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HIGHLAND RAMS COME TOGETHER to promote school arts By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com perform, something like being at a café. “We had contemporary music, classical music, musical theater and one original composition,” Houston said. “They performed at the entrance to the event near the waffle truck and next to the hands-on chalk art station.” The Highland Arts Council worked hard this year to make sure that this Tartanfest was an experience that the attendees as well as the students wouldn’t forget. They were pleased with the turnout and thought that it boosted the student’s morale in their performances, showing students that the community cares about their programs and their success as performers and artists. “We support pursuit of excellence in the fine arts—including dance, drama, instrumental music, choral music, visual arts, arts and crafts, ceramics, photography and literary arts,” the art’s council statement said. “We seek to promote shared understanding and appreciation, to bring community resources and supplemental funding forward, and to effectively make a difference for all students enrolled in arts programs at Highland.” “Tartanfest reminds people why they arts are such an important part of the lives of young people,” Houston said. “Watching kids light up as they perform leaves no doubt to the observer that these young people absolutely love what they are doing.” l
Highland art students spent their evening showing off their skills including some with chalk art. (Katie Hudson/Highland music teacher).
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It’s no surprise that Highland High School’s art programs have blossomed over the years, with their successful fall musical, “Seussical The Musical” and both their theater and music department performing at the Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City. Because of their arts programs, the school puts on a free community event celebrating their arts called Tartanfest, a word play on t-ART-anFEST. Thanks to the Highland Arts Council, they pulled off another successful event. “I think this year was a real turning point, we had higher attendance than usual and the waffle truck was a great addition,” Katie Houston, Highland’s choir teacher and a member of the art council said. “You had students write a paper about their experience attending and I got hugely positive responses.” Tartanfest is a collaboration of all the arts programs at Highland including welding, woodshop, photography, dance, choir, orchestra, theater jazz band, pottery and more. It’s not designed to be a fundraiser but the waffle truck did donate 10 percent of its profit back to the school. Many people went from room to room to either sit and listen to full programs while others got a piece of each program. Students who participated worked for hours to get their performance or their works of art ready for the evening. Houston said she asked the music students she chose to prepare a short set of songs to
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ighland Park’s sixth-grade students got a unique look at World War II not through history lessons, but with dance lessons. The sixth-grade class learned about the dances of the ’40s as well as the clothes, music and history. “We learned a bunch of songs that were kind of in the era, and we dressed up like we were from the ’40s and every Monday after school we practiced swing dancing,” Caitlin Bramble, a sixth grader who participated said. “It was really fun.” The students weren’t forced to be a part of the performance if they didn’t want to but those that did had a fun time. If they chose not to, they could participate from watching from the stage. Caitlin chose to do it after a friend asked her if she wanted to be his dance partner. This idea came to Diana Alvarez, Highland Park’s music teacher, three years ago and with immense success, she has kept the program running since. “It is a program combining music, history, and dance,” Alvarez said. “We do songs like ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ and ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo.’ On the day of the performance the students dress in clothing authentic to the World War II era, and they always look great.” Students worked for about six months to get A World War II veteran named Duane attended the event and had fun watching the sixth graders dance to the their dances together and with the help of the sixth- music of his generation. (Jennifer Going/Highland Park ELP). grade teachers who run the sound and hold extra practices in their room, the performance comes together. if they found anyone listening to jazz they should be beaten. Some of “They told us that people would swing dance to rebel against Hitler, so we were learning what it was like to be in that these rebels were taken and hung for all people to see. In 2005, however, situation, it was really cool,” Caitlin said. “We already knew a lot about German officials relabeled them as resistance fighters. “The students learn about America’s participation in the war,” AlWorld War II, but we learned more through the songs.” During Adolf Hitler’s reign in Germany during World War II, one varez said. “Women going to work in factories here at home, the Jewish of his goals was to indoctrinate the adolescence in Germany by putting partisans and the Holocaust, the high level of military support during them into the Hitler