South Jordan Journal June 2017

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By Tori La Rue | tori@mycityjournals.com t’s summertime, and that means Salt Lake County cities are gearing up for their biggest celebrations of the year. From Draper Days to West Valley’s WestFest, here’s a chronological list of festivals to help you get your sun days on.

SoJo Summerfest | May 31–June 3 Last year, South Jordan’s summer festival came back with a new name, SoJo Summerfest, instead of its traditional Country Fest title.

“It’s all part of trying to meet the need of the community,” Melinda Seager, South Jordan’s acting director of administrative services said about the change last year. “The community is everchanging, and the festival is too.”

Featured events on June 3 include a traditional parade followed by an all-day outdoor market and a brand-new event—SoJo Summerfest Battle of the Bands—from 4 to 10 p.m. Two age groups will be performing, amateur (under 18) and professional (over 18), and the winners from each group will get a paid gig at South Jordan’s Tour of Utah Kickoff Party on Aug. 2.

For a full list of events visit sjc.utah.gov/ sojosummerfest/.

Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo | June 2–3 While most of Herriman’s summer activities will occur at the end of the month, its rodeo comes a little earlier this year. Visit herriman.org/prcarodeo/ for more information.

WestFest | June 15–18 West Valley’s annual WestFest intends to celebrate the various cultural backgrounds of its residents through communal activities.

Held at Centennial Park, 5415 West 3100 South, WestFest will offer multicultural entertainment, international cuisine and artisans, crafters and hobbyist booths from many demographics.

A carnival, movie under the stars, West Valley Symphony concert, police K-9 demonstration and firework demonstration are also part of the schedule. Visit westfest.org for specific dates and times of each event.

Taylorsville Dayzz | June 22–24 From tribute bands to camel rides, Taylorsville’s summer festival promises diverse activities.

Carnival games and rides will run all three days, and each evening a free concert will be offered. IMAGINE, a Beatles tribute band, will perform with the Utah Symphony & Cannons on June 22; Lisa McClowry’s rock the ‘80s show will hit the stage on June 23, and Celine Dion and Neil Diamond tribute singers Brigitte Valdez and Jay White will perform the final Taylorsville Dayzz 2017 concert on June 24.

Taylorsville’s celebration is also one of the few that offers fireworks on two nights (June 23 and 24). For the most updated information, follow Taylorsville Dayzz on Facebook.

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WestFest will return on June 15. (Kevin Conde/West Valley City)

Fort Herriman Days | June 22–24 Fort Herriman Days held at the W&M Butterfield Park, 6212 West 14200 South, may be shorter than some other town celebrations, but the city crams a lot of activities into those three days.

June 22 will feature carnival rides, a children’s parade, food trucks, an animal show and a magician show. June 23 will feature a carnival, water games, food booths, a foam party, a hypnotist show and a movie in the park at dusk. The last night of the festival includes races, a parade, more carnival games, a car show, live entertainment from the band Groove Merchants and fireworks.

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Riverton Town Days | June 29–July 4 A tradition since the early 1900s, Riverton’s Town Days is back again for 2017. The festival’s traditions include the Riverton Rodeo, July 3 parade, haystack dives and more, but there are several newer items coming to the celebration this year, too.

Last year the city swapped out a traditional carnival with an inflatable “Fun Zone” that includes slides, zip lines, obstacle courses and boxing.

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This relatively new zone will find its place at the Riverton City Park, 1452 West 12800 South, again this year. The city’s recreation department is also offering mechanical bull rides, pony rides and a petting zoo before the rodeo on June 30 and July 1.

Events pick up again on July 3 with the Town Days Parade that ends at the Riverton City Park where food and activity vendors will be on site prior to a movie showing in the park. On Independence Day, Riverton will be hopping with activities from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. From races to free swimming to sports competitions, the celebration will keep going until sundown when residents will gather in the park to watch the annual firework show. Visit rivertoncity.com for more information.

Stampede Days | June 30–July 4 West Jordan’s festival is centered around its rodeo, the Western Stampede. The rodeo runs on July 1, 3 and 4 at the rodeo arena located at 8035 South 2200 West. Other recurring events throughout the stampede include a carnival and photo scavenger hunt at Veterans Memorial Park, 8030 South 1825 West.

The Independence Day celebration will also include a parade at 10:30 a.m., pie eating contest at 1 p.m., band concert at 1:30 p.m., movie in the park at dusk and a firework finale at 10 p.m.

For a full and up-to-date list of activities, visit westernstampede.com.

Fun Days | July 4 Murray City’s 58th annual Fun Days celebration at the Murray Park, 296 East Murray Park Ave. offers Salt Lake County residents with yet another set of Independence Day activity options.

The day will start out with a sunrise service and will end with community members looking into the sky once again for a firework display. In the middle of those two bookends, the city will offer a breakfast, a 5k race, a children’s race, a parade, games and a talent show. Visit murray.utah.gov for more info.

July 4th Parade and Festival | July 4 South Salt Lake residents and others will gather at Fitts Park, 3050 South 500 East, on Independence Day for a patriotic celebration.

A fun run kicks off the day’s activities at 8

a.m., followed by a parade at 9:30 a.m. and a festival from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Check southsaltlakecity.com for more information.

Sandy City 4th of July | July 4 This one-day celebration consists of vendors and a parade. Details are still being worked out. Visit sandy.utah.gov mid-June when more information becomes available.

Draper Days | July 6–8, 11–15 Traditions like the Draper Days Rodeo, Draper Idol, a children’s parade, the Heritage Banquet, movies at the amphitheater and the Draper Days Parade are almost here.

The eight-day Draper Days festivities tout activities for people of all ages, and even dogs.

A Splash Dogs Jumping competition will hit the Draper City Park (12450 South 1300 East) on July 14 and 15. Human competitions, like a strider bike race, three-on-three basketball tournament and 5k race, will also abound.

Check out a full list of activities at draperdays.org.

Butlerville Days | July 21–22 Cottonwood Heights’ website boast about its Butlerville Days, named after the Butler family who originally settled the area, saying it will have the “most mouth-watering fare you can imagine” and “the best firework show in the Salt Lake Valley.”

Don’t believe it? Head over to the Butler Park to find out. The festival will also offer a carnival, chalk art festival, free bingo and the Mayor’s Cup Pickleball Tournament. More info can be found at cottonwoodheights.utah.gov.

Old West Days RMPRA Rodeo | July 28–29 While the majority of Bluffdale’s Old West Days celebration will occur the second week of August, its rodeo kicks off Bluffdale’s celebration at the end of July. Visit bluffdaleoldwestdays.com for more information.

Harvest Days | Aug. 1–6 Midvale’s Harvest Days provides resident an outlet to celebrate their city in small black party groups and larger communitywide events.

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midvaleharvestdays.com. The communitywide events include an art show, a group breakfast, a parade, live band performances and fireworks— quite an expansion from the humble first Harvest Days celebration in 1938 that was based off the parade.

Blue Moon Arts Festival | Aug. 5 Holladay doesn’t have a weeklong festival like some cities. Instead, the city hosts smaller celebrations all summer long with its concerts in the park series.

Holladay Arts also hosts an evening music and artist festival called the Blue Moon Arts Festival.

This year, the festival will feature the Joe Muscolino Band. The band performs a wide range of covers from Frank Sinatra to today’s pop hits. Other musicians and artists will be selected

by June 30.

In addition to live music, the event will feature culinary and traditional arts vendors. Visit holldayarts.org for more information.

Old West Days | Aug. 7–12 Bluffdale’s weeklong festival is “like turning back the clock,” according to volunteer coordinator Connie Pavlakis. The Western-themed celebration is highlighted by its ‘“Chuck Wagon” food cart and wooden facades that pay tribute to the city’s pioneer roots.

The prices are also old-fashioned. With $10, a child can play every carnival game to win prizes, ride an inflatable water slide and buy lunch. The prices are possible because Bluffdale relies solely on volunteers to put the event together.

Because it’s one of the later summer festivals, exact times and events have not yet been publicly announced, but the celebration has consisted of monster truck shows, concerts and car shows in the past. Check bluffdaleoldwestdays.com for updates.

More to come Still not partied out? Don’t worry. Sandy’s Heritage Festival; Riverton’s Home, Hand and Harvest market; the South Jordan’s farmers’ market; and Herriman’s Pumpkin Festival are just around the corner. Keep reading your City Journal for updates. 

JUNE 2017 | PAGE 3 EDUCATION Hawthorn Academy dedicates building with art show, project presentations

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ducating the public about drug abuse, teaching others about how oil spills harm the environment and helping students learn how to read are some of the ways Hawthorn Academy fifth-graders came together to improve their community.

Their projects were on display, along with artwork the students selected, as part of Hawthorn Academy’s May 2 dedication of its South Jordan campus that opened last year. The dedication also included commissioned artwork by Ashley Wall that will hang in both the West Jordan and South Jordan campus foyers.

“Our school is inquiry-based, which help our kids become lifelong learners,” said Lead Director Deborah Swensen about the school’s Primary Years Programme, or PYP, fifth-grade culminating project. “We asked them to look at what they’ve learned and see where they could actually make a plan to make a difference.

They had to research, develop the content, present a well-planned presentation and organize it together in their groups as well as taking action to make a difference in their community.”

PYP, part of Hawthorn’s International Baccalaureate program, invites students to ask challenging questions, reflect critically, develop research skills and learn how to learn. Students also reach out to help their community and beyond. The school also encourages students to lead their own education.

The students had about five weeks to work

Hawthorn Academy’s Karli Anderson, Gabriel Humphrey and Xavier Richardson tell other students about their Primary Years Project where they identified homelessness and worked together to gather supplies to assist those in their community. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

on their projects, from brainstorming topic ideas to presenting the project at the dedication night.

Fifth-graders Hayden Monsen and Daniel Yang created a website to educate the public about illegal drugs, such as krokodil—a derivative of morphine— and pink, a type of synthetic opioid.

“We want to make people more aware of the abuse of drugs, so we created a website so they could fully understand the impact they have,” Hayden said.

Classmates Elizabeth Birkner, Elliana Markides and Lauren Angilau not only made a website to educate others about how oil spills pollute the ocean, often kill seas animals and affect the food chain— but also issued an environmental challenge.

“We’re calling for awareness as we challenge

people to pick up 20 pieces of recyclable material for two weeks,” Lauren said. “It’s a way we all can make a difference.”

The team of Logan Burgess, Alexis Bowman, Jamerson Popp and Rajveer Ghuman created a tri-fold presentation called, “Stop Bullying: Bully Exterminators.”

While one student identified himself as a bully at a former school, he said he was acting out of anger and would think “it was cool to bully other people.”

Two students said they had been bullied at other schools that made them have nightmares and feel helpless and depressed.

“I was always sad, and I’d fake being sick so I wouldn’t have to be at school,” said one student who chose not to be identified.

Through sharing their experiences, they hoped to teach others what to do if they’re bullied and educate them on the causes behind bullying.

Another group used fliers to let their community know about climate change and how they can help keep the climate under control. Then, Jake Leavitt, Tony Fillerup and Samuel Johnson set an example by planting an aspen tree.

