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CONCEPT PLAN FOR SOUTH CAIRNS DEVELOPMENT

By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

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he Sandy City Council approved concept plans for the South Cairns development project presented by Raddon Development during its April 9 meeting.

The project is a piece of the city’s overall Cairns Master Plan, which aims to create a “downtown-like” area between Rio Tinto Stadium and South Town Mall, all following the theme of “Mountain Meets Urban.” This particular development is situated on city-owned land between I-15 and Centennial Parkway and between 10200 South and Mail Ring Road.

The proposed project would include the tallest building in Utah outside of Salt Lake City, an 18-story tower consisting of both corporate office space and a hotel. There would also be a second six-story office building connected to the tower by a two-story glass skybridge over Monroe Street. There would also be a new apartment building containing 204 units, located directly south of the South Towne Promenade as well as restaurant and retail space lining Centennial Parkway and 10200 South. Two seperate parking structures serving the entire development would total over 1,700 parking stalls.

The design was chosen from a list of proposals the city received after issuing an RFP (request for proposal).

“All of the shortlisted proposals were really good. It was not an easy decision,” said Nick Duerksen, the city’s director of economic development.

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Their proposal was designed in coordination with the architectural firm, Beecher Walker, which has designed multiple iconic buildings in the area including Hale Centre Theatre and the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

Jory Walker, the principal architect and president of Beecher Walker, told the council the development would satisfy a demand for more urban housing in the south part of the valley.

“I’ve done six million square feet of office space in the Silicon Slopes area,” he said. “The problem is no one wants to live there. They all live in Sugar House. They all live in 9th and 9th. That’s why the freeways have gotten crazy because people are working out here in our neck of the woods but they’re not living out here because we haven’t created cool new places for them to live.”

That vision fits with what Sandy City is trying to accomplish with its Cairns project.

“It’s a concept plan at this point but it has all the nuts and bolts of everything the Cairns Master Plan calls for which is mixed-use, density, corporate headquarters, a hotel, mixed with residential and retail,” said Duerksen.

Now that the concept plan has been approved by the administration and the city council, it must now go through the architecture review committee, planning commission and public hearings. Duerksen said it’s possible it could move through

A rendering of the South Cairns development project, visualized looking south from the South Towne Promenade. (Courtesy of Raddon Development)

those steps in the next few months and the project could begin construction by late summer. The massive project, however, is expected to take five to six years to complete. l

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Austin Fairbourn of Wasatch Musician in Sandy restrings a customer’s guitar with new strings donated by D’Addario on April 13. The old strings will be recycled.

(Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

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usic stores in the Sandy area celebrated Earth Day by recycling guitar strings.

Two that participated were Wasatch Musician and Riverton Music. New guitar strings donated by D’Addario were put on customers’ instruments and the old strings were turned in to get recycled.

“This is our third time doing this. We donate our labor, and D’Addario donates the new strings and recycles the old ones. They usually do it every Earth Month,” said Austin Fairbourn, an employee of Wasatch Musician at 640 East Union Square.

The event ran from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 13. Customers were greeted by a guitar technician and there was a box for old strings. “D’Addario uses a company called TerraCycle that accepts hard-to-recycle materials. I don’t know the recycling process, but there are a lot of different alloys in the strings. This keeps stuff out of the landfill and also gets people to try out their strings,” Fairbourn said.

Events like this are a win all around because customers can get new strings while supporting their local music stores. “We do repairs, sales, we have jam nights. We’re just a mom and pop place, and this event helps get people in the store so they can get to know us,” said Fairbourn.

Many customers liked the idea of an employee putting strings on. Cathy Cash is a local musician who came in for the event because she wanted her guitar to get a little TLC. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. I heard about it on Facebook and I’ve been in here a couple of times. I care about my guitar and I wanted to have it done right,” Cash said.

Fairbourn said he has gotten a basic string change down to a science. “My fastest

time is about three minutes. But today I’m also cleaning it and oiling the fingerboard.

When you have the strings off it’s the best time to get in and clean out any dirt and finger oils,” said Fairbourn.

Fairbourn also said Utah’s dry climate is harsh on guitars, and recommends making sure they get oiled regularly.

Riverton Music employee Corbin Cox was in charge of restringing at their store at 9491 South 255 West. He agreed that guitars need to be cleaned and maintained. “I know this stuff. I’ve done it enough times that I’m pretty proficient. I’m a certified Taylor tech, so you’re getting a technician to look at it.

There are some other things that I do like tightening the tuners,” Cox said.

The event, which is officially called Play Back, has been good for the stores. “We did the event last year. This gets people to bring in their guitars so we can take a look at them.

We’re not the biggest guitar dealer but we know a lot. We can help find parts, check on your instrument. We have open mic nights.

We just want to help people make music,” said Cox. Cox said he felt good recommending the donated D’Addario strings to customers.

“I’ve been using D’Addario strings for a long time. They’re really consistent. I’ve never had a bum string. Sometimes you’ll have a string turn black which means it’s oxidized.

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Kevin Fairbourn of Wasatch Musician talks strings with local musician Cathy Cash. Cash came in to recycle her old strings and get a free set of new ones. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

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Sandy Arts Guild following trend of children’s theater with ‘Mary Poppins, Jr.’

By Heather Lawrence | heather.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

The cast of “Mary Poppins, Jr.” spent many evenings and Saturday mornings at rehearsals. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

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he Sandy Arts Guild took a gamble recently that kids in Sandy loved theater.

And the gamble paid off. “Mary Poppins, Jr.” played in Sandy at the Theater at Mount Jordan from April 24 to 27. Over 100 child actors auditioned for the show, which follows a trend of “junior” productions written specifically for casts made up completely of kids.

Stephanie Chatterton directed Mary Poppins, Jr. noting the high turnout. “We had over 100 child actors between the ages of 10 and 18 audition. And there were only enough parts for 55 kids. The competition was stiff,” Chatterton said.

Chatterton has directed other shows

around the valley, including those in the “junior” genre. “These are productions made specifically with younger casts and audiences in mind. They are cut for time and content, and they are intended to be played with a cast of kids,” said Chatterton.

Standards for the show were high.

“Sometimes the age limit starts at 8, but this show’s music and dancing are too complex, so we started at 10. We taught everyone to tap. We hired a dialect coach. People are going to be pleasantly surprised at the quality of this production,” Chatterton said.

Chatterton’s music director is vocal coach Eric Richards, whose roots are in Sandy. “Every show we choose a theme. For this show it was ‘The Power of One.’ Mary Poppins is really this one person who comes in and changes everything. We asked each cast member to think of a person in their life who has influenced them for good. It gave more meaning to the whole thing,” Richards said.

At the top of the age range in Sandy’s show were Ethan Smith and Bex Millington, the “veteran” high school actors playing Bert and Mary. Smith said he’s always liked performing. “I was in ‘The Lion King, Jr.’ in middle school. Then I just kept auditioning for more and more stuff.”

Millington, who is a senior at Bingham

High, said her mom was the one who got her into theater at a young age. “I started acting when I was 5. I’ve been doing one or two shows every year. I’ve done school shows, and I’ve been doing Sandy shows since I was about 13.”

The community shows present an opportunity to perform outside of school productions, but also require the students to make some hard choices. “My school does two shows a year. The way the schedule works, I can do the fall show at my high school, but for spring semester I have to choose between doing the school show or the Sandy show,” Millington said.

Smith said he gets to meet new people doing community shows. “I don’t know anyone here, where at school I know everyone, so it’s a good opportunity to make new friends. Working with younger kids is really different. It’s fun, but sometimes they are rowdy and misbehave,” Smith said.

Millington enjoys learning different approaches to theater. “At Bingham they’re very intense with their theater program.

Coming here is still a very professional environment, but it’s a different approach. It’s interesting to see that two different theaters can still achieve the same level of professionalism in different ways,” said Millington.

Smith said people should look forward to his song “Jolly Holiday.” “People should be excited to come see me in that one. It’s Bert’s song, and he leaves and then comes back in this really awesome costume,” Smith said.

Smith also related to the theme chosen

by Richards, which made him think about a friend of his. “When I was in middle school I wasn’t making the best choices or spending time with the best friends. Ryan invited me to sit with him, and finally I did and I started making better choices,” Smith said.

Millington was excited about learning a new skill for the show: flying. “At cast meeting they announced they’d make me fly and I was so scared. I wear a harness and it’s really uncomfortable, but I’m so excited. It’s a strange opportunity that I’ve never had before. I hope people come to see me fly!”

Millington said.

Millington sees the draw for doing a junior show. “Working with kids helps you build up your patience, and it’s also fun. You can’t do a show like this in high school with high school students playing little kids.”

With junior shows coming up at Copperview, Hale Center Theatre Orem and the University of Utah, this is a trend that’s here to stay. l

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By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com lta High ProStart teacher Rachel Farmer knows how her students

Farmer, as a culinary arts student, won state and competed at nationals.

Now, Alta High culinary students in their inaugural season won the state championship March 12 and will have the opportunity to compete for the national title May 8–10 in Washington, D.C. “It was my dream to coach ProStart,” Farmer said. “I grew up with this wonderful experience, gained confidence, made amazing friends, inspired me. I wanted to share that with my students. It’s pretty special.”

Alta High will represent Utah, competing in the culinary arts competition while Provo High, coached

by Farmer’s teacher Diane Cluff, will compete in the management portion.

“So much of who I am, I owe to her. Even when I started coaching this year, I asked her some questions about the rules early on,” Farmer said.

ProStart is a national two-year program for high school students that develops talent for the restaurant and food service industry. Students learn culinary techniques, management skills, communication, customer service skills, math, nutrition, and workplace and food safety procedures. They also learn effective leadership, performing under pressure and responsibility.

In Utah, there are about 70 ProStart programs. Students try out to make their school’s culinary team and then compete at one of the three regional competitions against about 12 to 14 teams. They are judged on techniques from knife safety to menu planning and from creating a business plan to taste of the prepared meal.

