Kaysville/Fruit Heights Journal | March 2024

‘ESCAPE FROM GERMANY’ TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF MISSIONARIES GETTING OUT BEFORE THE WAR

FARMINGTON—A little known event that took place in Germany in 1939 will soon be recreated on the big screen.

“Escape from Germany,” a T.C. Christensen film, tells the story of 79 missionaries who had to escape the country because a war was imminent. However, they were spread across Germany and one missionary was tasked with finding them and getting them out before the German soldiers caught them. The movie opens in theaters on April 11.

“The mission president, Douglas Wood, all of a sudden said they had to get out really quickly because the war is going to start and they can’t get trapped inside the borders,” said Christensen, a Farmington resident. “He assigned one missionary, Elder Norm Seibold, to get them all out. We don’t usually think of ‘one’ in terms of missionaries.”

For some reason he grabbed this guy who had been on the football team and a tough guy, Christensen said. “He said, ‘I’m sending you by yourself. Go up and down the train routes and find them and get them out. And here’s some money because they’re all stranded and they don't know what to do.”

Communication was terrible of course, said Christensen. “All they could do was send a telegram to Stuttgart where there were missionaries. And then whoever's at the telegram station, when they had time, would take the telegram and run down the street to find the house and leave it or give it to them. You don’t know if they’ve even gotten it. It’s terrible to try and do that in a hurry.”

Christensen said to him that’s what makes a great movie. “One guy against the Nazi regime. It’s not even two of them (missionaries). It’s just this one guy trying

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to figure out how to get all of these elders and get them out. That’s the movie element I wanted.”

Seibold goes to the big train station, he said. “There’s tons of people walking around and he doesn’t know what to do. He thought, ‘I don’t know how to do this job.’”

He gets this idea and stands on his luggage, said Christensen. “He starts whistling “Do what is Right.” It’s a whistle so it kind of permeates through the noise and missionaries start coming out of the cracks.”

Seibold told them they had to get going, he said. “He told them ‘you’ve got to

help me.’ The other missionaries started walking around whistling to find other missionaries.”

The story tells of all they went through trying to escape, Christensen said. “They were starving and got kicked off the train because the Germans would take over the rail system. They had to figure out how to get out.”

The mission president told them to go to Holland, he said. “So they hopped on trains heading for Holland. Everybody (not just missionaries) was being told to go to Holland so within a day it was inundated with refugees and they closed the border.”

All the missionaries were stuck at the

border, said Christensen. “They had no money. The mission president told them to go to Copenhagen. The last missionaries got there on Aug. 31, 1939 and the next morning, Sept. 1 the Germans invaded Poland and the war started.”

It wasn’t good for foreigners or religious groups either, he said. “They could have all landed in jail.”

Christensen is known for his films recreating true stories such as “17 miracles” and “The Fighting Preacher.” “There are so many great stories in our culture and history,” he said. “You can never run out.”

He first heard about the story in 2011 at an SUP (Sons of Utah Pioneers) dinner. “I sat by Frank Swallow who told me about the evacuation of missionaries to get them out of Germany. I thought it was a great story but it would be too expensive for a small filmmaker.”

It kept coming up, said Christensen. “My partners were pushing it but then I started thinking ‘maybe I could do that’ and I got excited about it.”

A woman named Terry Montague had written a book in the 1970s about the escape and interviewed several of the missionaries, he said. “If not for Terry this story would have mostly been lost.”

Christensen said he contacted Montague and purchased the film rights. “I wrote the script and cast it then COVID hit. It was a few months before we started filming. It gave us time to find more descendants, etc. We filmed last May and June.”

It’s a really good story, he said. “That to me is the star of the film. It’s nice to see a good, heartfelt story.” l

SEXUAL HARASSMENT BILL GIVES

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UTAH STATE CAPITOL—Sexual harassment in the workplace is often downplayed or ignored by employers. At least 80% of women and 43% of men have experienced some sort of sexual harassment at work and 70% of victims face retaliation after reporting. That harassment perpetuates a cycle of fear and silence. A monumental piece of legislation, HB55 passed out of both the House and Senate last week that would give voice to those victims.

“Only one in three cases are resolved favorably for the victim,” said Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross who is the floor sponsor. “That leaves survivors without recourse. Title VII, which is a federal law, excludes small businesses under 15 employees, leaving countless harassed workers defenseless and denied justice in Utah.”

Utah is proud of its small businesses, Weiler said. “Most of our coworkers, our friends and families work for small businesses and HB55 extends protections to those small business employees.”

“I don’t know a single woman who has not experienced some sort of sexual harassment,” said Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan who sponsored HB55. “I talked to House Republican women and all but two had experienced sexual harassment sometime in their life in the workplace.”

Some said it started even before they entered their employment career, said Birkeland. “It was at school or at community events or activities. It’s not OK and too often we just think it’s us. Too often we think that we’re going to be ignored or we’re going to be told to just deal with it and grow up. Be a big girl, you know, han-

dle it yourself.”

