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Show The Ogden Valley news Volume XIX Issue VI Page 11 June 15, 2011 Pathways in Ogden Valley to go on a different day but, because of the By Elise Hillstrom, Sixth Grade Student Reporter Have you ever heard of the Ogden Valley pathways? They’re pathways that will, at some time, go all the way around the Pineview Reservoir. The community can use the pathways in Ogden Valley for many things: primarily, walking and biking. However, the pathways that we have now get littered. Valley Elementary 6th grade students had the chance to go and see the sights on the pathway in Ogden Valley. Each class was supposed weather, we all went on the same day. The hike took one to two hours. While we were there, we were given the job of picking up every piece of garbage and pulling all the dyers woad that we saw on and along the trail. The person with the biggest bag of garbage, or dyers woad with the longest or thickest roots, would get money. So we set off. Some students found beer cans, paper, shoes, and buckets; some even found a mattress. It just proves that there was a need for cleaning up the pathway, and that one grade can do a lot for the world. Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back Returns for Eighth Straight Year Ragnar Relay Series presented by NordicTrack, the nation’s top provider of overnight-relay races, returns for the eighth annual Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back. The Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back was created by Utah natives Dan Hill and Tanner Bell, and is the company’s original event. Hill’s father had a dream of creating a running relay in the Wasatch Mountains, which Dan and childhood friend Tanner Bell turned into a reality in 2004. Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back covers 192 miles of Utah’s most attractive terrain. The race begins in Logan where runners traverse through the farmland hills of Cache Valley. Once through the valley, runners will track a steady uphill climb through the Avon Pass, followed by a steep descent into the trails of Ogden Valley. Once through Guardsman Pass, they will wrap up the near 200 mile adventure in Park City. Each leg of a Ragnar Race varies in difficulty so elite and novice runners can run together in teams. Each team is responsible for providing two support vehicles, with six runners in each vehicle. The first vehicle drops off the first runner and drives ahead to the first exchange point. Teams repeat this pattern for six legs until they hand off to their second vehicle. This leapfrogging pattern continues day and night all the way to the much anticipated finish line. This year, Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back has named the American Cancer Society (ACS) the official race charity. The relay will help to raise funds that aide in creating awareness for the disease. ACS encourages all endurance athletes to achieve their personal goals with the extra motivation of saving lives as they cross the finish line. The race begins Friday, June 17 and ends Saturday, June 18. Teams running with humorous costumes, wigs, and decorative vans cheer on teammates. The race begins at the Ralph Maughan Track at Utah State University between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. June 17, and finishes at Park City High School between 9:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on June 18. Since 2004, the Ragnar Relay Series has grown from a single relay in Utah to the largest overnight relay series in the nation. The Ragnar Relay Series now has 15 races nationwide and is growing every year. Ragnar Events, LLC is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and managed by co-founders Dan Hill and Tanner Bell. Visit www.ragnarrelay.com for race dates and exact locations. SKI FACTORY cont. from page 5 Mr. Marion Horna and 6th grade students pulling dyers woad and garbage on the Pineview pathways trail. This is a yearly service 6th graders perform. WOMEN’S SKI cont. from page 1 jumping from the 2009 World Championships to the 2011 Worlds. The International Ski Federation had recommended twice to the IOC to include women’s ski jumping in Sochi; three World Championships will have taken place before 2014; and a new World Cup circuit starts in 2011/2012. “I am thrilled the IOC decided to add our sport. Personally, this means a lot to me. I started ski jumping when there were no international women’s competitions,” said 26-yearold Lindsey Van, the 2009 World Champion. “Women’s ski jumping has been growing over the past ten years, but inclusion in the Olympics is what our sport needed to take the next step. “We’ve worked really hard as athletes fighting for our sport, so this feels like a big success,” Van said. Participation in women’s ski jumping continues to increase worldwide. Since 2006, when the IOC turned down a women’s ski jumping event for 2010, at least three more countries have women ski jumpers competing at the elite level including Romania, Russia, and China. In that same year, 83 women from 14 nations were registered to compete on the FIS Continental Cup and in 2010, those numbers increased to 182 women from 18 nations. SNOWBASIN cont. from page 1 patio. The BBQ will be complemented with live music from noon to 4:30 p.m. So come up to Snowbasin and treat your dad to great food, music, and amazing views on his special day. Weekend Mountain Biking & Hiking Gondola Service begins June 25 Beginning Saturday, June 25, Snowbasin Lindsey Van (daughter of Eden residents Barry Van and Nancy Seraphin) and Deedee Corradini react to IOC announcement that for the first time in Olympic Winter Games history, women will be able to participate in the ski jumping event. “It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. To have it accepted feels amazing,” said veteran U.S. jumper Jessica Jerome, who finished sixth overall this season. “This decision gives our sport more validity in the sense that it can only keep growing from here.” Note: This article has been reprinted by permission of the “Park Record.” will have “Weekend Only” lift access to its upper mountain terrain via the Needles Gondola. This means on Saturdays and Sundays, from June 25 through September 5, you can access over 2,300 vertical feet with just one short gondola ride. For lift ticket pricing and hours of operation, visit <www.snowbasin.com/summer/ summer-rates/> Olympic K2 skier Phil Mahre, is now an athlete for K2 and was there to greet the competitors. During the entire day, the five competitors were required to wear ridiculous spandex outfits and their ski boots. After the tour and day of hilarity, the competitors, athletes, and top sales-reps from around the country met at Easy Street Records in Seattle for a photo shoot and party. The photo shoot was set up to capture images that will be K2 skis’ advertisement campaign for 2011-2012. Jake and the other competitors wore their crazy skin suits and false mustaches and posed as “The Baselines,” a rocker band performing a concert. They were given awesome “skitars,” which were guitar faces with ski necks, to pose with. The athletes, sales reps, and other models donned outlandish throwback ski outfits and skis, and posed as though they were rocking out. Near the end of the photo shoot, the winner of the Fri Skis for Life was announced. The winner was Andreas Fischbacher, an 18-year old bricklayer from Austria. Although Jake did not win the free skis, he walked away with a few souvenir prizes and some incredible memo- Jake Lewis with Sasquatch and his Valley Market specially prepared bone. ries to last a lifetime. SNOWCREST TENNIS COuRTS For more information, contact Ross Mertlich at 801-745-3731. Mail contributions to: CFOV PO Box 684 Eden, Utah 84310 Or, visit our web site at <www.cfogdenvalley.org> Donor forms are available online or at most Valley businesses. Your gift is full tax deductible Tax ID # 71 0995692. AYSO RegiStRAtiOn at the Ogden Valley Library June 18, Noon to 2:00 p.m. Visit eayso.org to register and bring 3 copies to the Ogden Valley Library. FOr mOre inFOrmatiOn call 801-544-6829. PRICE REDUCED $349,000 |
