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Show Volume XVII Issue XX The Ogden Valley news Page 13 April 1, 2010 Mark Your Calendar for Referees: AYSOA Registration! It is that time of year again! The snow free clinic to train new refs will hasn’t melted yet, but it is time to get out your soccer gear and get ready!! This year’s AYSO soccer season is set to open the end of March. Facebook: Become a friend of AYSO Ogden Valley! Registration: Only ONE online registration date will be held this year—April 17 at the Ogden Valley Library in Huntsville from10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please bring a 1.5” x 1.5” photo of your child to registration, and if you are a new registrant, a copy of the birth certificate as well. Regular registration will be held in May, but early is better. Volunteers: We will have a list of small volunteer projects to choose from at Registration! Come join the fun! Remember that the entire region is run by volunteers so your kids can enjoy a wonderful sport. Please consider donating an hour or two of your time over the season. EDEN FAMILY cont. from page 1 Sheree and Madi traveled with her sister, Michelle Gordon, to visit the orphanage where her sister’s soon-to-be children lived. “As soon as we walked into the orphanage and Delanie saw me, she grabbed on to me and wouldn’t let go. After I came back home, I kept thinking of her and the other children; I couldn’t get them out of my mind.” It was then that she approached her husband about adopting a child or two from Haiti. “I didn’t think he’d ever agree to it. He is 58 and I’m 53; we’re at the age where we were thinking of retiring. But, amazingly, he consented.” Sheree said she knew that Delanie would be their new daughter. “We also decided to adopt J.T. after observing what a cute kid he was as he interacted with a group of high school girls who had come to the orphanage to help out as part of their senior trip.” The adoption process is long and drawnout. The Evans first filed papers in May 2009, and weren’t expecting to be able to bring the children home from the Haitian orphanage, which is located outside of Porte Prince, until the adoption process had run its course in about two more years. But then the earthquake hit, and the process was expedited. Many other adoptions that were already in the process were also rushed through. Delanie’s and J.T’s situation was especially critical; their orphanage had been completely destroyed, and the more than 60 children who had been residing there had been sent to another orphanage until other arrangements could be made, which made for very cramped conditions. After the earthquake, the Haitian authorities kept changing their mind on what to do with the orphans whose adoption paperwork was already being processed. “It was back and forth. One minute we thought they were releasing the children then they wouldn’t. There was a lot of confusion from both the Haitian and American government on how everything should be organized and processed. With all the roadblocks that kept coming up, it was a real roller coaster ride.” Finally, Sheree’s sister’s husband, Scott, left for Haiti with the adoption coordinator, Chareyl Moyes from Wasatch International Adoption, so they could deal directly with the bureaucratic dilemma; they spent many hours standing in lines at the embassy trying to acquire the needed documents to bring the children home. be held soon. Visit our website at ayso422. tripod.com for more information. As always, it will be on a Saturday at 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and lunch will be included. You may also call Justin Rague (Ref Administrator and Ref Instructor) at 801-391-4798. Texts are good at <jmrague@yahoo.com> Info: AYSO Region 422 info is at ayso422.tripod.com and National AYSO information at <www.ayso. org> You may also call Gina M Gonzalez (Regional Commissioner) at 801-544-6829. Texts are good! <gmgonzalez@yahoo.com> Tournament: Our High Valley Shoot Out will be on a different date, so get your calendar out right away. The new dates are July 14 through July17. We look forward so much to a fun, safe, and exciting season! See you at Registration on April 17, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.! Snowcrest Relay Powered by Ragnar—It’s time to get movin’! When your Jr. High student races through and pick up a registration form. Create a the door blabbering hysterically about the impor- team, a theme, and mark your calendar. When tance of the Snowcrest Relay and why it’s you turn your registration in by April 8, the imperative for you to sign up, here’s a little entrance is $15 per participant and $20 from insight to all that enthusiasm—they’ve been April 9 through April 23. Registration closes at offered the mother of all prizes. 