At Alta High, the program has 15 students; 12 tried out for the team, and five — team captain and junior Lillian Tilt, team manager and senior David Evans-Olsen, sophomore Annaleece Shomaker, senior Korbin Wies, and sophomore William Wilkinson — were selected.

“The students selected the menu.

They went to Barnes and Noble, looked at cookbooks, and meshed a lot of recipes they liked together to create original recipes. It was amazing the amount of work they put in to brainstorm their menu and then hours to practice it on top of learning how to prepare it. They spent hours after school and on Saturday mornings,” Farmer said.

Alta created and prepared their

At the regional competition, Jordan High ProStart students create a three-course gourmet meal in one hour, without electricity. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

winning “Taste of Asia” menu with a sunomono salad with ahi tuna, filet mignon with sweet potato and chard, and a coconut wanton cone and passion fruit mousse.

Preparation and practice started in the fall because teams competing at the Feb. 21 central region against about 12 other teams need to practice ProStart rules, which limit teams to two gas burners and no electricity, to prepare two of the same three-course meals consisting of an appetizer, entrée and dessert — one for judges to taste and the other for display.

At the competition, which is reminiscent of watching a competitive cooking television show, typically four students work together to dice and mince and the fifth acts as manager and timekeeper, ensuring the team is on track to meet the 60-minute time limit.

Farmer could only watch what her students learned at this point; there is no coaching from outside the ring where students are cooking.

Teams are judged on taste, presentation, technique, time management, knife safety, sanitation, food cost, menu planning, creating a business plan and more. After the competition, judges provide feedback.

That’s what Jordan High’s ProStart team was looking forward to at regionals after they prepared their meal of a cucumber wrap salad, lemon chimicurri chicken with a rice pilaf and grilled vegetable medley, and a raspberry and chocolate millefeuille.

“We looked up ideas and bounced ideas off of each other to come up with our menu,” Jordan senior Betty Dumsa said.

Teammate junior Enoch Miller said the team practiced about six hours

per week and had a base plan.

Junior Heidi Dector also said they were ready to improvise if something didn’t go well.

“It is really hot in here, with so many cooking at the same time,” she said. “The chocolate with our stacked dessert didn’t temper, but we were able to make it work.”

Their teacher, Shauna Young, said that through the preparation and competition, they learned problem-solving and teamwork.

“They practice everything over and over, figuring out how to make things work if they forgot things or need to change them, like knowing they can thicken up jam with starch if they need to,” she said.

Melva Sine, the president and CEO of the Utah Restaurant Association, which oversees Utah’s ProStart program, said the 20-year program gives students real-life skills.

“These competitors are able to think on their feet, know how to season or flavor, make a plate look as good as it tastes, work as a team to make a decision, and at the same time, know the proper knife safety, grilling, food handling, sanitation procedures,” she said.

“It definitely will help them when they work and own their own restaurants.”

Typically five teams advance to state from each region, which included both Alta and Jordan. This year, ProStart teams will be honored at a May 23 gala honoring the best in the state and the caterer will try to replicate Alta’s winning menu to serve the teams. l

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Talented young Sandy artists display their work at Shops at South Town

By Heather Lawrence | heather.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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lementary school students from all over Sandy had the chance to show their art at the Shops at South Town March 20–28. The Sandy Arts Guild partnered with Canyons School District and Canyons Region PTA to present the show, which garnered entries from public and private schools in the area.

An awards ceremony was held March 22.

“The Elementary School Art Show is an annual event. Each teacher can only turn in 10 pieces of artwork per class, so they have to be selective about what they can send,” said Elyse George of Sandy City.

The contest was open to students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Entries were due March 1 to the Canyons District Arts specialist. From the district, they were judged by a panel who selected a first, second, third and honorable mention winner from each grade.

Jason Law is a fourth grader from Altara Elementary whose work was chosen for display. “I like drawing. For this I did some tracing and then used chalk around the lines,” Jason said.

March 22 was the awards ceremony, which was hosted by the Shops at South Town in the new atrium on the first floor. It was a festive family atmosphere, and Jason’s family came out to support him, as did several students and families. “My aunt is here, my grandma and grandpa and my family came

Jason Law and his mom, Cathy, track down his entry for the Elementary Student Art Show in Sandy on March 22. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

tonight to see it,” said Jason, standing next to his mom Cathy Law. Mayor Kurt Bradburn was at the awards night with his family, and tried to drum up support on his Facebook page. “If you are at the Shops at South Town check out the Elementary School Art Show! We have some creative students in Sandy!” he posted on March 19.

In addition to the grade-level winners, each year there is a Best in Show and a May-

or’s Choice award. Brigham Boyer, a fifth grader from Willow Canyon Elementary, took home this year’s Best in Show prize for his impressive pencil drawing of a cheetah.

The 2019 Mayor’s Choice award went to John Libertini, a second grader at St. John the Baptist school in Draper.

John’s winning entry will be made into a T-shirt that might have a lot of people doing a double take. “It just came to me that it would be really funny to draw a snowman who is

upside down and pouring out his hot chocolate,” said John of his creation.

Even Bradburn was fooled by Libertini’s entry. He held the picture upside down when he posted it as his choice on Facebook on March 21, along with this caption: “It was hard to choose just one for the Mayor’s pick for the Elementary Student Art Show. Lots of talented little artists!”

John said that first he outlined and shaded the picture, then colored it in with chalk, crayon and paint.

John’s parents Franco and Zaida were very proud. “He was very committed; he was working very hard. It’s great to see that paying off. He’s never had any art classes or anything, but after this maybe we’ll sign him up.

If it’s something he likes to do, we will help him,” said Franco.

List of student winners: John Libertini, Brigham Boyer, Maria Lopez, Christian Rico, Sydney McArthur, Alexis Bergstrom, Hailey Cutler, Hudson York, Megan Hing, Mia Munoz, Isha Rane, Jackson Arlie, Ashley Luckau, Mikaela Seiler, Amara Fallgatter, Natelie OSterhout, Eli Poland, Izzy Garcia, Mackenzie Johnson, Taylor Buttars, Anders Collins, Jacob Stoen, Cruz Fawson, Cooper Madeo, Ava Bailey, Sofia Lyhnakis, Kiara Peterson, Jane Baumeister, Alice Li and Alec Velasquez. l

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appy Mother’s Day, Salt Lake County!

In the stories below, The City Journals shares various ways people throughout the valley celebrate Mother’s Day. An ‘incredibly therapeutic… Mother’s Day that I will never forget’ The already somber 9-11 date was forever more deeply darkened for Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton, with the news that her mother had died in a car accident Sept. 11, 2011.

“The pain was deep and the loss was so sudden that it was incredibly hard to process,” she recalled. “I knew my first Mother’s Day without my mom would be painful, so I decided to be proactive.”

The weekend before Mother’s Day in 2012, the resilient leader whom Republican power brokers are now encouraging to run for governor in 2020, invited women who had lost their mothers to come to a Mother’s Day luncheon at her Taylorsville home.

“I had people from my neighborhood, work and both sides of my family,” she noted. “We enjoyed lunch together and then went around the room and each of us showed a photo of our mom. It was incredibly therapeutic and a Mother’s Day that I will never forget.”

The badge of motherhood “When I was growing up, Mother’s Day was exciting for me and my siblings. It gave us an opportunity to show our mother how much we loved and appreciated her,” reflected Salt Lake County Sheriff and Riverton resident Rosie Rivera.

Rivera “started to not enjoy Mother’s Day so much” after the untimely passing of her mother at the young age of 52. “I was left with an emptiness that I could not fill,” she said.

“This feeling changed once I became a police officer 26 years ago,” she said, and then asked herself the rhetorical question, “Why the change?”

The answer from Utah’s only female sheriff and the sheriff responsible for the state’s most populous county is profound: “I have seen mothers who have lost a son or daughter in a tragedy, such as a drug overdose or a car accident, and the loss is incredible. I have seen mothers go to jail and not have the opportunity to spend the day with their children. I have seen the unconditional love mothers have for their children — regardless of their life choices — and I have seen the sacrifices mothers have made for their children. These experiences have made me appreciate Mother’s Day for the special day that it is.”

Muumuu for Mama: a colorful Mother’s Day in Samoa The 2019 “Project Runway” contestant and Salt Lake City designer Afa Ah Loo has fond memories of a special Mother’s Day, that occurred almost 20 years ago in a village

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“XO” marks the spot for Ruby Snap Mother’s Day cookies, which the gourmet cookie shop says are second in popularity to Valentine’s Day cookies. (Photo Credit Ruby Snap Cookies)

more than 5,000 miles away.

To celebrate Mother’s Day 2002, the then 16-year-old Ah Loo engaged both his biological mother and his grandmother, who reared him from birth and whom he refers to as his mother, in commemorating the holiday.

Ah Loo’s biological mother took him to the store to purchase the fabric he would use to then sew a colorful muumuu.

The gown would prove to be an early prototype for the designer’s “Amioga Samoa” fashion line, which took the Fiji Fashion Week by storm in 2018, which in turn, led to his being cast for Bravo’s current season of the reality TV “Project Runway” series, where clothing is design/produced/modeled in short timeframes by contestants looking for their big break into the fashion industry.

American Mothers Inc. and Utah Mothers Association: Honoring a ‘role not often recognized’ The Utah Mothers Association of the national American Mothers organization celebrates Mother’s Day the same way some depict the elves of Santa’s Workshop preparing for Christmas – the work to celebrate the following year’s Mother’s Day begins on the Mother’s Day holiday itself.

“We have been active in naming mothers of the year across the country since 1935,” said Utahn Deanne Taylor. She said the organization was founded to recognize the crucial contribution mothers made in pulling American families out of The Great Depression.

Motherhood is a role worthy of continual exploration, but “is a role not often recognized,” emphasized Taylor.

