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Show The Ogden Valley news Page 12 Volume XXV Issue IX June 1, 2019 Big Mountain Highway Opened The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) advises motorists and outdoor recreation enthusiasts that state Road 65, the Big Mountain Highway—from milepost 3, just north of the Emigration Canyon Road turn-off in Salt Lake County, to milepost 14, near East Canyon Reservoir in Morgan County—is now open to all traffic for the spring and summer season. The gates will remain open until late next fall. The remainder of this route is open year around. SR-65 is closed for the winter months between these points each year because of Snowcrest National Junior Honor Society Scholarship Winners motorist safety concerns and the prohibitive cost of keeping it open to traffic. The roadway is opened each spring once winter weather Five student members of conditions have generally subsided. Motorists Snowcrest’s National Junior are advised that some winter storms may still Honor Society chapter won a occur at the highest elevations on this roadway prestigious scholarship award well into the summer months, so they should this year. Nominees were be prepared for this when traveling this route. judged based on their conFor information about Utah road conditributions to both school and tions 24-hours per day, go to the UDOT Traffic the broader community; stanWebsite at http://udottraffic.utah.gov or download the free Utah Traffic App, available for dards precisely aligned with the five pillars of download in the iPhone App Store and for NJHS: character, service, leadership, scholarship, and citizenship. Students worked closely Android smart phones at Google Play. with their teacher to complete applications for this award, hopefully preparing students for future scholarship entries. “Recognizing the need to help middlelevel students jump-start their quest toward Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s Winners banks $100 check Announced—Local student cial center, presented Snowcrest Junior High higher education, the National Junior Honor Society offers the annual NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award. The award recognizes 500 exceptional NJHS students with $500, to be placed in a college savings account program managed by Oppenheimer Funds (OFI Private Investments) as part of the New Mexico Education Trust Board’s 529 college savings plan: The Education Plan.” The five exceptional Snowcrest Skyhawks winning this scholarship prize are Gracie Haun, Joshua Waldrip, Samuel Hedges, Reece Lifer, and Kaden Olsen. These students were recognized at the National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony held in the Snowcrest Junior High Library May 9. School students Lillyn Bailey and Enya Banks a one-hundred-dollar check for their student savings accounts. Their names were chosen from the Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s scholarship drawing. Lillyn is the daughter of Dave and Sharleen Bailey of Liberty. Enya is the daughter of Troy and Barbara Banks of Huntsville. Applying is Easy Applying for the Pays for A’s program is easy: 1. Take your most recent report card for the 2018-2019 school year to any Zions Bank branch. 2. For every “A,” you’ll get $1 deposited into your Student Savings Account. Don’t have a Zion’s account or not a client? No problem, you’ll still be rewarded .50 cents per “A.” 3. Each “A” on your report card is an automatic entry for the chance to win in the community and grand-prize drawings. You must provide your name, grade, phone number, school name, and city to be entered. Pictured are Zions Bank Eden Branch Manager Eileen Sawyer with Enya Banks and Lillyn Year-end Grand Prize Drawing Bailey, winners of Zion’s Bank Pays for A’s. Entries from all community drawings will Getting good grades in school pays off— be pooled into the grand-prize drawing. One literally. You’ve worked hard for your grades; Utah student and one Idaho student will each it’s time to get paid for it! Hardworking 7th- win a grand prize—a $1,000 scholarship savthru 12th-grade teen students (ages 13 to 18) ings account. The deadline to turn in final in Utah and Idaho can earn $1 for every “A” report cards for the year-end drawing is July 15, Five exceptional Snowcrest Skyhawks won this year’s NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award and they receive on their 2018-2019 report cards. 2019. Winners will be announced in October $500 for their college savings accounts. They are, as shown above, Gracie Haun, Joshua Waldrip, Plus, for each “A,” students are automatically of 2019. Samuel Hedges, Kaden Olsen, and Reece Lifer. entered into drawings to win one of 152 scholFor more information about the program, arship savings accounts. e-mail pays4as@zionsbank.com or contact Don This added collaboration will help us address On Thursday, May 9, 2019, Eileen Sawyer, Milne, Zions Bank Public Relations at 801- FOREST SERVICE cont. from page 1 the most critical needs impacting the health of branch manager from Eden’s Zions Bank finan- 844-7977. tively keep our forests healthy.” Utah forests and watersheds.” This shared stewardship agreement estabUnder the agreement, the State of Utah lishes a framework that will allow the State of and the USDA Forest Service will focus on Utah to work collaboratively with the Forest landscape-scale forest restoration activities that Service to accomplish mutual goals and effec- protect at-risk communities and watersheds. Send payment with mailing address to: tively respond to the increasing suite of chal- Shared Stewardship responds to the urgent and lenges on National Forest System lands within growing challenges faced by managers and he gden alley ews Utah. owners of forests in Utah and across the nation, “Through programs like the Watershed among them catastrophic wildfires, invasive PO BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 Restoration Initiative, which is responsible species, drought, and epidemics of forest insects for restoring over 1.6 million acres of prior- and disease. Of particular concern are longer ity watershed statewide, our state has devel- fire seasons and the increasing size and severity oped a history of working collaboratively with of wildfires, along with the expanding risk to our federal and local partners,” said Governor communities, water sources, wildlife habitat, air Herbert. “This new Shared Stewardship agree- quality, and the safety of firefighters. ment offers us another tool in our toolkit to The agreement can be found at <Utah elevate cooperation with our federal partners. Agreement for Shared Stewardship> Subscriptions available for out-of-area residents at $18 annually. T O V n |
