Draper Neighbors Make Royal Pair
Neighbors and schoolmates, Chloe McKeever and Connor Stevenson were named Jordan Valley queen and king Dec. 4. Photo courtesy of Nevah Stevenson
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very day for more than 10 years, next-door Draper neighbors Connor Stevenson and Chloe McKeever have boarded a school bus that takes them to Jordan Valley School. Chloe claps as Connor boards the bus, and he talks about his neighbor and friend. The two recently were crowned homecoming king and queen, a fitting end to the years they’ve attended the same school together, teachers say. “He’s pretty charming, gregarious and funny, while she is very affectionate and darling,” Michelle Stark, a Jordan Valley teacher, said. “They’re neighbors, and we’ve grown close to both of them. The halls of the school will miss them when they graduate.” Jordan Valley students have severe multiple disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, communication impairments, genetic disorders and syndromes, deaf– blindness and students who are extremely medically fragile. The goal at Jordan Valley is to improve students’ quality of life, as well as their families.’ Jordan Valley strives to offer some of the same events that other schools do in Canyons School District.
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Local Buyer May Save Park School By Mimi Darley
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local buyer recently came forward for the old Park School, just weeks before the Dec. 31 deadline the city council had given for it to either be purchased or demolished. Draper City entered into a contract with Godfrey Properties & Design for the purchase of the Park School building and the surrounding property after accepting Godfrey’s offer of $850,000 at the Dec. 16 city council meeting. Godfrey Properties & Design has put $10,000 non-refundable earnest money on the purchase and the company has until March 1 for their due diligence period. During that time, the company will have engineers and architects determine the financial feasibility of restoring the Park School. Brent Andersen is the real estate broker representing Godfrey Properties & Design in the purchase. Andersen explained that his client, Gregg Godfrey, is responsible for “Nitro Circus” and other shows on television and that Godfrey is a writer and developer of movies, ideas and concepts. “He’s involved with a whole different world of people; artists and different
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Real estate broker Brent Andersen (left) is representing local businessman Gregg Godfrey (right) in Godfrey’s purchase of the old Park School.
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“I now have bragging rights to say I’m friends with a national champion. He’s one of the most dedicated, fierce competitors that I’ve met.”
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