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his past year, about 50 kindergartners through eighth graders were learning digitally long term as part of the home and hospital program in Jordan School District. There were others who were learning online for other various reasons—and those don’t include students who were part of the “soft closure,” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of long-term online learners may increase this fall, as families may choose to have children home with the increased risk of getting COVID-19, district officials said.

While in early July, the re-entry plans for school had not be finalized, what was determined was to provide kindergarten through eighth grade students online curriculum.

“We need to have education be flexible to meet the needs of parents without overburdening teachers,” District Superintendent Anthony Godfrey said at a recent Jordan Board of Education meeting. “The whole curriculum is being developed by selected teachers from every grade who in the past helped develop material and who now have been noticed on how well they have been teaching online. This curriculum will help every student, every teacher, with whatever the circumstances.”

Already, Jordan District has high school curriculum available online as part of the Utah Students Connect Consortium, where about 900 Jordan students are enrolled.

The K–8 curriculum development, spearheaded by Digital Teaching & Learning K-12 Administrator Ross Menlove, involves about 50 “rock star” teachers, from every grade in every feeder system, who have been spending six hours per day during three weeks in late June through July 17 to develop core curriculum lesson plans for a 180-day school year.

The Jordan teachers are working hand-in-hand with Nebo School District educators, as the two districts use some of the same materials in addition to the state core curriculum. Jordan teachers are also using resources provided by Davis School District officials and may partner with other districts as well. Nearby Canyons School District also is developing their K–8 curriculum.

“We’re creating an online option for kids who physically cannot be at the school,” Menlove said. “We just wanted to make sure we have an option for parents. The option isn’t just ‘here, do this online.’ It’s ‘do this with a teacher.’ You still have a teacher. You still have someone who For three weeks, a select group of Jordan School teachers spent their summer developing K–8 online curriculum Continued page 11

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SoJo police chief talks growth, crime and funding

By Susan Palmer | s.palmer@mycityjournals.com

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eaceful demonstrations on May 30 in Salt Lake City escalated into a full-blown riot. Protestors defaced buildings, including the State Capitol Building, and looted and burned a police vehicle after turning it upside-down in the street. South Jordan police were among those that rushed to the aid of Salt Lake PD to quell the violence. Officers were pelted with rocks and bottles, and some were injured by the flying debris.

The protests have continued, and several more outbreaks of violence have occurred.

Among those episodes, a Provo resident was shot in the arm by a protestor while he was trying to maneuver his car around the marchers. Also, when Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill put out a decision on a recent police shooting, violence again erupted.

The protestors defaced Gill’s office, covering it in graffiti and paint, and smashed several windows.

South Jordan Journal posed some questions to the SoJo Police force asking about the agreements to help other cities in Utah, what was their response to protestor’s demands to defund the police and what new training and hiring practices might be implemented in view of recent events.

The Journal received this statement from South Jordan Police Chief Jeff Carr: “The South Jordan Police Department has mutual aid agreements with all cities in Salt Lake County, including Salt Lake City.

We responded to those agreements during protests in downtown Salt Lake and we will continue to respond to those agreements as necessary.”

South Jordan is growing at a fast pace, Carr continued, referencing a recent census report, that it is one of America’s 10 fastest-growing cities and since 2017, 1,050 new homes have been added per year with approximately 3.42 people per home. This

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means calls for service will continue to grow.

“While we enjoy a relatively low crime rate, it doesn’t mean that crime isn’t happening in the city,” Carr said in the statement. “Residents can help lower property crime by taking some small measures. First, don’t leave your keys in your car; lock your car, and don’t leave valuables in plain sight.

Second, criminals enjoy a dark environment to work in, so consider leaving your porch and garage lights on at night. Third, use cameras to dissuade criminals and provide the police department with leads in the event a crime does occur.”

Carr noted that calls for service include situations not factored into the crime rate.

Traffic accidents, domestic disputes, mental health issues, drug crimes and disturbances are not part of the calculated crime rate but require a response and can be very time consuming.

“As South Jordan and the valley continue to grow, we can expect some crime and other problems to increase,” Carr said. “However, we all can help reduce that impact. A police substation and fire station—Station 64—is under construction in the Daybreak area, which will provide more of a police presence on the west side of the city. We also need our residents to become involved in their community, which includes promptly reporting suspicious activity. We encourage neighbors to consider forming a neighborhood watch in their area. With the help of technology, we have the opportunity to enhance safety and how we protect neighborhoods.”

“The police department uses data to help determine how many officers are needed to provide the current level of service to the community” Carr continued. “This includes examining staffing needs by hour of day, types of calls and the number of multiple-officer calls, average response time and time

The South Jordan Police Department has released recent statements regarding nationwide protests on police brutality. (Susan Palmer/City Journals)

spent on a call, caseloads and clearance rates for investigators, specialty needs like traffic officers, K9 officers, drug investigators and school resource officer staffing as new schools are built among other factors. The department constantly evaluates our response to calls for service and if it is appropriate to continue a particular service. South Jordan is committed to fiscal responsibility while providing resources and levels of service that our residents have requested. Given the services mentioned above and that criminal conduct will continue, we will always need the police department to protect our city. However, we should always examine other alternatives to providing the best service to our residents

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While focusing on online instruction, South Jordan teachers get thanked, honored

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hird grade teacher Jody Herzog was outside South Jordan Elementary this spring, wearing a mask, handing students their belongings that they didn’t take with them when Utah school buildings were abruptly closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It was about 9 a.m., and some students started to come, and some more, and I was thinking, ‘This is great that they’re coming right away to get their things,’” she said. “I was able to talk to a few of them, and I didn’t realize that other teachers didn’t have students there. I was so oblivious. Then, there all these horns, and I remember thinking, ‘I wish they’d stop honking so I can hear my students.’ I didn’t realize it was the celebration committee coming to give me a prize, and the students were hanging around for that moment. It was one of the biggest surprises in my life.”

Along with the third grade teachers who emerged from inside the school, was Mayor Dawn Ramsey; Superintendent Anthony Godfrey; members of the Jordan Education Foundation; her principal, Bev Griffith; her family; and the school mascot, who actually was her former principal Ken Westwood, who nominated her on his last day at the school shortly before “soft closure” and being transferred to another elementary school.

“With the school closure, I didn’t think the outstanding educator awards was going to happen,” Herzog said. “But everyone— my family, colleagues—knew about it. It was

originally scheduled for the Tuesday assembly after we shut down, so when I said to my colleagues, ‘I don’t know about doing this,’ during the soft closure, they knew I would and knew I’d be receiving this award. It was a very memorable day and one I will never forget. It was nice to be recognized for a job that is usually underappreciated that I love and work really hard at.”

Jordan Education Foundation team member Anne Gould said that is one of the reasons they went ahead to honor 61 teachers—one per school—and one principal with outstanding educator awards.

“We felt it made a bigger impact to do it now, plus it was a real morale booster,” she said. “I’m so glad we did it. It was really fun to see them at school, on zoom or knock on their doors to surprise them.”

Ramsey said it’s one event she looks forward to every year.

“We have the most amazing teachers here in Jordan School District,” she said.

“I’ve had the privilege of surprising our Outstanding Educator of the Year award winners for the past six years as a member of the Jordan Education Foundation board of directors, and it remains one of my all-time favorite events. These teachers represent all of the excellent teachers we have both here in Jordan and across the state. I am truly grateful for the professionalism, passion and expertise of our teachers and express my gratitude to educators everywhere for their consistent, heroic

South Jordan Elementary third grade teacher Jody Herzog, who had been returning items left at the school to students, was surprised to learn a caravan of cars honking was in celebration that she was an outstanding educator of the year. (Photo courtesy of Jody Herzog.)

