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Show Volume XIX Issue V The Ogden Valley news Page 3 June 1, 2011 Guest Commentary Benefit Dinner Supports Local Servicemen and Women and Their Families On Saturday, May 7, The Wolf Creek Foundation held its annual benefit dinner in Pineview Lodge at Wolf Creek Utah. The purpose of the benefit was to raise funds for the AEF C.O.P.E. retreat program. The Wolf Creek Foundation offers weekend retreats to military families that have a member about to deploy. They come as a family and stay in private homes and condos, fed all meals, given counseling, and enjoy a variety of fun activi- great time bidding on the silent auction items, dining on a great meal prepared by Harley and Buck’s, and listening to a musical presentation by Jason Tonioli. The foundation gave a presentation showing some of what the retreats do, and how our military men and women benefit by attending the retreats. Several new friends were made, business cards exchanged, and tears and laughter shared. The evening was a huge success! Wolf Creek Foundation associates would like to thank all those who attended the event and supported our programs. We could not do this without the outstanding community support that we receive. We would especially like to thank those who purchased a table that evening—The Ogden Valley Community Foundation, The Ogden Valley Winter Sports Foundation, The Weber School District Foundation, Bank of Utah, John E. Lindquist, Wells Fargo, Rawn Hutchinson, PPR Real Estate, United Way, America First Credit ties—all with the goal of helping them bond closer as a family, and prepare them for the upcoming separation. One of the best outcomes of the evening was new awareness for what the foundation does. As many of you know, the foundation sponsors the summer Music in the Mountains concert series as their main fundraiser. Along with corporate sponsors and a grant from R.A.M.P. tax, they host at Wolf Mountain the full Utah Symphony and a variety of musicians for the concerts each year, with all gate proceeds going to support these military retreats. Everyone who attended the event had a Union, Henry Marsh, The Ogden Symphony & Ballet Association, The Ogden Convention & Visitors Bureau, Vicky Gooding, and Steve and Sue Munson. Our next retreat will be June 24-26, and will coincide with our first Music in the Mountains concert of the season. If you would like more information on how to donate or to be a volunteer for the Wolf Creek Foundation, please call 801781-4131 or visit our website at <www. wolfcreekfoundation.com> Watch for the upcoming concert schedule with the first concert on June 25 featuring Eric Heatherly. Concerts are still only $20 per carload! COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) SECOND PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Huntsville Town, Weber County, will hold a public hearing to discuss the project determined to be applied for in the CDBG Small Cities Program in Program Year 2011. Comments will be solicited on project scope, implementation, and its effects on residents. The hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. on June 16th, 2011 and will be held at the Huntsville Town Hall, 7309 E. 200 S. Huntsville. Further information can be obtained by contacting Gail Ahlstrom at 801-745-3420. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during these hearings should notify Gail Ahlstrom at P.O. Box 267, Huntsville, UT 84317 at least three days prior to the hearing to be attended. Published in The Ogden Valley News June 1st, 2011, edition. Posted: Huntsville Post Office Huntsville Town Hall huntsvilletown.com 7th Annual Valley Market Guest Appreciation Breakfast Saturday June 18 from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. We’ll be serving pancakes, eggs, hash browns, and more. It is free to all. Please join us for some great food. Prizes will be drawn. Sale Starts Thursday, June 2nd YCC Announces Fundraiser for Women and Children The YCC, Your Community Connection, of Ogden has announced that this year’s fundraiser will be held June 15. Monies raised will be used to help support women and children in the Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Recovery Program. The event will be held at the Timbermine restaurant located at the bottom of Ogden Canyon at 1701 Park Blvd., and will begin at 6:00 p.m. The group Stampede will provide live music at the event. Tickets are $50, and must be purchased by June 8. For more information, please contact Julie Hurd at 801-689-1706 or <secoordinator@ yccogden.org> Spring Conditions and High Water Impacts on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Outdoor enthusiasts may have to revise plans for camping trips to the local national forest due to continuing inclement weather conditions and lingering snowpack. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest officials are advising recreationists that forest roads and trails are muddy and wet, and still snow-covered at higher elevations. Saturated soils are causing unstable conditions—rock slides, slumps, and erosion, which present a danger to visitors. Public health and safety are a priority for the Forest Service and may necessitate road closures or delayed openings of campgrounds, trails, and recreation areas. Visitors should use extreme caution when recreating around fast moving streams or rivers. Hikers should exercise good judgment in assessing trails and refrain from using trails when muddy conditions prevail. People venturing into the backcountry should stay away from snow-covered slopes steeper than about 35 degrees—especially when the snow becomes wet—due to possible avalanche danger. For the most current updates, call your local Forest Service office, or visit <http://fs.usda.gov/uwcnf> Northern Utah’s Alpine Highways Will Remain Closed Into June The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Region One advises motorists that northern Utah’s two alpine highways, which have been closed for the winter, will not be open for recreational or other travel by the Memorial Day Weekend. UDOT advises that two popular routes— state Road 39, the Monte Cristo Highway, from milepost 37 at Ant Flats near Huntsville, to milepost 56 just west of Woodruff, Rich County; and SR-65, The Big Mountain Highway, from milepost 3 near the Emigration Canyon turnoff, to milepost 14 south of the East Canyon Resort—will not be opened for the Memorial Day Weekend, as usual. “Extremely deep snow and ice have persisted at levels not seen in many years,” said Region One Director Kris Peterson. “In some places, drifts across the roads are still 25 to 30 feet deep.” Peterson said some of the deepest snowfalls in decades have left these routes and the surrounding terrain covered with deep snow and packed ice, which is not only very difficult to remove, but hard on the equipment used to perform that work. “We empathize with the many Utahns who had hoped to use these routes to reach their favorite Memorial Day Weekend recreation spots,” Peterson said. “We’re hoping that, with some cooperation from the weather in the coming weeks, we’ll be able to have these routes open by mid- to late June,” he said. Travelers can watch for alpine route openings by going to the UDOT website, at udot.utah. gov, or the Commuterlink website at <www. utahcomuterlink.com> Openings will also be announced via Twitter at @UDOTRegionOne. LANDSLIDE cont. from page 1 and rolling down onto the road and shoulder of the highway. Due to the instability of the slide, the heavy rain and darkness, road crews delayed clean-up efforts until Friday morning. They returned to the area at about 6:00 a.m., and began clean-up activities at 8:00 a.m. State Road 39 didn’t reopen until 7:50 Friday evening. A report issued by UDOT stated that they removed an estimated 2,000 tons of rock and soil from the slide area. The slide was triggered by saturated soils from the unusually wet weather this spring. State Road 39 closure. |