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E-SCOOTER PROGRAM arrives in Sandy

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he downtown-ification of Sandy’s west side is continuing apace this summer as July saw the arrival of e-scooters in the city. The scooters, managed by a company called Lime, allow users to download an app that unlocks the scooters for $1 and then charges 25 cents for every minute the scooter is in use. The scooters are designed to solve the “first mile-last mile” problem, which is that most peoples’ homes and destinations aren’t quite close enough to a public transit stop so they resort to driving in their cars. For example, many people who attend events at Rio Tinto Stadium may be deterred from taking TRAX to get there because the closest station is a solid 10-15 minute walk depending on the person. Or consider Hale Centre Theatre, where attendees are in for at least a 20-minute walk from the nearest TRAX station. Now, the city hopes more people will consider using public transportation to arrive in the general vicinity of their destination and then use one of the 200 Lime e-scooters now stationed in the city to make it the rest of the way. (Users should be aware the scooters are only operable between the hours of 5 a.m. and midnight and from 8600 South to 11400

South and from I-15 to 700 East.) “This is a historic day in Sandy,” said Mayor Kurt Bradburn during a July 8 press conference at City Hall where the e-scooter program was officially launched. “This is a big part of our future.” That future is the Cairns District, a geographic area that spans from 9000 South to 11400 South and from I-15 to 700 East, which Bradburn calls the city’s economic engine. The area already boasts many attractions like Rio Tinto Stadium, Hale Centre Theatre, the Shops at South Town, the Sandy Expo Center. As the area continues to develop into the valley’s “second downtown,” the ability to quickly navigate through it will be paramount. “This sort of downtown feel only works if it’s accessible and people can move around easily,” said Bradburn. The mayor also touted the introduction of the e-scooter program as another way in which the city is helping combat air pollution (having installed 45 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the city in June). “Getting people out of their cars is the only way we’re going to reduce air pollution,” he said. The scooters, however, are only here on a three-month trial basis. Whether they stay

The e-scooters cost $1 to unlock and an additional 25 cents per minute to ride. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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Magical costumes and stage technology make ‘Cinderella’ an unforgettable fairytale By Christy Jepson | christy@mycityjournals.com

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odger and Hammerstein’s 2013 Broadway musical “Cinderella” is the newest musical to slip on stage at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy. This new storybook romance has a lot of the familiar elements of the original version: a pumpkin, a carriage, glass slippers, a ball, an evil stepmother and a handsome prince. But this new 2013 version is a contemporary take on the classic fairytale. Rodgers and Hammerstein originally wrote the songs for a 1957 television broadcast starring Julie Andrews. It was then remade twice for television and adapted for the Broadway stage. The new 2013 book/production by Douglas Carter Beane introduces several new characters, a sympathetic stepsister and several new Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, including “Me, Who Am I,” “Now is the Time,” “He Was Tall” and “There Is Music in You.” “People are really going to love seeing this updated version with the Hale’s magical touches,” said David Tinney, the director and choreographer. The entire production is full of magic, beautiful costumes, outstanding local talent and spectacular sets and staging. Hale even added in some adorable furry woodland animal puppets that become Cinderella’s friends. Sally Dietlein, Hale Centre Theatre’s vice president and executive producer, said, “This show is just out of the box! Producing a fairy tale like ‘Cinderella’ gives us license to go big with staging, props, costumes — everything. Our shows are the ultimate live theater experience, because literally no one else can match our Centre Stage technology. It opens up a whole different world of magic.” Not only will the audience members see magical stage technology in this production, they will see magical costume changes, too. Mary Ann Hill, the costume designer for the

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production, has been having a ball working on the dazzling, beautiful, magical costumes. According to Hill, when Tinney approached her and asked if she would want to do the costumes for this show, she said she couldn’t say no. She has enjoyed working with Tinney before in several productions at the Hale Center Theater in Orem where she previously worked for 21 years. “The attention to detail Hale Centre Theatre gives to all of its productions is out of this world,” said Hill. “It is so exciting to be part of this show!” Hill started working on “Cinderella” in March when she was involved in concept meetings with members of the production team. In early April she went to Los Angeles to shop for fabric for the show and in May started working full time designing, creating and sewing the costumes. Throughout the past four months, it was not uncommon for Hill and her team to work over 120 hours a week to get the costumes just perfect for this production. “Cinderella” has about 30 actors per cast. “On average each actor has about five costume changes. Each of those changes are made up of about seven to ten costume pieces (shoes, hats, gloves, bloomers, jewelry, etc.) So that means there is 2,000–3,000 costume pieces for this show!” said Hill. So how does the costume department make all those costumes? Hill explained that a third of the costumes were pulled from Hale’s costume shop where they still had to trim and sew things onto them. One third of the costumes were purchased, but again still a lot of adaptations and changes were made to those too, and the last third of the costumes were created from scratch. Hill’s favorite thing about being involved in the costume department is how often she gets to work with the actors. “I love

Mack and Amy Keeler play the fairy godmother/Marie and Cinderella. (Photo credit: Hale Centre Theatre)

interacting with the actors and the directors. I love the fittings, the rehearsals, asking the actors if the costumes are working for them. I just love being able to help the actors tell their story. In fact, I try to do everything in my own power to help them tell their story,” said Hill. The costume shop at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy was constantly buzzing and humming for months to prepare for the opening of “Cinderella.” The shop consists of 11– 12 industrial sewing machines, three industrial sergers and about 8–15 people working in the costume shop at any given time. Hill acknowledges the talent and hard work of all the women in the entire costume department who worked on the show and costumes. “It takes an army of talented and dedicated ladies in the costume shop!” said Hill. Derek Smith, who plays the charming Prince Topher in one of the casts, credits all costume designers and people backstage who help with everything. “All those costume

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hen Dr. Jeremy Myers was a medical resident in Colorado, he went on a humanitarian trip to Vietnam. “It was a great experience. I knew I wanted to continue to travel when I became a surgeon,” Myers said. Myers’s resident self would be happy to know that he did go on more humanitarian trips. Myers found a partnership with the Sandy based nonprofit IVU Med, which travels to several countries to perform surgeries and teach local clinicians techniques. In June, he went with IVU Med to Rwanda. “I’ve practiced as a reconstructive urologist at the University of Utah for the past 11 years, and I’ve gone on a trip about every other year,” Myers said. “IVU Med was one of the first organizations to promote a teaching model. Our motto is ‘Teach one, reach many.’ There are a lot of humanitarian organizations who travel, but they don’t emphasize the teaching,” Myers said. Myers said there is a dire need for his specialty. “In the U.S. there is a ratio of one urologist per about 50,000 people. In the city of Kigali, Rwanda, there are eight urologists who serve a population of 12 million people,” said Myers.

On the June trip, Myers’s team rotated through three hospitals in Kigali for eight days. He said he saw reconstructive cases that were similar to patients in the U.S. — spinal cord injuries, scarring of kidneys, pelvic fractures and urethral tears — but the injuries were more severe because of the lower standard of initial trauma care. Myers saw improvements in Rwanda with the teaching model. “We taught local surgeons to provide advanced care, and that teaching translated across their whole system. In Rwanda they’ve started a residency training program in reconstructive urology and now they have several full attending (physicians) working there,” said Myers. Nurse Practitioner Stacie Pearce of Sandy works at Primary Children’s Hospital. She’s been on seven trips with IVU Med since 2006 to Senegal, Zambia and Ghana, and she was also attracted to their teaching model. “I was working a night shift in 2006 and heard one of the only radio ads IVU Med ever did. I thought, ‘Yeah, I’d love to go to Africa and travel and help people,’” Pearce said. “The thing that separates this group

from others is its model. We brought our own supplies so we wouldn’t drain the resources of the local hospitals. The teaching has a lasting impact,” Pearce said. Myers and Pearce said University of Utah Health and Intermountain Healthcare, their respective employers, are supportive of their humanitarian trips. But like most clinicians, they use their own vacation time to go on the trips. Myers and Pearce said the trips remind them of why they went into medicine in the first place. “It’s inspiring. We teach one surgeon, then they teach their residents, and it goes on and on. There is an exponential impact,” Myers said. Pearce said she was thrilled when they let her do some teaching on her last trip. “I went around to the floors and taught nurses. I fell in love with the people I worked with. They are nice, normal people who choose to give back instead of go on a normal vacation,” said Pearce. “There’s a lot of divisiveness in our world. But when you do something with a nonprofit, it makes you feel unit-

