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Show wm" “DHE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page I1 July 15, 2005 wall and vanished. ee Ruess disappeared, a leg= emerged: the of “Lost Forever: Everett This is a one hour documentary drama by Diane Orr July 21, FREE for members, $3 for nonmembers Everett Ruess Art Exhibit Everett Ruess, a young artist and writer who wandered the wilds of the southwest, mysteriously dissappeared in the Escalante canyons in 1934 at the age of twenty. The love and respect Everett felt for the places he roamed were expressed in his poems and essays, as well as in the images he carved for his precious block prints. A collection of his prints is on display at the Ogden Nature Center through July 29th. FREE for members, $3 nonmembers Safe Hunting Preparedness Presented by Sportsman’s Warehouse, this workrr r levels. $10 off of $50 purchase gift certificates to Sportsman’s Warehouse will s a away. August 6, | - 2 p.m., Home on the Range 2005 A Nature Center favorite! Join us for a fun and relaxing summer evening out. With the gorgeous vistas of the Nature Center as a backdrop, come enjoy music by Coyote Moon and cowboy poetry by Stan Tixier along with a delicious dinner by Little Turtle Dutch Oven. This fun event will be held just behind the Visitor’s Center this year. August 8, 6:30 p.m Members : and older $14, Nonmembers 12 and older$ Members under 12 $9.50, Nonmembers 2 $10.50 Reservations required by August 1 under Archaeology of the Wasatch Front Learn about the Fremont Indians, Mushroom Springs Dig at Antelope Island and more. Presented by state archeologist, Dr. Ronald Rood. September 24, 11 a.m FREE for members, $3 for nonmembers Wildwoods BASH Dinner and Auction twenty-year tradition, the Wildwoods BASH will include a gourmet dinner, auction of natureinspired items and entertainment by Don Keipp and Friends. This event is held in the beautiful outdoors at the Nature Center. All proceeds benefit our core proms: environmental education, sanctuary maintenance and wild bird rehabilitation. September 10, 5:30 p. Tickets are $55 _per pers son or $1,000+ for a reserved table o SUMMER NATURE CAMPS Preschool Discove! We'll play games and learn about animals that live in fields, forests, water, air and underground. Taught by Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalists. July 25-29, 9- 11:30 a.m. $60 members, $75 nonmembers ee Trek Camp: Expressions in Nature for 1 This cane ill find sion in nature. Art activities, writing and traditional camp experiences taught by Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalists. August 1-5, 9 a.m. through Wednesday, Thursday night sleepover starting at 4 p.m $135 members, $150 nonmembers Bring a sack lunch. Call to register Married; Mother of 3; and Caretaker of 4 Horses, 2 Dogs, 5 Goldfish, and 5 Acres of Weeds! By Laura Warburton Dyer’s Woad! I don’t know who Woad is but 7 understand why he was Dyer! ve always suspected iets had intelligence but now I know for sure. And, if there were an IQ test for weeds, I think MIT would be knocking at Woad’s door with a full-ride scholarship! Okay, so I know I have to pull out the root. Just finding the base of the plant is more difficult than it was trying to chase my two year old at a petting zoo! When | finally do follow this winding menace to its base, I get some of it out by the roots but not others; the root, by the , goes all the way to China! Well, all is not msat least the plant won’t to seed... right? Wrong! Woad’s next ploy is to build up its base and send out four or five more little flowering nuisances! NOT FAIR! While all the rest of the unattended Woad’s all across the Valley go to seed, mine is still growing curvy, nasty stalks! Will they ever give up? So, I start the whole process all over again! SUCCESS! I found a weakness! The bigger the weed, the easier it is to pull. It seems this nasty vermin comes out easier when it’s just a little bigger. Ah ha! I could be close to eliminating every nasty, dirty, deceptive, persistent woad on my property NOT! New plants are coming up where there were none earlier! It’s a conspiracy! I pull just as fast and furious as my energy and time will allow. I consider calling in the Boy Scouts, relatives, and neighbors. Not even the horses will eat them! (Smart animals!) gQ [o} Ogden Nature Center Summer Calendar Movie Screening: “Lost Forever: Everett Ruess' ” In ee as! an ambitious young LA artist, hitch hi canyon country of the‘Southwest alone. Three — later, Ruess no longer cared about artistic fame. He : “As to when I shall revisit civilization, it will not be soon, I think. I prefer the deep peace of the wildemess to the discontent bred by cities.” Then It’s no use; I just can’t seem to pull them all. Exhausted and feeling somewhat defeated, I decide to pull out the big guns! I buy a sprayer. Not a wimpy little backpack sprayer, but a no-nonsense, “you're ‘gonna’ loose,” 25 gallon pump sprayer. I mean business now! I go and buy the meanest, nastiest, chemicals I can find. I mix them up as stated on the bottle. I spray! And, I spray more! Three days later, I survey the carnage of my attack; lots of nasty weeds have withered into oblivion. Ah, the satisfaction. But wait! Not all Dyer is dead! It’s ALIVE! It’s LIVE! I won’t give up! ’ll spray again with double the strength and I WILL WIN! eradicate weeds from my property, T've had time to i just who is responsible for my weed sery. I’ve reflected on Adam and Eve. Their choices made it possible for me to be here and take care of some personal business. However, I do feel compelled to consider the consequences of their choices. Up till now, it seemed that Eve’s consequences were a bit harsher. I don’t think so anymore! See, God cursed the earth with weeds for Adam’s sake. He made giving birth sorrowful because of Eve’s choice. I don’t know about the rest of you, but giving birth to three children was a whole lot easier than killing these weeds! Labor took all of a few hours and then whamo—peace, joy, and love overflowing! I’ve been in weed labor for about two months now and I see no peace, joy, or love on the horizon. So, my conclusion: it was the men who got me into this mess and I’ll leave it to the men in my life to get me out! I’m done. Ogden Nature Center is located at 966 W. 12th Street, Ogden For more information call 621-7595 or fax 621-1867. PINEVIEW LANDSCAPING REAL ESTATE by Terra Designs, Inc. from Wild Flowers to Waterfeatures, Trees, Shrubs, Gardens, Hydroseed, Sod, Patios & Rock Walls, Sprinklers, Mountain & Desert Scapes. Call for an Estimate. (801) 745-0198 or (801) 430-2892 Deone Smith (801) 564-2243 SUCCESS REALTY $350,000 NORDIC VALLEY PARADISE EDEN Premier lot of Nordic Valley! Secluded w/ oak trees & your own little meadow. Extra high vaulted ceilings, 2x6 construction. Real wood-burning fireplace w/maple mantel & built-in shelves. Huge master suite w/walk-out deck, large bedrooms, 2 water heaters. For more area information and property listings log on to: www.snowbasinareaspecialist.com |