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..

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