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Show The Ogden Valley news December 1, 2013 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Your Community Newspaper Weber County Commissioners Approve Moderate Income Housing Plans By Cathy McKitrick Standard-Examiner staff Weber County commissioners unanimously approved the addition of moderate income housing elements to the Ogden Valley and West Central Weber County general plans. In doing so, Weber became the first of Utah’s 29 counties to study and complete such a collaborative process. With home costs skyrocketing in the 1990s, state lawmakers passed HB295 in 1996, urging communities to include affordable housing in their real estate mix. “This has been a long time coming and we’re real proud of the time and effort that has brought us to this point,” said Weber County Planning Director Rob Scott. Discussions began in 2010 with the Weber Area Council of Governments, Scott said, and nine cities signed on to the county’s effort: Hooper, North Ogden, Ogden, Plain City, Pleasant View, Roy, South Ogden, Washington Terrace, and West Haven. All the entities worked with Lotus Community Development and the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic Development and Research to gather data, solicit input from the community and key stakeholders, create a collective vision and establish a structure to carry the plan’s goals forward. Utah’s home prices climbed 70 percent between 1992 and 1997, Marci Milligan, president of the Lotus Community Development board, told planning commissioners in both locales earlier this year. According to the 2010 American WEBER COUNTY cont. on page 11 Aspen light by Kevin Mikkelsen. Tools Used by Early Native Americans Recently Found in Huntsville Jeff Holt was digging a trench in August at up Native Americans in Huntsville before the Sheepherd, his family ranch located above the Pioneers online and found an article written by Monastery in Huntsville. As he was digging none other than a close neighbor, Andy Hedges, with his excavator, he states that an odd-looking who is a BYU professor of History. He had muddy thing popped out of the ground. “It written a brief history of the Native Americans looked like an old, rusted tractor seat. It was here in Huntsville at the time of the pioneer super muddy. I really settlers (1853). He didn’t pay much attencame over the next day tion to it at the time, to look at it, and he but had the chance, as I told me that the tribe was filling back in the here in the Valley was trench, to motion to a Shoshone, and was guy to pick it up and led by Chief Little put it in the back of my Soldier, whose people pickup. I washed it off spent their summers that evening at home. here. It was clear that “I realized that some small group of it was a Matate, a Shoshone, and probavery old grain grindbly their predecessors, ing stone of either the Fremont, spent the Northwestern summers encamped Shoshone tribe or at that lower spring in the Fremont tribes (if Sheepherd. The size older than 1350 AD). Shown above are Shoshone Matates, very old of the Matate is not Since it was found on stones used for grinding grain. They were found one to transport, and private ground, and is this summer in Huntsville. so would have been not a burial object, it TOOLS cont. on page 7 was legal to remove it from the site. I looked The Liberty Pioneer Monument Several items that have been designed to be ing was easy. We owe much to their hard work part of the proposed Liberty Pioneer Monument, which construction will soon, begin, are very symbolic and need a brief explanation. The bell on the center pedestal is the actual Liberty School bell that hung in the bell tower of the original yellow-brick Liberty School that was built in 1915. It will be hung in a bronze cast frame and supported on a granite capstone. It symbolizes the freedom that we have in this country and especially in this part of Ogden Valley. Farmers said that cattle in this community had freedom to graze hence the name of Liberty was chosen for the community A bronze casting of an open book on the left pedestal represents education and religious freedom. It will be placed on a capstone of granite. Under the capstone will be a metal time capsule with items from the past. Early pioneers gave up their homes, farms, and often supportive family members to travel out West and settle this frontier land. It involved sacrifice and noth- and dedication, the legacy they have left, for which we are the benefactors. The bronze plaque under the open book will be a three-dimensional map of Liberty, showing location of roads, family homes, and buildings from 1900 to 1940. In 1900, there were thirtytwo families in Liberty, with a total population of 294. The population in 1940 was 241. The agrarian way of life was extremely hard and the winters were long and cold. Under the Liberty Bell, the bronze plaque will contain the names of the pioneer families within three various categories the Monument Committee has identified: Early Pioneers, Settlement Pioneers, and Modern Pioneers. Early Pioneers settled in the community between 1860 and 1900. They cleared the land for farming, and shelters were made from logs for families and their animals. Light in the Ogden Valley Water Summit Water is the lifeblood of Ogden Valley’s homes, farms, ranches, and recreation venues. Numerous companies have done what was necessary to divert spring, well, and surface water and distribute it to homes and fields. These are honorable and independent companies that reflect the independent, pioneering character and heritage of the people they serve. These independent water and