Karli Anderson, Gabriel Humphrey and Xavier Richarson collected items from their communities to benefit Family Promise, an organization that provides for families in need. They learned there are more than 2,400 homeless people in Utah.

“We really wanted people to learn how people get in situations and how they could help,” Karli

said.

Three students, Hobie Hodlmair, Abby Thomas and Eloise Piercy, spent one week helping students in first grade learn how to read. They helped these students sound out words and practice fluency words with flash cards.

“We’d work with them for about 25 minutes each day,” Hobie said, adding that they learned one-to-one tutoring. “At first they were shy and didn’t want to read. The second day, we’d work on frequency words, and they’d practice the next day. By the fourth day, they were reading books by themselves.”

Abby said through experience, she knows it’s hard to be a struggling reader.

“It’s hard to stay up with everyone doing assignments, so I wanted to help these students,” she said.

Eloise added that reading also will help them become more confident.

“The more confident they are as a person and in a social setting, the better person and student they’ll become,” she said.

The dedication night also featured an art project from every student as part of the school’s Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program.

“We integrate what they learn in the classroom into our art, so they’re learning another way to express themselves and show what they’re learning,” Wall said. “They’re really excited about the show and sharing it with their community.” 

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South Jordan employee receives $25,000 scholarship from fast food chain

By Tori La Rue | tori@mycityjournals.com

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n May 10, one Herriman High graduate was surprised to bring home a $25,000 check from the fast food chain he’d been working at for the past four years.

Representatives from corporate Chick-fil-A and South Jordan store owner Becky Pickle surprised 20-year-old Ezra Pugliano with the giant scholarship check at the Chick-fil-A in The District shopping center. Out of 4,200 applicants, Pugliano was one of 12 student workers in the nation who was selected for the company’s True Inspiration service scholarship. Twenty-one other South Jordan Chick-fil-A employees were given $2,500 scholarships.

“I didn’t believe it,” Pugliano said. “I thought it was fake.

I was thinking ‘Where’s the April Fools?’ or something like that, but I was just shocked. I couldn’t believe it because there are so many people better than me, but just to be able to get it was like seeing that what I am doing is paying off.”

The sophomore college student was selected because of his application, which detailed his service in Kansas as a religious missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, volunteer time at the Riverton Senior Center and connection with Chick-fil-A. Pugliano grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where Chick-fil-A is headquartered. As a child, he and his mom sold the company’s chicken biscuits at his elementary school, so by the time he was looking for a job as a 16-year-old in Herriman, Utah, he thought Chick-fil-A would do. Upon making good friends at the establishment—especially with Pickle—he stuck around.

When Pugliano headed to Utah State University after high school, he transferred to the Logan store, but he missed

Ezra Pugliano, a Chick-fil-A employee, and his boss Becky Pickle, owner of the South Jordan Chick-fil-A, pose for a picture with the giant $25,000 scholarship Chick-fil-A corporate members presented to Pugliano on May 10. (Tori La Rue/City Journals)

Pickle and his friends at the District restaurant, so he said he’d make the nearly 100-mile commute to the South Jordan Chick-fil-A each weekend just to work there.

Now Pugliano, a financial advising major, has transferred to UVU where he’ll be closer to home and to work. And while he plans to work full time at the South Jordan Chick-fil-A over

the summer, he said he’s thrilled that he’s only need to work part time during the school year because of the scholarship.

“I’m still going to work, but being able to focus more on my education will be really awesome,” Pugliano said.

“Basically (the scholarship) is also going to give me the opportunity to not have student loans and to not, not finish college for financial reasons and not stress about finances and money.”

Pickle said Pugliano is a deserving recipient of the scholarship. She found out Pugliano was selected while she was boarding a plane.

“I broke down crying because of the excitement I felt for him,” she said. “I think four different Delta employees asked me if I was alright, and I had to tell them they were happy tears. I was overjoyed.”

Pickle has seen Pugliano age from 16 to 20, and she said it’s amazing to see how he’s learned not to be afraid of hard work.

“He sees hard work as opportunity,” she said. “This scholarship was 100 percent earned.”

Following Pickle’s example, Pugliano said he’s planning to make a career out of Chick-fil-A. His goal is to own a franchise by the time he graduates in three years. To prepare for that next step, he was recently certified as a grand opener and will be flown out to new Chick-fil-A locations in the nation to train employees.

“That’s pretty much the goal for right now, so we’ll see where this all goes,” Pugliano said. 

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‘May the fourth be with you’

By Natalie Conforto | natalie.c@mycityjournals.com

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he Salt Lake Comic Con FanX has come and gone until next fall. Now what?

Millions of sci-fi fans and a convenient play on words agree that “Star Wars” deserves its own holiday, and the Viridian Event Center has answered the call.

For the second year running, Salt Lake County’s library has hosted all manner of Jedi and Sith to celebrate America’s largest grossing sci-fi film franchise on May 4: “Star Wars” Day. “I think they did an amazing job of putting all the décor up,” Annicka Woodward said. “They really went all out.”

“We were going for a cheesy cantina theme and creating a bar-cantina atmosphere,” said Tyler Curtis, the event center manager at the Viridian. Just like that scene in “Star Wars: A New Hope” (where Han Solo shot first at the bounty hunter Greedo), the Viridian was decked out in space-age metallics, star-like twinkle lights and aliens from all over the galaxy.

While actors staged a barroom lightsaber duel, John Williams’ Imperial March (remixed with a techno beat) and music from a lip sync battle completed the cantina ambience. A photographer was available to take free pictures of fans with film poster standees and a giant AT-AT. “You wouldn’t think that library employees would go to so much effort; it was fun,” added Michael Woodward, who was also impressed with the turnout. A total of 450 people reserved tickets for the event.

David Woodruff, the event emcee, wore an Imperial general costume as he spoke to the crowd about why they all came.

“Those stories about good triumphing over evil really means something, and whether you’re dressing up as a storm trooper or an ewok, people want to embrace that

Cosplayers took the stage for the costume contest at the Viridian Event Center’s Star Wars party. (Natalie Conforto/City Journals)

feeling that they get the first time they see ‘Star Wars,’” he said.

The main event of the evening was the costume contest. Of the 450 attendees, about 70 guests were fully clad from “a galaxy far, far away.”

Wookiees, Jedi and Naboo queens were plentiful, but the grand prize went to West Jordan resident Gary Lizaso for his homemade Lando Calrissian costume. He also fashioned his wife, Amanda’s, Poe Dameron costume, which took second place.

Local cosplayers have started to include the Viridian’s event to their yearly docket, right between the March and September Comic Cons. Just like a Comic-Con, vendors were onsite with rare fan items for sale, like Rebel Alliance backpacks and Princess Leia accessories. Unlike a ComicCon, the Viridian’s party was completely free.

Cosplayers Gary and Amanda Lizaso attend Comic Cons as often as possible, and they appreciated the price of the May 4 party.

Gary said, “Comic-con tickets are around a hundred bucks,” and Amanda added, “The free food was nice.”

Light refreshments and “Star Wars”-themed snacks were provided, including “Vader Sabers” (red licorice), “Death Star Holes” (donut holes), “Princess Lays” (potato

chips) and even mocktails (Alcohol-free).

Unfortunately, not everyone got to enjoy the galactic fare.

“The food and drink line was a little ridiculous We didn’t even make it to that because it was so long,” said Woodward, who decided with her group to wait until the line died down before getting some food. That never happened; there were still at least 20 people in line at the end of the party.

Despite missing out on the food, Woodward still had a great time.

“Everything they had going on stage was pretty good,” she said. “I liked the game shows, and the trivia seemed to be pretty popular.”

The county library offers regular, free events for all ages throughout the year. This one was for adults only.

“At the library, we love touching a number of different communities,” Curtis said.

“Obviously, sci-fi and geek culture is really popular in Utah. This event provides a fun and engaging way for adults to be involved with the library.”

This year’s “Star Wars” party almost doubled in attendance from last year’s event, which proves it was a success. Library staff hopes to make the party a tradition. 

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Too many times during a transaction you will get a call about the buyers cancelling the contract. This begins to throw the seller into a world of chaos. I ask the buyers agent ‘why is the buyer canceling?’ The buyers agent responds to me quite often, “I dont know they just told me to cancel.” I proceed to ask more questions and usually I get a run around of reasons but nothing defined.

There are over 7,000 agents in the area but they dont teach you this at real estate school. So I come across this often in transactions. Recently Ive had this discussion with other agents on 3 different transactions. The other agent didnt know why their buyer was canceling the contract. I offered my assistance to meet with the buyer. Once I met with the buyer my goal was three fold. Validate the emotions, zero in on the concern, and then get a commitment. Using this technique I saved all 3 deals. Sometimes there wasn’t a concern to resolve, just a need to feel heard and comforted. Other times doing something small made them feel better. This takes time and practice and being genuine.

Buying a home can be very stressful and emotional for most buyers.

But when a buyer cancels it throws the sellers world into disarray. With only 1,000 earnest money when everyone is packed and you are either buying a new place or signed a lease on a new place the sellers world will start to cave in. How do you avoid it? Starts with making sure deadlines, earnest money, and the buyers lender are all in a position to ensure a good closing.

Then when problems come up, it takes very good skills at finding out what the problem really is and solving it. Often nothing solves problems more than years of experience solving problems. No transaction is the same because every home, buyer and seller are different.

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Be Bright, Recycle Right: Trans-Jordan leads countywide recycling initiative

By Mandy Ditto | m.ditto@mycityjournals.com

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rans-Jordan Landfill launched a countywide recycling initiative in May, along with Salt Lake County, and most cities in the valley, to better educate residents about what should and shouldn’t be recycled. The slogan for the campaign is Be Bright, Recycle Right.

Lesha Earl, the public education representative for TransJordan Landfill, started working on coordinating the initiative at the beginning of the year. Earl began coordination with the seven cities Trans-Jordan services—Draper, Sandy, Midvale, South Jordan, Murray, West Jordan and Riverton—and then moved on to work with other cities and the county.

The inconsistencies and errors each city had in their recycling materials for their residents was reviewed in the first meeting in January and corrected, Earl said, so that every city knew what could and couldn’t be recycled.

“We determined that the current contamination rate is about 19 percent, meaning that of everything that gets put in a recycling bin in the valley, almost 20 percent of it ends up in landfills, and that is something we are tackling head- on,” Earl said. “We established the goal of reducing the contamination rate to 15 percent by 2018. Our hope was to reevaluate the contamination rate 12 months after the launch date of this campaign.”

Though it took time to get the campaign approved by all involved, after Salt Lake County adopted the material created for the launch by Trans-Jordan in April, educational information was ready to start sending to residents across the valley, she said.

“It’s awesome to have our Trans-Jordan logo along with the county logo saying, ‘We are united, this is the correct way to do it,’” Earl said.

Not only did the recycling facilities get to share with cities what they do and don’t recycle through this campaign, they were also able to share what is harmful for their facilities, equipment and workers to process. Along with the dos of recycling that the group came up with, they also produced a list of the top 10 contaminants for residents to be aware of. The do-not-recycle items listed are the most important and most misunderstood: plastic bags, glass and Styrofoam, Earl said.

“It keeps it simple; they can just focus on what to do, rather than memorizing do this, don’t do this,” she said.

