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WAR AGAINST HUNGER CONTINUES, with homegrown reinforcements By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com he sign says, “Veggies for the food bank, please no dog waste.” It’s posted in front of Lynda Brown’s house to keep her garden free of contamination. The food isn’t for her family, it’s for those one in five children or one in seven adults suffering from hunger the studies talk about. “It’s a great way to make a big difference in people’s lives,” Brown said. Brown is one of dozens of homeowners growing gardens where their fresh surplus produce is taken to collection sites and then transported to a nearby distribution site be it food banks, pantries or churches. It’s all part of Backyard GardenShare, Pat Thomas’ brainchild and evolving program to feed the hungry healthy food. “It changes your whole life, your potential, your possibility if you have not only sufficient food but nutritious food that we know fuels our minds and our bodies and gives us the minerals and the nutrients that we need,” Thomas said. Salt Lake City Councilwoman Lisa Adams, a huge proponent of the program, lives around the corner from Thomas having known her since 1977. She said the program’s a “wonderful way” to match someone’s abundance with another’s scarcity. “There are so many people in our valley who rarely get fresh food, it is such a prized possession,” said Adams, who contributed multiple pounds of apricots last year. “If you’ve got extra, share it.” What started seven years ago in Thomas’s house has grown substantially. Last year marked the program’s startup across the valley when the program was under the Green Urban Lunch Box umbrella. By the end of the harvest season in 2016, BGS had collected just over 7,000 pounds of fresh produce from two dozen collection sites that range from Syracuse to Sugar House to Holladay to Tooele. There’s a person in Boise, Idaho who plans to start the program. BGS has now spun off into its own nonprofit. Its journey was chronicled in a documentary last fall. The 11-minute film not only won first place at the Peery Changemakers Film Festival
at BYU, BGS won “Best Solution to a Social Problem.” Thomas has found partners with the Utah Food Bank, Catholic Community Services and Salt Lake School District that will supply the food pantries at East and Highland High Schools. All of this while also doing constant fundraising to cover costs for lawn signs (demarcates collection sites), coolers and fliers. “It’s pretty thrilling it does take every minute of my free time, but right now that’s what I want to give,” Thomas said. People have also started growing specific produce for people of different cultures like pepper plants which are used for Caribbean-style meals. “It’s just amazing that you have an idea that you feel like has just been out there anyway… and see the community rise to it,” Thomas said. Thomas’ understanding of hunger has evolved since her time in Guatemala, where she lived for a time during the 80s. She said she didn’t have the life experience to comprehend the implications hunger has on a person. But she does now. “At this point in my life…I see that it changes a person to have healthy food, it brings them opportunities, it brings them health. It gives them education, it allows them to stay in their jobs, to not miss so much work or schooling,” Thomas said. She added she’s seen loved ones suffering from serious illness who improved significantly simply from eating more nutritiously. “That’s pretty powerful. When you see it firsthand you say, ‘Gosh, we’ve got this (food), it’s wasting, why aren’t we giving it to people?” Brown said she loves the program saying it just seems a natural thing to do. “(Pat’s) just done a great job of organizing and getting everything going so that it’s simple and easy for people,” she said. Growing and Developing There’s still plenty of room for BGS to grow, Thomas said. Having people like Brown, Adams or a Syracuse collector who amassed 800 pounds from their neighborhood take ownership with the pro-
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gram gives it more traction, Thomas said. Cliff Hurst, a professor at Westminster College, used BGS as a semester project to figure out how to sustain revenue and sustainability. Thomas is giving all her free time to the cause, but that individual ownership will cultivate the program. “It could go faster if I wasn’t the only battery,” she said. “I’m just a AAA battery, I need a bunch of nine volts out there.” Volunteers and participants don’t have to be gardeners to participate. Thomas has had people offer their skills like designers helping create In 2016, Backyard GardenShare collected over 7,000 pounds of produce. (Pat Thomas/Backyard GardenShare) her website or lawn signs or a man who created spreading there’s a nurse who collects produce from her sheets for collection hosts to coworkers and then takes it home where there’s a organize and record their inventory. “The impact is greater if more people bring distribution site five minutes from home. Jolley’s Pharmacy at 1300 E. and 1700 something to the table and say I can do this,” South serves as a collection spot. The pharmacy Thomas said. She said it can be helping her fundraise or has a delivery driver who, while making dropoffs, stops by a distribution site. write grants. Thomas said it streamlines the process since “As we kind of get to that point where people are adding their thread to the cloth then “people are already going to work.” “That’s a new thing I want to tap into. We what’s to stop it from being picked up and being put into other communities like Boise,” Thomas do that with non-perishables when the food bank does food drives. We could be doing that all harsaid. Having people drop off the food at pantries vest season long…that’s something I’d love to could also deepen the roots of a person’s com- see.” Brown said the more people who hear about mitment. “That’s the hook for people, drop it off and the program, the bigger the difference it will make. seeing the faces light up,” Thomas said. “You’re growing food and you’re giving it Adams said people will “practically weep, they’re so happy to see fresh fruit, fresh vegeta- to people who really need it. It’s just a win,” she bles” due to an inability to purchase or grow the said. “I think people wait for some big thing they can do to make a difference and this way is really produce themselves. Thomas hopes to expand collection sites to so simple and so easy.” For more information on the program visit businesses or worksites, “not just for their combackyardgardenshare.org or email pat@backmunity around them but for their employees.” At the University of Utah’s School of Nurs- yardgardenshare.org. l