That just perpetuates it, she said. “We have to stand up and say it’s not OK and we have to be brave enough to do it. We have to have the state sometimes backing us up. You can’t tell a woman who’s in desperate need of a job that she can’t work there unless she signed something saying that if she’s sexually harassed here in Utah, she has to keep quiet as a condition to work. I can’t even believe that was on our books.”

“I think that the concern we’re trying to address is you can have a serial harasser and every case looks like it’s the first time it happened,” said Weiler. “Because I think most businesses and most employers may be more willing to forgive and forget if it’s a first time and the prior eight victims have been silenced. That’s what we’re trying to put a stop to.”

A lot of them would be more willing to come forward if they hear someone else endorse the same treatment at their former place of work but they can’t, said Birkeland. “I hope women and men who otherwise feel silenced feel like they're empowered to speak up. I hope that they come forward and tell people what’s happened to them.”

“I want to emphasize that while this will primarily help women, I do think there are men who are harassed, maybe by a female supervisor or a male supervisor,” said Weiler. “I’m just saying it might be primarily women that are going to benefit from this but I don't think it’s exclusive.”

HB55 works to combat the statistics of sexual harassment by declaring that all employers should understand harassing an

employee is unacceptable. The sponsors ask Congress to update Title VII to:

• Protect all Americans from sexual harassment at work.

• Raise the settlement cap for victims and tie it to inflation – Congress has not raised the cap on sexual harassment settlements since 1991.

• Break the silence. Federal law does not protect a victim from being forced to accept a settlement as terms of employment.

• Set a cancellation window: Helps prevent victims from being silenced by un-

duly quick settlements.

•End serial abuse – safeguard victims when responding to subpoenas against the same abuser.

“I’m telling you,” said Birkeland. “I have talked to many women who sat down when they got the job and were so excited because they needed the job. Then they’re onboarding and filling out all their paperwork. One of them was if you’re sexually harassed here in the workplace you won’t disclose it and that was a condition to decide to continue their employment. This law gives them a voice.” l

Rep. Kera Birkeland gives a fist bump to 9-year-old Edwin Otterstrom-Young following a press conference detailing HB55 on sexual harassment in the workplace. Birkeland is the sponsor of the bill. Photo by Becky Ginos

In 1939, Elder Norm Seibold was assigned to find all the missionaries in Germany and get them out before the war started. Photo courtesy of T.C. Christensen

Comcast helps private school implement updated technology for security and connectivity

When high school students and faculty at American Heritage School went back to class last September, they were given a personal MacBook Air to use throughout their high school experience. With more people logging onto the internet, the need for connectivity soared. The school looked for a solution that would increase bandwidth.

Levi Crockett, the school’s education technology director, reached out to Comcast for solutions. Daniel Jasinski was the Comcast sales associate who helped work on the two main problems facing the school: the ability to manage their network and the need for visibility of the network.

“We brought in some specialty teams within Comcast business for a managed Wi-Fi solution, like the ability to have visibility and setting up managed firewalls,” Jasinski said. “They definitely valued the kind of innovative approach that Comcast business had. We’re honored to provide the necessary communication equipment and services that will fuel their school’s growth and educational initiatives.”

Internet safety was a big concern for American Heritage. Along with protection against cyber-attacks, ensuring students

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were safe online was imperative. With Comcast’s help, the school’s IT team will be able to set protocols in place to monitor websites students visit and to create safeguards and firewalls to increase online safety “That’s something that’s top of mind for them. As a private school in American Fork, they have some pretty significant concerns,” Jasinski said. “We’re actually taking that off their plate so they can focus on the important things, such as educating the kids. Let Comcast business be the security experts when it comes to your Wi-Fi.”

Not only will Comcast provide all the

hardware and access points necessary to increase internet speed for the school, but it will help build a sustainable network to take the school into the future. It took several months to resolve the issue at American Heritage School, but moving forward, the school is in better shape for technology and growth.

Jasinski said many organizations and businesses should take a look at their current internet system to see if it has the appropriate bandwidth and be willing to upgrade to avoid a potential crash. If the internet seems slow or if there’s an expansion into cloud computing, talking with Comcast could be the fastest way to in-

crease speed and capability while keeping the network operational.

“There’s a general trend among businesses in Utah that are striving for business growth and initiatives and they need the technology to support those initiatives that will expand their network and their operational execution.”

The updated infrastructure for American Heritage will be completed in June, in time for the next school year. Crockett said working with Comcast was the best choice they could have made.

“The expertise, professionalism and organization demonstrated in our interview and onboarding processes has been seamless,” he said. “Comcast has left no stone unturned. The lesson we learned that could benefit other organizations is that you can really tell the quality of an organization by how efficiently and exactly they implement well-thought-out procedures and operations.”

To learn how Comcast Business Solutions can support your business needs, contact Jasinski at daniel_jasinski@comcast.com, 801-946-7415 or business.comcast.com/contact. l

Viewmont’s Gabby Henry, Woods Cross’ Justin Chamberlain win state swimming events

Viewmont High’s Gabby Henry won the 50 freestyle and Woods Cross’ Justin Chamberlain took first in the 100 breaststroke at the 5A state swimming championships Feb. 24 at Brigham Young University. Henry also took second in the 100 butterfly for the 10th-place Vikings girls squad. Chamberlain’s eighth-place finish in the 200 Individual Medley also helped the seventh-place Wildcats boys team.