Salt Lake Valley families wanting to gift a unique honor might consider nominating

their moms for Utah Mother of the Year. The fairly breezy nomination process is available online: www.utahmothers.org/honor-mom/ mother-of-the-year/. (Utah moms do get noticed. School teacher Judy Cook from Vineyard, Utah, was the 2013 American Mother of the Year.)

Acting local with mothers around the world This Mother’s Day, volunteers and staff of the Utah Refugee Connection (URC) will host a luncheon at South Salt Lake’s Lincoln Elementary in Granite School District for approximately 300 refugee mothers from all over the world.

The annual event, now in its sixth year, will gift refugee mothers with the opportunity to learn quilting and receive professional Mother’s Day portraits “for women who had

to leave their pictures behind” in coming to the United States, explained URC Executive Director and Sandy resident Amy Dott Harmer.

URC dedicates the month of May to supporting refugee mothers, distributing paper towels, laundry detergent, and toiletries to refugee mothers and adding to the stockpile of supplies at their “Sharehouse” supply store at Lincoln Elementary.

“Some of the cultures they come from have a Mother’s Day and some don’t,” Harmer said. “We want them to feel honored and appreciated.”

Pastor-ized Mother’s Day appreciation and the cookie-making parents of seven who deliver An “XO” that tastes good? It sounded like the perfect gift to Pastor Vince Craig.

The lead pastor at C3 Church in Sandy, Craig feels Mother’s Day needs to be special for all women and wanted to provide a special gift, to “give moms something they can go home with.”

For the past three years, the church has partnered with downtown Salt Lake City gourmet cookie company Ruby Snap to order a few hundred individually-boxed cookies to make Mother’s Day a day “to spoil our moms,” he said.

The Millcreek couple at the helm of Ruby Snap dedicates their Mother’s Day to other mothers in the state and across the country. Parents of seven themselves, Ruby Snap founder Tami Mowen Steggell and husband Robert Steggell spend Mother’s Day baking and managing delivery logistics for custom cookies which literally spell love (with a delicious icing “XO” written on them). The ushers at C3 Church pass them out after the conclusion of the Mother’s Day service.

Of the Ruby Snap confections, “We give them to all of the women!” Craig exclaimed.

“Even if you are not a mom, you have a mom, and may yet be a mom.” l

“Project Runway” 2019 contestant and Salt Lake City resident Afa Ah Loo’s 2002 Mother’s Day creation helped inspire his current, colorful fashion line. (Photo Credit Afa Ah Loo)

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Elementary school musicals provide learning masked in fun

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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t Granite Elementary, first- and second-grade students look forward to being third graders just so they can perform “School House Rock.”

Stemming from the Emmy Award–winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science, social studies and more through clever catchy tunes, the kids’ musical is a tradition at Granite.

“It was something we immediately embraced,” third grade teacher Lisa Hekking said. “The students loved it, the parents were on board, the teachers remembered it. It’s students learning about conjunctions, about how a bill becomes a law, about space — all while singing, acting and having fun.”

Granite Elementary’s mid-March performances as well as Park Lane and Edgemont’s productions of “Seussical, Kids” have inspired students to learn as well as teachers to find enhanced avenues of teaching.

Granite third grade teacher Wendy Hamann said after decades of performing original plays written by former teacher Sarah Jenkins, their 2012 Beverley Taylor Sorensen drama specialist Karen Kidd suggested performing “School House Rock.”

“It was huge, but the kids were very excited about learning not only the songs, but the material in the songs,” she said, adding that now third grade teachers direct the show.

“Everyone has a singing or speaking part.

Everyone gets to be highlighted. Some kids may be shy or hidden, but they just blossom when they’re in this. It’s their time to shine.”

That meant dividing up larger parts, such as the character Tom, the main character. Every song or scene, there was another student taking on the role.

Eight-year-old Spencer Schmidt was one of the many Toms.

“I was really excited to play Tom,” he said about his role in the song “Interplanet Janet.” “The best thing was being active during the whole song and going around the planets to learn about them.”

Hamann said by learning their lines as

well as working together, students are learning cooperation as well as understanding that they’re part of a larger group. They also may be in their first-ever on-stage production.

“It helps them become a more well-rounded child and it may open another interest to them,” she said. “At the same time, they’re learning the core curriculum of speaking, listening, following directions, working together.”

The third graders also helped to integrate 11 students with special needs into the musical, even helping those who may need extra direction or assistance. They’re also breaking down stereotypical roles as this year, females were given roles as Elvis.

Third grader Chloe Bergen was one of those female Elvis impersonators.

“I like the part and I like singing,” she said. “It was really exciting and fun — Mrs. Hamann’s daughter came and helped us learn the dancing.”

Hekking said her favorite song this year was “Melting Pot,” which included nonverbal students signing and Spanish-speaking students speaking in their language.

“The musical moves them in a different way that nothing else can. You can see them moving, dancing, singing and it brings a whole different education to these students,” she said. “It’s always amazing to see what 8and 9-year-olds can do.”

Third grader Emma Ganic said her favorite song was “Elbow Room” since she liked the actions, but she learned the most from “I’m Just a Bill.”

“I learned that even if Congress discusses a bill, it may still die and not become a law,” she said about the lines that took her about two weeks to memorize looking in a mirror. “The best thing about ‘School House Rock’ is being with everyone, the entire group, singing and acting together.”

Her classmate, Cason Plott, said he would listen to the CD of songs teachers provided him in the car and learned all of them despite his Dad “helping” by singing the wrong lines.

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At Park Lane Elementary, 42 fifth graders took part in “Aladdin Kids.” (Photo courtesy of Camilla Duncan)

“The first performance was kind of scary, but then it was exciting when there were lots of parents,” he said after the shows.

“Now I’m sad. I want more performances.”

Park Lane and Edgemont Elementary’s Beverley Taylor Sorensen drama specialist Camilla Duncan expected there to be huge crowds for the 42 fifth-grade students’ late March performance at Park Lane as well as at Edgemont 56 fourth- and fifth-grade cast members’ late April performance, based on the packed production students gave of “Seussical, Kids” last year.

“They’re learning a lot, but it all comes together,” she said before the shows. “It’s an awesome experience for kids who already know the storyline, like the fun, colorful costumes and set, and are learning the challenging music. We start with practices every other week, but we increase it to weekly the month

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of the performance. It takes a lot of focus to know when to come on and how to perform, but that translates right back to the classroom on learning to focus on their assignments.

They’re learning without even realizing it.”

Duncan said it’s just not a chance to explore drama, but to learn other art forms in elementary school as well as learning new skills such as projection, keeping a beat, choreography, memorization and even new vocabulary in the songs they sing.

“I love to see kids step up and put their heart into it,” she said. “Maybe there’s shy or nervous students who get up there to do their lines and they come into their own. This helps them gain confidence. Some kids have special talents and it’s awesome to see those who dance and sing or draw and paint help with the set design. This is a chance to have their skills flourish.” l

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Sandy City mulls possibility of property tax increase as budget season begins

By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

In the coming weeks and months, the Sandy City Council will be having a serious conversation about the possibility of raising residents’ property taxes. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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n the coming weeks and months, the Sandy City Council will be having a serious conversation about the possibility of raising residents’ property taxes.

After the city administration presented its tentative budget for the next fiscal year during the April 16 council meeting, Coun-

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pring is upon us, summer is on the way; and with warmer temperatures and (hopefully) blue skies on the horizon, drivers can’t blame slick roads or blinding flurries for their faulty driving anymore.

Driving safely requires good driving habits. Habits. Not occasionally safe maneuvers. The following are some prudent practices to implement in your daily travels.

cilman Zach Robinson broached the controversial topic by asking the other council members to cosign a letter to the administration formally establishing a conversation about raising property taxes.

“I want to work with the administration and have this conversation out loud, in re-

gards to generating revenue,” he said. “Pretty soon if we don’t start making significant changes, we’re going to have to look at our service delivery to our citizens. There’s no question about it.”

Robinson said the council has been discussing the possibility of a tax increase for six months and that it was time for the conversation to happen “in front of the public.”

Councilwoman Linda Martinez-Saville said she felt “exactly the same.”

Councilwoman Brooke Christenesen also agreed.

“I want to have this discussion out in the open in front of everyone. I think we need to seriously consider a tax increase and looking at our options for bonding so we can build the facilities that we’re desperately in need of as well as fund our day-to-day operations,” she said.

Mayor Kurt Bradburn voiced his support for not only having the conversation about a tax increase, but also promised his support for “any tax increase you’re willing to give us.”

“I may be the first Republican to go on record as supporting a tax increase, but I don’t have any money left to operate your city so we could desperately use it,” he said.

The city’s need for increased revenue is

Safe Driving Habits

drove over a nail and didn’t realize it.

We often don’t look at the tires on the passenger side since we don’t approach the car from that direction, checking regularly allows you to examine those opposite side wheels.

It will keep your car’s handling in its best condition. Each vehicle can have different appropriate PSI (measurement for tire pressure), but when temperatures drop, so Blinkers and blind spots Driving 101. If you plan on changing does the pressure in your tires. lanes, let others in on your secret. Everyone Keep car maintained will appreciate it. Others want to know what Since you’ll be regularly checking the you are planning. tires, might as well keep regularly schedLikewise, if you see a blinker come uled maintenance on your car. This can range on indicating your lane is that car’s desired from oil changes to transmission flushes. destination, let it in. This isn’t the Daytona Simply checking windshield washer fluid or 500. We are not racing for $19 million. It is the antifreeze level in your car’s reservoir can common courtesy, if we want people to use prevent serious issues happening on the road. their blinkers, then we should reward them Wash your car especially after storms for doing so. or if you’ve parked under a pine tree where Remember the blinker doesn’t automat- birds can drop their white business on the ically assume safe passage to the next lane. hood or sap could drip onto the roof. Left And while your car’s sensors in the rearview untreated, these outdoor stains can ruin the mirrors are helpful, they are not omniscient. paint on your vehicle.

