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Fun Run Bingham High students, families and staff, and even Principal Chris Richards-Khong, made a bright splash in amongst a rainy day on Sept. 14, when the Parent-Teacher-Student Association hosted its first Color Me Miner Fun Run. The run, intended to be a fundraiser for PTA events such as Red Ribbon Week, sophomore orientation and welcome week, White Ribbon Week, Reflections, Battle of the Bands, graduation night and other activities, charged a $10 race fee per participant for the 100 runners who signed up, but with inclement weather, “it mostly ended up being a fun activity,” fun run chair Sheri Mattle said. After learning about color runs and knowing that the PTSA already had the chalk left over from an activity about three years ago, she decided a color run, where they could chalk each other at the start of the run as well as four stations throughout the 5K, would be a fun opportunity for the Bingham community during the homecoming week festivities. Photos courtesy of Sheri Mattle l

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year ago Brian Preece, South Jordan’s director of commerce presented the city’s chamber of commerce board with an idea to provide a venue to showcase some of the great places to eat around the city: a Taste of South Jordan.

“The chamber board agreed that it would fit in nicely with our chamber objectives and I was selected to the chair the committee with Brian Synan, manager at Gordmans, acting as the vice-chair,” Hugh Washburn, owner of Elements Massage, said.

“We wanted it to be a family-friendly event with fun activities for both children and adults. We planned a kid’s zone, music, comedians, dance groups and a relaxation station with chair massage – that’s where my company, Elements Massage came in. I first reached out to some of the major food providers in the area and from that we teamed with Sysco Foods and they became our title sponsor. Together, we put together a committee comprised of local restaurant managers— Culver’s, Market Street Grill and Sagewood— along with other sponsors such as Coca-Cola and Munchkin Radio and of course, the city of South Jordan.”

The organizers did their research to come up with a structure that would benefit both the patrons and the restaurants. They always wanted to give back, so they partnered with the Jordan Education Foundations Principal Pantry and shared a portion of the proceeds.

“The tickets were one dollar each and the restaurant booths had a one, two and three ticket food items for purchase,” Brooke Smith, executive assistant for South Jordan City said.

“For example, the Market Street Grill did one ticket for a chocolate-covered strawberry, two

tickets for their delicious clam chowder with a roll and three tickets for bay shrimp and cocktail sauce. The people who came definitely got their monies worth in sampling great food at a discount price and the restaurants got great exposure to the public who may not know who they are or where they are located.”

The event was held at Heritage Park in South Jordan. Restaurants that participated were: Porch, Culver’s, Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Swirly Girls Gourmet Bakery, Sagewood at Daybreak, Sam’s Club and Market Street Grill & Oyster Bar. Others were slated to participate but had to drop out for various reasons.

“As a committee member for the inaugural event we wanted to get as many restaurants involved as possible,” Chris Buhler, general manager for Market Street Grill & Oyster Bar-South Jordan, said. “We wanted to give the community a chance to taste some of what South Jordan has to offer. The restaurants that participated highlighted the quality that many may have not known about prior to the Taste. The people that came out were really happy with the setup and most importantly the food. Market Street wanted to be involved to showcase our wonderful food and make folks aware that we have been a vibrant member of the South Jordan community and will continue to be for a very long time. Can’t wait for next year.”

Although it rained the night of the event, people and families came out to try what was offered and enjoy the entertainment. Patrons also voted on their favorites in the following categories: Best Bite - Sagewood at Daybreak; Best Overall - Market Street Grill and Best Dessert - Culver’s. l

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Phase One of New Remote Water Metering System Complete, Phase Two Funded

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n recent years the job of reading water meters had grown so much, with ongoing South Jordan population increases, that it took a city employee a full week each month to drive through every neighborhood in the city, collecting data from residential water meters.

The transponders in the meter boxes could send data only within a radius of a few hundred yards, so the meter reader had to be in close physical proximity to get the reading, causing a lot of driving around town in the process.

“With the growth of the city it was necessary to add a second meter reader to handle all the meter reading,” Public Works Director Jason Rasmussen explained.

The city’s water manager, Ray Garrison, recommended looking at available technology for remote reading of water meters. They soon learned that the future is available now, with remote water metering.

Research involved learning about metering systems that have been adopted in dry cities like Tucson, Arizona, San Diego and Turlock, California, and even in conservationconscious places like Olympia, Washington.

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By James Luke usage patterns.

The education the department got in the potential of modern remote metering systems led to bigger changes than simply increasing the public works department’s budget to add another government employee in a truck circulating the city’s streets slowly for a week to get near enough to read every meter in the city.

With new stronger transponders in each water meter box, and data collectors on towers strategically located within a radius of a few miles of each other, the system now remotely collects water meter readings to send to the city’s data servers every hour.

Beginning in September 2014, public works employees began installing phase one of South Jordan’s new remote water metering system. By June 2015, workers completed phase one, installing some 6,500 new transponders for all residential water meter boxes in the city west of 4000 West.

Phase one relies on nine data collectors located on poles around the area to gather and send usage data from meters in the neighborhood to the city every hour, allowing near real-time water use monitoring. The customer portal that

is coming as the next feature provides South Jordan residents with an arsenal of useful tools for monitoring and budgeting water use.

On Sept. 15 the city council voted unanimously in favor of funding phase two of the project, with a $400,000 budget to convert all residential meter boxes and add data collection units between 4000 West and 2700 West, to be complete in April 2016.

