West Valley residents and many others had a chance to enjoy a beautiful fall day and an afternoon on the farm during the city’s annual Fall Fest celebration. It was held at the Roots High School Farm and hosted by the Healthy West Valley Committee on Oct. 19.

The annual event is aimed at engaging the community in healthy food education and resources and in providing access to affordable food options, according to Karin Toone, community engagement specialist for West
Valley City.

The Healthy West Valley committee hosted a food drive in conjunction with the Fest, taking donations from attendees for the Roots High School food pantry. It was also an event where winners of this year’s West Valley City Clean & Beautiful Yard Awards were honored.

“We presented each of them with gift cards from Western Garden Center and a car wash, plus they were given a sign to put in their yards as winners,” Toone said. “We also have a display here with photos of their yards and how amazing they all looked.”

“They just drove through the neighborhoods and looked at yards that they liked,” said winner Amy Romero. “We didn’t enter any kind of contest. We’ve lived in our home for four and a half years and we landscaped it with a lot of rock when we moved in. The award came as a complete surprise and it was really, really an honor.”

The Fest also offered local entertainment, booths with food samples, free pumpkins for kids and free popcorn, which is always a
crowd favorite. λ

Winners were as follows: 

Maria Magdalena Rodriguez

Scott Winn

Del Perez

Teresa and Denice Smith

Andie Gonzales

Lyle Evans

Starla and Duane Kendall

David and Patricia Jones

Richard Alexander

Shane and Marie Chatwin

Christina Johnson

Equilino and Laura Avila

Charles and Sherri Hughes

Mountain American CU

Danna Leah and John Hall

Bill Nickel

Will and Debbie Whetstone

Jose Montanez

Eric Lopez

Rick and Amy Romero

Matt Wilkinson

Lisa Nicholson

Peggy Dunn

Alex Mena

Rich Hall

Terry and Sharon Anderson

Jade Faulkner

Mike Twitchell

Brad and Carleen Burt 

Jeff Karriker

Deb Lanier

Skylar Harrison

Druce Family

Bjorklund Family

Lant B. Olsen

Ed and Shauna Saddler

Barbara Davis

Leisa Shouse

Teresa Wolf

Lera Johnson

Freddy Goze

Paul and Charlene Lund

Ken Warner

Peggy Sorensen

Jan White

Laura Salvador

Hunny Ng

Joseph Yap

Jessica Lopez

Tuy Nguyen

Hardjinder Partolla

John Jola Wojtanowicz

Andrew Nguyen

Miranda Lamb and Paul Hallbon

Suly Vo

Karalee Bennett