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Sub for Santa donations now being accepted |
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Monday, 05 November 2012 |
The Family Connection Center
and Clearfield City are accepting
donations for the annual Sub-for-
Santa program beginning November
1 through December 19th in
two locations: the lobbies of the
Clearfield City municipal building
(Utility Dept.), 55 S. State Street
and the Clearfield Aquatic Center,
825 S. State Street.
Now more than ever the
community’s help is needed
in assisting low-income Davis
County families to enjoy a happy
holiday season. The Sub-for-Santa
program accepts donations of new,
unwrapped toys, necessities and
gifts for children ages 0 – 17 years,
and families. Food donations are
also greatly appreciated.
Suggested items for the children
and teens are: toys, blankets, new
clothing for all age groups, hygiene
products, electronics, games, books,
sports and camping equipment,
school/art supplies and batteries.
These items are suggestions – any
new items you would like to donate
are greatly appreciated. Cash
donations are also gladly accepted
and will be spent entirely on the
children/families.
Families who need assistance
for the Sub-for-Santa program
can contact the Family
Connection Center
at (801) 773-0712.
For all other questions
please contact Dan
Schuler with Clearfield
City at (801)940-
2078.
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Featured Clearfield Manufacturer Albion Minerals |
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Friday, 02 November 2012 |
101 N. Main Street
Chelates – probably a term most of us aren’t familiar with
(pronounced “key-lates”). However, Albion Minerals, a
family-owned business which has been around since 1956,
and headquartered in Clearfield since the 1970s, knows all
about chelates and how it relates to human nutrition.
Through research and development efforts Albion
Minerals came up with a way for our human bodies to better
absorb vitamins and minerals. Originally started by Dr.
Harvey Ashmead, a registered pharmacist and Utah native,
with just $250, Albion Minerals began as a veterinarian
pharmaceutical company. Dr. Ashmead sold vet medicine
directly to area farmers and ranchers, selling other companies’
products. The company eventually began to manufacture
and sell their own veterinarian vitamins and minerals.
Through various tests it was discovered that standard
inorganic minerals weren’t being absorbed by the animals
and most of the minerals were ending up, well, in the manure.
Dr. Ashmead came up with a process allowing the minerals
to be pre-chelated, thus better absorbed by the animals. This
led to less sickness among the animals, increased growth
in size, and improved mortality and sexual reproduction.
Albion Minerals evolved in the manufacturing of amino acid
chelates for animals and by the 1970s was able to gather
enough data to enter into the human nutrition industry.
“We do a huge amount of research here in our Clearfield
facility,” said H. DeWayne Ashmead, Dr. Ashmead’s son
and president of Albion Minerals. “We’ve got a reputation
for high quality products, and we protect our products and
processes with over 150 patents.”
Okay, so what is a chelate, or chelated minerals? According
to Albion’s website AlbionNutritionFacts.com, chelated
minerals is a scientific term referring to a very specific
molecular structure that happens between a molecule and a
nutritional mineral atom. Chelation is a natural process that
takes place in the gut to facilitate transportation of nutritional
minerals across the intestinal wall as a part of digestion. As
our body is not very efficient at producing chelated minerals
we look to these mineral forms in nutritional supplements
to assure greater efficiencies of absorption.
Only Albion has developed the ability to closely duplicate
the natural chelation process which occurs in the body, states
their website. Albion has the ability to turn inorganic rocks
(mineral sources) into small organic molecules, makin them highly bioavailable (bioavailability is the measure
of the amount of an ingested nutrient that is absorbed and
made available to the body for metabolic use. It’s important
because nutritional intake must be available to various
body systems for growth, maintenance of body issues,
reproduction and other performance factors) and therefore
more effective.1
Through an affiliated distribution network, Albion reaches
into nearly 100 countries. In addition to human nutrition,
they also manufacture products for plant nutrition, including
foliar (on the leaves) applied fertilizers for high value crops,
such as grapes, avocados, almonds, and broccoli.
Albion sells two well-known, branded products
through their business partners that are sold to the
consumer: Ferrochel®, an organic iron supplement that
provides increased tolerability and absorption, and
CreatineMagnaPower, a magnesium chelate of creatine
used by body builders and athletes to increase strength
and endurance.
