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FREE FAMILY FIGHTS TO BRING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING to a common disease By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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Danielle Henry passed away at the age of 17 from migraine disease. (Henry Family)
expert but over the years, I became one.” After her 10-year battle with migraine disease, Danielle had a stroke, which the disease caused, and passed away at the age of 17. Even after her death, her father still pushed to learn more, and educate doctors on the disease so that they could learn to better diagnose patients who came into their clinics. “I think the primary problem is the lack of awareness,” Weyher said. “Everyone knows about diabetes and asthma, and if you say migraine, people think of it as a headache, when in all seriousness
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ne of the most common diseases in the world is actually one of the least well known in the world—it’s called migraine disease, and it affects 38 million people worldwide. The Henry family living in and around Sugar House, started a foundation called the Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation to increase public awareness of migraine disease and headache disorder, and the impact on patients, their families and society. “The most difficult part of migraine disease is that it is largely unseen and misunderstood,” said Dan Henry, a doctor who specializes in headache and migraine disorders. “There are more who have migraine disorder than asthma and diabetes combined, and it’s really unknown because people don’t see it every day.” Henry works at the Foothill Family Clinic in Salt Lake City, but changed his family practice once one of his family members who suffered from the disease had a fatal stroke. Since then he and his family have dedicated themselves to spreading knowledge and understanding about the disease, starting with their foundation. The Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation started in March of last year after the Henry family lost a daughter and a sister to migraine disease. Danielle Henry, who the foundation is named after, passed from migraine disease in 1999, a battle she fought from an early age. At the time, little was known about the disease and the most the family could do was give Danielle a shot to help calm the migraines. Danielle attended J.E Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School in Sugar House and then went onto Judge Memorial Catholic High School. “She did miss a lot of school, but despite that she was an honor student, and a varsity athlete,” Elizabeth Weyher, Danielle’s sister, said. “Danielle played varsity tennis, softball and basketball.” Weyher said that Danielle was lucky to be at a good school that understood her needs. Her basketball coach and teacher had a place in her classroom where she could rest if the migraines got too bad, and learned how to help her with the injections she needed. “Having that there for her was great,” Weyher said, “when she’d get her migraines, she sometimes couldn’t see so she couldn’t drive, and there were times where she couldn’t remember her phone number.” Danielle was hospitalized at least twice due to the disease. Her parents exhausted all their resources in Utah and finally went around the country meeting with specialists and trying to find different treatments. “When she got the disease, all my free time went to finding answers for her disease,” Henry said. “When it’s your child, you want to find answers. I wasn’t planning on becoming a headache
it’s a neurological disease. My sister used to say, ‘I wish I had a brain tumor, because then someone would understand.’” Henry said that most doctors don’t know how to diagnose the disease or treat it. During a medical student’s time in school, they will only have two, one-hour lectures on headaches, so it’s not surprising that doctors know so little on the disease and disorder. Through the foundation, the family has been able to start a Headache School at the University of Utah in Research Park. They bring together speakers who know different aspects about headaches and educate not only families who are affected by the disease but medical students and doctors who want to learn more. “After she passed, we decided that I would spend the rest of my career just taking care of headache patients,” Henry said. “I thought if I could help one person and then help the next person and the next person, I could relieve some of the suffering.” The foundation not only started the Headache School at the university, but provides a free support group for adolescents who live with the disease. The group meets the first and third Tuesday of every month from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Foothill Family Clinic at 6360 S. 3000 East. The family started this after learning that there weren’t any support groups in the nation for those with migraine disease and headache disorder. According to studies, migraine is the 6th most disabling illness in the world. More than 90% of those suffering from the disease are unable to work or function normally during their migraine. Henry has had patients who have a hard time keeping jobs and a social life because their headaches keep them away from living a normal life. Because so many different things can trigger a migraine such as computers, missed meals, lights and weather, one of his young patients said, “life is what triggers my migraines.” The family is holding a public fundraiser called “Shine Her Light” on June 16 at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City. The fundraiser starts at 6 p.m., and will feature music by Disgusting Brothers Band, and dinner will be provided by Black Sliders, Fiore Pizza, La Rancherita, Saturday’s Waffle and Sweetaly Gelato. All the proceeds will go towards the foundation which goes towards headache disorder and migraine disease research and funds the different programs organized by the family. “Ultimately, before I die, I hope we actually have a comprehensive headache program here in the state of Utah, whether it’s at IHC or the university,” Henry said. “If we can start as a community and develop these programs for support and awareness, then it could be a model around the country.” Learn more about the group session and the disease or donate to the foundation at daniellefoundation.org. l
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n March 24, Best Friends Animal Society celebrated its third year of the statewide No-Kill Utah (NKUT) initiative. The NKUT is an initiative of Best Friends Animal Society and coalition of 57 other Utah-based animal welfare organization. Their goal is to make Utah a no-kill state by 2019, and in 2016, saw a lot of progress of making that goal a reality. Currently in the United States, New Hampshire is the only no-kill state, meaning that they no longer Best Friends offers kill cats and dogs in shelters, and that is a goal that support to TNR to help Best Friends Animal Society hopes to reach in Utah. decrease the feral cat “The goal of NKUT is to ensure that every population, one of the biggest hurdles keeping healthy, treatable animal that enters a shelter in Utah Utah from being a no-kill is saved, and we are so close to accomplishing that,” state. (Natalie Mollinet/ said Arlyn Bradshaw, Best Friends-Utah executive City Journals). director. At the end of 2016, the save rate for shelters in the state went up to 85.8 percent, a slight increase from 84.4 percent in 2015. In Utah, the shelter system killed around 8,000 dogs and cats. According to Best Friends, around 2,400 of those cats and dogs in Utah simply died because they couldn’t find homes. In 2016, the save rate for dogs has remained steady but for cats, the rate dropped lower. “In 2016, we again saw a record high save rate with nearly 86 percent of shelter animals either being returned home, adopted or transferred to a rescue organization,” Bradshaw said. “While that achievement is something to celebrate, we still estimate nearly 2,400 more animals could have been saved.” Even with these numbers, Utah is making its progression towards a no-kill state. According to NKUT, as of March 2017, 32 Utah shelters have reached no-kill status by achieving a save rate of 90 percent or better. Best Friends says the way that this number can keep progressing is if people adopt animals from shelters or rescues and add a furry friend to their families. “We are asking all Utahns to help us close the gap by adopting from a shelter or rescue,” Bradshaw said, “ensuring all of their pets are spayed or neutered, and by contributing to the NKUT Coalition member of their choice.” Best Friends says their biggest hurdle in getting Utah to be a no-kill state is the challenge of saving the lives of cats. Cats represent more than 6,300 of the deaths in shelter systems while the save rate for dogs in Utah has been maintained at the verge of no-kill status for more than two years. “The best thing people can do is to adopt their next cat or kitten from a shelter or rescue group,” said Temma Martin, public relations specialist with Best Friends Animal Society. “These animals are already spayed or neutered, vaccinated and often microchipped. It’s a good deal, and new owners are getting off on the right foot to pet parenthood.”
