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ORCHARD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HELP UKRAINIANS IN NEED

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he crisis in Ukraine has sparked a variety of humanitarian efforts, raising millions of dollars and shipping thousands of pounds of items to refugees. Donors come from all over the United States, including from students at Orchard Elementary School. The sixth graders of Ann Potter’s class decided to start a drive for donations to send to Ukrainian refugees. Donations were collected from different students and administrators at Orchard Elementary and sent to Ukraine in March.

The students learned about the Ukrainian refugees through a daily class social studies lesson on current events. “Every day we spend some time in the morning watching the news,” said sixth-grader Sophie Sandford. “We saw the people who needed help in Ukraine and we wanted to help them.” Sandford said she had never collected donations like this before, but she thought it was a great way to help those in need. “It’s a heartwarming feeling to know you can do something to help others,” she said.

Fellow student Lacee Bybee mentioned another part of the story. “We heard about the Ukrainians from my teacher’s friend,” said Bybee. The friend is Jen Neuman, a communiContinued page 4

Orchard elementary sixth-graders pose with donations for Ukraine. The students collected blankets, socks, diapers, toothbrushes and other items to help refugees. Photo courtesy of Nicole Butolph

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County has plans to build an Emergency Coordination Center

By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—Davis County Emergency Manager Chad Monroe started his job Feb. 28, 2020. The next week the pandemic hit followed by an earthquake, high winds and flooding. The pandemic spilled over into 2021 and now into 2022.

It’s impossible to predict when an emergency will happen, but it’s his job to try.

“I was a fish out of water a little bit,” he said. “The Davis County Health Department (DCHD) brought me in and took me under their wing.”

The pandemic was obviously totally new to most people, said Monroe. “It’s something emergency management had never dealt with. It was a trying time.

There was a great deal of responsibility to help everybody. We didn’t know if we’d have masks, whether we’d need full suits to take care of people, nursing staff and how to help people with disabilities, the elderly and the homeless.”

Some great partnerships were formed, he said. “We worked with hospitals, the state, IHC and Steward. We also made great partnerships with the school district to make decisions about their staff and students.”

It was crazy, he said. “We made a lot better connections so we can work together in the future, not just in a pandemic.

We learned what to do in a wildfire, flood, hazmat and winds. We have built a response at the county and city level to be better prepared.”

During the pandemic Monroe said there wasn’t a good central location for everyone to come together to plan effectively and work out of. “The commissioners and Sheriff’s Office as a whole identified that

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Heavy rains caused flooding last year in some areas of Davis County. The county is working to build an Emergency Coordination Center facility to handle small to big responses. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle

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The goal is to make a robust place size wise with high tech present to communicate and monitor situations, he said. “It’s something that Davis County has needed

for a long time. It’s in the first phases but we hope to have it in the next few years.”

Labor shortages pose a challenge, but it’s well on the path, said Monroe. “It will help us be better prepared to respond more efficiently in Davis County to protect lives and property.” l

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Continued from front page ty member with a Ukrainian husband. Neuman helped to organize the donation effort to make sure it all made it to the right place.

Neuman’s personal experience, said Bybee, helped to bring what they saw on the news closer to home. “She told us how she and her family felt and how it was hard knowing what was going on.”

Neuman’s personal connection to Potter was key for the project to succeed. “I could see how upset she was about it,” said Potter. “My students could see how it affected us even though it was happening in another place.” The next step was to see how the students would want to get involved and what they could realistically do to help.

The class decided to collect donations but wanted to open it up to the whole school.

To get the word out about donations around the school, the students decorated posters.

These posters were placed around the school with a list of the most needed supplies for donation. The students said it was fun to decorate the posters while also helping increase awareness of the issue. “It was fun to know we were helping and that we could make things look nice so people would notice them,” said Bybee.

A few weeks after the class gathered donations and sent them off, they were watching the news when Ukraine came up again in a segment. “We saw donations being passed out to Ukrainian refugees,” said sixth-grader Teagan Johnson. “We wondered if some of those things were what we collected. Just knowing you are a part of that is amazing.”

The students were able to gather a Honda-Pilot-full of donations. “My entire car was full. We had over 25 boxes of diapers, 30-40 toothbrushes, a dozen coats, and numerous socks, blankets, and outfits,” said Potter. “It was really the students driving the whole thing. They saw a need and wanted to help.” l

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Xeriscaping – respond with beauty during an extreme drought

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avis county needed more than normal snowpack to recover from the low water in reservoirs last season. With snowpack well-below average, the current situation has been labeled as extreme drought. To cope with the shortage, irrigation water through the Weber Basin will not be turned on until mid-May. Then they are asking that residents only water with sprinklers once per week – 40 minutes for rotors and 20 for pop-up sprayers. Homeowners can also hand water one day per week established trees and shrubs. The water will also be turned off this year as early as mid-September. This amount of watering may not maintain a green lawn, especially in hilly areas with sandy soil. The grass can survive in a straw-look dormant stage, but if pets or children continue to play on this fragile grass, it can be lost. Those ignoring water restrictions will be hit with higher-use water penalties and escalating citations.

If grass is still struggling from last year’s high temperatures and watering restrictions, it might be time to consider adding some xeriscape to the ground around buildings and homes. Xeriscape is a style of landscape design requiring little or no irrigation. It is typically less work for the owner – a little cleanup in the spring may be enough for the whole growing season. Xeriscape in Utah can go beyond a gravel-filled yard ornamented with a couple cactus so popular in southern states. With a little education, xeriscape can be created that may even improve the use and beauty of outdoor spaces.

Soft, durable grass is very important for children and pets and their active games, but grass is very hungry for water and may not be compatible with current watering restrictions. Analyze the ground and identify grassy areas that may be converted to a low-water alternative. Even small changes like taking the grass out of the drive strip and replacing it with small gravel and boulders can save hundreds of gallons over the course of a watering season. A home in North Salt Lake on Fairway Drive has beautiful areas of perfect grass that is actually artificial turf which requires no water. The turfs available are so realistic, the only way to discern if it is living or not is to give the grass a tug.

Another possibility is to make part of the outdoor space more of a living space for dining and relaxing with outdoor friendly furniture, porch swings, fire pit or hammock. These spaces have concrete or flat stones fitted together or embedded in fine gravel or grout. A few pots watered with drip-irrigation, or a decorative wall can add some natural beauty to these water-wise spaces.

Being a high-elevation desert, many beautiful plants can adorn a yard that require little or no water throughout the summer. The yucca plant, for example, looks like strong green swords spearing into the sky both summer and winter. A towering bloom lasts for a few weeks in early summer transforming its austere appearance. Spring bulbs require no more irrigation than melting snow and a few spring showers. Bulbs prefer a dry summer to reclaim the energy in the plant as it goes dormant.

Snow drops, hyacinths, daffodils, tulips, and iris bloom in succession providing months of early season bloom. Established trees and low-water shrubs can also survive beautifully with a water-wise drip system or infrequent deep watering. The entrance to Deer Hollow Park in North Salt Lake for example features a round-stone xeriscape beautified with bright, yellow, early-blooming forsythia and flowering fruit trees.

Ofa Makaui, of All-Green Landscaping, suggests cobbles for the front yard and concrete surrounded by mulch or cobble in the back. “Try to tie in with what is already there to match the color of the house to the rock or concrete.” Concrete can have different designs and colors to look like a rock wall or pavers.

Makati said that supplies for xeriscape are increasing in price and sometimes stock is limited. Doing a whole yard may cost $4,000$6,000. “If we can do our part in helping with this drought, I think anything would help our environment, whether it’s a small project or a big project.”

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Bridger Bay is a popular attraction to visitors on the Island.

A look back at the history of Antelope Island

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hough archeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of Native Americans in Utah to about 12,000 years ago, and artifacts discovered on Antelope Island date back to more than 6,000 years, it was in 1843 that legendary explorer John C. Fremont first mapped the topography of the Great Salt Lake and its islands. Two years later, he returned to visit the Great Salt Lake.

Area Native Americans had told him he could easily ride his horse across the sandbar that linked the large island in the lake to the shore. Taking them at their word, Fremont took his guide Kit Carson and a few men and rode “across the shallows to the island,” recording later that the water never reached “above the saddle-girths” and that the “floor of the lake was a sheet of salt resembling softening ice, into which the horses’ feet sunk to the fetlocks.” When they finally reached the island, the party found grass and water, as well as a considerable herd of antelope, a few of which Fremont and his men killed for food. When they at last left the island and returned across the sandbar, they were accosted by a local Native American who claimed all the antelope on the island were his and they would have to pay for the animals they had killed. Fremont, not wanting to anger the man, gave him some cloth, tobacco and a knife to make up for the dead

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By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com antelope – and to the island he gave the name of the beasts that roamed it. It became Antelope Island.

Two years after that, the first Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.

