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HIGHLAND BOYS TENNIS OFF AND RUNNING TO UNDEFEATED START By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com

ighland boys tennis coach Jeanine Elsholz had high expectations coming into the season. So far, her players haven’t disappointed. Contending with snow and rain, in addition to opposing teams, the Rams won their first eight matches of the season, many in come-from-behind fashion. The team looks to be a favorite in Region 6, and Elsholz hopes Highland can be a factor in May’s Class 5A state tournament. All this success has come despite the late winter/early spring weather limiting practice times and requiring match cancellations and rescheduling. One of the biggest accomplishments of the non-region portion of the schedule was a firstplace showing at the St. George Tournament in March. The Rams captured top honors there by going 23-2 in its matches in the two-day, 16-team tournament. No. 1 singles player Jake Bauman was impressive at the tournament, as he has been all season long. He is a team leader for the Rams in every sense of the term, including filling a role as team captain. “[Bauman] has been solid for us all year,” Elsholz said. “He is a steady, confident player that refuses to give up or quit on any point. His ability to focus throughout a match is very impressive. He has led the team quietly by example. He worked hard offseason and continues to work hard every day in practice. Two years ago, he was on our developmental team; this season he is our top player. He takes the game seriously and always gives his best effort. As a coach, I really appreciate that example.” He’s hardly the only Ram to exhibit the commitment and work ethic Elsholz is looking for. She is impressed with everyone’s desire to improve and to help the team reach its goals.

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“The team attitude has been great overall,” she said. “They are confident and believe in themselves.” The Rams have had some close calls this season in its undefeated run. There have been several occasions where players have gotten behind by a set or where they’ve been down in the decisive third game, only to turn things around and win. Elsholz hopes the players will avoid those setbacks as the season progresses. “I am looking for them to be able to focus a little more and clean up the errors during games,” she said. The Rams started region play the week of April 15. The season now takes on an even more important role, as every point is critical. Winning region won’t be easy, especially if players get complacent or lose focus. “Our region has a lot of good teams in it, and we need to be ready to play each and every match,” Elsholz said. “Our region is set up in a way that we earn points for wins during region play and carry those points into the region tournament. To have any chance of winning a region title, we have to do well during the region matches leading up to the region tournament. It is almost impossible to do well at the region tournament if you start behind other teams in the point total. “The success we hope for at state starts now with region wins. If we do well during the region season, we start higher at the region tournament (both in points accumulated and seeding), which then leads to a higher seed at the state tournament.” Elsholz said she and her players are aiming for a top-finish in Region 6 and a top-five showing at state. Last season, Highland qualified all but one of its varsity players for state and had Highland’s Jake Bauman has been the team’s top performer this seaone individual victory. Elsholz hopes to see even better results son. The team won its first eight games. (Photo courtesy of Christopher Elsholz) this time around. l

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Author Jeremy Pugh signs copies of the second edition of his guide book, “100 Things to Do in Salt Lake City Before You Die.” (Spencer W. Belnap/City Journals)

f you live in Salt Lake City or areas nearby, what activities and items are on your bucket list? The question is one that writer Jeremy Pugh loves to offer answers to in his “100 Things to Do in Salt Lake City Before You Die” guide book. The second edition hit store shelves in March. The local writer was signing copies and giving talks in bookstores across the city around its release. “The title is a little dramatic,” Pugh said at a signing in the Sugar House Barnes & Noble. Reedy Press is the Missouri-based publisher, and they have similar guides and titles for dozens of cities across the nation. “The first edition came out a few years ago, and this one is kind of a tune-up,” Pugh said. “It’s a chance to highlight some other things that I think are cool about Salt Lake, beyond the ski resorts and Temple Square.” The list of 100 things is separated into five categories — food and drink, music and entertainment, sports and recreation, culture and history, and shopping and fashion. Classic suggestions like “wolf down a pas-

trami burger at Crown Burger” or “scale the heights of Mount Olympus” rolled over from the first edition. About 40 new and updated ideas are included in the second. New offerings include things like “tour the city on electric wheels” now that e-scooters are here, and “tell your story at The Bee,” a monthly event that just started up in the past couple years. “Some things had closed, some things had changed since last edition,” Pugh said. “I swapped out a lot of stuff and tried to mix it up quite a bit.” Visitors and residents may find inspiration for adventures and dates in the growing city they never thought about. They may also be inspired to travel to another pocket of Utah they’ve never been to with several of the ideas in spots such as Antelope Island and small cities like Perry. If someone wanted to attempt to do all 100 things on the list, they would need a substantial amount of time, but it could be done. Pugh hopes the guide book comes in handy to all the new people moving to Sugar House and the valley beyond. He has lived

all over Utah since coming down from Idaho Falls as a child. He started writing for community newspapers in cities such as Logan and St. George outside of college. He ultimately settled in the capital city and has been editing and writing off and on for Salt Lake Magazine since 2006, currently serving as one of their digital editors. Freelance work for ski and travel publications also comes about regularly for him. “This book is kind of a love letter to the city,” Pugh said. “I think it’s important you love where you live.” A third edition of “100 Things to Do in Salt Lake City Before You Die” could be a possibility another few years down the road, but Pugh is working on another project for the same publishers called “Secret Salt Lake.” It is a guide book as well, but more in depth and focused on weird and obscure Utah myths, legends and places. That guide is expected to be released sometime later this year. You can visit Pugh’s website, www.verydynamite.net, to find out more information and purchase guide books. l

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Wanted: Support for Sugar House Park community garden By Spencer W. Belnap | s.belnap@mycityjournals.com

any of the new apartments and condos rapidly rising in Sugar House feature modern designs and an array of advanced technologies. But, what’s missing for many is the space to grow a garden onsite. That’s where Wasatch Community Gardens (WCG) comes into play. Since 1989, WCG has served the greater Wasatch Front. Offering various programs around the valley, they aim to connect communities with quality food and produce. They are partnering with Salt Lake County and their Urban Farming program and hope to bring a new community garden to Sugar House. The partnership now has a plan in place to offer around 50 community garden plots at Sugar House Park beginning in 2020. “We’re in the final stretch of the application and approval process,” Parks for Produce Program Manager Giles Larsen said. “June 15th is the deadline for petition signatures, and we seem to be on track.” WCG has set up a support petition online at wasatchcommunitygardens.org/sugarhouse. Here, Sugar House residents can add their name as supporting the community garden at the park. They can say whether they would use a plot for themselves or if they’d be willing to help voluntarily. Larsen hopes to have at least 100 people say they would be

interested in using a plot themselves. “Our community gardens tend to be pretty popular,” Larsen said. “It’s a great amenity if you live in an apartment or condo or even if you’re a homeowner with a lot of shade. Sugar House is so dense and getting even more so. We think it’d be good there.” The plots at Sugar House Park would be 100 square feet, but the overall look and size of the garden is yet to be finalized. Once the plan is approved, WCG will then reach out to the community further asking for design input. They want to make sure the people who will benefit from it the most are helping steer the project. “I miss my garden in Tucson,” said Sugar House resident Renate Beer. She lives in a senior living community that is to the west of Sugar House Park and regularly walks there. “I used to have a home garden and a community type garden at one point as well. I would love to have my own plot at the park. Helping out could be fun, too.” The plan is to have the 50 or so garden plots on the east side of the park. There is a wide open green space on the way out, close to the looped road that should offer plenty of sun exposure. With 16 other community gardens in Salt Lake County, they have become valued additions to parks and neigh-

Wasatch Community Gardens aims to connect communities with quality food and produce, like the Garden of Wheadon (seen here in a 2018 photo), that was built in Draper. (Courtesy Wasatch Community Gardens)

borhoods. Sugar House Park would continue the tradition that WCG and the county have established. “It puts you in an environment where you can learn things,” Larsen said. “Commu-

