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umultuous protests for racial justice and against police brutality have swept across the nation this summer and emerged in Cottonwood Heights on Aug. 2. The fallout from the march that began at Mill Hollow Park (2900 Hollow Mill Dr.) and turned violent in neighborhood streets continues, as do questions about where the city, police, and community go from here. On Aug. 2, Our Streets organized a dance protest as part of the many Dance Dance for Revolution protests beginning at Mill Hollow Park. Similar to many of the Dance Dance for Revolution events around the valley, the attendees planned to meet at Mill Hollow Park for dancing and food, then walk up a neighborhood street in dance protest. For this specific dance protest, the dancers planned to walk up the neighborhood where the son of a local family (Zane James) was shot and killed by a Cottonwood Heights police officer in 2018. Attendees, consisting of friends and family members of Zane James, residents outspoken against the Cottonwood Heights Police Department (CHPD), dance protestors against police brutality, and supporters of the Black Lives Matters movement, began walking and dancing up Hollow Mill Drive around 5 p.m. As a stark contrast to the generally quiet neighborhood, residents called the police with concerns of vulgar language, threats and property damage. “I was concerned about the safety of my family,” resident Brian Kasteler told the city council on Aug. 4. Resident Billy Bowthorpe echoed the sentiment, “I heard nothing but hate and foul language from the group that showed up.” CHPD officers responded to the calls and blocked the street which the dance protest was heading toward. Officers requested that the protesters continue along the sidewalk, but not in the street. Protesters told the officers that per state law, they were allowed to be on the public street with such a large gathering. About 20 minutes later, violence began to unfold
Cottonwood Heights residents demand justice for Zane James. (Cassie Goff/City Journals)
as protesters, officers and even a city councilwoman clashed. At least four protesters were forcibly arrested with pending (felony and misdemeanor) charges. “CHPD strongly reinforced why we were marching,” said dancer Weston Hall. “They came looking for a fight and they got one.” “The march is what community looked like,” said resident Emma Roberts. “We were exercising our rights. Your
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Historic committee shares century-old headlines still relevant today By Joshua Wood | j.wood@mycityjournals.com
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resent events can feel like déjà vu when viewed through the lens of history, and some dedicated local volunteers keep pointing that out online. The Cottonwood Heights Historic Committee is working to connect residents with each other during COVID-19 isolation while connecting them with the community’s past. From pandemics to wildfires and questions of diversity, the committee has kept finding accounts from the archives that make today’s news feel oddly familiar. “This era of quarantine and social distancing has had one silver lining for the Cottonwood Heights Historic Committee,” said committee chairman Jim Kichas. “It has accelerated our efforts to build an online social media presence on Facebook.” Every week or so, the Historic Committee posts something new and often relevant from the community archives. On Pioneer Day, the committee posted a story about human-caused fires in the area, including a time in 1921 when Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, and Emigration Canyons all has fires burning simultaneously. From kids playing with matches to farmers’ grass fires getting out of hand, the stories helped reinforce the reasoning for those firework bans. That familiar connection with the past is exactly what the committee’s volunteers want. “The committee’s intent is to provide access to the knowledge and content that our committee has accumulated in the first decade of our service,” Kichas said. “We do this by sharing stories that raise awareness of the history and people of the area that is now incorporated within Cottonwood Heights City.” Throughout the summer, the Historic Committee has found accounts of past events that reflect today’s headlines. When people
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National Register of Historic Places photo of the Granite Hydroelectric Power Station. (Courtesy of the Cottonwood Heights Historic Committee) Inset: A March 1917 Salt Lake Telegram article on smallpox in Butlerville. (Courtesy of the Utah Digital Newspapers Project)
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roperty Watch is a new service provided by the Salt Lake County Recorder’s office which allows residents to keep track of any recorded changes to their property. Once an address and associated email is submitted to the Property Watch portal, residents will receive ongoing email notifications for any recorded documents related to the property. “If you provide an address and email for your property, you will be contacted and notified when you get anything on your property,” said Salt Lake County Recorder’s Office Chief Deputy Leslie Reberg. “Rest assured that your contact information will not be distributed and will only be used to communicate Property Watch information.” One of the goals for Property Watch is to help educate the public on document types and common terminology used for the recordation of documents that may or may not affect their property. Documents which will elicit an email notification include: Assignment of a Mortgage, Affidavit, Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, Lien, Lis Pendens Notice, Mortgage, Quit Claim Deed, Reconveyance of Trust Deed, Release of Mortgage, Subordination, Trust Deed, Trustee’s Deed, Special Warranty Deed and Warranty Deed. “The power of Property Watch is that you’re able to stay notified. It’s empowering,” Reberg said. “It’s a powerful and useful service to help protect ownership.”
