2017 Halloween Night Special

Don't be a stingy Republican, WCF Readers!

Happy Halloween, Weber County Forum ghouls and spooks!

Here are a few helpful Halloween pointers, peeps!

Don't be a stingy Republican, WCF Readers!

WSU Football Gameday Thread: Wildcats Host Montana in Big Sky Showdown Saturday - Updated

Go Wildcats, Yes?

Get on your purple and white colors, Wildcats fans, as the 'Cats football squad faces off against their University of Montana Big Sky Conference rivals at home this afternoon.  Read the pre-game teasers, peeps!

• Weber State football welcomes Montana in crucial Big Sky showdown
• Wildcats host Montana in Big Sky showdown Saturday

Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Stewart Stadium. The game will be streamed live on PlutoTV channel 235 and on WatchBigSky.com. If all else fails, a radio broadcast will air on 1430 AM KLO, with Steve Klauke and Bo Bolen on the call.

Go Wildcats, Yes?

Update 10/29/17: Check out the post-game stories. peeps:

• Extra Point: Weber State football honors, then lives up to Flying W logo legacy
• No. 22 Weber State football outlasts No. 24 Montana in key showdown

WSU now goes to to 4-1 in Big Sky Conference standings, Wildcats fans!

Update 10/29/17: Howbout some game highlights, peeps?

Weber State Football

Lots of highlights in that win! On to another #BigSkyFB showdown at Eastern Washington next Saturday. #WeAreWeber

2017 Ogden City Election: Three Additional Ogden Election "Loose Ends" - Updated

Last Call for 2017 Ogden pre-election stories, wethinks

Here are a few pre-election "loose ends" which we'd like to wrap up during the week preceding our November 7, 2017 Ogden City Municipal Election:

1) Excellent Standard-Examiner story, taking the pulse of all 2017 Ogden City Council candidates, regarding, Ogden City's apparent main 2017 issue, i.e., "backyard chickens":

Ogden City Council hopefuls weigh-in on backyard chicken controversy

Here's a Weber County Forum Tip O' the Hat to the highly effective Ogden Chicken Alliance, whose effective grass-roots lobbying has even turned Ogden Council members who previously voted to ban "poultry pets" into indecisive "flip-floppers."

2) There are a couple of BIG debates happening this week, thanks to the Ogden Junior League (in cooperation with the Weber County League of Women Voters),  for thoughtful Ogden citizens who haven't yet made their minds up yet. Hold onto your mail-in ballots and check this information out, peeps. These same two groups will be sponsoring not one, but two debates this week. Here are the space/time coordinates, peeps:

Wednesday, October 25 6:00pm
Ogden Municipal Wards 1 & 3 Candidate Debate
Weber County Commission chambers 2380 Washington Blvd Ogden Utah 84401 

Thursday, October 26 6:00pm
Ogden At-Large Seats A&B Debate
Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave, Ogden, UT 84401

These events will be useful, wethinks, for Ogden City voters who still haven't submitted their mail-in ballots.

3) Read up and follow the lead of  the venerable Weber County Heritage Foundation, regarding the  ridiculous and slimy Ogden City School bond issue, Ogden peeps!

• Preserve Polk Elementary

No doubt about the proposed bond. You should vote against it. Moreover, we'll be working hard to "roll a few heads" on the Ogden City School Board, when those Board Clowns who pushed this "bait/switch bond initiative" come up for re-election next year.

Update 10/29/17:  Thanks to the efforts of the Standard's Tim Vandenack, we're delighted to provide these two "hot off the press" stories reporting on the two above-mentioned candidate debates;

• Ogden council hopefuls discuss term limits, housing, school bond, engagement
• Hopefuls spar over leadership style, airport operations

Hopefully these articles will prove to be useful for Ogden City voter/procrastinators.

Update 10/24/17 11:00 p.m.: And here's one other thing:

OGDEN Education

Tearing down Historic Polk Elementary will be like ripping out a piece of Ogden's History. Vote No. #savepolk

2017 Ogden City Elections Update: Council Challenger Lew Wheelwright Battles Incumbent Marcia White

For those of you who haven't yet submitted your mail-in ballots, we do hope this information will prove to be helpful

Last but not least, the Standard-Examiner's new Ace Reporter Tim Vandernack offers his fourth report, shedding light on the nuances of our 2017 Ogden City City Council Election, concerning the pending race in Ogden City's At-large A: Read up, Ogden voters, and fellow Ogden City political wonks:

• Ogden's White seeks new council term, faces Wheelwright, 'a disruptive force'

For extra information, check out each of these Ogden City Council At-large seat A  candidates' respective online credentials here, via our 2017 Ogden City General Election Candidate Roster, peeps:

• Lew A Wheelwright
• Marcia White (Incumbent)

For those of you who haven't yet submitted your mail-in ballots, we do hope this information will prove to be helpful.

Weber State Football Gameday Thread: WSU Visits Cal Poly

Go Wildcats, Yes?

WSU v Cal Poly

Our Weber State Wildcat Football football squad plays on the road, versus the Cal Poly Mustangs this evening. Just to whet your appetites, Wildcat fans, here are two pre-game stories which we've managed to google up:

• WSU FOOTBALL HITS THE ROAD AT CAL POLY SATURDAY
• Cantwell cleared to play as No. 23 Weber State football visits Cal Poly

The WSU website provides this handy information for eager 'Cat's fans who'd like to follow this evening's gridiron tilt:

• Saturday's game will kickoff at 6 p.m. Pacific time (7 p.m. MT), from Alex G. Spanos Stadium. There will be no TV but the game will be streamed online for free on Pluto TV channel 244 and on WatchBigSky.com
  
• Radio broadcast will be on 1430 KLO radio and kloradio.com with Steve Klauke, the 2016 Utah Sportscaster of the Year, and former Wildcat All-American Bo Bolen.
• Live stats will be at WeberStateSports.com.

