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Show The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS March 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 Huntsville Woman Named Weber County Mother of the Year Bonnie Sorensen of Huntsville has been named Mother of the Year for Weber County. She is the mother of five, and grandmother of 13. Her children currently range in age from 39 to 55. She is married to Leon Sorensen. Sorensen was nominated, in part, by Florence Mumford, also of Huntsville. Mumford states that she has known Bonnie for 40 years. “I don’t know anyone who was more qualified.” Sorensen was given the honor by American Mothers, Inc. Jane RenstromStevenson is the current President of the Ogden/Weber Chapter. RenstromStevenson stated, “Mothers can be nominated by anyone. Everyone is welcome. We try to make it as fair as possible. In response to her surprise win, Sorensen stated, “I feel very complimented and know there are lots more people who are more deserving.” Following is an article honoring Bonnie that was written by her son Richard of Eden. Mother of the Year? When the idea of my mother, Bonnie Sorensen, being nominated for Mother of the Year came up, my initial impression was “Wow, is she worthy of such an honor?” After minimal reflecting and soul searching, I concluded, unequivocally, that she definitely is not worthy of this honor, and a mis- take has definitely been made. In fact, there is probably neither a title nor an award out Bonnie Sorenson of Huntsville. there that would be fitting for her, except for the more appropriate title of “Mother of the Century.” While mom quite often went without, she MOTHER cont. on page 10 Planning News By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Opening ceremony at the Moscow Youth Games. Salt Lake Hosts MoscowUtah Winter Games By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News During the Week of January 30 through February 7, 2004 Salt Lake City hosted the Moscow-Utah Youth Games. Patterned after the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, approximately 380 athletes, aged 18 and younger, from Utah and Moscow, Russia descended on the city to participate in ten different sports at eleven Utah venues. Coaches, translators, representatives, and administrators completed the entourage, which was housed at three hotels within the downtown area. According to Utah Sports Commission President Jeff Robbins, the young men and women competed in Alpine Skiing, Curling, Speed Skating, Snowboarding, Cross Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Ice Hockey, Short Track Speed Skating, Tennis, and Volleyball. Robbins stated, “This was a phenomenal opportunity for sports perfection among our young athletes, consolidating the spirit of competition among the youth; and providing the opportunity for friendly relations between people of different cultures from different continents.” Young Utah athletes traveled from our state to Moscow during July of 2003 to participate in the summer games. Olympic venues created for the Utah Agenda items for the regularly scheduled Weber County Township Planning Commission meeting held on February 17, 2004 included a number of items impacting Ogden Valley. Weber County planner Craig Barker gave a presentation on a proposal to draft an ordinance to amend Chapter 22B of the County’s Zoning Ordinance affecting cluster subdivisions. Primarily in response to concerns in the west part of the county regarding the loss of prime farmland, the county is looking at revising the ordinance to allow developers to maintain ownership of open space created by cluster subdivisions, and allowing continued farming on the undeveloped portion of the parcel by the developer or by a new buyer. One additional building lot would also be granted within the open space, creating a possible small estate. Barker argued that this change away from open space being owned and maintained by a homeowner’s association would create a greater incentive for developers to PLANNING cont. on page 10 Daniel Froerer of Huntsville Returns from Iraq MOSCOW-UTAH cont.on page 11 Readers’ Feathers Ruffled Over Fowl Mistake The editor for The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS has been eating crow, after the photo entitled “Wild turkeys roam freely through Eden” appeared on the front page of the February 15 edition of the paper, and was plucked up by our readers. The incorrect naming of these feathered friends, which are actually domesticated Guinea hens owned by the Poulson family of Eden, ruffled a lot of feathers, and resulted in a lot of hen pecking by our readers who caught the mistake with a birdseye. The editor received many calls and emails about the erroneous poultry designa- tion. Mr. Ron Brown and Ms. Beth Maughn’s 5th grade classes from Plain City Elementary called the paper to offer their services in teaching the fine fledgling people of Ogden Valley a lesson or two on the proper identification of warm blooded, egg laying vertebrates. Ms. Francis stated she would like to apologize for the error before being completely tarred and feathered. She was recently quoted as saying, “Trust me, such a fowl mistake is definitely for the birds! When it comes to naming billed beasts, I definitely won’t be winging it again.” Daniel Froerer reunites with his family after serving in Iraq. By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News Daniel Froerer, son of Michael and Maren Froerer of Huntsville, recently returned home from Iraq for a short stay before leaving again for Fort Bragg in North This is a wild turkey . . . These are Guinea hens . . . Carolina. Froerer is a member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne, and has been trained as a paratrooper and a FSTR (Fire Support Specialist). He was recently promoted to a specialist with an E4 rating as a fire FROERER cont. on page 6 Letters to the Editor . Page 2 Calendar of Events . . Page 14 Announcements . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Page 6 Historical Article . . . . Page 9 |