SMITHFIELD—The Smithfield City Council voted for Mayor Darrell Simmons to sign a contract with Architectural Nexus for the remodel of the current city office for the Smithfield Police Department. Rob Bouwhuis from Nexus presented the contract details and design to the council. “We’ve proceeded with a design at our own risk. It’s higher on the structural end due to the structural needs of the building. I feel it’s a fair fee of $37,850.”
SMITHFIELD—There was no change to the Smithfield form of municipal government made at the public hearing held last night at the Senior Citizen Center. “Obviously, we won’t vote on this tonight. We, the council, are going to take some more time to review this. It will be put on an agenda and we will discuss this,” said Mayor Darrell Simmons. Mayor Simmons said the purpose of this meeting was to define the structure and framework of the Smithfield form of government. “This public hearing is a two-way street. It’s a time for the council to hear from the people and it is also a time for the people to hear from the council.”
The Sky View boys lacrosse team started their preseason play this last weekend by going to Las Vegas for the Best of the West tournament. After a tough first game against Legacy — a Vegas powerhouse — the Bobcats played Copper Hills Saturday morning in a back and forth game game that ended in a 10-9 win.
School board, county, state and national election filings start this Friday. For the Smithfield region we have three school board, one cache county council, all cache county officials, one state legislature and one national congressional seat up for election. Sign-ups begin this Friday, March 12 and continue for only one week until Friday, March 19 by 5 p.m. at the county clerk’s office. [UPDATE: Added US Senate seat.]
The Smithfield City Council will meet Wednesday evening to discuss: contract with Nexus to remodel current city offices into police department,report by Onyx on new city offices construction progress, agreement with Saxton family for property on 1000 South, storm water agreement, discussion of farmers markets.
Smithfield City has released an updated version of the ordinance, Six-Member Council Form of Municipal Government. There will be a public hearing regarding the ordinance this Tuesday, March 9 at the Senior Citizens Center at 6:30 p.m.
The Sky View High School Bobcats Boys Basketball Team hit the end of their 4A State Playoff journey, as they lost to the Timpview T-Birds, 59-48 at the Dee Events Center in Odgen on Thursday evening. The Bobcats kept things close through two quarters, but the T-Birds exploded in the third quarter, outscoring the Bobcats 17-6. Sky View struggled offensively as well in the fourth quarter and was never able to make up the deficit.
They squirmed, giggled, laughed, ran around, and had a blast. Hundreds of children came to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday Tuesday afternoon at the Smithfield Youth Center. Some dressed up as Seuss characters but even Star Wars Storm Troopers and Winnie The Pooh came. Stories were read, prizes given away and in the end the children left with a brand new book of their very own.
I love weather and how it affects the light and color of all things of nature. My favorite times to photograph are weather related; the best times of day are the first 3 hours just after the sun starts to rise, and the last 3 hours as the sun drops into the western horizon. The colors and hues of colors along with slanted light create an amazing palate of color, with radiant and delicate hues adding drama to each captured moment. I refer to these times as “Mother Nature’s Moments of Glory”
After two straight years of losing in the first game to the would-be 4A State Champion, the Sky View Boys Basketball Team broke through, defeating the heavily favored Olympus Titans who were ranked No. 7 in the state by Deseret News, 46-41 in Smithfield Tuesday night. It was a team effort for the Bobcats, as not a single player reached double-digit point totals. The Bobcat defense was key, as they stopped a Titans team that was averaging about 60 points each outing heading into tonight’s contest.
Sixteen area high school students will be competing along with 179 of their peers from throughout the state of Utah Wednesday. They are competing to be considered the best in their field of study in the Deseret News-sponsored Sterling Scholar competition.
RICHMOND—He isn’t necessarily expecting to make a difference of gigantic proportions. “If I can just make things a little better,” said Paul Erickson, Richmond City Council’s newest member.
HYDE PARK—Plans to improve emergency preparedness education for council members and residents was presented at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting.
The Sky View Lady Bobcats found the end of their tournament run Thursday afternoon, losing to the Snow Canyon Warriors, 59-52. The heavily favored Bobcats found themselves down, 20-8 after one quarter of action and never found their way back on top. Senior guard Nicole Hansen hit three 3-pointers in the first half and Lady Bobcats crawled back within eight points, and the Lady Bobcats trailed, 31-23 at halftime.
SMITHFIELD—“The mayor and I wrestled, I won, so I got the bigger office,” City Manager Jim Gass joked during a tour of the new city office building. Gass showed the council the new city offices, including the new map room, jury room, attorney room, cemetery room and a community classroom. Gass said currently, a jail cell is being used to store city maps and attorneys have to borrow an office to meet with their clients.
