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inning a world title is an incredible accomplishment at any age and under any circumstances. To accomplish the feat with an unknown injury — which was discovered later to be pieces of glass stuck in his foot — is downright remarkable. And yet, that’s exactly what Draper’s Ethan Fineshriber did recently at the American Taekwondo Association World Championships in Little Rock, Arkansas. The young teen, who is also on the autism spectrum, finished first in Extreme Weapons and Creative Weapons, marking his fifth and sixth world titles. He won four world championships two years ago. At the 2018 ATA event, he also placed second in Extreme Forms and third in Creative Forms.

“It felt amazing because I know how hard I’ve worked,” Ethan said. “It’s been two years since I had last won a world title and it was something I really had a big goal to achieve this year.”

The son of Mara Fineshriber of Draper and Scott Fineshriber of Cottonwood Heights was recognized on his 14th birthday at the Draper City Council meeting Aug. 21 for his achievements.

“These boys are all tremendously talented and with so many varying factors, really any number of boys could win on any given day,” Mara said. “Ethan had been working extremely hard all year long for this.”

This past year, Ethan battled some injuries and had to adjust his preparations and performances. “I was overtaken with emotion and cried right there in the ring since I knew firsthand all we had both put into getting to that point this year and I was intensely proud of him,” Mara said.

Kim Bantum, who has worked with Ethan for the past five years, said, “I am so proud of Ethan’s titles this year as it was such a struggle with his injuries. He pushed and worked harder than ever before and I couldn’t be more proud of him and being his instructor.”

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all is officially here and with fall break coming up, it is a perfect time to get out and explore new places while the weather is still good. If you’re in town for the two-day break, explore some places that are not in your backyard, but are close enough to make a fun family outing.

Here are a few places all about an hour’s drive or less from the Salt Lake area.

Ogden’s George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park: Step back into time at a prehistoric dinosaur park where more than 100 dinosaur sculptures inhabit the grounds of this eight-acre outdoor dinosaur park. Hours at the park are Monday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices are $7 for adults (18 years and older), $6 for seniors (ages 62 and older), students (ages 1317) are $6, and children (2-12 years old) are $5. Dinosaur Park is located at 1544 E. Park Blvd. in Ogden. Visit www. dinosaurpark.org for more information.

Treehouse Children’s Museum: Fun and learning go hand in hand at this great children’s museum in Ogden.

The center of the museum is a giant 30-foot-high treehouse kids can climb and explore.

Some of the other exhibits and play areas include: the big red barn workshop, a large map of Utah, adventure tower, king and queen thrones, an American map, and the Oval Office.

The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday night they stay open until 8 p.m.

They close at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Admission prices are $8 for children ages 1 to 12; $5 for children 13 to 17; and 18 and older are $5. The Treehouse Children’s Museum is located at 347 22nd Street in Ogden. Visit their website at www.treehousemuseum.org for more information.

Heber Valley Railroad: About an hour’s drive from Salt Lake County, families can be in the clear, mountain air in Heber. Not only is Heber a great small town to explore, the Heber Valley Railroad is

a perfect outdoor activity for fall break. The Pumpkin Train runs from October 4-29. Ticket prices include a 40-minute train ride on the Heber Valley Railroad. While enjoying the scenery, guests will be entertained by costumed characters who ride along on the train.

In addition to the train ride, guests can select a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, get a Halloween sticker, a pumpkin cookie and a trip through the not-so-scary haunted train car. Ticket prices are $15 for children 3 and up (including a pumpkin), and $3 for those 2 and under (including a pumpkin) or free for toddlers who do not want a pumpkin. To reserve your ticket for a train ride, visit www.hebervalleyrr. org.

Cornbelly’s: Located in north Utah County is the “The Greatest Maze on Earth.�

Known as Utah’s first corn maze, Cornbelly’s is filled with activities for all ages.

New this year are two additional corn mazes. The main maze will take guests about 30 to 45 minutes to navigate through the circus themed eight-acres of pathways.

New this year is a ride on the grain train which takes guests through Candy Corn Acres maze. And for those children who want to try a corn maze but aren’t brave enough to try the main maze, the Kiddie Maze is a perfect five-minute adventure where kids try to find the gummy bear interactive game inside. Other activities at Cornbelly’s include: the corn cob beach, princess playland, hayride, rat rollers, gemstone mining, giant jumping pillow, giant slide, animal band and a rat maze. Cornbelly’s also has other haunted attractions for an additional cost. Cornbelly’s is located at Thanksgiving Point and opens on Sept. 28 and runs through Nov. 3. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 4 to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to midnight.

Ticket prices (not including tax) are $12.95 per person for weekdays and $16.95 for weekend. They are located at

3003 N. Thanksgiving Way in Lehi. Visit mwww.cornbelly’s.co for more information.

Halloween Cruise: Where can you take a cruise not too far from home during fall break? Only about 45 minutes from Salt Lake is CLAS Ropes Course in Provo where families can take a Halloween cruise down the Provo River and see over 100 carved pumpkins along the river banks along with spooky holiday decorations. Each 25-minute round-trip cruise ride is hosted by a pirate who tells spooky stories. Watch out because guests might even encounter a pirate attack on their boat. Ticket prices are $8 per person ages 3 and older.

CLAS Ropes Course is located at 3606 W. Center in Provo

by Utah Lake. The first boat leaves each night starting at 6:30 p.m. and then about every 30 minutes. The last boat ride leaves at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. They are closed on Sunday. Visit www.clasropes.com for more information. l

Guests enjoying the Halloween Cruise down the Provo River. (Photo courtesy CLAS Ropes Course)

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During warm-ups for his final day in the Extreme Weapons competition, Ethan stepped on two pieces of glass that cut into his foot.

He wasn’t quite sure what he had done to his foot, but he didn’t think he could continue in the competition.

“I told Ethan that he had worked his tushy off to get to this one moment and he needed to at least go out there and try,” Mara said. “He then went out there and, on the fly, changed some of the elements of the form to decrease the impact to the area of his affected foot and pulled off move after move with an increasing confidence, and ended his form in a very well executed manner.”

Second-place winner Arnav Srinivasan, a 14-year-old from Chicago, displayed tremendous sportsmanship when he realized Ethan couldn’t walk out to the medal ceremony and stand on the podium to accept his world title.

Instead of standing there to receive his own second-place medal, he remained by Ethan and carried him over to the podium.

“What a truly spectacular kid who put his friend first,” Mara said. “This is a competitor that has beaten him before and he just showed complete class.”

Mara said she is “beyond proud” of Ethan’s accomplishments. “With being on the autism spectrum, the nature of how things feel on his body are oftentimes all-consuming,” she said. “So, glass in his foot while performing at the highest level is beyond my mind that he was capable of doing. It blows me away, really.”

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autism and spent time in therapy to learn communication skills. He struggled to make connections with others and spent much of his time alone.

“I knew he needed to get some exercise and also get some practice using the tools he had learned in therapy to become a more social person,” Mara Fineshriber said.

Ethan has been in martial arts since he was 7 years old. He declined to choose a sport between some options his mother gave him, so she selected martial arts for him.

“He had an affinity for it from the very beginning and I think the positive reinforcement he received from his teachers and the other students really spurred him on to want to learn more,” Mara Fineshriber said. “He was super excited for his next class and then he was all about the goal of earning his black belt. So, it took off from there.”

Bantum noted that because of Ethan’s autism, he struggled with change early on. “He has worked through that and does not have a problem with it anymore,” she said. “He has grown and matured so much and is now more open and willing to give change a try. I am very proud of how much he has grown over the years.”

Ethan overcame nervousness and fear to rise through the ranks and earn his black belt, along with hundreds of medals, including 12 national titles — following a desire to participate in extreme martial arts after watching a YouTube video of actor Taylor Lautner competing in the sport. One of Ethan’s teachers encouraged him to compete on the world-class level.

In 2016, he won his first world title at the

American Taekwondo Association (ATA) World Expo. That same year, he also claimed World Championships in Extreme Forms and Musical Forms in the National Belt League and Extreme Forms in The League.

Bantum teaches at Quest Martial Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, so Ethan does much of his training at home in his basement with his mother, according to Bantum. “Ethan is very disciplined in his training and his mom is his rock,” Bantum said. “His loyalty to me and his extended family at Quest is beyond measure. We are so proud of him and his accomplishments.”

Ethan is now a brand ambassador for the ATA and is sponsored by Hyper Martial Arts.

He has also been asked to perform internationally — for Super Kids in Germany and Fantastic Baby in China — as well as on YouTube’s Ninja Kidz TV as Green Ranger. These opportunities have led him to pursuing an acting career. He now has his own YouTube channel with nearly 100,000 subscribers.

Martial arts gives Ethan much more than just titles and self-confidence. “It’s taught me how to socialize with other people and how to be respectful,” he said. “All of those things have been a big deal for me because I now have friends and vlog about my life on my YouTube channel and I get interviewed or have to do auditions for acting jobs. I know martial arts is a big part of why I can do those things. I didn’t used to have hardly any friends before that.”

Ethan and his mother credit other coaches Mike Tobin at Tobin’s Elite Academy, Mike

Welch and Joe Bein at Team Infinity, Jackson Rudolph at Bo Staff Coach, and Tim Plaid for their involvement and efforts in Ethan’s growth and development in martial arts.

“It’s hard to verbally quantify all that martial arts has done for Ethan,” Mara said. “It’s helped him come out of his shell. He now has a network of friends from all over the country that are like his brothers and he sincerely looks forward to seeing them at tournaments. It has helped him learn that life isn’t fair and that you have to work hard for a goal to be realized and often it can take a very long time before you see the fruits of your labor. He sees the world around him and that it is greater than himself and his desires and spends time and effort to help others in many ways. This never would have happened without martial arts.”

More information about Ethan Fineshriber’s journey and accomplishments can be found on his YouTube channel and Facebook, Instagram and Twitter social media accounts. l

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Costumed characters and a giant pumpkin await kids at Draper Haunted Hollow

By Katherine Weinstein | katherine@mycityjournals.com

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hat is orange and round and falls to the ground with a big, satisfying SPLAT? Try a pumpkin dropped from a height of 50 feet. The Pumpkin Drop is one of the most popular attractions at Draper Haunted Hollow.

“Kids love it,” said David Wilks, special events coordinator for Draper Parks and Recreation.

“It just tickles their funny bones!”

Draper Haunted Hollow returns, Pumpkin Drop and all, on Monday, Oct. 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Galena Hills Park.

Draper Haunted Hollow is a free community event that attracts approximately 3,000 people every year. Kids of all ages are encouraged to attend in costume and bring sacks to hold their candy. Draper City Youth Council will run about a dozen “creepy” carnival-style games at the event. Kids can line up and play games like bean bag toss and collect candy as prizes. “There will be lots and lots of candy,” said Wilks.