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Hate crime law passed; new project allows victims to document experience By Cami Mondeaux | c.mondeaux@mycityjournals.com

he Salt Lake Tribune hosted a panel as part of their #TribTalk to discuss the new hate crime law, SB103, and how it could act as a catalyst to encourage victims to come forward. The talk was held March 20 at the Salt Lake Public Library with three panelists: Salt Lake County Attorney General Sim Gill, Rep. Sandra Hollins (House District 23) and Tribune reporter Paighten Harkins. Their discussion was moderated by Tribune editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce and followed by a Q&A session. “I’m excited that they have finally passed a law,” said Valerie Burnett, who attended the panel. “I’m learning about how many populations are vulnerable and that concerns me.” Burnett said she believes this is an important conversation to be having and she learned the ways in which she is privileged and others are not. “It’s important to me that everybody starts to have more opportunities,” Burnett said. “I want to see people that are vulnerable have more opportunities, to be protected and to feel safe.” The panelists explored the scope of the hate crime law, known as SB103, and what it would mean for hate crime victims. The push against hate crimes Hollins and Gill, both victims of hate crimes, shared their experiences and why they felt so strongly about the bill being passed. Shortly after 9/11, Gill was walking down State Street when a white pickup truck pulled over and its occupants yelled profanities and death threats. “You are kind of shocked by that,” Gill said. “Immediately when that happens, you are taken aback.” These insults were thrown at Gill simply because of his physical appearance as an Indian man, he said. “It makes you think,” Gill said. “It made me think about my family. It made me think about the community I belong to.” Hollins shared her own experience of dealing with hate crimes that occurred shortly after she was elected as House Representative in 2014. One night, Hollins and her husband came home and were surprised to see their truck had been set on fire. If they had gotten home later, their house may have been burned down, said Hollins. “We definitely recognized what was going on,” said Hollins, who serves as the first African-American woman in the Utah State Legislature. Hollins said that these crimes were brushed off as “kids just being kids” but she

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knew it had something to do with the election. “We had lived in our home for over 20 years and we had never had any issues like this until I was in office,” said Hollins. “Hate is a learned behavior.” SB103 The new hate crime law, SB103, will allow enhanced penalties if it is found the victim was targeted based on personal attributes. These attributes include age, ancestry, gender identity, homelessness, etc., according to the Utah State Legislature. Under the previous law, only misdemeanor assaults could be tried as hate crimes and the federal government had to be involved to move forward. In addition, evidence had to be presented that proved a constitutional right was violated. The bill was signed into law by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on April 2 making it possible to increase penalties for crimes motivated by bias. Gill said the law was a “quarter-century” long effort with no successful prosecution for attribution-based hate crimes in Utah for 20 years. In recent years, the bill did not receive hearings in 2017 or 2018 after failing in the Senate in 2016, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Advocates like Gill say this is not only a win for victims but also their communities. At the panel held on March 20, Gill said that when these crimes go unpunished it sends a message. “You’re sending a message to the [impacted] community,” Gill said. “A message that [says] ‘We do not recognize this terror… and because we’re not going to recognize it… you don’t matter.” Documenting Hate project It has been recorded that an estimated 250,000 hates crimes occurred in the U.S. in 2015, with only 6,000 being reported, according to Tribune reporter Paighten Harkins. Documenting Hate wants to change that. The Documenting Hate project is a national partnership headed by the Salt Lake Tribune and ProRepublica, an independent, nonprofit news organization, to collect and analyze hate crime data in the U.S., according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The goal is to get an idea on the scope of hate and bias to see whether the numbers are increasing or decreasing. Harkins is part of this national project and shared statistics of hate crimes in the U.S. at the #TribTalk panel. “Even on the weak data, hate crimes have gone up,” Harkins said. Harkins shared that the number of hate crimes and hate groups have increased na-

Panelists Rep. Sandra Hollins (House District 23), Salt Lake County Attorney General Sim Gill and Salt Lake Tribune reporter Paighten Harkins talk with Salt Lake Tribune editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce at the Salt Lake Public Library on March 20. The group discussed SB103, the new hate crime law that will allow enhanced penalties for crimes targeting personal attributes. (Cami Mondeaux/City Journals)

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year, and was celebrated by Salt Lake City in a memorial attended by hundreds at the Rose Wagner Theater, March 2. UCLR presented a slide-show presentation with images of Archuleta at the event. Archuleta’s widow, Lois, was in attendance for the awards banquet, as were several hundred guests, including numerous legislators and other government representatives. Rep. Ben McAdams from Utah’s Fourth Congressional District, flew in from Washington, D.C., to attend the event. Notably, numerous candidates for August’s upcoming Salt Lake City mayoral race were in attendance, including Luz Escamilla, David Garbett, David Ibarra and Erin Mendenhall. Ibarra’s company, the Ibarra Business Group, was the Harvester Level Sponsor for the event. Both Escamilla and Ibarra are past honorees of the Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Award, both being honored the same year, 2017, along with immigration rights attorney Mark Alvarez. “Activism is hard work,” UCLR Executive Director Jaramillo reminded. “Thank you for standing in solidarity with us tonight.” The theme for this year’s awards and associated banquet was “In Lak’ech.”—a Mayan precept that reminds of the importance of solidarity, equality, and shared struggles. UCLR also leverages the phrase as meaning, “You are my other me.” l

Staff of Salt Lake’s Suazo Business Center celebrate the center’s receiving the 2019 Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Award. (Photo Credit: Edward Bennett/Suazo Business Center)

any across the valley are daily reminded of iconic 1960’s activist Cesar Chavez, simply by driving along the former 500 South downtown or 2320 South in West Valley City. (Sections of both roads have been renamed in Chavez’s honor, in 2002 and 2013, respectively.) Many more are inspired, thinking about the contributions the most famous Latino-American civil rights activist of the 20th century made to improve working conditions and compensation for migrant farm workers. On March 29, at downtown’s Union Events Center, the Utah Coalition of La Raza (UCLR), an organization which works for the advancement of Hispanic and Latino communities, presented the 2019 Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Awards. Annual Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Awards UCLR annually honors area community leaders who imbue Chavez’s ethics and ideals and who powerfully impact opportunities for Utah’s Hispanics and Latinos. Richard Jaramillo, president of UCLR described the awards, thus: “We gather to honor leaders in our community who have carried forward the traditions of Cesar Chavez through their work, their advocacy and their impact.” This year’s honorees include community builders Ray Betancourt and Olga de la Cruz and the Pete Suazo Business Center. The “Robert ‘Archie’ Archuleta Award for Lifetime Achievement” award was presented to community activist Beatrice Sanchez.

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Ray Betancourt Social worker and education advocate Ray Betancourt was honored for creating the first community school initiative at Rose Park Elementary. The initiative is widely touted by helping “level the playing field” for academic and social success for all students. The concepts have been leveraged across various schools, districts and nonprofit organizations. Now retired from the public school system, Betancourt serves on the Governing Board of The Dual Immersion Academy. In accepting the award from UCLR, Betancourt indicated being, “Happy to celebrate” and expressed appreciation for a community “rich in culture, rich in humor, [and] rich in heart.” Olga de la Cruz Working with at-risk youth and their families has forged Olga de la Cruz’s contribution to the local community. The multi-faceted community leader has also helped Latino entrepreneurs start and grow their small businesses through the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. With an emphasis on being “a voice for the disenfranchised,” de la Cruz has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Utah Parole Authority, Midvale Planning Commission, United Way of Salt Lake and Utah’s Women in the Economy. Admitting to feeling humbled to have received the honor, de la Cruz said, “For me, this stage is for the greatest legends.” She also leveraged the stage to lobby for the inclusion of more Latinos and Latinas on organizational boards. Suazo Business Center

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Art & Soup Celebration fundraises for locals needing access to healthcare By Amy Green | a.green@mycityjournals.com

lphabet. Olive Garden. Campbell’s. Ladle. Lots of things might make one think of the word “soup.” But how about art? Is that a soup-y sort of thing? Andy Warhol comes to mind. He was that savvy artist who painted brand-mimicking cans of liquid tomato. He managed to take an unpretentious item and turn it into all the rage. Salt Lake City has an annual (and also unpretentious) event that has become all the rage, too. It’s the Art & Soup Celebration, a charitable care fundraiser, that took place April 3 and 4 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. It supports CNS (Community Nursing Services), an organization committed to providing home health and hospice services to uninsured and underinsured Utahns, where need is greatest. It brought together a supportive community. At the entry was an impressive ice sculpture along with a display of 50 artists’ works for sale. Local vendors offered many soups to sample. Every year this event involves a similar program that ticket holders can count on — mingling with local talent and enjoying soups, breads and desserts. There are no lines to wait in. Walk up, sample food and enjoy the artwork. Kimberly Dansie is vice president of business development and fundraising for CNS. “We are an established company that

