Garden City's Halloween and Witches Night

This is a great Halloween tradition in Garden City.  The cabins at the KOA are decorated by families and friends who really go all out!  Then over 200 kids paraded in their costumes around the cabins before they began trick or treating.  Ken Hanson brought the Poppy's Inflatables so the kids slid and jumped off the sugar highs.  Tanya Peterson did a great job again this year organizing this community event and Troy Peterson drove the little train for the tiny ones. 

This years Witches Night Out was popular too!  So many of the young and hip Bear Lakers came and had a ball.  Lauriann Wakefield took pictures of the great party.



Bill & Barbara England's Halloween Masterpiece - Photo by Lauriann Wakefield



Green Chic - Katy Ballingham

Seth and Annie Ballingham after their third cupcake - Photo by Bobbie Coray

 

Garden City Witches Night Out!  Photo by Lauriann Wakefield

 

                                                     They look like movie stars.  Photo by Lauriann Wakefield

 



Getting ready for the Halloween Parade

An Interesting Christmas Gift

“A History of Rich County” books by Robert E. Parson are available for purchase from the Rich County Clerk’s Office for $15.00. Shipping will be an additional $3.00.

This book is part of the “Utah Centennial County History Series”. The Utah Centennial County History Series was funded by the Utah State Legislature under the administration of the Utah State Historical Society in cooperation with Utah’s twenty-nine county governments.

Garden City Library

The Parents and Me Story Time is held on Wednesdays from 11a.m. to 12 noon at the Garden City Library.  Join the fun!  

November Events in Bear Lake Area

November 2012

• 9th: Saddle Strings Rides Again - Dinner Show at 7:30 p.m. in the Allinger Community Theater in the Oregon/California Trail Center at 320 N. 4th St. in Montpelier. (208) 847-3800.

• 16th: Rich Legends and Melodies: stories, poetry, & music! Located in Randolph, UT at the High School Auditorium. Performance starts at 6:30 PM. Free Admission! For more info contact 435-730-6559.

• 17th: Rich Legends and Melodies: stories, poetry, & music! Located in Garden City, UT at Lake View Room, Bldg C, 69 N. Paradise Parkway. Performance starts at 6:30 PM. Free Admission! For more info contact 435-730-6559.

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• 23rd - 24th: Holiday Craft Fair & Tree Festival at the Oregon Trail Center in Montpelier on Friday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Santa will visit us at noon. 208-847-3800.

• 24: Paris Craft Fair, Paris Elementary School, 10am - 3 pm, for more info call 208-945-2630 or 208-766-3443

Halloween For Everyone At The KOA

The Halloween bash for kids and wanna be kids at the Garden City KOA

 Wednesday, October 31 at 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. because it is a school night.

So the costume parade will start promptly at 4:30!  Doughnuts and hot chocolate!

For the wanna be kids, come decorate a cabin. We've done this for years now with a group of friends and we sit around a fire passing out candies to the little ones and it is truly fun. No one can compete with the England's amazing decoration...but we love doing it and getting to know 200 kids from all over Rich County and Fish Haven. Thats why it is nice to have friends come with their candy too.

Our winter road home. Photo by Tammy Calder

Musing Of A Muddled Male

Cat Box
By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male

musingsofamuddledmale@gmail,com

 

Ann, my wife, has been struggling of late with competing instincts.  I shared with you previously that she loves cuddly, furry little creatures.  She is particularly partial to the cute little chipmunks that skitter around behind our house looking for Black Oil Sunflower Seeds that our particular chipmunks love to eat and I begrudgingly buy.  A few weeks ago we spotted a feral cat living under our deck.  At first we thought that she was alone, but then we notice that there were three kittens that were part of her entourage.  Ann's first response was, "Oh how cute."  That was until she spotted the mother cat patiently teaching the kittens to hunt chipmunks.  What was she to do?  The kittens were cute and the chipmunks were cute, but they were obviously incompatible.  Then the mother and two kittens left for better accommodations while one really cute but scared little tabby kitten stayed behind to live on his own under our deck. And that is when Ann's motherly instinct kicked in.

            Even though Ann kept repeating that we had to find some other home for our kitten because we were gone frequently and couldn't leave such a delicate creature to fend for himself, we were, at the same time, out purchasing comfort supplies to meet the needs of the kitten we had named Tuffy for his ability to survive.  First there were several different flavors of canned kitty pâté which had to be taken back because Tuffy wasn't partial to the texture.  Those were replaced with canned kitty shreds....with gravy....which he really liked and consumed lots of.  And a carton of eggs because Tuffy like a boiled egg in the morning for breakfast.  Then there was the blanket with kitten faces to keep him company at night, a potty box scoop, two potty boxes (which he would use only if we manually placed him in the box), a large box of clumping potty box filler, a fake mouse, a pet carrier, and...well, you get the idea.

            Then stress came into our marriage.  Ann said, as I remember, We can't leave that poor, cute, motherless kitten out there under the deck alone on this miserably cold night.  We have to bring him in where I am close by to give him comfort and keep him warm.  And so I, the dutiful husband, went out to the garage and found a sturdy box with a secure lid and began to modify the box for its occupant by adding air holes in the side that could also serve as peek holes to allow a view of the outside world.  And it worked, too.  I found that if I curled up really small I could squeeze comfortably into the box.  And I not only had adequate air, I could also look out through the peek holes and see Ann lying under a warm blanket cuddling the cat.  I did get a charley horse in the wee hours of the morning when I began to shiver in the cold and couldn't stretch my leg out straight. The thing that really worried me, however, was when I heard her tell someone that if she didn't find a place for "him" to live then he might have to be put down, and I didn't know if she meant the cat or the dutiful husband