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Show Volume XXIV Issue XI The Ogden Valley news Page 11 June 15, 2017 Announcing the Bank of Utah TrailFest 2017 Weber Pathways is excited to announce the Bank of Utah TrailFest 2017! We are proud to partner with our friends at Bank of Utah to bring this exciting new event to the greater Weber County community. TrailFest is a free community-wide event with the purpose of inspiring the community to get active, discover, play, learn, connect, and celebrate within our expansive network of urban trails. The main event will be held Saturday, June 24 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The event will include a wide variety of free trail activities along various segments of the newly-connected Centennial Trail. This will be followed by a free trails-themed Festival and Expo at the Ogden Amphitheater from noon to 3:00 p.m., featuring a vendor expo, great food, fun family-oriented activities, and a free concert by rising Nashville artists Crimson Calamity. The Centennial Trail is officially designated as the loop formed by the Bonneville Shoreline, Ogden River Parkway, and Weber River Parkway trails. This beautiful trail is unique to our community, spanning 27 miles while passing through the Weber County communities of Ogden, South Ogden, Uintah, Riverdale, West Haven, and Marriott-Slaterville. Popular with WEBER PATHWAYS cont. from page 1 7 miles of paved pathway around Pineview Reservoir. Once completed, however, the trail will be approximately 16 miles in length and provide a safe trail around Pineview Reservoir while also providing a way for residents and visitors to walk or bike around the community. In June and August of 2001, the Ogden Valley Chapter of Weber Pathways, now Ogden Valley Pathways, held two community workshops to begin the process of developing a Pathway Master Plan for Ogden Valley. National Park Service staff members Kay Salazar and Deborah Weinstein conducted the workshops with the assistance of Ed Radford, chair of the Weber Pathways and Geoff Ellis, executive director of Weber Pathways. Community members attending the June meeting were asked to designate on Valley maps where they most preferred to see pathways develop in the Valley. The most popular suggestions for trails were along the Old Trappers Loop Road, a Pineview Trail that circled the reservoir, and a pathway through Ogden Canyon. In August the August workshop, using the top 49 trails suggested at the first workshop, those attending were sorted into four groups, with each group being asked to rate the trails on various criteria such as their value for recreation, transportation, and historical use. They also indicated whether they thought each route should be unpaved trail, paved, or a set of bike lanes along the highway. Finally, each group voted for the top 16 trails they would like to see constructed or preserved in the Valley. The top five proposed trails or pathways from each group were the Pineview Sixth-grade Graduation Speech families, recreationalists, and commuters alike, the Centennial Trail has something for everyone, making it the ideal venue for celebrating our community’s unparalleled access to trails. Trail Participation - Regardless of your age or ability, there will be many opportunities for you to get out and enjoy our beautiful trail system. With so many easy-to-access trailheads along the Centennial Trail, you are just minutes away from the trail. Pick up your TrailFest Passport at any of our hosted trail segments and challenge yourself to stamp your passport at as many trail checkpoints as you can! Bring your passport to the TrailFest Expo & Festival downtown for a chance to win one of several great prizes! Party - Above all, TrailFest is a celebration of our amazing trails, and we want you to party with us! Come to the Ogden Amphitheater between noon and 3:00 p.m. for all sorts of fun and festivities, prizes, swag, and don’t forget the free concert by Crimson Calamity! TrailFest 2017 - Mark the date, Saturday, June 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for activities at the Centennial Trail’s numerous trail heads in Ogden, South Ogden, Riverdale, Marriott-Slaterville, West Haven; along with the Ogden Amphitheater. For more information, please visit www. weberpathways.org or call 801-393-2304. And then, at last, By Jonas Stewart we reach our final Note: This talk was given by Valley Elementary sixth-grade Valedictorian Jonas Stewart at layer; we would the school’s sixth-grade student graduation have never of made ceremony held at the end of the school year. it without the other Jonas is the son of Monte and Syrina Stewart layers to build upon. of Huntsville. While giving his speech, Jonas’s We know how to do hands were busy solving a Rubik’s cube. Also it, we’ve been given