April 2024 | Vol. 21 Iss. 4
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CELEBRATING A LIFELONG COMMITMENT: TRIBUTES TO CANYONS SCHOOL BOARD VP By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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ive years ago this month, Canyons Board of Education member Mont Millerberg jumped onto an excavator. He was wearing a gray suit and tie and dress shoes that slid a bit in the muddy ground on what had recently been a grassy field at Midvalley Elementary. Music was blaring as the announcer asked, “Are we ready for a countdown to move some dirt on this brand new home of the Junior Huskies?” Before the countdown expired, Millerberg had already figured out how to move the scoop to grab dirt for the first ceremonial dig of the new Midvalley Elementary. When the countdown quickened, he pivoted the steel arm to the right. Then, after the crowd finished 3, 2, 1, he swung it back to drop the dirt in the same spot. He got a second scoop and received applause from one of the largest crowds in recent history to watch a groundbreaking. “Right before the groundbreaking started, he leaned over and showed me the keys and said, ‘I’ve arranged for you to be able to use the excavator to dig dirt; it’s going to be so much fun,’” former Midvalley Principal Tamra Baker said. “I told him, ‘There’s no way for me to do that without having tried.’ He had a twinkle in his eye, and I could see the 10-year-old boy awaken in him. He hopped right up there, didn’t give it a second thought that he hadn’t done it before, and shoveled some dirt. The kids thought it was great. I laughed the whole time. I admired him very much. He was fun; always quick with a joke. He was a faithful public servant who knew what needed to be done and was willing to sacrifice a tremendous amount of time to make Continued page 6
Without a second thought, Canyons Board of Education member Mont Millerberg jumped into the excavator to “move some dirt” at the groundbreaking of Midvalley Elementary in April 2019. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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