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HERRIMAN RESIDENT WINS GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD GAMES By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

ife-long Herriman resident Kaden Brown achieved a long-time goal last month: winning a gold medal in tumbling at the World Games, which were held in Birmingham, Alabama. Growing up, Kaden’s parents had a rule that their kids always be involved in some kind of sport or extracurricular activity. So when he started to get bored after earning his black belt in Taekwondo at the age of 11, he began looking for other options. “My mom suggested gymnastics and at first I was skeptical because I thought it was just a girls sport,” Brown said. But after trying a beginner’s class offered by a local recreation center, he realized that he loved it and quickly enrolled at Wasatch Trampoline and Tumbling, located in Draper. It was a perfect fit for a kid who grew up with a tendency to jump and flip off the family couch, much to his parents’ concern. In fact, he was such a natural that he won a national championship for his age group just one year after starting the sport. That was followed by joining the junior national team, with which he traveled to compete and won his first international medal in 2015. A year later, he moved up to the senior national

team at just 15 years old. (Normally, the youngest age for new members is 17 years old.) As part of the national team, he was able to travel and compete everywhere from Russia and Tokyo to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. He also got to compete under the tutelage of his coach from Wasatch Trampoline and Tumbling, Becky Brown, who was added to the team’s coaching staff in 2015. “Becky Brown built me up from the bottom,” Kaden said. “Since she’s been in the sport, she gets it. One thing she excels in is the mental aspect of gymnastics. Mental blocks are a huge thing in gymnastics and she handles that kind of stress really well. I’ve had those mental blocks and she’s been able to help me get through those.” Equally important for Kaden has been the support of his family. “They’re so supportive—not just financially but also emotionally. They’ve always been my number one fans. I’m super thankful to have them in my life,” he said. Throughout his time on the senior team, Kaden’s goal has been to reach The World Games, an athletic event held every four years that includes sports and Continued page 5

Kaden Brown won the gold medal in mens’ tumbling at The World Games, held in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photos courtesy of Kaden Brown)

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Seek shelter from the heat at county-owned facilities By Sarah Morton Taggart | s.taggart@mycityjournals.com

riple-digit temperatures and excessive heat warnings have become common during the summer in northern Utah. These conditions can be deadly to those without reliable access to air-conditioning. Thanks to a partnership between Salt Lake County Aging & Adult Services, Salt Lake County Library Services and Salt Lake County Parks & Recreation, anyone can seek shelter from the heat in one of 36 county-owned facilities. Adults age 60 and older can use an additional 18 senior center locations. The Cool Zone locations are air conditioned and open to the public. Anyone can cool off, hydrate and learn about other resources and programs. Loriann Warner, manager of the Midvale Senior Center, reports that older adults come to the center who either don’t have air conditioning in their home or the unit they do have is not working. “If a senior is staying at home in a house with no ability to cool the space, temperatures escalate above 100 degrees and if the senior is not drinking enough water they can become dehydrated and ill,” Warner said. “Dehydration due to excess heat can negatively impact the health of a senior.” Warner recommends coming to the center for a class, staying for lunch, and following that with time to exercise to take advantage of the facility during the hottest hours of the day. Most senior centers are open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Libraries and recreation centers are open on weekends and have longer hours—as late as 9 p.m. at some libraries and 10 p.m. at some recreation centers. Libraries are free and open to all. Recreation centers may require fees to participate in programs or activities, but

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Whitmore Library is one of 36 county-owned facilities where anyone can cool off and find respite from hot summer days. (Sarah Morton Taggart/City Journals)

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The Midvale Senior Center is a great place for individuals 60 years and older to cool off in the summer. (Sarah Morton Taggart/City Journals)

agers and front-line staff recognized a need among our older population, namely that a lot of lower-income older adults don’t have air conditioning at home to help manage hot summer temperatures,” January said. “Our teams mobilized and started two initiatives: one to distribute fans and portable AC units to our homebound clientele, and the cool zones, which are aimed at people who can leave home and are mobile enough to visit a senior center, library or county recreation center.” Sean Bailey, communications and public relations manager for the county, was with the Department of Aging & Adult Services at that time. “At the inception, we realized that we needed to offer more locations as to not limit the program to people

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There’s no looking back for innovative teachers By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com

hen the pandemic forced classrooms online, many teachers got a crash course in using digital teaching resources. While some went back to traditional methods once they could, others never looked back. Fifth grade teacher Kelli Cannon embraced the many digitals tools and resources available in 2020. She earned her Educational Technology Endorsement and then also became a Nearpod Certified Educator, an Apple Certified Teacher, and a Level 1 and 2 Good Certified Educator. Cannon opted to teach a virtual class during the 2020-21 school year before returning to Ridge View Elementary last year. Cannon, who was named 2022 Innovative Teacher of the Year by the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology, said she would not be the teacher she is today, using the resources she is today, if not for the pandemic. “I never would have signed up for the endorsement classes and gotten better if I didn't need it,” she said. “I was teaching online and I was getting tired of the same old three things—Canvas, Kahoot and Google Slides—and I needed new material. And so that got me excited about trying different things.” One of the new things she tried this past year was purchasing a 3D printer for her classroom. “Learning how to use this 3D printer has been the highlight of my students' year,” Cannon said. Cannon and her students experimented with various prints, creating simple pencil toppers and then moving on to more complex 3D maps for social studies lessons and 3D viruses for science lessons. Cannon printed detailed 3D hands and hearts, instead of using pictures of body parts to review for the year-end science test. “The result was phenomenal,” Cannon said. “The students started asking questions like ‘What does that vein do?’ or ‘Wow, why is it shaped that way and not like a regular heart?’” Jared Covili, administrator of Jordan District’s Digital Teaching and Learning Department, said Cannon is one of the most innovative teachers in Jordan District, one that will be a guest on the department podcast which will Continued from front page

