Pleasant View

            This is a special time of year when folks are finding ways to express themselves and share their Christmas spirit.  Some do it through hobbies—like Ilene Hoffman of North Ogden does with her nativity sets.  She has over 1,000 pieces made from all kinds of materials and from foreign countries.  She and others displayed their sets at the first Weber County Holiday Festival held at the Golden Spike Event Center over Thanksgiving weekend.

Weber High Wrestling

Coach Jonathan Giatras has been coaching wrestling for 16 years and will be putting that experience to good use this year at Weber High School, especially when 20 percent of his team are first-time wrestlers. But don’t let that throw you off; Coach Giatras has already seen a lot of progress with his young team. “During our first competition this season in Evanston, we had 5 wrestlers make it to the finals to wrestle for 1st or 2nd. Only one of the five had ever wrestled in the championship round of a tournament before.”

During the November City Council meeting, there was a lot of discussion about the current and future water supply of the city. Recently, there has been a wake-up call for a long-term fix regarding water usage.

Imagine walking through a barn that has been transformed into the bedroom of Andy from the movie Toy Story or feeling like you’re under the sea visiting Ariel and her friends from The Little Mermaid. How about being at a parade and seeing a float in the shape of a castle filled with all your favorite Disney characters, such as Cinderella, Snow White, Captain Jack Sparrow, the Mad Hatter, Captain Hook and Cruella De Vil?

The results are in and the following students were selected as sterling scholars at Weber High:

English: Angelica Previte

Math: Easton Potokar

Science: Alexa Folkman

Social Science: Alex Anderson

Business: Brayden Montgomery

Technical: Kyson Filiaga

Family/Consumer Science: Rachel Harris

Art: Michelle Hartvigsen

Music/Vocal: Jacob Heywood

Music/Instrumental: Andrea Nef

Mayor

Doug Clifford = 282

Toby Mileski = 352

City Council

Merril Harris = 233

Steven Gibson = 453

Scott Boehome = 420

City Councilman Toby Mileski decided to run for mayor of Pleasant View because he felt its citizens deserve to have a choice at the polls. Additionally, Mileski hopes to continue to oversee the proper spending of budgeted funds and work to ensure that residents are not burdened by tax increases because of the lack of financial management.

Mayor Doug Clifford is seeking his third term as mayor of Pleasant View. Mr. Clifford sees the balance between increasing business and maintaining the City’s rural environment as the biggest issue facing residents. Mayor Clifford hopes to work over the next several years to maintain that balance.

Merril Harris, a current middle school teacher, is also running for Pleasant VIew City Council. Harris believes growth in the city needs to be controlled, so it doesn’t flow into residential areas. He also believes current, local businesses need a lot more support from the city. We should “spend more time promoting the businesses that are already here,” Harris said

City Council candidate, Steve Gibson, cautions that Pleasant VIew needs to be “wise in our spending”. While Gibson would like to see more growth in the city, he also says a lot of infrastructure, such as water lines and roads, need improvement. Gibson would like to find a solution to address both issues without raising taxes in Pleasant View.