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Show The Ogden Valley news November 15, 2020 USPS MARKETING MAIL POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Your Community Newspaper Valley Elementary Hosts Holiday Giving Tree Valley Elementary is once again putting up their annual Angel Tree. The Angle Tree is a holiday giving tree that, through private donations, provides assistance to children and families within our school boundaries who need assistance during the holidays. This year, Valley Elementary is also partnering with Community Christmas. Their all-volunteer event, Community Christmas, strives to provide gifts and other winter essentials to approximately 2,500 local children in need who are not receiving holiday assistance. Children from Weber, Davis, and Box Elder Counties will benefit from the donations. Community Christmas is sponsored by Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership and the Ogden School District. OWCAP’s mission is to diminish the effects of poverty in Weber County through education, individualized support, advocacy, and collaboration. All proceeds for the event go directly to the event—no money is used for other services. Every dime raised for Community Christmas is used for the event goals and the families served. If you would like more information, visit <https://www.communitychristmasut.org/> Along with in-kind donations, Community Christmas is also taking cash donations, and need volunteers. Valley Elementary will provide a drop-off location for Community Christmas. If you would like to donate you can stop by the school during school hours and place your unwrapped Witches of Eden swap their brooms for paddles. Photo by Jackie Norton and John Durig. See more Halloween photos on our Facebook page. Singer/Songwriter Suffers Injuries in Eden Accident By Shanna Francis On Monday, October 26, around 4:30 p.m., an accident occurred on Wolf Creek Drive, just east of the Wolf Creek barn in Eden. The driver and passenger were transported by ambulance to an area hospital for observation, but were released later that evening. The driver of the car (a 2006 Ford GT)— singer, songwriter, and music producer Andy Chase of New York, New York—was driving down to the Valley Market with his friend Jesse Nelson when he tried to pass another car. According to an accident report from the Weber County Sheriff’s office, the driver was “speeding too fast for existing conditions.” The passing speed noted on the report was 55 mph—about 10 mph above the posted speed limit. According to Josh Stoddard, Chase’s business manager and publicist, the Ford GT was fitted with high-performance tires designed to be November 4, 2020 - In consultation with officials at the WeberMorgan Health Department, Weber High School will move to online instruction for the next two weeks. This action is in response to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the school. Currently, 15 or more individuals connected to the school have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past two weeks, and multiple classrooms have been affected. According to the Utah Department of Health’s School Manual, an outbreak is defined when, “15 people tested positive for COVID19 across multiple settings in the school (more than one classroom) and are connected by the same time period…” For example, “15 students and teachers in different classes in the school test positive within two weeks of each other.” Individuals who test positive must isolate and anyone exposed will be instructed to quarantine for 14 days. The soft closure began Thursday, November 5 and will run until Wednesday, November 18, with students scheduled to return to class Thursday, November 19. During this time, the Huntsville Man Shot in Valley Incident According to the Weber County Sheriff’s office, on October 23, 2020, around 10:40 p.m., Weber Area Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a man with a gun in Huntsville. The male subject was seen by the homeowner, attempting to break into a trailer parked in front of the house. The subject also fired several shots during this time. Deputies from the Weber County Sheriff’s Office responded, along with a Deputy from Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies arrived on the scene, the subject, who was armed, confronted them. The used at ambient air temperatures no colder than 50 degrees. When temperatures drop below this threshold, tire surfaces begin to harden, taking on the quality of hard, smooth plastic. Since the temperatures were only in the 30s that day, as the car took the curve, the rear tires fishtailed on the smooth road, and skidded almost immediately. The car, sliding sideways, hit the unpaved edge of the road “where it caught grip again, and shot off the side of the road with the brakes on…. Unfortunately, there was a 7-foot drop, which is why the car launched, tilted, landed on its side, and then rolled onto its back about 20 feet from the road.” Rumors going around put the speed of the car at about 100 mph, which would have launched the car “a hundred yards of more, way out into the field after rolling many, many By Shanna Francis times,” Stoddard added. The Ogden Valley Planning Commission ACCIDENT cont. on page 11 will once again take up the issue of shortterm rentals and how to best manage this popular trend that has taken the valley be storm. Currently, non-owner occupied housing makes up over 50% of the housing stock in building will be disinfected and sanitized accord- the Valley—a trend that continues to expand ing to the District’s Safe Weber