Viewmont

The Viewmont girls 200 free relay lineup of Henry, Vivienne Loose, Veronika Paschen and Hallie Gerrard also made finals at state, taking fifth overall.

For the eighth-place VHS boys team, Isaac Hale was sixth in the 100 free and eighth in the 50 free while swimming a leg on the fourth-place 200 free relay team which also included Andrew Webster, Henry Helgesen and Eric Chamberlain. Hale, Webster, and Eric and Thomas Chamberlain also swam on the sixth-place 400 free relay squad. Webster also reached finals in the 200 free and 500 free events.

Woods Cross

Woods Cross’ Isaac Chomjak came in eighth in the 100 free event while also swimming legs on the fourth-place 200 medley relay team, which also included Justin Chamberlain, Diego Gutierrez and Ammon Kamauu, and the seventh-place 400 free relay squad of Kamauu, Will Hunter, Chomjak and Chamberlain.

The girls team who placed ninth were led by Ava Glissmeyer, who took fifth in the 100 backstroke, and Alanna Holzer, who was sixth in the 50 free. The duo also swam legs on the fourth-place 400 free relay team – which also included Jade Bevans and Bekah Cyril – and the fifthplace 200 medley relay squad with Cyril and Grace Gilbert also competing in that lineup.

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In the Unified Boys mixed 50 free race, Landon Wade finished fifth for the Wildcats.

Also competing at state for WXHS were Kalli Holzer, Santiago Leal, Soph Mortensen, James Norman and Brody Rogers.

Bountiful

Also at the 5A state swimming championships, the Bountiful High boys team placed 11th behind the eighth-place showing of the 200 medley relay squad of Henry Long, Andy Duke, Liam Glissmeyer and Cole Crimmins.

The girls 200 free relay team of Madelynn Fenwick, Ellie Showalter, Zoe Nielsen and Ellie Watkins came in 16th for the 22nd-place girls squad.

Davis

At the 6A state swimming champion-

ships Feb. 24 at Brigham Young University, Davis’ Garrett Barker was fifth in the 200 free to lead the boys to a 10th-place finish. He also made finals in the 500 free, taking ninth place.

“What an exhilarating weekend we had at state!” said head coach Kit Barker. “Our state swimmers gave their all and performed admirably and we as coaches are very proud of their efforts!”

Allie Allen, Micah Hale, Sam Landheim, Mason Simons and Nahlia Stewart also scored points for the Darts by making finals in individual events and relays.

Farmington

Farmington’s Elsie Crowell had two All-State finishes at the 6A state championships, coming in seventh in the 200 IM and the 100 back to lead the girls team to a 12th-place showing.

Three school records were also bro-

ken for Farmington in the girls 200 medley and 400 free relays and the boys 200 free relay. Crowell, Jacie Nielson, London Spears and Brooke Belnap swam the girls relay in 1:58.99 in the first event of the meet while the same lineup swam an FHS record-breaking 3:56.80 to end the meet. Jack Smart, Jake Rizley, Clarke Tholl and Ezra Moon swam on the boys relay that touched in 1:33.43 to be tops on the school’s leaderboard.

Belnap also closed out her senior year with personal-best times in the finals of the 50 free and 100 butterfly where she earned 10th and 15th places, respectively.

Tholl was the top swimmer for the boys Phoenix 14th-place squad, also taking 10th in the finals in the 100 breast while swimming in the 100 free and on the 200 medley relay team. Will Scott came in 12th in the 200 IM while Moon was 15th in the 100 free with a PR.

Another highlight for Farmington was sophomore Hailey Monson winning the Unified mixed 100 free and 50 free races.

Also swimming at state for Farmington were Mia Cikara, William “Spud” Farnsworth, Heidi Holbrook, Maddy Kartchner, Kael Michaelson and Max Murray.

“State went great for us,” said head coach Stacy Edholm. “This year, best times dominated where almost every swim was a best one, due to the training and commitment of our outstanding swimmers. Even those that did not go their best times put in 100% effort, and did amazing. The State meet is very high-energy and emotional. The last relays for the girls and boys were the highest energy. Everyone was up on their feet, cheering like crazy! When they finished, there was not a dry eye in the house. It was a great way to finish the meet and the season.” l

American Heritage School looked to Comcast to increase connectivity, internet safety and manageability for its high school students and staff. Stock photo

The Woods Cross 400 free relay team of Alanna Holzer, Jade Bevans, Bekah Cyril and Ava Glissmeyer broke the school record in the event, while placing fourth, at the 5A state swimming championships Feb. 24 at Brigham Young University. Photo courtesy Jamie Holzer

1924

High officials of telephone co. visit county

The following high officials of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraphs Company visited the telephone exchanges of Davis County, Tuesday afternoon of this week: President Ben S. Read and general traffic manager, F.P. Ogden of Denver; Orson John Hyde, Utah manager, C.C. Pratt, Utah plant superintendent, and L.O. Bingham, Utah traffic superintendent.

