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t makes sense that what will be the largest regional park in the area would have the most engaged public outreach process. “I enjoy all parks with my grandkids,” said Walt Gilmore, associate director of Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation. “But,” he paused, first looking around a school gymnasium, featuring features and park construction milestones, added “this one … this one has a special place.” Daybreak residents getting say-so and showing-so via web and other strategies Bingham Creek Regional Park (The Bing) is now, literally, on the drawing board. Approved for $12 million in funding from the 2016 Parks and Recreation Bond and buoyed by $3 million from South Jordan, the regional park set to be the largest in the county is scheduled to see construction in fall 2020 and have its first phase open in fall 2021. SoJo residents are making sure they have their say on it. They have been having some say since 2017, when a group of interested, impassioned area residents led by current South Jordan/Daybreak City Councilman Jason McGuire, organized a Facebook group. McGuire took on the somewhat extraordinary step of hosting residents’ own visioning session, then lobbied to be included in the park’s master-planning process and even set up an aspirational website. The optimistic question of the “Better Places, Better Life website?” “What if Welby Park set a new design standard?” The “what if” section of the website features side-byside images of SLCO-standard park elements compared to Daybreak’s treatment of the same elements. Trails, pavilions, playgrounds and even toilets are shown, with the county photo looking like the sad, bloated-belly “before” image in a weight-loss product ad, and the Daybreak image being the stunning flat-tummy “after shot.” “The effectiveness of our efforts is still to be determined and will remain unknown until the final design drawings and renderings are shared with the public,” said McGuire, who added former County Mayor Ben McAdams attended the group’s meetings, listening to their concerns. Called a “generational park,” due to its elaborate scope, Bingham Creek Regional Park (The Bing) will be built in multiple phases, with first-phase Continued Page 5

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t the Salt Lake County Regional Development Summit last month, Clint Betts, executive director of Lehi’s famed Silicon Slopes high-technology business cluster, told a packed room and an attentive Facebook Live audience that cities’ economic-development offices should not try to chase already-built, high-flying companies to locate a field office in their cities. A much better strategy, according to Betts? “Help small businesses grow.” With that in mind, the city of South Jordan is ready to continue to make hay (but without a lot of farm land) on the statewide and nationwide scene. According to a new report from Verizon, South Jordan is the fourth-best small city in the country to start or grow a small business. SoJo finding small-city, small-biz sweet spot, along with other Utah cities Verizon defines a “small city” as one with a population between 50,000 and 75,000. South Jordan’s current population of 85,000 and adding an additional 5,000 residents annually will likely exempt the city from further honors in this poll. Remarkably, Salt Lake County hosts two of the top-10 slots for business, with both SoJo and cousin-city Taylorsville placed at No. 4 and No. 8, respectively. Perhaps even more remarkably, the state of Utah has four of the top-10 sites, with Silicon Slopes’ Lehi coming in at No. 7 and Logan nabbing the coveted No. 1 spot. The Secret Sauce for entrepreneurship? “The Verizon survey covers the foundation of what you need for a good business environment,” said Jim Herrin, director of the Salt Lake Region Small Business Development Center, based at the Salt Lake Community College Larry Miller Campus in Sandy. In naming the top-100 small cities for small business, Verizon evaluated a few different criteria as follows: Population: Cities were rewarded for balancing “urban stride with a more hometown vibe.” Education: Kudos were given to cities whose 25 or older populations have received a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university or college. Commute Time: Points were awarded to cities with low average commute time for those 16 or older. “Commute” considers time spent carpooling, waiting for public transportation and navigating traffic. Per-Capita Income: Rewards were doled to cities with residents who are paid fairly, yet with labor costs being manageable for employers. Broadband Access: Connected cities have internet access of at least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps for uploads. Per-Capita Loans: Business loan-friendly cities prospered on the sur-

South Jordan’s becoming a best small city for small business is due in part to a decade-old strategic decision to not be a farm community but a bustling, business-friendly community with green space, said Hugh Washburn, shown here with Elements Massage co-owner, his wife, Shauna Washburn. (Photo Credit: Elements Massage)

vey criteria. Tax Scores: Cites with lower taxes, according to the Tax Foundation’s 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index were rewarded. Non-Farm Businesses: Cities with a lower percentage of farm businesses benefitted. The SoJo spin on city-making: light rail, light regulation, plus heavy recreation create ‘perfect storm’ “South Jordan has a great foundation in terms of its starting place, plus a lot of things they have created as well,” Herrin said. “They have a perfect storm but in a good way.” Herrin praised SoJo’s educated workforce and transportation infrastructure—including roads and light rail as well as access to capital. “South Jordan is a very business-friendly city,” he said. “The disposable income in South Jordan is about 40 percent greater than the United States average, which will encourage people to spend money in the city,” he added, noting that “[There are] a lot of stores going up in The District Mall.” In addition to the high per-capita income, South Jordan is a city with “just about the lowest unemployment rate in the whole state, which is a story in itself,” he said, citing Bureau of Labor statistics. “Those things create the environment where it’s going to happen, and it has happened,” Herrin said. Benefiting from an environment for entrepreneurship It has happened for SoJo business Ele-

ments Massage, located in the Towne Center, right by SoJo City Hall and a host of retail businesses. Hugh Washburn, co-owner of the SoJo franchise, indicates that in five years, his business has bloomed from eight therapists working in less than 800 square feet to today’s 34 therapists occupying 2,000 square feet. Washburn, who is vice chair of the South Jordan Chamber of Commerce, credits both the Salt Lake Metro environment and SoJo’s environment within that larger context as helping spur business growth. The Salt Lake Valley, he says, “has all of the amenities of a larger city,” including recreational, higher education and technology incubators like Silicon Slopes. South Jordan has elegantly, positioned itself within this larger environment, successfully differentiating itself from “all of the small cities in the area,” he said. “South Jordan decided, probably 10 years ago, that they were going to stop trying to be a bedroom community that just protects farmland and, [instead], focus on growth— while keeping open land,” Washburn said. While praising South Jordan’s strategy, interestingly, Washburn and his co-owner spouse Shauna, who often each travel separately to the business, have elected to reside in neighboring bedroom community Herriman, which has the lowest jobs-to-population ratio in the state. Each drives at least 20 miles roundtrip, spending at least 40 minutes on the road. “Small businesses are the backbone of growth,” he summed. l

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The Bing to have bling Back when the website was created in 2017, the 160-acre park-in-the-making, set to be located at 10200 South 4800 West, was known as “Welby Park.” The park’s name has since been changed to pay tribute to the area’s most recognized natural asset, the Bingham Creek. It was also “long before” Daybreak’s park advocate McGuire “ever thought [he] would be on the [South Jordan] City Council.” McGuire’s advocacy has been praised by residents who correctly perceive an impassioned resident-turned-impassioned councilman, seeking Daybreak standards for the new park. The Bing is set to become the area’s largest park, among the county’s more than 100 parks. But simply stating that does not parse mathematical justice. To put things in perspective, Bingham Creek Regional Park will be 30 percent larger than Sugar House Park and twice the size of Salt Lake City’s Liberty Park. The two parks The Bing is besting are both firmly in Salt Lake City, whereas the new regional park serves Southwest Quadrant in general, South Jordan in specific, and Daybreak in hyper-specific.

Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation, the project driver, sponsored an open house March 28 at Daybreak’s Golden Fields Elementary School. The site was a fitting one, inasmuch as Bingham Creek Park will connect with the school. According to Colby Hill, SoJo associate director of public works, the goal of the event was to present the 2018 master plan for the project, receive input and learn about the first phase of construction on the park. (Incidentally, the master plan is in its third iteration for property the county has owned—and augmented—since the 1960s. McGuire recounts the county hosting an open house approximately 10 years ago for park planning.) The county’s latest open house yielded a variety of ideas, including more consideration for dog owners’ enjoyment of the park, more trails connectivity with existing Daybreak trails and the addition of sand volleyball courts and multiple skate spots. Residents wondered aloud why what will become the largest regional park in the area only hosted a single basketball court and wanted to know where they would be able to rent bicycles, scooters and boards. They also asserted the need for access to more pavilion spaces and indicated not wanting to have to rent them.