By expanding the remote metering system to all South Jordan residences by 2017, the city hopes to help residents realize water conservation goals, and to add to the leak detection tools that can help local households avoid the economic and ecological costs of water running down the drain.

Rasmussen points to recent data showing that customers reduce water use by 2.8 percent when provided with detailed consumption data. With the customer portal as part of the new metering system, South Jordan residents will help to take control of their water usage decisions.

The remote metering system also helps to manage conservation by providing alerts to excessive water use in a household. Awareness

of water usage patterns is key to careful customer use, as water department records indicate a 15-20% decline in water use after customers receive a water usage audit, which includes a sprinkler system efficiency check and review of indoor systems for low-flow fixture usage and undetected leaks.

Remote metering, with its near real time usage data, tells water users of undetected leaks, often in the toilet tank. When the system shows a nearly constant low flow of water going through a meter at all hours of the day, it will send an alert.

In its first six months the remote metering system helped to alert the water department to 252 residential leaks. The otherwise unnoticed constant flow represents water, and ultimately the customer’s money, going down the toilet.

With the new system the water department is able to handle water meter read requests more efficiently as well, serving customers better with less stress on water department staff. Whether for move-in water meter reads, a re-read, or a final read on closing an account, city employees are able to help customers get the right answers quicker with the remote metering system. l

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by Dale F. Hardy, O.D. Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over the age of 50 in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that nearly 2 million people have AMD and another 7 million are at substantial risk for vision loss from AMD. AMD occurs in about 14% of the general population, but is over 50% by age 80. There are two forms of AMD. The most common is the atrophic (dry) form. The other is the exudative (wet) form and is the one that proceeds the most rapidly into severe vision loss.

The macula is the area of the eye where fine daylight vision, ability to see fine print and color vision are located. The symptoms include: diminished overall vision; objects appear distorted in shape and straight lines look bent; loss of color vision; and a dark or empty area in the center of vision. In the really early stages, before a person notices changes, a doctor looking into the eye may see changes in the retina in the macula area.

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ome South Jordan residents who live near roosters have asked the city for help in dealing with their noisy neighbors. A group of people from neighborhoods within earshot of legally allowed roosters pleaded with the city council to find a way to silence or evict the birds, which they say have no sense of a decent time to crow.

Resident Justin Brande began his comments to the city council with a reading from his cell phone screen of times that he sent a message to himself, having just woken to the rooster’s crow.

He reports that each of the listed a.m. times, well before any typical waking hour, leaves him “unable to go back to sleep, causing a significant impact to my family and me in loss of sleep.”

Neighbor Shawn Matheson notes that the city is more urbanized than in the past. “Some regulations of this issue have passed in Herriman and Riverton,” he notes, referring to neighboring cities that face similar issues of rapid urban growth in formerly agricultural areas of the Salt Lake Valley.

By James Luke City Attorney Ryan Loose discussed rooster laws with city council and staff at a Sep. 15 study session.

Currently three zones in South Jordan allow roosters: A-1, A-5, and R-1.8.

The options before the council involve either a ban on roosters altogether, or retaining the ordinance allowing roosters in zones currently permitted, or they can seek a regulatory solution.

The current ownership of roosters in permitted zones is a property right, Loose noted, making it difficult to immediately end the practice without compensating the owner. Placing a value on rooster ownership could be legally difficult, he explained.

If the council were to pass a resolution restricting the right to retain roosters, he noted, “those people who now have roosters would retain the right to keep the birds as a pre-existing nonconforming use.”

Councilman Chris Rogers noted that South Jordan is set to continue in its current trend of having significantly less agricultural uses in the future.

“A resolution to restrict roosters will gradually lead to the phase out of all the roosters in the city,” he predicted.

Resident Curtis Newman noted that the birds he hears “crow almost 24 hours a day,” with 3:30 a.m. one of their most active periods in his experience.

Neighbor Jake Burns feels there is a double standard for agricultural animals. “If dogs bark in the night, the police are called. In our case, neighbors have called police and get a negative response. No one wants to touch the roosters because they are in an agricultural area.”

Resident Tiffany Brande noted that she is not directly adjacent to agricultural lots, but that she “still hears the roosters waking her up as early as two-something in the morning.

The noise carries.” She observed also that the handful of people speaking at the council meeting represent a larger group of people with similar complaints. l

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ith Mulligans saved, the next question is what to do with it. The South Jordan City Council has now agreed to fund creation of a Mulligans Master Plan. At the Oct. 6 council meeting, the council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution that skipped over the typical bidding process by which city contracts are generally awarded, and accept the Mulligans Commission recommendation to award the contract to Staples Golf of Scottsdale, Arizona Councilman Steve Barnes had some questions about the need to rush the process to ink an immediate deal, which Councilman Mark Seethaler, chairman of the Mulligans Commission, addressed by remote audio link, as he was out of town for the council meeting. Ultimately though, the council voted unanimously to authorize the city to sidestep a public bidding process involved in a Request for Proposals for creation of the Master Plan.

The resolution directs the city manager to enter into a contract for the Master Plan to be drafted by Staples Golf, the company that has advised the Mulligans Commission in recent months. The comprehensive, detailed set of recommendations in the Master Plan will guide next steps in the city’s effort to improve the local golf and recreation center.

The company that has now won the contract to design the detailed plan for future rehabilitation of Mulligans notes, in its initial report, that, “A master plan

should be viewed as a ‘road map’ to your future. A proper plan addresses issues of concern and areas of opportunity, mapped out in realistic, achievable steps that can be implemented at any time.”

