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Show Volume XV Issue I The Ogden Valley news Page December 15, 2007 Todos Los Niños —This year, give a gift to a child in need Give a gift that will brighten the lives of deserving children, and bring the spirit of Christmas to those who don’t have families of their own! Todos Los Niños is a private foundation started in 2006 by a group of Ogden Valley residents. This foundation exists to better the lives of orphaned children around the world. We believe in helping to provide love, care, safety, shelter, food, and education to these children until they can take control of their own lives and become selfsupporting adults who will contribute in a positive way in their community. Todos Los Niños is currently involved in two separate projects that could use your help: The first is an orphanage, one of three, in Iquitos, Peru that has recently come to our attention. This orphanage is government funded and has 66 children ranging in age from 9 to 17. At 18 years of age, these children must leave the orphanage. The government provides only the bare essentials for the orphanage: basic medical services, food, housing, and education. We Have to Destroy This View in Order to Develop It This article by Charles Trentelman pre- Drive and 1900 West come together, a viously ran in the Standard-Examiner and 66-unit development, called Riverbend Townhouses, is going in. is being reprinted by permission. The townhouses are 12 big, boxy, barnAbout 25 years ago, I pulled over on like buildings. You can’t see them from U.S. 89 near Farmington and took a picture Harrison’s place because of those trees to the north. Want to bet how long those trees of the view on the west side of the road. It was lovely. A row of trees bor- last as development oozes south from the dered a pasture. Cattle munched away. townhouses? But that’s progress. Morning mist caused field, cattle and Harrison should be glad she doesn’t trees to fade slowly into the distance. Every time I drive that road now, curving live next to the Powder Mountain ski resort around the multilane overpass, I look at that road. Developers have huge plans for Powder same piece of ground. A shopping center is where the field used to be and no mist Mountain, even though it is served by can hide, in the distance, the most buttugly one skinny, steep road. Projections are townhouse development I’ve ever seen. that traffic will increase to 15,000 trips a day when that resort is done in 10 years. This, I am told, is progress. I just got a series of e-mails from Pam That’s equal to daily traffic on 36th Street Harrison, who owns a home and ranchland in Ogden or Antelope Drive in Layton. west of 1900 West, north of Roy. Her land Those roads are neither skinny nor steep. is due west of where westbound Hinckley The developers say shuttles from parking Drive ends at 1900 West. UDOT wants to lots in the valley, helicopters (which the extend Hinckley Drive through her prop- county planners oppose) and even airport erty with a four-lane overpass that jumps buses will ease the traffic load. The Ogden Valley Planning Commission, to its credit, the railroad tracks just to her west. She’s angry, and who can blame her? doesn’t buy that and, Thursday, asked for a From her land she has a lovely view to the second road. Where? Nobody knows. north, over trees and field, of Ben Lomond. Even if a second road is somehow built, She says UDOT will turn that view into a does anyone think the roads in Ogden wall of dirt. Sadly, even if she can slow or alter this Valley and, more important, the road up Ogden Canyon can handle that load? The project, she’s doomed. I drove out to look. Sure enough, the area jam during the annual balloon fest is bad looks rural, but only if you look carefully. enough. You know what will happen, of course. Her land is surrounded on the east, south The developers will push until they get and west by development and homes. LOS NINOS cont. on page 21 North of her, near where Midland DEVELOP IT cont. on page 21 Although the orphanage needs maintenance and maintenance equipment such as mops, buckets, and cleaning supplies, when asked what they needed most, more basic items such as toilet paper, toothpaste and soap were the care givers’ top priority. A small contribution for these essential hygiene items makes a great difference in the lives of children who have nothing. When the orphanage was toured this November by Valley residents, we were taken to a room that was completely empty except for dust, and we were told it was the playroom. There was nothing in the room; neither toys nor furniture. Along with toiletries, some games and toys will also be purchased for the children. By providing some of these basic hygiene products and a few supplies, we can improve the quality of their lives by just a little bit. The second is a brand new orphanage, one of eight, in Cuenca Ecuador. This orphanage just opened its doors in October of this year, and already houses 21 children SANTA’S COMING . . . to The Red Moose Lodge on December 17th to hear all the good little boys’ and girls’ Christmas wishes! Santa will be visiting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. One Moment inTime Photography will be on hand to take your pictures. Packages available. Hot cider and sleigh rides compliments of The Baileys. 2547 N. Valley Junction Drive, Eden For more information call 745-6667 or visit www.theredmooselodge.com |