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The shelter in Sugar House does allow people to walk in and meet the animals, including dogs and cats. Another way Best Friends says that people can help is by helping the free roaming cats in the community. One of the biggest reasons why cats have such a high rate of being put down is their population. “We offer support for Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) so that feral cats can’t continue to have kittens,” Martin said. “Volunteers can help with TNR, and we also seek volunteers to help bottle feed kittens in our kitten nursery. Saving cats and kittens is the key to making Utah no kill.” Best Friends loves being a part of the Sugar House community and loves having neighbors come into their Pet Adoption Center at 1100 E. 2005 South. Volunteers can sign up on http://utah.bestfriends.org/get-involved/volunteer. “We’d love for our neighbors in Sugar House to stop by our Pet Adoption Center to adopt, to volunteer, or just to visit,” Martin said. “Our animals love the attention, and who knows, visitors might just find the perfect pet and fall in love.” l
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Faces and Places By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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hat awesome places can you find in Sugar House? And what compliments have these faces in the area received from friends and family? Take a look at the faces and places in Sugar House.
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George Arbuckle House: Looking at this home in Sugar House, you can see why it’s under the Utah National Register, with its Gothic Revival design,
gables and the double doors that creates a beautiful home. The alleged builder behind the home was a Scottish immigrant named George Arbuckle, who in February 1890, purchased the property from his employer for $500. When he bought the property, he described the territory around his home in an interview recorded in “Tales of a Triumphant People,” as, “all farming country, and there were very few houses. I drove up Seventh East with my family and had a cow tied behind the buggy.” Arbuckle, in 1909, was made bishop of the LDS Emerson Ward in the Granite Stake and held that calling for 11 years. The home still stands in the Sugar House neighborhood, located at 747 East and 1700 South. The home has had several owners since Arbuckle and even though the interior of the home has changed, the exterior remains almost the same as it did in 1890. Sugar House LDS Ward Building: Sitting behind Westminster College at 1950 South and 1200 East, the Sugar House LDS Ward Building has been a part of the community since 1924. The two-story red brick building was designed by Joseph Don Carlos Young and is built in a U shape, consisting of two parallel wings and a single-story open colonnaded portico connecting them. The building is also significant in that it is
flattened triangles? His widened eyes, smile, little chuckle and nod after was all the compliment I needed. I was a cool nerd at that moment.
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Sugar House Boys & Girls Club revels in nationwide celebration by giving back By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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uring the week of March 26, The Boys & Girls Club of America celebrated Boys & Girls Club week. During the week, the students who attend the after-school club not only honored those who have helped them over the years, but gave back to the community. At the Boys & Girls Club in Sugar House, the club and staff recognized and thanked Comcast for their funds and service in helping with the club, and in return, followed that example by giving back to the community. On March 28, club members gathered in their gym and took a picture of themselves holding a sign they made for Comcast, thanking them for their contributions to the club. Comcast is responsible for the Wi-Fi in the club as well as their computer lab, which is used by the students. In return, Amanda Ree Hughes, the director of development for the Boys & Girls Club told the students how important it was to give back to their community, since their community, by example, had shown service to them. “You guys are going into your community today, and you will be representing the Boys & Girls Club,” Hughes said. “Your community here and the community in Salt Lake really care about you and they want to give back to you.” During the gathering, the club also
The Boys & Girls Club thanks Comcast for their computer lab. (Natalie Mollinet/City Journals).
congratulated one of their own members named Skyler K., who has been a member of the Sugar House club for nine years. He received the Youth of the Year, which is the highest award given to a club member. He’s a senior at Olympus High School and was recognized for his excellence in the Club values of academic success, healthy lifestyles and good character and citizenship. He received a $1,500 scholarship that will go towards his school when he graduates this spring. “I have really enjoyed the time I have spent
at the Club and the experiences I’ve had there,” Skyler wrote in his essay for the contest. “The Club has been a positive influence in my life and the staff has always supported me. The Club gives me a place I can go to get help, support, and guidance to stay committed to my academics. I am grateful for all the opportunities the Club has given me. They have helped teach me to be a good role model and to stay committed to my future.” After pictures and smiles were given to Comcast, and applause given to Skyler, the
different classes of students went into their classrooms and did projects, while the third- and fourth-grade students went outside and cleaned up trash around the Boys & Girls Club and around Fairmont Park. “It’s great,” said Club Director Jamie Dunn regarding the kids helping out. “We are so lucky that we have really awesome kids and families that we serve. It’s funny at first because sometimes you’ll hear some groaning and sometimes they’re excited, but once they get into it they can make anything fun as long as you’re letting them know that what they’re doing is important.” During that day, the club was trying to teach the kids to respect their things as well as take care of their areas and to remember that they are part of a community and it’s important to be a good part of that community. The kids all agreed that it was important, so when it came to picking up trash, they were more than happy to help. “One of the things we focus on is community service,” Dunn said. “We do serve some youth that come from low-income homes and don’t have a lot, and it’s an important teaching lessons that even if they don’t have anything, they can still give back in some way, and it helps with their egos and personalities.” l
Smiles abound during Eatser Egg Hunt Familes got to interact with the Easter Bunny during the Easter Egg Hunt. The event was hosted by the Sugar House Chamber. (Allie Nannini/City Journals)
Families of all shapes, sizes and ages came out for the Easter Egg Hunt held on April 8 at Fairmont Park. (Allie Nannini/City Journals)
An Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by the Sugar House Chamber, was held at Fairmont Park on April 8. Coordinators for the event were stationed around the park where kids could exchange found eggs for candy. (Allie Nannini/City Journals)
Face painting was a popular activity before the Easter Egg Hunt began on April 8 at Fairmont Park. (Allie Nannini/City Journals)