Mulligans Golf & Games, 692 West 10600 South, built in 1992 by a private developer, became a South Jordan City property in 2004. The city bought the property for $10.8 million with statements of intent to preserve the expanse of green space.

Featuring an array of activities for different ages and interests including 36 holes of mini-golf, driving ranges, practice greens and two separate ninehole golf courses clustered on its 67 acres, Mulligans also has batting cages and access to the Jordan River Parkway Trail running along the east edge of the property. Mulligans is nearly a quarter of a century old now, and is in dire need of restoration and rehabilitation.

A member of Save Mulligans and neighbor to the north of the golf course for nearly eight years, Julie Holbrook recalls that signs of decline in condition of the grounds have gotten worse since she moved into her home north of the course in April 2008.

“I think it is purposeful,” she said. She notes that a pattern of zero spending on improvements and continued deferred maintenance for the course, with the inevitable result of decline in condition, is to be expected from a city government that had visions of the acres of turf being covered over with parking

lots and rooftops of taxpaying businesses.

The Staples Golf initial report agrees with the common observation that the condition of Mulligans is poor.

“The overall health of the entire facility is deteriorating quickly. This can be seen in the concrete driving range structure, the pond banks, the errant golf balls from the range onto adjacent golf holes, the deteriorating condition of the turf, to name a few,” the report said.

Staples’ initial report goes on to observe that, “most if not all of these issues will need to be addressed at some point, and by addressing them in a plan, the costs can be maximized economically and efficiently.”

The report notes favorably that, “Taking the responsibility of placing Mulligans at the heart of the City’s plan for recreational open space and regional focus along the Jordan River is a tremendous endeavor.”

Finally, the initial report also observes that, “a typical golf facility is traditionally utilized by only 10 percent of the community. However, all courses will need to look toward the other 90 percent of those who do not play the sport, but are looking for the added benefits a golf course provides.”

So, while golf at Mulligans is to remain the focus of the facility, Staples envisions a plan that involves “updating the facility to bring in non-golfers, and to promote health oriented, outdoor recreational options.” l

Save Mulligans member Julie Holbrook has watched the condition of the grounds decline in the eight years she has lived across the fence from the golf course.

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City Journals & Journalism City Journals creative director Bryan D. Scott knows the impact that journalists have on informing residents about the news happening in their communities, and that is one reason he decided to sponsor two high school students who desired to learn more about the profession at the High School Journalism Boot Camp held in August.

“I love how newspapers can strengthen and build a community.

Growing up in a small town, I understood at an early age the importance of local news in the community. In my professional career, it remains true that community news is a powerful source of information,” Scott said.

Brianne Jensen and Hunter Benson, West Jordan High School students who both received the boot camp scholarship, attended the event hosted by University of Utah Student Media, the Signpost at Weber State University and the Statesman at Utah State University held at Weber State University with their advisor, Shauna Robertson.

“They were the two who most wanted to go. They are both excellent students, highly involved in a variety of programs at our school, and are natural leaders. I knew I would be looking for editors, and this experience was helpful in showing who was really excited to be journalists,” Robertson said.

Brianne, now a senior at WJHS, has loved writing since she was a young

child in a variety of formats, including poetry and stories. The experience at the boot camp helped her see that not only is journalism fun, but it is also important to keep people informed.

“The main thing that I learned at camp is that you have to give the people what they want. You have to make them want to read your paper or website or whatever,” Brianne said.

Hunter, also a senior at WJHS, wants to pursue a degree in journalism and communications while attending college. The boot camp experience helped her learn how to be a better writer and taught her how to use programs that are vital to the profession.

“It was really fun. I think it [journalism] is a way to open yours and others’ eyes to new people and beliefs, and that’s really cool,” she said.

Scott believes that all young adults should pursue a career that they are passionate about, even if there are a few setbacks along the way – especially in journalism, which seems to be a dying skill as other careers in social media and public relations become more popular.

“Be ready for an uphill battle with a lot of dead ends and a paycheck that is less rewarding than the actual work. Always keep your eyes on the ball and understand your words can make a difference. If a photo is worth a thousand words, then a journalist is worth thousands of cameras,” Scott said.

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bout 100 Bingham High students will help transform the school’s auditorium stage to Oregon Territory as they present the musical, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”

The show will run at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21 as well as Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24. There also will be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Nov. 21. Tickets are $10 for premiere seating or $8 for general admission and can be purchased at binghamminers. org or at the door of the auditorium, 2160 West 10400 South.

Set during the 1850s, Milly, a pretty young cook, marries Adam, a grizzled woodsman, after a brief courtship. When the two return to Adam’s farm, Milly is shocked to meet his six ill-mannered brothers, all of whom live in his cabin.

She promptly begins teaching the brothers proper behavior as well as how to court a woman.

“I fell in love with the show when I was little and wanted to be one of the seven brides,” said Bingham director Liz Smith. “It’s been one of my favorites since then and a lot of the community has been asking for us to do this show. It’s a classic heart-felt story of what it means to love someone.”

Smith said she was “blown away by all the talent” who auditioned for the show.

She said more than 120 students tried out in early September and those selected have been practicing two or more hours after

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school and six hours on Saturdays.

“It was hard to whittle it down to 65 on stage and I hated to break hearts because these students are so talented,” she said.

Smith is sure that the audience will appreciate not only the students’ acting talent, but also their singing and dancing.

“The audience will love the music and all the dancing and be swept away by their Prince Charmings,” she said.