Every month, the group and all cities involved will release an article about one of the 10 contaminants and give other options for what residents can do with those materials, rather than recycle or even trash them.

Draper City Draper City sent out a graphic in their bimonthly newsletter sharing the do’s and don’ts outlined by the recycling campaign, with the hopes of residents cutting it out and taping to the inside of their recycling can lid as a reminder. Along with the graphic is a schedule of when and where residents can get rid of hazardous wastes throughout the summer, which will be coordinated by the county, like the glass recycling location behind the Draper Public Works facility at 72 East Sigovah Ct. (14525 South). Hazardous materials can also be taken to Trans-Jordan.

Draper City’s involvement came first from their TransJordan affiliation but also from the desire to share with residents recycling guidelines that they could trust because it is often unclear, said Maridene Alexander, the city’s public

information officer.

“I think we all want to be very good stewards of our environment,” Alexander said. “Once we know what we can put in our container people will do that. We appreciate what TransJordan is doing and all the information they’ve put together, and we just want to add our information to it as well, and make sure we are all sending out the correct information.”

Those at Trans-Jordan and cities across the valley don’t expect immediate change, but are hoping the contamination rate will decline in consistent ways as they work to continually educate residents, Earl said.

“I believe that most people care about recycling, and if they are doing it wrong it’s an education issue and it’s one we are diligently addressing through this campaign,” she said. “What I hope this does is to remove the confusion… It’s going to be so nice to inform (residents) that if it’s not on this list, it doesn’t go in recycling. If we can get people to stop putting plastic bags in recycling, our sorters will be so happy… to give them the education that if they want to do more there are plenty of options: if you take your plastic bags to stores they will recycle them.”

Salt Lake County Earl approached Ashlee Yoder, the sustainability manager for Salt Lake County, about the need for a common list to give residents in regards to recycling and contaminants, and a guide for those who don’t know where certain materials can be recycled in each city.

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S OUTHJORDANJOURNAL.COM to city and still feel confident they are doing the right thing,” Yoder said. “The county as a whole and the mayor thinks that higher recycling rates are good for everyone regardless of the city.”

Yoder and her team spend much of their time informing residents about recycling and waste, and recently commissioned a study to find out more about county recycling rates, which had never been done before. With that data, the county can give residents and city officials information on how they are doing at the county level, which “has been a great tool to give to cities and empower them to better communicate with their residents,” Yoder said.

As the umbrella over all 17 cities in the county, it’s important to be there to help educate residents, since TransJordan only regularly communicates with seven of those cities, she said. Making sure that the businesses involved — material and recovery facilities—are succeeding, while residents are recycling right is important to the county and the main reason to be involved in this campaign.

“We’re trying to empower residents to make these choices so that residents feel that they know what they need to do. If they have information from us, either at the county level or from Trans-Jordan, that says what is the right way to do things, they will be incentivized to recycle the right things and they will recycle more material because they know what they should and should not put in that system,” she said.

Sandy City The city of Sandy has seen a contamination rate of 18 to 20 percent because of the confusion on what is acceptable to recycle, and Sandy City officials believe that the campaign to better educate will help bring the contamination down, said Paul Browning, assistant public works director for Sandy.

“One of the frustrations I have is providing information

Piles of rejected waste from recycling bins can be seen at Trans-Jordan Landfill. (Trans-Jordan/Jason Turville)

to the residents giving them a clear, concise list of what’s acceptable,” Browning said. Since curbside recycling was implemented in 1999, the list that the city tried to pull together for residents on what could be recycled became long and tedious, and was always changing, he said.

With the new campaign, the work put in by Earl and Mark Hoyer—Trans-Jordan’s director—allows people to find locations to recycle all kinds of materials, which will also help contamination and landfill rates, he said. Sandy City plans to put fliers in with utility bills during the summer, as well as work with their own waste management and others to do studies and see how the message is being received in the city. 

Sandy City: sandy.utah.gov/departments/public-works/recycling Draper City: www.draper.ut.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1586 Salt Lake County: slco.org/recycle Trans-Jordan: transjordan.org/recycle

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Jordan River Commission to help restore, finish parkway in 2017

By Tori La Rue | tori@mycityjournals.com

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hen completed in Fall of 2017, a pedestrian and biking a bridge spanning from North Temple to 200 South in Salt Lake City will complete the Jordan River Parkway Trail, likely creating a national record for Utah.

“We have done a bit of research, and we think that when this is completed the Jordan River Parkway trail plus the connecting trails on the north and south ends that go all the way from Ogden to Provo, will be the longest continuous paved trail system in the United States,” said Laura Hanson, the executive director for the Jordan River Commission. “We are pretty excited.”

Because South Jordan is a member city of the Jordan River Commission, Hanson visited the city council to update city leaders about current and past projects along the riverfront. She said securing $1.23 million from the Utah State Legislature for the 1,200-foot bridge at North Temple was the commission’s “biggest win” of 2016.

Currently, there are only two gaps in the 45-mile Jordan River Parkway Trail: the one between North Temple and 200 South and another in the Bluffdale area from 14600 South to about 15000 South. The Bluffdale section, fully funded by Salt Lake County, will likely reach completion this June, according to the commission’s website, leaving the bridge as the final connector.

The $6.64 million bridge, which has been funded through intergovernmental partnerships between Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, the Jordan River Commission and the state of Utah, will span three active freight rail lines. While $50,000 is still needed to close the gap, Salt Lake City anticipates internally allocating the funds necessary to finish the bridge and complete the trail, according to the website.

Jordan River Parkway Trail users will likely be able to travel from Lehi to North Salt Lake entirely by trail come Fall 2017. (Tori La Rue/City Journals)

Hanson said the commission is also working on another project to remove goat heads from the parkway and river bottoms.

These pesky puncture vine contain spiky seed pods that break apart, harden and dry. They have had explosive growth among the Jordan River for some time.

“If you have ever gotten a flat tire on the Jordan River Parkway trail, this guy is likely the culprit,” Hanson said. “They will get stuck in the bottoms of your shoes in your dog’s paws.”

For the past five years, the Jordan River Commission has used an insect called a puncture vine weevil to combat the spread of these plants. The weevil eats only puncture vine and burrows its

eggs into the plant’s head and green teeth, reducing the amount of seeds the vines can spread.

“Each one of these plants can produce between 500 and 2,000 seeds, so if you let just one seed go, you’ve got a big problem,” Hanson said, justifying the use of weevils.

This year, the commission hopes to better manage a puncture hot spot along the trail in Midvale near 700 West, Hanson said.

Last year, the commission cleared invasive species out from around the trail and river near 3300 South. Also, 3300 South is receiving other cosmetic and restorative updates this year.

“It used to be a magnet for illegal dumping, homeless camps and was really quite covered in invasive vegetation, and it’s starting to look better every day,” Hanson said.

Pioneer Crossing Park in West Valley City is similarly undergoing renovations. The commission secured $3 million for the park updates alone from the Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation bond that passed in November.

Other areas along the Jordan River will start to see new access points, trailhead kiosks and signage within the next two years as part of another development project, Hanson said. North Salt Lake received one of the newest trail kiosk signs. The city is working to create a boat access point into the river near Center Street.

The commission helps to roll out a master-planned vision of the Jordan River by assisting member cities implement projects along the trail and river. Out of the 17 municipalities through which the Jordan River runs or which it borders, 14 are members.

Bluffdale and Midvale joined the commission in 2016, and Hanson said the commission will try to persuade Lehi, Murray and the newly incorporated Millcreek to join this year. 

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New playground to satisfy children of all abilities

By Tori La Rue | tori@mycityjournals.com

A rendering of the new all-abilities playground that will be installed in South Jordan’s East Riverfront Park. These plans are subject to change. (South Jordan City)

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n the fall, South Jordan’s East Riverfront Park will be revitalized with a $400,000 playground for children of all ability and age levels.

“It’s the kind of park where a 2-yearold will be able to play on it with his 5-, 6- or 7-year old sibling,” Don Tingey, South Jordan’s Strategic Services director, said. “Children with disabilities will be able to play on it with their friends who might not have disabilities. It’s a park for everyone.”

The playground meets or exceeds all qualifications to be considered an “inclusive” design. There are multiple difficulty levels for each activity, cooperative play spaces and wide enough travel routes for wheelchairs, among other elements. Intended for children ages 2 to 12, the new playground will replace the current one found at 10991 South and Riverfront Parkway.

“While you might say the old playground looks better than the one in your backyard, it’s getting too old for us here at the city,” Tingey said. “It’s reached its life cycle point where they’ve started discontinuing parts that we need to replace on it. And as it continues to get older, that problem would only increase.”

The journey to getting a new playground has taken three years and several large donations.

South Jordan City fronted $80,000 for the project. The city also collected $275,000 through Salt Lake County’s Zoo Arts and Parks funding, $20,000 from the South Jordan Rotary Club, $15,000 from the Eccles Foundation, $5,000 from the Michel Foundation and $5,000 from Rocky Mountain Power.

Shaun Michel, Rotary District governor, gave a few brief remarks at the May 2 city council meeting and presented a giant check from the South Jordan Rotary Club to the city council members. Michel said he felt so strongly about the project that he and his brother donated another $5,000 through their foundation, the

Michel Foundation.

“We are grateful for this opportunity to serve our own community,” he said. “Our rotary club is pleased to give up $20,000 that we have raised forever and ever and ever.”

Rotary folks contributed funds to Salt Lake County’s Field of Dreams located at the Gene Fullmer Recreation Center around 2009.

The field is accessible to children of all mental and physical capabilities. When presented with another opportunity to serve children in a similar capacity, Michel said they were thrilled.

The playground design facilitates a variety of movements—spinning, sliding, rocking, swinging and climbing. These each may stimulate different parts of the brain, muscles and sensory systems to help children grow and develop—no matter what age they are or abilities they have.

While the playground design is subject to change based on the enhanced landscape plan that has not yet been finalized, several unique activities are included in the playground renderings.

The “Cozy Cocoon” component at the park was designed as a space for autistic children or others who need a spot to self-regulate after an overload of sensory input. The pod is big enough for a child to sit in it and contains an opening on one side with windows on the right and left sides and on the back.

The “Triumph Climber” component contains three steel climbing designs that get progressively harder. The first works much like a set of stairs, the seconds looks like a ladder with evenly spaced rungs and the third contains irregular spaces for climbing. Ramps, slides and swings are also found throughout the design.

Although exact dates are still unknown, city staff members said the playground installation should be completed by this fall. 

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Three valley school districts increase teacher pay, benefits

By Mandy Ditto | m.ditto@mycityjournals.com

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hree school districts—Granite, Canyons and Jordan—have increased teachers’ pay for the upcoming school year, in an effort to retain and hire enough teachers for growing classrooms in the valley.

Granite School District Even if every graduate with a teaching degree from Utah colleges and universities chose to stay and teach in Utah, there still wouldn’t be enough to fill classrooms across the state, said Ben Horsley, communications director for Granite School District.

“The reality is that we’ve been in a teacher shortage crisis for quite some time. Granite District has been fortunate that we’ve been able to almost 100 percent staff the last two years,” Horsley said. “Our board feels strongly that every kid deserves a great, instructional leader, a full-time teacher that is there and committed to that class for the full year.”

