WSU Football Game-day Thread: Wildcats Gear Up for Big Sky Road Battle at Montana State

The question becomes if Weber State (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky) can play at the same level on the road in hostile territory

The 'Cats are back on the road this afternoon, facing off against perpetual constant Big Sky Conference nemesis Montana State University. The Standard's Brandon Garside provides the pre-game story, of course:

• Weber State football: Wildcats gear up for Big Sky road battle at Montana State

Mr. Garside puts a "fine point" on today's pre-game question, wethinks.

OGDEN — Last Saturday, the No. 18 Weber State Wildcats proved they can dominate in all three phases of a football game with their 41-3 decimation of UC Davis.
Now, the question becomes if Weber State (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky) can play at the same level on the road in hostile territory — at least enough to win — as the team heads to Bozeman to take on the Montana State Bobcats (1-2, 1-0).

"The Wildcats and Bobcats kick off at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The game will air on ROOT Sports/AT&T Sports Net, with a radio call on 1430 AM KLO."

Stay tuned, Wildcats Fans!

Update 9/30.6:47 pm: Wildcats prevail by a score of 25-17, at Bobcat Stadium. Here's the story, peeps, from the Bobcats' website, inasmuch as the lazy Standard-Examiner remains asleep at the switch concerning our beloved Wildcats:

• Weber State Spoils Bobcat Homecoming

Update 9/30/17 8:43 pm: Maybe a mite late, here's the post-game story from the SE's Brandon Garside:

• No. 18 Weber State beats back rain, Montana State for road win

Check out the highlight reel, peeps:

Weber State Football

Highlights from Saturday's win at Montana State. Bye week this week for the 4-1 Wildcats and then Southern Utah at Stewart Stadium on October 14. #WeAreWeber #BigSkyFB 🏈

Yes! Go Wildcats, No?

WCF Football Game Day Thread: Weber State football: Wildcats’ Defense to be Tested Against UC Davis

Weber State Wildcats defend their own gridiron turf, for their 2017 Homecoming

Attention, Weber County Football fans, as there's another big football tilt coming off tonight, as our beloved Weber State Wildcats defend their own gridiron turf, for the
First Big Sky Conference game of the season, this time against the UC-Davis Aggies

Here's the pre-game story, via the Standard Examiner's ever-trusty Brandon Garside:

• Weber State football: Wildcats’ defense to be tested against UC Davis

Yes, as always, listen to the game via WildCats Flagship radio station:

• KLO radio

And for the cable TV enabled, try KJZZ Teevee (Xfinity ch 657), for a purported live video broadcast

Kickoff's at 5:00 pm, Peeps.

Go Wildcats, NO???

Update 9/24/17: 9:15 am:  OGDEN — Behind a bounty of big plays and a stout defense, the Weber State Wildcats blew by the UC Davis Aggies 41-3 on Saturday night in the annual homecoming game at Stewart Stadium.

“It was a good showing on offense, defense and special teams,” WSU head coach Jay Hill said. “I thought they fought, they clawed, they dug. It wasn’t always pretty. The defense bent at times but never broke.”

Read up 'Cats fans:

• Weber State football: Wildcats bash UC Davis with big plays for homecoming win

“If you start patting yourself on the back, you’re going to fall fast, and we can’t do that,” Hill said. “We’ve got to stay humble. We’ve got to keep working hard. That’s why we’re playing the way we are.”

Check out the game highlights reel, folks:

Weber State Football

Happy #TouchdownTuesday! Relive all 5️ of Weber State's touchdowns in Saturday's 41-3 win! #WeAreWeber 🏈

Weber State next hits the road for a matchup against Montana State at 1:30 p.m. MDT Saturday, Sept. 30.

WSU Game Day Thread: Wildcats Back In California To Take On Sacramento State -Updated

Go Wildcats, eh gentle ones?

Attention, Weber County Football fans, as there's a big tilt coming off tonight, as our beloved Weber State Wildcats travel to Sacramento, for the last of three pre-season games, this time against the Sac State Hornets.

Here's the pre-game story, via the Weber State Website:

• WILDCATS BACK IN CALIFORNIA TO TAKE ON SACRAMENTO STATE

Kick-off's at 7 pm, 'Cats fans; and as always you can listen to the game via trusty KLO Radio.

