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Show Page The Ogden Valley news Volume XV Issue I December 15, 2007 Diamond Peak Mountain Sports is Growing! Digis Acquires Ogden Valley Wireless, of knowledge based on their depth of life By Jennifer Hanni Cranks Up Speed and Improves Coverage experiences.” Owner Josh Mortensen is a board certiHave you been wondering when Diamond Peak’s swimming pool is going fied pedorthist who received his training to open for business? Well… sorry to from Oklahoma State University in 2005. disappoint you folks, but the large hole Josh is one of 15 pedorthists in the state next to Diamond Peak Mountain Sports in who is able to provide functional orthotEden is not for a swimming pool! It is for ics for patients from a doctor’s written the expansion of the store scheduled for prescription, as well as accommodative orthotics for clients who simply want to completion next fall. Diamond Peak has been a part of Ogden find a shoe or ski boot that fits better. Josh is very excited about next year’s Valley for over 14 years, offering yearround services for skiers and bikers, includ- building completion. “With more room, ing sales and rentals of bike, ski, and snow- Diamond Peak will offer video gait analyboard equipment; and clothing and accesso- ses for runners. We will also continue customizing shoes ries. When the and boots, but store’s expanin a much lesssion is completcrowded facilied, residents ty! Support and and visitors can balance of the look forward to foot is critical additional merto the athlete, chandise and and Diamond services. Peak will be a “We are so state-of-the-art excited to raise facility providthe bar for our ing the best customers,” fit.” states Lori Back shop Mortensen, manager Bryce one of the Thornley is three owners of looking forDiamond Peak. ward to hav“We look forBryce Thornley fine-tuning a ski. ing more room ward to expandto customize ing our services, including cross-country skis and snow- skis and snowboards. “Diamond Peak’s shoe rentals, year-round bike sales, along recent purchase of the Wintersteiger RSwith seasonal rentals, and triathlete apparel 350 makes us one of the elite providers of sales. We will also offer a larger and ski and snowboard customization. There broader spectrum of clothing and acces- are only three of these machines in the state sories, including year-round lifestyle cloth- of Utah. It is very gratifying to have someone come in with damaged or well-used ing.” The larger facility will also provide ski’s, and then have them return to pick up more employment opportunities for Valley their equipment that can now function like new—often better than new. However, residents. “Quality employment is key to our suc- in the small building we now occupy, we cess,” owner John Mortensen adds. “To are literally working on top of each other! provide more opportunities to high school More room will provide the space we need and college students is always satisfying. to better facilitate our clients’ needs.” The Mortensens add that the newly We also enjoy working with people from all stages of life, including retired resi- expanded building will also accommodate dents who can offer a unique background additional commercial space for lease. MuST Sell PReSenT All OFFeRS Golden Spike Realty Digis, Utah’s largest wireless broadband provider, recently acquired Ogden Valley Wireless, a local wireless Internet access provider. The new, larger network is improving coverage to most of the valley including Eden, Liberty, and Huntsville. Digis has already improved major portions of the network to support the Digis 7 Mbps service that delivers up to 5 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload. The company has plans to upgrade the remainder of the network in the first quarter of 2008. “Digis is pleased to be able to extend and improve the availability of high-speed broadband in the Ogden Valley area. Residences and businesses are now able to enjoy Internet access every bit as fast and reliable as the metro areas of Utah,” say Digis CEO Paul Lambert. Not only does Digis offer Internet service but also voice-over-IP home and small business phone service. The phone service comes with unlimited local and long distance calling for one monthly charge. Residences or small businesses of Ogden Valley can also make unlimited calls to anywhere in the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, as well as Canada and Puerto Rico, as part of the monthly service. Low international calling rates are also available to customers. Digis has been in business since 1999, and was one of Utah’s first wireless Internet service providers. It is now Utah’s largest provider with coverage north from the Idaho border south to St. George. For more information, visit www.digis. net or call 1-888-DIGIS-88. Free Online Holiday Gift Planner Helps Santa Make His Gift Budget . . . and Check it Twice An online holiday gift planner from Zions Bank helps Santa Claus make his gift list...and check it twice so that he sticks to a budget. Free to the public, the Web resource at myholidaygiftplanner.com allows shoppers to organize their gift list, create a personal budget, and stick to it. While they are at it, users can take advantage of the customizable planner to start their gift list and budget for next year. After logging in to myholidaygiftplanner.com, users set up a free personalized planner that they can save and edit whenever they like. Shoppers create a gift list for each person on their shopping list and estimate the cost for each gift, which is added up into a total budget. The budgets can be adjusted as desired and updated with actual expenditures as gifts are purchased. Space is provided for people to make shopping notes, or to copy and paste Web site addresses or delivery confirmation numbers when shopping online. “We developed this easy-to-use tool as a way to encourage people to manage their holiday finances wisely, before they overspend or get in trouble with debt they still carry months after the holidays,” said Carl Snyder, Director of Zions Internet Banking. When it comes to purchasing gifts, people can be influenced by others around them, according to Dr. Theresa A. Martinez, University of Utah Assistant Vice President for Academic Outreach and Associate Professor of Sociology. “Theories of contagion, fad behavior, and crowd behavior are hallmarks of sociological research and speak to this sort of influence,” Martinez said. “Overspending during the holidays can be part of contagious or faddish behavior. We see others loading up their shopping carts, and we’re bombarded with marketing messages telling us to spend, so we allow ourselves to go a little overboard, justifying it because of the season. A specific product will become the craze or fad of the moment—some of us remember Tickle Me Elmo—and this becomes the must-have product. We should all remember to establish spending ground rules before going to the store, setting a holiday budget and sticking to it. We should also remember that the must-have product of the moment will be yesterday’s news very fast.” In addition to a wide range of traditional banking services, Zions offers a comprehensive array of investment, mortgage, and insurance services. Zions has been serving the communities of the Intermountain West for more than 130 years. 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