Youth organization. Boys and girls under the age that time, and many other things that happened in their great grandparof 14 were expected to be a part of the German Youth Group. When the ents’ generation.” The students wore clothes from the era too. The girls wore lipstick children reached the military age of 14-18, they were put into the Hitler Youth Movement. If any of those teens were rebellious against it, the and dresses and some even dressed up as Rosie the Riveter. The boys wore slacks with white shirts and bow ties and some wore vintage hats. Gestapo—German secret police—would threaten the families. A youth group called the Swing Youth or Jazz Youth rebelled by During the program, a slide show featured some of the students’ ancesswing dancing. The songs they would dance to were American and tors who fought in the war. “It is one of my favorite programs that I do all year,” Alvarez said, many would not wear the Hitler Youth uniform. The Gestapo started to crack down on this and SS Official Heinrich Himmler told officers that “and the kids have a blast with it.” l
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Students, widow remember local tennis pro’s love for tennis and students By Koster Kennard | koster.k@mycityjournals.com John Bennett was an expert tennis player, a gifted teacher, Sugar House resident, and a fixture in Salt Lake’s tennis community. On June 19, 2013 John passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. Bennett played tennis at Hoover High where he finished first in California and fifth in the nation in doubles, according to byucougars. com. “He was recruited by a lot of different schools for college and his plan was to play his freshman year and then go on the pro tour,” said John’s wife, Debbie. Bennett chose Brigham Young University even though he wasn’t a member of the LDS Church because they had a perennial top 15 tennis program and were relatively close to home. Each year Bennett was at BYU, the team finished in the top ten and he and his doubles partner Steve Whitehead lost in the NCAA semifinals according to byucougars.com. At BYU, Bennett joined the LDS Church, then decided to serve a mission. He was called to Brazil. While in Brazil, he would play tennis on preparation days and was even recruited by the Brazilian military to play tennis for them but declined to continue his missionary service. “After he graduated from BYU, he played the pro tour for about a year,” said Debbie. “In Europe he won two, smaller tournaments I think one was in Birmingham (England) and I think one was in Belgium.” Though Bennett loved the game of tennis he didn’t enjoy life on the road so he quit the pro circuit. After returning from the tour, Bennett was a tennis teaching pro. This experience included teaching at Liberty Park, training actor and director Robert Redford and coaching at Boise State (head coach) and BYU (assistant). “He worked a lot helping kids,” Debbie said. “He had a lot of kids that were really loyal to him that really appreciated his help. He had a lot that even up until he died wanted him to give them a lesson.”
“He took a lot of interest in his students and they all really loved him,” Debbie said. Diane Blackburn was one of Bennett’s adult students at Liberty Park who he taught for several years. At one point during the years when Bennett taught Blackburn her son was diagnosed with diabetes and her father passed away. “I could go to tennis, and I could just forget all that and just be in the moment, and John made it so much fun,” Blackburn said. “He was kind, interested in you but also he really wanted you to be a better player. He pushed you always.” Bennett had a gift for helping students improve their weaknesses. “I’ve never run across anybody who was as adept at picking out what it was that you needed to do to get to the next level,” Blackburn said. “He always noticed it and he’d always call it out.” Bennett would often tease his students with jokes to remind them what they needed to improve. “Instead of telling me to move my feet he would say, ‘twinkletoes,’ or something like that instead of saying ‘give me a hard serve,’ he’d say, ‘give me a wheaty serve,’” said Sophia Nielsen who took lessons from John as child and teen. Bennett was so good at tennis that other pros in the area would watch him and marvel at his flawless technique. Though he was kind, Bennett was very competitive. “He was also competitive so he didn’t let you win,” Nielsen said. “He never let you win when you played games against him.” His wife remembers one student who Bennett taught who played at USU returning from a summer of hard tennis playing. The young man challenged Bennett to a match and demanded that if he won he didn’t have to pay Bennett for the session. “So, they played and John absolutely annihilated the guy,” Debbie recalled. “He didn’t get a single point on him.” “John was like 52 and he was a 19 or a 20-year-old college tennis player. And the kid left pretty discouraged because he was like,
A photo of a flag with a list of BYU’s All-American tennis players that hangs above BYU indoor tennis courts. (Debbie Bennett)
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John poses with his racket on the tennis court in February of 2004. (Valerie Leavitt)
John, his father and his older brothers gather in their tennis gear for a photo. (Ruth Bennett/ John’s mother)
Eleven year-old John Bennett holds one of the many first place trophies he won as a child tennis star (Ruth Bennett).
