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OLYMPUS HIGH’S SENIOR PHOTO WALL ON 2300 EAST STOPS TRAFFIC – IN A GOOD WAY Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com
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lympus High found a unique way to recognize their Class of 2020: they used pictures of all 494 seniors to create a public wall of fame. From May 8-22, larger-than-life photos of the students were displayed on the west fence of the school along 2300 East. “It was Principal Steve Perschon’s idea. He wanted to find a way to recognize these kids who have to sacrifice the last few months of their senior year,” said Katie Creer. Creer stopped by one evening to admire the fence and find the picture of her son, Weston. “I love this idea. It’s awe-inspiring when you look at it. It’s pretty emotional,” Creer said. Creer is a kindergarten teacher at Oakridge Elementary and a PTSA member at Olympus. She reached out to Olympus weeks ago to offer help with any school project recognizing students and faculty. Her first assignment was to put appreciation signs in teachers’ yards. And then the administration called with the idea for the picture wall. “They said to bring your ladder, so I did. We came over and the principal and vice principals were all here putting up the banners, and we got everyone’s picture up there,” Creer said. Perschon wanted the seniors to feel honored and recognized despite the disruption of the school year. “Since the ending of their senior year is drastically different from normal, we wanted to find ways to recognize their hard work and dedication and celebrate their achievements,” Perschon said. “I am grateful to have an amazing PTSA. When I asked for help hanging the banners, we had more than enough par-
Olympus High displayed photos of all 494 seniors May 8-22 along the west fence on 2300 East, in part to recognize students whose senior year was cut short. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)
ent volunteers – and even a few students – show up to help. The community has been supportive of this project. We have received a lot of positive feedback,” Perschon said. Creer supports anything that will help these kids who missed fun end-of-year activities. “Everybody’s sacrificing something. Weston plays on Olympus’s rugby team, and their
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Creer points up to her son Weston on the Olympus High senior picture wall along 2300 East. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)
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Local artist chronicles pandemic with her photos By Sona Schmidt-Harris | s.schmidtharris@mycityjournals.com
Lifelong Holladay resident Brandi Gilbert is part of a modern-day “Decameron” project and will have her photographs published in a book. (Photo courtesy Ashlyn Stott)
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niversity of Utah art student and lifelong Holladay resident Brandi Gilbert is a chronicler and interpreter of our time through the lens of her artistic observation and camera. She is part of a modern-day “Decameron” project spearheaded by Professor Edward Bateman at the University of Utah. The images she’s taken will later be published in a book. Gilbert brings years of experience to the project. “Starting at age 12, my parents bought me my first point-and-shoot, little kid camera, and ever since then I haven’t been able to put my camera down,” she said. Bateman refers to the project as “a creative response to our current pandemic situation.” During the plague in March of 1348, a fictional group of seven women and three men fled from Florence to the Italian countryside. In the evenings, each member of the group told a story. There were 10 nights of
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this storytelling resulting in 100 stories in all. This premise resulted in “The Decameron,” a work by Giovanni Boccaccio created during The Middle Ages. “We have been doing the same thing photographically, telling the stories of this time and are creating a book to document what it is like to live in this pandemic crisis,” Bateman said. In Gilbert’s photographic storytelling for the project, windows are featured prominently. In “Escape the Night,” an arm reaches out into the darkness from an open window. In “Untitled,” a particularly haunting image, a mother and child look out the window of a front door. The mother’s gaze is one of a fuller cognizance of what lurks outside of the door, while the child’s is one of whimsical curiosity. However, the child’s hand is on the door indicating that she would like to step out. The composition of the photograph is complex with a flowerpot in the foreground decorated with handprints. In Gilbert’s, “Longing for Sunshine,” even a plant reaches for the window wanting to escape into the light outside. “I love being able to express that…you can almost be all the way outside, but you’re still partially inside,” she said. “Brandi is extraordinarily perceptive,” Bateman said. “She quietly watches the things around her, absorbing details. This allows her to work with symbols and ideas in her photographs that wait to be discovered by a viewer who takes the time to really examine her work. It also makes her a wonderful storyteller. In our class gatherings on Zoom, I always liked to hear how she would read and understand the photographs of the other students.” Gilbert, who will obtain her bachelor’s degree in fine art with a photo emphasis, said, “I give a special thanks to honestly, just my
teacher and my classmates because I feel like through their help and their words to me, it helped me to be inspired to create some of this work, so I owe a huge thank you to all of them for being there with me and pushing me creatively.” For the upcoming “Decameron,” 10 photographic themes of the book are: “At This Time,” “Collectively Disconnected,” “Routinely Interrupted,” “Photographs Not Seen,” “Silver Linings,” “Solace and Inspiration,” “Indoor-Outdoor,” “Collapsing,” “CHAOS! In the Supermarket,” and “Heroes.” l
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In Brandi Gilbert’s, “Longing for Sunshine,” even a plant reaches for the window wanting to escape into the light outside. (Photo courtesy Brandi Gilbert
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Cottonwood High’s athletes and coaches find reasons to celebrate By Ryanne Riet | r.riet@mycityjournals.com
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hroughout the country many high school sports athletic programs and athletes have had to cancel their 2020 season due to school shutdowns. At Cottonwood High School, things are not much different from that. Greg Southwick is the athletic director and head golf coach at Cottonwood High. “It has been difficult, especially for the seniors,” Southwick said. “Like all athletes they understood they were among many who were making sacrifices for a better cause.”