Albion’s corporate headquarters in Clearfield has 60
employees, and is home to the following departments: R&D,
Human Resources, Quality Labs, Finance, Administration
and a small warehouse. They also manufacture fifteen human
nutrition products at the Clearfield facility. Albion, which
is Latin for purity, originally started in Ogden, where they
have three facilities - a liquid chelate manufacturing plant
for application on crops, a spray drying plant for humangrade
chelates, and a warehouse.
Albion is heavily involved in the fight against anemia
throughout the world. Currently, they are one of the sponsors
of Vitamin Angels’ “20/20 Program” to fight Vitamin A
deficiency worldwide. This program helps to dramatically
decrease mortality rates in areas targeted by the program,
focusing on the underserved and those without access to
facility-based health services.2
If you would like to learn more about Albion Minerals and
human nutrition visit one of their three consumer websites:
AlbionNutritionalFacts.com, AlbionFerrochel.com, and
CreatineMagnaPower.com.
1Albion Minerals: The Mineral Chelate Comes of Age – Swanson Health
Products, www.swansonvitamins.com/health-library/products/albion.html
2www.vitaminangels.org/programs/operation-2020
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Write to the Top |
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Wednesday, 31 October 2012 |
City Manager Adam Lenhard wants to hear from
Clearfield residents and businesses. In addition
to “Write to the Top” comment cards available
throughout the city building and the Clearfield Aquatic
Center, a new email address has been set up to make
citizen feedback even easier – writetothetop@
clearfieldcity.org.
“Your comments will help us know how we can
improve and better serve you,” said Lenhard. “In
addition, if you’ve had a positive experience with a
Clearfield City employee or department, I’d love to
hear about it.”
If you would like a reply, be sure to include your
contact information on the card or email.
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Winter Parking Hours Begin November 1 |
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 |
PARKING, Same Location; Hours Restricted
instructs: commencing on November 1 of each
year and continuing through and including the
last day of February of the following year,
it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on
any publicly maintained street between the
hours of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight and
five o’clock
(5:00) A.M.
of any day.
At all other
times of the
year, it is
also illegal
to park any
vehicle in the same location on any street
for a continuing period of time exceeding
seventy two (72) hours.
Public works employees are authorized to
issue parking citations for vehicles that are
in violation of the restricted winter parking
provision above. (Ord. 02-04, 3-26-2002)
If you have questions about any of
Clearfield’s city ordinances please call the
Code Enforcement office at (801)525-2845.
Visit the city website for a complete listing
of Clearfield City’s Municipal Codes at
www.clearfieldcity.org, click on “City
Write to the Top Government,” then click on “city code.”
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 30 October 2012 )
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Annual Dart the Turkey and Dessert Baking Contests |
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 |
 November 16, Friday,
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Whether it’s baking your great aunt’s special
apple pie recipe or you have a tried and true
method of throwing darts, participants can win
lots of fun prizes, including the Thanksgiving
turkey, at Clearfield City’s annual Dart the
Turkey and Dessert Baking Contests.
The city’s annual Dart the Turkey and
Dessert Baking Contests will be held at the
North Davis Jr. High Commons Area, 835 S.
State Street, where the darting competition
begins at 6:30pm. Participants ages 6 and
up can purchase targets for 25 cents each.
Prizes will be awarded to all 1st, 2nd and
3rd place winners in each age category. The
winning scores in each category will receive
a free turkey.
Why not enter your favorite homemade
dessert into our 23rd Annual Dessert Baking
Contest? Registration is held from 6:45pm
– 7:00pm and the judging begins at 7:15pm.
Participants must submit a copy of their
recipe. The judging categories will be: Best
Pie, Best Cake, Best Dish, Best Cookie, Best
Candy, Best Student, and Best Cooking Light
recipe (best example of lightening up the
calories and fat content, but not skimping on
taste). Winners
in first and
second place
will be awarded
prizes. The cost
is $1 per entry.
No need to
pre-register
for these fun
fall activities.
For more
information
please call
( 8 0 1 ) 5 2 5 -
2790 or visit
our website
a t www.clearfieldcity.org.
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