Food trucks, such as Cup Bop, will be at the Haunted Hollow selling more substantial fare to munch on as well.

One new attraction this year will be a giant pumpkin carved by expert pumpkin carver Adam Smith. Smith will start carving a 500-pound pumpkin on a stage in the park in the morning and will display his unique creation at the evening event. Smith is a member

of the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers Association and displays his carved pumpkins at events throughout the valley.

This year, Pirate Captain Jack is coming back to greet kids and welcome them to play on two big wooden pirate ships. Kids can climb aboard and set off smoke cannons or play with foam swords. They go down slides to exit the ships.

Other costumed characters will be available for meet-and-greets and photo ops at the center of the hay bale maze. Kids can make their way through the maze where they will find skeletons and a graveyard — but nothing too scary for little ones. Another popular attraction for the younger set is the Haunted Train Ride. A small train will be set up to take kids on a short ride in the park.

Volunteers from St. John the Baptist Catholic School will set up a M*A*S*H* tent, after the well-known TV show, in which kids can wrap themselves in bandages like a mummy or zombie.

Draper City Youth Council will offer face painting as well. “The city could not put on this event without the youth council,” said Wilks.

Approximately 50 youth volunteers will work at the Haunted Hollow along with six advisors.

“Draper City parks department puts a great deal of time and effort into creating the Haunted

A spooky sentry greets guests at the 2017 Draper Haunted Hollow. (Photo courtesy David J. Weinstein)

Hollow,” added Wilks. It takes six staff members about two days to put up all of the decorations, build the hay maze and get ready for the crowds of excited kids. The parks department has been collecting spooky decorations for years now. Each year, visitors can expect something a little bit different.

Draper Haunted Hollow, a free community

event put on by the Draper Parks and Recreation Department and Draper City Youth Council will take place on Monday, Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Galena Hills Park. The park is located at 12452 S. Vista Station Blvd. in Draper. Children of all ages are invited and costumes are encouraged. l

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Not so creepy after all? Haunted Aquarium highlights misunderstood critters

By Katherine Weinstein | katherine@mycityjournals.com

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ue the spooky music: the “Haunted Aquarium” returns!

During October, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will be transformed once again for Halloween with ghosts, skeletons and spiders adorning the halls. Themed family-friendly activities are planned throughout the month. There will be a special focus on showing visitors that many animals often viewed as creepy or frightening aren’t so bad once you get to know them.

Four years ago, the aquarium celebrated Halloween with a Haunted Rainforest event. Since then the eerie décor has spread throughout all the exhibit halls and more Halloween-themed activities have been added. “Every year it gets bigger and better,” said Caroline Ralston, director of marketing and public relations.

This year, each exhibit area will be decorated in a different theme, designed to be spooky but fun for the whole family. The Journey to South America hall will feature skeletons and giant spiders — but visitors needn’t worry that anything will jump out at them.

No matter the season, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is dedicated to its educational mission, and all of the Halloween activities are geared toward teaching visitors about the animals and ecosystems that make up our planet. All month long, kids will be invited to participate in a fact-finding scavenger hunt.

They will learn about different animals and habitats around the aquarium and get to choose a small prize at the end of the hunt.

Scavenger hunt participants will also be entered in a drawing to win a larger prize.

Visitors to the Haunted Aquarium will also have a chance to get up close and personal with various creepy, crawly species through special animal meet-and-greet events. These are opportunities for people to overcome their fears about certain animals

such as snakes, lizards and tarantulas and learn about the roles they play in the living planet.

“When a guest has an opportunity to get up close to an animal, they gain a new level of respect,” said Ralston. “A lot of guests walk away having a new level of understanding of an animal they were previously fearful of.”

Public Program Manager Brent Beardsley says his favorite part of his job is “when someone overcomes a fear or worry” about an animal. He related an anecdote about a woman who was deeply afraid of snakes but came to a meet-and-greet with her children. Beardsley told the family some fun facts about snakes and then held the animal with its head facing away from the woman. As soon as she touched the snake’s tail, said Beardsley, “it was almost as if a switch flipped in her mind.”

Beardsley’s favorite animals to show visitors are tarantulas and gopher snakes. In nature, tarantulas are not aggressive to humans and will try to scare people off before they bite. Gopher snakes are common in Utah and easygoing around humans. Two to three animal meet-and-greets are planned for each day at the aquarium, but more may be added to the schedule as staff time permits.

Besides the animal meet-and-greets, other interactive programs will take place throughout the month at the Haunted Aquarium, including take-home craft projects. Making a tarantula out of pipe cleaners is a popular craft.

Trick-or-treating is of course a huge part of Halloween.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will once again partner with local businesses for trick-or-treat events. The aquarium’s corporate partners will set up elaborately decorated tables and hand out treats to the kids. Costumes are most definitely encouraged.

Skeletons decorate the rainforest as part of the Haunted Aquarium. (Photo courtesy Loveland Living Planet Aquarium)

Visit thelivingplanet.com/hauntedaquarium for trick or treat dates and times.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will be transformed into the Haunted Aquarium for October. It is located at 12033 Lone Peak Parkway in Draper. For more information, call 801-3553474. l

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Juan Diego Catholic High School theatre season offers classics

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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ithin weeks of each other, Juan Diego students were set to take the stage performing “Richard III” and “Guys and Dolls.”

“We moved up our fall musical to October so we wouldn’t have to set up and take down our sets with so many other shows and groups using our stage,” director Joe Crnich said. “So we casted ‘Guys and Dolls’ in late May and started with going over scripts at the end of July.”

Crnich said that this way, students were able to first get familiar with the “Guys and Dolls” script in early summer, then watch the 1955 movie together as a fun mid-July activity before getting into the rehearsal schedule.

“Most of the kids have seen a version of it and I’ve sent them clips from different productions, but it was a fun way to look at the full show together,” he said.

The family-friendly production will be performed at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11 through Saturday, Oct. 13 and again at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14 in the Juan Diego Catholic High auditorium, 300 East 11800 South.

The show, set in the early 1950s in Manhattan, features junior Noah Omelchuk as Nathan Detroit, junior Nya Elder as Miss Adelaide, junior Gabe Veltri as Sky Masterson and senior Rosie Ortega as Sarah Brown.

“The music is great and it’s a fun show to do. We did ‘Godspell’ last year and after doing that show, this is easier to approach with the students. It’s a contemporary show that works well with our cast,” Crnich said.

Students were slated to perform “Richard III” at the annual

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Shakespeare competition, hosted by the Utah Shakespeare Festival and Southern Utah University, Sept. 27 through Sept. 29 in Cedar City. About 25 Juan Diego students will compete not only in their ensemble piece, but also in scenes, monologues, choir performances and the Tech Olympics, he said.

After these shows, students will shift gears and focus on their part in the performing arts show, Lux Dei, at St. John the Baptist Parrish. In addition to performances by the choir and dance students, theater students will share their piece around the theme, “Nativity,” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8.

In the spring, Juan Diego theater will present Moliere’s “Tartuff,” a French classic written and first performed in 1664.

“Moliere is considered the French’s Shakespeare. The piece is a comedy, a satire on French society. I want to expose students to different playwrights and styles. We have our classic American musical comedy, a Shakespeare piece and this farce that reveals how the aristocrat society is. We’ll teach the style, the way of life with bustles, corsets, white wigs and have them understand it. Few schools introduce Moliere and so when a number of our kids go into college programs nationwide, they are impressed with them,” Crnich said.

The season ends with the students performing “Triangle,” a play about New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911, where within 30 minutes, nearly 150 workers, mostly young immigrant women, perished when some of the shirtwaist factory doors were locked. Some of those who did find an unlocked door died when the fire escape collapsed. The dates

for the performance are yet to be determined.

Students also will take that piece to their regional competition in March 2019. State follows one month later, in April. l

“Guys and Dolls” will open this month at Juan Diego, featuring juniors Noah Omelchuk, Nya Elder and Gabe Veltri and senior Rosie Ortega. (Joe Crnich/Juan Diego Catholic High School)

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Tom Proctor and the A-listers

By Michelynne McGuire | m.mcguire@mycityjournals.com

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rowing up near Lehi, Tom Proctor’s life took a fateful turn, drawing upon his real-life cowboy skills in some of the roles he has played throughout his career in TV and movies.

One day before his success on screen, he and some others were tracking for signs of what was taking some of the calves down, and unknowingly rode onto the set of a movie being filmed.

“That’s how I got into the movie business. We rode onto the movie set,” said Proctor.

That accidental turn took him into a direction with destiny. Working with what he had at the time gave him skills for the next project yet to arrive.

“When I was a kid, we couldn’t afford cowboys, so I had my dogs trained to do what cowboys couldn’t do,” said Proctor. He would ride in front of the cattle and trained the dogs to take up the rear.

So when the television series “Ancient Secrets of the Bible” needed someone to herd sheep and cattle around, Proctor and his dogs were prepared to do so.

“I put all the animals on Noah’s Ark, because I was really good with animals,” said Proctor.

He also had an interesting variety of pets, which he also trained, as a kid.

“Growing up, we didn’t have television and Nintendo, so we trained animals,” said Proctor.

“Which is kind of different now because I live in Los Angeles in an apartment that’s a no-pets building, going from having wolves, cougars, raccoons, horses, to a no-pets building,” said Proctor, laughing at the contrast.

Proctor says he does enjoy LA, but it has definitely been a change from his former life as a cattle ranger.

“You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy,” said Proctor.

The move to Los Angeles has paid off with an ever growing resume. Now Proctor has some big films under his belt, including “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Birth of a Nation,” “Independence Day,” “Django Unchained,” “Looper,” “Lawless” and “Wilson.” You may have also seen Proctor in some TV shows as well: “Justified,” “Zoo,” “Criminal Minds,” “The Bridge,” “ER,” “Brooklyn99,” “Baskets,” “Good Behavior,” “Roots,” “Underground” and “Turn in Nashville.”

Having endured his share of rejection that comes with acting and working incredibly hard to attain an agent, he has paid many dues to get where he is in his career.

“Acting does build character, because

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Tom Proctor (lower right) and the A-listers play “American” music having a country feel.

you have to be able to accept rejection,” said Proctor.

Proctor keeps busy. When not auditioning or filming, he’s promoting his new band.

During a recent visit to his old stomping grounds this July for his Working Man Tour, Proctor promoted his band, Tom Proctor & the A-Listers.

Performing in backyard BBQs, a veterans home and more intimate settings, Proctor hoped to give back to those who enjoy his music.

“Working Man” is the album title and it is dedicated to the working men and women of America.

His band, Proctor said, are the “very best in Nashville, the best session musicians, they are the best of the best.”