Lori Metcalf is the choreographer and Ryan North is the music director. Jim Thompson will direct the 40 students in the orchestra.

Students also made the Oregon backdrops, full of fir trees. The stage tech class carved a log frame to make a rustic bed in the cabin, Smith said.

“We try to do a lot to make the show realistic and fun for the audience and we try to offer fresh shows so we don’t repeat them often. We want our students to gain experiences in a variety of shows so they leave here with a wide knowledge of theatre,” she said.

Six theatre students this fall also took part in the school’s Shakespeare improvisation team, which recently took first at the Utah Shakespeare Competition.

The team, coached by Bryce Hess, was made up of seniors Mikk Berger, Gannon Montoya, David Wayman and Keaton Swanagan, and juniors Seth Webb and Kamryn Brockbank.

The 39th annual Shakespeare

Competition, hosted by the Utah Shakespeare Festival and Southern Utah University, held Oct. 1-3, allowed high school students from around the nation a chance to present material from Shakespearean literature in various artistic forms and be judged by professionals in their fields.

All told, 31 Bingham High students, under the direction of Michelle Robbins, participated in “Othello” in the ensemble contest, a monologue and two scenes, competing in the Tech Olympics as well as in improvisation at the national high school competition. Bingham competes with schools whose enrollment is similar — more than 2,000 students.

“All of our students performed well; I am very proud of them,” Robbins said.

Smith said that through this experience, students have the opportunity to see the work of high school students from other schools as well as get professional actors’ feedback. They also attended workshops and saw the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s “Dracula” and “Charlie’s Aunt” as well as Southern Utah University’s “Hamlet.”

Bingham theatre students also will be performing “The Importance of Being Earnest,” February 26, 27, 29 and March 1, 2016; a musical to be named May 5-7, 2016; and student-directed one-acts May 19-20, 2016. l

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Bingham High’s Shakespearean improvisation team won first place at the 29th annual Utah Shakespeare Competition. The team, coached by Bryce Hess, was made up of seniors Mikk Berger, Gannon Montoya, David Wayman and Keaton Swanagan, and juniors Seth Webb and Kamryn Brockbank. Photo courtesy of Michelle Robbins

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Field Trips Give Jordan Ridge Students Firsthand Experiences

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ordan Ridge Elementary students are getting the opportunity to experience what they are learning through field trips, Principal Cathy Anderson said.

“Our school field trips are more than going on a bus to see something and have fun,” Anderson said. “Each of them relates to our core curriculum set by the state and throughout the year, the teachers relate their learning to the field trip.”

Anderson said that third-graders, who learn

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about the ocean as part of their curriculum, recently went to the Living Planet Aquarium, while fourthgraders, who are assigned to understand Utah history, went to This is the Place Heritage Park where they experienced “living breathing history.”

“By the end of the day, we want students to make the connections between what they read and write in science to what they learn and observe at the aquarium with sharks, fish and tide pools.

The same with fourth-graders understanding Utah history so when they read about Utah pioneers and

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write about it, they’ll have a better appreciation for it. And in the spring, when they present it in a program with square dancing and singing, it will bring it full circle,” she said.

The school’s Parent-Teacher Association holds an annual jog-a-thon at the beginning of the school year to pay for each grade’s field trips.

Teachers must outline the field trips and show how they tie into the core, Anderson said.

Third-grade teacher Leslie Probert said that at the aquarium, teachers were able to reinforce their science curriculum such as gravity controlling tides and the ocean’s ecosystems.

“The students love to go and get the handson learning to what they’re reading in their core,” Probert said.

Afterward, Probert had her class write in journals, where not only did they say how they loved the shark tunnel, penguins, otters and touching sting rays and sea stars, but they described the experience. One student wrote, “The stingrays felt gooey and the starfish felt hard — way opposite.”

Probert said through the field trip, it gives students a better understanding.

“It’s a better-quality experience in learning.

They wouldn’t experience this from reading a book,” she said.

Fourth-grade teacher Alison Richins said the field trip to This is the Place Heritage Park ties into the core curriculum of when the pioneers came to Utah.

“We had the students experience four different opportunities so they could see the sacrifices of early pioneers when coming to the Salt Lake valley,”

she said.

Students learned about the early settlement by riding a train around the park and seeing a number of homes and businesses. They also learned about mountain man life, which was common in settling the land. Then, students went to the pioneer school and learned about handcarts that helped pioneers bring their supplies across the plains and mountains.

Fourth-grader Dane Knudsen said that he tried the handcart.

“The cart weighs 75 pounds so once they loaded it up, it was 400 pounds,” he said. “I liked it best, but we needed six people to push it.”

Classmate Calli Coleman liked attending school.

“I liked going to school where we learned the rules and if you didn’t, you wore the hat of shame,” she said.

Fourth-grader Abby Homer added that students learned on slates and knew the Deseret alphabet — and if kids misbehaved, there was more discipline than today.

“I think it would be cool to live then,” Abby said in spite of knowing she wouldn’t have modern day luxuries and technology. “It’s more interesting than now.”

Richins said that when the class reflects back on Utah history and pioneer life, she will refer back to the field trip.

“It’s just a wonderful experience and it’s appreciated that they give us school discounts for our students so they can have this opportunity to learn first hand,” she said. l

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South Jordan Elementary Safety Patrol Takes Oath

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n September, about 50 South Jordan Elementary sixth-graders, in front of their peers and families, took an oath promising to keep the duties of their position on the school safety patrol.

