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Show The Ogden Valley news Your Community Newspaper July 1, 2018 USPS MARKETING MAIL POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Area Fire Restrictions Announced Weber County officials say they believe in fun but also believe in safety. With this year’s dry conditions, the following county and state restrictions have been announced. Beginning July 1, 2018, fireworks are banned in all of unincorporated Weber County east of Highway 89, Harrison Boulevard, and Mountain Road—excluding Huntsville Town and the rest of the upper Ogden Valley area. These restrictions will remain in effect until July 31, 2018. Also, statewide, fireworks are banned on state lands, and federal BLM and Forest Service lands, where fireworks are never allowed. On June 26, 2018, State Fire Management Officer Brett Ostler and Utah State Forester Brian L. Cottam signed into order the following Fire Restriction Order. Though primarily applicable to Box Elder County, the order provides preventive measures applicable to other counties in the state, including Weber County: “Due to the compromised culinary water system in unincorporated south Willard, Box Elder County, along with extremely dry conditions and current and forecasted weather conditions, the Utah State Forester, in consultation with county elected officials in Box Elder, determined that restrictive measures must be taken to prevent the ignition of forest and rangeland fires, including the following restrictions, which also apply to fire safety in other dry areas of the state: 1. Setting, building, maintaining, attending or using open fires of any kind, except within the facilities designated for them in improved campgrounds, picnic areas or home sites where On June 14, a car in the parking lot at the Eden Post Office accidentally hit the acceleration pedal while the car was in drive, sending the vehicle’s front end through the wall of the post office. No one was injured in the accident. The area was taped off as a precaution until the wall could be stabilized. FIRE RESTRICTIONS cont. on page 12 Weber County’s Primary Election Nordic Valley Plans Resort Expansion: Winnows List of Candidates Considers gondola from N. Ogden to Liberty By Shanna Francis This year’s primary elections came and went; winnowing down the list of candidates whose names will be on the ballot in November. For federal offices, the big race was for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Orrin Hatch, the most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate. He is currently completing his seventh term in office, and his role as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; and the Judiciary Committee, having formerly served as its Chairman; a member, and former Chairman, of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; and member of the Joint Committee on Taxation. Positioning himself to take the reins from Hatch, businessman and former Governor of Massachusetts (2003 – 2007) Mitt Romney beat out Utah Republican Party favorite Mike Kennedy in a landslide victory—capturing over 70% of the popular vote. In his victory speech, Romney stated, “Frankly, I believe Utah values are the very values that our country was founded upon.” In November, Romney will run against Democratic candidate Jenny Wilson of Salt Lake City, along with other uncontested party candidates representing the Constitution (Tim Aalders -Highland), Libertarian (Craig R. Bowden – N. Ogden), and Independent American (Reed C McCandless – Eagle Mt.) parties. A tight race for U.S. Representative for Utah’s 1st congressional district, representing Northern Utah, was settled by Democratic voters in this year’s primary election, who opted to send Lee Castillo forward onto November’s ballot against uncontested Republican candidate and incumbent Rob Bishop, who is currently Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee. Castillo captured 56.60 percent of the votes against Kurt Weiland’s 43.4 percent. For State Representative District 8, which represents Ogden Valley, Ogden’s East Bench, and part of Harrisville, Republican Steve Waldrip, an attorney and businessman from Eden, ran a vigorous campaign against engineer Jason B. Kyle of Huntsville. Waldrip pulled ahead, leading with almost 60% of the vote by night’s end of the June 26 primary voting round. Waldrip Compiled by Shanna Francis A click on the website address https://nordicvalleyproject.com/ brings viewers to the surprising news that, with the addition of some new owners on board—Mountain Capital Partners— plans are in the works to increase and expand the size and scope of the sleepy valley resort positioned at the west side of once-pastoral Ogden Valley. The website boldly makes a number of oxy- moronic claims—that the resort will expand from 140 acres to over 2,800—“focusing on sustainability and environmental stewardship.” The narrative continues, “. . . including a new 4.3-mile-long gondola connecting North Ogden to the existing Nordic Valley base area. In addition to offering direct-to-resort access in a scenic 12-minute ride, the gondola will also help cut down on canyon traffic and vehicle NORDIC VALLEY cont. on page 10 Meet Huntsville’s July 4, 2018 Grand Marshalls: Preston & Shirley Jackson Preston and Shirley Jackson were married in Manti, Utah in October 1945. Within four days of their marriage, Preston reported to Camp Hood for Military Service. He was sent to Italy to try to keep the peace between the Italians and the Yugoslavians at the end of World War II. In 1956, with six children in tow, they moved ELECTION RESULTS cont. on page 13 to Huntsville to help build the Huntsville LDS church