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Show The Ogden Valley news June 15, 2008 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Your Community Newspaper Photo by Kevin Mikkelsen Nordic Valley Firewise Community Cleanup Planned June 24 - 27 crews from the Division of State Lands, Fire and Forestry will be in Nordic Valley with a large chipper to dispose of cleared brush and dead trees. The work crew and the equipment are available through a grant from the Division that requires an “In-Kind Match” from local residents and community businesses. Previous cleanups have exhausted the inventory of “In-Kind Match;” therefore, anyone wanting assistance in disposing of landscaping materials will be required to complete an In-Kind Matching Work Summary. Homeowners In-Kind Matching Work Summaries are available online at www.ogdenvalleyfiresafety.org, http://www. ogdenvalleyfiresafety.org/, from Nordic Valley street captains, or at the Eden Post Office bulletin board. Anytime you conduct yard work that mitigates fire danger to your property, please fill out one of the work summaries. You can also turn in receipts for landscaping services or lawn equipment purchased. In-kind matches are valid from any area resident, homeowner, or landowner. Cleared trees and brush neatly piled next to the road will be chipped between June 24 - 27. Please pile all branches and trees so that they are all facing the same direction. A large sign should be placed on the debris signifying if you would like to keep the mulch for personal use or if you want the Firewise Committee to The Wolf Creek area in Eden is bustin’ at the seams after a recent population explosion; six new babies were recently born within six weeks of each dispose of it at their discretion. Call Nicole Householder at 745-1122 other. Shown above, beginning at 12:00 and moving clockwise are Colton Brent Satterthwaite, Aspen Sky Viera-Hammon, Jordon Larkin, Kaitlyn Susan Amman, Stratton Daniel Tuttle, and Sarai Madison Christensen. The infants and their mothers recently joined together with friends and neigh- or Carolyn Daniels at 745-6135 if you have questions or would like to volunteer. bors at the “great baby shower” hosted by the Wolf Creek LDS Ward Relief Society. Congratulations to the new parents. See page 6. Community Unites to Make a Difference at Monastery What a difference a day can make. The and backgrounds arrived, the young and not change was remarkable, from an unwieldy quite as young, all found unity in working debris field left by the ravages of storms together because they shared a common love and respect for a to a place where a perspecial place and its son could walk freely members, men known without care. May 31, to us all as Brothers and 2008 will be a day long Fathers from the Abbey held in memory of the of the Holy Trinity people who were presMonastery. ent that day, as a day Calls that were made that a community came to friends and busitogether for a common nesses for help were cause and somehow met with an enthusitook away from the astic “Yes”; they were experience a real sense ready to help in what of joy and a sense of ever way they could. common accomplishCleaned up site. “Valley Up” became ment and fulfillment. It is proper to say that it was a day of bless- that day more than just a catch phase. Calls went out as well to four Catholic Churches ings. One hundred and sixty five volunteers CLEANUP cont. on page 15 from many walks of life, different faiths Humanitarian Opportunities Abound in Kenya Old Town Eden Farmers & Artists Market Valley residents and guests will be pleased to learn that there will be an Old Town Eden Farmers & Artists Market this summer. The event will be open every Saturday, June 28 through September 13, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Old Town Eden Center, behind the former Eden General Store. Vendor cost is $10 per week/space for either a 10’x10’ pop-up awning for growers and farmers, or 8’ fold-up table for artists and craftspeople. Twelve-week subscribers will be guaranteed the same location each week for $120 for the season. Fees must be paid in advance once your space is confirmed. Vendors should be set-up by 7:30 a.m., and cleaned up by 12:30 p.m. All applicants will be considered on a first come, first serve basis. Applications may be picked up in front of the Eden General Store at the entry of Harley and Buck’s, and also at the Valley Market Customer Service desk. Mail to: EDEN FARMERS MARKET PO BOX 645 EDEN UT 84310 The deadline for applications is Friday, June 20, 2008. Applicants will be notified by Monday, June 23 for booth confirmation and location. The Old Town Eden Farmers & Artists Market will be a great opportunity for MARKET cont. on page 10 PLEASE DONATE! It’s time for OGDEN VALLEY’S CHARITY GARAGE SALE! Valley youth will pick up donated items on Some of these items were displayed and sold at the evening’s open house. On Monday evening, June 9, Valley resiAnother ongoing project throughout dents and guests gathered at the Wolf Creek various regions of Kenya is Square Foot Utah Resort Welcome Center to meet and Gardening. Suchi stated, “When somelisten to speaker Jastus Suchi who recently one is hungry they can’t concentrate on If you have item(s) that you’re willing to donate, traveled from Kenya and was visiting Ogden anything else, so teaching the impoverValley. Suchi is the Kenyan Please call Haylie Hirst at 745-0722. ished to provide for their Country Director for Reach own food needs is a priRemember, all profits benefit area charities. the Children (RTC), a nonmary step.” Suchi has profit humanitarian organisuccessfully implemented zation began in 1998 after this gardening method at a BYU student traveled to schools throughout westAfrica, and she and her ern Kenya where it is now family saw the potential for spreading throughout the good they could accomvillages. plish by building schools. Regarding the sustainSince that time, the orgaability of projects, Suchi nization has matured and Jastus Suchi told of life in Kenya explained. “Many have developed, its impact at a recent humanitarian event heard the analogy of teachnow touching the lives of held at the Wolf Creek Utah Resort ing a man to fish. Many thousands of children and Welcome Center in Eden. of those we work with families. already know how to fish, but just need Suchi told of life in Kenya and described help obtaining a fish hook.” Reach the how the work being done by Reach the Children can help them obtain the critical Children (RTC) improves the quality of life tools needed for fishing. “In other cases, for so many. The focus is primarily on chil- they may also need a bit of direction along dren and families in the slums of Nairobi with a hook.” RTC can help provide both. as well as more rural areas. It is Suchi’s A special thank you goes to the many responsibility to direct and facilitate these who attended the event and showed their humanitarian efforts, making sure donated generosity and support. Appreciation is funds are properly allocated and utilized. also given to Wolf Creek Utah Resort for This event raised money for several donating the use of the beautiful, new ongoing projects; one, to help with the Welcome Center, which provided a stunLittle Bees School in the Madoya slum. ning setting for the evening’s activities. The goal is to create a safe and nurturing atmosphere for the many children sheltered Note: If you are interested in making a contrithere through sustainable projects. As a bution toward helping the Little Bees School step toward sustainability, the Little Bees or gardening projects, please contact Shanna women make and sell items they’ve sewn Francis at 745-2688 or Karen Bastow at 745- On Memorial Day, the American Legion members from Post 129 (local chapter) conducted to earn money to support and feed the many 412. For more information, you may also visit services to honor fallen service members resting at four cemeteries in Ogden Valley, as well as one in Mountain Green. Photo taken at the Liberty Cemetery by Larry and Sharon Zini. impoverished children—many orphaned. <www.reachthechildren.org> By Karen Bastow FRIDAY, JUNE 20. |