West Valley Journal July 2017

July 2017 | Vol. 3 Iss. 07

FREE

FOOD TRUCKS BRING LOCAL CHEFS to the community

By Keyra Kristoffersen | keyrak@mycityjournals.com

B

ouncing to the beat of the Red Rock Ramblers—a Salt Lake bluegrass band that sports a hammered dulcimer along with the guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin—West Valley residents found themselves enticed by the smells of a gathering of food trucks as eclectic as West Valley itself on May 25.

The meet up, which took place at Fairbourne Station, is a collaboration between West Valley City and the Food Truck League of Utah that takes place most Thursday evenings throughout the summer.

“I love food trucks. During the summer, I eat at them a couple of times a month,” said West Valley native Richard Allred.

The Food Truck League is a platform to connect food truck owners with events and customers along the Wasatch Front. With more than 100 active food trucks festivals, cities and private functions have an easy way to connect with the gourmet, the unusual, and the delicious with endless menu options from local chefs who can come to them.

“People love to be able to buy locally and support local businesses,” said Taylor Harris, general manager of the league. “These people are so creative.”

Harris, along with his business partner and Director of Operations Todd Christiansen, saw the need to bring easier access to food trucks, both individually and on a wider scale to help build local businesses. The first Food Truck League event was in May 2015, and they have continued to grow exponentially.

“We just live down the street and we always see them so we thought, ‘Hey, let’s try it out,’” said Connie Voa. “This is our first time. I think this is now our every Thursday dinner, so I don’t have to cook.”

The food truck scene offers a wide variety of culinary options. Maxime Ambreza came to Utah to teach French, looked around and saw that there weren’t any other French guys making crepes and decided to open Monsieur Crepes, using his certification as crepe maker

from France.

“It’s my grandmother’s recipe. That’s what makes it kind of special,” said Ambreza.

“And people love it so we’re happy.”

His wife, Raysha, who is from Puerto Rico, thinks it’s not just the authentic crepe recipe that people come for.

“More than the crepes, I think people like the experience. People come to our trailer and try to speak with him in French,” she said.

The couple started last July with just the two of them, which they soon realized was overwhelming due to high demand.

“This summer we are ready, we have more people working with us. I was inside making the crepes and now I’m outside with the people and speaking French, and people love the experience,” said Ambreza.

Owning a successful food truck is a lot more work than people think.

“People don’t realize how hard these food truck owners work. They get up early in the morning to prep their food for a three-hour event and don’t get to be done and go home until really late,” said Harris.

Spencer Herrera, who runs Facil Taqueria with her chef-husband, Dallas Olson and friend Maizee Thompson, agrees that the learning curve can be the biggest obstacle to finding a groove.

“It’s crazy because when you start a food truck, you’re everything. You’re the dishwasher, you’re maintenance, we’re also mechanics by owning a food truck. We became accountants, marketers,” said Herrera. “What people don’t realize is that driving around in a kitchen doesn’t make sense. We learned that bungee cords were our best friends.”

Facil Taqueria is a farm-to-table concept that sources all of its produce through local farmers and uses ethically-raised meats, including using Matt Moganti of M & M Farms who also supplies the Copper Onion restaurant.

“That’s what I love about our food truck, we’re trying to do a lot of things that a restau-

Local Postal Customer ECRWSS Scan Here: Interactive online edition with more photos.

Top: Maxime Ambreza and his wife Raysha pose with their food trailer advertising authentic French crepes.

(Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals) Lower Left: Spencer Herrera with husband Dallas Olson and friend Maizee Thompson show off their bright red Facil Taqueria truck. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals) Lower Right: West Valley Food Truck League night draws all kinds of tasty treats and people. (Keyra Kristoffersen/ City Journals)

rant does, just out of a truck,” said Herrera.

“We just try to be good to the planet and make good food.”

The Food Truck League just launched a new app in 2017 called the Food Truck League Finder, across all platforms, that helps connect

more people to new and favorite trucks around the valley.

For information about upcoming Food Truck League events or how to schedule a catering event, go to: https://thefoodtruckleague. com. l

Thank You to our Community Sponsors for supporting City Journals

Presort Std U.S. Postage PAID Riverton, UT Permit #44

Page 2 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

Sharks and Jets do battle in West Valley City The West Valley City Journal is a monthly publication distributed directly to residents via the USPS as well as locations throughout West Valley City.

For information about distribution please email circulation@mycityjournals. com or call our offices. Rack locations are also available on our website.

For subscriptions please contact: circulation@mycityjournals.com The views and opinions expressed in display advertisements do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions held by Loyal Perch Media or the City Journals. This publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the express written consent of the owner.

The West Valley Team CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Bryan Scott bryan@mycityjournals.com EDITOR: Travis Barton travis@mycityjournals.com ADVERTISING: 801-254-5974 DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING: Ryan Casper ryan.casper@mycityjournals.com 801-671-2034 SALES ASSOCIATES: Melissa Worthen melissa@mycityjournals.com 801-897-5231 Steve Hession steve@mycityjournals.com Josh Ragsdale Josh.R@MyCityJournals.com – CIRCULATION COORDINATOR: Brad Casper circulation@mycityjournals.com EDITORIAL & AD DESIGN: Ty Gorton

West Valley City Journal 9500 South 500 West Suite 205 Sandy, UT 84070 Phone: 801 254 5974

Designed, Published & Distributed by

MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to inform and entertain our community while promoting a strong local economy via relevant content presented across a synergetic network of print and digital media.

free l community l papers

By Keyra Kristoffersen | keyrak@mycityjournals.com

T

he Utah Cultural Celebration Center hosted a production of “West Side Story” June 19-21 in their outdoor amphitheater.

West Valley City first saw this production 20 years ago from the same director-choreographer combo of Jim Smith and Margene Conde respectively, and now they brought together a cast from all over the Salt Lake Valley to perform it once again.

“We’re a team,” said Smith. “She does her thing, and I do my thing, we work well together.”

The production also includes a live orchestra lead by Brian Manternach from the University of Utah and recipient of the 2016 Voice Pedagogy Award from the National Association of Teachers of Singing Association, of which he also serves as the president of the Northern Utah chapter and who has collaborated with Conde before.

Conde, who served on the West Valley City Arts Council for 14 years—and as chairman for two of those years— estimates she’s done 14 or 15 shows for West Valley.

“I love the energy, the original choreography by Jerome Robbins and being able to add my own artistic input. The conflict and the idealism of getting along and the love they find,” she said.

Kelsey Mariner, who plays Anita, got her bachelor’s degree from Utah Valley University in vocal performance with an emphasis on opera, but she said she has a real love for musical theater and that the role of Anita is near and dear to her heart.

“I adore her,” she said. “This is the second time I’ve played this role. She has a beautiful character arc and I get to be sassy but I also get to have this beautiful change and connection with Maria.”

Mariner also has a personal connection to her character because her own father grew up as a Puerto Rican child in New York in the 1950s. She credits her grandmother with an open attitude who, despite the deep segregation of the neighborhoods at the time, insisted her children play with everyone because she’d say, “They’re all children of God.” “We have a diverse cast,” said Kaden Garcia, one of the Sharks.

Smith said he’s glad if the audience comes away with a greater feeling of accepting diversity.

“I think it’s more that you just have to accept everybody for who they are and care about each other, because the world needs more of that today. It makes people stop and think that there’s more to left than fighting.”

Smith just finished his 18th year teaching theater and film at Lone Peak High School, and this will be his fifth time directing “West

Top: The Sharks and Jets come together at the end. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals) Lower Left: Cedar Winters shows off one of the lifts with Kenny Nakashima. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals) Lower Right: The “West Side Story” cast is comprised of actors and dancers from along the Wasatch Front. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals)

Side Story” and is glad of the opportunity to work with a few of his students outside of the classroom.

Production and rehearsals began in May of 2017, and the whole cast looked forward to doing the show outdoors at the amphitheater.

“We have a great production crew, like my assistant Kenichi Nakashimi, who recently graduated from the University of Utah in modern dance,” said Conde. “We knew we could do this. We have about half and half that have performed this with us before, so they’re incredible.”

Mariner has played the part of Anita before but says there are still new things for her to learn.

“That’s the great part about being able to play a role multiple times is learning things over time. This time it’s realizing that she is a mother from the beginning. Anita’s not just her best friend, she’s not just her soon-to-be sisterin-law, she’s this mother figure.”

Conde said that despite the tragedy in the story, she hoped that people would feel the message of hope that it ultimately teaches.

“That’s my life’s goal, that everybody be kind and accept everyone, no matter their religious beliefs, the color of their skin, the color of their eyes, what they believe in.” l

July 2017 | Page 3

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

YOUR SMILE IS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE NOTICE...

IS YOUR SMILE EVERYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE? $

29 New Patient

$

Cleaning, X-Rays & Exam

1699

Implants

Includes implant & crown

Simple cleaning only for uninsured new patients.

Not valid for those with discount plans or other program offers. Not valid with other offers. offers. Expires 7/31/17.

1/31/17. offers.

Not Not valid valid for for those those with with discount discount plans plans or or other other program program off ers. Not ers. Expires offers.

Not valid valid with with other other off offers.

Expires 1/31/17 7/31/17..