Check your blind spot with your own eyes. Drive defensively There’s a reason it’s called a “blind” spot.

This means keeping distance between

troubling and you probably shouldn’t be behind a steering wheel.

Also you can’t always see what’s in front of the car before you. They may have to slam on their brakes due to an unexpected obstruction. If you rear end them, insurance rarely works out in your favor.

This can also mean slowing down on wet roads or not weaving in and out of traffic.

Distractions This is the No. 1 reason for accidents.

This is not limited to using the cell phone, though texting, checking news alerts or making a phone call are all terrible decisions to make while driving.

laid out in the administration’s tentative budget. A section titled “Challenges with General Revenues” reads: “The costs of maintaining our service levels throughout the community have continued to grow each year from inflation and population growth. A major issue facing the City is that two of our three major financing sources for our General Fund, property and franchise taxes, are declining or remaining stagnant and unable to keep up with rising costs. This means our revenues have less buying power, which makes it increasingly more difficult to maintain our service levels.”

Councilman Chris McCandless said he was open to having the conversation but that he wouldn’t be supporting anything close to a certain percentage increase that was included in Robinson’s letter.

“I might be the lone wolf out in the woods howling, ‘No don’t raise my property taxes.’ I have a real problem with raising property taxes when I don’t feel it’s absolutely necessary,” said McCandless.

Ultimately, the majority of the council opted not to sign Robinson’s letter for similar concerns about specific figures used in it, but all agreed that the conversation will take place in earnest within the coming months. l

It also extends to dozing off or checking the price at the gas station you just passed.

Be alert, stay vigilant. Other drivers may suddenly stop, they may not see you as you yield or turn. By staying engaged and sharp, your reactions can be sharper and you may even anticipate what other drivers are looking to do.

One way to stay engaged is to vary your daily commute. Changing your routine alerts your brain, breaking you from the monotonous snooze you may find yourself after traveling certain routes hundreds of times.

These habits are important and it is not overdramatic to say that they could save a life. l

Tire pressure you and the car in front of you.

This one is almost as simple as the first.

Touching their bumper does nothing for Check your tire pressure on a regular basis you. And if you need to get that close to read to know if there is a small leak. Maybe you their license plate or sticker, your eyesight is

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Gone are the days when the concept of “corporate social responsibility” was at the periphery of a company’s operations.

Today, businesses incorporate volunteerism and giving back at the core of their strategy — not only because it’s the right thing to do, but because of the measurable benefits it brings to the business, the employees and the bottom line.

For businesses small and large, it’s imperative to be a good corporate citizen, as consumers and employees favor companies and brands with socially and environmentally responsible practices.

Here are two ways you can incorporate community impact initiatives into your business strategy.

Leveraging your employee base is a great way to create positive, public visibility for your organization.

Volunteer efforts provide natural opportunities for you and your team to build relationships and network with influential individuals and organizations. Volunteer work increases goodwill toward your brand — both among local consumers and community influencers.

For example, each year thousands of local Comcast NBCUniversal employees and our families, friends and community partners join together to make change happen as we volunteer at project sites in cities throughout Colorado as part of the annual Comcast Cares Day. The company’s long-standing tradition celebrates and exemplifies the spirit of volunteerism our employees bring to life each and every day of the year.

Comcast Cares is quickly approaching again this year, and on May 4, thousands of volunteers will be conducting service projects at schools and community centers across Colorado. Keep an eye out for volunteers in blue shirts at locations in Utah.

• Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake – Midvale House is hosting Comcast Cares Day with 200 volunteers.

To register, please click on the following link.

• Volunteers are invited to participate in various projects across Ogden City. To register for this project click the following link.

• Treeside Charter School invites 800 volunteers to make a lasting impression on the school by creating an environmentally sustainable space. To register, please click on the following link.

There are 22 projects taking place throughout the state of Utah. To find the project nearest you, go to ComcastIn-

Deneiva Knight, External Affairs Director

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Defining clear focus areas will help ensure your efforts are aligned with business goals and objectives.

There are multitudes of ways to give back to the community and make an impact. If you think through what resources – time, talent and treasure – you have to share, you will be better set up to address your community’s needs, while being authentic to your business.

At Comcast, we focus our resources around: Digital Inclusion, Digital Exploration and Digital Skills in the Workforce.

As a media and technology company, we invest in programs that serve diverse individuals seeking equal access to the advantages of technology and digital skills to help propel their success in life.

One example of how Comcast executes on our focus areas is through our partnership with local Boys and Girls Clubs across Colorado. In 2014, we partnered with Boys & Girls Club of America to launch My.Future, an interactive digital platform teaching critical digital and computer skills to Club members. We continue supporting these programs for kids at Boys & Girls Clubs across Colorado every year.

Internet Essentials, our affordable home internet program for low-income individuals, is another example of how Comcast uses our expertise to address community needs.

These are just two of many corporate social responsibility strategies you can implement in your business to build brand love, a positive company culture and further connect with your customers.

Giving back is at the core of Comcast’s business. We work year-round to support and partner with our community organizations to connect people and our communities to what matters most.

Learn more about our community impact efforts.

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Students’ learning leads district to conserving water

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com day, four days per week, making their way through the district one sprinkler head at a time to adjust water schedules based on the root zone, type of grass, shade, soil type and evaporation rate.

“It’s more than they may realize when they’re hired. Students learn basic hydraulics and such concepts as ‘evapotranspiration, permanent wilting point, and soil moisture depletion.’ Students are learning to irrigate properly. They spend hours logging the precipitation rate of each sprinkler head at schools throughout the district. By understanding precipitation rates, root zone and soil type, students can calculate the correct amount of water to give an area over a certain amount of time. They’re gaining the field experience to log equipment and data and bringing that info back to calculate on spreadsheets and be reviewed,” Eppler said.

While Eppler said it is a great learning experience and resume-builder, he said “these students really care about water usage.”

Eppler has worked with students from several high schools, but currently hires recommended Hillcrest High students who are committed to conserving natural resources even if they may choose to study math, computer software or other fields upon graduation.

“I’ve found these students to be great

self-starters, super polite, real thinkers who make the program better,” he said. “They take huge initiatives and understand the commitment involved.”

Welch, who graduated and now is studying at Utah State University, said he is considering forestry as a career and would also like to work with the conservation corps to restore Logan River.

In February, Rep. Suzanne Harrison, who said her community supports wise stewards of water, introduced House Bill 143, amending water conservation plan requirements, and invited Hillcrest senior Amelia Slama-Catron, who was a student water manager last summer, to talk to the Natural Resources, Agricultural and Environment Standing House Committee about Canyons’ internship program.

“When I found out about the actual program and about the amount of water we could save, I instantly wanted to be involved,” Slama-Catron testified. “I want to major in marine biology and environmental science, so obviously water is a huge concern of mine.

Water conservation is something that has always been of interest to me. However, fresh water is not only a limited source, but a costly one. It is within everyone’s power to conserve natural resources.”

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The student water manager program began by District Energy Specialist Christopher Eppler.

“It was actually my wife’s idea,” Eppler said. “I was in landscape irrigation, a contractor for 25 years with my background as a mining geologist. I studied about auditing water at Cal Poly analyzing precipitation rates. When my wife said that schools could save money with their water usage, I got involved as a private contractor for Granite schools before I came to Canyons in 2009.”

At Canyons, Eppler first concentrated on energy usage, upgrading heating and cooling systems and placing them in a “saving” mode when schools are unoccupied, lowering the usage by 43 percent.

After a few years, with the administration’s approval, and a $15,000 grant from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Eppler created the program where he hired and trained high school students to help survey, monitor and adjust school water schedules of the 370 acres of grass.

The savings was immediately noticeable — about 20 million gallons, he said.

In July 2014, the district used 16.5 million gallons less than in July 2012 and 9.5 million gallons less than in July 2013. From 2015 to 2017, the district saved a combined 18 million gallons of water.

For that, Eppler was awarded the 2017 Utah Energy Pioneer Award and has spoken to the national Irrigation Association as well as other school districts and the governor’s water board, sharing his program.

“The money we’re saving is just put right back into the program,” Eppler said.

“The savings aren’t as great anymore because we’re watering the way we’re supposed to, so it’s more of a maintenance level.”

However, with new schools being built, the student manager program continues so those fields will be properly managed. In the summer, students work five hours per

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hen Bridger Welch turns on sprinklers, he doesn’t just see a stream of water spraying over the lawn.

Welch can tell from the spray and the soil if enough or too much water is used, if it’s covering the area intended and if the sprinkler head is the best one to be used for the grassy area.

That’s because Welch, a Hillcrest High graduate, and about seven other high school juniors and seniors each year for the past six years, have gained an understanding about the Canyons School District water usage and have actively been a part of conserving the natural resource in the second driest state in the country.

“People naturally overconsume water in an effort to make sure their grass is green,” Welch said. “I care about Utah and we need to conserve our resources before it’s too late.”

For the past two summers, Welch would buddy up with another high school student and check the sprinklers at the elementary, middle and high schools to ensure the sprinkler heads were correct, record any broken heads and monitor the spray levels.

“We’d record the rotation of the spray to make sure it was hitting the right area, not the sidewalks, for example. We’d look at the head to make sure it was facing the right way and mark it if it needed adjusting or replacing, if maybe it broke after being hit by a lawn mower,” he said. “We got so familiar with the sprinklers, we could point out which ones were broken, or which heads were incorrect.”

Then the teams would return to the office and crunch numbers.

“We measured the water usage and used an Excel sheet for calculations. If it was too much, the grass would be marshy. If it wasn’t enough, it would die. We got an idea of how much time per day to water and how much water to use. It ended up saving millions and millions of gallons of water,” Welch said.

