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he greenery is lush. High-altitude flowers gently dance to the whisper of a breeze—a hint of cool appreciated by hikers who already feel the heat of the July Saturday, even in the early morning.

The ear-tickle of babbling brooks and the occasional exhilarating rush of water falls accompany friendly chatter from the eclectic group, some with bulging calf muscles and others who may be climbing Mt. Timpanogos for the first time.

All of a sudden, seemingly out of the blue, comes the curious request: “Someone needs to grab my butt! Grab my butt and center it!”

The request seems anything but commonplace.

Then again, South Jordan resident Laura Sorensen, the one asking for butt-centering, is, herself, anything but commonplace, as is the case for her husband David, her son, Adam, and the 40-some community members and friends who participated in a wonderfully unorthodox ascent to Timp’s mid-mountain in late July.

‘Grab my butt and center it!’

At 6:30 a.m. this Saturday in July, Laura is on an ascent of the second-tallest mountain in Utah’s Wasatch Range.

When she is not making her way up one of Utah’s iconic mountains, she spends time mopping her own floors, pulling herself along with her arms, alternating between being on her back, sides, and front to keep her home on one of SoJo’s Twelve men took turns carrying lifelong outdoors-lover and daughter of a national parks ranger Laura Wilson on a late-July journey to ascend Mount quaintest circles—the kind of place where ducks cross and Timpanogos’s mid-mountain. (Mike Lindsay) butterflies flutter—ultra-tidy.

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Continued from front page The fact that Laura Sorensen has lived with-multiple sclerosis for nearly three decades was not included in the initial description of this remarkable woman.

And that’s because Laura, her husband David Sorenson, and her rich support network of family, neighbors, and longtime professional colleagues do not allow the disease to define her.

MS is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. MS causes communication problems between the brain and the rest of the body.

Personal communication, though, is not a problem for Laura, who, while riding atop the back of her son, a former Force Reconnaissance Marine, understands physics and needs to have her body adjusted.

During the course of the 40-person, three-dog pilgrimage to Timp’s mid-mountain, 12 men will take their turn carrying her in places she is unable to power herself with her all-terrain, appropriately named, “Freedom” wheelchair.

She is situated atop Adam’s back with the help of a custom backpack, gifted by her son’s dear friend, Jonathon, an Iraq war buddy, who lost both of his legs on a tour. Husband Dave retrofitted the backpack, which “we couldn’t have done without,” he says, with leg straps to accommodate Laura.

Laura, like Jonathon “No Legs” Blank has not just a sense of humor, but a sense of adventure. Laura’s sense of adventure has been nurtured, even curated, as she is the daughter of a former park ranger.

Part of the trip she does herself, powering herself with the arms of a 20 year old—a very buff, lean 20 year old.

Laura spent a full year training for this day.

Three times a week she would use those young arms to power herself three miles along her neighborhood roads—seated in the fat-tired mountain bike-like wheelchair engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

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While they planned to reach the top of the mountain, this year’s long precipitation season presented conditions that seemed unsafe to Dave.

Laura, of course, wanted to go, but Dave, of course, called it a day at midpoint.

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A rallying slogan and—the defining element of a memorable event--a T-shirt

“Get Laura to the Top!” The slogan is memorialized for those who participated.

Not only is it a rallying cry used to buoy spirits, amid challenges faced on the 4.8-mile trek to Timp’s Grand Staircase, but, it is also an enduring parting gift for those who have come to lend their support: Appreciative Laura designed T-shirts with the slogan, and companion Dave presented them to those participating in the hike the week prior, so that they could wear them on the joint journey.

One day of crying, then—onward!

It was Oct. 30, 1993. Dave and Laura spent the afternoon cheering on the University of Utah Football team to a 45-41 win over San Diego State. It was an exciting time, as the U was looking to earn a repeat-berth to a bowl game.

When it came time to leave and head about the day’s Halloween activities, the active mother of two, the lifelong water skier and snow skier, was suddenly having problems negotiating stairs. Even getting up was a losing struggle.

“I don’t think I can do this,” she told her husband, seeking comfort and calm in his confused eyes.

Laura, a decorated emergency nurse who has trained teams and—due to her life-defining love of national parks—opted to head helicopter emergency rescues in areas such as Yellowstone for her day job, knew she needed to be checked out by a medical professional other than herself.

She had her husband drop her off at what was then Cottonwood Hospital. Test after test, room after room, professional after professional still kept her at the facility. After shepherding the family’s two sons for trick or

‘On Top of the World!’

A force of forty-some neighbors, friends, and family joyously participated in the “Get Laura to the Top!” hike to Mount Timp. Here Laura is carried by son Adam Sorensen, former Force Reconnaissance Marine, Honors Graduate at Quantico, and veteran of three tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. (Mike Lindsay)

treating, husband Dave was by her side when the couple received the news that Laura had multiple sclerosis.

“She doesn’t cry much,” Dave said, describing Laura’s having—literally—spent only the one night crying about the diagnosis that would change not just her but their family’s lives.

With what she calls a “today is today” outlook, Laura Sorensen got up the next morning and went to work, just like she would do for the next 10 years, until MS compromised her physical abilities. Two years into her diagnosis, she was honored as “Emergency Nurse of the Year” by the State of Utah Division of Medical Services.

A July hike to Timp’s snowy midpoint

In June of 2018, Laura let her husband know of her hankering to summit Timp.

“I could tell she was missing it,” Dave recalls, with “it” meaning hiking itself, accessing National treasures of the outdoors, and being on adventures.

Dave, a retired air-traffic controller, who now spends much of his time one-on-one with Laura, got right on the project.

Interested friends met a few times to plan for the trip. Laura’s outdoor training sessions had the unintentional effect of recruiting additional neighbors. The interest to

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When the entourage reached Timp’s Grand Staircase and settled in for some lunch and celebration, joyous Laura led the euphoria. Alternative Indie band Imagine Dragons, while not making the official hike, was there in spirit, as Laura blasted their 2012 hit “On Top of the World,” joyously singing along with others who also danced.

“I’m really feeling true, authentic love from every one of these people,” the humble woman shared.

Son Adam posted on his FaceBook page the loving thought, bracketed by heart emoticons—“Carry mom up mountains to make her smile? Absolutely!”

Longtime friend Karen Minchow, a former paramedic and fire-fighter friend of Laura’s who now works in the Emergency Unit of the University of Utah Medical Center, said, “This is the coolest thing.”

Friend Brooke Scott, a former neighbor in the SoJo home Laura and Dave have lived in for 27 years, journeyed all the way from Vietnam to attend the pilgrimage.

“I’m not perfect. He’s not perfect. But together? We are perfect,” Laura said, crediting her husband’s work in making her dream climb a reality.

She might even extend the perfection description to the whole crew and to the half-day experience on the mountain, special to Laura as it is “the closest national monument” to her SoJo home.

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Bollywood comes to Daybreak

By Amber Allen | a.allen@mycityjournals.com

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he Bollywood Festival at Daybreak is a time to experience the Indian culture first-hand.

Traditional music, tasty Indian cuisine and dancing are just a few of the things to enjoy at the event. When LiveDaybreak puts on a festival like this, the group blockades Soda Row, which means that no cars are allowed.

It sets up kiosks, tables and tents for vendors.

During the festival, dancers entertained the crowd on the Daybreak concert stage.

The dancing ranged from modern hip-hop dancing to more traditional Bollywood type dancing with the performers wearing authentic Indian attire.

This year, there were from 300 to 500 people in attendance. Many festival attendees were eating tasty Indian food from Styrofoam containers while watching the dancers.

Others were putting their name on the list for henna tattoos. These fun skin decorations are temporary, but they last for about two to three weeks.

Svavani Rodicherla said, “We sell unique handcrafted items from India.” Misha Arts & Crafts purchases its merchandise directly from the artisans in India, giving festival attendees the chance to bring home a piece of the ancient country.

One of the Bollywood Festival’s main events is the color throw. At Daybreak, this takes place in a dirt field just behind Soda Row. Festival attendees could purchase chalk in varying colors from one of the booths.

Svavani was offering tips about the chalk.

She said, “Don’t look up.” It was good advice since it would hurt to have chalk dust get in your eyes.

Just before the first chalk throw, people started gathering in the dirt field. Some hovered on the outskirts — clearly uninterested in becoming covered in bright chalk — while a few of the participants started early by dipping their fingers in their chalk bags and painting lines on their faces.

Souvenirs from India

The color throw is to honor Holi. There are a lot of legends about Holi. One involves the story of Prahalad and Holika. Prahalad’s father was the demon king Hiranyakashyap.

The king was angry about his son’s dedication to Vishnu and attempted to kill Prahalad. The king’s sister, Holika, had the gift of

There were a number of vendors selling authentic Indian souvenirs. Misha Arts & Crafts returned for its second year. At the kiosk, festival attendees could buy authentic Indian items, things like figures to display on shelves, jewelry and toys. Company owner

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being immune to fire. She attempted to help the king kill Prahalad by taking him into the flames of a bonfire.

Since Holika used her power for something evil, the gods took her immunity away from her, turning her to ash. Vishnu protected Prahalad, and he took his father’s place on the throne. Holi celebrates good prevailing over evil, and the chalk represents the bonfire that Vishnu saved Prahalad from.

At the Daybreak Bollywood Festival, there were all types of people there ready to celebrate Holi and the festival. Jenna McQuiddy, a chalk participant, said she decided to throw chalk because she “thought it sounded fun” and because she was “interested in learning more about other cultures.”

To make sure that everyone tosses their chalk at about the same time, there is a countdown. As the announcer started the countdown, the participants prepared themselves to toss it. Once he reached zero, every person with chalk tossed it in the air by hand or used a small hand cannon. Suddenly, everyone was covered in bright pink, green, yellow and purple dust.

The Daybreak Bollywood Festival is a time for the community to come together to celebrate the Indian culture. It gives the area’s Indian residents a place to share their

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Colors were a major part of the Bollywood Festival in Daybreak. (Amber Allen/City Journals)

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The Daybreak Farmer’s Market: A Place to Support Local Businesses

By Amber Allen | a.allen@mycityjournals.com

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armer’s markets are great for local communities. They make it easy for residents to purchase produce at its freshest while supporting local growers. In Utah, the Downtown Farmer’s Market is famous for its diversity since vendors vary from traditional fruit and vegetable suppliers to those who sell art and even apparel. Fortunately, more markets are starting to crop up, increasing accessibility. There’s even one happening in the Daybreak community.

The fun thing about visiting the Daybreak Farmer’s Market is the variety of vendors that show up. In fact, residents have no reason to visit the one downtown. From a 15-year-old selling wood rings that he makes from old broken skateboards to the mid-size farm offering peaches, patrons can bring home unique items and tasty treats.

Butter Country Syrup has a booth at the Daybreak Farmer’s Market with Spencer Robbins offering free tasting samples as soon as you walk in. It’s tough to resist buttermilk pancake syrup in coconut or cinnamon flavor.

He said, “This is the second year we’ve been attending the Daybreak Farmer’s Market.”

The company is local and sells its syrup in Sandy and Logan.

Along with tasty syrup, market attendees can also pick up fresh beef, garden tomatoes

Along with tasty syrup, market attendees can also pick up fresh beef, garden tomatoes and homegrown lettuce.

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and homegrown lettuce. There’s also plenty of ready-to-eat treats, items like snow cones, Polynesian barbecue, empanadas and jam.

The Daybreak Farmer’s Market is a place where local artisans can grow their businesses. The 15-year-old selling rings has his own Etsy page and visits a local skate-

board shop to recycle old boards into handmade jewelry while the local business selling salsa has a website available.

Carley Gil is another local artisan who sells her art at the Daybreak market. Carley makes stunning pottery in her workshop. She sells coffee mugs, garlic storage containers

and flowerpots. She said, “I used to make big sculptures, and I switched to smaller products a few years ago.” Her sculpting talent was present in her smaller pieces. Carley’s table was filled with items that would make a good gift as well as with items that residents would enjoy using to decorate their homes.

Tagge’s Fruit and Veggie Farms was on hand at the market selling fresh fruits, jam and salsa. Tagge’s had its truck set up at the end of the aisle, a prime location. At Tagge’s, tables were set up with bins of fresh produce available. Patrons could select their own food items from the bins.

With the many samples available, one could wander from table to table and return home with a full belly. Along with the buttermilk syrup, you can try the salsa and the empanadas. The vendors are smart to use this tactic since it’s tough to try something so tasty without wanting to have it all the time at home.

Farmer’s markets are great for being places where people can shop for different items made and grown by local suppliers.

