| OCR Text |
Show Volume XXIV Issue X The Ogden Valley news Page 13 June 1, 2017 Community Youth Invited to Enter Annual Weber High Seniors Graduate— th Patriotic Essay Contest for 4 of July Celebration Encouraged to improvise and look outward This year’s theme for the 4 of spaced. th July Fourth Annual Patriotic Essay Contests hosted by Huntsville Town is “United We Stand.” Youth from the community are invited to enter. Essays will be judged from two age groups—8- to 12-year olds and 13- to 18-year olds. There will be a first-place prize of $75, a second-place prize of $50, and a third-place prize of $25 for each age group Essays will be judges on how well the essay relates to the theme, organization, and conventions and grammar. Rules - Essay entries must meet the following guidelines: • Length should be 1 to 2 pages, double • Font size should be 14 and easy to read. • Must be written in the youth’s own words. • Please include name, age, and phone number with your entry. • Entries are due June 26, 2017. • Along with your name, address, and phone number, email entries to cathyandcarolstoker@gmail.com or mail to: C STOKER PO BOX 67 HUNTSVILLE UT 84317 First place winners will present their essays at Huntsville Town’s Patriotic Program held July 4. For more information, please contact Carol Stoker at <cathyandcarolststoker@gmail.com> First $5,000 Platinum Donation Received for Eden Heritage Monument The first $5,000 Platinum Donation for the construction of a heritage monument in Eden Park has been received by members of the Committee for an Eden Heritage Monument. Descendants of Eden’s founding families are invited to honor their heritage by contributing funds for the building of the monument. Planned and organized by members of the Committee for an Eden Heritage Monument, the monument project is sponsored by Sons of the Utah Pioneers (SUP) and supported by the local Ogden Valley Chapter. The monument has been designated as SUP Historical Site #229. In their honor, the names of Eden’s founders who pioneered this beautiful settlement before the year 1900 will be engraved on the monument at no cost. In addition, donors may also have their, or their ancestors’ names who lived in Eden after 1900, engraved on the monument for a donation of $500. However, donations of all amounts are now sought to cover the estimated $45,000 cost of completing this community heritage project. Members of the committee are pleased to report that members of the community have already begun submitting donations for the construction of the monument. Committee Chair Larry J. McBride stated, “We are pleased to announce the generous receipt of the first Platinum donation of $5,000 by Herbert P. Sontag, Jr. on behalf of the Arthur D. and Verna Stallings family of Eden.” Donations may be made collectively by a family and designated as such in the Platinum ($5,000 & above), Gold ($2,500 - $4,999), or Silver ($1,000 - $2,499) category, which will be designated as such on the monument. An asterisk will be used to signify those donors who are descendants of a founding member of Eden who settled in the community before 1900. For additional information on donating, or to receive a donor packet, please contact a member of the Eden Monument Committee: Larry McBride (Chairman) (801-458-5824), Shanna Francis (801-745-2688), Dave Martin (801-706-5713), Ruby Raccasi (801-7459546), Martha Schickedanz (801-814-1698), or Erich Sontag (801-745-2333). If you would like to help with the collection of names for the monument, please contact Shanna. Donations may be sent to: SUP - EDEN HERITAGE MONUMENT C/O GRANT WELLER PO BOX 285 EDEN UT 84310 Please make checks payable to SUP – Eden Heritage Monument. TEACHER cont. from page 1 for organizing the event.” A bounce house and a variety of food trucks were also on hand with proceeds from the food sales also benefiting the Wangsgard family. If you were unable to attend the benefit concert and would still like to help by donating to the Krista Wangsgard Family Fund, a gofundme site has been set up at <www.gofundme.com/ support-krista-wangsgard> An account has also been set up at America First Credit Union under “Krista Wangsgard Benefit.” also sold roses and cotton candy to raise funds for her. Her niece Trinitie Lopshire put together a silent auction and raffle. The Lopshire family noted, “It was obvious how special Krista and her family are to the community by the number of people who attended this event. It all was a huge success. The Wangsgard family would like to give a big ‘thank you’ to the community for their support, especially the Ashton family Compiled by Shanna Francis On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, almost 550 Warriors graduated from “grand ol’” Weber High School. The commencement program was held at Weber State University Dee Event Center in Ogden. Speakers included Senior Class President Ashley Potokar along with Valedictorian Tatijana Stewart and Salutatorian Gavin Doughty. A few remarks were also offered by Vice-Principals Steve Short and Teri Spiers, and Principal Velden Wardle. The speech offered by Gavin Doughty is included below. He is the son of Eddie and Dawn Doughty and has two siblings—Chase and Griffyn. He relates that important aspects of his time at Weber High included running crosscounty from his freshman year thru to his senior year