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Show Volume XXIX Issue VIII The Ogden Valley News Page 13 August 1, 2022 Congratulating the Class of 2022: Area Students Receive Degrees The University of Utah congratulates the more than 8,000 graduates who make up the Class of 2022 during an in-person commencement ceremony held in May 2022 after two years of virtual celebrations due to the COVID19 pandemic. “The Class of 2022 is filled with so many amazing students, with unique and remarkable stories. Among our recent graduates we have a decorated student veteran of the year, an Olympic skier, and a Rhodes Scholar—the first at the U in 20 years,” said Taylor Randall, president of the University of Utah. “All of our graduates helped create a rich, diverse, and vibrant environment during their time at the U. We appreciate their dedication as scholars and their enthusiasm for building a better future.” Students in the Class of 2022 ranged in age from 21 to 73 and earned 8,702 degrees. Graduates represented 55 U.S. states and territories, and 65 foreign countries. The following Valley students earned degrees: • Austin Morse, of Huntsville, earned a Master (MA) of Social Work degree (2022) • Aspen Wayment, Liberty, MA degree, Physician Assistant Studies (2021) • Eva Serio, Eden, BS degree, Biomedical Engineering (2021) • Daniel Crockford, Eden, BS, Chemical Engineering (2022) • Christopher Kubick, Huntsville, BA, Film & Media Arts (2022) • Savannah Torman, Liberty, BA, Cum Laude, International Studies (2021) & BA, Cum Laude, Spanish (2021) • Gabriella Mortarotti, Huntsville, BS, Management (2022) • Monika Benova, Huntsville, MA of Philosophy, Political Science (2022) • Krystal Kerr, Eden, BS, Psychology (2022) • Cassie Odell of Draper, MA of Social Work, (2022) • Devon Hoxer, SLC, BA, Linguistics (2022) About the U - The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 32,000 students from across the U.S. and the world with over 100 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine. The U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation, and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty, and business leaders. Beau Blanchard Graduates from Ohio University Beau Blanchard from Eden graduated with a MEM Engineering Management degree from Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology in spring 2022. More than 4,400 students graduated with bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate degrees from Ohio University for spring semester 2022. The graduates represented many areas of the United States and an abundance of countries, including China, Belarus, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Mexico. Visit ohio.edu for more information about Ohio University. TFNU Author Dinner Returns to Timbermine September 30 and Clark’s journals. He used his column in By Ron Thornburg, Author Dinner Committee Chair Bernard DeVoto—the most famous Ogdenite you’ve probably never heard of—and his wife Avis, will be the topic of conversation when the Trails Foundation’s Author Dinner returns this fall. Nate Schweber will discuss his new book, This America of Ours: Bernard & Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild at the Sept. 30 event to be held at Timbermine Restaurant in Ogden. The book is a dual biography of the DeVotos, who Schweber describes as champions of public lands and great food. The Author Dinner is part of a year-long commemoration of Bernard DeVoto who was born in Ogden 125 years ago on January 11, 1897. Schweber’s book tells the story of the DeVotos’ public crusade to prevent millions of acres of Western public lands from being sold off for grazing and mining and efforts to tear down the National Park Service. Their opponents were Nevada Sen. Pat McCarran; his allies, J. Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy. As the DeVotos struggled to stay solvent after Bernard was blacklisted by multiple magazines, he and Avis attracted powerful friends. They included Utah forester Chet Olsen, landscape photographer Ansel Adams, book publisher Alfred Knopf, novelist Wallace Stegner, and the woman who would become Avis’ best friend, Chef Julia Child. DeVotos was the first Utahn to win a Pulitzer Prize for his history Across the Wild Missouri, which was part of a trilogy that documented the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the West. He also was a novelist, leading authority on Mark Twain, and editor of Lewis Beautified Book Bins Help the ArtStories Live On and books go hand in hand. Discover Books, a locally owned online book company, recently partnered with local artists to beautify their book collection bins/ boxes, which are placed throughout the community. Discover Books was born from the idea that books make the world more beautiful. The founders, who worked in the thrift industry, saw books being tossed into landfills and believed there had to be a better way. They wanted to prevent stories from being extinguished and help the environment simultaneously. That original idea is now a business with a mission to keep books in circulation, not in landfills, make reading affordable, and provide literacy aid. Discover Books sells new and used books online and receives surplus books from thrift stores, libraries, and the public. The book collection bins/boxes you see around town and outside retail buildings are one way they let the stories in these books live on. However, the bins were big and plain looking, so Discover Books recently partnered with local artists to promote their love of reading and beautify the local community. It’s a winwin team effort. Valley Market owner Tom Ferguson was ecstatic to help provide the bin service at his location in Eden, adding, “Valley Market is always excited to help the local community with positive opportunities.” At the end of the school year, 6th graders, led by Julia Hincy, from Valley Elementary painted the book bin at the front of Tom’s store. Adorned with flowers, grass, and bubbles, the box brings smiles as people drop off all types of books they no longer need. The collection box is safe, secure, contactfree, and now more beautiful than ever—thanks to Valley 6th graders! Discover Books trucks collect the books weekly. They are brought to the sorting and fulfillment warehouse in Ogden, where the books are inspected and sorted into three categories: resell, redistribute, or recycle. Tyler Hincy, a local Eden resident and Vice Harper’s magazine, “The Easy Chair,” to advocate for protection of wild lands in the West. Schweber is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown,” and other publications. His conservation articles won awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America in 2015 and 2018. In 2020, a ProPublica series he contributed to win the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Schweber was born in Montana and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Tickets for the Author Dinner are now on sale at TFNU’s website, TFNU.org/merch. Mountain Arts and Individual tickets are $100 a seat. Tables of ten Music will again be hosting are available for $1,000. Sponsor Partnership Open Arts and Music every opportunities are also available. Email us at Thursday evening from 6:00 tfnu@tfnu.org for more information. All proceeds support the work of the Trails to dusk (June 30 to September 2). his is a Foundation to build and maintain trails and place where you can come and do or learn to do watercolor painting with professional art protect open spaces in Northern Utah. instructors, perform on stage at the open mic, and have your kids do art at the kid’s art station. The event is held in beautiful Huntsville Square (behind the IDK BBQ), where there Discover Book bin at Valley Market in Eden. President of Sales & Marketing for Discover Books, developed the book collection bin program over twelve years ago to help the public easily drop off their surplus books, giving the books another life. “At first, the primary goal was to help keep books out of landfills, but as the program has grown, we have seen the difference it has made in many lives. We bring appropriate books to schools and nonprofit partners who then offer them to children at no cost. We have delivered over 12 million free books to children and families who desperately need them. I have seen the excitement for reading as these books plant a love of learning in the recipients. The latest addition to this program includes local artists beautifying the metal collection boxes with expressive art motifs to enhance the esthetic story.” If you are an artist interested in the bin beautification program or would like to host a bin at your business, please contact Tyler Hincy at 253-444-7224. If you are looking to buy books or have large amounts of books you no longer need and want to schedule a pick-up, visit discoverbooks.com. Come Create on Thursdays in Huntsville Square are tables set out with watercolor supplies and instructors available to get you started on a new creative endeavor. Musicians of all abilities are welcome to perform at the open mic where the sound system is set up and ready for three songs per person (or 10 minutes). Spoken words and poetry are also welcome at the open mic. The great thing about Open Mic is that there is an audience there to listen and offer support. For more information, check out our website mountainartsandmusic.org/open-arts-music. Steel Building Contractor ~ Residential ~ Agricultural ~ Commercial ~ Storage Units ~ Steel Siding and Roofing Huntsville, Utah 801-528-2318 |