Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community
Hear directly from the voices of Cedar Valley. This section features opinion pieces, poetry, satire, and personal stories that offer unique perspectives on life in our growing community.
The Frisbie family in Eagle Mountain has been working on adopting a little girl from China to add to their family. Brittany and Isaac have wanted to add a girl to complement their five sons. The Frisbie’s have been doing fundraisers and have been working to bring their new daughter home for a long time…
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The Utah Department of Health sent an email to business owner email addresses that are associated with the registration or renewal of an active business within the State of Utah. The letter contains this information. Dear Utah Employer, The link below will take you to important information from the Utah Department of Health regarding Novel…
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On Saturday 2/24/2020 Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation released a Barn Owl in Eagle Mountain that was hit by a car in early February in the Magna Utah area. Their Facebook page documents the recovery of this Barn Owl. February 5th, 2020 – “Yesterday we admitted this male Barn owl from the Salt Lake valley area….
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Cedar Valley and Utah Valley in general have had several different groups of Indigenous People who have occupied the area over the years. “Archaeologists have determined that the earliest inhabitants of Utah were Paleo-Indian peoples, migratory hunters who first came into the area in approximately 12,000-10,000 BC. By 6,000 BC this group had been replaced…
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An email was recently sent to the parents and staff of Cedar Valley High School. This email is regarding: . ———————————————– Dear Parents and Staff, Please read this attached letter about confirmed pertussis (whooping cough) case at our school. This is is very important. Please contact your health care provider or the Utah County Health…
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Let me lay down a little ground work before I voice my opinion and discuss a topic that I think the city should address. Firstly, lets talk about the Dark Skies Ordinance. Eagle Mountain city has a Dark Skies Ordinance that was approved by the City Council in 2014. The city website states this about…
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Eagle Mountain does give its residents several ways to be Eco-Friendly. They offer a recycle program, a trash clean-up day, Christmas Tree recycling, and leaf collection in the fall. Ace Disposal offers Eagle Mountain residents a curbside recycling program. The recycling can is full-sized and is billed at the rate of $5 monthly, compared to…
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The roads department of Eagle Mountain City preforms several road studies during the year to evaluate city needs as well as to find/verify problem traffic areas. In 2019 the Eagle Mountain roads department demoed a radar system that is used for road studies. The system could be setup in an area that will collect car…
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There is a lot of discussion about what the difference is between Rural, Suburban, and Urban. There are several websites that discuss this, so I will just briefly identify the three types and what they include. Rural: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture. Suburban: an outlying part of a…
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Zac Hilton the Streets and Storm Drain Manager for Eagle Mountain has seen changes over the last 20 years. He can also grow a beard that makes most guys envious. Zac has been an employee of Eagle Mountain since October 1999. “I began working for Eagle Mountain on October 4, 1999. Back then Eagle Mountain…
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