Eastlake third grade teacher Andrea Utley was surprised to learn she was an outstanding educator of the year by Jordan Education Foundation and others who came to her home during the soft closure of schools in response to COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Jon Utley.)

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efforts, especially throughout this challenging pandemic.”

Each of the 61 teachers received a yard sign both at their home and school plus $250 and a swag bag full of prizes.

From the 61 teachers, 19 were selected to be honored at the awards banquet, which was postponed because of COVID-19. The 19 winners included three South Jordan teachers: Herzog as well as Eastlake’s third grade teacher, Andrea Utley, and Jordan Ridge’s third grade teacher, Kimberly Sanders. They received $1,000, a glass plaque and the gift bag.

Herzog, who just finished her 20th year teaching, said she always knew she wanted to be a teacher.

“I always dreamed about it,” she said. “I used to play school when I got home from school with all my stuffed animals. I knew what I wanted to do.”

So, when schools went online, she jumped on board like other teachers, but it made her realize how she valued making connections in the classroom even more.

“It made me realize what a big part the students are in my life and the joy they bring to me,” she said. “It’s not something to take for granted.”

That was evident in her nomination, which gave several examples of how she relates to students from flash card engagement to reading books out loud with different voices. One nomination even mentioned how

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Herzog, after learning her student got into Ballet West’s “Nutcracker,” came to see her perform and gave her a keepsake afterward.

Her former principal summed it up with: “Building relationships is not a technique or strategy for success in Ms. Herzog’s class,” Westwood said. “It defines her as a person.”

The nomination also pointed out how her students’ reading and math scores improve, how she collaborates with her colleagues and is involved in many activities and boards at the school, including starting a Hope Squad to provide emotional support for students.

Westwood then added: “Every school should have someone like her who lifts, leads and inspires all around her.”

At nearby Eastlake, Andrea Utley also was surprised by her colleagues, who invited her to an online meeting.

“I thought I was to be on a Zoom meeting with my team, but when I got on, it wasn’t just my team,” she said. “It was JEF, and about 20 other people outside my front door.”

As she walked outside, she found the similar prize patrol on hand, along with a couple students and a student’s grandmother, who had volunteered as a mystery reader in her classroom. The grandmother presented her the award.

“My principal nominated me, but any of my team members could have gotten it,” Utley said. “We work as a team. I am really humbled.”

In her nomination, she was commended on using best instructional practices and data to drive instruction as well as championing reading through creating a student book club, discussing Battle of the Books with

students, and videotaping herself reading and implementing techniques from “Teach Like a Champ” book, which was part of a grant she received.

Her colleagues supported the nomination, citing she has shared and collaborated with other teachers with Nearpod lessons, math strategies, her student reward system for positive behavior and classwork and other classroom methods and projects.

She has taught 18 years, 15 of those in third grade, and she still is excited to see students learn.

“I love teaching third grade. At this age, they’re really respectful, sweet and super independent,” Utley said. “They have a sense of humor, and they’re curious. I want to make a difference with kids. When I was 11 or 12 years old, I didn’t enjoy babysitting and thought teaching would be miserable. I wanted to be a businesswoman.”

That changed when she was a teenager.

Utley volunteered at Midvale’s Family Support Center’s crisis nursery, where she met Samantha, a little girl who was both deaf and blind who was waiting for a foster family.

“She changed my life,” Utley said. “She would cry the whole time until I got there and stayed with her. I realized that maybe I can help other kids too. She made a huge impact in my life.”

Utley now is being recognized for doing that as parents thank her, especially during the soft closure.

“The motto in my classroom is ‘I can do hard things,’ so when a student says it and believes that, it makes it worth it,” she said.

“I’ve taught them a life lesson.”

Before her last Zoom lesson with her class, Utley drove to each of her students’

Eastlake third grade teacher Andrea Utley, who was teaching at home during the soft closure of schools, was told to leave her zoom meeting to go outside, where she learned she was an outstanding educator of the year.

(Photo courtesy of Jordan Education Foundation.)

houses and gave them a can of root beer, an ice cream cup and a twisty straw so they could have an end-of-the-year root beer float party.

“It was really fun to see the students from a distance when I dropped off the sup-

plies for a final good-bye,” she said. “I told my class about the award and a few of them went to the school and took their picture with the educator of the year sign. I’m really excited about connecting with kids and seeing them learn in person.” l

Bingham football kicks off Aug. 14

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Aug. 14, vs Weber Aug. 21, at Skyridge Aug. 27, vs Corner Canyon Sept. 4, vs Timpview Sept. 11, at Westlake Sept. 18, vs Herriman (2019, L 14-24) Sept. 25, at East (2019, region W 16-14, playoffs L 16-20)

Oct. 2, vs Riverton (2019, W 34-13) Oct. 9, at Jordan (2019, W 31-20) Oct. 15, vs Copper Hills (2019, W 35-0) Photo by Juan Salamanca from Pexels

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ingham football experienced an unusual 2019 season. For the first time since 2011, Bingham did not reach the semifinals at the state tournament.

But this is a new year.

The Miners kick off their season Aug. 14 at home to Weber, a team Bingham dispatched 41-24 in the season opener a year ago. Other in-state non-region games the Miners are scheduled to play include Corner Canyon, Skyridge, Timpview and Westlake.

Bingham will look to avenge its 5628 loss to Corner Canyon from last year as it takes on the Chargers at home. It will also take on 5A runner up from last year, Timpview, at the beginning of September.

The tough non-region slate will prepare the team for a region schedule that features Herriman and East as well as Jordan, Copper Hills and Riverton. The Miners tied with Herriman and East for the region title in 2019.

Mark down Sept. 25 at East as a game to watch as Bingham looks to avenge its 20-16 quarterfinal loss to the Leopards last year.

The Miners will face this season with a new coach, sort of. Dave Peck returns to the program he left in 2015. Peck had led the program for 15 years, winning five state championships in the process. He replaces his former longtime assistant coach John Lambourne, who announced his retirement after the 2019 season. l

Bingham High football starts the season at home against Weber with a new but familiar face on the sideline. (Photo by Pat McDonald)

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South Jordan’s water conservation efforts

By Susan Palmer | s.palmer@mycityjournals.com

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ater is a precious commodity, especially this year.

As the spring months of 2020 were some of the driest on record with significantly decreased rainfall in Salt Lake County, water conservation is even more important. This, coupled with the facts that Utah is normally the second-driest state in the United States, and the population has now reached 85,000 people and growing in South Jordan, has further exacerbated the problem. The cooler temperatures Utah experienced early this summer suddenly switching to triple-digit temperatures in July are also a scenario for increased water usage.

SoJo leaders have been making a concerted effort to conserve water resources for the last 15 years under the guidance of SoJo City Manager Gary Whatcott. Gov. Gary Herbert’s Office of Management and Budget recognized SoJo with a special honor last October that was the first-ever presented for diligent, strategic consideration of water security, water preservation and other issues. The new award was named the “Water Efficiency Award,” and SoJo was declared Water-Smart SoJo. SoJo has been a leader in the State of Utah on water conservation and other cities have been following their example.