By then, there was already at least one settler living on the Island, a man called Daddy Stump. Historians believe he might have been a “mountain man” who built a cabin and had a small peach orchard near a water spring on the south side of the Island. Fremont never mentioned him, but as pioneers began to travel to the Island, they encountered Stump, who LDS Church President Brigham Young himself later met.

According to a history written by Fielding Garr, Stump helped bring the church’s cattle to the island in 1848. Garr built his ranch house about the same time, and the Fielding Garr Ranch remains a popular tourist attraction today on the Island. Stump disappeared sometime between 1849 and 1856, some assuming he may have been killed by Native Americans in the Cache Valley.

Garr himself died on June 15, 1855, a year after grasshoppers depleted the island of feed, so cattle owned by the LDS Church were moved to Cache Valley for a season.

They later returned, along with a sheep herd.

Mining on the Island By 1874, another industry of sorts came

Early Utahn Fielding Garr built a ranch on the Island that stands today.

to the Island with the start of slate mining.

The Deseret News of Aug. 12, 1874, reported that “ an inexhaustible body of slate, unsurpassed in fineness of texture and richness of color, has been recently examined and thoroughly tested and is pronounced equal if not superior, in purity, strength, and colors to

any in the world.”

Homesteaders began staking claims on the Island and the Union Pacific Railroad started acquiring patents on much of the land, and the LDS Church lost interest in the Island. In the late 1890s, bison, mountain sheep and English pheasants were brought

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to the island, and mining activities ramped up. The Davis County Clipper of March 17, 1899 reported that “of late considerable prospecting has been done on the west side of the first island (Church or Antelope) west of here, and since Prospector Leeche was killed over there, still more interest has been aroused in mining in that locality.”

Later that year, reports in the Clipper and the Salt Lake Mining Review further detailed advanced mining activity. The Review reported that “Claim Holders on Antelope Island have filed a protest in the local U.S. land office against the issuance of patents to certain portions of the island as agricultural land, as they claim the ground is more valuable for minerals than for raising corn, wheat, Lucerne, or potatoes. With the magnificent showing of copper ore in the holdings of the mineral claimants, it looks as if it would be an outrage on the part of the government to bar them out and to give this barren section to individuals who merely want the Island as a grazing place for their cattle.” And in 1904, a few oil wells popped up on the Island as well as near Farmington. The Fountain Oil and Gas Company eventually had six rigs in operation on and around Antelope Island.

Wildlife on the Island Bison were introduced to the state when William Glassman, a local politician, thought to bring back the species in 1891 — though things didn’t go quite as planned.

As noted in excerpts from “East of Antelope Island,” a book commissioned by Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1948 and published in the Deseret News in 2006, Glassman visited friends in Texas and saw bison grazing in the fields owned by a man that went by “Buffalo Jones.” Glassman was so intrigued, he bought a dozen of them and sent them to Ogden.

For whatever reason, the bison were accidentally delivered to a small town in Tooele County instead. They remained there until they were eventually purchased by the White & Sons Company in 1893 and relocated to Antelope Island. The same company added elk the following year, but the elk were later killed off by vandals.

More bison were added to the island in 1911, park officials stated in the book. By then, it had become one of the largest herds in the country. The Antelope Island herd was even featured in the 1923 film “The Covered Wagon.” Today, somewhere between 500 and 700 bison remain on the island, and 100 to 200 calves are born into the herd each year.

The Causeways In 1967, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) investigated two potential sources for sand and gravel on the northern part of the Island for use in the construction of a causeway between Syracuse and Antelope Island. It was finished in 1969, the same year the state of Utah bought 2,000 acres on the north end of the Island to create a state park. Flooding in 1974 washed away that first causeway, and it was replaced in 1976

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at a cost of $1.7 million. In 1981, the state bought 26,000 acres of the southern part of the Island, built a parking lot, picnic shelters and restrooms near the Bridger Bay beach and constructed 6-½ miles of paved road and 20 miles of gravel road on the Island.

The Floods of 1983 No one could foresee what would happen two years later, in 1983. That was the year of tremendous rainstorms in the West.

Flooding occurred from California across the deserts of Nevada and Utah, and the park closed when waters flooded the causeway, which was 5 feet under water. The white-sand beach at Bridger Bay was gone, and much of the developed visitor area along the bay was sliding into the Great Salt Lake. Utah Gov. Norm Bangerter purchased pumps to send water from the Great Salt Lake into the western desert. It was the year the Island held its first bison round-up, an annual event since.

Visitation dropped to about 5,000 a year via a ferry boat service from Syracuse. The cause- Bison remain a permanent resident on the Island. way was eventually rebuilt in 1992 and in 1993, Antelope Island State Park opened to the public. It was the same year pronghorn sheep were reintroduced, and in 1997, nearly two dozen Bighorn sheep were also back on the Island.

Visitors Center – Phase One and Phase Two In 1996, the current visitor’s center was built as a two-phase building project, but phase two has never been built and will be now. The director of Utah State Parks in 1996, Cortland Nelson, spoke at the April 8 press conference where plans for the new visitor and learning center were announced.

(See separate story in this issue) “It’s only been 25 years,” he said as those gathered laughed. “When we dedicated this building, I said, ‘This is phase one – phase two is coming.’ It is a wonderful opportunity to be here today. I have high praise for all of those who have had the sticktoitness to get this done – the Friends of Antelope Is- Flooding has twice destroyed the causeway from Syracuse, but has been rebuilt each time. Photo courtesy land, the state leaders like Steve Handy, and of Utah State Parks. the dedicated staff that have been out here through the years. They have all contributed in their own way.”

“We recognized almost immediately after it was built that the visitors center was inadequate,” said Spencer Kinard, a member of the Friends of Antelope Island, the organization formed in 1995 to promote the Island experience. “It’s seriously undersized.

Students come by the thousands and we’ve had no place to host or teach them. So it’s been our dream to find the money to do this remodel and expansion. We want to get the learning center, the theater and the auditorium built. We’re going to make a movie about the Island, so when people come here, they can stop at the center, watch the film, get an idea of what the island’s all about, and then go out and enjoy it.”

Final design work is nearly complete, and leaders hope to break ground on the expansion before year’s end. l The Tour of Utah twice used Antelope Island as part of its route in Davis County. All photos by Tom Haraldsen unless otherwise noted.

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County has plans to build an Emergency Coordination Center

By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—Davis County Emergency Manager Chad Monroe started his job Feb. 28, 2020. The next week the pandemic hit followed by an earthquake, high winds and flooding. The pandemic spilled over into 2021 and now into 2022. It’s impossible to predict when an emergency will happen, but it’s his job to try.

“I was a fish out of water a little bit,” he said. “The Davis County Health Department (DCHD) brought me in and took me under their wing.”

The pandemic was obviously totally new to most people, said Monroe. “It’s something emergency management had never dealt with. It was a trying time. There was a great deal of responsibility to help everybody. We didn’t know if we’d have masks, whether we’d need full suits to take care of people, nursing staff and how to help people with disabilities, the elderly and the homeless.”

Some great partnerships were formed, he said. “We worked with hospitals, the state, IHC and Steward. We also made great partnerships with the school district to make decisions about their staff and students.”

It was crazy, he said. “We made a lot better connections so we can work togeth-

er in the future, not just in a pandemic.

We learned what to do in a wildfire, flood, hazmat and winds. We have built a response at the county and city level to be better prepared.”

During the pandemic Monroe said there wasn’t a good central location for everyone to come together to plan effectively and work out of. “The commissioners and Sheriff’s Office as a whole identified that something was lacking. So they’re working to get an ECC (Emergency Coordination Center) facility built to handle small to big responses. We’re lucky to get some funding to do things like this.”

The goal is to make a robust place size wise with high tech present to communicate and monitor situations, he said. “It’s something that Davis County has needed for a long time. It’s in the first phases but we hope to have it in the next few years.”

Labor shortages pose a challenge, but it’s well on the path, said Monroe. “It will help us be better prepared to respond more efficiently in Davis County to protect lives and property.” l Heavy rains caused flooding last year in some areasareas of Davis County. The county is working to build an Emergency Coordination Center facility to handle small to big responses. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle

Expansion plans announced for Antelope Island center

By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com

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fter 25 years since it was first built, the visitor’s center at Antelope Island State Park is about to be renovated and expanded. A new state-of-the-art learning center is in the final design stages and construction could begin by year’s end on the site of the existing center, which was originally planned to be just the first phase of a two-phase project. Now, phase two will become a reality.

A ceremony held in the center’s amphitheater on April 8 celebrated the recent appropriation of $12 million from the Utah State Legislature for construction of the expanded center. Representatives from the Utah Division of State Parks, Davis County, and the volunteer group Friends of Antelope Island gathered for the kickoff event.

“Just look at the majestic panoramas we have here today,” said Spence Kinard, a member of the Friends of Antelope Island, the organization formed in 1995 to promote the Antelope Island experience. “It’s an exciting time to realize that finally, we’re going to get a revitalized and expanded center, almost triple the size it is now. It will give us the opportunity for this building to be used for many, many events.”