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ith technology taking over the art of writing, letters have become a novelty. It’s almost as fun to get a handwritten letter as it is to get a thoughtful gift from someone. In Amber Pulley’s fifth-grade class this past year, her students, along with another fifth-grade class at Escalante Elementary, brought the art back to life and became pen pals, mailing letters through almost the entire year of school. Before coming to Highland Park, Pulley started at Escalante which is a Title 1 school. When she transferred, she noticed a great divide in the eastside schools and westside school and wanted to bridge that gap. So, she and a former colleague decided to create pen pals between two fifth-grade classes, so that the students could better understand each other. “If you focus on what you have in common it allows you to be more tolerant and compassionate,” Pulley said. “I’m hoping to teach tolerance, compassion and teach writing in an authentic way.” The students encouraged each other to correct their spelling and grammar in their letters and some even had to learn cursive because their pen pal only knew how to write that way. Pulley said that the letter exchange was beneficial for all students. Many Escalante students are refugees who are trying to learn how to live in the United States, and some only knew how to write their name. Highland Park students saw first hand how challenging learning a new language can be and their interest grew on
Zeke with another pen pal Senyat. (Collette Mitchell/Parent)
what their pen pals were doing. Pulley said that the Highland Park students’ compassion grew to their pen pals and their interest in the world around them peaked. “We got pen pals near the beginning of the school year,” Zeke Mitchell, one of Pulley’s fifth-graders, said. “I got a pen pal named Senyat. We wrote to each other about things we did during the year. A lot of time we would go on the same field trips, so we wrote about what we thought of those or things we liked to do.” “It was powerful as a teacher to watch my students grow their interpersonal skills in a way which you can’t teach from a textbook,” Pulley said. “I just gave them a resource and this avenue allowed
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them to experience it in an authentic way.” After writing back and forth for a year, the classes decided to meet for the first time. A field trip was set up at a park between the two schools on the second to last day of school. Pulley said a lot of the kids were nervous. “I wondered what they would look like and what we would do at the park,” Zeke said about meeting his pen pals. “It was good meeting them. We gave our pen pals notebooks with pens. Inside we’d written a letter back to them on the first page.” When they arrived, there were twice as many students from Escalante than Highland Park since Escalante had two classes
that were involved in the project. “There were some kids there who could barely speak English and hadn’t been in the US all that long,” Collette Mitchell, Zeke’s mother and parent helper, said. “There was a language barrier, cultural differences and gender differences, too. I was really impressed to see how the kids handled it.” Mitchell said the kids mixed well together even though some were shy at first, but eventually they were playing on the playground together, playing tennis and shooting hoops. When the time came to leave their new friends and pen pals, hugs were exchanged and friendships were formed through a simple school project. l
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SPA students teach teens during summer program By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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hen you fall in love with something or learn to appreciate its value, you want to share it with the world. One grandfather did just that, and brought the world of performing arts to young students at the School Of The Performing Arts (SPA) in Sugar House. During two weeks in the summer, students ranging from grades 6-9, could sign up for the Summer Intensive Theatre Workshop at the SPA building. “It is a small group of 18 actors, which allows for very intensive coaching from SPA student instructors in dance, vocal performance, drama and musical theater,” Jim Lipscomb, the person behind the workshop, said. When SPA first came to be in 2007, Lipscomb’s granddaughter joined the school. He told her that if she did the challenging work in school, he’d do the rest. His granddaughter went from being a teen with no direction to a hard-working student, who joined the National Honor Society and eventually became a student body president at SPA. She attended the University of Cincinnati and has been a working actor since. She will soon be studying at the London Academy in England for her master’s work. Lipscomb was so impressed with what SPA had done to help his granddaughter achieve so much that he wanted to help the school. He has done so for 11 years. “We were looking to do something during
the summer while the building sat empty,” Lipscomb said. “When we were at Highland, we couldn’t do programs during the summer but when we moved to the new building, they didn’t care much what we did.” Lipscomb saw the way that the SPA students excelled and thought, why not have the students teach something during the summer? They were already excelling in their later years in high school and he thought who better to teach these young students than the talented students at SPA. “I went and researched some of the programs that were driven by adults,” Lipscomb said, “and by the time our kids get to be juniors, they’re excelling and they’re competing and getting to state level in competitions. We’ve got some of the best teachers around the world with just our students.” Lipscomb, with the help of the staff at SPA, picks out student teachers during the two weeks of the summer. Those students are then put to the test and create the structure for the workshop. The students are only with the young students three hours a day and pick out what monologues they want the young students to read and what scenes they want them to perform. “They coach them all through this,” Lipscomb said. “It’s really fun to watch. Kids
come in day one afraid like little mice and then the following Monday, they know everyone and they are comfortable and go after each other like brothers and sisters, it’s fun to watch them build the ensemble.” Lipscomb mentioned one 13-year-old teen, who joined the workshop last year who was uncomfortable being around kids her own age, which broke Lipscomb’s heart. The teen had no performing experience Students have fun during their workshop classes, learning from SPA students. (Jim Lipscomb/SPA volunteer) but was intelligent. This was the first time ter Pan Jr.” with almost 50 kids participating. she had to think out “What we’re trying to do is develop mulof the box and learn to be creative. Because the students work in groups, she had a part to tiple lines of advantage here,” Lipscomb said. contribute and made friends and gained confi- “One is to let people know that SPA exists, and second to give our students, especially dence in herself. At the end of the two weeks, the students ones that are graduating, experience to teach do a performance whether it’s in a small group what they learned to others, realizing it’s very or a large one. This year the students did “Pe- hard.” l