South Jordan residents provided feedback on what will become the area’s largest regional park at a public-input meeting at the end of March. (Photo Credit: Salt Lake County)

McGuire and his city council colleagues Brad Marlor and Don Shelton all attended the SLCO park-planning open house. McGuire says the Better Places, Better Life group and website emphasized “awesome playgrounds”; great, wide, connected trails; park-complementary pavilions and restrooms; and all-age amenities of various Giving zing to the Bing – a ‘generational sorts. Probably the most creative feedback The latest SLCO open house – tails, trails park’ with generational input SLCO, SoJo and Murray-based project arSouth Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey, and volleyball soft-fails chitect Think Architecture received was from

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a 9 year old. Briana suggested park planners include “secret passageways” in the park and zip lines for disabled folks to be able to use. Intuitively, the 9 year old has embraced the concept of urban planning’s “Complete Streets” and the Better Places, Better Life’s seeking multi-age amenities, where projects are designed to accommodate the most vulnerable of populations. “One great thing about parks is they can be adapted and changed to meet the needs of future use,” McGuire said. l

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The State of Desert: SoJo initiates pilot project for water re-use By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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hen Mormon pioneers leveraged the religious word “Deseret” to describe Utah as “The State of Deseret,” even modern-day agnostics would agree that, during parched years with low snowpack, the word is, linguistically, close to a fit. Today, Utah is widely recognized as the second driest state in the country, reminding Utah religious and secular residents alike that the homophones “Deseret,” and “desert” are but a single letter apart. South Jordan leadership is looking ahead, seeking to provide the city and, ultimately, help guide the state with a water-secure future. Moving beyond one source for SoJo water security True to its values of safe, sustainable growth and fiscal responsibility, South Jordan has been researching and strategizing SoJo’s water security for more than a decade. SoJo Director of Public Works Jason Rasmussen recalls stories of City Manager Gary Whatcott’s discussing water scarcity and how it could make the city vulnerable with former Mayor Kent Money. The takeaway? “We have one source of water, which is the Jordan Valley District,” Money said. “We should really find a secondary source.” This secondary source would be one which SoJo could manage itself and not be compromised by a year of poor snowpack or water rationing by the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, which services the thirsty water needs of more than half of Salt Lake County. Mayor Ramsey – Time to ‘hit the idea hard’ and move from plans to prototypes What a lot of South Jordanians may not realize is the water they use to douse begonias, make pebble ice and keep the new car sharp—that water is not local to SoJo. According to Rasmussen, water comes to the district, which taps sources as distant as the Bear River for water. “In an effort to look ‘big picture’ for our city and the entire state of Utah, [we] have been working on fine-tuning plans for a water-reuse project,” said South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey. The time for fine-tuning, under Ramsey’s ambitious administration, is moving from plans to prototypes. “This year, our staff and I decided to hit the idea hard,” Ramsey said. Doing what she is earning a statewide reputation for, Ramsey lobbied statewide leadership to gain what she characterizes as “strong support” of everyone from Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox to numerous state agencies. “Thanks to the combined efforts of our staff, elected officials and our legislators, we have been able to secure the funds necessary to build this pilot project,” she said. Ramsey’s comments on the water re-use

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South Jordan leadership is seeking water security for not just a parched city but the state of Desert. (Photo Credit: Jeremy Taylor/Wikimedia Commons)

project came as a project prelude, in March’s “We see this (water re-use) as a viable od of five years, testing and demonstrating. “State of The City” speech to the SoJo Cham- source of water, down the road,” said RasRasmussen anticipates that city leaders, ber of Commerce. mussen. in partnership with the South Valley Sewer Studying best practices from coast-to- Pure SoJo – a long plan for the long-haul District, will break ground on a demonstracoast water re-use models “Pure SoJo,” the working title for the tion facility in fall 2020. The demonstration facility will comSince beginning studying water re-use city’s demonstration project, seeks to ultiprise “a small building,” which will be loin 2012, Rasmussen said he has studied many mately treat water, leveraging a four-step cated proximate to the Jordan River and municipalities’ strategies. process, for re-use as irrigation or even, powill serve as the location where SoJo and Wichita Falls, Texas, was a city “going tentially, down the road, as potable drinking the SVSD will, daily pipe 30,000 gallons of to run out of water” until officials successful- water. ly leveraged water re-use. Pure SoJo may end up being a perma- treated water through the building, conduct Starting in 2021, San Diego’s wastewa- nent secondary or even primary supply for water-quality testing, and then distribute the treated water into the Jordan River. ter will be “treated to drinking standards, then the City. Rasmussen explained that, right now, held as a reservoir.” Once in the reservoir, the It may even be a local supply for many the SVSD treats and then deposits 15 million water will undergo a normal water-treatment cities in Salt Lake County. gallons of treated wastewater to the Jordan process and will then be incorporated into the That, however, is the long game, a timeRiver. San Diego water supply, he said. line Rasmussen anticipates being 10 or even The questions that perhaps keep him up And in the vaunted “O.C.” or Orange 20 years out. at night are how might those 15 million galCounty, wastewater is brought to drinkFor the immediate future, Pure SoJo is lons of water be leveraged for SoJo residents ing-water standards, then injected into the all about a responsible, reasoned journey to and businesses? And how might the state ulground and put through further filtration” a the long game of water re-use for today and few miles away. for what Rasmussen estimates will be a peri- timately benefit from water re-use strategy?

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While this year’s snowpack is plentiful, most years solidly place Utah as the second-driest state in the country. South Jordan leadership wants to make sure residents of the city and the state get water security. (Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

“SoJo leadership is a little ahead of some of the other cities in the Southwest Valley as far as understanding the importance of water conservation,” said Nick Schou, conservation director with the Utah Rivers Council. “There are, actually, quite a few communities, internationally and in the West, that rely on treated wastewater primarily or for most of their supply,” he added, citing Las Vegas as a prime example. Right now, the SoJo project is flying under the radar of regulation. As SoJo has no plans anytime soon of even considering treating water for drinking, Rasmussen said “no

approvals are needed at the state level.” However, SoJo, doing what Ramsey has done in the political sphere, has already met with some state water stakeholders, including Division of Water Quality officials. “They thought it was a good project,” Rasmussen said. “You’re going to see a lot more re-use in Utah,” said Schou, who added, “If it were me at the helm of the city, I would be throwing more money at water conservation and incentives, because conservation is way cheaper than re-use.” l

A SoJo water-maintenance worker flushes a new water line and valve as part of a system that serves 85,000 city residents and must grow to serve an additional 5,000 annually. (Photo Credit: City of South Jordan)

Pure SoJo – Is it safe? Is it economical? “Over the next few years, we will be collecting data and providing re-use education to state agencies, other cities, legislators, the business community and our school kids, as South Jordan leads the way for Utah in looking for ways to sustain our long-term water needs,” said Ramsey. “In the future, if we would move it fullscale, we would put in improvements,” said Rasmussen. In such a circumstance, he indicated city officials would need to undertake a major infrastructure project, adding piping necessary to bring the water from the source to the city. The overriding issues at that point? “Does it make economic sense?” Rasmussen

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reasoned. Pure SoJo – Will the public bite…or drink? Brad Barlocker, an entrepreneur residing in unincorporated Salt Lake County, whose Riverton-based company specializes in industrial non-potable process water treatment, said he is bullish on the project’s cost-efficiency but wonders if Utahns as a whole and South Jordan residents as a specific constituency are ready to accept treated wastewater as secondary water or drinking water. “I fully believe that such a processed water can easily and safely meet our drinking-water standards,” he explained. “The question lies in the public acceptance of that processed water.”

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peaking to a crowd—both seated and standing—on a sunny, spring Earth Day Monday, an ebullient South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey, in quoting Albert Einstein, crystalized it all: “‘The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” Come next summer (2020), that lucky location will be in Daybreak, when the first Daybreak-specific, the second South Jordan-specific and the 19th Countywide library, the SLCO Daybreak Branch, is scheduled to open.

‘The center of everything’ – looking outside/in Salt Lake County, the city of South Jordan, the Daybreak Planned Community and the architect-builder team contracted to envision and then build what will be Salt Lake County’s newest library gathered the morning of April 22 to break ground on the Daybreak branch of the County Library System in a location even Einstein would approve— what County Library Director Jim Cooper dubbed “the center of everything.” The word “everything” is an apt word to describe the library. The 26,000-square-foot building is set to

holders through multiple public-input sessions to deliver the plan for the library. The firm even has three employees who live in the Daybreak development. “Community is a team sport,” Kingston said. Farmington-based Ascent Construction, which built one of the first certified “green” buildings in the state, is the construction firm for the project.

Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey (second to right, far right) are joined by SoJo City Council reps Jason McGuire and Tamara Zander in breaking ground for the new Daybreak Branch of the SLCO Library System. (Photo Courtesy: Rachael Van Cleave/City of South Jordan)

become the first “Net-Zero” institutional or commercial building in Utah. A Net-Zero Energy Building is designed such that the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is roughly equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site. Its rooftop garden also makes it a first for the County Library System. The “urban re-wilding” look/feel and composition of the rooftop garden is inspired by New York’s Meatpacking District’s internationally award-winning “High Line” linear park and greenway and will suit Daybreak’s sustainable, water-wise landscaping. The Daybreak rooftop garden and other exterior amenities will make its benefits available 24/7/365, competing more than heartily against the tug of staying online, indoors, potentially alone, with a bag of chips in tow. ‘Creation’ and ‘community’ areas on the inside The library’s insides appear to be equally captivating—with emphases on “creation” and “community.” The library will offer “create” environments to enable tinkering minds to repair bicycles or invent the next coolest thing with 3-D printers or encourage all-ages creation of podcasts, videos and music recordings. The “Community Living Room” is what the county deems “a go-to spot for an informal hang out or co-working space.” And the Community Café makes even eating inside the library kosher. Rotating art exhibits enhance the community flavor. “As this part of the county continues to

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see rapid growth and development, the Daybreak branch is going to be in the center of everything,” Cooper said. “We’re excited for the residents of this valley.” “Gather, learn, enjoy!” was County Mayor Jenny Wilson’s charge for residents of not just Daybreak and South Jordan but the whole Southwest Quadrant in what will be a world-class library. ‘Community is a team sport’ Achieving “world-class” does not happen in a vacuum. “This isn’t just a cookie-cutter library,” Daybreak Communities Director of Community and External Relations Rulon Dutson said. What makes the project so unique, he and others indicated, is the extensive public engagement process used with residents of Daybreak and SoJo to co-create what Dutson sees as becoming much more than a library, but a community lynchpin. Salt Lake City-based Architectural Nexus (Arch Nexus) is the architect of record for the project. The 120-person Salt Lake City firm, credited as being one of the top-three architecture firms in the state, according to Utah Construction and Design magazine, seems to be hitting its stride in winning Salt Lake City and county library projects, as its designs power the county’s Millcreek Community Center (just tapped as a highlighted area for Wilson’s cross-county town-hall tour), SLC’s Glendale Library and two projects just beginning construction—the SLC Sprague Library renovation and the County’s Kearns Library. Arch Nexus worked with area stake-