Many senior athletes were already identified by college scouts prior to the shutdown. However, some were affected more than others. The Cottonwood High baseball team has felt the effects from the shutdown significantly. “All of our seniors are suffering the impact from this,” head baseball coach Jason Crawford said. “From a player looking to improve his position in the draft, to players looking for college scholarships.” After the team returned home from playing in the Boras Classic in Arizona, they learned that the rest of their short season would come to a halt. There has been plenty of good to counteract the shutdown in the 2019-2020 school season for Cottonwood High’s athletics. Head baseball coach Jason Crawford was named Utah Baseball Coach of the Year by UHSAA. Another positive event this year was girls golf MVP Aleigha Beverly qualified to compete in the state championship. On the Cottonwood soccer field, next year’s team is already getting their preparations together to honor the 2020 seniors whose season was cut short. “Practice hard and play hard,” head boys soccer coach Dominic Militello said. “The best way for us to do that is put even more off-season work and come out ready to roll next spring.” l
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s in-person schools were dismissed abruptly under Gov. Gary Herbert’s “soft closure” order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many school activities were canceled, from spring sports to academic tours. High school classes, which require fees such as woodworking and ceramics, now have classrooms of projects left in progress, uncertain when, if and how students will return to complete them. In the midst of all this, school districts and school administrators are in the process of refunding students’ fees. At Hillcrest High in Midvale, junior Abby Morrell had been looking forward to going to Washington, D.C. with the vocal ensemble, wind ensemble, and chamber orchestra for a festival. Her mother, Barbara Morrell, was asked last minute to be one of the 90-student group’s chaperones and just paid her tour fees two days before she got an email on March 12, saying that the trip scheduled for March 26-30 was canceled and it was being looked into rescheduling or refunding. Twelve days later, Barbara emailed the school, inquiring about the $1,250 refund for both herself and her daughter. The next day, Principal Greg Leavitt emailed saying the school’s decision was to reschedule the trip next spring and so all the funds would roll over for that tour. No new tour dates were provided. The 21 seniors, chaperones of senior students, or those who weren’t planning to commit to the classes were to be refunded unless the fee was paid for out of fundraising. The latter would be donated to the music department. “The rest of us weren’t given the option of getting a full refund,” Barbara said. “I’d love to get the money back to pay something or be able to use it. Some people may want or need to free up those funds now.” Hillcrest vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra director RaNae Dalgleish said that the decision was made by administration after talking to parties involved, including WorldStrides that was hosting the festival where the groups would perform, be evaluated and participate in clinics given by notable musicians and professors. The tour also included vocal ensemble performing the national anthem at a flag-raising ceremony at Fort McHenry, giving a tribute at the Martin Luther King Memorial and singing at a local cathedral. “It was unprecedented and ulti-
By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com mately, WorldStrides canceled the entire festival, which involved hundreds of tours or more,” Dalgleish said. “We had made the final tour payment days before. Our choices were to use the money on next spring’s tour at the same or a different location, but equivalent-priced tour, or get a refund and lose half the airfare, because the airline wasn’t given a full refund.” Dalgleish said that right now, the school will absorb the cost of the seniors, and hope to be reimbursed as new members in the groups pay to go on tour next year. She also said that while the tour is meant to celebrate and learn about music from other parts of the country, the absence of performing together also has had a powerful, bonding effect. “The kids are all in and they’ve learned not to take this for granted. They even got together, six feet apart, to sing in the lawn of one of the students as they were missing singing and performing together. I think when we come back, we’ll be stronger and ready to start again,” Dalgleish said. Canyons District Chief Financial Officer and Business Administrator Leon Wilcox said that he wasn’t aware of any of the five or six trips approved for the remaining of the school year that were not in the process of reimbursement. He also said that Canyons School District does not take out travel insurance, but individuals or schools can do so. In an April 28 memo, Canyons School District outlined refunds to students, including that trips and tours should be worked with parents and teachers to determine the best method. The memo continued to state $15 of activity fees to high school seniors should be returned while other students would have their fees reduced the next school year by the same amount. Participation fees for all sports would be refunded, but spirit packs that students already received would not. Dances and banquets that weren’t held should have money returned, while classes, would be up to the discretion of the teacher on materials used to determine any refunds. And if driver’s ed was completed online, money would not be refunded, but rather a time to schedule driving instruction would be determined when restrictions have been lifted. At Brighton High, Principal Tom Sherwood said his performing arts groups planned to participate in the
WorldStrides festival in Anaheim. Fortunately, the 150 students’ fees had been collected in the office, but not paid yet to the festival so he won’t have to be dealing with airlines, hotels and transportation to refund students’ money. Sherwood said that refund process as well as the collection of student checked-out items would take place in late May. Cottonwood High’s 130 members in choir, band, orchestra and jazz band were expecting full $750 refunds from their canceled San Francisco tour, that included a WorldStrides festival as well as “Hamilton” tickets and Alcatraz tour tickets that they had just purchased weeks prior to the tour cancellation. “San Francisco was an early hot spot for the coronavirus, so we were watching what was happening,” said band director Amber Tuckness. “If I canceled our trip, we wouldn’t receive refunds, but when Gov. Herbert made it official, then we could get the refunds.” However, students who fundraised, including seniors, will not be receiving refunds and instead, the money will be given to the music department, she said. Murray High Principal Scott Wihongi, who had just returned with the drill team in early March from New York City, said that the only trip that hadn’t happened at his school involved 15 students who were scheduled to go to San Francisco with the AP art history class in late April. “We’re getting a full refund from the hotel and tours, but we’re working with the airline and travel agency to see if we can get refunds for the flight instead of vouchers,” he said. “This was an opportunity for the students to see different art styles at museums, as a way to enhance what they’re learning.” He also was working with his staff in the process of refunding student-athletes’ fees, including the canceled tennis and baseball teams’ trip to St. George, and students’ partial class fees if materials weren’t used. School officials also were collecting textbooks, library books, some athletic uniforms, and seniors’ Chromebooks. “I think the programs and students will be fine heading into next year,” he said. “Right now, we prioritized and streamlined our teaching to get in the standards. The students got through three-fourths of the meat of everything and it’s how much time students focus on learning that will determine how much we’ll need to reteach and reinforce that material when we return.” l
