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SLC companies team up to develop face masks By Libby Allnatt | l.allnatt@mycityjournals.com
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n unprecedented times with uncertainty continuing over many aspects of life due to the current pandemic, the idea of sports at all levels coming back sounds so refreshing. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights have resumed, PGA golf tournaments are again being held, Major League baseball has begun their delayed season and the NBA created a bubble in Orlando, Florida to bring 22 teams to play out the last regular season games and playoffs—all without fans in attendance. And yet, just as our excitement builds as we watch live sports returning, we see the number of COVID-19 cases, patterns and deaths fluctuating on a daily basis and are left to wonder—will high school fall sports really happen? The seasons have already begun for most of the state’s boys golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, volleyball, football and cross country teams, but how long will it last? As schools begin opening statewide as well, a lot of apprehension hangs in the air. “This is literally an hour-by-hour situation as we have been continually adapting to the current pandemic, making plans to ‘return to play,’ scrapping plans and making new plans,” Utah High School Activities Associ-
ation director Rob Cuff said. The UHSAA has been working tirelessly since March when the coronavirus shut down the sports world—and the country for a time—to brainstorm scenarios that could allow Utah high school athletics to resume. Initially, the organization suspended play for two weeks and continued to delay participation until mid-April when the spring sports seasons were officially canceled. Before the school year ended, the UHSAA lifted the typical moratorium that begins after Memorial Day to allow sports programs to hold summer trainings without date restrictions while encouraging strict adherence to local health recommendations. On July 10, the UHSAA board voted to resume the fall sports season and within two weeks had released a “Return to Play” set of guidelines to help districts and schools to outline their own protocols based on the local health procedures in their area and with specific evaluations of the use of their own facilities. Those policies include: 1) Eliminating handshakes between opposing teams and coaches. 2) “Masking up” all players and coaches
who are on the sidelines along with fans in the stands, particularly when social distancing isn’t possible. 3) Having schools and districts establish and enforce protocols and place signs at their facilities to inform participants and spectators of their own required policies, which may include mandated masks. This also includes determining seating capacity allowed. 4) Mandating that sick players, coaches or spectators not participate in practices or games. 5) Having each school fill out Utah Event Management forms and sending copies to the UHSAA. Additionally, daily temperature screenings for athletes and coaches, constant sanitizing, using personal water bottles, having wider sidelines, longer timeouts and setting a cap on uniformed players (at 50 for football) are among other procedures being required for each school. In an Aug. 13 memo to UHSAA schools and administrators, Cuff called for all members to “double down on efforts to ensure that safety guidelines are being universally adhered to across the association…one district,
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one school, one team, one coach, one student participant who chooses not to follow these guidelines has the potential to undermine participation for all.” While many states around the country have delayed the start of high school fall sports until at least the start of the new year, Utah was one of 17 states nationwide to begin as scheduled. “For months, we have been working closely with the state health department and the governor’s office to stay in tune to what’s happening,” Cuff said. “We are in uncharted territory, so we are carefully and constantly navigating how to move forward.” Keeko Georgelas, Murray High’s athletic director said, “The district has worked really hard to put a model in place. A lot of work has gone into designing a model to give this thing a shot and it has a chance to work, although I’m apprehensive about the human nature of things, especially in the pregame and post-game. I’m actually not as fearful of the games themselves.” And despite the best efforts of the nearly 100,000 members and 155 teams state-wide, COVID-19 has again disrupted high school sports in Utah. A positive test on the Lone Peak girls soccer team put the whole program in quarantine, missing four games over a two-week period. Most notably, three players on Bingham’s football team tested posi-
tive which led to the cancellation of its season opener against Weber Aug. 13. “Those kids have never showed any symptoms and are as healthy as can be,” said Bingham head coach Dave Peck, who noted that they were cleared for a return to practice Aug. 17. “The health department came in and tested the whole team—100 kids and coaches—and there were two more positive tests found. Those players have been quarantining and will for 10 days. What we’ve proven here is that we’re not spreading it through our team; it’s coming through outside sources.” Peck said his program canceled camps and scrimmages over the summer to deal with cases and out of an abundance of caution, but losing that time along with their first game has been tough. “We have a group that could seriously challenge for the state title, but with all that we dealt with in the summer, we’re behind,” he said. “Plus, we didn’t play this week while everyone else did.” And yet, the grim reality of the COVID-19 situation sets in further for Peck as he has watched one player struggle with coronavirus so severely that the player’s 25-year-old sister contracted the virus and she is now on life support. Now, for the second week in a row to begin the football season, a game