As SoJo continues to grow, the need for

water for potable drinking water and irrigation water is spurring on efforts for wastewater reuse. This effort has the possibility of becoming a permanent secondary or even primary supply of water not just for SoJo but for many other cities in Salt Lake County.

SoJo has implemented projects such as a water meter installation on culinary water.

This project compares SoJo residents with neighboring users and sends this information to them monthly in their utility bills. This is an effort to slow the usage of culinary water so people can see their usage in comparison with surrounding users. Also, a program of metering the secondary water system has been put in place to allow users to monitor the amount of water used for irrigation of landscaping. Public Works Director Jason Rasmussen said, “What they found is when residents can see the segments of water, they are using on their yards it causes them to use less. So that is our goal.”

There has also been a 2020 Rebate Program put in place.

A Water-wise plant rebate of $300 is offered when drought-tolerant plants are used to convert coexisting turfparkstrips to a park strip with water-wise plants in conjunction with a SoJo Drip System Conversion kit.

South Jordan City Drip System Con-

version Kit can be provided to a resident to assist in the conversion of an existing turfparkstrip to a park strip with water-wise plants. This program may be used in conjunction with the water-wise plant rebate program. Each Kit includes all the necessary parts to convert a standard park strip from traditional spray heads to a drip system.

South Jordan City Rock Mulch SoJo is providing rock mulch to qualifying residents for use in the park strip as a replacement for turf grass. This program is designed to help reduce residential water use and waste in the park strip. The material provided may vary in size and color and is subject to availability and funds for the program. Residents will abide by SoJo code and make sure that the park strip is covered with at least 50% vegetation at maturity of the plant and that all plants are to be irrigated with a drip system.

Toilet Replacement Rebate. Replace an old high-flush toilet with a new 1.28gpf or less and get up to $200 back when replacing two qualifying toilets.

Indoor Water Fixture Rebate. If you replace an old high-flow showerhead or faucet with a new water-sense fixture, you could get up to $200 back.

Other long-term water projects include the reverse osmosis of the underground aqui-

South Jordan officials have made concerted efforts to conserve water resources for years. (Susan Palmer/ City Journals)

fer present under the southwestern part of the Salt Lake Valley that has been polluted with heavy metals by mining operations. This project has been underway for 10 years and is expected to continue for 30 more years before this large underground source of water is again useable.

For more information on rebates, see the website at www.watersmartsojo.org/rebates.php or contact South Jordan City Water Conservation Coordinator Jordan Allen at 801-253-5203 Ext.1720 or through email at joallen@sjc.utah.gov. l

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Then, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox welcomed participants and encouraged them to get involved in the tech fields. He even shared with them how his 13-year-old daughter is learning coding.

“As lieutenant governor, I get to see the way that tech impacts our state and more broadly, what the industry is doing here in our state,” Cox said. “Over the last 10 years, the technology sector in Utah has grown faster than any other state with one exception, and that is the state of Washington, and most of that is driven by Amazon. It’s not just that we’re adding all of these jobs in the tech center. These are really good jobs and jobs that drive our economy. Tech workers make an average of 81% more than those who are working in other industries in the state.

We’ve seen with this disruption in the economy that these jobs have the ability, many of them with people working from home, been able to keep generating revenue and keep expanding the economy.”

Several leaders in the STEM field also held workshops, including those by Adobe and Vivint Smart Home, that were designed to show high schoolers how they create, innovate and problem-solve.

Gillian, who took part in a three-week summer intern her sophomore year, visited many of those technology companies and learned the leaders’ pathways and what careers are available.

“The Summit was initiated by the leaders, but the girl board supported it,” she said.

“It made sense to hold it virtually since, after all, it’s a technology conference. The student board helped to troubleshoot and pitch ideas.”

Gillian’s favorite part of the Summit is the tech challenge. This year, it was on reducing the carbon footprint. Previously, Gillian

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While developing the curriculum, teachers were working in teams.

“They’re all doing it together,” he said.

“They come in, and we provide the appropriate social distancing and have a bunch of rooms. We make sure they feel comfortable.

We’re having them build it that way so it’s a consistent voice from start to finish.”

The teacher teams focus on an area— math, reading, writing and science—with social studies being included in the reading and writing portions. After a baseline is created on the Canvas platform, teachers will have a few weeks before school begins Aug. 17 to tailor it to their classes—whether they are teaching online or in-person, dual-immersion, special education, accelerated and gifted students or those who need additional learning assistance, Menlove said.

Silver Crest sixth grade teacher Dylan Funk said the teachers just “hit the ground running” as they figured out the best way to organize and develop the curriculum.

“It’s overwhelming at first, but as you wrap your hands around it and get into it, you get a rhythm, and it goes from there,” he said.

“The more we get into the project, the more exciting it is to see it developing. Everyone there is passionate about it.”

At the virtual SheTech Summit, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox welcomed participants and encouraged them to get inAssigned fifth grade math to develop volved in the tech field. (Screenshot) with others, Funk said the lesson plans on has taken part in challenges that addressed traffic problems in the canyons, pollution and refugee concerns.

She said during her ninth grade year, her group won the canyon traffic challenge by deciding upon a gondola that would connect with Utah Transit Authority in the Salt Lake Valley.

“We were trying to think outside of the box on a real-world issue, using technology for a solution,” she said.

Participants also could take part in industry and student challenges from defying gravity, binary basics and basic phone repair principles

to hacking a website and saving the world with data. There also were creative sessions such as making elephant toothpaste, engineering your own musical instrument and vector art.

Those who completed as many challenges as they could in 24 hours were eligible to win prizes. Participants also received T-shirts in the mail.

“The SheTech program connects students to women in technology so we can learn firsthand from those in the field; it also can lead to having mentors or internships,” Gillian said. “It’s a great opportunity.” l

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Canvas will be more of an “organized scaffolding” or “a road map of tools you can use” to teach students. In addition, several creative ways and tools are being shared to engage students to enhance the core curriculum.

The curriculum is designed in modules, and students, parents and teachers will know they have certain materials and points to cover during a number of days before moving onto the next module, said Ami Anderson, who teaches fourth grade at Blackridge Elementary.

“This way, it will be consistent from subject to subject, class to class, school to school,” she said. “It puts all of us together— the student, the parents, the teacher. We’re all on the same page so we can help the student.

And it’s really exciting to see what is being developed. We’re diving deeper. These kids will have more in-depth writing, enriched math, a deeper experience of learning.”

Anderson, who is helping develop fourth grade reading, said students who elect digital platform should expect four hours of online learning.

As a result of developing the curriculum, Anderson said she is learning.

“It’s opened my eyes,” she said. “I have an endorsement in integrating technology, so I felt somewhat prepared, but I had no idea what this involves. I’m understanding a lot more of the curriculum in a deeper way and what students need. It’s making me become a better teacher.” l

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Local company, restaurants work to feed front-line workers

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food distribution company in Utah is finding ways to give back amid the coronavirus pandemic while supporting the local economy.

Nicholas and Company developed an initiative called Helping Heroes in partnership with the Utah Football Foundation to help feed front-line workers with the help of local restaurants. Since the program began in April, almost 2,000 meals have been donated.

“The general public knows how hard the restaurant and hospitality industry has been hit during this pandemic,” said Nicole Mouskondis, co-CEO of Nicholas and Company along with Peter Mouskondis. “We are the behindthe-scenes part of the supply chain that gets restaurants all the products they need. When restaurants are in trouble, we’re in trouble, too.”

