Sugar House June 2016

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Faces and Places May Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com

Nathaly Marmolejo “I love living in Sugar House because it’s a safe neighborhood. I love that its peaceful but close to everything like the freeway, shopping and restaurants. The people are friendly and welcoming. I love being able to go for walks any time of the day or night, and being able to enjoy all the beautiful trees. I also love that it’s a neighborhood for any age, there are things available for everyone to do. It’s by far the best neighborhood I’ve ever lived in.”

Jeanne Hayes “I had four dogs actually a month ago, and we gave the other one back to my daughter.

But why three dogs? Because I’m a dog person, I love dogs and my daughter does dog rescue, so we’re always taking dogs in. I’m called a foster fail, I’m the kind of person that can’t get rid of the dog after I’ve agreed to foster them for a while, but they just end up staying at our house. These are my three Pomeranians but we’ve always had dogs.”

Highland High School If you grew up in Sugar House, you probably attended Highland High School and already know of the legacy of tradition it has carried on. After the Sugar House prison closed in 1951, Salt Lake City proposed to repurpose the land that would soon become Sugar House Park. 30 acres of that land were set aside for a new school, and in 1956, Highland High was born. It has been said that the colors for highland (black and white), were chosen because of the old prison, and originally the mascot was supposed to be a jailbird. One of those didn’t work out, and Highland is now the proud Highland rams, and the rams have dominated in rugby, AP testing and many other things.

Highland has a proud tradition and is one of the only schools in Utah that still has a Pep Club, and still continues traditions like Freak East, the Highland fling, the highland cheer and of course Highland rugby. The school continues to be a tradition in itself to the Sugar House community, and citizens who have been in Sugar House long term or for a short while, usually have some kind of connection with the school. “Honor fame and glory to, all this and more we’ll give to you at Highland High!”

Allan Jorgensen “Pros to living in Sugar House: It’s a house made of sugar. Need I say more? Two: No going to neighbors houses saying, ‘Sorry….

I’m out of sugar. Can I borrow a cup?’

Cons: Bad when it rains, and diabetes.”

Westminster College Tucked in the tree covered streets of Sugar House, sits Westminster college at 1840 S 1300 E. The college has been around almost as long as the neighborhood has. Westminster was founded in 1875, but at the time was known as the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, a school run by the Presbyterian Church. It was said that the school was built to convert Mormon’s to Presbyterianism. However, the school’s name was changed in 1902 to what we know now as Westminster College, and no longer tries to convert anyone to any religious group.

With the college comes a variety of students, which really brings a diverse population to Sugar House. The school’s student population is always expanding, and the college has been very smart and careful about helping the growing population of students and the community work together. The school building is also a great fit in Sugar House, and is a beautiful addition to the community. The school is always expanding and recently in their athletics, has applied for a NCAA II Division membership, and is now working its way to a full membership in the NCAA. Westminster is full of talented students and great programs, and continues to be a great school in our community.

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Sugar House Photographer To Be Featured in California Art Show Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycitjournals.com

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ugar House is loaded with talented people, everything from art to athletics. One Sugar House girl however, is finding herself and her art in one of the hottest spots in the country – Los Angeles.

Last month, Sarah May had her photography featured at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles, California, after she submitted her photography into a competition in Hollywood.

May had spent a couple months in Iceland for an art residency, then came back to the United States with a grand idea in mind. She started working on a narrative photography series about women, and compiled them into a book.

“I came home and started formulating the narratives,” May said. She found the models and

loved the sensation.

“I was the editor for our literally magazine for two years,” May said, speaking about her time at Olympus High School, “I didn’t think I was going to be able to go to university after high school, the recession had hit, and my parents were already helping my brother with school.”

May really wanted to get into school, and one day found that the University of Utah was giving out a full tuition scholarship to photo students. May knew this was her chance, so she sent her portfolio to the U and ended up getting the scholarship. At school, she learned about different techniques and for her, using a camera was so natural, and she felt like it made sense to her.

“I never could have foreseen or imagined I would be where I am today,” May said, “I always thought I would be a food photographer, but that never even came close to coming true as my art became so much more personal than I ever thought before.”

May had learned from one of her professors at the U that their photography should mean something that was “simply technically beautiful.”

This is what May’s art is, and she wanted to keep pursuing it and sharing her thoughts and feelings through her photography.

“If I were to have the perfect job, I would want to keep creating photo art books, and keep curating galleries and shows for myself and

“My world was perfect from a spectator’s glance. A perfectly wrapped parcel hiding slowly decaying fruit...

I wish once he would have looked at me and saw me. What I was, what I wanted to become.

I was a prop in his life, and he was merely a shadow in mine.” – Sarah May shot nine narratives with black and white film.

After that, she compiled the pictures into book, and with each picture wrote a small poetic narrative.

Along with her book of narratives, she also put together a book of work that she had done while she was in Iceland with cyanotypes. She called it “Stykki” which means pieces in Icelandic.

May submitted both into a contest in Hollywood and both were accepted.

May however, didn’t start out wanting to be a photographer, she actually wanted to be a writer.

But as she got experience with a camera, she knew that she could see the world in a different way, and

“It wasn’t until my junior year at the U that I really hit my stride that took me to where I am,” May said, “I had so many awful things happen to me, family stuff, friend’s deaths, depression, and all I had left was my art. If it wasn’t for those few years of turmoil, failures and tears, I wouldn’t be making the work I am today.”