‘Oh, I guess I have a long way to go.’” After the match, Debbie chastised her husband for his merciless play. “I said to him, ‘You shouldn’t have done that to him that wasn’t very nice,’ and he said, ‘Well, he needs to know where he is and he’s not as good as he thinks he is,’” Debbie said. Blackburn said that she didn’t realize how competitive Bennett was but that looking back she can tell he was teaching her to compete. “You could tell that he was an amazing player but he didn’t hold it over you he was just always like your mentor; he was your coach and you could always feel like he was trying to help you,” Blackburn said. At age 35 John went on the 35 and up tour where he ended up ranking 17th nationally.
Tennis was more than a game to Bennett. Neither of his parents had college degrees and he saw tennis as a major factor in helping him get his degree. “He loved to compete, and he played all over the country and in Europe so he got to see a lot of the world that way,” Debbie said.\ In addition to being a great tennis player and a nurturing coach, John was a first-class human being. “He would win sportsmanship trophies in practically every event he entered,” Debbie said. “Most of the time he was like a super gentleman to people and a lot of his students talked about that.” Bennett was flawlessly honest, meticulously careful and a devoted father and husband. “His beliefs meant a lot to him. He was very spiritual and he cared a lot about being a good person and trying to be good to people
and treat them well.” As cancer began to take hold of his body, John continued to teach his students even though he couldn’t play with them anymore. “As time went on, his body got weaker and weaker and he couldn’t necessarily get out there and play with them as much as he used to so he had to do more coaching from the sidelines,” Debbie said. Blackburn said that after John passed he left a void in the Liberty Park Tennis program. On the side of a small building near the main tennis courts at Liberty Park there is a bronze plaque with John’s likeness etched on it dedicated to his service to the tennis community. “He was a gift in my life,” Blackburn said. “He was a gift in a few people’s lives.” l
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Crawling for fundraising: The third-annual Sugar House Pub Crawl By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com The combination of sun, perfect temperatures and a large crowd of thirsty people equaled a lot of donations during the third-annual Sugar House Pub Crawl. The crowded event was not only a success for the Sugar House Chamber and the participating bars/restaurants, but also for KRCL, a community radio station that benefited from the event’s proceeds. “KRCL has been a sponsor of our event from the very beginning,” Tony Coopola, the marketing and merchandise manager for Squatters Craft Beers and Wasatch Brewery said. “They are also big supporters of American Craft Beer Week, which is the main reason that the pub crawl happens on the week it does every year.” This year, between 2,000 to 2,500 people participated, going to nine different bars in the Sugar House area: Campfire Lounge, The Tap Room, Fiddler’s Elbow, Sugar House Pub, Black Sheep at Epic Brewing Company, Mellow Mushroom, The RUIN, Trolley Wing Company and Wasatch Brewery. Legal-aged participants came from around the valley to participate some even wearing costumes such as Ninja Turtles or beach bums. “It was very nice, it was very well planned out. I liked that you could start anywhere and end anywhere, it was like a strategy game,” John Wilson, one of the attendees, said. “I did like that it was in Sugar House, I don’t think there is another place where it could be.” The Pub Crawl in Sugar House event was planned three years ago, with the planning committee trying to figure out a way to bring the community together and not just to bring some awareness to the Sugar House area.