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Art & Soup ice sculpture at the entrance of a tasty and artful fundraiser. (Amy Green/City Journals)

has been around 91 years, providing health and hospice services — care that keeps people in their homes,” Dansie stated. “We are nonprofit, serving the Utah community all these years. If we have a patient that doesn’t have insurance or has insurance that won’t pay for a much needed service, our charitable care can pay for that and get them what they need.” Healthcare can be expensive and complicated. “Helping the community is a big part of our mission,” Dansie added. “This event raises money for the charitable care

fund. It’s a great way to donate, to give to a good cause while you have fun.” A highlight of the event was watching some artists paint in person. Then a live auctioneer started a bidding war for those freshly painted pieces. Over 20 restaurants donated 100 percent of their food and time. The artists donated 35 percent of sales to CNS. Christine Mason was one of the generous restaurant suppliers. She has donated to Art & Soup for over 10 years, bringing food from her Polish foods market and also her event business, Good Day Catering. She has

done food service since she was 13 years old. “It’s what I do. It’s what I’ve always done,” she said. Mason enjoys preserving and sharing her joy of Polish tradition and flavors. Claire Tollstrup was one of the artists from Salt Lake. She loved the organic painting process. “Sometimes I’ll have a vision of what I want my painting to be, and sometimes that will happen. Most of the time, the painting wants to be something else,” Tollstrup described. She had sample postcards showing her larger designs. Ben Behunin was another artist bringing handmade pottery. “It’s all been fired to 2,400 degrees, with mixed media and glass. Some of it is thrown on the wheel and some of it’s hand built,” he explained. Behunin makes reservoirs in the clay where the glass can melt and fuse to create spirited patterns and bold variations in the stoneware. A string quartet played music, complementing the diversity of art and palate offerings. Those involved in the planning put together a memorable atmosphere to support others. Art & Soup is a savvy approach (much like an easy-going Andy Warhol picture) to help many Utahns in need. For more info visit: www.cns-cares.org/ art-and-soup. l

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‘Ending the silence’ crucial to treating mental illness

pick is set in a neighborhood basketball game. You hedge and follow, then grimace as an opposing player rolls to the basket. Of the 10 players on the court, two, most likely, are suffering from mental illness. You are listening, eyes closed in absolute serenity, to a summer classical music performance of Anton Bruckner’s String Quintet in F major. One of the five musicians likely suffers from mental illness. And more to everyday life, you are waiting to pick up your child from school. Turning off your engine to wait, you notice five cars in front of you, driven by five neighborhood parents also waiting, to pick up their children… Approximately one in five adults across the country experience mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness. Doubting the numbers? Verifiable statistics bump those seemingly dubious numbers even higher. According to the World Health Organization, during a 12-month period, 27 percent of American adults will experience some sort of mental health disorder, making the United States the country with the highest prevalence of mental illness. And here in Utah? According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Utah is the 10th highest-state with serious mental illness. Utah is particularly challenged with mental illness, explained Dan Powell, community outreach manager for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Utah, because of real or perceived notions of the necessity for perfection. “In Utah, [there is] this idea that we can’t let others see that we are imperfect,” Powell said. Or, others may argue, a population unwilling to often accept as “normal” individual choices, in terms of matters of identity and sexuality. What is to be done? As with many things, awareness is a start. National Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed since 1949. “Stigmas and misinformation cause a lot of fear and judgment,” Powell said. “Our goal is to take away that fear and have people have an appropriate understanding of what mental illness is.” Mental illnesses (MI) are medical conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Serious mental illness (SMI) is defined a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, other than a developmental or substance use disorder. Beyond awareness – ‘walking the walk’ One way NAMI Utah kicks fear is by being a nonprofit employer who practices what it preaches: Powell scrolls through a list of NAMI employees and indicates that nearly

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three-quarters of the staff have experienced MI themselves or have cared for – or are currently caring for – those with MI or SMI. Such authentic “walking the walk” is important, Powell said. “Everything we offer is peer-lead,” he said. “We have people who have walked the walk, speak the language, and understand the feelings – these are the people leading the activities… it makes a big difference.” NAMI Utah offers a “mentor line” which is staffed by NAMI employees who are either in recovery from MI/SMI or who are caregivers. Trained mentors currently service more than 1,000 calls per month. Taking it to the streets – the art of ‘grabbing peoples’ hearts Powell, himself, walks the walk and brings energy that feels new and fresh to NAMI. Part of Powell’s answer is the new NAMI Utah’s Speakers Bureau. Nothing short of “grabbing peoples’ hearts” is Powell’s goal. Allstate in Sandy, Larry H. Miller car dealerships in South Jordan, and the Utah Opera downtown have all benefited from community outreach from NAMI Utah. Local technology company IM Flash/Micron in Lehi has even booked NAMI for monthly presentations for its 1,700 employees. “We get a lot of requests from the community and want to move beyond statistics and data – to a personal connection,” he said. Finding one’s own power Story-telling not only informs others, but is therapeutic for those sharing their stories. One profound example is the personal growth of a young woman named Brooke Searle. Searle, who struggled with depression, anxiety, guilt and fear and other emotions as a member of the LGBT community, worked with Powell and then got the courage to be a speaker at February’s “Rally for Recovery” at the Capitol. The result was, Powell said, profound. “The empowerment from [her] speaking has allowed her, for the first time, to post her art.” “I knew one day my prints would come,” the playful artist posts on Facebook. Emphasis on teen mental health Teen mental health is personal for Powell. The son of an abusive chief of police in Ogden, young Powell felt suicide, versus enduring another day, was his best option. “There were a lot of guns in the home,” he recalled. “I took a shotgun to some nearby dirt fields,” he said and then paused, “My intention was to take a gun and kill myself.” One of his father’s colleagues happened along, honored the privacy of the situation and took the boy home, without a word to his father. The officer started showing up more often at the home, enrolled young Powell in a

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summer camp and got him into youth sports. Powell wants to help kids see options as early as possible. “In Herriman, the schools called after the suicides. What we want to do is be more proactive and guide the conversation, before a tragedy, like a suicide, occurs,” he noted. “Ending the silence” is essential, Powell declared. “The idea is just getting people talking about it – how to be more comfortable having these conversations.” A quick response Julia Moncur, like Powell, has struggled with ideas of suicide since age 12. Key to her staying healthy is her volunteering for NAMI, teaching a six-week course to teens. While teaching, she experienced an “a ha” moment, where the teen taught her more than her schoolwork. In a recent class she taught, there was “an extremely disruptive kid, talking, distracted, clearly some ADHD,” she said. “My co-teacher wanted to have him excused from the class, but I could

A volunteer NAMI teacher specializing in mental-health education for teens, Julia Moncur, and husband Brandon both just graduated in psychology from the University of Utah. Mambo, the French bulldog, wants all Salt Lake Valley folks to check out National Mental Health Awareness Month in May. (Photo Credit Julia Moncur)

tell that he wanted to be there and wanted to stick with it a little bit longer.” Moncur, a 22-year-old who just graduated from the University of Utah in psychology and whose goal is to pursue psychology, was spot-on with her hunch. “Charlie’s mom said he would come home after the class and share all that he had learned. I had no idea that he was getting everything out of the class from how he was behaving. This experience showed me it is easy to get frustrated with somebody, when you don’t know their story.” Kids in need of mental health therapy can be made to wait six months for an opening to surface, said Moncur. NAMI offers a free alternative, where kids can not only repeat the sessions as often as they wish/need, but can have their needs escalated. Moncur said a boy in class “had said some alarming things.” She visited with NAMI’s programs director and got him seen immediately. l

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Celebrating the mother of all holidays with stories about moms By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

appy Mother’s Day, Salt Lake County! In the stories below, The City Journals shares various ways people throughout the valley celebrate Mother’s Day. An ‘incredibly therapeutic… Mother’s Day that I will never forget’ The already somber 9-11 date was forever more deeply darkened for Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton, with the news that her mother had died in a car accident Sept. 11, 2011. “The pain was deep and the loss was so sudden that it was incredibly hard to process,” she recalled. “I knew my first Mother’s Day without my mom would be painful, so I decided to be proactive.” The weekend before Mother’s Day in 2012, the resilient leader whom Republican power brokers are now encouraging to run for governor in 2020, invited women who had lost their mothers to come to a Mother’s Day luncheon at her Taylorsville home. “I had people from my neighborhood, work and both sides of my family,” she noted. “We enjoyed lunch together and then went around the room and each of us showed a photo of our mom. It was incredibly therapeutic and a Mother’s Day that I will never forget.” The badge of motherhood “When I was growing up, Mother’s Day was exciting for me and my siblings. It gave us an opportunity to show our mother how much we loved and appreciated her,” reflected Salt Lake County Sheriff and Riverton resident Rosie Rivera. Rivera “started to not enjoy Mother’s Day so much” after the untimely passing of her mother at the young age of 52. “I was left with an emptiness that I could not fill,” she said. “This feeling changed once I became a police officer 26 years ago,” she said, and then asked herself the rhetorical question, “Why the change?” The answer from Utah’s only female sheriff and the sheriff responsible for the state’s most populous county is profound: “I have seen mothers who have lost a son or daughter in a tragedy, such as a drug overdose or a car accident, and the loss is incredible. I have seen mothers go to jail and not have the opportunity to spend the day with their children. I have seen the unconditional love mothers have for their children — regardless of their life choices — and I have seen the sacrifices mothers have made for their children. These experiences have made me appreciate Mother’s Day for the special day that it is.” Muumuu for Mama: a colorful Mother’s Day in Samoa The 2019 “Project Runway” contestant and Salt Lake City designer Afa Ah Loo has fond memories of a special Mother’s Day, that occurred almost 20 years ago in a village