The Sky View Bobcats lost somewhat of a meaningless game Wednesday against the Box Elder Bees, 54-47. The Bobcats (16-5, 11-4) didn’t have much to play for, with the exception of pride, and struggled all night to find an offensive rhythm. Free-throws were the difference make of the game, as Box Elder (12-9, 8-7) hit 22-of-29 and Sky View only managed 9-of-14 from the charity stripe.
Two people were treated for smoke inhalation during an early morning fire Tuesday at Winn Feed Company, located at about 400 West 600 South in Smithfield. One of the patients was transported by ambulance to Logan Regional for treatment, then released.
On Tuesday night the Sky View High School Lady Bobcats beat down the visiting Highland Rams in a 70-32 first round win of the UHSAA Girl’s Basketball State Tournament and punched their ticket to Salt Lake Community College with the win.
HYDE PARK—Residents might have noticed the Hyde Park Commons billboard on West Center Street near Maverik, however might be unaware of the changes and halt in development.
Nine SVHS students were honored on Tuesday, Feb 16 at a Student of the Month luncheon. The luncheon was held in the Presentation room at Sky View and was catered by Ann Lusk. Students recognized this month were: Seniors: Luis Patino, Brooke Lindhardt and Boone Hansen, Juniors: Blake McKinley, AJ Vande Merwe and Jordan C. Nielsen, Sophomores: Natalia Chaparro, Jared Walker and Joshua Smith.
After losing a contact, suffering head clashes that lead to cuts and bandages, and battling into sudden death overtime Sky View junior wrestler Brayden Anderson held on to win his first 4-A state championship title in the 140 pound weight class, held at Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem one week ago.
The Smithfield City Council is touring the new city offices this Wednesday prior to their regular council meeting. After their tour, the council will convene at 6:30 p.m. to discuss: changing the public hearing for government ordinance to March 9, contracting with Nexus architecture to remodel the old city offices into a police station, and to discuss the canal upgrade project.
Sky View high school’s Sterling Scholars competed at the preliminary regions level earlier this week, and four are continuing onto the State level.
For the second time in as many nights, a Sky View Bobcat basketball team crashed the Logan Grizzlies senior night party. One night after the Lady Bobcats disposed of the Lady Grizz, the boy’s team beat Logan, 48-43.
Another game against Logan equaled another blowout victory for the Bobcats Thursday night at Crimson Gym. For the first time this season, the two teams met on the Grizzlies home turf. The change in venue did little to effect the outcome, however, as Sky View completed the season sweep of the series with a 75-53 victory.
A vacant building collapsed Thursday night in Richmond, bringing emergency crews from throughout the valley to the north Cache town and knocking down some power lines while shutting down U.S. Highway 91 for a time.
SMITHFIELD—It’s a moment every high school athlete thinks about: the final time they’ll play on their home turf. And there’s always an anxious thought that lingers: we better win that last game.
Sky View High School’s auditorium was filled the nights of February 3-6 and 8th as the drama department presented Oklahoma. 70 cast members along with the entire sound and light crew were able to make this possible after three months of hard work.
RICHMOND—The City Council added a new member at the meeting Tuesday night. Paul Erickson was sworn in by Justin Lewis, the city recorder, after an executive session was held to choose among six applicants. Erickson will be replacing Keith Ward, who read his letter of resignation in last month’s council meeting.
Eleven Sky View students are in Salt Lake City as part of the Sterling Scholar program. According to a Deseret News story Utah Sterling Scholar awards: Class of 2010
The Sky View Lady Bobcats made Senior Night a memorable one, thrashing the Bonneville Lady Lakers, 71-25. Senior forward Amy Andrus posted a double-double to lead the Lady Cats, scoring 21 points and pulling down 17 rebounds.
Ever wonder about the castle-like building south of town? The one with all the windows, parapets and even a few fountains? It’s the new Castle Manor reception center built by Alan Elder. “We had actually been planning on doing this for about eighteen years,” said Elder at the open house held in January. “My wife went to Europe about ten years ago and she took pictures of all the castles. We have slowly been drawing plans and coming up with ideas until we finally got it.”
KAYSVILLE—Sky View students played their way through the regional PTSA Battle of the Bands to move up to state. Poor Ophelia who won the Sky View battle in December have come far since Benton Wood and friends started the band.
HYRUM—Senior Kyler Carlsen played the game of his life Friday night against the valley rival Mountain Crest Mustangs, scoring 31 points and grabbing four rebounds. Carlsen hit a quick turn-around 3-point buzzer beater to send the game into overtime, but Carlsen’s efforts weren’t quite enough, as the Sky View Bobcats fell to the Mustangs, 56-51 in final overtime.