May never imagined where she’d be today.

She’s had her photography featured in the Sugar House Art Walks, at the University of Utah and has curated four of her own shows andwent on an artist residency to Iceland and now has come full circle.

others.” May said, “I love creating my own work, and I also love talking and creating with others and teaching and sharing what I know with others.”

May said she follows her intuition, and her intuition has definitely set her on a path to where she wants to be. While she was in Hollywood, she hoped to make connections with other fellow artists and be inspired by them.

“I don’t have a concrete path of where I am going to end up,” May said, “and sometimes it stressed me out and I get discouraged, but I know if I follow my love, I will find what I am looking for eventually.” l

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Let’s Go Fly A Kite At Sugar House Park!

Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycitjournals.com

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t may have been a very windy month of May, but for many it was the perfect weather to go fly a kite. One man from Herriman organized an event on Facebook that reached thousands of people, and hundreds responded by bringing their kites to Sugar House Park.

“Well, I have always like kites,” Clint Savage, the event planner of “Let’s Go Fly A Kite” said, “I saw a friend post about it in another group I’m in, but hers was on a rainy day and not very far in advance.”

The even that Savage planned almost looked like it wouldn’t happen, but Mother Nature answered the call and created a beautiful breeze. The temperature was cool, and families from all around came to fly their kites.

Savage created the event not expecting many people to get on board, but little did he know, that many in the Salt Lake Valley and in Sugar House would answer the call to come.

“The event got some attention somehow,” Savage said, “Then people kept sharing it (on Facebook) and soon enough we have almost 700 people going.”

Families and friends on Facebook messaged each other to come to Sugar House Park to fly kites, and hundreds of kites filled the cloudy sky. One kite flyer Megan Grappendorf was meeting up with family after her sister sent her the invite on Facebook.

“My sister sent me a Facebook message

Kites filled the sky at Sugar House Park on a perfect windy day – Natalie Mollinet

and said ‘hey lets go fly a kite’ so here we are waiting for our family to come,” Grappendorf said.

Small kites, big kites and even a giant squid kite filled the skies. Savage said he was happy with the turn out, and was glad to see so many people out and about, and what better place to do it than Sugar House Park.

“It seemed central and open,” Savage said, “I didn’t expect that many people would respond, maybe 50-100, but it clearly struck a chord.”

Savage started a group of Facebook called Talkers and Walkers, to not only get other people out and about, but to get him off the couch. He said he’s not a fan of the

gym, so going hiking and doing other outdoor activities is his way of being active.

“If nobody were to show up, I’d still be there doing the activity,” Savage said about the kite activity.

“We have other things going on but we decided to make this work,” Grappendorf said, “and the kids are loving it and some people have some really fun kites.”

Savage got lot of positive feedback from those who went to the event, some even suggested that next year he provide food trucks and possibly someone that could sell kites on site. He was just glad that everything worked out well.

“Sometimes this stuff works out well,” Savage said, “the place was packed with kites!”

With the great turn out and feedback, Savage hopes to not only make this an annual event, but possibly a semi-annual.

“I’ve found that kite flying seems to be a spring thing,” Savage said, “but that doesn’t mean it has to be.”

Whatever the case may be, kite flyers and people who love being outdoors, had a lot of fun at the event. Kids were laughing, some in awe about how high their kite was going and parents taking pictures of their families. Even if there isn’t a kite event going on, what better way to enjoy these windy months than with a kite at Sugar House Park? l

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Running Saves Lives in Donor 5k

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

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hile exercise can keep you healthy, running for someone may just save a life.

The 20th annual Dash for Donation will take place on Aug. 20 at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City and Leavitt’s Mortuary in Ogden where people can do a 5K run or a 2K walk. The fun run is designed to honor organ, eye and tissue donors and all proceeds go to Intermountain Donor Services (IDS) to promote organ and tissue donor education.

“It’s a time we can honor those who lost their lives, but then had the courage and the love to hopefully save someone else’s life,” Chad Freckleton said.

In 2009 Freckleton received a lifesaving liver transplant after being sick for over four years. In the time since, he and his wife have had two more children in addition to the daughter they already had.

“I was given a second chance…if the transplant wasn’t around then I wouldn’t be here,” Freckleton said. “I don’t think there’s a day that goes by that we [Freckleton and his wife] don’t say in our prayers ‘thank you for everything we’ve been given.’”

Freckleton and much of his family have participated in the run ever since.

Ali Branley, a volunteer at the registration booth last year, had a son who was a tissue donor.

Her son, Brayden, passed away five years ago, but doctors were able to successfully transplant two of his heart valves.

The 2016 Dash for Donation will take place on Aug. 20 at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City and Leavitt’s Mortuary in Ogden. – Photo Courtesy of Intermountain Donor Services

Branley, who also raced, said the the donation process was essential to their healing process.

“I cannot imagine anything worse than losing a child…but knowing that there were – and still are – two kids alive who may not have been given that chance because of our son, was very cathartic,” Branley said.

Freckleton has seen both sides of the donation process. His nephew passed away a few years ago and the organs he donated saved three lives.

“The joy that you get, both as a recipient, and when you see someone pass away – especially a family member – but when you find out they saved three lives because of organ donation, it’s just kind of a miracle thing,” Freckleton said.