will not be played as Cyprus had two players test positive which will cancel its game with Ridgeline Aug. 20. These cancellations are considered no contests and will not be rescheduled, for most sports, and do not count against them in RPI rankings. And those are just the more current cases that are more widely known. That doesn’t even include the various sports from Bonneville, Box Elder, Clearfield, Farmington, Fremont, Granger, Herriman, Layton, Syracuse, Weber and others that had to cancel practices, scrimmages and camps throughout the summer as they dealt with positive tests for some players and coaches. “We’re doing all we can to play safe so we can play as long as we can,” Georgelas said. Cuff noted the “remarkable job” schools and districts are doing. “This is a massive effort to provide the best for our kids,” he said. “We want them safe, so we’ll start playing. We recognize that among all of the factors we are considering that mental wellness for our student-athletes are so important and we are constantly evaluating if the reward outweighs the risk so we can condense or adjust things. We’re certainly in uncharted territory, but we are working diligently to ensure that we make the safest decisions for everyone. As long as school’s in session, we’ll keep playing.” l
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Continued from front page That includes updating the Career and Technical Education wing so it “will be built to code,” including renovating the ramp by the auditorium so it will be ADA compliant. “It’s too steep. It was built by the building code of 1975, but we’re updating it and adding more lighting—LED lights,” he said.
The upgrades are also to ensure the elevator at the west end of the main hall is ADA compliant, check fire alarms and sprinklers, and update the plumbing by replacing the copper lines. “Our culinary water was a real issue,” she said. “We have a galvanized water line.” A new sidewalk will be installed from
Finishing touches were being done before the final inspection of AAI’s 3,200-square foot expansion, which was designed and overseen by students. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
the school to the softball field. Some areas were painted and got new flooring or carpeting. Bingham’s original remodeling plan was to be completed in five phases. With funding a concern with the COVID-19 pandemic, those plans could change. “It’s all up to the [Jordan] Board [of Education] now if we’ll have five phases in five years,” Rostrom said. The first phase, which focused on the performing arts area and finished in September 2019, cost about $4 million. Phase two comes in around $9 million, he said. At South Jordan Elementary, the Rams will see a new shade canopy over their playground in the southeast corner of the campus. “They’re the last year-round school and students outside in the heat of summer can get hot, so we’re seeing how this works and helps them,” Rostrom said. At American Academy of Innovation, Director of Technology Robert Warren said, “we’ve dug a lot of dirt, poured a lot of concrete and built a lot of walls” as their fourroom addition was getting ready for its final inspection Aug. 10. “The building really came together well and went very much as planned,” he said about the student-construction project team that oversaw the school’s 3,200-square-foot addition. Throughout the process, students led the project from researching the idea and creating the proposal to developing plans
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Jordan District, said the McKinney–Vento program gives students options and opportunities to access education and to stay in school despite difficult living circumstances. She identifies problems that keep students from coming to school and finds solutions to them. One student couldn’t afford to get to school; she provided them with a gas card. One family had only one set of clean clothes so two boys were taking turns going to school and other students were sleeping in their cars with no access to clean clothing; Lloyd installed a washer and dryer for students at West Jordan and Copper Hills High Schools. While distance learning this spring was a struggle for many students, it was a positive change for McKinney–Vento students, who often get distracted by worrying about how to overcome obstacles to get to school and to fit in while there, said Lloyd. “I think the students had the opportunity to be online without having the stress about getting to school and getting homework done,” Hilda said. “It was a time for them to focus, and there were no other things that were holding them back.” With the McKinney–Vento liaisons staying in contact with the 156 seniors in the program this spring, for the first time ever, 100% of the seniors in the program graduated. “We just have amazing people who make sure that these kids graduate and have the best opportunity to be successful after
graduation,” Jordan Director of Communications Sandy Riesgraf said. Superintendent Anthony Godfrey recently highlighted the work of liaisons on his Supercast. He called them “creative problem solvers,” “miracle workers” and “life-savers.” Luke also recently received the Outstanding Support Professional for 2020 award for her work expanding the Principal’s Store at WJHS. Title I schools also provide support resources for students in need. Evelyn Sadler is the parent family liaison for students of the seven Title 1 schools in Jordan District. She helps students and families access local resources and assistance programs. She helps families register for programs to help with heating bills or provides bus tokens for parents to get to a job interview. She coordinates with principals to schedule visions screenings and free eyeglasses, dental clinics, immunization clinics, visits from the Utah Food Bank and donations of shoes, coats and school supplies. “We have programs to try and take away from any of the financial concerns that families might have about their kids succeeding in school,” said Heather Reich, a teacher at Majestic Elementary, a Title 1 school. “Our families, they might be struggling, but they do support their kids in school and they do believe in education. It’s just helping them overcome some other things to break those barriers down.”