When the pandemic began making an impact in Utah this spring, Nicholas and Company created task forces to address different issues.

One of those issues was an excess of inventory as businesses closed their doors as part of the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19.

The company worked to offload some products to local retail organizations, including Smith’s and Associated Food Stores, but they wanted to find a way to further help the community.

“We saw a lot of help going to feeding front-line workers,” Mouskondis said. “We noticed that we could create a win-win-win

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scenario if we helped ourselves, our customers and our community. We figured that we could take the inventory we needed to donate; we could have our restaurant operators that didn’t have enough work for their workers; we could use their labor to make meals and get those meals back out to the community.”

Nicholas and Company provides food, containers and delivery services, while the restaurant partners donate time and labor to help prepare the meals.

Cafe Trio was the first onboard, along with Culinary Crafts, Cuisine Unlimited and Stoneground Kitchen.

The facilities receiving the meals are all over Utah and include acute care centers that were heavily affected by the pandemic, Mouskondis said. Among the facilities are Rocky Mountain Care facilities, the People’s Health Clinic in Park City, the South Davis Metro Fire Department, Alta Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care and several others.

“It helped us to get products into the community, it helped our customers, and it helped the restaurants helping make the meals,” Mouskondis said.

She said they knew the project would be more sustainable if partnered with a nonprofit organization. One task force member had connections with the Utah Football Foundation, which were looking to do something to help with the crisis as well.

As part of the Helping Heroes program to bring meals to front-line workers, Nicholas and Company provides food, containers and delivery services. Restaurant partners donate time and labor to help prepare the meals.

(Photo Courtesy of Amanda Barry.)

“Unfortunately, we’re still in uncertain times,” Mouskondis said. “We knew that we would only be able to sustain this program for so long with our own donations.”

Another way Nicholas and Company innovated during the pandemic is with the direct-to-consumer online market Nicco Marketplace. The public can place orders online then visit the company’s Salt Lake City facility to pick up an assortment of goods, including fresh produce, pantry staples and some non-food essentials.

Mouskondis said giving back to the community is important because of the “philotimo” philosophy at the heart of the compa-

ny, which refers to the Greek word meaning “the love of honor” and a duty to improve the world. The mission has grown even more prevalent throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

“Regular consumers can help their own communities by supporting local business,” she said.

Nicholas and Company is the largest independent food distribution company across the Intermountain West. The company’s Las Vegas facility is part of the Helping Heroes program as well, providing meals through partnerships with local nonprofits to first responders in Las Vegas. l

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Local principal influences state and national mental health initiatives

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ocal principal Dixie Garrison, of West Jordan Middle School, has influenced education policies at national and state levels while serving as president of the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals.

Much of her work has been advocating to improve students’ mental health.

“As an educator, the biggest thing that you want to do is to have that effect on kids, to make their life better in some way,” Garrison said. “And if the message—or who I am and what I stand for and the work that I’ve done—if that trickles down to help save a kid and make their life better, then that’s the biggest thing I’ve been able to do. It’s not about trips to Washington, D.C.—which are really cool—but to have that platform.”

As Utah’s representative within the national association, Garrison met with legislators and advocated for funding for mental health and school safety initiatives and for inclusion policies for groups such as minorities and LGBTQ+.

“A lot of the state representatives are really receptive to our message—definitely the mental health and safety issues and Congress has provided funding around those initiatives,” Garrison said.

Federal funding for the 2019-20 school year increased $1.17 billion with Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for school counseling and mental health pro-

grams. Another $10 million was invested in the Safe Schools and Education pilot program.

Last October, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced $71.6 million to improve student access to mental health resources and school safety measures.

In Utah, last year’s Student Support Bill provided $26 million to hire more school counselors, psychologists, social workers and nurses. It also helped fund mental health training and the Safe UT app. This year’s amendment defined standards for mental health screenings.

“This is the most important school counseling bill that we’ve had in our state history,” said Utah Rep. Steve Eliason at the bill signing in April 2019. “It appropriates a record amount of funding.”

Garrison’s own Jordan District has seen increased funding for mental health initiatives. Funds through a Project AWARE federal grant provided mental health first-aid trainings and social emotional learning curriculum. JSD committed to hiring a full-time school psychologist for each elementary school with the $710 million mental health budget allocated by the school board in 2018.

JSD qualified for the maximum amount of Student Support Bill matching funding which they used to hire additional full-time therapists and counselors, reducing their counselor to student ratios to well below state and national averages.

Local principal Dixie Garrison influences national education policies. (Photo courtesy of Dixie Garrison)

JSD also created a Health and Wellness Team to connect students and families with local mental health resources. This year, funding was used to sponsor more than 100 students to receive a free trial period of mental health counseling with community partners.

“That makes it not scary for a lot of families who have never explored it, who are scared about getting mental health services or who might just not be able to afford it,” said Health and Wellness Specialist Mckinley Withers.

The program had a successful first year and was a valuable resource when students lost access to school services this spring due to the pandemic.

Withers said mental health support will be imperative as students come back to school amid current health and social issues.

“We have been brainstorming with our counselors and psychologists, coming up with as many different strategies and ideas to address the unique nature of all the kids coming back,” Withers said. Each school’s administration team will have the flexibility to respond to their students’ needs within their own school culture.

Garrison anticipates her students at West Jordan Middle School will need extra mental health support this year. Even though her national position term has ended, she continues to advocate for mental health and for minority and LGBTQ+ support initiatives in her school and in the state. Garrison continues to serve, as she has for the last seven years, on the Utah Suicide Prevention Advisory Board.

“The work that I’m doing is really driven by mental health,” she said. “For me, it’s a real personal mission—I had a brother who died by suicide. And so, I would say the suicide prevention is the biggest thing that I’m Principal Dixie Garrison meets with then.-Sen. Orrin Hatch to advocate for education funding. (Photo cour- involved in— that’s the most imperative tesy of Dixie Garrison) work.” l

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The Daybreak Farmers Market is back for the summer 2020 season with fresh produce, baked treats and handmade arts and crafts.

Laura Gaillard, one of the new directors along with Makayla Robinson, said the market has both returning vendors—who have been attending for the past several years— and new vendors.

“There’s such a variety,” she said. “We have fresh produce from a few different vendors. We have baked goods. We have food from different countries—all sorts of arts and crafts, creativity. And we’re getting more every day.”

The market is open each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gaillard said the season has been lengthened to go through October.

This year, customers might be seeing a lot more face masks, which visitors and vendors are encouraged to wear to help in the fight against COVID-19, more hand sanitizer and less open packaging. Visitors are also encouraged to practice social distancing.

When this year’s market kicked off in June, before the open-air market was allowed Fawn Rueckert, of Sego Lily Flower Farm, displays her fresh flowers July 18 at the Daybreak Farmers Market. to fully operate, customers had the option to (Libby Allnatt/City Journals) place orders online for drive-through pick-up.

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“It was very useful for the duration of time that it lasted,” Gaillard said.

Now, visitors can browse the farmer’s market in person in a responsible and safe fashion.

“We love people to come and check it out and talk to vendors,” Gaillard said. “It’s fun to learn their stories, what goes into their products, how they came up with them.”

Fawn Rueckert, of Sego Lily Flower Farm, has been selling fresh flowers at the market for the past three years. At the stand, visitors can find bouquets of various types (regular or petite), including an arrangement in a mason jar.