With the Daybreak Farmer’s Market returning for a second year, it’s clear that people love the quality and value that these markets offer. l

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Utah’s ‘Fighting Fullmers’ honored by two cities

By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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My philosophy was to move forward and swing,” the late Gene Fullmer told Sports Illustrated in 1997.

The “move forward” part — along with stops and turns — will daily live on in the lives of thousands of Southwest Quadrant residents traveling along 9400 South from 1700 to 2200 West — what will now be known as “Fullmer Lane” in honor of Gene and his brothers Jay and Don.

Two cities mutually honor West Jordan boxing greats

The cities of South Jordan and West Jordan have elected to rename the road for the trio of West Jordan’s “boxing brothers.”

The naming echoes Salt Lake County’s honoring another boxing legend and boxing mentor to the Fullmers.

Boxing great Marv Jenson (June 4, 1917–March 14, 2007) was honored by Salt Lake County officials with its naming of the South Jordan-based Marv Jenson Center.

(Salt Lake County leaders have announced closure of this facility, slated for next March 31.)

A Deseret News article from 2015 quotes Jay Fullmer’s son, Chet Fullmer, as crediting Marv Jenson with having allowed the Fullmers to train for free at his gym. Chet Fullmer also credited Jenson for the work ethic which the Fullmers dutifully, joyously followed in their efforts in both West Jordan and South Jordan.

Fullmer facts

According to the Washington Post, Each of the three Fullmer brothers—Gene, Jay and Don—became mid-century boxing legends, learning the sport and art of boxing in an outdoor boxing ring their father, a rancher who had himself been an amateur boxer, built at their family home in West Jordan.

These skills were then honed through their long-time association with Utah boxing great Jenson.

Lawrence “Gene” Fullmer (July 21, 1931–April 27, 2015) became the world middleweight boxing champion in 1957 when he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson, universally viewed as one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1999, the Salt Lake Tribune declared him Utah’s greatest athlete.

Middle brother Jay Fullmer (June 19, 1934–April 5, 2013) was a professional boxer in both lightweight and welterweight divisions. An eye injury with the potential of blinding him ended his career early.

The baby of the bunch, Don Fullmer (Feb. 21, 1939–Jan. 28, 2012), also a midSouth Jordan and West Jordan are mutually honoring boxing greats “The Fighting Fullmer Brothers” by dleweight like eldest Don, competed for the renaming a stretch of road along 9400 South in their honor. (South Jordan City) world title and was a boxing mainstay of the 1960s. While an amateur for four years, prior More than 2,000 youth have used the they’ll be able to hold tournaments. Through to turning pro, Don did not lose a fight in 65 gym, many of whom are considered “at- the Fullmer Legacy Foundation, the family bouts. risk.” Rees said the youth not only learn the will soon begin fundraising to get the funds The gift of boxing for ‘Heroes in disguise’ sport but receive valuable mentorship. to build the new gym.

Having each been blessed with success, “There are many youth that struggle “It was Dad’s and those guy’s dying the Fullmers shared their love of boxing and today, both with social media and social wish that we don’t charge anybody to ever honored the wishes of Jenson by establishing activities,” Rees said. “These youth learn come into that gym, so they wanted us to the free-of-charge Fullmer Brothers Boxing something that can help them not only just keep it running and don’t charge them,” said Gym in West Jordan in their later years. as fighters, but it can also help them become Brad Fullmer.

West Jordan officials allowed the non- better citizens.”

In the new gym, which they hope to get profit boxing club to use an abandoned The Fullmer family has recently ac- built within two years, there will be a study firehouse for free for five years but then ap- quired land they plan use to build a new hall and a computer lab where kids can do proached Salt Lake County leaders to relo- gym to continue to serve the youth, at which their homework. l cate the building. Salt Lake County officials provided space at its South Jordan-based Equestrian Center in 2011, what as reported by the Deseret News, now Salt Lake County Deputy Mayor Erin Litvak called “a place where they can be permanently located.”

In its obituary honoring the passing of eldest brother, Gene Fullmer, Fox 13 called the brothers “heroes in disguise.”

“West Jordan and South Jordan kind of came alive, I think, as result of them boxing,” said Brad Fullmer, Don Fullmer’s son.

“The Fullmers were a big part of West Jordan,” agreed West Jordan Mayor Jim Riding, speaking of the brothers’ charitable contribution in terms of facilities and time spent with the city’s youth.

All three brothers, for a time, resided on the same street in what Fox 13 called a “nearly side-by-side” location.

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Rumours rocks the tunes of Fleetwood Mac to Daybreak

By Amber Allen |a.allen@mycityjournals.com

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iving in the Daybreak community has its perks.

For instance, each summer, LiveDaybreak organizes a free summer concert series.

While this might seem like something that small garage bands would play since it’s for the local community, nothing could be further from the truth. The LiveDaybreak group books quality bands that perform a variety of music, entertaining the young and old.

In July, LiveDaybreak booked Rumours, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band.

The LiveDaybreak concerts typically include local talent. Before Rumours took the stage, Margie Chadburn warmed up the crowd. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and Utah, Margie bypassed trying out for American Idol and was asked to record for Randy Jackson’s studio — the Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles. On the Daybreak stage, Margie sang “What’s Love Got to Do With it” and “Shake it Off.” For the Taylor Swift tune, she invited kids from the audience to come up and dance on the cement patio below the stage. About 10 to 15 kids took her up on it, rocking out to the song by jumping and boogying around.

For the Daybreak concerts, people save their spots early by bringing blankets and camp chairs to the grassy area that surrounds the stage. Organizers bring in port-a-potties

In July, LiveDaybreak booked Rumours, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. (Photo courtesy Sarah Andrews/ LiveDaybreak)

and arrange for four to five food trucks to be at the shows, keeping those in attendance comfortable. People can grab dinner from the Soda Row restaurants too. These include The Break, CupBob and The Porch. Rockwells, Soda Row’s new ice cream shop, had a line of people waiting to order a cool treat before the concert.

Crowd size depends on who is performing. According to Melissa Salomonson, one of LiveDaybreak’s staff members, they range from “300 to 5,000 people.” The group has managed to book ‘80s pop sensation Tiffany.

She’ll be performing on Aug. 31, and LiveDaybreak is expecting around 5,000 people to come out for it.

For the Rumours show, approximately 500 to 700 people showed up. The audience was a diverse mix of young couples with their elementary age kids and toddlers as well as older Daybreak residents who may have had the chance to see Fleetwood Mac at a time when the band was in its prime.

The Fleetwood Mac tribute band did the band proud. With a singer able to wail like Stevie Nicks and a guitarist with fingers as dexterous as Lindsey Buckingham, those who attended the show definitely felt the spirit of Fleetwood Mac. Rumours knew its Fleetwood Mac history and kept sprinkling little tidbits throughout the show, revealing the cover band’s rever-

ence to the group they mimic. Singer Mekenzie Jackson embodied Nicks not only with her vocal talents but also by wearing flowy scarfs and twirling at least once or twice.

Rumours is based in Atlanta, Georgia, but the group tours the world. In fact, Mekenzie said that they were just back from the Netherlands. According to the band’s website, it plays at venues such as the House of Blues, the famous Daryl Hall’s Club and even at Disney’s Epcot. This was the first time that the tribute band had performed in Utah.

When Rumours took the stage, it truly felt as though Fleetwood Mac had come to Daybreak. The band started out singing “The Chain.” They choose that song because it was the first song from Fleetwood Mac’s first No. 1 album. The tribute band played for about two hours, giving those in attendance a great show. The concert series is such a nice bonus for residents, especially those who live close enough to walk to the venue.

During the show, about 100 or so people were dancing on the cement patio, while those on the grass enjoyed food, treats and one another’s company. Melissa Salomonson, said, “The Daybreak concerts are fun free events that are family friendly. They are a way to bring the community together.”

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There are countless ways to avoid an accident, here are the top four.

1| Attitude. You probably weren’t expecting this one first. As a driver, you control over 3,000 pounds (or more) of metal that can cause incalculable damage. Driving with maturity and the right mindset makes a world of difference. Speeding to beat another car to the exit or to get back at the person who cut you off a minute ago may give you a moment of satisfaction, but is it worth the risk and ramifications?

If all drivers commit to having a responsible attitude, imagine how much less we’d find ourselves in bumper to bumper traffic waiting to pass the accident.

2| Speed. From 2012-2016, 40 percent of motor vehicle traffic crash deaths in Utah

were because of speeding, according to Utah Department of Public Safety’s crash data.

Slowing down isn’t going to kill you, but flying past others just might.

3| Distraction. Stay focused. Keep your guard up. Though you may be a phenomenal driver, others aren’t.

Be aware of your surroundings by paying attention to what’s in front of you and checking your mirrors. Knowing where everyone else is helps avoid collisions. If you’re distracted by your phone, music, or billboards with cows writing on them, it limits your response time to what another driver may being doing in front of you.

4| Defense. This was one of the first concepts taught in driver education and one of the first we forget: drive defensively.

Failing to yield caused 12% of deaths from 2012-2016 in the same data mentioned before. That comes to 154 people who died because they didn’t let someone else go first.

This also applies when driving in poor weather conditions. Heavy rainfall and snowstorms blot windshields and make roads slick, adverse circumstances to traveling safely. Basics become even more vital like keeping your distance from the vehicle in front of you.

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From the South Pacific to South Jordan—SoJo’s ‘consummate’ CFO

By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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t is just before 4 a.m. The 7 year old awakens, taking care to not to disturb his siblings. He gingerly finds his day clothes, then dresses in the dark and walks to the kitchen.

“Sunil!” His mother’s smiling face greets him as he joins her and his much older sisters in the simultaneous preparation of the day’s breakfast and lunch.

It is the early start of what will be a long day for the youngest of the family’s 11 children. He and his siblings soon gather around the breakfast table with their parents, enjoying their time together.

When breakfast is done, Sunil hugs his parents and departs for school. The walk is adorned with ferns and orchids and Fiji’s signature plant—the fragrant gardenia. It is the beauty visitors from all over the world come to Fiji to see. After school, he will assist his father, who tills the land with a cattle-driven plow. The family will gather again for dinner, and then it is off to studying and homework.

At bedtime, the boy succumbs to deep sleep, to be awakened the next morning by his internal alarm clock.

The only brown face among nearly 20 sitting on the dais for South Jordan City Council meetings, Indo-Fijian Sunil Naidu speaks English as a third language—maybe fourth, if you consider his poetry with numbers to be a “financial language.” (Photo courtesy Sunil Naldu)

To this day, he is the only member of his family to have graduated from college.

While working on his master’s, Naidu met his wife, April, who, like her husband, worked in municipal government, prior to electing to work in the home to raise their two children.

That was then, now is South Jordan

That was 6,000 miles away and oceans of years ago.

Today, the native Hindi- and Fijian-speaking Sunil Naidu is the chief financial officer for South Jordan City. He oversees the city’s finances in terms of budgeting, forecasting and even raising investment financing for capital development.

Naidu is “the consummate professional,” according to South Jordan City Manager Gary Whatcott.

Every other week, the soft- but sure-spoken Naidu sits on a dais as part of South Jordan City Council meetings, his being the only brown face among nearly 20 other white ones; his surely being the only voice to, in its articulateness, be speaking English as a third language.

His journey from his parents’ farm in Fiji to now serving as chief financial officer for a nationally decorated small city is an inspiring one. It is a model children of all ethnicities could look upon as a role model of a hard-working, determined, and—the adjective Naidu repeatedly uses to describe himself—“positive” individual.

The word “positive” itself, is telling, considering Naidu’s relationship to math.

Naidu is to math what bees are to flowers, with a sweet outcome occurring in both metaphorical relationships. It is, to use another mathematical term, a reciprocal relationship.

“I like numbers,” he says.

Indo-Fijian Sunil Naidu is celebrating 10 years with South Jordan City. He is the city’s chief financial officer, credited with helping the city achieve AAA bond ratings, thus saving taxpayer dollars. (Photo courtesy Sunil Naldu)

forecasting and budgeting fell to him. The multi-hundred-acre family farm yielded sugar cane, rice, beans and other crops. Horses, cows, goats, pigs, chickens and ducks added to the mix.

The rigorous work trained Naidu to embrace positivity.

“When I was younger, I thought working with the farm was hard,” he said. “Now, I have the same habit—regardless of what it is, there is nothing that is impossible.”

Naidu excelled as a student and was given the opportunity to study in Australia and then to travel farther across the world to Brigham Young University. BYU introduced Naidu to two profound forces that would shape the rest of his life.