Children hunt for Easter eggs at Fairmont Park where they could then exchange their eggs for candy. (Allie Nannini/City Journals)
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n April 8 and 9, foodies flocked to the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah to engage their taste buds by sampling delights during the fourth annual Chocolate and Cheese Festival. “We wanted to present that local perspective, because they’re both products that are being handmade in Utah,” said Kris Chapman of the Natural History Museum’s public relations department. Partakers of the mostly local foods also had the opportunity, for an additional fee, to attend workshops in chocolate- and cheese-related subjects taught by the expert vendors. Both adult and kid-specific workshops were available in chocolate and cheese pairing, bizarre foods and the most popular subject on the art of fondue in chocolate and cheese. This event brings more than 25 local chocolate and cheese creators with other foods grown or made in and around Utah, such as honey and jams. “We have so many entrepreneurs who wanted to get involved in the process. We wanted to start by highlighting and showcasing some of the Utah companies,” said Chapman. Ruth Kendrick, founder of the Ogden-based company Chocolat, came to show off her style of
using colored cocoa butter to give her chocolates unique designs, patterns and colors. “We have probably 20 different types and shapes of impressions. It’s not the old fondant that you have to stir and is super sweet. They’re more fun. The colored cocoa butter is more fun,” said Kendrick. “This is the only selling event we do. It’s a good one.” Kendrick says she began learning the art of chocolates from her mother who was a chocolatier and combining that with an ongoing education in European candy making. Her molded chocolate creations have made her booth a popular one at the festival for the last four years. The festival brought in more than 3,000 guests on Saturday, a record-breaking number compared to past years. Some artists, such as Alex Walton, drew inspiration from the surrounding dinosaur bones and fossils displayed at the museum. Using wires, a special food-specific freezing spray and baking chocolate, Walton used techniques like hand carving, modeling chocolate, and melted chocolate as a glue to create skeleton sculptures of a Mastodon, Allosaurus, Stegosaurus and Utahceratops to display during the festival. Each sculpture took him around 15 hours to make as he hand-carved each head and rolled out rib
bones. “I just make what I find interesting. These are more intricate and more delicate. I got the idea to make these when I was visiting the museum for the Chocolate and Cheese Festival last year as a visitor and walking around looking at the dinosaur bones and fossils. They’re dark brown and looks like they’re made of chocolate. There should be chocolate dinosaurs. No one else had done it before,” said Walton. Participant Michelle Perroni said she’s planning on returning next year. “It was really good. Very crowded. I definitely had my fill of chocolate and cheese. My favorite was the olive oil stand,” she said. The next museum exhibit, running from May 2017 to January 2018, will be ancient Viking artifacts from Sweden. The exhibit will also include costumed theater actors to help teach Viking history and the use of the artifacts. For more information on upcoming events, visit: https://nhmu.utah.edu/events. l
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Wood fire revolution taking place in SH backyard By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com
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raeger Grills has made Sugar House feel like its own land of comfort, like a backyard. “It honestly just felt like home,” Denny Bruce said about setting up in Sugar House. Bruce is the executive vice president of sales, product and marketing for the wood fire grill company. Arriving in September 2015, the company known for its different approach to grilling—it uses wood pellets as opposed to gas grills—has established its corporate headquarters in Sugar House on 1215 E. Wilmington Ave. “We couldn’t be more happy to be in Sugar House…we are loving this neighborhood,” Bruce said. Bruce, who lives in Heber, highlighted how multiple employees commute over an hour and prefer doing so since the location is Sugar House. He said employees love shopping and eating at the various shops and restaurants in the area. They also regularly walk, run and exercise along the canal and pathway that leads into Sugar House Park. Originally, the company was based out of Springville, Utah and Mount Vernon, Oregon. As a way to improve its efficiency, Bruce said the company decided to create a headquarters settling on Sugar House. Bruce, along with Traeger CEO Jeremy Andrus, joined the company from Skullcandy. Bruce said just as Skullcandy can be synonymous with Park City, he hopes the same can be said for Traeger Grills and Sugar House. “We take a lot of pride in being part of the company and since day one when we got here, that’s what we tried to instill,” he said. Whether it’s cooking for a refugee soccer program or the local shelter, Bruce said they have a lot of pride in the local community.
He said Andrus’s comment to him is “how can we win in the rest of the country, if we can’t win first and foremost, in our own backyard.” The grilling company has aimed to bring its own uniqueness to not only Sugar House, but every backyard it can. Instead of charcoal or gas, the grills made by Traeger are designed to cook, grill, bake, roast, smoke or barbecue over wood pellets as a way for improved quality. “Literally, you can taste the difference between our grill and a gas grill,” Bruce said. He also pointed out the digital controls on some of the grills that, when connected to your phone, allows you to adjust temperature settings from anywhere. Grills are designed to make people feel “after a few times cooking, that they’re a pit master.” The company recently held a contest with teams of four plying their hand at grilling. With teams including various cooks from differing barbecue joints, the winners included a local entrepreneur and UFC fighter. Most importantly, Bruce said, might be the sense of community they believe it can bring. “It’s about bringing people together as family, friends and neighbors,” he said, noting how the wood fire smell might cause a neighbor to peek over the backyard fence leading to a barbecue invite. Users have let Bruce know how much the grill has affected their lives with people cooking with the grill five to six times a week. One user told him it literally changed his life. “I realize how that sounds, ‘a grill changing people’s lives,’ but literally it brings people together, it changes the way they consume their food,” Bruce said. l
One of Traeger Grills tailgating grills is arrayed at its headquarters. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
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A series of unfortunate events: Homeless shelter site selection
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he events and decisions that led up to the selection of the various homeless shelter sites in Salt Lake County are filled with frustration, confusion and outright hostility. The issue of what to do with the growing homeless population in the county and where to put them has been met with several different solutions, none of which everyone seems to agree upon. However, the final decisions on where to put homeless resource centers were made and many neighborhoods and communities are about to change.
