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Show The Ogden Valley News May 15, 2022 Your Community Newspaper USPS MARKETING MAIL POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO Work on North Ogden Divide Begins: Closures Planned for May 17 & 18—All of June By Shanna Francis American white pelicans congregate around a common loon on Pineview Reservoir. Thousands of the pelicans migrate to and live in Utah during the summer months, mostly along the east shore of the Great Salt Lake from the Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Others can be found in areas of the state where water and fish are available. Most migrate to California and the west coast of Mexico for the winter. According to borealbirds.org, the species is a conservation success story, with major population declines and range contractions before 1980 largely reversed. Photo captured by Angie Holbrook of Eden. In February, Weber County Commissioners earmarked and approved $1.4 million for upgrades on the North Ogden Divide. These upgrades are slated to be completed this summer. Initial pre-construction work—culvert repair—will be initiated and completed Tuesday and Wednesday, May 17 and May 18. The mountain road will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on both days. Beginning June 6, the county will implement a full closure of the North Ogden Divide. It will remain closed for up to four weeks, as specified in its construction contract. According to county engineer Gary Myers, the hope is to complete the work within the window of time between Memorial Day weekend and the fourth of July; July 3 is the tentative date for the reopening of the muchused mountain road. Myers also noted that the county has been coordinating the Divide closure with UDOT and their upcoming project to complete the asphalt work on the bridge near Gray Cliff Lodge. Ogden Canyon bridgework will be delayed until after the completion of the North Ogden Divide project to accommodate traffic loads in and out of the Valley, according to UDOT representative Mitch Shaw. A set date has not been determined. During the North Ogden Divide closure in June, work will include a new 2-inch-asphalt overlay along the entire 4.5-mile length of the mountain road from Liberty to North Ogden. CLOSURES cont. on page 6 Ogden Valley’s Potential for Incorporation Grave Sites Honored Memorial Day 2022 The GEM Committee has received several inquiries regarding activity to incorporate Ogden Valley. There is an incorporation initiative underway, but it is not being driven by the GEM Committee. At this point, our state representative, Steve Waldrip, is providing direction This Memorial Day, several on this initiative. And one of the first steps in service members will be honored this initiative is to complete a feasibility study at our Valley cemeteries. Honor to determine the viability of incorporation. ceremonies will be as follows: The work to consider incorporation for our valley is just starting, and there will cer- • 9:00 a.m., Liberty Cemetery: Tyrus B Clark tainly be more announcements and meetings to Killed in action during WWII. include residents in Ogden Valley in the deci- • 10:00 a.m., Lower Eden Meadow View sions that will have to be made as part of the Cemetery: Allen Blair Thompson - He passed incorporation process. More information will away in 1985 in Santa Clara, California. He be provided soon. served in Korea and Vietnam. • 11:00 a.m., Upper Eden Mountain View Cemetery: Jack Calvin Fuller - Killed in action during WWII. • 12:00 noon, Huntsville Cemetery: Henry Weitzel - American Civil War. He served in an important regiment after enlisting at age 13 and mustered out at age 16 at the end of the war, which was very common during the Civil War. If you have any knowledge or information about any of these veterans to be honored, please contact Suzanne Ellison Ferre at 801660-0032 or suzhvl@hotmail.com so she can include this information in her remarks on Memorial Day. and from their homes. Additionally, Hwy 158 Foundation recently honored nine between the spillway and Eden’s Valley Market coaches and athletic officials for their will be closed during the race. Eden, Huntsville, contributions to Utah athletics. They and Liberty residents are asked to use Trappers were honored at a banquet held April Loop or the North Ogden Divide due to the Ogden 6. Two of the honorees are from Huntsville. Canyon closure. All Valley traffic is expected to Joe Cravens, the former Weber State, University return to normal by 1:30 p.m. on May 21. of Utah, and St. Joseph’s basketball coach received coach of merit honors while Lori Rupp, a long-time Utah high school drill team instructor and official; and Ernie Schneider Jr., a golf pro and course designer, received distinguished service awards from the Hall of Fame Foundation. Davis