events not contested in the Olympics. Originally, the event was supposed to be held in 2021, but had to be pushed back a year because of COVID-19. Another thing that sets The World Games apart from the Olympics is that each country only sends one athlete per event. Being that one person to represent the United States in tumbling was a “huge honor,” Kaden said.

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Utilizing a 3D printer in her fifth grade classroom is one of the reasons Kelli Cannon was chosen as an Innovative Teacher of the Year. (Jet Burnham/City Journals) A 3D printed heart gives students a hands-on review of body systems. (Jet Burnham/City Journals)

launch this September to highlight outstanding teachers. “She's somebody who found a niche with technology very early in her classroom and saw the benefits of it,” he said. “The biggest thing that sets Kelli apart from a lot of teachers is that she's willing to experiment and try things and see how they play out in her class because she has a real commitment to the notion that technology will answer students’ learning.” Covili said most teachers have incorporated some digital resources into their classroom because even those who prefer more traditional methods must be prepared for virtual learning days in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak or bad weather, such as the snow day last winter that transitioned into a virtual learning day for JSD students. JSD’s Digital Teaching and Learning Department actively supports teacher innovation. Through the state legislature’s Digital Teaching and Learning grant, they provide technology devices, support personnel and training. Every JSD school has access to digital learning specialists, IT support and digital coaches to help teachers integrate technology into their instruction. Tech tools engage students but digital learning specialist Deanna

Taylor emphasizes that they should be used to enhance instruction, not replace it. “Technology does not need to be used if it is not the best tool to teach students to learn,” she said. “There is a balance between creation with technology and simply using technology.” She believes the best uses of technology are for accessing and reviewing information and for allowing students to show what they’ve learned by creating a video, designing a virtual website or creating an infographic instead of just writing a report. “Technology gives students another way to access information and to be creative when showing what they understand and can do,” Taylor said. Technology tools also allow students and teachers to connect with places and collaborate with people outside their classroom, Covili said. He said resources such as Canvas Commons and Open Education Resources, where lesson materials and ideas can be shared, have become invaluable for teachers. “It's a huge time saver for teachers, but also a great collaborative effort for people so that they don't all have to recreate the same content,” Covili said. Cannon is a regular content contributor. “Once she's learned how to do something and sees the impact on her students, she doesn't

want to keep it just for herself and in her classroom. She wants to help others do it, too,” Covili said. To help teachers utilize the many digital tools available on the Google platform JSD uses, Cannon restarted the Utah Google Educator Group, which has been inactive for several years, but now has more than 100 members statewide. One tool Cannon has shared on the forum is Google Translate, which she uses daily. When nine new students from Venezuela joined her class last spring, Google Translate helped the students, who didn’t know English, to access instruction in real-time in their native language, preventing them from being left behind. Cannon said her non-English speaking students can also participate more fully in lessons when she uses 3D printed materials. “I think it is really cool to use the 3D printer because then they can see it and touch it, and that doesn't have to be in a certain language,” she said. Cannon looks forward to utilizing her 3D printer even more this coming school year as she gets more experienced using it. “It opens up a whole new world of possibility,” she said. “I will see what I can incorporate into the curriculum.”l

Kaden also happened to be the very last athlete to perform in the entire event. Being the last to go in the tumbling final, he knew that based on his competitors scores, all he had to do was execute his planned routine and he would win the gold. And that’s exactly what he did, with a high-soaring series of flips over 15 feet into the air, with the last one being a triple backflip. After sticking the landing, he threw his hands up in the air, as if he already knew that he had secured the

gold medal. “It was an incredible experience,” Kaden said. “Competing in that arena was really amazing because it was an American crowd. They were super loud for all the Americans.” So what’s next for Kaden? Prior to The World Games, he said he thought maybe he would retire from gymnastics afterwards. But now, he’s not so sure. While he’s expecting to graduate from the University of Utah with a degree in kinesiology next year

and has an eye on a future career in sports training, he might not be done with his own career yet. Kaden said he’s looking into the possibility of joining Cirque du Soleil in Vegas, and also hasn’t ruled out the possibility of training for the next installment of The World Games, scheduled to take place in Chengdu, China in 2025. “I feel like I have enough left to give that I’m going to keep doing it. I’m not planning on being done anytime soon,” he said. l