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City ordinance details tree regulations for park strips By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com
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he Trees and Park Strip Landscaping Ordinance for Cottonwood Heights began being edited earlier this spring by members of the Community and Economic Development Department as well as the Public Works Department. “The ordinance should provide a reasonable balance of options for how property owners and developers manage the trees and landscaping within park strips adjacent to their property,” said Senior Planner Matthew Taylor. A tree has been defined as any perennial self-supporting woody plant that grows at maturity to an overall height of a minimum of 10 feet, has a single trunk or multiple trunks which are 4 inches in diameter. And park strips have been defined as any landscaped area between the curbline and the sidewalk (or fenceline) in any public or private right of way. Tree diversity is highly encouraged throughout the city. While specific species of trees have yet to be determined by a city forester, trees that help develop a street canopy and shade at maturity are desired. If developing and constructing a new park strip, water-efficient trees and landscaping are highly encouraged. Organic mulch materials may be used as a water conservation measure for vegetation. Prohibited materials in park strips include asphalt, thorn-bearing vegetation, trash, debris, and weeds. Cottonwood Heights assumes responsibility for tree care in all city owned parks, city buildings and property grounds, and specific park strips. The city will prune trees in these areas as well as remove limbs and diseased trees within public right of ways. Property owners are responsible for the landscaping and protection of trees within their park strips. Individual property owners, including their occupants and/or agents, must water and fertilize their trees in order to keep them in good health. Property owners are also responsible for removing limbs that have fallen onto the street or sidewalk and raking, cleanup and disposing of leaves. In addition, trees that hang over the pavement or street must be trimmed to a minimum height of at least 13.5 feet above the pavement. Under power poles, trees should not grow over 20 feet at maturity. If a tree creates a disruption to a clear view in an intersection, property owners have 20 days to clear the obstruction before city employees can be designated to remove the obstruction, to which the city will seek reimbursement costs from the property owners. Lastly, property owners are responsible for the mitigation, abatement, removal or correction of a hazardous tree, which is defined as any dead or dying tree, dead parts of a live tree, or an unstable live tree. Any tree that is a hazardous tree will be considered a
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public nuisance. Any tree within a public or private right of way or on public private is considered a public tree and they are also highly protected. New construction of any concrete or asphalt, pouring or spraying injurious matter, and piling material or equipment within 3 feet of any public tree’s trunk is prohibited. If construction or demolition is to occur within 15 feet of a public tree, it has to be protected with a substantial barrier. Damaging any part of any public tree, cutting off water or air from the root system, fastening a sign, guy-wire, cable or rope to a tree, or posting a sign or tree stake that might damage a tree’s roots is unlawful. Any violation to this ordinance will be considered a class C misdemeanor and the criminal must pay the cost to repair or replace the tree. On July 7, the Cottonwood Heights City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 343 – Amending the City’s Code of Ordinances regarding Trees and Park Strip Landscaping. The draft ordinance had previously been drafted and edited by the Cottonwood Heights Planning Commission for which they unanimously recommended approval. l Residents are required to clean up any tree debris from their park strips adjacent to their properties. (Cottonwood Heights Community and Economic Department/Matt Taylor)
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Mail-in ballots: Salt Lake County a model system says County Clerk By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com
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alt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen and her team have been fielding many calls about mail-in ballots and the possibility of fraud. Despite the national news and concerns, Swensen wants people to know the system we’ve used for years is “safe, secure and efficient.� “Since I took office in 1991, I’ve been working on making voting more accessible, and that includes mail-in ballots. Mail-in voting has been in the news, and I want people to know that in Salt Lake County we’ve been doing this for a long time, and it works,� said Swensen, who lives in Sandy. “Random ballots cannot be produced by just anyone. The idea being circulated that ballots could be printed by Russians, or in living rooms by anyone, is ridiculous,� Swensen said. Swensen’s longevity in her job has given her many years and many elections to develop mail-in ballots. She even designed the envelope with the required voter’s signature over the seal. “We mail out a ballot to active registered voters. Every ballot mailed has a ballot ID number assigned, which correlates to the voter for whom it is ordered. If a voter asks to have another ballot sent because they didn’t receive it, or it was lost or ruined, the first ballot ordered for that voter is spoiled/ canceled. The new ballot has a different ID number,� Swensen said.