SALT LAKE CITY—By a mere three points, Sky View high school’s “We the People” team took home the gold for the fourth year in a row. On February eighth, not only did they earn themselves a trip to Washington, D.C. and the title of State Champion, they defied all expectations.
HYRUM—Thursday night the Sky View Bobcat girls team took on cross town rivals, the Mountain Crest Mustangs. The game was extremely competitive the entire time, with both sides playing hard, and keeping it close. While the Mustangs never held the lead during the game, it was constantly a close game, and even a tied one. All the excitement of the game culminated in the fourth quarter, when the Mustangs made a comeback that made the last few seconds of the game extremely exciting. The lady Bobcats came out triumphant with a score of 52 to 50.
Sky Views hockey season came to an end Wednesday night as they lost to a very good Springville team 6-3. Sky View held close and with 4 minutes left in the game scored to make it a 4-3 game. Springville then scored two goals to put the game out of reach and end Sky Views season.
SMITHFIELD—Smithfield Fire Chief Jay Downs outlined how his Emergency Management division will coordinate emergency response efforts at the Smithfield City Council meeting Wednesday night. “This is a new program; we’ve only been doing it about a year. We are still looking to improve and grow and we are always looking for volunteers,” Downs said.
RICHMOND—Richmond city is adapting to changing times for its 95th annual Black and White Days. At a meeting Wednesday night of the activities committee, previous successes, failures and new ideas were discussed. The city hopes to bring back the same scale of participation that the celebration had in its early days.
Deseret News named Amy Andrus “Prep of the week”.
The Smithfield City council meets this Wednesday evening. On the agenda: request to approve Stone Haven planned unit development zoning, pre-disaster mitigation plan, “prevailing fee schedule for 2010,” and setting a date for a public hearing regarding changes in the city manager form of government. The council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at city hall (69 N Main). It is open to the public. Everyone is invited to attend. (Note: The RDA meeting has been postponed until February 24.)
RICHMOND—The city library board is thrilled over the major growth the library has experienced in the last three years. The number of items checked out yearly has increased by 6,357 since 2007, said librarian Juliene Parrish The library had 1,548 visitors and 4,336 items checked out in January alone.
Sky View girls started off strong with the win in the first event, the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:53:28 — Mickensi Didericksen, Shaelynn Bodrero, Cassie Wiser, and Laura Mortenson. Logan took 2nd and East 3rd. The SV boys were strong in their 200 medley relay too. Zakk Rhodes, Daniel Cox, Nate Gregory, and Brett Mortenson took 4th place. Mountain Crest won and set a state record with their time 1:37.26.
NORTH LOGAN—Bruce Henderson and Mark Hancey were re-elected as Planning Commission chairman and vice chairman at Thursday’s meeting.
SMITHFIELD—Behind a strong offensive effort and a smothering defense, the Sky View Bobcats stung the visiting Box Elder Bees, 57-40. Bobcat Kyler Carlsen led all scorers with 18 points, while Box Elder’s Brant Mecham had 16 on the night.
Nineteen Sky View wrestlers are headed to Highland High School in Salt Lake City Friday and Saturday to compete in the north division tournament, just one week after the team took third in the regional tournament held at Logan High School. Having a regional and sectional tournament is a new format that gives the team an opportunity to qualify more athletes to compete in the state championship tournament that will be held next week in Orem at Utah Valley University (UVU) beginning Wednesday, February 10th and running through Friday February 12th.
RICHMOND—The city Lion’s Club is seeking to increase its membership. A recruitment meeting was held Thursday night to introduce some residents to the club’s purpose and workings. Their membership has dwindled to just more than 20 members.
Thursday night the Sky View Bobcats girls team faced off against the Box Elder Bees. While the game was close through the first quarter, the Bobcats pulled ahead in the second quarter. After a half time spent signing balls for charity, the Bobcats came out and extended their lead even more through the second half, ending the game with the amazing score of 70 to 31 for the Bobcats win.
Wednesday night the Sky View hockey team lost a hard hitting battle to the Skyline Eagles 6-3 in the first round of the double elimination portion of the playoffs. Jake Hill, Braden Limb and Tanner Gray all had goals for Sky View. David Nelson and Jared Valdez had assists. Goalie Tanton Jeppson had 45 saves. Sky View next game will be next Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 9:30 p.m. in Bountiful.
Tuesday night the Sky View bobcats hosted cross town rivals Logan Grizzlies for a boys basketball game. The game was extremely heated, with each team getting nearly 20 fouls throughout all four quarters. The game was extremely close, with the closest point margin being 6 at the end of the first quarter; however, in the end, the Bobcats pulled off a last second shot to win the game.