SoJo’s second library, Daybreak’s first, and looking to get more SLCO libraries on the books County Councilman Michael Jensen complimented South Jordan’s role in the project. “South Jordan is a great partner,” he told the crowd attending the groundbreaking event, just along the TRAX lines at11358 Grandville Ave. (approximately 5600 South). “This is a great city, a great community, and Daybreak is so forward-thinking. This library is going to be pretty busy, pretty fast.” Cooper was likewise complimentary of the working relationship with the city, dubbing it “a fabulous relationship that we continue to develop and nurture” and taking time to call out SoJo City Manager Gary Whatcott and Strategic Services Director Don Tingey. Ramsey expressed enthusiasm for South Jordan’s soon-to-be-having two libraries within the community. “On behalf of the 85,000 residents of South Jordan, thank you for being mindful of our needs on this end of the valley,” she told Wilson and all assembled. “What Daybreak does not have a lot of is civic space,” said Kingston, noting the new library will help the nationally ranked Daybreak community and the No. 2-selling community in Utah better serve residents. National Real Estate Advisors publishes an annual list of the best-selling planned communities in the country. For 2018, Daybreak is the 12th-hotted nationally, the only recognized community in Utah mentioned in the survey. Daybreak’s Dutson had his eye on the future. “So, there’s where the first library will be,” he told the crowd gathered for the groundbreaking. “Where will Nos. 2 and 3 go?” he said. Then a few minutes later, he reiterated, “Once again, let’s plan sites two and three.” The persistent Dutson repeated this sentiment the following week in presenting a Daybreak community case study to the Salt Lake County Council’s Regional Planning “Growth Summit” at the SLCO County Complex and also to a Facebook live audience. “Strong libraries make strong communities,” Dutson said. l

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erriman High student Patrick Brown may opt for a career in information technology. The high school senior attended the recent DigiForge information technology career fair where he attended three sessions: database, game design and cybersecurity. “It was really fun to learn about cryptology and script,” he said, adding that he already knows C#, C++ and JavaScript. “It can all help to have a good understanding as a base for a career.” Sponsored by the Wasatch Front South Region Consortium, about 250 students selected from 14 industry presenters who spoke on topics from data science to game development. They also could tour Salt Lake Community College’s Center for Arts and Media as the presentations were held at the College’s South City campus. “Our conference goals are to inspire and excite students about technology careers, show possible career paths, and offer creative learning opportunities,” said Patti Larkin, Canyons School District Careers and Technical Education coordinator. Students from Jordan, Canyons, Murray, Tooele, Salt Lake and Granite school districts came to learn about their technology career options. Corner Canyon High School junior Jack Eckersley is interested in pursuing a career in animation and game design, but he also attended the session, “Databases: The Most Delicious Secret in Information Technology” where he learned from Control 4’s Andrea Allred about how some companies, such as Target, customize letters to their customers based on what coupons they use. Allred said data also has been used to identify where malaria is reported in Zimbabwe, then teams are sent to try to eliminate any standing water to combat the disease. “Data is used in so many different places and ways, but databases are needed to be kept secure, with a strong password, firewalls and encrypted information,” she said. “With more and more data being collected, we need more database analysts and administrators. There’s a lot of opportunities to get involved and available resources.” In another session, Murray High sophomore Lincoln Pham was learning about 3D graffiti from SpyHop’s Chris Manfre. Manfre demonstrated how to use layers, saturation, clipping, levels and blending in Adobe Photoshop to achieve their own artwork. He also said he changed from a career as an audio engineer for death metal bands to studying graphic design so he could make album covers for bands. “Find out what you like to do and go for it,” he said.

High school students from across Salt Lake Valley attended DigiForge information technology fair where Control4’s Andrea Allred shared with students “Databases: The Most Delicious Secret in Information Technology.” (Julie Slama/City Journals)

Lincoln said he already has an idea of the career he’d like to pursue — cybersecurity. “It’s basically hacking, but with permission,” he said, adding that he also attended sessions in cybersecurity and computer myths. “I’d be deciphering codes, which aren’t hard, but fun to do. I’m planning to take computer science classes, but this gave me a head start.” Pat Wright, who chairs the event, said part of the reason to interest high school students in technology information careers is to fill positions. “There’s not enough people in the jobs now and by 2020, we expect it to grow to 2 million people,” he said, adding that there are about 300,000 people in the field now. “There’s a lot of technology out there that is growing and not enough Utahns to fill the demand.” He recommended students as young as elementary start learning more about computer programming as more careers will incorporate it in the future. He said by middle school, students should learn computer science, and in high school, programming should be required. While he applauded districts where students learn code.org in elementary, he also recommended students learn more coding, such as the free Utah Code Camp on June 8, which teaches students from age 5 to 15 skills from Arduino and Scratch to Unity and HTML (www.utahgeekevents.com/events/ kids-code-camp-2019). “It’s becoming a digital world from artists to virtual reality to gaming to understanding data,” Wright said. “We need our kids to be prepared and get excited about their future.” l

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Olympia Hills clears procedural approval to resubmit high-density community proposal

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orensic science often shares stories of people “speaking from the grave” and having impact on the future. In the case of the high-density Olympia Hills development project proposed for the Southwest Quadrant, former Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams’s voice reportedly loomed large this week as a case of “Forensic Development” is ensuing, with some citing political motivation as a factor. The Salt Lake County Council passed a resolution on May 21 allowing Olympia Hills developers to reapply their proposed project. County gears to re-engage SLCO attorneys have been in a conundrum about how to treat the veto McAdams made last June of the proposed 900-plus acre parcel project. McAdams’s 11th-hour June 2018 veto of developer Doug Young’s application to enable the high-density Olympia Hills project came after Herriman residents and a group of Southwest mayors rallied in protest to thwart a county council, which had given the project a 7-1 green-light vote. Current SLCO Mayor Jenny Wilson was then a 10-year veteran of that council. Now mayor after McAdams (now Rep. McAdams) left the seat for Washington, D.C., Wilson indicated, earlier this week in an interview with City Journals, that time was drawing near for the county council to initiate a timeline to re-engage with the developer. “The initiation is required by the council,” she said. “They have a year.” Wilson said the council “will noodle by themselves” but also indicated her belief the council would elect to move forward and developer Doug Young would be asked to reapply and allowed to enter a modified proposal. Whose court? According to a source at SLCO, who wished to remain anonymous, attorneys have advised the county council that having the mayor veto a development project has not occurred before. Without precedent, reportedly, there is no legal mechanism for them to manage next steps in the process, and “nobody knows whose court it is in,” said the source. City Journals received, in advance of its public dissemination, an unsigned copy of a “Fact-Finding Resolution” by the County Council, a machination that defines McAdams’ mayoral veto as an executive decision rejecting the ordinances the council adopted and not the developer’s overall application. The resolution was part of the SLCO Council’s official business on May 21, where the resolution was passed. In essence, the resolution allows the developer to re-apply. For his part, Young, the owner of the 931.8 acres under his “The Last Holdout,

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Olympia Hills project developer Doug Young calls his company “The Last Holdout, LLC.” Shown here is the last structure on land from the former Lark mining town. Young re-imagines the 900-plus acres in Unincorporated Salt Lake County as part of a transit-connected, bustling work-play-shop, high-density, high-tech community for the future. (Jennifer J. Johnson/City Journals)

LLC,” is operating under a business-as-usual perspective, and was unaware, until contacted by City Journals, of any council procedural matters. “We still have a full, valid application at the county,” Young said. “We have never lost that. It’s going to take quite a process to work through that. We’re in the initial phases.” Young has assembled comments from the two recent SWQ open houses and is, he said, addressing residents’ concerns about density. The project received a major thumbs-up mid-May when Clint Betts, the executive director of Silicon Slopes, praised the development, citing it multiple times as an example of the type of project needed not only in Salt Lake County but throughout the state. Noodling on Olympia Hills Betts, who serves on affordable-housing committees and is a long-time technology visionary, was the third speaker as part of the Council’s “Regional Growth Summit 2.0,” presented April through mid-May. Salt Lake County Regional Development leadership, held three, back-to-backto-back weekly informational presentations. The sessions were conducted live, as part of County Council business and were also streamed over the internet, via Facebook live sessions. Multiple calls over multiple weeks by the City Journals to District 2 Council member Michael Jensen, who chaired the Growth Summit, went unanswered. While some of the council members, as well as Wilson herself, sent policy advisers to South Jordan and to the even more contentious Herriman open houses for Olympia Hills in mid-April, the council’s newest member, Shireen Ghorbani, was the only