While an undergraduate, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and then elected to serve a mission. It was a commitment that would cost him his government-provided scholarship, but to Naidu, Learning the financial reins at a young it was a worthy trade. age, then opening up his world in Utah Naidu earned a bachelor’s in finance, As a youngster, the matter of family fi- and then a master’s in public administration. nance and the greater responsibility for farm

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cott to secure financing for investments such as the city’s new public safety building, Lewis notes that municipal finance experts are routinely asked questions by investors that they need time to research and revisit prior to answering, as opposed to doing so on-the-fly.

Not so much with Naidu.

“Many financial planners will have The “consummate financial professional” to say – ‘I’ll get back to you,’” Lewis said.

Naidu worked in a variety of private-in“But, most often, Sunil knows the informadustry positions before joining South Jordan City in 2009. In addition to bringing his tion on the top of his head.” skills to the city, he has, on a volunteer basis, From profiling to proactive problem-solvhelped elevate the skills of municipal-finance ing to always remaining positive Part of Naidu’s world that professional professionals throughout the state.

“He is asked by other cities to help their peers Lewis and Whatcott have not encountered themselves is the seeming racial profilCFOs,” Whatcott said.

Additionally, Naidu has served in state- ing at airline security checks.

Several times, Lewis shares, more than wide leadership for the Utah Government Fi100 travelers would advance through airport nance Officers Association.

Whatcott compliments Naidu’s role in security without issue, then Naidu would be, helping SoJo be a fiscally sustainable city for almost always, pulled aside for more rigorthe future and gives kudos to a financial-fore- ous search.

“It didn’t always seem random to him,” casting system the CFO has developed.

“I am surprised by how sophisticated the she said.

To solve the ongoing inconvenience, modeling is,” he said.

Whatcott deems Naidu’s communica- Naidu underwent a security clearance to altion skills exceptional, almost akin to his fi- low him to be able to clear checkpoints as breezily as his colleagues. nancial abilities.

“I’m a very positive thinker,” he said “He is very detailed when he needs to be—able to talk in layman’s terms when he when asked if he has ever encountered prejneeds to be,” Whatcott said, underscoring udice. “I don’t dwell along negatives. I think the challenge of translating complex budgets even if there were [an instance], I just don’t into digestible, understandable concepts for allow it to take control of me.”

It is 4 a.m. non-financial experts, including elected offiSouth Jordan City CFO Sunil Naidu riscials and city residents alike.

Having worked with SoJo as a financial es, like clockwork. Instead of the sound and adviser for more than 15 years through the smell of his native South Pacific Ocean to firm Lewis, Young, Robertson and Burning- greet him, he has the sweet sounds of slumham, Laura Lewis observes that, “There have ber from his wife and children to accompany been some elected officials and constituents him as he goes about his morning tasks. All that can make a government official’s job the while thinking about the day before him challenging, but I have never, ever, ever seen and the greater positives waiting ahead—for himself, for his family and for South Jordan him get ruffled.”

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History projects allow Early Light students to be creative, study more in-depth

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At Early Light Academy, students participated in their school history fair to present what they learned about events and people they studied. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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arly Light Academy ninth grader Shelby Gardner spent hours researching in books and online about the Titanic in preparation for her school’s history fair.

Following the rules of the National History Day fair, students followed the theme, “Triumph and Tragedy” and could create a website, performance, documentary film, exhibit or write a paper. Then, they presented their work to classmates as well at an evening in late May. “I learned about famous people aboard the ship as well as the ship’s construction,” Shelby said about her exhibit. “Obviously, Breton Yates Elena Douglas M Woseth Angela Brimhall the tragedy was the loss of lives and the ship D.O. FAOCD M.D. FAAD Hadjicharalambous M.D. itself, but a triumph came about knowing M.D. FAAD what improvements were needed with building new ones and needing lifeboats.”

Early Light didn’t participate in the regional history day contests, electing to instead follow and learn from its curriculum.

However, it is something they are considering participating in this school year, Early Light Academy Curriculum Director Shannon Berry said.

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history, so they took historic moments and people and put them on cereal boxes.

Many classrooms choose creative ways to study time periods and people in history.

“We had one class write essays on a perspective from a predominant figure; another class created puppets and re-enacted a historic moment, and a sixth-grade class put on Greek plays,” she said.

Second grader Gavin Morris said his class put on an opera that explored ancient civilizations.

“We learned about the history of the people, their government and some public places first,” he said. “Then, we got to say our lines and sang in our opera.”

Junior high students did their own work either individually or in small groups at school, using the 1:1 ratio with technological devices.

“We learned the history day fair gives our students better direction about what they’re learning,” Berry said. “It empowers our students with wanting to research more and create a project around a topic that interests them following the theme, and at the same time, learn from a variety of other students’ projects. Our students are giving more thought and substance in the subjects they’re studying.”

During the showcase night, students gave performances — from Greek drama to playing Utah State Song on recorders. With crowds coming to support the 1,000 students and their projects, Berry said that the showcase will continue as an annual event in the spring. l

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South Jordan Elementary fourth-graders experience life in the days of the mountain men

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outh Jordan fourth-grader Eva Hardman thought it was “really cool to touch animal skins that are fluffy and nice.” Her classmate, Addison Echols, liked to arm and leg wrestle. Jake Rees liked to hammer designs into a leather necklace to wear.

“It’s been fun, with nonstop activities, and each station is better than the last,” said fourth grader Austen Abarr. “We’ve learned more about the wild west and mountain men.

They were very innovative, resourceful and hard-working to survive in those times.”

South Jordan Elementary school’s annual mountain man rendezvous at the end of the school year is a favorite tradition for fourth graders and one that students ask their teachers about early each school year, said fourth grade teacher Kaye Flanery, who in her 29th year of teaching said “we’ve had the rendezvous as long as I can remember.”

“We teach Utah history from Native Americans and Father Escalante and Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and the beautiful territory where mountain men and trappers came to get rich from beaver pellets used for the top hats in the day to visiting the capitol and learning about Utah in our modern day,” she said. “We learned about the pioneers who came and stayed in this place we call home. We put it all together in a Utah program the students present, but then we have this day of games and activities where students actually begin to understand better what life was like during the time of mountain men.”

The day long rendezvous included a button-and-string game, relays, arm and leg wrestling, a cow pie toss (or in this case, brown frisbee toss), a stick pull contest, making leather necklaces, a mountain man vocabulary bingo game, listening to tall tales and other activities.

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Fourth grade teacher Sandy Clifford said it helped students understand the curriculum.

“We want them to have a better understanding what it was like with fun, hands-on approach,” she said. “It’s a culmination of everything we talked about this year, and it’s something that sticks with them. I had my son, who now is in his 20s, remember this when he came to this elementary.”

Her colleague, Carol Gwynn, reminded students that almost 200 years ago, in 1825, mountain men would hold rendezvous to trade their furs for supplies and money they needed for the year; Native Americans would trade beads and stories were exchanged.

“We still have rendezvous in Utah today, where people will come to share their experiences and learn about life,” she said. “Their impact still remains. Look around — Ogden is named for Peter Ogden, Provo for Etienne Provost, and even Cache Valley is named for where they stored furs and food.”

Fourth grade teacher Karrie Wardell said the students also study several tribes in the region — Goshute, Ute, Piute, Shoshone and Navajo, and learn some of their dances and music on the drums and flutes.

“We gather together to tell and listen to those stories, sing, dance, do crafts and find creative ways to entertain,” she said. “Students are telling their own stories in nature scenes on leather, whether it’s about animals or the night sky with stars and the moon. They’re creative and at the same time, being competitive when it comes to stick pull and wrestling contests — all to entertain. We intermingle learning about Utah all year, especially with learning about the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike at Promontory Point this year, but the rendezvous is always one that students look forward C J to and a favorite.” l

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South Jordan Ram Mall teaches students skills beyond entrepreneurship

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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hen their South Jordan fourth grade teacher explained that at the Ram Mall, students would develop their own business or service, students Stratton Durran and Kloe Webb started brainstorming.

“We both love scrunchies and thought it might just work,” said Kloe of their business, Stradical Scrunchies. “We knew we had to earn money so we could spend some at other booths, but we knew our scrunchies couldn’t be too much or they wouldn’t sell. We took into account the cost to make them and the value of the product before setting our price.”

But before the $3 price was set, Stratton first learned how to use a sewing machine so she could make the scrunchies. It showed the kind of dedication students were making to the entrepreneurship unit and the skill set they were learning, Principal Ken Westwood said.

“This gives kids an opportunity to explore their entrepreneur side, to come up with ideas, survey their peers for what they’d like, determine supply and demand to help determine their price, to create a business plan and learn from it,” he said. “It allows them to be creative and to execute on a great idea. And when they learn new skills on top of it, like how to sew, it gives them even more opportunities to learn.”

Fourth grade teacher Karrie Wardell said during the monthlong unit, students develop their own business or service, track their experiences, practice good customer service, decide upon marketing and advertising and learn about economics. They even pay a rental fee for the use of a table and pay for using the microphone to advertise their product or service.

However, it isn’t real money they use but rather Ram bucks, named after the school mascot. Through doing a good job in the classroom with their assignments or helping in the classroom with jobs such as passing out papers, being in charge of recycling or being a line leader, students earn the pretend money, which they can use to purchase items from other booths.

This year, students had a variety of options from purchasing Otter Origami and getting a snack at The Candy Boys to entering the Tootsie Roll Raffle or being challenged by a Disney quiz.

“I really like trivia, and I’m full of knowledge about Disney since I like it, so I thought I’d combine both my interests,” fourth-grader Annabelle Doty said. “I like to interact with people, rather than just pay money for something, so it’s fun. I’ve also created it as a challenge so people can compete against each other. I have three levels of questions, trying to make them progressively harder. They range from ‘Who is Princess Aurora’s prince?’ (Phillip) to ‘What was the name of the man who created Pinocchio?’

(Geppetto).”

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At South Jordan’s Ram Mall, fourth grade students developed their own business or service, marketed it and tried to make a profit while learning valuable business and entrepreneurship skills. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Another creative entrepreneur, Ben RenHer mother, Hayley Pettersson, has sup- how to run a business,” she said. “They’re alcher, approached area businesses, asking for ported this curriculum for both her daughters. ready putting what they learn to use in real gift cards that he could sell to his peers at the “I like that they’re teaching life skills — life.” l Ram Mall. Like a flash, the gift cards rang- creating things for their business and learning ing from an ice cream cone to an entrée were sold.

“I was nervous going to businesses and asking for donations, but I learned how to approach people in the business world,” he said. “I learned that the cards I had less of, I could charge more for, just like supply and demand in real life.”

Before setting their businesses up on the big day, students also learned about impacts in the business world, such as Henry Ford introducing the assembly line. In a hands-on exercise, it took 12 minutes for a single student to assemble a car, instead of six minutes for students to produce 10 cars, where each student had a part to assemble, said student teacher Eleen Wilkinson.

“They learned the importance of working together, innovation, communicating and becoming good business leaders,” she said.

Fourth grader Jillian Pettersson, who already had some entrepreneur experience with her Super Speedy Snowees snocone business the previous summer with her sister, created a Ram Mall business with seashells.

“I really like picking up the seashells at the beach in California, and not everyone gets to go there, so I thought if I could share my interest with others, I’d have more fun,” Jillian said about her Royal Shells booth.

“I asked my sister about items that sell and prices that worked, and then created seashell keychains to sell. I’d like to open my own business, with my own products and set up a website for it.”

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of six additional classrooms, a collaboration room and a conference room on the east side.

Construction was anticipated to begin at press deadline.

“We will have about 880 students this fall, which means after the addition, we will only need five portables,” Principal Nanette Ririe said. “The school was built for a smaller area in 1977, so we’re needing to adjust it to fit the size of our community now.”

Jordan District Facilities Director Dave Rostrom said the original school building has 59,863 square feet. After the addition is complete next fall, it will have more than 70,000, about 5,000 less than the square footage of typical new schools.

“We’re careful not to make our schools too large because then we’ve learned as neighborhoods change, we may run into empty schools,” he said. “Plus, this leaves blacktop for the students to play.”

The Jordan Board of Education approved the project on July with a total construction cost of $2.8 million. GSBS Architects and Entelen Design Build will construct the addition.

Ririe said the new classrooms and the remaining portables will house students in the upper grades, but the collaboration room, which will have a projector and screen, will be available for activities for all grade levels.