We offer the following:

Open Ev en & Saturd ings ay’s

801-997-5497 1548 E. 4500 S. #104 • Salt Lake City

www.myholladaydentist.com

• • • •

Tooth-Colored Fillings Same-Day Smile Makeovers Complimentary Consultations Comfortable Massage Chairs

• • • •

Oral Sedation Available Friday & Saturday by appointment We accept all major credit cards Care Credit Financing Available

Page 4 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

Vietnamese community commemorates Memorial Day

I

By Keyra Kristoffersen | keyrak@mycityjournals.com

n 2007, a statue was dedicated at the Utah Cultural Celebrations Center in West Valley City of an American soldier standing side by side with a Vietnamese soldier.

“It’s an honor to applaud veterans of both our countries,” said Dennis Howland, president of the Utah State Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America. “Fifty years ago, we developed a brotherhood and a common mission and that mission today is to honor all the Vietnam vets who served before us, served with us and continue to serve our great countries today.”

The statue was meant to symbolize the partnership between American soldiers and South Vietnamese soldiers to help end the Vietnam Conflict, and was paid for through donations totaling around $50,000 from the Vietnamese community around the Salt Lake valley. Memorial Day weekend is not only a time to remember fallen soldiers around the United States but also the 10th anniversary of the commemoration of that statue.

“Utah is the third state after California and Texas to build a U.S. Vietnam soldier statue.

It’s very special,” said Phan Cong Ton, master of ceremonies and former South Vietnamese marine who was forced into service of the Communist military after the fall of Saigon in April of 1975. After four attempts at escape and five months in a refugee camp in Thailand he was finally reunited with his wife in Utah in 1987.

“I love here. I love Utah. People here are very nice,” he said.

Speakers from the community as well as the city were there to offer words of sympathy and acceptance.

Ron C. Bigelow, mayor of West Valley City, said, “It is not where you are born that defines who is an American in their heart. It is defined by your love of liberty, your belief in the right of any free individual to have those same freedoms we now enjoy. It is defined by the sacrifice that you are willing to make for those downtrodden, oppressed, and those lacking in liberty. It is by how we welcome and treat oth-

ers who love liberty and seek those blessings for their children.”

Members of a Buddhist temple offered prayers, flowers and the burning of incense in memory and celebration to fallen heroes and bowed along with the national anthems of both Vietnam and the United States.

Doan-Quynh Phan, secretary of the Vietnamese Community of Utah and representative of the Lien Hoa Temple in West Valley, is concerned that too many of the younger generation don’t understand the complexities and severity of the Vietnam Conflict.

“Most of my friends, or the younger generation, they think of the Vietnam War or April 30, it’s just some kind of war in a textbook that they don’t want to learn about.”

Doan-Quynh Phan’s father was in the South Vietnamese Air Force, but was forced into a re-education camp for over seven years when the Communist Party took control.

Re-education, she said, is just another word for brainwash. She is working to create more opportunities to involve and educate the next generation about their heritage and roots.

“People think when we drag up the past, we create more hatred, more separation, but no, that’s not it. We bring it up so we can learn from it. We need to know what went wrong, we might not have a solution, but at least we won’t repeat it again.”

Howland has worked hard to help bridge the gap between Utah Vietnam veterans and the Vietnamese community by inviting them to participate in each other’s events, to show that they can stand shoulder to shoulder in the community to everyone’s advantage.

“Today is a very special day, a day that we remember, honor and celebrate. We remember those and the lives they gave, those we honor that gave us the right to freedom and liberty, and we remember and celebrate that part of their lives that they were in ours, when they made our lives just a little bit richer,” he said. l

Members of the Lien Hoa Temple add flowers to the memorial celebrating fallen soldiers and their memory. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals)

July 2017 | Page 5

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

Summer dinner program serves Utah families

By Keyra Kristoffersen | keyrak@mycityjournals.com

S

ummer is a delightful time of year when families can be together while kids are out of school. But sometimes, families need extra help stretching their budget to provide nutritional meals for their children without the school’s help. That’s why the Utah Community Action created the Summer Dinner Program through their Head Start schools around the Salt Lake valley.

“Communicating with the community, seeing their faces, the excitement that they get and enjoyment, it’s awesome,” said Thomason Tsosie, assistant manager at the Head Start central kitchen for the past nine years. “I love doing it.”

According to their website, Head Start is, “a federal program designed to help young children get basic medical attention, make a smoother transition from early childhood to the school environment, and get on the path to self-sufficiency.”

Utah Community Action and other Utah non-profit organizations administer the Head Start program to low-income families in several locations such as West Valley City, South Salt Lake, Murray and Magna. The program is offered for children ages 3-5, while Early Head Start is available for children 0-2.

“It really helps to stretch my summer budget,” said Melissa Nakata, who has been coming for the last two years with her kids, ages 5 and 8. “It’s nice to get the kids out, it’s nice to be in the air.”

The Summer Dinner Program began six years ago as a hot dinner meal inspired by the free sack lunch and snack program offered to low-income families when school isn’t in session. It’s sponsored by the county and Utahns Against Hunger.

Utahns Against Hunger partnered with the Utah Food Bank, the Community Presbyterian Church, the Salt Lake Community Action and Head Start to fill the nutritional gap by providing free food throughout the summer months at local parks.

“We heard about the lunches so we thought about doing it later on in the day, in the evening for kids,” said Tsosie. “We try to get a hot meal at least three to five times a week.”

With the Head Start dinner program, everyone in the community is invited to come to one of the four locations and get dinner. Children under 18 years receive it for free and adults pay $3. The menu is created by the Central Kitchen’s manager and chef and a nutritionist and changes every day to include a wide array of options throughout the summer.

This year, a grill night has been added as well.

“We try all ethnicities—tacos, Asian food, Japanese vegetables. We’ve got a lot of food we can play with, so we try and hit as much as we can,” Tsosie said. “We accommodate a lot of aller- Thomason Tsosie serves up burritos to West Valley kids. (Keyra Kristoffersen/City Journals) gies as well.”

The program also employs volunThe parents are grateful for the efforts of the Head Start group teers through their Vista program, a subsidiary of AmeriCorps spe- and have formed friendships and groups with each other and staff cific to Head Start. Volunteers serve in 10-week long assignments along with their kids. like teaching kids how to grow food at a farm or like Kaylee Bustil“I really like it, it’s an awesome program. I come to get my los, getting to help out at the dinner locations. kids out, so they don’t have gamer brain,” said Stephanie Potter, a “I love it. I think it’s not only a good idea but I get to be ac- parent who has been bringing her kids, ages 11 and 16, for the last tive,” said Bustillos. two years. “I met some of the staff and they told him (my son) he Bustillos spends her days getting the word out to the commu- had to take at least two bites, because I couldn’t get him to eat no nity by passing out flyers before loading the food into the truck and vegetables and they kind of helped.” heading out to the schools where she helps serve the families and The Summer Dinner Program at Head Start locations will run organizes activities for the kids.

Monday-Friday, June 5 to Aug. 18, except July 3-4, 24-25 and is “Meeting the kids, it’s so important. I love the kids. I love open to the public. the energy that they bring and the fact that we get to help them.

To find out more about the Summer Food Program and park I would love to do this every summer. It’s good, it’s healthy, and locations, visit: www.uah.org/food-assistance/summer-food/. l fresh,” she said.

I Don’t Just List Homes,

I Sell Them!

If you are thinking about buying or selling your property, please allow me to share my experience with you when you are looking for a place to call home.

33+

Years of Experience “Real Estate Joe” Olschewski 801-573-5056

joeolschewski41@gmail.com

Page 6 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

Time capsule unearthed at Carl Sandburg Elementary

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

A

fter a quarter of a century, the ‘90s were revisited at Carl Sandburg Elementary School—the year 1992 to be exact.

That’s when a time capsule was buried with specific instructions for it to be opened on May 11, 2017.

And it’s just what they did.

“It was something I’ve been looking forward to for a while,” said Alberta Hertel, the principal’s secretary.

In conjunction with the school’s annual dance festival, Sandburg Elementary celebrated the capsule opening with raffle drawings, student serenaded songs and many former students.

“It’s a good community project that we do. Parents come, they bring picnics, eat on the lawn. It’s just a lot of fun,” Hertel said. Hertel began as a volunteer at the school in 1992 when her kids were in third and fifth grade. One child even put items in the capsule.

PTA member Adrienne Griffith arranged two tables with the various tributes from the capsule such as a Pac Man game, a drawing of Homer Simpson, a Beauty and the Beast button and a baseball bat with Jose Canseco written on it.

Chrissy Breeze, PTA president, said she loved pouring over the artwork

and “little handwriting.”

“I have family here so I found their names and their pictures and all the friends in the neighborhood so it’s been really fun reading their little work…it’s been really exciting seeing all this,” said Breeze, whose sisterin-law was in fourth grade when they buried the capsule.

Former students and parents also saw the newspaper articles and a Carl Sandburg Week proclamation document spread across the display.

Breeze said with charter schools and kids attending places away from their neighborhoods, it was awesome to see the community come together.

“Think it says a lot to the community that they love West Valley, they love where they live and they stay here,” she said.

Hertel’s an example of such longevity in the area.

Her family bought a house 40 years ago and never left.