“We have a lot of regulars that come out and support us,” Rueckert said of the market customers. “We’ll have someone who tries our flowers for the first time because they’ve never experienced local flowers and how long they last. They come back for more.”

Rueckert said it’s important to support local businesses because you’re making a difference with your dollars.

“Every dollar you spend at the farmers market goes to a local family,” she said.

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Gaillard emphasizes the importance of supporting local businesses and knowing where products are coming from.

“We’re helping them and their families and their employees to stay afloat and succeed,” she said. “I really think that ultimately we should all be wanting each other to succeed.”

Gaillard said in addition to supporting your neighbors, there’s a quality and uniqueness to many local products that can be difficult to match elsewhere, from one-of-a-kind jewelry to delicious produce.

“There’s no limit to creativity,” she said.

“To be able to come and see all your different options open to you, I’m in awe of the

A sign displays the options at Sego Lily Flower Farm, one of the many vendors at the Daybreak Farmers Market, now open for the summer 2020 season. (Libby Allnatt/City Journals)

things that people have come up with, the things they pull out of their imaginations.

That should be celebrated.”

Visiting a farmer’s market safely can be a way to get out this summer and have an enjoyable outing.

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How the Utah Sports Hall of Fame honors past, present, future

By Nichole Duffy | n.duffy@mycityjournals.com

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s Utahns from across the valley search for ways to fill the void of sports, one organization has long been honoring sports past, present and future.

The Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation and museum has worked tirelessly to bring the best of Utah sports to the community.

Started in 1967 as the “Old Timer Athletic Association,” their goal was to highlight “hall of famers” which included athletes and administrators, but as time has progressed, so too has the organization. Now a nonprofit that prides itself on “preserving and honoring Utah’s sports heritage,” says Doug Toole, president-elect of the organization.

According to Norma Carr, the current president of the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation, their mission is to “Honor the past, lead the present, and award the future”.

The way they honor their mission is multifaceted, Toole explains, “The foundation honors the past by recognizing individuals in different categories; The Utah Sports Hall of Fame, the Distinguished High School Coaches Hall of Honor, Coaches of Merit Hall of Honor, Distinguished Service Award, The Hall of Fame gallery (Courtesy of the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation) and the Game Officials Hall of Honor.”

To date there has been 238 honorees in- to sports writer Hack Miller, you can see and hosting a leadership symposium for coaches some of our people who are in the hall of ducted, from a diversity of sports and com- learn about them all. in January of odd number years,” Toole said. fame and planned a leadership event. People petition levels. From Jazz great Karl Malone “The foundation leads the present by “For the symposium we choose to use can come and attend different sessions and

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learn different things from people who have been honored,” explained Carr. “Depending on who we pick each year people have a grass roots, small event where they can listen, learn and ask questions of hall of famers concerning leadership skills.”

Another exciting part of the foundation, and the third prong to its mission, is the Reams Scholarship “The foundation awards the future by providing six to eight $2,000 scholarships through donations from the Ream’s food store to high school seniors,” Toole said.

Carr expands on the program, “Started in 1990 and year to date have given out 228 scholarships, which translates to approximately $400,000 given to Utah high school students who attend a Utah school.”

These scholarships are available to any Utah student, and you don’t have to be an athlete to apply.

“The chair of the selection committee prepares a letter and sends it to all the high school counselors in Utah each year detailing the qualifications for the students to apply,” Carr said.

While the Reams scholarship uses money left by Paul Ream to help fund these scholarships, it is also funded by donations to the foundation.

The foundation does more than just honor the heroes of the past and the leaders of the future, but they put it all up for display for people to admire. The museum, which is located at City Creek mall (99 West South

Temple suite 102), has welcomed more than 1,332 Utahns, 991 people from 51 different states, and 343 international visitors.

You can read biographies of the more than 200 inductees on its website at utahsportshalloffame.org.

You can read about Jim Shea, who in the 2002 Olympics, “became a third-generation Olympian.” Or if basketball is more your speed you could read about Natalie Williams, a graduate of Taylorsville high school, who went on to be named the “PAC-10’s athlete of the decade and became a four-time WNBA all-star.”

It doesn’t matter what sport you are into, they have it.

Even president elect Doug Toole was surprised by the two honorees of 2019, brothers David and Richard Barnes, who both swam at Skyline high school and later went on to swim the English Channel. They were the first people from Utah to complete it.

A statement from the organization puts it best, “The Utah Sports Hall of Fame Museum has brought the state’s sports history to life, while preserving and honoring the legacies of heroes and role models of Utah. These athletes and figures from across a broad spectrum of individual and team sports deserve to be showcased and celebrated, and their stories will provide inspiration to all who learn more about their accomplishments.”

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Implicit to explicit – the bias experience

By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com

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et’s talk about bias. Hold on, I know— stay with me here. Terms like prejudice, bias, and systemic racism have been strewn all over our national discourse during the last few months. In attempting to keep up with some of these national conversations, I realized I could probably use a refresher on the definitions and differences of prejudice, implicit bias, explicit bias (yes there’s two types of biases), and ‘ism’s (like racism, sexism, face-ism, and the like). Writing out these concepts will help me refresh my memory, so this is really more for me than it is for you dear reader.

I tend to think of these terms as building upon one another. Prejudices are the foundations upon which biases are constructed to create the final product of ‘ism’s. And all of these things exist on the land, or discipline, of in-group and out-group relations. So let’s start with the foundation of prejudice.

In 1997, psychologist James Jones defined prejudice as “a positive or negative attitude, judgment, or feeling about a person that is generalized from attitudes or beliefs about the group to which the person belongs.” In 2006, Todd Nelson narrowed this definition in a bit by defining prejudice as a “biased evaluation of a group, on real or imagined characteristics, of the group members.”

Implicit bias has been defined as “attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.” The thing to remember with implicit biases is that they are unconscious.

Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Calvin Lai reminds us that implicit biases tend to act just outside of our own awareness.

Implicit biases are based, sometimes rather falsely, on lived experiences and social behavior. They create feelings and attitudes towards individuals we perceive as being part of the out-group.

Social Psychologists Tajfel and Turner wrote about how humans tend to cognitively categorize humans into ‘us’ and ‘them’ categories. The natural categorizations humans tend to use are appearance, ethnicity, gender, and age.

One important thing to remember about implicit biases—we all have them. And if I don’t think I have any implicit biases, that’s a bias too: Princeton Professor Emily Pronin termed it the Blindspot Bias.

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Tests created and managed by Harvard at implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.)

Explicit biases take our implicit biases out of the unconscious and materializes them into external behavior. Perhaps a familiar example of explicit bias comes from the common adolescent belief that the opposite sex has “cooties.” (Men are from Mars after all.)

We’ve developed a negative bias for people who are different from us, in this example by gender categorization, and have determined that such difference means that those individuals are part of the out-group. We then show our bias through external behavior.

This is where some important individual work can be accomplished. If we are able to reflect on and check our own implicit biases before they manifest into explicit biases, we might be able to reduce some biased behavior in the world. However, if implicit biases remain unchecked, explicit biases create real-life consequences, even when seemingly minimal.

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tions under two different names: one commonly known as Jewish, the other was not.

They found that Mr. Lockwood was able to make a reservation 93% of the time. While Mr. Greenberg was only able to make a reservation 36% of the time.

In a 2012 study, Moss-Racusin, Dovidio, et al., sent in the exact same materials to apply for a lab manager position. However, one of the material submissions had a female name, the other had a male name. They found that overall the male applicant was offered the job more often than the female applicant.

