Sandy Journal

Jul 9, 2024 | sandyjournal.com | Rebecca Olds

By Rebecca Olds | July 1 was the official unveiling of the bigger “child-friendly” passport office in Sandy City Hall at 10000 S. Centennial Parkway. A remodel to expand the 13-year-old office allows the city to accommodate the stark increase of passport applicants in recent years and be a more organized “one stop shop” for passport needs.

Dec 1, 2023 | sandyjournal.com | Peri Kinder

Two Girl Scouts in Sandy earned their Bronze Award after building bird homes and placing them at Sego Lily Gardens (1472 Sego Lily Dr.). Madeleine Sission, 12, and Taylor Wicker, 10, chose the project as a way to help nonmigratory birds survive the winter. To earn the award, the girls had to go into the community to find a need they could address.

Dec 1, 2023 | sandyjournal.com | Julie Slama

Rocky Balboa, the champion of the “Rocky” movie series, may have lost his title. In mid-October, Alta View Elementary students cast their final vote to name their roadrunner mascot — Rocky. “We had the student council, faculty and staff vote on their top five, and then we took the top three from that,” said Alta View PTA President Jessica Davies. Rocky won over the other top choices, Rio and Roady.

Dec 1, 2023 | sandyjournal.com | Julie Slama

Zaccary Turner cherishes his book, “Five Little Pumpkins: A Tale of Vegetability” by local author, Cameron Bell. “I never got a book signed by author before,” he said. “Our whole class got books signed by him.”Zac’s classmate, Daniel Uitdenhowen, said the book is special because “he told us he wrote the book because his son can’t speak so he wanted him to know it’s OK to be different.

Dec 1, 2023 | sandyjournal.com | Julie Slama

Community members lined the streets near Park Lane Elementary cheering for the hundreds of youngsters participating in the school’s annual fun run. Kindergartners through fifth-graders ran the route, some racing to meet goals for faster times, others happily finishing while talking with friends. Still other youngsters got assistance from about 40 Jordan High student-athletes, said Park Lane Principal Justin Jeffery.