“It’s just that kind of a neighborhood where people who have grown up here move back here. That’s a nice aspect of this area,” Hertel said.

It’s a generational element that staff and parents feel sets Sandburg apart.

“It’s a great school and it’s a great community and

I’m really glad to be a part of it still even after all these years. I didn’t think I’d be here but I’m glad I am,” Hertel said.

In addition to the time capsule celebrations, the night also saw the PTA give retiring teachers and staff quilts and student-made art work of hand prints with the handprints created out of students finger-painted prints.

“It just talked about how you’ve shaped our minds and touched our hearts,” Breeze said.

Principal Marilyn Laughlin, who had four of her five kids attend Sandburg, will be one of those retiring at the end of the year.

Other retiring faculty and staff include: kindergarten teacher Kathy Porter, second-grade teacher Mary Jane Chambers, fourthgrade teacher Karen Leigh, fifth-grade teacher Kim Bigler and staff member Betty Jean Johnson.

The end of year celebration will be capped with a new time capsule to be opened in 25 years. Instead of burying this one, it will be placed in the library.

“Every year they have the dance festival, this year they added the time capsule and then in 25 years we’ll do it again,” Laughlin said. l

Top: A kindergarten class performs during the school’s annual dance festival. (Travis Barton/City Journals) Lower Left: People check out the display of items pulled from Carl Sandburg Elementary School’s 25-year-old time capsule that was uncovered in May. (Travis Barton/City Journals) Lower Right: Retiring faculty and staff at Carl Sandburg Elementary School were presented quilts and student-made art pieces. (Travis Barton/City Journals)

Model NOW OPEN! Starting in the $250’s

• MAIN FLOOR LIVING • CLUBHOUSE • CONVENIENT LOCATION David Madsen | Realtor | Cell: (801) 916-6366 3150 South 7200 West, West Valley

July 2017 | Page 7

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

City welcomes its fourth renovated ‘Idea House’

I

Waterpocket Distillery

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

t was raining outside when Justin Arbuckle walked into the house, only he continued to feel water falling on his head inside too.

“There was a section of the roof that was just a blue tarp,” and the rain was dropping into the house, said Arbuckle, who is with the Granger Hunter Improvement District (GHID).

The tarp was replaced, along with the rest of a house that had asbestos, methamphetamine residue, was foreclosed and considered by neighbors to be a blight on the neighborhood.

Located at 3007 W. 2960 South, the house in question underwent an extreme makeover via the Idea House program by Community Development Corporation of Utah (CDCU), a nonprofit that aims to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing. The program takes broken-down homes and renovates them to serve as a model home in the community.

West Valley City joined forces with CDCU, GHID and the Jordan Valley Water Conservation District to extensively rehabilitate the house that had numerous issues including widespread water damage and bacterial contamination.

“It was a big job just decontaminating it getting it ready for reconstruction,” said Diane Warsoff, CEO of CDCU at the remodeled home’s open house in May. Remodeling the house was an all-encompassing job. A disaster clean-up crew was brought in to remove environmental contamination such as mold and asbestos. A pitched roof replaced the damaged flat roof. A two-car garage was built with an additional master suite, bathroom and closet created behind the garage.

There was even a chicken wandering around the yard and house, which construction workers named Gertrude.

Kitchen appliances were replaced with newer, energy efficient ones. Landscaping was redesigned with a rear patio, raised garden beds

and less lawn to reduce watering needs. The existing shed in the backyard was even repainted.

“This house is awesome,” Warsoff said.

“The experience was great, we love working with West Valley City.”

CDCU acquired the house for $90,000 and the partnership with WVC means they use CDBG funds to bridge the gap between what it costs and what it costs to sell. The house went on the market in May for $230,000.

Warsoff said the house will be sold to a family on the condition that the purchasers aren’t making more than 80 percent of the area median income so that they “keep the house affordable.”

This was the fourth time it’s been done in West Valley with a fifth coming later this year.

Steve Pastorik, city planning director, said the city’s subsidy is usually between $30,000 and $40,000 for these projects.

He said the city’s benefit is twofold since the house acquired is typically in the poorest condition on the street.

“In one way it helps maintain property values in the area, but also to spur reinvestment in other homes in the neighborhood,” Pastorik said. “We do these open houses so people can come and see how it was remodeled so they can get ideas for their house.”

Neighbors would often stop by during construction to inquire how different tasks were being done. Warsoff said the open house allows people to discover inexpensive ways to improve the quality of their own homes.

One neighbor said the renovated house looked “100 percent” better than it did prior.

Warsoff said with similar homes remodeled in Kearns, crime calls decreased by 80 percent in the surrounding community.

“Even though it seems like it’s just a oneoff thing, just being one house, the impact on the community, as a whole, is really, really significant,” she said. l

Home at 3007 W. 2960 South before it underwent the Idea House program. (Jeff Hayden and Carol LaFreniere)

URGENT CARE:

Only $10 A Visit!

WITH MEMBERSHIP Medallus Medical Membership is a simple membership program to all of our 9 clinics.

Members can receive discounted medical services at $10/visit flat fee in exchange for a monthly membership fee: • $45/ individual / month • $35/ person/ month (party of 2) • $25/ person/ month (party of 3+) • $100/ month / family (cap up to 8) $20 registration fee – 12-month contract

801-810-7058 arlissf@medallus.com Medallus.com

Waterpocket Distillery is named for the Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef National Park. The distillery is owned and operated by Alan and Julia Scott. Julia brings the technical expertise of a career in chemical engineering plus a Ph.D in biochemistry. Alan brings the flavor creativity to Waterpocket’s spirits. The distillery is making rum from scratch. Another focus is the botanical spirits of Europe, including spirits from the golden age of 19th century French, German, and Italian liqueur making. Two custom-made copper stills imported from Germany form the functional heart of the distillery.

Page 8 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

Three school districts in valley increase teacher pay, benefits

Introducing...

By Mandy Ditto | m.ditto@mycityjournals.com

T

hree school districts — Granite, Canyons and Jordan — have increased teachers’ pay for the upcoming school year, in an effort to retain and hire enough teachers for ever-growing classrooms in the valley.

Andrew K. Moore, MD Board Certified Infertility Specialist NOW PART OF Reproductive Care Center & accepting new patients!

Four Locations: Sandy • Pleasant Grove Clearfield • Idaho Falls

OFFERING 100%

Money Back

Guarantee IVF Programs

(801) 878-8888 www.FertilityDr.com

Granite School District Even if every graduate with a teaching degree from Utah colleges and universities chose to stay and teach in Utah, there still wouldn’t be enough to fill classrooms across the state, said Ben Horsley, communications director for Granite School District.

“The reality is that we’ve been in a teacher shortage crisis for quite some time. Granite District has been fortunate that we’ve been able to keep almost 100 percent staff the last two years,” Horsley said. “Our board feels strongly that every kid deserves a great, instructional leader, a full-time teacher that is there and committed to that class for the full year.”

However, as the district looked into hiring for the coming year, they found they had about half the applications they would typically receive, and would be short of around 100 needed hires to fill positions across the district, he said. The board looked at their options, and seeing that Jordan and Canyons districts were looking to raise their pay as well, decided to make changes.

The increases include the starting salary going up to $41,000 annually, which includes a 3 percent cost of living adjustment across the board for all teachers and administrators. The board also added an 8.67 percent market adjustment to salary schedule across the board, making it the 11.67 percent increase for all in the district, Horsley said.

The district does anticipate some sort of tax increase through the local levy to offset the costs, he said. The board is looking at any other cuts they can make to pursue other funds, and will use the 4 percent increase in the Weighted Pupil Unit (WPU) from the legislature to help with increase, as well as increase in levy.

Education from the legislature is funded through WPU, which is money from the general PACs fund from the state, and that money is given to districts in the state to pay teachers and fund programs and other needs. Whatever increase the WPU goes up to each year — currently 4 percent — is what teachers can typically expect to negotiate as a raise amount each year.

As for the increase in the local levy, “It would be anywhere from $75 to $100 on a $250,000 home within Granite School District,” Horsley said.

It isn’t just about increasing pay because it’s fair, said Susen Zobel, Granite education association president and a seventh-grade history teacher at Bonneville Junior High. It’s about keeping teachers in the districts they work in, while continuing to hire.

“What Granite did was honor the existing salary schedule and send it all the way across, so every single teacher will see an increase,” Zobel said.

“This is a good start. We’ve got a really great salary schedule — if you look at the schedule and starting and where you could retire, it is more comparable to other professional salary schedules. I would hope they keep this momentum up.”

Other states pay at higher rates, even with increases in these districts, meaning that districts in Utah need to be competitive, Zobel said.

“If we are going to get teachers to come, we need to be competitive and Granite has made a great start. Our school board has done an amazing job to

Those attending the Association Representative meeting for Granite School District in April wave the newly presented salary schedule that had to later be approved by the district board. (Granite Education Association/Cindy Formeller)

make this happen for us this year, but it’s not over,” Zobel said. “I think that this shows what a good working relationship between a teacher’s association and a school district can do to benefit teachers, that regardless this was a collaborative effort between the association and the school district and without that strength of membership in the association, it would not have happened.”

As of the presentation and then official approval for the pay increase in the end of April and beginning of May, the loss of contracted teachers has slowed significantly, and many who opted out of contracts have come back to the district, Horsley said.