In addition, the male applicant was viewed as more competent, and was offered a higher starting salary, along with a career mentor.

Countless other studies have shown the link between prejudice, implicit bias, and direct experience, such as studies done by Lewicki, Henderson-King and Nisbett, Hamilton and Gifford, Whitley, Brewer, Duckitt, Gawronsky, Allport, and Sherif.

Lastly, power. I like to think of ‘ism’s, like racism and sexism, as a group’s explicit bias with power behind it. One of my favorite people of all time, Dr. Paul White from the University of Utah explained it like this: “Prejudice is an attitude, and ‘ism’s add a dash of superiority and social power.” l

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Bethany Wursten, a frequent patron of the Hunter Library, said she always enjoyed picking out her books, looking through them, and making sure they were what she wanted.

That process changed a bit due to the pandemic.

Beginning May 26, when curbside pickup was put into place, Wursten started putting in her order via the library’s website, waiting for her time, and picking up her books at the front of the library. “Other than one time, when the system was down, everything has run pretty smooth,” she said.

“It was nice and easy. With a toddler, I didn’t have to worry about dragging him in,” she added.

In fact, she was surprised at how much she liked it.

Utah County Library Director Jim Cooper said curbside pickup has been successful.

“We’ve had a great response to the temporary changes at the libraries,” he said.

Over 300,000 plus items are currently checked out, and eBook learning, including language learning, has expanded 140%.

More patrons than ever are taking part in online Storytime and STEM classes. The 72hour quarantine of items has been an ongoing process, as well as the shift in picking up holds at the front of the library, but Cooper said he has been happy with the results.

Though the physical library doors have been shut for a time, the county libraries have still been running, just differently. And with

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the continued phased reopening of branches on July 20, patrons can now enter their respective county library—something that hasn’t happened since May. After setting up an appointment, patrons enter their library at their designated day and time. There will be a “one-way pass holds area where they can pick up their books, as well as an area of displays,” Cooper said, adding that the displays are sort of a, “I think I’d like to check this out” opportunity.

Of course, masks are still the order of the day, but, hopefully, patrons will enjoy this phased reopening.

“Our greatest concern is the safety of our staff and the public,” he said. Case in point: When the system went down in July getting it back up was “our first priority. It was important that we protect the public’s privacy.”

Computers are not available for use, nor the rental of rooms, but Cooper said they are continually “inventing processes with the staff. We are asking, ‘How will this work?’ and trying things out.”

“We want people to get into their hands what they want and need for their life.”

As patrons wait for a full opening of the library, Cooper suggests those with young families go online for Storytime. “It is more popular now than when we had it inside the library. We stream it live, and it is archived.

You can watch it at your leisure. We used to have about 30 kids participating in Storytime, now hundreds can participate.”

Plus, anything in the library can be checked out, he said. “If it’s not at your library location, we can transport it to where you are.” l

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Mental health emergencies and the defunding of police: A law enforcement viewpoint

By Erin Dixon | e.dixon@mycityjournals.com

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Defund the police” state many news headlines.

West Jordan Police Chief Ken Wallentine said the mental health programs that many residents call for have already been tried, then left behind.

“We’ve done defunding of community health programs; we’ve done defunding of early intervention in our schools,” he said.

Funding for law enforcement comes from the city government in which they operate. Mental health services are usually funded by the county or the state. Though mental health resources may exist, there is no procedure that helps an individual connect with those resources.

“What we’ve done is transferred the responsibility to deal with people in crisis to the police department,” Wallentine said. “Parents in our community that have a 16-year-old with mental health problems who may have the physical body of an adult—the parents don’t know what to do. They don’t have a social worker they can call, so who do they call at 9 o’clock at night when they’ve got the child that’s acting up. They call the police.

We do our best to train our officers to deal with that situation, but frankly, that’s not a police problem. That’s a mental health emergency; that’s a social problem.”

Wallentine said there is a place for social services intervention.

“I’m a huge adherent to training officers to deal with mental health crises as we can, but I’m a big proponent of expanding our social services,” he said. “I don’t want to take a

16-year-old to detention, I really don’t.”

Currently in Utah, most officers can take an individual to a hospital, fill out a pink sheet, and the hospital will detain them for a few days. Or, if the individual reacts violently because of their mental state, the officer can take them to jail.

In the past, programs have been tried.

Cities will receive funding for a time but then lose the money to run it when the government can no longer keep up.

“Mental health is almost like an ebband-flow situation where it will be funded through the state, county, however that looks, and then they’ll lose that funding,” said Sgt. Jolayne Sampson of Unified Police Department (UPD) and director of the Mental Health Unit. “I do know we have lost a lot of resources over the years.”

Wallentine said emergency health care used to be easier.

“As a young cop 38 years ago, we had someone who was on call 24/7...a mental health crisis worker,” he said. “If the person was not being violent, we could call one of these folks; we [officers] could walk away. If someone needed acute care, they could find a space for them at the community health center. They’d take them up there, or to help them find some different placement if they needed long-term care. That resource exists... if we don’t have access to follow-up care, if we don’t have a structure where folks can get the help and get pointed to the right corner of the safety net, we end up dealing with them again and again.”

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Is there any program in Utah that has a follow-up system?

UPD is the only police force in the state that has a joint response program with a licensed clinical social worker. Wallentine is head of West Jordan police, so his team doesn’t have access to follow-up care. Sampson, who works for UPD, does.

“Our [unit] is different than anybody else in the state, because we are a co-responding model,” Sampson said. “We deal with people in a crisis that require both an officer and a mental health worker together, and we respond out into our jurisdiction. We have both resources on scene.”

Other Utah law enforcement departments do have LCSW on their team, or mental health detectives, but none respond cooperatively, as on Sampson’s team.

UPD’s LCSW however is funded by a grant from Salt Lake County. This grant is available to them for the next two years.

Another practice that sets the UPD’s Mental Health Unit apart from any other department in the state is their ability to follow-through with people in a mental health crisis.

“We get them where they need to go, whether that’s counseling or whatever that may look like, so that individual has resources available to them,” Sampson said.

What about defunding police officers and shift the funding to mental health workers?

“It would be like...making me a surgeon and expect me to be able to do open heart surgery,” Sampson said. “You cannot take a social worker and throw them out on the street and expect them to handle it like law enforcement.”

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“Social workers are not trained [to work with violent people],” Sampson said. “We’ve had people who have produced a firearm, a bat.”

Sampson acknowledges that the life of an officer is changing and many people have a different view of officers.

“Society has changed; we have to change with it,” she said. “That is partnering, not defunding.”

Sampson expressed frustration that an officer must never step a toe out of line. A resident can go over the speed limit, but an officer can never stray.

“Everybody makes a mistake,” she said.

“Expectation to have the same reaction, do it a certain way every single time. The reality is that no call is the same. No person acts the same, and no situations are going to be the same.”

Wallentine also expressed frustration that people cry for defunding but also for more training.

“The irony is we’re hearing we need to train our officers better, community-oriented policing and cultural competency addressing the implicit bias in de-escalation, in crisis intervention and communicating with the mentally ill,” he said. “Well, great! That creates professionals; that kind of training takes money. You want to cut my training budget then tell me we’ve got to do things that really we don’t teach in the police academy.”

Wallentine knows that accountability is critical.