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the basic clinical skills. Look at the patient; check his or her breathing and color. It’s good to remember those things,” said Pearce. Pearce said she appreciates IVU Med’s responsible approach. “I went to Haiti after the earthquake, and there were so many charity organizations that came irresponsibly that it created a vacuum for the local clinicians. I like the lasting impact that IVU Med’s training has,” said Pearce. “They’ve been around a long time. It’s a tremendous organization,” Myers said. “We’re trying to constantly reinforce and support what we’ve worked on with the clinicians. We set up virtual rounds with the Rwandan physicians and continue to go over cases. It’s an ongoing format in multiple di-

rections with multiple media.” IVU Med was started by Dr. Catherine deVries in 1995, who worked for a time at Primary Children’s Hospital. Josh Wood of Sandy has been the executive director for 13 years. Wood said their reputation has helped them reach more clinicians and patients. “All of my friends from the Peace Corps went to Washington, D.C. to work for quality nonprofits, and I figured that eventually I would have to do the same. I couldn’t believe my luck when I came across this position right here in my own backyard,” said Wood. “It’s evolved a lot. When I first started, we did six trips per year. We attended conferences and applied to get into sites. Now people approach us and ask us to come to them. We have 14 more trips planned between August and December in places from Mongolia to Honduras,” Wood said. IVU Med is always looking for help. “We collect a lot of data and are always measuring outcomes. Photographers, public health students, master’s thesis students, premed students often come and help with that. They can sometimes earn credit for the trip,” said Wood. Non-clinicians are welcome, too. “If people are interested in going, we can find a role for them,” said Wood. (For information on upcoming trips, see www.ivumed.org under “How you can help.”) IVU Med raises funds through their website and at their annual fundraiser dinner. “On our website people can select different things to donate towards and tailor their own gift. There’s also information on next year’s fundraiser,” Wood said. Myers and Pearce both encourage people to support the organization. “It relies on donors and people’s charity. It runs lean, but the impact that it has is so great,” said Myers. “If people are reading about this and feeling moved, I like to say to give time, talent or tithing. There are a lot of ways to get involved, and it’s amazing what (Wood) can do with a small group or a small donation. He can take one dollar and stretch it into 10,” Pearce said. *Editor’s note: Executive director for IVUMed Josh Wood is a contributing writer for the City Journals. l

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ed to humanity. You see things on the news about these other countries, but then you get there and you see — these are just people,” Pearce said. Pearce said the local clinicians organize a lot before the IVU Med team arrives. “The first day we do a clinic and see all the patients who could possibly have a surgery. Patients travel from all over the country and we try to get in as many as possible.” Language can be a challenge. “English is not the common language. In Senegal, they invited doctors from all over North and West Africa. We’ll have 30 doctors observing, and

they all speak different languages. So we try to get people on our team who can speak different languages,” said Pearce. Another challenge is the lack of correct clinical tools. “Usually the countries don’t have the right tools to work on a child. So we’d bring the tools that would work for an infant for the right procedures. By the end of the trips we’d have docs there who can perform the surgery with the right tools and train other docs,” said Pearce. “They teach us things as well. My technology doesn’t always work there, and when I get anxious, they remind me to go back to

Operating room staff on a medical trip with IVU Med in Africa. (Photo courtesy Stacie Pearce)

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At your service: Volunteers paint and clean up yards for two Sandy homeowners By Heather Lawrence | heather.lawrence@mycityjournals.com

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ach year, Zions Bank employees participate in a community Paint-a-Thon project. This June, two Sandy homeowners received help with the upkeep of their homes and yards from employees and family members of employees of Zions Bank. “We start by asking community leaders, ecclesiastical leaders and others in the community about who might need help. They know what’s going on in their neighborhoods,” said Rachel Caselin, a commercial underwriter for Zions Bank and team captain for one of the Sandy projects. During the week of June 10–15, Caselin and her crew donned T-shirts and jeans and worked several nights after work painting and doing yard work for a selected neighbor. “Over the previous 28 years, Zions employees have volunteered their time and talents after work and on Saturdays for a week each summer to clean, repair and paint the homes of more than 1,182 low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners throughout Idaho and Utah,” said Casilen. The week turned into a mini party for Caselin’s group. They brought in dinner from local places each night and spent time with coworkers and their family members in a different setting. “I feel satisfied contributing to something that helps the community and satisfied to work with our coworkers in completing a project outside the office,” said

Natalie Merrill, a credit analyst with Zions. “We’ve enjoyed getting to know (the) homeowner and learn more about our community. It is rewarding to participate in any service project. This one is unique, and it’s nice to be a part of an event with such a storied legacy,” Merrill said. In another Sandy neighborhood, homeowner Lisa Wilson said she loved having the crew from Zions help her by painting her house. “They were just amazing. They let me choose the color, but they brought all the gear and set up and everything,” Wilson said. Wilson, who is raising her grandson, said she was baffled when she got a call asking if she’d like the Zions crew to come help. “It was a shock because I don’t ever win anything. They were really nice people, and I’m sad that it’s over and they’re gone,” Wilson said. Jolyn Chelak, manager of the Daybreak branch, and Tim Masias, executive banking relationship manager, were the team captains for Wilson’s project. Chelak recruited her husband to come along and help and she and another coworker quickly bonded with Wilson. “I was so surprised that people would come do this. Those two ladies and their husbands were just amazing. They fixed up things that I didn’t think were included, and stressed how concerned they were about get-

ting things done to help me. They were really sweet,” said Wilson. Wilson said she enjoyed their company as much as she did the work on the house. “Everyone was friendly, and we all laughed a lot and got some really funny pictures,” Wilson said. All the fun at Wilson’s house attracted attention from neighbors. “One of my neighbors told me it looked really good. (One team) brought extra pizza and gave it to my neighbors. They cared about everyone in the surroundings and invited anyone who was out to come over and eat with us,” said Wilson. Rob Brough, executive vice president of Zions Bancorporation, said he’s proud of the more than 35,000 volunteers who’ve been involved since the Paint-a-Thon started in 1991. “However, the real success of Painta-Thon lies in the connections it creates between people and the value it adds to our communities.” Zions has every intention of continuing this project. “Zions employees look forward to this service project every year and find tremendous satisfaction in transforming the homes and yards of their elderly, veteran and disabled neighbors in need. We have employees who have participated for 10, 20 and almost 30 years, and we plan for Paint-aThon to continue for many decades to come,”

At your service! Rachel Caselin, far left, poses proudly with her team of volunteers in front of a Sandy resident’s fence they painted. Caselin works for Zions Bank and participated in the annual Paint-a-Thon service week in June.

Brough said. Wilson said this experience taught her there are people out there who do really care about others in their community. “This has changed my (opinion) on people who are professionals. It was nice to see all the professional people come out and just be humans, and socialize with someone who (lives on a fixed income). It really changed my thoughts,” Wilson said. l

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Home Free group features a cappella country sound By Stephanie DeGraw | s.degraw@mycityjournals.com

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he tight harmonies of the Home Free country a cappella group made their performance feel so effortless to the large crowd at the Sandy Amphitheater recently. But the road has been a long one for this popular group. “We were doing this type of performance before it became mainstream,” said member Rob Lundquist. “It was a struggle and a grind to get things going in the beginning.” Their fifth album, “Dive Bar Saints,” will be released Sept. 6. Home Free’s worldwide tour continues into the fall. Touring may sound glamorous, but as Lundquist explains, “We are on a bus with 12 people in close quarters. We have to shower at the venues and it’s a crap-shoot on if the showers are cold or clean sometimes.” Lundquist added, “There are only two hours out of the day we get to do what we love, performing for the fans. The rest of the time we are working on the business such as meetings, social media and arranging music.” Home Free features five vocalists: Austin Brown, Rob Lundquist, Adam Rupp, Tim Foust and Adam Chance. Rupp began the group in 2008 in Mankato, Minnesota, and performed regionally. They worked as a group part time until 2010 and then launched full time. In 2013 they won first place on the

TV show “The Sing-Off,” a singing competition featuring a cappella groups. Being on network television increased awareness of the group. They also scored a deal with Columbia Records and began touring nationwide. “We went from always trying to win over a crowd before the show to now people coming to see us,” Lundquist said. There were at least 500 more people at this year’s concert compared to last year and they hope to come back to Utah each year. He complimented the accommodations of the Sandy Amphitheater and the view of the mountains. “We really love what we do, we love it so much,” he said. The new album will be different from the previous ones; the group focused on cover hits from artists such as John Mayer, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Maren Morris and the Oak Ridge Boys. The “Dive Bar Saints” album has 10 original songs and two cover songs. One of the cover songs is John Denver’s “Country Roads.” Home Free likes to put their own spin on the arrangements of popular country music, Lundquist said. Home Free’s formula is working, with more than 350,000 copies of their previous albums sold so far and hitting 302 million YouTube views. These talented showmen are

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New school year kicks off with several new administrators at Sandy public schools By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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t. Jordan Mountaineers better watch out; Return of the Elf is back. No, it’s not a movie, but rather Matt Watts, who previously served as the middle school’s assistant principal and wore the costume from the holiday film for fun. He now is serving as Mt. Jordan’s principal — and he still has that getup. “It feels as if I’m coming back home; it’s not a secret I love it here,” Watts said as he was moving in after being gone for four years. “I’m reuniting with a bunch of faculty and an administrator and I’m getting to know those who are new since I left.” Watts’ appointment is one of about 25 administrative changes that have taken place throughout Canyons School District this summer. Former Mt. Jordan Principal Cindy Hanson has moved to the Canyons School District office as a school performance director. Watts is excited to get back to the school he was a part of during the years of designing and constructing the current building. But before he could move back in, he left for Midvale. “I walk down the halls and say, ‘Oh yeah, I remember talking about this in meetings.’ I’m still getting my bearings from seeing it on paper to being here now,” he said. Watts also is enthusiastic to be back working with AVID, a nationally recognized program to help teach college skills and provide additional support to students. “I’m anxious to see the progress that has been made with the AVID program since we introduced it when I was here. It’s a great program for academics and getting ready for high school and the future. I loved learning about all the different cultures at Midvale Elementary and Midvale Middle and having more of a cultural knowledge will help with my interactions of the diversity here,” he said. “My one big goal is to have those relationships with students, teachers and administrators that can lead to student success and know that I’m available to listen to students and teachers alike.” While Watts does have his boxes moved over, he hasn’t quite settled in. The first-time principal who is currently studying for his doctorate in education might wait to unpack until he runs in a half marathon, like he did with his son in early June; go for a trail run with his wife; hike with the family; or play with his granddaughter. Watts isn’t the only one packing and unpacking boxes this summer at Mt. Jordan. Joining him will be Title I Specialist Sierra Eastmont, who will become the school’s assistant principal, and former Mt. Jordan Assistant Principal John Hellwig will move to Union Middle to be assistant principal.