However, as the district looked into hiring for the coming year, they found they had about half the applications they would typically receive, and would be short around 100 needed hires to fill positions across the district, he said. The board looked at their

Those attending the Association Representative meeting for Granite School District in April wave the newly presented salary schedule that had to later be approved by the district board. (Granite Education Association/Cindy Formeller).

options, and seeing that Jordan and Canyons districts were looking to raise their pay as well, decided to make changes.

The increases include the starting salary going up to $41,000 annually, which includes a 3 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) across the board for all teachers and administrators. The board also added an 8.67 percent market adjustment to salary schedule across the board, making

it the 11.67 percent increase for all in the district, Horsley said.

He said the district does anticipate some sort of tax increase through the local levy to offset the costs. The board is looking at any other cuts they can make to pursue other funds, and will use the 4 percent increase in the Weighted Pupil Unit (WPU) from the legislature to help with increase, as well as increase in levy.

The legislature funds education through the WPU, which is money from the general PACs fund from the state, and that money is given to state districts to pay teachers, fund programs and other needs.

Whatever increase the WPU goes up to each year—currently 4 percent—is what teachers can typically expect to negotiate as a raise amount each year.

As for the increase in the local levy, “it would be anywhere from $75 to $100 on a $250,000 home within Granite School District (boundaries),” Horsley said.

It isn’t just about increasing pay because it’s fair, said Susen Zobel, Granite Education Association president and a seventh-grade history teacher at Bonneville Junior High.

It’s about keeping teachers in the districts they work in, while continuing to hire.

“What Granite did was honor the existing salary schedule and send it all the way across, so every single teacher will see an increase,” Zobel said. “This is a good start, we’ve got a really great salary schedule, if you look at the schedule and starting and where you could retire, it is more comparable to other professional salary schedules. I would hope they keep

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Other states pay at higher rates, even with increases in these districts, meaning that districts in Utah need to be competitive, Zobel said.

“If we are going to get teachers to come, we need to be competitive and Granite has made a great start. Our school board has done an amazing job to make this happen for us this year, but it’s not over,” Zobel said. “I think that this shows what a good working relationship between a teacher’s association and a school district can do to benefit teachers, that regardless this was a collaborative effort between the association and the school district and without that strength of membership in the association, it would not have happened.”

Since the presentation and then official approval of the pay increase this spring, the loss of contracted teachers has slowed significantly, and many who opted out of contracts have come back to the district, Horsley said.

Canyons School District Pay increases were approved for Canyons School District on April 25, with increases for beginning teacher’s salaries going to $40,500, said Jeff Haney, director of communications for Canyons School District. Every licensed educator in the district will receive at least a 4 percent

increase, though the average increase is at 6.5 percent for teachers across the board, according to their teaching experience and education.

“The Board of Education believes, and always has believed, it’s important to invest in the district’s people. The reason for that is that we believe the students will benefit, we want our classrooms to be led by the best and the brightest educators that we can attract and retain, especially in this era of a national teacher shortage,” Haney said.

Along with these pay increases to create a competitive pay schedule, the Canyons District has been working to make sure that other benefits are clear to potential educators since the district creation in 2009, he said.

Since voters approved a $250 million bond to renovate and build new schools, the district has almost completed all 13 projects identified in 2010. A new middle school and elementary school will open this upcoming fall, Haney said. Achievement coaches and technology specialists are also at every school in the district to improve the teaching experience, he said.

As for how the increases will be paid for by the district, taxes aren’t expected to go up as an increase in the local levy.

“The law governing countywide equalization sunsets at the end of 2017.

Under the parameters of this law, and because of increasing assessed valuations,

Canyons District expects the certified tax rate to remain virtually unchanged in order to collect the funds necessary to operate the district at the same level of service while also providing a salary increase for teachers,” Haney said.

Potential teachers from the valley and elsewhere were instantly interested in applying for Canyons District positions when they heard about the increases in the starting salary, he said.

“The students will benefit from this.

The vision of the Canyons School District is to make sure that every student graduates college and career ready, and the way to do that is to have amazing teachers in every classroom, in every grade level,” he said. “This new salary schedule will help us attract the best and the brightest to our classrooms.”

Jordan School District Jordan School District is no different from others in Utah looking to constantly fill teacher positions, and with their newly approved salary schedule they are hoping to continue to attract quality employees.

Negotiations for a new salary schedule in the district began with a committee of five teachers from the Jordan Education Association, two administrators and three board members that met every other week through February. The new salary schedule

has been officially approved by the Jordan Education Association and the district board, said Janice Voorhies, president of the Jordan School District Board of Education.

The beginning salary has been raised to $40,000 a year, and every teacher on the scale has been moved up through the schedule from that, Voorhies said, effective for the upcoming fall. “We are working on a phase two for our experienced teachers with the Jordan Education Association, and our goal is to increase compensation for them through a menu of things they may already be doing or would like to opt into, like mentoring or teacher leadership or curriculum development,” she said, “and we’ll pay them more for that.”

Another change the board approved was to take away a cap in the salary schedule, so that experienced teachers can now continue to get increased compensation after 15 years of teaching. The district will also be paying for increases in benefits costs for teachers in the coming school year.

To pay for the increases, the district has adjusted their budget and are “applying a portion of our unassigned resources to increasing teacher pay for the next several years,” Voorhies said.

“Additionally, we appreciate the legislature’s generous WPU allotment this past session and we intend to use those taxpayer dollars very carefully in order to continue to support reasonable compensation for all employees.” 

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“When we look at storytelling, geography bee, spelling bee, science fair, debate and math tournaments, there is a group of kids who are excelling,” Anderson said.

The group she is referring to includes sixth-graders Kyle Anderson, Michael Pond, Andrew Shackelford, Nethra Suresh and Natalie Swain.

Andrew has been one of his school’s storytellers chosen for Jordan School District’s Story Weavers storytelling showcase the past two years. Last year, he was invited to tell stories at the Utah Storytelling Guild’s event, Story Crosswords.

“I’ve already picked out stories I plan to share this year,” he said. Recently Andrew spent his time teaming up with Nethra to earn first place the state debate tournament.

The duo argued for the negative team with the topic, “Resolved: In the United States the benefits of compulsory national service outweigh the harms.”

“We argued that it would take away time from a person’s free will to get an education, and it would affect the economy,” Andrew said.

At the same time, Andrew was working on his science fair project that would take first place at the Central Utah STEM fair at Brigham Young University.

In his project, Andrew explored peripheral vision with his project entitled, “As far as the eye can see.” He received an invitation to apply to the national Broadcom Masters competition.

He wasn’t alone. Natalie’s project, “Moving to the Music,” Michael’s project, “Slip Slidin’ Away: Optimizing the Coefficient of Static Friction between Shoes” and Kyle’s project, “Sugar: Why It’s Not So Sweet” also earned them invitations. These three also were named fair grand champions of their categories.

Natalie’s project in the life sciences division pondered the question if music played in between class periods can result in tardiness.

“My sister would say that students seemed to walk to the beat of the music in the halls,” she said after comparing data she collected at South Jordan Middle School. “My hypothesis was proven correct: When the school plays slow music, students walked slower, resulting in more tardies.”

Natalie also participated at the state debate tournament on the affirmative side, bringing home a speaker medal.

Her classmate, Michael, who received a top speaker award at the district debate tournament, tested which material would

work best to adhere to street shoes to prevent slipping on ice through his science fair project. He looked at several common materials from shag carpet to artificial turf to different grains of sand paper before discovering 1,000-grain sand paper worked the best.

“I looked at each material under a microscope before I concluded which materials interacted with each other to cause the best grip,” he said.

Michael also recently won first place from 325 students competing at the Daybreak Elementary’s seventh annual math tournament. The 4.5-hour math tournament involves solving about 25 challenging math problems on a variety of math topics.

“I won it in fourth grade, got edged out last year and had to win in a second tie-breaker this year, even though I aced the test,” he said.

Classmate Nethra had to win her six-way tie-breaker to finish third in the tournament that had 26 public and private schools participate.

“I used a shortcut method that was more like algebra, so I’d be the fastest person who got the correct answer,” said Nethra, who also is planning on participating in Story Weavers, as is Michael, this spring.

Before the math tournament, she had won the school spelling bee and earned a bid to compete in the Scripts-sponsored state bee. At state, Nethra advanced several rounds over six hours before tying for fifth place out of 157 competitors. She lost on the word “subcutaneous,” placing a ‘q’ in place of the ‘c.’

“I had learned all 1,150 words, and it was interesting to learn some words that I’ll probably never use, but to look at the words’ origins and spellings,” she said. “With some, I’ll use in my daily life to better explain things because when you can communicate better, your life is better.”

Kyle excelled at the geography bee, first winning his school bee to be extended the opportunity to take an online written test for a chance to compete in the state tournament, which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society. After doing well on the written test, Kyle competed at the state preliminary round, getting a perfect score.

“I studied casually on my own online, taking daily quizzes and using atlases and geography resources and maps to learn more,” he said.

Kyle eventually lost on questions that asked about a unique marine species found in the outer banks of North Carolina and about which countries border Hungary.

“I like to travel, so this is a way I can see pictures of other cultures and learn more about countries,” he said. “It’s a way I can challenge myself and have fun.” 

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Daybreak Elementary’s math tournament challenges South Valley students

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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t took Jordan Ridge sixth-grader Michael Pond less than one minute to solve the second tie-breaker to win first place in Daybreak Elementary’s seventh annual math tournament.

“It was awesome, just amazing,” he said. “I never expected to do that well.”

Even though Michael earned a perfect score on his individual test, he still had two tie-breakers before he beat Gavin Gann of Blackridge Elementary in Herriman, who edged him out last year to take the fifth-grade title.

Six students tied for third place in this year’s tournament.

With a sudden death playoff, Pond’s classmate Nethra Suresh took home the award. Students Ryker Anderson, of Ascent Academies in West Jordan; Caleb Weaver, of Eastlake Elementary; Tyler Martin, of Blackridge; Colby Wright, of Riverton Elementary; and Parker Strong, of Blackridge, received honorable mention awards.

Daybreak’s 4.5-hour math tournament that involves solving about 25 challenging math problems on a variety of math topics was founded and organized by parent Katherine Harbaugh, who wanted to give students a chance to excel in math.

“The tournament is an opportunity for higher-level math kids to be challenged,” she said. It’s a chance for them to put their mathematics to the test.”

Harbaugh, who follows the Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools’ rules, invites public and charter schools within the south part of the Salt Lake Valley to send individuals and teams of five students to the tournament.

“Several schools will send a fifth- and a sixth-grade team; others will pull their top 10 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders and create mixed teams,” she said.

About 325 students took part in Daybreak Elementary’s seventh annual math tournament, which gives students a chance to be challenged and excel in mathematics. (Daybreak Elementary)

Riverton Elementary’s team 1, with team members Derek Ball, Sarah Chen, Peyton Cole, Sterling Lund and Christopher Shevalier, won the first-place team trophy. Blackridge team 1, with Anne Castleton, Dawson Jepson, Tyler Martin, Eli Rush and Jaxon Smith finished second. Riverton’s team 2 with team members Max Austin, Elise Chiari, Gabi Fenn, Ethan Hall and Colby Wright was third.