IDS played a major role in Branley’s family

recovery. When Branley and her family first went to the race to support the cause, she was afraid it would be a sad event with lonely families and sick people waiting for their donors to appear.

Instead, she discovered a family she never knew existed.

“We found a huge celebration of love, people were rallying around struggling families, everyone was there because they knew how important organ and tissue donation was,” Branley said. “Instead of tears and sadness, I found a huge extended family that no one ever wants to be a part of, but is so grateful for once they are.”

An important aspect of the event is spreading awareness of what donors can do. Freckleton said the only time people probably think about whether to be a donor or not is at the DMV, when

people renew their license every five years.

“Many people don’t realize the extent one donor can have, it may not be a heart, or kidney, that saves your life,” Branley said. “Something as simple as a dental implant will likely need donor bone to help set it, that had to come from somewhere.”

Even if a person has never encountered the donor or recipient experience, Freckleton and Branley said it’s important to be part of the cause whether participating in the race or simple donating.

“You may not be a donor, or even know someone on a waiting list, but that doesn’t mean you won’t ever in you life,” Branley said.

“Statistically the majority of us will end up with some relationship to this issue and it’s so important to honor those we have lost.”

“You’re helping someone out and that’s what organ donation is all about: you’re helping people you don’t even know,” Freckleton said.

In the end, the race is about supporting a cause that while lives come to end, it can mean other lives continue.

“It was a humbling experience because I knew something bad happened to somebody else for me to feel something good,” Freckleton said.

“There’s no bigger difference you can make than saving a life, and [Brayden] saved two,” Branley said.

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Bike Patrols to Provide Extra Sense of Security

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

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riminals may now start running from two wheels instead of four in Sugar House.

Police bike patrols returned to the Sugar House area on May 1 after being reassigned to focus on the downtown area of Salt Lake City in June of 2014 as part of the Metro Support Bureau.

The program was revamped into the Strategic Deployment Bureau a year ago which saw officers occasionally come to the east side of Salt Lake as needed.

“As the need continued to be identified on the east side of the city, we pulled one of the squads and pushed them back over to the east side districts,” Wooldridge said.

The squad consists of five officers and one sergeant who have the option of exiting their squad car to deploy a more mobile approach. Wooldridge said the squad has been assigned to the area indefinitely with plans to help the west side squad and vice versa.

“I don’t think it’s a model we’ll go away from, we’ve seen what happens when it’s not here,” Detective Greg Wilking of the Salt Lake City Police Department said. “As long as it’s this administration we’ll probably keep them here.”

Judi Short, vice chair of the Sugar House Community Council, said having the bike patrols return has been “fantastic” and that people are very happy to see them return.

“It gives me a feeling of security to see them going down the street in my neighborhood,” Short said.

Officer Dave Hedrick, a member of the squad, said being publically visible by the community has already been a boost.

“We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback just being at the parks, families being able to see us more,” Hedrick said. “Whereas in our car we just drive by so this way we’re able to have a more personal interaction.”

Wooldridge, part of law enforcement for 26 years, said it’s a

The bike patrol is made up of a sergeant and five officers assigned to the east side of Salt Lake City. – Travis Barton Caption 03:

different environment on the bike.

“We’re able to get into some of the areas where officers in cars don’t necessarily have the time to get to,” Wooldridge said.

Short said a good example of that is at Monument Plaza where she said skate boarders have caused damage to the recently installed stone benches.

“I’m hopeful that having the bike patrol there regularly will put a stop to this damage,” Short said.

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The bike patrols have assisted parks in simple order maintenance by breaking up transient camps and having questionable behavior removed from the park.

“We immediately see a response from the public where couples or individuals walking their dogs will reclaim that part of the park and use it as intended,” Wooldridge said.

Even with bikes being weather-dependent, the officers still plan to patrol the parks during cold weather climates.

“Whether we’re on our bikes or in our vehicles, we’ll still make a presence,” Hedrick said.

It’s a presence Wooldridge said he wasn’t sure about, having never been on bike patrol before, but now appreciates.

“With all the positive feedback from the community, it’s like why haven’t I done this before,” Wooldridge said.

With his recent return to two-wheel transportation, Wooldridge said the squad stresses the importance of not only bicycle safety, but bike theft prevention as well. Something Wooldridge knows all too well from working with property crimes.

“Please please please license your bicycles,” Wooldridge said.

“It allows us to have the serial number of the bicycle on record so should it get stolen, the chances of recovery in good condition are infinitely better.”

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Community Officer Carries Command Presence, Love of Textbooks into District Seven

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ll roads lead to Sugar House. Or at least they have now for Detective Josh Ashdown.

In March, Ashdown started his new assignment as the Community Intelligence officer for District Seven in Sugar House already attending the Sugar House Community Council Meeting on April 5 and learning as much about the area as he can.

“It’s a really good area and I’d like to keep it that way,” Ashdown said.

But Ashdown’s assignments didn’t begin with Sugar House nor the patrols he began his police caree r with. His first assignment was directing traffic at the age of five.

“I think I was supposed to be a police officer,” Ashdown said. “I guess I was in the middle of the intersection trying to direct traffic, I don’t like traffic control now.”

Ashdown’s childhood photos are littered with badges and toy guns. He would also kick robbers off the train during the Heber Creeper show.