“There will be construction near the area of drop-off and pickup on the playground, but we are arranging a safe area for our students,” she said. “We will have extra people to monitor students’ safety, and we will rearrange recess and building access for our third and fourth graders. Our first priority is children’s safety at all times.”

Within the first 10 days of school, the entire school will focus on safety drills, she said.

“We’ll have two exits not operational during construction, and we’ll have met with our safety director, so we will learn how to leave the building in case of emergency and practice that monthly,” she said.

As far as recess, Ririe said playground aides will wheel out carts of equipment and lead games in the available blacktop space.

A construction fence will keep children away from work on the school addition.

“It’s not unusual for schools to remodel and upgrade, and through it all, students are the first priority,” she said. “We will work out plans to keep noise levels at a minimum during school hours so students can learn.

I’m super excited about what this is going to look like. It’s been a great collaboration effort between students, teachers, faculty, the district and community. It will allow us to have more building space; we’ll be able to feel more connected.”

Rostrom said this project is one of several within Jordan School District. This fall, five new schools will open, including Mountain Creek Middle, in South Jordan. In addition, nearby Bingham High is undergoing renovation of its performing arts area as well as updating its piping for water and its lighting as well as installing new data lines. Eventually, upgrades will be for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, along with improvements for the media center, offices, some classrooms, gyms and dance rooms. Several other schools in the district are receiving security vestibules, various renovations, updated athletic facilities and improved parking lots. l

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Hats off to two South Jordan school employees, heralded outstanding employees

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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f you look to see how everything gets done and who makes it all work, look no further than the smiling face who greets patrons as they walk through the front door of the school.

Those administrative assistants, along with custodians, nutrition workers, computer aides, registrars, counselors and others, are who “make everything happen and work at the schools,” according to Jordan Education Foundation Director Steven Hall.

“They’re always doing so much, and they are the ones holding the school together,” he recently said after applauding eight outstanding classified employees at the Board of Education meeting.

The eight were picked through a selection process from a typical 50–75 nominees.

Staff and faculty from Jordan schools and departments were invited to nominate one fulltime non-teaching/support staff employee for recognition by late April. A selection committee reviewed the applications, choosing nominees who have qualities set apart from others, their contributions to their school or school district, their expertise and initiative as well as their professional accomplishments.

Each winner receives $1,000 and a plaque.

Of the eight, two are South Jordan administrative assistants: Brenda Landeen, of South Jordan Elementary School, and Tiffany Page, of Eastlake Elementary School.

“As administrative assistant, Brenda has enormous responsibility,” South Jordan Principal Ken Westwood said. “She’s our registrar, our financial clerk, our counselor, our nurse and our administrative assistant.

Basically, she’s the right arm of the school.”

Westwood said he knows if he and the part-time assistant principal are in meetings outside of the school, Landeen can handle the issues that may arise, as well as supervise her part-time staff and help patrons as well as take care of the school’s 1,060 students.

“She can take on being principal; she can basically run the school,” he said. “I know she often goes to teachers, offering to take things off their plate. She is here early and stays late but always makes everything happen for us.”

Landeen, who was unable to attend the Board meeting, as she accompanied her father on an honor flight, missed the statement read about her from the faculty.

“She manages the ‘sideshows’ so we can focus on teaching kids. I am amazed at her organization. Brenda is our school mom. She takes care of all of us,” the nomination said.

After she returned, Landeen was asked to come into a school assembly, where he was surprised to learn of her award.

“I thought, ‘why me? I just do my job

and try to make sure everything gets done,” she said. “I try to get everything done each day so if a kid walks in injured or sick, I’m available to give them the one-on-one attention. If a new child and parents come in, I give them a tour to make them feel more comfortable, to calm their fears and make them feel safe. I just try to be supportive and help students and lighten the load of teachers.”

Landeen, who has worked part time in the district since 2005 and full time since 2015 and has even filled in a classroom until a substitute arrives, said her first award is a “fun surprise.”

“It’s an honor that someone has noticed what I do, because I don’t really realize the impact I’m making on people’s lives,” she said. “I just am thinking about how to do my job and help others. The principal is kind and always makes me feel as if I do nothing wrong. The teachers are so supportive, and [I appreciate] the wonderful PTA and parent support.”

Eastlake Administrative Assistant Tiffany Page listened as her statement was read to the Board: “Tiffany has the qualities of a saint. She is professional, yet very approachable. She is always smiling and laughing with each person she talks to. A teacher says, ‘Tiffany has the ability to seamlessly talk to a child in need, calm a frustrated parent, as well as assist a faculty member all within minutes of each other. She knows when to listen, when to educate and when to be firm in every situation—all the while keeping a strong relationship with those she is helping.’”

Her principal, Suzie Williams, agrees.

“Tiffany runs the school, and she is the heart of the school,” she said. “She’s always so positive with the kids, the teachers, the parents — whether they feel sick or their knee hurts, if there is a student concern or a complaint, she listens and is kind.”

Williams said Page ensures her parttime staff are not only completing their tasks but also focusing on the people.

“She is very clear that they greet and acknowledge every person with a smile and listen to them,” Williams said. “She makes everyone feel valued, and Tiffany makes sure everything is organized. She’s very thorough and meticulous. In every school, administrative assistants are crucial, and high expectations are set for them. Tiffany doesn’t just meet them, she excels. I’m so grateful for her.

Other Jordan District winners include Trina Child, Columbia Elementary; Anne Gould, Jordan Education Foundation; Amanda Hansen, Department of Teaching and Learning; Paul Hansen, Riverton Elementary School; Cyndi Pellegrino, Sunset Ridge Middle School; and Marci Stewart, Foothills Elementary School. l

Eastlake Elementary Principal Suzie Williams says “the heart of the school” is administrative assistant Tiffany Page, who recently shook hands with Jordan Board of Education members when she was announced one of Jordan School District’s outstanding classified employees. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Administrative assistant Brenda Landeen has worn about every hat at the South Jordan Elementary — registrar, financial clerk, counselor, nurse — and recently, one of Jordan School District’s outstanding classified employee of the year. (Photo courtesy of Brenda Landeen)

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Paradigm students travel to Italy, Germany to learn more about culture

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or more than one year, Paradigm High graduate Keegan McCurdy saved his money. He worked a summer job at a day care and he served hot dogs on Saturdays and holidays at RC Willey so he could go on his first trip not only out of state on his own but out of the country.

In the weeks after Paradigm High’s trip to Italy and Germany, Keegan said it was worth every hour of work that paid his senior trip expenses.

“It was a great trip,” he said. “I learned and saw so much.”

The trip for the group from Paradigm, who joined other students from Florida and Ohio, began in Rome, where a guide who shared with them the history and background of the sites they visited.

They learned about ancient Rome as they visited the Pantheon, a former Roman temple that now is a church; the Colosseum, which could hold 50,000 spectators as the largest amphitheater ever built at the time; the Museum of the Capuchin Crypt, where in its small chapels below the church is believed to have the remains of 3,700 Capuchin friars; and in Vatican City, St. Peter’s Basilica, the well-known Italian Renaissance church; and Sistine Chapel, the official residence of the pope and where Michelangelo painted his famous fresco on the ceiling between 1508 and 1512.

“The Sistine Chapel where Michelangelo painted is really cool; it looked much better than in the books,” McCurdy said.

The group also walked from the Spanish Steps, where they ate gelato, to Trevi Fountain. Here, they learned the legend that tossing one coin into the fountain means you’ll return to Rome, tossing two coins means you’ll return and fall in love with a Roman, and tossing three coins means you’ll return, find love and marry.

Each night, the group ate four-course traditional meals with antipasti, pasta, a main course and dessert before they settled into their villa, an old Tuscan farmhouse.

Sophomore Aiden Rivera, who also earned his way to travel on his first international trip, said the food was a highlight.

“The first day, we had a margarita pizza, and it was really good,” he said. “It was a lot different than our pizza. It was handmade with a thin crust, light layers of cheese, tomato and seasoning, not as processed as ours.

And the gelato was amazing; I wanted to have more.”

McCurdy agreed.

“I liked Italy because the food was yummy and awesome,” he said. “[What] I disliked was there was strange people who would try to pickpocket you. You had to be very careful of your money. My favorite place in Italy was Florence. There are some really cool statues, really different than here.”

While on their walking tour of the city, they saw the octagonal Baptistery of St. John

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By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com in the middle of Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza San Giovanni, near the Florence Cathedral; Ponte Vecchio, the oldest medieval stone arch bridge over the Arno River, and is known for housing little shops filled with artwork; and David, the marble masterpiece of Michelangelo, who sculpted the Biblical hero before painting the Sistine Chapel.

While some students went shopping, others climbed to see the view of the city from the old fort, Forte di Belvedere. The group also took a tour of a leather shop.

“We learned and saw a demonstration about how they make art from leather,” Paradigm teacher Jennifer Shaw said. “Leather is big in Florence. For hundreds of years it is known as the home of the best leather craftsmanship in the world. It was beautiful.”

The next day, the group set out on their tour bus for Verona, where they learned about Romeo and Juliet. Shaw said not only did they learn about the love story made famous by playwright William Shakespeare but the stories behind them. One of this is that at her house, there is a tradition if you write your name on a lock with the name of your loved one and attach it to the gate, you’re locked for everlasting love.

They also saw the first-century Colosseum, which is still in use today, most known for its opera performances.

“As we traveled across Italy, we learned that in the south, the farmlands are for family farms, where they would sell directly to small neighborhood stores,” Shaw said. “In the north, there are bigger fields with machinery, and it looked different.”

As the group reached the northern most part of Italy, it crossed into the Alps, which border Italy, Austria and Germany.

“We stayed in a small town that looked like Midway more than the Italy we had seen,” Shaw said. “The area was influenced with Bavarian culture — the food, the buildings, the music.”

Rivera said going on a 5 a.m. hike there was his favorite part of the nine-day trip.

“It was amazing being in the hotel in the mountains,” he said. “A couple of us got up early before breakfast and went hiking through farmland and into the forest. It was beautiful. We saw lots of animals, and it was quieter, without the pollution.”

Rivera also enjoyed the traditional German food of brats and pretzels “bigger than my head.”

In Germany, the group learned about King Ludwig II of Bavaria, walking through Hohenschwangau Castle, which his father, Maximillian II built. The group learned that Ludwig II would look through his telescope to watch the construction progress on his own residence, Neuschwanstein Castle. It was meant to be where he would live but only got to spend 11 nights in the incomplete castle before he died, Shaw said.

Shaw said Munich was a vast change

Paradigm High students walked the streets of Florence, Italy, taking in the art, music and culture. (Jennifer Shaw/Paradigm High)

from the Italian cities they had toured.

“Everything was different — more modern with glass buildings and modern cars rather than Italy’s tiny cars, motorcycles and scooters,” she said.

The students toured the BMW museum, watched the detailed figures dance in the glockenspiel in Rathaus Square, saw 3,000 creatures at Sea Life aquarium, visited the 1972 Olympic Village and climbed 306 stairs at St. Peter’s Basilica to get a view of the city.

“As a mentor (teacher), I feel passionate that our scholars (students) get the connection from books to the sights, the historical importance, the culture, the language we study,” Shaw said. “We had scholars research events and places before we left so they could share what they learned when we got there and would have a greater appreciation and understanding of the culture and history.”

One of the last sites the group saw, and perhaps, the most poignant moment, was Dachau concentration camp where prisoners lived in constant fear of brutal treatment,

Shaw said.

“Seeing Dachau was definitely more sober for the group,” she said. “They learned prisoners had to walk miles from the railroad station to the camp. The foundations of the barracks are there, and we learned that there often would be nine people in a bunk. We saw the gas chambers and the memorials that were built to remember these people.”

Rivera said that he “felt a lot of emotions there.”

“We didn’t talk at all, but we could feel death,” he said. “I thought more would have been destroyed, but so much of it remained for us to learn from.”

Shaw said students told her the trip had greatly impacted their lives.

“It’s amazing what connections they made and how their perspective of the world and people has changed,” she said. “We saw places we learned about, met people and made friendships, and have lots and lots of memories.” l

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Jordan School District Board of Education alive with ideas for ‘Innovation Campus’

By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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arrell Robinson is living a synergistic triangle—almost like the iconic, symbiotic “Recycle, Reduce Re-use” symbol of the 1970s.

Robinson’s technology insights gleaned from his day job as online curriculum designer seem to inform his role as a Jordan School Board member.

Both of those roles, in turn, are synergistically, informed by his doctoral degree in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, completed in mid-August at Utah State University.

As such, Robinson seems custom-fit to help evangelize JSD’s “Innovation Committee for the 21st Century.”