Harbaugh said usually the teams that have the most sixthgraders do better since they’ve learned more math skills.

“We also honor the highest individual fourth- and fifth-grade competitors with medals,” she said.

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Harbaugh, who learned about hosting their own tournament through Math Olympiad eight years ago, said the first tournament featured 37 teams. This year, 325 students competed on 65 teams representing 26 schools.

The tournament involves several volunteers from each school grading and regrading students’ tests for accuracy. In addition, through the years, Chris Merle, and this year, Daybreak sixth-grade teacher Wendy Babcock, have been emcees, keeping students in check.

“There’s a lot to learn in the tournament-setting in an academic competition,” Harbaugh said. “It’s valuable to try your best and put yourself out there.”

With Daybreak’s teams, Harbaugh met twice during the school year to go over techniques for the story problems.

“We go over previous years’ problems so they can see the difficulty level and how it builds up from the first question to the last one,” she said. “There’s a lot of problem-solving and teamwork involved.

While Daybreak didn’t win this year, it had success in its first three years of the tournament, with Harbaugh’s son even taking the top honors.

“There’s not much for math contests compared to athletics competitions, so it’s worthwhile to see students have a chance to go after their academic pursuit and get the glory they deserve,” she said. 

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by Jordan Education Foundation

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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eventeen Jordan School District teachers were recently named “outstanding educators” by the district’s foundation. They were surprised with the honor by Superintendent Patrice Johnson, their principals and Jordan Education Foundation members.

“It was a total surprise,” Monte Vista sixthgrade teacher Alicia Rasmussen said. “I didn’t see it coming. I walked into the library, and there was a line of people there starting with the superintendent all congratulating me, giving me balloons. I had to let it absorb what was happening.”

Rasmussen and the 16 other teachers throughout the district were honored April 27 at a banquet where each teacher was presented an award and $1,000.

Johnson said she looks forward to the day when the “prize patrol,” goes from school to school to surprise the honorees.

“It’s the best day of the year when so many schools have recognized outstanding educators who lift young people,” she said. “Every year, this gets bigger, and every school is filled with gifted teachers who are deserving of this award. These teachers are being recognized for their heart, and why they do what they do is all for the love of the kids.”

Rasmussen said she appreciated being recognized for her efforts.

“A lot of teachers could receive this award, as we all put in a lot of hard work,” she said. “I’m grateful that my hard work is recognized and that I have the support of the parents, administration and community. I care about the kids, and not just those in my grade, but the entire school.” Rasmussen is also a member of the collaborative leadership team and coordinates the school’s spelling bee and Walk with Wishes service project for Make a Wish Foundation.

Her principal, Meredith Doleac, said Rasmussen fit the rubric of helping with student academic growth, showing excellent instructional practices and having an impact on student life.

“One of the things that stands out about her is her leadership and involvement in our school,” Doleac said. “She has lead Walking for Wishes ever since we started it. She has organized activities for students, such as contacting the Salt Lake Astronomical Society and having them bring huge telescopes to our school one night so sixthgraders who were studying about space could have a stargazing night. She has built trust with students and has made a positive impact on students’ lives.”

After Monte Vista, the “prize patrol” traveled to South Jordan Elementary to surprise fifth-grade teacher and student leadership adviser Kaylee Todd.

Todd’s students and other fifth-graders had just finished performing an assembly program when the “prize patrol” said they were there to present the outstanding educator award.

“The kids started chanting my name, and I tried to hush them, but they just kept going,” she said, recalling feeling embarrassed as she stood

against the multi-purpose room wall.

However, unknown to her, the students nearest to the “prize patrol” saw Todd’s name on the file.

“I just love these kids,” said a nearly speeches Todd. “This is all just so amazing.”

Her principal, Ken Westwood, who was bordering on tears, recalled when he first met her.

“She was a student teacher, and I was a principal here in my first year, and you could just see she had a way with students—an electric connection—from the beginning,” he said. “She is loved and respected by parents and kids alike.”

However, outstanding educator awards can only be given to teachers who have taught at least five years, so the nominations from parents and peers had to wait, Westwood said.

“It’s more than just being loved,” he said.

“She also had her students getting 96 percent on the CRT (standardized tests) in language arts and math. The proficiency rates were the highest in the DWA (direct writing assessment) and SAGE (standardized tests). Everything about her is extraordinary.”

Jordan Education Foundation Director Steven Hall said this year the organization received 55 applications—one from each school. The committee, made up of five Jordan Education Foundation Board of Directors members and three community members, reviewed all the nominations to select this year’s recipients. All nominees received a plaque and gift basket, and the top 17 teachers were honored at the award banquet.

“It was neat to read all the quotes and comments from parents, students and principals, but it was really hard to judge,” Hall said. “We want all these teachers to know that someone notices them and cares. The kids absolutely love what these teachers have done for them and who they mean to them.”

Other educators who were recognized at the award banquet include the following: Columbia Elementary’s Susan Locke, Copper Mountain Middle’s John Schneggenburger, Fort Herriman Middle’s Michael Farnsworth, Heartland Elementary’s Leslie Fiskell, Herriman Elementary’s Sarah Burton, Joel P. Jensen’s Cindy Horrocks, Kauri Sue Hamilton’s Laurie Tovey, Oakcrest Elementary’s Randi Frehner, Oquirrh Elementary’s Lisa DuVernay, Riverton Elementary’s Ashley Calhoun, Riverton High’s Katherine Borgmeier, Rose Creek Elementary’s Christina Stout, Southland Elementary’s Allyson Pulsipher and Westvale Elementary’s Sandra Burton.

In addition, Michele Daly of Southland Elementary was selected as Principal of the Year.

At the banquet ceremony, the following six students were also honored as 2017 student scholarship recipients: Javier Gallardo, West Jordan High School; Nardos Hammond, Riverton High School; Diana Hays, Bingham High School; Hunter Peterson, Copper Hills High School; Alisha Record, Valley High School; and Dawson Stout, Herriman High School. 

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South Jordan fourth-graders become entrepreneurs

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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or three South Jordan Elementary fourth-graders, deciding what type of business to start took more time than selling their goods.

As part of their school’s “Ram Mall,” the boys sold out within the first five minutes they opened their “JDL Mystery Bag” business.

“We learned not to start at the lower price,” fourth-grader Logan Affleck said. “We started selling them at $5 and raised the price and they were still selling way too fast. We should have started at $15.”

Learning about business was part of the lesson behind the entrepreneur fair and three-week economic unit, teacher Karrie Wardell said.

“We wanted the students to learn about the roles of consumer and producer, supply and demand, buying and making goods, profit and loss,” she said. “The students earned their ‘Ram bucks’ for the fair through jobs in the classroom. They learned how to earn money, save money and the importance of its value. Then, we let them create a business for our fair and asked them to be prepared and flexible to change prices depending on business. It opens their eyes to what it’s like in the real world.”

Students also needed to pay $1 rent for their booth space, pay for any advertising and reimburse their parents through household chores for up to $15 they could spend for supplies.

The mystery bag business, which also was run by Jacob Deyoung and Dallin Dashner, confirmed their thoughts that the fidget spinner toys, which the boys placed in eight of their 40 bags, were in high demand.

“We had everyone wanting to buy them because it’s what is really, really liked,” Dallin said. “Kids break rules for them.”

Jacob said their principal, Ken Westwood, had to send home notes to restrict use of the spinners to during recess only.

“We did well once we decided what would sell,” Jacob said, adding that one of their other ideas included live goldfish.

South Jordan Elementary students purchase items from fourth-grade entrepreneurs at the school’s annual Ram Mall. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Business also was doing well for fourth-grader Trevor Gross, who sold out of foam planes a few minutes later. He allowed students to custom decorate them.

“Planes are cool,” he said, adding that he lowered his price by $1 to help boost business. “They fly really far, and by custom decorating them, they’re stylish. I’ve learned that I’m going to be filthy rich.”

At Christopher’s Cracked Jewels, business was cracking as he sold out of marble necklaces. Christopher Pacini was still able to sell some keychains and other items and offered lessons in making jewelry.

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Liking what you do is another important lesson students learned.

Zeke Gibbs took it to heart as he created more than 50 drawings to sell.

“I drew stuff at home, free hand, because I like doing art,” he said.

“I like selling my art because people seem to really like it.”

Parents such as Tanja Rigby appreciated the economics lessons their children were learning.

“The kids got to do it all on their own — their own ideas, signage, problem-solving, such as how much soda or cups to buy — to coming up with creative, fun, innovative businesses,” she said, adding that her daughter, Hannah, was one of three girls in the Italian soda business, Soda Mama. “They talked about what is good as well as the risks of being an entrepreneur.”

Other booths that featured things such as food items and slime, admitted having slower business.

“Slime is popular, and everyone is making it,” student Avery Sheen said. “It’s good people like it, but we haven’t sold anything yet. Maybe if we pay to use the microphone to advertise it, business will pick up.”

Her partner, Sadie Roberts, said that through this project, she’s had fun learning.

“I learned how to create my own business and learning if you have a business, you need to come up with something that will sell,” she said.

Fourth-graders Megan Jones and Bailee Anderson had a candy business.

“Kids like candy, and it’s less expense,” Megan said about deciding what to sell. “We’re holding a drawing to get more money.”

Bailee said she learned one important thing about owning her own business: “If you’re doing anything wrong, you can’t get fired.” 

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South Jordan students serve seniors, veterans

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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ophomore Aidan McFall appreciated visiting seniors at assisted living residences as part of American Heritage of South Jordan’s 12th annual Spring Service Day. He and about 120 other sixth- through 12th-grade students spent time talking to seniors on April 28.

“It was cool how each had their own stories about how they grew up, what jobs they had and just talked about their lives with us,” Aidan said about the Pheasant Run Alzheimer’s Special Care residents he met. “I learned a lot from them, and they gave me good advice about going to college, getting a good job and going after my dreams. Helping other people and stepping out of our comfort zone is good for us— just being there, showing our compassion, our humanity.”

Talking with seniors at four area senior assisted living residencies and spending time getting to know them was the goal behind Spring Service Day for the older students, said teacher Lisa Faletti, who advises the 13-member student ambassador group who coordinated the day’s activities.

“We wanted to have students give something of themselves to get to know these older people in the community,” Faletti said.

“We wanted them to learn about them and know how important service is.”

The school’s 200 younger students wrote letters to those who served in the military, many decorated with patriotic pictures.

These veterans will open the letters aboard Honor Flights, flights dedicated for United States military veterans to see the memorials of the respective wars they fought in Washington, D.C. “These students learned about the honor flight, what the veterans will see and how mail is given to them on board. Many

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of our students’ letters will fill in the gaps of those who have little or no letters from families or friends,” she said.

During last year’s Spring Service Day, students made about 300 hygiene kits for local women’s and children’s shelters as well as for refugees from the Chilean earthquake. In years past, they’ve done a clean-up day at the school.

This year, junior Josh Faletti said he appreciated going

beyond the school into the community to an assisted living center.