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Stories of the earth, oceans and life captured in Maori sculptor’s works By Sona Schmidt-Harris | s.schmidtharris@mycityjournals.com
Eruera “Ed” Napia displays sculptures in progress. (Photo courtesy Radford Vernon Cuch)
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t would be difficult to find an artist more inwardly and outwardly focused than Eruera “Ed” Napia. New Zealand and Maoriborn, Napia is not only a great sculptor but consistently gives back to the indigenous Maori, Hawaiian and North American Indian peoples. He stated, “My brother reminded me that when you go and live on someone else’s land, which this is, Ute, Shoshone, and Goshute land…your first priority should be to contrib-
ute to the welfare of the indigenous people.” This Napia does as a program director at the Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake. Amiable and talkative, he enthusiastically discusses both his sculptures and his “adopted” Ute brother, Radford Vernon Cuch, a former Holladay Artist of the Month with whom he shares a home. It is as if the two subjects are equally intertwined. Referring to his early artistic career, Napia said, “I began to incorporate the designs I grew up with as a child in my artwork, and it was very strict, and you can see from some of my earlier pieces that the designs were strictly Maori, but then I started to feel a bit more comfortable, and you know you might call it poetic license, but I adjusted some of the designs so that they really reflected what I was feeling as I was doing the pot, and the story I was trying to capture….” Napia’s sculptures are full of life, often with curvy lines, which he says appear symmetrical, but actually are not due to clever techniques used in hand-built sculpture (sculptures not made with a potter’s wheel, but by hand). The ocean breathes in these sculptures and seems to mimic the waves forming and falling on New Zealand shores. Examples of this include his pieces, “HineAhu-One” (Maiden Formed from Earth),
and “Papatuanuku E Huri” (Rotating Mother Earth). “I have at least three groups of artwork, and the first group, as I alluded to, is the artwork that helps me to keep alive and tell the stories I grew up with as a child, and then there’s the stories of my life in Hawaii, still very symmetrical and certainly still very Pacific Islander,” Napia said. The sculpture, “Pikopiko” (Fern Fronds), is a collaboration between Napia and Cuch. The beadwork that decorates this piece is Cuch’s. His first memory of sculpting was with a clay-like substance called plasticine. When he was a boy, his family was poor and could not afford to buy him many toys. He fashioned toy cars out of plasticine and used brass-looking thumbtacks for the wheels. He has come a long way since sculpting toy cars. His sculptures appeared at an art show in Santa Monica. Last year, he won the Mayor’s Award, and he has won both first and second prize in sculpture at the St. George Arts Festival. He was also an Invited Artist for the Utah Arts Festival, no easy feat. Despite all he has accomplished, success is not how he defines himself. “I am Eruera ‘Ed’ Napia. I am from the Te Whiu, Te Honihoni, and Te Popoto Hapu (sub-tribes) of the Ngapuhi Iwi (Tribe) from
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Advisory committee urges big action to update city infrastructure, final report warns indecision will lead to greater cost By Zak Sonntag | z.sonntag@mycityjournals.com
The biggest liabilities according to the citizen advisory group’s recommendation report are the city’s roads, sidewalks and bridges, with an estimated outlay of $40.5 million. (Justin Adams/City Journals)
Over 36% of Holladay’s public roads are in “poor” or “very poor” condition, according to a citywide inventory using the standardized Pavement Condition Index Rating (PCI). (Travis Barton/City Journals)
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he citizen advisory committee leading the Holladay@20 Preparing for Tomorrow initiative delivered its final report to the Holladay City Council in May, issuing a firm recommendation that the city act decisively in addressing its unfunded liabilities, which have climbed to $75 million. The committee argued that if the city fails to take action fast, the cost of infrastructure repairs will escalate, forcing the city to pay more for less down the road. “The report is the tale of two cities. On the one hand you have a very young city, only 20 years old with a lot of new homes, and we refer to it as a teenager,” said vice chair of the citizen advisory committee John Norton. “But when you look at the stormwater systems and roads, I’m calling it the senior citizen. That summarizes the dilemma we’re dealing with serious challenges.” The committee’s findings present a challenge for city leaders, who now face the
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unenviable task of convincing residents to pony up for needed projects at a time when economic outlooks are grim amidst a national downturn “significantly worse than any recession since World War II,” according to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. But in the eyes of the committee, the math doesn’t change. “Roads don’t respond to viruses, and if we let that infrastructure fail it’s going to cost us more in the long run,” Norton said. The biggest liabilities according to the report are the city’s roads, sidewalks and bridges, with an estimated outlay of $40.5 million. This comes as little surprise to residents whose frustration with roadways are amply captured in the community priority survey. Over 36% of Holladay’s public roads are in “poor” or “very poor” condition, according to a citywide inventory using the standardized Pavement Condition Index Rating (PCI). The cost of repair will grow