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“XO” marks the spot for Ruby Snap Mother’s Day cookies, which the gourmet cookie shop are second in popularity to Valentine’s Day cookies. (Photo Credit Ruby Snap Cookies)

more than 5,000 miles away. To celebrate Mother’s Day 2002, the then 16-year-old Ah Loo engaged both his biological mother and his grandmother, who reared him from birth and whom he refers to as his mother, in commemorating the holiday. Ah Loo’s biological mother took him to the store to purchase the fabric he would use to then sew a colorful muumuu. The gown would prove to be an early prototype for the designer’s “Amioga Samoa” fashion line, which took the Fiji Fashion Week by storm in 2018, which in turn, led to his being cast for Bravo’s current season of the reality TV “Project Runway” series, where clothing is design/produced/modeled in short timeframes by contestants looking for their big break into the fashion industry. American Mothers Inc. and Utah Mothers Association: Honoring a ‘role not often recognized’ The Utah Mothers Association of the national American Mothers organization celebrates Mother’s Day the same way some depict the elves of Santa’s Workshop preparing for Christmas – the work to celebrate the following year’s Mother’s Day begins on the Mother’s Day holiday itself. “We have been active in naming mothers of the year across the country since 1935,” said Utahn Deanne Taylor. She said the organization was founded to recognize the crucial contribution mothers made in pulling American families out of The Great Depression. Motherhood is a role worthy of continual exploration, but “is a role not often recognized,” emphasized Taylor. Salt Lake Valley families wanting to gift a unique honor might consider nominating

their moms for Utah Mother of the Year. The fairly breezy nomination process is available online: www.utahmothers.org/honor-mom/ mother-of-the-year/. (Utah moms do get noticed. School teacher Judy Cook from Vineyard, Utah, was the 2013 American Mother of the Year.) Acting local with mothers around the world This Mother’s Day, volunteers and staff of the Utah Refugee Connection (URC) will host a luncheon at South Salt Lake’s Lincoln Elementary in Granite School District for approximately 300 refugee mothers from all over the world. The annual event, now in its sixth year, will gift refugee mothers with the opportunity to learn quilting and receive professional Mother’s Day portraits “for women who had

to leave their pictures behind” in coming to the United States, explained URC Executive Director and Sandy resident Amy Dott Harmer. URC dedicates the month of May to supporting refugee mothers, distributing paper towels, laundry detergent, and toiletries to refugee mothers and adding to the stockpile of supplies at their “Sharehouse” supply store at Lincoln Elementary. “Some of the cultures they come from have a Mother’s Day and some don’t,” Harmer said. “We want them to feel honored and appreciated.” Pastor-ized Mother’s Day appreciation and the cookie-making parents of seven who deliver An “XO” that tastes good? It sounded like the perfect gift to Pastor Vince Craig. The lead pastor at C3 Church in Sandy, Craig feels Mother’s Day needs to be special for all women and wanted to provide a special gift, to “give moms something they can go home with.” For the past three years, the church has partnered with downtown Salt Lake City gourmet cookie company Ruby Snap to order a few hundred individually-boxed cookies to make Mother’s Day a day “to spoil our moms,” he said. The Millcreek couple at the helm of Ruby Snap dedicates their Mother’s Day to other mothers in the state and across the country. Parents of seven themselves, Ruby Snap founder Tami Mowen Steggell and husband Robert Steggell spend Mother’s Day baking and managing delivery logistics for custom cookies which literally spell love (with a delicious icing “XO” written on them). The ushers at C3 Church pass them out after the conclusion of the Mother’s Day service. Of the Ruby Snap confections, “We give them to all of the women!” Craig exclaimed. “Even if you are not a mom, you have a mom, and may yet be a mom.” l

“Project Runway” 2019 contestant and Salt Lake City resident Afa Ah Loo’s 2002 Mother’s Day creation helped inspire his current, colorful fashion line. (Photo Credit Afa Ah Loo)

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Aw, Snap! Envision Utah’s Inland Port public-input session becomes unexpected scenario By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

Many Envision Utah scenario-planning sessions productively engage residents to help determine growth. The session at the County went quite differently. (Photo Credit: Envision Utah)

To encourage more public input, especially in the demographic which would be most impacted by the creation of a Utah Inland Port, Bruening said Envision Utah “may be adding another public session or two” and will amp up promotion of its online survey. Envision Utah has already purchased Facebook ads, seeking more input. At press time, the Inland Port website’s public meeting section had no additional public comment meetings scheduled. However, residents are able to take the survey by just clicking a button on the site. www. utahinlandport.org/utah-inland-port-public-

meetings Bruening, contradicting the sentiments of the SLCO meeting, indicated the process is yet young. “We are in the first phase of the process,” he said. Mann, when asked who would be a more neutral party than Envision Utah, for exploring development-related matters, responded: “Good question… Maybe the County could step up a little bit. It would put them in an interesting predicament, but with their duty as public servants, they could facilitate those discussions.”l

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It looked as if the Envision Utah team had not planned for the possible scenario and associated externalities of a blind-siding public input session. On March 28, Envision Utah, the scenario-planning group contracted by the State of Utah to engage and manage resident input about a Salt Lake Inland Port, held a public input meeting at the Salt Lake County (SLCO) Council Chambers. Instead of guiding county residents through Envision Utah’s trademark “scenario-planning” exercises to elicit public opinion, community-planning evangelists awkwardly tried to steer a meeting gone awry. According to an anonymous SLCO elected official attending the meeting, “[The meeting] clearly got away from them.” In the end, SLCO County Mayor Jenny Wilson helped quell the meeting and get things back on track, reminding attendees of the overall big-picture process and that public opinion comes in stages on the project. Comment after comment, and then, question after question from audience members expressed frustration, uncertainty and doubt about what many perceive as a “done-deal” situation where Envision Utah is nothing more than a “PR firm,” a hired-gun under the guise of credibility advancing state desires for development of a robust Inland Port economic engine to provide jobs, and with those jobs, tax dollars aplenty for the state and what the audience broadly depicted as a “small group of greedy landowners.” Inland Port inside Dubbed “a win for Utah,” and a “generational opportunity,” by the State, The Inland Port is a visionary project for vast undeveloped swaths of land on the westside of Salt Lake County are transformed into a bustling shipping destination, leveraging railways for transportation to and fro. The Utah Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 234 this session, created the Inland Port Authority, or organization to manage the project. Salt Lake City swiftly filed a lawsuit, challenging the legislation, and charging “gross state overreach” in what the City viewed as a 16,000-acre land grab and a project the Mayor’s office perceived as a rogue Salt Lake City Council venturing into discussions with the state, without the authority to do so. Environmental advocates are up in arms, with regards to destroying natural habitats and committing to heavy development in a valley already choking and being fined by the Environmental Protection Agency for poor air quality. So far, public comment sessions for Inland Port have been docile, even predictable, until the session at SLCO. Prior to that night, three public input sessions occurred. Envision Utah has posted presentations given and comments received from each of those meet-

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Salt Lake Valley celebrates Mexican culture May 3-5 By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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Season Tickets: $49 Adult, $45 Senior, $29 Child Amphitheater Parking: 495 East 5300 South Ticket Info: 801-264-2614 or www.murray.utah.gov June 1 .............................................. Mamma Mia, Sing-Along June 8 ................... Murray Symphony Pops, “I’ve Got Rhythm” June 20-22, 24-26 ...Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat June 29 ...................................................Murray Concert Band July 12-13 ..............................................Ballet Under the Stars July 25-27, 29-31 ................................... Beauty and the Beast Aug 9-10, 12, 15-17 ............................................Little Women September 2 ............................ Murray Acoustic Music Festival

Every Tuesday at Noon in Murray Park Pavilion #5, FREE June 4 – Jim Fish & Mountain Country .........................Country June 11 – Flashback Brothers......................... Classic Rock Hits June 18 – Kate MacLeod ..........................................Folk/Celtic June 25 – Tony Summerhays.............................One Man Band July 9 – Chrome Street .................................................Quartet July 16 – Svengali Jazz ...................................................... Jazz July 23 – Time Cruisers................................................... Oldies July 30 – Buzzard Whiskey ...................................Acoustic Folk