Canyons School District Pay increases were approved for Canyons School District on April 25, with increases for beginning teachers’ salaries going to $40,500, said Jeff Haney, director of communications for Canyons School District. Every licensed educator in the district will receive at least a 4 percent increase, though the average increase is at 6.5 percent for teachers across the board, according to teaching experience and education.

“The board of education believes and always has believed it’s important to invest in the district’s people. The reason for that is that we believe the students will benefit — we want our classrooms to be led by the best and the brightest educators that we can attract and retain, especially in this era of a national teacher shortage,” Haney said.

Along with these pay increases to create a competitive pay schedule, the Canyons District has been working to make sure that other benefits are clear to potential educators since district creation in 2009, he said. Since voters approved a $250 million bond to renovate and build new schools, the district has almost completed all 13 projects identified in 2010.

A new middle school and elementary school will open this upcoming fall, Haney said. Achievement coaches and technology specialists are also at every school in the district to improve the teaching experience, he said.

As for how the increases will be paid for by the district, taxes aren’t expected to go up as an increase in the local levy.

“The law governing countywide equalization sunsets at the end of 2017. Under the parameters of this law, and because of increasing assessed valuations, Canyons District expects the certified tax rate to remain virtually unchanged in order to collect the funds necessary to operate the district at the same level of service while also providing a salary in-

crease for teachers,” Haney said.

Potential teachers from the valley and elsewhere were instantly interested in applying for Canyons District positions when they heard about the increases in the starting salary, he said.

“The students will benefit from this. The vision of the Canyons School District is to make sure that every student graduates college and career ready, and the way to do that is to have amazing teachers in every classroom, in every grade level,” he said.

“This new salary schedule will help us attract the best and the brightest to our classrooms.”

Jordan School District Jordan School District is no different from others in Utah constantly looking to fill teacher positions, and with their newly approved salary schedule they are hoping to continue to attract quality employees.

Negotiations for a new salary schedule in the district began with a committee of five teachers from the Jordan Education Association, two administrators and three board members that met every other week through February. The new salary schedule has been officially approved by the Jordan Education Association and the district board, said Janice Voorhies, president of the Jordan School District Board of Education.

The beginning salary has been raised to $40,000 a year, and every teacher on the scale has been moved up through the schedule from that, Voorhies said, effective for the upcoming fall.

“We are working on a phase two for our experienced teachers with the Jordan Education Association, and our goal is to increase compensation for them through a menu of things they may already be doing or would like to opt into, like mentoring or teacher leadership or curriculum development, and we’ll pay them more for that.”

Another change the board approved was to take away a cap in the salary schedule, so experienced teachers can now continue to get increased compensation after 15 years of teaching. The district will also be paying for increases in benefits costs for teachers in the coming school year.

To pay for the increases, the district has adjusted their budget and are “applying a portion of our unassigned resources to increasing teacher pay for the next several years,” Voorheis said. “Additionally, we appreciate the legislature’s generous WPU allotment this past session and we intend to use those taxpayer dollars very carefully in order to continue to support reasonable compensation for all employees.” l

July 2017 | Page 9

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

Fifty-nine students earn academic recognition from WVC

By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com

F

ifty-nine students from Hunter, Granger, Taylorsville and Cyprus High Schools were awarded the Mayor’s Star of Excellence on May 23 during a West Valley City Council meeting.

“It was pretty awesome, kind of unreal,” said Nathan Richards of receiving the accolade.

Richards is a junior at Hunter High and was one of 23 students, the most of any school, to receive the Star of Excellence.

The awards are given to top juniors in high school based on their GPA and ACT, the admissions index for public colleges and universities.

City council chambers overflowed with parents, teachers, relatives and friends all on hand to see the students, one by one, receive their certificate and shake hands with the elected officials.

The group photo had to take place outside due to the sheer number of attendees.

“It was impressive,” said Mayor Ron Bigelow of the number of students as well as those who showed up in support.

The overflow section of the council chambers was opened up with city employees adding chairs at the back in addition to the dozens who were left standing.

“We’ll have to think about that,” Bigelow reflected. “Because we don’t want to dilute the impact on our students just because there’s a lot of them.”

Bigelow said promoting education is a continuous desire for him and the city council.

“It’s great because we want to encourage students to achieve and excel and we want to recognize them when they do,” he said.

Richards, who sports a 3.89 GPA, said he was surprised to be invited.

“I got a text from my mom and it was like, ‘What?!’ and it was a picture of the invitation,” Richards said.

Richards said it was “pretty cool” receiving the certificate and shaking hands with the elected officials, despite a mistake he made while serving a councilmember at the Family Fitness Center as a waiter.

“I spilled eggs into his applesauce,” Richards said.

Regardless of Richards’ skills waiting tables, his ability in the classroom earned him a special award that he won’t soon forget. He plans to attend BYU or the University of Utah before moving onto a career in film as a director or writer.

Proper motivation to maintain his high academic standard Richards said was instilled

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 2006

1wirecom.com | 801.214.9090

Students from around West Valley City line the walls prior to shaking hands with elected officials. Students were awarded the Mayor’s Star of Excellence for their academic performance. (Travis Barton/City Journals)

at a young age by both his parents and circle of friends.

In elementary school, Richards was friends with smart students who would mock him if he had the “lowest grades or a three out of a four.”

“Ever since then I thought, ‘I’m not going to be the one being made fun of,’” Richards said. “It’s kind of competitive but a lot (of credit) has to go to my parents. There’s no doubt about it.” l

Page 10 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

Granite’s Seamless Summer meals feed kids through fall

By Aspen Perry | a.perry@mycityjournals.com

S

ummer break does not signify a break in the fight against hunger. With that in mind, Granite School District continues to provide meals for food- insecure students and families during the summer break through their “Seamless Summer Free Meal Program.”

From June 5 until August 4, Granite School District will serve roughly 200,000 people at 49 locations. Lunch is free to anyone under the age of 18 years, and $3.50 for adults. Three of these locations serve breakfast, as well.

Rich Prall, director food services, is aware that student needs are prevalent throughout the year, not just when school is in session.

“We understand the needs of our community. Hunger doesn’t go away when school is out,” Prall said.

Prall explained the program is fully funded through federal reimbursement with no cost to the district.

Granite District’s Seamless Summer pro-

gram began five years ago and aims to meet standards of proper nutrition with each meal.

Each lunch includes a main course, fruit, vegetable, snack, and choice of juice or milk.

Of the 49 locations, West Valley elementary schools and parks host 25 sites with Farnsworth Elementary and Redwood Multipurpose Center also serving breakfast.

Salt Lake City hosts eight sites including: Granite Park Jr. High, Harmony Park, James E. Moss Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Robert R. Fitts Park, Utah International Charter, Sunnyvale Park, and Woodrow Wilson Elementary.

In Kearns, seven sites host lunch, with Qquirrh Hills Elementary also offering breakfast through to July 21. Six other sites are in Taylorsville and three sites are in Magna.

Locations and service times can be found by visiting the Granite District Food Services website.

In addition to Granite Food Services “keep-

Granite District helps food-insecure families during summer break. (Granite School District).

ing students in mind at all times,” the Summer Seamless program also offers part-time work which is done by schools’ food service workers as an opportunity to continue to work in their trained field during summer break.

The Seamless Summer program is summed

up in the ‘Bates Central Kitchen Tour’ YouTube video, as Sheldon Moore, operations manager of Granite District food services, states, “It’s an outstanding program for our community, and it helps our kids when school is out.” l

Thinking abouT divorce?

If you are not sure how to begin, or where to get help, join us for a two-hour seminar to learn: • The divorce process and what happens in court.

• How long and how much a divorce costs.

• Getting started and the resources available.

Patricia L. LaTulippe, an attorney with more than twenty-five years’ experience and recipient of 2015, 2016 Utah Business Legal Elite and 2016 Avvo Award, will be teaching the class and answering general legal questions. SIGN UP for the class by e-mailing info@divorceknowhow.com. Total cost for the class is $25.00 prepaid, $35.00 at door (if seating is available). PLEASE NO CHILDREN and seating IS LIMITED.

Centennial Park location, summer 2016 (Granite School District).

Classes are offered regularly.

Register by July 10 to receive promotional pricing!

Accident? Dog Bite?

Call attorney Chris Cockayne.

Patricia L. LaTulippe

Founder, DivorceKnowHow.com

801-538-5050

2150 S 1300 E, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84106

divorceknowhow.com

July 2017 | Page 11

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

Salt Lake County Council’s

MESSAGE E

very June, Salt Lake County goes through its mid-year budget process to true-up the projected revenues for the county, certify the official tax rates, and take care of any other housekeeping items for the County’s finances. We also review requests for adjustments to our budget.

Three issues came up during this process that generated a lot of discussion among County Council members: Bonanza Flat, money from our Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, and Convention fund (TRCC), and $47 million in transportation funds.

Bonanza Flat is a parcel of land located in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Guardsman Pass, largely in Wasatch County. Previously, the Council heard a request to appropriate $3 million to contribute to an effort to purchase the land (valued at $38 million) and preserve it as open space.