Announcement of New Homeless Resource Shelters On Dec. 13, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and the city council announced the locations of four 150-bed homeless shelters around the city that would also serve as resource centers. The locations were: 653 E. Simpson Ave. (2300 South), 275 W. High Ave. (1400 South), 131 E. 700 South, and 648 W. 100 South. The selection was announced without any public comment and are the result of a two-year selection processes. The mayor and council said the decision was made without public input because they wanted to avoid pitting neighborhoods against each other. However, they promised to hold open houses to gain feedback from the community. “A process that would pit different communities in our city against each other and tear our city apart as we try to affect change, was not something we felt comfortable doing,” Biskupski told residents at a Sugar House Community Council meeting. The idea behind the four sites was to provide services such as mental health, substance abuse treatment and job training while drawing people away from The Road Home shelter in downtown Salt Lake City, which is scheduled to be closed. City officials said the smaller shelters would have a minimal impact on the neighborhoods with no drug dealing allowed near the sites and high levels of security. However, not everybody was happy with the decisions. Sugar House Rebuts Instead of empathy, the decision was met with outrage, most vehemently in Sugar House where one site was set for 653 E. Simpson Ave.—across the street from a residential neighborhood that would replace four local businesses. Residents poured into city council meetings, open houses and the Sugar House Community Council meeting to voice opposition to a decision made behind closed doors. City officials maintained they
did so to avoid pitting neighborhoods against one another. “The way the city’s handled this, it’s building nothing but resentment from most of the community,” said Chris Sveiven, who lives 75 feet away from the proposed site. Biskupski pleaded with residents to embrace the resource model that would disperse the homeless population and “stop subjecting them to easy access by drug dealers.” She also urged compassion for “families that need to be embraced by us, that need a little bit of help.” Residents, however, felt the model was too risky. “You’re asking us to take a leap of faith,” resident Shane Stroud told Biskupski during the community council meeting. “This isn’t a leap of faith, this is a gamble and the costs of that gamble are extremely high.” Stroud added if the center didn’t work as intended, repercussions would last decades. Legislative Take Over On Feb. 24, the four shelter plan was scrapped with two proposed sites dropped—including the Simpson site—and a plan was developed to build a third site somewhere in Salt Lake County. Legislation was passed on March 9 that appropriated more than $10 million to help build the resource centers and removed local cities from having any formal say on the mater. That legislation also required Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams to recommend a site to the state’s Homeless Coordinating Committee by March 30, or risk losing the money. March 10 saw five homeless sites selected—three in West Valley City and two in South Salt Lake, with two additional South Salt Lake sites added on March 21. What ensued was three weeks of what McAdams deemed would be a “robust but abbreviated” process to include public input with four open houses and one public comment session. West Valley City and South Salt Lake Fight Against Site Selection West Valley City officials repeatedly decried the sites selected, citing the stress it would place on fire and police departments, the unproven service model and overall rushed process. “It’s complete vapor,” said WVC City Manager Wayne Pyle of the planned service model during an open house on March 18. He said these resources being talked about are “great ideas and we’d love to see them implemented” but doesn’t feel they are fully formed
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West Valley and South Salt Lake residents surround Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams at an open house on March 21 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. Many residents said they would consider moving if the resource center is built near them. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
with no plans, funds or specifics. “In our mind what we have is this shelter being moved from downtown to West Valley or wherever with a lot of good intention, but not anything in terms of an actual plan to prove that it’s gonna be any different than where it is right now,” Pyle said. The county has studied homelessness reforms for over two years according to McAdams. Resource centers are designed to serve specific populations such as single women or single men. Parts of the design also include sleeping areas, on-site case managers to help with specialized services such as job or behavioral needs, food services and security space for a police officer. All would be provided inside the center. The plan would be different from The Road Home shelter on Rio Grande where occupants must leave to utilize surrounding services. Shaleane Gee, director of special projects with Salt Lake County, told residents at an open house that the center would be like an “emergency room facility. A resource center in the sense that it teaches you how to leave homelessness.” West Valley City Mayor Ron Bigelow said if the model’s different from past ventures, why wasn’t that sold to the public. “We’re all reasonable people, and if it’s so great, why can’t you do it at Rio Grande right now? And prove to us that it works. We’ll line up asking for it, may even bid for it,” Bigelow said. McAdams told media and residents on March 21 that the model is similar to Volunteers of America’s Youth Resource Center or the YWCA, both in Salt Lake City, that provides shelter and transitional housing for homeless women and children. City officials continually stressed the burden WVC already carried with its 33,000 affordable housing units and Kelly Benson Apartment complex which provides permanent housing for chronically homeless. “It’s unethical to ask our residents to carry even more. We happily carry our burden, but we can’t do it all,” said WVC councilman Lars Nordfelt at the March 18 open house. On March 22, residents and representative from both South Salt Lake and West Valley City met with the members of the Homeless Coordinating Committee at the state capitol to argue their cities were not suited to handle the proposed homeless shelter sites. McAdams began the meeting by trying to assure residents that they are listening to the public and understand their concerns. “I know the news about this effort to find a location for the homeless resource center has been unsettling and stressful to homes and businesses in South Salt Lake and in West Valley City. I know there are concerns about drugs and crime and property values, loss of economic opportunity,” McAdams said. “I know this is not because of your lack of compassion for people who are met with the crisis
that comes with not having a roof over your head or a safe place to sleep at night.” South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood addressed the committee, saying her city and its residents are compassionate and solution oriented but the homeless shelter site selection process has forced them to oppose the shelter in their community for several reasons. Wood said the site selection process has been too rushed, less than fair and less than transparent. “What’s the point of public meetings and site evaluation committee if the sites have already been chosen behind closed doors?” she asked. She also pointed out that as one of the smallest cities in the county, South Salt Lake is already overburdened with regional and county services residents are forced to support. This includes two county jails, two juvenile detention centers, an 88-bed facility for the chronically homeless, a regional sewage treatment plant and a solid waste transfer facility. Wood reminded the committee none of these services pay property tax toward the city. Wood also opposed the resource center model because there is no guarantee it will work. “We have no confidence that the new location will solve the problem. In fact, it feels like we are simply moving the problem south,” Wood said. “The resource center model is too new and there is no funding arrangement in the legislation to offset the community impacts.” Many residents who spoke at the public hearing explained how neither South Salt Lake nor West Valley City would be a good fit for the homeless shelter sites. One South Salt Lake resident said that unlike other cities, this is not a case of “not in my backyard.” Rather, their yard is already full. Another South Salt Lake resident said the city is a great place for the county to put things they don’t want. Residents have been very accommodating but “enough was enough.” Disaster in Draper On March 28, two days before the committee was set to make a selection on the new sites, Draper Mayor Troy Walker shocked residents by announcing he was offering two potential sites for consideration within his city limits. One site would be a portion of the Utah State Prison location, which is scheduled to be moved to Salt Lake City. The other site was at 15001 Minuteman Drive. Draper was the first city to willingly offer sites for a homeless shelter. “It’s the right thing to do, it’s the Christian thing to do. It’s the thing that will set us apart and make us the people we are,” Walker said. However, the Draper residents were having none of it. Nearly 1,000 residents showed up to an open house on March 29 at Draper
