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Show Volume XXV Issue X The Ogden Valley news Page 11 January 15, 2019 Keeping Fire Hydrants Accessible Basketball Hitting Its Stride: The An extremely important, but often overRecent snowstorms, combined with the looked, safety issue is snow-covered fire effects of roads and parking lots after being Jazz, SkyhawksTheyand More! hydrants. Fire hydrants are owned and main- plowed, have left many fire hydrants partially or By Colton Pack followed up the Idaho win with a tained by various water companies; however, everyone is responsible to help maintain good access to them. Each resident may not always have a hydrant on their property, but any hydrant in the vicinity of a home could be used as a water supply in the event of a fire. Fire hydrant locations—especially for older hydrants—are oftentimes hundreds of feet away from any residence. Regardless of a hydrant’s location, Weber Fire encourages all residents to know the location of the closest hydrant and help to make sure it is always accessible. The protection of your home may depend upon it. Weber Fire has an How To“Dig-Out” A Hydrant informal program called - Minimum of 3 feet to and “Adopt-aaround the fire hydrant. Hydrant” in which residents take responsibility of a hydrant(s) and help maintain its fire-ready accessibility. We recommend that residents and neighborhoods team up and adopt their neighborhood hydrant(s) to make sure they are all accessible. This needs to be done after each storm, or as often as needed. Generally it takes about five to ten minutes to correctly shovel the snow out from around a fire hydrant. However, in case of a fire, those minutes could mean the difference between losing an entire home and, conversely, containing the fire. When firefighters respond to a fire alarm, it is done with a limited number of people and so everyone’s function is vital in the first few minutes of a fire. The longer it takes to tap into a water supply, the longer it is before firefighters can do other vital functions required when fighting a fire. completely buried by snow. It is important to realize that snowplow drivers are not provided with any specific instructions with regards to plowing snow near hydrants. Their number-one concern is removing snow from streets to make them safe for travel. However, the snow they remove from the roads oftentimes ends up burying fire hydrants; thus, the need to be ever diligent in keeping them accessible remains one of our top concerns; we hope it is of concern to you, too. Fire hydrants need a three-foot clearance outside the connection point. They also need to be cleared to the bottom of the hydrant. This is to assure firefighters can make a quick connection to the water that the hydrant provides. There are hundreds of hydrants that need to be cleared out each time it snows. Although firefighters do their best to shovel many hydrants, it is impossible for us to clear each one out after every snowfall. Please take a couple of minutes to uncover any fire hydrants within the vicinity of your home after each snowfall. Clear a path approximately three feet around the circumference of each hydrant. Then, shovel a path from the street or roadway up to the fire hydrant. By keeping fire hydrants clear of snow, the public can help firefighters easily locate hydrants and access water quickly, saving critical time when an emergency does arise. Please consider helping a neighbor with a medical condition or who is elderly by shoveling out a hydrant in front of their home. Remember, quick access to fire hydrants benefits everyone. The “Adopt-a-Hydrant” program at Weber Fire is an informal, volunteer program; therefore, it is not necessary to advise the fire department in regards to which fire hydrants you will be clearing. Weber Fire has created hydrant marker poles that are attached to the caps of fire hydrants and extend up about four feet. They are painted orange for better visibility, which helps to locate hydrants during times of deep snow. If a hydrant does not have a bright orange pole marker, please contact Captain Kevin Sheridan at 801-745-2315 or <ksheridan@ weberfiredistrict.utah.gov> During mid-January every year, the basketball season is well underway and hitting its prime. From Snowcrest Jr. High to the Jazz, what are the local basketball teams doing in their different leagues? Snowcrest Jr. High kicked off their season with an exciting overtime win at South Ogden Jr. 46-43. After a two-week holiday break, the Skyhawk’s had one practice to prepare before playing in their opener. The game came down to the last second and Snowcrest needed a bucket to tie the game and force overtime. With a few seconds left, Hunter Schenck took an elbow jumper that was tipped; Gage Pack grabbed the rebound and tied the game as time expired. Snowcrest sealed the win in overtime for the first victory on the year. Pack gave his thoughts on his first “real” buzzer beater. “It was so amazing to make that shot because