Ballots are run through a series of human- and machine-operated steps. Each step ensures that signatures are matched, secrecy is maintained, the vote is counted and the computer-generated ID number recorded. “If someone tried to prepare bogus ballot packets, they would not pass through our system and would not be accepted and counted. Those circulating these rumors do not understand the vote-by-mail process or do not want voters to have the convenience of voting by mail,� Swensen said. Swensen also addressed the argument that the U.S. Postal Service could play a role in fraud or may slow down the process of tabulating votes. “The cutbacks make me concerned. [USPS has] always been very responsive and treated [the ballots] well. They care about the service they provide to us. We use postage paid envelopes. We can track things through the USPS. If there’s a concerted effort trying to make it harder for the [Postal Service], that’s a concern to me. “And if people don’t feel comfortable sending their ballot through the mail, we have 20 drop boxes located throughout the valley,� Swensen said. The mail-in ballot program started as a permanent absentee option for seniors. “By 2013, we offered it to all registered voters,
and only two cities opted out. In 2016, we conducted our first major elections by mail, and in 2017 all cities wanted to do it,� Swensen said. Not only did the ballots work for security purposes, they increased voter turnout overall. “We found that the percentage of turnout was so much better. In 2018, Salt Lake County had an 80% turnout rate for voters, and 88% of those were by mail,� Swensen said. Voting in person is always an option, though with more social gathering restrictions in place this year, Swensen hopes as many people as possible use mail-in ballots. Getting a ballot in the mail doesn’t mean that someone can’t vote in person. Even if you were to drop your ballot in a ballot box or send it in through the mail, if you vote in person in addition to that, you’ll only be counted once. Swensen offers tours of the ballot process to anyone who’s interested. “We have had lawmakers, the Lt. Governor’s staff, the state auditor’s staff, media, political parties, candidates and even international visitors tour our processes. They come away impressed with our system and the security we have in place,� Swensen said. Election Day is Tues., Nov. 3. The voting schedule is posted on www.got-vote.org or www.slco.org/clerk/elections. Vote by mail ballots will be mailed the week of Oct.
12. If you haven’t received yours by Oct. 20, call the Clerk’s office at 385-468-7400 or email them at got-vote@slco.org. Swensen said that most issues with voting have to do with confusion, not fraud. Most of them can be cleared up ahead of time by visiting the website. Voters can make updates to their registration, and review instructions about things like who can sign your ballot or what to do if you accidentally put your ballot in your spouse’s envelope. Poll workers are also still needed on Election Day. “We will be hiring poll workers and staff, so if people are interested, they can go to got-vote @slc.org. It’s a long day, and you need to have some technical skills. But you’re trained and paid, and if anyone’s interested we’d love to hear from them,� Swensen said. The bottom line for Swensen: increase accessibility for everyone who’s eligible to vote. “It’s extremely important to me that people get out to vote. For all the years I’ve been doing this, it was always about getting people to register—going to high schools, going to senior centers and other events. “We want to make it simple for every person who’s eligible to register and cast a vote. It shouldn’t just be left to those that have the means to figure it out. That’s what makes democracy work—being accessible to everyone who has the right to vote,� Swensen said. l
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Four local students awarded National Merit scholarships By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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enior Emily Zhang, who attends Hillcrest High in Midvale, face-planted into the fence during a tennis match, splitting her lip up to her nose. It wasn’t her proudest moment on the court, but it became an inspiration for writing an essay about overcoming an obstacle. “That match was so mentally draining,” she recalled. The essay was for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which invited Zhang, after earning a top score her junior year on the PSAT standardized pre-college exam and a 36 on the ACT standardized college exam, to submit an essay, a letter of recommendation, her extracurricular activities, her experience in community service (regularly volunteering at Alta View Hospital), and transcripts which highlighted her 4.0 while taking international baccalaureate classes for consideration of the National Merit scholarship. She learned during the soft closure of schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that she was awarded the scholarship. “I’m basically relieved,” said Zhang, who plans to study at the University of Utah where she also received the school’s Presidential Scholarship. “It helps cover tuition, fees and other costs associated with college. I’m just excited.” Zhang is joined by three other area scholarship winners: Camryn Young, Corner Canyon High in Draper; Ariane Kovacsovics, Waterford School in Sandy; and Jacob Simmons, Brighton High in Cottonwood Heights. The 65th National Merit Scholarship Program awards $2,500 to each of its scholars, who were selected from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists. They are judged by a panel of college admission officers and high school counselors on their academic record, including difficulty level of subjects and grades; scores from the PSAT and SAT or ACT standardized tests; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay and a recommendation letter from a high school official. Initially, 1.5 million students were in the selection pool when they took the PSAT their junior year. About 7,600 finalists earned the merit scholar title and received a total of more than $30 million in college scholarships. In addition, several corporate-sponsored scholars were named, including Silas Barber, who attended AMES in Murray. Simmons remembered receiving his notification that he was a National Merit Scholar. “That was the same day Harvard and Duke results came out, so I was super nervous,” he said. “The news that I won that scholarship was exciting and made me feel a little better. When I finally opened up the