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Low-cost dental clinic helps transform smiles for children and adults By Sarah Morton Taggart | s.taggart@mycityjournals.com

n 2019, the Charitable Health Clinic operated by Midvale Community Building Community (CBC) was busy: an average of 200 medical or dental visits per month. A few months into the pandemic that number increased, and now the number of total visits has doubled. “June (2021) is when we started getting absolutely slammed,” said Mauricio Agramont, the executive director of Midvale CBC. “People started being ready to go back to get medical and dental services. Everybody who had delayed treatment for so long, they all came. A lot of people lost their job or their insurance.” A few months later, Dr. Priscila Bautista began volunteering. Originally from Brazil, Bautista came to the United States with her husband and three children in 2016. Though she graduated from dental school more than 20 years ago, Bautista needed to complete a two-year residency and work 6,000 hours to be fully licensed to practice dentistry here. “I’m an international dentist,” Bautista said. “I need to build up hours working as a dentist and the only way I can do this is as a volunteer. It’s amazing helping those people who need it. So I decided to stay here full time, every day, all day long. Some Saturdays, some nights.” Soon after Bautista arrived, the clinic was also able to upgrade the dental equipment. “We used to work with portable dental units,” Agramont said. “Now we have four full working chairs with a vacuum pump and compressor. We’ve improved our electronic medical records system and that has really changed the quality of the experience. Before, our capacity to serve wasn’t as great. We had to develop X-rays. Now we are digital. That is improving the experience of our volunteer dentists.” The clinic offers all the services of a private clinic: fillings, root canals, extractions, implants, even cosmetic treatments like whitening and veneers all for less than half the price. Clients do not need to have insurance, but they do need to provide proof of income. “Patients save 60% of the costs. The community said we don’t want free services, we want affordable services,” Agramont said. “They would live with an impacted tooth for a year. Deciding to start the dental clinic came from horror stories, people coming in with a broken tooth because they tried to extract it themselves. We serve working families who would delay care for themselves, but not for their children.” One in five children in Utah have untreated dental decay and need immediate dental care, according to the Utah Department of Health. With a $5,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation, the clinic has been able to expand low-cost preventative dental services to treat more low-income, uninsured Latino children in Salt Lake County. “This is one of those key initiatives that we really want to support,” said Tiffany Erickson, the media relations manager at Rocky Mountain Power. “What we know is that when kids are hungry, they don’t go to school. When they have medical issues, they don’t go to school. We want to support organizations and initiatives that are helping lower those barriers and make sure that kids have opportunities just like anybody else.” Often, families have some children who were born in the United States and others who weren’t. The younger siblings can qualify for the Children’s Health Insurance Program or Medicaid, while their older siblings don’t. “We have families where one of the children qualifies, but others don’t because of where they were born,” Agramont said. “As a parent, they don’t want to favor one child.”

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Priscila Bautista was a full-time volunteer dentist at Midvale CBC for nearly a year. (Photo courtesy Priscila Bautista)

For more than a decade, the clinic has offered dental services mainly to adults. Now they have one pediatric dentist, Dr. David Stewart, but they need more. The clinic relies on state funding, donations and volunteer providers. “It doesn’t work if the right pieces don’t fall into place,” Agramont said. “You can have the funds, but not the dentists, or the dentists but not the funds. Like teeth in a smile: if one is missing, it’s not pretty. A local dentist who can donate a few hours a week or month will make a big difference. You can choose the schedule that works best for you.” Bautista completed her required hours in July and began working at a private clinic in Murray. She has every intention to continue volunteering at Midvale CBC, but can no longer do it full time. Word of mouth alone keeps the clinic busy. Patients have come from as far away as Tooele and Wendover. Virtually all of the adults who seek care at the clinic are first-generation immigrants from Latin American countries who work full-time, yet are underinsured or have no insurance at all. They often put off dental treatment as long as possible to avoid missing work or facing costly bills. Most employees at Midvale CBC are fluent in English and Spanish. “When I say ‘buenos días’ instead of ‘good morning’ I can see their relief,” said Bautista, who’s native language is Portuguese. “I’m learning both English and Spanish, and the assistants and staff help.” “All of the dentists make that effort to communicate,” Agramont said. “They learn that basic vocabulary and always have dental assistants that speak Spanish and can step

in. When the dentist makes that effort to communicate, that’s the spirt of this clinic.” “You are here to help, but you can learn, too,” Bautista added. “It’s a learning environment because you can take your time. You can do a procedure that is a little bit more complicated, but you can have an hour, two hours per procedure. We can do really nice dentistry.” Tiffany Velasco is the dental manager for the clinic. She has also completed the education necessary to become a dentist, but needs to obtain her license from the state. “My goal is to do the same process as Dr. Bautista,” said Velasco, who is originally from Peru. Velasco coordinates the volunteers, schedules patients, buys supplies, helps maintain dental records and steps in as an assistant when necessary. The volunteer dentists are also supported by a team of volunteer dental hygiene students from Salt Lake Community College. Bautista has been the supervising dentist this past year, working at the clinic from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every Thursday. “Most need a deep cleaning,” Velasco said. “But that’s so expensive. You have to pay out of pocket if you don’t have insurance. It feels great, but $400 is a tough sell for our community. Here you pay $17.” Midvale CBC’s dental and medical clinic are located at 49 W. Center St. in Midvale. “It’s a nice place to work,” Bautista said. “We are like a family here. The environment is special. For me it’s so nice, for the people that would never be able to afford a private practice, we change their smiles.” l