I have never made a real buzzer beater in a game so I was speechless when I saw the ball go into the hoop.” Last week, the Skyhawk’s returned home to face Sandridge Jr. High. Due to missed shots and a 16-point deficit in the third quarter, they lost 26-33. “It goes that way sometimes. You have games where you miss everything; there is a lid on the basket,” said head coach Michael Olsen. “I told them in the locker room after, keep your heads up. Let’s learn from this and come ready next time,” he continued. The team made a push in the fourth quarter with an effective press, and six straight points by Schenck, but still fell short. “The press made them go in a hurry. They had to make a decision to either try to dribble it into our guys or try to make an overhead pass that wasn’t very smart,” said Schenck. This week, Snowcrest plays at Roy on Tuesday, January 15; and then at home vs. Rocky Mountain on Friday at 3:00 p.m. Come out and support your Skyhawks! As for the Weber High boy’s basketball team, they pulled out a nine-point win vs. Mountain Crest, 49-40. This was their sixth win on the season. Valley residents Hudson Schenck, Braedon Iverson, and Max Triplett all played well in the win. Schenck recorded 17 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and four steals. Triplett pulled down 11 rebounds to go with his 10 points. Iverson walked away with five points, four boards, two assists, and a steal. The Warriors followed their win up with a blowout loss at the hands of the Davis Darts in Farmington. The final score was 68-46; this was the team’s fourth loss on the year. “We shut down there scorers and made non scores score. Unfortunately, the players that usually don’t hit shots hit a lot of them,” commented Schenck after the game. Both games this week are away—at Syracuse High and at Layton High. The Weber State men’s basketball team is off to an average year with an overall record of 9-6. On New Years Eve they managed a sixpoint win vs. the Idaho Vandals. Three Nights This Year reserved seatiNg blowout victory over Northern Arizona, 77-52. They then lost in overtime to Southern Utah University at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. Finally, the Utah Jazz just finished a fourgame road trip that included games against the Raptors, Cavs, Pistons and the Bucks; they split the four games going 2-2. After the road trip, Utah came back home to face the Magic. With his 45 points, Kawhi Leonard lifted the Raptors over the Jazz in the 116-122 loss for Utah. Jay Crowder scored 30 points for the Jazz, shooting 5-7 from the three-point line and 7-7 from the free-throw line. With the close loss, Utah competed well with one of the best teams in the league. There were a lot of positives and some negatives that the team can take away from the loss. On their second game of a four-game road trip, the Jazz blew-out the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-91. Donovan Mitchell led the push with a game high, 18 points. Seven other Jazz players also ended the game in double figures. The game was close up to the end of the third; this is where Utah started putting it on Cleveland. The defense was stifling and the offense picked up. The Jazz continued the route in the fourth, holding the Cavs to just 20 points. The win included some friendly competition with the recent trades between the Jazz and Cavs, which included Rodney Hood, Alex Burks, Jay Crowder and Kyle Korver. Both Crowder and Korver have proven their value since arriving from Cleveland. Even with a terrible first quarter where the Jazz fell behind 13-31 to the Pistons, they found a way to win on the road with the help of Mitchell’s 24-second half points. With 22 seconds left in the game, Mitchell hit an elbow jumper that put the Jazz up by four to seal the win. After making the shot, Mitchell then pointed to a heckling fan and said, “You did this.” The fan had been in Mitchell’s ear all night long; Mitchell must have found motivation in the fan’s words. In the last game of their four-game road trip, despite their injuries, the Jazz competed all night with the Milwaukee Bucks, who currently have the best record in the NBA. In his postgame interview, Mitchell mentioned, “They have the best record in the league, and we were basically all the way there. We have a lot of stuff we can build on. One stretch hurt us. If we hit shots and get stops, it’s a totally different game.” Lastly, the Jazz took on the Magic at home. The game was almost a repeat of the Detroit game; Utah got down big early but had a big third quarter to bring the game back in balance. At one time the Jazz got down by 21, but took their first lead thanks to Raul Neto and his back-to-back layups. Mitchell Scored 33 in the contest and added seven assists. Rudy Gobert pitched in a doubledouble, scoring 12 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. It was a quality come-from-behind win after losing to the bucks the game before. 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