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Neighborhood animal house delights passersby By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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Pitts’ first animal, the tiger, sits in a pine tree in the front yard. (Natalie Mollinet\City Journals)
“My granddaughter tried to steal one of the elephants when she was two, I had a hard time extracting it from her,” recalled Sally Meyer, a resident of the neighborhood. “I like to walk past there; it’s enchanting for children.” One memory dear to Pitts’ heart concerns a quadriplegic boy who lived down her street. The boy, who had been in an accident, couldn’t even turn his head. His mother walked him to her house and he enjoyed it. “The mother never saw any expression from him,” she said, “then one day I was out working and he was coming toward me and he started making jerking motions because he could see the yard.” Pitts said after that the mother would bring him over almost every day. She said that he never talked and then one day he started making sounds at her and she took his hand and squeezed and she could tell that the boy tried to squeeze her hand back. “The mother had tears in her eyes, and the kid was crying,” Pitts said, “so every once in a while, I’d buy him a soft candy bar and I’d tell him the animals got it for him. It was his treat. Even as I tell it now, it still gives me goosebumps.” Pitts has had trouble with vandals stealing things, either the animal itself or a piece of clothing on the animal, so she set up surveillance to make sure she finds out who has been doing it. She doesn’t like people touching the animals, just looking, and if you do want to come and see them, she just might catch you and come out to say hello. “I’ve had terrific people helping me,” Pitts said about her neighbors and others. “I do this for the neighborhood since they enjoy it so much. It’s something that nobody else in the whole world has and that’s a challenge, not even Donald Trump with all his money has something like this.” l
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People from all over the valley came to watch the Sugar House Park fireworks. (Natalie Mollinet\City Journals)
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here’s something exciting about looking into the sky as fireworks flash red, white and blue, with the music playing John Phillips Sousa with the blasts beating in your chest. Thousands of spectators from around the county gathered at Sugar House Park to watch the show and celebrate the Fourth of July. Celebrations started early throughout Sugar House, at places like Wilmington Plaza, Hidden Hollow and Sugarmont. The Arts Festival was spread out and even though the temperatures were high, it didn’t stop people from enjoying the art, live music and food. “We love seeing all the vendors and things like that, I like how it’s grown, it’s really cool,” Mindee Olliff, one of the attendees, said. There were also those who saved their places for the grand finale—the firework display. Sugar House Park had a variety of food trucks, entertainment and, of course, live music. “I’ve been to a few in the valley, and this one I think it’s the biggest, I swear this is the longest and best-looking show,” Olliff said. Olliff is one of Dee and Barbara Anderson’s children, and their family has been going to Sugar House Park annually for about 12 years, never missing a show, except the year there wasn’t a show. The family visits the nearby KFC and then sits and has a picnic while waiting for the display of explosions. “My parents had a big yard, and we used to have a tradition of going there every year,” Barbara Anderson said. “They
got older and couldn’t do it anymore, and when we used to go to their place we were there all day then we would come here for the fireworks.” The Andersons since have had to come earlier and earlier since the event has grown but enjoy spending the time with their family. The Andersons come from Millcreek to watch the firework display and spend time with family. Barbara said that Sugar House has become their new tradition since they are now the grandparents. They set up camp with chairs, bring a cooler with drinks and spread blankets on top of the north hill to get the best view. “What I think has been cool about this over the years, it gets wall to wall people but they’re nice people,” Barbara said. Even with the changes over the years, with the event growing as it has with the addition of the festival and the food trucks, the Anderson family likes how it has grown. One of their favorite firework displays was the show after 9/11 when the fireworks were in sync with the patriotic music. “It was a tear jerker,” Olliff said. The Andersons have tried other firework shows but they just aren’t the same as Sugar House, with the hills that make for great viewing. One year they went to Murray Park to appease their daughter and son-in-law but decided that Sugar House was where it was at. “Now they come back here,” Dee Anderson said. “They’ve repented.” l
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Sugar House neighborhood updates: Shopko and Fairmont Park By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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eighbors in Sugar House are becoming more anxious to see the changes in the old Shopko building site. One announcement back in June is helping neighbors get an idea of what they should expect, that being the first announced tenant in the block — a new University of Utah Health Care center. “University of Utah Health is the perfect partner for the Sugar House community,” Principal and Portfolio Manager for Westport Capital Partners, Greg Geiger said in a press release. “Early on in the planning process we sought feedback from the community on what they wanted to see in the area. One of the key themes we heard was that Sugar House really needs more daytime users for existing retail and dining establishments.” The U of U Health will be in one of the two new office buildings slated in the new project. The new building will occupy 170,000 square feet in the southeast corner of the new development. The U’s new building will work as a place that focuses on promoting heath in the community. The clinic will offer a wide range of health services, including primary and preventative care. “This property was a natural fit for us,” Wayne Imbrescia, executive director of ambulatory services at U of U Health said in a press release, “from the breathtaking views to the easy access on