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Show The Ogden Valley News Page 8 Volume XXX Issue XII April 1, 2023 It’s About the Trails Podcast Did you know that there has been a Trails Foundation Northern Utah (TFNU) “It’s About the Trails” podcast in the works for a while? Now it’s here! Be sure to check back to our TFNU website often to be the first to hear new episodes when they drop. Check it now and get caught up. Episode #1 – Introduction, “It’s About the Trails” podcast Episode #2 – Author Stephen Trimble Episode #3 – TFNU Spring Trail Mixer Episode #4 – Coming soon: TFNU Board Chair Mike Appleby The TFNU podcasts are available on Podbean, Spotify, Google, and Apple podcast apps. Ogden Nordic Welcomes Spring for Skiing-Not Walking What a winter it has been in North Fork Park! Ogden Nordic has been very busy keeping the trails groomed; the dance with Mother Nature has been challenging, but the rewards of skiing, biking and snowshoeing on the resulting trails is worth it! Spring brings its own challenges to our trails. We groom the trails at night, they freeze overnight, and they are very “FIRM” (some would say icy) in the morning. Then, as the sun hits them, the trails soften up until around 2:30 or 3:00 p.m., then they get slushy. So, you need to choose your time of day to ski. Skating is great in the morning, and classic starts getting really nice around 11:00, depending on temperatures. Walking is never allowed on our trails, and it is even more important not to walk on the trails when they get soft and slushy. Footprints left in the soft snow are difficult to groom out, and since we are not grooming every day, they then UPDATE STR cont. from page 1 on the county’s website the 24 X 7 hotline number to call to report STR issues. The hot line number is 801-528-1230. To find this information, visit https://webercountyutah.gov/ news/post.php?id=98. Stay tuned. For certain, there will be more freeze and are treacherous. Please use snowshoes or find other places to walk in the beautiful spring weather. Snowshoeing should be great. We have not been able to groom the bike trails for biking, so please consider biking to be done at Ogden Nordic. Please do not ride bikes on the ski trails—it is a safety issue. When the bike digs in as the trails soften, those ruts become a major safety issue for skiers. Our grooming team has been working hard all season and we are so grateful for their efforts. The costs to groom trails don’t diminish when spring comes, so we ask that visitors please respect the work and cost that goes into the trails for skiing and don’t ruin them by walking on them. We will be making the most of the amazing amount of snow by grooming most days to keep the trails in great shape for skiing! Please check ogdennordic.com for our grooming report. Thanks for everyone’s cooperation and support for our efforts to maintain the winter trails! information coming on STR control and enforcement. And a special thank you has to be extended to Iris Hennon, Weber County Compliance Officer, for all her work with STRs and help in providing this information. The salmon-colored patches indicate noncompliant (illegal) short-term rentals that have been identified so far. Gov. Cox Issues Executive Order Outlining How to Display Utah’s Historic State Flag and New State Flag Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order March 21 continuing the significance of Utah’s historic state flag as Utahns gain a new state flag. The executive order reaffirms the historic state flag will continue to be displayed. During the 2023 General Legislative Session, lawmakers approved Senate Bill 31, which establishes a new state flag in Utah. The original Utah state flag that was adopted on March 9, 1911 will be referred to as the “historic state flag,” and Utah’s newly adopted state flag will be referred to as “state flag.” “I believe that Utahns should take great pride in our state’s history and never forget the sacrifices that have been made by our ancestors,” Gov. Cox said. “Our traditional Utah state flag has been a symbol of that faith, diligence, and strength of the people of Utah since its adoption. “As governor, I am proud to issue today an executive order requiring that the current state flag be flown at the Capitol at all times and at all state buildings on certain holidays and special occasions. I am further requesting that, during an upcoming session, the Legislature amend SB 31 to require the historic state flag be flown above the new state flag when the two flags are flown together. This will ensure that the historic flag will remain a symbol of our history and strength. “I am grateful for the tens of thousands of Utahns who participated in designing and selecting this new flag. Just as we have much to be grateful for from our ancestors, I hope that today’s Utahns will be worthy of the mantle that has been placed upon them to preserve and build Utah’s legacy for our children, grandchildren, and generations to come.” Utah’s historic state flag was created by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1903 under the direction of Gov. Heber M. Wells. On March 9, 1911, the Utah State Legislature adopted the historic state flag. Utah’s new state flag will take effect March 9, 2024. According to Executive Order 2023-04, all necessary steps will be taken, including a convening of the State Capitol Preservation Board, to allow the historic state flag to be flown on top of the Utah State Capitol building every day. The EO also requires both the state flag and the historic state flag to be flown on separate flagpoles daily on the Utah State Capitol grounds. In addition, Utah’s state agencies will fly the historic state flag on state property for each legal holiday and will adopt additional methods for maintaining the significance of the historic state flag, including flying the flag at significant agency events. Finally, Gov. Cox has asked the Legislature to amend SB 31 so that the historic state flag is displayed above the state flag when both are displayed. Utah’s Flag History - Utah’s original flag was created in 1903 to be used at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Utah Gov. Heber M. Wells asked the Daughters of the American Revolution to oversee its creation. The blue flag with the state seal and the year 1896 in white thread was known as the Governor’s flag until 1911. A flag was ordered in full color in 1912 for presentation to the U.S.S. Utah battleship. A manufacturer redesigned it, without authorization, by adding a gold circle around the seal. The Utah State Legislature adopted those changes in 1913. That flag is thought to have sunk with the ship in the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941. In 1922, the Utah governor ordered a “correct” state flag, which was based on the 1903 design, with the blue background behind the seal, not white. The flag didn’t include the year 1847 in the seal, and that unofficial design became a pattern used by flag makers. Utah flags from 1922 to 2011 included the year 1847, but incorrectly added below the state seal. For nearly 90 years, the state flew an incorrect “unauthorized” flag. Flag mistakes were discovered by historians in the 1980s. In 2011, the Utah Legislature passed a resolution returning the flag to its original approved design. Save theThere Date will be light refreshments and some Map of Weber County’s noncompliant (illegal) short-term rentals that have been identified so far. Family and friends are invited to join the J. Orville Peterson family for an open house acknowledging the 60th anniversary of the bazooka explosion that occurred in the Peterson Huntsville home on April 20, 1963. It will be held at the Ogden Valley Library, 131 S. 7400 E., Huntsville, on Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. memorabilia to view. The three Peterson brothers who were critically injured will be talking and sharing their experiences of the explosion and of their lives with the disabilities that resulted from surviving the explosion. They would also be interested in hearing your stories remembering the explosion. |