by multiples if conditions dilapidate further, according to the report. The second biggest liability is the storm water system, whose updates are estimated to cost $18 million. “You don’t get the public’s attention any quicker when you have a 100year storm event and homes get destroyed. It’s these types of big unexpected expenses that put a drain on the budget. These systems have big impacts to the public health. So we have a responsibility,” explained John Ashton, chair of the advisory committee. Holladay resident Bud Smith, who served as the chair of the condominium community Carriage Lane, strongly supports storm water improvements. “We suffered a lot of property damage in Carriage Lane from big rain floods. The water poured into grounds from three separate places. I think it’s good the city is taking this issue seriously.” Smith worked with city, county and state officials in a split investment to create an adequate drain water system. Now the committee is proposing a $6 flat rate fee to fund improvements. Though some raised issue with the flat approach. “I’m very concerned about the regressive nature of this fee,” said Paul Fotheringham, arguing that a fee system should take into account difference in property size. Other unmet needs identified in the report include trail systems, information technology, property maintenance, public safety and public works. The committee contracted with the firm Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham to create a Financial Sustainability Model that offers the city three different revenue plan options, all of which require the city to levy new property taxes. The options are named Treading Water, Slightly Better and Biggest Impact. “The committee is strongly recommending the Biggest Impact because that’s where we get the most bang for our buck. Citizens will notice a marked improvement in road conditions and we’ll fair better [financially] in the long run,” Norton said. The Biggest Impact, however, comes with the biggest price tag, requiring tax levy by 92% city property tax hike, which would lift the overall homeowner property tax by about 9%, because the city is just one of multiple entities who collect property tax from Holladay homeowners. “If we’d have kept abreast of the needs of the city and inflation then we wouldn’t need to make such a big jump. We haven’t raised property taxes in 20 years. But if you compare our proposed increase with adjacent cities [like Millcreek and Cottonwood Heights], we’d still not have the highest rate,” Ashton said. “If we defer and ignore these problems, even with COVID-19 or a recession, things
are not going to get better, which is why we recommend the Biggest Impact and ask the city to consider that in an expeditious way.” The committee’s presentation was powerful, and the council conceded the need for bold action. Yet there was a palpable trepidation about how to move forward because, as any experienced council knows, imposing new taxes is no walk in the park. “If you go with Treading Water or you go with the Biggest Impact your going to get disgruntlement because it’s going to hit a lot of our citizens hard,” said councilwoman Sabrina Petersen, the council’s longest serving member. “I’ve learned that if it’s a tax increase the public is going to scream about it. This is not like ripping a Band-Aid off. This is ripping wisdom teeth out without any anesthetic.” On top of these unmet needs, the city faces other financial challenges related to growing expenses from inflation in cost for contract services along with a projected revenue sag from the anticipated loss of sales tax resulting from COVID-19. “We’re going to get a double whammy. We can slice and dice a little, but if we don’t make some changes [to the revenue model] we’re going to be balancing our budget with savings and that’s not a good place to be in,” said Mayor Robert Dahle. Councilmember Dan Gibbons expressed the most reservation about moving forward with the Biggest Impact. “I’m pretty ambivalent about moving forward considering the tight schedule we’re needing to follow. I think voters are shellshocked by COVID, and I don’t think we know what the full impact of that is going to be,” Gibbons said. He floated the idea of a third survey, to see if “citizens were of the mind that we just want to tread water.” But that idea was unpopular with the remainder of the council, who argued another survey would not be performed until the coronavirus upheaval settled, pushing the process off another year or more. They expressed confidence that the Holladay@20 process was sufficiently thorough and recapitulated the advisory committee’s admonition to urgency. “I’m in favor of going forward because we’re going to get hit regardless of how we act, which puts more pressure on us to maintain or build up some additional revenue stream. This [COVID crisis] is a new reality. We’ve been kicking the can down the road for 20 years,” Fotheringham said. “I’ve been doing this for 10 years now, and we needed to do this 10 years ago,” said Petersen, who concluded the meeting with a sober call for foresight. “If we’re going to be a responsible council, we need to be thinking about the next 10, 15, 20 years.” l
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“I only made one basket the whole season and it was in the wrong hoop,” Gloeckner recalled. Staying with volleyball proved to be the right call. Begay identified her high volleyball IQ and her ability to hit any type of set as just a few of her qualities. “She’s extremely diverse in her ability to hit all the different sets, she can hit all of them and not everybody can,” Begay said. It’s how you hit to different areas of the court and how your hand contacts the ball, but for Gloeckner, it’s simpler than that. “It’s really all about scoring points, that’s the main point of the game, and it helps to do that when you have different shots,” she said. But her best attribute, might not even be physical. “I feel like I’m always trying to get better,” Gloeckner said. “There’s never been a moment where I thought I was pretty good. It’s fun that you can always get better, I think that’s the joy of sports.” She prides herself on doing her job on the court, being someone the coach can count on. But her mindset of constant progression could be the key to her success. “I’m probably too hard on myself, at least that’s what people tell me,” Gloeckner said. “But I always feel like I should be better, which is not always the best thing. (But) I feel like it does help me improve because I’m always trying to get to the next level.”
“I’ve known some (players) who don’t really listen and don’t think they can get better, and I think it’s just so important to be coachable,” she continued. “There’s always someone that knows more than you and can help you. I think being receptive to that is so important for sports.” Begay remembers a time when she thundered a spike, scoring a point the team really needed “and she just ran off the court like it was no big deal.” Rather than a guttural roar you so often see, her reaction was as if that’s what you’re supposed to do. “I don’t like cheering for myself,” Gloeckner explained. “My team always makes fun of me for it. I love cheering loud for others, but I feel like with myself, I always expect myself to be better and do better so that’s why I don’t really cheer.” As for her future in volleyball, her college recruitment is underway. Begay said Colorado State wanted her to commit when she was 14. Blue-blood program Marquette University (Wisconsin) sent an assistant coach to watch a game last fall. She’s attended camps back east in Virginia and Maryland. The 4.0 GPA student wants to take her time. “I want to keep my options open and just see what feels right and what would be a good fit for me,” Gloeckner said. “Not trying to rush into anything.” l
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Olivia Gloeckner credits her older sister, parents and coaches as her greatest influences. (Betsey Bowen Photography)
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umble. Unassuming. Not a showboat.