Even when Ashdown started the most fun job he’s ever had as a production assistant on the television show “Touched by an Angel,” he would be used as a police officer extra.

“I never wanted to be a cop growing up but it was kind of what I was supposed to do,” Ashdown, an Ogden native, said.

Once the show was cancelled and Ashdown was married, he decided he needed a stable job in any economy. He’s been a part of the police force for 11 years.

Before coming to the District 7 beat, Ashdown worked on different patrols, including a bike patrol, in the public relations department as well as the auto theft unit.

“What excites me now is I like to find problems and fix them so this is a great assignment for me,” Ashdown said.

Ashdown’s wife said if a problem exists, her husband will always try to find a solution.

“He’s a born investigator, if you can’t find something, ask Josh,” Ashdown’s wife said.

Amy Barry, Chair of the Sugar House Community Council, said the council is excited about the relationship with Ashdown going forward.

“He’s impressed us with his initial work to identify repeat offenders and deal with some vacant homes that have become trouble spots,” Barry said. “We’re excited to have him join our community.”

Ashdown said finding allies in the community who are passionate about their neighborhood has been extremely valuable.

“I’ve already met a handful of people who are awesome up there who really care and are trying to make the place better,” Ashdown said.

Police officers develop personal styles over the years and Ashdown has polished his. He likes to make jokes and doesn’t describe himself as an intimidator, but maintains the proper “command presence.”

“You can be in charge of a scene without appearing like you’re trying to intimidate them and I’m at that stage where I can take control of my scene, take control of my call, deal with the people but I can be human still,” Ashdown said.

“You can’t always make everyone happy especially where the law is involved, but Josh tries really hard to look at every avenue to see what resources can be used to accommodate or solve the problem,” Ashdown’s wife, a former dispatcher, said.

It’s a demeanor that Ashdown said has served him well and is important today with the way officer to citizen relations have been portrayed across the nation.

Ashdown has received multiple letters from citizens thanking him for his kindness which appears almost rare with raised tensions over the past few years involving perceived police brutality.

“We’ll have people throw nails in front of our tires or put food under our door handles or spit at our cars at a stoplight so it’s nice to know some people have had a positive encounter with me,” Ashdown said.

Especially when Ashdown’s favorite part of the job is meeting new people.

“Even if it’s a bad situation you’re going to, like a domestic, if you try to

show some compassion, you can build a connection with people even on a bad call,” Ashdown said.

Possibly the most important lesson during Ashdown’s 10 years in the department is that ignorance is bliss.

“I was a lot more happy and personable when I didn’t see the other side of humanity,” Ashdown said. “Ignorance is bliss and I didn’t’ know that meant anything until I started doing this job.”

Outside of protecting and serving, Ashdown said his first two loves are his family and photography.

“If I had a free day to do whatever I wanted, I would go take pictures, besides my family, photography is my number one love in the whole world,” Ashdown said.

Besides weddings, newborns and family photos with little kids, Ashdown can take a good photograph of anything. But photography doesn’t include his other two hobbies: art history and textbook collecting.

Ashdown’s wife said Josh is fairly knowledgable on art history which makes trips like the one they took to the National Galleries in Washington DC even more enjoyable. “[Josh] told me back stories and facts about the painters which makes you appreciate them that much more in this digital art age,” Ashdown’s wife said.

“I’m kind of a nerd, I like art history so I’ll be in people’s houses on domestic disputes and I’ll be like ‘oh that’s a reprint of an Albert Bierstadt,’” Ashdown said.

Ashdown said he enjoys collecting textbooks and regularly stops at Deseret Industries looking for cheap textbooks. He doesn’t know how many he has exactly but there’s at least 200 hundred in boxes at his house.

“It’s more of an addiction, but one that I don’t mind,” Ashdown’s wife said. “He is an insatiable learner…if he has a question about something, he goes and finds out everything he can about it.”

“I don’t hunt, I don’t collect guns, I don’t do the typical cop things I guess,” Ashdown said. “I take pictures and collect textbooks, yeah I’m a weirdo.” l

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Sugar House Community Council Convenes

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

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he Sugar House Community Council (SHCC) convened for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 4 at the Sprague Library to discuss items involving the Sugar House community and hear presentations and updates from various people and organizations.

Crime Report Detective Joshua Ashdown, the community intelligence officer for the area, reported to the council an increase in tickets for drivers not stopping for pedestrians at the crosswalk at 12th East.

“That is like Frogger,” Ashdown said during the meeting.

Ashdown said he sent a few officers to cover that spot for an hour and the officers wrote 24 tickets. He suggested members of the community go to the Salt Lake City Police Department website where they have an option called Speed Watch where people can report on speedy drivers that goes directly to the motors department.

Ashdown also reported on a transient camp on the west end of the Country Club golf course that he was alerted to. A request was put in to clean up the camp, but due to the backlog in transient camp cleanups, it has not been cleaned up yet.

Sugar House Farmers Market Three members of the Sugar House Farmers Market appeared to update the council on the on the Farmers Market preparations. Starting on June 8 until October 26, the market will run Wednesday evenings from 5 – 9 p.m. at Fairmont Park.

Amy Buchanan, member of the board, said they were still looking for sponsors and have reopened the application

The Sugar House Community Council meeting takes place at the Sprague Library on the first Wednesday of every month. – Travis Barton

process.