“It was cool to meet with these funny, cute older people and to hear about their lives,” he said. “I had heard about Alzheimer’s, but hadn’t really gotten to know anyone with it. So being there shed some light on how their lives are different, and I became more emphatic to those who have it and whose family members have it. They’re still good people but not always on the same plane.”

Senior Bret Daniels and junior Caleb Wallin went to Carrington Court where they not only interacted with residents, but part of their group put on an impromptu performance where a student danced and choir members sang. They also distributed blankets that were donated by a teacher’s church group. Others did similar service work at the senior community Sagewood at Daybreak, “I mostly hung out with a resident named Jim,” Bret said.

“He was awesome. He told me he had been in two wars (World War II and Korea) and ran a bunch of marathons, including in Boston, New York, St. George and Florida. He had been mountain climbing a bunch of the mountain peaks here. It made me realize he had done so much, and I hadn’t done much. It changed my perspective, and it was refreshing to hear his stories.”

His schoolmate, junior Brock Dawson, went to The Lodge at Riverton where he played bingo with seniors.

“They were so excited to meet us and talk to us,” he said.

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First-graders learn from ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’

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Years of Experience American Heritage of South Jordan first-graders perform in the school’s annual production of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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ince American Heritage of South Jordan began in 2005, first-graders have performed “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”each year.

But it’s more than reading and reciting lines; it’s about learning a life lesson, said teacher Alice Winkelman.

“Through learning about classic literature of ‘Peter Rabbit,’ they’re learning about making good choices and being obedient,” Winkelman said.

Learning that lesson was first-grader Zoey Johnson’s favorite part.

“I was Mrs. Rabbit, and with my line, I remind my children not to be naughty,” she said.

“Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail didn’t go in the garden, but Peter was very naughty and squeezed under the gate. It reminds me that I need to obey my parents.”

Winkelman said that was a message she hoped her students would learn through the production.

“It’s a touching, tender story that they’re able to connect to,” she said.

Before students took the stage, decorated with Peter’s jacket, a watering can and felt garden vegetables inside a picket fence, they read several stories written by the author, Beatrix Potter. They also studied her life and what inspired her to write. Winkelman said she also shared about her visit to the author’s English home in the Lake District two years ago.

“They learned that the story began when Beatrix Potter wrote the tale for a sick child since she didn’t know what to write in a card,” she said. “She had a love for the outdoors, so walking in her garden gave me insight to her stories that are full of rabbits, birds and nature.”

First-grader Brielle Breinholt remembered learning about the story’s origins.

“I liked how she wrote it to the girl in the hospital and was the author and illustrator of her own work,” she said. “I’ve loved ‘Peter Rabbit,’ and I’ve read tons of books by Beatrix Potter. I liked the song, ‘Four Little Rabbits.’ That was the first one in the play.”

Songs and lines outlined the tale in the play.

While all students wore bunny ears, to complete the costumes, the girls added aprons, and the boys wore bow ties.

Even though students recite poems monthly, it was different on stage, first-grader Giannluca Cassiano said.

“It’s hard to do in front of everyone,” she said.

To help students learn, Winkelman said they began practicing in January before their lateApril performance. They read the story together and talked about it. The students also wrote in their journals about what they were learning.

Classmate Hannah Fares said it helped to sing songs at school and at home.

“My mom encouraged me to practice,” she said. “It got easier the more I did it.”

When it became time to perform, firstgrader Zelda Mouritsen said learning lines and the 14 songs was worthwhile.

“When we walked onto stage, with everyone clapping, I felt important,” she said. “We weren’t just telling them the story that everyone knows, but one that is part of all of us.”

Winkelman said through the production, many of her students have become readers.

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Local group thrives in new age of a cappella music

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t may be a new day for a cappella music. Current pop culture trends have steered the vision of a cappella groups away from barbershop quartets and toward singing groups that master the art of creating instrumental sounds with vocal chords.

A cappella group Pentatonix has more 13 million subscribers on YouTube and more than 240 million views of its most popular video. Yet another film in the “Pitch Perfect” series about a collegiate a cappella group will hit theaters later this year, and the “Sing-Off” competition series for voice-only musicians lasted for a five-season run.

And while all of this is unfolding on a national and international level, the trend of producing music—percussion, harmonies and melodies—all using human voice techniques has trickled into the local scene, too. While local group Herriman Harmonyx predated some of the pop culture a cappella icons (it’s been around since 2011), it has benefitted from the new era’s buzz.

“Community members have seen it more mainstream, and there’s kind of been this trend, so more people are receptive of the music we are doing,” said Harmonyx member Don Allphin.

Occasionally, locals will recognize Harmonyx members in the grocery store or other public venues and offer compliments, which Harmonyx members said is rewarding. The group, whose 10 members are from southwest Salt Lake County—mostly Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan and Taylorsville—is a volunteerbased. While it is sponsored by the Herriman Arts Council, the performers do not make money for their performances.

Deb Taylor, who’s been with the group since it started, said the recent popularity of a cappella groups has brought the Harmonyx an influx of song requests.

“I get a lot of people from our community reaching out and saying, ‘I think the Harmonyx need to do this song’ or ‘I would love to hear you do this one or do that one,’” she said. “We get a lot of requests from things they have heard, whether it is Pentatonix doing it or just another any song that they maybe haven’t heard as an a cappella song. We try to make that happen when we can.”

Heightened interest in contemporary pop a cappella has increased the demand for a cappella arrangements, according to Allphin, making it easier to find music parts than it was in previous years. Still, it’s not possible to find ideal 10-part arrangements of every song. That’s where Brent Rindlisbacher comes in.

Rindlisbacher, a Harmonyx veteran, has created numerous a cappella arrangements for the Harmonyx. The modest musician said his arrangements are “always greeted with mixed reviews,” but his fellow group members disagree.

“Brent’s songs are the hardest, but they turn out amazing,” Harmonyx singer Liz Cox reassured him. “They are just very technically difficult.”

Upon request, Rindlisbacher has been working on an

Herriman Harmonyx poses for a picture all dressed for their 2017 Valentine’s cabaret show. (Deb Taylor/Herriman Harmonyx)

arrangement of Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” which the singers will perform at the Fort Herriman Days festival June 24 at their usual time—just before the headliner performs.

In the weekly rehearsals leading up to the performance, other members of the group have helped Rindlisbacher edit and tweak the complex composition here and there, getting it ready for showtime. But what some call weekly rehearsals others call “weekly goof-offs.”

“Most of us, I think it is safe to say, have attention deficit.,” Taylor said. “We are all over the place. Liz is really good. She has been our music director for just over a month, I think, but she keeps us on track.”

Cox responded to Taylor’s comment.

“It’s good because I used to teach junior high choir, so I’m really good at keeping people under control,” she said, as four others in the group laughed in agreement.

And even though the group’s “craziness” keeps them from concentrating from time to time, it’s also what makes their performances memorable, Allphin said.

Allphin still remembers when Herriman Harmonyx performed at Taylor and Rindlisbacher’s workplace for Christmas a few years back. The group had created a holiday-themed script,

and Allphin played an elf and wore tights to look the part. In addition to wearing costumes, the group invited the company CEO and COO to dance with them on stage.

Interacting with audience members and bringing them up on stage is something that sets Herriman Harmonyx apart from other musical groups, according to group member Nate Bartlett.

In the choir’s main concert each year, its Valentine’s cabaret, the members try to get the audience to participate in the show, he said.

The Valentine’s cabaret is what prompted the creation of the Herriman Harmonyx eight years ago. Julie Reed, a former Herriman Arts Council member, had a vision of organizing a citysponsored romantic date night for couples around Valentine’s Day, so she hosted rigorous auditions for an a cappella choir that would perform at the event.

The three-hour auditions required sight reading, along with solo and group singing. Taylor admits to being intimidated by the other female competitors. Coming from a musical instrument background, she said she was doubtful about making the cut.

Rindlisbacher expressed similar memories about the audition.

“There were only five guys auditioning, but there were only four parts,” he said. “I was so nervous I couldn’t even stand it.”

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Herriman Harmonyx, a local a cappella group, performs at Herriman City Hall in February as part of its annual Valentine’s cabaret. (Rob Bagley/YouTube)

group despite their own insecurities.

Several years after those initial auditions, Reed moved, but Herriman Harmonyx group members decided to keep the group alive without a director.

“We still do the cabaret every year, but we’ve changed it a little bit from her original vision of romantic and sweetness to a kind of crazy comedy with lots of satire,” Taylor said.

The valentine’s cabaret takes on a new theme and a self-written script each year. This year the cabaret was based off the TV sitcom “Gilligan’s Island.” The 2016 valentine’s cabaret titled “Night of the Loving Dead” had a zombie apocalypse theme. The storylines weaves songs from many genres into one story.

The newest member of Herriman Harmonyx, Jeanette Herrera, who joined the group in late March just missed the Valentine’s cabaret but merged into the group in time for its April 4 “Star-Spangled Banner Performance” at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. She said the experience brought back memories of singing all over the world with choir and musical theater groups more than 17 years ago.

The soprano has a bachelor’s degree in music dance theatre from Southern Virginia University, but she said she gave up all a cappella and musical theater style singing about 10 years

ago when she became a single mom.

“I gave up musical theater just because you need to commit like three months in the evening at a time if you are going to do a professional show, and I just couldn’t do that for my babies,” Herrera said.

Herrera has continued to get her music fix by contributing lead vocals to her band Rhythm Addicts, which performs at bars, corporate events and weddings, but she said she’s grateful to return to her music roots by singing with the Harmonyx.

“I think what makes us unique is because we bring all the party right here in our body, so these men, they do the percussion,” she said.

“We do everything, so we don’t have to bring the drums and guitar—they are all of that. They are the rhythm section, and it is just beautiful. I think there is an element that no other band can have.”

Several other Harmonyx members also expressed their gratitude that the community group gives them an avenue to share their talents.

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Bingham’s first baseman holds a Jordan runner on. (Billy Swartzfager/City Journals)

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he Bingham baseball team was in the driver’s seat all season in 5A’s Region 3. The team finished the year with a 18-7 overall record and a 15-3 record in region play. The Miners had a 12-6 record in region matchups last season, finishing second behind Cottonwood, which subsequently ended Bingham’s 2016 season earlier than hoped by sending them home prior to finishing third in the state.

This year has been even better. The Miners only lost one game in March to start the year off on the right foot. The loss, on March 11, to nonregion foe, Spanish Fork, was early and didn’t do anything to get in the way of Bingham’s region dominance.

The Miners began region play by sweeping Brighton in mid-March for a three-game series.

Bingham averaged 11 runs in that series while only allowing the Bengals to score one.

The next region foe to fall to Bingham was West Jordan. Bingham played the Jaguars three times in four days at the end of March, winning securely all three times. The Miners didn’t score as many runs against West Jordan as they did against Brighton, but they averaged eight runs a game to close out the month.

Bingham began April much the same way, starting with Cottonwood. Cottonwood played well, but still lost to Bingham in all three matchups. The first game of the series on April 4 at Bingham was a close one, 2-0, and the second game the following day was determined in extra innings, 11-6, in Bingham’s favor. The Miners capped their run against Cottonwood with a win in April 6, 7-4.

In mid-April, Bingham traveled to Anaheim, California, for the annual National Classic Baseball Tournament, where the Miners faced

some very good national competition. Bingham went 1-3 for the tournament.