1934

Farmers will hold big convention on Saturday, Mar. 10

A big Farmer’s convention will be held at the Davis County High School at Kaysville, Saturday, March 10th. The program will begin at 11 o’clock a.m.

All farmers are invited and urged to be present. The convention will be held under the cooperation of the county farm bureau, the Sugar Beet and Canning Crops Associations, and the Utah State Agricultural College, extension service.

1944

Traffic light in operation

A traffic semaphore has been installed in the main intersection in Layton, at U.S. Highway No. 91, and Gentile Street, which provides maximum safety during certain hours of the day, when school children are passing to and from school.

Many citizens of Layton requested the installation of the signal light to eliminate danger to young pupils as steady streams of traffic to and from war plants in North Davis County made it hazardous for crossing.

1954

Davis schools to receive federal funds says Senator Bennett

S.M. Brownell Commissioner of Education Department of Health Education and Welfare informed me this morning Davis County School District in Farmington certified immediate payment of $170,835 for Federal as -

sistance to schools in Federally affected areas. Tentative entitlement 1954 $227,781. Money for project number Utah 54E7 under public law 874 81st Congress.

Thanks and regards, Wallace F. Bennett.

1964

Busy week outlined to honor Girl Scouts

More than 10,000 members of the Utah Girl Scout Council will be among the more than 3 ½ million Girl Scouts throughout the country celebrating Girl Scout Week from Sunday, Mar. 8 through Saturday, Mar. 14.

The Girl Scout Promise made by every girl and adult says, “On my honor, I will try to do my duty to God and my country; to help other people at all times; to obey the Girl Scout Laws.” Putting this promise into action is a constant challenge to girls and adults, Mrs. Lloys Harwood, Bountiful Neighborhood chairperson explained.

1974

Others offer to help with Bountiful Bicentennial

Bountiful’s future seems to promise an abundance of art, culture, and recreation. The city council is doing their part.

The agenda included a bicentennial committee, University of Utah Center for Higher Education in Bountiful, bonds for a recreation complex, the re-organized Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce, and a dream about a ski slope on the east side of Buckland Flats.

1984

Bountiful council votes tonight on garbage burn plant

BOUNTIFUL—Although the official vote won’t come until tonight, Bountiful City Council appears to be leaning toward a “No Go” of the proposed garbage resource recovery (burn) plant in Clearfield. Bountiful City Council all but shut the door on the proposal last Tuesday night following a lengthy discussion during a regular, but rescheduled council meeting.

Woman files $1 million lawsuit against Bountiful Police Officer

A North Salt Lake woman who claims a Bountiful Police Officer punched her during an arrest in 2020 has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against the officer for excessive force.

Gretta Jensen alleges that in December 2020, Bountiful Police Cpl. Jon Joubert grabbed her arms and forced her to the ground to make an arrest when she started walking away from him after a reported domestic dispute with her ex-husband.

Joubert’s body cam footage shows him approaching Jensen who was standing by her ex-husband’s car in the driveway of a Bountiful home near 200 East and 650 North. Joubert starts asking Jensen what is happening and if there’s a problem. She tells him that nothing is wrong and that she’s just talking.

After her ex-husband gets out of the car and goes into the house, Joubert continues to question Jensen who repeatedly tells him that she has done nothing wrong. The situation begins to escalate when Jensen refuses to comply with his request for her to “settle down and stand still.”

Jensen's lawsuit claims she kept asking him to stop as he pinned her to a wall and they both fell to the ground with Joubert telling her “put your hands behind your back. Stop resisting.” Then Jensen alleges he punched her in the face.

The lawsuit said she was taken to Lakeview Hospital where she was found to have a fractured jaw.

According to court documents, the landlord of the property told police he’d received complaints from neighbors about Jensen waiting for her ex-husband to come home and then she would start yelling through the window wells at him.

The Bountiful Police Department conducted an internal investigation and determined Joubert had used excessive force in the incident. The department held a formal hearing on March 9, 2021 and Joubert was given a written reprimand , according to a KSL report.w

Firefighters recognized for life saving efforts

South Davis Metro Fire members of A platoon were recognized by SDMFA for their life saving efforts on Jan. 17, 2024. According to a SDMF Facebook post, BC81 and CO81 were dispatched to a person in cardiac arrest. After resuscitation efforts, R.O.S.C (return of spontaneous circulation) was achieved and the patient was ultimately discharged from the hospital. Pictured left to right:

No injuries in vehicle fire

The South Davis Metro Station 84 B platoon was able to stop a vehicle fire over the weekend and prevent it from threatening any structures. No injuries were reported.

EMT David Braghin, Paramedic Jason Octave, BC Topher Maxwell, Paramedic Michael Cousins, EMT Konner Marshall, And EMS Division Chief Jeff Larsen. Not pictured: Captain/Paramedic Jordan Hummel.