building. This beautiful building burned down about ten years after its completion. In 1957, Preston was hired by the Forest Service. He maintained areas from Mantua to Monte Cristo, mostly focusing on our beautiful valley and surrounding areas. He was instrumental in developing several campgrounds, including the Anderson Cove campground. It was nicknamed “Out-house Flats.” Because, MARSHALLS cont. on page 12 Huntsville Observatory Receives Crowning Dome Major Music Festival in Ogden Valley On Friday, May 25, the the observatory will excel at capturing images of Huntsville Astronomic and Lunar elusive deep sky objects, including nebulae and Announced: Tickets now on sell for TrouBeliever Fest Observatory (HALO) dome made galaxies other than our own Milky Way. Legendary superstar Emmy announced. Powell and Wilson, along with Lou Harris, Grammy’s 2018 Live Nation, expect this annual celebration of Lifetime Achievement Award music “built on the pillars of great songs and winner, along with Rodney the talented artists who create them,” to assume Crowell, Shawn Colvin, David a unique and respected place among the nation’s Pack, John Elephante, and other iconic sing- most acclaimed music festivals. er-songwriters, will perform at a The event will offer the major music festival at Snowbasin “deconstruction of the big show,” August 3 and 4. with artists performing a certain TrouBeliever Fest, the brainportion of their set in an alterchild of Huntsville residents and native/intimate/broken-down preGolden Globe nominated, mulsentation that is not what fans see tiple #1 hit songwriters and perat a typical venue show. They will forming artists Monty Powell and also offer back stories to the songs Anna Wilson, “will be the biggest and give an inside, behind-themusic event to come to the Ogden curtain view into their process. Valley and the Ogden area since Many of the performances will the 2002 Winter Olympics.” be based on the “Bluebird Café” Live Nation, the country’s style, originating from the legendleading concert promoter, is lendary Nashville music venue. Dust ing dynamic weight as a partner, in the Wind from Kansas, Eye and contributed to a banner article Monty Powell and Anna of the Tiger from Survivor, the that appeared in Rolling Stone Wilson of Liberty. FESTIVAL cont. on page 11 the day the festival was officially Community Invited to Bat-viewing Adventure at North Fork Park July 13 Join Ogden Valley Starry Nights and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for a bat-viewing adventure at Weber County’s North Fork Park from 9:00 p.m. until midnight. On Friday, July 13, UDWR biologists led by Adam Brewerton will be capturing bats near Cutler Flats/East Bowery. Watch these scientists in action as they record data on the bats, answer your questions, and allow you to view any captured bats up close before releasing them back into the wild. Additional UDWR staff will also be present to share their knowledge of the exciting world of bats, including habitat specialist Pam Kramer and wildlife educator Nicaela Haig. Five to eight species of bat, including the big brown bat and hoary bat, are found in North Fork Park. Bats in northern Utah perform a unique role in the food web; they eat insects at night. This can benefit humans as well, since several of the insect species that bats eat are agricultural pests. Many bats are sensitive to human development, and they can even act as “indicator species.” This means that changes to bat populations could give us clues about the health of the ecosystem as a whole. On Friday, July 13, bring a flashlight with a red bandana, balloon, or some other kind of red filter. Although we collected over 20 bats during this event last year, each night is different. Seeing these fascinating animals is not guaranteed. The magical dark skies in North Fork Park are not to be missed; the bats are a big bonus! For more information, contact International Dark-sky Association (IDA) Ogden Valley President Zach Thomas at <zachthomasnfp@ gmail.com> its final landing atop the Compass “We are passionate about nature,” said Rose Lodge Silo. The 14-foot, Dakota Hyde, Huntsville Square Manager. 6-inch-diameter dome eclipsed the “Ogden Valley offers a myriad of opportunities sun from viewers below while hoisted by crane to experience nature in ways unique from most along its flight path and finally into place. places. Likewise, we believe the night sky is an “Installation of the observatory dome is a important extension of nature that few people giant step towards the realization of the HALO OBSERVATORY cont. on page 11 Observatory,” said Jeff Hyde, Huntsville Square Owner. “The observatory will serve as an amenity for hotel visitors and the community alike. It’s an exciting project for our team and unlike anything we’ve done before.” The Dome, manufactured by Ash Manufacturing in Plainfield, Illinois, operates via three built in motors. The azimuth motor rotates the dome horizontally 360 degrees, while the other two motors operate the upper and lower shutter doors of the dome that open to expose HALO’s telescope to the night sky. HALO Observatory will house an advanced telescope fixed atop a motorized mount allowing the system to track celestial objects with a great degree of accuracy. The 16-inch aperture Ritchey-Chretien style telescope is built with hyperbolic shaped mirrors like the Hubble Space Telescope, which offers an exceptional flat view of objects, avoiding image distortions introduced by On May 25, the dome on the new observatory at Huntsville Square was many amateur telescopes. With imaging equipment, set atop the Compass Rose Lodge Silo. See more photos on The Ogden Valley news Facebook page. |