Added bonus, peeps, as you can also ostensiby catch a live video broadcast here:

• Coming Up: Football - Weber State at Sacramento St

Go Wildcats, eh gentle ones?

Update 9/17/17: Sweet victory 'Cats fans!

• Weber State football holds off Sacramento State for 31-24 win

Added Bonus: Check out the snazzy game highlights reel:

Weber State Football

🏈 📹 highlights of the win at Sacramento State. Weber State returns home for Homecoming game Saturday at 5:00 against UC Davis in the #BigSkyFB opener. #WeAreWeber

Weber State next faces UC Davis at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Stewart Stadium for homecoming and to open Big Sky Conference play.

WSU Football: Weber State Comes Up Short 33-20 At Cal

Anytime a lowly Big Sky Conference football team dang near whoops a Power 5 PAC-12 team, that's a "moral victory," in our book

Just a few words about yesterday's Weber State Wildcats thrilling pre-season game:

"The turnover margin really hurt us and hurt our momentum.  "I thought the play calling was very good and we moved the ball well. We have a tough team that really fought today. There are no moral victories and we very well could have pulled this one out but Cal made the plays when they needed to. We left a lot on the field and had chances to win, we didn't make the plays down the stretch," said WSU head coach Jay Hill.

Read the full story, Peeps:

• WEBER STATE COMES UP SHORT 33-20 AT CAL

Nonsense, Coach Hill, sez we. Anytime a lowly Big Sky Conference football team leads at the end of the third quarter and dang near whoops a Power 5 PAC-12 team, that's a "moral victory," in our book.

Second Set: Ogden City Elections Financial Disclosures

Follow the money, sez we!

For all eager Ogden City residents who are following the 2017 Ogden City elections, we have the Second Set of Ogden City candidate financial disclosure statements posted right here:

• 2017 Ogden City General Election Candidate Roster

Check it all out, Ogden Peeps!

Follow the money, sez we!

Preseason Opener: Weber State Football Sets School Records in 76-0 Win Over Montana Western

Great job. WSU Wildcats. This is win to be savored!

Rabid WSU Football fans that we are here at Weber County Forum, peeps, we don't usually commence our equally rabid WSU coveragel until the beginning of the regular season.  This morning however we're delighted to make an exception to that, for an obvious reason.  Feast your eyes on this 'Cats fans.

Here's the full story of yesterday's preseason game, Wildcat fans, via Standard-Examiner correspondent Mark Jones:

• Weber State football sets school records in 76-0 win over Montana Western

“I thought it was a good game,” Weber State coach Jay Hill, a master of undertatement said. “We did what we were supposed to do.”

Great job. WSU Wildcats. This is win to be savored!

Sunday Funnies: Religious Leaders Plan Rally in Washington as a Moral Rebuke to Trump’s Presidency

Our best guess? You won't find any known Mormon within miles of this rally on Monday

Via the Washington Post:

"The rally Monday comes on the 54th anniversary of the March on Washington: More than 1,000 religious leaders from multiple faiths will rally in D.C. on Monday, hoping to show that opposition to President Trump is not political, but also moral"

Read up, Peeps!

• Religious leaders plan rally in Washington as a moral rebuke to Trump’s presidency

Will your fellow Mormon lay clergymen show up for this important Monday rally, fellow Mormon Utahns?

Well... there's always theoretical hope, we guess:

• Utah’s Top Mormons in ‘All-Out Revolt’ Against Donald Trump

On the other hand, otherwise anti-Trump Utahns still suffer from this giant problem:

Our best guess? You won't find any known Mormons within miles of this rally on Monday.

So what say you about this, gentle readers?

2017 Ogden City Municipal Primary Election Day Thread - Updated

Check back after 8:00 p.m. and join in on all the fun

Breaking news for WCF readers who may have been living under a rock: Today is Ogden City Primary Municipal Election Day; and assuming you're registered to vote, and that you haven't already availed yourself of "by-mail voting," you can nevertheless vote from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the following "Voter Assistance Centers":

• Weber County polling places/drop boxes

This morning;s Standard-Examiner story should serve as a reminder that typical Utah primary election turnouts are notoriously meager.
So if you want to see your favorite council candidates survive to run in the November election, don't stay home and rely on your neighbors to put them over the top, folks, even though you're confident that they're leading in the most recent polling.