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Canyons Education Foundation awards scholars who rise up to meet life’s, school’s challenges By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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hings just weren’t going right when Alexa Davis went to pick up her cap and gown last spring. There was a mix-up on the rental payment, and when she called for help, there was no answer on the call she placed to her grandmother, who she lives with. Instead of walking away with the cap and gown, she only received her honor cord for earning Corner Canyon High School’s career and technical education pathway, which she also completed along with the state’s requirements. “My counselor wanted me to come check in with her, so I went in to see her afterward, all frustrated,” Davis said. “I thought she wanted to talk, but when I got there, I had no idea what was going on. All these people were staring at me, and I was so confused. Then they pulled out this big cardboard check for the scholarship and I was surprised, like ‘was this for real?’” Her grandmother, with her cell phone on silent, was there too, beaming at her. Davis was one of eight Canyons Education Foundation recipients, who were awarded partial college scholarships during the soft closure of schools in response to COVID-19. She and Brighton High’s Asha Brown received the Rising Star $2,500 scholarships while $1,000 awards were granted to Alta
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Brighton High’s Asha Brown received $2,500 from the Canyons Education Foundation to continue her post-secondary education. (Screenshot)
the fall and earn her associate’s degree. Her dream? An elementary school teacher. “Without the help of my high school counselor, Amy Hardcastle, and my grandma, I wouldn’t receive this scholarship—and my favorite teacher, Mrs. (Summer) Huntamer; she helped me with the path of what I want to do in my life,” Davis said. For Davis, it was a rocky path. Her early childhood days were in Naples, Florida where her parents were struggling with drug addiction and her dad was “in and out of jail.” “There was a lot of stuff that was not appropriate or good for us to be around,” she said about growing up in that environment with her sister, who is two years younger. “I took on a protective role for my sister. Our mom disappeared, abandoned us at one point. Dad brought us here to give us a new life, get us out of a bad scene.” She was 12 when she came to Utah and stayed with her grandmother. Then, her dad died of an overdose and her mother reappeared and took the two girls to Ohio. “Mom and her boyfriend were still using, and it wasn’t a good situation. I didn’t feel safe, I didn’t feel good about my sister and I living there,” Davis said.
Unbeknown to her, her grandmother was asking for custody, a three-month process, that got her back to the Beehive State in December as a teenager. “Even though I was back here, I still struggled with depression, self-doubt, PTSD and didn’t have much motivation,” Davis said. “Without the support I’ve gotten and am still getting, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” With that support, Davis has been able to be a tutor for Willow Springs Elementary, testing out the desire to be a teacher as well as work part-time in the field with youngsters. She also has had an internship with first-graders. “First and second grade were my favorite (growing up),” she said. “I enjoyed teaching kids and helping make a positive difference in the world.” And as for her cap and gown, her grandmother was able to clear it up. Shortly after, Davis was able to get out of the car that was driven up to the school, shake hands with her principal and pose for a photo. “It was a quick process, more than I expected we’d have, but I enjoyed it and was glad our accomplishments were celebrated,” she said. “I’m so grateful for the scholarship and being able to continue with my studying.” l
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Local education foundations, businesses and community come together to support students By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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t was a more streamlined event, but still people showed up and donated school supplies, clothing, and other items for students in need. It was the Tools for Schools, a fundraising drive that supports 11 area school districts as well as charter schools and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Local businesses and individuals could drop off needed items Aug. 11-13 at the Shops at South Town, where Z104 radio personalities, Dave and Deb, and local school officials accepted donations and sorted them to the needs of each district. Items also were collected that were earmarked for a particular district. Cash donations were also accepted, including with a link to Jordan Credit Union, who disbursed the funds, and allowed those who wanted to participate to do so at a safe distance. “Even with a pandemic, kids still need things and we still want to do it,” said Denise Haycock, Canyons Education Foundation development officer. “We had four volunteers instead of 20 and plan to just sort donations by district, not stuffing backpacks or anything more.”