Last year, the Utah Legislature appropriated $1 million for the project, but it needed a lot more financial assistance.The Friends con-

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tacted Rep. Steve Handy, R-Layton to solicit his assistance. He led the cause by introducing an RFA –request for appropriation – to the legislature. The result was a $12 million appropriation for the project.

“Antelope Island’s popularity just continues to grow,” said Park Manager Jeremy Shaw, who’s been at the park for 11 years. “Improving and expanding the amenities at the park helps us to meet the increased demand while also enhancing the visitor experience.”

In 2011, about 260,000 visitors came to Antelope Island. Last year, that number was 1,074,570, making the Island the third most visited state park in Utah behind Sand Hollow State Park and Dead Horse Point State Park.

That first $1million in 2020 allowed for engineering and design of the building to begin.

This new $12 million infusion will allow for the remodel and new construction of what will be a “visitor/learning center.”

The current building, which is 5,100 square feet, will be remodeled and incorporated into the 15,000 square foot education center, in partnership with Weber State University, Westminster College, and with interest from the University of Utah and Utah State University. The amphitheater will be razed as part of the new construction. l

Rendering of the new visitors/learning center for Antelope Island, courtesy of InForm Architecture and Method Studio

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Chamber expo helps members share their crafts

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embers of the Davis Chamber of Commerce enjoyed an afternoon with a motivational speech and the opportunity to show their wares during the annual Business to Business Expo on April 14.

The event, held at the Davis Conference Center, marked the first “full” expo since before the pandemic upended business two years ago.

“It’s great to meet again with what is our largest expo we’ve had in several years,” said Angie Osguthorpe, president and CEO of the Chamber. “This year we have almost 90 vendors, and we had a great talk earlier from Rob Ferre to kick things off during our luncheon.”

“This truly is a Chamber event, so people who know and love us are the ones who tend to come,” Osguthorpe said. “We always have a lot of prizes for our drawings, as well as food from some of our vendors, great music and a lot of free giveaways all day long. Both small and large businesses alike who are part of the Chamber participate in the expo.”

She said the Davis Chamber covers all of the county – which has a population of almost 360,000. “We’re all about business – helping them, and connecting them to people, customers and to each other. We’re

By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com about advocating for them.”

She said the Chamber’s Legislative Affairs Committee is “very policy driven.

We want to make it favorable here in Davis County for businesses. As we raise the business community, that goes along with the quality of life for everyone.”

The Chamber is preparing for future events as well – including two golf tournaments in June and July (“we added a second one last year because they are so popular,” Osguthorpe said), the annual awards banquet in September, plus its monthly Women in Business and general membership luncheons, and its Business Alliance luncheons twice a month, as well as the annual Women in Business Summit and Economic Summit.

Osguthorpe said the Chamber staff talks about the acute employee shortage in the state “on a daily basis. We’re helping with those who organize career or job fairs, or with schools offering scholarships. Also, we get together resources for people who want to move here, and we have a subcommittee that discusses the challenges of business and labor. We’re helping in any way we can.”l

Members of the Davis Chamber of Commerce introduced their products and services at Business to Business Expo on April 14. Photo courtesy of the Davis Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Tom Haraldsen

Public encouraged to comment on transportation needs along I-15

By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has launched an environmental study on I-15 between 400 South in Salt Lake and the US-89 interchange in Farmington to relieve congestion in the area.

UDOT is asking for input from those who live or travel there to help identify transportation needs and potential solutions during a formal comment period now through May 13.

“UDOT’s mission is to improve the quality of life through transportation,” said Tiffany Pocock, I-15 Project Manager. “In order to do that we have started an environmental study along I-15. We’re aware that Utah is growing and more people are going to be traveling along the corridor. This study aims to look at the needs and really assess what I-15 needs are for the future.

Once we understand the needs for the corridor we’ll then start to look at potential solutions.”

Better mobility promotes good health and stronger community connections, she said. “It’s also the backbone of a strong economy. If any of these changes are going to affect you or your life please comment and let us know what you think. The study will continue into 2024 so stay engaged throughout the process to help us shape the future of this corridor.”

To submit comments go to the study website i15eis.udot.utah.gov/. There, the public can give comments via an interactive map, a comment form or an email or mailing address where they can send comments. l

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At Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South), Sandy Woods Cross 9-year-old Rylie Evans at her school play. Evans has Neurofibromatosis that causes tumors to grow on nerve endings throughout her body. Courtesy photo

Woods Cross City Council declares May Neurofibromatosis Month

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WOODS CROSS—Rylie Evans is a happy, active 9 year old who loves to act, dance and swim. She also has Neurofibromatosis, also known as NF, a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve endings throughout the body. One in 3,000 people have it and there is no known cure.

“Rylie has bilateral optic nerve gliomas,” said Rylie’s mother Brandie. “It grows on the nerves that affect her vision. It’s not cancer but it progresses really fast. She has lost the vision in her left eye. The doctor said she’ll never regain her vision in the left eye but she has 20/20 vision in the right.”

Rylie and her mother are Woods Cross residents and spoke at the city council meeting on April 5 to share her story about living with Neurofibromatosis (NF). The council approved a resolution to declare May Neuro-

fibromatosis Month.

“One of the great benefits of that is you know people are looking out for you,” said Brandie. “It’s also for education that there are people struggling with the disorder. It gets information out in the community.”

Brandie said they found out through the city newsletter that there was someone else in Woods Cross with NF. “They go to our school and we didn’t even know. It gives kids a sense of community that they’re not walking through this life alone, which has really been important.”

NF is different for every single person, she said. “It doesn’t stop them from being successful. Rylie does remarkably well.

She’s never known any different. She’s pretty incredible. I call her my NF hero.” l

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Simple ways to stay on top of seasonal allergies

By Kerry Angelbuer | k.angelbuer@mycityjournals.com

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atering eyes, sneezing, difficulty breathing and keeping tissues close may describe the 50 million Americans suffering from seasonal allergies. Pollen counts from trees and flowers soar as the warming temperatures and spring rain begin the growing season. To keep seasonal allergies at bay, the key is to do some preventative things before you have full blown symptoms.

Kyle Cornish, a pharmacist at Walgreens in North Salt Lake said once-a-day antihistamines like Zyrtec or Claritin or their generics need to be taken regularly.

“Be consistent with it. Don’t wait until they are bad and take them every day. You will get more benefit from it after about a week. You will get immediate benefit in about an hour or so, but you will get the best benefit after a week.”

Another weapon in the arsenal he said are steroid inhalants like Flonase and Nasacort. Used in combination with the anti-histamines once a day can further treat allergies. “It makes your membrane (in your nose) less susceptible to overreaction.” He also emphasized that pollen gets everywhere so shower often and wash hands, clothes, and bedding to keep symptoms down.

In a recent review of studies involving about 2,000 participants, it was found in most people, that taking probiotics could lessen symptoms of seasonal allergies and improve quality of life. So a good healthy flora of bacteria in the large intestine can also help prevent these bothersome symptoms. Probiotics are also found in some cultured foods like yogurt, kefir, and tempeh. Probiotics are just one way to improve flora. Prebiotics may be an even better way. Prebiotics are available as a capsule but are also found in many whole foods that have resistant starch. These starches resist digestion until they come to the large intestine where they are broken down by the flora who thrive on these tough foods.

To remember some of the best foods containing resistant starches remember the old children’s song, “Oats, peas, beans and barley grow.” Some more commonly eaten prebiotic-rich foods are less-ripe bananas, potatoes, and pizza crust.

Some things can really ruin gut flora and so should be avoided before and during seasonal allergies. Smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol are tough on gut flora. If a drink is needed, choose a red wine. Polyphenols found in dark grapes and many other brightly colored vegeta-

bles and spices are also resistant starches.

Eating the same foods too much can also deplete the gut flora so consciously eat a rainbow of healthy foods. Doing a round of antibiotics will hopefully kill the bacterial infection being fought, but will also deplete beneficial bacteria in the gut. Lack of sleep and stress also negatively impacts flora.

The good news for those looking to rebuild or improve their flora to positively impact allergies is that it only takes a few days for the flora to rebound with rest, relaxation, and resistant starches. A word of caution about using over the counter products that block the immune system. Make sure seasonal allergies are not a virus.

Taking antihistamines and steroid nasal sprays could lessen the body’s ability to fight off a virus. While the goal is to tone down the overactive immune system reacting to harmless plants, don’t weaken it to the point where a virus thrives making its host miserably sick. Fortunately, working toward a healthy flora in the gut will aid the fight against both allergies and viruses.

Diverse and flourishing flora is the foundation of a healthy immune response. l

Kyle Cornish, a pharmacist at Walgreens, helps customers find over-the-counter remedies for seasonal allergies. He recommends being consistent with antihistamines to get the full benefit. Photo by Kerry Angelbuer

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Keeping oral story tradition alive: Alex Martinez tells tale at Weber State Storytelling Festival

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oods Cross Elementary sixth-grader Alex Martinez had an opportunity to stretch his imagination this last February as part of the Weber State Story Telling Festival.