Update 10/21/17: Wildcats win again!

Here's the post-game story, peeps:

• Cantwell, defense lead Weber State to 17-3 win over Cal Poly

Go Wildcats, Yes?

2017 Ogden City Election Update: Ogden's Ward 1

Don't blow it peeps. VOTE!

Happily, there's another highly-informative story in this morning's Standard-Examiner, wherein the SE again fulfills its journalistic obligations to it local readership, with yet another 2017 Ogden City Election story, concerning Ogden City's awesome municipal Ward 1. With no further ado, we invite you to read up, Ogden (Utah) peeps:

• Ogden City Council race features bus operator, neighborhood program director

Added bonus! Check out each of these Ogden City Council Ward 1 candidates' respective online credentials here, via our 2017 Ogden City General Election Candidate Roster, peeps:

• Angela Choberka
• Paul Rivers

Don't blow it peeps. Read up and VOTE!

2017 Ogden City Elections Update: Bart Blair v. Mary Khalaf

Vote wisely, people!

Wafer-thin as as its become when it lands on or near my front porch almost every morning, I gotta say I still love my Standard-Examiner newspaper. In that connection, here's the latest Ogden City Council story, from our usually-trusty home town newspaper:

• Ogden's Blair cites 'track record' in city bid, Khalaf would work for voiceless

Added bonus! Check out each of these Ogden City Council At-Large-B candidates' respective online credentials here, via our 2017 Ogden City General Election Candidate Roster, peeps:

• Bart Blair - Incumbent
• Mary Khahaf - Challenger

Vote wisely, people!

2017 Ogden City Elections Update: Doug Stephens v. Taylor Knuth - Updated

Vote wisely people, inasmuch as we learn your Ogden City Municipal Election mail-in ballots will go out in the mail today.

Here's today's timely Standard-Examiner story, concerning the upcoming Ogden City election, Peeps! The city council candidates for Ogden City Ward 3 will no doubt get a nudge, with this timely Standard-Examiner story, wethinks:

• Ogden City Councilman Doug Stephens facing challenge from Taylor Knuth

Added bonus! Check out each of these Ogden City Council Ward 3 candidates' respective online credentials here, via our 2017 Ogden City General Election Candidate Roster, peeps:

• Taylor Knuth - Ward 3 challenger
• Doug Stephens - Ward 3 incumbent

Vote wisely people, inasmuch as we learn your Ogden City Municipal Election mail-in ballots will go out in the mail today.

Update 10/16.2017: Please wait until after 10/26/2017 to mail in in your ballots, people, inasmuch as we've now learned from three Ogden City Council candidates that The Weber County League Of Women will be sponsoring Ogden City Coucil debates prior to that date!

Weber State University Game Day Thread: WSU hosts SUU

Okay, WSU Wildcat Football fans, it's time to "gear up" in your purple and white colors, because there's a "Big Game" coming up tonight at WSU'sown home gridiron field,

Here are the couple of pre-game stories we've been able to "ferret out,"concerning tonight's BIG WSU GAME:

• How Weber State football motivated Southern Utah's 2017 season
• 'CATS BACK HOME FOR BEEHIVE BOWL WITH SUU SATURDAY

As for your blogmeister? I'll be EAGERLY AND SIMULTANEOSLY following tonight's WSU game on KLO radio, whilst I watch USC whoop the Utah Utes on TeeVee this evening, with the sound turned off,.. Okay, WSU Wildcat Football fans, it's time to "gear up" in your purple and white colors, because there's a "Big Game tonite...

ADDED BONUS: with a little internet luck, you might be able to watch this afternoon's Wildcats v. Thunderbirds game right here:

• Southern Utah at Weber State

Go Wildcats! 

Update 10/14/ 2017: Sad times for Northern Utah collegiate football teams this week, including the news that our beloved WSU Wildcats are definitlely NOT invincible:

• Southern Utah gets some revenge on Weber State, 32-16
• Southern Cal stops Utah 2-point try, holds off Utes 28-27
• Mississippi State’s long TD drives doom BYU to a sixth straight defeat

Time to regroup next week, eh, Utah football fans?

Weber State University Game Day Thread: WSU hosts SUU

Okay, WSU Wildcat Football fans, it's time to "gear up" in your purple and white colors, because there's a "Big Game" coming up tonight at WSU's own home gridiron field,

Here are the couple of pre-game stories we've been able to "ferret out," concerning tonight's BIG WSU GAME:

• How Weber State football motivated Southern Utah's 2017 season
• 'CATS BACK HOME FOR BEEHIVE BOWL WITH SUU SATURDAY

You also can also possibly catch tonight's WSU football action somewhere here, according to Weber State Univerity's totally muddled website, LOL:

• Game Day Weber State

As for your blogmeister? He'll be EAGERLY AND SIMULTANEOSLY following tonight's WSU game on KLO radio with the sound on, whilst he watches USC whoop the Utah Utes on TeeVee this evening, with the sound turned off,..

Its Weber State Gameday; Ooops; No it's Not!

We'll see ya'll back next Saturday, Wildcats Fans!

Sorry WSU Football fans. Our beloved Weber State Footbal WildCats will not take to the field this afternoon.

Here's the explanatory story from the Standard-Examiner:

• Weber State looks to build team to full health over bye week

We'll see ya'll back next Saturday, Wildcats Fans!

Next WSU victim? Southern Utah University on October 14..