Wasatch Brew and Pub kept busy during the Sugar House Pub Crawl that attracted more than 2,000 people. (Natalie Mollinet\ City Journals)
“We really wanted to give back,” Coopola said. “The first crawl, we donated to The Sharing Place, which is a local Sugar House non-profit and from there, we realized that a pillar of the event should allow us to give back to our community.” Anyone that chose to participate was asked to grab a “passport” or a stamp card from the home base, which was at the Sugar House Plaza. From there, the attendee needed to go to all nine pubs and receive a stamp at each location. There weren’t any rules indicating that you had to drink an alcoholic beverage at the bars, all the person needed to do was go into the establishment—no purchase was necessary. Once the participant went to all nine locations, they could turn in their passports for prizes, including two tickets to the Idaho Brew Fest as well as other prizes. For others, it was just an excuse to have a fun afternoon with friends on a warm spring day. “Some of the people in our group were super focused at getting to all nine bars and then there were other people in the group who were holding us back with their not-so-strong desire, they just wanted to hit a few bars,” Wilson said. “But we did it, we finished the bar crawl, we had a drink in all nine bars.” The plan is to continue the tradition and help other non-profits in the area. The planning committee is taking into account the changing liquor licenses and will have to reassess how the event is going to work, but they do expect to continue the tradition into next year. “We really wanted this event to show Sugar House as a destination with a vibrant nightlife,” Coopola said. “By bringing people from all over the valley and beyond to the heart of the action, we feel really helps put Sugar House on the map.” l
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Highland says goodbye to longtime teachers Sue Tice and Ruthie Campbell By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com For many of us, we can recall a school teacher who positively impacted us, whether they did it with kind words or taught us the value of hard work. Highland High is losing two such teachers this year—Sue Tice and Ruthie Campbell—both who played important roles in students’ lives over the years. Tice started her career at Glendale Middle school as an art teacher then continued her art teaching at Highland. She felt that she fit in more with high school-aged students and after four years of teaching art, she went onto become the television and broadcasting teacher since she received her master’s in television and communications. “I was delighted to get that position,” Tice said. “For the next 15 years, I taught students to run the school-based news show, HTVS, where they got experience putting on a live newscast two or three times a week.” For the past three years, she has been on a special assignment from the Salt Lake City School District as a peer assistance and review consulting teacher, where she worked with novice teachers in the district. Now after 27 years of teaching, Tice has put up the Expo white board markers and cleaned her desk of graded assignments. “I made many friends during my years at Highland, and several of my former students have friended me on Facebook,” Tice said. “In fact, one of my former television students, after getting her bachelor’s and master’s, is now teaching HTVS along with filmmaking.” Jenny Hardy is the student she is speaking about and Hardy said that Tice was a mentor to her and helped her in progressing into the field of film and TV. “Tice was one of the most supportive teachers I ever had, I will miss being able to show her the cool new updated HTVS every year. She has the greatest sense of humor and I’m proud to call her my Jewish mom.” Hardy isn’t the only student who loved having Tice as a teacher and mentor. “Mama Tice helped me figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life,” Nicole Stephenson, a Highland alumna, said. “I ended up getting a scholarship to go to college because of my work
in HTVS. I also really enjoyed tricking Mrs. Tice into saying ‘orange juice’ with her New York accent. I never get tired of that.” Riley Roos, another Highland alum added, “Sue Tice was hands down one of the greatest instructors I had the privilege of being taught by. I was blessed to be her student all four years at Highland, and we’ve stayed in contact even after graduation. There are countless memories I have from her class and plenty of lessons I still think of today.” “Mama Tice was the sweetest lady,” Sara McClure another alumna said. “She let me take TV2 and be on HTVS even though I hadn’t taken TV1, but she believed in me, and I knew I could do it. The video production skills she taught me were invaluable, and I still use them today.” There were many more fond memories shared about Tice and she reflected on her time as Highland as well. She was proud of her students and enjoyed seeing them win awards and furthering their lives whether it was in TV or not. “I believe that all of our life experiences add to our growth as a person and Highland was part of my life for 19 years,” Tice said, “so it surely influenced my life.” There’s one last piece of advice she wanted to leave for her students: “Young people in high school continue to search for their identity as well as acceptance all while doing their school work and extracurricular activities. Having good role models and those they can trust in to help them navigate this time in their lives is extremely important. They need to learn to follow their best instincts and not just follow the crowd.” Ruthie Campbell or Ruthie as her students called her retired from Highland halfway through the 2016-2017 school year. She also impacted many students’ lives. Ruthie, according to her students, was attentive and seemed to know each student in a personal way. “We agreed on nearly nothing politically but she respected me anyway when I practiced far too little,” Joshua Christensen, a Highland alum said. “I have looked forward to talking with those of with differing ideas than mine because of talks she and I had. I know how to respect
Sue Tice with Rosie Nguyen, one of Tice’s students that has gone on to anchor at KEZI in Eugene, Ore. (Sue Tice/Former Highland Teacher).