I-80 and proximity to the Sugar House business district, this location accommodates our patients by moving critical services from our hospital campus into the community where it’s more convenient.” Within the development on Shopko block, two new office towers and a multi-family residential building is set to be built, according to Westport. New streets will reconnect Highland Drive and 1300 East, and will include pedestrian and bike lane improvements along the new street. Westport Capital Partners are still going through the approval process with the city to finalize the designs. Fairmont Park Fairmont Park has been getting a facelift over the past few years, with plans of new lighting, walkways and better access to the park. The Salt Lake City Parks and Public Lands is putting funds towards improving the Fairmont pond. “The pond and the adjacent land within the park have been declining since the last major upgrades occurred in the mid 1980s,” Tyler Murdock, the project coordinator for Parks and Public Lands said. The improvements would help with the flooding issues by creating walkways and
With the pond levels changing, erosion has become an issue around the Fairmont pond. (Tyler Murdock/Project Manager)
landscapes that would be resilient to the water level changes. It would also refocus a path around the pond by connecting the northwest bridge to a decking area with benches on the east side of the pond. The main goals of the improvements would include a resolve in annual flooding in the natural spring, better pedestrian access to the north side of the pond and a resolve to continued erosion around the pond. The pond restorations began in July and with people visiting the Sugar House Farmer’s Market at the park, the new playground and the skate park, the area is becoming more and more used. “Salt Lake City Parks and Public Lands was supportive of the Community Council’s application and have worked closely with them during the planning and design process,” Murdock said. “We are currently finalizing the construction documents for the project and hope to begin construction later this summer and into the fall of 2017.” The Sugar House Community Council is looking to start a “Friends of Fairmont Park” group to help keep the park moving in the progressive direction. They are looking for people who are committed monthly to help clean the park. If interested, email the community council at sugarhousecouncil@ yahoo.com l
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Music stroll orchestrates symphony of food, bands and fun
Marginalized characters brought to life at bookshop reading
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Local youth took advantage of the event to sell cupcakes and lemonade. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
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hile The Doobie Brothers told everyone to “listen to the music” 35 years ago, that same concept still applies, especially to a two-block radius in Sugar House on June 10. The sixth annual Heart and Soul Music Stroll returned to the Imperial Park neighborhood where 44 different musical performers shared their talents throughout the day. Bands played in 14 different locations, 13 of which were on front lawns and one at Imperial Park, placed between 2700 and 2900 South along Glenmare and Filmore Streets. “We had a ton of fun,” said Devin Burnett, who came with his wife and three-yearold daughter. Burnett said his favorite part was participating in a ukulele band using a shaker. Heart and Soul is a non-profit organization based out of Salt Lake City that aims to bring the “healing power of music” to people in isolation. Performers donate their time throughout the year performing at places like senior centers, prisons or hospitals. Streets were lined not only with hundreds of people but several food trucks as well from Apollo Burger to Sauce Boss. With cars parked for a few miles around
the neighborhood, which was closed off to traffic, a bike valet station was also set up. Balloon animals were made for children and adults while a raffle was held where tickets were bought for prizes such as a six dinner and show package or a getaway trip to Moab. All proceeds went to Heart and Soul to continue performing live shows for people isolated from the community. Burnett, who is from West Jordan, said he heard about the stroll from his friend last year and wanted to check it out. “(My friend) couldn’t make it this time, and I think he missed out,” Burnett said. “It’d be cool if they did this like every month.” But possibly the coolest part was the cause behind the music stroll. “My grandma’s been alone ever since my grandpa died so transporting this (musical performers) to someone who can’t get out much is a really nice thing,” Burnett said. With dozens of sponsors making the event possible, Burnett plans to make this a tradition. “We’ll definitely be back next year,” he said. l
he usually calm, quiet atmosphere of the charming King’s English Bookshop was abuzz with excitement on the evening of June 30. Novelist Mackenzi Lee was on hand to read from her latest novel, “The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue.” Lee’s previous book was “This Monstrous Thing.” Lee is a quirky character, toting around a typewriter-buttoned handbag and wearing tortoiseshell sunglasses. A history major in college, she said, “I write specifically historical fiction because I really love history, and because when I was a kid, most of what I read was historical fiction, and also, like, ‘Star Wars’ novelizations.” However, “The Gentleman’s Guide” is unlike most historical fiction. Set in 18th-century Europe, it focuses on a queer main character named Monty on a Grand Tour with his best friend, Percy. He hopes the trip will evolve into something more. As is customary for every novel, these two manage to get caught in a dangerous manhunt — Monty’s younger sister tagging along, throwing their original ideas of a posh “last hedonistic hurrah” out the window. A quick summary would be: “Big gay road trip,” as Lee herself put it. LGBTQ+ people are often forgotten in time, so Mackenzi wanted to, “dispel this myth that the only place for queer people in history is sort of as the tragic BBC subplot on a period drama.” Lee explained that she, too, bought into the “idea that marginalized people were so busy being marginalized they couldn’t have any sort of identity or impact outside of that.” She hopes that this novel will show to queer teenagers that, “you existed and there is a place for you in history.” Her hope was fulfilled and there was no absence of young adults and adults, for that matter, there to listen to her talk about and read from “The Gentleman’s Guide.” By 7 p.m., almost every seat in the open-air amphitheater behind the bookshop was filled, many people were clasping the new novel in their hands, sharing smiles and handshakes, waiting for the event to begin.