Proctor describes the genre of music as being “American,” having a country feel. Everything tells a story. His music has a little bit of everything, and he has three albums of original songs so far.

He wants his music to have an affect on people. He likes the idea of concerts, but also enjoys the intimate backyard playing.

His band members have impressive resumes of their own. Geoff Butterworth is the music producer, Billy Thunder is on drums, Mark Corradati is on bass guitar, Mark Thomas plays lead guitar and Proc-

tor sings. Proctor’s plan is to keep building upon his own musical popularity and growing audiences.

“Just want it out where everyone will enjoy it. The band has put their hearts and souls into it — they want to tour, they want to work,” said Proctor.

“Having this band of musicians is like having a beautiful woman — if you don’t pay attention to her, somebody else will,” said Proctor.

With all his ambitions and endeavors ongoing, he shares a motto to ponder: “If you don’t chase your own dreams, somebody else will hire you to make theirs,” said Proctor.

Following his dreams wasn’t an easy road, but he has achieved many of them.

And now, he and his wife, Margie, have started their own company production company, Rode Hard Films.

You can check these links out online: youtube channel: Tom Protor and the A-listers. facebook/officialtomproctor facebook/actortomproctor twitter/TomProctor twitter/A-ListersBand reverbnation/TomProctor instagram/TomProctorFilms SoundCloud instagram/A-ListersBand l

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Five Canyons School District high school teachers compete for $1,000 in healthy heart challenge

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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his fall, Alta and Corner Canyon high school students may be facing off in a friendly, heart-healthy competition, coached by Alta’s swim coach and Corner Canyon’s volleyball coach.

The students’ efforts will be in support of their coaches, two of five Canyons School District high school teachers who are competing for $1,000 for their schools in a healthy, heart challenge. Outside the district, eight other high school teachers in the Salt Lake Valley were selected to compete.

“I have 100 days to improve my nutrition, work outs, overall fitness levels,” Alta’s swim coach Kristina Kimble said. “I plan on winning; I’m insanely competitive, so not only do I want to become more healthy in my lifestyle, I want to set an example for my team and students.”

Kimble said her family history of high blood pressure coupled with heart disease made her realize she needed a lifestyle change.

“It’s scary. I need to take my healthy more serious. I’ve developed bad habits since my 20s and I want to make the change, and I’ll welcome all the school to support me and make the change as well,” she said.

The friendly competition, perhaps a fun run, between the two rival schools is part of the school awareness Corner Canyon’s Mindy Wilder, the volleyball coach, wants to bring with the challenge.

“I’d love to promote heart-healthy nutrition and exercise for everyone,” she said. “I’d love to implement it in PE, establishing more exercises, stretching, bring in yoga mats, involve more weights and use heart-rate monitors.”

Wilder also wants to focus on nutrition.

“We tend to overlook that quite a bit. I figured it’s time I live what I preach, but I want us to do it together,” she said. “Right now with coaching volleyball, I have 12- to 16-hour days, but with meal planning and preparation around games and grabbing a healthy snack, it’s doable. It’s about time management and priority.

It already is becoming a big part of my family’s life.”

The 2018 My Heart Challenge is a contest to strengthen heart health and reduce risk of developing heart disease. The teachers were selected after they applied May 1 to participate in the 100-day challenge.

During the contest, teachers receive individual coaching and counseling from the heart specialists at Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, from exercise and diet to counseling and cardiology. They meet for seven nutrition classes as well as a dietician at a grocery store, they log their exercise and fitness and are tested for blood pressure, weight, body fat and other health markers.

Through the challenge, teachers will record their progress on social media and invite their school to participate alongside through

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Thirteen teachers will take part in the 100-day Heart Challenge. Not pictured is Hillcrest High’s Jordan Hulet. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

special projects, said Jess Gomez, challenge organizer.

“We did this program with elementary principals a few years ago and their school activities ranged from a walking program during recess to a scavenger hunt involving all the grades,” he said.

In addition to elementary school principals in 2013, the challenge, in its sixth year, has reached city mayors, firefighters, families and nonprofit organization employees.

Physician Assistant Viet Le said teachers were selected intentionally.

“These teachers are like principals, role models for students and the community,” he said. “We want them to be healthier and then share with other teachers and students and their families to enhance fitness and healthy lifestyles. Our goal is to reach the entire school and community.”

Le said the heart challenge is more than just correcting lifestyles.

“It’s about prevention,” he said. “We want to keep patients out of the hospital and to have an active part in their health care. We want them to lead a healthy life first and foremost.”

That is Brighton High’s Pace Gardner’s

goal.

“I was really excited when I read the email inviting us to participate,” he said. “I want to get healthier. The more I teach, the busier I become and in amongst doing more at the school, the less healthy I’ve become.”

Through the challenge, Gardner wants to lower his blood pressure in addition to becoming more fit.

“We took the baseline tests — blood tests, stress tests and already are learning about nutrition. I know I need to eat more veggies and less junk food. The more stress I have, the worse I eat. So I know I need to eat less ice cream, cookies and chocolate we have around the house for our kids, and instead drink more water and eat carrots and teach them from the start how to eat healthy,” he said.

Gardner also is tracking his exercise — swimming, golfing and walking around the neighborhood.

“I’m making changes that can be sustainable,” he said.

Gardner plans to expand his efforts beyond his family and is looking into ideas for the entire school, such as establishing a community garden in the atrium.

“It’s a little tricky now as our school is being rebuilt, but I want to encourage others to be active in the lifestyle change,” he said.

Brighton Principal Tom Sherwood said he’s already on board to support Gardner.

“We’ll talk to the faculty to see what we all can do to increase our healthy lifestyles from watching what we eat to exercising more — even opening our weight room to staff before school so they can do more cardio and weights,” he said. “Canyons School District held an (employee) healthy lifestyles campaign over the summer and we shared our activities — hiking, waterskiing, sightseeing — to bring balance into our lives. We can do the same to encourage our students to become more healthy.”

Hillcrest High’s Jordan Hulet also knows how becoming involved in school can consume much of her free time, but with family members having had heart attacks and heart disease, she wanted “to break the cycle and get more healthy.”

“I’m keeping a food journal and it’s been fun learning to look at foods differently. When I grew up, I learned fats were bad and to eat low-fat foods. But sometimes those are high in sugar, so they could be worse for you. The an-

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swer is to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less processed food,” she said.

Her lifestyle change also revolves about going to the pool either before or after school.

“I know with exercise, they say do the activity you love. I don’t love any of it. I don’t like being sweaty and gross; it’s not fun. But I was on the swim team and I loved that so I’m back in the water,” she said.

Hulet was away when the challenge began Aug. 10, but independently, she increased her walking to five to seven miles daily, and made conscious efforts in her eating, in hopes she’d be on track when she returned when school began.

“It’s about being more mindful, choosing what I eat and not just absorbing any calories. I know I can’t be weak or use excuses. Making a change is difficult,” she said.

She has goals for herself: to escape from Alcatraz, more commonly referred to as Swim with the Centurions, swimming from the prison in the middle of the San Francisco Bay to the city’s shoreline.

Hulet also is setting a goal for her students.

“I’m exploring ideas, but it would be really great if the Hillcrest community could support a team in the MS (multiple sclerosis) walk,” she said, adding that this way, students also are participating in a heart-healthy activity.

Jordan High’s Nicole Manwaring wants not only Jordan High students to participate, but the little Beetdiggers in the school’s preschool, as well.

“We are making plans for them to stretch their whole bodies into the shape of the letter of the week and eat healthy snacks,” she said.

“And we’re looking at holding a mini-Olympics, with trike races and an obstacle course so they’re using large motor movement and learn-

ing to be healthy and work together.”

Manwaring also is talking about other ideas with her administration, but greeted her own classes with a heart-healthy snack, informed them about the challenge and welcomed them to participate.

“I do better when I’m challenged than if I just try to do it myself. When I first saw the email about the challenge, I thought about it and decided I didn’t want to do it. Then, I realized I want more energy and applied. I’m really grateful I’m getting the push and support to get going,” she said.

Manwaring said she has fibromyalgia, which comes with chronic fatigue.

“Exercise makes it hurt less and makes me feel better, but I lack the energy I need to exercise. This is challenging me to do it,” she said.

In addition to having a work schedule at school, Manwaring knows her challenge will be to find time to exercise. She and her husband work opposite shifts so they can take care of their children, as her grandmother, who often watched the kids, died unexpectedly last summer of a heart attack.

“I’m needing to take care of myself so I can take care of my family and set an example for my students,” she said. “I’ve been biking to school and walking briskly around the building.

I’ve stopped munching and I’m eating healthy snacks. I’m getting great support from my family and coworkers. Together, we’ll make the changes and meet the challenge.”

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Walk back in time at the Draper Historical Society Museum

By Christy Jepson | Christy@mycityjournals.com

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hen you walk through the doors at the Draper Historical Society Museum, it’s like you have instantly stepped back in time. Thousands of items from long ago are placed throughout the nine-room house, which use to be the old Pixton home, located one block east of Draper City Hall.

Pictures of original Draper settlers, their families and other Draper residents from as early as the 1850s are placed prominently on the walls. Their faces reflect years of hard work, determination, courage and struggle. It’s almost like they are looking at you, waiting for you to listen to their own unique stories.

As soon as you walk into the museum, friendly volunteers greet you and are happy to assist you in anything you need. Are you looking for a particular family story? Do you need help filling in a family history chart? Do you need help recognizing someone in an old photo? Are you interested in finding any photos, documents or newspaper articles about any of your relatives that used to live in Draper? Or are you just curious about what life was like for the residents in Draper long ago?

The Draper Historical Society Museum has thousands of antiques and other dated items, including musical instruments, old maps and photos of Draper, tools, farm equipment, period clothing, furniture, school items, sports memorabilia, old kitchen appliances, bottles, hub caps from old cars and much more.

Laid out on a large table in one of the front rooms are binders full of pictures of old Draper homes, maps of the area, obituaries of Draper residents, information about Draper schools, the railroad, the postal office, family histories and interesting Draper newspaper articles.

According to Esther Kinder, a volunteer at the museum

and a board member of the Draper Historical Society, the museum also gives tours to Boy scout troops, Cub Scout troops, elementary school classes and anyone else who is interested in learning about Draper history.

“Once when I was giving a school tour and I was showing the kids the old typewriters, a young boy asked where the delete key on the typewriter was,” said Kinder, laughing. “Kids can’t imagine life without TV or computers.”

Kinder and all the other volunteers love to see kids get excited about history. The volunteers love to tell stories about the old metal tubs, or how freezers use to be ice boxes, or the first black-and-white nine-inch TV that had only four channels, or the house phones that had multiple party lines.

Other visitors who come into the museum are people looking for their family history — even out-of-state people visit the museum or call to find out information about a relative who once lived in Draper — and others are just trying to find out more information about one of their relatives.

