The 14th annual Intermountain Icebreaker event, which will run March 4-9, features a number of events for high school and junior high-aged children, including bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding, barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway, goat tying, steer wrestling, tie down roping, team roping and chute dogging competitions. Up for grabs across the various competitions will be $87,000 in prizes and awards, according to the event website.

Commissioner Jim Harvey noted that the event is one of the biggest of its kind in the Western U.S. and added that it helps preserve Western heritage.

“Sometimes, high school rodeo is a sport that doesn’t always get a lot of billing, but it is part of our Western heritage,” Harvey said during the meeting. “For us to have a facility that not only welcomes but perpetuates our heritage is fantastic for the people of Weber County.”

Other Golden Spike event agreements approved Tuesday included the Rocky Mountain Barrel Racing Association’s Diamond Classic Barrel Series 2025, RMBRA Awards Banquet, 2025 Spikers High School Rodeo, Miss Rodeo Utah Competition and Cowboy Clash Boxing Smoker Event.

For a full schedule of the happenings at Golden Spike Event Center, go to https://www.goldenspikeeventcenter.com/events.

Additionally, an agreement by and between the county and PBS Utah to hold a “Hollywood in Utah” screening at Peery’s Egyptian Theater on Feb. 11, beginning at 6 p.m., was approved. The PBS Utah documentary film covers 100 years of Hollywood filmmaking in the Beehive State. Following the screening, producer Nancy Green and historian James D’Arc will participate in a Q&A session.

For more information or to RSVP (by Wednesday), go to https://www.ogdenpet.com/events/2025/hollywood-in-utah-screening.

Also approved Tuesday was a contract by and between the county and Ogden Contemporary Arts for curation and other artwork-related services at the new Weber/Morgan Children’s Justice Center, or CJC. In addition to curating artwork for the new facility, OCA Executive Director Venessa Castagnoli said during the meeting that the organization would continue to support the CJC.

“We’re going to put in a whole lot of work making this space beautiful, but we’re not walking away,” Castagnoli said. “We’re going to continue to provide art workshops for the staff, for the parents and for the children.”

Castagnoli shared images including a floor plan and a prospective sculpture display for the CJC courtyard. She added that a selection committee, to include CJC staffers, would be involved in the curation process.

As the agreement was being discussed, Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch clarified that funds received by the county from the Friends of the Weber/Morgan Children’s Justice Center are segregated and used exclusively for the CJC.

Other approved items from this week’s commission meeting included several deputy sheriff basic training agreements, a retirement agreement for Chief Deputy Assessor DeeDee Kimber and the surplusing of a Cub Cadet 7360SS tractor. Finally, Ashlyn Tuckett of the Weber County Economic Development Department was recognized for her work at the county.