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Student water managers check sprinklers on Canyons School District’s properties as an educational learning experience that saves the district millions of gallons of water. (Photo courtesy of Canyons School District)

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Canyons’ new TechConnect program bridges the technology gap

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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illcrest High School senior Sydney Larsen is looking forward to attending the University of Utah next fall, but she still has a few weeks left of assignments, some online, to complete before graduation.

“Most of my classes are a mix between paper and technology, but I can definitely say that I need the use of a computer for every class,” she said. “For example, in my AP stats class, we use Canvas almost daily to watch video lectures in order to keep up with the curriculum. I also use a computer to keep up with my grades and look at due dates for different Canvas assignments. In addition to this, many of my teachers use Remind to answer our questions and send out different notifications outside of class time.”

While Larsen has access to a digital device at her home, not all of her classmates do.

“Technology is being incorporated into education more and more every day. This makes not having access to a computer an increasingly detrimental factor in a student’s education because they aren’t able to do their school work on sites like Canvas at home,” she said. “Having a computer means being able to research your assignments wherever you are and having so many more resources to get the help you need. It’s a way to boost your education.”

This spring, Canyons Board of Educa-

tion approved a plan proposed by Canyons School District Information Technology Director Scot McCombs to aid those students, more than 3,500, or 10 percent, who don’t have access to computing devices or the internet at home.

“In the rush to making sure our schools are equipped for the high-tech demands of a 21st-century education, we need to be careful about leaving some students behind,” McCombs said.

Through a T-Mobile Empower 2.0 grant, the new district program TechConnect is making Chromebooks available to these students. In April, starting with 120 devices at Hillcrest, students were able to check out the devices much the same way that libraries check out books, except for a more extended period of time. After Hillcrest, the Chromebooks will be available to the 400 other traditional high school students this spring.

“We’re rolling it out in order of need: Hillcrest, Jordan, Alta, Corner Canyon, Brighton — starting with high schools who tend to have more online homework and use,” he said.

Families who show a need to school administrators, similar to the school free and reduced lunch program, will sign a contract to participate in the program. Chromebooks will be limited to one per family, McCombs

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Canyons new TechConnect program was unveiled at Hillcrest High, allocating 120 computers and hot spots for students who lack digital devices in their home to check out for their school work. (Photo courtesy of Canyons School District)

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The grant also will cover half the cost of making hotspots available to the students so they have internet access at home. Internet access will be filtered using the same technology used to limit browsing at the district’s schools. The remainder of the costs may also be partially covered through Utah’s Digital Teaching and Learning Grant.

Both T-Mobile and Canyons will pay about $125,000 per year for the device and internet access for these students, McCombs said.

“I see a great return and difference in these students’ lives and in the lives of their families. Technology is ubiquitous. It’s how we access knowledge, connect with one another and make daily decisions, from crunching spreadsheets at work to finding a doctor or ordering pizza for delivery. I take it for granted that I can access the Library of Congress on my phone, but some of our students don’t have that ability. Without internet access, how can we begin to address other technological inequities?” he said.

Results of a survey of Canyons District families conducted by McCombs last fall revealed that the reason students who don’t have access is largely due to the unaffordability of devices and Wi-Fi. Hillcrest senior Ediann Cruz said she is aware of classmates who don’t have access. “(Some) come from different countries so it’s hard for them to find high-paying jobs to buy a laptop for school,” she said.

McCombs said he anticipates seeing students’ lives greatly improve with having a computer and internet at home.

“If students don’t have access to a computer or the internet from home, it’s harder for them to complete assignments and keep up with homework. I don’t see how students can graduate high school if they don’t have access to a computer. I think with this program, we will improve graduation rates. I foresee a vast improvement in lives of our students and their families who now will have access,” he said.

The program already has been piloted with 15 Crescent Elementary special education students and English language learners who had no internet access at home. The results showed having the devices at home helped boost their performance at school, McCombs said.

In November when they received the Chromebooks, none of these students were on track to meet grade-level standards of learning by June. Now, 13 are on track to meet or exceed the standards, he said.

McCombs said after working on this push for the past seven years, he wanted to introduce the program to bring equality across the district. Having three adopted children, he knows that living in a different environment would have resulted in different lives for them.

“I want everyone to be treated respectfully and with equity and every child should have that same level playing field,” he said. “We talk about how the printing press changed history and democratized how people access knowledge. Today, the internet is how we access information, and to deny some students that access is just wrong.” l

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Reality hits eighth graders in life simulation

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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eality hit hard for some eighth graders.

And that’s what Canyons School District’s Work-Based Learning Coordinator Eileen Kasteler wanted students at Butler, Midvale and Union middle schools to realize.

“Students are given life scenarios — they could be 30 years old, married, with a spouse who is working or they could be single, raising children, working while going back to school and trying to make ends meet,” she said. “In Reality Town, they’re learning to see where money goes, how to make good choices, how to save, how to write checks, and why they may need insurance. It’s a good hands-on learning opportunity for them to really understand and appreciate the value of a paycheck.”

Students quickly learned that they couldn’t go with the most expensive clothes or living arrangements and that childcare is expensive.

Union eighth grader Teya Snowder said that with her assigned profession and having a master’s degree, “I’m still poor.” She enrolled in the military to pick up a second income — yet at the same time, purchased a pet dog, named Bambi Bombi Bumper.

Kasteler said that was part of the simulation: having students understand where their money was going.

“I don’t think every student understands the reality of where money is needed. Right

Visiting each booth from the bank to housing to food to entertainment, Union eighth graders learn how to budget their mock salaries in a life simulation. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

now, they may spend money on fun things, not necessities, but this gives them that look at their future,” she said.

Union eighth grader Laura Curtis quickly picked up on that.

“Right now, I have a little of my own money from being a referee and I can use it on what I want, but I’m seeing now that I need to learn how to manage my money better and learn how to divide it between savings and what I’m buying,” she said.

Her classmate Emma Cecil said she became more aware where money is spent with

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property tax and insurance when counselors explained the program before the simulation.

“I learned about all the taxes involved that come out of my income and what all I need to pay when I purchase a car or a home,” she said, adding that her role as a university teacher allowed her husband to stay at home to take care of her son so she didn’t have to pay for childcare.

Butler PTSA President Hilary Ripley’s daughter wasn’t as fortunate.

“Although she had earned a master’s degree, she chose a low-paying career that she thought would be more fun,” said Ripley, who has volunteered with Reality Town three years. “Now, she can’t afford to pay for childcare and has asked me to babysit for her kids. Her choices affected my choices — we both got a taste of real life.”

Hillcrest High School senior and Midvale Youth Ambassador Kosha Hansen volunteered at Midvale and Union’s Reality Towns this year.

“Their careers are based on their GPAs and that helps determine how successful they will be as adults,” she said. “It’s teaching them to work hard now and that will pay off later in life.”

Hillcrest classmate Emily Rupper, who is a member of the Junior Women in Business Board, agreed.

“If they know the value of their money, how they can invest it, and how what they’re doing now will affect their future selves, it will lead to them understanding of the direction they’re heading,” she said.

Several high school students returned to their alma maters to volunteer.

“It’s cool they’re learning that life isn’t fair and you may have to figure out how to pay for something, which is more than you’ve set aside,” Hillcrest sophomore Gavyn Paul said.

“Then, there’s always the unexpected fees.

You may need a new windshield or a flat tire that needs fixing and so they’re learning how to deal with issues now that are unexpected.”

Canyons Board of Education member Mont Millerberg said he had students ask about purchasing a Mustang GT while work-

ing as a used-car salesman.

“I’d have them review their family situation and their income and usually, they came to understand other options were better suited for them,” he said.

Union Counselor Lynn Nelson said there were bonuses involved if parents volunteered or if students dressed up for their career to help them financially.

“Kids are learning how the real world works, how much money they need to live, how to plan for college, tech or trade school, how to budget money, how to balance a checkbook, how to try to stay up or get ahead,” she said.

Midvale eighth grader Mary Garcia looked at classes at CTEC and serving in the military.

“They’re good options for me,” she said.

“My uncle fought for me and our country, but I also want to work in a burn unit as a nurse.

This is learning about my options about my schooling.”

This is Midvale’s return to Reality Town after an absence of more than five years as both parents and teachers said it’s a valuable lesson, Principal Mindy Robison said.

“They have found it helps students understand their value of their grades and how those have direct correlations that may impact their future careers,” she said. “It shows there is a more realistic tie between behavior and choices and learning how they can influence their own future. It also teaches them vocabulary many of them haven’t been exposed to through an interactive way.”

It also may be an eye-opener for the organizers as Kasteler said some students reflected their current situations and wanted to know if one of the many stations set up along the gym was a food bank to either get items for their mock family or to give donations.

“It’s a good reality check for us as well,” she said.

Eighth grade resource teacher Whitney Lott said it helped them understand life.

“It’s part of their life experience, to know how things work, where to go to get what they need,” she said. “I want them to try a lot so they can get the most out of it.”

Union parent Martha Baumgarten said she saw students understand that they couldn’t afford designer clothing and opted instead for more economical clothes.

“They’re learning how life works and how much money things cost and they got to budget,” she said.

Canyons work-based learning coordinator Cher Burbank agrees.

“I think kids realize now that parents can’t always afford everything and the value comes from working hard for what they want,” she said. “Reality Town breaks the walls of the classroom and teaches these students career exploration skills and money management. It’s a great experience for these kids to be actively engaged and prepare them for their future.” l CityServe

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MAY-JUNE 2019 I N T HI S I S S UE: Curbside Glass Recycling ................ 1

Amphitheater Season ...................... 3

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Parks & Recreation ......................... 4

By the Numbers: Fire Department ..... 2

I Am Sandy: Ken Reich .................... 4

Stadium Village Master Plan ............ 3

River Oaks Golf Course.................... 5

Household Hazardous Waste........... 3

Sandy Pride Clean Up ..................... 5

Current Job Openings...................... 3

Alta Canyon Sports Center................ 5

Free Water Check............................ 3

Virtual Business Watch.................... 6

Recorder’s Office: Candidate Filing .... 3

Calendar of Events .......................... 6

Exciting News! Momentum Curbside Glass Recycling Coming to Sandy City Starting July 2019 CURBSIDE GLASS RECYCLING: Starting July 2019, residents will be able to have curbside pickup of glass recycling once a month. Stay tuned for more information on how to sign up in the upcoming months. This is a great addition to our Sustainable Sandy initiatives.