Protecting and preserving open space is one of my priorities on the Council. I’ve served as Chair of the Jordan River Commission, which has done tremendous work protecting open space along the Jordan River Parkway. I even donated personally to the effort to preserve Bonanza Flat. However, since the land is not within the jurisdiction of Salt Lake County, I felt it would be inappropriate to expend County taxpayers’ dollars on it.

My Republican colleagues and I voted down this initial request, but during our June budget process Mayor McAdams’ office brought the request again, this time using $1.5 million in TRCC funds as the source. The measure eventually passed 5-4. I did not vote for this and maintained my argument that this was not a vital property for watershed (there are other properties above Deer Creek Reservoir that would be far more impactful on watershed, if we

Fighting for transparent processes in county mid-year budget were in the business of buying properties for this purpose).

As I’ve echoed in statements to the public and press, I don’t approve spending county taxpayer dollars outside of the county.

We have countless needs within the county, including open space and outdoor recreation, not to mention core services that the county provides.

Additionally, I was concerned with how the second request came about. We have a defined process to vet requests for TRCC funds, which happens every year during our normal fall budget cycle. Various cities bring requests for funding for a multitude of parks, recreation, or other projects that are appropriate for TRCC. We have a TRCC advisory board that hears all of these requests, weighs all the needs holistically against the finite dollars available, scores the projects, and makes a final list of recommendations to the council.

The Bonanza Flat request was brought up through a last minute TRCC board meeting the night before the item was to be heard by the county council. This prevents the TRCC board from weighing this request against all of the needs, and hampers their ability to make a recommendation based on the highest and best use of those dollars.

This alteration in the process limits our ability to make wise decisions on behalf of taxpayers.

Lastly, the council was asked to review a list of $47 million in transportation funding allocations to various cities in the county.

Some mayors cited apparent inequity in how much money was going to the different cities.

In addition to the concerns of fairness, I was concerned about

WEST JORDAN

Be Auto Smart

BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Proceeds to Benefit Midvale Rotary’s

Operation Santa Project.

Club of Midvale

Great Food from Local Food Trucks Say Hi to Mascots from Your Favorite Teams Hang out with your favorite characters from: Alpine Garrison – 501st Legion Rogue Base – Rebel Legion Manalorian Merks – Krayt Clan R2 Builders Heroic Characters

Face Painting and Balloon Tying Listen to Live Bands On-site Coverage from Local TV & Radio Stations Massive Fireworks Display!

Saturday, July 22, 2017 Veterans Memorial Park

Car Raffle &

For Information CONTACT:

Angela Waterbury at (801) 678-4442

the process. It became clear that legally, Aimee Winder Newton the county has the authority to decide how County Council District 3 those funds are distributed. The state legislature’s list was demonstrative of their priorities and desires for how that money was to be spent. Moving forward, I hope to work with legislators to develop a more clearly defined process for how those funds are allocated.

Included in the $47 million was a request to give $4.7 million to the new District Attorney building construction project. The $4.7 million was to go to a parking garage that is already fully funded, allowing $4.7 million to then be taken out of the project and given to Sandy City to help pay for the new Hale Centre Theatre.

In essence, our council was being asked to move transportation dollars into an already fully funded project, freeing up other dollars (formerly general fund) to go to an arts project. This represented a slight of hand with taxpayer money that I was not comfortable with.

Transportation dollars should go to transportation projects.

I voted to keep taxpayer money within Salt Lake County, rather than go to Bonanza Flat. I also voted against the $47 million dollar list due to lack of a transparent process, and the included $4.7 million effort to essentially spend transportation dollars on an arts project.

I was not on the prevailing side on these votes, but my constituents should know that their interests were represented.

Moving forward, I’ll work hard with my colleagues to improve the transparency and accountability of the process of funding decisions like these.

Page 12 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

High school lacrosse sanctioned for the state

By Jesse Sindelar | jesse.s@mycityjournals.com

W

hen the Utah High School Activity Association (UHSAA) finally sanctioned the sport of lacrosse as a varsity sport for the state of Utah, Brae Burbidge was in shock.

“I couldn’t believe it. I looked at Craig (Morris) and both of our mouths were just hanging open,” Burbidge said.

Burbidge and three other prominent pushers, Craig Morris, Renee Tribe and Bryan Barnhill, have been trying to get the sport of lacrosse out of the realm of club sport-dom and into an official sanctioned varsity sport for about two years now.

“We met with the UHSAA five or six times since we started the process. They have been great, but we never really got the support we needed. Last October, we finally started gaining a little bit of traction,” Burbidge said.

In the most recent meeting with the UHSAA in early May, they brought up the subject of sanctioning again. There hasn’t been a new sanctioned sport in 11 years.

“Craig and I started the discussion and they opened it up for conversation. As the discussion went on, two reps, Amber Shill and Belinda Johnson, started to make some pretty good points in our favor regarding sanctioning.

The momentum started to shift in the meeting, and eventually they called for a vote,” said Bur-

bidge.

And it overwhelmingly passed. The first season of lacrosse as an official sanctioned sport is planned for the spring season of 2020.

However, while the sport is sanctioned, their work is not done. The individual districts and schools still have to sanction it themselves for their respective schools.

“The delay is good, because it will give time for the districts and school to figure out things like costs and field use, and if they do, how they will divvy up the schools,” Burbidge said.

Regardless, this is big step for the sport in the state, and the motivation to keep this process going is high and relevant for Burbidge and others.

“The club system worked great, we appreciated the autonomy that came with it. But being sanctioned does two things. It makes it safer, by allowing teams to use school buses and school trainers and facilities. And it legitimizes the sport. For example, for teams that win the state championship, some schools won’t allow them to put the trophy in the school because it is a club sport.”

“Sanctioning will allow for growth for the sport of lacrosse in Utah, such as increasing nationwide recognition, especially for things

SPOTLIGHT

The sanctioning of lacrosse will allow games like Olympus vs. Highland to be official varsity games, with official varsity recognition. (Steve Crandall/ Holladay)

like scholarships,” added Amy Erickson, head coach of the Olympus girls lacrosse team.

“If you look at when soccer was officially sanctioned, it exploded after that. Most lacrosse programs are the second largest sports team at the school, only behind football,” Burbidge said.

While the process is still underway, this is

a crucial step for lacrosse in the state. For the players, it will be safer, and they will receive the recognition they so rightly deserve for their achievements. For the coaches, it will add legitimacy and recognition for their teams and programs. And for the state, it will be great brand exposure, and a stepping stone for the sport and state on the national scale. l

Reproductive Care Center

Business Spotlights are a service offered to our advertisers to help them inform our readers about their businesses. For information on scheduling a Spotlight, please call us at 801-254-5974 or email us at ryan.casper@mycityjournals.com

R

eproductive Care Center is the first private infertility clinic in Utah and has been in business for over 20 years. RCC meets all the most advanced requirements and guidelines for its labs and physicians, making them completely state-of-the-art.

Reproductive Care Center has five board-certified physicians who are members of the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), as well as a nurse practitioner, all dedicated to helping couples grow their families.

All physicians, embryologists, lab technicians and nurses at RCC are members of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and continually train and educate themselves to ensure that they are at the forefront of the reproductive technology advances.

Although assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been practiced for decades, the advancements have changed the way it’s being done. Instead of simply trying to obtain conception with as many embryos as possible, competent specialists at RCC focus on helping a couple achieve a single healthy baby, which increases the chance of a successful pregnancy and minimizes the risk of pre-term births.

RCC physicians also conduct research and studies to stay ahead of the curve. Dr. Andrew K. Moore, an infertility specialist at the clinic, recently completed a major research study that showed a strong correlation between healthy habits combined

with couple’s therapy and its improvement on natural conception.

With all the success that Reproductive Care Center has achieved, it hasn’t always come easy.

Through continued research and scientific advancements, as well as the openness of many high-profile people, Reproductive Care Center is finally seeing the shift in the perception of infertility.

For a long time, infertility was a topic that was not discussed openly. Through continued research and scientific advancements, as well as the openness of many high-profile people, Reproductive Care Center is finally seeing the shift in the perception of infertility. Patients seek out a specialist much sooner than before because they know it is available and acceptable.

Another major challenge is that most insurance companies do not offer infertility treatment benefits. While they do often cover consultations and diagnostic treatment, they do not

typically provide benefits for intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF). Legislators are looking at how to improve coverage, but in the meantime, RCC has worked tirelessly to provide affordable treatment options to patients including income-based discounts, military discounts, financing for IVF, multiple IVF Cycle package discounts, and a 100% Money-Back Guarantee IVF Program for qualifying patients.

“We understand that so many of our patients, especially those that need IVF, are having to pay for it out of pocket,” said Rachel Greene, the marketing coordinator at RCC. “It is a difficult hurdle to jump and we do as much as we can to accommodate.”

Resolve.org, a national organization, has pushed the discussion of infertility to the national level with legislators and insurance companies. They initiated the National Infertility Awareness Week which was April 23-29. RCC participated by offering daily giveaways and providing a free seminar. RCC also sponsored a date night hosted by Utah Infertility Resource Center, a local counseling and support resource with whom RCC has chosen to partner.

RCC is focused on providing compassionate and quality care to their patients. Reproductive Care Center has affordable consultation prices and are ready to see new patients in all their locations, visit www.fertilitydr.com to learn more. l

July 2017 | Page 13

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

New equipment, same old problems for West Valley City Animal Services

By Carl Fauver | carlf@mycityjournals.com

Plan today, not tomorrow.