Those were just a few of the words used by her coach to describe all-state sophomore Olivia Gloeckner. “She doesn’t need all the accolades,” said Skyline head coach Mondo Begay. “That’s what sets her apart the most, she doesn’t let emotion get a hold of her. She’s just happy, gets on the court, does her job and then runs off like ‘what?’” But the accolades will come anyways for the burgeoning talent. At Skyline, the 6’1” Gloeckner was named third-team allstate as a freshman and then first-team allstate as a sophomore this past fall. Normally a middle blocker, Begay moved her to outside hitter as a sophomore. “We challenged her to move to the outside and her numbers actually went up,” Begay said. The middle blocker and now outside hitter finished her sophomore season with
Olivia Gloeckner recorded 259 kills in her sophomore season at Skyline where she finished first-team allstate. (Betsey Bowen Photography)
259 kills, 56 aces, 26 blocks and 204 digs. “She’s not flashy, her numbers prove what she is,” Begay said. And what she is, might be the perfect volleyball player. “She’s like the perfect volleyball build: long, lean, super athletic,” said Begay, who also coaches her in club. “Even when I started training her at 10 and 11, she was super athletic. She was jumping like 27 inches when she was that little.” “She’s an anomaly.” Gloeckner joined the sport after watching her older sister play at Brighton. “I was never really interested because it was just something my older sister did, but it is so fun to watch once you understand what’s going on, so then I decided to play,” she said. She played other sports when she was younger like soccer and the sport everyone wanted her to play—basketball. But it didn’t last long.
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Virtual County Library available as reopening takes shape By Joshua Wood | j.wood@mycityjournals.com
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esidents of Salt Lake County have gone without a lot of things over the past couple months. Some resources and services previously taken for granted have suddenly been dearly missed. One of those resources is the Salt Lake County Library system. Since midMarch, all 18 full-service physical branches
have been closed. However, many of the library system’s services have been available online, and its staff members have worked to expand virtual offerings while the community stays at home. “Everything is online right now,” said Sara Neal, marketing and communications
manager for Salt Lake County Library. “Limited staff is going into branches to do some prep work for opening the libraries.” In the meantime, and for the past several weeks, librarians have worked to make themselves more available online to the community. They started a daily online story time for kids on the library’s Facebook page each morning at 10:30. The library’s focus on children home from school has driven an expansion of online book offerings for kids of all ages. The County Library has developed programs like its Stay at Home Challenge encouraging people to do things like write a letter to a grandparent they can’t see in person. Kids were also challenged to read a short book in a half hour. “We wanted to help people fill some time and try to take their minds off things,” Neal said. Online offerings have expanded to include access to more books, magazines and movies. People can even get their library card by applying online. “Librarians are not at a desk right now, but they are still getting resources available Salt Lake County Library is offering many of its usual programs and events in a digital format during to the community,” Neal said. The virtuCOVID-19 shutdowns. (Photo courtesy of Salt Lake County Library) al Ask a Librarian service offers the kind
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Looking back: Skyline repeats as golf champ By Travis Barton | travis.b@thecityjournals.com
The Skyline boys golf team won back-to-back state titles with its championship last fall. The team returns seven of its top eight golfers this fall. (Photo courtesy Kenny James) Editor’s note: With spring sports shut down, the City Journal decided to look back on some athletic feats this year, like the boys golf team repeating as 5A state champs.
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hree years, three very different experiences for the Skyline boys golf team. 2017 saw the Eagles jump out to an early lead on day one, only to fall back to the pack on day two, finishing tied for third, watching neighbor Olympus hoist the trophy. 2018 saw another first day finish atop the leader board (with the third best single day score in history with 279). Then a second day where the team coasted to a state championship ending the day 19 strokes ahead of second-place Farmington. 2019 had the same result, but a different journey.
The Eagles had torched the regular season finishing multiple tournaments where all eight varsity players were almost under par or the top four’s score were double digits under par. At the region championship, seven players finished in the top 12. “We had a lot of very strong performances that really showed how good this team could be,” senior Abe Thomas told the Millcreek Journal recently. “It gave us a lot of confidence that we could win state.” But at the Wasatch Mountain Golf Course for the state tournament, the boys didn’t play their best, head coach Kenny James said. “But our depth carried us through so it was truly a team effort,” James said. While no player shot under 71, none of the scores were too high either. A three-shot lead on day one dwindled to one on day two’s final hole, but sophomore Sean Lam’s par on 18 sealed the back-to-back- championships. “We have some amazing golfers, amazing talented young men that can do amazing things,” James said. Lam finished with a team best 145 that tied for fourth overall. And Lam wasn’t even the team’s best scorer throughout the season. Junior Tyson Shelley, who finished overall runner-up in 2018, finished with a 147. His 75 on day two wasn’t counted with the topfour score.
