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Show The Ogden Valley News Volume XXX Issue V Page 13 December 15, 2022 Snowcrest Hosts Annual Veterans Day Assembly Snowcrest Jr. High recently held their annual Veterans Day assembly honoring those from the valley who served our country. We enjoyed performances from the Weber High and Snowcrest music departments and were honored to hear from our veterans—Chuck Rainford, Mike Loud, and Mark Ferrin. A highlight of this assembly was watching our veterans stand at attention as the “Service Songs of the U.S. Military” were played. Thank you, veterans, for all you have done in helping us preserve our freedoms. Snowcrest Announces NJHS Members for the Upcoming 2022-2023 School Year The National Junior Honor Society elevates a school’s commitment to the values of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship and helps middle-level students develop the knowledge and skills to become well-rounded student leaders in their school, community, and beyond. Snowcrest Junior High NJHS Chapter is proud to announce its new members for the 2022 - 2023 school year: Alea Bell, Hallie Brower, Sofia Cummens, Arianne Davenport, Samuel Duffield, Samuel Eavenson, Mya Erickson, Davis Ferrin, Noelia Fonnesbeck, Jane Gompert, Venice Goff, Darci Hayes, Mikkelle Hutchings, Mack Jensen, Zoe Markiewicz, Paityn McGrew, Trygg Mich’l, Maya Miller, Ben Page, Allyson Schields, Tylee Shupe, Lauryn Silverberg, Haylie Smith, Landon Stack, Noah Stapp, Aspen Torman, Oakley Udy, Claire Wangsgard, Parker White, Baylee Willborn, Sophie Willie, and Lucas Young. Shown above are Snowcrest Jr. High School’s new National Junior Honor Society members. Shown above, from left to right, are veterans Chuck Rainford, Mike Loud, and Mark Ferrin. UNION STATION cont. from page 1 Preserving History - Volunteers who poured their time into keeping the station alive for decades now have significant doubts about whether the station’s character and history can survive such dramatic change. Steve Jones, chairman of the Golden Spike Railroad Historical Society, voiced mixed feelings about the plans. “If we look only at the (Union Station) structure, it could be good because there’s been a lot of deferred maintenance,” Jones said. “It needs attention and this may get it some of what it needs.” But he fears the massive redevelopment could change Ogden forever―“and not for the good.” “A lot of what emanates out of Union Station… is the culture and feeling that Ogden still remembers its past,” Jones said, noting that could all be erased if preservation efforts fall short. Museums at Risk? According to the city’s website, the various museums housed in Union Station date back to 1978, thanks in large part to historian Teddy Griffiths. In 1988, Union Station became the official designation for Utah’s State Railroad Museum, and the building has since acquired a considerable collection. Roughly 25,000 artifacts now reside somewhere in the current structure. The station also houses the Matthew S. Browning firearms collection, Matthew and Barbara Browning Classic Car Collection, and the Floyd Jarvis Utah Railroad Collection. To Jones, it makes sense to keep the state Railroad Museum in the existing station, but he said the other museums could benefit from more space and better security. “So there’s certainly lots of reasons why LETTERS cont. from page 2 an interactive, multi-person communications platform. The county has not justified turning off the Zoom link for the commission’s work sessions and, in reality, has restricted the openness and transparency of the commission’s actions and deliberations. This violates the legislative intent and statutory language of the OPMA. As a final observation, the county’s terminating Zoom access to work sessions produces really bad optics for the commission. The com- an expanded museum complex could be very beneficial,” Jones said. “But it needs to be done the right way.” The current plan would remove all museums from the station, with plans to eventually put them in a new heritage museum when funding materializes. But that caveat about funding raises significant concern for Jones, who fears the outof-sight treasures will ultimately be forgotten and “things will go into storage forever or just disappear.” Firing the Free Labor - Theresa Holmes, who has volunteered more than 7,000 hours over 21 years as a Union Station museum docent, fears that systematic dismantling is already under way. “We’ve worked our butts off to keep the museums going, and then these people fire volunteers,” Holmes said of downsizing she witnessed that included volunteers either being dismissed or getting locked out of their work areas. Some exhibits have also been removed and hours of operation have been cut, Holmes added. But Burnham, a former Union Station manager, countered that he should place a higher priority on preserving the museums and artifacts. “Sometimes we have to make decisions for the care of the artifacts that may look like it’s negatively impacting the exhibits. But really everything here is done with that in mind first,” Burnham said. Snowcrest November Skyhawks of the Month “Perpetually Prepared” Front Row: Arianne Davenport, Mia Vilgiate, Bridger Fuller, Summer Hallows, Sofia Cummens, and Paityn McGrew Back Row: Mattie Fuller, Baylee Willborn, Ethan Sayer, Sophia Beardsley, Connor Cook, and McKenna Cook Note: This story first appeared in Utah Stories, utahstories.com/2022/12/the-fate-ofogdens-union-station/ and is being reprinted by permission. mission’s consideration of several large development projects has led many Ogden Valley residents to conclude that the commission is biased in favor of developers and gives short shrift to residents’ developmental concerns. The county’s providing Zoom access to real estate developers, but not residents, as was the case at the November 28 work session, only reinforces this suspicion that the commission gives preferential treatment to developers. James M. O’Brien, Eden We would love to meet you at our OPEN HOUSE February 5 - 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. or schedule a private tour. 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