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Show THE Page 2 OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Volume XII Issue XI July 1, 2005 PINEVIEW The OGDEN VALLEY NEws Francis 8 Cell: E-Mail: Letters to the Editor ultimately released into the Ogden River. Multiple community volunteers, private organizations, and governmental agencies participated in the cleanup. Weber County supplied dump trucks that hauled off several loads of garbage. Staff: Shanna Tel: cont. from page 1. Ogden Valley Balloon Festival Should Be Scaled Back Would the Valley Balloon Festival continue to take place every year if the community took it toa vote? My take is, while some residents don’t like the event, most do and would hate to see it go. Ifa cross section of Valley residents oe analyzed the festival, looking at what it takes to make the event a acces who — from it, and, finally, what the venue should be to make it reasonable to pull it off year after year, would the Balloon Festival change paths? My bet is—it would I have thought long and hard about the Balloon Festival and have looked at what it costs and whom it benefits. I now feel that I have a good handle on what it would take to make it work for the majority of Valley residents year after year. The perception some people hold—that the Balloon Festival is now Wolf Creek’s event—keeps potential sponsors and volunteers from contributing to the event. Why be a sponsor or volunteer if Wolf Creek is the beneficiary? The reality is, Wolf Creek does not want to control the Balloon Festival. We agreed to keep it alive last year and this year by providing the location, and we are more than willing to be a major sponsor in the future; however, continuing to support the festival at its current level is a monumental task that we won’t be able to undertake in 2006. slfrancis@att.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 745-2879 Fax: 745-2879 E-Mail: crwendell@att.net erwendell@msn.com Opinions expressed by advertisers, columnists or letters to the editor are not necessarily the opinions of the owners and staff of The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS. Guidelines for Letters to the Editor Letters should be 300 words or less. Let- reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The OGDEN VALLEY NEws will print local birth, wedding, obituary, anniversary and missionary farewell & homecoming and Eagle Scout announcements free of charge. 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Anyone wishing to get involved and help out or share ideas can contact Cindy Beger at 745-0264, cheger@ wolfereekresort. com or go to the volunteer section o <www.ogdenvalleyballoonfestival.com> a ber of the person submitting the material. material for the July 15 issue of Steve Roberts, Eden a the right to select which material will be considered for publication. All material, to be considered, must be submitted with any teers. the field and go out to experience the incredible beauty of the Valley and patronize commercial businesses, then return for the balloon launch and glow in the evening. Visitors could then retire for the night—perhaps in a local hotel or rental unit. An event like this would be much easier to pull off each year, cost a fraction of what it does now, and require a lot less volunteers. And I’m confident that there would be sufficient sponrs to cover the costs so admission could be ee. r ear’s Ogden Valley Balloon Festival will be very similar to last year’s event with a lot of the kinks worked out. | expect it to be a huge success. We just can’t pull it off year after year. My vote is to scale it way back next year and transition it back to what it is supposed to be—Ogden Valley’s Balloon Festival. 8 pertaining to contemporary i issues, as other material that may be of interest to our readers. We also invite you to submit to the paper, or notify the staff of local events. Awards that have been earned by the reader, family members, neighbors or friends are also sought. While the staff of The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS) ee the Ws ityfor I feel strongly that we should significantly scale down the annual Balloon Festival by transitioning it back to what it was initially— a festival celebrating the visual beauty and excitement of hot air ballooning. 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