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hen Haley Hammock was a high school sophomore, she was introduced to Girls Who Code. “I fell in love with it,” the now Waterford senior said. “It was an engineering world where I could strengthen my coding skills, which I’m passionate about and want to pursue for the rest of my life.” Girls Who Code is a supportive club where girls can learn the concepts of loops, variables, conditionals and functions that form basic programming languages, Hammock said. She liked the idea of the club so much she created a Girls Who Code club in December on her school campus. As an 18-year-old facilitator, she has a dependable 15 girls from sixth through 11th grade who regularly take part in the coding club. “I wanted the girls to create something in the computer science field and knew there were girls who wanted to learn coding and computer skills, but needed the encouragement and opportunity to learn,” Hammock said. “I also wanted to give back to the school that has taught me so much.” Through the club, Hammock is teaching the girls to design and build a website, which she hopes will have an impact on educating others on re-

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al-world issues of gender equality. “We’re hoping to show equality in pay and an information page to animation games so all ages can learn from it,” she said, adding that she hopes to have links to the page from the national Girls Who Code website as well as promote it on social media. “It’s fun to work on and hopefully, we can change the world.” This isn’t Hammock’s first stint teaching. She has been an assistant teacher in two classes this past summer. But now the AP student who just completed her varsity cross-country season and is in the middle of her high school robotics competitive season as the head programmer has been finding the balance for her own studies as well as helping others. “I try to have them problem solve and fix errors on their own. I want them to think it through and look first at common errors and steps to take each time something doesn’t work, not just come to me. It’s the basics of problem solving and learning coding,” she said. Later this spring, Hammock will mentor other girls so the club will have high school–age and middle school– age divisions with leaders next fall as she plans to attend college.

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Waterford’s Girls Who Code club members are creating a website while learning some coding concepts. (Steve Manning/Waterford School)

“I want to pass on my knowledge to some of the girls who are energetic and enthusiastic about learning,” she said. Hammock, who grew up in a “computer science world,” as she puts it, learned the programming language Scratch in middle school and entered high school with a love of math.

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“I loved having an answer to a solution and knowing there are multiple ways to get there,” she said. “I loved science, too, but it was computer science and having the ability to be able to solve any problem I wanted by code that became my passion. That’s what I’m wanting to share with other girls at Waterford.” l

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Sandy City acquires ‘Evan’s Heaven,’ plans to develop park By Justin Adams | j.adams@mycityjournals.com

A view of part of the Evans/Richardson area from Wasatch Boulevard. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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ome of Chad Evans’ most cherished childhood memories happened on a little hill along the east bench, a place known as “Evan’s Heaven.” It wasn’t just where his family lived, it was a fixture of the community. Now, many years later and with the help of Sandy City, Evan’s Heaven is set to reclaim that status. On Jan. 23rd, the Sandy City Council voted unanimously to purchase the land that comprises Evan’s Heaven for $2.3 million. The parcel, totaling about 10 acres, is located at the mouth of Little Cottonwood on the southeast corner of Wasatch Boulevard and 9400 South. The two families that have lived on the property, the Evanses and the Richardsons, sold the property to the city on the condition that the land be turned into a public park. Chad Evans told the Sandy Journal that the park will be part of the legacy of his parents, Elvis and June. “My parents have always been in love with doing good for other people and raising children,” he said. Elvis and June Evans bought the property in 1945 for $1,500. Chad said the price was so low because the place is so full of big granite rocks that at the time it was nearly impossible to build and plant much there. They had a total of 18 children (some of whom came into the family through the foster care system). Throughout their lives, Elvis and June made their home a place that was open to all. “You talk to anyone who’s lived in Granite for long enough and mention Evan’s Heaven, they’ll know what you’re talking about,” said Chad. At one point, the Evans and Richardson families even had plans to build a children’s museum on the property. Chad said that while that didn’t work out, the families have never lost their parents’ original dream of having their home become a place where children could come to learn, play and explore. “One of the last things my mother said before she passed away was that I needed

to make sure that property gets taken care of properly, meaning, for kids,” said Chad. Over the years the two families received offers for the land from developers, some of them much higher than what the city ended up paying for it. Speaking during the public hearing regarding the purchase, Evans told the city council that they “were willing to look away from these other offers so children can have the same adventures that we had when we were kids.” The purchase contract stipulates that the city must start building the park by 2022, though Councilman Chris McCandless said during the meeting that he’d like the city to move much faster than that. “I want to start planning right now,” he said. The park will be a “passive park,” meaning that there won’t be playgrounds or large expanses of grass designed for team sports. Instead, the park will emphasize open space, nature trails and nature preservation. Part of the land is also expected to be used to create a new trailhead and parking lot for the Bell Canyon trail system. The trail is an extremely popular one. Its current trailhead along Wasatch Boulevard often becomes overcrowded, causing congestion in the area. The property is also expected to fulfill other useful purposes. The Sandy City fire chief said that a parking lot at this location would be an ideal staging area for firefighting and rescue operations that take place in the area. The proposed purchase received enthusiastic support not only from members of the Sandy City Council, but by multiple community members who came as well. Representatives from the Dimple Dell Preservation Society and the Granite Community Council attended the meeting and voiced their support for the project. Of the $2.3 million paid for the property, Salt Lake County provided $1 million and the rest came from the city’s water bond.l

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Budgets, cameras and Mr. Bradburn goes to Washington By Justin Adams | j.adams@mycityjournals.com

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ere’s a quick look at three other stories that happened in Sandy last month. 1) Mayor Bradburn visits Washington, D.C. Mayor Kurt Bradburn was one of 50 mayors from across the country invited to the White House last month to discuss infrastructure needs. In a video message posted to the Sandy City Hall YouTube channel, Bradburn said he’s “really excited about the infrastructure bill that the White House is trying to get bipartisan support for.”

“It would be great to get some of those federal dollars to help update our infrastructure and bring it into the 21st century,” he said. 2) City begins work on next year’s budget On Feb. 6, the Sandy City Council meeting was held at the River Oaks Golf Course clubhouse. There was only one item on the night’s agenda: a workshop to kick off the budget process for the next fiscal year. After a review of the city’s current financial status, both the city administration and the city

The Sandy City Council approved spending to live stream city council meetings. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

council members had a chance to present their priorities for what should be in the budget. The common theme throughout the night from both the administration and the council was the need to provide more competitive wages to the city’s law-enforcement personnel. “We’ve lost officers to other cities that have been recruiting,” said Bradburn, who also said that he has sat down with Police Chief Kevin Thacker in recent weeks to come up with a plan to boost pay for the city’s police officers. Part of that plan includes shortening the amount of time it takes for an officer to move up through a set pay range from 17 years to 11 years, as well as increasing the pay amount at both ends of the range. Councilwoman Kris Coleman-Nicholl said she would like to see the range be shortened to 10 years. “I think we’re going to lose a lot more officers than people are expecting,” she said. During the meeting the city administration also unveiled a new interactive budget tool that the public will have access to soon. The website allows users to play with the Sandy budget themselves by adjusting the city’s revenue and expense priorities. Residents will even be able to share their modified budgets with the city so that city leaders can have a better idea of what people would like to see. 3) City council approves spending to live stream council meetings On Jan. 23, the Sandy City Council voted to spend just over $22,000 to upgrade the au-

dio-visual capabilities of the council chambers. The upgrades will make it possible to provide a live video feed of the weekly council meetings so residents can watch from home. The concept of live-streamed city council meetings was one of Bradburn’s campaign promises, making the city government more transparent and accessible to its citizens. Councilwoman Brooke Christensen said she talked to hundreds of people last year during the election process who said they wanted that kind of access to the city council so they could be more involved, even if they just watch from home. The resolution was passed by the council 5-2, with the two dissenting votes coming from Chris McCandless and Coleman-Nicholl. McCandless said he was opposed to the idea because he thinks that all parties involved would act differently if they are on camera. “I’m struggling with live video streaming because I want to have more honest, open deliberation and I think that takes away from our ability to do that,” he said. Coleman-Nicholl expressed concerns about the usefulness of the technology, citing extremely low viewership numbers from other cities that do something similar, as well as low numbers of residents listening to the city’s current audio stream of the meeting. According to Bradburn, the live stream won’t be up and running for a few months while the cameras are installed. l

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Community prepares for emergencies by learning to build shelters By Keyra Kristoffersen | keyrak@mycityjournals.com

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andy City Hall hosted an emergency shelter fundamentals class Saturday, Feb. 3, put on by the Red Cross for those interested in learning more about community emergency preparedness. “What we really want to do is train the community to be really resilient and be able to do some of these basic tasks like opening a shelter and registering people,” said Toni Wise, who has been with the Red Cross for just over two years, first in northern Nevada and now in Utah. The Shelter Fundamentals training is one of a couple of classes offered by the Red Cross that is open to the community. A combination of Sandy City residents and Red Cross trained volunteers help teach participants how to open, run and close a basic shelter. The essentials covered included having the correct documentation of residents that come in, communicating with facility owners or managers, how to ask for additional time, clean-up and what you should plan for in terms of meals. The Red Cross also discussed what makes a good shelter facility. Recreation centers, for example usually have showers, larger bathrooms and areas for health and mental health services. Along with keeping shelter residents as safe and comfortable as possible, the volunteers spoke about keeping the residents’ information secure. “We want to get community members out so they can see what our shelters look like, how to register people for shelters, what that info is used for,” said Wise. Sandy City has its own CERT, or Community Emergency Response Team, that can train community members so that when there’s a significant emergency they can open and start to run a shelter before Red Cross can get there. The city emergency manager, Jeff Mulcahy, was the one who reached out to the Red Cross to organize this class in preparation for wildfires, house fires and the anticipated 7.2 earthquake scientists say Utah is due for.

