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Show Volume XXX Issue V The Ogden Valley News Page 11 October 15, 2023 Valley Market Receives Facelift, New Utah Red Cross Urges Cooking & Kitchen Fire Safety Self-Check-Out Scanners The American Red Cross of Utah team members have responded to a more modern look to the store. We are super By Terry Hancock and Cross of Utah partnered with local fire departments during the 101st Fire Prevention Week that ran Oct. 8-14, emphasizing the importance of cooking and kitchen fire safety. Cooking is the leading cause of home fire injuries and nearly half of all home fires. “Our goal is not just to respond to disasters, but to prevent them. By taking simple precautions, every Utahn can help reduce the number of kitchen fires, ensuring a safer community,” said Heidi Ruster, Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross Utah/Nevada Region. “The kitchen is where we gather for meals and create lasting memories, but it can also be a potential danger zone. We’re committed to making every Utah kitchen a safe zone. Remember, fire safety starts at home, and it starts with you.” Nationwide, fire departments respond to over 170,000 home fires caused by cooking each year. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) states the primary cause for these fires is unattended stoves during cooking. These fires result in hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, and over $1 billion in damages annually. The Utah Red Cross offers the following kitchen cooking and fire safety tips: To prevent a cooking 昀椀re in your kitchen: • Monitor your cooking; unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking 昀椀res. • Wear short or close-昀椀tting sleeves to prevent loose clothing from catching 昀椀re. • Regularly clean cooking surfaces to prevent food and grease buildup. • Keep curtains, towels, potholders, solvents, and 昀氀ammable cleaners away from the stove. Never store gasoline indoors. • Turn pan handles inward to prevent spills. To put out a cooking 昀椀re in your kitchen: • Call 911 immediately. • For grease or oil 昀椀res, smother 昀氀ames by sliding a pan lid over them, turn o昀昀 the heat and leave the lid on until the pan cools. Do not carry the pan outside. • Use baking soda to extinguish other food 昀椀res, but never use water or 昀氀our. • Smother 昀椀re with a wet towel or other large wet cloth. • Keep a 昀椀re extinguisher in the kitchen and know how to use it correctly. Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers and staff frequently respond to home fires, which can leave families devastated and in need of immediate assistance. “So far this year, Red over 125 home fires, helping nearly 600 Utahns by providing emotional support, financial assistance, and valuable information to help families begin to recover,” Ruster said. Free Smoke Alarms & Fire Safety Educations Available - Residents seeking fire prevention assistance can schedule a free smoke alarm installation appointment at SoundTheAlarm.org/Utah. During the 20-minute home visit, Red Cross volunteers will also share information on preventing home fires, what to do if a fire starts and how to create an escape plan. “Contact the Utah Red Cross if you can’t afford a smoke alarm or are physically unable to install one or check its batteries. We may be able to assist,” Ruster said. “Fire Prevention Week serves as a significant reminder to practice your two-minute home fire escape drill and test your smoke alarms.” About Fire Prevention Week - Started in 1922 by the National Fire Protection Association, Fire Prevention Week educates the public about fire prevention and safety. It is observed each year during the week of Oct. 9 to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, which began Oct. 8, 1871, and caused devastating loss of life and property. Since 1925, it has been nationally recognized under a proclamation by President Calvin Coolidge, making Fire Prevention Week the longest-running publicawareness campaign in the United States. About the American Red Cross The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members, and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross. Tom Ferguson, Co-owners of Valley Market I guess it’s no secret that we’ve been looking for a little while to possibly build a bigger store to support the growing Valley’s needs. However, with the higher interest rates and building costs as they are right now, we have decided to wait a little longer and fix a few things at our current location. Our store is thirty years old this year and, so, had needs that have been addressed. We also wanted to find a way to help our guests get through checkout lines a little quicker, if possible, when they were ready to pay for their items. So, we decided to remodel our front end/ customer service area at the front of the store and bring in a couple of self-check-out centers, and to make things look a little nicer. We partnered with the construction crew at Associated Food Stores and cut back on the size of our customer service area; put in new, updated cabinets; and put in some new flooring at the front end. This gave us room to put in our two new self-checkout scanners. The area where Zions Bank used to be also received a facelift. We brought in some slot walls Hot and ready meals still to organize that area and brought available. happy with the way it has all turned out. We appreciate the community’s patience as we navigated these changes together. Some guests have expressed concern over our new self-checkout scanners. The worry is that we are trying to get away from offering personal service. We understand these concerns and want to keep offering personal service to all who prefer it. Self-checkouts are just an additional convenience for those who would like to use them… an additional way to help get more people through the check stands in a timely manner to eliminate waiting times. Our landlord also invested in the building this summer by putting on a new roof. We are super happy with the finished product and have received many favorable comments on both the roof and the changes we have made inside the store. Here at Valley Market, we are committed to keeping the same great customer service and working to improve it in any way we can for the best customer experience possible. Again, we appreciate all our guests’ patience during the last several months as we’ve worked on improving Valley Market. New self-checkout scanners. WEBER BASIN WATER cont. from page 1 the Ogden Valley Canal was constructed in 1962 to assist in the efficient conveyance of water from the South Fork of the Ogden River to the Ogden Valley. This water is used to meet agricultural and municipal water needs of the region, which is especially critical during the dry summer months when water is in high demand for agriculture. Over the past decade, this facility has begun to show its age in the form of increased operation and maintenance issues including water loss due to canal leakage, ongoing repairs needed to repair damages from wildlife and grazing cattle along its banks, and lack of accurate flow measurement. Recognizing the need to ensure the ongoing efficient operation of the Ogden Valley Canal, the District partnered with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services to prepare a supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment. This plan is necessary to evaluate alternatives that will help to reduce or eliminate water loss due to infiltration and evaporation in this canal, incorporate technologies to improve conveyance efficiencies, greatly improve water measurement, and minimize ongoing operation and maintenance costs. The District has identified a preferred alternative which consists of the piping of the canal enclosure, metering of user turnouts, and incorporation of drainage ditches along certain sections of the canal. This alternative, if constructed, would minimize losses, provide user accountability, reduce operation and maintenance costs, provide wildlife access to drainage waters, and meet the project’s purpose and needs. Identifying a preferred alternative does not mean a decision has been made. We are still engaged in the evaluation stage of the planning effort and are encouraged by the robust analysis and public engagement performed and received as part of the process. Completing this Plan will allow for the selection of the best solution for the Ogden Valley Canal. The District is working to have the Plan completed by the end of 2025. Once completed, the District will work with various federal agencies to identify funding sources that may be available to assist in the payment of the proposed project, discuss the project costs with affected parties, and ultimately decide whether to pursue this or other projects. If you would like to learn more about the District, or this project, please visit weberbasin. gov. The Ogden Valley News is looking for Ogden Valley and Ogden Canyon historical biographies, stories, and photos to use in its publication. Please mail, email, or call Shanna at 801-745-2688 or Jeannie at 801-745-2879 if you have material you are willing to share. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS MATCH DONOR PERIOD IS ALMOST OVER www.cfov.net All PROCEEDS SUPPORT THE GREAT NONPROFITS THAT SERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL OGDEN VALLEY. 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