Photo courtesy of SDMF Facebook

Farmington, Davis fall in boys basketball quarterfinals

As boys basketball teams advance in the state tournament, the stakes get higher, and the opponents get tougher.

Region 1’s Farmington and Davis discovered that at the Class 6A state tournament this week, as both teams fell in the quarterfinals. The seasons are over for the Phoenix and Darts, but not without having won a second-round playoff game.

Farmington

The Phoenix secured the ninth seed in the state tournament after having gone 13-9 in the regular season and 4-6 in Region 1 (fourth place). Farmington got a bye in round one and then took on fellow region foe Weber in the second round, Feb. 23.

Playing on the road, the Phoenix did something it couldn’t do twice earlier in the season against Weber: win. Farmington lost both regular-season meetings to the Warriors but came out victorious when it mattered most.

And it did so by the narrowest of margins.

Farmington prevailed and advanced

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to the quarterfinals with a 63-62 win. The game was tight throughout, but the Phoenix outlasted Weber thanks to a 1412 fourth quarter. Farmington also won despite shooting (and making) just one three-pointer and making four three-pointers to Weber’s 10.

Paul Beattie paced Farmington with 20 points, while Ethan Atkinson added 16 points. Braden Larsen chipped in 13 points.

The season ended Feb. 26 with a loss to top-seeded Layton, a team with a 23-1 record. Farmington lost to the Lancers for the third time this season, this time by the count of 77-61. The difference ended up being the second quarter, when Layton went on a 28-12 run. Jayden Haskell and Beattie each had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Atkinson scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds. Larsen added 10 points, five rebounds and three steals.

Farmington concluded the 2023–24 season with a 14-10 record.

Davis

The Darts were 7-3 in Region 1, finish-

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ing second. Davis entered the state tournament with a 16-7 mark and grabbed the No. 6 seed. This earned the team a first-round bye and a second-round home game. Davis’ second-round contest was with 11th-seeded Fremont, which marked the two teams’ third meeting this season. Just like it had in the two previous games, Davis won this contest. The Darts prevailed by a wide margin of 59-36 playing excellent defense to advance.

The Darts held Fremont to only 10 points in the second half and limited Fremont to 14 of 42 shooting. For Davis, Coleman Atwater was the leader in points with 20 (including four three-pointers). Zach Fisher paced the team in rebounds with eight to go along with his 19 points. Tradon Bessinger had eight points and seven rebounds.

In the quarterfinals, Herriman proved to be too much for Davis.

The season came to a close on Feb. 26 at Herriman with a 63-48 loss.

Davis fell behind 20-9 in the first quarter and never recovered. The Darts also shot just 33% from the field. Fisher had 17 points and 10 rebounds in a strong effort. Atwater added 10 points for the Darts. l

Coleman Atwater, Davis (1) looks to the sky above Fremont’s Easton Duft (5) in the Second Round of the UHSAA State 6A Boys Basketball tournament. Atwater led the team with 20 points from 4 Three-pointers as the Darts looked sharp defeating the Silverwolves advancing to the Quarter-Final Round of play at the University of Utah. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle

Braden Larsen, Farmington (3) finds a route through the Layton defenders on his way to the basket. The Phoenix got poked by the Lancers losing 77 - 61 ending their trip through the UHSAA State Boys 6A Basketball tournament in the Quarter-Final Round, Feb 22. Photo by Carl Page

‘Look Good, Feel Good’ conference focuses on inclusion for Pacific Islander women

By Peri Kinder | peri.k@thecityjournals.com

The inaugural “Look Good, Feel Good” conference, held in February at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, was organized to empower Pacific Islander women in Utah. In partnership with the Creative Pacific Foundation, the Women’s Executive Alliance held the event to celebrate women of the PI community through education and connection.

La Wolfgramm serves as president of the WEA, the women in business arm of the Utah Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce, that just celebrated its first anniversary. As the owner of Pasifika Kitchen, Wolfgramm wanted to bring women together and provide a fun environment where they could learn about holistic empowerment, covering physical and mental health, hair and fashion.

“We started WEA because we felt that there was nothing out there for PI women,” she said. “I wanted our PI women to see that there’s someone that looks like them, that talks like them and walks like them. It’s a comfort thing to know they can come in, and if they want to, they can start a business.”

The “Look Good, Feel Good” event marked the first time Utah PI experts in food, health, entertainment and fashion joined together in one place to offer support and information.

Guest speakers included Aveda beauty and hair expert Ben Powell, “Project Runway” designer Afa Ah Loo, mental health expert Celia Moleni (owner of Manaaki Mental Health) and wellness expert Alex Millions, RN, (owner of ModeRN Hydraesthetics). The conference ended with a keynote address from Sui Lang L. Panoke, senior vice president of culture at Zions Bank.

In addition to workshops, the event featured a DJ, a 360-degree photo booth, catered food and mocktails.

Analei Samasei’a serves on the WEA board of directors. She wants PI women to understand that they belong in these spaces and that what they contribute to the community has value.