member at both open houses, staying for much or most of the public input sessions on the project. Wilson, Ghorbani and Jensen, as well as council members Max Burdick and Ann Granato, are up for re-election in 2020, making political maneuvering on Olympia Hills a dicey matter, particularly for those with Southwest constituents. Those with Southwest Quadrant (SWQ) constituents to consider for 2020 election for their current seats include the mayor and Ghorbani and Jensen. As of now, Wilson is the only publicly declared candidate for the 2020 SLCO mayor race. “I am the mayor and not a candidate,” was her response to additional questions about 2020, beyond her clear intention to be county mayor for six years, versus two. A legal matter or a political one? Of the county council’s machinations, “It’s not a legal matter but a political matter,” said a local municipal law expert familiar with the project—and the political climate in the Valley. Olympia Hills is certainly a political conundrum, with much of Southwest Valley still actively protesting the development, while the county as a whole, and cities on a municipal level, are bursting at the seams in terms of growth pressures and a stated need to accommodate for population growth. Salt Lake County is projected to add nearly 600,000 residents by 2065. In addition to what was a reported 16,000 signatures collected on a Change.org petition by residents, six mayors of the SWQ continue to go viral with actions to thwart or at least severely constrain the project. SWQ Mayors Council leaders of Copperton Township, Herriman, Riverton and West Jordan initially allied in formal protest

with a crisis-coordinated press release to sway McAdams. South Jordan later joined the SWQ Mayors Council. The group meets weekly and did so throughout the Utah Legislative Session, and has successfully lobbied to receive $250,000 in grant dollars to fund transportation and visioning studies. According to West Jordan Mayor Jim Riding, members are swiftly moving forward with plans to manage SWQ growth, formally issuing a request for a transportation study. Amid press speculation that given members of the group are its “leaders,” they are now considering pooling resources to manage what until now has been an officially, intentionally leaderless and democratic group seeking to best manage their mutual destiny in strategic, synergistic areas. Riding’s comments to the City Journals came in conjunction with his attendance at the Kearns open house by Wilson. During her five-site, cross-county town halls during April and May, Mayor Wilson indicated multiple times that her assumption is that Olympia Hills is moving forward. “Ultimately, I don’t know how we move forward without more density and more planned communities,” she said. “We cannot move forward with wasting a single acre.” l

New Salt Lake County “At Large” Councilwoman Shireen Ghorbani attended both Herriman and South Jordan open houses about Olympia Hills in mid-March. She was the only SLCO elected official to attend either meeting, while some “electeds,” including Mayor Jenny Wilson and Councilman Michael Jensen, did send policy representatives. All three are up for re-election in 2020, with Olympia Hills sure to be a deciding-factor with very opinionated voters and their mayoral leaders in Southwest Valley. (Jennifer J. Johnson/City Journals)

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II in 1946. The selection of the SoJo facility makes strategic sense, with the UofU’s having the SoJo Health Center established, proximate to TRAX, since November 2011. What SoJo Mayor Dawn Ramsey has deemed “significant growth” at the U of U Health facility is set to include a call center, which will handle University of Utah and University Health Care calls, according to the U of U South Jordan Clinic. It remains to be seen if this infrastructure will be leveraged for the forthcoming VA clinic but seems to make logical sense.

“We held our first Veterans Appreciation Breakfast, with more than 100 veterans and their family members attending,” she said. “It was a wonderful event that I hope becomes a long-standing tradition in our city.” A vet’s continual war with mental health Seventy-two-year-old Roger Anderson routinely wakes from night terrors. The Vietnam veteran who served as a medic nearly 50 years ago says he is still traumatized by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and routinely makes the 2 ½-hour journey from Oak City in Millard County to the VA Hospital on the U of U campus. In lieu of driving, Anderson joins a VA-sponsored shuttle, serving individuals he says he has met from across the state, as well as those from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. Anderson, a former medic himself, praises the quality of care at Salt Lake’s VA Hospital but is frustrated by wait times and “a bureaucracy that has destroyed our lives,” he shared with the South Jordan Journal in a phone interview. He hopes that the announcement for the new VA Clinic, to be located on the campus of the U of U South Jordan Health Center in Daybreak, will not only provide excellent medical care to veterans in the Southwest Quadrant but to those living farther South in the state and those veterans having to come to Utah from other states for the care they need.

Southwest Quadrant in general, SoJo in specific deemed ‘prime location’ for Vet care In committing to new facilities in South Jordan, the partners also gave a nod to what some have deemed “explosive” population growth in the Southwest Quadrant. “[The] VA identified the rapidly growing southwest part of Salt Lake County as [a] prime location to provide more access to health care for the women and men who serve in our nation’s military,” reads a joint press release. More than 5,000 new residents move to South Jordan annually. This growth is projected to continue for the next 10 years. Since 2000, 70 percent of the population growth of Salt Lake County has come from the Southwest Quadrant, comprising Bluffdale, Copperton Township, Herriman, River- Ready now for SoJo facility to be ready ton, South Jordan and West Jordan. “They desperately need to meet the SoJo veteran-friendly community needs of more of the vets, especially the ones SoJo is a veteran-friendly community, who are coming home now — they are exoffering an annual Veteran’s lunch (sched- periencing an awful lot of PTSD,” Anderson uled this coming Nov. 7), which “for the past said. three–four years has attracted 80 to 100 vet“The VA Hospital at the U of U is way erans each year,” indicated Jamie Culbertson, too busy; it is overcrowded,” he added. “It South Jordan Community Center supervisor. is a good hospital. They do a good job. For At her annual “State of the City” speech some disciplines, they offer the best services in March of this year, Ramsey cited the city’s in the country. They try really hard to schedfirst hosting of a Veterans Day Breakfast as ule better, but the waits can be quite bad. among the City’s “major events and achieve- South Jordan would be a lot better place to ments” of 2018 and indicated that this is a get to.” tradition she wants to build.

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Catapults, black holes and space missions at Jordan Ridge STEM fair By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

Dissecting frogs was just one of the 22 booth activities available to students and families April 25 at Jordan Ridge Elementary’s STEM fair. Students also could get “hands-on learning” by learning about circuit cards, trying Ozobots and Spheroes, launching catapults, creating corn starch art, watching a black hole gravity demonstration, building with weDos and K’nex, discovering about natural ingredients in essential oils, analyzing simulated samples to determine possible illnesses for pets, participating in simulated space missions, and many other activities that brought in 53 volunteers who staffed the booths, including several professional and business vendors who donated their time and items. Six teachers — Crystal Nebeker, Becky Worwood, Leslie Probert, Kimberly Sanders, Cindy Epperson, Frankie Walton and SzuLing McFarland — who worked on earning their STEM endorsement spent 400 hours planned, organized and coordinated the effort as their culminating project. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Beck/Jordan Ridge Elementary)

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A+B=C-ivics lesson from South Jordan mayor, city officials By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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hen students play soccer or walk their dog in a city park this summer, they may have a little more appreciation for it, thanks to their mayor. About 50 junior high and high school students jumped aboard the Jordan School District bus April 9, joined by school district officials, Jordan Board of Education members, city officials and South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey, who gave students a lesson about their city. Two days later, elementary students got their chance in “Seeing SoJo with the Mayor.” “It’s a behind-the-scenes tour that serves a civic engagement learning opportunity for students,” Ramsey said. “This is unprecedented; it hasn’t been done before. We had senior staff share information about how the city functions and answered questions they had as we traveled through the city. Many young people don’t realize what all goes on to run a city.” The students traveled by Oquirrh Lake and Glenmoor area, Holt historic farmhouse, Salt Lake County fairgrounds and Highland, Bingham Creek and City parks. They saw fire station 62 and the future location of station 64, the Frontrunner station, construction on Bangerter interchanges and the riverfront commerce park area. They learned about animal control, public works yard, and the city

hall and public safety. In fact, their school bus even got pulled over — by the police chief — and they learned the role of the city’s police. “I think they thought it was for real when the bus pulled over,” Jordan Administrator of High Schools Brad Sorensen said. “It certainly got their attention.” It was hands-on learning by city officials from the city planner and city engineer to the director of administrative services and director of public works. The city’s associate director of parks and recreation, fire chief and deputy fire chief, deputy police chief and the director of city commerce and sustainability all took a role in the tours. Students learned the history of South Jordan, including its former name. “It was called Gale, since there are gale force winds. In fact, our city baseball team was named after that town name, Red Gales,” she said, adding that the name lives on in the former South Jordan library is known as the Gale Center of History & Culture. After the tour during a lunchtime discussion, students posed questions to the mayor and city officials on topics such as air quality, property taxes, water and green space. Ramsey told students South Jordan became increasingly populated from its once farming community, and “it’s trying to catch

