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Show The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS January 1, 2004 Your Community Newspaper PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Happy New Year Ogden Valley Only Small Percentage of Residents Sign Petition for Feasibility Study By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Plenty of wetter than usual snow has enabled many a snowman to be built this holiday season. No Child Left Behind Weber County Schools Tested Compiled by Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Under a new Federal education mandate, each state in the nation is required to develop and implement a statewide educational accountability system that will ensure that all schools and districts make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as defined by the Federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was designed to improve student achievement, and change the culture of America’s schools. President George W. Bush describes this law as the “cornerstone of my administration . . . Too many of our neediest children are being left behind.” With passage of No Child Left Behind, Congress reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)—the principal federal law affecting education from kindergarten through high school. In amending ESEA, the new law represents a sweeping overhaul of federal efforts to support ele- mentary and secondary education in the United States. It is built on four commonsense pillars: accountability for results; an emphasis on doing what works based on scientific research; expanded parental options; and expanded local control and flexibility. WHAT NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND DOES FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN building language skills by talking with and reading to children. No Child Left Behind targets resources for early childhood education so that all children get the right start. Provides more information for parents about their child’s progress Under NCLB, each state must measure every public school student’s progress in NO CHILD LEFT cont. on page 11 A small group of proponents pursuing a feasibility study for incorporation of a section of Eden are moving ahead with the process, despite strong protests by a large segment of the community. Opponents claim they are concerned about the county spending their tax dollars—up to $50,000— on completing a feasibility study when they doubt that the community would support incorporation when it comes down to a vote at the ballot box. A review of the signed petitions for a feasibility study that were submitted to the county by petitioners on November 3 shows that, approximately, only 88 petitions out of the 197 submitted were signed by community members actually residing within the proposed incorporated area boundaries. The remaining 109 signed petitions were submitted by property owners who live out of state, including residents of New York, Oregon, Virginia, Alabama, Idaho, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Washington, Minnesota, California, Texas, Indiana, Alaska, Ohio, and even as far away as Belgium. Petitions were also signed by outside residents who live all over the state of Utah. Representatives from Worldmark the Club, which run a timeshare condo business at Wolf Creek, signed 25 petitions, one for each individualized parcel of property within the development that had a separate tax ID number registered with the county. Utah State code stipulates that only registered voters residing within the proposed incorporated boundary area will be allowed to vote for, or against incorporation. Approximately 600 property owners actually reside within the proposed Eden City boundaries. FEASIBILITY cont. on page 2 Supports learning in the early years, thereby preventing many learning difficulties that may arise later Children who enter school with language skills and pre-reading skills (e.g., understanding that print reads from left to right and top to bottom) are more likely to learn to read well in the early grades and succeed in later years. Research shows that most reading problems faced by adolescents and adults are the result of problems that could have been prevented through good instruction in their early childhood years (Snow, Burns and Griffin 1998). It is never too early to start Valley Planning News The Weber County Township Planning Commission recently met to hear petitions involving property in Ogden Valley. Petitioner Eden resident Brad Kelly has asked the County for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a used car lot and ATV sales center at 5402 E. 2200 N., Eden. The property is located west of Great American Realty. The Planning Commission tabled the petition, requesting more information. The Planning Commission also listened to a request for a Conditional Use Permit by petitioner Julee Bramson, allowing 184 Recreational Vehicle (RV) Storage units at 825 S. 7900 E., Huntsville. The property is located east of Highway 39, south of the American Legion and some existing storage units, and north of the South Fork River. The Planning Commission also tabled Bramson’s request, citing unresolved access issues. The petitioner’s site plan shows ingress to the development off of Burley Lane (7900 E.), a substandard, unimproved dirt road that provides access to private residents in the area east of the proposed development. To bring the road up to current standards, improvements would have to be made, and right a ways in some areas would have to be acquired along both sides of the road where access has been maintained only through prescriptive easement—an extended use of the current road area. Petitioner rejected the option of providing access to the proposed site off of Highway 39 because of associated costs and perceived safety issues. PLANNING cont. on page 2 Letters to the Editor . Page 2 Announcements . . . . Page 6 Historical Article . . . . Page 9 Calendar of Events . . Page 14 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Morning fog over Eden. First Night!—Ogden’s New Year’s Eve Extravaganza 2004 This year Ogden’s First Night is being held at the Eccles Center from 6:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., located at 24th Street and Washington Blvd., and at the Ogden Tabernacle from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at 22nd and Washington Blvd. Music for dancing on three stages at the Eccles conference center will be the feature of the evening, as well as food booths, and a grand finale fireworks extravaganza shot from the center of Ogden in the future Ogden Market Place. There will also be children’s entertainment— games, crafts, and activities sponsored by Children’s Treehouse Museum. Peery’s Egyptian Theater will host the Marx Brothers movie, “A Night at the Opera” and a Mardi Gras party gala event just before the Juggernaut Jug Band concert. (See Egyptian Theater website at www.peerysegyptiantheater.com for more details.) For OGDEN FIRST NIGHT information, check out www.ogdenfirstnight.com. Downtown Ogden will be the place to be for non-alcoholic fun and family festivity to FIRST NIGHT cont. on page 2 |