Framework. due to the prices investors and businesses can The move to online instruction does not mean charge for nightly rentals in Ogden Valley. A the entire school is under quarantine. Only discussion and adoption of a recommendation individuals who have been directly exposed to to the three-member County Commission will someone with COVID-19 are required to quar- be made Tuesday, November 24 at their reguantine at home. larly scheduled planning meeting at 5:00 p.m. State guidelines allow for some extracurric- Interested parties may attend the meeting at the ular activities to continue during this timeframe Weber Center in Ogden, or through a ZOOM if there are no positive COVID cases associated link. In either instance, audience participation is with a particular setting. Participation in each accessible. Interested parties may also send, via activity will be evaluated on a case-by-case mail or email, comments regarding their posibasis. tion on short-term rentals to the Weber County Weber High is the third major high school in Weber School District to transition to online learning due a COVID-19 outbreak. Roy High School closed October 14 with students returnSolenne Songer of ing to the classrooms October 28. Bonneville closed October 29 with students scheduled to Huntsville recently completed her latest mural on return November 12. The District will continue to work closely the barn of Ron and Judy with officials from the Weber Morgan Health Gault of Huntsville Town. Solenne is a senior at Department in monitoring this situation and making any necessary adjustments. “We would Weber High School and is planning on attendWEBER HIGH cont. on page 12 ing Brigham Young University next year on an art scholarship. She was recently named as this year’s Sterling Scholar in Art at Weber High. Solene has also completed a couple of other murals found removed and around the Valley. transported to Ron Gault stated, my studio in “This year we have been Wy o m i n g , ” restoring this horse barn, said Holt, who which is located on the remolded the southwest corner of hands, then 500 S. and 7600 E. We cleaned and came up with the idea repainted the to add a mural because statue. we love the other ones For 25 that Solenne’s father Jake years Holt’s Songer has completed in studio was the area. When we dislocated in cussed it with him, he recDraper, which ommended Solenne commakes her a plete the mural because known name she has a special knack for restorafor painting animals. She tions and repairs in the Catholic churches in is a delightful young lady Utah. When the statues at Our Lady of Lourdes and we’re excited about Parish in Magna were vandalized nine years the result. We’ve already ago, Holt restored them. She has also repaired had many positive comstatues at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ogden, ments. The mural was creand at the Carmelite monastery, among others. MONASTERY cont. on page 7 MURAL cont. on page 8 Weber High School Moves to Online Instruction GIVING TREE cont. on page 12 subject made aggressive actions towards the deputies, and two deputies fired shots. The subject was hit by the gunfire. Medical rendered aid immediately; however, the subject succumbed to his injuries. No Deputies or other parties were injured in this incident. The investigation was turned over to the Weber County Attorney’s Office Officer Involved Critical Incident Team, per protocol. The Deputy from the Weber County Sheriff’s Office has been placed on administrative leave, pending the results of the investigation, per policy. OV Planning Commission Continues Consideration of STRs: Will meet Nov. 24 planning office prior to the meeting. Short-term rentals are defined as rentals of residential dwelling units (single-family and multi-family), usually for periods of less than a month. Short-term rentals are commonly booked through one of many online marketplaces, such as Airbnb, VRBO, etc; or local property managers. Currently, short-term rentals, or STRs, in Ogden Valley are allowed in DRR-1 (Destination Resort & Recreation) and FR-3 (Forest Residential, 3-acre minimum lot size) zones, but require a conditional use permit by meeting limited requirements such as adequate parking. Weber County planning staff state that the number of short-term rental listings they have identified has grown 15x since 2011, and continues to grow exponentially year over year. The largest problem is the number of COMMISSION cont. on page 3 Huntsville Gains Additional Mural Statue from Huntsville Monastery Undergoes Repairs By Laura Vallejo, Intermountain Catholic Catherine Holt has been repairing and restoring antique frames, fine art objects, fine china, pottery, ceramics, sculptures and family treasures for more than 30 years. One of her current projects is part of Utah’s Catholic history. “I was asked to restore the statue at the Old Huntsville Trappist monastery cemetery. It is an historic statue,” she said referring to a Marian statue that was placed 70 years ago to watch over the three dozen Trappist monks who were laid to rest in the cemetery of the now-closed Our Lady of the Holy Trinity Abbey. The Huntsville monastery opened in 1947; the final Sunday Mass there was celebrated by the monks on August 27, 2017. The monastery’s land was sold to Bill White, who, according to Holt, wants to preserve the monks’ legacy. White called on Holt to restore and weatherproof the 70-year-old statue, which is an image of Mary, Protector of the Faith. The passing years had not been kind to the statue. “Her hands were rotted, so we had the statue Solene Songer |