May 2017 | Page 9 Park Middle School. The meeting was supposed to be an open house-style meeting where residents could fill out cards with their comments and learn more about the sites. When residents found out there was no public comment to be made, a handful hijacked the meeting, forcing the school to open the auditorium and provide a microphone. The majority of residents who were opposed to the homeless shelter sites cited concerns over increased crime and drugs, putting strains on the police department and lowering property values. Residents took turns airing their grievances, shouting at anyone in support of the site. This included Lawrence Horman, a homeless man who asked for compassion for people like him. He was booed off stage when he called for patience. Another resident who explained she had worked with homeless teens in the past said she was mostly angry because she felt the decision was sprung upon residents but she was in favor of the sites in Draper. She was also booed and yelled at. The meeting turned hostile when Walker and McAdams took the stage, with many residents screaming abuse at the public officials. Walker tried to explain his point of view but was met with only screams of derision. Residents threatened Walker with impeachment and lawsuits, claiming corruption and deals made behind closed doors. Others called Walker out for the alleged mistreatment of Councilwoman Michele Weeks, who claimed to be left out of the announcement. Weeks told the crowd she had only found out about the sites during the press conference and she was just as shocked as residents. “They have not included the Draper residents,” Weeks said. “We have a lot of questions that need to be answered before we volunteer two sites.” The nearly four-hour meeting, which mostly consisted of Walker and McAdams sitting silently on the stage while residents spoke their minds, ended with Walker rescinding his offer of the two sites. “You folks don’t want it,” Walker said, “so we can’t in good conscience say we want it here.” Final Decision On March 31, McAdams announced the decision to put the third homeless shelter in South Salt Lake at 3380 S. 1000 West. That day, Wood held a press conference to address residents about the decision. She said there are concerns about the site, including the fact it’s close to the Jordan River, a newly developed community on the west side of the river and longtime residents along 1000 West who have fought to keep the nearby agriculture zone intact. “Needless to say, we are disappointed. We are frustrated and we are angry. Our neighbors and businesses have stood together, residents have come out and we have fought this fight together. I thank you for that,” Wood said. “As a community, I think we expressed our concerns well. I think we had a compelling reason as to why we were not the site for the homeless resource center. I’m not quite sure where the communication breakdown was or why it didn’t matter.” Wood explained McAdams made commitments to South Salt Lake to help ease the blow. These commitments included significant investments in open space and transportation, improvements to the Jordan River and new amenities like a library. Most importantly, McAdams told Wood that construction would not begin until legislation was passed next session that would provide some kind of continued funding source for the resource center. “We feel that gives us some time and we’re going to take advantage of that time to address some critical issues to make sure the impact on our community is as small as it can be,” Wood said. Wood also told residents she and the council are promising not to raise taxes. “You are not subsidizing another undesirable regional use in our community,” Wood said. “That’s a commitment that we’re making right now.” Wood called the selection a “lethal blow” to the community of South Salt Lake. “We are angry and we continue to be angry,” Wood said. l
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Community ombudsman reports on construction projects By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com
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ommunity ombudsman Bill Knowles reported on the current state of construction projects within the city to the Sugar House Community Council during its April 5 meeting. Knowles began his report by saying as the weather starts to improve the city is going to see more construction projects happening. The first project Knowles addressed was the Sugarmount Apartments on the corner of Sugarmount and McClellan, a project he described as being obvious since it has been going on for quite some time. The complex will have 300 apartments and is slated to be complete in late 2018. “They have been busy and active. They’ve got the foundation and footing laid down,” Knowles said. “They’re sinking a few hundred support rods into the earth to help support the building with the type of earth they’re dealing with.” Knowles said he informed the neighbors that now construction is about to begin, it may get noisy. “It’s relative to the person hearing it. It may be louder than (they) think it is so do call. Make sure we’re not causing pain to businesses,” Knowles said. “Let’s keep an eye on it and see what happens. It could be very annoying.” The construction crew has a permit to work from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. but Knowles believes they won’t work that late into the night and will most likely end their days earlier in the evening. Next, Knowles discussed the Mecham Development, located at 2200 S. Highland Dr. The project was going to be a University of Utah medical clinic. However, the university has since pulled out of the project. “It’s being redesigned internally for commercial office use,”
Construction for the Sugarmount Apartment complex has begun, according to Community Ombudsman Bill Knowles. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)
Knowles said. “The footprint of the building will not change but they’re restructuring it to not include the medical clinic stuff.” According to the last report given to Knowles, the project owners plan on going into construction by the end of summer. “There’s some incentive to do that. They have to do that or they have to completely landscape that site following demolition and they can’t do any additional demolition,” Knowles said. “That’s something we’re keeping an eye on and getting updates on.” According to Knowles, the Legacy Village project is wrapping up. Located at 1200 E. Wilmington Ave., the senior residential
housing started in 2015 and is on schedule to open this year. Knowles said this is a critical fact since the Woodbury Corporation, who owns Legacy Village, can now move onto a hotel project just east of Legacy Village. “Those plans have been approved. It’s been teed up and ready to go,” Knowles said. “Woodbury said it’s going to start as soon as he finishes Legacy Village.” Another big project is an apartment complex located around 100 East and 2100 South. Demolition has begun and the construction is set to begin. “They’ve got the equipment on site,” Knowles said. “They’ll begin excavating. It is finally an active project.” Other construction projects happening in Sugar House include the Westport Capital Project at the former Shopko site. According to Knowles’ report, the owner plans to submit plans to the city and begin the review process with city departments. The project description is a University of Utah medical clinic, commercial office space and residential areas. Final approval for a CVS Drug Store near 1300 East and 2100 South is completed and construction is imminent, according to Knowles. The chain drug store is slated to be complete by spring 2018. The last project on Knowles’ report is an update on the Questar Gas line replacement. The project started in February and affects 1700 South between 700 East and 1300 East, as well as on 1300 East between 800 South and 1700 South. For questions or reporting issues or concerns contact Knowles at 801-580-2626 or email him at bill.knowles@slcgov.com. l
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Growing SLC housing plan presented to community council By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com
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alt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski recently announced the release of Growing SLC, a five-year plan that addresses the housing needs of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County. The plan was presented to the Sugar House Community Council during their April 5 meeting. The plan was presented by Matt Dahl, the deputy director of Salt Lake City Housing and Neighborhood Development. According to Dahl, Growing SLC is the first housing plan Salt Lake has done since 2000. “Growing SLC is intended to establish Salt Lake as a place where a growing diverse population can find housing opportunities that are safe, secure and enrich lives and communities. The plan outlines housing policies through which Salt Lake City will advance this vision,” Dahl said. “Growing SLC imagines a city where all residents, current and prospective, regardless of race, age, economic status or physical ability can find a place to call home.” Dahl explained in developing this plan, they wanted to make sure they had ample data and feedback before the plan was put together. They hired consultants who conducted a number of surveys. They also held open houses over the course of 2016 to receive input from the public. What they found from the surveys was 50 percent of Salt Lake City’s renters are what’s