“That’s what we are here for, to help people see and learn about their heritage,” said Kinder.

Kinder and her family are long-time residents of Draper.

“I live in the same house that my father built — a room at a time. When he had an extra $50 he would build on another room. My dad built this house and I love it. I treasure antiques and family items. They mean the world to me,” said Kinder.

Once one of Kinder’s friends asked her if she grew up in a “hope” house. When Kinder asked what her friend meant, her friend replied, “It started out as something else, and you hoped it got better!” Kinder loves living in her “hope” house that has so many family memories in it.

There are usually six volunteers to assist visitors and give tours at the Draper Historical Society Museum on Mondays

Paul Smith, a volunteer at the museum, gives a tour at the Draper Historical Society Museum. (Christy Jepson/ City Journals)

and six volunteers to help out Wednesdays.

Draper history dates back to 1849 when Ebenezer Brown took his cattle to graze in the lush, green fields in an unsettled area known as South Willow Creek (now Draper). Less than a year later, Brown brought his wife, Phoebe, and their large family to the area and settled there. Brown made his living by fattening cattle up to sell to the immigrants who were heading west to California.

That same year, the Browns invited Phoebe’s brother, William Draper III, and his wife, Elizabeth, and their family to join them in this beautiful farming area. By 1852, 20 families lived in South Willow Creek and two years later, the first post office was established with Phoebe Brown running the office.

The town was initially named Draperville in honor of William Draper III, who was the first presiding elder of the quaint Mormon congregation. The name was later shortened to Draper.

The Draper Historical Society Museum is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from April through October, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from November through March. Guided tours are available by appointment. For more information and to schedule a tour, call (801) 495-3476. l

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Corner Canyon High theatre season: ‘All Shook Up’

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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his year’s Corner Canyon High theater season is “All Shook Up.” Not only will that be their fall musical, but instead of a serious play with a strong undertone, this season will be plays and musicals, each with their own message, said director Phaidra Atkinson.

“We’ve done some serious material every year, so we needed to switch it up and come up with something lighter,” she said. “We are really excited about doing some new things this year. We listened to what the students wanted to do and let the theater officers pick the theme for the year, which fits our season.”

Corner Canyon’s theme, “Learn from the Past, Live in the Present, Look to the Future,” encompasses their lineup of the Elvis-based musical “All Shook Up” in the past; the Tony award-winning musical “Once on This Island” for the present; and “Peter and Wendy” (also known as “Peter Pan” or “The Boy Who Would Never Grow Up”) for the future.

The season lineup begins with the school’s Shakespeare team preparing “Henry VI” to compete at the annual Shakespeare competition, hosted by the Utah Shakespeare Festival and Southern Utah University, Sept. 27 through Sept. 29 in Cedar City. Before the students depart, a showcase, which will include dance and choir participants, will be performed for the school community.

“We realized we needed a girl-power play and have the cast of females who could play Joan of Arc,” said Atkinson, who, herself, leads as a strong female role model having been nominated by former student McKay Crockett for the Inspiring Brilliance Award, which she received with 19 others from across the country this summer.

While the 28 students in the cast take part in sword fighting (“kids have fun with that,” she said), the choir was planning to perform with them, singing almost a cadence-style in the background.

“It’s the first time we’ve taken the choir and they’re freaking awesome,” Atkinson said.

The tech theater students also were planning to compete as well individuals and small groups in monologues and scenes. She said 80 students were to take part in the Shakespeare competition.

At the same time students were working on their Shakespearean lines, they were learning

their parts for “All Shook Up,” which will be performed at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15 through Saturday, Nov. 17 and again, Monday, Nov. 19 in the school auditorium, 12943 South 700 East. Tickets are $8 at our.show/cornercanyon or $10 at the door.

“It’s all about Elvis and his music set to ‘Twelfth Night’ storyline. We’re able to use some of our props and costumes from ‘Happy Days’ we did last spring and the kids are all excited about the rock ‘n’ roll music. Some of the boys can really sing and dance like Elvis. It’s just a darling musical that is great for the whole family,” Atkinson said.

“Peter and Wendy” will be on stage at Corner Canyon at 7 p.m., Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 2019. Tickets are $5.

“We haven’t done fantasy before, so this play gives them something new to learn and it fits our kids’ talents,” she said.

The students also will be competing at their regional competition March 22–23, 2019.

State one-act plays will be hosted one month later by Corner Canyon April 18–19, and individual acts April 20 at Cottonwood High.

Their final performance this season will be “Once on This Island,” which was named best revival musical at the 2018 Tony Awards.

“It’s a story where we’ll explore rich versus poor families and why she can’t be with him because of social status and wealth. It’s a very fun story, but it does have a serious tone,” Atkinson said.

The performances will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 15 through Saturday, May 18, 2019. There also will be a 1 p.m. matinee on Saturday.

Corner Canyon’s drama club isn’t limited to just plays and musicals, Atkinson said.

“Drama club is a more inviting, welcoming atmosphere, where students have a place to belong, hang out, eat with others, be safe,” Atkinson said. “We do activities every month and field trips to Pioneer Memorial Theatre.”

This summer, the club participated in the Draper Days parade and this winter, they will take part in “Broadway Backwards,” where “students are invited to sing anything they wouldn’t be cast in” to help raise funds for the Chargers for Charity, she said. The show will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6 in the Little Theatre.

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Mysterious and spooky: Draper Historic Theatre presents “The Addams Family”

By Katherine Weinstein | Katherine@mycityjournals.com

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n “The Addams Family” musical comedy, Wednesday Addams is a teenager in love with a boy from an average, “normal” family. She arranges for his family to meet hers and tells her grandma, “We’re going to act real normal.” Grandma answers, “Define ‘normal.’”

Things get more than a little crazy when the creepy, kooky Addams Family meets the Beinekes from Ohio — family secrets are revealed and feelings are bruised along the way. However, as Mackenzie Tolk, who plays Wednesday in the upcoming Draper Historic Theatre production, explained, one of the main themes of the show is “how family stays together when challenges come up.” Draper Historic Theatre will present “The Addams Family” Oct. 4–29.

Charles Addams’ twisted cartoons about an unusual family with macabre tastes inspired the iconic TV show in the 1960s and three popular films in the 1990s. “The Addams Family” musical, written by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, landed on Broadway in 2010 and was written in the spirit of the original cartoons.

Staging “The Addams Family” presents special challenges for the cast and crew at Draper Historic Theatre. To accommodate the performance schedule, the show has been double-cast.

There are two actors playing each role for different performances. This presents an obvious challenge to the costume team. Rebekah Harris, who plays Grandma in addition to designing the costumes, said her team is busy “sewing, thrifting and getting anything that will stretch the budget.”

In one scene, the Addams Family’s ancestors rise from the dead — and perform a big dance number. This scene requires costumes representing a variety of historic periods from when the ancestors lived. Draper Historic Theatre is putting their own spin on the show is by depicting Gomez’ ancestors with sugar

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skull faces in reference to the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday.

As anyone who has seen the movies and TV series knows, Gomez and Morticia dance a mean tango. In the musical, the cast will be performing many different styles of dance including the tango, cha-cha and samba in addition to jazz and musical theater steps. Choreographer Bailey Loveless is throwing in some hiphop moves as well in addition to a reference to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

Loveless has been acting since childhood and has been in four productions at Draper Historic Theatre this year. The goal of everyone involved in “The Addams Family,” she explained, is “to make the production our own. We want to pay homage to the characters from the TV show and movies but not copy them.”

Tolk concurs. “The fact that Wednesday is so iconic makes playing her a challenge. You want to put your own stamp on it.”

Tony Baca, who plays Gomez, is having fun with the role although it requires him to master a Spanish accent. He is mindful of making the accent authentic and not sounding like a caricature. A student of computer engineering at the University of Utah, Baca enjoys working with “all kinds of wonderful, talented people” at Draper Historic Theatre.

“Everyone is here because they’re having fun and they want to do it,” said Anne Considine-Olsen. Playing Alice, the mother of Wednesday’s boyfriend, is “a ton of fun,” she said. “You get to go a little wild and crazy.”

Considine-Olsen sees a larger theme in the show as well.

“It’s about finding common ground when the differences seem so huge. And connecting with people who seem to be wildly different from you,” she said. “‘The Addams Family’ is not only very funny,” said Loveless, “but it’s a reminder to embrace yourself and all your oddities and to embrace others in their own quirky ways.”

Cast members from “The Addams Family” (Photo courtesy Draper Historic Theatre)

BYU theater student Jessica Taylor, who plays Morticia, summed up, “Everyone can find something they enjoy in this show. It’s for everyone.”

“The Addams Family,” directed by Eldon Randall, will be presented at Draper Historic Theatre October 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 and 29. Draper Historic Theatre is located at 12366 South 900 East in Draper. The ticket hotline is 801-5724144 during performance weeks. Tickets may also be purchased at the theater website at drapertheatre.org/ l

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Corner Canyon teacher, others recognized for efforts working with school children

By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com

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orner Canyon history and political science teacher Amber Rogers remembers that after a student was transferred into her class, she learned other teachers had grown frustrated with him.

“I made a snap judgment wondering why he got straight F’s and what his story was,” she said.

“The first day he was respectful, so I wasn’t sure what was going on.”

Afterward, he told her no other teacher allowed students to have a discussion as she did with a dialogue about the Great Depression and that engagement got him back on track, she said.

“I’ve learned it’s the time when teachers aren’t talking when kids are learning more,” the 10-year veteran teacher said. “If you give students high expectations and the tools to do them, they will succeed — even with tough tests,” said Rogers, who chairs the social studies department and is the National Honor Society adviser.

“I love giving students opportunities. We went back to the president’s inauguration and whether they agreed politically or not, it’s an experience being in that kind of atmosphere they’ll never have again. And while we were there, we got caught up in the women’s march as we tried to get to a museum — again, another experience where they can say, ‘I was there.’”

Engaging students and encouraging them to think and talk about what they learn was part of the reason Rogers was selected from 46 teachers representing each school as Canyons School

District (CSD) Teacher of the Year and recognized as one of the 11 outstanding individuals and community partners who were honored Sept.

11 at CSD’s ninth annual Apex Awards Banquet.

The Apex Award is the highest honor given by Canyons School District’s administration and the Board of Education. It is reserved for the makers, shakers and disrupters who have contributed to neighborhood schools in extraordinary ways, and who have made a lasting difference, said spokesman Jeff Haney.

Rogers, and other winners, were selected after a public nomination process, which spanned over several months.

