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Show The Ogden Valley news Your Community Newspaper July 15, 2013 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Photo by Jenny Harris of the Huntsville Patriotic program. Ogden Canyon Construction Update & Road Closures State Road 39 through Ogden Canyon was closed for part of the afternoon on July 10, and then again the following day, July 11 due to a landslide caused by the failure of a soon-to-be retired waterline. On July 10, around noon, a 24-inch waterline operated by Ogden City failed near the mouth of Ogden Canyon, causing a torrent of water and debris to rain down upon SR-39, the Ogden Canyon Highway. The slide rushed across SR-39, knocking several of the safety barriers lining the highway into the Ogden River. Crews worked to remove the barriers from the river and to replace them along the roadway so traffic could safely be restored. Because of the narrowness of this particular section of Ogden Canyon, the highway needed to remain closed during the clean-up and barrier replacement efforts. Ogden City has been working for the past five months to replace the waterline that failed, and work on the new line was recently completed. On July 11, crews were forced to close the canyon again, during the evening commute, due to additional problems with the line. The 24-inch main water line in Ogden Canyon has been completely installed and is currently in service. The contractor has milled the temporary asphalt in the first phase of construction, which extends approximately from the mouth of the canyon up to the “Smokey the Bear” sign, and is replacing it with 8-inches of permanent asphalt. This section of permanent asphalt will be complete before the July 24, On July 10, fire crews were called to douse a fire near the shooting range in Liberty. This is the second fire in weeks in this area. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Photo by Anita Terry of Liberty. CANYON UPDATE cont. on page 11 Fire Crews Battle Flames in Liberty Huntsville Maintenance Building Complete: Fire crews worked hard to contain a fire that its way across the valley. The wind caused began near the Weber Wildlife Federation shoot- the fire to spread quickly, and by Wednesday ing range in Liberty, evening, the fire July 10. It is believed had consumed 20 that the fire started as a acres of land. The result of a stray bullet. following day the However, the investifire continued, gation as to the direct and a team of 70 cause is ongoing. As battled the flames, of July 12, crews had which burned a contained nearly 90 total of 95 acres percent of the fire. of land. As coolBecause of recent er wet-weather scorching temperadescended upon tures in June and July, the Wasatch front extremely dry brush on crews were finally the mountain became a able to contain the constant source of fuel Flames from the Liberty fire could be seen into the blaze. This was for the fire. Wind was night. Photo by Anita Terry of Liberty. also a driving factor as a cool front moved LIBERTY FIRE cont. on page 7 Community invited to open house July 16 Construction of the new The building and surrounding property was maintenance building in financed from a variety of sources, includHuntsville is complete and ing a Community Development Block Grant the town will be showcasing (CDBG), a loan from Zion’s Bank, and the the building with an open house and ribbon cut- proceeds from the sale of the old maintenance ting ceremony on July 16, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. building and property-which was recently sold The new building is located at 165 South to the Weber County Library. 7500 East in In conjunction Huntsville, on the with the new buildsite of the former ing, a multi-use Valley school buildplay field (soccer, ing. lacrosse, etc.) was Light refreshconstructed jointly ments will be served by local landscapand the public is ing contractors Grass invited to attend. Plus and Western The new, six bay Landscaping. The building will replace new field is located the old, dilapidated between the new building that is locatbuilding and the ed west of the Ogden existing park and Valley Branch was funded with the The new maintenance building in Huntsville. Library. The 4,500 proceeds of a RAMP foot building was constructed by Roper grant (Recreation, Arts, Museums and Parks). on Friday of the Vintage Invitation that he was square and will house the town’s trucks and For more information, visit <www. paired with Orville Moody and on Saturday Buildings heavy equipment. huntsvilletown.com> with Arnold Palmer. Byers was approached by Moody to join the TOUR and caddy, which he did leaving behind his days of working in the golf shop. With seven career wins on the Fifteenth Annual Charity Garage S. in Huntsville at the home of Mike and Cindy Champions Tour, including the 1989 Senior SaleHuntsville’s will be held Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July Hillstrom. It will run from 8:00 a.m. to about 8:00 PGA Championship, Byers walked side by side 27. This sale is guaranteed be the biggest yard p.m. on Friday, and until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. and established relationships with some of the sale you will find in Ogden to Valley. The garage sale is made possible by donations of most recognizable and famous players in the The Charity Garage Sale is organized each from the community, and these donations