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Show THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 2 Volume X Issue IV June 1, 2004 Letters to the Editor The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Staff: Shanna Francis Tel: 745-2688 Fax: 745-0062 Cell: 791-4387 E-Mail: slfrancis@att.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 745-2879 Fax: 745-2879 E-Mail: crwendell@att.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 O GDEN 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 O GDEN VALLEY NEWS reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The O GDEN VALLEY NEWS 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. Message from the Eden Park Board The Eden Park has a new interim Board that was set in place in March 2004 by the Weber County Commissioners. At present, we are working hard to get the Park ready for the 2004 season. We have been taking park reservations since the first of April for the bowery, arena and playing fields. Lisa Pack (745-2349) or I will schedule or work with requests as we receive them. We have been hearing a lot of rumors about the Balloon Festival in the past six weeks. Since 2002 the Balloon Festival has been a privately operated business and is not associated with the Eden Park. Beginning the first of April the Park Board requested that the Balloon Festival organizers present their proposed plans to the Board if their intent was to hold their activity at the Park this year, and the organizers stated recently that they would let the Board know of their intentions. If and when their proposal is presented to the Park Board, it will be discussed and voted on during the next public meeting. The scheduled park meetings are the first Thursday of the month at the park bowery at 6:30 pm, and we welcome ideas from the Eden residents at those meetings. The Eden Park is a great asset to the Eden community and we, the Park Board, are striving to make it a first class facility. Rod Peterson Interim Park Board Chairman Cutting the Apron Strings With Mother’s Day in the near past and high school graduation in the near future, I felt compelled to share the best gift my mother ever gave to me. When I graduated from high school she cut the apron strings. My mom gave me her blessing and turned me out into the world. When your children reach a certain age, and for many, it’s as early as 18, it’s time for you to show them just how much you really love them. Cut those apron strings. It’s a gesture that says, “I love you; I trust you; I have faith in you; I am so proud of you.” Let your children know you’re there for them, but encourage them to experience life. That means let them expose themselves to both the ups and downs of life. They can’t do this with Mom and Dad hovering over their every move. Parents who hold their kids’ hands well into adulthood are not doing their kids any favors. Sure, I made a bunch of mistakes once I ventured away from my home. But each mistake brought me closer to discovering who I was, and more importantly, who I wanted to be. I’m a major proponent of a college education, and going to college is a great way for young adults to bridge the gap between dependence and independence. While at college, they learn skills and tidbits of knowledge associated with their chosen major. But what is learned between classes is what really counts. College students learn life skills such as relating to people from different backgrounds, managing money, prioritizing, balancing time, defining needs and wants, and staying true to themselves. (My brother-in-law even learned not to put Dawn in the dishwasher, and that it’s best to cook Top Ramen in boiling water, not cold water.) Encourage your children to go to college somewhere other than in the city they grew up in. Or, if they do go to the local college, allow them to get an apartment or live on campus instead of staying at home. Furthermore, don’t call your son every night at 10:00 to make sure he’s studying, or pop in for a surprise visit at your daughter’s sorority. Step back and let the young adult you raised make his or her mark in the world. After all, the biggest reward of parenthood is when our children have become good, responsible, confident, effective, inspirational adults. How much a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home! –William Cowper Wendy Toliver, Eden Deadline for material for the June 15 OVN issue is June 9. Dyers Woad Community Supports Trails I cannot keep silent any longer. Why? Because I am ticked off, incensed. There have been several articles the last two years in the Ogden Valley News and one this year so far, requesting residents of the Ogden Valley to help eradicate that scourge, the dyers woad. We wholeheartedly concur with the need to rid our Valley of this noxious weed. My husband and I spent two whole summers working on this situation in our pasture. It is only one acre, but last year, especially, it was just full of the stuff. So we got out there some days two hours, some days four hours, some days the better part of the whole day—in the hot sun and chopped, pulled, cut—whatever it took—to get those abominable weeds out of our pasture. Our lawn for the most part was clear of them, but there were a few out near the street which I hit with weed spray. We took a wheelbarrow out to the pasture filled with the necessary tools; butcher knives, screwdrivers (for prying them out of the ground), pruners, shovels, spades, rakes, you name it—and we worked and worked. When we couldn’t pull them out by the roots, we cut them