The fundamentals of running a shelter are taught to Sandy residents. (Red Cross)

“In Utah, especially along the Wasatch Front, our biggest concern is the earthquake. It’s not a matter of if it’s gonna happen, but when,” said Wise. She has taken the classes across seven counties throughout Utah including a disaster simulation held in Draper just a few weeks ago, and has been helping Tooele County build and prepare a response team. In March, the Red Cross will not only hold another shelter fundamentals class in Cottonwood Heights at the Cottonwood Recreation Center, but has paired with the city to get the neighborhoods ready for the Great Shake-Out on April 14, a statewide earthquake drill. Volunteers and houses will be marked as safe, in need of help or dead for teams and block captains to practice helping in a simulated emergency situation. There will also be instructions for building 96-hour kits for individuals to be self-sufficient in case they are separated from

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City council targeting Airbnb’s in new proposed ordinance By Justin Adams | j.adams@mycityjournals.com

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andy residents operating a short-term rental out of their homes are about to face some new regulations from Sandy City. During the Jan. 23 city council meeting, council members began deliberating a new city ordinance that would target those who use their home to operate an STR (short-term rental) such as Airbnb or VRBO (vacation rental by owner). STRs are homes or apartments that can be rented out to individuals on a short-term basis. In recent years, they have become a popular option for vacationers who prefer to stay in a home over a traditional hotel. A search on airbnb.com returns about 300 such rentals within the city of Sandy. It’s not hard to see why someone would turn a house into a short-term rental property. They can be extremely lucrative for those who own them. LeAnn Payne and her husband own a house that they have rented out on Airbnb for about a year. She said they make four times as much money from doing short-term rentals as they would from renting it out to a permanent resident. Unlike with a hotel, owners and operators of STRs don’t need to obtain a government-issued license or undergo regular safety inspections. “I was expecting lots of regulations when we started this,” said Payne. “I was really happy when I found out we didn’t have to do all that.” While STRs may be a popular option for those staying in them and a lucrative opportunity for those owning them, they pose a danger to the community, at least according to Sandy

City. One of the concerns surrounding STRs is how they affect property values. Speaking at the city council meeting, Councilman Chris McCandless said he had recently learned of a woman in Sandy who had sold her house for $150,000 more than its market value. The buyer was from California and hadn’t visited the house before purchasing it. They then promptly turned it into a STR. McCandless said that cases like this can raise property values in the city and lead to a shortage of affordable housing. Another concern for some is the competitive advantage that they hold over traditional hotels. Because STRs have most of the benefits of a hotel has without the high operational costs, they can be a threat to the business of both hotel chains and local bed and breakfast establishments. Fran Hansen, for example, owns and operates the 1887 Hansen House Bed and Breakfast in Sandy, a renovated Victorian-style mansion of Sandy’s first mayor. Hansen said that letting people open up their home to anyone anywhere is an insult to the bed and breakfast owners like herself who put in a lot of work to meet all the requirements set by the state. While she’s not completely opposed to the idea of STRs, Hansen said she just wishes they were held to the same standards and requirements as other hotels. “I wouldn’t begrudge anyone the right to make a living,” she said. Despite the fees, licenses, inspections and taxes with which she must comply but STRs do not, Hansen said she hasn’t personally noticed

any loss of business as a direct result of their rise in popularity. Traditional hotels are also subject to something called a transient room tax. That tax helps fund the city government. In 2017, Sandy City received $3.3 million from this tax, according to its comprehensive annual financial report. However, that tax doesn’t appear to be taking much of a hit from STRs; Sandy’s revenue from the tax has increased 75 percent since 2010. To address these concerns, the Sandy City Council’s draft ordinance proposes establishing new regulations for STRs. However, the ordinance is still in a draft stage, so there’s nothing set in stone yet. Some of the proposals that have been discussed include requiring STRs to undergo yearly inspections, setting a cap on the total number of STRs permitted in the city and requiring STR operators to claim the unit as their primary residence. The current draft would also require owners of any STR to notify all neighbors within 300 feet that they are doing so. Some city council members suggested that those neighbors should then have an appeal process wherein if more than 50 percent of the neighbors submit complaints to the city that the person could possibly have their STR license denied. Another consideration has been increasing the penalties and fines imposed on households that are cited for violating other city ordinances like noise limits. McCandless said the current fines are low enough that they’re not a real deterrent. “They just consider it an expense of doing business,” he said. Kaye Le Cheminant, a Salt Lake City realtor, said she would like to have all STRs relegated to one specific area within each community that would be designated for that purpose. “I just believe that you have to protect the right of the people who have made an investment in something that they believed would be a nice quiet neighborhood,” she said. “I think they need to have one zone and one zone only in each community that allows Airbnb’s.” For the Sandy City Council members, coming up with a solution that pleases everyone may not be possible, though they have said that they hope to find a balance between the two sides. “On the one hand we have people who want to exercise their property right to the best of their ability, and if that includes renting their house out as they desire, they see that as a right. On the other hand, we have people who want a peaceful neighborhood and don’t want to be bothered by noisy parties at a neighbor’s shortterm rental,” said Councilman Steve Fairbanks. The city council expects to resume discussion of the proposed ordinance either on Feb. 27 or March 6. There is an allotted time each city council meeting during which residents can express their opinion on this or any other issue. l

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By Keyra Kristoffersen | keyrak@mycityjournals.com

omen from around Utah gathered in Sandy at the Courtyard by Marriott to participate in a leadership training put on by Sheroes United, a movement of women who dare to change the world through love, according to their website. “We really believe that when you empower a woman, you empower a family and you empower a community and eventually you empower a nation,” said Bridget Cook Burch, the executive pillar director over human trafficking and New York Times best-selling author of “The Witness Wore Red.” The “Becoming a Shero from the Inside Out” training focused on helping women identify their stories and the narrative they tell themselves and the world. It aims to help them understand they are not alone in some of their worst experiences and how to break the chains of dysfunction and become a positive and powerful influence for the families and community. Participants engage in an eight-hour class and lunch to hear speakers discuss how they can become a Shero and then build a Bill of Rights detailing their right to be happy, to say no and to build a better life for themselves and their families. Sheroes United began seven years ago when a group of Utah businesswomen were sitting around a table and realized they had something in common. Each had been through some form of domestic violence or sexual assault, and the founder, Celeste Gleave, had discovered there was a lot of trauma among military women. They found that each of them found a way to rise above the things they had experienced, but that so many members of the community had not. They built a nonprofit to help and discuss the problems like domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking that they did not see being discussed at home, but was always seen as happening “over there,” anywhere but their local neighborhoods. The training has been modified to be culturally and age sensitive in order to be taken abroad, such as when world leaders and members of the Vatican requested that it be brought to women from the Democratic Republic of Congo

in Rome last year. “The Congo is the worst place for women,” said Burch. “We knew that if we could affect the women refugees that have family back there that that could be a ripple that we could do until it’s safe for us to actually go in.” Along with going out to other states like Colorado and New York and other countries such as Canada, India Women from around Utah gather to learn to become Sheroes from the inside out. and Kenya, Sheroes (Bridget Cook Burch) training will also be introduced into former boyfriend. the Utah State prison system between Feb. The bill would require that a tracking 20 and March 20 as a pilot program called Y monitor with three-way radio be worn by a PREP, which stands for “Your Parole Requires predator that would link them to an app on the Extensive Preparation.” The program will not victim’s phone so that if they are within 2,000 only teach empowerment to female prisoners, feet of each other, the victim would be warned but will also provide a safe space for them to and the police and monitoring company notified. discuss and redefine their narrative and overcome It’s designed as an early warning system against victimhood going forward. those who have proven or demonstrate the “What really needs to happen is that deep possibility of violence. inner healing,” said Burch. “In order for any “There are certain perpetrators that get their of these things to change, it’s going to require hand slapped again and again until they take that women have the ability to change the way someone’s life,” said Burch. that they perceive themselves and be open to the Sheroes United believes in the healthy greater reality.” and respectful communication and partnership Life skills, handling money and budgeting, between men and women and seeks to help writing resumes and getting jobs will also be part others be the best they can be and help others, of the training. said Burch. With over 500 volunteers throughout Sheroes United has been working hand-in- Utah, she hopes to get that message out to end a hand with the Utah Refugee Association and the culture of violence. Another training session will Attorney General’s Office to get training into take place at the end of March and donations and hotel and motel settings to respond to human volunteers are always welcome. trafficking. A “superwoman” campaign was “Women and men are taking this training planned to be revealed on Feb. 13 on Capitol and taking it out into the world,” said Burch. “It Hill in conjunction with the introduction of really has exceeded what we had envisioned.” Annie’s Bill, a project that would put teeth to For more information about future classes protective orders, said Burch; it was spearheaded and how to get involved, visit https://www. by a woman whose daughter was murdered by a sheroesunited.org/ l