The festival’s purpose is to preserve oral storytelling traditions and promote storytelling in Northern Utah. School aged children are selected by their district to participate in the festival and tell their story to an audience of Weber County students who attend the festival on a field trip.

Martinez learned about the storytelling festival from the Woods Cross Elementary school librarian. “We were at the school library and the librarian announced that anyone could tell a story. My friend whispered to me that I should do it because I’m good at telling stories,” said Martinez. The friend started a chant of “Alex, Alex” getting the rest of the class to join until Martinez agreed to get up and tell a story.

That first time Martinez was making the story up as he went. “My story is about a man named Max who goes cliff camping which is something he loves to do,” said Martinez.

Max sets up his campsite and then notices a handprint on the wall. He puts his hand on the rock and the wall opens to reveal a secret maze. Max must complete two trials to win $10 million. He is successful, wins the money, and is excited to spend it partially on his deepest desire – an Xbox. Martinez’s story was funny and popular with his classmates enough that the librarian recommended he go on to tell it at the district level.

Preparing for the Story Telling Festival took a lot of practice. “I told it to my siblings, to different classes at

By Hannah Sandorf Davis | h.davis@mycityjournals.com school, I probably told it around 50 to 55 times,” he said.

All that practice, however, seemed to pay off. “When I first got to the completion I was like, ‘oh no, should I have done this?’ but when I started telling my story, within 30 seconds I felt completely calm.”

Martinez’s session was in the morning, part of the Morning Magic series. The morning sessions included youth storytellers and professional storytellers with stories that appeal to the elementary school audience attending on field trips.

Martinez’s mom Jacquelin Martinez said the festival was unlike any other experience. “I had heard Alex tell his story many times, but never to an audience larger than his siblings,” she said. “Seeing him tell his story to a large audience with kids who were laughing and engaging with him was awesome.” As part of the festival, Martinez’s family also got to meet professional storytellers and hear them practice their craft.

Martinez is not sure if he will participate in storytelling again. “I was curious what it would be like and now that I’ve done it I know,” he said. However, his mom is sure he will continue to tell colorful and creative stories to his friends and family. “Alex is a big reader, he is constantly reading,” she said. “He is a very creative kid.” l Alex Martinez shows off his festival participant badge. The Woods Cross Elementary sixth grader practiced his story by telling it to his class. Photo courtesy Jacquelin Martinez

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South Davis Junior High recognizes students of the month

By Hannah Sandorf Davis | h.davis@mycityjournals.com

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ecognizing student achievements beyond academics and athletics can be difficult for public K-12 schools. Schools also recognize student achievements in art, innovation, and popularity. At South Davis Junior High School, however, a five-year tradition helps teachers reward students for good citizenship in an effort to create a healthy learning environment. This program is called Student of the Month. Student of the Month rewards students not for being an academic standout or a creative genius, but instead for the kindness they show and the support they give their fellow students.

“Maybe it really should be ‘student of the year’,” said South Davis Principal Justin Whitaker. “Each year every teacher selects one of their two hundred to four hundred students to recognize. Teachers choose students because they have a positive influence on the learning environment, not for any specific academic achievement.” Office manager Cris Plowman receives the nominations from teachers, double checks to make sure the student has not already been recognized and then helps organize the celebration.

Students who are selected for the program receive several rewards. When the program started, it was just a lunch with the teachers.

During social distancing, students were rec-

ognized through video tribute. Now, however, recognition comes in a comprehensive package. First and foremost is a copy of the letter the teacher wrote to nominate them. “The letter is something the student can hold on to and feel that they are important in the classroom,” said Whittaker. Other rewards include gift cards for Nielson’s Frozen Custard and Texas Roadhouse, a special certificate, and a breakfast where their parents and the nominating teacher are invited.

These new incentives, said Whittaker, catch the students’ eyes. “I have students ask me all the time how they can be a Student of The Month. I tell them that they need to be nominated by a teacher and to work really hard in class to be collaborative and helpful.

That’s what will catch the teachers’ attention,” he said. “There is also the public recognition that comes with it which helps to bring positive visibility to students for something other than athletics or academics.” Though some nominees may have strong academic performance, it is not the focus of teacher nominations.

The Student of the Month program teaches students the value of good citizenship, something that Whittaker says is key to public education. “Good citizenship is really the key to public education. Students learn how to be contributing, valuable members of society. It

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South Davis Junior High students recognized as Student of the Month. The school has developed the program to reward students for acts of kindness and supporting their peers. Photo courtesy of Justin Whittaker

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Whittaker also talked about the result of bad citizenship in the classroom, pointing out that when students behave erratically it can

have lasting negative effects. “Bad citizenship limits potential,” he said. “It creates a difficult learning environment that prevents other students from being able to learn. When students pay attention to the environment they are creating it makes a difference for them and their peers.”l

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Boys volleyball approved for sanctioning in 2023-24

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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epresentatives of the Utah Boys Volleyball Association had sat in meetings with the Utah High School Activities Association before – over the past four years in a formal fashion. So, when the UHSAA board again put the sanctioning of boys volleyball to a vote, the UBVA members braced themselves. They had been here before, and had walked out disappointed every time. Yet, on this day – March 24, 2022 – it would finally be the outcome they had wanted when their organization was formed in 2015.

After decades of boys playing the sport in Utah, boys volleyball is official, and – with a 10-4 vote – will now be a UHSAA-sanctioned sport beginning in the 2023-24 school year, joining the ranks with 25 other states nationwide.

“We had a lot more hope and momentum this time, but it was so surreal to sit there and hear it announced. We were just in shock,” said UBVA co-founder Jill Davis.

This latest attempt at sanctioning laid 10,000 signatures in front of the UHSAA board along with written support from local politicians, including Norm Thurston of the Utah House of Representatives – who was in attendance at the meeting, to BYU athletic director, Tom Holmoe, BYU men’s volleyball coach Shawn Olmstead and USA national men’s volleyball coach Jon Speraw.

UHSAA assistant director Jan Whittaker said, “The UHSAA is excited to be sanctioning boys’ volleyball for the 2023-24 school year. This will allow many boys who have not been competing in a sport for their school the opportunity to be part of the high school sports experience. They will be able to benefit from the positive impact that high school athletics has on students.”

“It’s very exciting to see us get sanctioned,” Randy Bremner, who coaches a team with Bountiful, Viewmont and Woods Cross, said.

“This is a sport that, from what I can tell, takes players that are not playing standard sports. The boys play at a very high level and are so much fun to watch.

Davis said, “It’s a wonderful sense of accomplishment and it was an honor to be in the seat. A lot of people told us it wouldn’t happen, but our grass roots efforts and the

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community support made this happen. This is a victory for everybody, especially the boys and their families.

Davis, UBVA co-founder Warren Van Schalkwyk and Duke Mossman, who coaches at Wasatch High, formed a collaborative effort of continually gathering statistics and surveying coaches statewide to keep up with the growing interest and participation in the sport.

What they found was: • Boys volleyball is one of the fastest growing sport in high schools across the nation.

• Boys volleyball is one of the largest club sports in Utah. In 2015, the state had 24 club teams; last fall, that number was up to 56.

• In 2019, 81 high school teams represented 56 schools in Utah.

This year, 122 high school teams are playing from 64 schools with more than 1,500 boys competing.

• More than half of those 64 high school teams had such a demand in numbers that coaches had to cut players at tryouts – due to popularity of the sport and lack of facilities.

• Most of the 5A and 6A schools have full teams with the 3A and 4A classifications having a more mixed representation and the more rural schools in 1A and 2A coming in with the lowest participation rates.

• 53% of the boys volleyball programs pay for gym rentals from their schools in order to play and practice.

• 90% of participants statewide just play boys volleyball and are not multi-sport athletes.

Whittaker noted how the Emerging Sports Program that the UHSAA formed three years ago played a key role in the sanctioning of boys volleyball. “That program was created to grow meaningful participation opportunities for student-athletes, particularly for female student-athletes, in sports and activities,” she said. “A sport can be considered for sanctioning after it meets a certain threshold of participation of our students in member schools. Boys participating in volleyball have steadily grown over the past few years.”