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Classy Cabinets for Classy People Matt Watts, seen here congratulating a student, will be principal at Mt. Jordan Middle School this fall. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Also moving to Sandy is Copperview lementary Principal Christie Webb, who will assume duties as Sandy Elementary’s principal. Achievement Coach Elena Saline will become an assistant principal at Sandy Elementary. Former Sandy Elementary Principal McKay Robinson will move to the district office to be a school performance director. “I love the kids and it’s been fun to see their faces light up when the principal does something silly or goofy,” Robinson said. “It’s what I’m going to miss. I started in education because of my third-grade teacher, Mr. (Sherl) Miner at Barratt Elementary. He became a role model, a confidant, and advocate for students. He was a champion for students, and I hope I’ve been the same for my students as Mr. Miner was for me.” Others moving in to Sandy school and district positions include Brighton High Assistant Principal Kelli Miller, who will become Alta High’s assistant principal; Special Assignment Administrator Stacy Kurtzhals will resume her role as Eastmont Middle principal, replacing Charisse Hilton, who will become a program administrator for the district’s responsive services department; Eastmont Assistant Principal Nate Edvalson will become a special education department administrator; Union Middle Assistant Principal Taylor Hansen will join Kurtzhals as her assistant principal as will Sandy Elementary Assistant Principal Brooke Rauzon; Teacher Specialist Stacy Nofsinger will be Jordan Valley School’s principal as current principal Mark Donnelly will become the district’s speech language pathologist and intern administrator Michelle Snarr will become an elementary support administrator. l

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Top-ranked Beehive Academy looking to expand for younger schoolchildren By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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y fall 2020, hundreds of elementary-age students may benefit from the efforts Beehive Science and Technology Academy administrators are making this summer. That’s because Beehive Academy was approved earlier this year by the Utah State Charter School Board to expand to offer classes to elementary students, allowing the school to educate kindergarten students through 12th grade. This summer, officials for Beehive Academy, the only public charter school in the city, are looking for a new school location, which could be an existing facility or a new building. “We are looking for sites that will meet our needs,” Beehive Director Hanifi Oguz said, adding that ideally, the school would like to remain in the Sandy area since the majority of students are from the area. Currently, there are about 325 students from sixth grade through 12th grade attending the school, which recently ranked No. 1 in the Salt Lake City metro area by U.S. News and World Report. The ranking was based on college readiness, college curriculum breadth, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rate. If Beehive Academy expands in the 2020–21 school year, Oguz said it would gradually increase its students. The maximum student enrollment would reach 1,167 students. “We are hoping to have our facility by end of fall,” he said. “We will wait until we have our building before we take our applications for K (kindergarten) through 5th-grade students.” Oguz said if they cannot find a site that meets their needs, Beehive may delay its fall 2020 opening for elementary students. Part of the reason school officials decided to expand is to help students improve their education not only in humanities, arts and history classes, but also in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) at a younger age, he said. “Our lowest test scores are our sixth- and seventh-graders. They come here and we are trying to catch up from their early years. We

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can serve those kids better if we had them sooner. We can streamline our program, which makes STEM a priority, to these elementary students who may not get as much exposure to technology or engineering,” Oguz said. For example, Beehive’s current students participate in the STEM Expo, where they present the projects they research, analyze data, develop the project, produce a digital portfolio, put on YouTube, create their own website and demonstrate. “For younger students, it may be a version of that is appropriate for their level, but still introducing the same skills as they develop a project and be able to communicate about it,” he said, adding that the elementary team would be the ones to determine the curriculum. “Our aim is to have more exposure in using technology to do more creative learning.” Oguz said that by introducing more technology project learning at an earlier age, it may result in more students entering the STEM field. “We all know Utah is in deficit with the technology war. The latest number shows 5,000 computer science jobs that are open, and Utah can’t find employees to fill. Our students are learning the skills in school, and they are being exposed to the jobs when they visit or have internships. We would be preparing more students who could fill those positions,” he said. This past year, all 23 Beehive seniors graduated, with about 18 accepted and planning to attend college immediately after commencement, he said. Since 2011, when the first Beehive senior graduated, Oguz said the majority have entered college and are currently studying technology-related fields or have entered into careers ranging from robotics to urban design. Students have the opportunity to be tutored or join in many of the school’s after-school activities from Girls who Code and 3Dmodel and animation to soap making and garden club. Oguz said they would extend to the elementary students or introduce clubs and tutoring for that age group. Many Beehive students who are active

A Beehive Science and Technology Academy student is creating gas as part of a chemical reaction at a recent STEM fair. (Photo courtesy of Beehive Science and Technology Academy)

in clubs, such as FIRST robotics teams, have qualified and competed at the international competition, and others, 18 this year, have been awarded honors at the regional science fair. In addition, two students are Intel ISEF grand prize winners and four students are competing at the national Technology Student Association contest. Since the school opened in 2005, about 30 Beehive students have become congressional medalists. The school received the 2016 Charter School of the Year award by the Utah State Charter School Board and was named

the 2017 Apple Distinguished School for its innovative approach to creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. This year, the school had its first student, junior Sanjana Kargi, earn a perfect ACT score on the college-preparatory examination, and earned the College Board’s AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for attaining female student representation in AP Computer Science Principals. Currently, Beehive offers AP courses as well as concurrent enrollment classes and career and technical education pathways. l

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Canyons Film Festival red carpet rolls out at Jordan Commons By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

10th Annual Canyons District Film Festival Winners ​ igh School PSA Winner H “You Make Mistakes When You’re Distracted” - Tyler Bevan, Chantelle Bevan, Carson Bevan - Corner Canyon High Middle School PSA Winner “Be Smart, Don’t Start!” - Ryan White - Draper Park Middle

Elementary PSA Winners​ “Screen Time Tips” - Madi Prestwich, Kate Prestwich - Park Lane Elementary

Corner Canyon High School students worked on a documentary about the life a former criminal in their award-winning film, which was shown at Canyons District ‘s 10th Annual Film Festival. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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ith 10 years of memorable student his grades slipped, and he’d sneak out of his films, this year’s students didn’t disap- house. He wasn’t a violent criminal, but he point the reputation of those that proceeded did break into houses and did drugs and went them. to prison for his 30 years.” “We had some real fun films this year, While there wasn’t footage of the former ones that made us laugh or films we really criminal breaking into homes or smoking, the learned from,” said Katie Blunt, Canyons students staged many of the scenes, learning School District education technology spe- how different camera angles and more footcialist and project lead of the Canyons Dis- age helped to tell the story. They also talked trict Film Festival. with others and visited where he was incarAs the Canyons District Film Festival cerated to get footage and interviews. welcomed this year’s winners to the stage at “He shared with us about his recovery Megaplex Theatres at Jordan Commons, all from crime, the person he is becoming, how student filmmakers walked the red carpet. he is turning his life around,” Hall said. This year, there were several teams that That film won the high school documenwere awarded top honors of the gold film tary award this year. canister award. The middle school documentary also Corner Canyon students Dylan Simons, was won by a team of Midvale Middle School Collin Hall, Julia Tolk, Connor Henrie and students. Eighth-graders and former film fesAbigail Williams teamed up to make a three- tival winners Amber Parker and Abigail Slapart film for Draper City, which is planned to ma-Catron teamed up with classmate Natalie be posted on the city’s Facebook page. It took McRoberts and produced their film, “Berlin months of planning and preparation and nar- 1936 Olympics: Defying the Nazi Regime.” rowing down pages of questions before they The group also submitted it for the Hisstarted shooting the film. tory Day Fair competition, which Blunt supThe students, some of them who have ports the cross-over learning with classroom taken video production and television broad- curriculum. cast courses at school, interviewed a former “Several students applied what they’re criminal, presenting his story as he fell into a studied in class to film projects, which reinworld of crime to tips he provides on how to forces their learning,” Blunt said. “Not only safeguard homes. are they learning the subject matter, but also Then, they entered one segment in the the art of filmmaking, editing, communicatfilm festival after spending more than two ing and teamwork.” hours interviewing and even more time to The annual poster contest winner is edit their footage taken with three angles, from Mt. Jordan Middle. Meryn Lee’s postinto a five-minute documentary entitled, er, “Cameras in the Canyons” will be post“V.O.C. Talk.” ed around the schools this coming academic “He told us he would draw away from year to announce the entries for the 11th anhis friends and family, into a world of drugs,” nual film festival are due by April 10, 2020. Simons said. “He would tell them to get lost, l

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High School Animation Winner “Sammy the Sloth Gets Ready for School” -Justie Martinez - Corner Canyon High Middle School Animation Winner “Derf - Saxophones” - Cameron Tillman - Butler Middle

Elementary Animation Winner “Everyday Hero” - Liam Morgan Brookwood Elementary High School Newscast Winner “Bengal News (Office Parody)” - Zoe Berg - Brighton High​

Elementary Newscast Winner “Quail Hollow Morning Announcements” - Annie Allred, Emmeline Rosevear, Brooklyn Manwaring, Kate Johns - Quail Hollow Elementary High School Documentary Winner “V.O.C. Talk” - Dylan Simons, Collin Hall, Connor Henrie, Julia Tolk, Abigail Williams - Corner Canyon High