Other honorees include Principals of the Year Cathy Schino, of Edgemont Elementary, and Margaret Swanicke, of Sunrise Elementary; District Administrator of the Year Amber Roderick-Landward, who is the department director of instructional supports; Student Support Services Professionals of the Year to Jordan High counseling team; Education Support Professionals of the Year to Eric Taylor and Sharon Simmons, both of the district’s information technology department; Legacy Award Winner Leon Wilcox, district business administrator; Elected Official of the Year Utah House of Representatives’ Bruce Cutler; and Business Partner of the Year, McNeil’s Auto Care, which partners with Entrada High School.

Canyons Board of Education President Sherril Taylor thanked those and others who

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work, partner and teach within the district.

“We’ve all been touched by your commitment to the success of our schools,” he said.

“This celebration tonight is our way of extending our heartfelt appreciation for that tireless dedication. So, from us to you: Thank you for giving so much of yourselves — as champions of public education, as community partners, as cherished friends.”

Sunrise Elementary Administrative Assistant Wendy Heath said the school community is “super proud, super excited and not surprised” about Swanicke being named one of two principals of the year.

“Margaret is accessible, level-headed and cares what is best for the kids,” she said. “She finds out what is best for everyone involved. She has given teachers more tools to be balanced and she supports and pushes teachers not to teach to the test, but teach so the kids can be successful and have fun. In fact, here the kids want to come to the office to say hi to Principal Swanicke as a reward in itself; they don’t realize it’s not the same everywhere. She has made it such a positive atmosphere that others have heard about Margaret and Sunrise.”

Edgemont’s Schino also has worked hard to make her community positive and welcoming.

“I’m really surprised and humbled when I learned that numerous teachers and people from the community nominated me,” she said. “It says something that they can feel the change in our community — we have more of a positive mindset and cooperative culture — and they’re supportive of it. I’m really excited and happy that we are giving this energy to our students.”

Jay Neeley, who taught in Granite School District for 30 years, said he was taken aback to learn he was Canyons School District’s Volunteer of the Year.

“I was totally surprised,” he said. “I had no idea there was such an award.”

Having started volunteering at Ridgecrest Elementary seven years ago when his grandson was a student there, Neeley has stayed on, helping numerous teachers with their reading, writing and math lessons with students.

“I help wherever they need help,” he said.

“Kids in elementary school can use a lot of oneon-one help. Some struggle with reading, writing and math and even behavioral skills. I have fun teaching and encouraging them, even joking with them so they aren’t more stressed. I like the school, administration and people. They are fantastic and friendly and accommodating with my schedule of coming three days each week.

They’re just wonderful and for them to even consider me for the award is humbling.”

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“Public education is the lifeblood of our society,” he said. “Some kindergarten teachers encounter students who don’t even know how to hold a book or turn pages. We must support our teachers so these students will become educated and well prepared members of our society. We will never be able to pay them enough to truly compensate them for their dedication.”l

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Corner Canyon volleyball aiming for top in state

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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he Corner Canyon High volleyball team is coming off of two top-four finishes in the state the past two seasons and return two All-State players this season in hopes of heading deep into the state tournament.

“We don’t want to just make it to state, we want to take first, and I think we have a good chance to do that,” CCHS senior outside hitter Madison Brunatti said. “We’re pretty stacked as a team and we’re doing really well with each other. Our setters are doing great with knowing our hitters and there’s just a good chemistry on our team.”

Brunatti, a two-time First Team All-State outside hitter who recorded nearly 500 kills the past two seasons, along with Honorable Mention All-State senior libero Mikayla Kimball, junior middle blocker Grace Anderson — a Second Team All-Region selection in 2017 — and sophomore outside hitter Baylee Bodily — who was an Honorable Mention All-Region honoree — are expected to lead the Chargers this season.

“Our seniors, Madi, Mikayla, and Meghann Brannelly have really stepped into the leadership role on the court,” said head coach Mindy Wilder. “They lead by example and have created a positive and hard-working environment for our team.”

Junior Emma Bagley and sophomore Gracie Moore are being worked into the rotation at the setter position while sophomore right side hitter Brooklyn Leggett, who was a contributor off the bench last season, is “having a huge impact on our team,” said Wilder.

“We look good,” said Wilder, who is in her fourth year as head coach. “The girls put a lot of time in over the summer and have come back stronger and ready to play.”

During the off-season, the Corner Canyon squad focused on cross-training and gaining strength in the weight room while

recovering from the high school and club seasons.

“The girls were hungry to get back in the gym,” Wilder said.

“We want another region title.”

Brunatti, who will play for Utah State next fall, said the team has “amped it up a lot more” in trying to continuously improve to be there at the end. “It’s going to take a lot of grit, focus and determination to reach our goals, but this team can definitely do it,” she said.

Also on the CCHS squad this season are Honorable Mention All-Region sophomore Lindsay Matsuura; juniors Maddy McAfee, Lauryn Nichols and Emma White; sophomores Emilee Anselmo, Karen Crapo and Halle Richards; and freshmen Ellee Moore.

“We have a very young team this year, so we have been watching for natural leaders to evolve,” Wilder said. “Even though we are young, we will be working hard to compete at the state tournament. We have so much talent.”

Wilder is assisted by Keri Anderson, Aubree Moore, Sara Dumas and Whitney Bassett on the coaching staff.

So far this season, the Chargers’ varsity squad took first place in the gold bracket of the Dixie Flyer Tournament in St. George among 32 teams Aug. 24–25. The JV team lost in the bronze bracket’s semifinals playing against varsity teams. The sophomores competed in a Pleasant Grove tournament Aug. 22– 23. “They did well,” Wilder said. “They started figuring out their rotations and started working together really well.”

“It was a great weekend for all our Charger teams,” Wilder said.

The third-ranked team in the state also defeated Riverton 19-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19 Aug. 16 and Timpanogos 26-24, 2516, 25-21 Aug. 30.

Against Pleasant Grove Sept. 6, Corner Canyon lost in three sets 20-25, 25-27, 13-25. “We had some really good moments,” Wilder said. “We need to work on our consistency. It’s still early in the season and I saw some huge improvements.”

Against Bingham Sept. 11, the Chargers lost 25-13, 25-14, 25-9 before region play got under away in mid-September for Corner Canyon with home-and-away matches against Cottonwood, Brighton, Timpview, Alta and Jordan. The Chargers defeated Cottonwood 25-16. 25-11, 25-16 Sept. 13. Against Brighton Sept. 18, the team won 25-10, 25-10, 25-15.

The Chargers will also play in the Varsity Wasatch Festival at Skyridge Oct. 12–13. The 5A state tournament will be held Nov. 1, 3 at Utah Valley University. l

Corner Canyon’s Madison Brunatti, who will play for Utah State next year, is a two-time First Team All-State outside hitter returning for the Chargers’ program this season. (Photo courtesy Mindy Wilder)

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raper has a smart new coffee shop —The Clever Bean. This coffee house located at 656 E. 11400 South, near Harmons Grocery, has an innovative approach to the daily cup of joe. They offer several different styles of teas, specialty drinks, food and… surprise! coffee.

Co-founders Craton Edwards and Dennis Garrett have traveled together to sample and evaluate coffee-making techniques and flavors from around the country. They’ve taken what they’ve learned and applied it to making a great cup of coffee.

Garrett’s interest in coffee stems from childhood. “I grew up with my dad drinking black coffee all the time — nothing added in there. I was used to the smell. It was very nostalgic,” he said. “I worked at Starbucks in 2007, and it really opened my eyes to the possibilities of coffee with customization. The sky’s the limit.”

The atmosphere is fresh and clean. Bright clear windows mark the entrance. Walking in, the aromas of craft coffee and flakey pastry hug the soul. A plush couch inside, and walls of soothing calm-toned blue, invite visitors to stay and relax. If a cozy Wifi connection is sought, that is here, too. This place is optimistic and

offers a moment of pause — an opportunity to re-center, meet people, laugh or play chess.

Sabrina Bickerstaff frequents The Clever Bean. “I’m here a lot. It’s a really good environment. When you walk in the door, they (the owners) look at you and ask how you’re doing and really care about you,” she said.

The minimalist design within, is carefully chosen furniture, canvas art, photography and neatly placed quotes to inspire one’s day. The owners appreciate every customer and take the time to genuinely greet each customer. It’s a wholeheartedly welcoming establishment. And there is more to it than coffee. The Clever Bean gets cleverer still.

A weekly activity called “The Junto” happens on Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. Junto is a Spanish word meaning “together.” Anyone is invited to show up at The Clever Bean to sip steamy drinks and hear a speaker live or on the large house television. On August 22, patrons watched a TV interview of theoretical physicist and scientific spokesman, Michio Kaku.

Afterward, Edwards led a relaxed group discussion, in the junto way, about topics like achieving goals and sacrificing for long-term happiness — ideas mentioned in Kaku’s video

interview.

Don’t let the idea of philosophical atmosphere during a coffee break intimidate. It is actually quite un-intimidating. In a time when politics and world events can seem like a negative serving of over-whipped slop, The Clever Bean offers something light and buoyant. Only heated cups of non-confrontation and graciousness are made here.

“After attending The Junto, I feel super motivated and connected. I wish everybody had the chance to sit with a group of people and have a real deep heart-to-heart,” Bickerstaff related.

The welcoming atmosphere applies to all, including non-coffee drinkers. Garrett added, “We’ve embraced the LDS community. We have drinks that are non-coffee options. As long as we’re providing a comfortable space for people to come in, have a conversation, and a good drink — that’s what we want to provide.”

The main thing Edwards wants the community to know is that “Together is better,” he said. That is a motto both owners express strongly. Edwards does barista juggling tricks and can simultaneously shell out “dad jokes” while he fills each custom-order cup.

Above the cafe chairs is written in bold signage, “Respect yourself, respect others.” Plain advice that is cleverly stated and tastily served.

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Corner Canyon mountain biking squad just keeps on growing

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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he Corner Canyon High mountain biking club has laid claim in recent years to being the largest in the country, and the numbers aren’t slowing down anytime soon.

This year’s team boasts 163 riders, most of whom were on the second-place team at last year’s state championships.

“It was pretty close last year,” senior Kendyl Nelson said. “We want to win state and we have some really strong, talented riders that can do it this time.”

Head coach Whitney Pogue credits her riders for their year-round commitment to the sport. “We have lots of strong kids who have been working hard all summer and it shows,” she said.

Corner Canyon will compete in the new Central Region, one of three regions that have been created the past few years to accommodate 71 teams statewide. Pogue said her team has nearly 70 riders more than the next team’s numbers within the region.

“The sport has really developed and our team has really developed,” Nelson said. “Everyone’s getting really good and putting in more time beyond the high school season.”

In the team’s first race of the year at Soldier Hollow Aug. 18, Corner Canyon placed first as a team. Max Miller and Kirsty Helzer finished in fifth place among the varsity boys and varsity girls respectively.

