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Show - By T | D | Ogden Valley News by the eyes were dazzled BN “various tools unrecogdazé-v—‘- ; e A = ! : 3 e T & ; * ~ : RN ¥ R | ‘ - ; R . ol -Riding to Fame the ~ S o was qulte surpnsed together in a ‘m0st'su<;f-r~ house.. Snowcrest Junior High don’t stop there for he relaxing,” says Glen,” zt' and crafts teacher “Making saddlesis S | Afidng with his bril- ' _A s, i hant talent are‘eduntless' other attributes. Heis ‘ = | | | A takes between twenty R four and thxrty-51xhours | are carrylng on thelr } ' B | 1 § Branch-Brokerrfi 745-3119 | ' IR | - o T 5 o ok that chlldren today [have too many ehonces % 1L better; he has also for J. G. Read ~~ to ¢ -1800"5:**;7:‘ g i L ‘ thlnk about We are proud‘to _h’ave o acrqssthe globe to coun- you Glen inour "_Valley* o For six weeks o a tlme‘ tries all over'the world. he would do nothmg but One has been in the aplst for handlcapChllWith ,a'fgurtygefar.";».' | o apprentlceshlp Glen = | dren worked awayunder the 1E “Qlen’s saddles travel i Realtor - Realtor . 79{1,-422‘2; 745 6670 g NO 0BLIGA TION}MA_RKE\ .ANAL'YSISON YOUR i - Qur Realtors are _Valley residents RSN g and Gardens® : . | | et 2595 NORTH HIGHWAY 162, EDEN UTAH. e S R _ 745-4663 T et NSRS SO | » Keh Turner K.ahy Land e " Dick Dixon R B o ' saddle is custom made ‘ with the stirrups: tumed sideWays to fit yourflfeet‘ ' Brothers, a saddle com»-_]; ‘made a few trick saddles devebp asmgle sklll Bt They get confused and - pany founded in the o and one for Steve ‘water” interview, but Thompson resxdence | RN ' freehand de51gn ‘Each He | 7 5 Glen makes about twen- | enJoyed it so much that during hlS Jumorand Ssenior years he went to. once I breathed in the Gt -Wlth pencxl and note~ Fe S SO book in hand, .r_eady W1th leathery aroma an,d"my' SR . Well, fil’St mtrodueed to: leatherworklng in hls sophomore year at A cessfu] way. Just like any-other ' intervnew 1 arrived at the couch~W1th-a~glass-of~ " FEAN S e o dneco accompanied by such a probably not surprlsed to work -~ o Rndw Glen "Thdmps0n as machines and built the = also endorse “one of the janitors at ~ shop we were standing - ~ Thompson. makes saddles. He was hfe as Glen Thompsan s, find out he was in his WOrKShop near the = they can be stitched ke o o5 S 2 He bought some ef thenr Most Vafiiey residents but where appomtment icance of my SUbJGCt ~ S AR - Lake City. He also fatheg s saidle'm‘akmg dependmg onthe . can write this article and time in my head.. Yes? ~ Weber High School; fully encapture the s1gr1if-“ ‘this was the time for our [Eldon West was his arts i . amount of Stampmgand tl”admflfl i fi ~ . er task for six mdre world famous side. Cden ‘and different designs.” gAge and lmowledge can- was Glen? Those who anW Glen Thompson' & " not be based on each better thanldoare @ other alone, but when . SR L ‘weeks. He stayedon =~ makes ‘the saddles for 1 a score of questions. ~ Traditional Way s ' 05 o “hide, 1 knew this was has a whole other s&de to ’5"a chaiienge that you get ; working with the stamps }hls humbiebefing a i when no one came to ERANE " fiy Holly Dreager the door. I began' recalE T e R \ culatmg the day and I do not feel that I o ' © = ,permanent dnsplay in »r.'_'on Wduid meve on to anoth— the Chase Gallery in Salt ;and that’s all. . SRRt o | | Miss R‘ deo Ogden Utah - going to be perfect. And ‘wnth Read Brothers for eggmeen years until they and now Miss Rodeo there in the midst dfi' it went out of busmess ~all, was Glen. | - ' ik T able to the common eye 'aldrig'f.WEth swatchesof | S } ‘ December 1998 o ume 1, Issue3 B | e = s | * The Saddle above Awas_ recently made 'f;for MISS Rodeo USA - m Las Vegas event. L It was sent out the very next day for that i W T v;afPthtOSi by Holly Dreager S | S e B e - |