Buchanan also said they intend to include educational opportunities to have families interact with farmers as well as monthly free yoga classes during the market.

Seven Canyons Trust Brian Tonetti, co-founder of the Seven Canyons Trust, gave a presentation on daylighting, or the uncovering of

buried underground creeks or rivers bringing them back to the surface and restoring it’s natural stream channel.

Seven Canyons Trust is a non-profit organization working to daylight and rehabilitate the seven creeks of the Salt Lake Valley.

Tonetti said there’s more than 21 miles of buried creeks in the Salt Lake Valley. He said he hopes daylighting can occur or at least enter the thought process of developers in the area.

“As developers approach the Sugar House Community Council…we encourage the community council and the residents to urge these developers to pursue daylighting projects in this neighborhood,” Tonetti said.

Tonetti said a potential demonstration project in the Sugar House area could be a Parley’s Creek at Monument Plaza where a creek would be painted on the ground at Monument Plaza.

“This would help culturally daylight the creek for the residents here and its continued existence underneath this plaza,” Tonetti said.

Elevate Buildings SLC Green, the city’s division of sustainability, gave a presentation on their new project Elevate Buildings to address poor air quality asking members of the community to take a survey on their website.

Peter Nelson, of SLC Green, said the project is aimed towards reducing the energy consumption and emissions released from large scale buildings.

The Sugar House Community Council meetings transpire the first Wednesday of every month at the Sprague Library. l

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hen Cathy Johnson walked into her 6th grade classroom last month, she thought it would be a normal day at Dilworth Elementary.

Little did she know that her family, friends Karen Huntsman and other administrators at Dilworth Elementary were waiting to give her the Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education.

“I was totally shocked!” Johnson said, “You know people say things to you in passing like “I’d love to nominate you” and that in itself is an honor, but to have someone follow through with it is remarkable.”

Johnson along with 10 other teachers, administrators and volunteers in Utah, received the prestigious award. Johnson was nominated

by Susan and Dave Koelliker who felt like she deserved the nomination. Johnson had no idea that they had actually followed through with it, so when everyone walked into her classroom and suddenly surrounded her, she was shocked.

“I was just overwhelmed,” Johnson said, “it was so surreal, it’s certainly a moment I’ll never forget, and certainly an honor I cherish.”

Johnson – a southern California native – grew up watching her oldest sister enjoying her career as an educator. She admits that she wanted to do everything her older sister did, so becoming a teacher was a natural thing for her.

After graduating from BYU with a degree in elementary education and special education, she worked in Park City School District. She got married while teaching in Park City, and then transferred to the Jordan School District. After a ten year break she taught at Rosslyn Heights, then found her way to Dilworth elementary where she’s been for 28 years. For 17 of those years, Johnson has had the help from Ron Ricks, who teaches math, and for four of those years, with Shelly Stanfield who teaches Science.

“I work with some fabulous people,” Johnson said, “my biggest blessing is that I teach at an amazing school, with an amazing community that supports the school.”

Johnson said she can always count on numerous parents volunteering for just about any activity. One example of this, was having 48 parents signing up for a class activity where

students had to build castles in a certain amount of time. She’s always grateful for the numerous parents that volunteer.

“I don’t think I’m the greatest, I think I work hard,” Johnson said, “but I work with people who as a team, do our best to make school exciting and fun. We believe in our kids and we believe in doing what’s best for our students.”

Johnson admits that she works with great administrators, and said that she has to give thanks to her fellow teachers from whom she has learned a lot from. She said that they make work fun, and that she shares this award with them.

Through her years teaching, she said that she had learned so much from other teachers, and even if they didn’t know they were mentoring her, they were.

“I wouldn’t be here without them,” Johnson said about her fellow teachers, “so I share this with my colleagues and my fellow teachers in the district.”

Principal Jared Wright at Dilworth, said that Cathy is very deserving of the award.

“She (Cathy) is someone who exemplifies the dedication and passion that teachers need to have an impact.” Wright said, “Cathy is one of those teachers whose positive influence will continue long after her students move on from her classroom. I hold her in the highest regard and hope that she never retires!”

Sadly, Johnson does plan on retiring in 2018. She was planning on leaving this year, but the students she has had this year inspired her to stay. Johnson plans to travel more, and with the $10,000 prize money she got from the reward, plans to use that to travel. Johnson said her granddaughter thinks she should use the money to take them both on a Disney Cruise, but she isn’t sure if she’ll use it for that.

“This is something you don’t ever put on your wish list,” Johnson said, “you just go about your job because you like it and you like teaching. All the teachers I work with are all Huntsman winners in my book, I was just lucky enough to be named it.” l

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Highland’s Film Class Wins Big Again Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com

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ighland High’s film class is no stranger to winning awards, in fact their classroom has awards dating back over 16 years. But with a new teacher at the reigns and young classmen doing well, Highland has a lot of promising up and coming film makers. Two of Hardy’s young film makers won third place in their categories at the Utah High School Film Festival (UHSFF) this year, and both Hardy and her students are elated about their success.

“I fortunately inherited a very successful program from the previous teacher,” Jenny Hardy the film teacher said, “my goal has been to continue the tradition of success and help my students compete in their ever-changing world of film.”

Two students Grace Ferguson (sophomore) and Lucia Miramontes (senior), both won third place in their categories.

Grace won third in the Short Film Category for her film called “Shoestrings and Heartstrings.”