Whittaker said once boys volleyball had met initial criteria for sanctioning consideration the UHSAA Board of Trustees looked at several factors in the ultimate deci-

Woods Cross High’s Clarence Pututau gets up to attack a ball during a recent match this season. Bountiful’s Jack Nelson and Spencer Jenkins along with Woods Cross’ Mitch Sterne and Bountiful’s Tyler Bremner (pictured left to right) are also on the court. Photo courtesy Randy Bremner

sion-making process including: • “The impact on Title IX compliance • The percentage of member schools that facilitate interscholastic competition in the emerging sport • Participation in community-sponsored leagues for the sport • Whether other state high school athletic associations sponsor or sanction competition in the sport • University, college and junior college opportunities for participation after high school • Whether the sport is a lifetime sport or activity, easily accessed in later life, that contributes to public health or fitness • Whether the NFHS or other recognized governing body publishes rules for interscholastic competition in the sport • Assistance available for growing the sport from national governing bodies, in-state coaches association and/or in-state officials associations • Significant obstacles to growing the sport, such as lack of facilities, expensive equipment, risk of injury, lack of experienced coaches and officials

• The opportunity for student-athletes to participate equally from all socio-economic backgrounds • Whether sanctioning the sport will divert participants from and weaken an existing sanctioned or emerging sport • Whether there is significant competition for student-athletes to participate in this sport outside of school • The length of time the sport has been an emerging sport • The burden on member schools, districts and on the UHSAA of sanctioning the emerging sport • Utah Division of Risk Management concerns and input” “This is not a check off list, but are items that were discussed prior to making the decision to sanction boys volleyball,” Whittaker said, adding that each school and district will “make the determination whether they will sponsor a sport that UHSAA sanctions.”

Davis said that the sanctioning of boys volleyball is a “win-win.

This legitimizes it for the boys and creates stability and consistency across the board under a fabulous

umbrella. Scholarships are secondary,” she said. “Plus, county rec leagues can still function for those who were cut from their high school teams as well as those who just want to play.”

Bremner said that the expectation is that Viewmont High will have its own team next year and Bountiful and Woods Cross may still be open clubs, depending on the amount of players at each school.

“The excitement is there and the level of play is so high, so hopefully we can just continue to build our team to where the schools can have their own program,” he said.

The UBVA will continue to host the state boys volleyball tournament for the next two seasons as budgets, schedules and regional alignments are put in place for the 2024 spring season when UHSAA will take the reins. For more information on the UBVA, visit http:// www.ubva.info or email ubva. info@gmail.com.

The addition of boys volleyball will come just after Salt Lake City hosts the high school boys volleyball national championships in the summer of 2023. l

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GRASP provides support for people who have lost loved ones to substance misuse

By Peri Kinder | peri.k@thecityjournals.com

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atara Martin’s younger brother was supposed to celebrate his birthday. But instead of a party, Martin ended up planning his funeral. In November 2020, Dalen Nyberg died 18 days before his 26th birthday from an accidental drug overdose.

The grief was overwhelming, made even worse by the way she felt stigmatized in her community.

“He was not a bad person. He got lost and eventually the addiction took over,” Martin said. “I call it ‘disenfranchised grief.’

When someone dies of an overdose, people don’t know how to respond to you. You feel very much alone.”

She looked online for support groups for people who’ve lost family members through substance-related overdoses, but there weren’t many options. While communicating with the medical examiner, Martin saw a link to GRASP on his website and found a new community.

GRASP, which stands for Grief Recovery After Substance Passing, has chapters all over the United States and Canada, but there wasn’t one in Utah. Martin reached out to the national headquarters and was given permission to start a GRASP chapter in the summer of 2021.

“I didn’t know what I was looking for or that I was even looking for something,” Martin said. “GRASP was a solace for me. The people there are going through the same experience. You’re not going through it alone.”

Tamara Olt, M.D., is GRASP’s national executive director, based in Illinois. When her son Josh died of an overdose in 2012 at the age of 16, she was shattered. Finding a GRASP chapter was a lifeline, providing a safe place to heal and connect with other families suffering through the same type of loss.

“The first year or two is horrific,” Olt said. “You’re just in a daze and a fog, trying to figure out what happened. But don’t let anyone tell you how to grieve. I had to let go of the ‘Why?’ and the ‘What if?’ and forgive myself.”

Olt, Martin, and many GRASP members, now advocate for fentanyl testing strips, clean syringe exchange programs, safe using sites, and the decriminalization of drug crimes, hoping for mental health counseling instead of jail time or prison.

Martin said Naloxone kits (to help reverse an overdose) are free at most public libraries in Salt Lake County, but said most people experiencing an overdose need two doses to be revived.

GRASP’s national Facebook page has nearly 10,000 followers, and the number grows every day as more families lose loved ones to substance misuse.

“One in five people know someone who’s passed away from a substance-related death. This group says they’re not alone,” Martin said. “There are lots of people who’ve had this same experience. Find a group like this one and start going as soon as possible. It makes you feel better and it helps heal you.”

The location of GRASP meetings is kept private until a person can verify they’ve lost a loved one through a substance-related death, whether it’s alcohol, street drugs or prescriptions. At the in-person, monthly meetings, people can share their grief, their anger, their feelings of shame, blame and loss, and their love for family members who have passed away.

Contact Martin at gslgraspchapter@ gmail.com for more information about the Greater Salt Lake Chapter of GRASP. There is no charge to attend the group but pre-registration is required “Drug use is heavily stigmatized,” Olt said. “So not everyone is helpful and supportive when you lose a family member because of an overdose. It’s so important to learn that

Dalen Nyberg died in 2020 from an accidental drug overdose. His sister started the first chapter of GRASP in Utah, to help loved ones process loss and grief. Photo courtesy of Katara Martin

you’re not alone, that this terrible thing has happened to other people.” l

Z.T. Bright hopes to become a new name in fantasy writing

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vid sci-fi and fantasy readers are familiar with Utah authors Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson and David Farland, but what about Z.T. Bright?

Bright, a North Salt Lake resident, is a winner in the Writers of the Future Contest.

His short story “The Magic Book of Accidental City Destruction: A Book Wizard’s Guide” earned him a spot in the bestselling anthology “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38” which will be released on April 12.

“What’s fun about this contest is some of the biggest names in the industry are involved as judges or instructors,” Bright said. “I have to learn to balance the feeling of success but continue to move forward. It’s not the end goal but hopefully a step toward more. This is a whole new world for me.”

Along with a cash prize, and the opportunity to attend the black-tie awards gala in Hollywood, Bright will attend a week-long writing workshop led by top professionals in the industry.

Bright started submitting short stories to the Writers of the Future Contest seven years ago. His winning story is based on the concept of a magic book, the Book of Truths.

“It’s about characters navigating a fantasy world in which a magic book can provide people answers to any questions they have, but

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By Peri Kinder | The City Journals with no guarantee of its accuracy,” Bright said.

“Reality is subjective. Things we read on the internet are very different based on the sources they come from.”

John Goodwin is president of Galaxy Press, publisher of the fiction works of L. Ron Hubbard. He said judges of the contest included best-selling authors Card and Sanderson, and Farland was a coordinating judge before his unexpected death in January.

Judges look for originality and creativity in submitted stories and must be engaging enough to keep a reader’s interest.

“Bright's story was a very clever tale that he claims was inspired by the explosive growth of the internet and its impact on people,” Goodwin said. “I found it to be a fascinating and very interesting read, almost allegorical in its parallel to the effect social media has on people.”

The contest is one of the most prestigious writing competitions in the world. It’s become a vehicle for new creative talent to enter the world of contemporary fiction. More than 450 past winners of the contest have published 1,150 novels and nearly 4,500 short stories.

Contest winners have also produced 32 New York Times best-selling books, selling more than 60 million copies.

Bright, who has four children and a job as a financial planner, hopes writing can become

Z.T. Bright’s short story tackles the danger of misinformation and earned him a cash prize and trip to Hollywood.

his full-time job.

“Storytelling is foundational from the start of humanity,” Bright said. “That’s how we lived. That’s how we learned and taught our young. It’s something that’s in our blood.” l elizabeth.s@thecityjournals.com

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Come to the North Salt Lake Vendor Fair for food, shopping and a bit of fun

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nter the Foxboro North neighborhood and drive through the roundabout to arrive at Legacy Park, the site of the newly named North Salt Lake Vendor Fair. Last year it was called the Farmers Market, and farmers with their locally-grown produce are still welcome.

The fair starts at 3 p.m. every Monday and runs through the fall.

The running trucks dominate the atmosphere offering a variety of choices that may take the whole summer to sample, including rolled ice cream, fully loaded quesadillas, fire roasted pizza and street tacos. Marcy Ostrowski and her family sell footlong, hand-dipped corn dogs and breaded, fried pickles among other fried delicacies. “The fried Snickers and Milky Ways are both absolutely wonderful,” she said. “My favorite is the Milky Way because it is hot, gooey, melted happiness in your mouth.”

Sizes of food trucks vary, with the smallest being a cooler pulled by a bike where a family with children sell ice cream on a stick.

The vendor tents also have a varied array of goods to browse. Lu Rasmussen was tending a booth for her granddaughter, Hope, who makes a variety of homemade dog treats and styling bandanas for canine companions.

Another booth offers homemade children’s clothes in soft, comfortable material.