NO sorting required, no need to rinse or remove labels.

Pickup reminders: call, email, or text reminders.

Information and sign up available by May 15: utah.momentumrecycling.com/sandy

DROP-OFF GLASS RECYCLING: Sandy City and Waste Management currently provide two glass drop-off bins at the following locations for residents and businesses:

WHY RECYCLE GLASS? 100% RECYCLABLE: Glass can be recycled endlessly, with no loss in quality. 80% of recovered glass containers are made into new glass bottles.

The rest is made into other industrial goods.

RECYCLING SAVES ENERGY: Making recycled glass products from cullet consumes 40 percent less energy than making new glass from raw materials, because cullet melts at a much lower temperature.

Sandy City Senior Center/Amphitheater

RECYCLING CUTS WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS: In terms of weight, glass makes up about 5% of the waste stream. Recycling glass means savings on waste collection and disposal costs, which are increasing due to landfill disposal costs.

9310 South 1300 East 24 hours/day, 7 days a week The green glass bin is located in the southeast parking area just inside the entrance off of 1300 East.

RECYCLING SAVES RAW MATERIALS: Over a ton of natural resources are conserved for every ton of glass recycled, including 1,300 pounds of sand, 410 pounds of soda ash, 380 pounds of limestone, and 160 pounds of feldspar.

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RECYCLING REDUCES CO 2 EMISSIONS: For every six tons of recycled container glass used, a ton of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is reduced.

8775 South 700 West Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The green glass bin is located adjacent to the salt dome on the north end of the property. If you have problems locating the bin, please check in at the office.

Recycled glass is taken to a local glass recycler, currently Momentum Recycling that operates in the Salt Lake Valley.

Momentum Recycling turns the post-consumer glass into a high-quality raw material for making a wide range of products including fiberglass, containers, water filters, and more.

RECYCLING EXTENDS LANDFILL LIFE, KEEPING SANITATION COSTS LOW: Since 2004, there has been a steady increase in landfill tipping fees (source: EPA), which is a charge levied upon the weight of waste received at a waste processing facility. By diverting recyclables from the landfill, these fees can be avoided, and the capacity of the landfill is extended by not filling it with recyclable materials.

SIGN UP BY JUNE 30, 2019 FOR A $20 REBATE FROM MOMENTUM RECYCLING.

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B R A D B U R N B RIEF Dear Sandy Resident, After a prolonged winter, it is nice to enjoy a few Spring days!

A snow-packed winter means great skiing and extra water reserves but it also means high-water runoff in streams and possible flooding. Make sure you keep an extra eye on your children and pets around rivers and streams and observe running water from a safe distance. Prepare for potential flooding by knowing the elevation of your property in relation to waterways and understand the surrounding areas and their tendency for heavy runoff. Deploy sandbags where appropriate. If a flood is possible, move your valuables to a higher elevation just in case. Refresh your 72-hour kits in the event you have to leave your home quickly. Don’t forget to register your cell phones for the Reverse 911 system so you receive alerts of problems in your area at: vecc9-11.com. Please call the Sandy Public Utilities Department at 801-352-4400 if you experience flooding or need sandbags.

We are now officially in the 2019-2020 budget season! I submitted my proposed budget to the council on April 16. This budget allocates money towards a number of my priorities. These include technology upgrades to make doing business with the city easier and faster for residents, expanded emergency communications, air quality improvements, as well as competitive pay for first responders and other positions where the city is finding it difficult to retain qualified employees.

City Council will take the next few months to review and adjust the budget. There are multiple opportunities for you to weigh in at City Council meetings and you can use our new online budget tool to create your own proposed budget at sandy-utah-gov.v1.abalancingact.com! The final budget must be approved by the end of June so please take the time to let us know where you would like your tax dollars spent.

Lastly, please remember that you can always connect with us to get more information by going to our city websites sandy.utah.gov and SandyNow.com and by following our social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube for daily updated information. You can also contact me at mayor@sandy.utah.gov.

Thank you for allowing me to serve you, Mayor Kurt Bradburn

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BY THE NUMBERS 2018 in Review Total Calls for 2018 = 7,680 (Medical = 5,642 calls and Fire = 2,038 calls) • Falls are the number one call: 885 calls • Heartsaver FA/CPR/AED Classes for public/businesses: Taught 18 classes with 348 students present • CERT Classes: Held 3 classes with 65 students present • Junior Firefighter Academy: Held 2 academies with 52 attendees • Babysitting Academy: Held 3 academies with 45 attendees • Fire Extinguisher Classes: Taught 8 businesses with 170 attendees • Evacuation Training/Drills: Taught 5 businesses with 180 attendees • Emergency Preparedness Training: Taught 1 business with 75 attendees • Stop the Bleed Training: Taught 3 businesses with 93 attendees • Fire Safety: Taught 2 businesses with 75 attendees • School Programs: Total of 181 presentations with 8,489 students present

Stadium Village Master Plan Open House MAY 7 • 7:00 PM • CITY HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM Over the past year, the City has been working with residents, business owners, regional partners, other stakeholders, and a consultant team on an exciting project to prepare a master plan for the area around the Rio Tinto Stadium. The purpose of the master plan is to provide guidance for future development, including the street network, building placement, open space, and land uses. The draft plan will be available

by May 1, 2019 for the public to review on the City’s website. The plan will also be presented to the public in an open house that will be held on May 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at City Hall. The public is encouraged to review the plan and provide feedback. Comments may be provided online at sandy.utah.gov/stadium-village between May 1-8, by attending the open house on May 7, or by contacting Jake Warner (Sandy City) or Mike Hathorne (consultant). Jake Warner can be reached at jwarner@sandy.utah.gov or 801 568-7262. Mike Hathorne is available at mhathorne@commun1ty.one or 801 808-8690.

Full-Time

CURRENT JOB OPENINGS

• Animal Services Officer • Police Officer/Auxiliary Officer • Street Maintenance Worker

Part-Time Non-Benefitted • Aerobics Instructor • Animal Shelter Technician • Custodian • Crossing Guard

Many exciting part-time job opportunities currently open.

See www.sandy.utah.gov/jobs for openings

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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION The Salt Lake County Health Department will be sponsoring a one-day event in Sandy City on Thursday, May 16 to collect all types of household hazardous waste. This free service is available to all Salt Lake County residents; however, no business waste will be accepted.

Hazardous waste includes gasoline or other fuels, fluorescent lights, pesticides, acids, paints, fertilizers, cleaners, or any other substance, even if it is unknown.

No explosives, radioactive materials, tires, or medicines will be accepted.

Collection times will be for 4 hours from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the east parking lot of the Sandy City Amphitheater. (See map at right).

Please note that electronic waste will not be accepted at this event. For questions, contact Sandy City Public Works at 801-568-2999.

Free Water Check A water check analyzes the efficiency of your automated sprinkler irrigation system.

Trained evaluators will perform the water check at your home and will provide you with a customized irrigation schedule. Available May 22 – August. This is a FREE service sponsored by your water provider.

TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: slowtheflow.org/are-you-waterwise/#schedule

Recorder’s Office Candidate Filing will take place June 3rd–7th from 8:00 am –5:00 pm in the Recorders Office.

Offices for election: • At-Large (2 seats) • District 2 • District 4

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Family Night at the Skate Park

Family night is a great opportunity for your entire family to enjoy the skate park. Toddler bikes are allowed so small children can also enjoy the facility. FREE of charge. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Location: 10140 South 700 East Time: 6 – 9 pm (Theme Night Mondays, 6 – 8 pm) DATE May 13 June 3 June 17

THEME Safety Helmet Giveaway* Crime Prevention Family Skate

DEPARTMENT Fire Police

FOR MORE DATES, VISIT: sandy.utah.gov/parks *25 Helmets will be given away.

Additional helmets available for $6.00 Sponsored by Healthy Sandy Partnership.

P ARKS & R E CR E A TIO N

11TH ANNUAL 5K FIESTA – MAY 4

START SMART (AGES 3 – 5)

Bring the family to our first 5K race of the 2019 season.

Race starts at 8 am at River Oaks 9300 Riverside Dr. (700 West) Registration Fee: $20/individual or $15/family member Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 1 at 5:00 pm Online Registration: Closes Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 am Late Registration (In-person): May 2 – 4 Registration Fee: $25/individual or $20/family member Online: Not Available!

Start Smart is a program for parents to spend time with their children and help prepare them for participation in youth sports. Parents are required to attend and participate at each class.

Multi-Sport Skill Development – Sessions begin May 14 (6 classes per session) For more information and registration visit www.sandy.utah.gov/parks

SUMMER PARKS PROGRAM Fun-filled activities will include arts and crafts, games, and storytelling. Participant numbers are limited at each site. Sign up early—you must preregister for the program.

Ages: 5 – 9 Cost: $40/child SESSION LOCATION June 10-July 29 Storm Mountain Park 1000 E. 11400 S. June 11-July 25 Flat Iron Park Upper Pavilion 1700 E. 8600 S. June 11-July 25 Buttercup Park 10075 S. 1550 E. Program will not be held: July 3-4 & 24

DAY M/W T/Th T/Th

TIME 12:45 am-2:15 pm 10:30 am-12:00 pm 12:45 pm- 2:15 pm

BARRY HECKER BASKETBALL CAMP Barry Hecker has taught and coached basketball for over forty years. This Camp will teach the basic fundamentals of footwork, passing, dribbling, and shooting to both boys and girls. The first 45 registered get a USA Basketball. All campers will get a t-shirt.

