OCR Text |
Show The OGDEN December 15, 2000 VALLEY NEWS BULK RATE POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Your Community Newspaper Huntsville Resident Dies From Serious Accident Inside This Issue: Christmas for Earl Page 3 Burn Victims Finally Go Home Page 4 Independence from Osteoporosis Page 5 Zions Bank Takes on Two New Faces Page 5 Boost Immunity This Flu Season Page 6 Have a Very Merry CHRISTmas! Page 6 That Holiday Cooking Page 7 Ogden Valley teachers brave the cold to show their support for the students. From left to right: Kathy Andeson, Julie Vaatuitui (sign holder), Carol Pilcher, Sue Hadley, Michelle Evans, Carolyn Olsen and Carolyn Hogge. Canyon Christmas Memories Page 8 Teacher Job Action By Michelle Evans, Calendar of Events Page 9 Announcements Page 10 Jazzin’ With Jen Page 12 National Children’s Book Week Page 12 “Read for the Gold” Page 13 To Bee or Not to . . . Page 14 Women in Agriculture Conference Slated Page 15 Scoping Document Forest Service Site Location in Huntsville Page 16 - 17 New Members of the Eden Planning Committee Elected Page 17 Biography of Jakob Bachman Page 18 Eden Park Service District Proposed Budget Page 19 Classifieds Page 19 Sixth grade teacher, Valley Elementary Students and teachers were not at Weber County schools on Tuesday, December 5. Teachers were supporting the statewide job action. Valley teachers felt a great deal of support from residents as they participated in events throughout the day out of the classroom, for the classroom. As teachers held picket signs at roadside intersections and took pamphlets from door-to-door, they stated that they all felt encouraged and supported by local residents. Waving and cheering aside, compound the problems Valley School faces, statewide, and one can easily see why teachers are frustrated. Valley’s boiler heating system heats the school only when it decides to do so! Students and teachers endure the frosty days regularly as the ancient boiler is routinely tinkered with in an effort to keep it up and running to supply the necessary heat. A new boiler would cost around $50,000.00. Valley has half the number of social studies books needed for students, so students do not have their own. According to Mr. Garner, Social Studies books at Valley state that the Soviet Union is still in existence—along with East and West Germany, and maps are ludicrously outdated. Mr. Reese stated that there aren’t enough science materials to allow the kids to take them home. “If we have a test we cannot send materials home to let students study because we only have enough for one class in each grade.” Mr. Reese also has to teach double P.E. classes this year without an aide. Health books are over twelve years old, and the supply is adequate for only half of the students. The estimated cost to get Valley School properly supplied with books is about $15,000.00. Teacher Sue Hadley says, “I am teaching music this year. Great! The problem is . . . I don’t have very many materials to teach it with. I don’t have the “CD’s” that should come with the program. I only have books for half of the class. I come early and write my own materials to teach with. The kids want to know why we don’t sing more, since it is a music class— I don’t have the music. Also, we have many students who need counselors. We only have a counselor once a week—if that. If these students could get help while in grade school, we could address some of their problems before they become chronic. Prevention is easier and cheaper than . . . the alternatives!” Pat Fuller cites that primary grade teachers could use a full-time aide in every class. With a full-time aide, the potential for students to stay on grade level is much higher than otherwise. The cost of an aide is prohibitive. Or is it? Studies show a high drop out rate for students who are below grade level in reading. Penal institution statistics show a great percentage of illiterate inmates. Legislators and others claim that it is impossible to predict how many students will be in our classrooms in ten years. How, then, can they predict how many cars will be traveling on our highways in ten years and, therefore, budget monies to build highways that will fit our future needs? Cary Davis states, “As people on the front lines of education, it is our duty to warn, advise, and act if necessary. Why aren’t the task force and the legislature listening?” Teachers say that Utah students deserve more. “They deserve a longrange budget plan. They deserve to have quality people attracted to the profession of teaching. All of this takes funding and planning.” The teachers thank the community for their support. A special thanks to Maverik Country Store for donating hot chocolate to the teachers who were getting the word out on the corner at the Eden intersection. According to Weber County deputies investigating an accident, Sunday, December 10, Huntsville resident Roy Huggard was killed at approximately 6:34 a.m. while in route to an LDS church meeting. The deceased victim, and only occupant in the vehicle, was found inside the cab of his pickup truck. The fatal accident occurred near the north side of Pineview Reservoir in an area known as the Middle inlet area, just east of the Huntsville LDS Stake Center. Another Huntsville resident in route to the church noticed the pickup’s headlights down off the ravine on the south side of the highway. Unable to reach the victim, he drove to the church and called 911 and found another able to help in a rescue attempt. According to Weber County deputies investigating the accident, the victim was traveling west on 1900 North when he apparently lost control of his 1999 pickup truck. The truck slid sideways before leaving the south side of the road. From damage to the truck, and evidence at the scene, it appears that the truck both vaulted and rolled some 150 feet down the embankment before coming to rest. Slippery road conditions and the driver’s travel speed may have been factors in the accident. Fifty-one year old Roy Huggard was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. Although an autopsy will determine cause of death, it appeared that he died as a result of traumatic injuries caused from violent movement inside the cab of the impacted vehicle as it veered and rolled down the embankment. Mr. Huggard was a member of the Middle Fork LDS Bishopric. Community Asked to Avoid Parking Vehicles on Roadside By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Staff The Weber County Sheriff’s office is asking the community to make sure vehicles are not left parked on the road this winter. After a heavy snowstorm, vehicles can become partially buried, making it very difficult, at times, for snowplow operators to avoid striking vehicles hidden in snowbanks or blanketed under the snow. Cars parked on the side of roads also make it very difficult for operators to maneuver heavy snowplow equipment effectively when clearing roads. The community’s cooperation in this matter is much appreciated. The Sheriff’s office is also reminding residents not to leave valuables unlocked in their vehicles, and to make sure automobiles, homes and garages are secured. Recently there have been a number of thefts in the community. An Eden resident’s purse was stolen from her car last month during daylight hours as it sat SHERIFF cont. on page 2 |