A Canceled Softball League and the Birth of a Public Servant

Paige bought her husband a softball team for Christmas — she literally wrote a poem about it, being an English major. For a few years the team played in the Lehi men's softball league, and families would spend those evenings at the park together. It was just a really great experience. Then one year she went to sign them up and was told the league was canceled — no park space, liability concerns, too many constraints. She went home frustrated, researched lowly balls and net costs, looked up which city council members mentioned parks in their bios, and marched into a city council meeting ready to fight. Nothing happened. Mayor Wilson said they'd bring it back — 'whenever we can.' Paige left feeling defeated. But she stayed for the whole meeting. And then she went back. For nearly eight years — before holding any position — she attended city council and Planning Commission meetings every week. Not because she planned to run for office. Because she found the process genuinely fascinating. Ten years later, she posted a photo of her oldest son playing on his own softball team in the Lehi men's softball league. Promise kept.