Location: Eastmont Middle - 10100 South 1300 East Date: June 17 - 20 Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am Grades: 3rd - 9th Cost: $80 Register at: sandy.utah.gov/registration or Sandy Parks & Recreation - 440 E. 8680 S.

CRAFTS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Arts and crafts, games, and storytelling for preschool children.

Maximum of 15 participants per session so register early!

Children must be potty trained.

Ages: 3 - 4 (as of June 10) Cost: $35/child Location: Sandy Parks & Recreation 440 E. 8680 S. SESSION June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15 June 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17, 31

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TIME 10:30 am - 12 pm 10:30 am - 12 pm

Fall Youth Sport REGISTRATION Registration for fall youth sports begins May 28, 2019 • Soccer • Boys Baseball • Girls Softball • T-Ball/Coach Pitch

I Am Sandy: Ken Reich Scorekeeper of the decades, and longtime Sandy resident Ken Reich has been a resident of Sandy his entire life. Ken attended and graduated from Jordan High School In 1970. From 1970-1973 he attended college at the University of Utah while also working for Western Film Corp. In 1973 Ken started his career at the Sandy Post Office until he retired in 2008. All of those years working at the post office have made Ken extremely familiar with Sandy City. He knows the map of Sandy City in great detail from years of sorting mail.

This is where he and his wife, Toni Reich, have raised their two daughters and son. In 1996, Ken started a side gig, working for Sandy City Parks and Recreation. He started working for the city to raise the funds to pay for his oldest daughter’s wedding. But, it didn’t stop there. Ken’s passion for sports, people, and children has continued to keep him busy on Sandy’s sports fields and basketball courts. Through the years, Ken has held various jobs for the department working as a referee, umpire, site supervisor, and score keeper.

Ken is particularly known on Sandy’s softball fields. He played in the men’s softball league for nearly 25 years. During softball season, Ken is out keeping score almost every night of the week on the ball fields.

Coaches and ball players want to be wherever Ken is working. He has mentored many other score keepers that have worked for the city. Ken is a dependable individual and takes great pride in his work. He is someone that you can always count on whether he is keeping score, acting as an umpire, or if you simply need a friend.

River Oaks Golf Course

19 TH HOLE @ RIVER OAKS The clubhouse features a café with daily specials and an outstanding grill menu serving a large variety of beverages, snacks, and hot items. Located right off the Jordan River Trail, it makes the perfect pit stop on your bike ride or walk.

RENT THE RIVER OAKS BANQUET ROOM • Accommodates 180 guests seated or up to 500 for a indoor/ outdoor open house event • Access to a covered patio from the banquet room providing options for an indoor-outdoor event B A N Q U E T R O O M AT S A N D Y C I T Y

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• Perfect for wedding ceremonies, receptions, class reunions, family celebrations, luncheons, business meetings, or golf tournaments • Full range of custom menus with full off-site catering for all types of events, from birthday parties and baptisms, to wedding receptions and corporate events CONTACT: Kelly 801-231-5250 or CaleysCatering.com or facebook.com/CaleysCateringAndEvents

LADIES GOLF CLINICS All ladies welcome, beginner to advanced.

Instruction is taught as a group then, throughout the lesson, individual instruction is given as well as video analysis.

Student-to-instructor ratio is 6 to 1. PGA professionals, Stacey Jones and Todd Tanner, teach the class. Throughout the four week course, you learn the mechanics and fundamentals of putting, chipping, full swings, and rules/etiquette.

More information: Inmotion Junior Golf at 801-980-0162 or inmotionjrgolf@icloud.com.

Session 1 April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9 Thursday Session 2 May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18 Tuesday Session 3 July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19 Monday Session 4 September 4, 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2 Wednesday Cost: $125/session of 4 lessons Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm Location: River Oaks Golf Course – Pro Shop 9300 S. Riverside Drive (700 W) Register: inmotionjuniorgolf.com/home/ladiesgolf INMOTION JUNIOR GOLF Summer classes and camps start the first week of June so register your kids today for InMotion Junior golf programs: www.inmotionjuniorgolf.com This is a good time to get your kids into the correct set of clubs.

Visit River Oaks to get fit and into the latest U.S. kids clubs. Kids need to grow out of clubs, not grow into them. This insures proper mechanics are taught and maintained.

9565 South Highland Drive Sandy, Utah 84092 801-568-4600 For more information and to register for events below, visit: altacanyonsportscenter.com

Adult Tennis League Summer June 4 - August 13 (Tuesdays @ 6 pm) Fall September 4 – October 9 (Wednesdays @ 6pm) Single game matches will be played at Falcon Park and Alta Canyon Sports Center. League is open to men and women 18 and older. Entry-level players welcome.

Member $50 Non-Member $60

Kinder Camp (5 Sessions) The perfect camp for little ones. Each two-week session includes numerous activities, games, arts and crafts and a 30-minute swim lesson. Themes like pirates, reptiles, superheroes, and mad science keep children engaged and learning throughout the summer.

Cost: Member $113 per session Non-Member $126 per session Session 1 June 10-20 Session 2 June 24-July 3 (No camp July 4, made up June 28) Session 3

SANDY PRIDE CLEAN UP

July 8-18

Session 4 July 22-August 1 (No camp July 24, made up July 26) Session 5

August 5-15

MAY 18, 2019

Pool Hours

Sandy Pride, a community service project day, started by the Exchange Club of Sandy in 1984, helps beautify our city each year. All Sandy residents are encouraged to participate on this day to clean up, spruce up, paint, plant, and more.

Opens May 25 Hours vary May 25-June 6.

Check website for specific hours.

Regular pool hours begin June 7.

To sign up your family, business, or volunteer group: 801-568-7254 | aanderton@sandy.utah.gov | sandy.utah.gov/sandypride

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Membership Sale May 1-24 20% OFF all annual and summer memberships as well as aerobics punch cards. Everyone on membership must be present at time of purchase for discount. No exceptions.

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A Safer Place: Virtual Business Watch The Sandy City Police Department is pleased to announce a new surveillance camera registration program called Virtual Business Watch. This enables businesses to voluntarily register their surveillance camera system with the Police Department. Once registered, the information provided will populate a map which shows the locations of cameras throughout the city. If a crime happens, our detectives can contact the business owners in that area who may be able to upload video evidence to help solve the crime.

HOW A BUSINESS HELPS OUR COMMUNITY: • Helps increase the number of crimes solved, such as burglaries, robberies, accidents, and lost or abducted children or adults • Saves canvassing time for police officers • Costs nothing to participate • Builds relationships with the law enforcement community Register today! sandy.utah.gov/virtualbusinesswatch Law enforcement does not have access to your system and your participation is voluntary.

When businesses provide assistance, it enables a quicker resolve to active cases and creates a safer community for everyone.

For more information: Dawn Black | Dblack@sandy.utah.go | 801-568-7200

CALENDAR O F EVENTS | MAY- J U N E 2 0 1 9 5 PM 7-8 PM 11:30 AM

River Oaks Golf 9300 S. Riverside Dr. (700 W) Amphitheater Park - 1245 E 9400 S Sandy City Hall Multipurpose Room River Oaks Golf

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9 AM-12 PM

Sego Lili Gardens 1472 Sego Lily Dr

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MAY 4

Fiesta 5K

8 AM

MAY 6 MAY 7 MAY 9

Food Truck Night (Every Monday Night) Stadium Village Master Plan Open House Sandy Ready Your Business

MAY 11

Spring Fair at Sego Lili Gardens

MAY 13 MAY 14-16 MAY 16 MAY 18 MAY 18 MAY 22

American West Symphony & Chorus, Bravo Puccini Family Night at the Skate Park Mamma Mia Auditions Hazardous Household Waste Sandy Document Shred Event Sandy Pride Free Sprinkler System check

MAY 25

Alta Canyon Pool Grand Opening

12 PM

Alta Canyon Sports Center

JUN 3-7 JUN 7 JUN 8 JUN 8 JUN 8 JUN 10-28 JUN 14

Candidate Filing Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband Free Fishing Day Plein Air Quick Draw Competition Foghat Youth Showcase Workshop Movies in the Park: Jumanji (Glow Night)

8 AM-5 PM 8 PM 9 AM-NOON 9:30 AM 8 PM

City Recorder’s Office Sandy Amphitheater Grandpas Pond 1000 W 9800 S Sego Lily Gardens 1472 Sego Lily Dr Sandy Amphitheater Mount Jordan Middle School River Oaks Golf

JUN 15

I Can Tri

7:30 AM

JUN 18-20

Jr. Firefighter Academy

9 AM-12 PM

JUN 21 JUN 22 JUN 25 JUN 28 JUN 28 JUN 29

Imagine + Tommy James & The Shondells Lee Brice Youth Showcase Performance Free-for-All: American West Symphony & Chorus Arrival: The Music of ABBA

8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 7 PM 8 PM 8 PM

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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (8575 S 700 E) 6 PM Sandy City Skate Park 6:30-9:30 PM Parks & Rec Building (440 E 8680 S) 7-11 AM Sandy Amphitheater (East side) 9 AM-12 PM Sandy Amphitheater 1245 E 9400 S ALL DAY Projects throughout the city 7:30 PM

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Local business raises $200,000 for pain-relieving nanotech patch Like many innovations, the potential medical applications of the technology underlying Kailo pain patches was discovered by accident.

In 2014, a Utah inventor developing a new antenna technology got into a motorcycle crash that broke six of his ribs. While lying in bed recovering, he continued to work on the antenna.

That’s how he discovered that resting the technology on his chest helped alleviate his pain.

That’s where Stuart Fetzer stepped into the scene. Fetzer, who received an engineering degree at the University of Utah before going on to Harvard Business School, licensed the use of the antenna technology for medical purposes and formed the company, Kailo Labs.

