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Show Page 4 The Ogden Valley news Volume XXIII Issue XVIII March 1, 2016 March Fun @ the Ogden Valley Utah Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Hosts Custom Bootmaker Don Walker Branch Library Custom Bootmaker Don Walker miscellaneous other leather items people dream After School Program – Wednesdays @ instruction is offered on Microsoft Word, 2:30 p.m. Join our After School Program where you can learn science, math, technology, and art skills. This free program is recommended for children in kindergarten thru 6th grade, and is offered throughout the school year. Discovery Time – Mondays @ 10:30 a.m. Children who start kindergarten ready to learn to read have greater success throughout their school years. The Weber County Library can help! FREE Discovery Time programs featuring stories, music, and learning activities designed to teach the five best ways to help your child get ready to read. Learn easy, fun ideas to help your child develop pre-reading skills at home. The programs, developed for infants and children up to five years, are presented in seven-week blocks. Registration is not required. Please call 801-337-2660 for more info! Senior Lunch Program – Wednesdays @ 12:00 p.m. Senior lunches are served in the Community Room. There is a suggested donation of $3 for seniors, and $6 charge for patrons 59 and younger! Special activities such as Bingo, Wii Games, and Fitness Classes follow Senior Lunch Programs throughout the month. Call 801-337-2660 for more information. Zumba @ Your Library – Saturdays @ 10:00 a.m. Are you ready to move to a new beat? Our Zumba class taught by a certified instructor is an exhilarating, effective, easy-tofollow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness program that is moving millions of people toward joy & health. Youth Chess Club - Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. This club is not just about creating good players; it’s also about creating great thinkers. Children and teens ages 4 to 18 are invited to learn and play the ultimate intellectual game. All supplies included. Players of all skill levels are invited to join the Weber County Library Youth Chess Club. Spanish Conversation Hour for Teens & Adults – Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. Come join Spanish-speaking library staff for casual, 1-hour group conversations to practice and improve your Spanish. Staff will provide learning activities, discussion topics, and other fun methods to create a productive learning environment. Fluency is not required, but some experience with Spanish is suggested. Computer Classes @ Your Library with the E-Team! Feeling lost in the growing world of online resources and electronics? Sign up for one-on-one technology instruction. Beginner Email, Internet, resumes and eMedia. To sign up for one-on-one, 30-minute sessions from the E-Team (24 hours’ notice required), call Ben for instruction at the Ogden Valley Branch library at 801-337-2660, or Krista at the North Branch at 801-337-2650. Book Club Discussion: Fantastical History - Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:00 p.m. The English Governess at the Siamese Court by Anna Leonowens In 1852, Anna Leonowens accepted a job that most women of the day would consider foolish: a six-year position as governess in the court of Siam. What transpired there would set the stage for one of the greatest musicals of all time, The King and I. Books will be available at the Reference Desk at the Huntsville library. Great Reads for Girls – Thursday, March 10 @ 7:00 p.m. A book group for girls in grades 3-5. Join in for a fun discussion, activities, & refreshments. The first 10 girls who sign-up will receive their own copy of the book. For more info and to sign-up please call 801337-2660. This month’s read is Rosie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Naylor. If Roxie’s ever lost in the desert, or buried in an avalanche, or caught in a dust storm, she knows just what to do, thanks to Lord Thistlebottom’s Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them. But the book has no advice to help Roxie deal with Helvetia’s Hooligans, the meanest band of bullies in school. Teen Tech Week – Friday, March 11 @ 4:00 p.m. 3D Modeling & Printing for Teens. Join us to learn how to use computer programs to design a 3D structure and prepare it for printing. Designs will be printed on the Library’s 3D printer. Wii Gaming Day - Saturday, March 26 @ noon – 2:00 p.m. Tune-up your racing skills for Wii Mario Kart Racing. Food is involved. For youth 18-years-old and under. Films @ Your Ogden Valley Branch Library – Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. Movie Madness in the Valley! March 8 – The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part I (PG-13) March 22 – The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part II (PG-13) Cinema Saturdays – 2:00 p.m. March 6 – Jumanji (PG) March 13 – Hook (PG) March 20 – The Neverending Story (PG) March 27 – Goosebumps (2015) (PG) Subscriptions available for out-of-area residents at $18 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: The Ogden Valley news PO BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 Wolf Creek Resort Real Estate, Moose Hollow Homeowner’s Association along with Lewis Homes Inc. cordially invite you to LOCAL ART NIGHT AT ApRès sKI Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Where: Wasatch Room at The Club at Wolf Creek Resort located at 3844 N Wolf Creek Dr. in Eden. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served. Celebrating Local Artists in Ogden Valley Paige Barth, Terrece Beesely, Kevin Parson, Ingrid Sanchez, Kwani Winder, Gina Weitor, Mike and Jean Kluk, Saraih Wight, John Huerta, and Sheryl Brown. For more information, call Brandi Lierd at 801-388-8423. will be the guest speaker at the Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Tools of the Trade Series during Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll on March 4. The event will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Union Station, 2501 Wall Avenue. Walker will discuss, demonstrate, and display his craft of boot making. Don lives in Spring City, Utah where he makes cowboy boots, cowboy packers, hiking boots, shoes and orthodic devices, as well as up. He especially likes making nice western dress boots from fine leather with fancy stitching. Owning a shoe and boot repair shop gave him the inspiration to make a better boot. He studied with Master Bootmaker Randy Merrill (the original designer of Merrill hiking boots). He went on to make beautiful boots for many of the cowboys and cowgirls of Utah and elsewhere. Additional information about the Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum may be found at <www.utahcowboymuseum.org> Critically-acclaimed Writers Present Free Workshop The Aquinas Institute presents its Spring Writer’s Workshop, a free creative experience for novice and experienced writers alike. This event will be held Saturday, March 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph Catholic High School, 1790 Lake St. in Ogden. Two nationally-recognized authors, Kase Johnstun and Liz Kay, will be leading a day of writing, revision, reading and reflection. Content may be mature; we request attendees be, at a minimum, 14 years of age please. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to scottreinhard@stjosephutah.com or 801-394-1515. Lunch will be provided by Saint Joseph Catholic Schools. Please let us know of dietary restrictions. Kase D. Johnstun is an award-winning essayist, an author, and editor whose work has appeared nationally and internationally in journals and magazines such as Creative Nonfiction Magazine, The Chronicle Review, Label Me Latina/o, Prime Number, and as a regular contributor to The Good Men Project. Mr. Johnstun edited Utah Reflections: Stories from the Wasatch Front with Sherri H. Hoffman and Mary Johnstun. His critically-acclaimed book Beyond the Grip of Craniosynostosis: An Inside View of Life Touched by the Congenital Skull Deformity was released in 2015. Kase and Mary Johnstun live in Ogden, Utah. A founding editor of Spark Wheel Press and the journal burntdistrict, Liz holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska, where she was the recipient of both an Academy of American Poets Prize and the Wendy Fort Foundation Prize for exemplary work in poetry. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Beloit Poetry Journal, RHINO, Nimrod, Willow Springs, The New York Quarterly, Iron Horse Literary Review, Redactions, and Sugar House Review. Liz’s debut novel Monsters: A Love Story will be published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 2016. Liz lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and three sons. The mission of the Aquinas Institute of Saint Joseph Catholic Schools is to provide a valuable opportunity for spiritual, ethical, and intellectual growth through the lens of social justice, environmental ethics, and academic achievement. The Institutes hosts free film, book and seminar events throughout the year. Follow events and like us on Facebook at Aquinas Institute of Saint Joseph Catholic Schools or at <stjosephutah.com> Both Kase and Liz are alumni of Saint Joseph Catholic High School. Call For Entries – It’s Time to Build Birdhouses! Now in its 23rd year, the Ogden Nature Center announces the 2016 Birdhouse Competition and Exhibit. Get out your building tools, supplies, and creativity and start building birdhouses. Entries are due March 21-26 at the Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th St., Ogden. There is no entry fee. This year entries will be divided by adults, children (unassisted), and team/family groups. A select jury of professional artists and bird experts will judge the competition and choose winners in several categories such as “best use of materials,” “most imaginative,” “best use of recycled/natural materials,” and “best form/function.” Birdhouses selected for the exhibit will be installed and displayed April 9 thru June 25. Winners will receive cash prizes at an awards presentation on Thursday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the L.S. Peery Education Building at the Ogden Nature Center. Registration forms and full details are also available online at www.ogdennaturecenter. org/news-and-special-events/item/183-its-timeto-build-birdhouses or fill out an entry form at the visitor services desk at the Ogden Nature Center. For more information, please call the Ogden Nature Center at 801-621-7595. All types of birdhouses are welcome— whimsical, beautiful, practical, functional, artistic or magical—but all need to be sturdy! Prospective submitters of all ages are welcome to enter up to two creations. Working as a family or as a team, i.e., grandfather/grandson, etc., is acceptable and encouraged! A helpful guide of dimension preferences for certain bird species can be found on the Nature Center’s website at <http://www.ogdennaturecenter.org/images/ BIRDHOUSE_SIZE_REQUIREMENTS.pdf> Guidelines • All birdhouses must be original works created by the exhibitor. Commercially produced birdhouses or assembled kits will not be accepted. • Size limitations: The base of the birdhouse may not exceed 24” square. The height of the actual birdhouse (not including the post) may not exceed 36” in height. • All birdhouses must be freestanding on their own post and ready for installation outdoors. Birdhouses that are not freestanding will not be accepted for the exhibit. You must perch your birdhouse atop a sturdy post or attach a strong hanger. Posts will be installed at a depth of 1 to 2 feet, so plan for that extra footage that gets buried in the ground. • The Nature Center encourages the use of natural, reclaimed, and recycled materials. Please consider the environment when choosing your materials and finishes. Please, no propane tanks this year. • Please build sturdy birdhouses. Birdhouses need to last through all seasons in the out-ofdoors. • The judges will select which birdhouses are accepted into the 2016 exhibit. A limited number of entries will be accepted for the exhibit. • The Ogden Nature Center reserves the right to refuse submissions. |