“A lot of our women are caretakers. They stay home with their families, they take care of their aunties or uncles or mothers or fathers. That’s what we inherently do in our culture,” Samasei’a said. “So they’re not always available to go to these types of events, nor do they have accessibility. But now, we have all these experts here in the room. They were all mingling together and asking questions.”

Partnering with Creative Pacific allowed WEA to host the “Look Good, Feel Good” conference with a focus on inclusion while strengthening bonds between PI women. Creative Pacific is a nonprofit that celebrates cultural diversity.

For information about WEA and the Utah Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce visit

Upichamber.org. To learn about Creative Pacific, visit CreativePacific.org.

“We had a mental health expert who walked us through some exercises to connect

back to ourselves and understand the sensations we were feeling and how our thoughts determine actions. It was like a good therapy session,” Samasei’a said. “And so it unified

everybody in that room. We’ve all shared this experience together, and now we can talk about it to our friends.” l

“PROJECT RUNWAY” designer Afa Ah Loo talks to Pacific Islander women about fashion at the “Look Good, Feel Good” conference. City Journals

MORE THAN 70 WOMEN attended the first “Look Good, Feel Good” conference for Pacific Islander women at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy. The event celebrated women of the PI community. City Journals

LA WOLFGRAMM is president of the Women’s Executive Alliance, the women in business branch of the Utah Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce. City Journals

By Tom Haraldsen |

There was a time when Aimee Cobabe thought she’d be telling radio listeners about the weather, not the news. She loved watching Mark Eubank, and then his son Kevin Eubank, do the weather on KSLTV, so she thought meteorology and storm chasing were on her horizon.

But after graduating from Viewmont High in 2011, she headed to Utah State for two years before serving an LDS mission in Rancho Cucamonga, California. When she returned to finish getting her degree at USU, her direction with news began to shift.

“I always loved journalism. I wrote for my newspaper in high school and knew I liked news and wanted to get involved in it, but I always thought I wanted to write,” she recalled. “My brother-in-law asked me what I’d regret the most with my education and I told him that even though I loved it, I was terrified of broadcasting. The equipment, the cameras, and the editing all intimidated me, but I told him I’d regret it if I didn’t at least try. He said if that was the thing that scared me the most, I should go in that direction.”

So she did. She applied and worked at the Utah Public Radio station while in Logan. She then left to become news director at Mid-Utah Radio in Richfield, where she worked for two years. In October 2019, she started as a talk show producer at KSLNewsradio for veteran broadcaster Doug Wright.

“That was incredible,” Cobabe said. “Doug has done it for so long and knows Utah in a way that no one else does. It was great to learn under him.” When he stepped away from his daily show, she produced with Lee Longsberry before he also left to work in Washington, D.C. That’s when she left the talk show side of things and applied to be the morning associate

producer at KSL Newsradio.

“I missed working in news a lot and wanted to get back into the reporting side of the business,” she said. “Lee was leaving and the news director asked me to come over for a position they had opened.

It’s been more than two years that I’ve been reporting in the field.” She is now the Senior News Reporter at KSL Newsradio.

Her daily routine is anything but –news reporters see their assignments and beats constantly changing with breaking stories or latest developments. One of her focuses is working with her KSL counterparts on “improving and creating a new way to report on crime – to be a model for other stations.” She said that involves the voices of those in the community who are impacted.

“They used to say that if it bleeds, it leads when reporting on crime,” she said, “but not so much anymore. We need to look at the bigger picture – the effects of a news event more than just the causes.”

She’s been affected by many stories she’s covered, citing the Lori Vallow Daybell case where she sat in a Boise courtroom listening to testimony about a mother who was found guilty of killing her two children. “I didn’t realize how sad that was going to make me feel,” but adding it was one she needed to cover.

“I’m grateful that I still get to report those stories, but I wouldn’t want to get to the point where I’m so callous that those stories don’t impact me. Once that happens, it’s time to move on to something else. In order to honestly report to a community, who have to have some kind of stake in it. You have to be able to feel that compassion.”

Cobabe thinks that journalism has changed a lot, or at least how it’s perceived.

“There are so many different forms of it. You have those who think that everything they see or hear on CNN and Fox is news, but now you share the media feed with someone on X or TikTok. In the middle is us – local reporters trying our best to tell stories in an impactful way and hoping to reduce harm. I do think people should pay more attention to their local news, and to decisions made closer to home that will affect their communities the most. If they do that, I believe they’ll find a little more comfort.”

Society benefits by giving girls and women a bigger leadership voice

By Kerry Angelbuer | k.angelbuer@mycityjournals.com

Hundreds of studies suggest that having both feminine and masculine views in leadership meetings can result in better problem solving and decision making. Some of the strengths women bring to the leadership table include the ability to think more holistically, to look for win-win situations rather than winlose, and to better read the non-verbal cues in those they are collaborating with.

Bountiful resident, Dr. Susan Madsen said that often female leaders are seen more positively by employees and women leaders encourage more attention to the impacts on the community and world rather than the more linear thinking of their male counterparts. It is not just in the interest of girls and women, but of all of society to give them a bigger more meaningful leadership voice. One woman in an all-male leadership is not enough, she said. Three or more, or even better, an equal amount would be the better goal.