where, he says, he made many friends who, along with his coach, “shaped me as a person.” He added that his free-time is spent skiing, running, reading, and spending time with his family and friends. He’ll be attending the University of Utah in the fall, studying pre-Med with a longterm goal of graduating from medical school. Gavin’s speech follows: I want to thank all friends and family gathered here in love and pride for your respective graduates. Mom, Dad, Chase, Griffyn, my four favorite grandparents: I love you. Thank you, also, teachers, administrators, Principal Wardle, for giving me this opportunity. I have just a brief moment to speak, and in this moment I wanted to say a few words on an old art, and that is… improvisation. While we as a society become ever more competitive, ever more worshipful of that modern enchantress the Career, oftentimes the art of improvisation is lost amid our striving: as we tiredly study for standardized exams while also balancing involvement in clubs and sports teams; as we balance doing homework with complaining about it on Twitter. As we refine our résumés and pursue our destinies, we have become rather accustomed to a very narrow practice of setting goals and then organizing distinct steps to achieve those goals; and outside of these goals there is very little meaning in our lives, or so we’re led to believe. But the choice of the word “goal” is noteworthy: goals are objects in sports. I don’t know much about sports. But I did compete in the simple, yet noble, sport of cross-country, whose goal I can wrap my mind around: stay on the course, beat everybody (which I never did; I was embarrassingly mediocre when compared to national champion, school treasure, and long-time friend Talon Hull). My point is, using the language of goals to define our lives can often misconstrue life, in general, as a potential to win or lose. You either achieve your goals, or you fail miserably; you win the game of life, or you go down in history as a loser. But it is my conviction that no one wins at life. If there were winners, Talon would be the only one. . . . But life is hardly a game with clear victors; it is a story, tragic and comedic at the same time. I believe it is vital for us to employ improvisation in this story: to see our lives, not as pre-arranged tracks upon which we all ride, but as mystifying interplays of service to one another. We make things up as we go along, and we know what to do based on what we love. Then we will know how to serve others. There is an old phrase coined by Augustine of Hippo which speaks of a self, curved in on itself, rather than outward toward the world. The self curved outward is the worthwhile one. Service to something greater than our own interests has been the power of our world since its inception: service to big ideas and to people. And when we serve what we love we bring forth more of what we love: so if we love only ourselves, then we have only ourselves to serve, and, in turn, we will be very, very lonely, spouting a soliloquy to which no one is listening. This graduating class could be considered a rough microcosm of the world, in that it is very easy for me to see, as I stand here before you, that I am amidst a lot of people with differing interests, and I cannot help but admit that it is certainly not all about me; it is not all about any one of us. As the student parking lot attests, this world is a free-for-all. My hope is that we all forge our lives, not according to what makes us grand, but according to what brings our world lasting joy and creates the greatest story. And that requires keen improvising, because life is unpredictable, and people are unpredictable. Our futures do not lie neatly and clearly ahead of us; they are entangled within us, and are unraveled based on what we choose to serve. So I end with the timeless words of an old hymn that reminds us to look to each other as much as to the thrill of new beginnings: High School Musical Who says we have to let it go? It’s the best part we’ve ever known. Step into the future, but hold onto High School Musical Subscriptions available for out-of-area residents at $18 annually. The Send payment with mailing address to: Ogden Valley news PO BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 Golf Tournament August 12, 2017 JOIN US at Wolf Creek for the 3rd annual Summer Scramble Golf Tournament. PARTICIPATE: 1. GOLF tournament in a scramble format begins at 9:00 a.m. 2. Participants receive breakfast served at 8:00 a.m. and lunch after play ends. 3. Team of four $500. For more information or to register a team call Brian Nielsen 805-452-2442. Proceeds go to the CFOV Match Fund. Contests include: long drive, closest to the pin and possibly a chance to win a car with a hole-in-one. cfovoverdrive.org OUR MISSION To improve the lives of Ogden Valley residents and visitors through philanthropic leadership and community service. We look forward to a great summer of summer camps enjoying the beautiful Ogden Valley. If you are interested in the Ogden Valley Science Summer Camps or have questions please contact the camp director, Nicole Householder, at nicole@thg-cs.com or call 801.675.9017. Live Here, Play Here, Give Here. CFOV supports and promotes nonCommunity profit organizations whose proService, Integrity, grams benefit the Ogden Valley. Vision, Fairness. |