If you still need to familiarize yourself with today's candidates, check out the election module in our trusty Primary Election Candidate Roster (also available in our  right sidebar) which contains everything you need to know about these eager aspirants to political office. "One Stop Shopping" for Emerald City Municipal Election candidates... that's what we aptly call it.

Check back in later this evening for real-time vote tallies, which we'll be posting here in a new update after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. Robust election night coverage is a 12-year tradition here at Weber County Forum, so be sure to come back and join in all the fun.

In the meantime however, we'll invite you all to chime in with a little primary election day conversation. We'd definitely like to hear how your voting experience went today. Were poll workers courteous and well prepared? Did you have any problems casting your vote? What could city and county election officials do, if anything, to improve the process?

That's it for now, Gentle Readers.

Who'll be the first to throw in their own 2¢?

Update 8/15/2017 8:22 p.m.: Okay folks. Today's results are already rolling in, Thanks to Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch's Election Office:

• UNOFFICIAL Election Results Rpt 3

With 19.9% of all votes counted at 8:58 p.m., it appears that the tallies are now strongly leaning in favor of City Council incumbents.

Update 8/15/18 9:27 p.m.: Here are tonight's final tallies, folks, indicating that all City Council incumbents drew the most votes in each precinct tonight:

• Final UNOFFICIAL Election Night Results

Now that didn't take long, did it? It ought to be an interesting runoff in November, wethinks.

Update 8/16/17 8:25 a.m.: The Standard-Examiner provides the post-Primary Election story this morning:

• Weber County primary winners 2017: Ogden City Council incumbents survive

Click our now-revised candidate roster, for the  list of candidates who'll appear on your November 7, 2017 General Election ballots:

• 2017 Ogden City General Election Candidate Roster

Congrats to the top two winners in each precinct; and thanks to all the other candidates for participating in this year's Ogden City Elections!

We'll be looking forward to a very interesting runoff in November's General Election.

Ogden City Council Election Financial Disclosure Statements

Yeah!`We got's it totally covered

HAY, Ogden City voters!  In the event that you've kept your
Ogden mail-in ballots -in in yer back pockets,  awaiting Ogden City 2017 first set of financial disclosures...well here they are, thanks to the wonderful Tracy Hansen, of the Ogden City recorder's office, among others.

Read up, peeps.

We have all Ogden Council candidate financial disclosure statements posted here:

• Ogden City Candidate Roster

Yeah!`We gots it totally covered

Standard-Examiner: MEET THE OGDEN CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES IN THE 2017 ELECTION

More info in re: Ogden City Election candidates

As the August 15, 2017 Ogden City Municipal Election fast approaches, we're delighted to highlight today's Standard-Examiner story, wherein Ace Reporter Cathy McKitrick provides thumbnail bios of most of our 2017 Ogden Council candidates. Read up peeps:

• MEET THE OGDEN CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES IN THE 2017 ELECTION

For much more info about these candidates, check out our Weber County Forum Candidate Roster.

Our take? Your blogmeister will not submit his own mail-in ballot until after August 7, 2017, when candidate financial disclosures come out.

Suit yourselves, however, folks.

Cool Hi-tech Ogden City Doins @ Tomorrow Night's Ogden City Council Meeting

Check it out, Ogden City Citizens

HAY! Check this out, Ogden City residents/taxpayers! The Ogden City Council is using the latest internet technology, to induce increased cyber-attendance at tomorrow night's Ogden City Council Meeting, wherein Ogden City's newest 2018 proposed budget will be discussed.

Read the introductory Standard-Examiner story, peeps:

• Ogden council hopes virtual town hall will spur involvement in city budget process

Here's the Ogden Council Facebook link, where you can follow Tuesday's Council discussion in real-time, folks:

• Ogden City Council Facebook Page

Check it all out tomorrow, Gentle Readers, and above all, do not hesitate to add your barbs to the respective Facebook and Weber County Forum comments sections

Standard-Examiner: Backyard Chickens Could Help Stack the Next Ogden City Council

Backyard Chickens? Yes or no?