Every Thursday at 2 p.m. in Murray Park Pavilion #5, FREE June 6 – Christopher Fair ......................................Magic Show June 13 – Acadamh Rince .......................................Irish Dance June 20 – Coralie Leue ...............................The Puppet Players June 27 – Harvest Home ...........................Musical Storytelling July 11 – The Calvin Smith Elementary Lion Dance Team July 18 – Happy Hula ...........................................Island Dance July 25 – Sounding Brass .................................................. Jazz Aug 1 – Alphorn Trio ............................................. Swiss Music

Bring the Whole Family Young and Old! The 2nd Monday of every month at 7 p.m., FREE Murray Senior Recreation Center (#10 E 6150 S – 1/2 block west of State) June 10 – In Cahoots..........................................Cowboy Music July 8 – Skyedance................................................ Celtic Music Aug 12 – Company B...................................................... Oldies Sept 9 – Great Basin Street Band .................... Dixieland Music

This program has received funding support from residents of Salt Lake County, SL County Zoo, Arts, and Parks (ZAP), Utah Division of Arts and Museums, and Museums & National Endowment for the Arts.

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Mexican skirts have different names in different regions. In the Salt Lake Valley, the name is simply “wow.” Check out traditional dancing performances during this year’s Cinco de Mayo celebrations. (Photo Credit dbking/Wikipedia)

ust as St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland does not assume the rollicking persona it has here in the United States, the Cinco de Mayo holiday is more restrained in Mexico than it is in the parts of the United States which do celebrate it. According to the History Channel, Cinco de Mayo, or May 5, is a “relatively minor holiday in Mexico,” which celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France during the Franco-Mexican War. Here in the United States, the holiday has “evolved into a commemoration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with large Mexican-American populations.” The Salt Lake take Enter Salt Lake County, where both Salt Lake City (21.3 percent of its population is Hispanic or Latino) and South Salt Lake (21 percent of its population) are cited by Wikipedia on its “List of Mexican-American Communities” and where the county is situated in a state where Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing minority population, now comprising 14 percent of the state’s overall population, according to the US Census Bureau. “For the Mexicans, Mexican-Americans and Hispanics who live in Midvale, Salt Lake County and Utah, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo represents an opportunity to revive our heritage, proud of who we are and grateful for how we have been received in our communities,” explained Jose Vicente Borjon Lopez-Coterilla, Mexico’s consul

in Utah. “It helps us showcase our culture, and our love for both countries and to share with younger generations the values that make us stronger,” the diplomat added. “We appreciate how cities like Midvale, Salt Lake County, and Utah have been welcoming to Mexicans and their interest in fostering our integration to the fabric of their communities and at the same time maintaining and supporting our expressions of our values and heritage.” With Lopez-Coterilla setting the tone here, The City Journals looks at what is going on in our neck of the woods – or en nuestro cuello de los bosques. Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 – Midvale’s 32nd UCDM Midvale City Park, Midvale, 50 W. 7500 South Midvale’s UCDM (Utah’s Cinco de Mayo) is literally the granddaddy of the valley’s celebrations. Longtime Midvale businessman and resident Fausto Rivas started the festival at the urging of the Midvale mayor 30-plus years ago. Today, at age 85, Rivas and his wife, Dolores, literally sit back and enjoy the festivities that West Jordan-based daughter Dolores Pahl and her husband execute, along with multiple generations of the family. “It brings me joy,” said daughter Pahl of the year-long preparations that culminate in two days of celebrations – neither of which is actually on May 5, due to its falling on a Sunday, a day eschewed by many in Utah for partying.

Proceeds from the event go directly to the Midvale Boys & Girls Club. “Our main focus is to give back to the community,” said Pahl. Friday, May 3 - Granger de Mayo Granger High School (Outside by ball field), WVC, 3580 S. 3600 West West Valley City’s Granger High School (GHS) is a Cinco de Mayo veteran, having produced its trademark “Cinco de Mayo Carnival” since 2016. As Utah’s second-most populous city, West Valley City (WVC) is even more diverse than Midvale, with 37.7 percent of the population being Hispanic or Latino. The high school is even more diverse than WVC, speaking to Utah’s growth in diversity coming from immigrants having families. GHS is 59.97 percent Hispanic or Latino, and is the only high school City Journals encountered offering up such an epic Cinco de Mayo celebration. The annual event garners an audience of 300-400 each year, and is planned and executed by the school’s Latinos in Action (LIA) class to share the Latino culture. Proceeds from the event support LIA classroom activities. On Friday, May 3, GHS presents the 2019 Cinco de Mayo Carnival, complete with dance, food, games, and, per the flyer, “So much more!” Attendance is free. All food items are $1. Most games cost $1, with special games like blow-up jousting and the dunk tank costing $2. Other games include soccer kick, a bungee run, knock the cans down, egg relay, balloon-darts, Foosball, cup pong, stack-the-cups, three-legged race,

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basketball shot, and sponge relay, according to Braydon Eden, Granger teacher and assistant coach of the high school’s soccer team. “We have speakers set up and will be playing music,” said Eden. “We will intermittently have dance contests.” Music will include a mix of Hispanic and popular American music. Bachata (from the Dominican Republic, with indigenous African and European musical elements), Cumbia (folkloric rhythm and dance considered “the backbone of Latin American music” by NPR), and Payaso del Rodeo (incredibly fast line dancing which one YouTuber depicted as “Not your typical electric slide, more like electrocuted slide”) are all on the musical menu. Younger children will enjoy the face painting and balloon animals offered. The event takes place at GHS and runs from 4:30-7:30 p.m., preceding the evening’s soccer game against cross-town rival Hunter High School. Saturday, May 4 -Taylorsville ties tree planting with Cinco de Mayo Millrace Park, Taylorsville, 1150 W. 5400 South Fresh off hosting last month’s highly engaging “First Latino Town Hall” featuring the state’s Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox and other representatives discussing politics — often in fluid, elegant Spanish — with citizens, the city of Taylorsville presents a Cinco de Mayo-themed tree-planting event where children can learn the benefits of ecological stewardship and cultural exchange. The first 40 children on site will receive pots and seeds to grow their own mini-gardens. All will help plant eight new trees in the park. The City asks that volunteers bring their own shovels and gloves to help plant the trees. Cinco de Mayo piñatas take center stage at 10:30 a.m. The event offers complimentary snacks and music entertainment. Taylorsville is 20.8 percent Hispanic, and this blended event is a great way to honor the city’s cultural diversity. Event organized and executed by the Taylorsville Parks and Recreation Committee and Cultural Diversity Committee. Another type of fifth Friday, May 3, Church and State

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Business Incubator, Downtown SLC, 370 S. 300 East The Hammered Copper wants to prepare Salt Lake revelers to host their own Cinco de Mayo parties. Offering a “Copper Cup” class on Friday night, licensed educator and proprietor Alexi Johnson noted, “Most of the time when you think of Cinco de Mayo, you think of bright colors and lots of tequila, but you don’t think about the cool traditions that surround it.” For Johnson, these cool traditions include the sublime secrets of tequila. Johnson will instruct attendees how to concoct not just classic margaritas, but to explore the flavor profiles of tequila, by learning how to make tequila old fashioned and tequila mules. It’s a case of “classic flavors, new spices,” she said. Tequila’s many flavors will be paired with food from Liberty Heights Fresh Market. The hands-on “let’s not just drink, but learn how to make them, too” event takes place at Church and State downtown. Cost is $50. Class starts promptly at 5 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m. Original class filled up quickly, so an additional 10 seats were added. Tickets still available at press time. (801) 448-7891 or info@thehammeredcopper.com Sunday, May 5, Park City Culinary Institute, 1484 S. State Street For an event taking place on “the” Cinco de Mayo, The Park City Culinary Institute presents its Sunday evening Cinco de Mayo Chef’s Tasting Dinner. Hors d’oeuvres and dinner courses are paired with tequila agave spirits from Eden, Utah’s craft distillery, the New World Distillery. Menu includes street tacos, mole verde and flan. Dinner held at Park City Culinary Institute in Salt Lake. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Prix fixe dinner ($75) starts at 6 p.m. Guests limited to 30. Tickets still available at press time. Info@PCCulinary.com or (801) 4132800. Family fun on the fifth Sunday, May 5 – A birthday party built for families on Cinco de Mayo proper Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, Salt Lake City’s River District, 132 S. 800 West Also being held on May 5 is the com-

plimentary “Cinco de Mayo with WestSide Dance” festival. Running from noon-6 p.m. at downtown’s Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, the party celebrates not just Cinco de Mayo, but the dance studio’s 21st birthday. The lineup of activities includes outdoor games, food trucks, a bike and car show, chorale and dance performances, an auction, and karaoke and baile – also known as a dance-floor gathering. “We invite everyone to come out and enjoy a day of food, fun, games and dancing,” encouraged WestSide Dance Founder and Executive Director Maxine Lucero. l Dance and song is always a big part of Cinco de Mayo. Multiple events feature local and international performers. (Photo Credit Pexels)