The Kailo patch contains “billions of charge nanocapacitors that work as an antenna, assisting the body in clear communication and reducing the signals that cause pain,” according to the company’s page on Indiegogo. The product has raised over $200,000 on the crowd-funding platform in a manner of months—quite a bit more than the company’s initial goal of $25,000. The campaign is scheduled to run through May 9 but may be extended.

Kailo may seem like one of those products that makes big promises but is ultimately too good

to be true, but Fetzer said the patch has performed very well in the company’s early testing.

According to Fetzer, 15 volunteer participants used both the Kailo patch and a placebo patch, separately, for 48 hours each. Ninety percent of respondents said the Kailo patch helped reduce their pain.

This “double-blind” test is just the first in a long and expensive process for a product to be recognized by the FDA. The process could be even more expensive for Kailo because the product is so different from anything else out there.

“We would have to have the FDA create a separate category for our device,” said Fetzer.

Meanwhile, the company is set to roll the product out to its backers on Indiegogo (individuals who donate receive a discount) with shipments starting in July of this year.

While the business potential of such a possibly game-changing device is obvious, Fetzer said what really drives him is seeing how Kailo has already helped improve people’s lives.

“Sometimes it’s a little overwhelming, the number of people who cry after walking into my office and leaving without pain. It’s pretty life-changing,” he said.

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Ninety percent of respondents said the Kailo patch helped reduce their pain. (Photo courtesy Kailo)

Desert Star’s latest parody takes on the animated phenomenon that has everyone saying, “Just let it go already!” This zany parody opens March 28th and it’s a hilarious musical melodrama for the whole family you don’t want to miss!

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This show, written by Bryan Dayley and directed by Scott Holman, follows the story of sisters Stella and Hannah, the orphaned rulers of Icydale, as they attempt to come to terms with Stella’s icy powers. When the kingdom holds a royal coronation to make Stella queen, who should show up but Stella’s lying, villainous ex-boyfriend, Chaunce. Recently kicked out of his parent’s basement and eager to cash in on some royal wealth, Chaunce tricks naive Hannah into believing he’s the love of her life, and the two make plans to wed. Quick to put their plans on ice, Stella kidnaps Chaunce and drags him off to a remote ice castle. Hannah enlists the help of snow cone salesman Gristoph, his trusty sidekick, Moose, and freshly sentient snowman, Olive. Together, can they save her sister from slipping off the deep end?

Comedy, romance, and adventure are all on the docket for this delightful send up of the animated blockbuster, as well as topical humor torn from today’s headlines.

“Freezin’” runs March 28th through June 8th, 2019. The evening also includes one of Desert Star’s side-splitting musical olios, following the show. The “Saved by the 90’s Olio” features hit songs and musical steps from 1990’s mixed with more of Desert Star’s signature comedy.

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Alta forges its own identity amidst quest for third straight title

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Senior forward Kenny Kocherscheidt battles through the defense in a recent Alta boys soccer game. Kocherscheidt is one of the leading scorers on this year’s team. (Ron Bevan/City Journals)

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he start of the soccer season proved to be a bit rough for the Alta Hawks boys team.

The thoughts of a third straight state title, once in the back of the returning players’ minds, had almost become a pipe dream.

Now, the dream is still alive. The twotime defending state champion Hawks have knocked down opponents in a convincing manner. They are making a case once again to fear the red and black of Alta on the soccer pitch.

“There is a lot of pressure because winning one state championship in its own right is a hard thing to do,” Alta coach MacKenzie Hyer said. “So being back-to-back champions and then trying to go for that third is history-making in Utah. I mean, it is pretty cool and there is a lot of pressure, and that pressure affected us at the beginning of the season. That’s where we got the tie and the loss.”

Alta came into the season heavily favored to win its third straight title and eighth overall in the 5A ranks. Returning 14 seniors, including last year’s goalkeeper and three main scoring threats, gave the Hawks a lot of respect around the state.

But with respect comes pressure. The

Alta players knew the legacy at their school in soccer. They knew everyone was gunning for them. No matter who their opponents faced throughout the year, they all had Alta earmarked as the key contest of the season.

The pressure seemed to wilt the Hawks at the beginning of the season, and the Hawks found themselves losing in the St. George tournament to Desert Hills before tying Dixie.

Alta was holding a 1-1-1 record, but was outscored by its opponents 2-1 through the first three games.

“A lot of focus comes when you win a championship, but when you win two, there is just that much more,” Alta forward Christian Simmons said.

So the team held a meeting and discussed the past, present and future.

“The loss and tie was actually good for us, because we sat down and was able to really talk about it,” Hyer said. “We talked about the pressure and where it is coming from and the boys were able to really work through it.

They were able to push through the adversity, so I will take those early dings in order to push through.”

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This is the first year Lee Mitchell hasn’t been at the helm of an Alta soccer team, retiring shortly after last year’s state championship game and handing the reins off to Hyer.

While a change of coaching at any time can be hard on a team, it could have been especially tough for Alta, losing the only coach the school ever had.

But the players responded well to Hyer.

The team affectionately calls her “Kenz,” an abbreviation of her first name, instead of Coach.

“Coaching is a definite change,” Midfielder Ethan Bell said. “You get used to the way one person coaches and Coach Mitchell is not just a coach but someone I looked up to. But Kenz is doing an amazing job. She is making us all feel the same brotherhood we had with Mitchell.”

Hyer comes to the team with a lot of credentials, having played for Mitchell at Alta when she was younger and then being Mitchell’s assistant for the past 17 years.

“I think it was important to the kids for a smooth transition that I was in the school already and not an outsider,” Hyer said. “I know the Alta program and I didn’t change things from what they were under Mitchell, but I am still making it my own.”

Hyer helped the team understand the tradition at Alta while at the same time teaching them that they have their own story to write.

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“The team knows they don’t have to be the teams of the past,” Hyer said. “It is good that we have that tradition and it is nice to know, but we don’t have to be the team that won last year. We are our own team. We are writing our own chapter in the Alta soccer family history. I told them to be who we are.

That took off a lot of pressure. They don’t have to live up to someone else’s expectations. They just have to be themselves.”

And since then, Alta has put together a string of six straight wins as of press time.

The Hawks have pasted their opponents with 22 goals while only giving up six. Nearly two-thirds of those goals have come from Simmons (6) and returning striker Kenny Kocherscheidt (7). Returning goalkeeper Traven England has shut out three opponents.

“We are out there to prove every game that we belong where we are and that we hold the standard that we know we have,” Simmons said. “At the beginning of the season we were trying to find that out and finally we struck our groove. Now we just need to keep the same focus throughout the rest of the season.”

“We expect a lot out of ourselves, “ Bell said. “We aren’t looking at what other people are thinking. We are just here to prove that we can be our team. It’s not about anyone else but the 11 on the field proving that we belong here.”

Christian Simmons closes in on a pass during a recent Alta boys soccer game. Simmons, a senior, is the leading scorer on this year’s team. (Ron Bevan/City Journals)

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Hawks and Beetdiggers cover every inch of softball diamonds All photos by Ron Bevan | r.bevan@mycityjournals.com < Jordan pitcher Zoey Floyd releases her pitch in a recent game.

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< Alta’s Arianna Christensen gets a good swing on a pitch during a recent game.

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Thoughtful gifts for thoughtful students

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One of the most common DIY graduation gifts are graduation leis, similar to those Polynesian garlands of flowers, but without the flowers. You’ll need a lot of plastic wrap for this one. Gather the things you wish to include in your lei. This may include snacksized candy bars, gift cards, rolled-up dollar bills, mints, etc. Be very careful as you lay out a long piece of plastic wrap. (Alternatively, you may choose to use smaller pieces of plastic wrap and tie all the pieces together at the end.) Place all your goodies out, side by side, leaving about 2 inches between each item, down one edge of the plastic wrap. Roll that plastic wrap over to trap the goodies in their new packaging. After you have wrapped all the items thoroughly, tie each of the spaces between goodies together. Alternatively, if you’re talented with origami, you can fold dollar bills and tie them together to create a

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Kids on playgrounds are fascinating the same way the Spanish Inquisition was fascinating: lots of violence, torture, crazy zealots and tattletales. Sitting with the book I won’t be able to read, and eating cold French fries, I’m the Jane Goodall of the toddler kingdom, as I study their animal-like behavior.

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face. Everything is sticky. Bacteria gleefully thrives.

There’s a logjam of kids at the bottom of the slide, backing up traffic and causing overall mayhem. Older siblings shepherd brothers and sisters through the throng of screaming and thrashing little bodies, in search of fun and excitement, while being screamed at by their mothers.

I watch kids scramble through the maze of colorful gerbil tubes, listening for the sound of my granddaughter’s screech as she fights her way to the slide, where she refuses to go down, triggering an uproar in the playground ecosystem. Her brother finally convinces her the slide is fun and they both tumble to the bottom. They run back up and do it again.

I hear snippets of conversations. “That boy is taking off his clothes.” “She put ketchup in my ear.” “Look! I can fly!” But when the Lord of the Flies Preschool bus pulls up in front of the building, that’s my signal to skedaddle.

Easier said than done.

As soon as I announce it’s time to leave, my granddaughter scurries up the tunnel, refusing to come down and throwing poo at anyone who approaches. I send her brother up to get her and hear his bloodcurdling scream as she kicks him in the head, and climbs higher into the hamster maze. He finally drags her down, both of them crying, before she steals someone’s shoes, and runs

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toward the rest room.

Security tackles her and wrangles her back to the playground. She’s covered with either BBQ sauce or blood and tries to scuttle away as soon as I put her down. Chaos has erupted. We duck tranquilizer darts as we run serpentine to the exit.

I finally wrestle them into the car, wearing the wrong jackets and without socks. I spray them down with Lysol and have them take a big swig of hand sanitizer. I just survived a primate attack. Jane Goodall would be so proud. l

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