Backyard Chickens?

Happy Days Ogden City residents! As our 2017 Ogden City Council races to propel toward our August 15, 2017 Primary, it seems that a palpable Ogden City election issue has now emerged.

We'll turn to today's Standard-Examiner story to flesh this new development out:

• Backyard chickens could help stack the next Ogden City Council

C'mon, peeps. Check out our Weber County Forum 2017 Ogden City candidate roster page, to find out which Ogden City Council candidates oppose/support allowing backyard chickens in Ogden City:

• 2017 Ogden City Election Candidate Roster

And whatever you do, Ogden City residents, DO NOT FORGET to submit your mail-in ballots!

2016 Ogden Municipal Election: Meet the Ogden City Council Candidates!

Via the venerable Junior league of Ogden, we're delighted to highlight this 2017 Ogden City Ogden election event, Gleaned form Facebook, of all places:

Here are the space-time coordinates:

When: Wednesday, July 26 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Ogden City Amphitheater, 343 E 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401, Ogden, Utah 84401

Here's the full skinny, Peeps:

Join the Junior League of Ogden and the Weber County League of Women Voters for a candidate forum in anticipation of this year's Ogden City Council election. Meet the candidates and hear them talk about real issues that affect real lives in Ogden. 

Not sure what City Council does? We'll cover that.
Not registered to vote? We can help with that, too!

Please join us for an interesting evening to "Meet the Candidates" on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ogden City Amphitheater, 343 E. 25th Street, Ogden.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
The Junior League of Ogden is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

Standard-Examiner Editorial: Ogden Mayor Took City Government Into His Own Hands -Updated

Remember! Ogden City mail-in ballots go out early next week!

Bad news for our beloved Ogden City, according to yesterday's strong and scathing Standard-Examiner editorial.

Seems Ogden's "Mayor Mike" has suddenly gone haywire:

• Ogden mayor took city government into his own hands

"Now the community needs to hold him accountable," the SE Editorial Board opines.

Here's how you accomplish that folks:

Go to our Weber County Forum 2016 Election Candidate Roster page, and prowl through it.

The one thing we need in Ogden City politics, wethinks, is an astute and vigilant Ogden City Council, to keep watch over Mayor Mike.

Remember! Ogden City mail-in ballots go out early next week!

Update 7/21/17 Ace SE reporter Kathy McKitrick adds this important reportorial insight:

• In hindsight, tight deadline doomed Ogden's bungled Stadler Rail bid

Comments, anyone?

2017 Ogden Election Preview

Just remember, peeps, we have an Ogden City election coming up this year!

Here's a list of eager candidates who've so far signed up for available 2017
City Council slots:

• Ogden City Council declared candidates

Go to the Ogden city offices by 5:00 pm Wednesday, 5/7/2017, if you too would like to throw your own hat into the ring. And remember this, Ogden peeps!

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UPDATE 6/8/17: Looky here peeps! Ogden City's own hometown Super-hero, former Utah District House 9 representative Neil Hansen, has now thrown his hat into the Ogden Precint 3 Ogden City Council race! Why not elect an experiened Utah Legislator to the Ogden City Council, we ask?

GOP "Moderate" Replaces Crackpot "Hardliner" James Evans as Utah GOP Chair

No doubt about. The Utah GOP's "transformation" will be a thrill to watch, No?

At risk of coming off as WAY LATE to the party, we'll very belatedly report what happened in Utah GOP politics over the last weekend. The Standard Examiner set the stage on Friday, posting this highly informative story, reporting that three Utah GOP candidates (two hardliners- one "moderate") were poised to battle for the "plum" GOP Chairmanship. Here's the SE story, peeps:

• Two Davis County Republicans vie with incumbent to lead state party

Here are the followup stories, folks:

• New Utah GOP chairman vows to fix party's debt, win back disenfranchised conservatives - Salt Lake Tribune
• Analysis: The Utah GOP takes some baby steps toward the political middle - Utah Policy

Happily, incumbent GOP Chairman James Evans, whom we've regularly criticized here on Weber County Forum over the years, got his ass handed to him in the first round of Saturday's convention vote,

No doubt about it. The Utah GOP's "transformation" will be a thrill to watch, No?