Don’t Ruffle my Feathers booth, features

By Kerry Angelbuer | k.angelbuer@mycityjournals.com multi-colored eggs for sale offering cream, olive, green and brown eggs of differing sizes with all proceeds going toward autism treatment. A scrapbook of the laying chickens and their roosters was displayed. Andrea Simmons spoke warmly of her large flock of chickens and her son Scotland who suffers from autism.

“We sell fresh farm eggs from our backyard and all the proceeds go to help children that have therapy needs,” said Simmons. “We are trying to increase the amount of workers in the field and help families that don’t have insurance or the money to get their children into the office to get the clinical necessities that are so needed for these children.

“I take care of the chickens cause healthy chickens provide healthier and more nutritious eggs,” said Scotland.

“We have families that come do therapy sessions with our chickens, whether they want to feed them or hold them,” said Andrea.

“Sometimes they just want to find the eggs. We have field trips from the school that come to learn about chickens, and we provide eggs for the classroom to hatch and then they come and see the adult side and figure out who the mom was and who the dad was. The special needs kids come and spend time with them.”

Andrea also described her son’s prescribed emotional support chicken named Elle.

“She has been to school,” said Andrea. “On

Andrea and Scotland Simmons are selling eggs to help fund therapy for children with autism. The booth features multi-colored eggs for sale offering cream, olive, green and brown eggs of differing sizes. Photo

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the first day of school which was an emotional stressor, she came with a harness, and everyone knows her name. When he has gone to get certain things done like a nose swab for COVID she is in the car with him.”

As his mother talked about how much she loves her feathered friends, Scotland sat nearby waiting for his chance to go purchase a fried

pickle.

The fresh produce, locally grown, will come later in the summer as the growing season continues. Warm weather will also multiply the vendors and their visitors as this old tradition with a new name continues in North Salt Lake. l

Buy a bike during the Davis County Children’s Justice Center sales event and help a victim of child abuse

By Peri Kinder | peri.k@davisjournal.com

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very year, Floyd Baham’s front lawn turns into one of the biggest bike sales in the county. Baham is a board member of the Friends of Davis County Children's Justice Center and the annual bike sale brings in between $10,000 and $14,000 to fund programs and services for victims of child abuse.

Located at 198 S. Main Street in Kaysville, directly across from the Kaysville Fire Department, the sale will be held on Saturday, May 7, from 7 a.m. until noon. Unclaimed stolen or confiscated bikes are collected from local police departments throughout the year and sold to support the Davis County CJC in Farmington.

“One of the most important things is the bike sale helps to pay costs for the kids that come in,” said Tanya Perkins, the Davis County CJC Director. “Children come here and are interviewed by people who are very specially trained in these types of interviews. We interviewed 509 children at the Davis County center in 2021.”

Proceeds from the sale also pay for equipment and furniture, food and snacks, registration costs for officials to attend the Children’s Justice Symposium and upkeep of the saltwater aquarium.

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“The aquarium helps calm children that come to the center but it’s kind of expensive to maintain a saltwater aquarium,” Perkins said.

In the past, child abuse victims were interviewed at police stations, often in interrogation rooms. The CJC was started 25 years ago to provide a comfortable, safe environment for children. Victim service coordinators meet with parents while the child is being interviewed to help parents fill out forms and tell them what to expect. They partner with counseling centers to provide mental health services.

“The Children’s Justice Center model helps communities respond more effectively to child abuse,” Perkins said. “Every child that’s interviewed gets to take home a stuffed animal and a blanket. Davis County is so generous and people donate these items all year.

It’s something the kids really treasure.”

The Davis County CJC accepts donations all year. A list of needed items can be found at DavisCountyUtah.gov.

Working with children from infants to 18-years-old, specialists at the CJC partner with the attorney general’s office, police departments, Child Protective Services, and Primary Children’s Hospital specialists who do

The annual Davis County Children’s Justice Center Bike Sale on Saturday, May 7 in Kaysville is expected to bring in more than $10,000 to fund programs, services, and equipment at the center.

medical exams of the children at the center.

An average of 100 medical exams are done each year at the Davis County location, which serves more than 1,000 people annually.

“The bike sale is a great way to come out and support your community,” Perkins said.

“It’s a really good community event. People can leave with something they need and it will benefit us.”l

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Woods Cross Elementary second grader wins State PTA Reflections contest

By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com WOODS CROSS—Andrew Gunnerson wants to be a scientist when he grows up. That was the inspiration behind his winning poem in the State PTA Reflections contest. Gunnerson’s entry will now go on to the national contest.

Using his imagination, Gunnerson wrote a poem for the PTA contest based on the theme, “How I can change the world.”

In his poem, “How I can change the world to help other people” Andrew describes a teleporting machine that goes into the future but not the past and a water gun that shoots root beer.

“Andrew said he didn’t want to teleport into the past because he didn’t want to see any dinosaurs,” said his mother Haylee. “He wrote the poem when we missed about three weeks of school in the fall because the school was quarantined.”

Andrew Gunnerson had the winning entry at the State PTA Reflections contest for his poem “How I can change the world to help other people.”

Families fly kites during the Kite Festival in North Salt Lake. Photo courtesy City of North Salt Lake

North Salt Lake celebrates the 10th annual Kite Festival at Tunnel Springs Park

By Peri Kinder | peri.k@davisjournal.com

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t’s been 10 years since North Salt Lake introduced the city’s Kite Festival and everyone is invited to celebrate the anniversary of the event at Tunnel Springs Park (1080 Eaglepointe Dr.) on Saturday, May 14 at 9 a.m.

Attendees can enjoy live music, food trucks and a cake walk with doughnuts and

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cinnaburst bread, sponsored by Lee’s Marketplace. Kids can bring a decorated bike or scooter to ride in the kids’ parade and compete for prizes.

Families can bring their own kites and a limited number of free kites will be available for kids to decorate and fly. Fore more information, visit nslcity.org. l

Come fly with ‘Peter and the Pirates’ Bring the whole family for a night out of fun at Woods Cross Elementary’s production of “Peter and the Pirates,” May 20 and May 21 at 7 p.m. The play is a parody of Peter Pan with fairytale mermaids and pirates instead of Indians. The cast is made up of fourth, fifth and sixth graders. Courtesy photo

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Woods Cross senior’s piece wins award of merit at All-State High School Art Show

By Hannah Sandorf Davis | h.davis@mycityjournals.com

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ylie Derrick has always loved art. The Woods Cross senior was recognized for her talent winning an award of merit at the All-State High School Art Show held at the Springville Museum of Art. The exhibition ran from early February to the end of March. Derrick’s piece is a still life titled Lavender and Lemons featuring a glass vase with a sprig of lavender, a crusty loaf of bread, a dark glass bottle, and lemons. Her piece is a study in texture and reflections, an exploration of how light interacts with different surfaces including glass, fruit skins, flowers, and wood.

Derrick was able to attend the award ceremony in Springville. She said one of her favorite parts was meeting artists from all across the state. A second celebration was held at the Utah State Capitol with Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. “It felt special to be recognized at that level,” said Derrick.

Derrick became interested in art at a young age because her mom, Courtney Derrick, is a professional artist.

“I was always around art and seeing my mom work on different paintings,” she said. “She does landscapes, still lifes, portraits, whatever she wants to or is commissioned to paint.” Derrick grew up experimenting with watercolors, acrylics, and sketching regularly.

Even though her mother’s primary medium is oil paint, Derrick herself did not experiment with oils until she took Nate Hillyard’s class at Woods Cross High School. The first assignment, she said, was a black and white oil painting where students learned to mix brown and blue to make black and paint in shades of gray. After that, they painted another composition using only two complementary colors. These assignments helped prepare her for the next two paintings which were full color oil paintings.

Derrick’s interest in oil painting has grown quickly with her involvement in an AP Art class and the creation of her own art portfolio. Derrick generally choses to paint realistic subjects like still lifes and landscapes but with her own interpretation. “I like to take something everyday that other people might pass by and make it my own,” she said. “I want to bring my own touch to normal things so that people notice them.”

As for future plans Derrick is not sure where her path might take her, but she does know she wants it to include art. “I’ve thought about maybe becoming an art therapist or doing something similar,” she said. Currently she has received a scholarship to the Savannah College of Art and Design, but is not sure if she will go just yet. “I might

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Derrick’s painting “Lavender and Lemons.” Photo courtesy Springville Museum of Art

want to stick around and make more connections here before going to a major art school,” she said. Her interest right now is in keeping her options open, learning as much as she can, and finding the place in the art world where she would fit.

Derrick has another piece being displayed at the Bountiful Davis Art Center for the Davis School District Art Show, this one titled Grandma. It’s a portrait of her grandma through the items her grandma loves, especially her perfume bottles. Derrick received an honorable mention for that painting as well from the BDAC judges. l

Mylie Derrick has been interested in art from a young age. The Woods Cross senior received an award of merit for her art piece “Lavender and Lemons.” Photo courtesy of Mylie Derrick

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Summer Nights with the Stars announces 2022 season

By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com

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he Davis Arts Council has announced its summer lineup for the 2022 Summer Nights with the Stars season, and it’s filled with musical talent and variety. All of the concerts will be performed at The Kenley Amphitheater in Layton, starting on Thursday, June 16.