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Silver Mesa STEAM Night offers students hands-on activities By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

Silver Mesa Elementary offers STEAM Night for students to get a chance to experience hands-on activities such as trying 3-D pens. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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t was a chance to try coding, look at virtual reality, try 3-D doodle pens and understand the properties of nitinol memory wire. Nearly 900 students and families passed through a dozen stations Jan. 23 at Silver Mesa Elementary’s third annual STEAM Night, which invited Nelson Labs scientists, Julie Callahan — University of Utah outreach project coordinator who works with the department of physics and astronomy — and the Utah Museum of Contemporary art truck. About 20 other volunteers as well as Silver Mesa staff and faculty also helped to lead activities and demonstrations. “We hope that through these activities, the students will understand what science can bring to them day to day,” said Audrey Turley, who co-organized the STEAM Night with volunteer James

Barron. “There are so many diverse applications that the students may not think about them. And with art, it adds an important element, which uses a different part of the brain.” Equipped with a passport to check off visits to various stations such as making art pop-up hats in the library or a visit back to retro technology, students and their parents tried out the various technologies and took in the demonstrations. Kindergartner Cameron Diehl tried to understand the properties of nitinol memory wire from a Nelson laboratory volunteer, with his mother, Michelle. “My son loves science and likes to see how things work, so I thought this was a good opportunity for him to see it in action,” she said. Cameron said he really likes coding. “It’s the first time I’ve been able to tell a robot what to do,” he said, adding that he controlled it using an iPad. “The 3-D pens were really fun.” Nelson Lab volunteers were checking how well people washed their hands. Angelee Gardiner, school speech and language pathologist, took a break from staffing the coding station to wash her hands. “They gave me a lotion which I rubbed on my hands and it remained where I need to wash my hands better,” she said, adding that she needs to wash the backs of her hands more. “Tonight gives the students an engaging experience with so many aspects of science and technology. Many of them quickly pick up the coding; they learn they’re smarter than the computer.” In a nearby classroom, students gathered creating objects out of moldable plastic pellets. Third-grader Ashlin McCoy and her sixth-grade sister, Maelie, had just finished rolling and creating objects. Ashlin made a bouncy ball so “I can roll it and play with it.” Her sister molded hers into a star.

“I liked being able to see how it turned from pellets into something I could shape,” Maelie said. Ashlin said that she liked the coding games and liked seeing the science fair projects on display in the gym. “The battery science board was cool. It was on a wire and it spins. They tested if one spins faster than another,” she said, adding that the whole family came – except for her dog, Rusty. There were stations on digital citizenship, technology and phone safety, Lego robotics, water filtration, Bioburden testing to see how medical devices are sterilized, and samples of rocks and minerals. The night was created when Barron expanded the school’s existing science fair for upper grades into an opportunity for the entire school. He then met Callahan and saw what other schools’ STEM fairs were like and decided to expand the science fair into a STEAM night, adding the arts component. “I hope these kids are able to question why and have the tools to research and find the answers,” he said. “They will grow in confidence when they figure it out and it may spark more interest in science and technology.” Principal Julie Fielding credits Barron’s foresight. “This night grew out of the science fair and we thought if we brought in other interactive ideas, it would be a fun, family event that would appeal to our entire community,” she said, adding that she gladly welcomed the community support for the event. Fielding said this year’s variety seemed to offer enough that appealed to the families. She said even she couldn’t help but put on a pair of virtual reality goggles to see Chinese New Year festivities. “We hope that this was a unifying event for families where kids could wander safely through the building and explore what they’re curious about,” she said. “We wanted it to be engaging now and provide them opportunities to explore more on their own.” l

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Waterford chess team focuses on improvement as state tournaments near

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ith the state elementary and middle school chess tournaments set for March 10 and March 23–24, respectively, Waterford School chess team members aren’t focusing on winning. “We’re wanting our students to learn, to be able to think before acting, concentrate and lose or win graciously,” said Kristin South, chess program coordinator . The program, which South introduced to the school five years ago, involves 62 students — the largest ever. She has two after-school groups divided by grade level, a before-school group and a middle school group. One of the groups is by invitation only for players who want additional challenge. It is the last group where South has invited Utah’s top chess player and private coach grandmaster Alexander Gustafsson to teach students. “I’m not really a chess player, but more of a chess organizer, so I brought him to teach techniques, openings, study previous games. I can sit down and move pieces, but these students want to learn so much more,” South said, adding Waterford’s chess team doesn’t just focus on winning, but on learning and that her father taught her how to improving. (Julie Slama/City Journals) play, but she didn’t learn more until middle school team took first place and the elher own children were wanting to ementary school team finished fifth. They also play. When her children started attending school were slated to compete at the Mountainville at Whittier Elementary, there wasn’t a chess pro- Academy tournament in February. South asks her team to set goals, but not gram, so South started one. That started as a basis for starting the chess program at Waterford, achievement goals. “I want them to set learning goals so they where over the course of several weeks, students in third through fifth grade are taught the basics can accomplish what may be hard things for in chess and then invited to join the after-school them to do,” she said. South said that as a result of practicing club. “We want everyone to benefit from chess, chess, students’ concentration also has improved but it’s up to them if they want to do more and go in the classroom. “I do tend to think they have more thoughtto tournaments. This may be an opportunity for students who love chess a chance to give them ful, careful work. Some also overcome the fear of risk-taking in school since we encourage evjoy and let them shine,” she said. It also gives students a chance to feel part of eryone to try at everything,” she said. South hopes that the “Game of Kings” is a team and have pride in their school, South said. “We wear matching shirts and support one one that will be a part of her students’ lives. “It’s a game they can enjoy and learn from another,” she said. “After each match, they may come up to me to say they won or lost, but I will their entire lifetime. It spans cultures and lanask them, ‘What did you learn?’ I want them to guages so they can play it all over the world,” see how even with the loss, they are growing and said South, who teaches history. “If you look at being taught life lessons. My emphasis is that history, there are chess stories, such as Napolean they’re improving and having fun. I’d love for played chess and he did poorly at it as well as them all to win at least one match, but I also want strategizing war. George Washington was known to be a good player and his victory at Yorktown them to learn how to be a competitor.” At the January West Jordan Invitational, elevated his notoriety as a war commander. their first tournament of the season, Waterford’s Chess can tell us much about people.” l

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Two Sandy students honored as Utah’s top youth volunteers By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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wo Sandy students recently were selected as Utah’s top youth volunteers of the 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

Tabitha Bell, a senior at Waterford School, was selected as Utah’s top high school volunteer as part of the 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. (Waterford School)

Seventeen-year-old Tabitha Bell, a senior at Waterford School, and 12-year-old Abigail Slama-Catron, a seventh-grader at Midvale Middle School, were selected by the program that honors youth for their outstanding volunteer work. As state honorees, the two will each receive silver medallions, $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip in late April to Washington, D.C., where they will join the top two honorees from other states and the District of Columbia for four days of nationally recognized events. Bell was selected for working with her classmates to raise more than $75,000 through her nonprofit organization, “Pawsitive Pawsibilities,” which has provided six service dogs to people who can’t afford one. During a conversation with her doctor, Bell learned that many of his doctor’s patients needed a service dog, but couldn’t afford one. So with a friend, she incorporated her own nonprofit business, created a website and launched a class competition to raise money. She also has sold bracelets, developed a coloring book about service animals, organized a 5K race and benefit concert and has promoted her mission by speaking at schools, camps and civic group gatherings. Bell, who was born severely premature in Siberia, was adopted as a baby and later diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. She relies on her German shepherd, Sunny, to give her mobility

and balance. She was nominated for the award by her school. Abigail, who was nominated by Salt Lake County 4H, was selected for her work in environmental education. Last year, she helped to invent the “bionic scarecrow” designed to keep birds away from airplanes as they take off and land at the airports. The device is currently used at Salt Lake City International Airport and has piqued the interest of other airports across the nation. It began as a First Lego League robotics team project to help improve animal-human interactions. Having learned about the U.S. Airways jet that landed in the Hudson River after bird strikes took out its engine, Abigail’s team researched to find out if Salt Lake as well as other airports had similar problems. They learned the Utah airport had 216 bird strikes in 2015, so they met with the airport’s wildlife staff to learn about the problems of birds on the airport property. After several prototypes, the team created an environmentally friendly device, which was proven effective. Abigail and her teammates have demonstrated their patent-pending invention to scientists, wildlife officials and government and education leaders as well as to students wanting to learn to be inventors or to create their own businesses.

