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Show Volume XXIV Issue XX The Ogden Valley news Page 5 November 15, 2017 Speaker at November’s SUP Meeting Annual Christmas Carol “Sing-in” Sandra JenkinsTheSlated Ogden Chapter ing off an incredible engineering feat with his of Sons of Utah Pioneers ingenuity, creativity, and pioneer grit. Slated for December 17 announces its November 15 He also supervised numerous building This year’s annual Christmas Carol “Sing- tional, familiar Christmas Carols—those that in” is slated for Sunday, December 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ogden Tabernacle. The LDS tabernacle is located at 21st Street and Washington Boulevard. Admission is free and all are invited to attend and participate as the singing audience. Words to the carols are provided. Featured at the holiday event are the tradi- tell of the baby Jesus, the star of Bethlehem, the shepherds, and the wise men, etc. Guest conductor this year is Dr. Karen Bruestle from the Weber State University Music Department. At the pipe organ will be Lowell Marriott Harrop. Not to be missed. Friends of Utah Avalanche Center Announce First-annual Ogden Backcountry Bash On Thursday, November 30, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center will present the first-annual Ogden Backcountry Bash. This event is the first of its kind to hit the Northern Wasatch. This is a fundraiser party for Ogden’s Utah Avalanche Center. The Utah Avalanche Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a miss of “Keeping people on top of the Greatest Snow on Earth” (https://utahavalanchecenter.org). Monies generated from the fundraiser will help fund a part-time forecaster, outreach, and education specialist for Ogden’s mountain, bringing more avalanche education to the Ogden area and creating more accurate local forecasts. The Front will be hosting with tons of giveaways and raffle and silent auction items. Lucky Slice will have their pizza mobile set up serving their famous slices. This is an all-ages event, so come out and support your local avalanche community, meet new people, see old friends, see friends from last season, and get to know your local avalanche professionals. Avalanches kill an average of 42 people each year in North America with hundreds meeting. Guest speaker will be Sandra Stallings Jenkins of Eden; she is a direct descendent of Henry Grow. Sandra will speak on Grow’s extraordinary and interesting accomplishments. Henry Grow, a railroad bridge builder from Pennsylvania, built the finest bridges in the Utah Territory. He left his mark on Utah as architect of the Salt Lake Tabernacle, pull- projects from Philadelphia to Missouri and throughout Northern Utah. His family was among the first settlers of Huntsville. All are welcome to join us at 7:00 p.m. at the Ogden Valley Branch library in Huntsville on November 15. For additional information, please call Jon Werner at 801-391-2223. Valley Youth Learn to Serve Others Throughout each year, youth in 4-H clubs are encouraged to participate in community service projects. This past year, youth from Ogden Valley Hoofprints 4-H Club completed several projects. One meeting was spent scrubbing all of the tables and chairs at the Eden Park bowery. They also spent several club meetings tying pocket quilts to donate. Executive Director Rod Layton from the Children’s Justice Center picked up the quilts and explained how the CJC serves the community. more injured. Avalanches don’t just happen to extreme athletes; they can happen to anyone skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, hiking, driving, hunting, bike riding, or anything out in Utah’s backcountry. They can impact anyone who can get onto, or underneath, steep snowcovered slopes. Many avalanche victims didn’t even know they were in avalanche danger; thus, were unprepared to deal with an avalanche. This doesn’t have to happen; the danger signs are usually obvious to those who know what Pictured right Rosie Smith cleaning chairs at to look for. Just as those in Hawaii learn about the Eden Bowery. the dangers of rip tides and shore breaks at an early age, those living, working, and recreating in snowy mountainous regions need to learn about avalanches. So, if you like to recreate in the mountains of Utah during the winter months, this is the fundraiser for you! Come out and have a great time and enjoy the company of your fellow mountain dwellers. This will be the event people are talking about to start the winter off for years to come. So come on out and make the inaugural event a great success to start our winter off right. For more information vist www.utahavalanchecenter.org> OSBA to Continue Holiday Tradition with Ballet West Nutcracker Ogden Symphony Ballet Association from the murderous Mouse King and his min(OSBA) will present Ballet West’s critically acclaimed Nutcracker ballet in Ogden November 24 and 25. Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and Willam Christensen’s historic and renowned choreography, just in time to kick off the holiday season. Join Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, and the Sugar Plum Fairy as they lead the audience through the magical and enchanting tale of adventure and the power of friendship. The story opens on a holiday celebration, complete with a Christmas Tree and festive decorations. Family and friends dance and rejoice at a holiday party. All the children are gifted dolls by the adults at the party. When Clara’s doll is broken by another child, Clara’s magician godfather gives her a beautiful nutcracker painted to look like a soldier. After the party is over and all the revelers have left, Clara goes back to the Christmas Tree to admire her Nutcracker and she falls asleep. In a fantastical dream, Clara is transported to a world full of wonder and magic. Clara gets caught in the crossfires as mice and gingerbread men engage in an epic war. Clara’s beloved Nutcracker grows to life-size and protects her ions. The Mouse King and his lackeys retreat and the Nutcracker transforms into a handsome Prince. Clara and her Nutcracker Prince return to his kingdom where they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy, who has been watching over the Land of the Sweets in the Prince’s absence. The citizens of the Nutcracker Prince’s kingdom perform a variety of dances to celebrate the Nutcracker Prince’s victory and honor Clara. Some of these dances include the Russian soldiers, Mother Goose and the Waltz of the Sugar Plum Fairies. At the conclusion of their reverie, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince return to Clara’s Christmas Tree, where she awakens. Ballet West’s Nutcracker will take place November 24 at 7:00 p.m.; and November 25 at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the Val A. Browning Center on the Weber State University campus. Tickets range from $15 to $45. Nutcracker is OSBA’s most popular show and tickets are going fast! Call 801-399-9214 or visit www. symphonyballet.org to order your tickets today. No holiday season is complete without The Nutcracker! 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 PLENTIFUL PANTRY COBBLERS & QUICk BREAd MIxES Beer Bread Pumpkin Pound Cake Red Velvet Cake $7.99 each Pumpkin Cobbler Peach Cobbler Cherry Cobbler Apple Crisp $5.99 and up These simple to make desserts are the perfect complement to a crisp fall evening! Ogden Valley Hoofprints 4-H Club members display quilts they made and donated to Ogden’s Children’s Justice Center. CJC Executive Director Rod Layton of Huntsville accepted the quilts from the Valley youth group at a 4-H meeting held at the Eden Park Community Center. Pictured above are Carly and Sierra Cheyney, Rosie Smith, London Owens, and Colton Messerly; Jadyn Owens and Mattie Fuller, Hadlee Messerly, Bridger and Annica Fuller, and Rod Layton. Kneeling are Will Cheyney, Easton Schulz, and Johanna Horting. Hoofprints kids not pictured are Savannah Larsen, James Cheyney, Caden Bailey, Annalese Bailey, and Savannah Smith. |