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Show The Ogden Valley news Your Community Newspaper December 1, 2008 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Rabies Clinics Scheduled for Weber County Pets The Weber County Animal Shelter located at 1373 North 750 West inside the North gate of the Weber County Fairgrounds is hosting Rabies Clinics for pet owners and their dogs. Shots will be given by Dr. Steve Lemmon. Clinics will be held on the following dates from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.: January 10, 2009, January 24, 2009, February 7, 2009, and February 21, 2009 Cost of rabies shot is $12.00 Weber County Animal Service will also be available to sell dog licenses. Cost of dog licenses: - Spayed or neutered pet: $10 - Non-spayed or neutered: $25 - Spayed or neutered and owned by someone 65 years or older: $5 Liberty Cemetery/ Liberty Park 2009 Budget Approval Meeting December 17th at 7:00 p.m. Snowcrest Jr. High Band Room The public is welcome to attend. Sunrise over Pineview Reservoir. Photo courtesy of Ryan Young of Liberty. New Wastewater Treatment Facility Burglars in Eden Caught After Chase on Powder Mountain Road Features Cutting Edge Technology By Shanna Francis walking around the home of his neighbors, Gregg and Amy Greer. He called Gregg An Eden burglary led to a dramatic at his work at Powder Mountain and asked chase scene up and down Powder Mountain him if he was expecting anyone at his home. After a negative reply, he Road on Friday, November 14, eveninstructed Paulsen to hang up and tually ending in the arrest and bookcall the sheriff’s office. Dispatch ing of two Ogden men. Thirty-onereceived the call at 11:43 a.m. year-old Michael Shawn Toles was Greer grabbed Powder Mountain’s charged with second degree felony security officer and the mountain for burglary and theft, and twentymanager on duty at the resort, and seven-year-old Darrell Keith Taylor raced down towards the bottom of was charged with second degree felthe mountain where his home is ony for burglary and possession of Michael located. But before they arrived, stolen property. Toles Paulsen, back on the phone with th Shortly before noon on the 14 , Marc Paulsen of Eden noticed two men BURGLARS cont. on page 13 Ogden Valley News Vandalism and the Speed Limit Change in Huntsville Town On Tuesday, November 18, 2008, eight new 30 MPH signs were installed on First Street. The next day, Wednesday, one of the 30 MPH signs on the west end of town had graffiti on it. There was also a “This Road Enforced by Radar” sign removed from the post. These signs were to lower the speed limit on First Street for the safety of pedestrians, children, and animals. This was a concern from the community that came before the town council for some action to be taken. There was a public hearing and the 30 MPH limit on First Street was passed. These speed limits will be enforced. Parents, as you bring your children over to school or to the Ogden Valley Library, please be aware of this change. Also, please watch for this lost “This Road Enforced by Radar” sign. The signs were purchased with great expense for the VANDALISM cont. on page 11 Excavation Work in Middle Fork Area Concerns Many Residents Recent grading in the Middle Fork area in Ogden Valley has created some alarm among residents, many taking the time to call government agencies to voice their concern or ask what was going on. The following response was recently released by the Utah State Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife Resources, which explains that the work is being conducted as part of a wildlife habitat improvement project at the Middle Fork Wildlife Management Area (WMA). There have been questions over the actions taken to improve wildlife habitat on the WMA. Habitat Biologist Ron Greer explains, “This will hopefully answer and address those questions and concerns.” The Division of Wildlife Resources is committed to improving resources for wildlife. This project is designed to accomplish this on Middle Fork WMA property. This project is an attempt to improve and restore winter habitat critical for mule deer and other wildlife species on this property. The project will entail bulldozing a line to remove competitive perennial plants and prepare the soil to enhance seedling sur- Facility Turns Wastewater into High Quality, Reusable Water help protect the groundwater in the valley. The MBR facility was designed to treat an Nestled behind the storage facility at average daily flow of 400,000 gallons a the entrance to the Wolf Creek Utah Resort day and can be expanded to treat a peak 24 on Willowbrook Lane is a new, attractive hour flow of 800,000 gallons per day. The MBR system starts by pumping the two-story barn. This is no ordinary barn. water from It’s actually the gravity home to the sewer syswastewater tem through i n d u s t r y ’s a fine screen most advanced that removes treatment sysparticles tem found larger than 2 anywhere on mm. These the planet. screenings The facility are known is now fully as non-biooperational degradeable and servicing waste mateall customers rials and they in the Wolf are taken to Creek Sewer the landfill Improvement Interior of the new wastewater facility in Eden. Photo for disposal. District. The courtesy of Bill Singleton. The screened Zenon system, a membrane bioreactor, or (“MBR”), com- wastewater is then diverted into several bines an ultrafiltration membrane system large tanks that are biological reactors. with suspended growth biological reac- These reactors are actually tanks that grow tors to provide a high level of wastewater bacteria that use the pollutants in the treatment within a small footprint. Treated wastewater for their food. The treatment water from the MBR facility will meet the system employs hollow tube membranes Utah Department of Environmental Quality that resemble the plastic cutting cord norType 1 Reuse Standards. Type 1 reuse mally seen on lawn trimmers. Thousands water may be used to irrigate lawns, golf of these membranes are aligned lengthwise courses and food crops, impoundments and arranged in cassettes, each slightly where human contact is likely to occur, and larger than a normal refrigerator. The for fire protection. In addition to the reuse membrane cassettes are submerged in the quality requirements, the water is treated to meet ground water requirements that will WASTEWATER cont. on page 11 By Larry McBride vival of the seeded species. The line will also contain future habitat enhancement projects that will take place in the fall of 2009. This line will be planted fall of 2008 with plant species that benefit and improve winter habitat for mule deer and other wildlife. The seeded plants will include shrubs such as Forage Kochia (Kochia prostrata) and Mountain Big Sage (Artemesia tridentata vaseyana), and herbaceous species such as dry land alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia), Small Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) and other wildlife friendly plants. One of the concerns is that the Kochia being used is the weed Kochia scoparia or Weed Kochia. This is not the case. While Kochia scoparia is a weedy annual, Forage Kochia (Kochia prostrata) is a perennial sub-shrub that is very palatable, somewhat ever green, and provides high quality forage for wildlife. Forage Kochia has been widely used in wildlife habitat enhancement projects with great success. The Division of Wildlife Resources is grateful for the interest and concern of the people of Ogden Valley in these important resources for the wildlife that share this area. For questions or concerns, please contact Ron Greer at 801-710-7324 or email Dr. Lew Harper, with the help of Doug and LG Bledsoe, harvested this Liberty buck <Rongreer@utah.gov> during the general deer season. Photo by Carol Bledsoe. Hunting Season 2008 |