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HILLCREST UNIFIED SOCCER PLAYERS SING THEIR WAY TO VICTORY AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS USA GAMES

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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We knew no matter what, we’d go home with something so we knew it would be both competitive and fun,” Coach Whitney Lott said.

“It was a really close game, with more intensity. At the same time, we played not just for the win, but for the love of soccer and to have fun,” mentor Jocelyn Lopez said.

“I didn’t even know the score. I know Aubre (Cooper) had just scored. It was really hot and a long game, but after our earlier games, we wanted to take care of business,” player Tanner Cluff said.

“Aubre scored the winning goal. When time ran out, she jumped on someone and was so happy. The coaches were screaming, rushing to the field,” mentor Boston Iacobazzi said.

“We all were excited, jumping, screaming, having our pictures taken. It was such a big opportunity,” player Aubre Cooper said.

That only describes part of team Utah’s gold medal win in five versus five unified soccer play at the Special Olympics USA games this summer in July.

What happened afterward, when other teams rushed to congratulate them and burst out in the Backstreet Boys’ 1999 hit song, “I Want It That Way,” made the win really shine, team members said.

Known throughout the Special Olympics games for bursting into spontaneous singing, Team Utah, which consisted of members of Hillcrest High’s unified soccer team, formed quick friendships with teams from across the country. Teams traded state pins, jerseys, shirts and teams quickly bonded with the Huskies, wanting to be on their bus, join them for parties in the dorms and of course, sing with them, Iacobazzi said.

“We knew as mentors that we wanted to keep it fun and keep up our spirit, even when a couple of the games were really hard,” he said. “At one point, we just started singing. Everybody knows ‘I Want It That Way,’ so it was an easy song for our team to sing and then, everyone wanted to join us. It became a lot of fun as we’d sing all the time.”

Utah’s unified soccer team comprises both athletes with intellectual disabilities and partners without disabilities to promote inclusivity in sports and form friendships. Utah went to the Special Olympics USA games with that in mind, said Lott, who coached with Shannon Hurst and Scott Carrell.

After being delayed on the flight to Seattle, which was a first airplane ride or visit to Washington for some of the team mem-

Team Utah doing what they do best — having fun and playing soccer — at the Special Olympics USA Games. (Photo courtesy of Team Utah)

bers and a first time away from home for others, Lott said that it was a rough beginning for the team.

“When we had to wait two hours for our shuttle and we were grumpy and cranky and hungry, it was a hard start,” she said.

At the opening ceremony, Utah player Cooper bounced back and after walking through the tunnel as part of Team Utah to the University of Washington stadium full of cheering fans and families, she rushed toward the stage to meet singer Charlie Puth.

“That was the best,” Cooper said, even though she got stopped just shy of reaching him.

Lott said when it came time to take the field the first days, it didn’t go Utah’s way. They started with games that resulted in ties and losses.

“Our first games were against some teams with more training, more experience, better coaches. It was obvious they had played soccer together for awhile,” she said.

Utah’s team was coached by Lott and Hurst, both who have played and coached basketball, and Carrell, who coaches Hillcrest’s softball team.

But Aubre said the team stuck together, even when it wasn’t going well.

“We’d just start singing. It gave everyone a hand up and helped us get in the mood,” she said.

It wasn’t until days into the tournament when the brackets were announced. Utah was placed with Arizona and Kansas, leaving Washington and California to battle it out in the other bracket.

“We realized then, we have a shot to go home with something,” Lott said. “We won our first game and we knew we had the bronze. But it was more than winning. We wanted them to go home with something that they’ve remember positively and the singing and friendships did just that.”

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Lott said that Arizona’s team, who was well matched with Utah’s, also exerted the same positive attitude and friendship.

“They were positive and quickly became friends with our team. They ate pizza together, asked about their games and understood the philosophy of unified sports, of working as a team, encouraging the athletes to excel, not having the partners take over,” Lott said.

Cooper said that she became close friends with the Arizona team.

“We were always talking, riding on the bus, cheering on each other at the games. We even got each others’ numbers so we can text each other,” she said.

Iacobazzi said the game against their new Arizona friends was the one where he had the most fun.

“We gave each other hugs and high fives, and we were extremely happy,” he said, adding that the July 4th barbecue and fireworks followed the game. “Tanner was really happy he got a goal.”

Cluff, who had his parents at the opening ceremony and early games, called home to say: “I scored.”

Cluff said he was playing for his dog, Gizmo, since these were the first days he didn’t have his faithful furry friend wake him in the morning in the past three years.

“I was missing him and my family, but I love soccer and our team and others made it fun,” he said.

All of Utah’s players scored.

Mentor Lopez, who admits she is competitive both on the field and on the basketball court for Hillcrest, said she wanted to help her teammates.

“I wanted to help them, not for me, but for them,” she said. “But even more, I wanted them to have fun and have a good attitude. That’s what winning in unified soccer is. At the opening ceremony, it was said best by Tim Shriver (Special Olympics chairman and son of Special Olympics Founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver), ‘Our goal is simple: a world where there is no ‘us’ nor ‘them.’ In the dignity revolution, there is only us. A world where each one of us called by name, beautiful, sacred, able. A world where there are a million different abilities, but no disabilities.”

Lopez said that leading up to the Special Olympics Games, she and mentor John Ruff often lead practices and drills. However, as Hillcrest High’s unified soccer teams have won the state title in the past, she said the players on the team are capable and knowledgeable about the sport.

“Aubre is a good defender and Tanner and Addie (Morley) usually score goals. Jaden (Hartman) is a great keeper, but everyone adjusts to where they’re asked to play and works together,” she said.

That included other team members — Moises Gonzalez and Sierra Webster — who completed the Utah team.

“Our team was really a team on the field

Team Utah entered University of Washington stadium to fans cheering and banners waving in the opening ceremony at the Special Olympics USA Games. (Photo courtesy of Julie Cluff)

and off — including singing. We’d be singing on our bus and other teams would join. Everyone wanted to ride with us and we sang songs everyone knew. We sang before our games, in the dorms, afterwards on the field. It really bonded us,” Lopez said.

Cluff said that the songs would “help us get all our sillies out” and “even the coaches sang.”

Iacobazzi said that with all the teams joining in singing not only the Backstreet Boys’ hit, but also “Sweet Caroline” and “Party in the

USA” and giving each other high fives, it really inspired the athletes — including his teammates as they played Kansas for the gold medal.

“Jaden scored first, then Aubre in the last couple minutes,” he said about their two goals in each of the two 20-minute halves during the gold medal game. “We all went crazy when we won. It was so cool. We were going to dump water on our coaches, but they ran away. Other teams ran out to congratulates us — and of course, to sing.” l

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Rep. Bruce Cutler, others recognized for efforts working with school children

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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tah House of Representative Bruce Cutler has visited almost every turnaround school in the state as a proponent for early childhood education. He has worked to extend STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) outreach into all students’ hands, including those in the Navajo Nation. This last school year, Cutler, with the help of Canyons Foundation Board, established 529C savings plans for seven seventh-graders who met qualifications and put $500 in the accounts earmarked for post-secondary education. And now, he’s working on getting services for children and families coordinated, especially in the Murray and Midvale communities, which he represents.

As an eight-year member of the Murray Board of Education and current Canyons Foundation Board member, Cutler said he has a passion for public education.

“Public education is the lifeblood of our society,” he said. “Some kindergarten teachers encounter students who don’t even know how to hold a book or turn pages. We must support our teachers so these students will become educated and well prepared members of our society.”