Middle School Documentary Winner “Berlin 1936 Olympics: Defying the Nazi Regime” - Abigail Slama-Catron, Amber Parker, Natalie McRoberts Midvale Middle Elementary Documentary Winner “Fun Pancakes” - Sabrina Smith, Lillian Smith - Sunrise Elementary​ High School Short Film Winner “What is That’’ - Asly Camacho, Juan Romero, Andrew Diaz - Corner Canyon High

Middle School Short Film Winner “The Classroom - Episode 2” - Rachel Payne, Angie Class, Chloe Dames, Ashtyn McVey, Eric Middlemas, Sam Gettings, Wesley Arbon, Lorenzo Silva, Josie West, Raphael Ferreira, Ty Fields, Cameron Alldredge - Union Middle Elementary Short Film Winner “The Girl Next Door” - Maya Yrungaray, Amelia Butterfield - Oak Hollow Elementary

Teacher Film Winner “Infinity School: Rise” - Rachel Bingham, Rebekah Aimes, Chanci Loren, Jennifer Bagley, Mindy Smith, Eryn White, Kristi Johnson, Danielle Rigby, Danielle Rodregiuez, Amber Rock, Kathy Booth, Kida Wright, Sarah Curtis, Katie Hennessey, Marie Berg, Christina Van Dam, Becky Morgan, Ashton Luneke, Ashely Templeton, Jessica Mitchell, Sarah Matheson, Jean Garcia - Bell View Elementary Utah Futures American Graduate Elementary Award “Attendance Matters” - Porter Liddiard, June Joseph - Park Lane Elementary Utah Futures American Graduate Middle School Award “Path to Graduation” - Aubrey Broderick - Canyons Youth Academy Utah Futures American Graduate High School Award “Risks Worth Taking” - Emily Erickson - Alta High Utah Futures American Graduate Teacher Award “Letter to my High School Self” ​ - Wade Harman - Canyons Youth Academy Poster Contest Winner “Cameras in the Canyons” - Meryn Lee - Mt. Jordan Middle

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AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 2019 I N T HI S I S S UE: Bradburn Brief ................................. 1

Mamma Mia! .................................. 3

2019 Municipal Elections ................. 1

Parks & Recreation .......................... 4

Sego Lily Gardens............................ 1

River Oaks Golf Course..................... 5

Balloon Festival 2019 ...................... 2

Proposed Property Tax ..................... 5

Youth Suicide Prevention .................. 2

Miss Sandy ..................................... 5

Amphitheater Season ....................... 3

Alta Canyon Sports Center................. 6

Household Hazardous Waste............ 3

By the Numbers............................... 6

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ............. 3

Calendar of Events ........................... 6

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BRADBURN BRIEF Dear Sandy Resident, Summers are always extremely busy for the city but this summer has been exceptionally hectic. From unveiling 45 electric vehicle charging stations citywide to a 4th of July event (which went off without a hitch despite the weather) and bringing electric scooters to The Cairns District, there has been no shortage of excitement around City Hall! In June, the city council proposed a tax increase, which will impact residents by $3.67 per month on an average home value of $403,000. Last year, my administration went through the budget line-by-line and cut $1.3 million from the budget, everything down to the amount of lights we put up for Christmas. I can honestly say the budget is now as lean as

Truth in Taxation Public Hearing AUG. 13, 6 P.M. Sandy City Hall, City Council Room For resident resources and the property tax calculator, go to: bit.ly/SandyTruthinTaxation

it can possibly get. We also eliminated the water fund transfer into the general fund. In the past, water fees have been increased and the excess has been put in the general fund to cover operational costs. I don’t believe that using fee increases to bolster city budgets is transparent. Proposed property tax increases provide residents with the opportunity to be heard at multiple public hearings including the Truth in Taxation hearing which will be held on Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chamber. Additionally, the truth in taxation process makes us as elected officials more accountable to residents about why an increase is absolutely needed. Sandy has the lowest property taxes in the valley and has raised taxes only 4% over the last 20 years. This has not allowed us to keep up with inflation. The city has relied heavily on sales tax growth over the years to compensate for very low property taxes. Currently, we receive about twothirds of all tax dollars from sales tax. When a recession hits, sales tax revenue suffers and our ability to maintain service levels is jeopardized. The proposed increase would make Sandy the second lowest for property taxes in the valley. Tax increases are never desirable but maintaining high levels of public safety is extremely important for the city.

With the increase, we will be able improve public safety by hiring seven firefighters and five police officers. We will also be able to hire one new snowplow driver and purchase an additional snowplow. These are core government functions and assist the city in continuing the high level of service you expect from us. You can read more about the proposed property tax increase at bit.ly/SandyTruthinTaxation. Lastly, please remember that you can always connect with us to get more information by going to our City websites sandy.utah.gov and SandyNow.com and by accessing our social media channels Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube for daily updated information. Please feel free to send me an email at mayor@sandy.utah.gov as well. Thank you for allowing me to serve you! Mayor Kurt Bradburn

2019 Municipal Elections Sego Lily Gardens Primary Election: Aug. 13, 2019

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Sept. 14, 2019, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. This fair is one you won’t want to miss. You and your children can play with exotic pets like skunks and lizards thanks to Wild Wonders. You can learn about helping the environment from Tracy Aviary. Plus, there will be a chance to dispose of left-over prescription medications, and so much more. Free flower bulbs will be given to the first 100 families that attend. P A G E

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Youth Suicide Prevention: Talking about Suicide is OK

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Balloon Launch at Sunrise Friday & Saturday Morning Storm Mountain Park 11400 S. 1000 E.

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Balloon Glow Saturday Evening Promenade 7:00-11:00 pm South173Towne W. 10000 S. Take a walk through illuminated hot air balloons, run our new Balloon Fest 5K, enjoy bounce houses, games, facepainting, live music, and wrap it up with a dance party on the promenade! Throw in a fun selection of food trucks, and this is a party you won’t want to miss!

Activity Schedule 7:30-10:30 PM

Bounce Houses, Food Trucks, Fire Truck, Glow and Arrow, & Facepainting 8:30-10:30 PM

Balloon Glow (Balloons won’t fly)

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Stage Schedule The Solarists 8:00-10:00 PM

Dance Party with Live Guy Sound 10:00-11:00 PM

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One of the biggest myths about suicide is that talking about suicide may give someone the idea to commit suicide. This is false. In fact, talking about suicide allows an individual to feel comfortable talking about it. So, let’s talk about youth and how the community can help prevent suicide. Keep these things in mind when talking to youth about suicide: 1. Youth attempt suicide or commit suicide due to: • Overwhelming thoughts of hopelessness • Trying to escape a situation that feels too difficult • Feelings of rejection, guilt, anger, or sadness 2. Youth/teens are often dealing with problems that may seem small/insignificant to adults but are huge and very real to them. 3. Suicide is about ending pain for youth/teens. WARNING SIGNS: Talk: They could be talking about killing themselves, having no reason to live, feeling trapped, being a burden, or feeling hopeless. Listen to what a youth is saying. Behavior: Consider if a youth has started isolating themselves, withdrawing from activities they normally enjoy (for youth that could mean not spending time with friends, texting friends, or being on social media regularly), changing school work/attendance, or acting with reckless behavior (that could include alcohol, or drugs. Watch a youth’s behavior. Mood: Has there been a change in a youth’s mood? Watch to see if a youth has depression, anxiety, irritability, shame/humiliation, anger outbursts, or even a relief/sudden improvement of their mood. RISK FACTORS: Health factors will include current mental health conditions and/or serious physical health conditions including chronic pain or a change in health conditions/serious injury. Historical/other factors would be situations where there have been previous suicide attempts, a family history of suicide or some type of abuse, and/or neglect or trauma that occurred during childhood. Environmental factors that may affect a youth who is thinking about suicide include: 1. Prolonged stress (harassment, bullying, cyberbullying, relationship problems, sextortion, etc.) 2. Stressful life events (rejection, break-up, divorce of parents, death/loss of a loved one, etc.) 3. Exposure to another person’s suicide 4. Sensationalized accounts of suicide including media accounts, social media accounts, movies, TV shows (13 Reasons Why), books, or even discussion among friends 5. Having access to lethal means (firearms, medication, drugs, etc.) KEY FACTORS: 1. When youth know they can talk to parents/guardians, friends, and family, they feel more comfortable opening up about their stressors and feelings. 2. Helping youth learn coping skills, problem solving skills, conflict resolution, and confidence in themselves will help them be more equipped to deal with the challenges life brings. 3. Knowing they have community and school support can help youth realize they are not alone and have others they can turn to. If you suspect someone may be suicidal, don’t be afraid to ask. Remember, talking about suicide is OK. Be yourself when talking to them and have empathy. Take the time to listen, and be supportive and understanding. Don’t fear offering hope without negating feelings. Take the person seriously. Finally, know your limitations on how you can help and assist them in locating professional help. Start the conversation today! RESOURCES: • Visit Suicidepreventionlifeline.org for more information and resources • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255 • SafeUT App can be downloaded and used to talk with someone anonymously • Sandy Police Department is holding a Night Out Against Crime Fair on Aug. 6, 2019 where there will be resources and information about suicide prevention, as well as professionals to answer questions.