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South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey takes a selfie along with Jordan School District secondary students and administrators on the school bus after providing an educational tour of the city. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

up” with such things like public transit access. However, with Jordan School District having the largest fleet of natural gas school buses, the air quality may be better than in other areas of the Salt Lake Valley. “South Jordan is where people want to move to. Business is thriving, but it’s still a place people want to live. In 10 years, it really has changed,” she said, adding that city planners are ensuring green space. In fact, recently go.verizon.com ranked South Jordan as the No. 4 city across the U.S. in its annual “Best Small Cities to Start a Small Business” report. With elementary students, students asked about high-density housing. “City council, which has a representative for each part of the city, helps us decide how we want our city to look and grow and feel. So, it’s their decision to choose the land and where we would want more residents or less,” she said, adding that much work is done with the city planner and others. They also asked Ramsey about her role as mayor, her goals and challenges, and if it was her childhood dream and what she would be doing if she were not elected mayor. “I’d probably sleep more,” said the former elementary school student body officer, who added that she’d continue her passion of volunteering with the state PTA as well as in the community. Ramsey hopes that this opportunity gave students a chance to talk to city officials and learn about the city where they live. She provided students with a set of informational postcards about departments and places they visited. “They had some insightful questions showing their level of engagement,” Ramsey said. “This was a great opportunity to give kids a chance to talk to the heart of the people where they live.” Bingham High senior Nadia Sabry wanted to meet Ramsey and learn about local

government. “It’s interesting to learn what legislative powers she has and the city has in facing issues,” Sabry said. Classmate Hanna Msiska said learning from Ramsey provided her behind-the-scenes information about the infrastructure. “I wanted to meet the first woman mayor and see the city from a different perspective,” said the student leader and senior high school student. “I learned that people in our local government are much more accessible than I thought. They talked to me and said if I have concerns, I can email or call them.” Elk Meadows sixth-grader Jayden Chamberlain said he learned more about the city than he did when he visited with his Cub Scout pack. “I learned a lot about places in the city I didn’t know anything about,” Jayden said after visiting the Judge Michael Boehm’s courtroom. His classmate, Preston Margetts, who is the student council president, said he learned it was “cool” to be mayor. “She knows something about everything,” he said. “My favorite is seeing how many miles of road — 299 miles — are in our city.” Jordan Board vice president Tracy Miller said she learned the fact light posts were painted black for aesthetic reasons, something about the city she didn’t know. “This has been a great opportunity for our students to learn about the city and hope they will be involved as citizens and as future leaders,” she said. Jordan Associate Superintendent Anthony Godfrey appreciated the effort of Ramsey and her staff. “It’s a great way to bridge the city and what it does and hopes to accomplish with the district in educating our youth,” he said. “It’s giving them a better understanding with what is involved in the city where they live.”

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And the winning name is … Mountain Creek Middle By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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irst there were hundreds of suggestions. From those, five were selected as possible names for the new South Jordan middle school. One clear winner emerged — Mountain Creek Middle — after future students and families voted for the name of the new school being built near Kestral Rise Road and Bingham Rim Road in South Jordan. Jordan Board of Education recently approved the name, announcing it with the names of other schools that are expected to open this fall. The others include Mountain Point Elementary School in Bluffdale, Hidden Valley Middle School in Bluffdale and Ridge View Elementary School in Herriman. Mountain Creek Middle will open to about 1,000 students in grades 7 through 9 and will be a Chinese dual immersion school. The school will offer core classes in English, math, social studies and science as well as elective courses in music, art, dance, French and Spanish. The other four top name choices included West Mountain, Golden Ridge, Sunrise and Prospector Creek, which was Principal Mike Glenn’s personal favorite as it tied into the mining history of the area. In May, there was a survey available for the community to vote on Mountain Creek’s mascot and colors after the initial 500 responses brought in suggestions. “We had from bears and moose to ducks submitted as ideas,” Glenn said. “We don’t want to duplicate other mascots.” While the school is being built around the colors of copper and dark blue, with some tans added in, Glenn said those are not the school colors. “We have had some people suggest those colors that are found in our (classroom) pods, auditorium, gym, façade and cafeteria, but those are part of the building design. We want people to vote on our school colors,” he said. Once decisions are made, the school name and mascot will be laid in school colors in tile in the entryway this summer. In addition to tiling the entrance, the hallways and cafeteria will be tiled, large screen televisions connected, and the gym and dance floors will be installed in June and July. Painting and carpet should be completed by summer, he said. The design, created by VCBO architectural firm, is the same as Sunset Ridge Middle in West Jordan, with modifications, such as installing a secure vestibule at the main entrance and adjustments in the stairways and learning communities, he said. The school, under construction by DWA general contractor, will have a maker room, pottery room with a kiln, a career and technical education room where a 3-D printer could be used among six science rooms, four art

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rooms, a family and consumer science room featuring nine cooking stations, a dance room, a fitness room, a band room and a choir room. The cafeteria, which seats about 630 students, will have four serving lines and a commons area for students to eat meals. Seating in the auditorium will be for about 800 students, and the media center will include a computer lab. The gym will have multiple basketball courts and a track, and to the south of the school there will be a multi-use sports field. Before the summer rolls around, Glenn, who is being joined by Wendy Harmon as assistant principal, will continue hiring faculty and staff. By early May, 32 of the 40 teachers were hired as well as the counseling staff and some office personnel. A second assistant principal is expected to be named this summer. This summer also will allow student leaders — after an election this spring at Copper Mountain Middle School, where most students will come from — to begin planning a welcome week and time capsule. The spring vote will elect four incoming ninth-grade and four incoming eighth-grade officers. A fall election at Mountain Creek is being planned, which will bring one more ninth-grade officer, an additional eighthgrade officer and five seventh-graders to the student council. “We will meet in the summer to start building positive momentum and plan welcome week and ribbon cutting. We want to have the students be a part of the planning of these,” Glenn said. While no date has been set for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Glenn said it will be posted on the school website, mountaincreekmiddle.org, which currently has photos of the progress of the new school. On the Jordan School District website, families can join Glenn for a virtual tour. “It’s moving right along, making progress,” he said. “We’re really appreciating the community support and are excited for the school to open.” l

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undefeated 11-0 record and even added a home run and triple from the plate. Dority picked up four wins as a pitcher. The future bodes well for the Miners, as a host of key contributors have one, two or even three more years with the program. Freshmen Chloe Latu, Noelani Barawis and Avery King also played big roles on the team, as did sophomore Paige Braunbeck and junior Alayna Haas. Of course, there’s still work to done in the present. The Miners went into the Class 6A state tournament as the No. 1 seed from Region 4. In the first round on May 13, they handled Granger, the No. 4 team from Region 2 with ease, cruising to a 15-0 win. It only took Bingham four innings to finish off the Lancers. The Miners posted eight runs in the third inning alone. Impressively, the pitching and field efforts of Bingham held Granger without a single hit. Hogan hit a home run and a triple. Chapple and Dority each had a double and a triple. The Miners followed that up with a come-from-behind win over Fremont to win 5-4. The victories pushed the Miners forward in the double-elimination playoffs. Bingham will look to improve on last season’s showing when it won its first three playoff games but then dropped two in a row. l

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Bingham boys tennis sends entire varsity squad to state tournament By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com

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Bingham’s boys tennis team had a strong showing at the Region 4 tournament, qualifying all of its varsity players for state. Pictured, from left: assistant Coach Dave Fonda, coach Steve Peterson, Benjamin Crane, Josh Peterson, Cody White, Caleb Youlton, Jeremy Christensen, Ethan Snow, assistant coach Mark Smith. (Photo by Debby Peterson)

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ike in any other high school sport, when tennis teams get to the state tournament, they see the most talented players and squads. The Bingham boys had great preparation playing in Region 4. The Miners more than held their own in what other coaches say may be the top region in Utah. At the region tournament, held May 10–11, Bingham did well enough to qualify all of its varsity starters for the Class 6A tournament. At first doubles, the tandem of sophomore Josh Peterson and junior Cody White (who happen to be cousins) claimed the top seed going into the region tournament. The two players performed like No. 1 seeds, defeating Pleasant grove 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals and outlasting Lone Peak 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to win the title. “That position was the most competitive within the region,” head coach Steve Peterson said. “All matches throughout the season were very close, and most went three sets. [The championship match] was a battle, and our boys needed to play their very best. Our boys wanted to capture a No. 1 seed going into the state tournament, which they did. Josh and Cody have been playing together for a few years now. They know each other’s strengths and work very well together on the court. They play many USTA tournaments together and have seen lots of success. We are fortunate that both of them are so young and will be back next year. They are among the very best in the state.” Second doubles players Benjamin Crane, a junior, and Austin Burton, a senior, entered the region tournament as the second-seeded team. They fell to American Fork in three sets in a hard-fought semifinals match before beating Pleasant Grove for third place. “[Crane and Burton] have only been playing together for one year but have come a long way learning how to play together,” Steve Peterson said. “They won some very tough matches during the regular season.

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They are a strong team, and we expect them to perform well at state.” Seniors Ethan Snow, Jeremy Christensen and Caleb Youlton qualified for state in the singles positions. “We are excited that the entire varsity team qualified for state this year,” Steve Peterson said. “That doesn’t always happen.” Bingham’s doubles teams would go on make the finals, with both teams ultimately coming up short taking second place, respectively. The Miners would finish fourth at state. The Miners’ head coach was pleased with the players’ and the team’s development throughout the season. He saw marked improvement from the first practice through the region tournament. He’s also optimistic about the future of the program, especially as he watched the JV team have success this season. He highlighted the play of Josh Christensen, who took second in singles in the JV division, and Dannion Nelson. “I feel that we have improved significantly,” he said. “We have had a lot of players step up and play well when they needed to. It has been especially fun for me to see how much they have developed. We also have a very good JV team, and many of them will be competing for varsity spots next year. I believe those players will continue to improve and become significant contributors at the varsity level in the near future.” Bingham will say goodbye to seven seniors from this year’s squad, including Jake Stutz and Mason Driscoll. Steve Peterson said the pair doesn’t get all the accolades, but he has loved watching them work hard and give it their all. “Often, it’s our other seasoned players that help build the entire team,” he said. “Jake and Mason have done that over the years and have shown tremendous dedication and leadership in so many ways. They played lots of singles and doubles positions for us over the years.” l

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Pair of Bingham golfers top 6A scores; Miners finish fourth at state tournament By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com

