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Show Volume XXV Issue VI The Ogden Valley news Page 11 May 15, 2018 A Dream Can Come True After fifteen years working in stone masonry, Eden resident Jose Sosa says dreams can come true. His dream was to open his own company—R & J Stone Masonry, LLC., which he recently accomplished. While Sosa began working in stone masonry 15 years ago, he has been working locally after he and his family moved to the Valley 10 years ago. He says they moved here so they could be closer to their son Rodrigo who began attending college at BYU-Idaho after serving an LDS mission. After their oldest son graduated from BYU-Idaho, their youngest son took up the tradition and enrolled there, too. Jose’s wife Stella is also currently going to school. Jose says that he loves stone masonry as an art—not just throwing stones on a wall. Those who know him say he truly has a sharp eye—a talent—for placing stones in a beautiful way. Jose’s work may be seen inside and outside homes and commercial buildings from Eden to Salt Lake City and Park City. He works with natural stone, manufactured stone, and stone veneers. He is proficient in fireplaces, interior and exterior walls, decorative rock accent design, and BBQ areas. Pictures of his work and references are available by contacting him at 801-3885415 or by email at <rjstonemasonry@gmail. com> CFOV cont. from page 1 NPOs directly instead of covering event costs such as prizes included in the Chopper BallDrop. If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact Brian Nielsen at 805-452-2442. • Purchase golf balls for the raffle/ball drop— proceeds benefitting local NPOs. Cost is $20 for a single ball, $50 for 3 balls, and $100 for 7 balls. Purchase balls at cfovoverdrive.org. • Gather a team for the CFOV Summer Scramble Golf Tournament. Cost is $500 for a four-wo/man team. For more information or to register, please call Brian Nielsen at 805-452-2442. CFOV fundraising efforts benefit the following Ogden Valley nonprofit organizations (NPOs): • Back-Country Horsemen • Community Foundation of Ogden Valley • Great Basin K9 Search and Rescue • Huntsville Town/Huntsville Park • Liberty Park • Mountain Arts & Music • Ogden Nordic • Ogden Valley Bulldogs Football • Ogden Valley Emergency Response Team • Ogden Valley Land Trust • Ogden Valley Tennis Association • Ogden Valley Winter Sports Foundation/ Ogden Valley Ski Team • Ogden Valley Adaptive Sports • Snowcrest Jr. High Valley Elementary (PTO) • Weber Pathways • Wolf Creek Foundation • YISki CFOV’s website—Cfovoverdrive.org—provides descriptions of each organization’s goals and visions. Contributions to the NPO’s may be made on the CFOV website, or given directly to any CFOV-sponsored NPO. On the CFOV website, you may also donate matching funds, enter a team in this year’s Summer Scramble, or purchase golf balls for the ever-popular Chopper Ball Drop. Please visit cfovoverdrive.org or, for questions, call Melissa Lewis, 801-430-2088. here or play here—this is your opportunity to give here. The foundation is organizing and gearing up for this year’s Annual OVerDRIVE—a fundraising giving period held May 1 to September 30, 2018. During this five-month drive, designated Valley NPO’s are encouraged to raise taxdeductible funds that CFOV will then match— up to $5,000. Last year CFOV matched 100% of each NPO’s collected donations (up to $5,000) during the giving period. This year the CFOV Board voted to allow nonprofit organizations to raise funds all year that qualify for matching funds. This allows the organizations that function mostly in the winter, to reach out to their supporters. During the 2018 OVerDRIVE campaign, CFOV will also sponsor the Summer Scramble—a golf tournament held at Wolf Creek Golf Resort August 11, 2018. All proceeds from this event go towards the funding effort. The tournament also provides each NPO an opportunity to raise additional funds from tournament participants. This year’s CFOV’s annual Chopper Ball-Drop is being held on a separate day in September (date still TBD). Months before the Chopper Ball Drop, donors can begin purchasing number-coded golf balls that a hovering helicopter releases over makeshift holes. Highend prizes will be awarded to the people whose numbered golf balls land in, or closest to, the designated holes on the green. There are several ways to donate to CFOV and the nonprofit organizations you’re interested in supporting. You can: • Donate directly to individual NPO’s listed on our website (cfovoverdrive.org). • Become a Match Donor, contributing to the Match Fund where monies benefit all NPOs. • Become a sponsor for CFOV fundraising events so monies raised at events can benefit Valley Resident Begins Business Doing What She Loves—Caring for Animals Ogden Valley resident Jennifer Johnson, years of goats, chickens, and rabbits, I felt a and her family, is the owner of Jennifer strong prompting to expand into pet sitting, Johnson Pet Care, a small business she created and dog walking became a part of the services so, she says, she could live the life she loves I provided out of necessity, and one that I caring for people’s pets in their homes as a pet truly love! Since becoming a grandmother, I sitter and dog walker. no longer dis-bud baby goats or trim hoofs Below is her story of how she became a throughout our county. Pet sitting and dog pet sitter! walking keep me plenty busy! 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Through my goat hobby, I received me what you need and together we will create so many requests to dis-bud kids from other a great care plan for your pets. Once we meet, hobby farmers that I decided I should make I’m sure you will be at peace with going away a business out of it. That developed skill took for a few days. Call or text me any time at me all throughout Weber County. After ten 801-388-3213. 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 SAVE THE DATE - Saturday, August 11 Join us at Wolf Creek Resort for summer’s best golf tournament! Gather your teams now! www.cfovoverdrive.org For details and how to register teams, call Brian at 805-452-2442. Get an early drop on the Chopper Ball Drop - Purchase your balls at Food Truck Night Monday, May 21 at Valley Elementary from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. |