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Show Volume II , Issue I Page 3 The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS October 1999 COMMENTARY cont. from Page 2 product or rat poison, as was previously the case. Since studies that presumably showed a benefit are so old and flawed that they don’t meet minimum scientific standards today, and new studies from non-biased sources don’t exist, the question is a hot button for many. Because of widespread longterm use, there is also intense emotional pressure for well-meaning parents to continue exposure without examining the “unthinkable” possibility that fluoride has been a misinformed mistake all along. Fluoride opponents, while educating the public to the controversy, still support the individual’s right to decide for themselves—one person at a time. Since tablets, rinses and supplements are readily available, and programs that help low-income families can be adjusted to include this, There is simply no justification for violating rights and common sense to promote a treatment that may be a “big mistake” from the beginning. Rachel Sweeten Ogden WATER cont. from page 1 Corrections The source of September’s “40 Years Ago” historical photograph and accompanying caption was the Standard Examiner. By Shanna Francis street value of a crop this size, On Wednesday, September 22, at crop was also located. Officials say harvested and dried, was calculated at about 9:00 a.m., a local resident out the enterprise had been in place for at being over eight million dollars. hiking off the beaten trail in the least two seasons. mountains above Liberty, came upon Beginning near Chicken Creek then An alert motorist, heading up the an armed male Mexican National extending northward, several North Ogden Divide on her way to the working near a crop of marijuana. cultivated patches of the high priced Valley, noticed two suspicious looking Surprised, the hiker cooly walked away crop were found hidden interspersed men making their way off the pass. then, out of eye site, quickly made his among the thick mountain growth, They were scratched and roughed up way down the mountainside, later dotting several ridgelines. Each plot, from fighting their way through the notifying authorities. on average, covered a discreet ten by underbrush. The woman, noticing the ten foot sized area nurturing about A command center was quickly commotion at the bottom of the Divide established on property in Liberty, stopped and relayed surrounding the home of Doug her observations to officials and Erin Taggart. An army of regarding the two men hiking officers from the Weber and off the mountain. By 3:00 p.m., Morgan County Strike Force, on Thursday, officers had two the Drug Enforcement Agency suspects in custody–two (DEA), the National Guard, Mexican Nationals; Fermin Weber County Sheriff Flores Villalobos, age 22, and Department, Salt Lake County Juan Aguilar Castillo, 19. They Sheriff Department, and Forest were both booked into the Service Law Enforcement Weber County Jail under agency soon were swarming the suspicion of cultivating sleepy community of Liberty, marijuana, a second-degree and its outlying areas. felony, and later charged. Motorists coming off the divide According to Brad Slater, found the road on both sides those behind the operation will, lined with vehicles, two Black most likely, never be arrested Hawk helicopters and a Weber Authorities prepare a portion of the marijuana siezed in the or charged. Ringleaders County helicopter hovering raid for burning. typically are insulated by a five overhead, and major television level deep management setup. 1500 of the plants in each cultivated networks’ remote satellite equipment Arrested hired hands typically have section. parked in nearby fields, providing live very limited knowledge or information coverage of the unfolding events. From evidence found at a semiabout those who are in charge. DEA permanent campsite, it is estimated that The result—one of the largest metro from the Salt Lake Valley area a core group of about eight to ten marijuana growing operations in the are consulting with local officials in the workers managed and operated, what history of the state was identified and investigation due, in part, to similar has been termed, a highly sophisticated shut down. According to Weber operations that have been found in operation consisting of a water County Sheriff Brad Slater, final Immigration and Red Butte Canyons. collection and dispersal system. assessments put the total plant count No further suspects have been arrested. Equipment for drying the nearly mature that was found at over 8000. About 11 tons of green weighted marijuana plants were harvested prematurely by machetes and chainsaws, and destroyed by fire near the horse corrals in North Fork Park. 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Mr. Foy was able to contract with a dairy company to have a stainless steel, 4000 gallon dairy truck come and haul water from a lower well to the reservoir that supplies water to the needy residents. For over two, six day weeks, at a cost of $100 an hour, the truck has been transporting the water to the Nordic Valley residents. The 80 residents, on average, use 70,000 gallons of water a day. As another emergency measure to provide relief, the water company has begun work on a new well that is situated near well number one. It is scheduled to be completed by the middle of the month, and should double the amount of water that is normally made available. The water company recently received approval for a 1.325 million dollar loan from the state for improving the water system. The state and the water company are currently in negotiations for a satisfactory interest rate that will affect the payback schedule. Large Marijuana Crop Harvested in Ogden Valley |