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Show The Ogden Valley news Your Community Newspaper March 15, 2009 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Elder Marlin K. Jensen to Address Ogden Valley Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers Xterra athletes compete at Snowbasin. Jason Baker, in inset, races uphill on skis. Photos by Dennis Montgomery. Smith, Dussault Win 2nd Annual XTERRA Winter World Championship at Snowbasin Brian Smith, a 33-year-old elite endurance racer from Gunnison, Colorado, was as flawless as the weather at Snowbasin Resort on March 8, 2009—putting together the best bike, snowshoe, run, and randonnee ski times to capture the XTERRA Winter World Championship for the second straight year in two hours and 21 seconds, more than five minutes ahead of two-time Winter Triathlon World Champion Nicolas Lebrun from France. “It feels good to defend the title,” smiled Smith, who also won the USA Winter Triathlon crown in January. “I wanted to be flawless today, and was able to put some gaps on the field in the first climbing section on the bike and from there I just stayed on the gas and pulled away.” Indeed, the man who was wearing the No. 1 jersey was appropriately out in front all day. The race combined 10-kilometers of mountain biking, 5km of snowshoeing, Former Utah Resident Lindsey Van Captures 2009 World Cup Championship By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Twenty-four-year-old Lindsey Van, daughter of Barry Van and Nancy Seraphin of Eden, became the fist Women’s World Ski Jumping champion on February 20, 2009 almost exactly a year after a serious knee injury nearly ended career. On February 15, 2008, Van blew out her knee during a training session. Van competed for the 2009 World Championship in Liburic, Czech Republic. In her longest jump, she flew an amazing 97.5 meters, finishing with 243 points, edging out first-round leader Ulrike Graessler of Germany. Van began jumping at the age of seven after a hill was built near her home in Park City. “I feel like I’m a pioneer in the sport now. I feel like I’ve been at the front of the sport for so many years. So, at this pint, it feels like I’ve kind of helped push the sport along,” she reported in an Associated Press article. Van definitely is a pioneer. This is the first year that Women’s Ski Jumping as a category was recognized in the Nordic skiing world championships. Those engaged in the sport are currently battling with the international Olympic Committee to have the women’s sport of ski jumping officially recognized as an Olympic sport in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. It failed to win approval by the committee for next year’s Va n c o u v e r Winter Games despite lobbying from Van and other jumpers. Van tried ski jumping, she says, for “fun” after the Utah Winter Sports Park opened in 1993. A Utah resident, she began participating in the area community outreach program and fell in love with the ski jumping sport. Van participated in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City as a fore or test jumper. She currently holds the hill record for men and women at the venue in Vancouver with a jump of 105.5 meters on the normal hill. She is also a 11-time National Champion. Van says that she also loves skiing at Powder Mountain and Snowbasin when she’s not jumping and is home hanging out with family and the household’s two big, yellow labs. Photos taken by Tadeusz Mieczyński. Weber Pathways is Looking for Volunteers! Weber Pathways is looking for community oriented, nature-loving volunteers for the following positions: Trail Crew Leaders -- These volunteers will be leading others while working on trail construction and trail maintenance in Weber County. All volunteers will attend a training session before construction season begins. Training will cover safety, tool use, and trail construction techniques. Also, each volunteer leader will receive a first aid kit. Volunteers will need to commit to one trail construc- tion session per month (each session is 2-3 hours). As a trail crew leader, you will be an important part of developing Weber County’s incredible non-motorized trail system, enhancing the quality of life for our community. Public Outings Leader - These volunteers will be leading others on the trails. Outings include hiking, mountain biking, dog walks, snowshoeing, and anything else non-motorized! Outings can also be themed or eduWEBER PATHWAYS cont. on page 13 5km of running, and 8km of ski mountaineering—all on the “Greatest Snow on Earth” at Snowbasin which is boasting the deepest base in Utah and solid mid-winter conditions to go along with the most beautiful sunshine days imaginable. XTERRA cont. on page 10 Elder Marlin K. Jensen will speak on the Joseph Smith Papers project at the next monthly meeting of the Ogden Valley Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. The Meeting is scheduled for March 26, 2009 at 7:00 p. m. in the Liberty LDS building at 4279 N. 3300 E. in Liberty. On April 1, 1989, Elder Jensen was called to the first Quorum of the Seventy and since that time has served in numerous callings. He is currently serving as executive director of the Church History Department and was sustained as Church Historian/Recorder in the April 2005 General Conference. Previously he served as an Area President, Mission President, and in the Presidency of the Seventy. In Ogden Valley he served as president of the Huntsville Utah Stake, bishop of the Huntsville Ward, priest quorum adviser, and elder’s quorum president. He is a partner in a family ranching enterprise in Huntsville. He and his wife Kathy are the parents of eight children and twenty grandchildren. Nathan Baker, son of Paul and Etta Baker, of Huntsville will give a biographical sketch of his great grandfather John Moyer Grow. John M. Grow was an early pioneer of Huntsville. Danielle Vaughn, a local