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Sandy Arts Guild Presents

Concert Series

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August 15

KIDZ BOP World Tour 2019

August 16

PETER BREINHOLT

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September 7

THE BELLAMY BROTHERS

September 13

ZEPPELIN USA

August 23

BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY

September 19

BRIAN WILSON & THE ZOMBIES

August 27

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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE 2019 COLLECTION EVENTS Household hazardouse waste is anything in and around your home that is poisonous, flammable, corrosive, or toxic. This includes paint, cleaning supplies, yard care chemicals, pesticides, fuels, batteries, oil, and antifreeze. We cannot accept explosives, radioactive material, tires, or waste from businesses. These events are intended for small quantities of household waste; please take large truck or trailer loads directly to a permanent collection facility.

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Sept 5

Sugar House Park

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Sept 12

Sandy Amphitheater

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7 am–11 am

Sept 19

Big Cottonwood Regional Park - South Parking Lot

4300 S 1300 E

7 am–11 am

Sept 26

Draper City Park

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PA R KS & R E CR E A T I O N AUGUST HAPP ENINGS Visit www.sandy.utah.gov/parks for costs and more details. • Hot Air Balloon Festival: Sandy’s annual hot air balloon festival launch is Aug. 9 and 10 a.m. at Storm Mountain Park 1000 E. 11400 S. Balloon Glow will take place Saturday evening from 7–11 p.m. on the Sandy Promenade (10000 S. Centennial Pkwy.) sandy.utah.gov/government/community events • NEW Balloon Fest 5K: Aug. 10 at 9:45 p.m. on the Sandy Promenade (10000 S. Centennial Pkwy.) • Family Night at the Skate Park: Family Night is a great opportunity for whole families to enjoy the skate park. Join us on Aug. 12 (Play it Safe theme) and 26, and Sept. 9 (Carnival Party theme) and 23. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 6–9 p.m. at Lone Peak Skate Park, 10140 S. 700 E. • Scout Classes: Citizenship in the World is on Aug. 20 and Nov. 19; Citizenship in the Community is on Sept. 17; Citizenship in the Nation is on Oct. 15. Classes are $13 each and run from 4–6 p.m. • Start Smart Classes: Great program for parent/child involvement to help prepare children ages 3–5 for future participation in youth sports. The cost is $35/session. The next session begins Aug. 20. • Spock’s Skate Camp: Learn the fundamentals of skateboarding. Helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads required. Session 3 runs Aug. 2, 9, and 16. Camp held Friday from 8:30–10:30 a.m. Camp cost is $65.00 and is for ages 6–14. • Dog & Cat Clinic: Bring your dog and/or cat to our Clinic. Services available include vaccinations and licensing at a discounted rate. Clinic scheduled at Lone Peak Park, 10140 S. 700 E. South Outdoor Pavilion on Thursday, Aug. 8 from 6–8:30 p.m.

FALL ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUES Come play a short, eight-game season. Teams will play two games per week. Register in person at Sandy Parks & Recreation, 440 E. 8680 S. Registration: July 8–Aug. 8 Divisions: Men’s and Coed Leagues Begin: Aug. 26 Cost: $325/Team

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ADULT PICKLEBALL LEAGUE This Pickleball League is designed to keep everyone playing in a social and fun environment. The league is set up as a round robin mixer, which means each individual will rotate partners every week. Each night will go two hours over the course of four weeks. Registration: July 1–Aug. 15 Days: Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17 Time: 6–9 p.m. (times vary depending on skill level) Cost: $15/ Person Division: Men’s, Women’s, and Coed Levels: 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 Location: Dewey Bluth Park Pickleball Courts (170 E. 9800 S.)

ADULT PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT Tournament will be a pool with bracket tournament format. There will be separate divisions for Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed Doubles teams. We will have awards for the winners in each division. Registration: May 2–Sept. 10 Dates: Sept. 13 and 14 Cost: $25/team/event Division: Men’s, Women’s, and Coed Doubles Levels: 3.0, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Location: Dewey Bluth Park Pickleball Courts (170 E. 9800 S.) Times: Friday, 5–10 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Times are estimates and subject to change!

ADULT COED VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT We are excited to announce the Sandy Open 4-on-4 Grass Volleyball Tournament. The tournament format will be determined by number of teams registered. For more details visit www.Sandy.utah.gov/parks Register: June 3–Sept. 11 Divisions: Coed Cost: $100/team Tournament Date: Sept. 18 Time: 5:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Location: Lone Peak Park (10140 S. 700 E.)

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Let us host your next luncheon, wedding, family party, meeting, seminar, corporate, or charity golf tournament. With hundreds of successful events behind us, we are eager to help you make your event memorable. With our experienced golf course staff and highly-skilled food and beverage concessionaire, we make it a point to give you a no-hassle experience and deliver unmatched quality with excellent customer service. We are located in the center of Salt Lake Valley with easy freeway access, so it simply makes sense to have your event at River Oaks.

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Aug. 19–Sept. 2 Monday–Thursday: 4–8 p.m. Saturdays: Noon–8 p.m. Sunday: Noon–5 p.m. Pool closes for the season Sept. 2 at 8 p.m.

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(Little Cottonwood Canyon) Distance: 13.1 miles Date: Saturday, Aug. 17 Time: 6:30 a.m. Location: Alta Canyon Sports Center 9565 S. Highland Drive Registration Fee: $75/runner Deadline: Aug. 14 or once all 2,000 spots are filled Online: runelevated.com

Register for all of the following at altacanyonsportscenter.com:

Adult Tennis League

Sept. 4–Oct. 9 Whether you are just starting out or have not played in years, this co-ed league will get you going. All levels of play are welcome. Wednesdays beginning at 6 p.m. at Falcon Park Member $40 | Non-member $50

Adult Racquetball League

Sept. 10–Oct. 15 This co-ed league is the perfect way to meet new players. All levels of play are welcome. Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Member $40 | Nonmember $50

Session 5, Aug. 5–15 Instructors lead a variety of activities and games to teach your child swim-safety skills in a fun and entertaining manner. Students advance through levels by passing the exit skills required at each level. Registration for Session 5 begins Aug. 1 at 7 p.m.

Tennis Lessons

Session 5 Aug. 5–15 Fall Session 1 Aug. 19–29 Whether you are a beginner or intermediate, our tennis lessons have you covered. Our instructors teach basics and skill play in a fun and exciting way. Our smaller nets enable students to be successful at every level.

Preschool

September–May Get a head start on kindergarten by enrolling in our preschool program. Your little ones will enjoy learning their letters, numbers, and shapes in an exciting and creative way. Our teacher leads with songs, activities, circle time, crafts, and a variety of learning tools to make sure you students are successful. Pre-registration is required in person at Alta Canyon Sports Center.

Economic Development BY THE NUMBERS • Over 5,000,000 square feet of existing office space • Approximately 3,600 businesses in Sandy City • A labor force of over 47,000 • Median annual income of $83,527

Ages 3–4 years Tuesday/Thursday: 9–11:30 a.m. Member $105 per month | Non-member $127 per month Ages 4–5 years Monday/Wednesday/Friday | 9-11:30 a.m. Member $117 per month | Non-member $137 per month

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Karate

Year-round Karate is a great activity for all ages. The benefits include self-discipline, conflict resolution, physical activity, and so much more. The instructors foster learning and self-respect through the art of Shotokan karate. Discounts for multiple family members. Every Friday at 5 p.m. $45 per month

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Mornings 10:00 am 6:00–9:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm

Storm Mountain Park Sego lily Gardens Lone Peak Park Salt Lake County Vote Center Sandy Amphitheater Sandy Amphitheater

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Local girls tackle football team defies first year expectations, wins championship By Ron Bevan | r.bevan@mycityjournals.com

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hey weren’t supposed to be this good, yet. They were the upstarts. The new kids on the block. The team thrown together at the last minute. But Ohana, a girls football team based out of Sandy, surprised not only themselves but their opponents by taking the title in their division of Utah Girls Tackle Football. “This team was an expansion team; they were not expected to win a single game,” defensive coordinator Tony Cianflone said. “Through hard work and teamwork they managed to beat every team in the playoffs that beat them during the regular season and had an incredible playoff run, which included a overtime win against West Granite and the upset of the year over West Jordan in the championship game.” Girls tackle football is a relatively new sport. In fact, the Utah Girls Tackle Football League, formed in 2015, was the first of its kind in the nation. It was formed after youth football sensation Sam Gordon made national headlines playing in boys leagues. At 9 years old in 2012, Gordon scored 25 touchdowns and made 65 tackles in a boys league. Her notoriety even got her featured with some of the NFL’s best players in a Super Bowl ad this year. At the same time, league co-founder Crystal Sacco was contemplating how to get more girls interested in football. “I played on a women’s tackle football team,” Sacco said. “I love the sport and I saw the potential with youth. I was helping coach some boys youth teams and had girls that told me they would play if I would start a league for girls.” So Sacco teamed with Sam’s father Brent Gordon to form the UGTFL to help girls who wanted to pursue the sport. At first, the league had only 50 girls playing. It has now swelled to 450 girls playing in Salt Lake and Utah Counties. There are three divisions: elementary, junior high and high school. After the 2018 season the league wanted to create one more team and have it based in

the Sandy area to serve both Sandy and Draper girls who want to play. The problem was, the first team meeting didn’t yield enough players to form an 11-player team. “We only had seven players show up the first day,” Cianflone said. “So the league opened our team up to anyone who wanted to play, even if they didn’t live in Sandy or Draper. We ended up with players that had never played football before.” But that didn’t deter the coaching staff. Choosing the name Ohana for the team was a step in unifying the players. “Ohana means family in Hawaiian. It means nobody gets left behind,” Cianflone said. Ohana picked up a few players with experience, most notably Sandy’s Nyomi Houston and Draper’s Stella Cianflone. Nyomi, 11, had played the previous year for a team in Midvale, but jumped at the chance to be closer to home. “She didn’t seem to really like it the first year with Midvale, but she was so good we were hoping she would try this year,” Nyomi’s mom, Kierston Anderson, said. “She loved it this year.” Nyomi has plenty of speed for her age and uses it in both the running back position on offense and cornerback on defense. “Some of the players in the professional women’s football league started talking to us and told us her skill level was better than we thought,” Anderson said. Stella, 12, became fascinated with football at a young age, learning the sport while watching it with her father. “I liked football since I was 6,” Stella said. “My dad would take me to the Ute games, and I thought I would like to play it, but I was nervous playing against the boys. Drawing inspiration from Sam, Stella did join a boys flag football league until this season when she made the move to tackle. l