noted in the speech in italicized print below is the knowledge to a “shout out” given to his friend Matix, and solve our last layer, but sometimes that’s Matix’s response. not enough; we need I, like most sixth-graders, like Rubik’s a friend to help fincubes. So it got me thinking that maybe as ish our puzzle. “Hey sixth-graders we’re kind of like Rubik’s cubes. Matix, what was A Rubik’s cube has six sides, we’ve completed that last algorithm six grades. Rubik’s cubes are colorful, sixth- again?” graders are colorful. And a Rubik’s cube is a “R2, B2, L, R, L block, and as sixth-graders, we can be a bit Prime.” Jonas Stewart, with his block headed. And then we’re Rubik’s cube, addresses Rubik’s cubes are a challenge to solve, and done, it’s completa lot of people think that you solve them side ed…. But I know that his sixth-grade classmates by side, but that’s not true—you solve them I couldn’t have done during his Valedictorian layer by layer. The first layer is when we just it without help from speech. Also awarded the started school; we are just figuring stuff out, others. Friends really honor of Valedictorian like how to write our names, read, what 1 + 1 are what we need to were sixth graders Rainey is. When I first started school I thought I would complete our puz- Gardner, Cameron never learn how to write my name; that is why zles. The friendships Torman, and Thomas I decided to go with the J-O technique. But we’ve made while Watkins. soon I figured it all out, and I even mastered solving our puzzles is what really matters. J-O-N-A-S. I am grateful for your friendships, and I’m Then comes the second layer—more read- excited to see what friendships await us in 7th Loop pathway, Ogden Canyon pathway, Pineview ing, writing, math, science, history, long divi- grade…. Because, you never know what our Shoreline pathway, Monastery Loop pathway, and sion (sigh)…. Each year, harder than the last. next puzzle is going to be!?!?! an Ogden Valley Canal trail. There was also overwhelming support for keeping an existing trail open to the public—the Old Trappers Loop Road. Mark Benigni, Executive Director of Weber A man nearly drowned at Pineview Reservoir but when he didn’t come back up, the boater Pathway says, “The PLP project was started in about 2004 by Ogden Valley Saturday night, May 28, but was rescued by a man grew concerned and jumped in to rescue him, Adams said. The boater was able to pull the man Pathways (OVP). In 2009, OVP boating in the vicinity. Weber County Sheriff’s Sgt. Nealy Adams to shore where he saw the man was turning blue and WP joined forces with WP taking the lead. We have been said deputies were called to the area around and not breathing. He did CPR on the man who working with our valued part- Middle Inlet beach at Pineview Reservoir at about eventually coughed up a large amount of water and started breathing again. ners for 12 years on the PLP. We 7:45 p.m. after a report of a disturbance. An article in the Standard-Examiner states that “The man was alert and walking around by the are grateful for the continued financial support of the Ogden when deputies arrived, they discovered a man in time medical units arrived, Adams said. The man Valley community, Weber his 20s who had been drinking on the beach with a was taken to the hospital for observation due to the County, Huntsville Town, the large group of friends. Apparently he had gone into near-drowning and his level of intoxication.” Adams also stated that none of the drowning U.S. Forest Service, RAMP and and under the water and then failed to resurface. “A nearby boater saw the man go under water, victim’s friends had seen him go under the water. the countless volunteers who worked so hard to see this critical segment of pathway through UTVs l Motorcycles to completion.” The design and construction of the PLP was Boats l Personal Watercraft relatively simple in design and construction. Kayaks l Canoes l SUPs As the work progressed it became increasingly more challenging and expensive. The last two Snowmobiles miles includes wetland areas, a 55’ bridge, On Site Rentals & Tours concrete curbing, a parking area, and 1,000 feet of raised pathway along the beach. According l to Alan Wheelwright, Weber Pathway’s Board member and PLP project chair, “This section of completed pathway is extremely valuable to the community, providing a safe path for the many users and a beautiful amenity of our citizens.” Please join us with your bike, walking shoes, or horse while enjoying beautiful Ogden Valley at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 21. This is an opportunity to celebrate the communities in the upper Valley, the dedicated volunteers who worked to make this happen, and the many partners who participated with Weber Pathways. 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