Plan together, not alone.

H

ow would you like to pay $500 a year to license your dog or cat?

No, that’s not happening here in Utah; but there are some places—including Spokane, Washington and Calgary, Canada—where hundreds of dollars are charged annually for pet licenses.

“We certainly aren’t suggesting that,” Animal Services Field Supervisor Nathan Beckstead said during a recent report to the Taylorsville City Council. “But we do need to do something, because more and more people are not getting their pets licensed.”

During the first quarter of this year, 563 pet licenses were sold by Animal Services to Taylorsville residents. That’s down from the 676 licenses sold during the same quarter, a year ago.

“We’re proud to operate a ‘no-kill’ shelter,” Beckstead said. “The best way to avoid having to put animals down is for owners to license them. We are then able to return lost dogs and cats to their owners much more quickly.”

Costs to license animals (also including ferrets and pot belly pigs) is $5 to $35, depending on whether the animals are sterilized or microchipped. West Valley City residents can license pets at the animal shelter or city hall.

Taylorsville residents can go to either of those locations or Taylorsville City Hall.

To license your pet, Animal Services officials say you must be at least 18 years old and provide a copy of the most recent rabies vaccination verification and a sterilization certificate if your pet is spayed or neutered.

West Valley City and Taylorsville have operated a combined Animal Services department since 2007, when Taylorsville officials approached the existing agency about joining forces.

“Taylorsville pays about one-third of our budget,” said Animal Services Director David Moss. “Our annual budget is about $1.2 million, and we employee 19 people.”

After Taylorsville partnered with West Valley, Beckstead said their calls for response numbers grew from about 5,600 per year to 8,600.

“That was about the same time we were moving from our old facility to our current location (4522 West 3500 South),” Moss said. “It was good timing because we were adding the extra room and a few more employees.”

Animal shelter personnel take a lot of pride in their facility.

“Our shelter doesn’t have a bad odor like many of them do,” Moss said. “We work hard to make sure that’s the case. For example, when we change out litter boxes, our staff doesn’t just change the sand. They remove everything, and the boxes are washed before they

YOU ARE INVITED & Dinner is on us!

Tuesday, July 18, 6 pm Golden Corral West Valley

Wednesday, July 19, 6 pm Golden Corral Midvale

Tuesday, July 25, 6 pm Famous Dave’s Jordan Landing No Obligation FREE Dinner Provided Top: The WVC and Taylorsville Animal Shelter is at 4522 West 3500 South. (wvcpets.com) Lower Left: This new animal control truck was designed and constructed locally. (wvcpets.com) Lower Right: Unlicensed and off-leash pets are an ongoing challenge for animal control officials. (wvcpets.com)

are returned.”

Last month, Animal Services also took possession of a new state-of-the-art truck for picking up stray pets. The improvements were designed by Beckstead and constructed by the West Valley City Facilities Department.

“Our old trucks can only handle four to six animals at a time,” he said. “But the new truck has 13 kennels, along with lots of room for the tools our staff need in the field.”

The agency is expecting another identical truck this summer, with more to follow as the rest of their fleet ages out of service.

“Once, when one of our facilities people was driving the truck, someone stopped him,” Beckstead added. “It turned out to be an em-

ployee of another animal services agency that wanted a closer look at our design.”

The new vehicles also have a much more efficient cooling system, allowing animal services drivers to remain out in the field longer with animals, even on hot summer days.

In addition to its employees, Moss said the West Valley City and Taylorsville Animal Shelter also relies on about 20 to 30 volunteers.

“They help walk the animals and keep the facility clean,” he said. “We couldn’t get everything done the way we do without them.”

Anyone interested in volunteering should call Shelter Supervisor Kathy Schuster at 801965-5800. l

Please call to reserve your seat:

– SEATING IS LMITED–

801-968-3800 Sometimes, planning a funeral is not about you. It’s about giving comfort and peace of mind to those you love most...

McDougal Funeral Home The name you can trust for compassionate, professional and dignified service.

4330 S Redwood Rd Taylorsville, UT 84123

McDougalFuneralHomes.com

Page 14 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

For 50 years, Shellie’s teaches self-confidence through dance

By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com

S

hellie’s School of Dance has served the West Valley community for 50 years. It’s instructors, students and founder celebrated recently by showcasing their talents.

“It started in my mom’s basement when I was still in high school. I pushed the couch back and charged kids 50 cents an hour. We purchased the current studio and made a few changes, but it is where the dancers go today. I am very grateful that I can still do this and to those that have supported me through the years,” Shellie Pearson told a packed auditorium at her end-of-year dance concert.

The studio, located at 4175 S. 5400 West in West Valley, has been serving young women for over 50 years. Shellie’s School of Dance recently hosted it 50th annual spring concert titled “Dancing through the Decades”.

Pearson currently employs eight teachers and teaches dance to approximately 250 students each week. The dancers range from 3-18 years old and at times, including this year, she has offered a ladies class for more mature dancers.

The eight instructors have an accumulated 161 years of teaching experience at the Top: Shellie’s School of Dance instructors and its founder celebrate five decades of teaching dance in West Valley. school.

(Sara Harding/ Shellie’s School of Dance) “I have been teaching for 12 years with Shellie’s. I started Bottom: Dancers of all ages perform on stage in front of family and friends as part of the spring concert for Shellie’s dancing when I was three years School of Dance. (Greg James/City Journals) old at her school. I found a sense of self-worth at dance. Not only are separated by age and ability. The school’s mission statement dancing but teaching. As a student and a teacher it is a safe place for me. I can leave the world says the dancers will learn technical and creative skills. They at the door and know that through dance I can be me,” Shayla boast of teaching three generations of family members and many Stone said. “Shellie has taught us that the girls’ self-confidence of their students have participated in junior high, high school and college dance, drill and cheerleading programs. is her priority.”

“Shellie has always encouraged the girls to do more. If they Pearson asks her teachers to help each girl feel important.

“She told us in a meeting once, ‘We do not know what is want to play softball or run track they can. We are flexible enough going on in these girls’ lives. The hug they get today from teacher to allow them to dance too. Dance can be such a creative release might be the only one they get this week.’ That has really stuck for our girls,” Stone said.

This year’s spring dance concert included one unexpected with me all of these years,” Stone said.

Pearson has made the dancers a priority, over choreography, moment. Several former dancers, instructors and parents broke money and costumes. She insists it remain a recreational dance out into a flash mob in the middle. Pearson was overwhelmed as school. The girls that have desire to learn more can audition for she wandered the stage to give each participant a hug.

“I danced for 15 years, and I always wanted to do my best for Jazz Attitude, the school’s performing team. They perform at seShellie, and I learned to always give it the best I can,” Shellie’s nior centers, at the Dickens Festival and Festival of Trees.

Its classes are held after school on weeknights. The dancers School graduate Bethany Taylor said. l

July 2017 | Page 15

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

Scholars lead Lancer baseball

By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com

H

igh school is high school no matter where you go and three Granger baseball players set high academic expectations for future Lancers by receiving high academic honors.

“It is a great honor and I am very pleased that our grades got us here. A lot of our teammates performed very well. We just could not get everything to work all at the same time,” Granger graduate Caden Cousins said.

The Utah High School Activities Association awarded ten 5A baseball academic all-state awards; three of them went to Granger High School players: Cousins, Mitch Lindsey and Matt Clawson.

The academic award is given to high school seniors nominated by their coaches and athletic director. They must be regular contributors to their varsity teams and maintain high academic standards. The UHSAA selects the top student athletes for their athletic ability and academic proficiency.

The Lancers finished their season with a 7-18 overall record.

“Honestly, our season was a little bit disappointing. We did not get as many wins as what we had hoped. We had troubles on offense. We may not Matt Clawson, Caden Cousins and Mitch Lindsey averaged a 3.98 grade point average throughout their high school careers. They were three of ten 5A baseball players to receive an academic all-state award. (Matt Clawson/Granger have had all the success, but we baseball) had coaches that really cared,” Clawson said.

He hit .266 and had seven runs batted in. Against Logan, Clawson finished his high school career with a cumulative the season opener, he had three hits, an RBI and two doubles in a 14-2 victory. Clawson played 4.0 grade point average. He has accepted an LDS mission call to Redlands, Calif. Lindsey had a 3.96 cumulative GPA and has first base, third base and pitched in his senior season.

Lindsey led the team in pitching appearances with eight. accepted an LDS mission call to serve in San Antonio, Texas.

He had a 2-4 record and had 35 strikeouts. He also hit .283 and Both Lindsey and Clawson plan to attend Utah Valley University after their missions. played shortstop.

Cousins led the Lancers with a .385 batting average. In a “We just could not get things going. It was a little disappointing,” Lindsey said. “Sometimes Granger does not get the 4-3 loss to Grantsville he pitched eight innings allowed five hits credit, but school is school and we did our best on the work we and two earned runs. He also played first base this season. He has were assigned. I think this is the first time ever three baseball been a three-year starter.

“I attended Granger from ninth grade on, and I made good players from here have gotten this high award.”