The key to such innovation, according to Robinson, is personalized learning. And Robinson’s “triangle” might include “Innovate-Experience-Perform.”

‘The Sandbox’—competency-based versus grade level-based learning, paired with experiential learning

Fans of Robinson’s Facebook page, yOUR VOICE on the Jordan School Board, have seen, over the months, his posts about the Real Academy’s moving to a four-day “bricks-and-mortar” in-school week, accompanied by a one-day “virtual” experience.

Robinson has been peppering teachers, parents and community members with the successes they are seeing at Real, as part of what he sees as a much bigger, bolder, broader innovation movement for JSD to infuse the latest learning techniques into a JSD-run “Innovation Campus.”

JSD’s association with the Real Academy is different, inasmuch that that campus is a charter school, whereas the sandbox-idea on the table is a more innovative school with its own staff that an elite team from JSD, the Teaching and Blended Learning Team, has already been at work brainstorming. “I may have had some of the ideas, but they are the ones to be credited with doing the work,” Robinson said.

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An Innovation Campus would comprise “everything from traditional schools,” he said “but include competency-based versus

The Jordan School District Board of Education is seeking to shore up its commitment to world-class learning through the establishment of an “Innovation Campus.” (Wikimedia Commons)

grade-level” determinations of everything from classroom composition to individual student learning agendas.

The role of teachers would expand to become more collaborative in designing personalized learning plans for students and ensuring that they have all of the tools to be successful in maximizing their learning.

Such “trail-blazing” teachers, he said, will receive performance-based compensation and help usher in the next-generation of teacher-coaches, helping not just students but their colleagues learn how to best blend technological innovation with traditional classroom aspects.

Experimental learning would be core to such an Innovative Campus.

Experiential learning is research-based, hands-on learning. It bridges the gap between theory and practice. In its ideal application, it harnesses all the senses and emotions to create stronger memory structures.

While the concept of experiential learning has been around for decades, its time has now arrived, as high-tech companies such as Lehi’s Adobe have rebranded themselves as being all about “the user experience.”

The question becomes: When and where will an education campus “all about the student learning experience” arrive for JSD stakeholders interested in realizing the benefits of more innovative education?

As is the answer to many questions, two words suffice: “It depends.”

“We want to do this with Utah State,” Robinson said. “However, we could do this without USU.” Robinson then hypothetically asks, “Could we start this today?”

While Robinson acknowledges that he and JSB Board colleagues are “dreaming pretty big,” he sees this concept as “an evolving project” but one that will, ultimately, hoist JSD to a national, if not international reputation.

“Innovation is happening throughout the country but nothing like this,” he told the City Journals.

“All school districts have one foot in the pool, but everyone’s afraid to commit,” he said, clearly champing at the bit to advance new learning concepts for his constituents at Jordan School District.

Sandboxing the idea with USU and the Bastian Agricultural Center

Robinson indicated that the JSD Board of Education presented the concept mid-May to the Bastian Foundation, the charitable entity which recently designated 100 acres in Southwest Quadrant for the forthcoming Bastian Agricultural Center, conducted in partnership with Utah State University.

Worth the wait, but not wanting to wait

While JSD board members are enthused about the prospect of siting the innovation center juxtaposed with the USU BAC, enthusiasm about the new learning concepts may not want to wait.

Late-July discussions had the board reaching out to land developer Doug Young (the same developer leading the Olympia Hills proposal) for property for a Herriman-based school. The JSD BOD is also considering siting the innovation campus at an alternate Southwest-based school.

Either option, however, is seen as a short-term solution, with the eye on the prize being the ultimate co-location next to the USU Bastian Agricultural Center.

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JSD’s proposal, according to Robinson, is for the school district to develop the innovative education campus right alongside the BAC, finding ultimate synergy for both projects. Experiential learning would be maximized, Robinson said, by providing children access to BAC’s planned resources.

The USU board resources are significant, and all the more so, in consideration of its application to preschool through high school students. BAC will offer youth exploration of everything from garden and animal production, to 20,000 square feet of “Maker Space,” including significant 3D printing resources, according to Vernon Parent, agriculture and 4-H youth programs agent for USU.

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By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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lifelong dream of playing in the NFL that went unfulfilled led former BYU football player Jordan Pendleton to an understanding of a different purpose: Training others with unique individualized approaches in their own athletic pursuits.

The Bluffdale resident has been the owner of Performance One in Lehi the past five years where he has been working with athletes of all types, including those in the professional ranks. He has recently released a podcast titled “The One with Jordan Pendleton,” to have conversations about healthy lifestyles, human performance, motivation, leadership, failure, successes and adversity, among other topics.

“In my industry, there is a lot of garbage and misportrayed information,” Pendleton said. “I want to weed out all the bull crap and help people truly be successful with a platform that can reach everyone, especially those that can’t actually get to my gym.”

Pendleton acknowledges that the podcast is actually stretching himself since the self-proclaimed introvert is reaching outside of his comfort zone to share what he has learned through his own personal experiences and by observing other respected professionals in his field.

“I work with people all day that are struggling with the same things I did, whether it’s a challenge with a coach or not getting results or whatever,” he said. “I know that I can help them and the more people we reach, the more people we help.”

In the first two episodes of “The One with Jordan Pendleton,” the now 30 year old shares his journey from prepping at Bingham High where he led the 2006 Miners squad to their first state football championship in 60 years to battling through multiple injuries throughout his collegiate career before giving it a go in the professional ranks.

Although he had a clear direction for the way his football talents would take him, he suffered setbacks early on at BYU — which began with a misdiagnosis of a shoulder injury — that took him down a road to just 22 starts during his time at linebacker in the Cougars program, while missing 30 due to various physical challenges, including serious knee injuries.

“Even the games I started, I was never 100 percent,” Pendleton said. “I didn’t play one game at BYU completely healthy, and I had to shoot up pain medication and drain my knee and do whatever I had to in order to get back out there. But, I didn’t understand the compensation consequences to my body that came because of all that.”

During his freshman year at BYU, he got a tattoo with the word “perseverance,” never fully realizing what that word would come to mean to him and how it would symbolize the challenges he would face even following BYU. After his 2011 senior season,

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Former BYU football player Jordan Pendleton chats with former NFL wide receiver Austin Collie on his weekly podcast, “The One with Jordan Pendleton.”

(Photo courtesy Jordan Pendleton)

Pendleton set his sights on workouts with NFL teams and prior to meeting with the New England Patriots, he sat down with his doctor to face a new reality. He was told that he could either play one year in the NFL or hang it up and look forward to physically being able to play with his future children due to his extensive injury challenges over the past five years. It was then that Pendleton knew that he had played his last down in the sport he loved.

“Perseverance,” — his favorite word now — is what motivated him out of bed each morning working through depression and a loss of purpose as the only dream he had ever known was no longer available to him. Following odd-end jobs in construction and sales and building a small clientele — of three athletes on the side as an athletic trainer because he was “passionate about being in the gym,” he used his degree in exercise science to land an internship, out of 130 applicants, at the University of Kentucky.

It was in Lexington that he was introduced to a program with ground-breaking technology that would monitor football players’ activity levels and adjust workouts individually based on various factors such as workload, recovery and even outside stressors that impact performance. In essence, the sports performance coach was writing up the daily workouts for the football team rather than the head coach, which is almost unheard of.

“This changed everything for me and made me want to get into this, as I saw this different training approach where we would train athletes one day and be able to assess what their bodies could handle the next day,” Pendleton said. “They switched up move-

ments so other parts of the body weren’t compensating for each other. I had never seen this before, yet it made so much sense with really listening to each individual body and the results validated the methods. It was brilliant.”

Challenges continued for Pendleton as he struggled through a divorce at the time, but he had found a new purpose with his passion that helped him “get back on my feet and out of my slump.”

“It took me a couple of years to get over the bitterness I felt toward a lot of people and aspects of my journey, but I really looked myself in the mirror one day and said, ‘You didn’t make it, so you can use this to be better or remain where you are,’” he said. “I decided to use my ‘mess’ to be my ‘message’ and help other people not make the same mistakes I made. I’m not that bitter person anymore.”

He returned to Utah and opened “Pendleton Performance” gym, which has since been rebranded and named “Performance One” referencing the jersey number he ended up with after waiting for three years at BYU for his beloved “21”. His business slogan, “Train to Be the One,” emphasizes the individual focus he takes for each client or athlete with respect to nutrition plans, strength and conditioning, and ever-evolving cross-training methods and needs.

Pendleton said he gets a tremendous amount of satisfaction through his clients.

“I live vicariously through them now,” he said. “Whether it’s helping someone decrease their body fat percentage, get them in better shape or help them increase speed, power and strength, it’s a competitive thing for me to get them results. I’m always still competing with myself. I can’t turn it off; it’s a constant battle of trying to progress in a positive direction.”

The next episode on “The One with Jordan Pendleton” features former NFL wide receiver Austin Collie, who also happens to be his brother-in-law. Collie was leading the NFL in receiving yards for the Indianapolis Colts in 2010 before he sustained a severe concussion that ultimately ended his professional career six years later following brief stints with the San Francisco 49ers, the New England Patriots and the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.

“I’m trying to talk with others about their own journeys, insights and experiences that can help everyone,” Pendleton said. “I’m interested in the adversity we all face and a ‘What are you going to do about it now?’ mindset.”

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“Our goals and expectations are the same as every other year,” he said. “We would like to become the best golfers we can become.

We would like to become better each day as we practice and play.”

Last season, Bingham placed fifth at the Class 6A state tournament, shooting a combined 648 at the two-day event. The Miners were 19 points behind fourth-place Pleasant Grove.

Applegate does return his top performer from a year ago, senior Garrett Bland. He shot a 161 at state as a junior and comes back for his fourth season on the team, his third as a varsity competitor. Fellow senior Nick Davis has been with the program for three years, but this is his first opportunity to play on the varsity team.

“I rely on my seniors to not only perform but to lead the team by example,” Applegate said.

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“All of my varsity golfers have the ability to shoot solid rounds,” he said.

Unlike some coaches who may place a high value on wins and losses, Applegate is more concerned about each player doing his best and improving his skills.

“I do not base my success on what place we take in region or state because I cannot control what other teams do,” he said. “I can only control what we do. We need to be better than the day before.”

Applegate follows the wisdom of legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who guided the Bruins to 10 national titles in a 12-year span in the 1960s and 1970s.

Applegate echoes this quote from Wooden: ““Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”

At the outset of the season, Applegate was pleasantly surprised with some of his players’ scores, which were lower than he had expected so early in the year.

“It just shows how much the have worked this past year,” he said.

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Renee, whose manner is gentle and sincere, prioritizes her relationships with her clients. “I actually know my clients; I make myself available to them, she says.

Her client, Rick, states, “Renee has been very, very helpful and provides me excellent service. When I was purchasing my new home and exchanging cars, she facilitated communication between mortgages, banks, car dealers.”

According to Missy, another long-time client, Renee is dedicated and proactive.

When Missy’s teenage son was involved in a car accident, Renee quickly called her to explain policy details and to offer personal reassurance. Not content just to tick boxes and perform her duties, Renee demonstrates dedication to each client, looking after them personally. “She just helps with things that I

didn’t really even think were part of her job description,” says Missy.

On another occasion, part of Missy’s home was damaged on a Sunday afternoon.

She called Renee, who – despite the weekend hours – was available to help. Renee arranged for disaster cleanup professionals to come that same evening.

With fifteen years of experience building personal and business insurance policies, Renee is well-equipped to insure assets that often fall into gaps under policies purchased online or from larger corporations.

For example, Renee can help real estate agents and real estate investors by insuring homes in the process of being flipped. She can arrange coverage for those running shortterm rentals (such as Airbnb homes).

Renee is also a gifted communicator.

She is not satisfied with simply handling the complex details, but also educates clients, helping them understand issues for themselves: “I just want people to be prepared.”

Her client, Shelley P, says she is the only insurance agent who has actually helped her understand the issues facing her family.

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To talk with Renee about your insurance needs or receive a quote for coverage, contact her directly at (801)748-0500, or visit agents. farmers.com/ut/south-jordan/renee-darata to receive a quote from Renee, Her office is located at 1206 W S Jordan Pkwy, Ste C, South Jordan, UT 84095

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New region, same goals for Bingham girls tennis team

By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com

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ith Bingham High School moving from Region 4 to Region 3 this season, the team will get to see plenty of new opponents.

However, the foes will be closer to home, as the Miners now face off against Copper Hills, Herriman, Jordan and Riverton as well as East. Bingham had been playing against Utah County teams the past few years in region action.