Not only has he been supportive of adding almost $1 billion new money into public education since entering the Legislature in 2015, Cutler is committed to teachers.

“Teacher morale is a top priority for me.

We will never be able to pay them enough to truly compensate them for their dedication,” he said.

Cutler, who was named Canyons’ elected official of the year, is one of the 11 outstanding individuals and community partners who were honored Sept. 11 at CSD’s ninth annual Apex Awards banquet. The Apex Award is the highest honor given by Canyons District’s administration and the Board of Education. It is reserved for the makers, shakers and disrupters who have contributed to neighborhood schools in extraordinary ways, and who have made a lasting difference, said spokesman Jeff Haney.

“It’s very humbling to receive the award.

I’m not one who seeks awards, but I’m grateful for it and now I’ll try harder to do the good expectations of our community as I go forward,” Cutler said.

Cutler, and other winners, were selected after a public nomination process, which spanned over several months.

Other honorees include volunteer of the year, Jay Neely, of Ridgecrest Elementary; principals of the year Cathy Schino, of Edgemont Elementary, and Margaret Swanicke, of Sunrise Elementary; district administrator of the year Amber Roderick-Landward, who is the department director of instructional supports; student support services professionals of the year to Jordan High counseling team; education support professionals of the year to Eric Taylor and

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Canyons Board of Education President Sherril Taylor presents Utah House of Representative Bruce Cutler, of Murray, with the Canyons Board of Education’s APEX award on Sept. 11, the night of his and his wife’s 44th wedding anniversary. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Sharon Simmons, both of the district’s information technology department; legacy award winner Leon Wilcox, district business administrator; and business partner of the year, McNeil’s Auto Care, which partners with Entrada High School. The District’s teacher of the year, Corner Canyon High’s Amber Rogers, also was honored.

Canyons Board of Education President Sherril Taylor thanked those and others who work, partner and teach within the district.

“We’ve all been touched by your commitment to the success of our schools,” he said.

“This celebration tonight is our way of extending our heartfelt appreciation for that tireless dedication. So, from us to you: Thank you for giving so much of yourselves — as champions of public education, as community partners, as cherished friends.”

Jay Neeley, who taught in Granite School District for 30 years, said he was taken aback to learn he was the volunteer of the year.

“I was totally surprised,” he said. “I had no

idea there was such an award.”

Having started volunteering at Ridgecrest Elementary seven years ago when his grandson was a student there, Neeley has stayed on, helping numerous teachers with their reading, writing and math lessons with students.

“I help wherever they need help,” he said.

“Kids in elementary school can use a lot of one-on-one help. Some struggle with reading, writing and math and even behavioral skills. I have fun teaching and encouraging them, even joking with them so they aren’t more stressed.

I like the school, administration and people.

They are fantastic and friendly and accommodating with my schedule of coming three days each week. They’re just wonderful and for them to even consider me for the award is humbling.”

Sunrise Elementary Administrative Assistant Wendy Heath said the school community is “super proud, super excited and not surprised” about Swanicke being named one of two principals of the year.

“Margaret is accessible, level-headed and

cares what is best for the kids,” she said. “She finds out what is best for everyone involved.

She has given teachers more tools to be balanced and she supports and pushes teachers not to teach to the test, but teach so the kids can be successful and have fun. In fact, here the kids want to come to the office to say hi to Principal Swanicke as a reward in itself; they don’t realize it’s not the same everywhere. She has made it such a positive atmosphere that others have heard about Margaret and Sunrise.”

Edgemont’s Schino also has worked hard to make her community positive and welcoming.“I’m really surprised and humbled when I learned that numerous teachers and people from the community nominated me,” she said. “It says something that they can feel the change in our community — we have more of a positive mindset and cooperative culture — and they’re supportive of it. I’m really excited and happy that we are giving this energy to our students.” l

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Five Canyons School District high school teachers compete for $1,000 in healthy heart challenge

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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his fall, Alta and Corner Canyon high school students may be facing off in a friendly, heart-healthy competition, coached by Alta’s swim coach and Corner Canyon’s volleyball coach.

Their effort will be in support of their coaches, two of five Canyons School District high school teachers who are competing for $1,000 for their schools in a healthy, heart challenge. Outside the district, eight other high school teachers in the Salt Lake Valley were selected to compete.

“I have 100 days to improve my nutrition, workouts, overall fitness levels,” Alta’s swim coach Kristina Kimble said. “I plan on winning; I’m insanely competitive, so not only do I want to become more healthy in my lifestyle, I want to set an example for my team and students.”

Kimble said that her family history of high blood pressure coupled with heart disease made her realize she needed a lifestyle change.

“It’s scary. I need to take my health more serious. I’ve developed bad habits since my 20s, and I want to make the change, and I’ll welcome all the school to support me and make the change as well,” she said.

The friendly competition, perhaps a fun run, between the two rival schools is part of the school awareness Corner Canyon’s Mindy Wilder, the volleyball coach, wants to bring with the challenge.

“I’d love to promote heart healthy nutrition and exercise for everyone,” she said. “I’d love to implement it in PE, establishing more exercises, stretching, bring in yoga mats, involve more weights and use heart-rate monitors.”

Wilder also wants to focus on nutrition.

“We tend to overlook that quite a bit. I figured it’s time I live what I preach, but I want us to do it together,” she said. “Right now with coaching volleyball, I have 12- to 16-hour days, but with meal planning and preparation around games, and grabbing a healthy snack, it’s doable. It’s about time management and priority.

It already is becoming a big part of my family’s life.”

The 2018 My Heart Challenge is a contest to strengthen her heart health and reduce her risk of developing heart disease. The teachers were selected after they applied May 1 to participate in the 100-day challenge.

During the contest, teachers receive individual coaching and counseling from the heart specialists at Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute from exercise and diet to counseling and cardiologists. They meet for seven nutrition classes as well as with a dietician at a grocery store, they log their exercise and fitness and are tested for blood pressure, weight, body fat and other health markers.

Through the challenge, teachers will record their progress on social media and invite their school to participate alongside through special projects, said Jess Gomez, challenge

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organizer.

“We did this program with elementary principals a few years ago and their school activities ranged from a walking program during recess to a scavenger hunt involving all the grades,” he said.

In addition to elementary school principals in 2013, the challenge, in its sixth year, has reached city mayors, firefighters, families and non-profit organization employees.

Physician Assistant Viet Le said that teachers were selected intentionally.

“These teachers are like principals, role models for students and the community,” he said. “We want them to be healthier and then, share with other teachers and students and their families to enhance fitness and healthy lifestyles. Our goal is to reach the entire school and community.”

Le said the heart challenge is more than just correcting lifestyles.

“It’s about prevention,” he said. “We want to keep patients out of the hospital and to have an active part in their health care. We want them to lead a healthy life first and foremost.”

That is Brighton High’s Pace Gardner’s goal.

“I was really excited when I read the email inviting us to participate,” he said. “I want to get healthier. The more I teach, the busier I become and in amongst doing more at the school, the less healthy I’ve become.”

Through the challenge, Gardner wants to lower his blood pressure in addition to becoming more fit.

“We took the baseline tests — blood tests, stress tests and already are learning about nutrition. I know I need to eat more veggies and less junk food. The more stress I have, the worse I eat. So I know I need to eat less ice cream, cookies and chocolate we have around the house for our kids and instead, drink more water and eat carrots and teach them from the start how to eat healthy,” he said.