Mackenzi Lee holding a copy of “The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue.” (Kayla Lien/City Journals)
Mackenzi Lee and her friend and fellow author sat in front of the crowd, and her friend asked her questions about both herself and the novel. After that, audience members questioned Lee on anything and everything. She read from the book in a fake, but delightful British accent, causing laughter in the audience. Once the question and answer session was over, audience members waited to have their novels signed. The King’s English is known for hosting events such as this on a regular schedule. Claire Margetts, event coordinator of the bookshop, said that they love to promote books and authors. “We very much like the new YA scene,” she said. Lee’s companion novel, “The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy,” coming out next year is sure to bring more publicity to the marginalized characters of society and history. l
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Hard work helps Highland boys basketball go undefeated in summer tournament By Koster Kennard | koster.k@mycityjournals.com
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ighland’s boys basketball team has been going to the summer tournament in Lake Tahoe for 20 years but this year was extra special. This year, they won all five of their games. Head Coach Jim Boyce attributes the team’s success at the camp to their athleticism and experience. “I think we’ve got a pretty athletic team coming back, probably the most athletic team I’ve ever coached and a lot of those guys had a lot of varsity experience last season, and so I’d like to think that we’re going to be pretty decent coming up for this next year,” Boyce said. Another key to the team’s success was hard work. “They played really hard. It’s a really hard working group of kids because we certainly didn’t blow anybody out, but we came from behind a couple times and kids just never quit and played as hard as they could,” Boyce said. “Things happen when you do that.” Though the team went undefeated, beating teams from California and Nevada, their experience wasn’t without adversity. The team went into the camp without star wing Elijah Shelton who is recovery from a June 2 knee surgery. “We had to kind of learn how to work without him,” said senior captain Oscar Maxfield. “For the majority of the game he’ll have the ball in his hands and make plays for other people. He gets rebounds. He guards the other team’s best player. He scores. He does everything. He’s a great player.” After playing three games in the last three days and spending time at the beach, Highland’s energy was all but spent going into their Friday evening contest with Saint Mary’s, a large high school in northern California. Before the end of the first half, the team was down 25-11. For much of the game, Boyce had the team in a full court
press defense to slow down Saint Mary’s. “Coaches called a timeout to calm us down and just put on our press which is kind of our signature thing,” Maxfield said. “We’re really athletic so our press is really hard to beat so we just got a bunch of steals in a row.” The momentum turned in the Ram’s favor in the second half after junior point guard Liki Makaui got a steal and passed the ball to senior forward Trayton Keyes who was fouled hard going up for a layup. “He went up to dunk it and he got clobbered,” Maxfield said. “It was a flagrant foul and the kid got kicked out of the gym and everyone went nuts.” Maxfield said that this play angered his team and helped motivate them to win. “We just fed off of that. That was the turnaround. We knew, at that point, that we’re not losing,” he said. The team stormed back narrowly edging their opponent. Sam Palmer, Max Okland, Oscar Maxfield and Treyton Tiner gather for a photo at “That’s the thing with this group,” Boyce said. “It doesn’t Round Hill Pines Beach. (Sam Maxfield/ Highland Basketball) matter if you get down or whatnot. They always seem to have a knack for coming back and being successful.” In addition to playing basketball, the team played games at The camp included 25 to 30 teams but there was no the beach like volleyball and spikeball and went bowling. bracketed tournament. Each team played five games. “It’s a great team bonding thing,” Boyce said. “It’s fun to see “They didn’t name a champion,” Boyce said. “We did well but I don’t know if we could say we won the tournament. I’m not players kind of out of that basketball, school type situation where sure if any of the other teams went undefeated or not but I like how you can kind of get to know them a little better.” During the camp many boys made new friends. it worked out. It was a really successful thing for us.” “That carries over into the season cause there’s going to be Maxfield said the team had success because they are effective in transition and have so many players the coach can trust when times where we’re not going to win every game or it’s not going to be all successes for us next year, and I think these are the things fatigue, injury or foul trouble show up. Coach Boyce brought down 17 boys from his junior varsity that help us kind of bond together so we can get through some of the challenges that we’re going to face next year,” said Boyce. l (JV) and varsity programs. His JV team only lost one game.
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Faces and Places
What is the closest thing to real magic?
By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
Highland Park District: Sugar House is made up of small neighborhoods, one being the Highland Park District, the neighborhood roughly around Parkway Avenue, 1500 East, 2700 South and Elizabeth Street. The neighborhood developed between 1910 and 1926, thanks to Kimball & Richards Land Merchants who were early 20th-century developers in Salt Lake City. They bought 245.73 acres of vacant land in 1909 from the LDS church. The land was surveyed into five plats totaling 3,124 lots. They installed sewer lines, laid streets and, in 1910, put in some 22 miles of sidewalk. By 1914, the neighborhood had running water, a fire station, police station and mail service, then a school. Almost all the homes in the area were built between the 1910s and 1940s and consisted of bungalows, period cottages and World War II-era cottages. The homes and area have changed little since it was organized, one of the major changes has been the widening of 1300
East in 1967, but still, roughly 80 percent of the homes in the area have kept their historical looks and have kept the history alive in the neighborhood. Forest Dale District: The Forest Dale neighborhood sits inside 700 East, I-80, Commonwealth Avenue and 900 East. The area was originally Forest Farm, but in 1889, George M. Cannon, bought the land from the Brigham Young Estate. As the Forest Dale neighborhood grew, Cannon wanted to establish a town. A petition was passed around and gained 137 signatures to make Forest Dale its own town in 1902. The town only existed until 1912 due to financial constraints. Even though the town failed, the neighborhood expanded and survived over the years. By 1919, street car routes ran throughout the city offering service through the valley. The easy transit bought in many wealthy buyers who built homes in the area. With how quickly the neighborhood grew in such a short time and its historical buildings and well-planned landscaping, the Forest Dale District joined the National Register Historic District in 2009.
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Join Westminster’s Community Choir for Memorable Singing Opportunities Have you ever dreamed of performing at Carnegie Hall or being accompanied by a world-renowned symphony? Audition for Westminster College’s Community Choir and your vocal dreams can be reality as the choir embarks on an exciting year of performances. The college invites our neighbors and talented singers in the surrounding communities to audition for the choir the week of August 22, 2017. The Westminster Community Choir is directed by Christopher Quinn, D.M.A, the Florence J. Gillmor professor of music at Westminster. This season, 70 community members and students will perform Handel’s masterpiece “Messiah” at Abravanel Hall with the Utah Symphony in their Messiah Sing-In concerts. This is the second year in a row the choir will perform “Messiah” with the Utah Symphony. Last year the choir performed before a sold-out Abravanel Hall, bringing the music to over 5,000 audience members. The choir also performed before a packed house at the Vieve Gore Concert Hall on the Westminster College campus. “Singing at Abravanel Hall was an amazing experience, and performing “Messiah” with the Utah Symphony was a dream come true,” said Westminster alum, Kiah Williams. In May 2018, the Westminster Community Choir will join the Westminster Chamber Singers, the college’s premier choir, for a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Christopher Quinn will conduct a full orchestra and 100 singers from Westminster in a program of music by Dvorak, Arnesen and Gjeilo.
