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Show Page 2 The Ogden Valley news Volume XX Issue XXII March 1, 2013 The Ogden Valley news Staff: Shanna Francis Tel: 801-745-2688 Fax: 801-745-2688 Cell: 801-791-4387 E-Mail: slfrancis@digis.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 801-745-2879 Fax: 801-745-2879 E-Mail: crwendell@digis.net crwendell@msn.com Opinions expressed by advertisers, columnists or letters to the editor are not necessarily the opinions of the owners and staff of The Ogden Valley news. guidelines for Letters to the Editor Letters should be 300 words or less. Letters must be signed and the address of the writer submitted. The Ogden Valley news reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The Ogden V alley n ews will print local birth, wedding, obituary, anniversary and missionary farewell & homecoming and Eagle Scout announcements free of charge. 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Note: The contents of The Ogden Valley News are copyrighted. To protect this publication and its contributors from unlawful copying, written permission is required before any individual or company engages in the reproduction or distribution of its contents, by any means, without first obtaining written permission from the owners of this publication. The deadline for the OVN March 15 issue is March 1. Letters to the Editor Facts and Questions First the Facts: Fact #1: Ogden City needed to replace their water line in Ogden Canyon. Fact #2: The road had to be dug up to replace the water line. Now the Questions, Question #1: Can anyone give me one good reason that has any relevance to Ogden Valley residents as to why this job had to be done dur- ing the winter? Question #2: Can anybody tell me why I would want to shut my car off (heater) during the winter with the coldest average temperatures since 1949? Really! Question #3: The BIG question. What kind of road surface are we going to be left with and who is going to pay for the repairs? Question #4: Is it too much to ask to have our main all-weather highway leaving the valley put back into the same condition that it was in before this project began? If we as Valley residents do not press this issue with the powers that be, then we deserve whatever road we are left with. Doug Wilson, Eden Ogden Canyon Resident Supports Pipe Project: General traffic noise worse than minor inconveniences Ogden Canyon residents have read some of the upper valley owners’ complaints about the hardships of traveling through the canyon during the pipeline construction project. They seem to be of the opinion that we canyon homeowners have no right to have a new waterline to replace one that’s over one hundred years old and leaking so bad we are about to lose the system com- pletely. They also questioned the time of year the project is being undertaken. The main reason for a winter project was that the water usage of canyon homes is at its lowest. There are two other roads into the upper valley that would relieve the heavy traffic that we put up with. We endure heavy trucks, hundreds of motorcycles, and thousands of cars every day. The noise alone is a far bigger thing to put up with for us than a curfew or a ten-minute delay. I, having been a commercial contractor for fifty years, find that the construction crew on the project is doing an outstanding job. Tom Norman, Ogden Canyon City and Utah State Laws Flawed: Prosecute homeowners for defending home & family A week ago last Tuesday I attended a session of Layton, Utah’s City Court where I witnessed the City of Layton, its police force, its Judge, and prosecuting attorney, in compliance with the State of Utah, come down on one of its citizens for firing his weapon as a warning to thieves attempting to flee from burglarizing his home. The facts of the case are easily stated. The good citizen returned home to find his front door smashed in with one of the bad guys ready to exit the home, with crowbar still in hand. Bad-guy-get-away driver had already laid on his horn as a warning. Our good citizen reached into his glove box for his weapon, which he has a permit to possess and carry. Firing two warning shots was his great crime. Layton police soon were on the scene, whereupon our good citizen was taken into custody and charged with illegally discharging a firearm. In court, we witnessed a contrived procedure arranged by attorneys whereby the good citizen agreed to have a F-150 run over his foot rather than have a Mack truck run over his neck as the City of Layton and her servants were prepared to impose: Confiscation and destruction of weapon and a $700 fine. When all was over and we were returning to our cars, we just happened to cross paths with the prosecuting attorney. Pleasantries were exchanged, and then I said, “Fundamentally, I disagree with what you did in that courtroom a few minutes ago.” This caught his attention and he asked why. My response was, “The U.S. Constitution says clearly that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. You have construed your city ordinance in such fashion as to nullify a citizen in good standing’s ability to defend home and family.” The city attorney responded, “A police officer firing under similar circumstances would be charged and crucified by the press.” My response was, “That would be just as wrong. Can’t you see that this scenario has only to be tweaked less than half an inch and you’d be dealing with the dead body of one of your outstanding citizens, rather than persecuting him in court?” This ended our conversation, which really had been a quiet one. What I did not get to say was, “Why not go through the entire process that you have just gone through, pronouncing the contrived F -150 sentence, then suspend that sentence based on our good citizen’s con- tinued good citizenship?” Could it be that the City of Layton has to pay her police officers, prosecuting attorney, and judge; and, well, $700 is $700! Oh yes. The prosecuting attorney also said that the destruction of the weapon was mandated by the state of Utah. That’s how the state is compliant in this sordid affair. Chuck Watson, Liberty SOCIAL SECURITY cont. from page 1 call or e-mail with reminders about the deadline or requests for personal information to help make the switch. “Don’t give that out,” she said. “No one from SSA is going to ask you for that kind of information by phone or by e-mail. 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