Abigail created a film, “Strike Out,” based on the invention, which won Canyons School District’s 2017 Middle School Best Documentary and was slated to be shown at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival in late February. She also was honored by 4H with the Outstanding Youth award in environmental education and earth sciences. Keerthana Ramalingam, 17, was one of the four distinguished finalists who will receive a bronze medallion. The senior at American Preparatory Academy and Sandy resident is committed to supporting students with learning disorders and developed an app with customizable text functions to improve the web browsing experience for people with dyslexia. She is a volunteer at the Leonard Museum peer support group for youth with disabilities. Tiana Smart, 17, is a Skyline High School senior who has led several initiatives to fight hunger, including serving on the Souper Bowl of Caring National Youth Advisory Board. She also organized a food drive that brought in 49,550 pounds of turkeys to the Utah Food Bank. In addition, she has served more than 450 volunteer hours with Salt Lake City’s National Charity League chapter and works with student refugees. The other finalists include 17-year-old Liggera Edmonds-Allen of Pleasant View and 14-year-old Kylee Wunder of Cedar Hills. l

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House Bill 132 aims to clarify truancy, school resource officer issues

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hen House Bill 239 was passed last March, many school administrators applauded the intent to reduce the number of student referrals to juvenile court and instead offer other alternative interventions. But in the midst of it, the bill muddied some procedures, so House Bill 132, now in the Utah Legislature, is in motion to clarify HB239, said Nancy Tingy, Canyons Board of Education vice president. “HB132 will fine-tune HB239,” she said. “There has been some issues for schools since it passed with understanding the roles and impact on the school resource officers, juvenile justice systems and the schools. It’s a huge issue and a switch in dynamics.” House Bill 239, which was proposed by Rep. Lowry Snow of Washington County, was passed during the 2017 general session and signed by Gov. Gary Herbert on March 24. The bill began in June 2016, when state leadership under Herbert appointed a group to examine Utah’s juvenile justice system and produce recommendations for improvement. The review suggested that youth who are referred to court have worse outcomes than youth who receive services in the community, and that court referrals can lead to deeper involvement in the juvenile justice system. Data also showed a large proportion of cases coming into Utah’s juvenile justice system were low-level offenses that were referred by schools. In October 2017, the Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee wrote a clarifying memo: “House Bill 239 (HB239) does not eliminate School Resource Officers (SROs) nor is it intended to minimize the important role SROs play in schools. Rather, the changes are focused on reducing the amount of referrals to juvenile court (and arrests) that are being made, for offenses that could be addressed with alternative referrals and interventions.” Canyons District Director of Responsive Services BJ Weller said that was a good move by the legislature. “HB239 tries not to criminalize kids for kid behavior, such as smoking for the first time,” he said. “They shouldn’t have to go through the criminal justice system if they do something on curiosity or if they do something impulsive that isn’t a criminal offense.” The confusion with some law enforcement and school districts with HB239 may be in terms of school resource officers’ jurisdiction involving crimes and if they take place on or off school property, he said. In the same October memo, it states that HB 239 limits the ability for anyone — including school resource officers — to make a referral to court or arrest for class C misdemeanors, status offenses and infractions occurring on school property. School resource officers can, however, intervene and interact with youth if these offenses occur. The memo continues to say that any offense

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that is not a class C misdemeanor, infraction or status offense remains referable to court, including assault of any level, all drug possession and drug paraphernalia charges, and disruption of school activities and criminal trespass on school property. HB 239 provisions apply to alleged offenses on school property, by minors enrolled in school year-round, both during school hours and outside of school hours. Status offenses as “a violation of the law that would not be a violation, but for the age of the offender” include, but are not limited to, truancy, ungovernable youth and runaway youth, the memo stated. Alcohol and tobacco offenses are not status offenses because they are classified as misdemeanor offenses in Utah statute, but the purchase, possession or consumption of alcohol is a class B misdemeanor and may be referred to court. Additionally, using false identification to purchase tobacco products is a class A misdemeanor and may be referred to court. However, minors not using a false identification to purchase tobacco products or a firsttime tobacco distribution offense are class C misdemeanors and may not be referred to court. For those behaviors, there are alternative services available to assist students, said Weller, whose background is in social work. He said that with help, they can assist students who may have anxiety, depression or are missing school for other reasons. Another change with HB239 is who takes responsibility when students are truant and who has the authority to step in to resolve the issue, Weller said. “There’s still the law that students attend school, but in the past, if a family was not responsive to working out unexcused absences with us, we could refer them to a pre-court meeting in the juvenile system,” Weller said. Students in Canyons have a 180 school day calendar year. They can have up to 18 parent-excused absences or vacation leave. Compulsory education is still the law and schools can still refer violations against parents for students under the age of 12. “Compulsory education targets parents, whereas the changes in HB 239 impact how schools respond to youth age 12 and up,” he said, adding that now, with HB239, students age 12 and older can’t be referred. “We can offer them options through community outreach and resource centers, but it’s not the same. If they want to go hang out with friends, there’s no consequence,” Weller said. “Truancy has always been an issue and it’s usually the kids who are not here are the ones that need to be here the most.” Murray School District Director of Personnel and Student Services Darren Dean said that while BH239 made it so school districts can’t refer truancy to court for students ages 12 to17, Murray School District still issues truancy citations with small fines attached — which some have not always been paid.

Youth hanging out at a park near a local high school during the school day. Students may be given interventions instead of being referred directly to the juvenile justice system for ditching school. (City Journals)

“We also offer an attendance class for students with excessive absences that we invite both the student and parent to attend together,” he said, adding that there is no means to enforce attending the class. However, about 10 percent still attend. “The class focuses on why attendance is important. However, more importantly, we try to troubleshoot what is preventing the student from coming to school and connect them with people at the school who can help.” Dean said it’s hard to pin down a reason students may not attend school. It could range from babysitting siblings, health issues, bullying, failing grades, lack of support for education, drugs or alcohol or others. “I’ve found that solutions can be found if people are willing to work together with the school,” he said. “Our mission is to educate students and we want them at school to learn.” In the meantime, Dean said teachers and administrators are working with students in a variety of ways to improve attendance, including offering rewards or incentives, such as getting an unsatisfactory citizenship mark taken off report cards. Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said figuring out what incentive would entice this population is hard to ascertain. “In Granite, we’re talking 66 students of the 68,000 students in our district,” he said about those who have more than 10 unexcused absences during the school year. “It’s the habitual truant students we’re talking about and what we need to do is get to the heart of the problem, not just that the student is not in school.” Horsley said that the No. 1 reason usually focuses on parental involvement and quality of support students receive. “Sending them to detention didn’t solve the problem,” he said. Horsley said that HB239 changes policy, so now juvenile offenders get the help they need. “It’s not just sending our juvenile offenders to jail, but it’s finding other interventions to get

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them the help they need,” he said. “This may be saving some of our low-level offenders from being placed and hardened by high-level criminals. Those kids don’t belong in the juvenile justice system. We can’t just throw a kid in the system if he made a non-violent, low-level mistake. It’s not good for the kid, the community or our society.” While Horsley said not all interventions are in place, there are meetings within the district — as well as with other school districts — to determine the best steps to help students. He said that the interventions may best be tailored to each district and the needs of students. For example, Granite, which is the largest school district in Salt Lake Valley and third largest district in the state, serves students across a diverse socio-economic background and has students speaking 96 different languages. What works for them may not work as well for a smaller district with a different background of students, he said. In a December 2017 memo, the Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee said that both courts and schools are conducting trainings and outreach to meet implementation goals, including the Utah State Board of Education leading informational meetings statewide with educators and administrators. Students who have committed more serious crimes won’t be able to return to the same school, Horsley said. “It would be in violation of our safe schools. They can’t return; they can’t retaliate,” he said. While Horsley said that HB239 will save the juvenile justice court money, it is yet to be determined where those funds will be reallocated or if education will need additional funding for alternative resources. While HB132 seeks clarification on HB239, no funding is attached to it, either. “What we want is what’s best for our kids,” Horsley said. “We want to provide kids an education, keep them safe and get the appropriate help they need.” l