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Arts night reaches new (Beacon) Heights By Travis Barton | travis.b@thecityjournals.com

t’s safe to say the Beacon Heights Elementary community supports the arts. Through the school’s annual Celebration of the Arts night, featuring art created by each student in the school, they were able to raise $13,000 for the school’s arts programs. The money raised came through a silent auction that included items such as a Ricky Rubio signed jersey, opera and theatre tick-

ets, yoga and aerial arts classes, jewelry, professional photos, lawn care and much more. Items came from 117 community sponsors. April 12 saw students and community alike flood the school to bid on items and check out the artistic endeavors from each grade. “You can’t even see the walls, ‘cause there are art projects literally everywhere,”

Students check out pottery bowls during Beacon Heights Elementary’s Celebration of the Arts night on April 12. (City Journals)

said Jennifer Newsome, who came to check out her nephew’s pottery. Walls were adorned with papier mâché portraits, oil pastel letters and a medieval tapestry while tables were covered with pottery and turtle clay sculptures. All art projects incorporated subjects students were learning which helped them make mental connections to ensure comprehension lasts.

Sixth graders study Western Civilization, they created a hallway exhibit from medieval times with knights, royalty and dragons. While kindergartners learn about United States symbols, they colored stoic bald eagles. They also made hearts out of colorful yarn dipped in glue before water coloring in between the yarn.

The kindergarten hallway is covered with art projects done throughout the school year, all part of Beacon Heights Elementary’s Celebration of the Arts night on April 12. (City Journals)

Medicaid expansion open enrollment begins By Jennifer J. Johnson | J.Johnson@mycityjournals.com

onday, April 1, marked the first day of open enrollment for approximately 70,000 to 90,000 adults under Utah’s Medicaid expansion. If an individual receives up to $1,041 in monthly income, or up to $2,146 for a family of four, they could qualify. The Primary Care Network (PCN) program closed on March 31, 2019. Members previously enrolled in PCN were automatically enrolled in Medicaid. Unlike Utah’s PCN, the window for enrollment does not have a fixed stop date, according to Kolbi Young, spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Health. Entry to the program, she said, is “open indefinitely.” Salt Lake County residents may apply in-person at a Department of Workforce Services (DWS) field office, or call 1-866-4357414 for information or to apply via phone. People can also visit www.takecareutah.org or call the United Way helpline or “211” for help. Residents may also apply by mail. Submitting an application for benefits does not guarantee coverage.

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According to a press release issued by Salt Lake County, “Both as a County Council Member and now as Salt Lake County’s top executive, Mayor Jenny Wilson fought hard to expand the program that covers the gap in coverage for adults who do not currently qualify for Medicaid and are ineligible to receive benefits and subsidies through the federally facilitated marketplace.” After the Utah Legislature first voted down the Proposition 3 Medicaid Expansion from the General Election, the new “Bridge Plan,” per Senate Bill 96, the state is able to expand Medicaid benefits to parents and adults without dependent children earning up to 100 percent of the federal poverty level, about $12,492 for an individual or $25,752 for a family of four. “It’s the right thing to do. It’s the cost-effective thing to do. It’s the humane thing to do,” said Wilson. When City Journals interviewed Wilson just a few weeks into her term, she indicated There are a variety of ways to apply for Medicaid. Consult the “211” United Way helpline for assistance. Medicaid expansion was part of her vision (Photo courtesy Pixabay) for “The Great Salt Lake County Dream.” l

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Former Ram Ngata and Warriors play joke on rugby community By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com

Tonata Lauti played rugby at the University of Utah before becoming an outside wing with the Warriors. (Photo courtesy of Warriors Rugby

he Utah Warriors and former NFL superstar Haloti Ngata shared some fun moments as an April Fool’s Day prank. “Rugby was always my first love,” Ngata said in a press release. “It taught me how to be a better football player which proved out in my college and pro career. I am honored to sign with the Warriors and make an impact.” The prank was an effort to raise awareness of the Haloti Ngata Family Foundation which helps underprivileged high school students matriculate into higher education. The prank announced that he had signed a player contract with the Warriors for the 2019 season. The response went viral almost instantaneously. Inquiries and stories popped up from rugby publications nationally and worldwide. Later that evening Ngata released a statement via Instagram thanking the Warriors and giving more information on the nature of the contract. “We had a lot of fun today (April 1st), talking about me signing with the Warriors. While I love rugby, I’m not actually playing with the team, but they are making a donation to my foundation,” he said.

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Professional rugby in Utah is into its second season and the Utah Warriors have found home field advantage at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman. (Photo courtesy of Warriors Rugby)

The Warriors were overwhelmed with responses to the initial announcement. “The quantity of calls, emails, and texts we received was incredible,” Warriors General Manager Kimball Kjar said. “Hopefully, this transfers into something viable for the foundation to work with.” Proceeds from all tickets and merchandise sales will be donated to the foundation. Ngata retired from the NFL on March 18. He climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and displayed a banner that read “I am retiring on top.” As a first round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2006, he later earned a Super Bowl ring in 2013 and also played with the Lions and Eagles. He was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl five times in his career and attended Highland High School where he was a three year starter. In 2001, he was named Utah Gatorade Player of the Year. He eventually signed a letter of intent and attended the University of Oregon. In high school he played rugby and helped Highland to a national championship.

The Ngatas created the foundation in 2015. It is operated in partnership with the Salt Lake Education Foundation. It carries on the vision of Ngata’s late mother, Ofa, by providing college preparation resources to high school students in the Salt Lake School District. The fund has provided ACT preparation classes for 600 students since its inception. More information on the Ngata foundation can be found at www. ngatafoundation.com In 2017, Ngata was awarded the NFL’s Walter Payton award for his off the field work in the community. Major League Rugby (based in Salt Lake City) announced expansion. The league will add three teams to the schedule. The total number of teams in the MLR is now at 12. New teams will be introduced to New England, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. The Warriors returned to Zions Bank Stadium on April 27 to face the Austin Elite Rugby squad. They defeated them 17-9 in their first match of the season. For tickets and team information visit www.warriorsrugby.com l

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All aboard for a historic event: The Golden Spike’s sesquicentennial celebration By Christy Jepson | christy@mycityjournals.com

t is one of the greatest moments in U.S. history and it happened at Promontory Summit, Utah. On May 10, 1869 at 12:47 p.m. the final spike was driven into a railroad tie that joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific rail lines. A telegraph was immediately sent to President Ulysses S. Grant, that read D-O-N-E. This year celebrates the 150th anniversary of that historic event. Governor Gary Herbert has declared 2019 as the Year of the Train. There will be more than 150 statewide events and activities that will occur throughout the year, celebrating this sesquicentennial anniversary, under the theme of Spike 150. Places all over Utah are hosting art exhibits, concerts, lecture series, bike races and train exhibits to help educate community members about Utah’s part in railroad history. The culminating event and celebration will be at the Golden Spike National Historical Park May 10-12 and will include three days of fun and educational activities for visitors of all ages. On the morning of May 10, two replica engines, Jupiter and #119 will arrive, which will kick off the event. The sesquicentennial celebration ceremony will follow which will include remarks by local dignitaries with the keynote address by renowned presidential scholar, Jen Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review and contributing editor at TIME. A musical presentation and world premiere of “As One” will then be performed by a chorus and a band of more than 250 elementary school students from 29 counties in Utah. The new musical is composed and produced by Stephen Nelson, lyricist and vocalist Anjanette Mickelsen, and directed and choreographed by Jennifer Parker Hohl, and the executive producer is Craig Jessop. KSL Channel 5 and Utah Education Network (UEN) will broadcast “As One” live from Promontory Summit to classrooms and homes throughout the state. “Spike 150 was created to commemorate and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the historic completion of America’s First Transcontinental Railroad. Spike 150’s goal is to educate, inspire and unite all Utahns. Offering school kids a chance to watch the anniversary celebration at Promontory is one way to do this,” said Cindy Gubler, the media and communications director for Spike 150. Following the musical production, visitors will be able to participate in other festival activities such as: storytelling, concerts, an immersive railroad worker’s village, a mountain man camp, interactive exhibits that compare 19th century innovation, a steam train demonstration, and a Native American camp. Food, drinks, commemorative merchandise and souvenirs will also be for sale. According to Gubler, this is a historic

