Kearns aims to reverse troubling trends affecting its teens

Editor’s note • Through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, The Salt Lake Tribune is examining how Kearns is trying to improve the lives of its children. Part 1 of this three-part series introduces us to the data-driven approach of the Kearns Community Coalition.Kearns • As adults wander to and from their workouts at the Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center on a day in early March, Mercedes Rodriguez stands at a health fair booth, talking to folks about how to talk to their