“No one, no one, dislikes a bad cop more than a good cop. We have the responsibility to police our own profession. I’m all for reform steps; I’m all for more transparency in police discipline records. One of the things we’re trying to do is listen very hard.” l

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Pump Track is coming to Herriman

By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com riman City leaders have been in contact with officials of West Valley City as they have prepared for the new amenity.

“I’ve spoken to some of their maintenance workers, and they’ve said it’s been incredibly popular,” Teuscher said.

Herriman leaders will be employing the same contractor as West Valley City to build the pump track, which will cost about $100,000—one of the more economical options according to Teuscher. Herriman’s track, however, will be a little smaller. It will cater more to younger riders on scooters and bicycles, said Teuscher. But city officials are already considering building a second larger pump track in the Juniper Canyon area.

Part of the process for getting the new amenity approved included an open house where the public was invited to provide its thoughts. Teuscher said the response was “all positive,” and he expects that excitement to Herriman’s new pump track will be just the second in the valley, following this one in West Valley. (Travis Barton/City Journals) only increase as people learn about it and try it for themselves.

“We’re really excited about this amenater this month a brand-new pump track some balance and coordination to maintain quite follow the plan,” he said, which left a will be installed along the Midas Creek one’s momentum through the course. large open space. “We felt like a pump track ity,” he said. “It’s a unique feature, and we think it will have a great response.” l trail.

“This opportunity came to us almost by fit well in that space.”

A pump track consists of a continuous accident,” said Herriman’s deputy director of The pump track will only be the second loop of banks and turns, which allows riders Parks, Events and Recreation Anthony Teus- such amenity in the valley, with the other loto navigate through the track without pedal- cher. The company contracted by city offi- cated at Centennial Park in West Valley City, ing or exerting similar force. All it takes is cials to build the Midas Creek trail “didn’t constructed just last year. Teuscher said Her-

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Sandy’s e-scooters are here to stay

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emember when those bright green electric scooters started showing up on the streets of Sandy? Well, it’s been a whole year since then and now the Sandy City Council has officially allowed their operation (and regulated them) with a new city ordinance.

The electric scooters are owned and managed by a company called Lime. Users download the Lime app and (after connecting the app to a payment method) use it to unlock an electric scooter. They cost $1 to unlock and an additional 25 cents per minute of operation.

The scooters are designed to solve the “first mile-last mile” problem, which is that most peoples’ homes and destinations aren’t quite close enough to a public transit stop so they resort to driving in their cars.

The service began operation in Sandy last year with a three-month trial period with the expectation that if they got used enough, they would be here to stay. “We don’t want to have things littered and cluttered-up sidewalks. So it’s going to be driven by how much demand there is,” Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn told the Sandy Journal at the time.

However, a law passed by the state legislature prohibits municipalities from outright banning electric scooters from operating in their jurisdiction, meaning that electric scooters are here to stay in Sandy, whether its elected officials like it or not.

What they can do, however, is apply reasonable regulations to them. This led the city to draft and pass ordinance No. 20-02 last month.

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The ordinance amended Sandy City code to allow and govern the use of electric scooters.

The section of code specifies that electric scooters should be operated on bikeways or multi-use trails first. If those aren’t available, they “may be operated on sidewalks or within the shoulder of any street outside the striped travel lane.”

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Utah Moms’ organize family-friendly march at City Hall

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n July 6, Utah Moms for Racial and Social Equity made its official debut as an organization with a peaceful demonstration at West Jordan City Hall. The description on the group’s Instagram and Facebook pages sum up the call many mothers feel to fight for change: “George Floyd called out for his mama. We heard him.”

UMRSE was founded by three Utah mothers, Cristina Woods, Rachanee Berg and Abigail Dizon-Maughan. The group aims to provide “a safe, family friendly space to exercise their rights and teach the importance of standing up to racial and social injustice,” Berg said. The group isn’t exclusively for mothers, though mothers do have a special place within the group. There’s a fourth founder, too: Noah Dizon-Maughan, the 13-year-old son of Abigail Dizon-Maughan, who represents the voices of youth that UMRSE seeks to amplify.

“We marched to demonstrate for social justice and equity, to show people of color they are loved and have allies, and to teach our children how to stand up to injustice,” said the founders.

Approximately 200 people attended the demonstration at city hall. The event began

with a performance of the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice,” by Isabel Cossa.

Next, speaker Pauline Fonua Williams paid tribute to George Floyd, challenging listeners to “say his name” and to heed the call to action that has resulted from his death.

Youth speakers also shared messages throughout the evening. Taylorsville resident Violet Woods, Cristina’s 16-year-old stepdaughter, spoke about the microaggressions she has experienced and how this behavior must no longer be accepted.

Sonya Banza, a Black student entering her senior year at Copper Hills High School, expressed her wish to see Black history taught in schools and her dream to be a lawyer one day. Banza heard about the event through Noah Dizon-Maughan, who contacted her via Instagram. “I knew this was a great opportunity to help people become aware of the issues going on in the United States,” Banza said. “It was hard to choose one topic to focus on, so I chose one that I thought could make one of the biggest impacts in our country.”

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call-outs: “No justice, no peace” and “1-23-4, we won’t take it anymore! 5-6-7-8, stop the violence, stop the hate!”

Following the march, a moment of silence was held for victims of police brutality.

Then Jenny Rock and Kandace Marie performed “Rise Up” by Andra Day. UMRSE’s founders then spoke about the formation of the organization and shared personal experiences with racism as minorities in predominantly white Utah.

“Gathering together shows the people of color in our community we care, and they have allies,” Berg said. “We had a wonderful event full of love, where families of all races stood together in solidarity against injustice.”

“The march was one of the coolest things I’ve seen,” Sonya Banza said. “It was really nice to see so many people of all different backgrounds unite for one cause.”

Still, there were some concerns sur-

rounding the rally. Much attention was given to how to conduct the event safely amid a pandemic. Data collected from previous protests in Utah and around the country indicated protests carried low risk of transmission, since most occurred outdoors and masks were widely used. UMRSE organizers encouraged attendees to wear masks and maintain a safe distance from others. Masks donated by the NAACP were passed out to those who had none.

Given the clashes with counter-protestors at other events around the country, UMRSE took measures to avoid conflict as well.

“We worked closely with West Jordan Police Department, who showed a tremendous amount of support for our cause,” Berg said. They also aimed to avoid “divisive rhetoric that would motivate counter protestors and distract from our core message.”

Now that the group’s inaugural event has passed, there are more efforts on the horizon for UMRSE. Their current project is a voter registration drive. The founders echoed the position of the NAACP that “elections matter. Our elected officials determine the quality and equality of our leaders in law enforcement, public education systems, and so much more.”

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t the end of June, Misti Smith, president of the Young Women in the West Point Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in West Valley City, said she needed something for her girls to do.

“We needed to serve a little bit right now,” she said. “This period of time is stressful and kind of depressing. Many are discouraged.”

Smith’s association with the Utah Refugee Connection on Facebook allowed her to set things up. “When I saw the need, I thought, ‘perfect!’” she said.

In previous years, the Utah Refugee Connection has gathered roughly 3,000 backpacks prior to school starting filled with school supplies, and the group hoped they could add to that number this year, even if it was only in a small way.

Not only backpacks were needed but binders, lined paper, spiral notebooks, pens, pencils, glue sticks, crayons, colored pencils, scissors and washable facemasks.

The group of six had only three weeks from start to finish to get things done. All supplies had to be new, gathered and as-

sembled in backpacks by the due date.

