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Show Volume XIX Issue XX The Ogden Valley news Page 3 November 15, 2011 “Share Your Warmth” This Season Weber County residents are being urged to “Share Your Warmth” this season with those who are homeless or in need of assistance during a coats-for-charity drive being conducted by Your Valet Fine Dry Cleaning. “Bring in those coats or jackets you no longer need. We’ll clean them and give them to United Way, YCC, and Youth Impact in Weber County; and The Family Connection Center in Davis County,” states Jim Patterson, owner of Your Valet. Darlene McAtee, manager of the downtown Ogden Your Valet Fine Dry Cleaning location, added that coats for children of all ages, as well as men and women, are being collected during the drive. The collection of coats will continue until early December. At that time, the coats will be cleaned and readied for distribution to the agencies, which will be well before Christmas. McAtee stated, “Last year this program was very successful. We collected and cleaned about 1,000 coats for distribution. We hope that we will have another successful year.” For more information, please call Ms. McAtee at 801-394-2645. “Swords into Plowshares and Spears into Pruning Hooks...” By John Crabtree, Center for Rural Affairs While some veterans returning home have jobs waiting for them, many do not. Although traditional rural employment in farming, logging, mining, fishing, and small manufacturing has been declining for decades, small farms have been on the rise due to consumer interest in locally grown, organic and specialty foods. This demand creates unique and exciting opportunities for beginners—and veterans who would become farmers and ranchers. The USDA recently awarded the Center for Rural Affairs, Farmer-Veteran Coalition, Swords to Plowshares, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, and six other partner organizations with funding for a project that will allow veterans to learn strategies and implement plans for farm/ranch start-up, including financing, land access, and business development. Veterans will also learn to access the resources available to them for technical assistance, production and marketing information, and mentoring. Veterans who choose a life and career in farming and ranching help re-energize, rebuild, and revitalize our rural communities. But more importantly, no one is more deserving of spending a rewarding life on the land than the veterans who have stood in defense of the United States of America. Through this initiative, these organizations will do our best to repay the impossibly high debt our nation owes these men and women. Veterans building on their discipline and sense of service and using farming or ranching to reintegrate into society gracefully and fruitfully provide an opportunity for themselves and genuine hope for many of our rural communities. For more information, contact your Ogden USDA office. A Message from VCRD As development activities increase around Ogden Valley, we should all be prepared to engage with government agencies, and the best way to engage is with citizen participation. Valley Citizens for Responsible Development (VCRD) provides the organization and communication capabilities to have our voices heard. VCRD is a registered, nonprofit corporation whose mission is to advocate the protection of the rural characteristics and natural resources of Ogden Valley. The Corporation reviews, comments on, and monitors development plans in the Valley, and engages developers and government Let us help you get your Christmas cards out with ease. Send cards and gifts right from your home! Go to; sendoutcards.com/chuckhsf to send a FREE CARD NOW!!! officials to ensure that their actions and decisions promote well-planned and sustainable communities in accordance with Ogden Valley’s General Plan, and that new development and infrastructure complies with local, state, and federal law. All dues and donations to VCRD are tax deductible. If you wish to be added to the e-mail list and/or join VCRD for a $10 annual individual membership, or if you have questions, contact Larry or Sharon Zini at 801-7459673. To become a member, send your contact information and check for membership made out to VCRD and mail to: The Shop Around the Corner! Come see the all the fun NEW things happening at the beautiful Victorian house. Books ~ Home Decor Clothing Children’s Items the shOP arOund the COrner Located next to the Eden General Store. 5522 East 2200 North Eden, Utah 84310 801-745-6627 We are bursting at the seams with clearance items. Come by today and help us make room for our new inventory--beautiful new lines that will be here soon! MOn. - sat. 11 aM - 6 PM “Like” us on Facebook to see all the happenings, specials and events! C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D AT I O N O F OGDEN VALLEY The Community Foundation of Ogden Valley (CFOV) is extremely pleased to announce that we have achieved two major milestones and a third is in the works: Community Tennis Court Complex – In partnership with the Weber School Foundation, Ogden Valley Tennis Association, Ogden Valley Recreation, and Weber School District, the CFOV raised sufficient funds to begin tennis court construction. Over 200 individuals donated as much as $3,000. Valley Elementary and Snowcrest made large donations from their Chard funds; a single donor gave $10,000 and many in kind donations have been substantial and needed. We are so grateful for our grants that we received from RAMP ($100,000) and USTA ($35,000). CFOV is pleased to be managing this fundraising project this year in lieu of being able to make grants to the nonprofit groups involved. The process for our brick engravings for the plaza is underway, and will be ready for our unveiling in the spring. If there is a last minute addition, please contact us immediately through our website at <www.cfogdenvalley.org> We continue to receive and are grateful for donations for landscaping, a storage shed, and the entry plaza. We hope everyone, young and old, is in the process of digging out the old tennis racquet and planning to sign up for lessons or just hit the ball next spring when the courts will be surfaced and we begin playing. Pioneer Challenge Donors – About 50 Pioneer Challenge