“We had an officer from the South Jordan Police Department come and talk to the students and administer the oath so they realize it’s a responsibility and a privilege to hold this position,” Principal Ken Westwood said.

Sixth-grade teachers Megan Smith and Bonnie Crockett coordinate the safety patrol as an optional opportunity for sixth-graders.

“We wanted to do something special that would help them understand the importance of the job they were doing,” Smith said, adding that Crockett came up with the idea to have the police officer come for the ceremonies. “We felt that having an officer help out with the swearing in would give them the opportunity to hear firsthand from someone also is involved with keeping people safe in the community.”

Since South Jordan Elementary is

By Julie Slama a year-round school, student volunteers from tracks A and B took part in the ceremony on Sept. 4 and the ceremony was slated for Sept. 25 for tracks C and D. This is the second year they’ve had students repeat the oath, which includes reporting for duty on time, performing their duties, setting a good example, reporting dangerous situations and striving to prevent accidents, obeying teachers and patrol officers and earning the respect of classmates.

“This makes it more formal and it’s a cool honor to be recognized,” Westwood said.

Smith said that when students sign up to join safety patrol, they make a year-long commitment that involves both before school and after school shifts. Student patrol officers will have duty for about 10 weeks during the year.

In addition, the safety patrol meets every three weeks for about 20 minutes during their lunch recess to discuss any issues and sign up for duty for the next three-week block.

On Mondays of their shift week, students choose from 10 positions they want for the week, from helping at the main crosswalk to others scattered throughout the school grounds to ensure safety.

However, the captain of the week, who sports a special vest, is selected

by Smith and Crockett.

“We choose kids for the captain position who have exhibited outstanding behavior both while on safety patrol duty and in the classroom and assign them to that post. In addition to having a regular post for the week, the captain helps to monitor safety patrol members’ attendance at their posts and helps to pass out reminder notes for members who have signed up for duty for the coming week,” Smith said.

Westwood said that students who volunteer for safety patrol learn leadership skills and a sense of duty.

“They know what is expected of them and they become leaders to fulfill their role and responsibility,” he said. l

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Elk Meadows Fifth Graders Embrace Chromebooks

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hen Elk Meadows fifth-grade teacher and sharing their findings by posting it online. I didn’t understand and needed help. Once I online about a topic of their choice. Then using “It gives the students a global connection got it, the computer kept challenging me so tools available with the classroom technology, Sandy King realized the technology curve in front of her students a few years back, and understanding of other students, schools I didn’t need to go ask a teacher each step of they could make an application, create a movie, comic or video game or introduce some other she began embracing the use of computers and and cultures,” she said, adding that it also has the way. Plus, it improved my typing.” opened the door to teachers sharing lesson King said that often students or companies way to share it “more than a PowerPoint and iPads in her classroom. will ask about a program or application. put it out there to the world so they have a Realizing the limited supply at her school, plans.

King uses free computer game-based “Some of these we’ll learn together as greater audience,” she said. she has written several grants for technology programs to help students identify learning a class and the students will show me what King invites parents to learn the programs equipment as well as books and materials and apps and has set up a class Twitter needed for her students. account and Instagram account.

“The Jordan Education Foundation “I want the door to be open for and others have been so willing to help parents, to be involved, to see pictures me over the years in seeing that these and videos of what we’re doing in students have the opportunity to learn,” class,” she said. said King, who has taught for 29 years.

King’s former student, Elizabeth “I’m really grateful.”

Myers, said she is grateful for the Recently, a $5,000 Century Link experiences she gained from using grant and a $1,500 STEM Action Center technology in the classroom. grant helped pay for Chromebooks the “I taught my mom how to use the fifth-graders in her class use. programs and realized I was learning King said they are beneficial since more than just math or science or social they cost less than other computers studies,” she said. or iPads, there’s no extra charge for Fifth-grade students also use keyboards since they’re built in and the Chromebooks for anything from “they do everything we want them to traditional keyboarding to learning code. do. It’s like having the best of all worlds” Many of the traditional worksheets for students. now are traded for online activities “Kids are different learners today and quizzes. than 10 years ago. They need to engage Fifth-grader Marissa Johanson in their world and break out of the said that her class has had fun getting four walls of the classroom. They’re to use the Chromebooks. connecting with others around the “We’ve been doing so much on world,” she said. them and I’ve been learning more on One of King’s assignments is to Chromebooks than I would have on have students collaborate on projects paper,” she said. with students in Australia, China, King said although it has Canada, Europe and across the United Elk Meadows fifth-graders in Sandy King’s class use Chromebooks that were purchased with the help of two grants that were recently challenged her to provide and learn States. They’ve helped each other with received. the technology, it has been worthwhile. math problems and also have read and deficits. The programs then individualizes they learned and teach me new apps. It’s a new “It’s definitely a different shift from the discussed books.

Last year, Sydnie Durham remembered learning so students will understand a concept world, but the things that they’re learning are past ways of teaching, but we still learn cursive awesome,” she said. the old-fashioned way and we are screen-time making connections to people in New Zealand before moving on to other lessons.

King’s former student, sixth-grader Students also may be able to use sensitive. However, when you look ahead and by discussing the book, “The Fourteenth Carson Reid, said that the math programs the technology to make videos of science see all the programs the students will need to Goldfish.” experiments or to livestream items they share know in junior high, these kids are a step ahead King also asks her students to collaborate helped him.