“It will be a stunning program,” said Quinn. “But these incredible performance opportunities and great repertoire are not the only reasons to join the Community Choir. The Community Choir will have an opportunity to sing and connect with the high caliber faculty, students and superb soloists from Westminster.”
Joining The Community Choir Is An Opportunity To Meet New People “Singing with director Quinn and the incredible people he attracts to Westminster Community Choir is for me, mid-week joy!” said Letty Workman, Community Choir singer. For others, such as Harriet McDonald, singing with the community choir is an opportunity to continue their voice practice. “As choir singers age, there are few venues for continuing to sing quality music,” said McDonald. “In the Westminster Community Choir, we sing in a group of all ages, and with leaders who are extremely well qualified.” The choir’s repertoire includes music by the great masters, such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Handel, and contemporary composers such as Ola Gheilo, Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen. “I’ve always sought out beautiful music, with beautiful lyrics, and a powerful message,” said Quinn. “I think this is what makes the Westminster Community Choir special. We strive for excellence and high caliber performances of great repertoire.” Auditions will take place August 22-28, 2017 by appointment in the rehearsal room of the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts at Westminster College. Singers interested in the opportunity to practice and perform with the Westminster Community Choir should contact Kiah Williams at ksw0509@westminstercollege.edu or 801-915-7158.
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Up-and-coming trio make music at the Sprague City Library By Kayla Lien | kayla@mycityjournals.com
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The Great Basin Baroque getting ready to play. (Kayla Lien/City Journals)
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he stage was set. The sky was clear, the shade refreshing, and the light breeze carried the sounds of the Great Basin Baroque through the open-air amphitheater of the Sprague Branch Library. Baroque is a type of music originating in 17th-century Rome and Italy and then spreading to most of Europe. The style is characterized by exaggerated motion and easily interpreted detail producing drama, tension, exuberance and grandeur. This style isn’t limited to music and is based in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance and theatre. The Great Basin Baroque is a trio consisting of Lisa Chaufty, who plays the recorder, Job Salazar Fonseca on the violin, and Loren Carle playing the harpsichord. “The way we’re setting up our organization is kinda fluid, like a lot of people can come play depending on the music we wanna do,” said Carle. It may be a trio now, but the musicians and instruments can come or leave the group at the drop of a hat. He added, “The name was my idea, but we’re all kinda working together. It’s a collective, in a way. I’m kinda taking responsibility for organizing the venue, getting the keyboard I’m using, scheduling people for rehearsals, that sort of stuff, but really that could fall into whoever’s hands at any time.” The group displayed their talents in a dizzying symphony of pieces from the 16th and 17th century. Their lineup included a few works from Dario Castello, who was an Italian composer and instrumentalist that worked
in Venice. There was also a couple from Girolamo Frescobaldi, a musician from Ferrara and one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the early Baroque periods. Overall, the music type deeply evoked the idea of a happy scene in a Shakespearean play. “Baroque music or Renaissance music — or early music, as some people say — it’s so much fun. The sound world is so fun. The harpsichord is really fun to play with, the tuning of the instrument, there’s definitely a historic tuning system. It’s kind of a way of finding something in the classical music world,” Carle said. As for musicians interested in playing Baroque, he suggests, “Keep practicing. There’s no way around that. You just gotta keep at it, let it be your passion. Don’t let anyone tell you [that] you can’t…more power to you. Baroque players in particular? Come and find us. Come find more Baroque players, come to the dark side, it’s really fun over here.” Great Basin Baroque is a local group, as is every artist involved in the Sounds of Summer concert series the Sprague City Library presents through late August. The events are free to the public on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Bob Berets, an associate librarian at Sprague Branch said, “It’s highlighting local music talents.” The library is showcasing community music, essentially bringing the neighborhood together and creating buzz for music groups. The series has been ongoing for a decade. Musicians interested in playing next summer can contact the City Library on their website. l
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7 tips to saving money on Back to School items
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JOANI TAYLOR
Back to school supply shopping can be a big chore. Trying to plan where the money comes from can be like computing for an extra Christmas each year. With careful planning, not only can you take care of your child’s needs, it’s also a great way to get home office supplies for the home too. Here are 7 tips to make your shopping easier on the wallet. #1 – Take stock You might be surprised at how much you have on hand. Back to School sales typically last all the way through October. Using what you have on hand can allow you the time needed to take real advantage of sales as they progress. You might try tuning this into a fun game, where the kids search through their stuff from a scavenger hunt style list looking for last year’s scissors, pencil sharpener and protractor. #2 – Stick to a list Wait for the teacher to release the list of supplies needed then make your list of required supplies with your child. Your list will also help teach the kids responsible shopping. It’s easy to get distracted with that super cute light up My Little Pony backpack with matching lunchbox and water bottle, but is it really needed? #3 - Set Limits As your kids grow older, they will want more and more of the hottest and most “trendy” items. Even though your kids crave these items, these “character-focused” products will quickly destroy your back to school budget. In addition, these items often aren’t made with much quality. #4 - Buy in Bulk Buy in bulk to save money on back to school shopping. When pens, crayons, and glue go on sale in the late summer, buy enough to get you through the rest of the year. This is also a great time to stock-up on office supplies for yourself. And, don’t forget the tape for Christmas. It’s usually at it’s cheapest this time of year.