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he Bingham girls golf team wrapped up its season with a strong performance at the Class 6A state tournament, held May 13– 14 at Talons Cove Golf Course. The Miners placed fourth as a team in a competitive group. While the team came up short of a state crown, the two top golfers at the tournament were both on the Bingham side. Carissa Graft and Tess Blair finished first and second, respectively among all players at the 6A tournament. During the two-day affair, Graft shot a 131, while Blair was six shots back at 137. Only four players during the tournament had days where they hit below 70. Graft did it twice, shooting a 65 on day one and a 66 on the second day. Blair started off with a 72 but followed it up with a terrific performance of 65. The two 65s were three shots better than any other competitor on the course. “Carissa killed it on day 1 and then kept her head and her patience by shooting a 66 on day 2,” head coach Brett Boberg said. “She’s been flirting with greatness all year long; she was just able to put it all together for this tournament. This was a two-day marathon on what is not the easiest course in Utah. To play that sharp for that long is especially impressive.” Graft will continue playing the sport at 19-SCCS-1499 - Apr19 St. Andrew (City

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shots behind third-place Herriman. Lone Peak and Davis came in first and second, respectively. McKayla VanderKooi was third on the team, shooting a 180 during the tournament (91 and 89). Hannah Jorgensen, Kaleah Walker and Alanna Beagley also contributed to the team’s success. Bingham had a similar finish last year when it placed third at state. Blair was the overall winner last season, while Graft tied for fifth. Graft improved her tournament score by 13 shots from a year ago. l

Carissa Graft (right) and Tess Blair (left) were the top two golfers at the Class 6A girls golf tournament. (Photo courtesy of Brett Boberg)

the next year. She has a golf scholarship at the Indiana Institute of Technology. Meanwhile, Blair was exceptional as well. She also finished second in Region 4, which Boberg said was “the most competitive region in the history of girls golf in Utah.” Blair will play golf next year at SacramentoAd)_b5_pst.pdf State University. Journal 1 4/19/19 3:53 PM

Finishing fourth as a team was a noteworthy accomplishment, but boasting the two best scores was icing on the cake for the Miners’ program. “We’re really proud of having the top two girls come out of Bingham High,” Boberg said. As a team, the Miners shot a 675, 30

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New-look Bingham baseball team makes it back to playoffs By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com

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eavy turnover made the 2019 campaign a challenging one for the Bingham baseball team. With several key players from the 2018 state championship squad lost to graduation, Bingham coaches knew duplicating a title run would be a huge task. Though the Miners fell to third place in Region 4, they still made it to the Class 6A state tournament and stayed alive after the first two rounds by picking up a win in the double-elimination playoffs. Bingham finished 5-7 in league standings, tying Lone Peak for the third spot, three games behind first-place winners American Fork and Pleasant Grove. The Miners snagged the No. 3 seed and matched up with Region 2’s No. 2 seed, Kearns. Playing on the road in round one, the Miners came up short, losing to the Cougars 5-4 on May 13. It took three extra innings to decide this contest. After neither team scored in the eighth or ninth innings, Bingham took a 4-3 lead in the top of the 10th. However, Kearns added a pair of runs when it got up to bat, securing the victory. The loss didn’t put an end to Bingham’s season, however. The Miners responded the following day with an impressive 8-5 victory over Region 3 champion Copper Hills. Playing on the Grizzlies’ home field, Bingham

had 10 hits and scored five runs in the fifth inning alone to pull away. Ace Felise and Braden Horsley each hit doubles, while Peyton Jones was the winning pitcher. It was the second time this season Bingham triumphed over Copper Hills, having first dispatched the Grizzlies back on March 20. Marching through state can be a gauntlet, but the Miners are accustomed to tough games. Playing in Region 4, one of the most talented in the state, gives the Miners an up-close-and-personal look at formidable competition. Bingham picked up wins against both region co-champions, defeating American Fork 6-3 on April 8 and upending Pleasant Grove on May 2 by the score of 7-6. Bingham also picked up two wins over Lone Peak in the teams’ three meetings, which allowed the Miners to grab the No. 3 seed in a tie-breaker. Jones and Joey Dixon have been solid on the mound all season. The pitchers accounted for the bulk of Bingham’s wins. Dixon went 5-1, while Jones was 4-3. Horsley also got credited with a pair of victories as a pitcher. Owen Mortensen blasted three home runs during the regular season and contributed five doubles. Bingham went 3-2 in the state tournament, bowing out at the quarterfinal stage in

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Bingham pitcher Joey Dixon prepares to delivery the ball in a game earlier this season. (Photo by Pat McDonald)

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Summer 2019 filled with community festivals By Joshua Wood | joshw@mycityjournals.com

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s the school year winds down and summer heats up, festival season takes off and lasts throughout the summer. From the end of May until late August, cities throughout the Salt Lake Valley celebrate community spirit with parades and fireworks along with local traditions unique to each summer event. Check out this schedule of festival events and plan your summer fun.

SOJO SUMMER FEST South Jordan City Park| May 29 - June 1 • South Jordan City Park (11000 South Redwood Road) • South Jordan City Hall (1600 Towne Center Drive), Heritage Park (10800 South Redwood Road) • With the theme “Where Summer Begins,” South Jordan gets the season off to a classic start with SoJo Summer Fest. Attendees can enjoy summer traditions like the car show and parade on June 1 along with a fun SoJo twist, the Battle of the Bands.

Heart and Soul Music Stroll Sugar House | June 8

• 1530 E. 2700 South • Local bands share the healing power of music as friends and family can stroll from house to house listening to various performers. Food trucks and bike rentals will be available. These performers spend the rest of the year playing for audiences who can’t come to the music stroll.

WESTFEST West Valley Centennial Park| June 13 - 16 • Centennial Park (5405 West 3100 South) • “Your Family, Your Community, Your Festival”—Westfest offers something for everyone. The event includes a parade, 5k and 10k races, vendors and fireworks. From June 13 to 16, enjoy one of the best carnivals in the valley.

FORT HERRIMAN TOWNE DAYS Butterfield Park | June 17 - 22 • Butterfield Park (6212 West 14200 South) and other locations • Herriman celebrates 20 years of incorporation at this year’s festival. Residents and visitors can show off their talents in the Fort Herriman Days talent show and enjoy the circus and a wide variety of events, including the Yeti Run. The festival also features a home run derby, carnival and more.

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Live music will entertain festival goers all summer long. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Davis)

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• Valley Regional Park (5100 South 2700 West) • Taylorsville offers a blend of the usual summer festival activities along with a musical twist. Festival goers can take in the parade and fireworks, check out the hot rods at the car show, and run the 5k. The event also features performances by the Utah Symphony and the Taylorsville Orchestra.

• Riverton Rodeo Arena (1300 West 12800 South) and City Park (1452 West 12600 South) • The Riverton Rodeo returns on June 28 to start off Town Days. The event will also feature a parade, carnival, fireworks and movie in the park. To fuel their fun, attendees can take in the chuck wagon breakfast. Contests and activities include spikeball, pickleball, 3-on-3 basketball, yoga in the park and more.

This year’s summer festivals will feature plenty of activities for children. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Davis)

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Old West Days Rodeo in Bluffdale will feature fun for the whole family. (Photo by Dave Sanderson)

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STAMPEDE DAYS West Jordan Rodeo Arena| July 4 - 6 • West Jordan Rodeo Arena (2200 West 8035 South) and Veterans Memorial Park (1985 West 7800 South) • July 4-6 • West Jordan offers a big time rodeo, fireworks, carnival and more during Stampede Days. The festival kicks off with the parade, which is followed by two days of action-packed rodeo activities and then the carnival.

SANDY CITY 4TH OF JULY South Towne Promenade | July 4 • South Towne Promenade (10000 South Centennial Parkway) • “Let Freedom Ring” is the theme of the Sandy City 4th of July festival. The event will once again feature the spikeball tournament, plenty of vendors, games and activities for kids, as well as the parade and fireworks.

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Old West Days Rodeo in Bluffdale kicks off with its rodeo on July 26 and 27. (Photo by Dave Sanderson)

• Murray Park is the place to be for the city’s Fun Days on July 4. The day includes a breakfast, parade, 5k run/walk and children’s race. Attendees can also enjoy the chalk art contest, and of course, fireworks. • July 4 Parade and Festival • South Salt Lake • Fitts Park (3050 South 500 East) • The City of South Salt Lake offers a pancake breakfast to start off its July 4th parade and festival at Fitts Park. The festivities will also include a 5k and parade.

BUTLERVILLE DAYS Cottonwood Heights| July 26 - 27 • 7500 South 2700 East behind Butler Middle School • Butlerville Days returns with two action-packed days of fun. There will not be a 5k this year, but the popular pickleball tournament is back. Attendees can also enjoy the parade, rides and games, the car show, a movie in the park and fireworks.

• Draper Park (12500 South 1300 East) • Draper Days kicks off with the rodeo July 11–13, then the festival continues with more activities, including the children’s parade on July 16. There will be plenty of tournaments and activities on July 13 when people can compete in pickleball, tennis and basketball. Events on July 19 and 20 include the parade, car show, 5k, concerts and more.

OLD WEST DAYS RODEO Bluffdale Park | July 26 - 27, August 5 - 10 • Bluffdale Park (2400 West 14400 South) • Old West Days kicks off with the rodeo on July 26 and 27. Then a wide variety of activities happen between August 5 and 10 including a parade and the family shindig on Aug. 10.