“It’s a film that tells a love story, but without words and only through shots of the characters feet,” Grace said, “I wanted to investigate body language and see if I could create a narrative about it.”

For Lucia, she won third place in the Music Video category, but said that having her video played at a festival in front of other students and film makers was even better than winning.

“I actually made this video last year for the film festival we were hosting at Highland,” Lucia said, “but it wasn’t uploaded in time so I thought I’d revise it and enter it into the UHSFF this year.”

Hardy said that during her time as their teacher, she has tried hard to keep up with the latest in film making, and believes that has really been a benefit to her students. The

Highland’s film class at the UHSFF – Jenny Hardy

class is getting more computers in their classroom, so that each student can have the access and experience that they need to be successful in the field of film making.

“We are also adding an IB Film course to our program, which includes a historical and theoretical study of film,” Hardy said, “that will hopefully improve the content of our work as well.”

Lucia said that her goal was to make it onto Jenny’s wall, that’s full of certificates that have been won by Highland

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students over the years, and wanted to do it before she graduated. Little did she know that she would be earning her spot on the wall.

“I entered all of my best work and hoped for the best and finally achieved my goal,” Lucia said, “it only makes me want to work harder and create more goals for myself.”

For her video, Lucia said she had to run around Highland after school, in the hopes of finding people who would want to be in her video. She was nervous she wouldn’t get enough people, but is happy that it worked out and is pleased with her reward.

“The categories my students placed in are very competitive,” Hardy said, “the Music Video category alone can receive upwards of 50 entries from schools all over the state. I am very proud of them, as well as my other students who entered – it takes a lot of guts to put your work out there.”

Besides winning third place in the short film category, Grace has been the first place winner of Best Female Anchor at the Utah High School Broadcast Awards. She said that while she would like to have anchoring as an option for a future job, she sees herself more behind the camera as a director, but is really interested in broadcast news.

Lucia wants to continue to direct music videos and hopes to work her way up to getting signed with a video production company like Somesuch &Co. “I am very impressed with the drive and passion of this group of students,” Hardy said, “many of them stay after school for hours every day to perfect their projects. I am excited to see them continue to grow.” l

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Changes Serve Competition for Boys Tennis

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

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ome high school coaches worry about having to cut kids during tryouts while other coaches worry about having enough kids to fill a team. For Highland boys tennis coach Scott Olsen, it was the latter.

Olsen, who’d been an assistant coach the previous three years, was hired as the head coach mere weeks before the season started after the previous coach decided not to return.

“It was a little bit of a last minute decision…some of the parents asked me if I could do it since I knew the guys and luckily with my work schedule I was able to arrange it,” Olsen said.

Olsen’s first priority was to make sure they had enough players after graduating so many seniors and not having too many freshmen or sophomores the previous year.

“That was our main goal, just locating some people who wanted to play,” Olsen said.

They ended up with 21 players. More, Olsen said, than some of the teams they play against.

Of those new players included senior Brevin Elsholz, a member of the Highland basketball team who played until he was 12 and then doubles as a sophomore. With basketball over, he decided to play tennis again and is the team’s No. 1 singles player. “[Brevin’s] been great, I’ve been totally impressed considering he hasn’t played competitively for a long time,” Olsen said.

“Brevin’s just an incredible player, he’s been killing it,” Sam Nelson, No. 2 singles player, said. “I think he’s been in every single match even though he hasn’t played as much as everybody else.”

Elsholz said the switch back into tennis was bumpy at first before finding his rhythm again.

“It was a little difficult at first but then I got used to it and picked it up where I left off,” Elsholz said.

Part of the transition was going from a team sport to an individual sport within a team. It’s one that Elsholz has enjoyed.

“I prefer me individually because then I don’t have to rely on anyone else so then I can take responsibility more with my mistakes,” Elsholz said.

In a sport where mistakes lead directly to an opponent’s point, the mental side of the game can be just as important as the physical side.

Olsen said he tries to focus on the basics with the players making sure they have confidence in their abilities.

“A huge part of tennis is mental, that belief and positive attitude, and some of that comes with the player,” Olsen said.

Nelson said his mantra is to focus on one point at a time otherwise it’ll affect his game.

“It doesn’t really matter what happens the point before…I’ve had some matches

Brevin Elsholz, senior No. 1 singles, prepares to return a serve during a match against East on April 29.

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where I’ve done really well the first set then kinda coasted off that and the next thing you know you’re down four games,” Olson said.

That mantra was in full effect on April 28 against East with wind gusts reaching 20 mph.

“A lot of that [match] was just hitting the ball up in the air and saying a prayer it landed in the court,” Olson said.

After winning the first set 6-3 and winds blowing the ball all over the court, Elsholz then lost the second set 0-6 and was losing 0-5 in the final set.

“It’s hard when you’re down that far but I think [Brevin] is very mentally strong and he doesn’t think the match is over until they’re shaking hands,” Olsen said.

Elsholz said at 0-5 he decided to change it up and slow it down.

“If he [East tennis player] was gonna win it, I wanted him to win it on a winner and not my unforced error,” Elsholz said.

Elsholz tied the match at 5-5 fighting breaking serves and fighting off seven or eight match points before finally succumbing 5-7.

“To me that’s a mental victory because if he has to play that kid again at region or state [tournaments], I think he goes in with a lot of confidence,” Olsen said.

