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Show The Ogden Valley news Your Community Newspaper July 15, 2018 USPS MARKETING MAIL POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Photo by Bruce Grandin of Eden. Weber Fire District Updates Restrictions for Weber County: Ogden Valley added to restricted areas Caffeine the One Ton Ox took Best of Show at this year’s Huntsville 4th of July parade. She is owned by Brenda and Rick Gordon of West Weber. Caffeine is six feet tall and weighs over 2,000 lbs. She is the Spoke Ox for the Pack n’ Pounce Animal Rescue in Ogden. Cristal Gordon is the brave lady holding the reigns. Check out Caffeine’s shoes! Photo by Bruce Grandin of Eden. Utah State Division of Forestry Fire & State Lands, in cooperation with Weber Fire District, is enacting fire restrictions beginning July 5, 2018, which affect all of unincorporated Weber County east of Highway 89, and Harrison Boulevard, Mountain Road, including the upper Ogden Valley. These restrictions will remain in effect until conditions improve. The current weather conditions and the conditions of vegetation in the affected areas have created risk of wildland fire. Due to these conditions, a ban of the use of all fireworks and camp fires, open burning, welding, girding, etc. in the restricted areas has been implemented (unless specifically approved). Although this notice allows for campfires in approved fire pits, it does not mean that we can let our guard down. Conditions vary greatly throughout Weber County and it is important that everyone use good judgement when deciding to have a campfire in an approved fire pit. If a campfire gets out of control and creates a wildland fire, the individuals responsible for the campfire may be held responsible for the costs associated with fighting the fire. We ask the public to please exercise good fire safety practices when having campfires in approved fire pits. Here are some tips: RESTRICTIONS cont. on page 8 Public Open House for Morgan County- Huntsville Doctor Etta Baker Named Ogden Valley Rural Planning Organization 2018 Utah Veterinarian of the Year Etta Baker of Huntsville was recently named need to take through high school and college to The Wasatch Front Regional Council tion in our local communities and across the (WFRC) is holding a public open house for the Rural Planning Organization (RPO) for Morgan County and Ogden Valley. The Morgan CountyOgden Valley RPO was formed to establish a process for the local jurisdictions within Morgan County and upper Ogden Valley to cooperatively plan the transportation system and prioritize transportation projects. The RPO is currently developing a long-range transportation plan for Morgan County and Ogden Valley. The long-range plan anticipates future growth by providing a critical blueprint for transporta- region, and accomplishes this through proactive planning by integrating multiple transportation modes and working to enhance the capacity of the transportation system overall. The RPO invites the public to learn about the RPO and provide comment on the longrange transportation plan goals and projects. Two in-person public open houses will be held. The first will be held Tuesday, July 17, OPEN HOUSE cont. on page 6 Liberty Grass Fire Quickly Contained: Multiple homes saved Weber Fire District responded to a rapidly moving grass fire on the evening of July 5. The fire started tin the Durfee Creek Subdivision in the Liberty area of Ogden Valley. Upon arrival, firefighters found a “four-acre, wind-driven fire with 25-foot flame lengths.” The fire required the evacuation of eight homes, with fifteen more threatened and potentially needing evacuation. A Fire District spokesman stated, “Our crews were able to rapidly size-up the fire and call in a Forest Service helicopter, as well as other state fire resources. All together, the District had four Type 1 Engines, four Type 6 Engines, one Water Tender, a helicopter, and multiple Weber County Sheriff’s deputies on scene.” No homes were damaged. “All homes were Charred area in Liberty’s Durfee Creek Subdivision after a grass fire swept through the GRASS FIRE cont. on page 10 neighborhood July 5. Wasatch Front Regional Council Announces Draft 2019-2024 Transportation Improvement Program The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), in conjunction with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), has identified hundreds of priority transportation projects totaling approximately $4 billion to improve mobility, strengthen the economy and enhance quality of life along the Wasatch Front. The public is now invited to provide input on the selected projects. The public comment period on the Draft 2019-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is now open and runs through Aug. 4, 2018. Members of the public can give input via an interactive map linked at <wfrc. org/tip> The TIP includes roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects identified for funding over the next six years in Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Tooele, and Morgan counties, as well as the urbanized portion of Box Elder County. This year’s TIP includes projects to improve intersections from Sandy to Ogden, build sidewalks and bike lanes to connect major population areas with elementary and other schools, 2018 Utah Veterinarian of the Year. The award become a veterinarian. That was one of her main was presented