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Show Volume XXIII Issue XVI The Ogden Valley news Page 7 September 15, 2016 Eden Resident Nominated for Utah Music Awards Alicia Blickfeldt has attracted the attention lenges, exhaustion, pain, sadness, hopelessness, of the Utah Music Awards for a second time in anguish, and then finally humility. It shows that three years—once in 2014, and again this year. moment when you break—you either drop too This year’s awards ceremony received 128 your knees or die. It truly expresses what I went musical submissions from 25 different coun- through emotionally that year. It’s my journey. I tries. Ms. Blickfeldt obviously has something think people will find it heartwarming and even special to be nominated again. empowering.” Alicia stated rather pasWhen asked about the direction she sionately. is going she stated, “We shifted gears There are numerous projects in a little within the last year and have the works for Ms. Blickfeldt right been working on several music videos now as well. This fall she is releasin addition to recordings. I couldn’t be ing not only another music video, more thrilled that they have chosen my but a book, which will be available music video and song for this year’s on Amazon.com early to mid-October event!” and is entitled, They Said I Would Die. Blickfeldt’s Pie Jesu, The Process It is her story and how she overcame of Redemption, is a piece she said was cancer without following the advice of near and dear to her heart. “I think by medical professionals, as well as the now everyone knows about the dif- Alicia Blickfieldt journey back from her truck incident. ficulties I went through in 2014, so Earlier this month, Ms. Blickfeldt the video and music express that journey.” She held a concert at the Ol’ Barn Amphitheater at said. Wolf Creek in Eden, where her music video Pie Ms. Blickfeldt not only had cancer but was Jesu, The Process of Redemption, was shown in run over by a truck in 2014, which did not slow pre-release. Very soon, another concert and the this singer down. She worked hard to regain her official release of the video will be held in Salt mobility and made it to the awards ceremony Lake City, after which the video will be viewagainst many odds. She worked through a very able on YouTube. difficult time, which she said made her all the The Utah Music Awards will be held more determined to pursue her dreams. September 17, 2016 at the Covey Center in “I think people will be able to relate to the Provo, Utah. For tickets, visit <coveycenter.com> video. We all go through challenges and strugYou can follow Alicia Blickfeldt on gles. By watching the video, my hope is that it’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, relatable. It takes you through physical chal- Reverbnation and SoundCloud. Inductees to Join Intermountain SkiFourHall Of Fame on Sept. 21 skiing stars are the new- his misfortune, winning seven Paralympic Winter est inductees to the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Olympic alpine skiing medalist and broadcast analyst Christin Cooper, Paralympic cross-country skiing medalist Steve Cook, Group Rossignol American president Ron Steele, and the late chairlift engineer Jan Leonard, cofounder of the Cable Transportation Engineering Corporation and former president of what became Doppelmayer CTEC, will be honored this month. The reception is Wednesday, September 21 at the Alf Engen Museum, home of the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame. The evening begins at 6:00 p.m., with dinner at 7:00, and the induction ceremony starting at 8:00. Tickets cost $100 per person for the reception and dinner, and $1,250 per table of ten. A portion is tax deductible. Make your reservations by Sept. 16 by contacting Connie Nelson at cnelson@uolf.org or 435-658-4240. Cooper began her skiing career at age 10 when she joined the Sun Valley Ski Team in Idaho. By 16, she’d been named to the U.S. Ski Team, competing in five alpine World Cup disciplines for eight seasons, and winning five races in three disciplines. She competed in two Olympic Winter Games and two FIS World Championships, becoming the first American skier to win three medals in a single Worlds: a bronze and two silvers in 1982—a feat that remains unmatched by any female U.S. skier. Cooper was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1984, the same year she retired from international racing at age 24. She went on to become the country’s first female expert analyst for skiing, and she’s spent the decades since on CBS and NBC as the near-uninterrupted voice of women’s skiing. Cook is the cornerstone of the U.S. Disabled Cross-Country Ski Team. After losing his right leg in a farming accident in 1988, he overcame NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST THE RELEASE OF FUNDS September 15, 2016 HUNTSVILLE TOWN 7309 E. 200 S. PO Box 267, Huntsville, UT 84317 801-745-3420 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by HUNTSVILLE TOWN. REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS - On or about September 23rd, HUNTSVILLE TOWN will submit a request to the State of Utah, Department of Workforce Services, Housing and Community Development Division (HCD) for the release of Community Development Block Grants Funds (CDBG) under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL93-383) to undertake the project known as the HUNTSVILLE TOWN CULINARY WATER TRANSMISSION LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT for the purpose of ABANDONING AN OLD WATER LINE AND INSTALLING A NEW CULINARY WATER LINE. The total estimated cost of the project is $148,000. 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Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures of 24 CFR Part 58 and shall be addressed to the Cheryl Brown, State of Utah, Department of Workforce Services, Housing & Community Development Division (HCD), 1385 South State, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. Potential objectors should contact Cheryl Brown at HCD to verify the actual last day of the objection period. Games medals—including a record four silvers at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, seven Disabled World Championship Medals, and the World Cup Overall through an 11-year span. He retired from racing in 2007, but pointed his skis toward the National Ability Center in Park City. There, he developed a Nordic program for disabled athletes, one that now helps develop future U.S. Team members. He also worked with the Park City Junior Nordic Ski Team and is head coach and junior program director of the Utah Nordic Alliance. When it comes to equipment, there may be no one more knowledgeable than Steele. James A. Truett, Mayor of Huntsville Town, Environmental Certifying Officer Starting as a technical representative for Group Rossignol North America in 1978, he rose through the ranks, becoming president in 2012, a position that oversees sales and distribution of Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, Look and Kerma. Steele entered the world of skiing as a ski jumper, competing for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1982 in Japan, the World Championship Team in Sweden in 1974, and as a three-time All-American for the University of Utah from 1974 to 1978. He won the NCAA Individual Championship in 1977. Leonard founded one of the most recognizable ski-industry companies in the world. A 1968 graduate of Penn State, he was building bridges when gondolas and chairlifts captured his imagination after his first visit to a ski area in 1970. Six years later, he cofounded the Cable Transportation and Engineering Corporation (CTEC), which became north America’s leading lift manufacturer. By the 1990s, he’d successfully navigated industry mergers, and in 2002 was named president of Doppelmayr CTEC. He became a founding member and principal of Skytrac, another lift engineering and construction services firm, in 2008. He died in August 2015, after undergoing heart surgery. For more information, contact Christa Graff, of Graff Public Relations, by calling 435-6407921 or emailing <christa@graffpr.com> 2015 Consumer Confidence Report for Nordic Mountain Water Inc. is available for review in the office located at 4794 East 2600 North, Eden, Utah. For more information, call 801-745-2605. FALL IS PLANTING SEASON! Over 60 years and still growing Carver’s Cove Petting Farm Fall Harvest September 1 - 30 $6.00 ADMISSION PRICE l for all those who bring a canned food item with them when they visit the farm. 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