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rowth and development was the top concern among Sandy residents who attended a “Meet the Candidates” event at Salt Lake Community College’s Miller Campus By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com on July 18. The event, hosted by the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce and the Sandy Journal, brought together the 11 candidates who are seeking to win four open spots on the City Council. Several dozen residents turned out to meet the candidates, and share with them their top concerns about the city. The Sandy Journal conducted an informal poll of residents as they left the event, asking them what they believe is the No. 1 issue in this election. More than half of the respondents said that growth and development is their top concern. Residents cited instances of development throughout the city—from the apartment complex at 9800 South and Highland Drive in the east, to the Cairns development in the west—that they said were concerning to them. One resident said growth was his top concern because it impacts so many other issues. “It affects everything. The traffic, the taxes, the number of police and fire we need,” he said. A common theme among respondents was acknowledging that some growth is inSandy residents got a chance to meet and talk with the candidates hoping to fill four open seats on the City evitable, and that it has its pros and cons. They just want it to be done smartly and reCouncil. (Justin Adams/City Journals) sponsibly. “Growth is a double-edged sword,” said Donald Kronenberger. “Someone who lives

down by Highland Drive hates it because it adds to their commute. But someone who owns a business on State Street loves it because they have more potential customers.” Given that there is a lot of development planned for the Cairns district especially (high-rise apartments, hotels, shopping centers, etc.), this year’s election could be very impactful if residents elect candidates who reflect their hesitation. “With four seats up, that’s the majority of the City Council, and we’re losing city council members who have been there for 20+ years,” said Councilwoman Brooke Christensen, one of the three councilmembers not up for reelection this year. “The next four years will hugely shape the way our city goes.” Surprisingly, few residents said the city’s potential 34% property tax increase was their top concern. In fact, multiple respondents said they supported it. “It’s been 25 years since the last tax increase. It’s time,” said one resident. Another said that support for first responders was their top concern, and support the tax increase for that reason. (The increased revenue will be used to hire 7 new firefighters and 5 new police officers.) The primary election will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 13. You can learn more about the candidates by visiting the city’s website (click on Government, City Recorder, Election Information, then Meet the Candidates).l

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Sandy residents took advantage of Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A on July 9. All locations, including the South Towne Marketplace location at 10090 South State Street, gave out free entrees from opening until 7 p.m. The catch? Customers were asked to come in a cow costume. Apparently, plenty of people felt that was a reasonable request. Throughout the day, families, teens, young couples and everyone in between joined the line of would-be bovines that filled the store. Holly Curby, director of community and culture for the store, said, “Today’s event was a way to show our guests our appreciation, and honor our iconic cow. It went udderly fantastic!” (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)

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What Mount Olympus means to Holladay residents By Sona Schmidt-Harris | s.schmidtharris@mycityjournals.com Curved snuggly around the base and slowly ascending the majestic slopes, Holladay claims Mount Olympus as her own.

Mount Olympus completes the Holladay skyline. (Sona Schmidt-Harris/City Journals)

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Holladayites go about their daily business sometimes not cognizant of this regal giant that stands at 9,030 feet. Still, one can barely look up without seeing the mountain. Several former and current Holladay residents reflect on what Mount Olympus means to them. City Councilman Brett Graham said, “Mount Olympus has meaning to me on several levels. First and foremost, it is a dominant landmark which I look for each time I fly into the Salt Lake Valley. When it comes into view, I feel home. From the valley, my city, neighborhood and home lay below and the mountains I love on either side.” Graham said that while Mount Olympus is a constant, it also changes. He loves seeing it capped with snow or watching the leaves change in the fall. “It is impressive in all seasons,” he said. It also brings back memories, specifically when he was in high school. “A few buddies and I thought it would be fun to climb it with a generator and string a big ‘O’ in the trees to light up during the Olympus versus Skyline game. Needless to say, it didn’t happen…generators from the 1980s were heavy.” He added, “We are lucky to live below a beautiful creation.” Ninety-one-year-old David Taylor has been a hiker since he was 4 years old. A long-time Holladay resident, Taylor recalled his times on Mount Olympus fondly. “At night, you could hold the moonlight in your hands,” he said. There are parts of the Mount Olympus trail that are very steep. Taylor said, “When somebody says, ‘Oh yeah, we climbed Mount Olympus,’ I ask, ‘Did you go all the way up?’” Instead of answering, he said,

Shanna McGrath stands at the peak of Mount Olympus, McGrath’s first hike when she moved here a year ago. (Photo courtesy Shanna McGrath)

they change the subject. He said that through the years the Mount Olympus trail has been made a little bit easier. “You can look around and see the valley. It’s wonderful to be able to see that,” Taylor said. In his long life, his enthusiasm for the mountain has not dimmed. He said he believes that everyone in his family has gone up Mount Olympus. “For us, and I would say for most of my children and their children, we have interest in Mount Olympus.” Former Olympus High School student Andrea Wilkinson said, “From the time I can remember, Mount Olympus has always been there providing the eastern backdrop to my view. Her beauty and majesty are unsurpassed, no matter the season. However, she is especially beautiful in winter—after a snowstorm—when the sparkling white snow contrasts sharply against the blue sky. She is also beautiful in the spring and summer after a rainfall when her greenery is bright and looks full of promise. Mount Olympus is a protector who looks over the vast valley onto those of us lucky enough to live beneath her magnificent peak— basking in her shadow and glory.” Some Holladay residents climb the mountain and some wax poetic about its grandeur. In either case, Holladay and Mount Olympus are intimately bound.

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It’s electric! How to hit the trails with integrated propulsion By Amy Green | a.green@mycityjournals.com

Bike experts like Mike Buckley, shop manager at 2nd Tracks Sports/Level 9 (Millcreek) are excited to talk about electric options. For any rider, beginning or advanced, motor propelled mountain bikes are a great emerging option for commuters and outdoor adventure seekers. (Amy Green/City Journals)

More mountain bikes with integrated electric motors are popping up around Utah-- in bike shops of course, on city streets and the diverse trails across the Wasatch. (Amy Green/City Journals)

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More mountain bikes with integrated electric motors are popping up around Utah-- in bike shops of course, on city streets and the diverse trails across the Wasatch. Utah and its mountains are abundant with off road recreation opportunities. Those uphill places are even more accessible to ride now, thanks to electric mountain bikes or eMTB. For those who love getting to the further outskirts, dusty dirt avenues, rocky trails and Utah’s infamous desert washboard roads, longer distance rides are now more doable. Broadly speaking, there are two types of e-bikes: full-power or pedal-assist. The difference is in how they are powered by the motor. A full-power bike is meant for short distances with little to no pedaling over relatively short distances. Pedal-assist bikes are designed to be pedaled most of the time. But when you are tired and need a boost, these bikes can provide a bit of electric help. An eMTB falls into the category of pedal-assist. To read more about how they work check out www.explainthatstuff.com/electricbikes.

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Eddy Steele of SLC, is an avid rider. He has a Focus Jam Squared eMTB. “I love my particular bike. It affords me the ability to ride the trails that are by my house, or on my way home from work. I can ride quicker, whereas on a normal bike, I wouldn’t have the time to ride before it gets dark. A trail that would normally take two to three hours to ride, takes only about an hour on my eMTB with pedal assist,” Steele explained. Mountain bike hobbyists might wonder if one can get the same kind of challenging workout on an e-bike. “It’s not the same kind of workout, but you’re still getting a workout. I’m still breaking a sweat and I’ve still got an increased heart rate. But anytime you are working out two-three hours vs. one hour, you’re going to burn more calories,” Steele said. On an eMTB, one can ride longer. Steele explained the pedal assist advantage saying, “It helps out a lot on the hills and you can make it give you a little more assist on uphill’s. So if you’re using it aggressively, you can really cut down drastically on the amount of pedaling work. So it’s less of a workout to conquer hills than it would be if you had a normal bike. But it’s still a workout.” Steele recently met a guy in St George who has the same bike. After confirming

that the other guy didn’t steal his bike, the men got to talking. “The southern Utah guy was in his 50’s or 60’s, retired, a little overweight, and had bought his bike a few months ago. The guy hadn’t mountain biked before. He wanted something that would help him out a bit. In the short time that he had been mountain biking he lost around 30 pounds. I think without an electric mountain bike he probably wouldn’t have been out being so active,” Steele said. The fun thing about mountain biking is going outside and being on the varied terrain. An electric mountain bike can help one enjoy the sport more fully when one might not otherwise be physically capable. “The other nice thing I like about my bike is it’s a little heavier, so I feel a lot more stable. I feel like I can be a little bit more aggressive in my downhill mountain biking without getting so bounced around. I feel more secure. But it’s not too heavy. I still feel like I can control it really well,” Steele added. e-bikes are pretty amazing. One might wonder if anyone can just go out and take it anywhere? Mike Buckley, manager at 2nd Tracks/Level 9 Sports (Millcreek) where eMTB bikes are sold said, “Currently the people who maintain the trails make the decision (whether to allow e-bikes).” So check the rules before hitting the offroad trails. Where one is allowed to ride an eMTB can vary greatly on federal, state and local trails. As a general rule, any trail open to motorized and non-motorized use, is also available to eMTB riders. Because land rules can change frequently, don’t ride where rules aren’t clear.