“We are excited to be a part of a new region closer to home this year,” head coach Mark Smith said. “We know they are a strong region with lots of good players, but we hope to do well.”

Smith’s main emphasis is on player development and on providing a positive experience for the girls. Still, he understands the importance of the players competing and striving for success.

“We always want to compete and play the best we can at each position,” he said.

“We try to focus not so much on winning but on playing relaxed and improving every day.

That being said, we do expect to do very well this year. Of course, our ultimate goal is to win region and get as many girls as possible to the state tournament.”

The Miners have a deep squad this season, with all seven varsity players from last year coming back. Abby Degn, Alexia Cox, Anna Thomas, Hannah Smith, Malia Hansen, Olivia Dabo and Sammee Aubrey will headline the team. Their coach has nothing but praise for their talents, work ethic and preparation.

“The girls have put in a lot of court time since last season and have come prepared this year with their strokes dialed in,” Smith said about his pupils. “They are solid players that have developed a variety of shots. Many of our girls play year-round in [United States Tennis Association] tournaments, giving them a lot of match experience, which really helps them feel relaxed and ready for region play. They are tough, mental players that get stronger as the match goes on. I’ll take our girls in three setters anytime.”

Mark Smith believes senior Hannah Smith (who took third place at state with Degn in first doubles last year) and Aubrey, along with Dabo, a sophomore, have a good shot at winning region at their positions and placing high at state. “[Hannah Smith] is tall and strong and comes at you hard,” Mark Smith said. “[Dabo] has very strong consistent strokes and does not make many mistakes making it very hard on her opponents. You can almost see her mind ticking as she methodically picks apart her opponents. [Aubrey] is steady and consistent and gets everything back. She’s the kind of player that many girls

The 2019 Bingham girls tennis team: Back row, L to R: Olivia Dabo, Eliza Roberts, Aisha Hildebrandt, McKaylee Maybee, Sadie Loewen, Megan Murphy, Hannah Smith, Kenna Mitchell, Anna Thomas, Laura Zimmerman Middle Row: Abby Degn, Eliza Chappel, Jacey Robins, Malia Hansen, Allyson Tanner, Sierra Rosner, Lanie Smith, Lexi Cox Front row: Maile Anderson, Abby Reynolds, Malia Lombardi, Allie Hall, Autumn Smith, Rylee Yeates, Sierra Fitzgerald, Hannah Yeates, Hallie Jack, Samme Aubrey.

Not pictured: Faith Jackson, Brooklyn Gerardis, Kaitlyn Oniki

want to avoid. If there is a tournament to be found, Sammee is in it. She plays a lot of tennis, which explains why she is a dangerous player. Both Olivia and Sammee played in the state tournament last year as well, which will benefit them this year.”

The family-like atmosphere on the team makes Mark Smith’s job easier. He is pleased with the girls’ attitudes and how they treat everyone on the squad.

“They are all great girls,” he said. “They have good attitudes and get along well with each other. They really are fun to be around.

I love seeing the improvement that happens from the beginning to the end of the season and just seeing how they all gel together as the season goes on.”

Mark Smith isn’t too worried about what opponents do. He knows if his girls give their best effort and enjoy each practice and match, positive results will come.

He’s also optimistic about the team’s chances in the postseason and believes this is one of the most talented groups he’s had at Bingham.

“I am really excited to see how far we can go in region and state,” he said. “We should have the strongest team we have had in many years. Who knows, it could be a magical season.” l

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New Rio Tinto Kennecott Visitor Experience bigger and better than before

By Christy Jepson | Christy@mycityjournals.com

The lookout area where visitors can see the panoramic view of the Bingham Canyon mine. (Photo Rio Tinto Kennecott)

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hat is 2.75 miles across and three-quarters of a mile deep and is practically in your backyard? The answer: Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, one of the largest mines in the world.

Taking your family to the new Rio Tinto Kennecott Visitor Experience is a great fall family outing which will provide an engaging and educational activity for everyone.

“If you’re 4 years old or 84, there is something for everybody at the new Visitor Experience…it is fascinating, engaging and just a fun experience,” said Kyle Bennett, spokesman for Rio Tinto Kennecott.

According to Bennett, the new Visitor Experience gives people a sense of scale more than ever before. For instance, visitors can now walk inside the bed of a 2,400-squarefoot haul truck and a full-size shovel scoop.

Visitors can also learn about the mine’s history, safe mining practices, how ore gets refined to become copper, why mining is important even today and see a panoramic view

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of the mine.

The new Rio Tinto Kennecott Visitor Experience has only been open for six months. The old visitors center was removed in the spring of 2013 because monitoring equipment had been detecting movement in the mine for a few months prior.

“We closed the old visitors center just before the landslide in April 2013, which was the largest non-volcanic landslide in North American history,” Bennett said. Fortunately, because of advanced monitoring and planning, no employees were injured that April day when 165 million tons of rock slid down the northeast section of the open pit mine.

The slide did damage roads, buildings and vehicles inside the open pit.

The mine is so big that you can see it from space. Here’s some more facts to impress out-of-state friends and family: • Rio Tinto Kennecott is the second largest copper producer in the United States with more than 2,000 employees.

Visitors explore the different exhibits at the new Rio Tinto Kennecott Visitor Experience. (Photo Rio Tinto Kennecott)

• The mine produces up to 300,000 tons of copper each year.

• The Utah Copper Company was incorporated on June 4, 1903. Some experts of that day criticized it and said the company would never make money because the ore grade was too low.

• Since those beginnings, 20 million tons of refined copper ore has been produced.

• It is one of the largest man-made openpit excavations in the world.

• Rio Tinto Kennecott comprises nearly 8% of U.S. annual copper production.

• Without mining, we wouldn’t have cars, cell phones, plumbing or electricity.

• If you stacked two Willis Towers (formerly the Sears Tower) on top of each other, they still would not reach the top of the mine.

• You could lay the soccer field at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, end-to-

end more than 38 times across the top of the Bingham Canyon Mine before it would reach both sides.

• Besides copper, Rio Tinto Kennecott produces copper, gold, silver molybdenum and sulphuric acid, • It’s the first open-pit mine in the world.

The new Rio Tinto Kennecott Visitor Experience is located at 12732 Bacchus Highway in Herriman. The mine is open seven days a week from April 1 to Oct. 31.

Reservations are required and can be purchased at riotintokennecott.com/visit or at the Bingham Canyon Lions Gift shop on site. Tickets are $5 each and children under 5 are free. All proceeds will be donated to the Kennecott Charitable Foundation.

The Visitor Experience starts at the Lark visitor parking lot. Once visitors check in, they are shuttled up to the Bingham Canyon Mine overlook to see the mine and exhibits.

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Throw out litter box tradition to protect Utah’s water

By Amy Green | a.green@mycityjournals.com

Young climbers Lucas Burnham, Lily Matsen and Lexee Call help keep our Utah waters clean. (Amy Green/ City Journals)

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ccording to Utah’s Department of Natural Resources and visitation data, over seven million people spent time in our magnificent parks between July 2018 through July 2019.

Have you ever wondered where all those people are pooping? Consider, most of our water comes from the Wasatch mountains, where its state park had over 500,000 visits in the last 12 months. In generations gone by, many were taught to dig a “cathole” outdoors to “go No. 2.” A cathole is a small pit made to hide and bury human feces.

There’s all kinds of rules on digging a proper cathole — where, how deep, etc. Feel free to forget those rules. Please forget them.

Everyone needs you to forget them.

Kevin Gmitro is an experienced outdoorsman and co-owner of The Gear Room (a mountain adventure supply store at 3422 E. Fort Union Blvd. in Cottonwood Heights).

“We used to be told that catholes are copasetic,” he said. “To dig six inches down was fine.

But because of how many people are visiting the canyon and alpine areas, that’s not really the case anymore. That poop makes it into our water sources, regardless of how deep you dig. So that’s not the way you want to do it anymore.”

Gmitro makes solid points. “We pick up after our dogs, so we need to pick up after ourselves. There’s water in all these environments. Water helps break it down, but also

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helps carry it down. We’re all drinking out of that water. The higher alpine areas like the Uintas are a more delicate ecosystem, even more so than the Wasatch, so poop is even more frowned upon up there. We all go to the same zones to enjoy Utah. Mirror Lake Highway is awesome because it splits the Uintas.

It only accesses a short chunk of the range though, so we all congregate in the same few dozen square miles. If you are going to some of the more popular areas, it’s imperative to get your poop out of there,” he emphasized.

Madison Goodman, gearhead at The Gear Room added, “Here’s what we all forget…we think we live in this grand mountain range, which we do. But all our water comes from this grand mountain range. And there’s a million-plus people living in this valley.

So if every single one of them were to take a poop, that would be a million poops coming down into our water stream. And that would be so gross.”

Hard to argue with that.

According to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Utah’s drinking water comes from either surface water (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) or groundwater (wells or springs) — altogether 1,850 sources. Unfortunately, some of the poop coming from seven million visitors each year makes its way into our drinking water. The situation requires costly chemicals and treatment processes to make our water safe to drink.

A poop tube and a wag bag. (Amy Green/City Journals)

If one doesn’t have public restroom access while at Utah’s many wonders, it is essential to pack human waste out. Yeah, it sounds gross. But it’s not as bad as it seems.

With a little foresight, there should be no overly smelly accidents. There are currently two recommended methods to pack it out — the “cheap and reusable” way, or the “inexpensive and disposable” way.

People experienced with hiking and climbing might recognize the reusable option — the “poop tube.” A poop tube you can make yourself using a few pieces of black ABS pipe, following these directions.

Items needed:

1. A forearm’s length of pipe (about 3 to 4 inch diameter) 2. Cleanout plug/screw cap 3. DWV threaded hub 4. DWV cap 5. Black ABS cement The idea is to glue all of it together except the screw cap, so you can open it. Then when nature calls, you poop into a grocery/ plastic bag and tie it up securely (you know, the grocery bags we shouldn’t be using). Repurposing plastic sacks for this valiant reason is more commendable than just tossing them loose and useless.

Then, double-bag the waste and used toilet paper. Seal it in the tube and pack it out with you. When home, empty the bag’s contents (not the bag) into your toilet or gar-

bage can. Wash out the poop tube and use it on your next trip. The ABS plastic is durable and the screw cap seals in the unpleasantness.

Emptying and cleaning the tube isn’t too bad if the bag inside is knotted up tight. Worst case scenario, the tube can smell like a bathroom (a quick enzyme cleaning soap rinse can help that).

The disposable way is just as easy. It’s lightweight and inexpensive — the “Go Anywhere Toilet Kit” a.k.a. “wag bag.” A wag bag can be purchased at sporting goods stores like The Gear Room and also IME (3265 E. 3300 South). They’re generally around $2 or $3. There’s different types of wag bags. The fancier style has some kitty litter inside to absorb moisture. They come with toilet paper and a towelette for hand sanitizing. They have an aluminum coating so the bag won’t puncture or tear. The idea is the same. Do your business in the bag, seal it up and carry it home, once again disposing of it properly.

If you’re paranoid about carrying waste, you could get a poop tube and also put the wag bags inside. Some may consider that a little overkill, but taking whatever steps to modernize habits is crucial. If we can pick up after our dogs, humans can step up to the same expectations. Water is a precious resource in Utah. Safe clean water, is nonnegotiable. l

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Pickle Power! The family-friendly sport that’s taking over Utah

By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

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ou’ve probably seen them at a park near your house: miniature-sized versions of tennis courts filled with people smacking a yellow Wiffle ball back and forth. The courts (and the sport itself) seem to have sprung up overnight. If you haven’t played yet yourself, you surely know someone who does.

Someone who has probably asked you with all the zeal of a missionary deployed by a crazed sport-religion hybrid: Do you play pickleball?

Interest in pickleball has doubled in just the last three years, at least according to data from Google Trends. A sport that most people hadn’t even heard of five years ago is now a third as popular as tennis and half as popular as bowling. It’s already far surpassed sports like disc golf and badminton.

While the sport is certainly exploding nationwide, nowhere is its popularity greater than here in Utah. More Utahns search for information about pickleball than residents of any other state, again according to Google Trends. Arizona is close behind, and most Pickleball players participate in a tournament held at Wardle Fields Regional Park in Bluffdale. (Justin Adams/City Journals) states’ interest in the sport is less than half of what it is in Utah.

A tennis player and coach herself, she said ties together.

It ended up going all over the country.