Families can also access family support services such as the Family Learning Centers located at Heartland and Majestic Elementary Schools. “The Learning Center is super important because it draws the families in and gives them information in order to improve their lives, which ultimately is going to improve our kids’ lives and then, really, our community and our society,” said Reich. On the front lines of caring for low-income students are caring and dedicated teachers like Reich and her co-teacher, Kyla Asmar. They teach sixth grade at Majestic Elementary, which has the highest proportion of low-income and homeless students in the district. The two teachers have received an Effective Teachers in High Poverty Schools Award for the past three years. Reich said the secret to their success is caring about the kids and setting high expectations for them. “I absolutely love my kids, and they know that I do, and I think that that’s important,” Reich said. “They know that I care about them, and so they want to do well.” Majestic teachers and administrators, including the Principal of the Year Kathe Riding, work tirelessly to take care of needs that would distract students from learning and being successful in school. “Almost everything is harder for them,” Reich said. “They’re not sure if their water is going to be on when they get home. That’s definitely something that I never worried about as an 11-year-old.” The district programs are in place to serve students but can only help if the families are aware of them. Lloyd said many students are embarrassed to ask for help, are unaware they qualify, or are fearful of negative repercussions from sharing information about their circumstances. “My biggest fear is not meeting a student’s needs that really needs them because they want to be silent about it,” Lloyd said. Earning the trust of a student is the biggest challenge and the biggest joy of her job, said Luke. She was able to help a number of new families this spring when the pandemic exacerbated their situations, and they reached out for help. “That’s one positive that came from the coronavirus,” Luke said. “They found out I was there and I could help. I really hope we can find more. I know they’re there; I’m sure there’s homeless kids there. But I have to develop the trust, and they need to get the word out.” If you are interested in supporting students, contact a school liaison to find out what items students need or donate through the Jordan Education Foundation. l
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Utah leaders realized that giving Utah women the vote would not mean the end of polygamy, but it might change the predominant national image of Utah women as downtrodden and oppressed. The women’s suffrage movement was supported to help stem a tide of anti-polygamy legislation by the U.S. Congress. With no dissenting votes, the Utah Territorial Legislature passed an act giving the vote (but not the right to hold office) to women on Feb. 10, 1869. Acting Governor S.A. Mann signed the act two days later. The first woman voter in a municipal election reportedly was Sarah Young, grandniece of Brigham Young. Utah then became the second territory to give the vote to women, as the territory of Wyoming had passed a women’s suffrage act in 1869. No states were permitting women to vote at the time. Despite efforts of national suffrage leaders Emily Richards, Sarah Kimball and Phoebe Beatie to protect the vote for Utah women from congressional action, it was taken away by the Edmunds-Tucker anti polygamy act in 1887. At this point, a fight to restore the right to vote for women would begin with Utah women. Both members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and non-members, had become active in the National Woman Suffrage Association In 1888, Emily S. Richards approached
church officials with a proposal to form a Utah suffrage association affiliated with the National Woman Suffrage Association. The territorial association was formed on Jan. 10, 1889, with leading roles given to women who were not involved in polygamous marriages. Margaret N. Caine, wife of Delegate to Congress John T. Caine, was the president, and Emily Richards was appointed a state organizer. Yet progress was stalled until the 1890 Manifesto officially declared an end to plural marriage, and Congress passed the 1894 Enabling Act, opening the door to Utah statehood. The supporters of women’s suffrage managed to get it written into the new Utah Constitution by a comfortable majority. The new document was adopted on Nov. 5, 1895, with a provision that “the rights of citizens of the State of Utah to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. Both male and female citizens of this state shall enjoy equally all civil, political and religious rights and privileges.” This provision in the Utah Constitution won for women a right to vote and hold office granted at that time only in two states. This was a hard-won struggle unique to Utah in its entanglement with the issues of polygamy and statehood. In 1913, the battle for women’s suffrage raged on. A march of 8,000 participants was
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Four local students top technology awards in computing By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
Manya Nair, of Riverton High; Katelyn Swain, of JATC; Maya Heesch, of Providence Hall; and Sydney Leister, of Mountain Ridge High, were four of the 16 regional winners of the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing. (Photo courtesy of NCWIT)