Volunteers hang the banner in preparation for the three-day Tools for Schools fundraiser. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
In years past, Haycock said they had which they filled with the donated school “boxes and boxes of backpacks and food— supplies. That allowed Canyons to help probably thousands of backpacks last year” “cover the bubble schools, those that aren’t
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Hillcrest High freshman Abigail Slama-Catron was honored as regional winner of the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
West High’s Marianne Liu, of Sandy, was an honorable mention award-winner of the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing. (Photo courtesy of NCWIT)
with robotics teams where she has learned engineering, problem-solving, principles of construction, working collaboratively on a timeline and how to communicate—the latter as she mentored a team from the School of the Deaf and the Blind while knowing little sign language. She also said through her experiences she has learned to think outside the box to identify a problem and find possible solutions. She recently was a teen panelist for a national computer science conference and is meeting with NASA officials to introduce astronomy activities to local Girl Scouts. Her career goal is to be a NASA capsule communicator. Other area regional winners are Manya Nair, Riverton High; Katelyn Swain, JATC; Maili Vu, AMES; Maya Heesch, Providence Hall; Sanjana Kargi, Hillcrest High; and Sydney Leister, Mountain Ridge High. Area honorable mention awards went to Cynthia Perez-Pacheco, GTI; Tea Flores, Herriman High; Katheryn Wesley, AMES; Lillian McElheny, Riverton High; Quinn Quinley, Riverton; Tiare Jorquera, GTI; Shae Harmon, Murray High; Samantha Wilhelm, Murray High; Kayla Bacon, Herriman High;
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Continued from front page “I want to request that you take the following actions to remedy the atrocities that were committed,” resident Raven James told the city council on Aug. 4. She called for all charges against every protester be dismissed, a third-party investigation be completed within 90 days, and for a full suspension of Police Chief Robby Russo and any other officer involved. However, CHPD maintain that they were not aware of the event and were responding to information provided by resident calls. “We were not notified about the event,” CHPD Lieutenant Dan Bartlett said during the Aug. 18 City Council meeting. “We were contacted by residents of the neighborhood and told about it.” During the violent incident, officers report having body cameras, keys, tools, ammunition magazines, and other items ripped from their belts. “Every officer that was in a physical confrontation had their body camera pulled from them at one point,” Bartlett said. “They tried to rip the cameras off of every one of the uniformed officers that were there.” “Many neighbors called the police in fear of their homes,” said resident Larry Turner. “They brutally attacked police. One officer was choked, and one got a bloody nose.” “People are going back and forth on what did or did not happen,” said Justin Stiers. “We need an independent investigation, even that will change our community forever.”
ONGOING PROTESTS
The week following Aug. 4, protests occurred every evening on the Cottonwood Heights City Hall plaza (2277 Bengal Blvd.). During those protests, members of the Black Lives Matter movement gathered to protest
the police response to the Mill Hollow protest. Meanwhile, armed residents gathered in support of the CHPD.
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Many different retellings of the events of Aug. 2 have been voiced. In order to get the truth, three different proceedings are taking place. Criminal investigations are being sorted out by Salt Lake County District Attorney’s (DA) office. (Cottonwood Heights has received a handful of GRAMA requests for the officer’s bodycams footage. That cannot be released until after the criminal investigations have concluded as the footage is considered evidence.) Cottonwood Heights is conducting an internal investigation concurrently by the city’s administrative staff. Lastly, the Salt Lake County Attorney General’s (AG) office is conducting an outside investigation. While their investigation has begun, it will be the last to conclude as they will evaluate the information provided by the criminal and internal investigations as well. Russo declined to offer further detail during the Aug. 4 City Council meeting. “We’re not going to adjudicate the criminal process in a municipal council meeting, we have to let that process evolve in the court.” Residents and councilmembers have voiced concern over the AG’s office conducting the outside investigation as Attorney General Sean Reyes resides within Cottonwood Heights, in the surrounding neighborhood. However, the city has been assured that Sean Reyes has recused himself from the investigation as the Chief Investigator will be Chief of Investigations for the Utah Attorney General’s office Leo Lucy. “I felt comfortable that this [AG’s
office] was the entity that would be best equipped to do this investigation,” said Cottonwood Heights City Manager Tim Tingey.