“Start young empowering the girls in your life,” said Madsen. Instead of complementing them on their looks, note their competencies and unique internal gifts.

Utah lags behind almost all the states in protecting their girls and woman from physical/sexual abuse and gender discrimination.

Additionally, she said Utah ranks “as the worst state for women’s equality and having low levels of women’s leadership representation in nearly all domains, including business and politics.”

“Although the needle has moved slightly in a few areas, with its current trajectory, it will take two, three, or even four decades to make notable progress,” said Madsen. “It is time for Utah to embrace a Bolder Way Forward (BWF).”

Instead of waiting decades, Madsen wants to see meaningful changes by 2030, with a check point in 2026. The framework for the Bolder Way Forward includes 18 spokes encompassing education, workplace equity, health and wellbeing, community engagement and importantly, safety and security. It is not OK for the norm to be sexual harassment, lower wages, widespread domestic violence, lower rates of college completion, ignoring basic health care, and allowing women to take a more subservient role in work, church, and the family, she said.

“It is an uphill battle,” said Madsen, but by systematically combining all the pro-women efforts throughout the state, real progress can be achieved.

Madsen is an endowed professor of leadership in the School of Business at Utah State University. She is considered a global leader in speaking and researching about leadership and women. She has written multiple books, articles and chapters and has been asked to speak and train locally, nationally and internationally. A mother of four and a grandmother of six, she works long hours, constantly brainstorming ways to make a more equitable, safe world for her female posterity and others. She feels this work is her calling and often volunteers her time and resources to further her pro-women agenda. She speaks on the radio, has a newsletter with a large subscriber base, and hosts two different podcasts. Madsen has a strong, credible voice and is often mentioned in newspaper articles advocating for fair treatment of women. Though she finds all the attention humbling at times, she feels empowered by the mission of the BWF which is “to make Utah a place where more girls and women can thrive in any setting (e.g., home, workplace, congregation, and community).” l

She loves Utah, and has no great desire to leave for a larger market.

“I have a stake here, I grew up here,” she said. “I have family here, and I know the issues that matter to my neighbors. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be open to other opportunities, but I’m very happy here working for KSL and I wouldn’t want to lose that joy I’m feeling by trying to get to the next step.” l

VIEWMONT HIGH grad Aimbee Cobabe is Senior News Reporter at KSL Newsradio, working with Jeff Caplan’s Afternoon News.

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SUSAN R. MADSEN, PH. D. is the founder of A Bolder Way Forward, an initiative to help more Utah women and girls thrive.

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Whose address is 4062 Thurston Drive, Morgan, UT 84050 has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-entitled estate. All persons having claims against the decedent must present their claims in writing within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred.

Written claims may be:

• Delivered or mailed to the Personal Representative at the address above; or

• Filed with the Clerk of the Second District Court, 800 West State Street, Farmington, Utah 84025 in Davis County.

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Written claims may be:

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Hollywood Q&A

By Adam Thomlison TV Media

Q: What ever happened to the actress who played Cerie on “30 Rock”?

A: Katrina Bowden’s career took a pretty strange path after her star-making role in “30 Rock,” in which she played Cerie, the youthful bombshell administrative assistant to the show-within-a-show.

Bowden first pivoted to the big-screen horror genre in films such as “Hold Your Breath” (2012) and “Piranha 3DD” (2012).

On the small screen, she started dabbling in made-for-TV movies, including the 2017 rom-com “Once Upon a Date” and the 2017 Lifetime thriller “Framed by My Fiancé.”

But the weirdest move came in 2019, when she became a series regular on the long-running soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Soap roles are usually the first thing on an star’s resume, not a midcareer move.

Not only that, she was part of a weird little cluster of stars doing the same thing: Bowden joined the show the same year as Denise Richards (“The World Is Not Enough,” 1999), who played her mother, and a year after Wayne Brady (host of “Let’s Make a Deal”), who played the doctor who secretly switched her baby (this is a soap, after all).

Bowden’s character was written off

“Bold” in 2022, and she’s returned to the TV movie game since.

Q: Did the guy who played Jimmy on “Breaker High” go on to anything else? I know Ryan Gosling did, obviously.

A: To the extent that we should feel bad for any successful screen star, we can feel a little bad for Tyler Labine, who will forever be the “other” guy from “Breaker High.”

Labine co-starred with Ryan Gosling (“Barbie,” 2023) in the YTV (UPN in the U.S.) teen series back in the late ‘90s, playing Jimmy. And while he hasn’t reached award-winning superstar status like Gosling, he’s done pretty darn well for himself since.

Most recently he was part of the

ensemble of the NBC medical drama “New Amsterdam,” which ended last year after a five-year run.

That was just his most recent series lead role, after previously starring in sitcoms such as The CW’s “Reaper” (20072009), Fox’s “Sons of Tucson” (2010) and Hulu’s “Deadbeat” (2014-2016).