“I studied my math facts online,” he said. about themselves. in understanding and using them already,” she with peers on solving a real-world problem “There were bubbles that I could click on if Another project has students researching said. l

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2016 Budget Prioritizes Public Safety, Criminal Justice Reform

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alt Lake County’s 1.1 million residents deserve a county government that steps up to the plate and confronts a serious criminal justice challenge. That’s what I’ve tried to do with my 2016 proposed budget.

It is structurally balanced with existing revenues and it supports my belief in taking on tough issues and solving problems. This year, I have prioritized the county’s core responsibility – public safety.

We have a lot going for us. As a thriving metropolitan area, Salt Lake County is leading the way forward on economic growth and jobs, low taxes, cleaner air and quality education.

I share the positive view most residents have that Salt Lake County is a great place to raise a family, start a business and give something back to the community. However, we do face some challenges.

This year, due in part to the legislature’s passage of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, sentencing for some drug crimes and other non-violent offenses will require jail time, rather than prison. That change took effect

Oct. 1. I support the reforms to our criminal justice system, but in the short term, this adds to the jail overcrowding without providing sufficient funding for much-needed jail diversion programs that provide sentencing alternatives, dealing with substance abuse and mental health issues. Also, without a Utah plan for Medicaid expansion, this amounts to an unfunded mandate on the counties.

Instead of just throwing up our hands, we’ve come up with a plan. Fully three fourths of the county’s general fund is taken up by the county’s criminal justice and human services investments. The jail and the District Attorney’s office are both experiencing a double digit increase in jail bookings and new criminal cases screened by law enforcement and that trajectory is continuing. We must pay for those immediate needs and at the same time, look for new ways to address the major causes of recidivism that just add to the problem.

My budget proposes that we continue a jail levy—passed by taxpayers in 1995 to build a new jail—and re-dedicate the approximately

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This secure treatment facility is a sentencing alternative to the jail. It would include space for intake efforts, behavioral health services, job counseling and other programs, within a secure environment. This will free up the “hard beds” for criminals who need to be kept away from society.

I’m convinced we can limit the number of new beds needed in the future, by funding some innovative programs that follow data and evidence to lower the recidivism rate, and prevent homeless individuals and those with mental illness and substance abuse issues from crowding the jail. Of 8,700 inmates released in 2011, nearly two-thirds were back in the jail within three years. In other words, they’re out just long enough to get into legal trouble again.

It’s a repeating loop that serves no one—not the victims of crime, not the police, not the prosecutors and not those cycling in and out

of the system, or their families.

How will we measure success? We’ll know we’ve succeeded when 1) we’ve put the criminals behind bars, 2) the homeless in housing, 3) substance abusers in treatment, and 4) children in school, through high school graduation.

You can read more about my budget at www.slco.org/mayor. Thank you for giving me the privilege of representing you as Salt Lake County mayor. l

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Bingham Continues Tradition Under New Coach

By Ron Bevan When Dave Peck announced his retirement as head coach of the Bingham football team, some football pundits wondered who could replace him and continue the football powerhouse the Miners have become.

But the Miners weren’t concerned. Waiting in the wings as Bingham’s offensive coordinator was John Lambourne, perhaps the person most suited to step in and captain the Miners on a steadfast course.

“Dave and I have coached together for 21 years,” Lambourne said. “We have the same philosophies that have built over time working with many, many student athletes.”

Lambourne and Peck were assistant coaches together at Hunter High School. Lambourne went on to helm the Cypress football team and Peck followed as an Junior quarterback Matt Degn hands the ball to senior runningback Porter Richards during a recent Bingham football game. assistant. Peck also held other 18 guys from last year’s coaching staff that is put a lot of stats on the board but makes head coaching jobs before accepting Bingham’s here this year. We lost Dave and that is a big sure the ball ends up in the hands of the best position 15 years ago. Lambourne decided to loss. But the bulk of our coaching program offensive attacker. When Degn runs the ball, follow Peck to Bingham and be his assistant. is still here. I give them credit because they he is averaging over three yards per carry Peck left a huge legacy for Lambourne have all stepped up their game.” and he has thrown for 552 yards and three to follow. Under Peck’s direction, the Miners Indeed Bingham is in a prime position touchdowns. compiled a 154-37 winning record. Bingham to continue its reign on the 5A field. The Miners “Degn is a good, solid, sharp athletic won 10 region championships and five state only loss on the season came at the hands of kid,” Lambourne said. “His role this year and titles during that time. The Miners are currently Nevada’s Bishop Gorman, one of the top five next will expand as he learns our system.” the two-time defending 5A state champs. ranked schools in the nation. Bingham has The main attack comes in what Can Lambourne make it a three-peat? dominated all Utah school it has faced and Lambourne calls his “three headed monster,” “Part of the strength of the program is even held five teams scoreless. a trio of talented runningbacks that usually just one guy,” Lambourne said. “One guy just The Miners are led on offense by get extra yardage after the initial defensive doesn’t do everything at Bingham. We have junior quarterback Matt Degn, who doesn’t hit. Jahvontay Smith leads the attack with Elvis Vakapuna and Brady Atkin. Smith has galloped for 510 yards this year and scored 11 touchdowns. Atkin has added seven scores on 134 yards, and Vakapuna made it into the endzone three times on 347 yards.

“We have three good fullbacks and two good tailbacks (Parker Tafua and Porter Richards),” Lambourne said. “With that much talent we are going to run the ball as often as possible.”