Standard-Examiner: Bagpipe Band at Ben Lomond High Marches to Its Own Beat

Meal ur naidheachd, Ben Lomond students!

Fantastic Standard-Examiner story today, wherein SE reporter Anna Burleson puts the focus on Ogden's amazing Ben Lomond High school Scottish bagpipe marching band.

Here's the lede:

OGDEN — The room was filled with loud, off-beat drumming and quiet fluting one afternoon in April as the Ben Lomond High School Bagpipe Corps practiced individually and in small groups.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere and with no perceptible cue, the group of drummers and pipers assembled, playing in harmony together.
The Ben Lomond Bagpipe Corps has been a longstanding staple at the school and its members, including lead piper and high school senior Joseph Richey, couldn’t be more proud.
“It’s a long-standing tradition, and I think it’s really cool,” he said. “I hope over the next few years we can grow it and get bigger and better carry on the tradition.”
Read up, peeps:

• Bagpipe band at Ben Lomond High marches to its own beat

Added Bonus: Watch Ben Lomond High's amazing student band belt out "Scotland The Brave" and "Elmo's World":



Meal ur naidheachd, Ben Lomond students!

Missing-in-Action Rob Bishop Gets invited to an April 18 Town Hall Meeting! - Updated

C'mon Weber County voters! be there; and don't let Rob Bishop down!

Hey, Utah Congressional District One consituents! As we all know, GOP Congressman Rob Bishop has been sorely missing in action in our District lately, whilst he's been otherwise fully occupied in Washinton, D.C. selling off our Utah public lands to the highest corporate bidders.

Here's the good news, Peeps. Congessman Bishop has now been located; and he'll be travelling back to our humble Congressional District NEXT WEEK, to "cuddle up" with we, his neglected constituents. Check this out, Peeps:
Utah County GOP crackpot Jason Chaffetz hosted a really great town hall meeting with his highly-animated constituents just a few weeks ago.

C'mon Weber County voters! Be there; and don't let Rob Bishop down!

Update 4/17/17: Uh-oh folks, looks like Congressman Bishop will remain missing in action:

• Even if Bishop won't be at April 18 town hall, you can still share your views

Update 4/18/17: Via Indivisible Ogden, we find out that the show still went on to a packed house, despite the absence of the the arrogant little party-pooper:



Check it out, folks!

Update 4/19/17: The Standard-Eaminer has the story:

• Indivisible Ogden, still seeking meeting, blasts Rep. Bishop as out of touch

Another Ogden Legendary Skier Suddenly Exits the "Mortal Coil"

These guys were all my lifetime ski buddies, and we in the Utah skier community will never forget them, we earnestly hope

Let's face it skier folks, it's been a tough year for Ogden-Based "Ski" heroes.

• Dean R. Perkins Obit
• Bob Chambers Obit

Sadly, here's another danged heart-breaking obit, concerning yet another heroic Utah ski-racer ski industry "heavyweight hero," who's now suddenly (just last week) "stepped off" the "mortal coil":

• Raymond Earl Miller obituary:

These guys were all my lifetime ski buddies, and we in the Utah skier community will never forget them, we earnestly hope!

Hatch, Lee Vote to Allow Greedy Internet Service Providers to Track and Sell Customers' Browsing History

Our take? If our sleazy internet providers want to make money by legally revealing our data, we should at least be mightily paid for their privilege, and we should all be be fairly compensated for the value of our "online data."

Here's a KSL story that'll be bound to "tick you off" Weber County Forum Readers, wethinks.

Here's the lede:

SALT LAKE CITY — The Republican-controlled Senate voted Thursday to roll back regulations that formerly prohibited internet service providers from tracking and selling customers’ browsing history.

Abolishing these regulations would allow ISPs like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T to track what their customers search online and in apps and sell that information to advertisers. ISPs previously had to ask permission to collect private data.

Here's the full story, WCF Readers, via the ever-awesome awesome Associated Press:

• Hatch, Lee vote to allow internet service providers to track and sell customers' browsing history

Our take? If our sleazy internet providers want to make money by legally revealing our data, we should at least be mightily paid for their privilege, and we should all be be fairly compensated for the value of our "online data."

So what say you about all of this, WCF Readers?