Gardner also is tracking his exercise — swimming, golfing and walking around the neighborhood.

“I’m making changes that can be sustainable,” he said.

Gardner plans to expand his efforts beyond his family and is looking into ideas for the entire school, such as establishing a community garden in the atrium.

“It’s a little tricky now as our school is being rebuilt, but I want to encourage others to be active in the lifestyle change,” he said.

Brighton Principal Tom Sherwood said he’s already on board to support Gardner.

“We’ll talk to the faculty to see what we all can do to increase our healthy lifestyles from watching what we eat to exercising more — even opening our weight room to staff before school so they can do more cardio and weights,” he said. “Canyons School District held an (em-

Thirteen teachers will take part in the 100-day Heart Challenge. Not pictured is Hillcrest High’s Jordan Hulet. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

ployee) healthy lifestyles campaign over the summer and we shared our activities – hiking, waterskiing, sightseeing — to bring balance into our lives. We can do the same to encourage our students to become more healthy.”

Hillcrest High’s Jordan Hulet also knows how becoming involved in school can consume much of her free time, but with family members having had heart attacks and heart disease, she wanted “to break the cycle and get more healthy.”

“I’m keeping a food journal and it’s been fun learning to look at foods differently. When I grew up, I learned fats were bad and to eat low-fat foods. But sometimes those are high in sugar, so they could be worse for you. The answer is to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less processed food,” she said.

Her lifestyle change also revolves about going to the pool either on the way to school or on the way home.

“I know with exercise, they say do the activity you love. I don’t love any of it. I don’t like being sweaty and gross; it’s not fun. But I was on the swim team and I loved that so I’m back in the water,” she said.

Hulet was away when the challenge began Aug. 10, but independently, she increased her walking to five to seven miles daily, and made conscious efforts in her eating, in hopes she’d be on track when she returned when school began.

“It’s about being more mindful, choosing what I eat and not just absorbing any calories. I know I can’t be weak or use excuses. Making a change is difficult,” she said.

She has goals for herself — to escape from Alcatraz — more commonly referred to as Swim with the Centurions, swimming from the prison in the middle of the San Francisco Bay to the city’s shoreline.

Hulet also is setting a goal for her students.

“I’m exploring ideas, but it would be really great if the Hillcrest community could support a team in the MS (multiple sclerosis) walk,” she said, adding that this way, students also are participating in a heart-healthy activity.

Jordan High’s Nicole Manwaring not only

wants Jordan High students to participate, but the little Beetdiggers in the school’s preschool.

“We are making plans for them to stretch their whole bodies into the shape of the letter of the week and eat healthy snacks,” she said.

“And we’re looking at holding a mini-Olympics, with trike races and an obstacle course so they’re using large motor movement and learning to be healthy and work together.”

Manwaring also is talking about other ideas with her administration, but greeted her own classes with a heart healthy snack and informed them about the challenge and welcomed them to participate as well.

“I do better when I’m challenged than if I just try to do it myself. When I first saw the email about the challenge, I thought about it and decided I didn’t want to do it. Then, I realized I want more energy and applied. I’m really grateful I’m getting the push and support to get going,” she said.

Manwaring said she has fibromyalgia and with it, comes chronic fatigue.

“Exercise makes it hurt less and makes me feel better, but I lack the energy I need to exercise. This is challenging me to do it,” she said.

In addition to having a work schedule at school, Manwaring knows her challenge will be to find time to exercise. She and her husband work opposite shifts so they can take care of their children as her grandmother, who often watched the kids, died unexpectedly last summer of a heart attack.

“I’m needing to take care of myself so I can take care of my family and set an example for my students,” she said. “I’ve been biking to school and walking briskly around the building.

I’ve stopped munching and I’m eating healthy snacks. I’m getting great support from my family and co-workers. Together, we’ll make the changes and meet the challenge.”

Intermountain Medical Center CEO Blair Kent appreciates the teachers’ enthusiasm in sharing their knowledge.

“Our goal is for everyone to manage their own health and become passionate about it,” he said. l

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20 safety tips for trick-or-treaters

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ou’re never too old to trick-or-treat (unless you are 35 and going by yourself, then yes, you are too old to trick-or-treat). But being safe knows no age limits, especially on a night when most people are wearing disguises.

While it’s time to get your costume and candy bag ready, preparation of another kind is required for kid and adult alike. Here are some tips to stay safe this Halloween.

1. Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult.

2. Costume accessories such as swords and knives should be short, soft and flexible.

3. Examine all treats for choking hazards and tampering before eating them. And as difficult as it may be, limit the amount of treats you eat.

4. Beware the homemade treats made by strangers. Better to eat only factory-wrapped treats.

5. Walk from house to house, don’t run. Doing so with a flashlight will help you see and others to see you.

6. Test makeup in a small area before applying.

Then remove it before sleeping to prevent possible skin or eye irritation.

7. Look both ways before crossing the street. Do we even need to say this one?

8. Only visit well-lit houses.

9. Do not enter a home without a trusted adult.

10. Never accept rides from strangers. Stranger danger is a real thing.

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11. By not wearing decorative contact lenses, you lower the risk for serious eye injury.

12. Wear well-fitted costumes, masks and shoes to avoid blocked vision, trips, falls and relentless mockery from your peers.

13. Drive extra safely on Halloween. Popular trick-or-treating hours are 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. so be especially alert during those hours. Slow down in residential neighborhoods. We all know how excited kids can be. Enter and exit driveways slowly and carefully.

14. Remind children to watch for cars turning or backing up and to not dart into the street or between parked cars.

15. Put your electronic devices down as you walk around.

16. Keep costumes bright, or add reflective tape, to ensure kids are easier to spot.

17. Be careful next to candles or Jack-o’-lanterns.

18. Keep an eye for allergies. If someone has serious allergies or food sensitivities, read any unfamiliar labels before handing over the candy.

19. Brush your teeth. Candy is sticky and cavities will scare you.

20. You can maximize your candy intake by planning your route. Stick to places you are familiar with so you can also circle back around to Halloween headquarters. l

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Hillcrest athletics adjusts to construction

By Bob Bedore | bob@mycityjournals.com

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t is a common phrase in sports to say that a team is in a “rebuilding year,� but for the staff and athletes of Hillcrest High School, that phrase has taken on extra meaning.

In May of this year construction began on making improvements to the 56-year-old school. Special attention has been made to bring emerging technologies to the school without disturbing the existing elements of the school that are rich in tradition. The school will also see a new floor-plan that shows a commons area and an emphasis on open spaces and the use of natural light. The performing arts complex will also allow for Hillcrest to continue its standing in the arts.

But the improvements will also be seen in the athletics department as well. The stadium will largely be untouched by the construction, but a new field house will join the recently revamped weight room giving the athletes better year-round training and extra space for all sports and activities.

This has meant that some of the sports at Hillcrest High School have had to adjust. The girls soccer team is now playing at East Midvale Elementary and the girls tennis program now practices at Antczak Park and will play all of their matches this year as “away� matches.

The softball and baseball teams will practice and play in the field directly across the street from the school.

And while it may be difficult for some,

Hillcrest Co-Athletic Director Joshua Griffel says that spirits are up. “The soccer team is adjusting well to playing at East Midvale Elementary for the next three years. They are going to put on clinics for the elementary school kids to further connect with the community. Many younger athletes are excited about the upgrading of facilities in the future,� he said.