4:00 p.m. on Friday April 23. When 300 registrations Every participant will receive are reached, every Friday will an official race shirt and a bag be a free electronics day for of goodies. the rest of the school year . . At the event, Valley Market . outside of class of course. will serve a hot lunch for a That’s right! They can plug in very reasonable price, and Great without worrying about being Harvest will provide snacks stripped of their beloved elecfor the runners. A free blowup tronics. They can have their jumping zone will be provided iPod, iPod Touch, phone, or by Iverson Dental. There will be any other electronic device that something for the entire family. delights them. Now you know Mark your calendars for why they put a registration May 8; the race begins at Hannah Christensen form in front of you and a pen 12:00. To volunteer your time or to donate to Several days after the earthquake, they were in your hand. If you don’t have an enthusiastic Jr. High the race via products or money, please email finally able to finalize the paperwork and fly out of Haiti with the children. About 60 children, student in your family, head down to the school <PTO@ourbigworld.us> most of them from the destroyed orphanage and a few from others, were able to leave Haiti as a group for their new homes in the United States and in other Western countries such as France. By Brooke Hansen, “I was really disappointed about it,” says Two of the children—Delanie and J.T.—found Student Reporter one student. “I think it would have been a their way to Eden with the Evans, and another lot of fun. Not to hurt people but to just give two traveled to their new home in Washington What do you think of when you think of them a reminder to wear green next year.” says to live with Sheree’s sister’s family. The St. Patrick’s Day? The color green? That’s another. Evans greeted Delanie and J.T in Miami—the definitely what the kids and staff at Valley But there are different views too, “I think children’s first stop in America. Elementary were thinking on March 17. The that if we can’t pinch,” says Beth Froerer, “we During a visit with Delanie, 7, and J.T., 9, I hallways of the school were filled with green should at least be able to do something else, found two, seemingly, very happy and healthy shirts, socks, and even glasses! like tickle them.” children. When asked about their favorite foods, Some “I think J.T. named rice—a mainstay of his diet back that it is parents in Haiti, along with peanut butter sandwiches, fun to dress really get pepperoni pizza, hot wings, chicken, hot dogs, up for St. into the St. bananas, and spaghetti. Delanie stated that she P a t r i c k ’ s Patrick’s likes pizza and hot dogs too, along with Raman Day,” says Day spirit Noodles, crushed ice, and macaroni and cheese. 6th grader by makWhen asked if they liked ice cream, Sheree and T i f f a n i e ing a green Madi explained that neither was big on sweets— I n g r a m . breakfast something they didn’t get much of in Haiti. and packAnother J.T.’s mother says that he quickly learned 6th grading green to ride a bike and loves it, along with playing er, Mack lunches for soccer and playing with his cousins, who live S t o r e y , their kids. nearby, and his new friends. “It does says, “For Delanie enjoys going to school, playing St. Patrick’s make lunch with dolls, and hanging out with mom and dad Day, I’ll harder to and her big sister Madi. When I asked her wear eat,” admits a what she didn’t like, she emphatically told me, green shirt Brooke, “Shots!” and expertly reenacted the procedure or somew h o of being given a shot, along with live sound thing, but Sixth grade teachers Rebecca Warnes, Michelle Evans, and Carolyn r e c e i v e d affects. Delanie was talking from experi- I am not Hogge, with Principal Tommy Lee on St. Patrick’s Day. g r e e n ence; in preparation for her first day at school going to go chicken at Valley Elementary, she and J.T. recently all out.” noodle soup in her lunch, “but if you just don’t began their series of immunizations. Sheree It is a tradition on St. Patrick’s Day to pinch look at it while you eat, it still tastes fine!” stated, “Other than the shots, Delanie and J.T. those who are not wearing green, but it is a rule So, however you and your family and have really enjoyed school, and it has helped at Valley Elementary that the students can’t friends celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I hope with their language skills.” Before coming to pinch. I asked students how they felt about this you had a great one, and remembered to wear America, the kids only spoke French Creole. GREEN! no-pinching rule. In spite of the American ritual of school immunizations, Sheree says that Delanie and J.T. seem to be adjusting, and that they do not want to return to Haiti. This is fortunate for the Evans, who seem very pleased about keeping them around for a very long time. 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