Matt Dahl explains the Growing SLC housing plan to the community council. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)
considered to be “rent-burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. Twenty-five percent of renters are extremely rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 50 percent of their income on rent. “When you look at the sheer number of renters who are cost-burdened, that’s not just people who are making extremely low incomes. There are people who are making middle class incomes who are cost-burdened,” Dahl said. “In
all of these cases, we’re not even talking about the best housing. Prices are getting so high in Salt Lake City that often times, for subpar housing for people in those lower income brackets are spending more than 50 percent of their income.” The surveys also determined there was a lack of around 7,500 housing units for people making 40 percent of the median income in the city. “That’s one of the biggest ones we hit on but there are a lot of other gaps that we have. The important thing to point out here is we’re not just talking about that lowest income,” Dahl said. “We’re talking about the lack of supply, high demand that’s raising the price for everyone and that’s why we needed to get this plan into place.” Dahl explained 84 percent of the workforce in Salt Lake City do not actually live in the city because they can’t afford it. That workforce traveling into Salt Lake City leads to problems such as air pollution and clogged up transportation system. “It’s providing other negative consequences to people who already live here,” Dahl said. Growing SLC has three goals, with each goal having a number of objectives they are trying to achieve. The first goal is to increase housing options by reforming city practices to promote a responsive, affordable, high-opportunity housing market. The different objectives to achieve
this goal are to modernize land-use and zoning regulations to reflect the affordability needs of a growing pioneering city, remove impediments in city processes to encourage housing development, lead in construction of innovative housing solutions and provide residents, community advocates, business leaders and elected officials with high quality data to drive decision making. The second goal is to increase housing opportunities and stabilization for cost-burdened households. The objectives include prioritizing the development of new affordable housing with an emphasis on households earning 40 percent of the area median income and below, pursuing funding sources for affordable housing opportunities, stabilizing very low-income renters, securing and preserving long-term affordability, working with landlords to both improve their housing stock and rent to low-income households and increasing home ownership opportunities. The final goal is building a more equitable city through equitable and fair housing. The objectives include eliminating incidences of housing discrimination in Salt Lake City, aligning resources to create areas of opportunity and implementing Lifecycle Housing principles in neighborhoods throughout the city. To learn more about the Growing SLC housing plan, visit www.slcgov.com/hand l
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Old Shopko to be office space, possible medical facility By Kelly Cannon | kelly@mycityjournals.com
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orking is moving forward on replacing the old Shopko building at 2290 S. 1300 East. Mark Isaac, the owners’ representative of Westport Capital Projects, presented the Sugar House Community Council with plans for the site during the council’s April 5 meeting. “We’re gearing up to start working through the approval process with the (Salt Lake) City Council to begin the transformation and the redevelopment of the nine and a half acre site,” Isaac said. Isaac brought in developers from Sentinel Development to help explain the goals for the project. Colby Durnin of Sentinel Development explained they’ve been working on the project in earnest late last year. They began reaching out to the community through surveys to help determine what would be the best fit for the new development. They received over 2,700 responses with several common themes. “Reading through them, it was new streets with wide pedestrian sidewalks, enhanced connections and bike paths, connections between activity centers and blocks in Sugarhouse, ample daytime and evening parking with below ground structure, improved traffic circulation from interstate onramp, design of building be attractive on all four sides, lighting and landscaping preserve the look of the streetscape, landmark entry way and public art,” Durnin said. Durnin explained when they first came, people were concerned the space would become another big box retail chain. However, Durnin said after they looked at the site, they realized it wasn’t what was best for the community. “It’s not what made sense for this area,” Durnin said. The site will be developed into a University of Utah medical center and office space. There will also be four levels of parking, mostly underground. However, Durnin admitted the medical office
Colby Durnin of Sentinel Development explains what the plans are for the Shopko site to the community council. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)
is not official. “We’ve been in talks with the University of Utah,” Durnin said. “We do not have a signed lease yet but we’re very hopeful.” During the presentation, resident Anne Asman began to ask questions, her first being about the demographics of the survey conducted by Sentinel Development. “I have some questions about your survey as far as the demographics because the respondents are not indicated here,” Asman said. “I’d like to know their ages, what their incomes were, what their families are, are they employed? I’d love to have the
complete information about who gave you that information.” Asman also took issue with the plan for more office space. “What we’ve talked about so far is what it looks like and how it’s going to manipulate. What about the function of these buildings? We have office buildings,” Asman said. “If Dixon is going to be an office building instead of the university’s clinic, don’t we have enough office space? There are lease signs all the time out on 1300 East for the two office buildings we have there.” Durnin explained the type of office space that will be built will be a “high class” office. He admitted there is a lot of vacancy for office space but the vacancy for high class office space is very low. “Our investment team doesn’t think we’ll have a problem filling them at all,” Durnin said. Asman said she was also concerned with the different demographics of the people living near the building, especially the aging population. “We have a lot of different demographics and generations that will be utilizing this. My concern is that we’re not looking at the utilization and how it’s going to accommodate the needs of these people,” Asman said. “We’re looking at whether or not there’s a stop light or whether or not there’s a road here. We need to be looking more at the substance of what is going to be in these buildings.” Isaac responded that he believes the site will fit in well with the demographics. “I don’t understand your question when you say there’s going to be this huge senior living center going to be built in the community and right next door we’re going to be building a huge medical campus,” Isaac said. “It sounds perfect to me.” l
Center for Entrepreneurship at Westminster College by Rodeina Soweidan, student in Westminster’s Center for Entrepreneurship Westminster College’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) invites the Sugar House community — especially business owners — to get involved with all it has to offer; from attending panels featuring successful business owners to mentoring students on how to grow their own business idea. The mission of the center is to inspire students to take their ideas and turn them into a business opportunity. Sponsors such as KeyBank, Strong & Hanni Law Firm, Millcreek Coffee Roasters, Millcreek Cacao Roasters and the University of Utah allow the center to invite community members on campus to learn about available programs. The CFE currently offers a variety of opportunities for students through programs like Opportunity Quest, the college’s annual business-plan competition; the Lectures in Entrepreneurship series, which invites notable entrepreneurs throughout the country to speak on campus; the Entrepreneurship Club; Idea Quest, a community-service
project; and networking and mentoring opportunities. One of the programs that sets Westminster’s CFE apart from other entrepreneurship programs is the new Social Impact Incubator founded by Intuitive Funding. This program seeks to inspire entrepreneurs (students, alumni and community members) to focus on social entrepreneurship and find solutions to problems that can make a difference for local, national and global communities. Stay tuned for the grand opening of the Social Impact Incubator in the fall of 2017. The Center for Entrepreneurship strives to strengthen ties with Sugar House by inviting the community to attend local networking activities, providing opportunities for small business owners to brainstorm ideas with students, as well as offering mentorship opportunities for Opportunity Quest and the Social Impact Incubator. For more information on how to get involved, please email entrepreneurship@ westminstercollege.edu.