• Midvale City Park (425 East 6th Avenue) • Historic Midvale Harvest Days take place from July 29 to Aug. 5 and will feature block parties, a movie in the park, music and more. The parade, festival and fireworks will take place on Aug. 3 at Midvale City Park.

SANDY BALLOON FESTIVAL Storm Mtn Park |August 9 - 10 • Storm Mountain Park (980 East 11400 South) • Starting at sunrise, the Sandy Balloon Festival will take off from Storm Mountain Park and fill the skies. Activities will fill the rest of the weekend, including the balloon glow on Saturday evening at the South Towne Promenade (10000 South Centennial Parkway).

BLUE MOON ARTS FESTIVAL Holladay City Hall Park |August 24 • Holladay City Hall Park (2300 East 4570 South) • Wrap up the summer in Holladay with the Blue Moon Arts Festival. The event will include live music, arts, food and children’s activities. l

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Remember these safety tips during fireworks season

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ndependence Day is a day (and night) to celebrate the birth of our nation. There’s watching parades, enjoying backyard barbecues and, of course, igniting fireworks. Fireworks. There’s lots of them here, especially with July 24, Pioneer Day, also being a holiday where fireworks play a major entertainment role. In makes for month full of blasts, bangs, whizzes, and sparkly colors lighting up the dark. But the joys of fireworks come with risks. To avoid accidents (or even death), here’s a few tips to remember as you and neighbors prepare to celebrate your state and country.

• Recent legislation passed in Utah limits the days of the year allowed to light fireworks. Only light fireworks during those days in accordance with the newly passed law.

• Dress appropriately. Loose clothing that can catch fire easily should be left in the drawer, while snugly fitted long sleeves and pants can protect from potential burns.

• Check with your city to determine what areas allow fireworks. Cities such as Sandy and Herriman have decreased the areas that permit fireworks.

• Always have a bucket of water and charged water hose nearby.

• Know your fireworks. Read cautionary labels and performance descriptions before igniting. • Don’t get fancy. While it may be tempting to be creative and construct your own fireworks, the results may not be worth it. • Responsible adults should not only be present, but should supervise closely. Never give fireworks to small children. • Alcohol and fireworks does not make a good cocktail. Save your alcohol for after the show. • Light one firework at a time and don’t linger. Fireworks look just as pretty from 30 feet away as they do from five. • This one may seem obvious, but fireworks should be shot outside, not inside.

• Never shoot fireworks into metal or glass containers. The ricochet hurts just as much. • Dispose of spent fireworks by wetting them down and place in metal trash can away from any building or combustible materials. • Report illegal explosives. They ruin it for the rest of us. • Don’t forget about your pets. Make sure they are securely indoors and have identification tags in case they do escape during a fireworks display. • Keep fireworks out of reach where curious children can’t get to them. High heat or damp air can damage the fireworks. The best place to put them is in a cardboard box in a high location such as a cabinet or shelf. • Last, but not least, make sure everyone using fireworks has safety glasses or goggles.

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Competitive youth sports: Training Hard By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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or the past several years, youth sports have become increasingly competitive and time-consuming with year-round opportunities on various fields of play. Is there a benefit? What is the cost? Over the next two issues, the City Journals will explore the current trends of competitive youth sports with signing up for yearround options at young ages and specializing in sports early versus trying out multiple sports while looking at the effects of the intense training required that can lead to recurring pain in young athletes and burnout. Why children play sports The first thing we need to do with our young athletes, according to Aspen Institute Executive Director Tom Farrey, who authored “Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions Of Our Children,” is to make sure this is what the kids want to do. “Youth sports is a wonderful thing. They’re terrific. We just have to understand that we’re dealing with human beings – little human beings – they’re not miniature adults and we need to listen to what they want.” The number one reason children participate in sports is because it is “fun.” In a study by George Washington University, youth listed 81 definitions of “fun” as social bonds, access to action and coaches treating players with respect. Interestingly, “winning” was the 48th reason and “earning medals” was 67th on the list as far as motivations behind young athletes playing sports. John O’Sullivan, in an article, “Why Kids Play Sports,” recommends that we let young athletes define their level of enjoyment with sports and continue to listen to their perspective throughout our evaluations of their “sporting path.” “As they get older…you might have to tell them that in order to pursue their goals in a sport, they might have to step it up a notch environment wise,” he said. “But when that time comes, let it be their decision to make the jump. If you force it, you may lose them. When we force kids to try out for a high-commitment, performance-pathway sports team, and all they want is to play and be with friends, they will burn out, lose the love of the game, and quit.” O’Sullivan also encourages parents to be patient with the varying levels of growth and performance of our children. “Your nineyear-old soccer player who only made the B team is just fine. Your 11-year-old basketball player who isn’t playing AAU is not a lost cause. Every child develops at different ages and on an individual timeline, and your best contribution is to help them fall in love with a sport so that they actually want to play and practice enough to get good at it” He further states, “The greatest athletics-related gift you can give your child is love of sport. They will take it from there.” As the entire landscape of the competitive youth sports environment has changed

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over the past decade, the one constant through all of this is: kids play sports to have fun, most stay in sports for many years because they are still having fun and a large percentage have left athletic fields because they are not having fun. Demands on young athletes At younger and younger ages, club and accelerated sports leagues options are available which lead youth into spending more time focused on one sport. Aside from the financial burdens that increase at older ages and levels, the intensity of the training for that sport – and sometimes at the exclusion of all other activities – also trends upward. Multi-sport athletes also risk overtraining and overuse with different workouts from different coaches. Despite some benefits of avoiding burnout from one sport and developing different skill sets from various sports, a high demand is put on youth’s bodies with minimal recovery time. This is where the greater cost potentially lies as more and more is being demanded of youth athletes. “Where is the research that more is better? I don’t see it,” said Carolyn Billings, Brigham Young University director of Sport Medicine and head athletic trainer. “We are pushing our youth to train more than some of our college and professional athletes, and it is wrong. Under this system we have created with such a desire for prestige and winning, we are doing a real disservice to these kids. Sports used to be such a positive thing, but we’re losing sight of those life lessons.” George Washington University professor of sports management Mark Hyman said, “The system is now designed to meet the needs of the most talented kids. We no longer value participation. We value excellence.” That demand on the bodies of those in youth sports is taking its toll with injuries that are up 500-700 percent from 10 years ago, including severe ones. Billings noted that she began her career in 1995 and didn’t see an ACL injury until nine or 10 years later. “Now, I typically don’t see a soccer player who hasn’t had some type of knee injury,” she said. “And those are just some of the results of what’s been happening over the last 15 years.” According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, millions of young athletes are injured each year with half of those injuries considered preventable. Utahbased Sport Ready co-founder Robin Cecil, a physical therapist of 25 years, said. “Look around. Has an ACL become common? Have you heard your child often complain of pain? Injuries are becoming so common that it is now considered normal. Playing with pain is not normal. Giving our children Tylenol to get them through a game should not be considered normal. The ‘no pain, no gain’ motto was for a different era with different parame-

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ters. The pains that hurt at night are typically growing pains, but if it’s pains during the day, we need to address it.” Cecil often finds athletes approaching her asking for help and reporting frequent pain. “We know what causes a lot of what’s going on. We need to first recognize that it is a problem and then find ways to place the child back of the center of their own sports experience.” Some things to consider For parents with younger children considering competitive sports: • There is not a magic starting age for competitive sports • Identify your focus. Are you looking to develop your athlete or win at all costs? • Find a system that will allow children to play multiple sports through elementary school. • Understand the early specialization sports, such as gymnastics, diving, figure skating have very complex skills that are able to mastered before maturation, and also the late specialization sports (basketball, soccer, field hockey, tennis). • Consider children’s interests and match sports to children’s temperament, size and level of commitment • Consider the cost For parents with children already in competitive youth sports • Recognize that sports have changed • Recommended guidelines are that a child does not compete or train more hours per week than their age • Understand that playing multiple sports

in the same season when competing in at least one sport at the competitive level leads to greater chances of injury • Consider the benefits of taking two months off each year for specialized athletes • Ensure that athletes are warming up and cooling down with each training and competition. • Ensure that your athlete is hydrate. • Understand that you are the child’s best and most invested advocate. Speak up if your child is in a situation of overtraining and/or is dealing with injuries on a regular basis or burnout. • Understand your role in caring for and monitor your athlete’s health, wellness and workload or make sure the coaches and clubs they play for are doing so. (Compiled from sources including the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, John O’ Sullivan, Francois Gazzano, “A Home Team Advantage by Brooke Lench, Sport for Life, Project Play and other health professionals) The competitive youth sports industry pulls at wallets, time, desires, goals at a financial price tag of upward of $15 billion with opportunities of accelerated sports leagues and elite traveling teams and the “possible” college scholarship. This is the cost. Young athletes and parents can weigh the benefits and risks involved with the high-level training it takes to get there. In the July 2019 issue, the City Journals will discuss ways to monitor workload, wellness and injury and burnout to increase the safety of our young athletes within the school and club settings. l

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Father’s Day around the County 2019 By Jennifer J. Johnson | j.johnson@mycityjournals.com

