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Show Page 2 The Ogden Valley news Volume XVII Issue XXII May 1, 2010 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 May 15 issue is May 1. Letters to the Editor Guardrail Needed on North Side of Reservoir Every time that we pass by the dam on the Eden side, there is always one spot that we notice that doesn’t have a guardrail. It’s about ¾ of a mile from when you cross the dam on the north side of the reservoir, heading towards Eden. A woman went off there a couple of years ago, and she barely survived. I think that we need to fix that because I and my family are always a little nervous when we pass by there. So, if UDOT can help by putting a guardrail up, then I think that it will help the Valley, and help us all pass by there without getting nervous like we usually do. Thank you, and please consider my idea. Britton Hanni, Scout Troop 569 Eden Big Fireworks Should Be Legal Water Company Should I’d like to know why we can’t use fireworks up here in the Valley. I don’t mean the little tiny ones Adjust Bill During the that are already allowed. I mean the big ones like the ones we go to see on the Fourth of July. Those Winter would be awesome. We like the sudden explosion that they bring, combined with the brilliant colors that makes us go “ooooh” and “awwww.” If you remember, in The Fellowship of the Ring, they don’t choose the small, dull ones. The two hobbits say the big one. No one remembers the small ones that go Pew. They remember the ones that go Bang! Just to say it again in big letters, FIREWORKS SHOULD BE LEGAL! Some people use them anyway. Sincerely, Val Castillo, Scout Troop 569 Eden I disagree on how high our water bill was this month. I had no idea how much stress it has caused. Apparently, our water company doesn’t adjust the water bill until winter is over. After winter, we got hit hard with how much money it cost; the water bill was huge. I think this should be watched by the water companies, and they should give us a notice so that we can terminate the problem. Sincerely, Carter Chapman, Scout Troop 569, Eden Fireworks Should Be Legal Since Everyone Uses Them Anyway Fireworks, the final frontier. A miraculous invention created by the Chinese over who knows how long ago. They pop and crackle with artificial starlight. The sizzling reds, dazzling greens, and sparkling blues. Quite a beautiful sight if you ask me. Unfortunately, they’re illegal, but it doesn’t matter! People still use them anyway. Of course there’s a reason that fireworks are illegal, for they could set fire to the valley. Fireworks, fireworks, fireworks! Who doesn’t like fireworks! There are so many reasons not to have fireworks illegal. I guess one or two reasons might be enough to stop the wrath of fireworks. Pheww! Pop! Crkcrkcrk! The perfect combination of fireworks sounds. Everybody uses fireworks anyway, so why not legalize them so nobody gets in trouble for launching them. Kylar Vierra, Troop 569, Eden Please Don’t Trash Our Valley I am writing to all those people who feel they can trash our valley. Whenever I go on hikes, I always see beer cans, chip bags, gum wrappers, candy wrappers, bags, etc. It is outrageous! It makes me a little mad how people would just treat the valley like this. I mean, come on people, this is a beautiful place! You are making it dirty just because you can’t take your garbage to the trash! Come on! Maybe you guys could take a trash bag with you, then just throw it in the trash bag and carry it in the bag so you don’t get dirty. You could also just put it in your pocket. Please just stop littering. If we keep littering at this rate, we will be swimming in trash. Just please stop littering. It will make a lot of people happier, including me. Thank you for your consideration. Your fellow citizen, Brayden Shaw, Scout Troop 569 Eden Article Implies There are No Longer Prophets Upon the Earth After reading the Easter Sermon in last month’s newspaper by Pastor Greg Baker, I left that article wondering is this an Easter message or an attempt to give his opinion on why there should be no modern-day prophets. Believe me, my Offend-O-Meter is not set on high, as I have seen and heard much worse. And while this could be an interesting article, as an Easter message, it just seemed a little odd. Over the years, I’ve read in this and other newspapers different articles or Letters to the Editor where people express an unfavorable opinion about Mormons. That is okay; we are all welcome to our opinions. Usually I just roll my eyes and say, “Whatever.” Most of the time, it’s just something that someone has heard and they want to pass it along as if they have found the Achilles’ heel of Mormonism. I have to admit, sometimes I find it unbelievable what some people will say about Mormons, but I find it even more unbelievable that people are willing to believe it. So, I would like to start by saying, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I absolutely believe with Greg that Jesus is the Prophet, Priest, and King. No argument there. But his article implies that there would no longer be prophets; however, nowhere in the Bible does it say that. In fact, the scriptures, in both the Old and New Testament, do not claim that. Greg said, “I’ll admit, all of this Biblical material probably seems a bit heavy.” I did not find the Biblical material heavy—only his interpretation of it. If his is a Biblical Church, then I would like to hear Jesus and the apostles tell me there will not be another prophet, not Greg, because the scriptures he used did not. There are scriptures where it actually says or implies LETTER to EDITOR cont. on page 10 |