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Dynamic duo win state, now off to play at BYU By Travis Barton | travis.b@thecityjournals.com

hey have plenty of similarities. Both were captains of Riverton High’s state championship winning baseball team in May. They played on the same side of the infield their senior year. Both played basketball until sophomore year of high school. They’ve even always attended the same school. And that’s not about to change Sam Beck and Herriman resident Parker Goff not only helped lead the Silverwolves to their first state title in program history, the duo will now take their talents to Provo next year where they both signed to play for the BYU baseball program. “When we both had offers, it was kind of a surreal moment that we could go play together,” Goff said. While the two could most recently be seen on the field together in Orem where the shortstop (Beck) and third baseman (Goff) shared the left side of the infield as they beat American Fork for the 6A state title, their relationship goes further back. Much further. They were at the same school in kindergarten—Providence Hall—where they became friends, then paired together in the same fourth grade class, where they became best friends. Eventually the two would transfer to Oquirrh Hills to then play for Riverton. “I’ve known him for so long, it’s crazy,” Goff said. They weren’t always on the same baseball teams though, occasionally guest playing for each other’s squad, but that was it. But baseball’s always been first choice for them. Goff began playing as soon as it was possible for him. “Whenever you can start, I started and haven’t stopped since.” Beck started at age 3 and “loved it ever since.” Though both of them dabbled in basketball before focusing solely on baseball their sophomore years. “We’ve always been best friends and here we are, now we’re going to be roommates at BYU so it’s freaking awesome,” Beck said. It wasn’t initially thought that both would go to BYU, but it was their first choice. After attending camps for the university and then being seen while playing on the same summer ball team, they both got offers their sophomore year. Their friendship runs so deep, Beck said they never get in arguments, they don’t keep secrets from each other and Goff is the first person he’ll call if he needs help. “He’s the nicest kid you’ll ever meet, just a stud on and off the field,” Beck said. “He always has the same attitude, too. Whether he’s having a bad day or a fantastic day, he’s always in a good mood, that’s just awesome about him.” Beyond the kindness though, you’ll find

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Herriman resident Parker Goff was one of two designated captains on the Riverton baseball team. He’ll take that leadership with him to BYU, where he has signed to play along with Sam Beck. (Photo by Pat McDonald)

laughter that generally doesn’t stop, much to the delight of Goff. “(Sam) has this super contagious laugh, anyone who knows him knows his laugh because they call it a honk,” he said. “He always makes fun of me for my laugh,” Beck said. “He just starts dying every time, and then it makes me laugh even harder and the honk just gets worse.” The bond continues onto the field where Beck spent years developing a connection from the mound with Goff, who is normally a catcher. “I’ve always looked up to him,” Beck said. “He’s one of the best catchers I’ve ever seen, he knew the way I pitched and would set up in the perfect spot. He’s my favorite catcher ever to pitch to.” Goff also described Beck as “one of the nicest dudes” off the field. On the field though, “he’s one of the most athletic people I’ve ever met in my life.” “He has the sneakiest strength ever,” Goff continued. “To have his size and hit the ball like he does and throw as hard as he does is crazy.” Beck, a 5’10 right-hander who was voted the 6A player of the year, almost didn’t play his senior season after having Tommy John surgery back in October. Besides the state championship, Goff identified his best friend’s recovery as one of their best moments as teammates. Beck was told he wouldn’t be able to play his last season in a Riverton uniform, but with each dedicated day in physical therapy, he kept hitting milestones earlier than expected. “He knew he was gonna be a big piece of the puzzle so he grinded physical therapy like

Sam Beck, known by friends for his laugh, will take his talents to BYU next year. (Photo by Pat McDonald)

crazy, it was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Goff recalled. “That dude recovered so fast from Tommy John, faster than most people do just cause he grinded PT so hard.” Goff is no slouch of an athlete either. He played catcher, third and shortstop his senior year at Riverton, earning second team allstate honors. “He knows the game super well,” Beck said of Goff. “He can literally play any position and be a stud at it.” Both of them easily pointed to the state championship as one of their best moments together. Goff also highlighted Beck pulling off a triple-play in the title game as “unreal.” But the journey continues for these two, as one of Beck’s favorite moments is them both committing to BYU. “It’s not over.” l

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Herriman Youth Council brings enthusiasm and service to the community

hen Bethany Hall learned about the Herriman Youth Council, she encouraged her son Ethan to get involved. Hall had worked with the city’s arts council and felt the council was a good way for Ethan to learn about service and community. “I thought, 'sure, why not?'” he said. “It’s been super cool and I’m so glad that I joined. I’ve had friends join as well and it’s been so much fun.” The 2022-23 Herriman Youth Council started its term in July and the 34 council members will serve until the end of June 2023. Ethan, a senior at Mountain Ridge High School, has been part of the council for four years and encourages other youth in Herriman to take advantage of the opportunity to serve. “People think that the youth council is an official organization that isn’t a lot of fun, just kind of like unpaid labor almost,” he said. “But I want the youth who aren’t currently involved to know that it’s a ton of fun.” Youth council members work closely with city leaders to plan service projects and help with city events. In the past, the council has grown a community garden, donating food to those in the city. The council also adopted Mountain View Corridor between 11800 South and 13400 South to keep that area clean. The youth council helps the city’s parks department hang Christmas lights, paint curbs and plant trees. And a highlight for council members is to help with Fort Herriman Towne Days. Destiny Skinner, Herriman communications director and youth city council adviser, said city officials appre-