and Syracuse track and cross-country coach Roger Buhrley of Huntsville; long-time nities at Pineview Reservoir. Reconstruction will focus on day-use facili- Juan Diego football coach John Colosimo; former ties, including picnic areas, parking lots, rest- Judge, Kearns, and Skyline football coach Gil room facilities, water/wastewater systems, Cordova; former Judge, Skyline, and Park City swimming coach Gail Meakins, also of Huntsville; trails, roads, and signage. The project will be completed in phases over Snow Canyon volleyball coach Alaina Parker; the next few years. Phase one will be imple- and Bountiful soccer coach David Wigham also mented this year, 2022, and includes installation received distinguished coaching honors. Gail Meakins - California native Gail PINEVIEW SURVEY cont. on page 10 Meakins won a total of ten state swimming coaching the boys and girls teams of Park City High School and Judge Memorial Catholic High School. Her six girls titles came via two “three-peats,” one at each school. She also won three boys championship at Judge, following her one Gail Meakins title at Park City. Her athletes were adaptable, as illustrated by Park City’s outdoor pool workouts in the winter, with no indoor facility available. In a Deseret News story that mentioned how she warned swimmers about ice on the deck, she said having to use an outdoor pool “doesn’t seem to hurt us, but it does make us unusual.” So did her swimmers’ success at each school. Just as rewarding as those state championships, she hoped, were the life lessons learned through the habit of getting into the Ogden Marathon is Back: Canyon will be closed for eight hours May 21 Utah Sports Hall of Fame Honors On May 21, 2022, the GOAL 5:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. for the event. Ogden Foundation will host the 21st Annual Canyon residents will be permitted to use the Nine Coaches & Athletic Officials America First Ogden Marathon. Utah Highway Patrol shuttle service to travel to The Utah Sports Hall of Fame championships, while Ogden City welcomes back the marathon, close to three years after the last live in-person race was hosted in 2019. The Ogden Marathon is a major component in the GOAL Foundation’s mission to get Weber County residents and visitors out and active. On May 21, Ogden Canyon will close from Pineview Reservoir Recreation Projects, Survey Announced Beginning last fall, changes began coming to Pineview Reservoir that will improve visitor experiences. The Pineview Reservoir Recreation Complex Reconstruction project is a comprehensive public/private partnership to reduce deferred maintenance at 16 developed recreation sites, trails, and access areas to provide sustainable recreation opportu- U. S. House of Representatives 1st Congressional District Meet the Candidates Night, Wednesday May 18, 7:00 p.m. Precinct Chairs for Ogden Valley are sponsoring a “meet the candidate” night for those Republican candidates running for U.S. House of Representatives 1st Congressional District of Utah. This meeting is being done as a community service at no cost or obligation and is an excellent opportunity to meet the candidates. The meeting enables the responsibilities we all share as citizens to be informed about those who represent us as we vote in the June 28th Republican primary election. The candidate or representative from the respective campaigns of Andrew Badger, Tina Cannon, and Blake Moore have been invited and should be available to discuss and review relevant issues of their campaigns with those attending. The meeting will be held at Snowcrest Junior High School in Eden on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:00 p.m. UTAH SPORTS cont. on page 8 Governor Spencer J. Cox Issues Drought Emergency Order At the end of April, Gov. Spencer J. Cox declared a state of emergency due to the dire drought conditions affecting the entire state. This declaration activates the Drought Response Committee and triggers increased monitoring and reporting. It also allows drought-affected communities, agricultural producers, and others to report unmet needs and work toward solutions. “We’ve had a very volatile water year, and unfortunately, recent spring storms are not enough to make up the shortage in our snow- Lambs from Sunnyfield Farms in Eden. Photos courtesy of Alan Vause. pack,” Gov. Cox said. “Once again, I call on all Utahns—households, farmers, businesses, governments, and other groups—to carefully consider their needs and reduce their water use. We saved billions of gallons last year and we can do it again.” Utah has been in drought eight of the last ten years, and this year’s snowpack is 25% below normal. Conditions are changing rapidly as the snow continues to melt. According to the Utah Department of Natural Resources: EMERGENCY ORDER cont. on page 11 |
