times a month and have begun traveling to play in tournaments.“Iamfrom Guatemala and I played for the National team there for about 12 years,” Sofia Broadhead said. “When I came to Utah in 2016 I started looking for a club. The sport is growing in Central America, Brazil, and even here in this country.”
A small group of players played in the USA Team Handball Open National Champion ships in May. The local players combined with a team in Los Angeles to be able to participate. “Now we want to represent Utah. We would like everybody to get to know this sport. We are hosting a small tournament next month with a few teams,” Broadhead said.
“This is a game that can help you develop new skills and improve your athleticism. It can help you improve your abilities in other sports,” Rammi“Thissaid.club is a family affair. They all bring their kids and we have lots just learning to play,” Halladay said. For more information visit the team's Face book page Massif Handball SLC. l Team handball takes hold in Utah with first-ever tournament
The Uintah Cup is scheduled for Sept. 2425 at the Utah Soccer Arena, 1475 S. 700 West. There will be men's and women's divisions. The Air Force Academy and a team from Denver will take part in the men's division. The wom en's division includes a Los Angeles-based team and a team from San Francisco is scheduled to compete.“Itwill be held on Saturday and Sunday,” Rammi said. “People see this game in the Olym pics and they come out and join with us. It is growing in this area.”
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“Some of my friends are from different countries. It is a new game here, but in other countries, they teach it in schools. The game is very popular in Europe. That is why they always win. There is also beach handball. It has differ ent rules,” Broadhead said. Luke Nguyen, originally from Vietnam but graduated from Kearns High School, is a mem ber of the U.S. men’s beach team. He started playing team handball when he was 12 years old. After he moved to Utah when he was 16 he was a part of the U.S. Youth National Team. He started playing beach team handball in 2015. He was the most valuable goalkeeper in 2016 and was a coach of the 2019 Pan Am Games team. He still lives in Salt Lake City. Hannah Ross from Pocatello, Idaho is also a member of the women’s beach national team. She has participated with the Salt Lake City club at times.Team USA is working to establish a col lege national championship and the U.S. Na tional team recently qualified to participate in the next World Cup.
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“I started playing in Brazil when I was 12 years old,” one of the club organizers Andre Rammi said. “Our practices are open, anyone can come and join. We want people to under stand the game. We have several that have never played before.”
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“I was attending college at Auburn and a friend of mine introduced me to the game,” Massif Handball SLC member Patrick Halladay said. “It turns out that my first time was a tryout for the U.S. Olympic team. I wasn’t that good, but I learned how to play and now I really enjoy it.”
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About 235 students from eight Jordan School District middle schools tried learning golf skills at this past spring’s Special Olympics kick-off of unified golf at Glenmoor Golf Course. Now, 40 students are getting a chance to develop their skills this summer as they com pete in four junior PGA unified golf teams. Unified golf is an opportunity for stu dents with and without disabilities to play golf together.Itcame about when South Jordan’s Glenmoor Golf Course PGA professional Darci Olsen approached Courtnie Worthen, Unified Champion Schools manager with Special Olympics Utah, to discuss adding unified golf to the unified sports program. Unified sports fosters empathy and inclusive opportunities for all students. Together, Olsen and Worthen received a grant from Special Olympics North America through the accessible golf associations to begin the program.
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Amongst the equipment provided to help make it easier for the students were pool noodles on the putting green to guide the ball toward the Jordanhole.Education Foundation Director Mike Haynes said that unified golf will be ongoing.“They will compete in the Utah Open celebrity skills challenge,” he said. “This was the result of a collaboration of Special Olym pics, Glenmoor Golf Course and Jordan Edu cation Foundation. It’s all about the inclusion and it is so valuable to our community to cre ate opportunities of inclusion for all kids.” l
Elk Ridge Middle School special ed ucation teacher Amanda Mair said her stu dents rotated in the kick-off’s skill activities.
The program, which also involved South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey, was de veloped this past school year. First lady Abby Cox, former Gov. Gary Herbert and assorted superheroes and car toon characters helped to kick off the pro gram, where students received a quick lesson in using a golf club, swinging, putting and enjoying the game in each other’s company.
Lindsay Auld with Jordan Education Foundation said the event was “awesome.”
“Watching the kids get excited about trying the skills and learning how to swing, how to putt, and having adaptive units there to help them, really helped them get a sense of the sport and how they could be success ful if they joined a team,” she said. “The stu dents were really excited to be a part of this.”
Jordan School District middle school students hit tennis balls while learning how to play during the unified golf kick-off. (Photo courtesy of Jordan Education Foundation)
“It was a fun activity,” she said. “It was a little chilly, but I think the kids had a great time.”It was a bit warmer than the origi nal kick-off date, during which it snowed, Worthen said, who added the event was “in credible.”“Golf is a life-long sport. We wanted to in troduce it to younger athletes as we don’t have any programs offered in the middle schools,” she said. “By making golf accessible, students are not only learning about golf, but also hav ing that experience in teamwork and sports manship, and in developing friendships.”
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