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Show Page 12 THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Volume III, Issue VIII February 15, 2001 It’s Time to Join or Renew Your Ogden Canyon Club Membership! Thanks for your continuing support of the Ogden Canyon Club. Your membership is very important in keeping our motto “For the Preservation and Restoration of the Ogden Canyon” alive and well. It is going to take all of us to keep the canyon a haven for habitat, residents and visitors. Please join us in this effort—renew your own membership, and ask a friend to join (it is not necessary to be a resident of the canyon). For yearly dues of $10.00, you receive a copy of the publication which publishes our newsletter, which also keeps our readers abreast of the happenings in the surrounding areas. A GREAT DEAL! The Ogden Canyon Club Board of Directors put in a solid year of work identifying and accomplishing projects to improve the quality of life for canyon residents and traveler’s passing through this gorgeous eight-mile stretch of canyon beauty. Here is a sampling of some of our accomplishments: Spring and fall canyon clean-ups by local residents, youth volunteer groups, the Weber County River Group, Weber County and UDOT. Netted two, eightton dump truck loads of trash and debris, removed dyers woad from the road and hillsides, and removed debris and cement from the Ogden River for the safety of non-motorized river craft. Conducted a Town Hall meeting with representatives from the Bureau of Reclamation regarding the proposed Pineview Dam reconstruction, providing an opportunity for area residents to participate in a “question and answer” session. Submitted input to the Pineview Dam Safety of Dam Work Finding of No Significant Impact study. Instrumental in bringing cellular telephone service in the canyon. Participated at Weber State University’s Community Earth Day, sharing information on our involvement in the preservation and restoration of the canyon. Participating member of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, Ogden Valley Citizen’s Advisory Committee for the purpose of identifying law enforcement concerns. Provided Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey with a briefing and tour of Pineview Dam, and regarding the overall health of the river due to the debris at the spillway gates which ultimately is flushed into the Ogden River. Provided an educational tour of the Ogden City Water Treatment Plant. Initiated the installation of additional safety signs within the canyon. Restoration of the historical Limestone Kiln located at the Indian Trailhead. Participated in the Stream Quality Survey with the Division of Wildlife Resources. The Ogden Canyon Club’s next Board Meeting will be held: February 20, 2001 7:00 p.m. The Oaks AGENDA: Restoration of the Limestone Kiln Election of Officers and Board Members The Write Stuff Long before a child learns to form letters with a pencil or marker, she has taken many steps toward learning to write. Children must have many opportunities to use their hands to do various things before they can successfully print letters. Molding with clay, using large and small Legos, picking up beads, and playing with knobbed puzzles all prepare the fingers and hands for writing. Scribbling with markers and crayons, controlling a pencil for use with a stencil, using chalk on the sidewalk, and painting with fingers and large brushes are a few of the ways children practice for later writing. [Stock your rooms] with plenty of paper, paper clips, staplers, pencils, markers, and crayons, and make sure that these materials are available for children to use whenever they choose. Children may want to “write” notes to their friends or messages to their teacher or parents. They use writing materials in their dramatic play—making signs for a store, tickets for a show, menus for a restaurant, and so on. As children experiment, developmental stages of writing become evident. Children move from random scribbling to controlled scribbles, to random alphabet letters, to consonants that represent words. Only with lots of opportunities to practice can children move through these stages. If your child does not have a proper pencil grip, cannot purposefully manipulate a crayon, or simply shows no interest in learning to write, he or she probably is not ready to do so. Take care not to push. Children enjoy learning a new skill only when they are really ready for it. Getting ready is just as important as mastering the skill. This article is provided courtesy of the Old Firehouse Child Care. 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The Ogden Canyon Club is a non-profit, privately funded organization; therefore, donations are welcomed. MEMBERSHIP: $10.00___DONATION: $_____ NAME_________________________________________________ STREET_________________________________________________ CITY__________________STATE____________ZIP____________ TELEPHONE NUMBER __________________________________ Additional family members: Mail your payment to: Ogden Canyon Club c/o Colleen Camp P.O. Box 1766 Ogden, Utah 84402-1766 CHAIR (one year term)________________________________ VICE-CHAIR (one year term)____________________________ SECRETARY (one year term)_____________________________ TREASURER (one year term)___________________________ Two-year Board Members: six seats open (expires March 2003) ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ One-Year Board Members: six seats open (expires March 2002) ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ COMMENTS: |