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Show Volume XXIII Issue I The Ogden Valley news Page 11 March 1, 2015 Tickets Now Available for the Eleventh Annual Serveto-Save Dinner & Silent Auction Slated for March 12 This year Valley Elementary’s Serve to Save Dinner and Silent Auction is supporting Coach Dane Coggins, who needs $50,000 in order to receive a kidney transplant, and The United Way’s Welcome Baby Initiative. We are also creating a scholarship fund for a Valley Bulldog’s higher education. Have you or your business donated a service or commodity yet? Here is a list of those who are already on board: Alpine Pizza; Eats of Eden; Carlos and Harleys; Gray Cliff Lodge; Snowbasin; Thirty-One, Jodi McKinney; Jackson Fork Inn; Timbermine; The Greenery; The Oaks; Huntsville Barbecue Company; Pampered Chef, Jori Torman; Pick Your Plum, Alison Prince; Rusted Orange; Old Town Barber Shop, Wendy Hammer; Diamond Peak; The Southwick Family; The Matysik Family; Diamond D Contractors, Jason Doman; Smith’s Food King; Prairie Schooner; Chatty Walls Vinyl, Chelon Colquitt; Mountain Performance Massage; Tara Grimes Scentsy; High Altitude Kids, Chandra Barrong; K.K. Booth Jewelry; Marsupium Hunting Backpack – Kacey Jardine; JNJ Events and Catering – McKell Jardine; Chad McKay Attorney; Studio H custom furniture – Billy Hofmeister; Prairie Schooner, and Biker’s Edge Products, Taylor Satterthwaite. This year’s event will be held March 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Eden at Valley Elementary’s gymnasium. Remember the succulent dinner provided by Ogden Valley and Ogden’s finest eateries and restaurants? Remember how fun it was to have it served to you by a sixth-grade student? Remember how students ushered you to your seats, how others manned the silent auction, while others emceed the program? Plan on attending so you can enjoy music, fine food, silent auction items, great entertainment, and, most important of all, experience the joy of extending a charitable act as you participate! One hundred percent of the proceeds from this annual event are used to help others. This year checks can be made out to Dane Coggins for his kidney transplant, or to The United Way. Checks for the United Way should memo either for their Welcome Baby program or our Valley Bulldog Scholarship fund, which will be held in trust through the Weber School District Foundation and for which our classes will choose the recipient! Again, 100% of your donation goes to help the cause of your choice. If you or your business can donate a product or a service for the silent auction, please contact a sixth-grade teacher at Valley Elementary— Carolyn Hogge, Rebecca Warnes, Cindy Hillstrom, or Michelle Evans. You can reach them at the school by calling 801-452-4180. Banners are created each year with the logos of donor businesses. These banners adorn the school’s hallways. Flyers are also sent out that highlight your business and its charitable donation. Your information is also highlighted through the media! We hope that you are looking forward to this great event as much as we are, and thank you for your support of Serve to Save! WSU Helps Individuals Apply for Financial Aid, Prepare Taxes The rate at which Utahns apply for federal student aid is the lowest in the nation, and it is through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that students in low-income homes can qualify for millions of dollars in financial assistance to help pay for college. In an effort to help reverse this trend, Weber State University’s Education Access & Outreach (EAO) office is sponsoring FAFSA Frenzy. High school seniors and their parents will receive free help completing the financial aid process, no matter what college or university they plan to attend. The first event is planned for February 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Students and parents can drop in at either the Shepherd Union Computer Lab Room 230C or WSU Davis Building 3 Room 230. A second session will be held March 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the same locations. Assistance is offered without appointment on a first-come, first-served basis in both English and Spanish. In addition, FAFSA help is available regularly in the WSU Student Services Center Suite 150. “Qualifying for and receiving FAFSA are vitally important for students who might think college is out of their reach financially,” said Amy Huntington, EAO college readiness coordinator. “Many students would qualify, but financial aid is a process, not just a one-time application. Our FAFSA Frenzy events educate students regarding what to expect and what steps to take after their FAFSA has been submitted.” ON THE SNOW cont. from page 1 Snowbasin. Go east for heavy snowfall, but bring your warmest clothes, or stay here in the Valley and soak up the sun. My predication for the rest of the season: Winter will be back. I could be wrong, but I see the glass half full. Still to come are events at Snowbasin including Youth and USSA Masters alpine ski races, plus another Freestyle comp at Powder Mountain. Let the winter begin! *Fat Bike—A mountain bike equipped with wide floatation-type tires, designed to travel across snow-covered ground. ... Because life is too short to hate your hair. Applicants and their parents/guardians—or spouses if married—must have filed a 2014 federal income tax return in order to complete FAFSA. To speed the application, taxes should be filed a minimum of three weeks prior to attending FAFSA