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A picture of the reenactment of the Golden Spike historic event of May 1869. (Photo Golden Spike National Historical Park)

moment for Utahns. “The anniversary celebration offers people an opportunity to step out on the site where history was made in 1869 and be a part of history in 2019. It is a memory and experience they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.” It was the great race between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies to see who could get to the meeting spot first. The race started in 1862 and was finally completed in 1869. Before the First Transcontinental Railroad was built the cost to travel across the country in the 1800s was about $1,000. The price dropped to around $150 thanks to the new east to west railroad line. Coming from the east by Omaha, Nebraska the Union Pacific Railroad Company laid 1,086 miles of track. The track from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit was only 690 track-miles. The hardest and most dangerous part of the work was blasting a dozen tunnels, one that was 1,659 feet long and 20 feet high through the Sierra Nevada mountain range with gunpowder and nitroglycerine to help blast through the granite. This incredibly hard intense labor wouldn’t have happened without the 20,000 Chinese immigrants that were hired to help work on the Central Pacific line. What did the completion of this First Transcontinental Railroad mean for the United States? This event would forever change how people and freight traveled, it would enhance economic growth and unify the nation. What once took a few months to get across the country now would take only a few days. The public is invited to join the celebrations of this historic anniversary at the Golden Spike National Historical Park May 10-12. Access to the park is by private car or

chartered bus only with each car requiring a ticket purchased in advance online. The fee per vehicle is $20 on May 10. On May 11 and 12 the fee per vehicle is $10 per day. There is no additional fee to enter the Golden Spike National Historical Park. The park is 32

miles west of Brigham City via Utah Highway 83. It is noted on their website that some GPS maps have misdirected visitors. To get detailed directions visit the Golden Spike page on the National Park Service website or spike150.org/events. l

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High Density Housing By Justin Adams | Justin.a@thecityjournals.com

s your community newspaper, we at the City Journals want to give our readers more opportunities to have your voices heard through our platform. One way is through a new series we’re calling “Your City. Your Voice.” Each month, we’ll be choosing a topic that’s important to communities throughout the Salt Lake valley. Throughout that month we’ll conduct a series of polls on our social media channels about that topic. Then we’ll publish those results and a selection of top comments in the next month’s paper. To start things off, we asked readers about what may be the hottest topic in the valley right now: high-density housing. This is an issue impacting every part of the valley, as city governments have to decide how to balance the needs of a growing population with concerns like infrastructure, crowded schools and traffic. Battles over specific housing developments across the valley have involved angry town hall meetings, the formation of community activist

groups, petition campaigns, lawsuits and even a Utah Supreme Court case regarding the Cottonwood Mall site in Holladay. What complicates the issue even more is that it isn’t just black and white. What we’ve found is that few people are either entirely for or against high-density housing. Most people recognize a general need for more types of housing, but also want new developments to be implemented strategically and responsibly so as to minimize negative impacts to the surrounding area. NOTE: The poll data included here is from social media and therefore should not be considered an official or scientific representation of general opinion. You can help us get better poll data by following The City Journals on Facebook, responding to the polls and sharing them with your friends. l

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Dreamscapes lets students who are deaf, blind access and experience art By Jennifer Gardiner | j.gardiner@mycityjournals.com

Students with the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind experience their first hands-on fully immersive art show. (Photo courtesy USDB)

tudents at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind got a chance to experience a hands-on fully immersive art show after an organization brought the exhibit to Salt Lake City in April. For most, it’s hard to imagine what it would be like to not see or hear the world around us. But one Utah organization decided to help bring the world of art to students who cannot see or hear through their sense of touch instead. Students from the Ogden and Salt Lake City campuses of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind who are visually impaired or have deaf-blindness, were given a chance to experience hands-on art. “This is such a great opportunity for our students,” said Kate Borg of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. “Dreamscapes sponsored this field trip and the students were so excited to experience art that is actually accessible for their unique needs.” Borg said these kids are just like any others, all they need is access. “The hands-on elements of the exhibit were perfect for our students,” said Borg. “They said it was their favorite field trip of the year.” Dreamscapes is a pop-up immersive art experience that uses the students’ imaginations to take them through a journey of phys-

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ical and digital artwork. It’s a 14,000-square-foot labyrinth that “manifests the nature of the subconscious,” which gives each student a way to visualize and explore the outside world in a way they never have. The exhibit involved more than 50 Utah artists and builders working with reclaimed materials donated by local partners. Dreamscapes is Utah’s first environmentally sustainable immersive art attraction that provides an “opportunity to dream with your eyes open as you move through the colorful vignettes designed to change the way that you experience art.” Dreamscapes is a project of the Utah Arts Alliance, a Utah nonprofit with a mission to foster the arts in all forms in order to create an aware, empowered and connected community. For more information on Dreamscapes visit utaharts.org/dreamscapes/. The art show is specifically designed for students who are visually impaired, have hearing loss or both. Based on information from the National Center for Deaf-Blindness (NCDB), there are many individuals who have both hearing and visual difficulties. According to the NCDB, “Deaf-blindness is a low incidence disability and within this very small group of children there is great

variability. Many children who are deaf-blind have some usable vision and/or hearing. The majority of children who are deaf-blind also have additional physical, medical and/or cognitive problems.” The center states that children are considered to be deaf-blind when the combination of their hearing and vision loss causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they require significant and unique adaptations in their educational programs. Utah is the only state which offers a deaf-blind endorsement. Educators help the students to get their education using equipment, technology and resources. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) educates students who are deaf, blind, or deaf-blind so they can achieve their full academic, social, and career potential. The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind support approximately 1,800 students across Utah and serve nearly 3,900. In the Salt Lake City area, 120 students attend the Jean Massieu School for the Deaf and the C. Mark Openshaw Education Center. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind elementary students attend a campus in Millcreek. There are 50 students who attend the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind cam-

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pring is upon us, summer is on the way; and with warmer temperatures and (hopefully) blue skies on the horizon, drivers can’t blame slick roads or blinding flurries for their faulty driving anymore. Driving safely requires good driving habits. Habits. Not occasionally safe maneuvers. The following are some prudent practices to implement in your daily travels.

Safe Driving Habits

drove over a nail and didn’t realize it. We often don’t look at the tires on the passenger side since we don’t approach the car from that direction, checking regularly allows you to examine those opposite side wheels. It will keep your car’s handling in its best condition. Each vehicle can have different appropriate PSI (measurement for tire pressure), but when temperatures drop, so Blinkers and blind spots Driving 101. If you plan on changing does the pressure in your tires. lanes, let others in on your secret. Everyone Keep car maintained will appreciate it. Others want to know what Since you’ll be regularly checking the you are planning. tires, might as well keep regularly schedLikewise, if you see a blinker come uled maintenance on your car. This can range on indicating your lane is that car’s desired from oil changes to transmission flushes. destination, let it in. This isn’t the Daytona Simply checking windshield washer fluid or 500. We are not racing for $19 million. It is the antifreeze level in your car’s reservoir can common courtesy, if we want people to use prevent serious issues happening on the road. their blinkers, then we should reward them Wash your car especially after storms for doing so. or if you’ve parked under a pine tree where Remember the blinker doesn’t automat- birds can drop their white business on the ically assume safe passage to the next lane. hood or sap could drip onto the roof. Left And while your car’s sensors in the rearview untreated, these outdoor stains can ruin the mirrors are helpful, they are not omniscient. paint on your vehicle. Check your blind spot with your own eyes. Drive defensively There’s a reason it’s called a “blind” spot. This means keeping distance between

troubling and you probably shouldn’t be behind a steering wheel. Also you can’t always see what’s in front of the car before you. They may have to slam on their brakes due to an unexpected obstruction. If you rear end them, insurance rarely works out in your favor. This can also mean slowing down on wet roads or not weaving in and out of traffic. Distractions This is the No. 1 reason for accidents. This is not limited to using the cell phone, though texting, checking news alerts or making a phone call are all terrible decisions to make while driving.