A CITY ON EDGE
These events have the city between the canyons on edge. Ongoing division within city government, primarily between Councilmember Tali Bruce and Russo, adds to the tension. The two have each filed lawsuits against the other for varying reasons. In addition, charges were filed, and then dropped, against Bruce regarding her actions on Aug. 2. Both have opted to provide no additional comment. Residents have expressed frustration with both, claiming Bruce has misrepresented the events of Aug. 2 and helped incite the violence while questioning Russo’s overall tactics and leadership. “This seems to be a personal vendetta that is spilling over into public service,” said resident Shawn Ferre on Aug. 4. “It is causing problems for all of us and the work of our city.” Meanwhile, the city has issued statements attempting to clarify events, the police response, and the city’s policy regarding protests and freedom of speech. “The situation at Mill Hollow is regrettable,” Mayor Mike Peterson said in a statement issued by the city. “We never want to see things escalate as the one did Sunday evening. We will investigate this situation, both the protest event which elicited neighbors’ concerns and the response of our police force.” Councilmember Scott Bracken suggested, “If there was communication with the groups beforehand with the police department it would have changed the outcome radically. If there was a group that said, ‘we want to do this’ and [Lt.] Bartlett could
have said, ‘let’s make it work this way,’ that would have changed it.” “We weren’t notified that the street was going to be used,” said City Attorney Shane Topham. “That would be the main process for using public streets. Some use of streets can be used as forums, but the Supreme Court says streets can’t be blocked. It’s a complicated topic.” Cottonwood Heights anxiously awaits the truth and continues to look for answers. Officials hope the Attorney General’s office will shed some light. “We all want the facts and someone to be objective when reviewing those facts,” said Councilmember Christine Mikell. “All of us want an unbiased investigation with no potential conflicts of interest.” l
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Celebration delayed, yet Canyons administrators lauded with state PTA awards By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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of the year. This fall, he will become principal at Draper Park Middle School. The district had two other winners: Melanie Ferguson, advocacy award for radKIDS, Sunrise Elementary and Melody Richardson, outstanding volunteer, Peruvian Park Elementary. Other area winners are Shawn McLeod, outstanding school administrator, South Jordan Middle School; Adrian Ramjoue, outstanding educator, Riverton High; Mike Okumura, outstanding educator, Longview Elementary in Murray; Ray Barton, outstanding educator, Olympus High School in Holladay; Jolylnne Ward, spirit of inclusivity award for Golden Gate Club, Bingham High in South Jordan; Hillary Moser, involvement award for Veterans Day parade and flag ceremony, Westland Elementary in West Jordan; Linda Clapier, outstanding support staff, Skyline High School in Salt Lake City; Corey Peterson, outstanding support staff, McMillan Elementary in Murray; Kris Dockstader, outstanding volunteer, Eastwood Elementary in Salt Lake City; Benjamin Garcia, outstanding volunteer, Beehive Elementary in Salt Lake City; and Sarah Brown, outstanding volunteer, Westland Elementary. l
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the valley.” Friends can stop by for an evening or stay the night and be back to the valley in time for work the next morning. But don’t be fooled. Although it is easy to get to the campground, it is difficult to reserve a spot. Each year the sites fill up within minutes of allowing online reservations. In the last 30 years the group has grown to include about 25 members. “We’ve just been picking up friends along the way,” Preite said. Duffin has converted to the Alta lifestyle. A mutual friend told him to stop by the campground one evening and he was immediately welcomed into the group. Originally a passholder at Park City Resort, he soon joined the group at Alta the next winter and has skied there ever since. Days are primarily spent hiking, not surprising for a group of athletic backcountry skiers. While on a hike of the ridgeline to Mount Wolverine, Preite and Duffin pointed to some of their favorite areas to ski. The terrain looks different in the summer, but the cliffs and chutes are visible enough for them to brag about some good times experienced there in the winter. Resort signs that are typically waist-high in the winter towered above them in the summer. Although not everyone can nab a coveted spot at the Albion Basin campground, the hikes mentioned can be accessed by Alta’s summer road. As the wildflower season comes to a close, Cottonwood Heights residents can take a quick day trip up Little Cottonwood Canyon to see nature at its finest. l
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Brighton tennis team prioritizes health in hopes for a full 2020 season By Tavia Dutson | t.dutson@mycityjournals.com
