Rebecca Olds

4 weeks ago | valleyjournals.com | Rebecca Olds

Wasatch has hosted the regional bee for two years. The system is on a rotation, visiting different schools in different years. Wasatch Jr. High vice principal Renee Dehaan helped coordinate the bee. “I think it’s a great thing for the kids,” she said. ‘It’s amazing how they can memorize things and recite it on stage. I myself competed in some bees when I was a child.”The bee starts off with a written test, in which all spellers are required to correctly spell five rigorous words.

1 month ago | valleyjournals.com | Rebecca Olds

The South Valley Chamber hosted its annual State of the Chamber event Feb. 12 at Salt Lake Community College’s Gail Miller Conference Center in Sandy. CEO of the Chamber Jay Francis recapped the year of the Chamber. In 2024, the Chamber hosted 52 ribbon cuttings and more events, launched its first magazine, added 196 new members, grew their Women in Business program, expanded education offerings, increased advocacy efforts and expanded tourism efforts.

1 month ago | valleyjournals.com | Rebecca Olds

President Trump’s executive order mandates a pause on federal events promoting diversity, including Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day. But I’m not a federal employee and refuse to follow his directive. Happy Women’s History Month!Throughout the ages, women are described as the gentler sex, the homemakers and the caretakers. And, yes, women are given those roles.

1 month ago | valleyjournals.com | Rebecca Olds

When the prayer was replaced with a moment of silence during the Sandy City Council’s meeting on Jan. 21, the vocal public didn’t respond well. Sandy City Council Chair and At-Large Councilmember Aaron Dekeyzer called for the moment of silence instead of the usual prayer as part of the customary opening ceremony before The Pledge of Allegiance on the same week President Donald Trump was inaugurated.

2 months ago | valleyjournals.com | Rebecca Olds

“Horses are different than other therapy animals—they are prey and herd animals,” Jones said. “So to be a prey animal, they need to be in the now, be aware and they need to be ready.”“They have really large nervous systems, and they have to be able to talk to each other, because the herd works together to keep each other safe. So they communicate through body language, energy and sensing.