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Teammate inspires Jordan High drill team; Alta High to compete at nationals By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com my friends,” she said, adding that it helped her with her transition to high school. When Jordan qualified for state by placing fourth in region, Wing said that the excitement was almost uncontainable. “It’s the best our girls have ever done. We’ve had a lot of coaching changes and inconsistency. The year before I came on, they barely had Jordan High drill team performs their mime character dance. (Kevin Darrow/Jordan High) enough girls for a team,” said Wing, he’s been stared at, had nasty comments who has coached the past two seasons. made to her and then, later, those dancers Wing, who graduated from the program in who talked about her came to apologize. 2008, was joined by two other Jordan High drill Even though Jordan High freshman Tay- alumni, Sadie Osborne and Stephanie Darrow. lor Tilby, a member of the Jordan High drill “We went back to the basics and taught team, said she appreciated them apologizing, it techniques. This created a bond among the girls doesn’t make it any easier. and put pride back in our program,” she said. Tilby has TAR syndrome, a rare genetic That translates into their dances with their condition in which she was born without the ra- best dance being military, Wing said. dius bone on the forearm. Tilby also has a right “For us, it clicked right away. We had Van Ness leg prosthetic because her knee was precision from the start and that usually takes fused. months,” she said. “I love to dance and I want to show others This year, their character dance is a mime what I can do,” Tilby said. “I can’t stop people dance. from staring at me, so why not do what I love?” “The girls’ faces are painted white with silIt’s that attitude that head coach Lacey ly expressions and they wear white gloves and Wing said inspires her team. black and white striped costumes. The girls em“She is our hardest worker and she never body the characters and the judges love it and complains,” Wing said. “I saw her dance when want more,” she said. she was little, on a mini cheer squad. She was Tilby and her teammates perform in the incredible then and has taken every opportunity dance program set to the song “Birds Set Free,” to improve. She gives our team a new perspec- something she said has “just let us dance for the tive and they realize there is so much more than love of it. We show how strong we are and how winning.” much we mean to each other.” As a result, Wing said the 23-member team This season, the team won sweepstakes at has become closer. the Wasatch Invitational in December by win“Our bond as a team is incredible. She in- ning first in officer dance, pom and dance, secspires her teammates and I’ve heard from other ond in character, and third in hip-hop. coaches how she has inspired their teams,” she “We were shocked. We weren’t used to said. our school name being called in the top three,” Tilby said she’s there for her fellow Char- Wing said. lonians. At the Jan. 13 Rocky Mountain Classic, “I love how we work hard every day. We they placed third overall in 5A, with a first place get up early every morning so we’re practicing in officer, second in pom and third place in miliby 5:45, and then we’ve practiced after school tary, dance, character and hip-hop. and on Saturdays. We do a lot for each other and “We received the judge’s choice award with each other,” she said. with best technique,” Wing said. Tilby, who had a cousin on the drill team, Next up for the team is a 6 p.m., Thurswas motivated to join when her friend, Kinzie day, March 1 showcase in the school’s gym, Tait, asked her to audition with her. 95 E. Beetdigger Blvd. (9880 South), followed “I was doing solo competitions with my by tryout clinics at 4 p.m., Wednesday, March studio, but these girls on the team have become 7 and again, Wednesday, March 14. Auditions

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for girls who have a 2.5 GPA or higher will be at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23. There will be tryout packets at Jordan as well as Eastmont and Mount Jordan middle schools. Before this season’s Charlonians disband, they will take master contemporary dance classes at The Edge and workshops at Disneyland March 15–18. “We want the girls to see what the dance world looks like and to help prepare them with more experience,” Wing said. “It’s been a great season and they’ve learned so much more than winning.” Alta High School’s 29-member drill team, Las Scelles, is scheduled to compete in the Contest of Champions March 3 at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando after competing at state. “I am happy that the girls got the opportunity to compete at state,” head coach Kesha Prince said. “The experience is good to have, even without going on to finals. This team came in to the year more skilled than any of my previous years. However, the one thing I am very proud of is their ability to keep pushing. They have learned new skills and really pushed to the point that might not be comfortable to them. So, although we didn’t do well with placing, I am happy that they are growing in the art of dancing.” Through the season, Prince said the team focused on improvement through three invitational meets: Wasatch Invitational, Falcon Classic and the Rocky Mountain Invitational. Their character dance is one of Egyptian goddesses. “Our costumes are so cool, with lots of gold, metallic blue and velvet. We have staffs with cobras at the top and black wigs. I came up with the idea by thinking of something that could be intense but could match our style and skill of the dancers,” Prince said. Alta’s theme for the year, “Vinimous, Vidimous, Vicimous” or “We came, we saw, we conquer,” was a shift from the individual to a team approach, she said. “Our captain came up with it and when doing so she wanted something that included a team ideal. Our theme is focused on the ‘we’ (as) there is no ‘I’ in team,” she said. One regularly scheduled team activity is to perform service projects every quarter. Prince said that during the first quarter the team went to Altara Elementary to read to the kindergartners, and last quarter they held a toy and item drive for Primary Children’s Hospital. After nationals, Las Scelles will hold a year-end show in late March before holding tryouts at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, April 28. A parent meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 19. Girls need to have a 3.0 GPA to try out for drill, but must maintain a 2.5 GPA while on the team, she said. l

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Jordan High’s new ballroom company gives students chance to perfect their passion By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

Jordan High School recently offered a new ballroom company so students can perform and compete. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

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fter interest surged recently at Jordan High School, a new ballroom company was formed this year. “The ballroom company gives our students more incentive, a big goal, rather than just learn their dances,” ballroom company coach Adrienne Dunkley said. “They jumped right in their year to work together to get their dances clean for performances as well as to compete.” The 18-member team, which is made up of mostly juniors and seniors who have already taken ballroom and social dance classes, has performed at basketball halftimes and assemblies in preparation for their upcoming performance and competition tour. On Saturday, Feb. 24, nine pairs were slated to compete at Westlake High School’s ballroom competition. They were preparing to dance the cha-cha, fox trot and waltz, choreographed by assistant coach Ryley Connelley. While nearby Alta and Bingham high schools have ballroom teams, Dunkley said “there’s a lot of Utah County schools that have ballroom, so we’re dancing some of our stronger and more familiar dances.” To prepare for the competition and to perfect their dance steps, Jordan’s ballroom company took workshops late January at The Edge Performing Arts Center as well as at Disneyland in California.

“I want the team to learn how to be expressive with their faces and body language as well as learn new steps,” she said before the trip. “I want them to do their best when they perform so when they walk off the floor, they feel good.” Dancing as a team isn’t just perfecting the steps, but it also means bonding with partners and the team as a whole, Dunkley said. “We have five ballroom officers who plan an activity each month, whether it’s a hike or going to dinner. We participated on UVU day where we could take dance classes and see their company perform. It’s important that they have fun together outside of class so they know they can count on one another,” she said. The competition, as well as their performance on Monday, March 5 at Elk Ridge Middle School’s annual dance concert, will allow the team to see what others are doing in the ballroom dance world, Dunkley said. Their final performance will be at their own dance concert, Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24 at Jordan High School, 95 E. Beetdigger Blvd. (9880 South). Auditions for next year’s team will be held in May. Dunkley said they will evaluate students’ grades, citizenship, teacher recommendation as well as their audition. l

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Expelliarmus! Eastmont teachers create Harry Potter escape room By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

Eastmont teachers Anna Alger and Richard Mellor are creating a Harry Potter escape room for middle school students. (Richard Mellor/Eastmont Middle School)

“I thought, ‘why not?’”

That is what history teacher Richard Mellor thought when his colleague English teacher Anna Alger first suggested having an escape room at Eastmont Middle School. “We talked about how it would teach students teamwork as they would need to solve tons of puzzles to get out of the room,” he said. “We thought these puzzles could be curriculum based so they would have to use what they have learned in their classes. Learning is supposed to be fun so this is a way we can reach out to our students while they’re using logic to figure out the clues.” Mellor, who is the adviser for the 100-member Harry Potter school club, immediately thought to incorporate the escape room into Harry’s world filled with horcruxes and deathly hallows, maybe even a study of herbology. “We’ll have hidden objects and when they find each one, they’ll have to solve the puzzle to move on to the next one before finding the key to escape the room,” he said. Mellor went to work on a Donor’s Choose grant. Once each year, Chevron fulfills the first request from each school, so keeping that in mind, he submitted and received the $800 grant. “There are lots of grants out there if I wanted more reading books or math manipulatives, but this is the one they’ll fund for weird things like Harry Potter robes, replica horcruxes, electric candles and old-time locks,” said Mellor, who said he has received $28,000 in grants through his 11 years of teaching. With the blessing of Principal Charisse Hilton, Mellor cleaned out book closets, freeing one on the top floor to create a 12-foot by 12-foot

escape room. Over the winter break, he spent about 70 hours hanging a chandelier, putting in a hardwood floor, installing foam insulation which he carved and painted to look like stones, painting the ceiling black and placing a desk, rug, chair and bookshelf in the escape room. Mellor, an advocate of lifelong learning, taught himself how to install a hardwood floor and make and install foam-looking stones. “You can learn just about anything on YouTube,” he said with a laugh. What wasn’t covered by the grant, Mellor and Alger, and other teachers, pooled together the $220 materials funding they each received this year from the legislature. Meanwhile, Alger has begun working on the clues for students to solve. Mellor said he hopes to have groups of four to five students work together after school starting this spring. “We will be able to customize and change puzzles so they’ll constantly be learning, recalling what they already know and thinking outside the box,” Mellor said. Before this escape room has even opened, he is already envisioning a second one opening with a CSI crime scene theme. Mellor said that Canyons School District has even created escape boxes for teachers to check out, so he hopes this popular form of entertainment will lead to innovative learning. “It’s designed to immerse them in a different kind of thinking,” he said. “Middle school is about learning, having fun and making memories. This is about just that.” l

