Railroaders add old board games to lineup
PROMONTORY SUMMIT -- If throwing buffalo chips isn't your forte, maybe you can try your luck at checkers.
Old-fashioned board games are a new addition to the annual Railroaders Festival, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Checkers, Chinese checkers and Nyout, a game similar to Sorry, will be played from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at an interpretive shelter at the site.
Replica locomotives Jupiter and No. 119 will give steam demonstrations at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The locomotives arrive at the site at 9:30 a.m., and tours of the cabs will be offered throughout the day.
Re-enactments of the 1869 ceremony marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. A fashion show of 1860s clothing begins at 2 p.m.
Visitors can ride a 1950s motorcar, known as a "speeder," which used to be used to transport maintenance workers along the rails.
Other activities include a living-history camp, buffalo chip throwing, boiler stoking, handcar rides, a Lego display, relay games and a railroad safety education program.
Admission is free for the festival and also free on Sunday. The site is 32 miles west of Brigham City; take Interstate 15's Exit 365 and state roads 13 and 83.
For more information, call 435-471-2209.
Scrapbookers gather for all-night party
WELLSVILLE -- "I wanna cut and glue all night ... and die-cut every day!"
Sing that to the tune of "Rock and Roll All Nite" and you'll pretty much have the attitude at the American West Heritage Center next Friday, as it hosts an all-night scrapbooking party.
Beginning 2 p.m. Aug. 20 and ending at 5 p.m. Aug. 21, those who pay the $30 fee will be provided with a light dinner and snacks, a space to sleep -- if needed -- in the center's Opera House, and a workplace to preserve those memories on pretty paper.
Local scrapbooking dealers will be on hand to sell supplies to scrappers, just in case they forgot the acid-free glue or decide they need a few embellishments.
The American West Heritage Center is at 4025 S. U.S. 89-91, Wellsville.
For reservations or more information, call 435-245-6050.
Saturn, Mars, Venus stop by star party
ANTELOPE ISLAND -- Planetary things are coming in threes at Saturday's star party at Antelope Island State Park, where Saturn, Mars and Venus may be spotted in telescopes.
Visitors should arrive before 8:15 p.m. at White Rock Bay. Various sizes of telescopes will be set up for viewing stars, galaxies and planets.
Members of the Ogden Astronomical Society and Weber State University's Ott Planetarium will help folks find objects in the heavens and will answer questions about purchasing telescopes.
Solar telescopes will be set up for looking at the sun before it gets dark.
Free star maps will be provided. The event will be canceled if the sky is overcast.
Admission to the park is $9 per vehicle. The park is west of Syracuse off Interstate 15's Exit 332.
For more information, call 801-390-0823.
Anthropology museum looks into county fairs
LOGAN -- Explore the American fascination with county fairs on Saturday at the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology.
As part of its "Saturdays at the Museum" series, the museum will host "The Culture of County Fairs." Guests can sample and learn to create homemade fair food, view displays like a crazy-patch quilt, participate in fair activities like a fish pond or carving granny faces in apples. Bring fair goods (not animals) to win a blue ribbon.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The museum is also open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, in Room 252 of the Historic Old Main Building, 500 N. 700 East.
Admission is free.
For more information, call 435-797-7545 or visit http://anthromuseum.usu.edu.
RAMP activities offer free fun for everyone
More free recreational opportunities and access are coming up on Saturday, courtesy of Weber County's RAMP grants -- the tax benefiting recreation, arts, museums and parks.
* Lorin Farr Pool, noon-3 p.m., 1691 Gramercy Ave., Ogden. 801-629-8291.
* Ogden Nature Center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (classes 10 a.m.-3 p.m.), 966 W. 12th St., Ogden. 801-621-7595.
* Roy Recreation Complex/Pool, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 2977 W. 5200 South, Roy. Basketball, exercise equipment and more. 801-774-8590.
* Hill Aerospace Museum, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 7961 Wardleigh Road, Hill Air Force Base (Roy Gate). Flying machines and military artifacts. 801-774-0956.
Fitness day takes aim at substance abuse
OGDEN -- Get fit with the whole family, while helping others kick unhealthy addictions.
Family Fitness Day, planned for Aug. 28 at MTC Learning Park, will feature a fun run, walk and breakfast. The run and walk start at 8:30 a.m., with check-in beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the park, 1750 Monroe Blvd. A pancake breakfast, served by the Lions Club, follows.
There will also be booths and games, as well as live music.
Register for the 5K run or walk for $15 by today, at Weber Human Services, 237 26th St., to receive a T-shirt, race bag, breakfast and five-minute massage. Late registration is $20, and does not guarantee a T-shirt. Group rates are available.
Family members not participating in the run or walk can buy breakfast for $3 per person, or $10 for a family of four.
Funds raised by the event will be donated to substance abuse prevention programs.
For more information, call 801-625-3755.
Farmers, artists head to market in Morgan
MORGAN -- The Morgan Valley Farmers and Artists Market opens at 9 a.m. Saturday, at 30 N. State St.
The market, which features fresh produce, arts and crafts, continues 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday through at least the first week of October.
For more information, call 801-829-6498.
Wish a happy birthday to Zuri the elephant
SALT LAKE CITY -- All kids get toys for their first birthday -- even an elephant "kid."
Zuri the African elephant will open presents and eat a birthday cake at a 10:30 a.m. party Saturday at Utah's Hogle Zoo, 2600 E. Sunnyside Ave.
Party activities, including make-and-take crafts for children, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Guests can also sign an oversized birthday card for the elephant, who was born Aug. 10, 2009.
Weighing 251 pounds at birth, Zuri is gaining about 1.7 pounds per day and now tips the scales at nearly 900 pounds.
Zoo admission is $9 for adults, $7 for ages 3-12 and seniors, and free for age 2 and under.
For more information, call 801-582-1631.
'The Art in Rock Art' opens at USU library
LOGAN -- Utah State University opens "The Art in Rock Art" exhibit today in its Merrill-Cazier Library.
The library, 400 N. 900 East, will show the rock art photographs of Utah State University art professor Craig Law through Sept. 15.
Law is a photographer for the Barrier Canyon Style Rock Art Project, which began documenting the virtually unprotected sites in 1991. This will be the first time these photographs have been exhibited.
On Sept. 2, Law will be featured at an exhibit lecture and reception in Room 101 of the library. The event runs from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Library hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, call 435-797-2633.
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