Defensively the Miners are solid as well, attested to by the five teams held scoreless this season. Senior linebacker BF Taufalele and junior defensive back Tongi Langi leads the defense in tackles. Taufalele has 57 tackles the year and Langi has added 49.

When asked why Bingham has been so consistent and talented for so many years, Lambourne put the focus on the athletes.

“The kids respond to our coaching,” Lambourne said. “We have a lot of talented kids. It’s a good community here, a place where people want to come and stay. We try to help by keeping the kids in line and emphasizing Junior Runningback Jahvontay Smith leads the Bingham running attack, this time scoring a touchdown against their grades. We are taking care of the kids the best we can.” l Jordan.

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Alan doesn’t have any connection to South Jordan Elementary in the form of children or grandchildren; he volunteers because he loves working with the kids. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, you will find Alan in the classrooms with the 4th grade students at the school. He is willing to assist with anything the teacher wants him to do, but mainly focuses on helping students who may be having a little bit of trouble understanding math concepts. “The kids love him. The teachers love him. He is just an amazing human being,” praised Ken Westwood, principal at South Jordan Elementary. “Alan is a volunteer who has really made a difference. He is very dependable, and regular as clockwork, and he has made a significant influence on many kids’ lives.”

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South Jordan to Contribute Parking Garage to Office and Hotel Development on Jordan Gateway

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evelopment on the hill overlooking South Jordan, west of Interstate 15 and north of 10600 South, is poised to take a big next step. The 12.4-acre surface parking lot of the UTA Front Runner stop at 10351 South Jordan Gateway is set to become an office and hotel development.

The land, valued at $6.8 million, is UTA’s contribution to the project. In addition to the Front Runner commuter train that stops there, three bus lines serve commuters and residents in the area. Paul Drake of UTA reports that the agency is conducting updated studies as to specific ridership figures at the station to accommodate park-and-ride customers in the parking lot during construction and when the project is complete in a few years.

South Jordan’s Re-Development Agency is issuing up to $16.7 million in bonds to help build the parking and access portions of the two six-story office buildings. The city council, sitting in their role as the RDA board at the

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Oct. 6 council meeting, committed to issuing bonds to go toward the new building project.

With collateral support, or a “backstop” of sales taxes, the city is able to get favorable financing terms on the bonds, which will go on the market about six weeks from the date of the city council resolutions supporting the project, according to city bond advisor Laura Lewis. The development is part of RDA Area 9, which was designated by the city for growth in 2006. At that time, the city’s RDA board (the members of the city council then in office) voted to create RDA Area 9, covering the area along Jordan Gateway around the Front Runner stop.

City Commerce Director Brian Preece explained that the state law authorizing an RDA area “first calculates the base-year tax of a designated re-development area, figuring all the tax money that currently goes to all taxing entities (such as the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, the sewer district, the school district, Salt Lake County, the state, etc.), and then compare that to the anticipated

amount of taxes generated by the proposed development when complete.” The increase in taxes expected from the new development is called the “tax increment,” which is the source of funds that will be used to repay the bonds.

Preece notes that the RDA does not try to make a project profitable for developers, but rather helps to provide the motivation for the proposed project to proceed in the form of certain amenities or additions that add to the desirability of the overall development project, but which a private developer may not be expected to necessarily add as part of a project without the city’s involvement through RDA funds.

The new plan envisions a pair of sixstory office towers, to be built by Millrock Development, with 180,000-square-feet each, on the east edge of the current parking lot property. West of the office buildings, closer to Jordan Gateway, will be a new full-service hotel with restaurant and convention facilities, to be developed by the Thackeray Garn Company.

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Upcoming Events Lunch & Learn – Nov. 4: Come hear Chief of Police, Jeff Carr speak about things of interest in our city. We will be meeting at Legacy Retirement, 1617 West Temple Lane from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Lunch & Learn – Nov. 18: We will be meeting at Legacy Retirement, 1617 West Temple Lane from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Speaker TBA The Chamber also held a ribbon cutting for the following business: Sagewood at Daybreak 11289 Oakmond Rd South Jordan, UT 84009

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The Gift of a Gift-less Holiday

By Joani Taylor

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t’s almost here: turkey time. I’ve always felt that Thanksgiving gets cheated. Before Halloween is even over, the stores cram their holiday sections with Christmas displays and have stooped to bribery by bargain, in an effort to get you out spending dough before you’ve had time to digest your dinner rolls. Poor Thanksgiving: it gets skipped right over.

Thanksgiving is actually one of my favorite holidays. What other day of the year is it socially acceptable to stuff your face with potatoes covered in fat, yell at the television and sleep on the couch, all while enjoying the company of family and friends without the expectation of ANY GIFTS? Don’t misunderstand; I’m only a wee bit of a cheap, old scrooge. I love the light that shines in a child’s eyes when the jolly old man in a red velvet suit lands on the rooftop and sneaks a toy under the tree. Who can complain about a furry little barnyard animal that hides chocolate eggs under sofa cushions? But, it seems that entertaining kids with giving gifts is taking over our holidays.

Now we have creepylooking elves wreaking havoc on the house and leaving daily surprises for an entire month. There are leprechauns that deliver gold coins. And, this year a Halloween witch has made her debut. She steals your candy in the darkness of night and leaves a gift in exchange.

What’s next: the 4th of July, giftbearing Uncle Sam? While I’d love to be the one to capitalize on the making of Tom the Turkey, who would gobble in on Thanksgiving eve to stuff a magic cornucopia full of candy feathers and toy pilgrims before popping himself in the oven, I’ll have to leave that one to the magic of the marketing pros. Until then, I am thankful that Thanksgiving is still a holiday that celebrates family without the expectation of presents.