them, expand my perspective and be good to others because of Ruthie Campbell.” Campbell did have her fun side. One student recalled Campbell telling her students “no sneezing” anytime students would sneeze during her lectures. “One day, on my way to school, it was dumping rain and I was getting totally soaked,” Ricky Carlson, another alum, recalled. “Ruthie passed by going the opposite direction and saw me walking over the bridge, and when she saw me she pulled over and told me to get in the car. She didn’t care if she was breaking any rules.” l
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J. Leo Fairbanks House: This home is located at 1228 Bryan Ave. and was built in 1908. Few modifications have been done to the gambrel roofed Colonial Revival home. The style was popular in Salt Lake City in the early 20th century, but the home is the only house associated with J. Leo Fairbanks and his father John B. Fairbanks both who contributed to Utah’s art scene. Leo was responsible for designing the home. The father and son became known for their religious murals in LDS temples. John studied art in Paris and painted the murals in the St. George, Mesa, Ariz. and Salt Lake City temples. Leo later helped restore the mural in the Salt Lake Temple. They lived in the home for a period of time and used some of the second-story rooms as home studios. They sold the home in 1925 and since only two other families have owned it. l
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Westminster’s Aviation Program Flies High with Opportunity By Krista DeAngelis and Gail Avendaño, Westminster College With a predicted shortage of nearly 500,000 pilots in the airline industry over the next 20 years, there’s one thing that’s for certain: there’s never been a better time to be a pilot. With perks ranging from travel benefits to great salaries, aviation is a great career field for those who possess a love of flying. As one of only four college-flight programs in the state, Westminster College’s Aviation program flies high with opportunity. Students in the program can choose from two degree options: aviation management (aviation business path) and aviation flight operations (professional pilot path), as well as participate in pipeline programs with several airlines. For students who have cultivated an early love of flight, Westminster offers both concurrent enrollment and the Early Start program for high school students interested in the flight operations major. The concurrent enrollment program allows high school juniors and seniors to take college-level aviation classes during high school and receive college credit. The Early Start program allows current high school students and newly graduated high school seniors to enroll in the flight operations program and begin their degree earlier than other Westminster students. “The Early Start program allows students to start classes as early as July of their first year so they can take advantage of Utah’s great weather,” said Brad McQueen, interim chair for the Aviation Division. “Early Start students move quicker through the program, allowing them to get their required certificates
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Updates on Shopko block
Top: A pedestrian view of the project near Payless Shoes at the mid-block of the new street. The large crosswalk and landscaped median slow traffic and provide walkability from the parking garage to nearby shopping and dining. In the median, a large clock tower provides visual interest on the block and pays homage to Sugar House’s history. (Westport)
By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com There’s been a lot of talk about the changes coming to the Shopko block as well as other changes coming along the areas of 2100 South between 1700 East and 2300 East. As far as Shopko goes, Westport—the company who bought the Shopko block—took into consideration what changes the neighborhood residents, Salt Lake City officials and members of the Sugar House Council would like to see for the area. Much is still being decided but some of the ideas are being looked at. One of the major changes to the block is better public and vehicle access. Many in Sugar House think that 1300 East as well as 1100 East are congested. Westport has looked at putting through streets in the block. A new street would be added connecting the two streets running right through the middle of the block just as cars exit I-80 onto 1300 East. Bike paths are also included that will help connect both transit and biking trails in the plans, as well as benches and landscaping. There are currently plans for a retail entrance on the north side of the medical center as well public art displayed along walkways between offices spaces. Westwood wants to make sure that the exteriors of the buildings are visually appealing and bring out Sugar House’s uniqueness. There are plans for active window displays and space for local retail and residential buildings with outdoor seating. Demolition on the projects is slated for June. The Sugar House Journal will write updates and frequent updates can be found on sugarhousehello.com l
Bottom: A pedestrian perspective of two of the four active window displays programmed for the façade of the underground parking garage. This programmable space is intended to provide interest along pedestrian corridors and activate the area. (Westport)