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for her husband’s Father’s Day. She is going to recreate a memorable Hawaii anniversary, by turning their Holladay backyard into Hawaiiday—creating a temporary sand pit and paddling pool, complete with 12 children and Father’s Day bows to Mother’s Day Like a gentleman, June’s Father’s Day parents in grass skirts, sipping “mocktails.” bows to May’s Mother’s Day, opening the The ModernDad.Com—‘We get to famidoor for her and letting her go first. Father’s lies in different ways’ Day, according to some fathers the City JourUtah is somewhat famous for its momnals interviewed, like to keep their day more my bloggers — women who write on the modest than a more elaborate Mother’s Day. Internet about their experience as moms. Explains Jeff Stenquist, a Draper res- Jason Dunnigan, senior digital communicaident and Republican member of the Utah tions specialist at Riverton-based Stampin’ Legislature, “Myself and fathers in general, Up!, has been presenting the other side of the we don’t get into celebrations so much. We story, giving “a guy’s perspective” on being don’t try to draw a lot of attention to our- a parent since the first posting of his “The selves.” Stenquist noted that gifts for Father’s Modern Dad” blog in 2014. Day tend to be “socks,” versus more exotic This Father’s Day will be the first time gifts for Mother’s Day. Dunnigan, who was adopted, is armed with Socks work just fine for the Draper dad information about his biological parents. of adopted children from the Ukraine, folAt Christmas in December, he was giftlowed by the added gift of biological children ed with ancestry DNA from local company in what some parents would consider an en- Ancestry.com. Through the experience Dunviable boy-girl-boy-girl formation. “Father- nigan ended up in dialogue with his birth hood is a great honor. It’s a great experience mother and learned about his birth father. to be a dad.” The experience—and what he said he will be thinking about this Father’s Day—is Father’s Days on the road, again a gift for himself, knowing, “I am where I am Born in India and then growing up in supposed to be.” Dunnigan, a father of three Kearns, Salt Lake County District Attorney and Salt Lake City Foothill neighborhood who said he looks like his father, Taylorsville resident Sim Gill recalls spending Father’s resident Jim Dunnigan, a long-time Republican representative of the Utah House of Day on the road with his father. Back in those days, property assessment Representatives, observed, “Sometimes, we was a centralized function for the state, ver- get to families in different ways. I am really sus a responsibility now delegated to coun- grateful.” ties. Gill’s father, Jagdish, then an appraiser for the state of Utah, now residing in Cottonwood Heights, would travel the state to assess land values. “Delta, Kanab, St. George, Price, Duchesne,” Gill rattled off Utah municipalities as if in a speed challenge. Gill and his brother and sister always viewed Father’s Day as “an adventure” and a “special time,” spent on the road, away from their Kearns childhood home.

Giving fathers a head start West Valley City resident Frank Bedolla said he has coached more than 600 low-income Utah dads on how to be the best fathers possible, by un-learning behaviors and attitudes. Through his nonprofit Fathers and Families Coalition of Utah, Bedolla offers the Nurturing Fathers Program, a 13-week, evidence-based training course designed to teach men parenting and nurturing skills. Fathers and Families Coalition starts the work of growing great future dads for young men, as well. Bedolla’s “Wise Guys” course, currently being taught at Murray High School and downtown’s Horizonte School, “teaches young boys how to be men, how to treat women.” Bedolla said that previous generations of parents misunderstood “quality time,” to the detriment of their children and families. “They thought quality time was being present, but it is also being interactive.” His advice to Utah fathers, for Father’s Day 2019? “The best thing you can do is invest in your child. Be the best father you can be. Be there.”

Foster Father of the Year—A Hawaiiday in Holladay Just in time for Father’s Day, Holladay resident and head of strategic insights for Western Governors University Michael Morris was named Foster Father of the Year for the Salt Lake metropolitan area. First fostering, then adopting seven children within the first six months of marriage, Morris and his wife, Amy, were a phenomenon. Now, almost three years later, the couple has achieved near super-foster hero status for fostering another five children, all siblings, hoping to ultimately reunite them with their birth parents. The Utah Foster Care Chalk Art Festival at the Gateway is officially honoring him the last day of the festival—and the day before Prizes for papas - keeping fathers safe on Father’s Day. the job by remembering their children Wife Amy Morris has another surprise For the past 14 years, WCF Insurance

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Utah daddy blogger Jason Dunnigan has been writing about being a modern dad for the past five years. This Father’s Day he is grateful for his adoptive parents and three young children. (Photo Credit Jason Dunnigan)

(Workers Compensation Fund) has reached out to Utah’s growing Hispanic and Spanish-speaking audience. As can be imagined, many of those folks are dads. WCF wants to remind dads to be careful on the job, and do it through the gentle and most powerful tug of all—through the heartstrings of their children. The Padre d’el Año—Father of the Year—competition gives Utah children a way to nominate their fathers to earn the special honor and to be gifted with prizes WCF touts as being $500 in value. Children in three age groups—ages 7-11, 12-15, and 1517 nominate their papas for the prizes. Three fathers each season are honored,

receiving cash and one-of-a-kind gifts. This year’s Padre d’el Año and two runners-up will be honored at the June 29 Real Salt Lake game later this month. While the program is targeted to Hispanic and Spanish-speaking audiences, the honor is available to all. Entry forms (offered in Spanish and English) are available at www. wcfespanol.com/. The contest is a case of all fathers being winners. “The major reward that each father receives is knowing they are heroes for their children,” said Carlos Baez, community relations manager for WCF and Taylorsville father of three. l

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act law requirements. “Drivers of any automobile — cars, trucks and motorcycles — need to be patient. Whether people agree with it or not, it’s the law. They’re (motorcyclists) allowed to do it,” Nielsen said. He gave examples of roads where lane filtering would/wouldn’t be permitted. “If it’s on Bangerter Highway, then no.” The speed limit is over 45 there. “But State Street is OK.” The higher speed freeways are illegal places. “The majority of roadways in Salt Lake Valley though, this law falls under,” he said. Dan Smith, assistant parts manager at South Valley Motorsports has been riding street bikes for 20 years. “One scenario is being stuck in between a couple cars on the road, and seeing them on cell phones or doing something, not paying attention. I already know that I’m not going to get seen. Coming up to a stop light, I’ll move myself to the front where I know that when the light turns green, I can get out of any bad situation,” Smith said. If one is motivated to take a motorcycle licensing class, Utah is ready to educate at driver’s ed training facilities for that, too. “There are correct ways to get introduced to the sport, mainly the Utah Rider Education www.utahridered.com has a program for new riders. They teach you all the appropriate ways to be safe in traffic and how to handle your bike,” Smith added. Seeing motorcycles pass everyone else can feel unfair. That’s not the intent. When done correctly, the lane filtering law has a purpose and a function, meant to protect. Sandy Police Department stats show 24 motorcycle crashes just in Sandy City in 2018, with one fatality recorded. The goal is always zero fatalities. l

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The South Jordan Chamber of Commerce welcomed the following new and returning members in the last month: Aim High Music Therapy Alzheimer’s Association 855 E. 4800 S. #100 Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Cyprus Credit Union 3629 S. Jordan Pkwy South Jordan, UT 84009 Glenmoor Golf Club (NEW) 9800 4800 W South Jordan, UT 84095 Embassy Suites by Hilton 10333 S. Jordan Gateway South Jordan, UT 84095

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Mountain America Partners with Utah Special Olympics to Promote Inclusion The Special Olympics Unified Sports Program was established to break down barriers that exist between students with intellectual disabilities and other students. Through this program, students with disabilities and partners (students without disabilities) train and compete together. With nearly 1.5 million elementary, middle, and high school students participating nationally, Unified Sports creates inclusion and acceptance by forming a path to friendship and understanding. More than 80 athletes from eight schools participated in the Unified Sports State Track & Field event at Copper Hills High School on May 15. As the title sponsor of the Utah Special Olympics Unified Sports program, Mountain America presented the athletes with their medals after Wednesday’s competition. (Copper Hills girls 100-meter team showcasing their gold medals).

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o you know what the first day of summer (June 21) means for a music lover like myself? Summer concerts! Utah, surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly?), has an amazing music scene. From rock shows, to country extravaganzas, to electronic music festivals, to rap concerts, to musicals, to recitals; we’ve got it going on. When purchasing tickets, concertgoers have a few different options. You can purchase tickets through one of the most popular local ticket vendors: Smithstix. Alternatively, you might seek out tickets from TicketMaster, VividSeats, Songkick, Stubhub, or other similar websites. Or, you might buy tickets directly from the venue. For example, if a show is at The Complex or Eccles Theater, you can visit their website and purchase tickets there. The final option is to buy tickets at the door (or maybe even from scalpers). After spending years refining the craft of buying tickets for the best price possible, the best advice I can give is: it depends. I know, I know, that’s not the answer you were hoping

for. Here’s why: it depends on how much the tickets are, how excited you are to see the artist, and when/where/and how long the show is. When considering buying concert tickets, I recommend answering the following question: how much do you care about seeing the performance? Usually, that answer has some follow-up questions. Have you been waiting to see this artist/band/show? If so, how long have you been waiting? Do you know song lyrics (if there are lyrics)? Would your life benefit from seeing the artist/band/ show live? Or will it be better to only know them from their videos, televised concerts, etc.? After gauging your desire to attend the show, figure out how much you would be willing to pay for a ticket. If it’s someone like Lady Gaga or Paul McCartney, are you willing to pay in the triple digits? If it’s someone local, or niche, are you willing to pay $20? Maybe $40? Once you have an acceptable number in your head, go ahead and search for those tickets, but not before. At this point, if you find the desired ticket is about $10 below your acceptable price range, go ahead and snag that ticket. Allow for that $10-$20 flexibility, because online vendors will charge various service fees. Smithstix has at least three different service fees, generally totaling around $15.

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