Joining together for a meal can take a toll on the wallet, though.

Here are some tips for keeping the holiday eats big and cutting the budget to a minimum.

Keep It Simple: Alleviate yourself of the feeling that you have to prepare everyone’s favorite. Keep the popular favorites

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and get rid of the rest. My hubby loves a creamed corn casserole my grandmother used to serve, but no one else will touch it. So, I make it for his birthday instead.

Shop the sales early: The best prices for Thanksgiving meal essentials start three to four weeks before the holiday. Watch the ads and start purchasing the essentials early. Look for free and discounted turkey promos. Most stores run them a couple of weeks before the big day.

Clip the coupons: Pair your coupons with the sale items. If you’re a Smith’s shopper, check out a blog called Crazy4Smiths. com. You’ll find the unadvertised bargains, along with the clipable, printable and digital coupons for those items. Maceys has coupons right on their webpage (maceys. com). Harmons has a secret coupon special every Tuesday on Facebook. And always check coupons.com for last minute printable coupons before heading to the store.

Volunteer: Skipping your own Thanksgiving meal and volunteering to serve up the chow

at shelters like the Road Home or SL Mission is a great way to kick off the season of giving. If the volunteer schedule is full, consider making care packages for the homeless and then deliver them to the shelters on Thanksgiving.

Make your own decorations: Fancy napkin rings and centerpieces are expensive.

Check your local craft stores for ideas on making your own. Have the kids get in on it and make some memories, too. You can find a weekly list of craft store coupons on coupons4utah.com/ craftstorecoupons.

Eating a dry turkey and unusual side dishes may not be the favorite of kids, but it is this giftless holiday that joins family and kicks off the season of sacrifice, love and compassion, and that is one heck of a gift.

Note: Last month’s column had a notation about finding early movie previews at advance(d) screenings.com. There was a typo: the actual website is advancescreenings.com, without the “d”. l

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Walk through and view this year’s gingerbread house entries and vote for your favorite. Holiday treats provided.

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Send in the Clowns

By Peri Kinder

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t’s a time of natural selection. A season of mass hysteria. Wolves, disguised as sheep, travel in packs, attacking the weak, the inferior, the less adaptable. I’m not talking about the latest season of “The Walking Dead,”—but it’s close. I’m talking about the presidential campaign.

Next November we’ll be electing a new president, then we’ll spend 4-8 years slowly pecking him/her to death. And while the election is still a year away, I’m already tired of hearing campaign speeches, bloated promises and intolerant views.

Welcome to the Reality TV show political campaign landscape that’s a combination of “Survivor” and “Hell’s Kitchen.” I call it “American Idle: Washington, D.C.” Instead of selecting a world leader who won’t be ridiculed by the entire planet, we seem to be more focused on a celebridential popularity contest, electing a president who has the strongest handshake, the best suit or

the whitest smile.

The fact that Donald Trump thinks he represents this country with his intolerant, puffy-haired self-importance and insane detachment from reality makes the back of my neck itch. I could list some of the dumbest things Trump has said, but it would be outdated before my column would be published.

In a circus act of national proportions, the presidential candidates twist the issues with the help of our frenzied media who jump on every possibly scandalous topic like piranhas in a bloody river. We watch in horror as blooper reels blast through the Internet 24/7, and citizens become too fed-up (or lazy) to be educated about the real issues.

The constant pandering to minority/ women/young voters is nauseating and obnoxious. This pandermania has included Hilary Clinton appearing as a bartender on Saturday Night Live, and Trump interviewing himself on “The Tonight Show.” I’m still

waiting for the “Chris Christie/Marco Rubio American Ninja Warrior Challenge.”

Candidates throw out terms like “equality” and “justice” in verbose sentences that make no sense, such as, “The idea of equal equality is mostly within our grasping fingers because justice.”

Backpedaling, recanting, denying and contradicting are commonplace in modern elections. Candidates often appear on news shows explaining what they “meant” to say. It seems voters don’t even expect ethical behavior from the president-to-be. Voters are nothing if not irrational—which is fine, because the candidates are also irrational.

It’s no surprise there is big money behind each candidate. Political action committees (inexplicably deemed legal by the Supreme Court) literally purchase the new president.

Millions of dollars are spent on TV ads, glossy mailings and social media campaigns, not to explain why you should vote for a candidate,

but why you shouldn’t vote for their opponent.

Mean-spirited, hateful speeches spew into the air, clouding the issues with their hazy pollution.

As the presidential race continues weaning out the unpopular and the less pretty (leaving the populace with a candidate most likely to pose for a selfie with Kanye West), voters become desperate, feeling their voices are not being heard.

It’s like watching a remake of the “Wizard of Oz” with Clinton trying to prove she has a heart, Trump trying to prove he has a brain and everyone else screeching and flapping like a barrel of flying monkeys. If we’re lucky, a house will fall on all of them.

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“A Salt Lake Doctor’s Confession Stirs Up Controversy” From Patients that He Doesn’t Heal to Cases He Refuses to Take

I THINK MOST PEOPLE WANT to know what is wrong and if the doctor can really help. Most people WANT an honest skilled doctor that has experience, who is friendly, has a great staff, a nice office, top-of-theline technology, and is affordable with or without insurance.

Dear friend— Where has the time gone? For 13 years now, I’ve been somewhat known as “the guy that sends out those flyers with his kids on them”.

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