Five Lancers have been recognized as academic all-state friends and had excellent coaches. I am glad I decided to go to players since 1994: Jimmy Madsen, Michael Okerlund, Josh Granger,” Cousins said.

He had a 3.98 GPA and plans to attend BYU for one seWhitmer, Zach Griffith and Bryce Catten.

“To be recognized for our accomplishments means a lot,” mester and then serve an LDS mission. He would like to play baseball and football as a walk-on. l Clawson said.

Page 16 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

“To Strengthen and Promote the Shared Interests of the Business Community” Representing Businesses in West Valley City, Taylorsville, Kearns and Millcreek Contact Information: Barbara S. Riddle, CMP

To invest in your organization and community, invest in ChamberWest!

801-977-8755 barbara@chamberwest.org

Vision and Core Principles • Advocacy • Representation • Relationships

• Involvement • Value • Exposure

uPcoMing evenTS PiNG (Professionals Networking Group) Meets weekly on Wednesdays July 13 Business After Hours July 27 Multi Chamber Luncheon Series

Multi Chamber Luncheon with House Speaker Greg Hughes

ChamberWest Welcomes: • • • • • •

Fresenius Medical Care Zions Bank Waterpocket Distillery Kid Curry Spirits ADP Crown Trophy

Renewing Members • • • • • • • •

West Valley Symphony of Utah Blue Boutique Granite Education Foundation Kuehne & Nagel Inc. Stephen J. Buhler, Attorney at Law Utah Design Build Rocky Mountain Therapy Services Utah Building & Construction Trades Council • EDCU

For more information or to register for an event, call 801-977-8755 or visit www.ChamberWest.com

Chamber West Ribbon Cutting at Waterpocket Distillery

Leadership Institute Session

Thank You to our Community Investment Members

Online profile, hard work helps Hunter soccer player sign to play at Texas Permian

By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com keeper was injured and she volunteered to fill the position and never gave it up.

“When I changed over to goalie in high school I saw lots of shots at me. I think that helped me to adapt to the position. Being a goalie is crazy sometimes. You get put at risk and jump in front of the ball,” Lopez said.

At Lower Columbia, she played her freshman season primarily at keeper. She recorded 145 saves and had four shutouts. As a sophomore, she had 23 saves in six games before being moved to a midfield position.

“Whitney has tremendous work ethic. She will run through a brick wall if you asked her to. Desire to play and do anything has always been her strong point,” Red Devils head coach Harlan Cruser said.

Cruser said he was looking for a goalkeeper to help fill out his roster.

He ran across her online profile and contacted her. Her recruiting profile was a deciding factor in her finding a Hunter High School graduate Whitney Lopez has signed to continue place to continue her career. playing soccer at the University of Texas Permian Basin. (Darren Many players use athletic webLopez/Soccer booster) sites to help promote their talents.

The recruiting process has evolved drastically in the last few years. College coaches do not have the time or budget to travel from state to unter High School graduate and former state looking for talent. Online has varsity soccer standout Whitney Lopez become a great place to expose a player’s has made a name for herself and forged her talent. The website Next College Student way onto a Division II college soccer team.

Athlete (NCSA) boasts 42,000 coaches usLopez has signed a national letter of ing its database to help them find possible intent to continue her soccer and academic connections. career at the University of Texas Permian “She expressed the desire to come up Basin in Odessa, Texas. here and check us out. I was fortunate to “I was told I might have the potential to have a spot for her and it fit for us both. Utah play at the next level. My parents helped me has been a good spot for us to find talented set up a recruiting profile on a website, and players,” Cruser said.

I found a place that wanted me,” Lopez said.

Lopez again used an online profile to at“I was contacted by Lindsey Garcia at Texas tract the connection in Texas.

Permian Basin, she needed a goalie and liked “Periman is a growing program and has that I do CrossFit training too. I am glad to a potential to win a bunch of games. I will be going to Texas to play in the heat and glad have a red-shirt year and am excited to get to have finished playing in the rain of Wash- there,” Lopez said. “I feel like playing a ington.”

Hunter was a good experience. I would not She graduated from Hunter in 2015 have been able to play college soccer if it and went on to Lower Columbia College in was not for my experience at Hunter.”

Longview, Wash. for junior college.

Lopez said the online profile was imShe was recruited to the Red Devils as a portant, but she knows that nothing replaces relatively inexperienced keeper. She did not hard work on the field. begin playing the position until her junior “Coaches will see what your desire is,” season at Hunter. The regular Wolverines she said. l

H

July 2017 | Page 17

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

Former star Lancer finds place at Kansas State

By Greg James | gregj@mycityjournals.com

G

ranger High School graduate and star basketball player Makol Mawien has signed to continue his collegiate career at Kansas State University.

“He is a great competitor, a very athletic and skilled guy. I enjoyed every game I played against him not just because of our individual rivalry, but because of our school rivalry,” said Noah Togiai, former Hunter High School center and Mawien’s crosstown competitor. “He is a very humble and quiet guy on the court. I am happy to hear that he found a place at Kansas State.”

Togiai and Mawien were recruited heavily by University of Utah head basketball coach Larry Kystkowiak.

“We had some battles. He will step out and shoot the three or back you down and dunk on you,” Togiai said.

In six games against Hunter, Mawien averaged 12.9 points. He scored 32 in his sophomore season against the Wolverines. His Lancers never defeated Hunter in six tries.

The 6’ 9”, 220-pound forward red-shirted the 2015-16 season at Utah and opted to transfer to New Mexico Junior College for his 201617 season.

“He was a great player for us. He led the team in three-point shooting. Was able to put the ball on the floor, rebounded and blocked shots.

He really helped our program,” New Mexico Junior College head coach Brian Lohrey said.

Mawien averaged 18.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game as a senior at Granger. He was elected second team all-state by both USA Today and The Deseret News. He scored more the 1,000 points and grabbed 500 rebounds in his prep career. He led the Lancers in scoring and Makol Mawien graduated from Granger High School in 2015. His basketball career has landed rebounding his final two seasons. him at Kansas State. (Brian Lohrey/New Mexico Junior College) Mawien’s senior season in 2014 was the last time the Lancers advanced to the Utah state basketball tournament. They finished in fourth place in Region 2 that season and lost to Davis 58-30 in the first round.

He will have three years of eligibility rerebounds and had three blocked shots. maining at Kansas State. In New Mexico, he “We are excited to add a versatile big man like Makol to played in 29 games and averaged 8.7 points and led the Thunour program,” Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber said on derbirds in three-point field goal percentage with 41.9 percent. national signing day. “He fills an immediate need for a veteran He also had 59 blocked shots to lead the team.

“He is a good student and works hard to get good grades. player who has experience at not only the community college He did a good job in the classroom. He is one of seven guys that level but at Division I while at Utah. He has the length and athwe moved on to the Big-12 (NCAA conference). Which shows leticism to play the 5-spot, but also has the ability to shoot from that we can continue to help these kids progress onwards and long range to help us at the four. He was a highly-regarded player out of high school who we think will be a huge complement to upwards,” Lohrey said.

The Thunderbirds finished this season with a 7-9 regular our team.”

As a high school senior, Mawien selected Utah after also season record. They placed fifth in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 5. South Plains College won Region receiving offers from BYU, Boston College, Gonzaga and Utah 5 and finished third overall at the NJCAA national champion- State. At Utah, he practiced against All-American and Pac-12 player of the year Jakob Poeltl. ships.

“I will be rooting for him and wish him nothing but a healthy He scored a season high 20 points against New Mexico Military Institute Nov. 5 in an 80-66 victory. He also grabbed six and successful career,” Togiai said. l

POSTPONE YOUR HEADSTONE

Dont Text & Drive

Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Helping Families Heal for Over 130 years

LarkinMortuary.com

Page 18 | July 2017

WEST VALLEY JOURNAL

When Life Becomes a Fixer Upper:

by

JOANI TAYLOR

4 years ago today we learned to live without an oven. This wasn’t some kind of self-inflicted new fad diet, our kitchen flooded and we decided to update the kitchen prior to fixing the floor. We had plans drawn up that included some beautiful new cabinets, flooring, and removal of a pesky wall that would make my new space gorgeous.

Well, as things go, life got in the way and we never did do the remodel. Instead, choosing to bank the floor repair money and save up so as not to have to finance the rest of it. Hence we didn’t fix the oven because we knew the new plan had a different sized oven. Friends thought I must be crazy, but I found the enjoyment of having the hubby grill throughout all for seasons a nice break from the day-to-day grind of cooking dinner, and not having an oven became no big deal (for me anyway). #ovenfreemovement on Facebook if you’re interested in some of my ramblings about the joys of going oven free.

In the end, we did finally get it fixed after about 2 years. I personally did not see the need, but my hubby said he was craving some chocolate chip cookies that weren’t from a box. The floor, however, remains slightly warped and is now quite scraped up from not bothering to have it screened routinely, I have decided to officially call my kitchen the shabby chic distressed look and added a few French inspired yard sale finds to make the image complete.

Nearly 20 years old now, our concrete is beginning to become cracked and pitted you can’t walk on it in bare feet. It’s actually quite nice as the extra grip it offers in the winter aids in keeping me from slipping, but the need for constant sweeping in the summer, makes the quick run out in bare feet to retrieve the mail or empty the garbage a bit of a hazard on the feet. So, I used this as an excuse to put a stylish shoe rack near the front door. I made it from an old pallet using instructions I found on Pinterest.