#5 – Buy Used Good quality clothing doesn’t have to be purchased new. You might take a look at Kid-to-Kid stores that sell gently used kids clothing. There are several along the Wasatch Front. Pack up any kids clothing you have when you go, Kid-to-Kid will also accept kids clothing that meets their guidelines and give you credit to use in the store. Just Between Friends Consignment sale is another great way to buy used. This bi-annual sale is held at the United Soccer Center, 9100 S. 500 W. (9/22-9/23). Arrive early as the best things go quickly. www.jbfsale.com/home.jsp #6 – Shop the Loss Leaders Almost all stores advertise “loss leaders” in their weekly flyers. Loss leaders are the items that are marked down so much, that the store doesn’t make a profit on them, in hopes that you’ll purchase other items while shopping. They are usually on the front page of the ads. Eventually everything you need will be a loss leader. Staples, Target, Walgreens, Shopko and Smith’s Marketplace all have fabulous loss leaders each week. #7 - Use coupons Combining coupons with the sales is the best way to maximize your savings and often you’ll get your free items or pennies on the dollar. Find coupons on mobile apps like Ibotta.com (enter code Coupons4Utah when registering for additional perks), Target Cartwheel, and Smith’s mobile app. You can also find coupons for school and office supplies in your Sunday Newspaper inserts and on Coupons.com. This year how about turning the back to school thought process around and make back to school shopping a, fun and traditional savings spree. Joani Taylor is the founder of Coupons4Utah.com. A website devoted to helping Utah families save time and money on restaurants, things to do and everyday needs. l
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Rice-Eccles hosts world-class extreme sports event By Koster Kennard | koster.k@mycityjournals.com
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alt Lake City might not be known for its extreme sports, but on Saturday June 24, it hosted one of the biggest extreme sport events of the year. The second annual Nitro World Games were held at University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium. “When we began to discuss where the Nitro World Games would be hosted, it became clear there was only one place that we needed to be, and that was Utah,” said Travis Pastrana via the Deseret News. “Nitro Circus has roots here in Utah. While Nitro was born in my mind, it was in Utah where it became a reality.” “The fans in Utah are easily some of the most knowledgeable consumers of the sport,” said Pastrana. “As we travel around the globe with the Nitro Circus Live show, you quickly learn where you have to bring your best tricks, and Utah is at the top.” According to Pastrana, Utah has more athletes competing in the event than any country other than Australia. The event was comprised of six events: Freestyle Motorcross (FMX) Best Trick, Freestyle Motorcross, BMX Best Tricks, BMX Triple Hit, Skate Best Tricks and Scooter Best Tricks. The winner of each event from last year automatically qualified for their event and there were seven other finalists in each event who competed in the semifinals on June 23. Harry Bink won FMX best trick on his second attempt with a front flip rock solid. This is the first time this trick has been completed in an official competition. “I got four hours of sleep last night waking up in cold sweats thinking about my run — it was a lot of pressure thinking about what I was going to do tonight,” Bink said in the Nitro Games press release. “I’m just very grateful for these results.” Bink beat out last year’s champ Gregg Duffy. Ryan Williams placed first in BMX Best Tricks and Scooter Best Tricks. “I came here with the goal of winning both of my competitions and achieved that goal,” Williams explained in the press release. “Last year, everyone expected me to win Scooter and I didn’t achieve the result I wanted. Now I feel like I got redemption by taking the win this year.” Williams won the Scooter competition by completing his signature trick, The Silly Willy. The Nitro World Games is a branch of the Nitro Circus family of events and shows. Nitro Circus started when now 11-time X Games Gold medalist Travis Pastrana joined forces with writers and producers Jeremy Rawle and Gregg Godfrey to create Nitro Circus DVDs in Rawle’s garage in Draper in 2003, according to nitrocircus.com.