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Fourth graders at Highland Park write an opera By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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any have heard the operas of Mozart, Puccini, and Wagner, but not many have heard the styles of Pieter Lingen’s fourth-grade class and their opera “Tales of Courage”, with lyrics completely written by the students. The opera, performed in April, was a class effort to bring the stories of “The Tortoise and the Hare”, “Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “The Lion and the Mouse” together. “This is the 11th opera I have done with my fourth-grade class,” said Lingen, a teacher at Highland Park. “The Utah Opera provides a (grant to a) musician that can work with the kids, and I usually choose a story that the students can make into an opera.” The undertaking begins early in the school year with the decision of what story to base the opera on. Lingen tries to pick stories that aren’t very well known but this year, he made an exception. After the opera was chosen, Lingen brought the story to the students and then broke it up into different parts so everyone had a role. In groups, the students took the scenes they were given and came up with a song. “The kids come up with the words to put together, and some are very funny,” Lingen said. “One song is about a troll and it goes ‘he’s bug and fat and related to a rat’ the kids come up with the words and work with a musician.” That musician is Highland Park music teacher Jennifer Purdy, who works at the school twice a week and receives a grant from Utah Opera to help the students write the opera outside of school hours. With her musical knowledge, she showed the students how to turn their lyrics into songs. After the music is written, is tryout time. Lingen says that if a student wants a solo
they are given one and everyone participates whether it’s in the chorus or with a speaking line. The class practices for two weeks before and after school. Finally, the show goes on at Hillside Middle School for parents and friends to see. “It is a challenge sometimes,” Lingen said. “I do ask the parents to help out with costumes and scenery. I just keep asking till someone says yes, and we talk together about what I’m thinking and come up with some amazing things.” Even though this is Lingen’s 11th opera with Highland Park, he has been doing some type of musical or opera with his fourth-grade class for 17 years. His first was a musical he put together called “Old Henry” based off a book by Joan Blos. Lingen wrote one of the songs for the musical and since has helped the students in his classes learn to appreciate the stage and the music. “They just get so excited that they can do something like that,” Lingen said about the student’s enthusiasm for their opera. “They’ll say things like ‘that’s my words, and that’s my part.’” Lingen said he grew up with opera in his home, and, at first, he wasn’t a fan. His father loved it though and would turn the music up if Lingen asked him to turn it down. Since then, he has been to a few operas and enjoys introducing this art to his students. “It’s just story telling with music and dance,” Lingen said, “and that’s the wonderful thing about fourth graders, they’re willing to try something tough. Even if they don’t do anything ever again with opera, it’s still fun and great. It has given them the opportunity to experience it.” l
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Each student had a part in the play. (Natalie Mollinet/City Journals).
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Salt Lake School of the Performing Arts partners with Nibley Park By Natalie Mollinet | natalie@mycityjournals.com
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ince its beginning at Highland High School over 10 years ago, The Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts or SPA, now has its own building in the old Roslyn Heights Elementary School and almost 300 students. The school focuses on the performing arts of music, dance and theater, and has talented, driven students who want their names in Broadway lights or where ever their dreams take them. This year, SPA has decided to give back and their first stop is Nibley Park Middle School. Katelin Knight, the musical theater teacher at SPA, teaches at Nibley Park every week helping the seventh- and eighth-graders get a chance to experience what it’s like to be on stage. She said that the students there don’t get the opportunity to perform, so twice a week she helps them with the fundamentals. “I think it does so much for them,” Knight said. “(Performing arts) helps with them with their confidence and team-building skills. It’s different than sitting in a math class where you don’t really get the chance to show your creative side and in the theater program, they get to be.” Knight and SPA hopes that the school programs will encourage students to take a chance in the performing arts or help the students get out of their shells. SPA also allows other eighth-grade students at schools around the city to come and shadow for a day. The soonto-be graduated student can have the chance to take four classes at SPA and see what it’s like to be a SPA student. SPA students commute between Highland High School and the old Roslyn Heights Elementary School down the street. They
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Katelin Knight, a teacher as Utah’s School for the Performing Arts, teaches at Nibley Park twice a week, helping kids with their performing skills. (Savannah Spring/SPA media student)
get their academic classes at Highland and then their performing arts classes at SPA from experienced teachers in the performing arts. “Our students are so driven, and many are lined up to go to performing arts colleges when they graduate,” Knight said. “A lot of our students do well academically in their math, science and history classes, but when they come here, this is what they really
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love to do, so it’s nice coming to class and actually see them love coming.” Knight added that even after school it’s hard to get them to leave. They work hard on their performances and their projects. They are dedicated to their rehearsals and performances and she said that’s something you typically don’t see in high school kids. This is Knight’s first year teaching at SPA and, so far, she loves the students and faculty. She started her performing career at the age of two in dance in Southern California. When she studied at Southern Utah University, she double majored in dance and musical theater. She has worked with the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, the Utah Opera, the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, Hale Center Theater, and Performance Riverside. This is her first year teaching in a public school and she sees so much potential in her students. Knight said that being in the Salt Lake City community is a great place to have a performing arts school. There are many opportunities with professional dance companies, theater companies and music in the area. The students have had the opportunity to go see professional performances and work with the performers in them. The school itself also is constantly having performances, at around 200 in the school year, whether it’s a rehearsal or a performance. All their performances and rehearsals are listed on their website at www.saltlakespa.org. l
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Highland baseball team jells on the diamond and in community By Koster Kennard | koster.k@mycityjournals.com
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ighland High School baseball has been a below average baseball team for each of the past few seasons and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2005. But, with three consecutive wins over their rival East High School, the team is primed to compete for a playoff spot this season.
“We are currently fourth place in our region and we are sitting at 500 in region,” said head coach Nick Sasich. “So, it’s been a good year so far from where the program has been historically at this point.” Sasich said that this year’s team is more cohesive than teams he’s had in past seasons. “They’re more together as a team,” Sasich said. “I start six or seven underclassmen and they just jell really well together. They care about each other, they go out and they play for each other, and that’s different than some other teams in the past. They haven’t cared about each other or anything like that but this team just takes that another step further.” Spencer Thomas, a junior who has spent time as a pitcher, first baseman and third baseman this season explained why. “Recently, we’ve really come together as a team and really learned how to work together and trust each other that each person can do their job and I think that helps us play and compete well,” said Thomas.