Riders coming in first were Morgan Bethers in the sophomore girls division, Andrew Bedell in sophomore boys and James Sybrowsky in freshman boys. Other top 10 finishes were Mya Graham (second, freshman girls), Keaton Larrabee (second, sophomore boys), Mia Menlove (second, JV girls), Brooke Meyers (third, JV girls), Ethan Lassiter (third, JV boys), Jamie Tubbs (third, sophomore girls), Braxton Zarbock (third, sophomore boys), Amber Griffin (fourth, freshman girls), Kyson Montague (fourth, JV boys), Mckay Horsley (fifth, freshman boys), Parker Pogue (fifth, sophomore boys), Zac Barnes (sixth, JV boys), Ben Owen (sixth, sophomore boys), Kenton Jeppson (seventh, freshman boys), Sam Hanks (eighth, sophomore boys), Jona Serrell (eighth, JV boys), Caden Davey (ninth, JV boys), JJ Overbaugh (ninth, sophomore boys) and Jaeden Loeser (10th, freshman boys).

Nelson, who returned from a year off due to illness, also placed seventh in the girls varsity division. “That was really big for me,” she said. “I had no training under me, so I was really happy to just be out there and do well.”

At Snowbasin Sept. 1, Nelson placed fifth in the varsity girls division while Josh Griffin also finished fifth in the varsity boys class. First place finishers for Corner Canyon were Bethers in the sophomore girls division, Graham for the freshman girls, Lassiter in the JV boys, Larrabee in the sophomore boys and Sybrowsky in the freshman boys division.

Other top placers were Bedell (second, sophomore boys), Meyers (second, JV girls),

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Corner Canyon High again boasts the nation’s largest mountain biking team. This year’s squad has 163 riders. (Photo courtesy Whitney Pogue)

Tubbs (third, sophomore girls), Zarbock (third, sophomore boys), Menlove (fourth, JV girls), Parker Pogue (fourth, sophomore boys), Serrell (fourth, JV boys), Tess Broadbent (fifth, freshman girls), Kenton Jeppson (fifth, freshman boys), Kyson Montague (fifth, JV boys), Mayci Nelson (fifth, sophomore girls), Owen (fifth, sophomore boys), Barnes (sixth, JV boys), Cail Alles (seventh, JV boys), Horsley (seventh, freshman boys), Parker Sanderson (seventh, sophomore boys), Walker Dunbar (eighth, freshman boys), TJ Haselton (ninth, freshman boys), Overbaugh (ninth, sophomore boys) and Tanner Ricks (10th, freshman boys).

“We had lots of success at Snowbasin,” Pogue said. “We did have a lot of flat tires, but we still had some great performances.”

Freshman Logan Alsop was recognized by the Utah High School Cycling League for his sportsmanship during the race.

“He consistently stopped along the course to help other riders who were having troubles,” Pogue said. “In the end, his race was cut short because he took too long on his lap helping everyone out. What an awesome kid!”

At a race in Vernal Sept. 15, Corner Canyon took first over Westlake and Bingham.

“It was a hot, dusty and a really fun day for the Chargers,” Pogue said. “There were lots of Chargers on the podium.”

Brooke Miller placed first in JV girls while Parker Pogue also won in the sophomore boys division.

Other top placers for Corner Canyon were Andrew Bedell (second, sophomore boys), Morgan Bethers (second, sophomore girls),

Corner Canyon High again boasts the nation’s largest mountain biking team. This year’s squad has 163 riders.

(Photo courtesy Whitney Pogue)

Mya Graham (second, freshman girls), Ethan Lassiter (second, JV boys), Kenton Jeppson (third, freshman boys), Keaton Larrabee (third, sophomore boys), Mia Menlove (third, JV girls), Max Miller (third, varsity boys), Kendyl Nelson (third, varsity girls), Janie Tubbs (third, sophomore girls), Kirsty Helzer (fourth, varsity girls), Kyson Montague (fourth, JV boys), Mayci Nelson (fifth, sophomore girls), Ben Owen (fifth, sophomore boys), Caden Davey (sixth, JV boys), TJ Haselton (sixth, freshman boys), JJ Overbaugh (sixth, sophomore boys), Walker Dunbar (seventh, freshman boys), Braxton Overbaugh (seventh, sophomore boys), Aaron Box (eighth, sophomore boys), Tanner Ricks (eighth, freshman boys), Jona Serrell (eighth,

JV boys), Cail Alles (10th, JV boys) and Ethan Shearer (10th, sophomore boys).

Corner Canyon has a final race at High Star in Kamas Sept. 29 remaining this season before the state championships Oct. 19–20.

“Everyone is friends and you make so many more friends all the time,” Nelson said.

“Race day is really magical and we all connect in a unique way.”

Pogue is assisted by Jamie Pogue, Paul Andersen, Jeni Andersen, Rosie Hancey, Jill Cheney, Ty Montalvo, Mikelyn Montalvo, Steve Saxton, Alex Armstrong and Daniel Bowen on the coaching staff. l

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Juan Diego mountain biking club ‘keeps on pedaling’

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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uan Diego Catholic High School mountain biking coach Robert “Berta” Steele has been heading up the program the past three years.

Even when his daughter Zoe began riding with the Alta High club, he continued to lead the team because he “couldn’t see it go by the wayside.”

Currently, the team has seven riders — Ethan Atzet, Connor Doyle, Garrett Doyle, Ethan Drage, Grady Lambert, Adriana Rizzuto and Jacob Whitehead — and are ranked seventh of 12 D2 teams in the Central Region.

Junior varsity captain Connor Doyle is among the top racers in the JV D2 division while Atzet has been consistently in the top 10 in the freshman D2 division.

“We have fast kids, we have kids that have never raced, we have kids that struggle and those that aren’t your typical athlete,” Steele said.

“But, these kids have practiced three days a week all summer and it’s hot and hard and they are doing well.”

So far this year, Connor Doyle, who was in the top 10 at state last season in his first year on the team, finished third in the JV D2 division at Solider Hollow Aug. 25.

“My teammates and coaches are pushing me to keep working hard,” Connor Doyle said.

“This team is really awesome and we are all supportive of each other.”

Whitehead started the Soldier Hollow race and realized very quickly that his bike was broken. The junior struggled through the event, making repairs with his chain multiple times as he went along. He finished 30th.

“My suspension was broken and I was really slow,” Whitehead said. “I had to just race the race, give it my best and give it all that I had.”

The only girl on the squad, Rizzuto, came in 48th in her first race.

At Snowbasin Sept. 1, Connor Doyle placed fifth in JV D2 with Whitehead (21st) and Lambert (56th) also placing in the race. Atzet, a freshman, finished fourth in the freshman D1 catego-

Juan Diego riders Adriana Rizzuto (JV), Ethan Drage (freshman), Jacob Whitehead (JV), Ethan Atzet (freshman), Garrett Doyle (freshman) and Connor Doyle (JV), along with Grady Lambert, who rides for JV, but is not pictured, make up the seven-member mountain biking club. (Photo/Jesse Shurtleff)

ry.

“I came into this without a ton of experience riding and there has been a ton of support from my dad, ride leaders, teammates and coaches,” Atzet said, crediting particularly his dad who helps him with specific ride plans after riding courses and helps him strategize for each race.

Freshman Garrett Doyle also placed 25th in the freshman event while Rizzuto took 39th in the JV girls event at Snowbasin.

At Vernal Sept. 15, Connor Doyle placed eighth during a rough race for Juan Diego with hot and windy conditions.

Whitehead finished 30th after crashing and Lambert was unable to finish due to a sinus infection.

Juan Diego will also compete Sept. 29 at High Star Ranch in Kamas before the Utah State High School Championships in St. George Oct.

19-20.

Steele, who retired from law enforcement after 20 years, said he is doing what he wants to do in trying to give kids a place to belong. “We don’t have tryouts, no one gets cut and no one sits on the bench,” he said. “Plus, this is the only high school sport you can do with your kid (referring to parents who assist as ride leaders).”

The mountain biking club was founded by Whitehead and Zoe Steele three years ago and it has been slowly evolving. Last year, the team had three members and this year the team more than doubled in size with seven riders.

Steele employs a tough philosophy to help his riders improve. “I’m gonna ask you to do nothing but hard things,” he said. “But, your fitness level will exponentially go straight up and you will get faster.”

Steeele is assisted by team director Michael

Doyle and ride leaders John Atzet, Jeff Darby, Michael Doyle, Brian Drage, Chris Lambert, Krew Summers, John Whitehead, Jennifer Whitehead and Amanda Wirth-Drage.

“Coach Berta is a great coach,” Whitehead said. “He’s a great coach and we’re lucky to have him.”

Steele said the team is always looking for more riders and sponsors to help the team grow and thrive. Go-Ride in Draper has been a significant help and “awesome sponsor” for the team, according to Steele, and he also credits Draper Mayor Troy Walker for his involvement and efforts on the upkeep and development of trails in the city.

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What makes a state champion in Utah high school sports?

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all is an exciting time for high school sports. Every team starts with a clean slate and a new senior class of leaders eager to leave their mark on their school. Ask any coach and they’ll be positive that their team has made big improvements from the previous year and are ready to compete for region and state championships.

But in reality, some schools have almost no chance of winning a championship in any sport.

It’s no secret that competitive balance isn’t a very prevalent feature of high school sports. Some schools are really good. Others aren’t. But what makes the difference? The size of the school? The coaching? The program’s history? Money? All these factors contribute, but some are much more important than others.

To figure out which are the most important, we took all the schools that currently compete in 5A and 6A and counted the number of state championships they have won in the last five years across all team sports.

Then we compared those totals to various criteria like enrollment, graduation rates and levels of wealth.

Enrollment Obviously there are different classifications in Utah high school sports, from 1A to 6A, that are largely based on enrollment. A team from 6A is always going to be better than a team from 1A because you’re going to have more athletes when pulling from a pool of 2,000-plus students than when pulling from a pool of a couple hundred students.

But what about within a single classification? Do schools with a higher enrollment have an advantage over smaller schools within the 5A or 6A divisions? Not really.

In 6A, the school with the highest enrollment, Granger High School, hasn’t won a single state championship in the last five years. (Enrollment numbers taken from publicschoolreview.com.) And in 5A, the top 50% of schools in terms of enrollment account for 36 state championships, while the bottom 50% account for 45 state championships.

Graduation Rates People often think about athletics and academics as two completely different spheres, perhaps even antithetical to one another (as in the old nerd vs. jock stereotypes). But it turns out there’s a strong correlation between graduation rates and on-the-field success for Utah high schools.

Of the 24 schools with a graduation rate of 92% or better, only five have failed to win a state championship in the last five years. Of the 20 schools with a graduation rate of 91% or worse, half of them have failed to win a championship in the same span. And the top 50% of schools by graduation rate account for nearly three times as many state championships as the bottom 50% (100 to 35).