The need for the construction is based on the age of the building and the facilities. The district was able to take advantage of a previous bond coming to an end and was able to get a new bond proposed to the voters assuring that Hillcrest could get the facelift without increasing taxes.

Coordinating the offsite teams has been a challenge for the staff and student athletes, but Griffel knows that it will be worth it in the end. “It’s already creating a positive energy around the school and with the sports teams,� he said. “The community has been very involved and supportive throughout the entire process. Everyone is excited for the new school to be built.�

The construction is still three years away from being finished. The new school will be built in stages and will stand where the current parking lot and gym are located now. They are presently working on the new field house and athletic facility by the football stadium.

It’s a few years off, but great things are in store for the Huskies. Even if it means a few extra road trips now. l

MEET THE

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Over 30 candidates running for public office in Sandy, Draper, Midvale, and Cottonwood Heights will be in attendance.

Indian Hills Middle School, 1180 E. Sanders Road, Sandy

Open House 6:00-8:30 PM

School Board Candidate Panel Discussion 7:30-8:30 PM in the Kiva

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The Heart of the Matter

OCTOBER 2018

By Mayor Robert Hale

What a great citizenry we have in our City of Midvale! I have been amazed with the outpouring of willingness to help others.

I hear amazing stories about our residents who help The Road Home Family Resource Center for the homeless and the LifeStart Village for single parents. I also hear stories about residents who help their neighbors with landscaping, leaf raking and lawn mowing, or shopping for the aged and less capable. These actions are the glue that holds Midvale together as a caring city. Thanks to all of you!

I had the pleasure to reread the book Midvale History – 18511979, which is available at the Midvale History Museum. The stories that I mentioned above have been characteristics of our residents for decades and centuries! From the earliest pioneer days in the late 1840s on the clay banks of the Jordan River as well as the fertile loam along the Little Cottonwood Creek, people desired to create healthy communities. These efforts were most successful when people united together, no matter their religious, economic, or physical abilities, to create a sense of communality and mutual advancement.

October brings nearly endless opportunities for service. This is when the leaves are falling. If each of us can watch out for our neighbors or can serve in church groups to aid the less abled, it would be wonderful!

Halloween also brings a fun time for children to put on a costume a and become a different personality. I want you to know about a fun activity at the Ruth Tyler Library on Wood Street. Many of the government agencies that have large trucks and vehicles are going to park a sample of these in the library parking lot. At 5:00 p.m. “truck or treat” will begin! The kids will be able to collect candy and check

out all sorts of trucks from Public Works, Police and Fire Departments, and more.

Elections are upon us – it’s an opportunity to make very important decisions as to who represents us in the halls of the legislature. Each person running for office is putting their life on hold while they run. And if successful, their life stays on hold for two to four more years. I am very impressed with those that serve Midvale. They are just ordinary people like you and me, who desire to make a difference. If you have registered to vote, good on you! If you need to transfer your voting privilege to Midvale, do it quickly. If you have never voted – young or old – I implore you to get registered and exercise your franchise in this democracy. Who serves you really makes a difference in your life.

We’ve had many of our sons, and some of our daughters, leave for prolonged periods in service of the United States of America.

Some were relieved of their mission before they returned home – killed in the line of duty or injured to an extent that they needed to restart their life with a different goal upon return. In November, we traditionally express our united gratitude for the offering they made in our stead.

Both of my sons have spent years in military service. I am very proud of them and thankful for them. My oldest is a career US Army retiree, still serving in the Army National Guard. He is also a civilian employee of the Army. My youngest son served four years in the Marine Corps. Their service has been a real growing experience for them and their families.

Leaf Bag Program As fall weather is upon us, and trees start losing their leaves, we ask for your assistance in helping us keep leaves out of our storm drains by utilizing the leaf bags provided by Midvale City to collect your leaves.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS! • During the first and second weeks of November, Midvale City will deliver leaf bags to each household.

• Collect leaves from yards, gutters, and storm drain grates, and dispose of them in the provided leaf bags. Please do not put garbage in with the leaves, only bags with leaves will be picked up, no other waste is accepted.

• Leaf bags will be picked up by Ace Recycling on your regularly scheduled trash day the week of November 19-23. Please note, due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, If your regularly scheduled trash day is Thursday, Ace Recycling will pick up your items on Friday, November 23.

• Place bags of leaves at curb prior to 6:30 a.m. on your trash day, along with your bulk waste items.

Additional bags may be picked up at Midvale City Public Works at 8196 South Main Street.

Limit of 5 additional bags while supplies last.

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Midvale City is funding approximately $750,000 in pedestrian safety enhancements. The funding includes enhanced crosswalks, pedestrian-activated flashing beacons, a 4-way lighted intersection, traffic calming signage and other safety enhancements. The engineering improvements are part of integrated enforcement, public education, and engineering response programs.

CENTER STREET ENHANCEMENTS As required by state law before making changes to crosswalks located in a school zone, Midvale City contracted an engineering firm to conduct a Pedestrian Study on Center Street. Based on the results of the study and community input, we are making the following enhancements on Center Street. Construction is expected to start in October.

Center Street and Grant Street (180 West) • Install pedestrian-activated flashing beacons, allowing pedestrians to activate the signs to alert drivers to their presence so drivers will stop.

• Construct pedestrian refuge islands to serve as an additional safety refuge for pedestrians as they cross the roadway.

Center Street and Chapel Street (425 West) • Install pedestrian-activated flashing beacons • Construct pedestrian refuge islands to serve as an additional safety refuge for pedestrians as they cross the roadway.

Center Street and Center Square • Install pedestrian-activated flashing beacons, allowing pedestrians to activate the signs to alert drivers to their presence so drivers will stop.

• Relocation of crosswalk closer to the UTA Trax crossing • Install additional street lighting and sidewalk ramps Center Street and Jefferson • Remove the crosswalk at Center Street and Jefferson to encourage pedestrians to cross at crosswalks with pedestrian-activated flashing beacons STUDENT NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS PLAN Under Utah law, all elementary, middle and junior high schools are required to create and distribute a Student Neighborhood Access Plan (SNAP), which shows the safest routes to school.

Midvale City and the Canyons School District meet annually to discuss the SNAP, and ways to improve pedestrian safety. As a result, the following crosswalks received pedestrian safety enhancements this summer: 1000 East/Casa Negra • Pedestrian-activated flashing beacons installed 700 East/Hillcrest High • Pedestrian-activated flashing beacons installed Pioneer Street/Garden View • Pedestrian-activated flashing beacons installed Bingham Junction/Tuscany View Blvd.

• A 4-way way lighted intersection with flashing yellow arrows for left-hand turns at Bingham Junction and Tuscany View Boulevard has been installed. The intersection includes crosswalks in all directions, as well as push button walk signals.

DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS The City has purchased 10 driver feedback signs, traffic calming devices designed to slow speeders down by alerting them of their speed. The signs will be installed over the next few months. We are working with the Unified Police Department to determine locations.

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Steps to Removing Racoons/Skunks Community Council 1. Midvale City has raccoon/skunk live traps available for residents to use.

We require a $50 deposit which will be refunded when the trap is returned.

If you are interested, please visit our City website or call Public Works at 801-567-7235. Proof of Midvale residency is required. You may then pick up the trap at the Public Works department, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

2. Before placing the trap, call the Urban Hotline at (385)419-3405 for tips on how to capture the animal.

3. When trapping a raccoon/skunk do not use pet food to capture it. This will help avoid non-target animals such as a neighbor’s cat. These nuisance animals have a serious sweet tooth. Use sweet bait such as Twinkies, or marshmallows, or white bread with vanilla extract on it.

