Ukrainian refugees become part-owners of Utah pizza restaurant
WEST JORDAN, Utah — Monday marked one year since Yuri Kalmazan, Albina Smykovska and their two young daughters arrived in Utah from wartorn Ukraine...
WEST JORDAN, Utah — Monday marked one year since Yuri Kalmazan, Albina Smykovska and their two young daughters arrived in Utah from wartorn Ukraine. In that time, they've been able to make remarkable progress on their road to the "American Dream." At Monday's open house at Sergio's Pizza in South Jordan, it was hard for the couple to believe how far they've come. "If somebody tells us one and a half years ago, [I'd think] it's a joke. It's not true," Kalmazan said. Dozens of people came out to support these hard-working new neighbors as they rebuild their lives half a world away from their homeland — now the co-owners of Sergio's.