Harry Bink completes the first ever front flip rock solid to win FMX best trick. (Courtesy photo from Nitro World Games)
Since then, the team has traveled the world showing off the skills of Pastrana and other riders. They’ve also produced a live reality TV show (Nitro Circus Live) and a feature-length film “Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D.” The Nitro World Games is different than Nitro Circus Live where runs and tricks are planned out and athletes are part of the Nitro staff. The Nitro World Games is a competition that athletes have to qualify for where they push one another to do more and more difficult stunts and prize money is on the line. The Nitro Games are different from other extreme events because there are no standardized ramps. “You know for so long action sports has kind of been about progression and then the ramps just kind of became standardized,” said Pastrana in an interview with KSL. “Kind of like with the Olympics, you have to standardize stuff but we were like, ‘why standardize?’ These are action sports they’re all about progression and innovation and this is the most innovative course of any competition anywhere in the world.” Nitro’s philosophy is that bigger air is as important as new tricks. “To us, progression encompasses more than just foundational tricks no one has ever done before — though those are a huge and important part of it,” according to Charlie Daniel on nitroworldgames.com. “But this is also about technical proficiency and creative innovation, and to foster all of this, the Nitro World Games has bigger ramp setups and novel formats that reward progression.” “These incredibly skilled athletes put everything on the line today. They absolutely sent it, no holds barred, elevating the sport and setting a totally new standard,” said Pastrana. Fans of Nitro can watch the Nitro World Games on the Nitro Circus Facebook page, www.facebook.com/NitroCircus. l
Keep Our Community Safe Remember August is Back to School Traffic Nearly 70% of Car Accidents Occur Within 10 Miles of Home! Sooner or later it’s going to happens to most of us – getting into a car accident. The vehicle insurance industry estimates all motorists are likely to be involved in at least four auto accidents in his or her lifetime. Additionally, very young or novice drivers are more likely to be involved in a car accident, as opposed to more experienced drivers. More revealing are interesting survey facts that of all collisions that occur, 52% occur within a 5-mile radius of home while an astounding 70% occur within 10 miles. Although the vast majority of accidents occur close to home, most of them tend to be relatively minor. Perhaps you’re leaving your neighborhood and a neighbor pulls out of their driveway and hits your car in the side. Or maybe you’re at the neighborhood grocery store and you have a small fender bender in the parking lot. But serious injuries can occur especially when we add to our neighborhood roads increased pedestrians, loose pets, playing children and recreational runners and bikers. Local traffic safety issues for our communities is always an ongoing concern. Data from surveys also show that the farther from home the accident occurs, the more severe it tends to be. This is especially true for accidents that occur on busy highways and interstates where vehicles are traveling at much faster speeds over longer distances. Why do so many accidents occur so close to home? The surveys shed some light on this important question. Broadly speaking, drivers tend to have a false sense of security when driving close to home. For example, drivers are less likely to wear their seatbelts when driving to the neighborhood convenience store. Another big factor is distractions. Whether it’s talking on a cell phone, texting, scanning the radio or eating while driving, any little thing that diverts your attention from the road can open the door for a collision. When on a busy highway, drivers are more likely to maintain their focus on the primary task at hand and save the cell phone call, texting or radio scanning for later. Most Law enforcement, safety experts and personal injury attorneys, are pretty vocal about distracted driving. Local personal injury attorney - Ned Siegfried of Siegfried & Jensen sees cases of this type everyday and reminds us: “Just because you’re close to home doesn’t mean the danger of a car accident is lowered. In fact, you should be even more cautious when driving in your neighborhood or down to the corner mini-mart. Driving
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the speed limit and simply being aware dramatically reduces the chance of you being in a car accident, regardless of whether you’re just cruising down the street or traveling in another state.” Stay safe - Avoid these dangers! These three major factors can also significantly increase the risk of being involved in a car accident: Driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI / DWI) Speeding - Nearly one-third of all car accidents are caused by someone driving over the speed limit or driving too fast for the current weather and/or road conditions Driving while distracted - which includes texting, eating, applying make-up or any other behavior that takes a driver’s attention away from the road While not all of these accidents result in a fatality, the overwhelming majority of them result in some type of injury, property damage or litigation. Also, important to note that data from the Annual U.S. Road Crash Statistics journal suggests more serious car accidents are more likely to occur during specific days of the week, as well as during specific times of each day. The following is a breakdown of the days of the week and times of day when a fatal car accident is most likely to occur: Monday — 7am to 9am and 3pm to 6:00 pm Tuesday —7am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm Wednesday — 7am to 9am and 3pm to 6 pm Thursday — 7am to 9am and 3pm to 9pm Friday — 9pm to midnight Saturday — midnight to 3am Take note that weekday mornings and late afternoons with its increase traffic dangers are also times school children are on the move. With schools back in session this month it’s a good reminder to watch out, slow down and avoid distracted driving. Protect your family – Before an accident! Mr. Siegfried advises: “The only thing you can do to protect your family before an accident is to have enough insurance. With uninsured drivers, more expensive vehicles on the road and the high cost of medical care for any injury - it’s vital to make sure your family is adequately covered. In many cases - you can increase your insurance limits up to ten times for just a few additional pennies a day. This greater coverage will adequately protect yourself and your family. Review with your insurance company the benefits of increasing your liability, uninsured motorist coverage (UM) and under-insured motorist coverage(UIM). It’s one of the best values out there. “- Ned Siegfried
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When I was 10 years old, my dream of living as an orphan was swiftly derailed when my parents refused to die. How else could I achieve the spunky, independent status that comes from living without parents who constantly insist on manners and bathing and church on Sundays? Being orphaned was the best option, but being motherless would work, too. My mom was aware of my wish for a motherless future and seemed to take it personally. She’d tell me to stop lying around the house like a depressed sloth because she had no intention of leaving me motherless. She assumed once I was permanently without maternal supervision I’d start drinking Coca-Cola and swear. I blame literature for my orphanic life goals. Most of the books I read featured young women who endured their motherless lives with flair. Jessie Alden, the 12-year-old heroine from “The Boxcar Children,” was one of my role models. After her parents’ death, Jessie lived with her siblings in an abandoned boxcar, keeping it tidy and preparing tasty meals by picking berries and gathering random kitchen scraps that she turned into
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delicious stew. It didn’t matter that I couldn’t even boil an egg, I wanted to live with my sisters and brother in an abandoned train car. Still do. Pippi Longstocking had a big house in a Swedish village and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson. With her mother dead and her father lost at sea, Pippi’s outlandish behavior never got her grounded from the TV. In fact, she had a horse, a suitcase full of gold, and no one telling her to go to bed before midnight. Left at a boarding school, motherless Sara Crewe learns her father is missing in the war, and probably dead. She enters a life of servitude at the school and uses her imagination to stay upbeat by telling stories. I could tell stories for food. That’s basically what I do now. Scout Finch, the crusading heroine in “To Kill a Mockingbird” got along just fine without a mother. She wasn’t afraid to fight for what she knew was right. Scout inspired me to think about what justice really means, and to be outraged when justice isn’t served. And the queen of them all, Nancy Drew, shaped my entire life. With her wealthy father, Carson Drew, and her
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