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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show Sunday, March 30, 2014 3B Johnson From 1B said. "They thought it was great." Now people know about UniHoops in Memphis and Indianapolis, where Johnson has performed at NBA games, in Washington, D.C., where he did a WNBA game, and in Boise, where he did an NBA D-League game. In-state, the Kaysville native who now lives in Marriott-Slaterville has performed at BYU, Utah State and of course, at his alma mater, Weber State; he did an encore at the Dee Events Center during the Big Sky men's basketball tournament this month. Other colleges he's been to include UCLA and Northern Arizona and he's added a motivational school assembly he calls "Just Bounce." Motivation runs in the family — his wife, Meg Johnson, is also a motivational speaker, a former "Spirit Award winner in the national Ms. Wheelchair America pageant and a founder of the Ms. Wheelchair Utah A colorful costume is part of Whit Johnson's halftime act as "UniHoops," as seen at a recent show at Weber State University. BRIANA SCROGGINS Standard-Examiner VIDEO: See a video of UniHoops' show at Weber State at www.standard.net pageant. Meg's reaction when Whit came home and started moving furniture to start a funky new hobby? "She's supportive. I think she was a little bit surprised at first, but she was all for it," Whit said. "She knows I'm crazy." In the world of halftime performers, Johnson is still getting started, though he's working with some more established acts now to promote UniHoops and he's considering adding a baseball routine. The Johnsons have a 5-month-old daughter, Zula Mae, which makes practice time with the unicycle a little harder to come by — though he jokes that it may pay off in the near future. "I've got to teach her how to unicycle when she's 1 or 2 and just throw her out there," Johnson said. "That would be way cuter than me and get a better reaction, I think." Look out, little Zula Mae. Some of Whit Johnson's crazy off-the-cuff ideas have a tendency to become reality. Contact reporter Roy Burton at rburton@ standard.net. Follow him on Twitter at ©RoyBurtonSE. |
