While the demolition derby may be my favorite event at Pony Express days. The Mascot Miracles Foundation, stick horse Rodeo is definitely the most rewarding event that Pony Express Events puts on. Pony Express Events is the non profit, that has put on the rodeo for the last 4 years, and they will be bringing…
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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.
Ranches HOA Provides documents to provide clarity to case
The following email was sent for the Ranches HOA to the homeowners. It included three documents, all three of those documents are included below. From: Date: Fri, May 19, 2017 at 2:50 PM Subject: Notice to Homeowners – Settlement Agreement Date: May 19, 2017 Subject: Notice to Homeowners – Settlement Agreement Notice to All Ranches…
Read moreEagle Mountain Residents Push for Legalized Medicinal Cannabis
On Saturday May 20th the 2017 Utah State GOP (Republican Party) Organizing Convention will convene in Sandy, Utah. This convention is used to elect State GOP officials, as well as modify the State GOP bylaws and set forth resolutions that are designed to guide the elected GOP officials for the following years. Eagle Mountain has…
Read moreLegal summary of the Ranches HOA filed memorandum
On 5/11/2017 the Ranches HOA filed a memorandum with the Forth District Court, this is a legal summary of the memorandum filed. The Master Association, under the recent ruling, must pay out large amounts of money to the sub-associations in order to stratify the judgement against it. Recently the Master Association filed a memorandum and…
Read moreRanches HOA files court documents to have court reconsider, and clarify ruling.
The Ranches HOA on May 11th, filed a motion in the Fourth District Court in Utah County to have the court rule on the manner of the payout for the judgement. The original ruling documents can be found on this post, Eagle Mountain Ranches HOA loses millions in lawsuit. The motion that was filed, has…
Read moreSkyline Ridge Development Causes Strife Between Residents, Developer, and City
Skyline Ridge Phase 2 was recently discussed at the 5/9/2017 Eagle Mountain Planning Commission. The developer Goldsworth Homes, represented by Austin Allred asked the Planning Commission to modify the existing Phase 2, Plats 5,6 & 7. The developer gave the Planning Commission two different options to consider. The applicant was not at the meeting, but…
Read moreThe Buzz about Bees
Spring is in full bloom, the flowers are blooming, and the trees are full of blossoms. And if you sit still and listen, you can also hear the buzz of the bees enjoying the new beauty spring and summer bring. There are a number of people that support hives in the Eagle Mountain and the…
Read moreEagle Mountain Authors and Publishers
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…
Read moreIndividualism vs. Social Conformity
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…
Read moreChildren’s Books
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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