He’s had a successful film career as well. Most notably, he toplined his very own buddy-comedy flick in 2010, “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil” (he played Dale). A year later, he had a smaller role in one of the biggest movies of the year, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” playing Robert Franklin, one of the ape handlers at the laboratory where all the monkey business started (sorry).

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As I’ve gotten older (but never wiser), I expected the hot flashes, mood swings and irritability. What I didn’t expect was that my age would turn my hair into a mortal enemy. Each morning, I stare in the mirror and prepare for what feels like a battle to the death.

If the indignity of having my face turn a heat-blasting shade of scarlet at any given moment wasn’t enough, I suddenly developed cowlicks along my hairline, giving my head the appearance of constant swirling, like Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” My hair suddenly changed directions and refused to be bullied into lying flat.

In fairness, my hair and I have been through some stuff. We endured the spongy, pink curlers mom twisted onto my head every Saturday night. We survived my feathery Farrah Fawcett era, the spiral perms, the lemon bleaching in the summer, the sky-high bangs of the ’80s and a decade of noth -

Letting my hair down

ing but ponytails when my daughters were little.

Maybe my hair never forgave me because now there is no amount of styling products or heated irons that make my hair manageable. It usually looks like newlywed hawks nested on my head to raise their young.

After another morning struggling to arrange my hair in some semblance of control, I threw my hair straightener down the hall and burst into tears. My husband walked out of his office and asked what was wrong. I pointed at my head and kept bawling.

“I don’t care if your hair looks like a tornado emoji,” he said. “You’re al -

ways beautiful to me.”

“I don’t want to be beautiful to you,” I sobbed. “I want to be beautiful to complete strangers.”

He doesn’t get it. Men can be bald or gray or have a comb-over or just a Van Dyke beard and they’ll still be considered handsome, even distinguished. But if a woman can’t style her hair using a tube sock, a bottle of mousse and a barrette, the TikTok police jump out of nowhere and create harsh videos for public shaming.

But it’s not just the random cowlicks that give my scalp the appearance of a tropical storm weather map, it’s the breakage and the sensitive scalp and the way my hair just refuses to comply. My hair breaks so often, it looks like my stylist started to give me a bowl cut and then got bored after trimming the first layer.

I’ve invested in expensive shampoos and luxury leave-in conditioners with no effect. My hair just twirls inso -

lently from my head. I purchased soft brushes and vitamin supplements and I paid someone good money to rub my scalp for 45 minutes. The pampering hasn’t paid off.

There’s no such thing as “styling” my hair. I have to distract it, wrestle it into place, staple it down and spray it with a light coat of cement. It doesn’t matter. Within minutes it’s spinning around my face like it drank too many mimosas for breakfast.

Maybe the lack of compliance is the reason many older women end up cutting their hair into cute pixie styles, easy crops or elegant bobs. But my face is too round for a short haircut. I end up looking like a basketball wearing a toupee.

I hope at some point my hair and I can become friends again. Between my mood swings and hot flashes, I don’t have the patience to be irritated at one more thing.

Peri Kinder Life and Laughter

Dr. Jared R. Heaton Board Certified Dermatologist

Jared Heaton is an attentive and thorough dermatologist & MOHs surgeon, serving his patients in Bountiful, Centerville, North Salt Lake, Woods Cross, Farmington, Kaysville and West Bountiful.

Dr. Heaton is board-certified in dermatology and is currently a member of the American Society of MOHs Surgeons.

Dr. Heaton prides himself in serving all patient populations and treating all areas of dermatology from children through retirement age. Dr. Heaton performs skin cancer diagnosis and treatment, MOHS surgery, mole exam and removal, acne, warts, cyst removal, spider vein treatment, CO2 laser resurfacing, microneedling and many other skin and cosmetic related procedures.

Dr. Heaton received his undergraduate degree in International Relations with a minor in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University (BYU). He earned his medical degree from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) in Glendale, AZ. And completed both his internship and medical residency in Tampa, Florida.

In his spare time, Dr. Heaton enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, vacations to Bear Lake, movies, grilling and spending time with his wife and three children at home in Bountiful.

Dr. Marc Mitton Board Certified Dermatologist

Marc Mitton is a Utah native and cherishes the opportunity to serve the people of this beautiful state. His passion for dermatology began after receiving his own skin cancer diagnosis as a medical student. He believes that listening and being thorough are the keys to successfully practicing medicine. He specializes in skin cancer detection and removal, rashes, acne, warts and molluscum, as well as several other skin conditions. Dr. Mitton has specific interests in complex dermatological conditions and dermoscopy (the use of a light-based tool for classifying skin lesions and certain rashes). He prioritizes staying up to date on recent research, best medical practices and surgical techniques, and enjoys applying them into his practice.

Dr. Mitton received his undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Utah and graduated with his medical degree from Rocky Vista University in Parker, CO. He completed his intern year of residency at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, VA and his dermatology residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA. His residency provided many opportunities for specialized training including treating potentially life-threatening skin conditions at one of the state’s burn units, training with a nationally-renowned pediatric dermatologist, and countless exposures