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.
Eagle Mountain is full of talented people. Eagle Mountain is home to several small, home based publishing companies, as well as home to a hand full of authors. Below is a list of some of those authors, as well as some of the publishing companies. Eagle Mountain based Publishing Companies One of those publish companies…
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With the failing of the Ranches HOA in Eagle Mountain, there has been a lot of confusion and speculation over what the future of the City will look like. On April 25th the Planning Commission looked at codifying, or changing the city laws, to enforce a subset of the Ranches HOAs rules on all Eagle…
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In another post, I talked about the Children’s Books that were being written by Megan Cudworth creative writing class. That post was titled Eagle Mountain Students write children’s books for elementary students. We have arranged to make those books available on Cedar Valley Sentinel (formerly i84005). Below are 5 of the children’s books that were…
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In March 2017 the Apline School District broke ground for the construction of a new high school in Eagle Mountain, Utah. In the process of getting things geared up for the construction, the school district selected Courtney Johnson as the new Principal for the currently un-named high school. There have been many questions surrounding the…
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Debbie Souza-Pappas, founder and director at Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price Utah has been doing wildlife rehabilitation for 23 years now. In 2001 she started the organization Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation. They work with all animals allowed by the State of Utah, including birds and mammals. Over the past 23 years, they have taken…
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Eagle Mountain City Council Recently voted on a resolution to use Vote by Mail (VBM) as the mechanism for the 2017 municipal election. The resolution passed with a 3:2 vote (Bradley, Reaves, Westmoreland voted in favor, while Curtis, and Gricis voted against). As more information became available, a couple of the city council members tried…
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The Ranches Master HOA has released the following letter. The letter states that the HOA will disband and cease operations within the next 90 days. “As you have probably heard, a Utah district court recently decided the lawsuit that was brought by the residents in Willow Springs, Rock Creek, and Cold Springs (the “Sub-associations”) against…
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Have you ever wondered why a City Employee or an Elected official may not respond to a social media post about the City, or that they were tagged in? City Employees City Employees are not allowed to engage in those posts. All employees of the city are bound by their employee policies, and a violation…
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The Economic Development Board in Eagle Mountain had some new members appointed during the March 21st City Council meeting. The Eagle Mountain City website explains the purpose of the Economic Development Board. “The Economic Development Board, under the direction of the City Council, assists in encouraging appropriate economic development within the city of Eagle Mountain…
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The City Council of Eagle Mountain on March 21st 2017, with a split vote, voted to have Utah County handle the municipal election for the election year 2017. This election cycle Eagle Mountain will be electing two Council Members and the Mayor. The Saratoga Springs City Council has also agreed to have Utah County handle…
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