Enlisting the help of the Relief Society (a group of women who also serve others in need) from their congregation, they sent out an email specifying to ward members what the young women were doing. Within two weeks, the girls and their leaders had gathered enough materials to fill 25 backpacks for student refugees.

“People were eager,” Smith said. “I was surprised at all the donations we received. We didn’t give people a ton of time. People dropped off [their donations] every day.”

After the two weeks were up and the supplies had sat in Smith’s car for a couple of days, the girls and their leaders met at their the church to assemble what had been donated.

“We had an assembly line, and we wore our masks,” she said. “At first, I wondered if the girls would keep them on, but they did. We’d also brought along hand sanitizer; there was lots of handwashing.”

But that’s not all.

“I had fun filling them,” Skye, a volunteer, said. “When my mom told me

about the activity, I was excited about it because the kids were going to get something they probably wouldn’t normally get.”

But gathering together, even as a small group, presented a challenge. Keeping a distance during assembly line time was tough. “But you do the best you can,” Smith said.

COVID-19 or no COVID-19 it was “about time to serve,” Smith said. “Not [only] for the girls but the leaders, too. We had to do some service.”

Since the refugee service, group members have been wondering what else they can do.

They’ve discussed helping at Primary Children’s Hospital when the pandemic is over and making blankets. Smith’s own family is waiting eagerly for the day when they will be shopping and filling their personal backpacks, plus purchasing an extra backpack each to be filled with supplies for a refugee.

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Finding the calm in a heart

Aimee Winder Newton Salt Lake County Council | District 3

I have always loved the Fourth of July. Our family activities over the years have ranged from driving up the canyon to the Brighton Breakfast or riding parades.

In the evening, we’ve had the tradition of lighting fireworks with our neighbors. I love to celebrate America and appreciate the incredible and miraculous history of our country. This year our family enjoyed watching, “Hamilton” and gained an even greater appreciation for our Founding Fathers.

As I reflected on our celebration of America, I’ve thought a lot about the creation of our country, as well as the issues facing our country today. I have no doubt that the events that transpired during the Revolutionary War, the incredible feat of developing our country’s Constitution, and many other events during this time were truly miracles.

So let’s talk about modern times. This year was interesting. Besides a pandemic, earthquake, and fires, we have civil unrest that has escalated in our own cities.

Without getting into details of these highly emotional and often politicized specifics, I think it’s safe to say that most of us have seen the incredible divide in our society.

No longer can we share a political viewpoint without others going on the attack.

Social media has become a civil war of sorts where people seem to have lost all civility and respect for their fellow humans. This Fourth of July was interesting for me. As an elected official, I wanted to post something on my public Facebook page to honor the day, but I even found myself scratching my head… not sure how to post something that wouldn’t create drama, or could be politicized. I’m finding more and more that posting about puppies seems to be the only safe play on social media.

I am grateful for our country. I know that America is an incredible place and we all have much to be grateful for. But right now some have their anxiety on high alert as we continually see news reports of riots, Covid cases on the rise, racial divide, earthquakes, and other crazy 2020 issues.

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never before have these words been needed more than this year. It says, “Peace is not about silence. It is not a place without trouble or fear. Peace is standing in the middle of chaos and finding the calm in your heart.”

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Medical Reserve Corps volunteers helping test underserved populations

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Every day the volunteers are out testing underserved populations, making sure that a drive-up test is accessible to anyone that needs it.

Aaron Smith volunteers 60 to 80 hours a week, dedicating all of his time to helping make sure that the community stays healthy.

“I began volunteering as much as I could because there was just school or nothing else, because everything was just closed down.

Helping with quarantine, helping with the isolation centers, and helping with one of our big projects which is mobile testing, especially for hotspots or large community sites.”

Eventually Smith was hired on for a fulltime role with the organization. Smith, who plans to become a doctor attributes his desire to get involved with the passion that he has for helping people get the care that they need.

“One single thing can really just change the whole trajectory of where you think you are going to be going for post-grad,” Smith recounted. “My original plan was to be applying for medical school right now, but due to the pandemic happening, it was a little bit harder to really pull everything together, I decided to apply next cycle.”

“It wasn’t really just because it was hard to pull everything together, there was an actual demand for medical help right now, and I felt like if I immediately went into medical school, I would spend all my time just studying and growing that way, but I would always just have this feeling that I could have helped, but I didn’t,” Smith added. “So, I decided just to prolong my application until next year so I could spend this year fully dedicated and giving back to my community and just helping out with this effort as best as I can.”

Smith approaches the opportunity to constantly be testing as his own personal calling and will sometimes wake up as early as 4 a.m. with the excitement that comes from working with his team of like-minded people who love working in the medical field.

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“At a time when there may be asymptomatic cases, I believe that it’s one of the most important things to know who actually has it and who doesn’t,” Smith summarized.

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For the last five months, we’ve been locked up with our families for 17 years. Each day is another long, hot trek to bedtime. Parents break their brains thinking up creative ways to entertain their kids during this “summer vacation” that started in March and threatens to continue through fall. The phrase “Families Can Be Together Forever” is now a terrifying prophecy.

Here’s what we’ve learned: Sometimes video games ARE the answer.

Celebrities share Tik Tok videos about being “stranded” in their $6.5 million log cabins where everyone has their own TV, floor, masseuse, trampoline and personal chef. I’m not belittling their suffering, I’m just . . . well, I guess I am.

For common folk, trampolines are as hard to find as Lysol wipes. Puzzles, board games and sidewalk chalk are valuable commodities on the black market (along with livers, since we’ve been day- drinking for

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Everyone is heading outside to escape.

Extended families stretch the “No large gathering” rules to the max because COVID wouldn’t ruin the annual family reunion, right? Lakes, canyons, national parks and camp sites are packed with people who thought they were the only ones who needed a break from looking at the same dirty carpeting for one more day.

I’ve been on several hikes this summer, sometimes with the puppy, sometimes with the grandkids. Not necessarily relaxing, but at least we take the fight to a different location.

My latest hike was tackling Bell’s Canyon with my daughter and three of my grandkids, including a 3- and 4-year-old. If that sounds like something out of a Stephen King novel, you are correct.

Before we even started up the trail the complaining began.

“I’m so hot.” “The trail is too steep.”

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My daughter told me to shut up and set a better example, but it was too late. The littles were soon echoing my whines at super-high decibel levels. I ended up confiscating water bottles after a good portion was dumped onto the trail to make mud. I explained to the toddlers what happens when you dehydrate. They didn’t care.

It took roughly five days to make our way to the reservoir where the kids splashed in the cool water, tossed wet sand at each other, threw crackers at the ducks, slipped on the rocks and screamed at the dragonflies.

I considered calling in a rescue helicopter, figuring the expense was worth not having to walk back down the trail. Instead, we bribed the kids with McDonald’s, promising processed chicken parts if they’d walk faster than a drugged porcupine. We made it back to the car exhausted, sunburned and

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Backyards are also being used to their fullest. Our luxurious backyard pool (a 6’ wading pool from Walmart) is usually a weird shade of green and full of dead bugs, but that doesn’t stop us from soaking in the probably dangerous water, eating popsicles. If I don’t get sick from COVID, malaria might be another option.

The grandkids set up a tent a couple of weeks ago, hoping to have a backyard campout.

They roasted marshmallows over the grill and climbed into their sleeping bags only to be shaken awake two hours later by a microburst that threatened to carry them to Oz. Everyone was safe, but traumatized, which seems to be the status quo in these crazy times.

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