So why is pickleball gaining populariDrew Wathey, a spokesperson for the she knows several former tennis players who “Those players came from all over Utah ty so fast? And why is Utah at the head of but also the United States,” Case said. “They USA Pickleball Association told the City switched to pickleball as their primary sport. its growth? But most importantly, why is it had a great experience then went home and Journals that demographics changes have Pickleball also makes more sense when mucalled pickleball? taught their friends how to play. In a lot of a lot to do with the sports’ growing popu- nicipalities are trying to decide what ameniOrigins ways, that first year in 2003 really created a larity. “Society is getting older. A lot of the ties to include in their public parks, she said.

The game got its start in 1965 in Wash- big opportunity for it to spread.” baby boomers are hitting retirement age and “Some of those tennis courts that aren’t lookington state, when Joel Pritchard, a state conthey’re not able to be quite as active as they ing very good, it makes more sense to put An old folks’ game? gressman spliced together a few elements The fact that one of pickleball’s first used to be, and pickleball is a natural transi- in pickleball courts. They are more family from various sports during a hot summer friendly and don’t take up as much space.” big exposures to the world came through an tion,” he said. weekend at his home on Bainbridge Island.

With pickleball quickly gaining ground event targeted towards seniors is no coinci- Replacing tennis?

Pritchard’s backyard had a badminton on tennis, it may be only a matter of time beThe high demand for pickleball courts is dence. The mechanics and rules of pickleball court, but when he couldn’t find any badminfore a pickleball equivalent of Wimbledon is create a sport that is accessible to just about visible all over Salt Lake valley. In Cottonton equipment, he instead grabbed some ping broadcast on ESPN. everyone, including seniors. In return, the se- wood Heights, three recently installed picklepong paddles and a plastic ball. Along with nior community has been a driving force in ball courts proved to not be nearly enough to Going forward his friends and family, Pritchard developed a Is it possible that pickleball is a passmeet demand and so three additional courts its growing popularity. set of rules for this newly invented game over Because pickleball courts are a fraction were just added. In Bluffdale, Salt Lake ing fad? A sport that spikes in popularity the course of that weekend. of the size of tennis courts, players don’t County’s Wardle Fields Park, which opened for a few years but eventually dies out leavAs for how it got its name, legend has need to cover as much ground, particularly in 2017, included 16 pickleball courts, and in ing thousands of empty unused courts in its it that it’s named after the Pritchard family’s since doubles is the most popular form of the a possibly symbolic move, not a single tennis wake? Not likely, according to Wathey. dog. “The Pritchards had a dog named Pick“I don’t really see a downturn for the sport. This allows players, who maybe aren’t court. les, and you’re having fun at a party, right?

“Sometimes sports run in cycles. Tennis sport anytime soon,” he said. “It’s incredible. as quick as they used to be, to still excel at So anyways, what the hell, let’s just call it has hit somewhat of a plateau,” Wathey said. More courts are being built, and we don’t see the sport. pickleball,” said Barney McCallum, one of At the Huntsman World Senior Games, a plateau in that. They’re popping up all over “What I find in my senior community the sports’ cofounders. is their mobility might not be there, but once registrations for pickleball have surpassed the country.”

The sport grew slowly over several deAnother factor that will help the sport they get to the line, they have all the motion that of tennis, according to Case. “Four years cades. By 2003, there were only 39 known they need,” said Linda Weeks, a Parks and ago we opened up registration at midnight. continue its rise is its affordability, Wathey places to play the sport in North America, Rec employee in Farmington who has been Within two minutes, the pickleball registra- noted. according to the USA Pickleball Association Pickleball sets that include two to four helping organize pickleball tournaments in tion was full,” he said. Because of that event, website. the Games have changed their registration paddles and balls range from $20 to $60 on Utah for years.

However, that same year the sport was In one recent tournament, Weeks said a process for pickleball to be more like a lot- Amazon, whereas a single high-quality tenadded to the Huntsman World Senior Games, nis racket can easily run north of $100. That grandmother and her grandson ended up tak- tery. a multi-sport competitive event that draws The possibility of pickleball supplanting low barrier of entry combined with an eving second place. “I don’t know what other seniors from all over the world to St. George, kinds of sports out there would lend them- tennis is ironic, considering the overlap of er-increasing supply of courts means more Utah. selves to that kind of generation gap,” she the two similar sports. One of the first arti- people are getting into the sport.

“There were questions about whether “I never would have guessed that it cles about pickleball appeared in Tennis magsaid. a sport named pickleball would ever be the Weeks thinks the sports’ ability to cater azine and some of the best pickleball players would have been to this extent already,” next big thing,” said Kyle Case, the current Weeks said. “I talk to people every day who to both the young and old is a big part of why are former tennis pros.

CEO of the event. “But we just decided to get Weeks agreed that pickleball seems to say, ‘What’s up with this pickleball thing, can it’s grown so fast in Utah, where there are big behind it and see where it goes.” families who like to be outside doing activi- be putting a dent in the tennis community. you explain it to me?’” l

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More and more retirees find their fixed incomes stretched thin by rising cost of living, said Eschler.

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make $1,500 per month in retirement funds or social security,” Eschler said.

Through Retirement Funding Solutions, Eschler counsels many retirees who value their financial independence and do not want to affect their families even as making ends meet becomes more and more challenging.

For these clients, the HECM—or reverse mortgage—offers an extra stream of income.

A reverse mortgage, available to those over 62, is a federally insured loan which allows a person to draw income from their home’s equity and/or eliminate their mortgage debt or both without repayment during their lifetime.

Though a person holding a reverse mortgage will pay their own property taxes and homeowners insurance payments, no mortgage payments are required until the person leaves the house permanently, at which point the loan becomes due.

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Among the wealthy, he said, many use reverse mortgages to protect their equity in case of economic downturn.

Reverse mortgages are impractical for those who want heirs to inherit the home and for those who owe very large percentages of their mortgages.

However, for those it is designed to serve, the reverse mortgage offers the opportunity to remain financially independent and living in their own home, perhaps even funding end-of-life care.

Eschler has spent 35 years in the mortgage industry, seeing reverse mortgages evolve into specialized and effective products that help fund a person’s retirement.

“More and more retirees find their fixed incomes stretched thin by rising cost of living, said Eschler. ” For 13 years, he has chosen to specialize in reverse mortgages, believing they are an excellent product when used properly.

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“I help people get to the end of their life with as much dignity and comfort as they can.”

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A look at municipal campaign donations in Salt Lake County

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The City Journals examined the campaign finance disclosures of every municipal candidate in the valley (excluding Salt Lake City proper) to see which cities’ elections are drawing the most money, where the money is coming from and to what degree campaign spending impacts election results. Here’s what we found.

Where is the money going?

It turns out there is a wide disparity in how much money is being spent in different cities across the valley.

In Sandy City, 26 times more campaign money per candidate was raised than in the neighboring city of Midvale.

A competitive race in the city of Draper where 11 candidates are fighting for three open at-large city council seats has drawn $88,894 worth of campaign funds, the most of any city in the county. Of that total, $23,471 came from just one candidate.

Most cities (10 out of 13) raised between $1,000 and $5,000 per candidate.

Source of Campaign Donations (City Journals)

We took a look at the three cities with the most total donations, Sandy, West Jordan and Draper, to see where the money is coming from in their respective races. Draper was the most balanced, with each category being within a few thousand dollars of each other.

Sandy City was the only city which had more donations coming from businesses.

West Jordan was noteworthy for how much its races are being self-funded by its candidates. Fifty-seven percent of the funding for all the city’s campaigns came from the candidates themselves.

When it comes to donations from businesses and business interests, one source stands out from the rest. The Salt Lake Board of Realtors (and its political action committee, The Realtors) doled out over $58,000 in donations to candidates’ campaigns during the primary season.

In some cities, donations from the Board Average Campaign Donations per Candidate (City of Realtors accounted for a quarter, or even Journals) half, of all donations.

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In the primaries, 76% of candidates who raised at least $1,000 advanced to the general election. However, there may be diminishing returns when it comes to bigger campaign coffers; for candidates who raised at least $5,000, the percentage of those who advanced to the general election remained at 76%.

However, candidates who received money from the Board of Realtors got an extra boost—84% of them advanced to the general election, compared to 50% of candidates who didn’t.

Money is not the be-all and endall however, as there were 11 candidates throughout the valley who were able to advance to the general election despite having the lowest-funded campaign in their respective races. l

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Ratings index will now deterimine high school playoff seeding

By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com

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he Utah High School Activities Association will determine seeds differently this year for its team sports. The impact of the change and its perception is still to be determined.

“It will begin with team sports this fall,” UHSAA Assistant Director Jeff Cluff said.

“The RPI will be revealed after the season begins and be open until one week prior to the postseason. As the tournament approaches, we will reveal the final RPI and tournament bracket together.”

The RPI is a performance-based rating dependent upon the teams’ winning percentage, the opponents’ winning percentage and the opponents’-opponents’ winning percentage. A mathematical equation will be used to determine the teams’ seeds for its upcoming state tournament.

The RPI will be used in team sports such as football, soccer, volleyball, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, softball and drill. It is a system successfully used in several neighboring states like Arizona, Colorado and Nevada.

“Each sport will have its own reveal date and bracket release,” Cluff said.

Every classification team will be part of the postseason tournament. Teams will be seeded into the bracket, with lower seeds State high school playoffs will have a revamped seeding system this season. The change will give every team the opportunity to be part of its state tournament. (Greg playing higher seeds in the early rounds. Sev- James/City Journals) eral teams that were left out of postseason tournaments will now have the opportunity Region 4. It was all predetermined and now to win a state title. it is not the case anymore.” because every The official RPI rankings will be availOne example was the 6A football chamchild deserves a able on uhsaa.org. The MaxPreps power pionship last season. The four and five seeds ranking and Deseret News rankings are dif- (Pleasant Grove and East) matched up in the foundation based ferent than the RPI used by the UHSAA. first round. That should not have occurred in “Those are more of a power ranking theory until later in the tournament. Region on the value God rather than a rating percentage index,” Cluff games will more geographical.

“The new RPI system did give us reaplaces within them said. “It is completely different; our RPI is based on this particular year only, whereas son to change a couple preseason games,” the max preps takes into account the history Riverton head basketball coach Skyler Wilof the team.” son said. “We ended up changing four games In theory, a weak schedule could affect against opponents that I think will be ranked We exist to provide a safe nurturing environment for preschoolers a team’s placement in the state tournament higher. I’m excited for this change because bracket. Also, region championships and our path to the tournament will depend on where biblical truths are taught as a foundation for salvation and standings will have no bearing on the state how we play our whole schedule.” tournament pairings.

Another aspect of the rating is the clasChristian living.

“You will definitely need to look at the sification adjustment. A large school schedulbig picture,” Cyprus head boys basketball ing all small schools will be penalized slightcoach Tre Smith said. “You will need to ly. A schedule overloaded with small school Class Schedule climb up the rankings throughout the year. I powerhouses is discouraged by the UHSAA, 3-year-olds - Tuesday, Friday | 10:00-12:30 am interested to see how much respect our but teams are still encouraged to schedule ri4-year-olds - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 9:00-11:45 region gets and if winning region games will vals. matter as far as rankings go.”

“I think the classification adjustment is “We have a lot of inquiries,” Cluff said. important,” Cluff said. “A lot of people do “I think people are anxious to see how it is not understand that a bigger school playing 801.803.1449 going to work and how it will affect schedul- a smaller school— it became necessary for www.lifelinefoundations.com ing. I think they are most anxious because of us to throw in a classification adjustment. We 4431 LIFELINE • WEST JORDAN the disruption from the norm. It is complete- do not think scheduling will be done any difly different than what we have done before. ferently. There is a misconception that if you Teams knew that if they won their region, only play the good teams your rating will be they would compete here in the first round. higher.” l A Region 1 school could be matched up with

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Seating options help keep students’ scores up, poor behavior down

By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com

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one are the days of students learning quietly at their desks. Teachers are incorporating alternative or flexible seating options that get students out of their seats.

“I don’t think there is any real world job that requires you to sit in a desk and a chair for eight hours a day,” said Bluffdale Elementary teacher Cari Bergstrom. “Even an office job, you’d be able to stand up and walk around so I don’t think a desk and chair is a life skill they need to learn.”

Alternative seating options depend on a teacher’s personality and on their budgets.

Common options are floor pillows, couches, wobble stools, yoga balls, bungee chairs and low rockers. Often a bouncy band is attached around the legs of a traditional desk for students to bounce their feet on to work off excess energy.

Bergstrom has been providing alternative seating options for her students for three years. She said when kids can move around more, their ability to focus improves.