world such as Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Chi year by a group of dedicated Ogden Valley vol- items being accepted and collected. Chi Rodriguez, Jack Nicklaus, and Lee Trevino. unteers who have worked tirelessly each year to are now Please support this wonderful cause with In 1988, he was hired by Callaway Golf the original tradition alive. Each year, well your own donation. To donate, contact Dave Founder, Ely Callaway, to promote Callaway keep 100 families donate items to the Charity at 801-458-2737, Laurel at 801-710-2324, or Golf equipment through his many relationships over Garage Sale. Leslie at 801-564-5137. And don’t forget to GOLF DIRECTOR cont. on page 11 The garage sale will be held at 9520 E. 400 come and buy something too! Wolf Creek Resort Hires Golf Industry Veteran as Director of Golf On June 15, Evan Byers became the new Director of Golf at the Wolf Creek Resort Golf Course, in Eden. Mr. Byers has had a lifetime of experience in the golf industry with a career that has spanned over a multitude of professional golf arenas. He entered the golf business with the aspiration of becoming a club pro, working at golf courses in Colorado and in California. After spending his early years in the golf course business, he decided to take a break after an opportunity presented itself to caddy at a Sr. PGA TOUR event in Palm Springs, CA. After picking up the bag for George Lanning, it was Don’t Miss the Biggest Yard Sale of the Summer! Eden Youth Participate in Pioneer Handcart Experience in Wyoming Finally, on October 28, messengers sent by a Compiled by Shanna Francis Nearly 3,000 members of The Church of small relief company from the Salt Lake Valley Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (Mormons) found them and started them west. A few relief trekked west by handcart between 1856 and 1860. wagons met them two days later at Greasewood Thousands more made the journey by Wagon, and Creek (now Horse Creek), and they struggled later, by train. Though the handcart journey was on to the stockade at Devil’s Gate. Worsening weather and piercing especially arduous, winds forced them eight of ten handcart to seek shelter near companies arrived in Sweetwater Rocks on Utah with little more November 4. Storms difficulty than regukept them located in a lar wagon companies. semi-sheltered ravine However, the last two known as Martin’s parties of 1856, the Cove for five nights James G. Willie and and four days before Edward Martin comthey could continue panies, started late. west on November 9, Short rations caused 1856. the people to be physFrom the time the ically weak. Broken blizzards struck, until carts, lost cattle, and they reached Salt the large number of Trekking through the water. Lake on November elderly and children 30, 1856, these emiresulted in further delays. An early winter storm grants endured extreme hardships, with many caught the handcart companies hundreds of miles perishing. However, they relied upon their strong from the Salt Lake Valley. The Willie company became snowbound at religious convictions to see them through the the sixth crossing of the Sweetwater River. ordeal. Locating good water, forage for their aniHeroic rescuers from Salt Lake City saved many mals, and fuel for fires was the main concern from starvation and freezing. The same blizzard descended on the Martin company on October each day for the emigrants crossing the prairie. 19, 1856 at the last crossing of the North Platte Wagons traveled between 16 and 20 miles a day, River near Casper, Wyoming. The company depending on the weather and terrain. They inched its way west until it also became snow- were built sturdy yet lightweight. Oxen were bound near Red Buttes. For six long days they preferred over mules and horses for hauling awaited rescue or death. Of the 576 persons in the wagons. Though oxen were slower, they this company, most of whom were emigrants adapted better to the strenuous journey and varifrom England, 145 died due to starvation and ous conditions on the trail. Now a summer tradition for many youth exposure. groups from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; in addition to groups celebrating family reunions, especially those who may be descendants of the Martin or Willie handcart companies; or even entire wards or congregations; tourists; and others interested in history or testing their skills and endurance. These groups come to Wyoming to participate in the “Trek” experience, a reenactment of pulling handcarts full of supplies, much as the original pioneers did as they traveled overland across much of the United States, as they made their way into the Salt Lake Valley, or other western destinations, via the often-desolate terrain of Wyoming. Mormon pioneers trekked to Utah to find peace from past persecutions (earlier troubles had led to the martyrdom of the latter-day prophet Joseph Smith and the extermination of large communities of the Latter-day Saints) to establish a “Zion” community in the tops or shadows of the Rocky Mountains, and to receive sacred temple ordinances in the “endowment house” and later the LDS Salt Lake Temple, which took 40 years to complete. Travel forward through time over 150 years to June 2013, when LDS youth ages 12 HANDCART cont. on page 10 Pictured above, from left to right, Kelly Albrechtsen, Dallin Tuttle, Rowdy Romrell, Tyler and Stephanie Holbrook, Dawson Watts, and Keile Koford. |