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Show Volume XXIV Issue X The Ogden Valley news Page 5 March 15, 2017 March Art Madness: Open art classes for kids! SUP Guest Speakers to Share Their Experience Mountain Arts and Music is sponsoring open art classes for kids 5 year and up on Wednesdays during the month of March (March 15, 22, and 29). The classes will be held at the ART SPACE in Eden. Students may attend anytime between 2:30 and 5:00 p.m.; and stay for as long as they want with no registration needed. Art teacher extraordinaire Lori Thomas will guide the classes. Art supplies and instruction is provided at a cost of $5 per person for each session. Parents are welcome to stay, but it is also acceptable to drop kids off for a while; however, the instructor must be able to contact parents while students attend classes. The ART SPACE can accommodate up to 20 students. If the class fills, students may have to wait for space to open up. The ART SPACE is located in the Eden Center Cabins, 2612 N. Highway 162 (across from the Eden Post Office and Eats of Eden). For more information, please contact <mountainartsandmusic@gmail.com> Snowbasin End of March Activities Snowbasin Resort is the perfect place to enjoy the last few months of winter. With over 30 feet of snow this season thus far and activities for everyone, you won’t want to miss spring time on the slopes. Wear your green on St. Patrick’s Day while enjoying festive food, live music and a pot o’gold hunt on the mountain. There will be great prizes for the pot o’gold hunt including a 2017-2018 season pass. The season-long Cinnabar Après Music series finishes up the weekend of March 17 with ClusterPluck. They will be playing their free show Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Love the Avalanche Dogs? Celebrate National Puppy Day March 23 with a Snowbasin Avalanche Dog Fundraiser at Alleged on 25th Street in Downtown Ogden. Donations are recommended at the door. Plus there will be a raffle, a silent auction and live music from The Johnny Utahs. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. For more information about any of these and future events, visit www.snowbasin.com or call 801-620-1000. OSBA Hosts Utah Symphony Performance of Pictures at an Exhibition Ogden Symphony Ballet Association will present the Utah Symphony on April 6 for its final Masterworks concert of the season. The Utah Symphony will perform Modest Mussorgsky’s dynamic and imaginative Pictures at an Exhibition as well as Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Elgar’s Violin Concerto, and Maurice Ravel’s Frontispice. The performance will feature Thierry Fischer as conductor and Fumiaki Miura as guest soloist. Mussorgsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874, shortly after the death of his close friend Victor Hartmann. Hartmann was an architect and artist, and a post-humousposthumous exhibition of Hartmann’s works inspired Mussorgsky to compose Pictures. Each piece musically depicts one of Hartmann’s paintings, from the haunting Catacombs to the humorous Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks to the dramatic Hut on Hen’s Legs. Maurice Ravel subsequently orchestrated Mussorgsky’s piano composition, and the Utah Symphony will perform this orchestration. At only 23, guest violinist Miura is well acquainted with many of the world’s leading orchestras and stages. His wide range of repertoire and copious performance experience makes Miura the ideal violin soloist for Pictures. In his third performance with the Utah Symphony, Miura is expected to woo audiences with his precision and musical sensitivity. Thierry Fischer will be joining Miura on stage to conduct the Utah Symphonyon. Fischer has been the music director of the Utah Symphony for eight years. During that time, Fischer has reinvigorated the symphony with creative repertoire and new recordings. Pictures at an Exhibition will be performed on AApril 6 at the Val A. Browning Center at Weber State University. Tickets start at only $10, and can be purchased over the phone at 801-3999214, in person at 638 26th h Street in Ogden, or on-line at < www.symphonyballet.org> Volunteering at Martin’s Cove Wyoming The Ogden Valley Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers announces its March 16 meeting. We are privileged to host our guest speakers Mr. Bob and Vonda McClean. The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Ogden Valley Library’s auditorium. Bob and Vonda spent an interesting mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Martin’s Cove, Wyoming. This loca- tion has much to do with the historic travel of early LDS pioneers who crossed much of the United States by foot, handcart, and/or wagon—from Illinois to Utah—during the 19th century. The hardships endured by the early saints at this spot on the Oregon Trail are the timber of the amazing pioneer spirit. Please join us; all are welcome. For more details, please contact Jon Werner at 801-391 -2223. Suicide Prevention Meeting Held at Ogden Valley Library On February 23, Huntsville Town, Weber every child and adult download the SafeUT app County Sheriff’s Office, and local nonprofit Live Hannah’s Hope brought suicide prevention to Ogden Valley. In spite of the stormy night, there was an excess of 100 participants who attended to learn more about how to prevent suicides. At the presentation Question Persuade – Refer (QPR)—an evidencebased 60 minute course—was presented by Weber County Deputy Michael Aschinger. In addition, Laura Warburton presented SafeUT. SafeUT is an app that was created for the University of Utah Neurological Institute (UNI). The program was originally created for youth and has been implemented throughout many of the state’s school districts. It’s a free application that enables the user to chat/text in real time with a licensed behavioral health specialist at UNI’s 24/7 suicide/tip hotline. The service is 100% anonymous and confidential, and proven to be successful in preventing suicides and other tragedies. It has also been implemented for use within the Utah National Guard. Currently, any Utah resident can access it. Warburton stated that she recommends that in order to get help when either facing your own suicidal thoughts or those of a loved one or friend. Those encouraged to attend the meeting were, according to Huntsville’s Mayor Truett, “. . . all who might be able to make a difference in their communities. With the high number of suicides now prevalent, we need to learn how to help and save a life.” Those in attendance, in addition to various community members, included members of Huntsville’s Town Council, Mayors Jim Truett (Huntsville), Lee Dickemore (Farr West), Bruce Richins (Harrisville), Korry Green (Hooper), Keith Butler (Marriott-Slaterville), Bruce Higley (Plain City), Norm Searle (Riverdale), James Minister (S. Ogden), and Mark Allen (Washington Terrace); Weber Fire District Chiefs Paul Sullivan and David Austin; and Lt. Jason Talbot and Chief Klint Anderson with the Weber County Sheriff’s Department, along with W.C. Deputy Michael Aschinger, who led the presentation. March Fun @ the Ogden Valley Branch Library Weber Reads Presents Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story (NR) Film Showing - Wed., Mar. 15 @ 7:00 p.m. After growing up in a barber shop on Ogden’s 25th street, Wataru “Wat” Misaka shot his way to basketball stardom with the University of Utah. As a first-round draft pick for the 1947 New York Knicks, Wat became the first nonwhite professional basketball player. Having been born in Utah, he was not subject to the 1942 internment orders. To the thousands of Japanese Americans interned, this small town son breaking race barriers became a symbol of hope. This documentary explores Wat’s basketball career and shows rare footage from the Topaz internment camp. Movie Madness in the Valley – Tuesdays @ 6:30 p.m. Mar. 21 – Sully (PG-13) Cinema Saturdays – 2:00 p.m. Mar. 18 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Mar. 25 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (PG) Please call 801-337-2660 for more information! Huntsville Mayor Jim Truett speaks at the QPR meeting held a the Ogden Valley Library. |