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Alta cheer takes second in state meet By Ron Bevan | r.bevan@mycityjournals.com

main techniques: stunt, dance, cheer and tumbling. To make it to the state finals, the team must be proficient in all four disciplines. “The coolest element about cheer is all the different techniques,” Leiker said. “There is not just one thing you need to focus on. It makes the cheerleaders more well-rounded athletes.” Alta’s 2018 cheerleading squad consists of 36 members, mostly girls but one boy as well. The team meets every morning before school to work on their routine they do for competitions, as well as hone the skills they display at the different sporting events. They pack the four different elements into a twoand-a-half-minute routine that was performed against other schools. The team competes at different cheer events held throughout the year, then qualifies for state by competing against other schools in their region. And while other athletes only compete in their sport for a few months, the cheerleaders are busy year-round. “We go to all the sporting events, not just our own,” Leiker said. “We aren’t just at football and basketball, but tennis, swimming, soccer and all the other Alta events. We also appear at assemblies and other activities. We have a pretty full schedule while also trying to do our own competitions.” Despite all the appearances the team makes throughout the year, the members can’t just focus on cheer. Alta’s cheerleading squad does a high-flying routine as part of the The team has one of the highest GPA competition that netted them second place in the State 5A cheerleading of all teams at Alta. To stay on the cheer squad, each member has to meet. (Photo/Heather Gill) maintain a 3.0 GPA. ou see them at all the different high school “The average GPA on our team this year is athletic events. And while they are an im- 3.6, so you have to be smart and work hard to be portant aspect of the event, most may not real- on the team,” Leiker said. ize the amount of hard work put in by the cheerIn addition, the cheerleaders also organize, leading team. participate in and collect donations for at least For the Alta cheerleading squad, the hard five service projects each year. The team has work put in behind the scenes paid off with a worked with charities like Make-A-Wish, Race second-place finish in the state 5A cheerleading for the Cure, Ronald McDonald House and finals. Worldwide Orphanages, among others. “This is only the second time we made it “Sometimes we are seen as just the to the state championships,” Alta cheerleading cheerleaders used to get the crowd into coach Jordache Leiker said. “The girls worked the game,” Leiker said. “And while that is hard this year to be able to make the happen.” something we do, it is hard to hear the typical Leiker is in her first year coaching the Alta cheerleader comments because of how hard we cheerleading team. She brings experience not work to help better us in our competitions and only as a club cheerleading coach, but is also help better others in their sports. They work just a former Alta cheerleader, having been on the as hard behind the scenes as any other athlete. team through her 2008 graduation. And cheer never stops. It is the only year-round Cheerleading competition involves four sport.” l

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Third professional soccer team to make its debut in Sandy By Ron Bevan | r.bevan@mycityjouranals.com

The Utah Royals are slated to begin their season in April.

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io Tinto is soon to become the home for another professional soccer team. The Utah Royals will be the latest addition to the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). The Royals were announced in November 2017 as the latest of 10 teams in the NWSL, taking the place of Kansas City FC, who folded at the end of the 2017 season. “As we learned about the NWSL vision and their aspirations on and off the field, we knew we not only wanted to join and participate, but we believe our development initiatives align perfectly,” Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen said. “Our community is already passionate about women’s sports and we believe that empowering and advancing the women’s game accelerates the change to build a better Utah.” The NWSL began play in 2013, taking over from a previous women’s professional league. The Royals will play 24 regular season games in its inaugural season, 12 on the road and 12 at Rio Tinto. Play begins in April and runs through September. Teams that qualify will then begin a playoff format to crown a champion. Once the team was formed, positions had to be filled and a coaching staff named. Since a lot of the Kansas City players were now available, several of them came to Utah. Others were picked through a selection draft

and others signed as free agents. The most notable player perhaps is Amy Rodriguez, a 5’4” forward picked up from the Kansas City squad. Rodriguez is considered among the best players in the United States and represents the U.S. on the national team. Rodriguez missed most of the 2017 after a knee injury, but has been working on gaining her strength back to be ready to represent Utah. Selected to coach the Royals is veteran NWSL head coach Laura Harvey, who previously coached the Seattle Reign and also spent time as a manager in Europe. While the emphasis for most will be to see the home team play, there is no doubt fans will be interested in some of the opponents who will travel to Rio Tinto to take on the Royals. Former Miss Utah Soccer and Alta High standout Kealia Ohai plays for the Houston Dash. Ohai led Alta to four consecutive state 5A girls soccer titles. She has also appeared on the U.S. women’s national team, where she set a record for scoring the fastest goal in a debut for the team. In a match with Switzerland Oct. 23, 2016, Ohai entered the game as her first appearance for the U.S. and 48 seconds later she rippled the net. The Royals home opener is slated for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 at Rio Tinto Stadium. l

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e didn’t grow up in a rodeo family. He didn’t even have horses in a backyard barn. But thanks to a great season and an even better run in the National Finals Rodeo, former Alta student and Draper native Mason Clements finished 10th overall in bareback riding for the 2017 rodeo season. Clements, 25, won a share of two victories in the 2017 season’s final event, held Dec. 7–16 in Las Vegas. The two wins earned him an additional $80,372 in prize money and gave him a total of $166,486 for the season, moving up five spots on the leaderboard. Even though it was his first National Finals Rodeo appearance, the big stage didn’t seem to faze Clements. “All day long (prior to his first appearance) I was saving my focus and my adrenaline for that first opening ride,” Clements said. “I was so ready for that moment to nod my head and have the gate open. You feel the history of the rodeo. You feel like you are on sacred ground.” And while the prize money sounds good, there are a lot of expenses in being a professional cowboy. Clements has to pay for everything from gas and flights to food and lodging to attend rodeos across the nation. He also has to pay all entry fees in order to compete. “It is something you can make a living doing,” Clements said. “But you have to be ready to put a lot of work and effort into it to make it pay off. For me it is something I love to do and still keeps the lights on and food on the table.” But the life of a cowboy wasn’t something into which Clements was born. Nobody in his family prior to him had done rodeo. For him,

a usual childhood of football, basketball and other sports with neighborhood kids was the norm. Still, growing up in what was then a smaller Draper city, Clements was exposed to horses and horse riding. “I had a lot of friends with horses,” he said. “When I visited with them sometimes we would ride the horses.” As he got older his interest in horses grew and so did the thought of doing rodeo. “I watched the Days of ’47 rodeo while growing up and it really sparked my interest.” As Clements grew through his teen years, so did the appeal of rodeo. And while there are high school rodeo clubs throughout Utah, Alta didn’t offer one. So the 2010 graduate of the school focused on representing the Hawks as a linebacker on the football team. “The closest rodeo club was at Bingham, so I competed in football for Alta and rodeo for Bingham,” Clements said. As a team roper and a bull rider, Clements made it to the state high school finals as a junior and a senior. His love for the sport convinced him to pursue it after high school. He turned pro as a bull rider. It wasn’t long before the lure of riding bareback broncos overcame his bull riding and he made the switch. “My decision turned my whole career around,” Clements said. “I am a lot better at bareback than riding bulls.” Clements, now living in Santaquin, Utah, trained through the short offseason to get ready for the upcoming 2018 rodeo season. l

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hose who are familiar with the Corner Canyon High wrestling program should recognize the name Jeff Eure, who has been the head coach since the school opened in 2013. Eure, a former professional baseball player who lives in Sandy, will also bring his expertise to the Chargers baseball team beginning this season.

“Coach Eure is an incredible coach,” CCHS Athletic Director Ken Smikahl said. “He will expect the young men to work hard every day to get better. He has a long baseball background and is great at adjusting batting and pitching mechanics to make each player the best he can be. I am looking forward to a great baseball season.” “Coaching baseball is a great opportunity to share my experience and knowledge with our student-athletes,” Eure said. Eure was a high school All-State player in Pennsylvania before being drafted in the 44th round of the 1998 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. He opted for playing

at Old Dominion University over the next few years — being honored as an Academic All-American in 2001 — and then was again drafted by the Brewers, this time in the 18th round of the 2001 MLB draft. Over the next eight years, Eure played in the AA division for the Brewers and the Kansas City Royals. His coaching career began as the wrestling coach at Weber High School in 2011, and he moved on to start up the Corner Canyon wrestling program in 2013 when the school opened. This season, he has added head baseball coach to his duties while also heading up the Especially 4 Athletics program at the school, which “encourages student-athletes to be positive role models in their schools and communities,” according to Smikahl. “I got into coaching because I really enjoy the process,” Eure said. “The process of improving and helping student-athletes reach their true potential both on and off the field or mat.” l

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pring is nearly upon us and that means two things: the weather will continue its unpredictability and people begin landscape work on their properties. Trans-Jordan Landfill, formed in 1958, is the place to go for your landscaping needs. They are the best choice for purchasing compost and wood chips and, even better, their prices are much lower than bagged compost from home improvement stories or nurseries. Taking care of green waste, which consists of yard trimmings and wood products, is one of Trans-Jordan Landfill’s primary objectives. Their green waste disposal takes care of those pesky lawn clippings and weeds, tree branches and leaves that come from spring cleaning. What this efficient program does is ground those extra yard clippings into smaller pieces, placing them in windrows (long lines laid

out to dry). Every three days the compost is watered and turned. After four months of meticulous care, the compost is then screened and used for your gardening and landscaping purposes. Last year saw Trans-Jordan Landfill keep 24,000 tons of green waste out of the landfill. No human waste or manure can be found in the compost. It is made from purely organic clippings. Beginning in 2006, the green waste program uses compost certified by the US Composting Council and includes no dirt or bio-solids. Draper, Murray, Midvale, Riverton, Sandy, South Jordan and West Jordan. They are all neighboring cities, but they share something else in common: they own the Trans-Jordan Landfill. It’s why free compost and wood chips are provided to the cities for their parks and schools. Whether it’s Draper City Park; Murray Park;

