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Show The October 1, 2005 VALLEY NEWS OG Biking Hall of Famer Bob Roll to Ride in Ogden Valley When the trains rolled in and out of Ogden during the glory days, Junction City saw its share of notorious legends, cult heroes, and sporting giants. Legend has it that it was here that Al Capone met his match, declaring Ogden too wild for his taste, and Jack Dempsey met many takers on his way to boxing fame. On October 8, another notorious legend, cult hero, and sporting giant will ride into town in the form of one Bob Roll . . . and Capone thought it was wild 80 years ago! Known to his fans as “Bobke” (Boob-ka), Roll capped a 20-year professional cycling career with his induction into ie Mountain Biking Hall of Fame. However, Roll made a name for himself as a professional road eyes joining America’s first super team, 7Eleven, in 1985 and riding the Tour de France four fires, the Giro d'Italia three times, the Tour de Swiss three times, Paris-Roubaix seven times, and the Coors Classic five times. Roll’s never-say-die approach to cycling combined with his take-no-prisoners approach to life has made him worthy of worship among his die-hard fans. An author of three books, Roll now resides in Durango, Colorado when he’s not covering cycling as a commentator for OLN. The moment you hear Bob refer to the Tour DAY France, you begin your study of an all-new language. One that is uniquely Bob. Roll’s visit to Ogden has been organized by the Greater Ogden Athletics Legacy (GOAL) Foundation and will include several activities designed to raise funds for the non-profit organiPhoto courtesy of Larry Zini of Huntsville. BOB A Bull Elk in the Liberty area. Lacey expectations by Compiled by gden valley ee Shanna Francis News Valley Elementary E v of nine schools of the 700 sities the state to be part of this year’s Utah PTA Road Trip. Every year members of the state Parent Teachers Association (PTA) travel the state with outstanding guest speakers to inspire and motivate Utah’s schoolchildren. This year’s speaker is Lacey Heward. On September 20, Valley Elementary students greeted their guest with flags and applause. “T love to change people’s minds; it’s the path toa changed world,” Heward states. And to meet this cute, smiling blond who, in elementary eaheal ho l eaalda pull-ups district, is to know that th she sao is changing world every moment of every day. Lacey Heward’s journey started t one th day ar old brother were pl dy~ ing near their father’s weight bench. Somehow, her brother upset the bar and 100 pounds of weight fell on Lacey’s sixteen month old body. It was an accident, but Lacey was paralyzed. ‘My family gave me the greatest gift in that they didn’t treat me any differently; I was expected to keep up.” Still, it wasn’t until she started to ski as a teenager that she says she felt like she could keep up. On the hill she experienced physical freedom for the first time—she became an By 2002, that physical freedom translated into two bronze medals at the Salt Lake By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News the vision According to Heward, life was ‘tter. In 2003, Lacey won the Overall World Cup to become the best skier in the world. She emerged from the shadows of the legends of the sport to stake her claim. Then her kidneys failed. From the top of the world, she went back to the hospital—back to not knowing if she would survive. With her doctor’s encouragement, Lacey postponed kidney transplant surgery until after the Paralympics in Turino, Italy 2006. Back on the mountain, yet burdened with portable dialysis four times a day, she still finished second and third respectively in 2004 and 2005, and won the 2004 World Championship Downhill. While Lacey’s story is amazing, what’s more amazing is her honesty. A singer/song writer with aspirations of a career in entertainment after tt of skiing, si he fills her songs W us don’t have the courage to put into words. cey has never hid. From the time she was little, she felt that she would do something great with her life. Throughout all the adversity, she’s maintained that belief. Many might say that she has already achieved greatness, but Lacey has bigger dreams. She says she wants to change people’s minds because that’s the path to a changed world. Along with speaking, Lacey shared her LACEY mm HEWARD cont. on page 7 a a In September, I followed the author of the number one selling gardening book of all time— Mel Bartholomew—to Hawaii where he was teaching students at the BYU-Hawaii campus his revolutionary gardening method—Square Foot Gardening (SFG). The goal was to teach students at the institution, who come from over 70 nations, this revolutionary gardening method so they can, in return, take this simple gardening method to their home countries around the globe where it can be successfully incorporated iin just about any clime or geographical region. By teaching others in their homeland the square foot gardening method, families can learn to raise gardens simply and cheaply, growing fresh vegetables to supplement the nutritional value of their iets. Improving diets decreases the spread of, and susceptibility to, disease and life threatening health problems. Families living on marginal incomes in developing countries can also grow produce to sell at local markets to supplement their Foot Gardens Francis/OGDEN VALLEY NEWS valley Elementary students greet guest speaker and Paralympics winner Lacey Heward and members of the state PTA boa rd. uses a perfect soil mix and are boxes, there is no hoeing, tilling, or arduous weed pulling; any weeding that may become necessary can be done within secondsversus hours. Mel’s book, Square | Foot Gardening, has sold over a million copies since its initial publication in 1981, and has introduced thousands to the joy and benefit of gardening. Bartholomew’s goal is to teach the people of the world to feed themselves in an effort to eliminate world hunger and malnutrition. Representatives from BYU Hawaii invited Bartholomew to their MeCaLQer coincides with the goals of the University’s. On February 12, 1955, David O. McKay, then President ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, founded the Church College of Hawaii in Laie on the Windward side of Oahu, about one hour’s drive from Honolulu. McKay, who is from Huntsville, initially envisioned the school, renamed BYU-Hawaii in 1974, during a 1921 visit to an elementary school flag-raising ceremony in Laie. The occasion is depicted in a large mosaic mural above the foyer of the David O. McKay Building at th In President McKay’ s groundbreaking address, he stated,“. . . from this school, I'll tell you, will go men and women whose influence will be felt for good towards the establishment of peace internationally.” The university focuses its efforts on educating the minds, hearts, and character of students; not only sharpening life. Within just afew days, hundreds ofstudent were taught skill in the life of thousands more who will, in turn, be taught the Square Foot Gardening method from these students trained and certified Mr. Bartholomew. Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening method uses only 20% of the space, 10% of the water, 2% of the seeds, and only 1% of the work of traditional row gardening. Because Square This is our drinking water! Call to volunteer to help clean u Photo courtesy of Shanna ROLL cont. on page 12 Square Foot Gardening Goes Hawaiian Heward—Exceeding GARDENING cont. on page 13 Get involved. For information, call Darrell Eddington at 801-845-4026 or 801-821-0571 cell or email <darrelle@ext.usu.edu> Or call Weber County Engineer Curtis Christensen at 801-399-8371 | or email <cchriste@co.weber.ut.us> |