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Music stroll orchestrates symphony of food, bands and fun By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com It’s called Hidden Hollow, but through its summertime concert series, this open space of land may uncover itself a little bit. After taking a break last year, the Hidden Hollow Concert Series—presented by Utah Open Lands—returned to Sugar House this summer. “We wanted to reinstate it and start it up again as a community event so everyone in the area could become involved,” said Marie Lenihan-Clarke, outreach director for UOL. UOL aims to preserve open land such as recreation areas or open spaces. Hidden Hollow is one of those spaces. Hidden Hollow, once known as Monkey Hollow, was under threat of becoming an underground car lot when a group of students from Hawthorne Elementary discovered the area in the ‘90s. The school children, known as KOPE Kids (Kids Organized to Protect our Environment), along with their teacher worked with UOL to preserve the area. The concerts take place in the area’s miniature amphitheater sandwiched between the Draw and a shopping area. The first two shows featured The Fangs and Crook & The Bluff (June 9) and Creature Double Feature and Ivouries (June 23). Two shows in July will see Timmy The Teeth and CERA (July 14) then Suit up, Soldier and The Lovestrange (July 28) take the nature stage. Each show features local bands that UOL found through radio stations and Facebook. “It really didn’t take long, they’re all on board to help and they all want to do their part,” Lenihan-Clarke said. One of those bands, Ivouries, was slated to perform on June 23, after press deadline. Jaxon Garrick, the band’s lead songwriter who organized the group, said it would be the group’s first time performing in a low-key outdoor event. “This will be kind of an interesting endeavor that we’ve never really done before as a group,” Garrick said. “It’s a little more chill than we’re used to,” added Casey Schrader, bassist and keyboards. For a group that does more venue-based shows, Garrick
said it might require them to play differently, something they’re capable of doing. “I feel like the best performers can really understand their audience. I think we’re very calculated as a band, we really think about what we’re playing and the audience we’re playing to,” he said. Garrick described their style as a mesh of everything, a little bit like R&B music meets The Cure. “We consume so much different kind of music that every song is kind of different,” Garrick said. As a free event that celebrates the condensed piece of protected land, organizers hope the concert series incorporates the Sugar House community. Whether it’s introducing people to Hidden Hollow and its history or simply thanking them for their support. “It brings groups of people to- Crook & The Bluff perform on June 9 as part of the Hidden Hollow Concert Series. (Travis Barton/City gether who may not necessarily hang Journals) out but have similar tastes in wanting to protect open space, listen to local talent,” Lenihan-Clarke said. “It does “This kind of stuff, supporting your local artists, just shows really project a sense of community spirit.” that you really care about growing the infrastructure of a city For those who attended the first concert on June 9, it was the whether it be artistically or just infrastructurally,” he said. “You atmosphere they found so appealing. really care about that and you’re really invested in that so I really “This has a really chill vibe to it which is kind of like the respect people that come out to these and support artists.” park itself,” said nearby resident Tara Spein who often walks Garrick added every band needs a village. through the nature area. “No major label is signing any artist on a whim these days, These communal gatherings, Garrick said, are so important they’re signing artists that really have a whole community backfor creating awareness of local art. ing them,” he said. l
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Highland’s strength and conditioning program focuses on injury prevention By Koster Kennard | koster.k@mycityjournals.com
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Like most strength and conditioning programs in the state, Highland’s program wants to help their athletes get stronger, bigger and faster. But, more importantly, Highland want to keep their athletes healthy. “I think that (injury prevention) is one of the biggest factor of a strength and conditioning program that often, if you’re not directly involved, is overlooked,” said head football coach Brody Benson who oversees the school’s strength and conditioning programs. “They think more of the bigger, faster, stronger—not the preventative component.” The Highland strength and conditioning program is comprised of three levels to help athletes avoid injury. “If we force someone into a compromised situation like doing hang cleans day one you’re just going to hurt the kid, and there’s no benefit that’s going to come from it,” said Stephen Pizza who writes the programs for Highland’s athletes while managing his own gym in Salt Lake. Pizza watches over a couple of Highland’s athletes as they perform the Pizza said they try to teach bench press. (Nicole Beckstead) their athletes the importance of starting with the basics. “Everyone wants to do the advanced cool stuff right from the summer, they’re mostly focused on football. the get-go, but it won’t benefit them if they “I think every football program in the state don’t learn the foundational basics,” Pizza said. of Utah has some sort of strength and condiOne example of this method of