For information regarding Utah e-bike laws, consider the following:

• LOCAL: Consult your local land management agency. • STATE: Utah State Parks do not have an eMTB policy. Contact the department for the most up to date information. • FEDERAL: On federal lands, e-bikes are considered motorized vehicles and have access to motorized trails. Contact the U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Regional Office or the BLM Utah State Office Bend National Park for more information.

A great place for more information on where to ride an eMTB is:

• A map of great eMTB rides at peopleforbikes.org/emtb • eMTB “Adventures” at peopleforbikes.org/e-bikes

There is little doubt that electric bikes are better for the environment than traditional gasoline engines. But they aren’t perfect. The development and disposal of batteries causes pollution. The electricity to power an eMTB might be coming from a source of significant pollution. However, e-bikes are a good start at improving air quality. As some say, “Perfect is the enemy of the good.” It’s a neat time to be in the market for a bike, to start thinking about a first one, or upgrading that vintage Schwinn. It’s also a great option for folks who need their bike to do some of the pedaling. See if you can spot these e-bikes wheeling around the Salt Lake scenery.

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New Draper trail conditions app improves outdoor experience By Stephanie Yrungaray | s.yrungaray@mycityjournals.com

Cell phone with trail app and trail in background. (Stephanie Yrungaray/City Journals)

Residents and visitors hoping to enjoy Draper’s 90+ miles of trails now have a way to check trail conditions before they head out the door. Draper City recently released a trail conditions app with the goal of keeping hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders informed as well as keeping trails in good condition.

beautiful outdoors,” said Draper City Councilwoman Tasha Lowery. “We have the most preserved and protected wild lands of any city in the state, over 5,000 acres. It really makes a difference to our residents and their ability to get outside and appreciate all Utah has to offer.” The app, which can be found online at Draper City’s map portal draper.maps.arc“Our hope is that the app will make gis.com/ shows all of the city’s trails with it easier for residents to engage with our each trail colored according to its current condition. Green for open, yellow for tread

lightly, red for closed and blue to indicate which trails are groomed during snowy weather. Clicking on the colored lines pulls up the name of the trail, its condition and the last date of inspection. Greg Hilbig, Draper’s Trails and Open Space Manager said either himself, his assistant or a park ranger are responsible for making sure the app conditions are accurate. “We are often out on the trails checking them,” Hilbig said. “Depending on the time of year and the recent weather it is pretty obvious to those of us familiar with the trails what their condition will be.” Hilbig said the app is an important tool for keeping trails healthy. “A lot of our soil is clay which holds the water longer. The problem with using [trails] when they get really wet and muddy is that it displaces soil off of the trail. On a muddy trail, hikers and horses cause potholes and bikers cause ruts. When the mud hardens it makes the trail lumpy and causes erosion.” Draper resident Chad Smith said his family uses the community trails for mountain biking, running and family hikes. He thinks the new app will make a real difference to trail users. “As Draper’s trail system becomes increasingly crowded and complex to ac-

commodate those on foot, bike and horse I see this app as a way to get in front of some problems that have been on the rise for awhile now,” Smith said. Smith said the number of mountain bikers can make it difficult for hikers, walkers and runners to use the trails, but recent improvements made by Draper City are helping. “They’ve added more foot traffic only trails, and they’ve minimized areas where foot traffic and bike trails intersect and overlap,” Smith said. “At this point, with so many recent changes and such a need for crowd management, I think education is the biggest issue remaining.” Hilbig said he hopes that word will spread about the trail conditions app. “The last time I checked we had 5,000 visits to [the app]. We are hoping to spread education because a lot of new users won’t understand why they shouldn’t be on muddy trails.” Overall, Hilbig said he hopes the app will improve everyone’s experience on trails in Draper. “People from all over use these trails,” Hilbig said. “We just want everyone to have a good time and be courteous to other users.”

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Keep your bike tuned for the trails with Salt Lake’s Bicycle Collective By Jenniffer Wardell | j.wardell@mycityjournals.com

The Bicycle Collective restores, maintains and sells used bikes. (Jenniffer Wardell/City Journals)

You can’t conquer a mountain trail if your bike isn’t in good shape.

For those wanting an inexpensive way to keep their mountain bike in optimum condition, the Bicycle Collective is here to help. With locations in Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo and St. George, the Collective offers open benches, tools and expert help for anyone looking to maintain and repair all kinds of bicycles. They also offer classes for both kids and adults. “We have pretty much everything required to fix most bikes, even old ones,” said Amy Nguyen Wiscombe, the volunteer and program coordinator for the Collective. Just inside the front door of the Salt Lake location is the bike repair room, with rows of tools and equipment and racks to hang bikes while they’re being worked on. Rows of rims hang overhead, and a stack of tires rests along one wall. A separate room has even more tires and tubes. “We only have six benches, and

they’re usually full from beginning to end,” Wiscombe said. “There are also usually three people on the wait list.” If you’re on the wait list, it’s best not to go anywhere. “You have to hang out,” she added. “You don’t know when a bench is going to be done.” The benches are mostly open during what the shop refers to as DIY (Do It Yourself) hours. During that time, volunteers and paid experts are also on hand to help answer the questions of anyone working on their bikes. “The nice thing about repair here is that you’re repairing your bike, but they have guides here who are pros,” said Joe Zia, who was working on the trail bike he’d recently purchased from the Collective. “If you’re in over your head, they can guide you.” Zia’s son, Jeff, was there learning how to take care of the bike he would be using frequently. “I’m actually a great bike rider, and my dad is, too,” Jeff said. “We go on trails three times a day.” When questioned if they really did that much riding, Zia smiled. “We go quite a bit.” The only two things the Collective

won’t do is bleed hydraulic brakes and repair mountain bike forks (the part that holds the front wheel). “(Our experts) might not have that type of knowledge,” Wiscombe said. “It’s pretty specialized.” The Collective also has a Youth Open Shop, where children and teens get exclusive use of the benches. They also have a weekly WTF night (Women, Trans and Femme), designed exclusively for those female, transgender, genderqueer, transmasculine, transfeminine or femme. The nights, which are part of a national movement, are meant to give those individuals a safe space to work on bikes. “Cycling is typically pretty dominated by men, and a bike shop can typically be a pretty intimidating space,” Wiscombe said. “We try to be really welcoming and inclusive.” DIY time, Youth Open Shop, and WTF night are all $5 an hour for bench time. The complete schedule for all three sessions are available at the Collective’s web site, www.bicyclecollective.org “It’s a lot cheaper than getting it serviced at the bike shop, and you know the work that’s getting done on your bike,” Zia said. Lucas Ruiz was also in the shop,

working on his mountain bike. “I do at least 40 miles a day on my bike, so I have extra wear,” he said. Even if you don’t ride that far every day, you still have plenty of reason to tune up your bike. “All bikes require regular maintenance of some kind,” Wiscombe said. “Right before you ride, you should always check your air, brakes and chain. Once a month, you should give your bike a detailed cleaning, lube your chain and check to see if things are worn out.” The Collective’s next round of mountain bike classes for kids should be announced next April, with word going out on their social media accounts. Other classes will cover everything from flat repair to suspension systems to derailleurs. Just like the people who use the benches, the students come from all walks of life. “They range from college kids all the way to retired folks,” Wiscombe said. “All different socioeconomic levels.” It’s that variety, and the opportunity to help them, that help keep the Collective going. “There’s incredible diversity in Salt Lake,” she said. “We get to meet these people and experience their stories.”

Hiking opportunities abound in the area By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com The Salt Lake Valley and surround- like that sometimes,” Roberts said. “We ing mountains is considered a hiking have seen deer and all kinds of stuff in our own backyard hikes.” mecca. There are 171 registered hiking trails right here in this valley and surrounding foothills. According to alltrails.com they can all be accessed within a 20-minute drive from any point along the Wasatch Front. These hikes range in difficulty and skill levels. “I try to hike with my son once a week,” Herriman resident Travis Roberts said. “We like to get out and enjoy the time together. He loves the wildlife and all the things he can see while we are hiking. I want him to have a thorough fitness experience.” Hiking has great rewards, but care should be taken to ensure your simple day trip does not turn into a disaster. Be prepared for your adventure. According to alltrails.com here are some tips: Research the trail you are venturing on and notify someone of your plans; prepare yourself physically by stretching, having enough water and supplies; hike with a buddy; bring clothing for changing weather conditions, watch your step, and most importantly, know when to turn around. “Watch for wildlife, snakes and stuff

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Here are a few nearby hikes best suited for families.