But with the consistency of freshman Peter Kim, junior Simon Kwon and Lam, and junior Joseph Kim’s nine-stroke improved score on day two, the Eagles talent across the board proved to be too much. “Our depth really was amazing,” James repeated. “It’s just a special group of guys.” The team celebrated the moment with the ceremonial jump into the pond. Something James said he would only do if everyone jumped in. “I walked over and saw that everyone was soaking wet and I thought, ‘oh crap,’” James recalled. Looking back, Thomas said he’ll remember how many great players were on that championship team. “I am basically in shock because that was such an amazing roster that we had,” said Thomas, who James credits as the corralling senior leader. Just about all of them could play collegiately, James said. Shelley has already committed to BYU. Thomas noted how the team was so good, their biggest competition was each other. “We were all very competitive, but we were also very supportive where you wanted each other to do very well. I want to beat the other players on my team because that’s how you get to the top,” Thomas said. “There was
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never cheering against each other, but we were always pushing each other to our limits.” That healthy competitive spirit really drove the team, elevating each player’s confidence, James said. “It’s fun to be around that (confidence) and they bring out the best in each other, they challenge each other to do great things,” he said. Which can be crucial, especially in a sport that is more individual than team. James highlighted how Shelley was less concerned about his individual status at state and more concerned about how it affected the team. “It’s an individual sport first, but I love the fact that these guys, their No. 1 goal is they want to win the state championship. The other stuff is secondary,” James said. “They each have their own goals—college, professional—but they’ve all been willing to buy into the team concept and say, ‘hey while we’re here together, let’s do some amazing things.’” What could also be considered amazing is other than Thomas, the entire varsity team returns this fall that also includes Spencer Clayton and Charlie Thomas. And that doesn’t mention the additional talent coming up. “This team is going to be really good the next couple of years,” Thomas said. l
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MAYOR’S MESSAGE I hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. Governor Herbert recently announced a transition to the Low Risk Phase (Yellow) of the Utah Leads Together plan for health and economic recovery. This is well ahead of initial estimates, which is great news! I’m sure the specifics will be clarified by the time this issue of The Journal reaches your home. In addition to restaurants and salons opening up, with restrictions, it also allows for team sports, playgrounds, public restrooms, swimming pools and various other public amenities to begin operations. There are protocols that must be followed, but it’s another step toward progressing to the Green, or New Normal Risk Phase of the State’s plan. The City is evaluating internal operations as part of this transition. I assume we will begin a slow transition toward a more normal staffing model over the summer months. How far and fast we move will be balanced against data we continue to receive from the CDC, State and County Public Health officials and continuing directives from Governor Herbert and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson. We hope to return City Council and Planning Commission meetings to an in-person format as soon as possible. We are exploring these options, with safety considerations at the forefront of the decision making process. Summer events sponsored by the City and Holladay Arts Council are also being scrutinized. A decision was made this afternoon (May 18th) to cancel our annual 4th of July celebration. We are beyond disappointed. This event typically draws 10,000+ citizens to the city
core. Maintaining proper social distancing in an event of this magnitude was deemed to be unsafe. We’re committed to throwing a party for the ages in 2021! We are exploring options for our Free Uncommon Concert Series. We’re optimistic that procedures can be implemented that will allow us to execute this event in a way that is both enjoyable and safe for our guests. Watch for details on the city website and in future issues of The Journal. As we continue to navigate this new environment, one message seems clear; this virus will be with us for some time. Individuals will have to evaluate their capacity for personal risk until a vaccine is available. Visiting a local restaurant, salon, gym… will be a choice each individual will have to evaluate. Those in high-risk health pools should remain extremely guarded. Statistics continue to show that these individuals run a much higher risk of serious health implications and it is recommended that you continue to self-quarantine as much as possible for the foreseeable future. Information links to business and individual economic recovery tools, various hotlines and general information about all things Coronavirus can be accessed through our web site, Cityofholladay.com, or directly at coronavirus.utah.gov or slco.org. The latest version of the Utah Leads Together Plan, which contains guidance associated with the Low Risk Transition guidelines (Yellow Phase), can be accessed through the link on the State’s site Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, and Stay Together!!! – Rob Dahle, Mayor
Over the past year, the Holladay@20 Preparing for Tomorrow Citizen Advisory Group has reviewed unmet capital and maintenance needs, gathered public feedback, and considered possible funding sources and solutions to guarantee a high quality of life for residents. The Group’s efforts have culminated into a recommended Financial Sustainability Plan option, which was presented to the Holladay City Council on May 14 for consideration. No Council decisions have been made yet, and more discussion and opportunities for resident comments are expected over the coming months. Updates and more information will be shared when available. You can learn more about the Group’s process and conclusion in the document entitled “Holladay@20 Preparing for Tomorrow Citizen Advisory Group Recommendation Report” found at www.holladay20.com
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or a week, just as I was drifting off to sleep, my body seemed to forget how to breathe and I’d jolt awake, gasping. My husband suggested maybe I was developing sleep apnea. A friend said it sounded like asthma. I didn’t rule either of them out, but I also knew shortness of breath is one of the indicators of COVID-19. I didn’t have any other symptoms. Still, I wanted to rule it out while I sought other treatment. I decided to get tested. The morning of April 27, after a bad night’s sleep, I downloaded the app Healthy Together, which I’d seen friends mention on social media. I gave it basic information (my age and gender), and it asked me to identify my symptoms. Yes, I was experiencing “new or increased shortness of breath,” and yes, I felt short of breath while sitting or resting. The app said I needed to be tested for COVID-19. Since I’d indicated that I preferred to be treated in the Intermountain Healthcare System, and Intermountain performs telephone screenings, I was given a number to call before being approved for a test. I prepared to explain over the phone specifically what I was experiencing and justify why I wanted a test even though I was pretty sure it wasn’t COVID — but the Intermountain employee didn’t ask me about any of that. Instead, we ran through the same list of symptoms the app had asked about. Yes, I did feel short of breath; no, I didn’t have fever, muscle aches, sore throat or diarrhea. After I gave my address, she told me the nearest testing facility was the Alta View InstaCare. She put my name on the list for testing that day, so I could have a drive-through test any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. My call ended at about 8:45 a.m., so I left for InstaCare right away. Signs in the parking lot pointed me in the direction of the drive-through testing site. I pulled into a numbered parking stall beneath a tent, where a posted sign gave me a number to call when I arrived. Over the phone, the employee confirmed my name, birth date, insurance information (though testing is free to all Utah residents, insured or not), and which stall I was in. Within minutes of hanging up, I saw a man in full protective gear at my window. This was the part I was nervous about: I’d heard the test was a nasal swab that went painfully deep. The tester asked me to look straight ahead with my head against my headrest. What followed was something like having my brain briefly dusted with a pipe cleaner; I forced myself not to sneeze or jerk away. It wasn’t terribly comfortable, but it was quick — just a few seconds in each nostril. Less than 10 minutes after I had pulled into the parking lot, I was on my way home, a tickle in my nose but no residual pain.