4. After capturing the animal, call the Urban Hotline and leave a message including your name, phone number, and address (including the approximate north/south and east/west coordinates i.e. 5th south and 10th west.)

5. There will be no weekend or holiday removal of raccoons/skunks. Traps can be set Sunday night for a Monday pickup, but not Friday for a Saturday pickup. Animals trapped and called in before 7:00 a.m. will be picked up the same day unless there is high number of calls, in which case they will be picked up the next day.

6. An agreement allowing access to the property for said activities will need to be signed by the landowner at or before the time of the first pick-up. The technician scheduling the pickups will coordinate this on an individual basis.

7. Please don’t wrap the trap in plastic, tarps or blankets, this make access very difficult and can lead to stress and over-heating of the animal. Instead, place a bed sheet or light fabric over the trap. This will help diminish stress and prevent the animal from getting hurt trying to escape. Set traps in areas of mid-morning to afternoon shade, with at least two sides of open access. Do not set where other animals, children or pets can cause undue stress on the captured animals.

Wildlife Service’s says there are a few things a resident can do to try and dissuade raccoons/skunks from returning to a home: 8. Do NOT leave food outside – i.e. cat food, bird seed 9. Remove woodpiles or other debris piles raccoons/skunks can nest in If you have questions, concerns or other wildlife related issues please feel free to call (385) 419-3405 and leave a brief description of your question/issue and we will return your call as soon as possible.

This past month the Community Council hosted a candidate forum. We had a great attendance by both candidates and guests. A number of great questions were asked, and it was great to hear all of the candidate’s responses. Michael Williams was kind enough to film and put together a video of the event, and there is a link to it on the Midvale Residents Facebook page.

By Andrew Stoddard, Chair If you want to see it and are unable to find it, please email me at drewcstoddard@gmail.com and I will send you a link. For our next meeting, we had to move the date to October 10, so it will be at 7:00 p.m. on that date. We will have a presenter talking about medical cannabis and Prop 2.

We would love to have you come join us!

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Fire Prevention Week is October 7-13, 2018 Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out! The theme of Fire Prevention Week this year is “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere.” This theme aligns with the 3 principles of Prevention, Detection, and Escape.

LOOK for places fire could start. Take a good look around your home. Identify potential fire hazards and take care of them. That’s Prevention!

LISTEN for the sound of the smoke alarm. You could have only minutes to escape safely once the smoke alarm sounds. Go to your outside meeting place, which should be a safe distance from the home and where everyone should meet. Make sure you have working smoke alarms on every story and outside all sleeping areas and test them monthly. That’s Detection!

LEARN two ways out of every room and make sure all doors and windows leading outside open easily and are free of clutter. That’s Escape!

Draw a map of your home with all members of your household, marking two exits from each room and a path to the outside from each exit.

Halloween can be a lot of fun for humans, but pets may not appreciate the costumes and candy. Protect your pets from Halloween dangers with these tips!

1. Keep candy out of reach: All forms of chocolate and the artificial sweetener can be poisonous to dogs & cats. Call your emergency vet if your pet has eaten either.

2. Keep pets confined and away from the door: Dogs may be likely to dart out the door, or become anxious with trick-or-treaters in costumes and yelling for candy. Put them in a crate or a backroom and keep everyone safe.

3. Close the blinds or drapes, disconnect doorbells: If your dog reacts every time someone walks by or rings the doorbell close the drapes and disconnect the doorbell.

4. Keep outdoor pets inside before and after Halloween: Keep dogs and cats indoors to prevent them from being injured, stolen, or poisoned as part of a Halloween prank.

5. Don’t approach dogs while in costume: Even if you know the dog, a strange costume or mask can frighten them. They may not recognize you in costume. If a dog escapes a house or yard and runs up to you, tell your child to stand like a tree, and wait for the owner to grab the dog.

6. Test out pet costumes before: Make sure the costume isn’t causing them distress or giving them an allergic reaction. It shouldn’t restrict their movement, ability to breath, bark or meow.

7. Leave them at home: It may be best with all the distractions to leave your pet at home while trick-or-treating. Take them for a walk earlier in the day before the ghosts and goblins come out for the night to spook them.

Is your pet microchipped? Don’t forget all pets in Salt Lake County can receive a free microchip at our location, 511 W 3900 S, in Salt Lake City. Animal Services is open Monday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Check out our website, AdoptUtahPets.com for more information.

Practice your home fire drill twice a year. Conduct one at night and one during the day with everyone in your home, and practice using different ways out. Teach children how to escape on their own in case you can’t help them.

Make sure the number of your home is clearly marked and easy for the fire department to find.

Close doors behind you as you leave – this may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire. Once you get outside, stay outside. Never go back inside a burning building.

Tips to Ensure Your Home Address is Visible During an Emergency The primary responsibility of the Midvale Building Department is to monitor and implement all building codes to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community. Additionally, the department issues permit’s and inspects all new construction, alterations, additions to existing structures, and commercial building.

One of the lesser known rules of the code is that a property needs to be identified during construction and have permanent addressing at the time of final inspection. Each city or county may have a different standard. However, the intentions are the same - to ensure your address is clearly visible from the street so that the police, paramedics or fire department can respond to your home in an emergency.

The numbers do not have to be on the house itself. They can be on a mailbox, fence or post in front of the home. Your address should be at least four-inches tall, half an inch wide and mounted on a contrasting background visible from the street. Sufficient contrast between the address and the background is important because it makes them more visible. We recommend against using polished brass numbers on wood siding or silver numbers on white posts.

Midvale Middle’s harvest is more than just about the crops

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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his fall, the harvest will not only be zucchini, peppers and cucumbers. It will include friendships, partnerships and bonds between students and families.

Midvale Middle School’s first harvest comes after eighthgrade teacher Robert Violano introduced the idea two years ago at a National Junior Honor Society meeting.

“I had taken a class, ‘Social Justice and Community Gardening,’ for my masters in education and visited West Lake Junior High’s garden, and realized the potential a garden can have for a community and at the same time, be an excellent teaching tool,” he said. “I thought it would work out well at our school and community so I threw it out to the students. They immediately liked the idea and thought it would be a great service opportunity they could provide.”

While the group was excited, they weren’t able to dig dirt right away since, at the time, they were rehoused in Crescent View Middle while Midvale Middle School was under construction.

“They really liked the idea of giving back and having it go directly to the people and seeing how it could make a difference,” Violano said. “So, while we couldn’t dig right away, we approached the idea other ways.”

Through the rebuild period, NJHS, along with Midvale Middle’s Latinos in Action — both groups which provide service to the community — drafted and sent letters to then Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini, Canyons School District Superintendent Jim Briscoe, then school principal Wendy Dau and now current principal Mindy Robison, explaining their project and why they wanted a community garden.

“The response was overwhelming — ‘go ahead, we support you,’” Violano said. “So then, the students dove in, researching community gardens. They looked into the materials they’d need

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and what designs worked best.”

After weeks of research and deciding to build community garden boxes, the students wrote letters to the architects and contractors, who were building the new Midvale Middle School.

The students were able to meet with them, he said.

“The students worked quite a bit before the meeting and they were told their designs looked awesome. The firms just adjusted them to make them a little more realistic and came back, offering to pay for it and they built it. They created the boxes with dirt, mulch, irrigation. I didn’t expect that. I was just blown away,” Violano said.