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n a hot Tuesday afternoon, Brighton High School tennis coach Natalie Meyer attempted to round up her group of 39 enthusiastic players. A practice that was supposed to end at 5 p.m. was extended by 15 minutes to give the girls just one more point, game or volley. The coaching staff was excited about what they had been seeing after only one week of official practice. “I see improvements every day, I am just awestruck by what I see,” said assistant coach JaNae Smith in a post-practice pep talk. Although all the coaches commented on a job well done, the main focus of the team talk was staying safe. “If you are sick or have potentially been exposed, please tell me and don’t come to practice,” Meyer said. She continued to stress open communication and reassure the girls that not attending practice due to sickness would not hurt their position on the team. “They let me know and I work with them. I’m not going to penalize them for keeping everybody safe,” Meyer said. Before every practice, the girls must complete a check-in process that includes temperature checks, going over the COVID symptoms, and signing their initials. Meyer says the girls have been great at adhering to these rules, with everyone focusing on maintaining the health of the group. Other safety measures include noting which courts the girls play on each day and enforcing social distancing as much as possible. The girls even “huddled” up by spreading out over a full court to shout the team cheer. Keeping up with the prep work required to keep the girls safe has proved to be no easy task. Meyer pulled out a full binder of papers, commenting that many more would be completed and filed throughout the season. Before tryouts began, Meyer was ex-
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pecting to take a team of around 25. However, at the optional open-court trainings she was astounded at the commitment shown. “There were consistently 39 girls who were just religious about showing up. Every single day from 3 to 5, in the heat of the day,” Meyer said. She is grateful to Principal Tom Sherwood for allowing her to hire three assistant coaches to help train this larger than normal group. A focus on community has been an integral part of Meyer’s coaching philosophy during her 16 years as a Brighton coach. While always important, this year it has been amplified by the pandemic. When talking to her athletes about potentially missing the 2020 season due to cancellation, she likes to emphasize the bigger picture. “We’re so lucky that they have these friendships with each other,” Meyer said. “The most important thing is that they and their families are safe.” With four of the seven varsity starters from 2019 having since graduated, the team has worked hard to fill those positions. After a difficult summer of work, Meyer is optimistic for the future. “I think I have more depth this year. I don’t know how that will stack up against the other teams in region or state, but I have a lot of hard-working kids that have stepped it up.” One of those hard workers is junior Rebecca Schwartz. Schwartz has been a part of Brighton’s varsity squad since she arrived as a freshman. As a semifinalist in last year’s state tournament at the second singles position, Schwartz is a likely choice for first singles this year. “She is at a whole different level. She’s done a great job from the moment she stepped on the court,” Meyer said. Schwartz and the rest of the Bengals play at home multiple times this fall, including the Region 7 tournament in early October. l
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n unprecedented times with uncertainty continuing over many aspects of life due to the current pandemic, the idea of sports at all levels coming back sounds so refreshing. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights have resumed, PGA golf tournaments are again being held, Major League baseball has begun their delayed season and the NBA created a bubble in Orlando, Florida to bring 22 teams to play out the last regular season games and playoffs—all without fans in attendance. And yet, just as our excitement builds as we watch live sports returning, we see the number of COVID-19 cases, patterns and deaths fluctuating on a daily basis and are left to wonder—will high school fall sports really happen? The seasons have already begun for most of the state’s boys golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, volleyball, football and cross country teams, but how long will it last? As schools begin opening statewide as well, a lot of apprehension hangs in the air. “This is literally an hour-by-hour situation as we have been continually adapting to the current pandemic, making plans to ‘return to play,’ scrapping plans and making new plans,” Utah High School Activities Association director Rob Cuff said. The UHSAA has been working tirelessly since March when the coronavirus shut