Those numbers didn’t surprise Rob Cuff, the executive director of the Utah High School Activities Association, the governing body of Utah high school sports.

“Your best students are usually also your best athletes,” he told the City Journals. “I think they go hand in hand.”

Cuff also said that the UHSAA committee charged with handling reclassifications has considered incorporating graduation rates into their decision-making progress.

Of course, correlation does not equal causation.

Perhaps there is a third factor that contributes to both athletic and academic success.

Wealth of Student Athletes Wealth is a difficult metric to measure for a school body. School boundaries don’t often align with the areas (cities, counties, zip codes) for which you can access public data like median household income. Instead, like others who have considered this same question, we looked at the rate of students that qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a “federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions.” To qualify for the reduced or free lunches, families need to be under a certain poverty level. Schools that participate in the program report the percentage of their students that take advantage of the program, making those reports a relatively convenient method of comparing affluence between schools.

Of the high schools competing in 5A and 6A, those with a low percentage of students using the NSLP program have a large advantage when it comes to sports.

The top 25 percent of high schools in terms of wealth (as measured by NSLP participation) have 10 times as many state championships as the bottom 25 percent of high schools, and more than the bottom 75 percent combined.

There also aren’t as many outliers as when considering graduation rates. Having a graduation rate of 95 percent or above is a strong indicator of success (the

three schools with the most state championships all have graduation rates of 95 percent) but it’s no guarantee, as two other schools with graduation rates of 95 percent did not win a single state championship over the five years. However, when it comes to affluence, there isn’t really an exception. Of the 12 schools with a 15 percent NSLP usage rate or less, every single one has won multiple state championships, with the two most dominant schools being at the very lowest rates of NSLP usage.

Conversely, of the 21 schools in which 25 percent or more of the student body uses the NSLP program, over half did not win a single state championship in the last five years.

If one were to choose a single metric to predict which Utah high schools will win the most state championships in 2018, this is it.

It’s not ideal for competitive balance that the least affluent schools have little to no chance of being in the best in the state, but competitive balance isn’t the end goal for UHSAA. “I think it’s important to maintain a level playing field,” said Cuff, “but our mission is all about participation. If teams are fielding sports teams and students have the opportunity to play, that’s the most important.”

So as much as each high school student athlete is full of hope and as much as any coach thinks they’re going to finally turn their program around, in all likelihood the same schools will continue to win championships and everyone else will get the proverbial participation trophy. l

Schools with higher graduation rates often perform better in sports as well.

In the 5A division, there is a negative correlation between enrollment and state championships.

The top 25 percent most affluent 5A and 6A high schools have more state championships than the rest of the schools combined.

The fewer students in a school qualify for free or discounted lunches, the more likely that school is to win multiple state championships.

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Three-Time defending state champs back on field for JDCHS

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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eplacing seven All-State players is the task ahead for the three-time defending state champion Juan Diego Catholic High School football team. But, with First Team All-State running back Hunter Easterly and Honorable Mention All-State players — running back Tristan Tonozzi and linebacker Sam Knudsen — along with other talented players returning, head coach John Colosimo is ready for the challenge.

“That’s the life of a football coach. It’s a yearly challenge to replace some great players with new ones ready to take their spots,” Colosimo said.

Easterly and Tonozzi return as seniors after stellar junior seasons that began midway through the year as the duo came in for injured players. They combined for nearly 2,200 yards and 24 touchdowns.

“It’s really nice to have them back,” Colosimo said.

“I am really excited for this season and how we are going to do as a team,” Tonozzi said. “We have been working hard all summer to try and better ourselves.”

Knudsen, also a senior, will lead a “talented” lineman group that also features Monroe May and DJ Larson.

“I feel great about the upcoming season,” Knudsen said. “We are more conditioned than ever and I feel we are a much stronger team than last year.”

Colosimo said his Soaring Eagle team is focused on “coming together as a football team,” and not focusing on defending its past three state championships. “You can never talk about winning a state title as a measure of a successful season or you’ll be more disappointed than not,” he said. “We’re just going to try to see what the personality of this team is and figure it out.”

“To prepare for the season, we have been working harder than ever and have really come together as a family more than ever,” Knudsen said. “It is a brotherhood around here and we are in sync with every move we make.”

Also on the 2018 squad are Jaron Adams, Hivaik Aitamae, Kemari Bailey, Matthew Bathurst, Andrew Bathurts, Elijah Beasley, Brandon Beran, Cruz Berenguer, Kaden Bravo, Justice Brusatto, Jackson Butler, Gabriel Caceres, Michael Clay, Rangi Colombel, Cordial Miller, O’Pharoah Crockett, Mikey Curran, Rylan Davis, Grant Dhont, Tre Easterbrook, Miguel Flores, Thomas Fortune, Laurbong Gai, Mikey Gatti, Hunter Gough, Cartur Gray, Brock Guiterrez, Mason Harris, Harevaa Hatitio, JC Herrmann, Sam Howells, David Hulverson, Lake Jacobs, Ruben Juarez, Konner Kaczka, Matthew Kaiser, Gage Killion, Michael Knee, Francisco Kuhrke, Dominick Lewis, Jayden Madry, Josue Magana, Kekoa Mataele, Kaiser Mataele, Luca Mates, Matthew Mencia, Trace Monson, Sam Montoya, Eric Puhetini, Nathan Rakowski, Tamatoa Rez-

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All-State linebacker and team captain Sam Knudsen is back for his senior season for the three-time defending state champion Juan Diego Catholic High School football team. (Photos courtesy Shooting Star Photography)

zouq, Mark Rippetoe, Nae Roy, Cooper Rust, Nikolaus Sands, Brennan Savage, Graham Skirucha, Colby Smith, Zach Stewart, Maoake Tahirori, Maiko Taukafa, Teuira Tinihei, Raimoana Tinirauarii, Conner Turner, Sione Vea, Kayden Viczian, Manui Wang, Aiden Watts, Caleb Welker, Sean Wolff and Trent Zaffino.

In its first game of the season, Juan Diego faced Bear River, but the game was postponed in the middle of the third quarter due to lightning and thunder. According to Colosimo, the game will not be finished or replayed.

So, the Soaring Eagle’s first official game was a 46-6 win over Judge Memorial Aug. 24.

Juan Diego came out strong with 33 first-quarter points and coasted to the win that included multiple rushing touchdowns. Tonozzi had two scores while Easterly, Butler, Madry, Brusatto and Mencia also got in the end zone. Easterly had 172 yards on nine carries while Tonozzi also had a 100-yard game taking 21 handoffs for 124 yards. Defensively, Knudsen led with 10 tackles while Dhont and Crockett recorded interceptions.

Against Skyline Aug. 31, the Soaring Eagle squad found themselves down 20-0 at halftime before getting on the scoreboard with Tonozzi’s six-yard touchdown run. That proved

to be Juan Diego’s only score with the team giving up a late score that accounted for the final margin.

The squad bounced back against Murray Sept. 7, coming out strong with three first-half touchdowns to take a 21-7 lead at the break.

A fourth-quarter touchdown by each team accounted for the final 28-14 score.

The Soaring Eagle squad scored first against North Sanpete Sept. 14 — on an 82yard TD run by Tonozzi — and held a lead after the first and third quarters, but lost 1714. Its final touchdown was another huge run

by Tonozzi, this time for 50 yards. Juan Diego gave up a late touchdown in the loss.

Juan Diego is also scheduled to face Richfield Sept. 21, Manti Sept. 28, Juab Oct. 5 and Summit Academy Oct. 12.

Colosimo is being assisted by defensive coordinator Joe Colosimo, offensive coordinator Greg Williams, special teams coach Sam Salts, junior varsity head coach Tana Vea, freshman head coach Zac Gee and Kevin Butler, Taylor Campbell, DeShaun Crockett, Andrew Markosian, Jim Markosian, Jerimie Thorne and Call Williams on the coaching staff this season. l

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Corner Canyon soccer starting season hot

By Catherine Garrett | c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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wo-time First-Team All-State midfielder Kenli Coon, Honorable Mention All-State player Kayla Milford and All-Region midfielder Willow Collins return to the defending Region 7 champion Corner Canyon girls soccer team, who are coming off its best season in school history. This year, the squad has its sights set beyond the second round of the state playoffs it reached last season.

The Chargers are currently ranked top in the state in 5A and undefeated through nine games.

“This season thus far has exceeded expectations,” head coach Krissa Reinbold said. “Our team quote for the season is, ‘The strength of our team is our team.’ We focus on our team and not on statistics.”

Coon, who is committed to Utah State University after she graduates in 2020, credits the team’s chemistry for early success this season.

“We are all committed to doing what it takes as a team to achieve our goals,” Coon said. “We have a lot of talent on this team and a high work rate. We all want to win bad. And that’s exactly what we’re doing right now.”

Milford is playing forward after a season as an All-State defender and Makenzie Taylor, Maryn Granger, Aly Milford and Reagan Winget have also been contributing heavily this season. Senior forward Megan Astle is back after a

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foot injury that sidelined her last year. “We are extremely excited about how she looks,” Reinbold said.

Goalie Haleigh Rasmussen has also been credited by Reinbold for her play in the box.

“She has exceeded what we expected and has been absolutely amazing for us in goal.”

So far this season, the top-ranked team in 5A has outscored opponents 50-6 in wins over Murray, Westlake, Olympus, Viewmont, Skyline, Provo, Timpview, Brighton (twice), Alta, Jordan and Cottonwood.

Astle leads the team in scoring with 15 goals while Kayla Milford has netted 13. Rasmussen has recorded six shutouts early in the season.

Also on the 2018 squad are Megan Astle, Elizabeth Baird, Alison Boman, Sarah Broadbent, Sage Burt, Sophie Burt, Kallyn Chynoweth, Willow Collins, Kenli Coon, Carsyn Cosgrave, Cate Cosgrave, Jenna DiGinadomenico, Abby Flamm, Maryn Granger, Mia Hadden, Macy Hart, Maggie Hart, Halle Hathaway, Grace Jeppson, Kaelyn Kearney, Avery King, Kaytlyn Larsen, Lucy Lilywhite, Annika Manwaring, Mia McKnight, Skye Meyers, Aly Milford, Kayla Milford, Cassie Pickering, Haleigh Rasmussen, Paje Rasmussen, Kaytlyn Scott, Makenzie Taylor, Grace Walker, Jadaisha Wanhila and Reagan Winget,

The Corner Canyon High soccer team is currently ranked #1 in the state in 5A through the first nine games of the season. (Photo courtesy atrongphotography)

Reinbold is assisted by Bayleigh Steed, Cassity Cutrer and Andrew Van Wagenen on the coaching staff.

