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Show Page The Ogden Valley news Volume XVI Issue III February 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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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 February 15 issue is February 1. Letters to the Editor Huntsville Town Officially Goes On Record as Not Being In Support of Local GEM Committee This letter is to inform Ogden Valley residents that the Huntsville Town Council is not interested in being included as a part of the GEM committee’s proposal, nor has Huntsville Town ever officially appointed a Town representative to sit on the GEM Committee. The Huntsville Town Council does not support it, and the Huntsville Town Council will NOT surrender the rights of the Huntsville Town Park to an Ogden Valley Parks District for the following reasons: Lack of control and increased taxes. The Huntsville Town Council adopted a Resolution on January 15, 2009 that reflects these opinions. Mayor James C. McKay Council Member Steve Johnson Council Member Jim Truett Council Member Max Ferre’ RESOLUTION 009-01-15 WHEREAS: The GEM Committee is planning to create an Ogden Valley Parks District, WHEREAS: The Huntsville Town Council is not interested in being a part of the GEM committee’s proposal, nor has Huntsville Town ever officially appointed a Town representative to sit on the GEM Committee, WHEREAS: The Huntsville Town Council does not support the GEM Committee’s proposals, WHEREAS: The Huntsville Town Council will NOT surrender the rights of the Huntsville Town Park to an Ogden Valley Park District for the following reasons: Lack of control and increased taxes. This Resolution as passed and adopted on January 15, 2009. Mayor McKay Council Member Truett Council Member Johnson Council Member Ferre’ Council Member Sorensen Yea X X X X Nay Abstain X ATTEST:_________________ Gail Ahlstrom, Huntsville Town Clerk/Recorder James C. McKay, Mayor Great New Food in Ogden Valley I’ll be honest, my husband noticed this before I did, and naturally I’ll write about it because it merits some acknowledgment. We didn’t notice that any new restaurants had opened, though we had been anxiously awaiting the opening of Carlo’s and Buck’s. Okay, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the opening because, I’ll be honest, I love chips and salsa and if I can have yet another place to get them, all the better for me! We went on a whim on a Friday night to see if the rumor was true—that Carlos’ had opened. As we were driving in to the parking lot, we noticed a very small sign at the driveway, but neither of us could tell what it said. Rumor confirmed. Open for business, well, dinner business. It was busy, it was packed, it was a simple menu echoing the simple menu at Harley and Buck’s. Service looked good, but I couldn’t wait forty minutes for a table. So that dinner is still on our “need to visit” list. We went on foot to see what else we had missed recently. We saw Diamond Peak was busy, even at 7:00 p.m. That is good! But next door is this neat little place that we hadn’t really seen as we drove in. It is called The Mad Moose. The name is reminiscent of a lovely dining spot in Jackson Hole, but having missed out on that dining opportunity as well (thank you husband for breaking only your leg on vacation that time), I don’t know if they are connected in any form other than “moose” being in the name. The first thing I noticed was the roominess. Quaint little tables line the edges by the windows, a couch at the end of the room with a coffee table of reading materials, and a terrific bar for ordering and looking at the numerous syrup flavors you can add to your coffee or hot chocolate. It was clean, and it smelled so delicious. I knew I had to have something. The menu consisted of paninis, with sides of chips, drink or cookie, special coffees that I have no clue what they are, and hot chocolate. Simple, “lunchy,” and definitely what our little town needs for a hungry ski population—or just a hungry pregnant woman with the munchies! We decided to come back another time. I promised the nice guy behind the counter to eat a panini the next chance I had. We ate our favorite pizza at Alpine Pizza with a side of bread sticks. Upon needing something for lunch on Wednesday, I chose a Turkey Avocado Panini from The Mad Moose, with a side of chips (Miss Vickie’s brand), a soft drink, and a cookie; all for seven dollars. Not bad at all. The cheese was perfectly melted, the turkey tender and juicy, the avocado smooth and spread perfectly, the bread toasted to perfection! And they cut it in half. Consider this, Ogden Valley newspaper readers: there is a new place in town where you can buy a great sandwich and enjoy a morning coffee or hot chocolate. We do have a few places where this can be done besides The Mad Moose; however, our newest businesses need a fair shake. I urge you to visit the Mad Moose, say hello to the nice guys behind the counter, and go in for a drink every now and again. I enjoyed my experience there, and I think you will too. Vicki Wight, Eden Uninformed People Make Silly Laws This is in response to Deputy Chatelain’s article on snow removal and county road crews. The Weber County ordinances in question were no doubt adopted by a set of county commissioners who rarely, if ever, visited Ogden Valley in the winter. Such commissioners are by no means in short supply. Aside from one who actually lived up here, county commissioners are indeed scarce in Ogden Valley when the weather turns foul. Accordingly, the no doubt wellintentioned ordinances regarding snow moving (“removal” isn’t the right word; one cannot remove it—just move it) make little, if any, sense in the real world of Ogden Valley in the winter. Perhaps the commissioners thought all of us here in the Valley have frontend loaders, hence the prohibition against pushing the snow into and across the road, and the mandate to keep the moved snow on the same side of the street as the driveway from which it came. How, pray tell, is one to get the snow from the driveway and onto the property adjoining the driveway without get- ting into the street, unless, of course, one has a front end loader? And even if there were a way to do so, what is the practical difference between having a large pile of snow off the roadway on the opposite side of the street as opposed to having that same pile of snow on the same side of the street as the driveway from whence it came? Obviously, pushing snow from a driveway onto the roadway and leaving it there for the plows to push it aside when they do the roads is a bad idea. Problem is, I know of no one who does that. In my case, if I get my snow on the county’s roads, I move it off the edge myself—and have had more than one neighbor comment that when I get done, that section of the road is clearer than when the county plow operators do it. As to placement of trash cans, if they were in fact placed in cleared driveways “behind snow banks” (presumably the ones left courtesy of the snowplow operators), no one would ever have their garbage picked up, because none of the garbage trucks I know of have “arms” long enough to reach all the way across the snow banks, at least the ones our operator leaves me, anyway. Speaking of which, why do the operators seem to take such delight in depositing massive quantities of snow in cleared driveway openings? I know, because I have seen them work, that the county plow trucks have blades that the operators can turn left and right, at will, from inside the cab of the truck. How hard would it be for the operators to turn their blades slightly straighter as they approach a driveway opening, then back to the right as they pass the driveway, thus depositing the collected snow off the right edge of the LETTERS cont. on page 13 Inspirational Thought “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” --Franklin Delano Roosevelt |