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Show Page 2 The Ogden Valley news Volume XXVII Issue I May 15, 2020 The Ogden Valley news Staff: Shanna Francis Tel: 801-745-2688 Fax: 801-745-2688 Cell: 801-791-4387 E-Mail: slfrancis@digis.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 801-745-2879 Fax: 801-745-2879 E-Mail: crwendell@digis.net crwendell@msn.com Opinions expressed by advertisers, columnists or letters to the editor are not necessarily the opinions of the owners and staff of The Ogden Valley news. guidelines for Letters to the Editor Letters should be 300 words or less. Letters must be signed and the address of the writer submitted. The Ogden Valley news reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The Ogden V alley n ews will print local birth, wedding, obituary, anniversary and missionary farewell & homecoming and Eagle Scout announcements free of charge. 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Note: The contents of The Ogden Valley News are copyrighted. To protect this publication and its contributors from unlawful copying, written permission is required before any individual or company engages in the reproduction or distribution of its contents, by any means, without first obtaining written permission from the owners of this publication. The deadline for the OVN June 1 issue is May 15. Letters to the Editor When This Is Over… When this pandemic is over, may we never again take for granted… a handshake with a stranger. Full shelves at the store. Conversations with neighbors. A crowded theater. Friday night out. The taste of communion. A routine check- up. The school rush each morning. Coffee and a visit with a friend. A roaring stadium. Each deep breath. A boring Tuesday. Life itself. When this ends, may we find that we have become more like the people we wanted to be, and may we stay that way—better for each other because of the worst. Laura Kelly Tanucci, Portland, Oregon Ogden Valley Recreation Director Steps Down: Thanks community for their past support To all our supporters of the Ogden Valley Recreation program, it is with a heavy heart that I have decided to cancel our baseball/softball program for this year. I feel it is in the best interest all at this time with the coronavirus and its guidelines. It has been my joy to manage the basketball, baseball/softball recreation programs— either separately or together—for 30 years. I have loved watching the kids grow, and then even seeing kids on starting teams as a senior in basketball for Weber High. This generated such a great feeling—to see these kids play, knowing they started as third-graders in our program. I have decided to step down as the Director of the Ogden Valley Recreation program. I am hoping someone will come forward to show interest in taking this position. Anyone who is interested should contact me directly to discuss the protocol. Again, it has been such an honor to have served in this position for all of these past years, offering these programs in the valley. I hope next year the baseball/softball program will again be running as usual. I, again, want to state my disappointment of having to cancel our program for this year. At the present time, anyone wanting to play that sport, could contact Ogden City or any of the other cities to register. They are still on hold, making the decision to move forward or not, but are still interested in having a summer program. Those cities have not had a clearance yet or have not moved forward on any dates. Again, if you are interested in playing softball/baseball this summer, please contact any of the other cities. Thank you so much for all your support for Ogden Valley Recreation. Sincerely, Kathy Allen, Ogden Valley Recreation Director, Eden Make-A-Wish Seeks Community Support: OV Charity Garage Sale set for July 16-18 We would like to write a letter to our Ogden Valley friends expressing our personal gratitude for your contributions to the Ogden Valley Charity Garage Sale. It started over 21 years ago when two teenage sisters named Liz and Katie Stitt started a sale in remembrance of our daughter Elisabeth. Every year this sale grew in donations and proceeds. Last year, our final year, we were able to raise almost $30,000; an incredible THANK YOU to the Valley people for supporting this effort for so many years. Much of the proceeds of this sale have gone to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah to sponsor wishes for children in life-threatening circumstances like our daughter experienced. Make-A-Wish is very dear to us. This nonprofit organization came into our family’s life when our daughter was in treatment for cancer. Our daughter wished for a horse named “Carrots.” She received a horse, food for a year, a coral, and equipment to take care of the horse, as well as cowgirl