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Show The Ogden Valley news Your Community Newspaper June 15, 2014 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Ragnar Relay Runners Expected in Ogden Valley in June: Traffic delays expected Now in its 11th year, Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back presented by Maverik is right around the corner with runners preparing costumes, finalizing van decorations, and getting in the last of their training mileage. With more than 11,000 runners on the course this year, Ragnar Relay has provided detailed course information to minimize the impact the race will have on daily routines and commutes. Between June 27, 5:00 a.m. and June 28, 2:00 a.m., race traffic will be traveling through Weber County, including Ogden Valley, impacting the roads near the course as posted below. For a complete course map, visit <http://ragnarrelay.com/race/wasatchback/ legs> Roads within Ogden Valley that will be impacted by the race include the following: Liberty - SR-162 and River Road Eden – SR – 166 Huntsville – 1900 N., 7900 E., 100 S., 8600 E., 500 S., and SR-39 Other – Old Snowbasin Road, Trapper’s Loop, Liberty Park, and Snowbasin Weber County residents are invited to showcase their city by supporting our runners by cheering, helping them cool down with a spray from your hose or from a cool treat. Your RAGNAR RELAY cont. on page 12 Photo by Dennis Maher of Eden. Ogden Canyon Paving Scheduled for Ogden Valley Balloon & Artist Festival Planned for August 15, 16 & 17 June 19 – 23: Partial and full closures announced The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) advises motorists that a short duration paving project will begin on state Road 39 in Ogden Canyon beginning June 19. From Thursday night, June 19, through Tuesday morning, June 24, crews will pave a section of SR-39, the Ogden Canyon Highway, from the Indian Trail near the mouth of the canyon to the Alaskan Inn. This paving is a part of the final phase of work related to last summer’s Ogden City Water Line project through Ogden Canyon. This work will be conducted according to the following schedule: From Thursday, June 19 to Friday, June 20, one lane will be closed in the canyon with alternating traffic directed by flaggers from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. as crew’s lower utility accesses and make preparations for the paving work. Then, beginning Saturday night, June 21 and Sunday night, June 22, pavement removal and paving operations will be accomplished with a complete closure of SR-39 in the canyon from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each night. During these closures, traffic must detour over alternate routes, such as SR-167, the Trappers Loop Highway, via Interstate 84 through Weber Canyon, or via North Ogden Canyon Road, the so-called “North Ogden Divide.” Access will be maintained for canyon residents during this complete closure. Finally, on Monday night, June 23, one lane will be closed with alternating traffic directed by flaggers from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. as crews restore utility accesses to their pre-project levels. Once this project is complete, a chip seal project will be conducted in July to seal the roadway surface. Stakeholders with questions about this project can contact the project hotline at 801-419-8786. Construction activities, dates, and times are subject to change because of weather or other unforeseen delays. For the latest information, download the free UDOT Traffic app on any iPhone or Android device or visit <udottraffic. utah.gov> Imagine a picture-perfect morning amidst the serene backdrop of the Wasatch Mountains where, suddenly, 15 colorful hot air balloons begin inflating simultaneously. It’s an amazing sight. This year’s Annual Ogden Valley Balloon and Artist Festival is scheduled for August 15, 16 and 17. The festival offers affordable fun for the whole family, including balloon launches, tethered hot air balloons, art booths, continuous live entertainment featuring a diverse selection of music, family games, and great food. The popular balloon glow will take place Saturday evening, August 16, at dusk, at approximately 8:45 p.m. Entrance to the festival is free. Nominal fees will be charged for family games, food, and parking—$10 per day/per car load. Bike valet services will be offered free of charge for those who arrive at the festival on bicycle. The event will be held at the presenting sponsor’s location— Nordic Valley, which is situated on the mountainside between Eden and Liberty. This year’s event is made possible by a generous donation from Nordic Valley and other supporting sponsors. For more information about the event, visit www.ogdenvalleyballoonfestival.com or follow us on Facebook. Ogden Valley Charity Garage Sale Huntsville Resident Accepted into Is Back Again—Sweet Sixteen! Make this the year that you stop by and find has