Aspen Park in Riverton; Falcon Park in Sandy; South Jordan’s Sunrise Mountain Park, whose secret is embedded in the park’s walking path or West Jordan’s enormous Veteran’s Memorial Park, compost and wood chips are freely available. And that says nothing of the countless elementary, middle and high schools dotted across the cities landscaped with the compost and wood chips from Trans-Jordan Landfill. Located at 10473 South Bacchus Highway, Trans-Jordan Landfill also offers tours to groups like scouts, businesses, schools or clubs. It is 60 years old, so Trans-Jordan Landfill has decades of experience dealing with your excess grass and pruned trees. Keep that in mind as grass starts to peek through the snow. Visit www.transjordan.org to find out more or call Lesha Earl at 801-256-2824. l

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nless you’re one of the few anomalies in the world, we’ve all been in an accident. We’ve experienced that sickening feeling when your car makes unwanted contact with another vehicle. We’re frustrated and disheartened. While we may want to crawl into a hole, we can’t. There are things to do and we’ve given you 10 to be aware of (in no particular order). 1. Have an emergency kit in your car. While this step comes before the accident occurs, it’s essential to be prepared. Whatever you kit entails, make sure it has a first aid kit, flashlight, reflective triangles and a small (and simple) camera in case there’s been damage to your phone. We’re typically frustrated or frazzled after an accident and not inclined to rational thinking. Being prepared limits the possibility of forgetfulness. 2. Take a deep breath. Accidents are traumatic experiences. Taking a breath will shift focus from what just happened to what needs to be done next. 3. Get a status check on everyone in the car. Check with each passenger to see if they are OK. Have someone call 911 immediately if someone is injured or unresponsive. 4. Move to a safe location. Most insurance companies recommend relocating the vehicle to the sidewalk or shoulder of the road as soon as possible after the accident. If the damage to the car is minor, this should be relatively easy. But if there are major injuries or questions about the safety of the car, leave it where it is, even if its blocking traffic. 5. Increase your visibility. Turn on your hazard lights and set out your attention items from the emergency kit—flares, orange cones, reflective triangles, etc. One accident should not lead to another. Take precaution to ensure other drivers on the road remain safe. 6. Stay calm. It is very easy to lose your temper in this situation, it’s human nature. Keeping your cool will keep the situation from

getting worse. If it wasn’t your fault, it’s easy to want to let your emotions loose on the other driver. This will cloud your judgment and may lead to something that does not help the situation. You still need to exchange information. 7. Exchange insurance information. This is imperative. If you are to file a claim on your car, you will need the other driver’s information. Most likely, after an accident you are feeling jumpy or stressed. It means when you try to write down their information your handwriting will look like ancient hieroglyphics and, unless you are a cryptographer, will be unable to read it later. We live in the 21st Century, take a photo of their information and take photos of the damage done to both cars. 8. Don’t admit guilt. Every insurance company will tell you to do this. Even if you are at fault and it was you to blame. This could drive your premium up or even lead to you being sued. Let the police and insurance companies determine this. 9. Call the police. While some minor accidents don’t require a report to be filed, it’s up to the discretion of the drivers in the accident to call the police. Law enforcement can take statements, get information on injuries and property damage. Be sure to ask for a copy of the accident report. If there is a dispute, the officer will be an important testimony. 10. See a doctor. Depending on the injuries suffered or not, it is easy to skip this. A large financial situation has just happened with the car accident, you don’t want another one by seeing the doctor and jacking up your health costs. It’s important to consider it, or possibly speak with one. Adrenaline can be pumping after the accident and one might not notice the amount of whiplash to your neck. Symptoms can take 24 hours to appear. The warning signs include neck pain, stiffness, loss of motion in the neck, headaches, fatigue, dizziness and pain in the shoulders or upper back. It can be better to be safe than sorry. l

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f you were to ask Canadians who won the War of 1812, their reply would be “Canadians,” according to a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian, who is the Thomas Jefferson chair in American history at the University of Virginia. “Canadians usually get upset about two things — hockey and the War of 1812,” said Alan Taylor, who is known for his expertise in American history. “Canada was actually part of the No. 1 super power of the British Empire then, but it was in the Great Lakes region where they would claim their defeat of the United States.” According to Taylor, both the U.S. and Canada would build larger battle ships than the other country on Lake Ontario. “Whatever was built on Lake Ontario, stayed there. The largest ship had 102 cannons and was about half the size of Old Ironside,” Taylor said. “The British troops in Canada were professionals and the U.S. had its 6,000 men, most raw recruits, scattered from Maine to Louisiana. The militia of New York wouldn’t cross the Niagara River because they weren’t part of the U.S. military. A lot of factors contributed, but the fact remains the U.S. did poor in the north and the goal to change the boundary didn’t happen, so Canada insists it won the battle.” This began the afternoon session of the seventh annual all-day social studies colloquium at Alta High with about 250 students and teachers from Alta, Jordan and Brighton high schools. “This is a phenomenal experience for our students to meet this quality of historian and expert in American history,” Alta history teacher Rique Ochoa said. “He not only has presented sessions to the students in the auditorium, but he has sat down with my advanced students to discuss topics and answer their questions.” Taylor answered questions from manifest destiny — which is an overused or abused phrase, he said — to who should be on the $20 bill — “Jackson doesn’t look as good as he used to; he was a powerful president and a war hero, but he also was a slave holder, invader and killed Indians unnecessarily during the war.” He also discussed whether statues focusing on the confederacy should be removed: “We need to understand people and look at the time, what they were dealing with and their climate.” Ochoa, who had his students read Taylor’s books in preparation for the visit, said while this experience would help them in preparation of their AP American history exam this spring, it was more to give them a “rich experience in understanding more of the complex issues in history, not just learning what happened when. It’s a great opportunity for them to face a Pulitzer Prize author they’ve read.” Taylor said although he regularly lectures, it is unusual for him to address high school students. He came at the request of Ochoa, who had asked him a few years ago to be part of the social studies colloquium. “We had to wait as he already had accepted the Harmsworth professor chair at the University of Oxford,” Ochoa said. Currently, Taylor is working on a higher education book about the 19th century, saying there is a lot of focus now on Thomas Jefferson. “I loved history and I made a career in which I can

University of Virginia professor and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Alan Taylor signs his name after he talked to area high school students about the War of 1812. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

read a history book,” Taylor said. “I hope my writing helps others. The worst thing a historian can do is preach. I try to understand everybody. For example, it may be a terrible thing that people were slaveholders, but it doesn’t mean everything they do is terrible.” He wrote this first book in 1990 and then in 1995, he penned “William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic,” which won the 1996 Pulitzer. He received his 2014 Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia: 1772–1832,” written in 2013. “When I won the Pulitzer Prize, it was an absolute wonderful thing and all of a sudden, it became overwhelming with the media attention,” he said. “I would be interviewing with the New York Times and then, the media in San Diego was calling. They never wanted to talk to me before, so it was just surreal. I don’t think I’ve changed. I’m still the boy from Maine; it’s the book that won the prize.” Taylor has written nine books on early American history. Alta junior Morgan Hales read his 2016 book, “American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804.” “Anyone could read his book — it’s easy and enjoyable and it made me laugh,” she said, adding that women fought the idea to marry and lose their freedom, but ended up getting married anyway. Classmate Lydia Stueber learned from Taylor’s research that “Virginia slaves escaped to British ships during the War of 1812 and that adds another perspective I didn’t have.” During a discussion with students, Taylor was asked who was his favorite person in history. First, he pointed to his tie, and then revealed the image of the first U.S. president on his socks. “I like George Washington,” he said. “He’s a guy who tended to work really, really hard and made the most of his talents. He knew his limits. He didn’t see eye-to-eye with (Alexander) Hamilton and Jefferson, but he knew how to work with them. He was the one guy who could hold together the country. Without him, who knows what would have happened.”l

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Kids have the opportunity to practice their reading with a helpful pooch at the Sandy Library. (Karen Burns)