Among this year’s headline acts are 38 SPECIAL, America, Sara Evans, Blue Oyster Cult, Suzy Bogguss, Jocelyn & Chris, the Oak Ridge Boys, and KANSAS. This is the 26th season for the concert series, and with a seating room for less than 2,000 patrons, the audiences are always close to the performers.

“In the Kenley Amphitheater, you are never more than 200 feet from the stage,” said Tessa Vaschel, executive director of the arts council. “Being so close to the stage at a large show like 38 SPECIAL, even if you are sitting in the very back row, is a completely unique concert experience.”

Season ticket purchasing and renewals will occur from April 11-15. New subscribers can purchase a general admission season ticket package that starts at $104 per person, with the option to add Special Engagement events at a discounted rate before the general public on-sale date. Individual show tickets go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. At that time, tickets can be purchased online at davisarts.org/tickets, over the phone at 801-546-8575, or at the DAC box office at 445 N. Wasatch Dr., Layton, 84041.

Phone and box office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. through the end of April. Beginning May 1, box office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ticket prices vary for each performance, with Special Engagement Events higher.

Here’s a look at the acts coming to Layton. Special engagements are marked as such: Thursday, June 16 – STARSHIP featuring Mickey Thomas With hits like “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” and “We Built This City,” STARSHIP featuring Mickey Thomas will start

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the season. He is the owner of the soaring voice that propelled Starship through the decades of the 80s and 90s.

Monday, June 20 – 38 SPECIAL (Special engagement) After more than four decades, 38 SPECIAL will bring their signature blast of Southern Rock to the Kenley! 38 SPECIAL’s many Gold and Platinum album awards stand in testament to the endurance of a legendary powerhouse.

Wednesday, June 29 – The Brit Pack The Brit Pack plays only the most epic classics by British artists. Come and hear some of the most iconic hits by The Beatles, Queen, David Bowie, Elton John, and more.

Thursday, July 7 – America (Special engagement) America, the perennial classic-rock favorite, celebrates its 50th anniversary. High School friends Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell quickly harmonized their way to the top of the charts on the strength of their signature song “A Horse with No Name.”

Saturday, July 16 – Sara Evans (Special engagement) Multi-platinum entertainer Sara Evans is the fifth mostplayed female artist at country radio the last two decades, with five No. 1 singles that include “No Place That Far,” “Suds in The Bucket,” “A Real Fine Place to Start,” and “Born to Fly.” Wednesday, July 20 – Winter Dance Party: The Official Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper John Mueller’s “Winter Dance Party” ® is the official live and authentic re-creation of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper’s final tour.

Thursday, July 28 – Forever Simon & Garfunkel Forever Simon & Garfunkel celebrates the best-selling duo in rock n’roll history. Sean Altman and Jack Skuller will lead you on a journey through all things S & G. Wednesday, Aug. 3 – Blue Öyster Cult For five decades, Blue Öyster Cult has been thrilling fans of hard rock worldwide with their influential albums loaded with

KANSAS Courtesy Emily Butler photography Sara Evans Courtesy photo

classic songs including “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and “Burning for You.” Saturday, Aug. 6 – TOAST – The Ultimate Bread Experience: Toast – The Ultimate Bread Experience is a live band that faithfully re-creates all the hits of the 70s hit band Bread and the solo work of its founders David Gates and James Griffin.

Thursday, Aug. 11 – Suzy Bogguss Grammy award-winning and Platinum-selling artist Suzy Bogguss has covered Country, Swing, Jazz, Folk, Americana, and Roots music with style and grace.

Saturday, Aug. 20 – The Johnson Files (Special engagement) The Johnson Files Improv Show is a hilarious, one-of-akind show where everything is entirely made up on the spot based on audience suggestions!

Wednesday, Aug. 24 – Jocelyn & Chris Meet Jocelyn & Chris. Siblings, Harvard grads, and two analog souls, intent on inciting a new rock revival. Lauded by American Songwriter as “pure American rock goodness.”

Tuesday, Aug. 30 – The Oak Ridge Boys (Special engagement) One of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry, the four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a number one Pop smash!

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Tuesday, Sept. 6 – KANSAS (Special engagement) KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands! This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 and has gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Saturday, Sept. 10 – The Bon-

ner Family Comprised of Mom, Dad, eight kids, and the eldest grandchild, The Bonner Family enjoys creating music together with a Christ-centered focus as the theme for their music. l

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Linford becomes the 19th superintendent in the Davis School District

By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—The Davis School District Board of Education voted unanimously during a special meeting on April 20 to appoint Dr. Daniel R. Linford as the next superintendent. Linford will succeed Reid Newey who is retiring as superintendent in June. He will officially begin his position on July 1.

Linford currently serves as a secondary school director for the district and was among seven finalists for the position.

With his appointment, Linford becomes the 19th superintendent in the Davis School District. Linford has 23 years of experience in education and began his career teaching high school English. He became the assistant principal of Viewmont High School in 2005, then principal in 2011. Linford obtained his bachelor’s degree in English teaching from Weber Secondary school director Dr. Daniel Linford was State University and a master’s degree and appointed as the new Davis School District superdoctorate in Educational Leadership & Policy intendent. Courtesy DSD from the University of Utah.

The district has been under a microscope after a Department of Justice investigation interviews. Linford is highly qualified and well showed widespread racial discrimination but respected in DSD and across the state for his Linford said he is prepared to tackle the issues. work ethic and academic rigor. He has applied “It certainly happens here, but we want to his teaching and administrative experience to lead out. We’re compelled to lead out. If a day support schools across the district in his direcor two goes by without a report we never stop tor role. We see Linford as an innovative leader and wipe our brow. We never have the mindset who will utilize his communication skills and that we’ve conquered it.” open-minded approach to be a problem-solver The Board issued the following statement and relationship builder. after Linford’s appointment: “The board recognizes the unique chal“The Davis School District Board of Ed- lenges of our time and expects leadership that ucation unanimously affirms Dr. Daniel Lin- is accountable and equitable in working with ford as the new superintendent of Schools. all stakeholders. We look forward to continued The board is confident about this decision after excellence and progress in Davis District with a robust process of community engagement, Linford’s collaborative leadership and commitstakeholder reviews, portfolio evaluations and ment to student achievement.” l

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The Children’s Center of Utah recognizes Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month

By Peri Kinder | peri.k@thecityjournals.com

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ach year on May 7, Children's Mental Health Awareness Day brings recognition to the value of a child’s mental health.

But The Children's Center of Utah will highlight the importance of children’s mental health all month long.

“Our organization is inviting the whole community to become involved,” said Rebecca Dutson, The Children's Center of Utah president and CEO. “On our website, people can find a whole lot of ideas they can be engaged in or their business can be engaged with. The more we talk about it, the less there will be a stigma.”

The Center is asking businesses to give a portion of proceeds to The Children's Center of Utah during May and invites everyone to promote its mission on social media platforms.

Yard signs are available to put outside a home or business, promoting awareness for children’s mental health. Anyone interested can contact Joni Clark at jclark@tccutah.org to reserve a sign. Or visit childrenscenterutah.org/awareness for more ideas on how to become an ambassador for mental health and raise money for the cause.

“The best thing we can all do is start talking more openly about not just our own mental health but mental health in the family,” Dutson said. “There is so much support.

One of the promises we make to our community is that we do not turn anyone away for inability to pay.”

Supporters are also invited to attend The Children's Center of Utah’s SHINE Gala on produces and hosts a weekly podcast on Friday, June 3, at the Gallivan Center Plaza. her website – Life and Laughter Coaching The gala will be in-person, the first time in (https://www.landlcoaching.com/). two years, and there is lots of interest from We offer our congratulations to Peri! l long-term supporters.

Journal columnist wins Best of State award

eri Kinder, who has written her Life and Laughter column for almost 19 years for the Davis and City Journals, was named winner of the Best of State award for journalism for 2022. She will receive her award at a gala on May 26 at the Salt Palace Grand Ballroom.

It’s the latest of a cavalcade of awards she has won for her humor column, and this is her first nomination in the Best of State award program. She earned two first-place awards from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2021 for both humor column and editorial for all newspapers in Utah, as well as dozens of other SPJ and Utah Press Association awards for her columns.

Kinder was raised in Murray and is a graduate of Murray High School. In addition to her duties as a columnist, she also writes feature stories for our newspapers. She is a certified yoga teacher and a life coach, and

Attendees at the 2019 SHINE Gala helped raise money for The Children’s Center of Utah. The annual fundraiser helps pay for comprehensive mental health treatment for children up to 6 years old. (Photos courtesy of Sparkle Photography)

The SHINE Gala, which started more than 20 years ago, features a social hour, silent and live auctions, entertainment and a buffet dinner. In the past, the event has raised more than $500,000 to help pay for children’s mental health services. Registration is available on The Children's Center of Utah website.