down the sports world—and the country for a time—to brainstorm scenarios that could allow Utah high school athletics to resume. Initially, the organization suspended play for two weeks and continued to delay participation until mid-April when the spring sports seasons were officially canceled. Before the school year ended, the UHSAA lifted the typical moratorium that begins after Memorial Day to allow sports programs to hold summer trainings without date restrictions while encouraging strict adherence to local health recommendations. On July 10, the UHSAA board voted to resume the fall sports season and within two weeks had released a “Return to Play” set of guidelines to help districts and schools to outline their own protocols based on the local health procedures in their area and with specific evaluations of the use of their own facilities. Those policies include: 1) Eliminating handshakes between opposing teams and coaches. 2) “Masking up” all players and coaches who are on the sidelines along with fans in the stands, particularly when social distancing isn’t possible. 3) Having schools and districts establish and enforce protocols and place signs at their facilities to inform participants and spec-
Many high school athletes are celebrating a return to the field after spring sports were shutdown in mid-March due to COVID-19. (Photo courtesy Astrongphotography)
tators of their own required policies, which 4) Mandating that sick players, coaches may include mandated masks. This also in- or spectators not participate in practices or cludes determining seating capacity allowed. games. Continued page 20
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Continued from page 19 5) Having each school fill out Utah Event Management forms and sending copies to the UHSAA. Additionally, daily temperature screenings for athletes and coaches, constant sanitizing, using personal water bottles, having wider sidelines, longer timeouts and setting a cap on uniformed players (at 50 for football) are among other procedures being required for each school. In an Aug. 13 memo to UHSAA schools and administrators, Cuff called for all members to “double down on efforts to ensure that safety guidelines are being universally adhered to across the association…one district, one school, one team, one coach, one student participant who chooses not to follow these guidelines has the potential to undermine participation for all.” While many states around the country have delayed the start of high school fall sports until at least the start of the new year, Utah was one of 17 states nationwide to begin as scheduled. “For months, we have been working closely with the state health department and the governor’s office to stay in tune to what’s happening,” Cuff said. “We are in uncharted territory, so we are carefully and constantly navigating how to move forward.” Keeko Georgelas, Murray High’s athletic director said, “The district has worked really hard to put a model in place. A lot of work has gone into designing a model to give
this thing a shot and it has a chance to work, although I’m apprehensive about the human nature of things, especially in the pre-game and post-game. I’m actually not as fearful of the games themselves.” And despite the best efforts of the nearly 100,000 members and 155 teams statewide, COVID-19 has again disrupted high school sports in Utah. A positive test on the Lone Peak girls soccer team put the whole program in quarantine, missing four games over a two-week period. Most notably, three players on Bingham’s football team tested positive which led to the cancellation of its season opener against Weber Aug. 13. “Those kids have never showed any symptoms and are as healthy as can be,” said Bingham head coach Dave Peck, who noted that they were cleared for a return to practice Aug. 17. “The health department came in and tested the whole team—100 kids and coaches—and there were two more positive tests found. Those players have been quarantining and will for 10 days. What we’ve proven here is that we’re not spreading it through our team; it’s coming through outside sources.” Peck said his program canceled camps and scrimmages over the summer to deal with cases and out of an abundance of caution, but losing that time along with their first game has been tough. “We have a group that could seriously
challenge for the state title, but with all that we dealt with in the summer, we’re behind,” he said. “Plus, we didn’t play this week while everyone else did.” And yet, the grim reality of the COVID-19 situation sets in further for Peck as he has watched one player struggle with coronavirus so severely that the player’s 25-year-old sister contracted the virus and she is now on life support. Now, for the second week in a row to begin the football season, a game will not be played as Cyprus had two players test positive which will cancel its game with Ridgeline Aug. 20. These cancellations are considered no contests and will not be rescheduled, for most sports, and do not count against them in RPI rankings. And those are just the more current cases that are more widely known. That doesn’t even include the various sports from Bonneville, Box Elder, Clearfield, Farmington, Fremont, Granger, Herriman, Layton, Syracuse, Weber and others that had to cancel practices, scrimmages and camps throughout the summer as they dealt with positive tests for some players and coaches. “We’re doing all we can to play safe so we can play as long as we can,” Georgelas said. Cuff noted the “remarkable job” schools and districts are doing. “This is a massive effort to provide the best for our kids,” he said. “We want them
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This season looks different than in years past as three Juan Diego Catholic High School soccer players “mask up” at a recent game. (Photo courtesy Alysia Love)
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