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Show Page 4 The Ogden Valley News Volume XXIX Issue VI February 1, 2022 Ogden Nordic: Offering Winter Trails Extraordinaire! Ogden Nordic is a nonprofit organization in the Valley with a mission “to promote cross country skiing, snow-biking, and snowshoeing in Northern Utah through world-class grooming; dedicated volunteers; trails planning, construction and maintenance; all levels of instruction; and friendly social gatherings. This all happens through a contract Ogden Nordic has with the Weber County Parks and Recreation Department to operate a world-class winter trail system in beautiful North Fork Park. Ogden Nordic grooms 18 miles of trails for cross country skiing using snow cats, and about 11 miles of single-track trails for fat biking and snowshoeing using snowmobiles with specialized drags. We offer ski instruction through our PSIA accredited ski school, with group lessons on Saturdays and private lessons available on request. We do not offer equipment rentals. Please go to www.ogdennordic.com for information about where to rent equipment and for information about our operations. If you have questions after reading the website, give us a call. Grooming our winter trails involves significant expense, expertise, and time. The ski trails are groomed for skiing and the snowshoe/ fat-bike trails are groomed for those activities. Walking on trails without skis or snowshoes can seriously damage the trails (especially when the snow is soft) and presents a safety issue for skiers and bikers. So, we ask that you please respect the work and time that goes into grooming and not walk on the trails. We also ask that you contribute your daily trail fee for using the trails. You can buy a daily trail pass online at ogdennordic.com/day-passes or using Venmo, PayPal, or cash at the trailhead at the south or north gate. Dogs are allowed on the trails only if they are on leash. If you are not able to ski with your dog on leash, then please try snowshoeing or leave your buddy at home. Off-leashed dogs create significant hazards for skiers; we have had several dog bites by dogs who decided to chase a skier going fast. North Fork Park also has many resident moose (some with babies), which are a danger to unleashed dogs. We ask that you please be a responsible dog owner and keep everyone safe on the trails by keeping your four-legged friend on a leash. Join Ogden Nordic for a ski, bike, or snowshoe up to the winter yurts at Cutler Creek. The county Parks and Recreation Department received funding to build yurts in the park, which were completed last fall. Ogden Nordic is renting them out for winter use this season. We started with weekend rentals, and we are fully booked! Join us at the yurts for a Valentine’s lunch Saturday, February 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Buy a ticket for lunch, dessert, and live music at www.ogdennordic.com ($25/adult; $10/child). All proceeds benefit Ogden Nordic. Get on the trails for a 2-mile ski, snowshoe, or bike trip up to Cutler Creek and get a tour of the yurts and celebrate Valentine’s Day! Enjoy the winter; do your snow dances! BNI Presents Virtual Vistors Day From left to right, new BNI members Marley Colt, Kindbuds; Kimberly Cozzens, Zallevo; Patrick Packer, Patrick Packer and Associates; and Dr. David Richens, Simply Wellness Chiropractic. Exciting things are happening in the valley! A new Business Network International, BNI, chapter recently formed in Huntsville. The “Ogden Valley Go Getters” is hosting a Virtual Vistors Day Tuesday, February 8 at 11:30 a.m. Chapter members are looking for great professionals to whom they can refer business to. The purpose of the group is to pass on meaningful referrals that will help all not only earn money but help build relationships and wealth over the years. BNI’s purpose is to help businesses, large and small, grow their business and make more money. In 2021, the members of the BNI North region reported income in excess of $82 million on new business (Information taken from bninorthutah.com). Ogden Valley Go Getters meet every Tuesday in Huntsville Town’s beautiful Huntsville Mercantile building from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and occasionally on zoom. For more information and a link for the exciting Virtual Vistors Day, please text Becky Prout at 801-645-5001. February Fun @ the Ogden Valley Branch Library After School Program ing your skills in a variety of mini-games. - Wednesday s @ 2:30 p.m. Activities exploring STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) for grades K-6 are held during the school year. Younger siblings must be supervised by a caregiver. Discovery Time Mondays @ 10:30 a.m. Discovery Time provides an opportunity for babies and infants under school age to sing, move, learn, craft, play, and listen to stories with their guardian and a local librarian. It is for young ones up to age 5 and is crafted to help prepare preschoolers to read. Discovery Time is held in the Community Room each week. For questions or concerns, please contact the Ogden Valley Branch at 801-337-2660. Dungeons & Dragons – Feb. 3 @ 6:00 p.m. For youth ages 12-18. Ancient ruins, deadly dungeons, vicious monsters, and treasures beyond dreams await those adventurers brave enough to trek across uncharted wilds to make their mark and establish their legacy. Players of all skill levels invited. To register, call 801-337-2660. Youth Game Club – Tuesdays @ 4:00 p.m. For youth ages 8 - 18. Players are invited to learn and play a variety of board and video games. Games promote collaboration, inquiry, and critical thinking and are just plain fun! For more information, call 801-337-2660. STEAM Take Home Kits – Ongoing - For youth ages 5 to 18. Pick up a kit to explore at home: science, technology, engineering, art, or mathematics! E- Team Computer Classes - Feeling lost in the growing world of online resources and electronics? Sign up for one-on-one technology instruction. Beginner instruction is offered on Microsoft Word, Email, Internet Use, Resumes and eMedia. To sign up for one-on-one 30-minute sessions from the E-Team (24 hours’ notice required), call the Ogden Valley Branch library at 801-337-2660. Great Reads for Kids – Feb. 10 @ 7:00 p.m. A book group for youth in grades 3 – 6. Join for a fun discussion, activities, and refreshments. The first ten kids to sign up will receive their own copy of the book. To register, or for more information, call 801-337-2660. This month’s book is Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis. Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. Elijah’s the first child in town to be born free, and he ought to be famous just for that—not to mention for being the best at chunking rocks and catching fish. Unfortunately, all that most people see is a “fragile” boy who’s scard of snakes and tends to talk too much. But everything changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now it’s up to Elijah to track down the thief; his dangerous journey might make a hero out of him, if only he can find the courage to get back home. Teen Scene Book Discussion – Thurs., Feb. 17 @ 7:00 p.m. For those ages 12 – 18. Limited free copies of the book for those who register for the discussion. Register at 801-337-2660. This month’s book is Dear Martin by Nic Stone. Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend. But none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up… way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack. Free Movie Screenings – Saturdays @ 2:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Feb. 5 – Cool Runnings (PG) Feb. 12 – The Princess and the Frog (G) Feb. 19 – The Wiz Live (TV-G) Gotta Draw Them All - Thur., Feb. 17 @ 4:00 p.m. Grades K-6. Learn to draw some Pokémon using simple step-by-step instructions. Pokémon Scavenger Hunt – Feb. 21 – 27 For all ages. Can you find them all? Search for the wild Pokémon in the Library every day for a chance to earn your own Pokémon. Teen Scene: String Art – Thur., Feb. 24 @ 6:00 p.m. For ages 12-18. Create a geometric work of art using string. All supplies provided. Call 801-337-2660 to register. Pokemon Terrariums – Sat., Feb. 26 @ 2:00 p.m. For all ages. Create a terrarium for a miniPokémon figurine while watching Pokémon: The Movie 2000 and discussing the series with other fans. All supplies will be provided. Minute to Win It Olympics – Tues., Feb. 8 @ 4:00 p.m. For ages 8-18. Celebrate the Winter Olympics during Game Club by show- DIY Photo Coasters – Thur., Feb. 10 @ 6:00 p.m. For ages 18 and older. Create a set of personalized, usable drink coasters. To register, call 801-337-2660. Parenting the Love & Logic Way – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tues., Feb. 15; Thurs., Feb. 17; Tues., Feb. 22 & Thurs., Feb. 24 Love and Logic is a well-known parenting program that teaches parents usable skills to raise responsible children and have more fun in their parenting role. Taught by a USU Extension educator, this course will enhance your relationship with your child, reduce the strain in your family life, and help you enjoy parenting through ready-to-use take-home-skills. Registration is required, call 801-337-2660. Black History Month: Collaboration “Quilt” – Feb. 1-28 For all ages. Help us complete our paper quilt showcasing famous African Americans. Take home a piece of the quilt to color and return it to the library to add it to our quilt. Bingo Night – Tues., Feb. 8 @ 6:30 p.m. For all ages. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors for an evening of action-packed Bingo excitement. Players of all ages are welcome and prizes will be given. Puzzle Party – Sat., Jan. 29, All day! For all ages. Celebrate National Puzzle Day at the Library. Come by any time during operating hours to help build puzzles. Senior Lunch - Wednesdays @ 12:00 p.m. Senior lunches are served in the Community Room of the Ogden Valley Branch Library every Wednesday at noon. There is a suggested donation of $3.00 for seniors and a $6.00 charge for patrons 59 and younger. Zumba – Saturdays @ 9:30 a.m. For those ages 18 & older. Get in shape while enjoying the fun of Zumba! Zumba is a fun, easy-tofollow Latin dance fitness program. Yoga – Saturdays @ 10:30 a.m. For those 18 year & older. Both physical and mental, yoga is a low-impact exercise that promotes relaxation and reduces stress. Book Discussion for Adults – Wed., Feb. 2 @ 7:00 p.m. The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom’s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the thenpromising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it. It was the height of the Space Race and the neighborhood was home to a major NASA plant―the postwar optimism seemed assured. Widowed, Ivory Mae remarried Sarah’s father Simon Broom; their combined family would eventually number twelve children. But after Simon died, six months after Sarah’s birth, the Yellow House would become Ivory Mae’s thirteenth and most unruly child. A book of great ambition, Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America’s most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother’s struggle against a house’s entropy, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home only to reckon with the pull that home exerts, even after the Yellow House was wiped off the map after Hurricane Katrina. The Yellow House expands the map of New Orleans to include the stories of its lesser-known natives, guided deftly by one of its native daughters, to demonstrate how enduring drives of clan, pride, and familial love resist and defy erasure. Located in the gap between the “Big Easy” of tourist guides and the New Orleans in which Broom was raised, The Yellow House is a brilliant memoir of place, class, race, the seeping rot of inequality, and the internalized shame that often follows. It is a transformative, deeply moving story from an unparalleled new voice of startling clarity, authority, and power. Register by calling 801-337-2660. Featured Artists @ the Lorna Wattis Swanson Gallery – Nel Ivancich This month the Lorna Wattis Swanson Gallery is highlighting the work of artist Nel Ivancich. Nel Ivancich was a native of Salt Lake City, Utah. She received her BFA and MFA degrees from The University of Utah and was an associate instructor in the university’s art department for eight years. She also taught at The Salt Lake School of Interior Design. She was a member of The Utah Art Council’s Visual Advisory Panel and a founding member of Pleiades, a women’s art group in Salt Lake City. Nel’s paintings are exhibited widely in private, permanent, and corporate collections in California, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, New York, Washington, DC, Virginia, and Michigan. Her paintings are also included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; the Salt Lake County Collection; the State of Utah, Salt Lake Art Council Collection; the Salt Lake Art Center Collection; and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum Collection at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. TAX SPECIAL for TEENAGERS: 1040: $49.95 (no matter how many W2’s) “Kids living at home” returns only $35.00 with parents returns. |