The state of Utah ranks fifth in the nation for percentage of the population tested for COVID-19, one sign that made officials comfortable loosening restrictions as long as people take precautions like wearing masks in public places. (Photo by Engin Akyurt)
Between the telephone screener, the tester, and the information packet I’d been given in the Instacare parking lot, I was told I would either receive my test results via phone call in three to five, five to seven or five to 10 days. I was tested on April 27 (a Monday); as of this writing (one week later), I still haven’t received a call. However, by Wednesday morning, I was able to see my lab results using Intermountain’s online MyHealth portal. As I expected, SARS-Cov-2 (more commonly known as the coronavirus) was “not detected.” My results had taken less than 48 hours. Happily, I have joined the ranks of the 95% of Utahns tested for COVID-19 whose test was negative. Given the horror stories of inadequate testing across the country, I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and hassle-free the process was for me personally. No longer are tests being restricted to those who have recently traveled to China or Italy, who have come in contact with a known infected person, or who appear in the emergency room in severe respiratory distress. I was fortunate to receive a test simply because I asked for one. Given that widespread availability of testing will be a prerequisite for safely reopening our state and resuming normal life, this seems like a hopeful sign. l
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Utah graduates showered with love in special Adopt a Utah Senior project By Stephanie Yrungaray | s.yrungaray@mycityjournals.com
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doing something for our class to brighten our days. It’s really cool.” Luke’s mom Kourtney, said she can’t believe how generous people have been. “I love reading the kids’ stories and seeing the things they are involved in,” Kourtney Vickery said. “[The project] is giving people a chance to forget about what’s going on, all of the negative stuff in the world, and focus on other people. It is a bright spot I think.” Kennedy said she was overwhelmed at how quickly the Facebook group grew. Along with a team of eight other volunteers, she is spending many hours a day trying to make sure each senior is accounted for and matched to an individual or family. “There is a lot of work involved,” Kennedy said. “We watch for posts that come in, make sure they have correct information including their high school and make sure they are posted by a parent or legal guardian. We tag them so it is easier for people to find who hasn’t been adopted and answer a lot of questions.” Kennedy said the stories and pictures that come from the adoptions have been heartwarming. “I love it when they find a common interest,” Kennedy said. “We will get emails with people who want to find someone who plays a certain sport or went to the high school they went to. We have people adopt-
ing from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii. It isn’t about getting stuff, it’s about cheering up the class of 2020.” Kennedy isn’t worried about any of the graduates not being adopted because of all of the generosity she has seen so far. “Anytime we’ve gone on and said we need angels to take a referred senior we’ve had so much support,” Kennedy said. She is sad to see the project come to an end. “There has been so much love and random kindness,” Kennedy said. “It’s been so awesome to see smiles on these kids’ faces that have had so much taken away.” l
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A commitment to community needs, Granite Education Foundation feeds By Katy Whittingham | k.whittingham@mycitjournals.com
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ith nearly 65% of Granite School District’s student population food insecure before the pandemic, Granite Education Foundation has stepped up efforts to provide help even with school food pantries closed by keeping food donations flowing into the community. According to Granite Education Foundation CEO Brent Severe this would not be possible without the help of partners and volunteers. “Many have been volunteering with us from the very start when schools were closed.
Our Donation and Distribution Center is large enough to receive large pallets of food from partnering agencies like the LDS Church, Utah Food Bank and others,” he said. As of May 14, approximately 202,304 meals were delivered, and with the nine weeks since schools had been closed, this equates to an average of 4,496 meals a day. “Every Monday and Tuesday, volunteers come to our distribution center to help fill food bags and load pallets for deliveries to our schools with food pantries. We deliver approximately 12 to 16 pallets a week, along with bread delivery,” said Kim Oborn, food pantry program coordinator for the foundation. Not a part of the free and reduced lunch program, the meals that Granite Education Foundation volunteers hand out are a replacement for the now closed in-school food pantries. “We get requests and help as many as we can,” Oborn said. “We have asFood donations in Granite Education Foundation’s Donation and Distribusisted the Utah Food Bank tion Center. (Photo courtesy Kimberly Oborn) with their mobile food
pantry. The Utah Food Bank usually distributes to schools once a month, but with the closing of schools and many corporate businesses unable to send volunteers, the foundation has helped by having the food delivered to our distribution center and then a group of drivers, including volunteers from Rocky Mountain Power have dropped off the prebagged food at each school.” Granite Education Foundation is also currently engaged in efforts with local restaurants by partnering with these restaurants to keep employees engaged, provide nutritionally balanced, culturally diverse, and affordable fresh meals as additional nourishment to highly impacted communities. “Our Restaurant Meal Kit Initiative has provided 7,980 meals as we have partnered with Saffron Valley, Marley’s Sliders, Rico Foods, and HB Boys/Burger King,” Oborn said. All of these efforts have not gone unacknowledged. A senior community school director at one local elementary school explained, “We had a family come in this morning to pick up their Chromebooks. We found out it was one of her student’s birthdays, so the whole gym burst out in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. We were then able to provide them with a food bag that had a cake and frosting in it for his birthday. This student
Unpacking meal boxes distributed by Granite Education Foundation. (Photo courtesy Kimberly Oborn)
was smiling ear to ear and so were we. Our district is incredibly lucky to have the foundation supporting our students, and we were all reminded of that this morning.” For more information on all of the Granite Education Foundation’s efforts and ways to volunteer visit granitekids.org. l
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Mental health treatment increases during pandemic, says hospital director By Kirk Bradford | k.bradford@mycityjournals.com
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The field of mental health has transformed over the past decade,” said James Reichelt, director of St. Mark’s Hospital Behavioral Health unit. Reichelt has worked at the prison, jails and the Fourth Street Clinic before arriving at St. Mark’s. The City Journals interviewed Reichelt to gain a better understanding of mental health and how it has changed in response to COVID-19. “You may have noticed its effects on the homeless population,” Reichelt said. “They function much like a family unit in the sense they look out for each other and sometimes sleep near each other for safety. The homeless shelter recently had a large spread. It’s affecting their lives in how they adapt to social distancing or even lacking access to health care. They no longer can live the way they were, in the same way you and I can’t.” He discussed the different stigmas attached to someone who struggles with substance dependency resulting in homelessness and how important it is to break those stigmas. “I try to train my staff to come from a place of love and compassion,” he said. “You don’t know what that person has been through that leads up to being in one of our care units.”