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our local high school girls recently were awarded regional winners of the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing. Manya Nair, of Riverton High; Katelyn Swain, of JATC; Maya Heesch, of Providence Hall; and Sydney Leister, of Mountain Ridge High, were honored March 7 as they “significantly demonstrated interest and aptitude for computing.” They were four of the 16 regional winners and received an engraved crystal trophy for the high school as well as individual crystals, scholarship opportunities and technology prizes. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors ninth through 12th grade students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages them to pursue their passions. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience,
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computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access and plans for post-secondary education. Nair, who recently graduated from Riverton, was both her school’s DECA and FBLA presidents, a state champion and national top 5% in Skills USA entrepreneurship contestant, and served as a senior member of the Women Tech Council student board. She plans to double major in computer science with an emphasis on data science, and business. Swain got involved in technology through a Girls who Code camp and has been studying digital media and web design. She has run the websites of two schools in Jordan School District as well as a nonprofit website. She planned to work this summer as a junior web developer and wants to pursue full stack web development and graphic design in college. Heesch is vice president of her school
robotics club and has a passion for editing videos. She wants to earn her bachelor’s degree in computer information systems and software engineering and pursue a career in cyber security and become a professional white hat hacker. Leister is involved in SheTech as a student board representative, competed in website design event at the state FBLA conference, and has attended Utah State’s app camp and Brigham Young University’s cybersecurity camp. She recently graduated and wants to earn a degree in computer science so she can design software for Apple or Google. Other area regional winners Maili Vu, AMES; and Sanjana Kargi and Abigail Slama-Catron, both of Hillcrest High. Area honorable mention awards went to Marianne Liu of Sandy, West High; Cynthia Perez-Pacheco, GTI; Tea Flores, Herriman High; Katheryn Wesley, AMES; Lillian McElheny, Riverton High; Quinn Quinley,
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Family bake sale turns into cookie shop in South Jordan By Libby Allnatt | l.allnatt@mycityjournals.com
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busy and are “so grateful for everybody and their support here in South Jordan.” The menu can satisfy any sweet tooth, with four flavors changing each week. Featured flavors have included coconut key lime, coffee cake crumble, and, by popular demand, banana. The regular flavors always on the menu include chocolate chip, semisweet chocolate chip, sugar and a chocolate sandwich cookie. “We wanted to make ourselves different,” Hunt said. “All of our ingredients are baked in fresh. We don’t have just a base cookie with toppings. We have all of our cookies with ingredients baked in.” The origins of the shop demonstrate the family roots of Local Cookie Co. Hunt said their youngest daughter, Lainey, started a bake sale at about 10 years old to benefit different causes. The treats were soon in high demand. “She picked a different charity each year she wanted to donate to,” he said. “We had tons of people come. She ended up baking more and more cookies, and she ended up selling out every year. People were making requests. We decided to take it to a bigger Eight different flavors are on display at Local Cook- scale.” ie Co. in South Jordan on Aug. 12. The shop, which Hunt said the location of Local Cookie opened in July, has both regular and rotating flavors. Co., off 10400 South and right near a Walmart (Libby Allnatt/City Journals) and a Costco, has led to many walk-in cus-
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Local education foundations, businesses and community come together to support students By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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Celebration delayed, yet Jordan District administrator, teacher lauded with state PTA awards By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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stand the vote-by-mail process or do not want voters to have the convenience of voting by mail,” Swensen said. Swensen also addressed the argument that the U.S. Postal Service could play a role in fraud or may slow down the process of tabulating votes. “The cutbacks make me concerned. [USPS has] always been very responsive and treated [the ballots] well. They care about the service they provide to us. We use postage paid envelopes. We can track things through the USPS. If there’s a concerted effort trying to make it harder for the [Postal Service], that’s a concern to me. “And if people don’t feel comfortable sending their ballot through the mail, we have 20 drop boxes located throughout the valley,”