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ciate the time donated to Herriman by the youth council. Young people aged 14-18 are encouraged to apply each spring for a place on the council. Each applicant submits a community service project idea and agrees to maintain a 2.0 GPA and be a citizen in good standing. Council members can earn a $100 scholarship each year, with a bonus of $100 if they serve all four years, for a total of $500. “They learn how local government works. They learn leadership skills and they also have the ability to earn a scholarship,” Skinner said. “The benefit to the city is to get the young people involved and, of course, it helps the city with events because [the youth council] does a lot of service for us.” Ethan enjoyed attending a two-day youth council leadership conference at Utah State with teens from across the state. He learned how to get more involved with the city and reach out to people who might be interested in serving. “We were able to make a lot of cool friends and it was a super awesome time for us to bond together,” he said. “I realized how important communication is. I didn’t realize that on a city level it’s so important to communicate with other people because that’s how things get done.” The 2022-23 Herriman Youth Council: Kiara SunilSingh, Rebecca Dansie, Sam Weller, Benjamin Dansie, Chloe Stump, Tanner Fountain, Adam Wardle, Lauryn Pelch, Natallie Southam, Joshua Didenhover, Amber Olson, Lilly Smith, Urban Smith, Gabby Apodaca, Dillon Hagen, Zaidy Rojas, Hanah Park, Whitney Robinson,

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Real Monarchs welcome European soccer teams to Utah By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

ast month, the Herriman-based professional soccer team Real Monarchs hosted the first ever MLS NEXT PRO Invitational. The series of games featured two other teams from the MLS Next Pro League, the Colorado Rapids 2 and Toronto FC 2, as well as two teams from Europe, Chelsea FC’s U-21’s and Wolves U-21's (U21 standing for under 21 years old). This wasn’t even the first, or even the second event, hosted by the RSL organization this year. First, Rio Tinto Stadium hosted two teams from Liga MX, Mexico’s top domestic league, for an exhibition match on June 15. Then on June 28, the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Colombia 2-0 in an International Friendly match. “Now our expert staff have the opportunity to show off our exquisite facilities to entities and individuals from the U.S., Canada and England for the first-ever MLS NEXT PRO Invitational, and we could not be prouder to provide this opportunity for our fans, as well as the participant Leagues and Clubs,” said Real Salt Lake President John Kimball. The series of games kicked off on July 19 when the Real Monarchs took on the Chelsea U-21’s at Rio Tinto Stadium. For those not familiar with European soccer (or

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as they call it, football), Chelsea is one of the top teams in England, as well as Europe as a whole. In 2021, they won the Champions League, a tournament which pits the best club teams of Europe against one another. So going up against their developmental squad would be a good test for the Real Monarchs. At first it seemed like the Monarchs might be at a large disadvantage against their English opponent, as they conceded a goal in the very first moments of the game. But they refused to be intimidated by the logo on their jerseys, as they fought back to tie the game 1-1, and once again after conceding another goal, for a final score of 2-2. (Under the rules of the Invitational, the teams also had a penalty shootout, which the Monarchs won.) “We weren’t worried, we weren’t, like, ‘Oh, this is Chelsea, and we’re the Monarchs,’ we just went out there and played with them. We had a great time, we all had a ton of fun. It was a good game,” said Monarchs goalkeeper Gavin Beavers. “With respect to Chelsea, we didn’t care who it was we were playing. We just knew we had to compete and perform. We fought for every single ball and were so locked in. I just couldn’t be more proud of all our guys,” added defender Jaziel Orozco. The favorable result against one of

The Real Monarchs played English football powerhouse Chelsea’s U-21 team to a 2-2 draw last month at Rio Tinto Stadium. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

the most recognizable soccer brands in the world has given the Monarchs a boost of confidence as they head into the final stretch of their season. “It’s very good for us. We have an established team now that there are 18 to 20 players on our roster that we’ve been training with. Whenever you have time to train

and build confidence in each other the results start to show and that has helped us so much. We are playing well and scoring goals and it’s just a great moment to be in,” said Midfielder Pedro Fonseca. The Monarchs have four remaining home games at Zions Bank Stadium, on Aug. 5 and 26 and Sep. 3 and 18. l

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City survey shows strong interest in fiber network By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com

uring its July 13 meeting, the Herriman City Council discussed the results of a community survey on potential fiber network installation plans for the city. The survey, which ran from May 1731, garnered over 2,000 responses. The survey was designed to gauge the current need and availability of internet service in Herriman, as well as residents’ and businesses’ interest in a fiber network. The results showed some pretty surprising figures on both fronts. Internet access is clearly a hugely important issue for Herriman residents, as 53% of the survey’s respondents said they use the internet to work from home fulltime. Another 33% said they use the internet to work from home part-time. Taken together, that suggests a huge portion of Herriman residents depend on fast and reliable internet connections for their jobs. As for what internet provider Herriman residents currently use, 70% of respondents said they use Comcast/Xfinity and another 25% use Century Link. Although that isn’t necessarily by choice, as 20% of respondents said they only have one option for internet service based on where they live. This is one issue that a citywide fiber network would potentially solve, as any num-