off, trying to get that done before the flowers released their seeds. We are retired so we are not that young. It was backbreaking work. One Saturday, we hired a family with lots of kids who needed the work to help get out the weeds. We wanted to get the blossoms off at least so they wouldn’t propagate all the morel. We picked them up and put them in trash bags which we tied up so none of it would get out to plant themselves elsewhere. Then we raked up whatever was left and bagged it up. After that, our pasture was clean of dyers woad. If somehow, a plant came up subsequently, we went right after it and got rid of it right away. This was how we spent two whole summers up here in our beautiful Valley—trying to keep it beautiful and a good place to live. We didn’t take a trip or go anywhere, which we could have. Now granted, many residents work, have jobs down in Ogden or Salt Lake City or many other places on the Wasatch Front. We realize that after a day of work, they may be tired and not have the energy nor incentive to get out in their yards and weed like there is no tomorrow. But on the other hand, they have to do something. This weed will not disappear by itself. It is only increasing in numbers. This is what is very disheartening. As hard as we worked, we still see people’s property just covered in it. In other cases, it may be a small stand of it alongside the road in front of their property. Some people apparently simply don’t car, couldn’t care less and aren’t about to lift a finger to get rid of it. I also saw some on either side of the road up on the Divide when I drove it the other day. Well if this isn’t taken care of, what do you think is going to happen with the next strong wind? The seeds will be blown all over this Valley. The same with those uncaring residents who allow lit to thrive in either small amounts or on a whole lot on their property. There is no cooperation from them at all despite the warnings that lit can take over your property crowding out all other desirable plants and grass. Why should those of us who are conscientious work so very hard to get rid of this botanical plague, when others don’t even give it a second thought? We get it off our property only to have it reseeded due to the negligence of those who “frankly, my dear, don’t give a damn.” I need an answer! Ogden Valley Pathways volunteers have put in over 115 hours of trail maintenance work in less than one month this spring! Since May 4, over 30 volunteers contributed time and effort to maintain the trails in Ogden Valley. Volunteers have rebuilt the fencing at the North Arm Trail Head, removed fallen trees and branches and collected trash from the Nature Trail along Pineview Reservoir, and collected trash and trimmed branches from Pineview West. Thanks to those members of the community who have contributed time. Thanks, also, to Peterson Builders of Eden who provided a generator that was used to repair the fencing at the North Arm Trail Head. In coming weeks, Ogden Valley Pathways volunteers will work on Quist Beach and Wheeler Creek trails, clearing downed trees and branches, and collecting trash. Work will also begin on an extension of the Pineview West trail around the reservoir. This new trail will begin at the Pineview North Trail Head and proceed east toward Eden Park and then north towards 1900 North. Plans call for road base compacted to accommodate bikers as well as walkers and horseback riders. Volunteers are needed to help in building new trails and maintaining existing trails in Ogden Valley. Work days are every other Tuesday and every other Saturday. During June the schedule is: Tuesday, June 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 19, from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, June 29, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the North Arm Trail Head (off State Highway 162 in Eden) for work session assignments. For more information, call Brandon Fuller at 645-6060 or Melodie Hansen at 745-3345. E. Diana Schraedel Liberty Inspirational Thought “Keep your face toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman Helene Liebman, Chair, Ogden Valley Pathways Valley Businesses Do More Than Offer Great Services Many businesses and local residences helped in a fundraiser for our local preschool and daycare. The Old Fire House Child Care L.C. recently hosted a community yard sale to benefit the school age summer program. The money raised will help ensure that all of the children will be able to participate in summer activities such as golf lessons, tennis lessons, hiking and picnics, computer classes and much more. We are all here to help each other, and that we accomplished. We are so thankful for the generosity our local businesses portrayed. Each business was so willing to give to this event to benefit the children. Because this was such a success, we plan on making it an annual event. We would like to thank the following businesses: Wolf Creek Resort, Erin Dauby, Golf Pro, Valley Hair, Eats of Eden, Red Moose Lodge, Alpine Pizza, Yukon Grille, Summers End, Snowberry Inn, Eden Coffee and Cocoas, Five’s Flowers, Gray Cliff Lodge, Subway, Red Rock Ranch and Outfitters, Melodie Hansen tennis instructor, Nicole Kester, Great American Reality, Stacy Frye, Tupperware, Spic and Span Cleaning, Powder Mountain, R.L.K. Electric, Diamond Peak, Wendy Einnarson, Mary Kay, Vanessa Domben, Avon, S & S Excavating, Nordic Valley Water, and all the local residents who donated items to this event. Thank you all! 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