training is tioning program,” Benson said. “I think if you having their students start with a goblet squat want to be a competitive program you definitewhere the weight is in front of them before do- ly have to have something in place.” ing squats with the bar on their back. Benson said that having a strength and “We need to make sure that we’re devel- conditioning program at Highland is nothing oping the body without hurting it,” Pizza said. new. The school even had a program before he “If you do hurt the body at that stage of age you got there 16 years ago. can really do some big damage.” “Everyone that has a program in place is The Highland coaches monitor each ath- going to see benefits from it as long as they can lete to make sure they’re training at the right get the kids to buy into it,” said Benson. level to avoid injury. Benson said that one advantage their proCore strength, joint stability and neuro- gram has is they have a larger weight room than muscular coordination are three things the other schools in the state. The weight room can coaches try to establish before moving onto the facilitate 50 to 60 athletes at a time. more advanced exercises. “We’re just trying to stay up to date and “These kids are growing at such a rate that on the cutting edge of what’s new, what works, a lot of kids you’ll see it’s almost like a baby what’s functional,” said Benson. deer,” Pizza said. “They don’t know how to Benson said that he is lucky to have move their bodies at that age.” knowledgeable coaches like head strength and During the school year, Highland has sev- conditioning coach Ed Lloyd. eral strength and conditioning classes where “One thing I like is that we don’t outsource they train students from multiple sports. During
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This spring, Benson took some of their strength and conditioning coaches to University of Tennessee where they learned from one of their coaches who spent a few years in the NFL. “Our coaching staff is willing to be open to go out and gain knowledge and then put it into practice. I think the more eyes you have in the room, the better off you’re going to be,” Benson said. Pizza develops programs for each athlete
by talking with them and their coaches and observing them to pinpoint their weak spots. Often athletes that are on the same team have similar weaknesses, said Pizza. Pizza said that it is important for football coaches to have dedicated strength and conditioning coaches. “A lot of coaches get overwhelmed thinking I need to be the head coach, I need to be the strength coach, and I have to work on injuries,”
Pizza said. “It’s more than they can really handle.” Benson said that their approach helps them focus on keeping their students healthy. “It’s not just about getting bigger, faster, stronger, but it’s also about preventative measures, and I think that’s something that we try to do a lot of is the injury prevention,” Benson said. l
Pizza shows students how to perform a deep stretch. (Nicole Beckstead)
Pizza instructs athletes form as they perform agility drills. (Nicole Beckstead)
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When Life Becomes a Fixer Upper:
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4 years ago today we learned to live without an oven. This wasn’t some kind of self-inflicted new fad diet, our kitchen flooded and we decided to update the kitchen prior to fixing the floor. We had plans drawn up that included some beautiful new cabinets, flooring, and removal of a pesky wall that would make my new space gorgeous. Well, as things go, life got in the way and we never did do the remodel. Instead, choosing to bank the floor repair money and save up so as not to have to finance the rest of it. Hence we didn’t fix the oven because we knew the new plan had a different sized oven. Friends thought I must be crazy, but I found the enjoyment of having the hubby grill throughout all for seasons a nice break from the day-to-day grind of cooking dinner, and not having an oven became no big deal (for me anyway). #ovenfreemovement on Facebook if you’re interested in some of my ramblings about the joys of going oven free. In the end, we did finally get it fixed after about 2 years. I personally did not see the need, but my hubby said he was craving some chocolate chip cookies that weren’t from a box. The floor, however, remains slightly warped and is now quite scraped up from not bothering to have it screened routinely, I have decided to officially call my kitchen the shabby chic distressed look and added a few French inspired yard sale finds to make the image complete. Nearly 20 years old now, our concrete is beginning to become cracked and pitted you can’t walk on it in bare feet. It’s actually quite nice as the extra grip it offers in the winter aids in keeping me from slipping, but the need for constant sweeping in the summer, makes the quick run out in bare feet to retrieve the mail or empty the garbage a bit of a hazard on the feet. So, I used this as an excuse to put a stylish shoe rack near the front door. I made it from an old pallet using instructions I found on Pinterest. Our basement flooded this spring from all the rain. We aren’t really sure yet what caused it, but the hubby did have an idea and made a repair. We’re hoping for rain as to know for sure. In the flooding process, the furniture in the basement has been displaced because we aren’t really sure if we got the leak fixed and don’t want
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