Nelson had a similar match where he lost the first set and was down 1-4 in the second before eventually losing in the third set after fighting off nine match points.

Olsen planned to take these positives into the region tournament where the Rams entered with a 3-3 record after a tough region schedule. l

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Future Problem Solvers at Highland Park Elementary Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com

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ffered at Highland Park Elementary as a way to help kickstart problem solving, the FPS, or Future Problem Solving, is an impactful program for students who exceed past the average and wish to continue moving forward through their education.

FPS is the generic term for the program. There’s also FPSPI, or Future Problem Solving International, which is a non-profit organization based in Fla and services 40 affiliate programs that not only include the United States, but 19 other countries around the world. The other problem solving program is CmPS, or Community Problem Solving (Teams and Individuals participating in this).

“Utah has been an Affiliate of FPSPI, which allows them to be, among other things,” Pam Krieps, part of the Extended Learning Program (ELP), said. “Part of the FPSPI organization, to use FPSPI materials for teaching problem solving as classroom curriculum and/or coaching students for competition in state and possibly International Future Problem Solving competitions.”

The Utah FPS is a non-profit organization with board members as volunteers who meet quarterly to administer and run the FPS program for individuals and student teams who wish to register in the fall. The Board members must evaluate team’s topics three times a year that are given in order for the students and teams to take part in the competitions. The members also have the chance to organize and run the state FPS Competitive Bowl in March/April, according to Krieps, and have are able to coordinate plans for Utah champions entering the international competition each June.

Those who want to take part in the Utah FPS have the

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option of being coached by teachers or parents, thought most students who participate are either from 5th or 6th grade, according to Krieps.

However, adults are also allowed to take part in FPS, but none are enrolled currently. A few years ago, according to Krieps, a lawyer Jill Powlick competed at Internationals and competed with other adults from around the country and eventually Powlick, along with her team, won 1st place in their division.

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has centered around their own students to take part in it. Because of this, teachers like, Krieps, Caralyn Bingham, M.Ed. and part of the ELP, and Sydney Mcdonald, also part of the ELP, have the ability to help the students become creative future problem solvers for themselves and the world.

“The students are required to think creatively because they are looking for multiple (16) problems in a given story or situation then they narrow it down to the most critical problem (the underlying problem) and then brainstorm 16 possible solutions.” Bingham said. “The creativity comes in generating that many problems and solutions.”

Students then take this and can either bring this knowledge to the competitions or keep it to create, as Mcdonald put it, “real world problem solving.”

“Students can practice with FPS for real world problems when they grow up because they, identify the problem, determine the outcome or the problems with the problem, focus on the one problem they will address, generate the solutions, set criteria, rate and finally determine which solutions is the best, the most humane and have an action plan.” Mcdonald said.

More than just that, according to Mcdonald, is the idea that the students can start “thinking like adults.” It’s because it, according to Mcdonald, not only creates critical thinking, but gives the students a chance to “engage” in their learning. “[FPS] gives them ownership when they come up with the solutions instead of the adults.” Mcdonald said. “This is called “well-dipping,” when the answer comes FROM the students instead of TO them. It is more meaningful to have made the CONTRIBUTION to the cause.” l

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Freshman Runner Incorporates Track into Sporting Buffet

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

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hen your Saturday includes a gymnastics meet, a soccer game and a ski competition some people might conclude its time for a break.

Though Geneva Humbert, a freshman runner for Highland High School, has stopped with gymnastics, she’s replaced it with track. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I just go crazy if I can’t do something,” Humbert said.

“I just always wanna be running or doing something active.”

Often times coaches of specific sports will encourage young athletes to focus only on one sport all year. That concept has never appealed to Humbert, a former state champion in gymnastics.

“I like doing a lot of sports because I get bored just doing one,” Humbert said.

It’s not always easy, Humbert said, because sometimes she misses out on other things.

“I want to do all my sports because I don’t want to do just one then I’ll burn out, but it’s just hard because all the girls on my soccer team play futsal and indoor together during the winter while I’m doing skiing,” Humbert said.

Gary Rowles, Highland track and field head coach, said the trend over the past 15-20 years towards single sport athletes is slowly reversing back to multi-sport athletes with new information coming out on the body in kinesiology.

“The multi-sport athlete is the best athlete these days,” Rowles said.

For example, Rowles said, skiing has helped

Left: Geneva Humbert, freshman runner at Highland High School, leads the pack during a meet earlier this season. Humbert has improved her times with every race. – Chris Humbert Right: Geneva Humbert pulls in front of a fellow racer during a race at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. Besides skiing, Humbert also runs track and plays soccer. – Chris Humbert

Humbert to be a much better track athlete.

“Skiing has helped her to develop her cardiovascular system as well as her endurance,” Rowles said.

Humbert, who just missed out on qualifying for junior nationals in skiing as one of the younger competitors, said other sports like soccer and skiing have played a role in her ability on the track like the quickness she developed in soccer or her pain tolerance from skiing.

“With skiing, all I fell is pain since its one of the sports you use all the muscles in your body so when I run I can deal

with pain pretty well,” Humbert said.

While Humbert no longer has those Saturdays from elementary school of three events in one day, she keeps busy running in the 800 and 1600 meters for the track team while also playing for her club soccer team. That doesn’t include the time she puts in training for skiing.