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ber of internet service providers would be able to contract with residents, connecting to their homes through the fiber network. Ideally, this would lead to the cost of internet service decreasing for the average resident, as ISP’s compete against one another. It sounds like a no-brainer, but there are still some questions left when it comes to the finer details. For example, the city could contract with a private company to come in and build out the network, which it would own and lease to ISP’s. Or, the city could hire a company to build it, but the city would own the network and operate it like a utility, while still providing residents the freedom to contract with the ISP of their choice. There’s also the question of whether to make the fiber network installation an optin or an opt-out process. Meaning, should residents have to sign up for their home to get connected to the network, or should everyone be connected by default and people must arrange for themselves to be excluded from it. These are some complicated questions that also financially impact the city and residents. As such, city council members expressed a desire during the meeting to continue exploring the various options

A recent community survey found that an astounding number of Herriman residents use the internet to work from home. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

available to them before making a final decision. To that end, they instructed the city administration to request proposals to the various companies offering fiber installation services. In the coming weeks

and months, the city will receive bids from those companies and possibly some presentations during city council meetings which will help them to make as informed of a decision as possible. l

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The curious case of concrete: How complications exacerbated Utah’s already dire concrete shortage By Deb Hafner | d.hafner@mycityjournals.com

hen Peter and Allyson Fage purchased land in 2021, they were told it would take one year from excavating the foundation to hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree in their dream home. The Fages hired an architect, approved home plans, and were on site when the first shovel of dirt was removed. But, when excavation was finished, the Fages were told there was no concrete available to pour their foundation. After waiting for updates and spending another Christmas in their rental house, the Fages decided to postpone construction on their home until 2023. Of course, the Fages aren’t alone. Residential growth accounts for almost half of all concrete consumption in Utah, and while demand continues to rise, the National Association of Homebuilders cites that in 2021, more than 90% of builders reported delays and materials shortages. Stephanie Hudson, a real estate agent with Realty One Group Distinction, said many people who were going to build have decided to build later and rent or purchase interim homes so their project doesn’t drag on for two years. During the beginning of COVID in 2019, plants around the world started closing and laying off employees. From the emergence of COVID in 2019 up to March 2020 when the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic, more than 50,000 workers in the construction industry were laid off in Hong Kong because of a shortage of cement from COVID-related production suspensions across China. Europe faced similar layoffs and slowdowns. Domestically, cement manufacturers were watching from afar as labor shortages spread across Europe and Asia, and anticipated similar nosedives in the US. Accordingly, they started to manage inventory down, expecting a recession but instead getting a surprise twist with an unprecedented boom in demand that spread across the country. The concrete shortage that the Fages faced is being felt around the country, as demand has increased and COVID-related supply chain disruptions abound. But, in Utah, a series of additional unfortunate challenges converged giving rise to a cataclysmic concrete shortage unlike any other in the nation. Are we talking about cement or concrete? The process to get concrete for foundations, driveways, pools, decks, walls, roads and other infrastructure starts with giant manufacturing plants that quarry, grind and cook limestone to form a rock-like substance called clinker. The clinker is mixed with gypsum and ground to a fine powder called cement. Cement plants are tremendous—as long as a 40-story building laying on its side—and include quarry, mills and kilns. Cement pro-

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duction is limited by the amount of clinker that has been made. Once ground, the cement powder is so fine that one pound of cement contains 150 billion grains. It is considered gold in the ready-mix industry. Cement powder is stored in silos, rail cars or tube-like portable containers called guppies. It is sold and transported directly to ready-mix companies who store it in their own silos and rail cars. When a customer places an order with a ready-mixer, say for the foundation of a house, the cement powder is combined with water to form a paste. The paste is then mixed with aggregates like sand, gravel, or crushed stone, and the end product is concrete. Once the concrete is mixed, it is perishable and has to be used right away. As Richard Thorn, president and CEO of Associated General Contractors of Utah, says, “Cement is the flour needed to bake the cake.” Without cement, there is no concrete. Utah is home to two cement manufacturing plants that produce a total combined capacity of two metric tons per year. Ash Grove, in Leamington, Utah, is owned by public company CRH, an international building materials group. Holcim’s Devil’s Slide plant near Ogden is owned by publicly-traded Switzerland-based conglomerate Holcim. Together, Ash Grove and Holcim sell about 80% of their cement to the three main ready-mix concrete suppliers in Utah: privately owned Clyde Companies’ Geneva Rock and Sunroc; Staker Parson (which happens to be owned by CRH); and public company Summit’s Altaview Concrete. Receiving the remaining 20% of cement are the small handful of independently owned ready-mix companies spread throughout Utah. Thrown into the amalgamation of high demand and supply chain issues, a sequence of events that started in 2019 have led the Utah cement market to its shortages today. Challenge 1: Utah doesn’t make that much cement to begin with. In addition to Ash Grove and Holcim in Utah, there is one cement manufacturing facility in Nevada, one in New Mexico, one in Wyoming, and three on the eastern side of Colorado. Idaho has no cement production capacity. According to industry experts, cement capacity and production in Utah is already traditionally low as it is only home to two cement plants producing 2 metric tons (California, for example, has the capacity to produce over 13 metric tons per year). Facing growing demand, geographically situated in the middle of other states also with relatively low capacity, all of which are seeing higher demand than in the past, Utah might just be the trickiest place to get cement in the United States right now, according to one industry

A foundation sits waiting for concrete. (Deb Hafner/City Journals)

expert. Challenge 2: Reserves were already at the low end of capacity, and demand didn’t slow. During the winter, cement manufacturers normally face a lull and use that time to shut down production for a month to perform routine maintenance. Once maintenance is complete, and the lull continues, they start to build reserves. In Utah, a mild winter and a housing boom raised demand, and the reserves were drawn down instead of being replenished. According to Patrick Cleary, vice president of Cement Sales at Holcim, when Covid delays started ransacking Europe and Asia, Holcim started to manage inventory but then saw a boom in construction instead. Data shows a steady increase in Utah cement consumption over the last 10 years, but the most rapid growth peaked in 2020, at a time when experts thought that consumption would weaken because of the pandemic.