Our basement flooded this spring from all the rain. We aren’t really sure yet what caused it, but the hubby did have an idea and made a repair. We’re hoping for rain as to know for sure. In the flooding process, the furniture in the basement has been displaced because we aren’t really sure if we got the leak fixed and don’t want

to move it again if it isn’t fixed. I have determined that the displaced furniture has an added health benefit of being a jungle gym when we have to climb over it to get to the bathroom.

Today on my morning walk, I notice that my neighbors are getting a new roof.

Hum, I had just found a couple of shingles of the color of our roof while weeding the crack in the driveway. Oh boy... ... It has become clear to me I thought as I was jogging along (they say jogging has a way of clearing the mind). I just realized the dream home I purchased all those years ago has become a fixer-upper.

Hum... I have always imagined the joys of buying a fixer upper and turning it into my dream home. I wonder if I could get on one of those HGTV shows? I think I’ll give it a shot. At least my brass doorknobs are back in style. Now if only golden oak and rose colored carpet would make a comeback. l

buy 1 fat boy

get 1 free

UTAH WOMEN

Limit 1 per customer per coupon. Expires 7/31/17

Spud Toddos

Buy One Get One 1/2 Off Cannot be combined with other offers. Expires 7/31/17

4591 South 5600 West • West Valley

(801) 968-2130

www.AbsDrivein.com

801-280-4099

7251 Plaza Center Drive (Next to Famous Dave's)

www.SpudToddos.com

BUY 1 GET 1

F R E E! Buy ANY 6 inch sub and a 30 oz. drink and get ANY 6 inch sub of equal or lesser price FREE!

Buy Game – Get One Game Free

Offer expires: 7/31/2017. Valid only at: 7710 S. Redwood Rd. • 3078 W. 7800 S. 7759 S. 4800 W. • 4926 W. 6200 South

Bowling . Billards . Lounge . Snack Bars 3544 W 3500 South in West Valley City

Limited time only at participating restaurants. Additional charge for Extras. Plus tax where applicable. No cash value. One coupon per customer per visit. May not be combined with other offers, coupons or discount cards. Coupon must be surrendered with purchase. Void if transferred, sold auctioned, reproduced or altered. ©2015 Doctor's Associates Inc. SUBWAY® is a registered trademark of Doctor's

Monday – Friday 10am to 6pm 801-968-4821

www.deltonbowling.com

CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC Thursday, August 31 at Thanksgiving Point

SPonSorShiP

OPPOrTuNITIeS AvAILABLe! Benefits of ParticiPating • Play in a 9 hole scramble or join the 3 part clinic • Expand and reconnect with your network How you can ParticiPate • Become a Sponsor • Invite Friends • Donate an Auction Item $75 Per Individual Golfer or Individual Clinic Attendee $40 Tea Time Luncheon ONLY | $300 Per Foursome

For More Information: http://wliut.com

to register for tHe event or sign uP to sPonsor:

www.thefirstteeutah.org/ utah-women-charity-golf-classic

July 2017 | Page 19

M yWestV alley Journal.Com

Laughter AND

by

PERI KINDER

WEST VALLEY

O

f all the things technology has disrupted, our patience has taken the biggest hit. Once we were a people who could wait four to six weeks for our Disco Fever albums to arrive from Columbia House Records, but now if our iTunes playlist takes more than 15 seconds to download, we’re screaming obscenities and kicking chairs.

We’ve become angry, impatient individuals.

We keep saying we want patience, even pray for it, but when we get the chance to demonstrate patience, $%&* usually hits the fan.

Remember when microwaves were a luxury? Remember when we had to chop, slice and actually cook our food on the stove? Now we don’t have time for that! We want our food fast ‘cause we have things to do!

When I wrote a report for school, I loaded a piece of paper in my mom’s Smith Corona typewriter and typed about 13 words a minute, or until all the keys stuck together and I had to pry them apart. If I made a grammatical mistake and didn’t have any white-out, I sighed and rolled in a new piece of paper to start over.

Now we type 80 words a minute—on a keyboard the size of a bar of soap— grammar be damned! Who has time for the spelling and the punctuation and the sentence structure? Not us. We’ve reverted to sending text messages made up entirely of images because who has time to make words?

If you had pioneer ancestors, patience should be an intricate part of your DNA. After all, these stalwart men and women walked for weeks to bring their families to Utah. They walked and walked with no distractions, barring the occasional oxen breakdown. Now we sit in traffic, honking and barking at fellow

PROFESSIONALS

Value TREE SERVICES

INTERMOUNTAIN TREE EXPERTS

Removals . Trimming . Pruning Licensed and Insured / 15 Yrs Experience

801-244-3542 FREE ESTIMATES

HELP WANTED

PLACE AN AD: Call

801-254-5974 Social Media

Cell Phone Video to DVD Social Media Video for Home & Business

Kolob Communications kolobcommunications.com

ROOFING

Free trial for your home or office today!

Over 100 years experience.

Hydrateyouroffice.com

801-673-5626

YARD SERVICES

Affordable Yard Care / Tree Trimming & Removal Flower Beds, Hedges, Railroad Ties, Mulching, Sod, Concrete Senior Discounts

Call Dan:

Attn: Music Collectors

PURE WATER

Pure Water Solutions

801-260-2030

NEED KCPX TOP 30

Pay starts at $11.26 per hour.

Call 385-646-4321or go to www.graniteschools.org/foodservices/jobs

Food Service Department

Service Available 24/7 Certified Experts 100% Warrantied

(801) 963-5874

Music Charts from 1969 Must have both sides- Color “Skinny” Johnny Mitchell 801-651-6503 Anytime DON’T LEAVE MESSAGES! Call until you get ahold of me

Now Hiring for part time positions in our

GARAGE DOORS

A PLUS GARAGE DOORS

801-449-9875

All types of roofs

$650 OFF any reroof over 2,000 sq. ft.

801-518-7365

commuters who don’t move fast enough when the light turns green.

It used to be we had to wait YEARS between “Star Wars” movies. We had to wait an entire WEEK to catch up on our favorite TV show. And if we missed an episode? We were out of luck until summer reruns. Now people binge-watch entire seasons of shows in a weekend and download pirated movies before they’re even in theaters.

Before cell phones, there were no middle of the night conversations unless you were lucky enough to have a pair of walkie talkies with a range of about 10 feet. But if you stuck your head out the window and leaned toward your friend’s house, and if she did the same, you could almost hear each other on the walkie talkie. By that point, you could just yell across the yard to each other.

Now we’re stuck to our phones having never-ending conversations by text, instant messaging, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, etc. But we’re not saying anything.

Meaningful discussions seem to have gone the way of the typewriter and handcart.

We’re too busy to send handwritten thank-you notes. We don’t send postcards from trips. No one knows what a treat long-distance phone calls were to grandparents. We’ve forgotten the tolerance we needed as the telephone line connected to the internet, making that horrible data sound that rattled your back teeth.

Patience is more than a virtue. It makes us empathetic, hopeful, optimistic and kind. It reminds us not everything has to be fast. It gives us the chance to look forward to something, like listening to the Disco Fever album from Columbia House Records, delivered by the mailman in only six weeks. l

TREE SERVICES

A CUT ABOVE TREE PRESERVATION

Expert Tree Trimming, Safe Tree Removal Call Today for a FREE Estimate

801-577-7375

CONCRETE WORK

Affordable Concrete SERVICES

Concrete Splat Work, Patios, Driveways, Sidewalks, Etc.

Call Dan: 801-518-7365 – SENIOR DISCOUNTS –

YARD CARE

CONSTRUCTION

MOUNTAIN SPRINGS

25 YEARS EXPERIENCE

basements . bathrooms . electricasl repair . painting cabinet installation . plumbing . sheetrock repair countertop refinish and replace

– HOURLY RATE - 2 Hour Minimum –

Call Leo Coleman 801-471-6775

HOME SERVICES

ONE STOP SATELLITE Dish-Directv-Vivint-Centurlink $100.00 CASH DISCOUNT on ALL NEW TV ACTIVATIONS

801-941-3377

FENCING

Fence/Handyman “Get Your Project On” Fence & Handyman Service

Free Estimates

801-471-9688

utahtreepros.com

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ENERGY CARE Lic No.7466520-5500

Life

Out of Patience

LAWN CARE

Aeration, Mowing, Edging, Trimming and Dethatching

Call Kim at 801-971-0192

VEHICLES WANTED

Gumby’s Auto Parts We’ll buy your non-running, wrecked or broken car, truck or van.

(801) 506-6098

“It’s worth your time to call!”

FLAT ROOF SPECIALISTS

OLYMPUS ROOFING

801.887.7663 SERVING WASATCH FRONT SINCE 1973

TREE SERVICE

LANDSCAPING

FREE ESTIMATES

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

TREE TIME – Pruning, Trimming, Hedging – Tree and Stump Removal – Shaping and Shrubs

801-577-7740

All In One

FULL YARD CLEAN-UP, TRIM AND PRUNE, TREES SERVICE, TRASH HAULING, TALL WEED MOWING, ETC. – licensed and insured –

DAVE at 801-455-6705