First base coach Rafael Flores said that because this year’s team is young he has been able to grow. “We’re always a young team I think and that’s going to be the big key this year,” Flores said. “We have two seniors, two juniors and a lot of sophomores playing varsity time. I’m excited about their development. They’ve grown. I’ve coached here for the last two years. They’ve improved every year and I think that what I’m excited about this year is putting all that hard work on the field for region play.” The team beat East High 7-1, 10-6 and 12-0 on April 4, 5 and 6. “We beat our rival pretty handily this year, which is a good step,” said Flores. “That was kind of one of our goals to be better than the school next to you. The kids kind of took that and we’ve got a long way to go but I also don’t think that it’s going to be as difficult as it was in the past.” One player that has stood out offensively for the Rams is senior Nate Koelliker. “He’s gotten off to a great start this year,” Flores said. “Our team relies on his offense to set up everybody else and not that he’s been a pleasant surprise, but he’s kind of come into his own this year and his bat has been tremendously helpful for the program.” Flores said that team captain Spencer Thomas has stepped up as leader. “His leadership is important on the team,” said
Flores. “We rally around Spencer. He’s a young kid that on and off the field holds himself to a pretty high standard and I think the team is focused on that and trying to emulate what Spencer Thomas does on and off the field as far as his hard work.” In addition to playing together, the team has volunteered for several organizations including Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, the Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake. “We do a lot of volunteer service hours for the community,” Flores said. “That’s pretty important for the kids cause on the field is going to be what it’s going to be but I think to build these kids into citizens is my objective and I think we’ve done that. We’ve done a lot of service projects and we’ll continue to do service projects.” Flores said he wants the community to know that the team is giving back to the community and that baseball isn’t their only focus. “It’s been really fun as a team to do the service projects and to be able to work together because baseball’s just a game and it’s fun to play and we want to compete and do well, but we’re blessed a lot more than a lot of other people with the opportunities that we have,” Thomas said. “It’s been fun to go as a team and give back to the community and help others and improve their lives.” Thomas said that he wants people to follow their team because they might be able to do
Highland players put their hands over their hearts during the Pledge of Allegiance. Highland’s baseball team wore uniforms with puzzle pieces on them in honor of Autism Awareness month. (Rafael Flores/ Highland Baseball)
something special this year. “I’m just excited about seeing where this team can go for this season because, in recent years, Highland baseball hasn’t been able to compete or they haven’t been able to fight for a playoff spot,” said Thomas. “I’m excited to see if this team can finally push through and be the team to make the playoffs then see how far we can go.” l
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Highland alum finishes cross country career at U By Koster Kennard | koster.k@mycityjournals.com
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ate Stringfellow spent four seasons running cross country and track for the University of Utah. In December, she completed her final season as a Ute.
Stringfellow said she loved her time running for Utah but running wasn’t always something she loved; when Stringfellow was a freshman at Highland High School she wanted to play volleyball. “I actually started out in high school playing volleyball and I didn’t want to run at all,” said Stringfellow, who graduated in December after finishing four years of running on Utah’s cross country and track teams. “My older sister and older brother ran in high school and I kind of wanted to do something different so I played volleyball, and I was really terrible at it so, I ended up running track my freshman year after volleyball because the volleyball coach was also the track coach and he convinced to do it to stay in shape.” After a successful track season that surprised her and everyone else, Stringfellow decided she would quit volleyball and focus on track and cross country. Stringfellow attributes much of her success as a distance runner to her high school coach, Sarah Ingebretson Earl. “She did a really good job of teaching me how to race well so that I could perform at the state meet and at the meets where college coaches were,” Stringfellow said. “She really helped me. I improved
every single year by a ton when I was running at Highland and her training was just spot on for what I needed to improve.” By the time Stringfellow was a senior, she finished fourth in the state cross country meet and was being recruited by several college coaches, including those at Weber State, BYU and the University of Utah. She chose Utah, because it was close to home. The University of Utah offered Stringfellow an academic and an athletic scholarship. After two and a half years running at the University of Utah, Stringfellow served an LDS mission in Rancho Cucamongo, California. for a year and a half before she returned to Salt Lake to spend the rest of her college eligibility. “I think the team got a lot more competitive,” Stringfellow said. “I kind of had to come back and prove my spot on the team. Before I left I think a lot of people kind of questioned why I was going right in the height of my college running career. So, I came back and trained hard and really had to prove my place on the team but I actually ended up running faster after (my mission).” For the next year and a half Stringfellow stepped into a new role as the oldest on the team. “(Going on a mission) gave me a good perspective and a greater appreciation for running because I had taken a year and a half away and kind of focused on a completely different part of my life,”
Stringfellow said. “It was good to come back and kind of regain my love for running after having a long break from it.” Being at the University over the span of six years, Stringfellow saw the cross country and track programs blossom. “In those six years the team at the U has progressed so much,” Stringfellow said. “We went from placing tenth at regionals to being a national qualifying team in the last two years and beating out BYU and beating out Weber who are known nationally for being really good.” Though Stringfellow enjoyed her time running for the University of Utah she said there were a couple challenges for her. “I think you make a lot of sacrifices as a college athlete,” Stringfellow said. “You spend a lot of your time that you would spend socializing, working or doing a lot of outside things traveling almost every weekend in the season. You end up training all summer long and all year and I think mentally there are always struggles. I went through seasons that were rougher than others and had setbacks and injuries, but overall it was a totally worthwhile experience.” Kyle Kepler, head cross country coach at the University of Utah, said Stringfellow took and absorbed instruction well. “(I) definitely never had to worry that what I was saying was getting through or that I even had to say it twice,” said Kepler. “(She was) very coachable.
Kate Stringfellow runs during one of Utah’s cross country meets. The University of Utah placed 27th in the nation in cross country for 2016—the highest ranking of any team in Utah or in the PAC 12. (Kate Stringfellow/ Courtesy Photo)
(She) really tried to be efficient with her time and with my time and as a coach those are two things that certainly make your life a lot easier and make a kid a lot more successful.” “With a lot of hard work and a lot of focus anyone can do anything,” said Stringfellow. “You know I wasn’t like a superstar when I started out running, but I ended up having a really great experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything just from working hard in high school and sticking to something that I didn’t originally like doing.” l
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