by Paul Toniolli, President of the focuses for the next several years. Utah Veterinary Medical Association (UVMA). Etta was raised in Huntsville. Her parents The award was given for her “. . . trailblazing life are Darald and Wanda Michelson, who passed of service to the animals of Utah and away in 2004 and 2003, respectively. the profession of Veterinary Medicine She went to Valley School and gradu[that] serves as an example to us all!” ated from Weber High (the old buildThe honor was awarded to Dr. ing on 12th and Washington Blvd. in Baker at a UVMA meeting held in Ogden) in 1969, then went to Weber Moab June 26. Baker has served on State College, majoring in Zoology both the Education and the Ethics comand minoring in Chemistry. She gradmittees for UVMA. The Ethics comuated in 1973 and was accepted to mittee can be challenging because of both Colorado State and Washington the complaints about other veterinarState Universities. She went to ians. According to Paul Baker, Etta’s Washington State, becoming the first husband, one year she was nominated woman from Utah to be accepted to be president of this committee, and into veterinary school. Other women lost the election by one vote—her own! were practicing in Utah at the time, Etta Baker Baker links her career as a vetbut they had moved here from other erinarian to a career day held when Etta was in states. elementary school at Valley where a veterinarian She graduated from Washington State in spoke. She hadn’t known, previously, that there 1977 and moved to West Point where she began was such a thing as a doctor for animals, and she working at the Clearfield Veterinary Clinic. She decided that’s what she wanted to do. She took DOCTOR cont. on page 10 notes and memorized all of the classes she would Wells Fargo’s Ogden Valley Branch to Close this Fall By Shanna Francis Wells Fargo financial services company has announced that their Eden branch will officially close its doors to business this fall after, what is being called, a “consolidation” move on behalf of the bank. Wells Fargo representative Anthony Timmons, who is over communications for Nevada and Utah, stated, “We’ll be consolidating the Ogden Valley branch on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at noon. Until then, customers can use this branch and bank with us as they always have. After that, they can visit us at our North Ogden branch, approximately 7.5 miles away. Other nearby branches are Ogden Main and Twelfth Street. “This is not an easy decision or one that we take lightly. We continually evaluate our branch network, and make adjustments based on customer use, market factors, economic trends and competitor actions. This process leads to both expansion and consolidations. In the case of our Ogden Valley branch, we’ve seen a decrease in customer traffic over the last few years. “While branches continue to be important in serving our customers’ needs, we’re finding that customers are often using our wide range of digital capabilities for many of their banking needs. As a result, more transactions are happening outside the branch. “We value our customers and will keep them informed of any changes that may impact their everyday banking.” Wells Fargo has been reeling and trying to rebound from a series of legal issues over the past year. Last summer, it was brought to light that, as a result of pressures from internal sales goals, bank employees were opening multiple accounts, credit cards, and other financial products for customers contested as fraudulently. WELLS FARGO cont. on page 9 TRANSPORTATION cont. on page 10 Annual Pineview Reservoir Beach Cleanup Announced: Join with community volunteers July 18 The Ogden Ranger District and Detours of Huntsville invite the public to participate in this year’s Pineview Reservoir Beach Cleanup night planned for Wednesday, July 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The cleanup offers fun, exercise, a chance to meet new people, participate in a great outdoor activity, help the environment, and keep our waters beautiful! This event is designed to reduce litter along the shorelines of Pineview, increase community pride, keep our surrounding environment clean, increase public awareness, and demonstrate positive action about the issue of littering. Garbage bags and latex gloves will be avail- able onsite where volunteers are asked to gather—at Detours, a Huntsville business located at 237 S. 7400 E. Volunteers are encouraged to bring water and wear appropriate clothing, shoes, a hat, and sunscreen while participating. In addition, if you are a concerned recreationist, or work with a group that would like to help maintain and protect the shorelines of Pineview Reservoir and Causey Dam, please contact Lisa Thompson, Volunteer and Partnership Coordinator, Ogden Ranger District, at 801-625-5850 to find out about the Forest Service’s Adopt-A-Beach Program. You may also email her at <lisathompson@fs.fed.us> This accident occurred July 8 on 7100 E. near Quist’s Beach in Huntsville after a smaller Ford car backed out into oncoming traffic on the highway while trying to find a parking spot near Middle Inlet. A truck clipped the backend of the Ford, which flipped the truck. Eden resident Niels Wheelwright, who witnessed the accident, captured this photo. Reservoir recreationists parking along the highway in both Huntsville and Eden have become an ongoing problem and safety issue. |