“We’re shining a light on the importance of early childhood mental health and comprehensive mental health care for children,” Dutson said. “Every child and every child’s needs are unique. We encourage families who have concerns about their child to reach out and start a conversation.”

COVID shone a light on mental health issues. Children were heavily impacted by their parents’ stress, the change of schedules and isolation from friends and family during the pandemic. “[The pandemic] allowed for more conversations about mental health. We just want to continue to build on that,” Dutson said.

“The relationships that children have with their caregivers and parents are so important. It’s usually those adults that realize there might be a concern. When we talk about mental health it can change the trajectory of a child’s life.”

The Children's Center of Utah works with children from infants through 6 years of age. Its mission is to bring a heightened awareness to the issue of children’s mental health. For more than 50 years, the organization has used evidence-based treatments, helping more than 1,800 children each year to increase resilience and develop healthy emotional well-being.l

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Davis Heritage Festival set for May 19-21

By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com

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he Davis Heritage Festival, hosted by the Utah State University Botanical Gardens, will take place May 19-21 as a family-friendly spring event held in conjunction with Baby Animal Days. The 4-H Horse and Livestock Show will be held as a separate event Aug. 18-20. Tickets for the Festival are now on sale.

It will take the place of the Davis County Fair, which will no longer be held.

“The purpose of this change is to focus on agriculture, give community members and local businesses a chance to share their creative endeavors through locally made or grown projects, and to celebrate the heritage of Davis County,” said Randy Elliott, Davis County commissioner, in a release from USU Extension. “In addition, it will honor the past, promote the strong future ahead, and more accurately reflect what has built the Davis County community.”

“There is symmetry between USU Botanical Center’s mission and Davis County’s efforts in promoting and supporting agriculture and local heritage,” said Jerry Goodspeed, director of the USU Botanical Center.

“We look forward to sharing this wonderful new event with the community. Our new Davis Heritage Festival committee has some wonderful local talent, demonstrations, an

adventure zone, entertainment, and of course baby animals ready for the event.”

Annual 4-H events are still moving forward with the county fair horse show on Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Hooper City Arena at 8 a.m. and the stock show held Aug. 18-20 at the Golden Spike Arena in Ogden.

Tickets for the Davis Heritage Festival are available at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/davis-heritage-festival-2022-tickets-257475144087. For further information and updates, visit https://extension.usu.edu/ davisheritagefestival/ or usubotanicalcenter. org.

The Utah State University Botanical Center located in Kaysville guides the conservation and wise use of plant, water and energy resources through research-based educational experiences, demonstrations, and technology. l

Baby Animal Days will be held May 19-21 as part of the Davis Heritage Festival at the USU Botanical Gardens in Kaysville. Courtesy photo

Long-time educator appointed to lead school district’s Office of Equal Opportunity

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Auld brings to the position extensive experience as a teacher and school administrator in the Logan City School District and Granite School District. He also worked for more than a decade in juvenile corrections prior to his time in education and received the Citizenship Award from Unified Police Department for his work with students involved in gangs. Auld has two master’s degrees in Social Work and Education.

“Mr. Auld has an extensive work history of greatness in working with special populations and has made a significant difference for good, everywhere he has been,” said Davis School District Superintendent Reid

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Advance directives important at any age

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t’s a tough conversation to talk about the end of life, but an advance directive gives patients a voice when they can no longer speak for themselves. It’s not just for the elderly either. Life changing events can happen at any age so having a directive in place can make it easier for family members to honor their loved one’s wishes.

“We all live in a world where we want to live life to the fullest and have our last moments as comfortable as possible,” said Kencee Graves, MD, associate chief medical officer for inpatient health, University of Utah Health. “But we don’t always have control of what happens so sometimes things can be disastrous like a stroke or car accident. I think we don’t want to think about those things but one way to protect our loved ones is to have conversations about what we would and would not want to help us have the quality of life that fits us best.”

Dominic Moore, MD, medical director of palliative care, Intermountain Healthcare sees a large number of children with serious illnesses that need to make these types of emergency plans. “I see what a great benefit it is for those families even though it’s a tough conversation,” he said. “It allows people to just focus on things emotionally and get through it together.”

Studies show how difficult it is for families and doctors to discuss someone’s long-term planning for death, said Steve Cherrington, MD, MountainStar Healthcare. “Most don’t talk about it so many people are unprepared. If you don’t have a directive you may not get the care you want. So often I see a lot of hurt and a lot of grief on the part of the family left behind that weren’t able to answer those ques-

tions.”

Without an advance directive, doctors do what they have to in order to save lives, said Dr. Arlen Jarrett, chief medical officer, Steward Healthcare. “We do a full court press until we know we’re not supposed to. The first thing we’re looking for is that spokesperson, that decision maker.”

When someone is sick and in the ICU and there’s not a designated spokesperson, on occasions situations can become very difficult, he said. “One sibling or one son or daughter may not feel the same as one of the other siblings or son or daughter. These directives would probably help keep the peace which most of us would want for our families.”

“I was basically my dad’s voice as he was admitted to the emergency room,” said Aimee Smith. “When you go to the ER you really don’t know what’s going to happen there.

Palliative care came into speak with us and helped foster that conversation because it’s a hard conversation to have, one many people are really uncomfortable with. My dad in particular struggled with the idea of his own mortality.”

Smith said she’s the only child that lived nearby so the decisions fell to her. “During those moments you’re highly emotional and highly erratic. I felt so relieved that when this will likely happen again some of this will be done and I don't have to do this whole thing again.”

An advanced directive should be where family members have access to it, said Moore. “Make sure they’re aware of it and have it in a designated place in the house. Talk to your doctor about it and have the document on file at the hospital.”

These are living documents, he said. “They should

Having an advance directive helps loved ones and doctors know what your wishes are for end of life care. Courtesy photo

be revisited using the four Ds. Diagnosis, decline, divorce or death. Sometimes a patient has designated a spouse but they’ve become their ex spouse or perhaps they have already died.”

Cherrington said he had a 35-year-old patient who was in the hospital for weeks with COVID. “He and his wife had never talked about it at all. They were able to have a few discussions before he was intubated. You’re not too young to talk about this. Many of my patients that pass away are very young, so these discussions really need to be taken on very early.” l

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X marks the spot

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e might not have a parrot or an eye patch, but my dad has found more buried treasure than any pirate. Inside his mild-mannered dad costume lurks the heart of Captain Jack Sparrow, ready to tackle any adventure with dashing flair and comic grace.

On a blustery day in April, he took a pickaxe and hammer to help his great-grandkids find fossilized shells and pieces of quartz on the side of a mountain near his home in central Utah. He was excited about every discovery, and everywhere he looked, he saw treasure.

He pointed to the west and said, “That mountain is full of blue agate.” He pointed down and leaned in to whisper, “We’re standing on the biggest gold mine in the state.” He pointed east to where dinosaur bones hide in the hills and pointed south to Native American sites where he’s examined petroglyphs and rock paintings.

I’ve explored with Dad many times, usually only finding spiders, cacti and the occasional rattlesnake. He can stick his hand in a hole in a rock and pull out gemstones, old coins and a jackalope skull.

Dad’s always had a sense of adventure. If he could make a living exploring

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ghost towns and spelunking in caves for lost treasure, à la Indiana Jones, he’d be the happiest man on earth.

With his keen, scientific mind, he built model airplanes and assembled rockets that exploded in midair, not always on purpose. He’d ignite a mini cannon on the Fourth of July that freaked out the neighbors, cracked a basement window and set off car alarms. We’d run inside and hide like the Feds were after us. They probably were.

For him, life has been one big treasure hunt. He often takes his metal detector to parks and always shows up when a road is being dug or a house demolished.

You never know what he’ll find; sometimes a rare penny, sometimes radioactive marbles.

He once discovered a class ring and

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used his Hercule Poirot-level detective skills to return it to the family of the man who’d lost it decades earlier.

Even with his work, he stood on the leading edge of discovery. In the ’60s, he helped build the first communications system for Air Force One. Later, he created cameras that flew on the space shuttle, were installed in telescopes and helped aerial refueling tankers.

A camera he designed took the first pictures of the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean.

Never one to pass up a good conspiracy theory, Dad talks about his close encounters with UFOs, ghosts, the Illuminati and home teachers. He also plays the accordion, although how can you tell if someone does that well?

He’s a master woodworker, making toys, banjos, ukuleles and violins that he donates to teens. He cuts and polishes the stones he finds to make necklaces, and he’s been known to set a trap or two for Santa Claus. He’d frighten us with scary stories before bedtime, stories he insisted were true, which made it worse.

If Dad had the chance to take a rocketship to the moon, he’d already be packed. He’d love to fly in a fighter jet

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But through all of his adventures, misadventures, escapades, quests, deeds and feats of reckless abandon, Dad knows the biggest treasure is the one in his own backyard.

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