After returning home, Bingham went back to work against region competition, starting with Taylorsville. On April 18, Bingham went to Taylorsville and won 20-0, but couldn’t complete the sweep. The Miners lost on April 19 in a close fought battle, 5-4. But, Bingham won two days later at home against Taylorsville in their usual fashion, 11-3.

To begin May, Bingham squared off against Copper Hills. The Miners won all three games they played versus the Grizzlies, May 2, 2-1; May 2, 5-3; and May 5, 8-4. The games against Copper Hills were closer than usual for Bingham and may have been an indication for what was coming.

Bingham finished its regular season playing a three-game series against the Beetdiggers of Jordan High School. Jordan, who finished third in the region, surprised Bingham the first two games, winning both, one on May 8 at Jordan, 8-3, and the second on May 9 at home, 11-0. The Miners bounced back, beating Jordan in the final game of the season on May 10, 7-4.

The Miners have been led all season by several seniors and a few underclassmen. Junior Nick Burdette leads the team in both batting average and home runs while playing first base. Seniors Copper Hansen and Tate Farnsworth are first and second on the team in runs batted in. Senior outfielder Chad Wilson has shown a lot of speed on the base paths, leading the team in stolen bases. Junior, Derek Soffe has been outstanding on the bump with a record of 5-0 and an earned run average of .28. Soffe also leads the team in innings pitched, and sophomore Peyton Jones went 4-1 with an ERA of 1.09 for the season. 

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ingham High School girls golf coach Brett Boberg firmly believes his team is as tough as they come. The coach and the golfers focused on the same things this season to achieve their goal of taking a state title.

Last season, the Miners took second place in the 5A state tournament. Boberg felt that the experience gained from last season would be a big factor for 2017.

“We were very young and didn’t have a single senior in our lineup, so we’re coming in this year with some more experience,” he said.

After running away with the Region 3 title in 2016, Bingham didn’t lose a step this year. The team didn’t lose a region matchup or tournament in 2017. All of the success could easily be linked to the work ethic found throughout the program’s rigor, including practices and the offseason.

Boberg claims his golfers may be addicted to practicing. He said they go out to the range even when he has given them a day off or the weather has chosen not to cooperate.

“We have a culture of hard work on this team, and the girls go out and prove it every single day,” Boberg said. “Furthermore, these girls work all season long to improve their golf games. There is no offseason for most of these girls.”

This year’s team was led by several of the region’s top golf talents. Tess Blair, a sophomore, is Bingham’s top golfer. She is Region 3’s No.1ranked player and has won every region match and tournament for 2017. She was also featured on the cover of Fairways Magazine. Tess recently shot a 69 at Meadowbrook Golf Course.

Bingham’s No. 2 golfer is also a sophomore.

Carissa Graft took home second-place at last season’s state tournament and is currently sitting at No. 2 in Region 3, just behind Blair.

The No. 3 golfer on the squad is junior Jenique Jacobs. She has been swinging clubs at Bingham since she was a freshman, when she helped lead the team to a fourth-place finish at state.

Seniors, Kassidy Wallin and Pio Savageau are team captains and lead by example and through their experience.

The team is close with one another, as well, adding great chemistry to the already established expectation of hard work and dedication. The Miners travel to St. George every year to play golf against 3A powerhouse Desert Hills High School. They play golf at Sun River, and the Miners have never beaten the Thunder on their turf.

The team traveled south in April but was unable to golf due to poor weather but was able to get in some bonding time off the course.

According to the coach, 2016 was a tough year for the team. They weren’t terribly experienced and there were some unforeseeable events that made golf a secondary concern. This season was different because the group grew together through the hard times and has come together as a more unified and experienced group.

“We’ve grown mentally tougher,” Boberg said. “We don’t whine on bad luck or bad breaks.

These girls just keep grinding it out.”

The Miners, led by Boberg and assistant coach Jodi Sadler, have likened the team to the original miners who inhabited the valley. Boberg says they are similar in that those on the team come from all sorts of different backgrounds but have come together for one goal and work hard to achieve it.

“They are bulldogs,” Boberg said. 

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Bingham softball finishes with unblemished region record

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ingham softball finished 22-6 overall and 12-0 in region competition to earn the top spot in Class 5A’s Region 3.

The Miners finished in the same position last season as well but were upset in the opening round of the state tournament by Skyview. They were eventually sent packing from the elimination bracket by Herriman.

This season began with Bingham playing in the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Arizona. The team played five games in the early March tournament, coming home with a 2-3 record. Those three losses in Arizona would equal the amount of losses the Miners would suffer over the following two and half months.

Bingham came home to face West on March 11, winning a close game 6-5. The following two games were on the road for Bingham. The team traveled to Hunter on March 15 for a 13-1 win, and then to Lehi on March 16 for 16-1 romp. The Miners finished the remainder of March with a 3-1 record, losing a tough game to Bear River on March 24 at home, 11-0.

Bingham went to Cottonwood on April 4, leaving with a lopsided notch for the win column, 18-0. Next they faced Taylorsville, and pulled off the win in a closer game on April 6, 5-2.

The following game was the last loss the Miners were dealt during the regular season. It came at the hands of the Darts from Davis High School. Davis, like Bear River, was able to score in double digits, handing the Miners a 10-5 defeat on April 11. But, Bingham bounced back and got on a streak that extended all the way through the remainder of the regular season. Bingham beat Brighton, 10-0, on April 18 and Copper Hills, 4-2, on April 19.

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A Bingham softball player trots into second for a standup double. (Billy Swartzfager/City Journals)

A Bingham batter launches a softball that ended up in the tennis courts.

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for Life Tournament, an annual event aimed at raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research. The tournament is generally a very large event, with up to 40 teams, ranging in age from elementary to high school. Bingham owned the tournament, going 4-0 on the day, beating Murray, Grand, Alta and Manti.

Bingham averaged nearly 12 runs per game after the tournament to round out the season, beginning with West Jordan on April 26. The Miners won that game 15-9. They followed that up with a 10-0 shutout of Cottonwood the next day.

The Miners’ following two games were on the road, and both resulted in victory, one at Copper Hills on May 2, 8-5, and the other at Taylorsville on May 3, 10-7. Bingham won their final three games of the season, the last game being at Brighton, where

the Miners walked away with an 18-6 victory over the Bengals.

The team was led this season by several players. Nicole Wall not only led the team in batting average, but she also was a dominant force at the pitching position, pitching 94 innings, going 13-3 on the year with a team-low, 2.01 earned run average.

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Funding for additional jail beds approved by Council Aimee Winder Newton, County Council District 3

alt Lake County’s largest budget expenditure is the jail and over 60 percent of the General Fund is used for criminal justice-related expenses. As an elected official in Salt Lake County, I believe keeping our public safe and our jail system operating effectively and efficiently is one of our most important duties.

In recent months we have seen a lot of conversation around the issue of capacity at the Salt Lake County Jail. Since the state-driven Justice Reinvestment Initiative, the County jail has been shouldering an additional burden in the form of additional inmates from the state prison. This effort is part of the broader plan to connect drug offenders with treatment and needed resources, rather than simply prison time. Little funding from the state has been available to put into this new approach until this year. Thanks to our state legislators, counties around the state will start to see some of the financial resources needed to implement this, and we hope it will be fully funded in the years to come.

When local police officers are not able to book offenders into the jail due to capacity limits, it makes their jobs incredibly difficult. Our Salt Lake County Adult Detention Center is at capacity. It would cost millions of dollars to make improvements to Oxbow Jail to open additional pods (and several million dollars more annually in ongoing operational costs). We are solidifying

numbers now so we can develop a long-term solution.

I, along with my colleagues on the Salt Lake County Council, voted to allocate $700,000 to relocate some jail occupants to other county jails that do have capacity. This will help give us additional space to incarcerate those who need it, and by extension hopefully allow the jail to lift some of the booking constraints. I am grateful to the state legislature, which is partnering with us in this effort and is providing funding for this as well.

Sheriff Jim Winder has been an incredible leader on this issue, working tirelessly to find effective, pragmatic solutions.

I’m grateful for his leadership.

While jail beds are important, they are one piece of the overall puzzle. More and more we are seeing that alternatives to incarceration for those with chronic mental health or substance abuse challenges offer a better path. Rather than simple incarceration in a jail or prison, people struggling with mental health or substance abuse challenges can more successfully get back on their feet and break out of a pattern of poor choices.

Our county Behavioral Health division has worked hard on exploring those alternatives as well, and I look forward to continued innovation and reform in our criminal justice system.

As this jail bed plan goes into effect, local law enforcement officers should see additional capacity at our jail, so they can

adequately book individuals when needed. I know our officers on the streets bear the brunt of these challenges, and put in countless long hours giving their most devoted effort to make our cities safer.

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The biggest Utah Jazz fans may not be sitting in the stands.

The Jazz Dancers were disappointed the team was swept from the playoffs by the Golden State Warriors, but were excited to be a part of the team’s first playoff appearance in five years.

“The playoffs have been super incredible.

It is completely different than the regular season. The fans bring so much energy to the arena and the dancers are more pumped up. As they are getting ready in the tunnel they are rooting right along with the fans.

It is madness, we feel the losses and want to celebrate the wins too,” Jazz dance team coordinator Ro Malaga said.

The Utah Jazz Dance Team consists of 16 women. They are teachers, students and dance teachers or coaches, and consider themselves the team’s biggest fans. Being a member of the team is a second job and opportunity for each of the women.

McKenna, a Herriman High drill team coach, finished her first season as a Jazz Dancer. She has been dancing since she was four and has turned a hobby into a career.

“I love being a member of this team. It is not just about dancing. It is about community and entertaining and mingling with kids and trying to be a role model,” McKenna said.

“Looking up at all the fans is unreal. I have

loved this opportunity.”

The dance team makes in-game appearances as well as off-site charity events.

They do get paid although McKenna joked it is not as much as the players. The team is considered an important part of the entire Jazz experience.

“I have been fortunate to be involved with the Jazz family for some time now,” Malaga said. “I was a judge for dancer tryouts and then produced a routine with The Bear. This year they had me come in as the dance coordinator. We revamped the entire system to a hip-hop based theme. The alumni and previous directors have set such a high standard it has been great for us.”

The National Basketball Association has embraced the hip-hop genre. Its commercials and time-out music have transformed into high energy enthusiasm for the teams. The Jazz have also followed suit. The dancers try to support the community and give the fans as much energy during the game as they can.

Dancers from Spanish Fork, the Salt Lake Valley and farther north are all part of the team. Each team member practices twice a week and performs at every game. They have a catalog of routines with videos and music and choreography. The team captain, Alexia, schedules the performances beforehand but during each game routines can change

depending on the game situation.

“Being a professional dancer is similar to being an athlete. They need to take care of their bodies and watch what they eat and stay in shape. At this level we have injuries like ankles and back problems. We are always monitoring them so they can stay healthy,” Malaga said.

Kendal, a West Valley resident, just finished her second season with the team.

She began dancing in eighth grade and was a member of Hunter High School’s drill team.

She enjoyed her opportunity to perform in the NBA playoffs.

“The playoffs have been more intense.