irrigation companies know that water is currently in short supply. All have a common interest in the rain and snow that come from the heavens and in the aquifers and streams from which they draw the water. Liberty Pipeline Company believes that we can and should continue to operate independently, and that we should share information as our climate continues to change. All water and irrigation company officers and directors are invited to the first Ogden Valley Water Summit Meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m. on December 11, 2013 at the Ogden Valley Library in Huntsville. The public is not invited because a huge turnout would make it impossible to realize the purpose of this meeting. Liberty Pipeline Company is hosting this summit meeting so each independent water and irrigation company can increase their resilience in the face of continuing drought and their preparedness in the event of emergency conditions. If they wish, officers and directors can share the things they have done in the past and plan to do in the future to conserve water and serve their customers. There will also be an opportunity to list the things they need most to continue operations. Perhaps the most beneficial outcome of the Ogden Valley Water Summit Meeting will be a body that can guide the Ogden Valley Township Planning Commission as it formulates plans for the future, and responds when Ogden City comes looking for more water. Such a federated body will begin with those water and irrigation companies that wish to share contact information. As a follow-up to the Ogden Valley Water Summit Meeting, Liberty Pipeline Company plans to host a free, two-day, 16-hour class here in the valley. “Disaster Management for Water and Waste Water Utilities” will be presented by TEEX on April 2 and April 3, 2014. The public, including CERT volunteers, and water/irrigation company leaders are invited to attend. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available. If you wish to attend the Ogden Valley Water Summit Meeting on December 11, please reserve a space by emailing OgdenValleyWaterSummit@gmail.com or by telephoning Liberty Pipeline Secretary Morgan Toomer at 801-710-9951. Hometown Heroes In July 2013, Your help with the effort. Hometown Grocer—the Valley Market in Eden— launched a year-long campaign to honor our local heroes. The program consisted of four quarterly promotions, with the launch of the campaign with the local fire departments continuing thru September 30. The campaign continues, with the following also being recognized thru the end of this year, and into the summer of next: Local Sheriffs: October 1 - December 31, 2013 Local Teachers: January 1 - March 31, 2014 Military: April 1 - June 30, 2014 The first Hometown Heroes promotion was designed to bring awareness and drive donations to our local Fire Department during the busy fire season, providing a way the community could With each purchase of Western Family water (24 pk.), Western Family premium ice cream, Duo’s cookies, Western Family bagged cereal, and/or Western Family potato chips, ten cents (10¢) per item was donated to our local Fire Department. Purchases were tracked during the promotional period and participating stores, such as the Valley Market, were issued credit based upon purchases by customers of the above mentioned products. The Valley Market, matching the dollar amount accrued during the first quarter, in order to enhance the total contribution amount to the local Fire Department, was able to present a check to the Weber County Fire District in the amount of $525. Please continue to help celebrate and honor our hometown heroes during the final three upcoming promotional quarters. Thank you Hometown Heroes! LIBERTY MONUMENT cont. on page 9 Utah Ski Season Now Underway! The ski and ride season in the state is now underway, opening the first week of November when both Brighton and Solitude opened to the public a week ahead of schedule. Brighton Ski Resort kicked things off with two hours of free skiing on that week’s Thursday afternoon before turning on the lifts for an official opening on Friday, when they were joined by neighboring Solitude Mountain Resort. Brighton continues with its Majestic and Explorer lifts, and $37 lift tickets until more terrain opens. Solitude, meanwhile, has its Apex Express, Moonbeam Express and Link lifts spinning, with lift ticket prices reduced as well. Other Utah resort opening dates were/are as follows: • Alta: Nov. 22 • Beaver Mountain: mid-Dec. (TBA) • Brian Head: Nov. 15 • Canyons Resort: Nov. 29 • Deer Valley Resort: Dec. 7 • Eagle Point: Dec. 19 • Park City Mountain Resort: Nov. 23 Powder Mountain: Nov. 27 Snowbasin: Nov. 28 Snowbird: Nov. 20 Sundance Resort: Dec. 6 Wolf Mountain: Dec. 5 Snowbird and Alta Offer Half-Price Lift Tickets to Destination Arrivals Utah’s Alta and Snowbird are two of the world’s premier ski destinations, and they’re offering out-ofstate visitors half-price lift tickets within 24 hours of arrival at Salt Lake International Airport. Named the “Boarding Pass,” this offer creates an incentive for destination skiers to experience “The Greatest Snow on Earth” within the same day they arrive in Utah. “Alta is excited to be working with our neighbors at Snowbird in this effort,” said Onno Wieringa, President and General Manager of Alta. “Our intent is to introduce skiers to the vast SKI SEASON cont. on page 10 • • • • • Pictured from left to right are Maureen Cornell, Terry Hancock, Gwen Palmer, John Hayes-F/ EMT, Mitch Preator-FF/EMT, Dustin Anderson-FF/EMT, Kayla Peterson, Scott ChisholmDriver/Engineer, Carly Worden, Shaun Palm-FF/EMT, and Paul Lund-Captain. |