There may be some relief in the future, says Ed Sullivan, chief economist at the Portland Cement Association, if residential construction demand decreases as interest rates go up. Challenge 3: Utah can’t rely on imports to build reserves. Depleted reserves and unprecedented demand in an already low-capacity environment saw manufacturers looking elsewhere to meet customer needs. Sullivan reports that total maritime imports to the entire U.S. West Coast from Asia in 2021 reached 5.73 metric tons, a staggering 54% increase from 3.71 metric tons in 2019. An independent ready-mix company in Salt Lake City that has gotten cement from Ash Grove since the early 1990s said a few years ago, Ash Grove switched their supply from cement made at the Ash Grove plant to cement imported by Ash Grove from Vietnam. Most domestic cement manufacturers rely on imported powder to build reserves or

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to sell to smaller ready-mixers, saving the domestic powder for continuity for their larger customers. According to Sullivan, about 85% of U.S. cement imports are from six countries: Canada and Mexico account for 40%; China and South Korea around 20%; and the remaining 40% comes from Greece and Turkey. To further complicate depleting domestic cement reserves, Turkish cement exports are being disrupted by the war in Ukraine. As cement imports increased to meet domestic demand, a drastic rise in shipping rates, the global labor shortage, and a national truck driver shortage are making it difficult to get the imported powder to Utah from ports on the West Coast. (Many will recall recent news cycles about the ships sitting in California ports with no one to unload them.) Thorn is optimistic that Utah does not have any truck driver shortages, and indeed the Utah unemployment rate is at 1.9%, one of the lowest in the country. But that doesn’t mean the state doesn’t feel the squeeze from national truck driver shortages, labor shortages and related shipping issues. For Holcim, truck driver shortages have impacted the ability to transport cement domestically, according to Cleary, making borrowing reserves from other Holcim plants throughout the U.S. take a little longer. Challenge 4: Nor can it rely on neighbors to help out. In addition to foreign imports, cement manufacturers purchase powder domestically from other states. But when demand skyrocketed, states that would regularly share powder across borders halted exports. A cement producer in Arizona reported they are selling to that state’s market only, and that they and their competitors are similarly sold out and can’t meet their own state’s demands. If Utah had previously been receiving cement from Arizona, that channel is now cut off. The largest cement producer across the U.S. and Mexico is Cemex, a Mexican multinational building materials company. Cemex has 15 plants located in the U.S. West. To address shortages in the U.S., it has reopened two cement plants in northern Mexico that were previously shuttered. However, the two newly reopened plants will not be operational until the fall. Challenge 5: There are some additives for concrete that decrease the percentage of cement mix, but those channels dried up. Another piece of the puzzle has to do with a coal plant smoke stack byproduct called fly ash. Fly ash is a pozzolan, an ingredient that has no value on its own but adds value when used as an additive in another material. When fly ash is mixed into concrete, the concrete becomes more dense and remains stronger over time. In some instances, adding fly ash is required by engineers on large infrastructure projects, like bridges. Ready-mixers love fly ash as a cement extender because it can be used to replace a significant percentage of cement in concrete,

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decreasing costs and using less cement. Anytime a ready-mixer can replace some cement with fly ash, they do. However, operation of one of the largest coal-fired power plants and fly ash suppliers in the Southwest ended in November 2019, when Salt River Project permanently shut down the Navajo Generating Station located on the Navajo Nation just east of Page, Arizona. The fly ash supply was cut off for Utah and surrounding states and ready-mixers had to increase cement in their concrete mixture. Further impact on fly ash came when the EPA considered classifying it as a hazardous material instead of byproduct, affecting buyer confidence, for who wants a hazardous material in their driveway or pool? As channels to procure fly ash shut down, Clyde Companies (the owner of Geneva Rock and Sunroc) established Bridgesource in 2020, a fly ash company that has exclusive rights to ash from the Jim Bridger Power Plant in Wyoming. Almost overnight in Ogden, according to residents who jokingly thought aliens had landed, two giant spheres, each 120-foot-tall fly ash silos, appeared. And though Geneva Rock and Sunroc would seem to be the natural beneficiaries of the pozzolan, Bridgesource opened distribution channels to other ready-mix companies, and fly ash sources came back online. The pause in pozzolan availability, however, did not help an already drastic situation. Challenge 6: On top of everything else, broken equipment and maintenance issues cause major setbacks. The nail in the coffin for the Utah cement market was equipment issues at the Ash Grove plant. A gear box in its clinker mill was sent out for maintenance, and a temporary replacement installed, and that part quickly malfunctioned. Ash Grove had the original part returned before it was repaired, and removed the replacement part, but in the meantime cement production was offline. In addition, regular maintenance required Ash Grove to rebrick one of the kilns, grinding production to a full stop. Ash Grove is just now ramping back up, and has told ready mixers they are going to have production to 65% by midsummer. (At the time of publication, representatives from Ash Grove hadn’t returned phone calls or emails for comments.) Holcim’s Devil’s Slide plant didn’t have any issues with maintenance, but its Colorado plant, from which it relies on reserves, had some unplanned outages, and combined with the truck driver shortage, it was a little more difficult to ship plant-to-plant. As far as equipment goes, in the current climate, when something breaks or requires maintenance, the supply chain and labor shortage disruptions once again burden the cement industry, as parts, shipping of parts, and service on those parts is hindered. Challenge 7: Allocations don’t help the small ready-mix companies. For independent concrete installers, it’s increasingly hard to get concrete, with no end