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ach month, Sandy and other libraries around Salt Lake County host a meeting of dogs and kids for a day of reading. “The parents, I think they almost love it more than the kids do because it’s the one thing that will get their kids to read out loud,” said Cynthia, who runs the Reading Education Assistance Dog (READ) program with Stacey at the Sandy Library. Sandy has arranged to have three reading therapy dogs from Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) to come on the third Saturday of every month and sit on a blanket and be read to by children struggling to read. “We put a blanket down and some pillows and we’re trying to just provide a really safe, comfortable non-judgmental, non-threatening environment for a child to practice their reading skills,” said Karen Burns, the assistant director of ITA and coordinator of the READ program. “The dog is not going to make fun if they make a reading mistake, they’re not going to laugh at them, they’re not going to judge them.” The human part of the team helps children who struggle with reading words through their dogs in order for children that may feel insecure reading out loud, but reading to a dog may in keep them calm. “It’s extremely well received,” said Cynthia. “It’s always full and we often have to turn people away.” ITA is a nonprofit that began 25 years ago by taking registered therapy animals to hospitals, rehab centers, prisons and schools for the deaf and blind. In 1999, a board member posited whether the benefits would transfer into a school environment with kids struggling to read, and a pilot program was introduced at Bennion Elementary and Salt Lake City Library. “Library loved it, school loved it, kids at the school made great strides in reading levels with

extra benefits like showing up to school more,” said Burns. When the pilot program ended up on the cover of the Wall Street Journal, people from around the United States and outside began calling for more information. ITA realized that a training manual ought to be produced in order to teach others how best to implement the program into their communities. Sandy started taking reading therapy dogs five years ago and now there are over 400 volunteers across Utah, Montana and Idaho and 5,000 registered READ teams in 50 states and 23 countries with dogs, cats and rabbits. A man from the Sudan contacted ITA to help his village train a donkey to be a reading donkey. The training manual has already been translated in Italian and is currently in the process of being translated into Spanish and Chinese, thanks to a visit in January 2017 by groups from Taiwan and Mexico visiting to learn about how it works in order to take it to rural areas throughout their countries. The group from Taiwan came from a university where the difference between therapy and service dogs keep many from helping in hospitals. Visiting doctors are looking to start a program that will train working dogs into “learning dogs.” The visitors observed four hourlong training sessions as well as sat with the kids at Sandy library. “Taiwan has invited Intermountain Therapy Animals to go back in November to speak at an educators conference,” said Burns. “There’s excitement to get started in both countries.” One of the biggest challenges, said Burns, is trying to keep up with the local and international interest and finding volunteers. For those interested in finding out more about becoming a reading team, visit http://www. therapyanimals.org/R.E.A.D.html l

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Customers can rent each room individually or the entire building for the block of time that they would like. NOAH’S provides event essentials for no extra charge including tables, chairs, tablecloths, audiovisual, setup and cleanup. NOAH’S also provides countless ways to customize each space. The most notable involves NOAH’S unique movable ceiling. This revolutionary technology can only be found at NOAH’S and it allows decorations to be suspended above the Main Hall without the need for a ladder. With various ceiling décor packages available, the space can be completely transformed. “I’ve worked at NOAH’S for 12 years and I’ve never seen two events that look the same,” said Nick Redd, the Vice President of Marketing at NOAH’S. “We have so many different layouts and ways that each customer can customize the space with lighting, tablecloths and ceiling décor. When someone comes in with a vision, we love making it come to life.” Unlike most venues that have hidden fees and closely guard their pricing, NOAH’S has a very straightforward pricing structure. All prices can be found online at www.NoahsEventVenue.

But what many locals don’t know is that over the last decade, NOAH’S has expanded nationwide and is now the largest event venue corporation in the country. NOAH’S was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in South Jordan. Every year more than 4,000 events are held at NOAH’S across the country. “The buildings are gorgeous and we are known for having the best customer service in the industry, but I think what really draws people in is our flexibility,” said NOAH’S Design Director, Bella McCorvey. One of the most unique things about NOAH’S is their open-vendor policy. Customers have the flexibility to bring in the vendors of their choice (including their caterer) to fit their budget and their tastes.

com. Customers can also check availability, see pictures, and even book their events online. There are currently 39 NOAH’S venues operating nationwide and an additional 4 venues are under construction. The company’s largest venue is the 32,000-square-foot building in South Jordan (322 W. 11000 S.). NOAH’S of South Jordan features 11 rentable event spaces including an ice skating rink, a racquetball court, the Main Hall, conference rooms, a theater room and four board rooms. NOAH’S of Utah County in Lindon (1976 W. 700 N.) features a streamlined one-story layout and a new high-end design. While NOAH’S has rapidly grown into a household name nationwide, the industry leader is

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id-semester is a stressful time for college students. Not only are we prepping for midterms and projects, working on assignments, completing readings, and cramming in some additional studying, there’s also spring break plans to make. Being a college student is a full-time job; but instead of being paid, we pay for it. Tips and tricks on how to be frugal as a student are learned out of necessity (do you know how much textbooks cost?!). As a student, “you really have to focus on needs, not wants,” said education graduate student Brett Merkley. “I am really, really careful to budget my money. I have a spreadsheet where I list everything I spent in the last month so I can keep track of where I’m spending what and if my budget is holding up or if it needs work,” said writing and rhetoric student Casey Koldewyn. Food spending is one of the biggest cuts students make during their time in college. “Learn to cook. Eating out is really expensive. It’s especially cost effective to make large amounts of something and then eat it over the next couple of days—beans in particular. They are a really great way to eat healthily and heartily on a budget. I make a crock-pot of some kind, often beans, 3 to 4 times a month. Mix it with rice to change things up and it can last a while,” said rhetoric graduate student Justin Whitney. “Take a lunch instead of buying one, especially on campus,” suggests mechanical engineering student Francie Rodriguez. “If I do buy food on campus, sometimes I’ll wander up to the hospital cafeterias. Specifically, Pri-

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mary Children’s, where I can get a good sized breakfast burrito for around $5,” says sociology student Luis Silva Santisteban. “Try to buy food in bulk. If you don’t have a Costco card, pay attention to grocery stores like Smith’s that have case lot sales. Also, pay attention to events held on campus that give out free food,” says communications graduate student Mitchell Reber. “Don’t go out for coffee—make your own and take a Thermos. Also, scan through mailers and see if there are coupons. They may not seem like much, but they can add up to a lot,” says theatre student Cate Heiner. A few restaurants around town offer student discounts including: Red Robin, The Pie Pizzeria, Village Inn and Costa Vida. For clothing, many students repurpose articles they already own, or just try not to get their clothes too dirty. “If you ever find yourself needing clothing, Uptown Cheapskate, a clothing exchange store, has both quality and affordable options. I scored a $600 suit for $60,” said Reber. Thankfully, some clothing stores offer student discounts including: J Crew, ASOS, American Eagle, Banana Republic, Forever 21 and Redbubble. For the extremely limited amount of free time students have, there are free or cheap entertainment options as well. “Outside of the obvious, like hiking and skiing, there is the Nickel Arcade. There are also loads of free concerts, guest lectures, and other activities on campus (utah.edu/events),” said Reber. “Rather than spending money to go see a movie

in theatres, see if it’s playing at the library or through a school function,” Heiner said. Cinemark theaters offer occasional student discounts if you don’t want to see a movie on campus. For other entertainment forms: Ballet West offer $15 student tickets, StubHub offers student discounts, and Red Butte Garden as well as the Natural History Museum offer free admission for students. In order to make some extra cash, writing and rhetoric student Claudia Sauz says, “I donate plasma. It pays like a part-time job with working less hours. Donating plasma really just feels like being harvested for organs.” One of the biggest recommendations from students is to keep a good relationship with your parents. “I’ve been very dependent on my parents for food since I’ve been paying for school all on my own; everything I’ve made while working has been going towards school,” said psychology student Sam Llewellyn. Sam’s classmate, psychology student Candice Jensen echoes her statement. “Eat at your parents’ house as often as possible.” For tech savings, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Tidal, and Best Buy offer student discounts. Additionally, many schools offer free downloadable software, such as Microsoft Office products and the Adobe Creative Cloud. Get the most out of a student ID with tap-on tapoff services from UTA for transportation needs. Lastly, when all the savings in the world can’t help the financial stresses of student life and you feel down, visit your student health or wellness center for quality, low-cost physical and mental health care.

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Would you care to dance? In an alternate universe, I’m a prima ballerina. I’m performing jetes and arabesques and other fancy-sounding French words. I’m twirling across the stage in a flowing costume. I’m curtsying to my adoring fans while they toss roses at my feet. However, in this universe, I’m a . . . what’s the opposite of ballerina? Whatever that is, that’s what I am. I’ve fought a lifelong battle with grace and gravity. My family watches in horror as I ricochet off doorknobs, fumble down stairways and trip on carpets. I tried really hard to be a dancer. I enrolled in classes when I was 5, and wore pink leotards and white tights, creating some serious panty lines. My mom pulled my long hair into a bun so tight I looked constantly surprised. Every week we’d butcher a series of ballet steps while my dance instructor tried not to handcuff us to the barre. She often sipped from her “dance thermos.” I’d cut up the Arts section of the newspaper, snipping out photos of Ballet West dancers to glue into my scrapbook. I had ballerina paper dolls, ballerina coloring books and ballerina dreams—but a giraffe-like body with knobby knees that bent in several different directions.

As a child, I went to see “Giselle” at Kingsbury Hall. The ballet is pretty grim. A disguised prince breaks the heart of a peasant girl who kills herself then becomes a ghost who has to dance the prince to death. Dancers are pretty melodramatic. For weeks after the ballet, I wore tutus that draped toward the floor and floated when I jumped. I channeled Giselle through my 7-year-old body. Picture a little girl evoking the devastation of betrayed love while falling on a sword that ends her life. I’m pretty sure I nailed it. When I was 12, I was finally able to go en pointe. That’s French for “Standing on the tips of your toes until your toe-knuckles bleed and you’re crippled for weeks, all for the sake of those beautiful satin slippers.” The purpose of pointe shoes is to give the illusion that ballerinas are weightless wisps, floating gracefully as swans or nymphs or any type of ethereal and doomed young women. In reality, learning to dance en pointe is similar to putting your toes in a vise, then running a marathon. But I didn’t give up. I continued to practice daily in the hope I’d channel Anna Pavlova, the acclaimed Russian bal-

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