It also extends to dozing off or checking the price at the gas station you just passed. Be alert, stay vigilant. Other drivers may suddenly stop, they may not see you as you yield or turn. By staying engaged and sharp, your reactions can be sharper and you may even anticipate what other drivers are looking to do. One way to stay engaged is to vary your daily commute. Changing your routine alerts your brain, breaking you from the monotonous snooze you may find yourself after traveling certain routes hundreds of times. These habits are important and it is not overdramatic to say that they could save a life. l

Tire pressure you and the car in front of you. This one is almost as simple as the first. Touching their bumper does nothing for Check your tire pressure on a regular basis you. And if you need to get that close to read to know if there is a small leak. Maybe you their license plate or sticker, your eyesight is

Building Sugar House: A Q&A with Westminster Alumni by Carla Pruitt, Westminster alum, Big-D communications manager

There’s this perception that there’s no money working in construction. Is that true? “Not at all. In fact, most people don’t Working in the construction industry, I am blown away by understand the size and complexity of construction companies. the caliber of large projects currently underway that will forever Big-D will have 2018 revenue of $1.5 billion from construction change the skyline of the Salt Lake Valley. One such project is projects across the country. The firm is growing — and growjust down the street from Westminster’s campus in Sugar House. ing fast. We currently employ 1,500 people and operate in 19 I’m talking about the Park Avenue project that is rising from the states. There is an enormous business infrastructure to manage ground just off the I-80 interchange at 1300 East. The leader of What brought you to the construction industry? that project happens to be Westminster College alum Rich Hazel “It was a fluke, really. I went to business school and was hired all of that growth.” directly to help run a construction company. I met a board (MBA ’93), senior vice president at Big-D Construction. member at the SLC Chamber of Commerce where I was the How does your coursework from Westminster’s MBA proOkay first, what is this massive Park Avenue project exactly? small business development director, while going to Westmin- gram transfer to working in construction? There aren’t MBA “The Park Avenue project is what Salt Lake City officials have ster at night. I joined Big-D in 2010, weathered the recession courses that teach you how to weld, are there? “No welding courses, but the coursework I experienced during called a ‘premier’ residential and business development in and have been with the firm since.” the MBA program at Westminster College was very specific and challenging. Many of my instructors were business people in the marketplace. Many MBA classes such as finance, business law and technical writing are subjects that cross many businesses — including construction.”

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the community of Sugar House. The building most are seeing now is a 170,000-square-foot medical office being built for University of Utah Health and Huntsman Cancer Institute. The steel shell that stands adjacent to the medical office building is a 150,000-square-foot class office building. Underneath this building will be a parking structure that can hold more than 1,000 vehicles.”

Any advice for people who may be interested in working in construction? “If you are thinking of a business career or applied technology, construction could be the market segment for you. Diversity, fast pace and challenge are all trademarks of this industry. As we move into the future, the construction business will be at the cutting edge of technology and progressive management strategies. I would highly recommend students at a minimum take a look at construction management and its ancillary industries.”

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Thoughtful gifts for thoughtful students

pring is the time for new beginnings… after graduations. When attending those events, you’ll overhear stories about someone’s parents buying them a new car for graduation, or someone’s rich relative flying them and their three closest friends to an island for a few weeks. Depending on how many people you know who are graduating, and how high the expectations have been set for you, buying gifts for grads can be expensive. Instead of spending more money, try one of these do-it-yourself (DIY) gift ideas. One of the most common DIY graduation gifts are graduation leis, similar to those Polynesian garlands of flowers, but without the flowers. You’ll need a lot of plastic wrap for this one. Gather the things you wish to include in your lei. This may include snacksized candy bars, gift cards, rolled-up dollar bills, mints, etc. Be very careful as you lay out a long piece of plastic wrap. (Alternatively, you may choose to use smaller pieces of plastic wrap and tie all the pieces together at the end.) Place all your goodies out, side by side, leaving about 2 inches between each item, down one edge of the plastic wrap. Roll that plastic wrap over to trap the goodies in their new packaging. After you have wrapped all the items thoroughly, tie each of the spaces between goodies together. Alternatively, if you’re talented with origami, you can fold dollar bills and tie them together to create a

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beautiful flower-resembling lei. If you, or your graduating human, really likes being cheesy (like me, I usually go socheesy I approach Gouda territory), you can make small graduation caps to put on almost anything you may think of. You’ll need a circular base, something resembling a lid of a jar or a bottlecap, some parchment paper, a button, and some string. Wrap the parchment paper around the circular base and glue or tape it down. Then, glue or tape a squareshaped piece of parchment paper on top of the circular base to create the top of the cap. Glue or tape (hot glue might work best for this part) a button to the middle of the top of the square-shaped parchment paper. Lastly, wrap the string, (which needs to be tied to create a circle, with cut segments of the string draped through the middle, and tied together to create a tassel) over the button. As mentioned, almost anything can be capped. You might buy a small jar from your local Michael’s or Handy Dandy (my nickname for Hobby Lobby) and make the lid of the jar a graduation cap. Then you can fill the jar with candy, gift cards, anything your heart desires. You can do the same thing with a lightbulb and use a cheesy saying about how bright the graduate’s future is. You could put little graduation caps on a handful of different candies. You might even attach a cap to the lid of a drink tumbler and fill the tumbler

with confetti and the aforementioned goodies. Lastly, you could stick a cap on the top of a money cake: a cake made out of rolled-up dollar bills placed in a circular shape. When you’re attending graduations, with your DIY gift proudly in hand, also remember to bring your fully-charged camera or smartphone for pictures afterward and lots of tissues for the proud moment when your graduate takes the stage. l

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Join us for our annual PUB CRAWL May 25th, 2019 from Noon to 4:00 PM Visit www.sugarhousechamber.com for details Community Council Meeting Join us at the Sugar House Community Council Meeting. We meet the first Wednesday of the month and talk all things Sugar House. The next SHCC meeting will be held May 1st (7-9 pm) at the Sugar House Fire Station. Meetings will be held June 5th and July 3rd at Legacy Village (1212 East Wilmington Ave.), 5th floor in the Fairmont Room.

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itting in the petri dish of a playground at a nearby fast food chain, I watch my grandkids jump around like just-released-into-the-wild baboons. Like every other adult in the room, I hoped this stop would be a fun diversion, a place the kids could play while I read War and Peace. Kids on playgrounds are fascinating the same way the Spanish Inquisition was fascinating: lots of violence, torture, crazy zealots and tattletales. Sitting with the book I won’t be able to read, and eating cold French fries, I’m the Jane Goodall of the toddler kingdom, as I study their animal-like behavior. There’s a hierarchy to the madness, with the older kids sitting at the top of the pyramid. They push toddlers out of the way and block slides until little kids cry. The next level down are kids between the ages of 4 and 8. Not quite ready to be the bullies on the playground, they tail after the leaders hoping to be included in any dastardly plan. Toddlers make up the lowest level of the playground food chain. These cute little kids are a pain in the asset as they try to establish a presence without being trampled by oblivious 10-year-old boys. I’ve witnessed several toddler smack-downs, including my granddaughter who started a fistfight with a little boy over a pretend steering wheel. The fast food playground smells like a mildewed diaper pail. It also has a fine lay-

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er of mucous coating every possible surface. Everything is sticky. Bacteria gleefully thrives. There’s a logjam of kids at the bottom of the slide, backing up traffic and causing overall mayhem. Older siblings shepherd brothers and sisters through the throng of screaming and thrashing little bodies, in search of fun and excitement, while being screamed at by their mothers. I watch kids scramble through the maze of colorful gerbil tubes, listening for the sound of my granddaughter’s screech as she fights her way to the slide, where she refuses to go down, triggering an uproar in the playground ecosystem. Her brother finally convinces her the slide is fun and they both tumble to the bottom. They run back up and do it again. I hear snippets of conversations. “That boy is taking off his clothes.” “She put ketchup in my ear.” “Look! I can fly!” But when the Lord of the Flies Preschool bus pulls up in front of the building, that’s my signal to skedaddle. Easier said than done. As soon as I announce it’s time to leave, my granddaughter scurries up the tunnel, refusing to come down and throwing poo at anyone who approaches. I send her brother up to get her and hear his bloodcurdling scream as she kicks him in the head, and climbs higher into the hamster maze. He fi-

nally drags her down, both of them crying, before she steals someone’s shoes, and runs toward the rest room. Security tackles her and wrangles her back to the playground. She’s covered with either BBQ sauce or blood and tries to scuttle away as soon as I put her down. Chaos has erupted. We duck tranquilizer darts as we run serpentine to the exit. I finally wrestle them into the car, wearing the wrong jackets and without socks. I spray them down with Lysol and have them take a big swig of hand sanitizer. I just survived a primate attack. Jane Goodall would be so proud. l

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