It has been amped up, as a dancer we try to bring as much energy as we can. We make lots of appearances and try to represent the team well. Every year we go to Primary Children’s Hospital, and it is fun to see the kids light up when we see them,” Kendal said.

The dance team is sponsored by American First Credit Union. The dancers are different than other NBA dance teams, according to Gina Calvert, corporate communications manager. The music and costumes they use reflect the community they represent and high morals maintained by the Utah Jazz, she said.

“We really keep our fan base in mind. I am so proud to be a part of this team,” Malaga said. 

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Riverway Assisted living is managed by SAL Management Group, a local Utah company that has managed several assisted living communities for 10 years. The goal is to provide a home that looks and feels just like the one that residents have lived in. Riverway Assisted strives to provide a great working environment for their caregivers and make sure that they provide the best care and services to their senior residents.

Caregivers are committed to the Riverway idea of providing residents with a “Wow” experience, being flexible and teachable, being responsible, being compassionate, creating positive interactions, communicating, creating fun, smiles and laughter.

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Reproductive Care Center has five board-certified physicians who are members of the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), as well as a nurse practitioner, all dedicated to helping couples grow their families.

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Although assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been practiced for decades, the advancements have changed the way it’s being done. Instead of simply trying to obtain conception with as many embryos as possible, competent specialists at RCC focus on helping a couple achieve a single healthy baby, which increases the chance of a successful pregnancy and minimizes the risk of pre-term births.

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t the first meeting of the County Council this January, it was my honor to be elected by my peers as Chair. The leadership of the Council this year consists of myself as Chair, Richard Snelgrove as Vice Chair, Michael Jensen as Chair Pro Tempore, and Sam Granato as the Minority Leader. I appreciated that the vote was unanimous, both Democrats and Republicans joining together. In fact, I hope that spirit of cooperation and unity continues throughout the year.

This is my second opportunity to serve as Chair of the Council. My style is one of communication and collaboration, making certain we find opportunities to enhance County efforts in important policy areas by sharing information and pooling resources to better serve the community. I also bring a strong belief in accountability, knowing that when performance is measured and people become accountable for results, improvement happens more quickly.

As your County Councilman, I appreciate the responsibility that comes with serving our community. No subject is of greater concern to our state right now than opioid abuse and overdose deaths. The problem is pervasive, prevalent, and devastating.

While deaths from firearms and vehicle

Honored to Chair the County Council Salt Cunty Councilman DeBry MaxLake Burdick, County CouncilSteve District 6

accidents receive far more attention from our media, overdose deaths occur with more frequency. We rank 4th in the nation for prescription overdose deaths per 100,000 population. Most of those prescription overdose deaths come from Opioids, which are pain pills like Oxycodone (often called Oxycontin or Percocet), Fentanyl, and Hydrocodone (Vicodin).

Overdoses from heroin also continue to rise.

We cannot build enough prisons to jail our way out of this problem, and jailing those in need of treatment without sufficient recovery resources kicks the can down the road. We have to have a comprehensive set of solutions developed, and I am committed to developing those at the County Council.

Councilmember Jenny Wilson and I cosponsored a roundtable at the County Council to coordinate efforts on this critical public health issue. We heard from healthcare providers, public health experts, insurance companies, state leaders, our District Attorney and Sheriff, and from people who recovered from substance use disorders.

Let me share with you a few things the County Council learned from this roundtable: - Addiction to Opioids can take just 1 week.

- Since 1999, the rate of deaths from drug

overdose in Utah doubled.

- In Salt Lake County, that increase was 50%.

- Utah averaged 1 opioid related death each day in 2015.

- One of the most frequent areas for overdoses in the County is in the Southwest Valley. Our community is heavily impacted by this problem.

- In the last 4 years, physicians have prescribed about half as many Opioid pills with each prescription. But it has not appreciably decreased Opioid related deaths.

- While pills are less readily available on the street, heroin dealers have increased distribution. While Opioid abuse is never safe, heroin is far more dangerous, because it is produced with no quality control or regulation, and is often laced with other drugs in potentially deadly quantities and combinations.

Our County Jail is full, and that largely stems from crimes associated with drug and alcohol abuse to help fuel habits of people with substance use disorders. As a police officer for 35 years, these trends have been noticeable and alarming. It’s in our neighborhoods. Addiction

can turn decent people into criminals, and rob families of their loved ones. If we can save individuals from the scourge of substance use disorders, we can strengthen families and our community. Eventually that translates to saving tax dollars.

From our Opioid summit, some solutions have begun to take hold. Finding ways to purchase Naloxone for first responders seems wise. Naloxone is a non-addictive prescription medication that helps to block the effects of opiates on the body. It saves lives of overdose victims when administered quickly after an overdose. Naloxone has been in use by EMTs for more than four decades because it is safe and has no detrimental impact on people who have no opiates in their system. The County Council will be working with the District Attorney to equip police vehicles throughout the valley with this life-saving drug this year.

We also hope to encourage families to keep Naloxone on hand if they have a family member dealing with a substance use disorder. To find more information on how to obtain Naloxone, visit http://www.utahnaloxone.org/ As always, I welcome your thoughts and ideas. Email me at SLDeBry@slco.org, or call my office at (385) 468-7458. 

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How to Afford Your Bucket List Travel

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ave you noticed all the bucket list articles lately? I don’t know what it is, but all of a sudden, I’ve seen article after article about sky diving over Dubai, riding a camel in the Sahara Desert, or cycling though South African vineyards on a carbon negative tour.

I was wondering, if perhaps, I missed a sale on buckets at my local bucket store or maybe it was “national buy a bucket day” last week and everyone but me stocked up on buckets. And now to get some use of them, they are stuffing them up with dreams and lofty visions of travel grandeur.

Being a self-proclaimed master planner, this all should be well and good to me. Besides, who am I to tell folks how to use their buckets? But it seems to me that creating a fantasy travel dreamland could end up in a wide-awake letdown when you hit the road. So, in keeping in the spirit of adventurous travel, here are some ideas to keep your dream bucket a reality.

Understand your Travel Fund: Part of making travel a reality is to make a budget. Figure out your travel style. Are you a higher maintenance traveler that needs pricier hotels and to be entertained or does camping at a beach or hiking through the mountains meet your needs? No matter which kind of traveler you are and what your financial situation is, you’ll want to make sure to allow extra money for spontaneity and little luxuries. A general rule for us has been to plan for the vacation to cost 15 to 25% more than we think.

Set up an automatic savings account: Have your bank put aside a small amount into a travel fund and use it ONLY for travel. It doesn’t have to be much, because as it begins to grow you’ll start to make plans for where you’ll go. Now your travel vision is becoming a reality and this will encourage you to save even more in your day-to-day spending in effect tricking yourself into making it grow faster.

Utilize Long Weekends: There’s a lot that can be accomplished in a 3 or 4-day weekend. No, I don’t mean giving the dog a bath and cleaning out the garage. Hop in the car and go explore the gems close to home. I am always surprised how many people I’ve met who have not been to Capitol Reef, taken a ride on the Utah Valley Railroad train, or gone for a dip in the Crater. Yet these places are at the top of someone’s bucket list in other parts of the world.

Keep your Expectations in Check: With all the resources we have at our fingertips it’s easy to, over plan, set yourself up for failure, or just expect too much. I recently stumbled on a travel article for a roadside attraction I’ve been to on more than one occasion. I first discovered it while traveling between states and randomly stopped to stretch my legs and let the kids’ blow off some steam. It’s since become a traditional resting stop that we enjoy every time we pass through.

The article however, made this destination look AMAZING, like some kind of bucket list fairytale. It had stunning photos accompanied with an article of

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Don’t Over Plan: This is my personal stumbling block. I tend to research and attempt to plan every minute of my vacation. Thinking that it would set my mind at ease and we wouldn’t miss a thing. With many failed attempts, I’ve finally learned that no matter how well planned I was I still going to miss something and having to be accountable for every activity in everyday just made the getaway stressful and me super annoying to my fellow travelers.

While researching your destination is imperative, especially if there are tickets you’ll need in advance, it’s important to break from your normal self and let your adventurous side loose to let things roll.

Most of us will only be able to afford a very few dreamy bucket list travel destinations, but taking time off is crucial for our mental and physical wellbeing.

Travel freely to affordable destinations and restrain yourself from dreaming of what a vacation should be. With the right attitude your affordable travel can become your bucket list …. checkmark.

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Parents announce “We’re going to Disneyland!” and because kids have no sense of perspective they’ll ask hundreds of times when you’re leaving. You’ll consider canceling the trip to avoid spending any more time with your adorable screeching goblins.

Whether you fly (unwise) or drive (equally unwise), the trip to California is never part of the fun. When we took our kids to Disneyland in a covered wagon, they didn’t have iPads to entertain them. Instead, it was 10 hours of whining until my kids finally told me to shut up.

Once you find your motel (which is ten times as dumpy as it looked online) and gently scoot the homeless lady out of the doorway, your kids can run to the outdoor pool to contract cholera while you unpack the car.

The night before your first day in Disneyland, no one sleeps. Not because everyone’s excited but because your 5-year-old is crying because she’s afraid of clowns. Even though there are no clowns in the area. And you haven’t discussed clowns. And you can’t convince her she won’t be chased by clowns. So you arrive at the Happiest Place on Earth with everyone scowling.

If you forked out extra money to eat breakfast with fairies (suckers), you’ll discover everyone else in the universe has done the same thing. Your breakfast with fairies turns into breakfast with someone who might be a fairy but you’re too far away to tell.

Turning on your we’re-going-to-have-fun-at-all-costs voice, you’ll exclaim, “Who’s ready for some rides?!” and wander into Disneyland (henceforth called the Park—like Madonna, Cher and God). Everyone wants to go in different directions which begins the first of several fistfights.

You must have a plan to tackle the Park. Hopefully, this eliminates the identical rides where you sit in a little car that takes you through a colorful re-enactment of classic Disney cartoons. (Keep saying “Wow!” until you’re

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For meals, there are a variety of food options. But instead of purchasing food in the Park, take a flight home for meals. It will be cheaper.

At some point, a random clown will walk by, throwing your 5-year-old into hysterics.

Just when you think you’ll collapse if you see one more pirate or ride one more roller coaster, the evening events begin. You’re exhausted, covered in all types of stickiness, and are carrying bags full of souvenirs while wearing mouse ears, but your kids don’t care and dart away to watch light parades, water shows and other adventures that usually end in at least one visit to the Park’s Magical First Aid Center. Repeat this entire experience for 3-7 days.

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Let Me First Point Out that in many cases, medicine, shots, and operations are necessary for proper health and recovery. I’m grateful that this stuff exists. However, in my 15 years of practice, I’ve seen thousands of patients who are regularly getting meds, injections, and even operations that they didn’t need, and who are still in ridiculous pain...it’s tragic...NO WONDER that person is frustrated and skeptical that anything will help. I WOULD BE TOO!!! The problem is that with many doctors, if health insurance doesn’t cover a procedure, it’s almost as if it doesn’t exist! The reality is that the “accepted” treatment for spinal conditions is as follows: medication, physical therapy, steroid injections (pain management) and then surgery. Period. No matter how effective anything else may be. BUT...

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