outfits. Our entire family was included and we received a lot of joy from this endeavor. This week marks 40 years since the first wish that inspired the Make-A-Wish movement. This foundation is having a short-fall this year in donations due to the Coronavirus. They have challenged us to help fundraise for them so we are accepting donations. Please send a check payable to: MAKE-A-WISH UTAH ℅ HILLSTROMS 9520 E 400 S HUNTSVILLE UT 84317 Or, you may also donate directly at <https:// secure2.wish.org/site/TR/WishYourWay/ Make-A-WishUtah?px=5208771&pg=personal &fr_id=3459#.XrB_YshKg2w. Just to let you know, the charity sale has been taken over by Josh and Chelsea Slade with proceeds still going to help the Seager Memorial Clinic, which is a free healthcare clinic in Ogden. We strongly encourage the Valley to support this new endeavor. The Slades will begin collecting usable items July 1 at 8870 E. 500 S. in Huntsville. The dates for the sale will be July 16 thru July 18. Thank you for your continued generosity Ogden Valley! Mike and Cindy Hillstrom, Huntsville As Americans, We Don’t Go Hiding In Our Houses When Things Get Tough! What really constitutes a “virus?” Is it when your kid throws up all over the carpet? Or is it when your computer screen is bombarded with unwanted pornography? One thing’s for sure, social distancing won’t stop it. While the Public Health Department has been pumping the public full of propaganda, I, “Doctor Lentile,” have been doing a little research that would highly refute the public policy of “social distancing.” And sure, maybe I’m not a so-called “doctor of medicine.” But I sure as hell saw my daughter’s show Doc McStuffins on TV and thought “Pbbt, I could do that!” Are we really supposed to believe that there’s this thing killing thousands of people all over the country? Also, it seems awfully convenient that there hasn’t been one sighting of this alleged Coronavirus. Take Bigfoot, for example… we know he (or she) is real because we have photos and video footage that prove it. Does it not seem suspicious that we have never seen a picture of this Corona creature? There’s been a lot of talk about it being impossible to detect with the naked eye. Oh, so now it’s invisible! How convenient! What are we supposed to believe, it carries around an invisibility cloak like our story time friend Harrison Potter? Social distancing can only end badly. No man, no matter how strong, can defeat the Coronavirus alone. Social distancing is exactly what it wants us to do. It gets you alone, and kills you! If we’re going to have a shot against this thing we need to stand together, and I’m not talking about being together spiritually. We need to be physically standing close to each other, and probably with weapons. Mark my words, if the virus comes after me, I won’t be applying a mask. I’ll be loading my 12-gauge and blasting some buckshot into that virus’ backside! Even some of my closest relatives have told me that violence won’t solve things. Well, here’s how I see it. We’ve been on the defensive for long enough. It’s time to take action. Are we really going to let a little COVID get in the way of our freedoms—our freedom to dine out, our freedom to travel, our freedom to touch whomever we please? These are things that I am not going to give up without a fight. No man can live under these conditions for long. These days, all I do is spend time with my little girl. First of all, why isn’t she in school? When I was a kid, if a little pandemic came knockin’ at the door, we didn’t quit learning, we’d put a few rosaries in our pockets to ward off the plague and walk off to school. Second of all, the time I spend with my kid feels like I’m dying from something much worse than Coronavirus. For example, my kid isn’t old enough to play any real board games so we have to play the ones catered to her age group. If I have to play another Cranium brand board game I might die of under-stimulation. Cadoo, Whoonu, Cariboo, I’ve beaten my daughter at all of them too many times for them to be fun for either of us. My point is this, we can’t let some punk*** virus push us around. We’re Americans, and last time I checked, we don’t go hiding in our houses when things get tough. We roll up our sleeves and take care of business. Jason Lentile, Huntsville The Ogden Valley news would like to congratulate our 2020 graduates! Now that you’ve achieved this important milestone, continue to take charge of your life, set goals, and work hard to achieve them. Steer and move your life forward in the direction and with the speed that you have decided upon and charted! As you begin moving along this path that you have determined, you’ll begin to see how both challenging and rewarding it is, and, in turn, take more and more responsibility for your life and successes; success begets success. |