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Years ago, this wasn’t always the approach. It was more of a tough love approach. “Just last week, we had a patient on our floor; they checked him in at 3 a.m. and needed some blood work and other things, but (he) was detoxing and finally getting some rest,” Reichelt said. “The old thinking was to get him up and required moving to a separate area to have it done. I told my staff to let him get some rest, and first thing in the morning let’s take care of it. Another time, we had a patient who had lived with his brother. The entire family was engaging in behaviors dependent on substance abuse. The brother had gotten verbally aggressive with our staff, and the thought was to have security remove him, but we didn’t; we realized that he worried for his brother. We assured him his brother was OK and let him spend a few minutes with him. It’s slight changes like that, that allow us to build trust for someone to open up and get the help they need.” St. Mark’s Hospital has three main divisions: Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Intensive Outpatient Program and Perinatal Outpatient Program. Reichelt said inpatient and outpatient units are the starting point to helping a person get stabilized. It’s most common
to be detoxing from drugs and/or alcohol that many start using to self-medicate an underlining condition. “Once we get them stable, physically, mentally and medically, we find the most appropriate program,” he said. “This depends on their needs, their symptoms and their insurance if they have it—even those who do not have insurance. We help them get stabilized and with enough medication upon release to get into treatment.” The St. Mark’s mental health unit has the capacity for 17 people. Before COVID-19 struck, they were seeing on average nine people per day. Afterward, Reichelt said, “We are seeing on average 13 people per day; we can’t share a room if we go over now because of the requirements to stay safe from spreading the virus. I’ve seen substance abuse issues rise and the need for both inpatient and outpatient treatment rise.” Reichelt expressed St. Mark’s desire to help. “We understand how difficult that phone call is to make, for someone to reach out and ask for help,” he said. “If someone is thinking about doing it, please keep in mind the goal of staff on all aspects of mental health including the first call is to start from a place of understanding because it takes courage and strength for someone to call us and we know it. Throughout the state now, we are also seeing more and more telehealth. We can do assessments over the phone and point someone in the right direction closest to them. The curious thing about this pandemic is we are seeing more and more people who want to change; they want to feel better. They want to get through this pandemic and to deal with all the stressors and anxiety, which can be difficult, but if they can get the tools to do it, they can get through it with some sense of joy and happiness. Sometimes, that takes getting a little help.” If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, Reichelt said to call and do an assessment and see what the options are available. Call St. Mark’s at 801-268-7433. You can also find more information online from the National Alliance on Mental Illness at namiut.org. Hope4utah.com also contains resources to learn more online. l
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Thoughtful gifts for thoughtful students Spring is the time for new beginnings… after graduations. During those events, you might overhear stories about someone’s parents buying them a new car for graduation, or someone’s rich relative flying them and their three closest friends to an island for a few weeks. Depending on how many people you know who are graduating, and how high the expectations have been set for you, buying gifts for grads can be expensive. Instead of spending more money, try one of these doit-yourself (DIY) gift ideas. One of the most common DIY graduation gifts are graduation leis, similar to those Polynesian garlands of flowers, but without the flowers. You’ll need a lot of plastic wrap for this one. Gather the things you wish to include in your lei. This may include snacksized candy bars, gift cards, rolled-up dollar bills, mints, etc. Be very careful as you lay out a long piece of plastic wrap. (Alternatively, you may choose to use smaller pieces of plastic wrap and tie all the pieces together at the end.) Place all your goodies out, side by side, leaving about 2 inches between each item, down one edge of the plastic wrap. Roll that plastic wrap over to trap the goodies in their new packaging. After you have wrapped all the items thoroughly, tie each of the spaces between goodies together. Alternatively, if you’re talented with origami, you
can fold dollar bills and tie them together to create a beautiful flower-resembling lei. If you, or your graduating human, really likes being cheesy (like me, I usually go so-cheesy I approach Gouda territory), you can make small graduation caps to put on almost anything you may think of. You’ll need a circular base, something resembling a lid of a jar or a bottlecap, some parchment paper, a button, and some string. Wrap the parchment paper around the circular base and glue or tape it down. Then, glue or tape a square-shaped piece of parchment paper on top of the circular base to create the top of the cap. Glue or tape (hot glue might work best for this part) a button to the middle of the top of the squareshaped parchment paper. Lastly, wrap the string, (which needs to be tied to create a circle, with cut segments of the string draped through the middle, and tied together to create a tassel) over the button. As mentioned, almost anything can be
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