“Our coach Krissa believes in every one one of us and pushes us,” Coon said. “She wants to see the team succeed. She is passionate about

soccer and winning and sparks that in all of us.”

The Chargers began region home-andaway matchups in mid-September against Timpvew, Brighton, Alta, Jordan and Cottonwood. The 5A state tournament is scheduled to begin Oct. 9. l

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hile most children look forward to Halloween, some are scared by the creepy masks that hang on hooks in the local stores or the zombies that are placed on front doorsteps.

Younger children, in particular, may not like the scary aspect of Halloween but still want to participate in the activities. The good thing is the Salt Lake area has a lot of activities for families that are not-so-scary, so everyone can participate. Here is a list of some of those activities.

WitchFest at Gardner Village: The not-so-spooky witches have flown into Gardner Village and will be on display until Oct. 31. There is no cost to walk around the village and look at the witches and go on the witch scavenger hunt. The “Six Hags Witches Adventure” is $6 per person (ages 1 and older) and includes: a giant jumping pillow, an area where kids can climb through spider webs, and a place to test their skills at the Maze of Mayhem. This adventure begins Sept. 28 and is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Halloween from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (weather permitting). This is located in the lot west of Archibald’s Restaurant. Gardner Village also offers select dates where visitors can eat breakfast with witches. Enjoy a warm breakfast buffet and have your picture taken with the Gardner Village witches and watch as they perform some fun witchy spells. Ticket prices are $16 for the breakfast. Check their website at www.gardnervillage. com for specific dates and information. Gardner Village is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is located at 1100 W. 7800 South in West Jordan.

Herriman Howl: Herriman City hosts this fun free event for kids of all ages on Monday, Oct. 15 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the J. Lynn Crane Park. There will be prizes, activities and games. Trunk or Treat begins at 6 p.m. and prizes will be awarded for the best decorated trunk. There will also be a mad science show starting at 6:45 p.m. Other activities and areas include: a pumpkin patch (pumpkins for sale), food trucks, Restless Acres, Treasures of the Sea, Hocus Pocus, Wizarding World and Stella Live Fortunes. The food truck lineup for that night will be: Corndog Commander, Kona Ice, and South of the Border Tacos. The J. Lynn Crane Park is located at 5355 W. Herriman Main Street, just south of City Hall.

Trick or Treat Street at The Utah Olympic Oval: On Friday Oct. 19, the Utah Olympic Oval will host Trick or Treat Street, a huge, free indoor trick-or-treating event. Treats and prizes will be distributed from sports clubs, local vendors and other community groups. In addition to trick-or-treating, children (12 and younger) can also ice skate for free that night (skate rental not included). Rates are $6 for adults (13 years and older) and $3 for skate rentals. The Utah Olympic Oval is located at 5662 Cougar Lane in Kearns.

Haunted Hollow in Draper: Get your little ones in their costumes and bring them to the Galena Hills Park in Draper on Monday, Oct. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. for some free Halloween family fun. There will be carnival games, prizes, a pumpkin patch, live entertainment, candy, and more. Galena Hills Park is located at 12452 S. Vista Station Blvd. in Draper.

Halloween Bash in Riverton: For two nights, Oct. 29 and 30, Riverton City hosts an outdoor family friendly Halloween event. Activities include: scavenger hunts, the Troll Stroll where you can get candy and prizes around the park, a mini-spook alley, spooky stores and the annual search for The Great Pumpkin. The event begins each night at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. The Search for The Great Pumpkin begins at 8:30 p.m. each night. This free event is held at the Riverton City Park, 1452 W. 12600 South.

Little Haunts at This is the Place Heritage Park: During Little Haunts, little boys and ghouls can visit This is the Place in their costumes and go trick-or-treating, hear stories from the Story Telling Witch, go on pony rides or train rides, and make crafts. Ticket prices are: $12.95 for adults, $8.95 for children

A witch from Gardner Village’s WitchFest. (Photo credit Gardner Village)

3-11 and children 2 and under are free. The Little Haunts event is held Oct. 13, 18-20 and 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the Place Heritage Park is located at 2601 E. Sunnyside Ave. in Salt Lake City.

Garden After Dark at Red Butte Garden: The theme for this year’s Garden After Dark event is Oaklore Academy of Magic. Come be a part of this magic academy where guests will learn about the magical properties of real-life plants from around the world, select a magic wand, learn all about magical creatures, and dig into herbology. After picking up an Oaklore student manual at the amphitheater, visitors will be given a school map, class schedule and extra credit activities they can do between classes. Class subjects include: Wand Theory 101, Potions Lab 202, Charms 303, Magical Creatures Studies 404, Herbology 505, and even a final exam that has something to do with trying to ban the mischievous Myrtle Spurge who seeks to cause trouble all around the Academy. Ticket prices are $14 or $11 if you are a Red Butte Garden member. This event is Oct. 18-20 and Oct. 25-27 from 6 to 9 p.m. Red Butte Garden is located at 300 Wakara Way in Salt Lake City.

Boo at the Zoo at Hogle Zoo: Boo at the Zoo is where children (12 and younger) come to the zoo and go trick-or-treating in their costumes at booths scattered throughout the zoo.

They provide trick-or-treating bags or you can bring one from home. This popular event is included with regular zoo admission (or free with a zoo membership) and is on Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Regular zoo admission for adults (13 to 64 years old) is $16.95, seniors (65 and older) $14.95, children (3 to 12) $12.95, and 2 and younger are free.

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t’s the most won-der-ful time of the year! It’s spooky time! Halloween is my favorite holiday. In my opinion, we don’t have nearly enough occasions to dress up in costume and eat candy.

Almost every year, I start planning my costume early. I’m one of those people that need my costume exact to every last detail. I’ve even bleached my hair to make sure the long blonde hair I needed for my costume was accurate. Wigs are way too expensive.

Unfortunately, not spending $50 to $200 on costumes at the pop-up Halloween stores can only be off-set by time. Spending the time to create your own unique costumes can save loads of cash. Head to your local Michaels craft store or JoAnn’s fabric store for all the knickknacks and fabric you will need for your costume. Coupons are always available for Michaels, make sure to visit their website and download that coupon before you head to the store. JoAnn’s usually has coupons available on their website as well.

I wouldn’t say I have a talent for sewing, which is why I love visiting JoAnn’s. In the middle of the store, an entire table of pattern books and file cabinets full of patterns to choose from awaits. My suggested process is to spend some time looking through multiple books to find the perfect pattern, pick the pattern from the corresponding cabinet, and then go look for the appropriate fabric.

For accessories, like bracelets, hats, shoes, facewear, etc., shop around early. I generally like to go online and screen-shop through sites like Amazon and eBay for the perfect iteration of the accessory I’m looking for. I have two different extensions on my Chrome browser that automatically compare prices throughout the internet. If I’m lucky, they will

pop up before I check-out with coupons or websites that offer the same product at a lower price. (The two I use are Best Price and Honey.)

Not surprisingly, I adore hosting Halloween parties. Pinterest is my ultimate go-to for fun Halloween-themed treats, drinks, and decorations. One of my favorite treats to make is Ghost Pretzels. Pick up a bag of long pretzels from the grocery store, dip them in melted white chocolate, throw some small googly-eyes on there, and they’re done! Some other simple recipes include Halloween popcorn or trail mix, ghost bananas, pumpkin clementines, spider cookies, blood-splattered Oreos, Jell-O worms, mummy hotdogs, and Halloween spaghetti.

Decorations require a balancing act between time and money as well. Buying decorations from a store (my favorites are Michaels and Spirit Halloween) is quick, but can be expensive. Homemade decorations are inexpensive, but they require a fair amount of time. One of the most inexpensive decorations is a front-yard spider web. All it requires is a long spool of thick thread. If you have trees and other plants in the front-yard, this can be pretty painless; just walk through your yard and hook the thread over some branches to create the outer perimeter of the web, then keep walking in circles, making the perimeter smaller and smaller each time. Tie a few perpendicular thread pieces throughout the circle, and that’s it! Don’t forget the spider made out of a black bag full of fallen leaves and some pipe cleaners.

Witches brooms can also be simple to make, depending on how fancy the witch is. If you have an old dusty broom lying around, that’s perfect. Wrap the handle with some fabric, preferably black, orange, or

purple, splatter some green spray paint across the rest of the handle, and jostle up the brush on the end of the broom. Easy-peasy.

There are many other decoration ideas easily googleable that I have yet to try, including floating candles, glowing eyes, wicked witch feet, packing tape ghosts, potion bottles, bats, stacked pumpkins and whimsical grave stones.

Need more? Spoox Bootique (3453 S. State St.) is open all year and they have fantastic Halloween-themed decorations, collectables, apparel, homeware, accessories, furniture, and trick or treat buckets. l

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very autumn, as I reconstructed our home after three months of child infestation, my daughters settled into their school classes and thoughts turned to Halloween. More specifically, thoughts turned to Halloween costumes.

I’d load my girls into the minivan and we’d attack the pattern books at Joann fabric, looking for the perfect costumes. (These pattern books weighed approximately 450 lbs. and had to be moved carefully or they would fall off the narrow perch and crush your hip bones.)

Costumes ranged from Disney princesses to Death, and each outfit had to last for decades because they were worn all the time and handed down for generations. (For example, one daughter, dressed as Snow White, shredded the hem of her gown under the plastic tires of her Big Wheel. Her dress looked like Snow White had been attacked by a pack of very short raccoons. She still wore it every day.)

After finding the right pattern, we’d roam the aisles, looking for fabric that didn’t cost the equivalent of an actual Disney movie.

During my costume-making tenure, I created all of the Disney princesses, a

cheerleader, Super Girl, a lion, a pumpkin and several witches. (Sidenote: A witch costume in 1990 consisted of a long black dress, a long black cape, long black hair, a black hat and a broomstick.

Now a witch costume is a black miniskirt, fishnet stockings and a push-up bra. I have no idea how to fly a broom in that outfit.)

Speaking of slutty clothes, my daughters were often pushing the envelope when it came to modesty. According to my daughter, her belly dancer’s shirt was too long, so (when I wasn’t around) she rolled it up several times to display her 10-year-old abs, and the gypsy Esmeralda’s blouse kept “accidentally” falling off her shoulders.

Daughter number three used her Cinderella costume as a method of seduction as she walked up and down our driveway in her slappy plastic high heels, flirting with the men building the garage. Did I mention she was four?

During another Halloween, she wanted to be Darth Maul. I made her costume, painted her face, but refused to put horns on her head. She grew her own devil horns a few years later.

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My daughters have carried on the costume tradition. My grandchildren have been garden gnomes, Austin Powers, a unicorn, and even an 18-month-old Betty Boop. It makes my black Halloween heart smile.

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