Frenzy events. Free Tax Assistance - For help filing taxes, WSU’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free consultations for anyone with an annual income of less than $53,000, including the general public, whether or not they are applying for FAFSA The consultations are available through March 7. WSU accounting students, who are IRS certified, along with accounting faculty volunteers, are available at WSU Davis Building 2 Room 101, Friday evenings from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to noon. Consultations are by appointment only and must be scheduled by calling 2-1-1. The scheduler will inform participants of the documents and information required when meeting with VITA volunteers. Weber State offers approximately $95 million annually in financial assistance and scholarships, including Dream Weber for lowincome students, federal work study, activity waivers for participation in campus organizations, Pell Grants, and veteran’s benefits. Students can apply for many forms of financial aid from the same FAFSA application. Those who qualify and meet WSU’s May 1 FAFSA deadline are more likely to receive funds. Visit weber.edu/fafsahelp for additional information about the FAFSA process, including information about financial aid nights at local high schools. Weller Allstate Insurance Agency Moves to New Eden Location Formerly located in the Old Town office great move for us. It’s been such a pleasure to complex (located west of Carlos and Harley’s in Eden), the Weller Agency has moved to newly remodeled offices above the WashWorks Carwash and Laundromat located at 2612 Valley Junction Dr. (west of Snowcrest Jr. High seminary building). Grant Weller explained, “The recent acquisition of the carwash and laundromat by the Weller/Jensen family is a perfect fit for our growing insurance business needs.” Grant Weller and Kyle Nelson are local agents, while Brian Weller runs the primary Allstate Agency located in Logan. “We’ve been in business here in Eden for two years now,” Weller added. “Completing the remodeling and relocating into our new offices upstairs from the carwash has been a work here in the Valley after driving to work in Salt Lake City for almost 40 years. Not too many people can claim that they can, literally, get to work in a couple of minutes! “As local residents, we understand the type of coverage and protection Valley residents need. This area calls for unique protection, and, at the Weller Agency, we have the products and the know-how to cover anything—auto, home, business, life, ATV’s, snowmobiles, boats and much, much more. Being stuck on the mountain or on the lake is not the right time to find out you don’t have the right coverage. Quotes are always free, and you’ll get a complimentary car wash for just a few minutes of your time.” For more information, call Weller Allstate Insurance Agency at 801-745-2428. SheShreds.co Celebrates Ladies Night Series & Ambassador Athlete Inspired “Noir Collection” Gina Duffy, the principal of SheShreds. co and her team sponsor and lead a weekly ladies night offering each Wednesday at Powder Mountain. In the series’ first six weeks it has offered a snowboard and ski tuning clinic, avalanche awareness clinic, female-only rail jam, manufacturer demo nights and pro female athlete ride alongs in addition to weekly raffles, bonfires, music, and fun with a $15 lift ticket for all ladies and girls each week from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Strong attendance out of the gate, with as many as one hundred plus gals showing up to participate, drives the ladies night series and the Sheshreds.co mission forward to get more girls out there shredding and building community. “The Ladies Night series and inspiration from our growing ambassador athlete ranks also influenced the launch of our capsule “Noir Collection”—functional and fashionable pieces based in black with Camouflage and gold accents for all the girls out there that prefer black diamonds.” Says Duffy. “We are having such a fun winter season with our events and our ambassadors in winter sports across the country stoking the fire, we wanted to add some signature pieces to our offering as we continue to align with like-mind- ed organizations and brands. We are equally excited for what is around the corner with our wake, surf, skate, and fair weather adventure offerings and alignments for the ladies out there killing it.” Duffy added. The Ladies Night series at Powder Mountain continues through April 1, 2015 each Wednesday. You can purchase the Noir Collection along with all the SheShreds.co signature apparel and their growing hard good and gear offerings for female athletes by female athletes at <www.sheshreds.co> About SheShreds SheShreds, a Northern Utah-based action and adventure retail company, speaks an audacious message to adventurous women and girls across the nation who disregard what someone “told you, you could or could not do. Shred on Sisters. Shred on.” Founded in 2013, SheShreds provides a robust line of “built-for-female” gear, including clothing and equipment, and a powerful message. SheShreds founder, Gina Duffy, was part of the international team that brought the first Moncler to Aspen, CO, possesses 15 years in lifestyle and hospitality marketing, and has wicked talent for fashion design and styling. She has over 10 years of action and adventure sports background, including coaching wakeboard/wake surf, and riding boards that range in style from mountain top to valley lake. |