been able to fully sponsor a Make-A-Wish West Point Military Academy a treasure at the Ogden Valley Charity Garage child. It currently costs $5,000 to grant a wish Sale! You’ve heard it advertised every summer for a child. In 2013, we made enough money the Nike Elite Basketball Camp held at West Point. This was his first opportunity to visit the Cooper Cosby of Huntsville was recently school’s campus and helped solidify his desire accepted into West Point Military Academy. to attend West Point. While visiting the school’s campus, and surHe is the only Utahan to be accepted this year, rounding area, Cosby and and one of only a handful his family began to learn accepted from the western and understand the rich region of the U.S. history surrounding West He will be leaving July Point Military Academy. 2 to begin his experience West Point is the oldest at West Point, but his jouroperating military acadeney has been years in the my in the nation; it was making. He first heard established in 1802. It about West Point Military is located in New York, Academy when he was in approximately fifty miles the ninth grade. north of New York City. During high school, The campus is home he was invited to parto many historic sites, ticipate in the National including the West Point Youth Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. He Above is a photograph of Cooper Cosby Cemetery and West Point served as the representa- of Huntsville holding his Certificate of Museum. Well known figtive from the State of Utah. Appointment that he received from West ures such as Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses Participants attended sem- Point U.S. Military Academy. S. Grant, and Dwight D. inars, met with senators, and went on academic and historical tours, visit- Eisenhower attended West Point ing the Pentagon and the Smithsonian. WEST POINT cont. on page 8 The summer of 2013, Cosby was invited to By Kera Erickson for 16 years, so now is the time for you to find to sponsor two Wish children. We hope, once those items you never knew you needed! again, to be able to fulfill a wish for a local The proceeds from the Charity child with a life-threatening illness; Garage Sale go directly to local charplus, make an annual contribution to ities: The Make-A-Wish Foundation McKay-Dee, and other local chariof Utah, McKay Dee Foundation table causes. (Labor and Delivery Bereavement), The garage sale will be held and to help other Ogden Valley Friday, July 25; and Saturday, July 26 youth and their families who have at 9520 E. 400 S., in Huntsville, at the expenses for medical situations. The home of Mike and Cindy Hillstrom. leftover items from the garage sale It will run from 8:00 a.m. to about are donated to the YCC (the Ogden 8:00 p.m. on Friday, and until 3:00 center for families in crisis), the p.m. on Saturday. The garage sale is Deseret Industries, and the Salvation made possible by donations of items, Army. Over the past fifteen years, Elisabeth Hillstrom which are now being accepted and the garage sale has made over $88,000, with collected. We have received tremendous sup$17,740 coming in last year alone. GARAGE SALE cont. on page 11 For many years, the Charity Garage Sale Ogden Valley Celebrates Memorial Day 2014 Career Step Scholarship Deadline for Graduating Seniors Extended to August Provo, Utah—Career Step, an online provider of career-focused education, has extended the deadline for its scholarship for graduating high school seniors, announced in April, until August 31, 2014. The school is offering over $450,000 in scholarships to Utah high school seniors graduating this year through a tuitionfree enrollment available to one student at each of the 152 approved Utah high schools. “We are very excited about our scholarship program and the opportunity it offers to graduating seniors who are just embarking upon their career path,” said Career Step CEO Steve Tober. “Our scholarship program is designed to help graduating seniors realize that education can improve their lives even if college is not the right path. We have made the decision to extend the deadline to allow more time for students to learn about and take advantage of this great opportunity.” The new August 31 deadline gives students the summer to further consider their post-high school plans. To be eligible, students need only have graduated or be graduating in 2014 and submit a 200 to 500 word essay on why pursing additional education after high school is important to them at CareerStep.com/utah-scholarship by the new August 31 deadline. The over $450,000 in tuition Career Step hopes to award will be divided among students from the 152 schools on the approved list, which includes public, charter and alternative SCHOLARSHIP cont. on page 7 Pictured above is the Memorial Day Ceremony held at Eden, Liberty, and Huntsville by the American Legion Post 129. Photo taken by Cathy Hart. See article and more photos on page 7. |
