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NORTH OGDEN — Drivers on Highway 89 in North Ogden are seeing something they haven't seen there before, something that all appeared just Wednesday night. The main drag through North Ogden is quite a sight to see, all thanks to people who wanted to make two families feel like they’re not alone.
“I think any tragedy, whether [or not] you knew the family … your heart is touched,” said Lucy Hall from Kirt’s Family Drive Inn. “No matter who dies, your heart is touched. Especially when it’s a child.”
As busy as she was, when Jody Nix came into work as a manager at The Cannery in North Ogden Wednesday evening, she stopped everything she was doing.
“I looked out the windows and saw so many students out there, and it wasn’t just students,” Nix said. “So many people, parents and little kids. It looked like an entire school was out there doing something.”
What they were doing was tying ribbons, hundreds if not thousands of them, to let the Capener and Hadley families know that they’re not alone.
“It shows that North Ogden and Pleasant View and Harrisville, they’re one community. They’re one place,” Nix said.
It wasn’t just outside of Nix’s building, but up and down Washington Boulevard and Highway 89 in North Ogden. The visual representation of support was everywhere.
“We try and do a lot of things here with the community,” said Sam Ellsworth, manager of the Pizza Pie Café. “And it just seems like everybody tried to help take care of everybody.”
Hall didn’t know any of the four people who died at Bear Lake Monday evening after a storm caused 6-foot waves to capsize their boat. To Hall, though, it doesn’t matter that she didn’t know them personally. Being neighbors and members of the community means they’re family, and it’s important to show that love.
“This community here in our own little area, I don’t want to give our secret away, but we have a family. We have a magic here,” Hall said.
The people of the area are hoping that magic can help lessen the families’ pain.
Kathryn Capener, the mother of the two girls who died, was also in the boat when it capsized. She is still in the hospital, but officials say her physical condition is improving. A family spokeswoman said the family appreciates all the love and support that everyone is showing.
If you want to help the families affected, the Pizza Pie Café in North Ogden is donating money to the Capeners and Hadleys. All you have to do is let the establishment know that you want your food payment donated to the families. A GoFundMe account has also been set up for Siera Hadley and a website dedicated to the Capeners family.
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