By not needing to fundraise for the garden’s materials, it allowed the first year’s crops to be planted last spring after the ribbon cutting on April 25.

“Last year’s students’ focus quickly shifted after the garden boxes were built from possibly seeking funds to researching which vegetables and soil worked best and what is a good rotation for the garden. Students also looked at how to get the community involved and how to get donations for tools and seeds,” he said.

A parent also stepped up, volunteering to show students how to install a drop line so they could install them in all 12 boxes.

The pilot planting has three families using the boxes as well as two boxes with tomatoes, rosemary and hot peppers planted

by NJHS and LIA students. In time, he’d like to develop the garden more and even possibly, set up a farmer’s market.

“I can see how much more we can do to give some of our families a space of their own for free to plant food that will benefit their families,” said Violano, who said that he has never gardened before in his life. “It means so much to them.”

He also has introduced some of the concepts into his classroom.

“It’s been great to teach students about planting. We planted sunflowers this year and put them in the windows of the hallway.

Some students aren’t even familiar with gardening or where their food comes from,” Violano said. “We grew some sprouts and I suggested the students pick some to eat. One student told me ‘you can’t eat it; it’s not from a store.’ This is giving the students the hands-on learning opportunity to learn where food comes from — so many students are disconnected from that.”

However, he sees most of the focus on the community garden to remain with the student leaders, families and partners in the community.

“What’s really neat is that these students in NJHS and LIA started all this and it already is benefitting their classmates and the entire community,” Violano said. l

Students, faculty and Principal Mindy Robison help plant vegetables after Midvale Middle School’s new community garden opened last spring. (Photo courtesy of Amber Pearson)

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Have a ball at Lyrical Opera’s Masquerade Party fundraiser

By Bob Bedore | bob@mycityjournals.com

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ctober is often looked at as a month where it’s common to go to a party wearing a mask or some other elaborate costume, but for those who really want to party, a masquerade ball is the only way to do it.

On Oct. 20, the Cottonwood Country Club will transport you back in time for what promises to be an evening of intrigue and fantasy like few others you can experience. The night will feature people in great, period costumes, food, singing, waltzing, polkas, magic and games. No word yet on an appearance by the Red Death.

The event is a fundraiser for Lyrical Opera’s spring 2019 production of Verdi’s great opera “La Traviata,” one of the most beloved operas in the world. By attending the event, patrons are helping keep a great local production company providing operatic entertainment at an affordable cost. Last year’s Masquerade Party sold out, so get your tickets early.

Masquerade Balls have been around for centuries and gained a prominent footing in Italy during the 16th-century Renaissance. The upper class would hold elaborate dances that featured the added game of guests being masked.

Party-goers would spend the evening trying to guess each other’s identities. The parties spread to the attention of the world and have been featured in every level of culture, including the

“Gilmore Girls.”

This Masquerade Party will begin with hors d’oeurves during which the guests will be invited to play a witty, 19th-century game of “Who am I?” From there song and dance will rule the night. The singing will be provided by some of Lyrical Opera’s performers and a ballroom dance instructor will be on hand to teach some simple steps, ensuring no one is left out of the fun. There will also be a silent auction table with great items to be won and a magician that will stroll through the crowd, entertaining them with up-close magic.

Tickets for the event will be $35 each and can be obtained by visiting LyricalOperaTheater.com. As the event did sell out early last year, you should get them quickly.

If you are unable to attend this function but still want to help out, you can join the Lyrical Opera Theater Opera Guild. The company is a 501(c)(3) arts education charity and is always looking for volunteers and business sponsors.

The talent comes from all over Utah and their singers can be found performing at private parties, funerals, weddings or anywhere else they’re asked to sing.

The fundraiser will help bring “La Traviata” to the stage. It is currently scheduled for the spring of 2019 and will be performed at the

Fanciful attire will be on full display in this year’s Masquerade Party. (Lyrical Opera)

Midvale Performing Arts Center. The opera is based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas and the title translates to “the woman who strayed,” or “the fallen woman.” It tells the story of Violetta, a high-class courtesan who is brought into the fashionable society of Paris by a man who loves her. It is actually featured in the film “Pretty Woman,” which has some similarities in plot.

The opera has a great party scene in Act

One, likely close to the one those attending the Masquerade Party will find. It also features some of Verdi’s best music. The Aria sung by Violetta in Act Three is impressive. There is also a scene in Act Two where Violetta is pressured to break up with her fiancé Alfredo by his father because of her past. The duet that is shared in this scene is wonderful. l

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New Youth Ambassadors will help Midvale youth lead healthier lifestyles

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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ix-year-old Madison Fairchild and her four-year-old sister, Olivia, traveled from Herriman to watch the Midvale Harvest Days parade in their great-grandfather’s front yard.

They waved to “princesses” on the Midvale City float.

“I want to be like them because they’re pretty,” Olivia said, adding that she’d like to be on the Midvale float someday.

The two easily mistook Midvale’s “princesses” as the three new youth ambassadors, who according to Midvale Youth Ambassador Program Adviser Candy Tippets, “are better than princesses.”

The three ambassadors — Morgan Miller, Amelia Slama-Catron and Kosha Hansen — will represent Midvale this year and through a joint platform, reach youth in the community to help them lead healthier lifestyles. All three are Hillcrest High students.

They were formally introduced during Midvale’s Harvest Days celebration Aug. 8, when they presented their detailed platform, which included physical activity, healthy eating and goal setting.

“It’s the first time I have had youth who are ambitious and hard-working do a joint project,” said Tippets, who has overseen the program 13 years since its inception. “These youth are the face of Midvale City and are creating a service project for the year that will make an impact in our community.”

Midvale’s Youth Ambassador Program, which was created by former Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini and the Midvale Arts Council, is service-leadership program for students, from high school juniors through age 24 who are attending college within a 40-mile radius of the city or are planning to attend college the next year. Ambassadors choose a service platform to complete during their one-year term where they represent the city at groundbreakings, city council meetings and ribbon-cuttings ceremonies.

“These youth are the face of Midvale City.

They’re providing leadership and this year’s ambassadors are working with elementary students, showing the next generation that they can become leaders,” she said.

Tippets said this year’s ambassadors decided to merge ideas into a healthy lifestyle platform, which they will share with youth at the Midvale Boys and Girls Club and the Midvale Road Home Family Shelter as well as throughout the city.

Through a soccer camp Morgan plans to hold targeted for first-graders through fifth-graders this fall, she plans to teach students the benefits of being physically active.

“Soccer is a good way to help develop skills, as well as muscles,” she said. “It also helps with communication skills and it’s a good way they can make friends.”

She also hopes it will become a lifestyle change so once these students become physically active, it will carry them through high school

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and life.

“A lot of kids in the U.S. are spending more than seven hours in front of the screen playing video games, watching TV, on the computer. Physical activity shouldn’t be a chore, it should be something you want to do,” she said.

Tying into the soccer camp will be the value of healthy eating, planned by Amelia, who also will spearhead several community non-perishable snack food drives to distribute to the youngsters.

She will take her healthy eating presentation, which includes healthy snacks and easy meal preparation suggestions, to the Community Building Communities fall health fair as well as throughout the community so both children and parents can learn alike “how simple it can be to gradually incorporate fresh and nutritious food into their lifestyles.”

At the introduction, Amelia pointed out that by preparing healthy foods and snacks ahead of time would be beneficial if people are “on the run.”