Humbert said she loves doing high school sports and having already competed with the Highland girls soccer team last fall, thought track would be fun to do with her friends.

“I’ve always liked running but I’ve never tried doing it competitively,” Humbert said.

Humbert said on her first day she felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of runners.

“I thought ‘oh I’m gonna suck, I’ll be so bad,’ but then they [the coaches] kept moving me up with faster groups,” Humbert said.

Between Humbert’s first and second meets, she shaved nine seconds off her time and has continued to shrink her times with every race. Now running is the only thing on her mind.

“All I think about now is running and how I’m going to get better,” Humbert said.

Going forward Humbert said she’d love to qualify for the Olympics in skiing and she’s also like to do it in college, along with her new sport.

“Now that I really like track, I really wanna do both in college,” Humbert said. l

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Sugar House Dental Care is owned by a dentist, Dr. Chris Neibauer, who built his philosophy of finding personal health, happiness, and success through service to others after doing missionary work as a dentist in Cameroon, Africa. After his missionary experience Dr. Neibauer grew, and then sold, a very successful dental network on the East Coast. His passion for dentistry and serving others prompted him to once again start not just a dental practice, but an organization with dental professionals and team members with the same passion for serving others.

“By elevating dental professionals to mastery and applying unconditional responsibility to all we do; we will demonstrate

to patients, the community and team members, a dental corporation is the superior method of patient care delivery,” said Dr. Neibauer Dr. Ryan B. Allen is one of the dentists you will meet at Sugar House Dental. Dr. Allen spent the majority of his childhood in Northern Utah, where he received the bulk of his education. Following high school, he served a 2-year service mission for his church in Brazil and then, after graduating from Weber State University with his bachelor’s degree, moved to New York City where he attended NYU College of Dentistry.

Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a captain in the United States Army where he served for 4 years.

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CenturyLink Offering Faster Broadband Speeds in Salt Lake City Company plans to increase speeds for 240K homes and small businesses by mid-2016

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Enhancements to CenturyLink’s local network in Salt Lake City have increased its current broadband speeds up to 100 Mbps for thousands of customers along the Wasatch Front, with up to 240,000 homes and small businesses having access to these faster speeds by mid-2016.

“CenturyLink is committed to connecting our customers to the digital world; that’s why we’re providing technology to enable faster broadband speeds for hundreds of thousands of customers in Salt Lake City,” said Jeremy Ferkin, CenturyLink vice president of operations for Utah. “With the deployment of these faster broadband speeds, we continue to deliver on our commitment to help our customers communicate and connect with the world.”

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multiple high-bandwidth Internet users on many different devices and accommodates customers who frequently stream and download video content. With 100 Mbps speeds, customers can download a five gigabyte high-definition movie in less than seven minutes. CenturyLink’s 100 Mbps speed service also delivers faster upload speeds, creating a better experience when participating in online gaming, storing data in the cloud, and sharing photos and video clips.

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key educational goal for Westminster is to embed a sense of civic responsibility in students. The Katherine W. Dumke Center for Civic Engagement at Westminster is a central resource for students, faculty, and community members to connect.

Beyond offering support for service-learning courses, providing leadership grants, and promoting volunteer opportunities to students and faculty, the Dumke Center gives students multiple ways to connect with neighbors in Sugar House and other Salt Lake communities. Walkways to Westminster is one program the Dumke Center offers that has fostered a deep reciprocal relationship between Westminster students and youth in South Salt Lake.

“This is one way I can help these students to have an outlet and find a walkway to higher education,” stated Stephanie Miller, 20, Walkways to Westminster fellow coordinator.

“Having them exposed to the college environment makes it become a reality.”

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learn each other’s stories, strengths and ideas. As a result both become more empowered in their higher education goals.

“The younger students take away a lot from the program including tons of new knowledge about college and the things that come with it,” beamed Shayne Graff, 19, mentor for Walkways to Westminster.

The program is for 8-12 grade youth who have been historically underrepresented in the higher-education setting. Lack of access to college preparation and resources, as well as a lack of support upon arrival to college, contribute to the absence of these underrepresented students. The Walkways to Westminster program creates a foundation of support for students on their path to college.

“We say we are open to ideas but we are not hearing everyone’s ideas,” Miller said with frustration.

“The students that are underserved deserve a spot to be heard and be a part of the conversation.”

The youth will be first-generation college students, many also speak English as a second language. College systems have not traditionally supported people from these identities, and as a result many of the students did not previously recognize college as an option.

“Through Walkways I was able to see so many

of the teens become excited and learn that they can be the first in their family to go to college, and they can change their future,” Graff said.

“I have seen improvements in the student’s confidence,” Miller said. “This program gets them to explore their identities and what they want in life.”

The program functions through regularly scheduled activities that focus on providing information about college. Events range from a “major auction” where students learn about various college majors and then compete for the best one, to “college lingo jenga” a game where students become familiar with confusing terms they will encounter when applying to colleges.

“We had events one to two times a month and we would do various activities and games to teach the students about college in ways that would keep their interest and be enjoyable,” Graff elaborated.

In addition to gaining exposure to a myriad of academic fields of study, participating South Salt Lake students learn strategies to excel on standardized entrance exams, apply for scholarship and generally succeed in college.

“The first word that pops into my head is opportunity,” Miller asserted. “They are hardworking and now it is possible for them to get higher education and higher paying jobs.”

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