singer/songwriter, will provide two musical numbers. One of the numbers will be Come, Come Ye Saints, which was often sung around the campfires at night by the early pioneers. The public is invited, as all are considered potential members of the SUP. Local Teens Make the Junior Olympics Team Two of fifty spots on the Junior Olympics were recently filled by local skiers Nikki Keefer of Huntsville and Marshall McGonegal of Eden. Both have qualified for the Junior Olympics and will be traveling across the country to Waterville, New Hampshire. Nikki and Marshall are teammates with the Axis Freestyle Team out of Park City. Skiers across America are scored at every competition throughout the year with their season end, top two scores added together. The top fifty skiers with the highest scores, ages 18 and under, are then qualified for the Junior Olympics team. Nikki and Marshall will be traveling back east with their coaches who say they are all very excited about the opportunity to com- Nikki Keefer and Marshall McGonegal both of Huntsville. pete at this level. Valley Elementary Historical Information and Memorabilia Sought The Ogden Valley news is asking for the community’s help in providing information for the compilation of a type of book of remembrance of days gone by at Valley Elementary in anticipation of the school’s final closure this spring. The Ogden Valley news is collecting information to celebrate and document the history of the school. If you attended Valley School or Valley Elementary School (1958-2009), we need your input. Please type or hand write answers to the questions in the following questionnaire, and send to Kera Fuller Erickson at kerafuller@yahoo.com or mail to: THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS PO BOX 130 EDEN UT 84310 This survey was designed as a way to collect data from a wide range of school alumni, so feel free to skip questions that do not apply and/or add additional information you think others may find interesting. Copies of pictures, newspaper clippings, or other school memorabilia would be greatly appreciated. Copies of the information will be made available to the general public at a later date. Please help in making this as thorough and interesting history as possible by contributing your memories and copies of your memorabilia. Thank you Valley alumni! VALLEY SURVEY cont. on page 13 U.S. Forest Service to Contribute to National Economic Stimulus Local counties, including Utah, Cache, Box U.S. Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell announced today theAgency’s plan to participate in the nation’s economic recovery program. The Forest Service has received $1.15 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. At this time, approximately ten percent of the Forest Service projects created by the American Recovery and Economic Stimulus Act, totaling $98 million, have been selected. These initial projects will create 1500 jobs, giving the Agency the early opportunity to put people to work. The remaining 90 percent of projects, totaling $1.052 billion, will be announced shortly and will create an additional 23,500 jobs nationwide. “Here in the Intermountain Region there are communities in Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming that have been hit hard by job losses,” said Regional Forester Harv Forsgren. “These outstanding projects selected for rapid implementation are well configured to put people to work, improve infrastructure, advance public safety, and enhance forest health.” The local Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest will receive $11.6 million to improve 165 miles of National Forest System roads. Maintaining these roads is important to promoting a safe and enjoyable experience when visiting the National Forest. An additional benefit will be an increase in business activity—food, lodging, gas—in towns surrounding the Forest. Uinta-Wastch-Cache National Forest Supervisor Brian Ferebee stated, “We are committed and prepared to assist with the creation of A few local girls enjoy Huntsville Parks’ skating rink. Pictured left to right: jobs in local communities. We will work closely eleana Witt, Gaby Mortarotti, ayla Witt, Melissa Harris, eva Serio, Samantha Wilkins, with the counties to implement the projects we have identified to be funded.” Breanna Barilec, and Megan Young. Elder, Juab, and Wasatch counties, are available and willing to accomplish the work through agreements with the Forest Service. These projects are expected to create approximately 116 jobs. Juab County Commissioner Val Jones stated, “As a rural county our tax base will not support our infrastructure in the county. We are very appreciative of the effort the Forest Service went through to secure these funds. This will be a great benefit to Juab county residents and will help the economics of this area.” Box Elder County Commissioner Jay Hardy stated, “The money coming through the Forest Service to Box Elder County will provide much needed funding to repair damage that has been occurring to the Willard Mountain road over the past 30 years. This project will directly benefit the citizens of Box Elder County by providing jobs for our local road contractors and it is my hop that it will help to jump start our local economy.” Lynn Lemon, Cache county, stated, “Cache county has been working with the Forest Service for several years to provide much needed maintenance to the roads within the Forest Service boundaries in order for the public to have greater access to and enjoyment of our National Forests. Cache County is grateful for this stimulus funding which will put our road construction people back to work and allow us to provide much needed maintenance to these roads.” Richard Nielson, Utah County Public Works Director, said, “Utah County is pleased to learn that the funding for the Forest Service road projects discussed earlier this year has been STIMULUS cont. on page 11 |