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Swensen said. The mail-in ballot program started as a permanent absentee option for seniors. “By 2013, we offered it to all registered voters, and only two cities opted out. In 2016, we conducted our first major elections by mail, and in 2017 all cities wanted to do it,” Swensen said. Not only did the ballots work for security purposes, they increased voter turnout overall. “We found that the percentage of turnout was so much better. In 2018, Salt Lake County had an 80% turnout rate for voters, and 88% of those were by mail,” Swensen said. Voting in person is always an option, though with more social gathering restrictions in place this year, Swensen hopes as many people as possible use mail-in ballots. Getting a ballot in the mail doesn’t mean that someone can’t vote in person. Even if you were to drop your ballot in a ballot box or send it in through the mail, if you vote in person in addition to that, you’ll only be counted once. Swensen offers tours of the ballot process to anyone who’s interested. “We have had lawmakers, the Lt. Governor’s staff, the state auditor’s staff, media, political parties, candidates and even international visitors tour our processes. They come away impressed with our system and the security we have in place,” Swensen said. Election Day is Tues., Nov. 3. The voting schedule is posted on www.got-vote.org or www.slco.org/clerk/elections. Vote by mail ballots will be mailed the week of Oct. 12. If you haven’t received yours by Oct. 20, call the Clerk’s office at 385-468-7400 or email them at got-vote@slco.org. Swensen said that most issues with voting have to do with confusion, not fraud. Most of them can be cleared up ahead of time by visiting the website. Voters can make updates to their registration, and review instructions about things like who can sign your ballot or what to do if you accidentally put your ballot in your spouse’s envelope. Poll workers are also still needed on Election Day. “We will be hiring poll workers and staff, so if people are interested, they can go to got-vote @slc.org. It’s a long day, and you need to have some technical skills. But you’re trained and paid, and if anyone’s interested we’d love to hear from them,” Swensen said. The bottom line for Swensen: increase accessibility for everyone who’s eligible to vote. “It’s extremely important to me that people get out to vote. For all the years I’ve been doing this, it was always about getting people to register—going to high schools, going to senior centers and other events. “We want to make it simple for every person who’s eligible to register and cast a vote. It shouldn’t just be left to those that have the means to figure it out. That’s what makes democracy work—being accessible to everyone who has the right to vote,” Swensen said. l
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as teams drop out once their players contract COVID. Who’d have thought activities that include spitting, shouting, sweating and grunting could easily spread viruses? School – Or as I like to call it, the Catch-22 Education Plan. Parents and teachers are negotiating this real-life version of Oregon Trail where one wrong move can end up with junior high students being eaten by cannibals in Donner Pass. (Not the worse thing.) Here’s an idea: make the best decision for your family without judging everyone else. Parenting – Let’s just agree that “screen time” rules have been suspended indefinitely, and it’s just fine if your toddler wears the same outfit for three days. Let’s also agree chicken nuggets are healthy, YouTube personalities are annoying, and everyone gets a blue ribbon for doing the best they can. Work – Every introvert’s birthday wish was granted when they were told to work from home.
Turns out, with these new-fangled computers, lots of stuff can be done at home. Who knew? Maybe companies don’t need 50,000 square feet of office and ping-pong space, or outdoor meditation biospheres. Date night – You’ve spent an inordinate amount of time with your significant other. You’ve worked from home together, prepared 5,459 meals together, rearranged closets, sock drawers and bathroom cabinets. Maybe the new normal will be individuals spending date night alone, so they don’t drive to the grocery store one day and end up with a new life in Cheyenne. Weddings – Can we please standardize virtual weddings? That is all. Holidays – Even with social distancing guidelines, summer holidays stayed the same as everyone went to national parks, held BBQs and spent the day sitting at the community pool with hundreds of other people. These holidays were
always followed by a COVID spike. I’m sure the fall/winter holidays will be no different because people are crappy at following CDC advisories. The 2020 Election – It’s been 28 years since the 2016 election and this year’s election has disaster written all over it. Literally. Will there be mail-in ballots? Russian interference? A loser who refuses to leave the White House? Civil war? The return of our alien overlords? All of the above? My best guess for election aftermath is equivalent to shaking a Magic 8 Ball, and then lighting it on fire. Mindset – Some people say COVID will help the world achieve a higher level of consciousness where people are more compassionate, kind understanding and . . . hahahaha . . . never mind. I don’t think we’re there yet. Time to go make a kitten sundae. l
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