“Their attention increases and they’re more engaged,” she said.

She has seen a rise in test scores in every subject and said the classroom feels more comfortable.

“It frees up a bunch of space because you don’t have to have 26 desks,” Bergstrom said. “I have floor options that they use clipboards with so you get more space and more kids can fit.”

Amanda Dohmen, a fifth-grade teacher, said alternative seating works well with her teaching techniques. She likes to use collaborative learning and group projects but she

A variety of seating options are used to meet the variety of students’ needs. (Cari Bergstrom/Bluffdale Elementary)

found she was spending a lot of time reminding her students where they needed to be.

“I felt like I was on my kids all the time, and that’s not my teaching style,” she said.

She began incorporating flexible seating in her classroom at Athlos Academy during the middle of her first year of teaching to allow students more autonomy. Instead of telling them exactly what they needed to do, she empowered students to take charge of their own learning and discover what seating option worked best for the task they had been given.

“By giving them that freedom and that choice—it just changes the entire dynamic of my teaching and it changes the dynamic of their learning,” she said. “I’ve seen their test scores rise and I’ve seen behavior diminish.”

Dohmen aims to create a homey and positive atmosphere in her room, with diffused scents and comfortable corners to help students feel comfortable and calm.

“This isn’t just a classroom to them,” Dohmen said. “It’s also home—they spend eight hours a day in here.”

When Dohmen took a new teaching position this year at Summit Academy Independence Campus in Bluffdale, she took her pillows and couch with her but was also stuck with traditional desks in her new classroom.

With support from her new administration, she lowered some desks to the floor to be used with cushions and raised some to create Teachers have discovered students focus better when they are free to work in comfortable spaces. (Jet standing desks.

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challenge of transferring the successful flexible seating she has used for years with her fourth-graders at Bennion Elementary in Taylorsville to her new classroom at Eisenhower Junior High. She believes it will take a few months to challenge old-fashioned teaching methods and classroom organization to be able to adapt the alternative seating philosophy for older students. But she believes it is a needed change for today’s students.

“There’s a lot of teachers that are still doing the exact same thing they did 20 years ago or even five years ago and our population is different than five years ago,” she said.

“Students are learning differently. Students need different opportunities.”

Dohmen said variety is key with students these days, whether it is in teaching methods or classroom seating.

“If you do the same thing every day, you just get bored and the kids get bored,” she said. “That’s when kids start messing around, that’s when they’re not learning anymore.”

Stevenson believes alternative seating options are just one small part of the necessary changes needed to keep up with the needs of modern students.

“If we want something different in education, we have got to do something different,” she said. “Education is taking little steps, but we’re getting little differences.

I think if we really want education to take some leaps and bounds, we really have to think leaps and bounds in change.” l

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Salt Lake County foods, beverages celebrated on Pioneer Day, D.C.-style

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More than 400 guests gathered at the historic Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building to attend Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s Flavors of Utah reception, the day after Pioneer Day. (Photo courtesy Mike Lee’s office)

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ome 400 people carefully navigated their way under Utah’s iconic Delicate Arch.

They took care not to brush against the sides of it or disrupt it. Some even bowed their heads, ensuring clearance.

They bowed their heads? To ensure clearance?

Huh? It was the day after Pioneer Day. That “arch” was but an inflatable arch, decorating a Washington, D.C. doorway. Emblazoned on it was Utah’s brand phrase, Life Elevated.

The inflatable arch was as close as it gets to the real deal for Utah natives living in or visiting the nation’s capital, and for non-Utah natives getting exposure to the state.

Life Elevated through the Flavors of Utah

Welcome to Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s Flavors of Utah shindig. This year, Lee hosted 400 guests at a lively reception, held July 25 in the historic Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building.

The Flavors of Utah event, now in its third year, is held around Pioneer Day in D.C. and is all about — according to the sponsoring senator — letting people “sample” what Utah itself is all about.

Salt Lake County features some fantastic flavors

Letting others know what Utah is all about starts with a brief explanation of Pioneer Day. Lee’s invitation to the event detailed Pi-

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oneer Day thus: “Pioneer Day is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 in the state of Utah. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers, into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. While the holiday has strong links to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is officially a celebration of everyone, regardless of faith and nationality, who immigrated to the Salt Lake Valley during the pioneer era. An era which is generally considered to have ended with the 1869 arrival of the transcontinental railroad, the driving of the golden spike in Promontory, Utah.”

From there? The celebration of the pioneering spirit of Utah’s food and beverage companies takes center stage.

Of course, guests are invited to try the iconic green Jell-O — the same gelatin decorating maybe not pioneer meals, but Norman Rockwell-like Utah tableaus since mid-century — and the same gelatin memorialized in collector pins from the 2002 Olympics, which Utah hosted.

But less quirky and just as Utah-centric are delectables from throughout the state, including several Salt Lake County offerings.

JulieAnn Caramels in Sandy was represented at Lee’s event, along with another literal sweet—the chocolates of Salt Lake City’s historic Sweet Candy Company.

Holladay’s AppleBeer Corp. was in attendance, showing off its unique, multi-flavored, zero-proof beers, along with Salt Lake

Green Jell-O was a popular option as more than 400 guests gathered at the historic Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building to attend Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s Flavors of Utah reception, the day after Pioneer Day. (Photo courtesy Mike Lee’s office)

City’s famed Squatters Pub microbrewery summer beers.

West Jordan’s Drake Family Farms was in the house, offering goat-dairy products, including yogurt.

“The pioneer spirit of each of these companies is inspiring. The story of starting in a kitchen and growing into a 100,000-squarefoot production facility is something you will see over and over again,” Lee’s invitation stated.

Utah’s flavors—standing proud against the veteran D.C. host—Hawaii

Lee said the first event just started with some D.C. staffers mourning their missing Pioneer Day in Utah and deciding to commiserate over root beer floats.

“We’re always in session the week of Pioneer Day,” Lee explained, “so, originally, we started doing homemade root beer floats and invited a lot of staff members and others we knew, and [Flavors] sort of grew out of that.”

“Best-themed event on Capitol Hill,” is the reaction Lee gets from visitors attending the event, he told the City Journals in a phone call from his D.C. office.

But while the Utah celebration is geared around Pioneer Day, having a state delegation host such an event did not start with Utah. Hawaii is credited with starting this sort of hosting, circa 2012, with an annual event occurring about a month prior to the

Five Salt Lake County food vendors, including JulieAnn Caramels of Sandy, participated in Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s Pioneer Day-themed Flavors of Utah event in Washington, D.C. (Photo Associated Foods)

Utah celebration.

“One of the better-known ones,” is how Lee described the Hawaiian event. “I know there are others out there.”

The political side

Although Republican Lee is the host of the event, Utah’s full congressional delegation of six men, all Republicans, save one, participated in the event.

While this year’s event had Washingtonians experiencing what Utah offers, back home Utah hosted the nation’s governors on Pioneer Day proper and the few days after, as Salt Lake City was home to the National Governors Association meeting, July 24-26.

Governors from around the country attended the Pioneer Day parade and likely sampled many foods and beverages Lee promoted in Washington, D.C. Sponsors of Lee’s Flavors of Utah event included Associated Food Stores, Utah Food Industry Association and Zions Bank, as well as more than 20 Utah food vendors.

When asked which Utah fare was the fairest of them all for guests attending the Flavors event, Lee, ever the consummate politician, said, “All of them were received really well…. I’m always hesitant to mention some instead of others.”

The main takeaway? “[The event] helps people understand how much we love food and that we have a lot of good food from Utah.” l

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New chapter begins for Utah lacrosse

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

Lacrosse has grown into thousands of participants statewide over the past several years and the sport will now officially be sanctioned for the upcoming school year with the boys and girls programs competing in the spring of 2020. (Photo courtesy Craig Morris)

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t’s been a long time coming and it’s now finally here…boys and girls lacrosse is officially sanctioned beginning with the 20192020 school year with the competitive season for both programs to be held in the spring.

An effort from the Utah Lacrosse Association, founded in 1994 by Westminster Coach Mason Goodhand and the lacrosse community, got a final push in 2015 when a four-member committee of Craig Morris, Renee Tribe, Brian Barnhill and Brae Burbidge led the charge to show the growth of the sport and the ability to develop and maintain high school programs statewide.

“We walked out of a meeting with the UHSAA (Utah High School Activities Association in May 2017) where it was decided that lacrosse would be added as a sanctioned sport and we all looked at ourselves and asked, ‘Did that just happen?’” Morris said.

“We were not expecting it to happen that day so we just stood there pretty shocked. It’s been pretty cool to see the quality rise in the game here that has far surpassed my expectations. We are producing a lot of talent in this state and colleges have taken notice and the sanctioning process will only get Utah more on the radar.”

When the initial announcement was made two years ago, UHSAA Executive Director Rob Cuff acknowledged the efforts and patience of those within the lacrosse community. “I want to really reach out and thank the lacrosse community for how they’ve handled all the discussions,” Cuff said. “We knew it was going to come on, but it was just a matter of time.”

The UHSAA’s Jon Oglesby said lacrosse was added because of the “interest and

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preparation of the member districts” throughout the process.

“The process of adding lacrosse and getting it ready for competition in the spring of 2020 has been a collaborative process that has included the efforts of many school districts, administrators, coaches and lacrosse aficionados,” Oglesby said. “The UHSAA Board of Trustees is excited to see these student athletes get a chance to compete under the UHSAA umbrella.”

Morris moved to Utah from New York more than 25 years ago after playing lacrosse in college and quickly became an integral part of the growth of the sport as he assisted Goodhand in the development of the ULA while he became the lacrosse coach and athletic director at Waterford School in Sandy.

In 2003, approximately 300 players competed in programs with that number up to 1,800 athletes in just six years. Currently, close to 4,000 players are involved in lacrosse statewide.

Herriman High girls lacrosse coach Wes Allen said it has been exciting to watch the sport take off over the last several years. “At times it has also been overwhelming because we haven’t had the availability of resources needed to support such an accelerated growth pattern,” he said. “Every year we’ve watched lacrosse grow more and more into a mainstream sport here in Utah and we’ve gone from playing high school games on the fields of elementary schools not even in our hometowns to now playing on our own high school fields and sometimes even in the stadiums.”

Being a sanctioned sport—as opposed to a club at the high school level—means more to the programs than just a different status

around campus. Funding is now available through the schools that will include transportation, equipment, coach salaries, referee payments and league fees which will ease the financial burden that had been solely the responsibility of parents and athletes.

“It will be nice for the players to be recognized more for what they do now that it’s an official sport in the schools,” former East High boys lacrosse coach Peter Idstrom said.

“It’s been in the works for a long time, and it is just huge now to get the access that was lacking before.”

With these changes, lacrosse players will now be held to the same academic standards, school boundary restrictions and region competitive structures that the other 10 sanctioned sports adhere to.

This season, all sports will be using the Ratings Percentage Index system to include all teams in the state playoffs. Using that RPI, current plans are for lacrosse are the top seeds will compete in the “A” division at the state tournament while the bottom teams will be in the “B” division at the end of their 16game season, but that is still to be determined at the UHSAA meeting in August.

The 28 lacrosse teams currently slated to compete statewide will comprise four regions throughout one single class. Region 1 includes Bear River, Box Elder, Green Canyon, Logan, Mountain Crest, Ridgeline and Sky View. Region 2 is made up of East, Highland, Judge Memorial, Olympus, Park City, Skyline and West.

Bingham, Copper Hills, Herriman, Mountain Ridge, Riverton, Waterford and West Jordan comprise Region 3 while Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Jordan, Juan Di-

ego, Timpview and Wasatch are the teams in Region 4 this season.

Following this inaugural year, two classifications will be made based on the results of this season. More teams will be added in year two as some teams in the Alpine, Davis and Weber School districts will secure arrangements to be ready for the 2021 spring season.

“This was a full community effort from every program out there,” Morris said. “It has taken a lot of time from those of us who have cared about it deeply. It’s just icing on the cake and been so exciting to see it get to the finish line.”

Allen said the trajectory of the sport will only continue upward in Utah as it begins its first season as a sanctioned sport. “We’ve become a hot spot for recruiting and this will only help to increase the visibility which will hopefully bring in new players from the youth through the high school programs,” he said.

Dan Dugan, president of the Intermountain Lacrosse Association—a newer organization formed from the now absolved ULA—said there is reserve money that had been set aside for “strategic growth with the intent to help build new teams and new programs.” The Mountain West Lacrosse Foundation was created with charge over those funds and a grant process will begin this fall for teams that would like to apply for assistance for their programs.

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