Donors demonstrated their Still your Authorized Trollbeads Dealer! Mention this ad and receive free gift! love of Ogden Valley and their confidence in CFOV by contributing a substantial amount to the matching fund in preparation for the 2012 Ogden Valley Discovery Days celebration and fund raising drive. The kickoff event was an “event of the year” dinner and entertainment at Ticklehook, the lakeside home of Jeff and Jenna Holt. Entertainment was provided by Nick Grant, Concertmaster for the San Diego Symphony. It was magical to hear the violin strings touched to perfection in a beautiful Valley setting. Attendees learned more about Valley nonprofit groups and showed their desire to help the Valley grow charitable giving as a core community value. Donors are known as Pioneer donors because 2011 is the first year matching donors have been organized. In subsequent years the Pioneer title will not be used. Pioneer donors may continue to sign up by contributing a minimum of $1,000 only through December 31, 2011. Those who wish to contribute less than $1,000 will be known as Friends of the Match, and will likewise demonstrate their understanding of charitable giving. Learn more at <www. cfogdenvalley.org> Discovery Days - During July and August 2012 the CFOV will launch a major community fundraising effort together with Valley charities. This will culminate in a valley-wide celebration on September 8, 2012. The Match money available will be used to turn money collected in that drive into something more for each charity. We can all plan to show the Match donors that we are equal to the challenge of growing charity in our Valley. We will have much more information as it becomes available. Mark you calendars! For more information, follow us on Facebook page Community Foundation of Ogden Valley and on our website. Remember Our Troops This Holiday Season Remember our troops this holiday season by donating items from the following list. The items will be shipped overseas to our troops. Items may be left through November 20, 2011 at the following drop–off locations: The Shop Around the Corner (formerly Dottie Beck’s) located at 5522 E. 2200 N. in Eden or St. Florence Catholic Church in Huntsville. Cash donations are also being solicited to defray shipping costs. VALLEY CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT For more information about this project, PO BOX 115 please email Julie Matysik at jmatysik@relia. HUNTSVILLE UT 84317 net or visit the following website: www.geociWe are seeing numerous development plans ties.com/militarycarepackage/ in various stages of implementation happening in the Valley again. This is a positive sign, as Needed Donated Items long as those plans are done responsibly, within Drinks—at least 10 individual packets of the parameters of the county’s ordinances, zon- at least 3 of the following: Instant coffee, powing, and Ogden Valley General Plan. dered Gatorade, and powdered hot chocolate. On November 22, the Weber County Drinks—at least 10 individual packets Commission’s agenda may include matters con- of at least 3 of the following: Kool-Aid, cerning the Green Valley Academy, which has pre-sweetened, tea bags, or Country Time been proposed to be built in Huntsville. Lemonade, pre-sweetened. Also on November 22, the Ogden Valley General—at least 10 individual packPlanning Commission will consider changing ets of each of the following: Flavored cofthe Subdivision Ordinance, Chapter 1, to: fee creamer (may go to a craft store and buy 1. Eliminate notifying surrounding property 1”x1” or 2”x2” Ziplock baggies and fill with a owners of pending development that, in the opin- spoonful or two of coffee creamer; please label ion of the Weber County Planning Department, baggies with Sharpie marker), Mrs. Dash, and are within the scope of the subdivision ordinance. different hot sauces. 2. Eliminate review and recommendations Non-Microwave Meals—at least 5 serv(for or against) by the Ogden Valley Planning ings of each: Instant oatmeal or grits; breakfast Commission on all development of 10 units bars, granola bars, cereal bars, Power Bars, and (condos, homes, etc.) or less, regardless of the Pop Tarts. amount of acreage involved, if, in the opinion Non-Microwave Meals—at least 5 servings of the Weber County Planning Department, the of each: Cup ‘o Noodles soups, dry cereal - indidevelopment falls within the scope of the sub- vidual serving boxes, and bowl Appetite dinners. division ordinance. This could also stifle the Microwave Meals—at least 5 servings of ability for public input on these developments at Planning Commission meetings. For more information, you may also visit the VCRD website at <www.vcrdutah.org> Dottie Becks is now The Shop Around the Corner Community Foundation Marks Milestones each: Kraft Mac & Cheese dinners, microwave popcorn, and small microwave dinners in cups. Microwave Meals—at least 5 servings of each: Campbell’s Chunky Soup, Pasta Anytime Dinners, and Dinty Moore Meals. Fun Stuff—at least 2 of each: Small board games and video tapes or DVDs of popular sitcoms, i.e. The Office. Fun Stuff—at least 2 of each: Music CD’s and small electronic games, i.e. cards. Practical Items—at least 5 of 3 of the following: A & D Ointment, Chapstick, Baby Wipes, Foot powder, and Sunblock (highest SPF) Practical Items—at least 5 of 3 of the following: Glade stick ups, Dixie cups, Ziplock baggies, Dryer Sheets in Ziplock bags, deodorant, or Clorox wipes. Snacks—at least 5 servings of at least 3 of the following: Salsa and chips, tuna in the “fresh pouch,” Slim Jims/Beef Jerky, Crackers and Easy Spray Cheese, or Potted meats and crackers. Snacks—at least 5 servings of at least 3 of the following: Single serving chips – any flavor, Cookies – store bought – chocolate doesn’t ship well, tuna with crackers, candy (hard candy is best—it won’t melt), Little Debbie Snack Cakes, applesauce, or pudding, fruit cups with pop-off lids (send plastic spoons, too!). Snacks—at least 5 servings of at least 3 of the following: Graham crackers, Lunchables, pretzels, brownies – store bought, raisins, trail mix in Ziplock bags, or licorice. Snacks—at least 5 servings of at least 3 of the following: bubble gum; snack mixes, i.e. Chex; cashews, peanuts, etc.; Rice Krispie Treats – store bought; or Goldfish Crackers |