Holcim’s Devil’s Slide cement plant near Ogden. (Google images)

to the shortage in sight. “I ordered concrete for a project two weeks ago,” says one installer who did not want to be named, partly in fear of upsetting suppliers, “and they allocated 60% of what I ordered, and I am still waiting to get that.” With reserves and production issues vexing the two cement manufacturers in Utah, and maintenance problems afflicting one, Holcim and Ash Grove put all customers on allocation in 2021. In some instances, by the time installers ordered from ready-mix companies, they were getting 250 square feet of concrete at a time, spread out over weeks, when they were used to getting over 1,000 square feet within a day. Even big infrastructure projects in the state were put on allocation. John Gleason, UDOT spokesperson, says the big projects that require concrete, the I-80 and I-215 Renewed project, the West Davis Corridor project, and the U.S. Route 89 reconstruction in Davis County, are being affected by the cement shortage. Gleason said that UDOT employees have had to be flexible and ready to work when materials are finally available. Sometimes that means doing work during times they wouldn’t normally work. For example, early in June, the crews had to start laying concrete on the U.S. 89 project during the morning commute, work that would normally take place at night or early morning. “Overall, we've dealt with challenges for the past several years like many industries, and we've come through it with minimal delays. This is a new challenge, and we have to make sure we schedule activities around availability to make sure we can keep our projects moving.” After a while, UDOT could wait no longer, and received approval to purchase cement from manufacturers in Iowa and South Dakota. There is an end in sight, but maybe hold off on that pool. Holcim transitioned 100% production to a product that adds additional limestone to extend the powder portion of cement, and they are beginning to rollout their “eco planet product,” a natural pozzolan (not fly ash) that extends clinker (and comes with the added benefit of 30% reduction in CO2 emissions). “Expanding what we have and reducing

our footprint at the same time is a double positive for us,” Cleary said. Paul Phillips, the owner of Ready Made Concrete, said, “I am the little guy in all of this, but it has been a battle for even the big corporations. We are all approaching the cement shortage differently during these challenging times, and it is a learning experience for us, and a way to become a better company. Some companies had to lay people off and we didn’t, and as a small company we were able to show our appreciation to our employees.” But, he added, “It took a catastrophic event to realize we rely on a single source, and now we see how vulnerable we are.” Supply chain shortages and disruptions have been framed as part of the disturbance caused by the pandemic, with the federal government hinting that supply chains will go back to normal when COVID goes away, but that has not been the case, and the rebuilding of supply chains is slow going. Facing an unprecedented demand with already low reserves, limited access to substitute materials, equipment failure and maintenance issues, global supply chain and labor shortages, problems with imports, and Utah’s geographic location in a cement desert, coalesced, not to form a perfect batch of soupy gray concrete, but instead a cement calamity, from which Utah may not emerge until 2023. l

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n a world of ever-present multimedia options and shortened attention spans, Herriman City is finding ways to still connect with residents and deliver useful information to them. Beginning in April, the city began publishing short videos on their social media channels recapping the most recent city council meeting. Each video features a communications staff member joined by a city council member, and together they talk about the most relevant information from the previous council meeting. “If we’re being honest, very few residents are going to get on and watch an entire council meeting. Our average meeting length this year is probably 4 to 4 ½ hours and that is a lot to sit through,” said Mayor Lorin Palmer. Palmer said when he first came into office at the beginning of the year, he sat down with Assistant City Manager Tami Moody to brainstorm ideas for how to improve outreach to the community. “She mentioned that she always wanted to put this type of video out and it was a no-brainer,” he said. “With the busy lifestyles that so many in our community have, we wanted to offer an easy way for them to get a quick synopsis of what took place in their city council meetings, the discussions that were had, and the decisions that were made,” Moody said. The videos average about 10 minutes in length and have far surpassed the city council’s actual live streams of its meetings. For example, the most recent city council meeting live stream amassed 320

Sometimes seeing a face on a screen makes us all more relatable to each other. Really, humanizing us all as a council and a staff is a top priority of my time in office. — Mayor Lorin Palmer views on Facebook. The meeting recap however, was viewed nearly 2,000 times. The videos also double as a way to “humanize” the city council members, according to Palmer. “Sometimes seeing a face on a screen makes us all more relatable to each other. Really, humanizing us all as a council and a staff is a top priority of my time in office,” he said. The response to the new video series has been positive, according to Palmer and Moody. While some residents haven’t loved the information contained in the recaps (no city council decision is ever going to please everyone) they have appreciated the fact that it’s so accessible. You can find the city council recap videos on the Herriman Facebook page or on their YouTube channel. l

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