tag:www.sandyjournal.com,2005:/categories/today?page=43Today | Sandy Utah News Page 43Educating | Entertaining | Informing2020-12-09T19:08:38-07:00urn:uuid:32401c26-d87c-480f-93d7-2b7ce62350212020-12-09T19:08:34-07:002020-12-09T19:08:38-07:00Life and Laughter – A Dickens of a holiday2020-12-09 19:08:33 -0700Peri KinderColumnist Peri Kinder shares some thoughts on the classic Christmas story from Charles Dickens.<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:dd6cad86-e86b-4930-887d-6761239cf84a2020-12-03T14:08:39-07:002020-12-03T14:08:54-07:00New White City ‘cool’ school name to reflect nearby canyons, give new home to 800 students2020-12-03 14:08:49 -0700Julie SlamaThe vote is in for name, mascot and colors for new White City school.
<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:48096c90-ec72-46fa-b53a-b1ecdd5af52a2020-11-30T15:20:16-07:002020-11-30T15:20:42-07:00Families find complimentary final resting place for ashes at Larkin’s Scatterday2020-11-30 15:20:14 -0700Heather LawrenceMore families are choosing cremation now, but they want just the right place for the disposition of the ashes. They didn’t have that conversation with their loved one—what do you want done with your ashes? It can be a paralyzing decision."<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:ec3922bb-3dd3-435d-bb28-d180b71a6e962020-11-09T15:04:20-07:002020-11-09T15:11:21-07:00SROs: mentor, trusted adult, police officer2020-11-09 15:04:31 -0700Julie SlamaSchool resource officers—who are they, what is their role, how they build relationships with students and the community.<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:4d58d7bb-2fd3-4e04-a38c-6adcc66fd4c22020-11-09T13:55:22-07:002020-11-11T11:29:56-07:00Canyons partnership with Comcast allows students new way to connect, bridge digital divide2020-11-09 13:56:16 -0700Julie SlamaCanyons School District is finding new ways to bridge technology divide as it rolls out a partnership for a faster-speed internet service for those without any.
<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:791f261e-8c5a-470c-bdd0-b768aaf2ff8e2020-11-05T15:03:44-07:002020-11-05T15:04:03-07:00Desert Star presents, "Nutcracker: Men in Tights"2020-11-05 15:03:44 -0700Justin AdamsMurray's Desert Star Playhouse's annual original Christmas production combines music, laughs and food. <small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:ef7d4675-86c6-465b-a1f7-0c8be52450bc2020-11-05T12:31:54-07:002020-11-05T12:33:26-07:00If those walls could speak: Granite Elementary’s past yarned together with stories2020-11-05 12:32:06 -0700Julie SlamaFormer Granite Elementary students recall being introduced to motion pictures by a film projector and playing in the surrounding sagebrush around the school’s second schoolhouse.
<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:0a34a8b0-e1ce-496d-af5a-754102c839132020-11-02T15:38:45-07:002020-11-02T15:40:00-07:00Hilltop church’s followers give community a hand up2020-11-02 15:39:28 -0700Julie Slama“The need is constant, and increasing.” — Hilltop Rev. Lynn Miller Jackson
<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:f8d79ee2-2998-43fb-b969-0b20abfdb77b2020-10-26T14:46:33-06:002020-12-17T12:01:44-07:00Connect Canyons podcast designed to communicate more with school district community2020-10-26 14:46:48 -0600Julie SlamaCanyons School District’s new podcast: “It’s more intimate, listening to the human voice, and people are able to listen on their own time, whether it’s in a car or mowing the lawn, to a story that can go in greater depth.” – Kirsten Stewart, district spokeswoman<small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>urn:uuid:b6a8094a-5c06-46e5-9b97-ed7d17bf23ee2020-10-21T12:02:03-06:002020-10-21T12:03:01-06:00Halloween history2020-10-21 12:02:15 -0600Cassie GoffHalloween is not an American holiday. Its history traces back to the Celtic people, Romans, Aztecs, Indigenous peoples, and the Catholic Church. <small>Original article published at <a href="www.sandyjournal.com">Sandy Journal</a></small>