“By preparing these meals in advance, and just grabbing a container when you need to go, you save time, money and your health will improve,” she said.

Amelia also shared with the community the recent announcement that East Midvale, Copperview and Midvale elementaries as well as Midvale Middle now qualify for the Community Eligibility Program, which allows schools to offer free, healthy lunches to any students who attend the schools. The goal, she said, is to make eating a balanced diet become a habit.

“Helping kids to learn how to eat healthy not only impacts them now, but in their future.”

Amelia said.

The third component of their platform is the importance of setting goals in their lives, which Kosha will lead.

Not only will the healthy lifestyle goals be on physical activity and healthy eating, but Kosha will lead elementary students into setting goals to be successful in school and in life.

“I’ll work with students one-on-one, helping them apply their reading and math to goal setting and developing healthy, strong relationships,” she said. “I want them to feel confident and want to succeed so they can accomplish hard things.”

Kosha, herself, knows how it feels to overcome challenges. In kindergarten and first grade, she would blink a lot, hoping the letters on the page would be in focus.

“I was pretty far-sighted. I couldn’t see the letters, but I didn’t tell anyone. I got so far behind in reading and was pulled out in a small group so I missed what everyone else was doing. I didn’t like that. I liked learning and felt I was missing out,” she said.

Already, the youth ambassadors have participated in several community events such as the annual Harvest Days and have been on the Midvale float in summer parades.

“It’s fun to give the little kids compliments

Midvale’s newly inducted youth ambassadors were awarded the “Best Spirit of Harvest Days.” (Julie Slama/City Journals)

and see their faces light up and realize the impact we can have,” Kosha said.

Typically, each year, three to five ambassadors are selected, with several good candidates turned away.

“I’ve had some amazing kids who now are doctors and are doing amazing things in the medical field inventing things, and those who are outstanding in banking, foreign policy, give service to foreign countries and several fields,” Tippets said. “Their platforms have run the gamut through the years.”

The service platforms ambassadors have performed extends from recycling to teen pregnancy education, youth music to diabetes testing.

“I’ve really enjoyed working with the youth. It’s been a great learning experience for the youth ambassadors to take their ideas from brainstorming to working through difficulties to actually accomplish them and make an impact in the community,” Tippets said. “I’m impressed at the level of service these young people desire to give — even with their busy high school schedules. Many of them are officers in clubs, on sports teams and in band and orchestra, yet they want to serve their community. It’s always been impressive to me.”

At the ceremony, the 2017-2018 ambassadors talked about their projects.

Alan Andrade identified Midvale’s historic roots through his platform, “Development and Transition of Midvale City”; AnnaMarie Dallimore shared with the community “Kids Eat” and gathered food donations for the Midvale Boys & Girls Club as well as Neighborhood House through “Strength and Charity Together in Midvale”; Lauren Cecchini increased awareness and organized people to donate blood to the Red Cross through to her platform, “Learning to Live — Mental Illness Awareness and Understanding”; and Justin Canals brought in representatives from the athletic departments at Southern Utah University and Westminster College so high school athletes could learn about college sports in “Better Understanding the Recruitment Process.”

As a thank-you for their service, the four ambassadors were awarded a $1,000 scholarship for the college they will attend. They also received a letter of recommendation from Midvale Mayor Robert Hale.

Next year’s Midvale Youth Ambassador Program applications are due in May. Tippets said the application includes students’ academic achievements, citizenship, activities and letter of recommendation as well as how they want to make an impact in their community. l

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Hillcrest High helps start robotics tech teams at Midvale Middle, Union Middle

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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illcrest High robotics teacher Clief Castleton is a believer in the FIRST program. Having started the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) program during the 201213 school season — and advancing to nationals in its rookie season — Castleton sees the impact it has on students.

“It can change lives,” he said. “There are opportunities for college scholarships and for students to work with industry mentors, which can lead to summer internships. Even if the interest isn’t in science and technology, there’s other skills like advertising and marketing to learn. The goal of FIRST to not only improve yourselves, but to help those around you become better. It can give every student an opportunity to learn.”

Up until this fall, Hillcrest High only had its FRC, but now also has a FIRST Tech team (FTC), which is geared to teams grades seventh through 12th, to design and build a smaller-sized robot.

“It gives students another venue to work with a team, but it doesn’t have the pressures of a couple months of a build season like FRC,” he said, adding that last year, Hillcrest’s FTC team was successful, having competed at the state competition in its second year.

This year, Hillcrest, with about 60 students in robotics classes and on the teams, is not only adding a second FTC team, but the Huskies are helping Midvale Middle and Union Middle start their own teams.

“I like to promote diversity and access to everyone. Kids make friendships here. They break out of their lifestyle cycles and are able to gain new skills,” Castleton said. “Midvale Middle already has a FLL (FIRST Lego League, for students in grades fourth through eighth) team so they’re all on board to begin a FTC to allow more students access to a team. Union has a lot of teachers and their principal is very interested

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in having a robotics class meet after school so we’re looking at helping to set that up.”

Robert Violano, who will coach the Midvale Middle robotics team along with John Henrichsen and Brandon Cornaby, said that the FTC team will help build the robotics program at the middle school.

“Our hope is that instead of having a FLL team and a FTC team as two separate entities we have a ‘robotics team’ that supports each other in their varying interests,” he said. “We want to have a place where kids can explore their interests and hope that by partnering up with HHS they can continue with their interest past eighth grade and beyond.”

Union Principal Kelly Tauteoli said that as one of three designated STEM middle schools across the state, their faculty would like to increase opportunities for students in those areas.

“We’re a very strong math and science school and we’d like to give students more engineering opportunities,” she said. “Robotics is a good way they can dip into it and into coding.

We’re looking at getting our robotics program up and going.”

Castleton also said that with both middle schools feeding into Hillcrest, it will give students a basis from where they can learn once they reach high school. Already, the Hillcrest program has been helping guide elementary students to learn about robotics through a summer camp.

With the FTC kick-off slated in September, he is helping the teams secure funds and his current students are available to guide the middle school teams as well as be active mentors on the new Husky FTC 10-member team.

“We are excited that more students are able to learn and be impacted. It’s well documented that students who participate have a greater interest in their school and are interested in college and are gaining skills at the same time.

Hillcrest High team helps other students begin school teams and learn about robotics, as this robot was used during a summer camp. (Husky Robotics/Hillcrest High)

What’s really cool is that anyone of any skill is welcome and the students are learning from each other. There’s a real bond there that unifies students across the school,” Castleton said.

Tauteoli said the partnership also will help to build a friendship when the students attend the high school.

“They will already know some faces there, which will make the transition easier. It’s very collaborative and generous that the Hillcrest kids will come here and help our kids,” she said.

This year, all FIRST teams will compete under a similar space theme, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon.

The tech challenge theme is to explore the uncharted planets in Rover Ruckus while the robotics competition is titled, “Destination: Deep

Space.”

Last year’s Hillcrest High FRC team competed in the semifinals in both Idaho and Utah, where they reached the semifinals and were presented with the gracious professionalism award. In the past, the team has won Rookie of the Year, Entrepreneurship Award and Innovation Design and Castleton has been honored as the Outstanding Volunteer.

“We treat our teams as a program. It builds camaraderie and gives students a place where they belong, fit in and can just be a kid. It doesn’t matter if there are cultural differences, language barriers or whatever; it’s a place for all students and an opportunity for them all to learn,” he said. l

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Fun run in the sun — and in the fire hose

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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tudents screamed as they ran through the spray of a fire hose — manned by Unified Fire Department firefighters — during each lap of their school’s fun run.