Yellow Fork Canyon Trail, Herriman

A moderate hike consisting of a 6.8mile loop. It gains approximately 1,300 feet in elevation and ends on a ridgeline with great views of the valley. Many residents like its proximity. Parts of the trail are steep and rocky and there are many spurs off the main trail to explore. Bentley Roberts and his father Travis have explored several hikes close to their home. They have learned to

Temple Quarry and Little Cottonwood Creek Trail, Little Cottonwood Canyon

enjoy spending time together. (Photo courtesy of Travis Roberts)

A 7-mile out and back trail that fea- recreational users including bikes, runners tures a river and lots of shade. It gains and families. 1,350 feet in elevation to the top and ends Herriman Fire Memorial Flag, Herriman at an old mill. This hike contains history of A relatively short 1.7-mile steep and the Utah Pioneers and building of the Salt rocky hike. It ends with spectacular views Lake Temple. of the valley. It is considered a moderate to Mountain View Corridor difficult hike by alltrails.com users. This hike travels the entire length of Orson Smith Park to the Draper Suspension the corridor and can be accessed at severBridge Loop al points along its route. The trail is mostly A 2.3-mile loop rated as easy, alpaved and includes several benches along though there is a long uphill section. The the way. It is frequented by several types of trail is well maintained and has frequent

bicycles. A short hike past the suspension bridge is the old pine bridge and worth the extra effort.

Jungle Trail Hike, Corner Canyon

A new trail in the Corner Canyon trail system has been built for kids. In fact, the sign at the trailhead says it is for the young and adventurous. The hike begins at the Carolina Hills trailhead. The trail is shaded and has logs to climb over and forts to hide in; it is only .1 miles in length.

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Students gain advice as they decide to ‘Risk It’ in entrepreneurial world By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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lta High sophomore John Manouskian knows he wants to start a business, but “is still trying to put the pieces together.” That’s why he decided to attend Canyon School District’s annual “Risk It” entrepreneurial conference, which gave him tips as well as a network of people he could call upon. “It’s super important to get the assistance from people and to learn from them how to be successful, how to put my best self out there,” he said. The morning conference welcomed high school students to three breakout sessions in addition to listening to the keynote speaker Katie Holland, who founded Illuminate, a women’s networking group. Holland, who said when she took a job thinking she’d be welcomed for her ideas and knowledge, instead was humiliated when she was told, “‘We all want to see you bend over to pick up paper clips.’ What did I do? I picked up my purse and walked out.” However, through her career, she embraced the concept “each of us is golden by nature.” “Life takes us over bruises, scrapes and bumps and may cover up our greatness, but you’re still golden. I coasted a lot at your age,” she told the students. “If I didn’t, it would have saved me a boat load of time. Dare to put yourself out there and commit to be your best self.” Through those ups and downs, Holland appreciated those who supported her, and in turn developed her own business, which helps 2,000 women “lift each other up” as well as mentor students. Her speech inspired those in attendance, including Brighton senior Margaret Selfridge. “It would be great to network with Illuminate to see how they can help me get my own business going,” she said. “I want to provide a mental health app with tools, self-help, psychologists, ways for people to get the help they need.” In the first round of breakouts, Sam Ricks, Cotopaxi vice president of creative and founding member, welcomed future entrepreneurs and business leaders by telling them his story. After starting as a children’s book illustrator, he went to graduate school for graphic design and worked with Davis Smith. Together, as they were kicking around new ideas, they decided to open a busi-

ness that not just sold products, but also gave back to the community. Smith, who grew up in Ecuador, named the company after the active volcano in the Andes Mountains and used the llama, which is found in the southern part of the country, as their mascot. Ricks’ job was to build a brand around the name and mascot for adventure travel as well as show how they embrace their core value of being a great citizen to the world. “We had quit our jobs and were working full time out of a co-worker’s living room for months, believing in the product, but wanting to tie it back to our humanitarian mission and values,” he said. “We had no contracts, no relationships with companies. Nobody knew who we were. I’m not kidding you, it was hard, but we believed.” That belief translated into launching free musical festivals with an adventure scavenger hunt in several cities, giving participants a free backpack made of scrap fabric. The adventure scavenger hunt and the backpacks, which are their No. 1 seller, are popular annual events. “It’s going to be a lot harder than you think. For months, we survived on four hours of sleep. It was fun and exciting, but it’s not going to come super easy. Be sure to network with other people and be open to other peoples’ ideas,” Ricks In the room next door, Hillcrest High senior Emily Rupper, who was a member of the Jr. Women in Business, said she has learned to present herself with conviction and shared a story where it paid off. “I was in Park City and recognized a billionaire seated next to me,” she said. “I walked over and said, ‘Hi, my name is Emily Rupper and you want to know me. I’m 18. I value people, speak Chinese and have lived abroad.’ I knew I had less than 30 seconds and that is when you have to show you have energy, confidence and power. It will connect you with people who will be important in your life.” And for Rupper, it resulted in an internship opportunity, which she turned down as she is attending Brigham Young University this summer. She also has her own marketing business. The elevator speech is a key part of success, said Sean Steinman, of Windermere Real Estate-Utah. “You need to be present, show

Illuminate founder and CEO Katie Holland speaks with students at the recent Risk It conference. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

them what makes you unique,” he said. “Put your passion in what you do. How you put yourself out there and your experience will tell how that moment is created. And learn from failure. Disney failed 100 times, yet he still got the bank funding and created something legendary from his vision. Show them who you are and why you get up in the morning.” Hillcrest High senior Gabriella Hernandez found lots of networking opportunities, connecting with entrepreneurs who gave her advice for her graphic design business. “I’m hearing stories and learning there are opportunities everywhere,” she said. “I’m finding resources and tips that will be useful.” During the last rotation, University of Utah Director of Investments Taylor Bench told students about his part of the electronic asthma tracker that helps patients with asthma symptoms in self-assessment and monitoring. “It could reduce ER visits by 98%, help these people and bring about a change in the culture, but what was the problem?” he asked students, who identified that doctors, hospitals and insurance companies may not get as much money if it wasn’t created. “We found we needed to ask a lot of questions, not to be afraid to keep trying. Starting a business is difficult, but if you’re able to address customers’ needs, and come up with a solution for people, it is worth it and that is what makes a great business.” l

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Time is now for property tax-relief applications to County Treasurer By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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lthough reaching 75 years of age can be seen as a “diamond” anniversary, 75-year-old West Valley resident Andi felt her life was all rough, no diamond. She was at a loss, feeling helpless about how to pay $1,500 in property tax on her $170,000 home. Trenton, age 50, had just moved to Utah and settled on Herriman, which he enjoyed for its peaceful, quiet community feel. As a disabled veteran, he found his economic opportunities sparse in the bedroom community. The stress of his owing more than $4,000 in taxes was wearing on him. As a veteran used to having to endure long lines for things like medical care — but feeling extreme stress doing so — he was leery of venturing out for the support he knew he might be awarded. Salt Lake City resident Ada had been receiving financial support from her daughter. The proud 80-year-old woman was humiliated enough, asking for help from family and, given her minimal fixed income, did not know what to do to resolve the more than $1,000 she owed in tax.

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The Salt Lake County Treasurer’s office has five different tax-relief programs to help folks like Andi, Trenton and Ruth — all fictional names for some real Salt Lake County neighbors, who have been assisted by programs available through the SLCO Treasurer.

The three are a few of many individuals who have received peace of mind by seeking support from Salt Lake County’s varied tax-relief programs. According to Joy Hayes, a tax-relief supervisor with the SLCO Treasurer, in 2018, more than $10 million was granted by the County, assisting those in need. After approaching SLCO about their situations, this is the outcome for each: Andi – Leveraging two different programs considering age and income, SLCO forgave all but $37.87 of the nearly $1,500 the 75-year-old owed. Trenton – The crowd-weary disabled veteran, within minutes, had his tax burden halved, thanks to disabled-veteran tax forgiveness programs through the County. The new figure was infinitely more palatable on his disabled vet benefits compensation. “He couldn’t believe he had been helped so quickly and so efficiently,” recalled Hayes. “He mentioned he had moved several times and this was the first office where he felt appreciated and did not get the run-around.” Ada – After her daughter told her she was no longer able to financially contribute, she learned about the SLCO Tax Forgiveness programs. Feeling embarrassed and humiliated, Ada came to the SLCO Complex at 2100 S. State Street and begrudgingly told Trea-

surer’s office personnel that, “she felt she had no choice,” Hayes said. “After looking at her income? It was clear that her tax liability would be dismissed.” According to Hayes, the 80-year-old woman cried tears of joy and “thanked us over and over.” Her only regret? “She wished she had had the courage to come in earlier.” Support from the SLCO Treasurer’s office is “invaluable,” for ensuring quality of life for residents in need of support, Hayes said.

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The only thing people need to do? Three things. First, lose the fear and avoidance. As is seen by the examples of Andi, Trenton and Ada, SLCO personnel are not just doing their jobs to help residents in need, but are personally fulfilled by the impact they make in helping others, Hayes said. Second, reach out and ask for help. Ask for help by calling SLCO, engaging with their website or coming in to the office. Have SLCO representatives clearly advise what documentation is needed so you have a checklist of all required for your tax-relief application. SLCO Treasurer phone 385-468-8326 Website www.slco.org/treasurer/tax-re-

Individuals who are legally blind in both eyes or the unmarried surviving spouse or minor-aged orphan of a deceased legally-blind person may seek property-tax relief through Salt Lake County. (Honza Groh/ Wikimedia Commons)

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