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Show Page The Ogden Valley news Volume XVI Issue II January 1, 009 The Ogden Valley news Staff: Shanna Francis Tel: 745- 688 Fax: 745-006 Cell: 791-4387 E-Mail: slfrancis@att.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 745- 879 Fax: 745- 879 E-Mail: crwendell@att.net crwendell@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. Letters must be signed and the address of the writer submitted. The Ogden Valley news reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The Ogden V alley n ews will print local birth, wedding, obituary, anniversary and missionary farewell & homecoming and Eagle Scout announcements free of charge. 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All material, to be considered, must be submitted with the full name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the material. Letters to the Editor Weber County Commission Meeting Agendas Missing More Often Than Not I can’t help but notice that the agenda for the Weber County Commissioners is missing far more than it is present in the Standard-Examiner’s weekly list of local government agendas. I myself have more than once looked for commission meeting agendas at the Ogden Valley Branch of the Weber County Library after the statutory time for its posting, only to have the staff at The Ogden Valley news has the sole authority to edit and locate any classified advertisement as deemed appropriate. It also reserves the right to refuse any advertising. Note: The contents of The Ogden Valley News are copyrighted. To protect this publication and its contributors from unlawful copying, written permission is required before any individual or company engages in the reproduction or distribution of its contents, by any means, without first obtaining written permission from the owners of this publication. The deadline for the OVN January 15 issue is January 1. entities don’t seem to have the same problem, do they? Do the County Commissioners really not know what they are doing from week to week, or do they just not want the rest of us to know? which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2, 4, or 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. Governmentium’s mass increases over time; each reorganization causes more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. Moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons. Frank J. Cumberland, Huntsville Governmentium Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with Howard Ratcliffe, Huntsville Potential Tax Revenue Not Being Collected My wife and I live in Ogden Valley and 14 months ago we brought to the attention of Craig Dearden and Jan Zogmaister the fact that the Weber County Planning department was granting construction petitions to developers and builders despite the fact that they had, and still have, delinquent property taxes on their property. To our knowledge, there still has not been any action taken to remedy this situation. In addition, we also found out that many multiple property owners in Weber County were claiming the primary residence tax exemption on more than one piece of property. These two problems probably cost Weber County thousands of dollars and restrict cash flow into county coffers. Despite several additional letters to our commissioners with no response on these matters, it appears that the good old boys and girl of the County Commission will continue to ignore these facts and will not take any definitive steps to improve the county tax collections. What makes this all so ironic, is at a general meeting in Ogden Valley over a year ago about property taxes, the deputy property tax assessor opened the meeting by saying to about 500 residents that the biggest property tax problem in Weber County is UNCOLLECTED PROPERTY TAXES! Larry and Sharon Zini, Huntsville Trio Safely Escapes Ogden Fire—Thanks Valley community for their support On November 24, 2008, we were awakened in the middle of the night by smoke building up in our Ogden apartment. We, along with our dog Lennox, were amongst the ones who escaped the fire. Because of the second story apartment we were living in, the only escape was through the window and into the frigid air outside where we waited for help on the roof top. After making our escape, Donald went back for Lennox who was confused and howling inside. He scooped up the scared dog and got him through the window to the roof. Firefighters were soon on the scene, got everyone down and out of the building, and contained the fire. Donald was sent to a local hospital for smoke inhalation and released later that day. After hearing about the fire, Matt and Alison Wimmer of Eden contacted local businesses and community members for support. After three weeks of touch and go, I have now landed squarely on my feet, and have found a new apartment that accepts dogs. It is even bigger and costs less than our last The OgdenValley news’liability on account of errors in, or omissions of, advertising shall in no event exceed the amount of charges for the advertising omitted or the space occupied by the error. The Ogden Valley news does not endorse, promote or encourage the purchase or sale of any product or service advertised in this newspaper. Advertisements are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. The Ogden Valley news hereby disclaims all liability for any damage suffered as the result of any advertisement in this newspaper. The Ogden Valley news is not responsible for any claims or representations made in advertisements in this newspaper. the library have to call the County to have the agenda faxed because the library had not yet received it. Why does the County have so much difficulty publishing a simple agenda in time to have it printed in the Standard Examiner? The easy excuse is that it is available online, but not everyone has a computer. Besides, other governmental one. It has three possible emergency exits, and the owners have installed new smoke and CO2 detectors. Safety has been a huge concern while picking out our new apartment. I did not want of our community made that step so much easier. I want to make sure that everyone knows how much I appreciate your support over the past month. My dog Lennox and I wanted to thank each and everyone for their generosity in a very serious time of need. We are now able to get our lives back on track. We would like to thank all who have been so very kind and thoughtful, including, but not limited to, Zions Bank, R&O Construction, Ogden Valley Business Association and all of its members, and all of the wonderful people who donated anonymously. Thank you again so very much. Sincerely, Jenny McCoskey, Donald Carter, & Lennox too! Jenny McCosky and Lennox to be put in the same emergency predicament again. I am so thankful we all woke up during the fire since there were no working smoke detectors in the burned residence. It is still unclear what started the fire, but I am in good spirits and just want to put this incident behind me and keep moving forward. The generosity Inspirational Thought “Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?” --Leo Buscaglia Happy New year to ogdeN Valley from HigH altitude fitNess We are the Winter is upon us: solution to your We give your kids a place to get neW year’s resolution! those winter wiggles out! * 6 Week Boot Camp * Personal Training * * * * Group Training Spinning Yoga Sculpting Sign up for a year membership in January and pay no registration fees! (a $50 value!) 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