Copperview’s Run with the Cougars was a fundraiser for the school’s field trips, Community School Facilitator Jenna Landward said.

“Many of our field trips are free or low cost, so the money they raise is usually for transportation,” she said. “The kids just love checking out the fire truck and getting blasted with the huge hose.”

Third-grader Evelyn Jerman kept running, even past the spray that soaked the school’s field and some of her classmates as they were running laps.

“I like running,” Evelyn said. “It’s fun and gives me something to do. I like to run track with Copperview Rec(reation Center), so this helps me get ready for it. I can get in some distance before I do some sprints and cool down by running with friends. Plus, I like going on field trips so we’re helping out with getting money for those.”

Evelyn, who had a volunteer mark off her sixth lap before continuing to run, said that at recess, besides running, she likes to play games with the school’s structured recess program, Playworks.

Playworks Coach Haley McIntosh said that the fun run is beneficial to students.

“It’s keeps them thinking how to keep their body healthy by running,” she said. “We want them to keep fit, exploring the mountains, the pool, the parks, not sitting in front of a TV.” Principal Christy Webb echoed the sentiment.

“It’s a great way to get out and get moving and not have video games in their hands, but to encourage them to want to have fun being active,” she said.

While many children were soaked, Americorp volunteer Jenna Taylor was ensuring they brought extra clothes to change into after running 20 minutes.

“They all knew they’d be sprayed wet and were looking forward to it,” she said. “This is

Unified Fire Department sprayed students as they ran by during Copperview’s Run with the Cougars fundraiser. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

just a fun way to help the students become excited and want to be more active.”

There were incentives for the students.

Students who raised the most money as well as ran the most laps could select from prizes.

Some incentives included pairs of Copperview sunglasses, T-shirts, and putting their names in a raffle for other prizes. Every student received an Otter Pop after the run.

Copperview’s Run with the Cougars, which was held in June, was a fun way to end the school year, teacher Abigail Mueller said.

“It’s a great way for them to celebrate by letting loose after working hard, taking tests,” she said. “And it’s a good way for them to be active both physically and in fundraising for their field trips starting this fall.” l

And they’re off — Copperview Elementary students ran laps around their school field as part of the school’s Run with the Cougars, a fundraiser for field trips. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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n energetic buzz filled Topgolf in Midvale on the evening of Sept. 12.

Participants examined about 80 gift baskets and other swag to bid on during a silent auction, ate good food and enjoyed a golf game in one of the climate-controlled hitting bays.

The crowd gathered for the annual fundraiser of the Utah Parent Center, a private nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting special needs families in Utah.

Over 200 people registered for the event.

The mission of the Utah Parent Center (UPC) is to help parents help their children, youth and young adults with all types of disabilities to live productive lives as members of the community.

Jennie Dopp, organizer of the event, said, “All of our resources are free, so that’s why it’s so important that we have great partners in the community. Because we are a 501c3, and we offer free resources, we are always looking for corporate partners and private donors.”

According to the UPC website, www. utahparentcenter.org, the organization provides accurate information, empathetic peer support, valuable training and effective advocacy based on the concept of parents helping parents. The group defines the term “parent” broadly, to include anyone serving in that role.

A wide variety of topics are covered on the website about various disabilities, challenges, and resources. Information is available in Spanish as well.

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Dopp first learned about UPC when she was waiting at Primary Children’s hospital for her 3- year-old son to finish therapy, and she saw a notice on a bulletin board. She called UPC for some information and got a summer resource list.

When he was in elementary school, UPC helped Dopp with her son’s special education plan. Then in junior high, when he was having some significant mental health challenges, they helped her navigate inpatient treatment programs, insurance, and the mental health treatment options.

Dopp said that UPC “serves any disability and across the lifespan of the child.

They’re just a great resource for parents.”

While the organization has an office in downtown Salt Lake, it serves the entire state.

“We have great relationships with a lot of school districts, where we have a parent consultant right in the school district,” said Dopp. “Parents from that district can work with our parent consultant and get the information they need right close to their home. We also have office parent consultants that serve the entire state, even if they are in St. George, Tremonton, wherever they are.”

Dopp worked as a volunteer for about seven years, served as a UPC board member doing their marketing and fundraising, and is now the development coordinator.

All parents who work at the UPC are parents of special needs children. “That

is one of the requirements for the parent consultant position,” said Dopp. “We feel that it’s important for parents to be able to walk the walk and talk the talk, so they can totally understand where another parent is coming from.”

Alison White, another board member, discovered the UPC about 15 years ago. She had worked as a special education teacher. “I’ve worked on both sides, I worked with the UPC as an educator, and then I’ve been able to participate on the board as well. It’s been a fabulous opportunity.”

A main concern of UPC is the service gap. “We provide wonderful services, we serve over 25,000 individuals per year,” said Dopp. “But there’s about 151,000 who could use services. We simply do not have the funding to serve all of the families that need our help.”

Dopp said that the UPC is inundated, especially with autism calls. “We serve about two to one autism calls. So we really need the help of family foundations, private donors and corporate partners in order to extend our reach beyond what our grants and our current funding sources allow.”

“We cannot change the diagnosis for families, but we can bring them hope,” continued Dopp. “As a special needs parent, you’re in the trenches every day, and you’re helping families. That’s our job, to give them the tools they need to help their children be successful.” l

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I wouldn’t say I have a talent for sewing, which is why I love visiting JoAnn’s. In the middle of the store, an entire table of pattern books and file cabinets full of patterns to choose from awaits. My suggested process is to spend some time looking through multiple books to find the perfect pattern, pick the pattern from the corresponding cabinet, and then go look for the appropriate fabric.

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very autumn, as I reconstructed our home after three months of child infestation, my daughters settled into their school classes and thoughts turned to Halloween. More specifically, thoughts turned to Halloween costumes.

I’d load my girls into the minivan and we’d attack the pattern books at Joann fabric, looking for the perfect costumes. (These pattern books weighed approximately 450 lbs. and had to be moved carefully or they would fall off the narrow perch and crush your hip bones.)

Costumes ranged from Disney princesses to Death, and each outfit had to last for decades because they were worn all the time and handed down for generations. (For example, one daughter, dressed as Snow White, shredded the hem of her gown under the plastic tires of her Big Wheel. Her dress looked like Snow White had been attacked by a pack of very short raccoons. She still wore it every day.)

After finding the right pattern, we’d roam the aisles, looking for fabric that didn’t cost the equivalent of an actual Disney movie.

During my costume-making tenure, I created all of the Disney princesses, a

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Now a witch costume is a black miniskirt, fishnet stockings and a push-up bra. I have no idea how to fly a broom in that outfit.)

Speaking of slutty clothes, my daughters were often pushing the envelope when it came to modesty. According to my daughter, her belly dancer’s shirt was too long, so (when I wasn’t around) she rolled it up several times to display her 10-year-old abs, and the gypsy Esmeralda’s blouse kept “accidentally” falling off her shoulders.

Daughter number three used her Cinderella costume as a method of seduction as she walked up and down our driveway in her slappy plastic high heels, flirting with the men building the garage. Did I mention she was four?

During another Halloween, she wanted to be Darth Maul. I made her costume, painted her face, but refused to put horns on her head. She grew her own devil horns a few years later.

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