Bear Lake Local Craft Fair At Raspberry Days

Raggy Daggy Do-Dads

After moving to Bear Lake in 1999 Sandi Warner started making jewelry inspired by her friend who was designing jewelry as a response to being a cancer survivor. She considers her designs to be eclectic in order to appeal to many jewelry lovers. She favors semi-precious gemstones - especially jaspers and agates that come in many colors with fascinating natural designs. She also prefers glass beads that are made in the Czech Republic as they are considered the best glass bead makers in the world.

She has sold her jewelry at venues in Utah, Idaho, and Colorado and 2 of her designs have been featured in jewelry magazines. Her jewelry is also sold in the National Oregon-California Center in Montpelier. This is how she explains the unique title for her jewelry - "Raggy Daggy Do is the name my Dad called me until his final day. To honor him, his artistic talents, and the inspiration he was to me I proudly call my handcrafted one-of-a-kind jewelry Raggy Daggy Do-Dads."

So be sure to stop by and see all of the numerous crafts she is currently hard at work creating for the Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair during Raspberry Days, Aug. 4-6. You'll find them and many other talented local crafters in the Lakeside Bldg north of the library in the Garden City Complex on 300 West.

Transient & Short Term Rental Licenses Approved in Garden City

Anita Weston, reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah. July 13, 2016 The Garden City Town Council meeting was held on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, beginning at about 5:30.  Darrin Pugmire, Councilman, was excused from the meeting.

Three transient business licenses were granted to the following:

            Acme Discount Fireworks located at 25 W Hwy 89 (Jake’s Place) for the sale of fire works.  The request was made by Jared Jensen.

            Western Skies is located at 2085 South Bear Lake Blvd. (Western Skies Rentals). They will be serving food from a legal trailer.  Clair Webb made the request.

            Olympus Fireworks located at 270 W Logan Road near Renegade Raceway want to sell fireworks.  The request was made by Theron Watson.

The following 13 businesses requested short term rental licenses and were approved:

            Bear Lake Cabin Rental will be managing the property located at 585 South Cedar Drive.  Alan Arthur is the owner.

            Don Busby is the owner of property at 865 North Harbor Village Dr. #211  It will be managed by Bear Lake Lodging.

            Sam Hatch is the owner of property at 865 North Harbor Village Dr. #210.  It will be managed by Bear Lake Lodging.

            Peter Veiguela is the owner of the property at 865 North Harbor Village Dr. #206. It will be managed by Bear Lake Lodging.

            Pat Klingberg is the owner of the property at 888 N Newberg Dr. #2.  It will be managed by KP Bear Lake Rental, L.L.C.

            Wayne Miller is the owner of the property located at 135 South Bear Lake Blvd.  It will be managed by Bear Lake Cabin Rentals.

            Dan and LeeAnn Smith own the property at 2176 South Bear Lake Blvd.  This property will be managed by Ideal Beach Resort Masters Association.

            Sam Bellaccomo owns property at 865 North Harbor Village Drive #213.  This property will be managed by Bear Lake Lodging.

            Terry and Carrie Godfrey will rent out their property at 865 North Harbor Village Drive, #205.

            Jeff Winter is the owner of property at 545 West Dee Drive.  Bear Lake Lodging will be managing this property.

            Matt Coulan owns property at 865 North Harbor Village Drive, #107.  Bear Lake Lodging will be handling this property.

            Shane Berg owns property at 888 North Newberg Drive #2.  Bear Lake Lodging will manage this property.

            Gerald Hunsiker owns property at 509 West Raspberry Patch Road.  Bear Lake Lodging will be managing this property.

Bear Lake's Economic Significance Discussed In Logan

By Clayton Gefre, Staff writer
The Herald Journal

Bear Lake and its uses was the topic of conversation Thursday night at the Cache County Historic Courthouse for the third in a series of town hall meetings organized by Cache County’s representatives at the Utah Legislature.

Six panel members representing the Utah State Division of Water Rights, Utah State Division of Forestry, Fire and Sovereign Lands, the Bear Lake Regional Commission, Utah State Parks, the Bear Lake Watch, and the local government of Garden City were invited by Cache County’s legislators to give their perspectives on the state of Bear Lake, including its water levels and its economic significance to northern Utah. They each gave presentations and answered questions from attendees.

“Out motto in Garden City is ‘Where Families Play,’” Garden City Mayor John Spuhler said to the attendees. “We have to have a vision for the future, and we’re always looking closely at balancing the needs of recreational visitors with those who live here year-round.”

Will Atkin of the Utah State Division of Water Rights gave a short presentation about the use of Bear Lake as a natural reservoir and power supply for the states surrounding it, noting how its water levels have fluctuated since its designation as U.S. Reservoir Site No. 1 in April 1889.

“We’re not currently in a drought right now, but we’ve been able to weather droughts and been able to manage water effectively for those needing the water,” Atkin said.

Mitch Poulsen of the Bear Lake Regional Commission said one of the main projects the commission is looking toward for Bear Lake’s surrounding campsites is the improvement of bike paths around the perimeter.

“We tend to make ourselves involved in anything that needs technical and mechanical expertise,” Poulsen said. “We would like to extend the bike paths from the Rattlesnake Subdivision all the way to the boat launch and then integrate those paths into existing trails. We could post the paths online once the project is complete.”

Richard Droesbeke of Utah State Parks spoke about an alarming statistic regarding recreational vehicle use at Bear Lake, pointing out that Rich County had the highest number of recreational vehicle accidents per capita in the state, with a large percentage of those accidents stemming from activities at Bear Lake.

“We’re working with the Bear River Health Department to remind vehicle users to stay safe,” Droesbeke said. “We’re having more people each year having more fun at the state parks in the area, but we want to make sure to try and keep everyone safe even as the campgrounds are bursting at the seams.”

The large summer crowds play a significant role in the city’s government, Mayor Spuhler said. He said Garden City only has about 800 permanent residents, but hosts crowds of up to 30,000 people during crowded summer days.

“Of Rich County’s property tax revenue, 82 percent of it comes from second-home owners at Garden City,” Spuhler explained. “We brought in $512,000 in sales tax last year. A lot of what we take in goes to fund projects around the county and the state. There’s a reputation of us having a lot of taxes, but the truth is our tax is the 21st-lowest district in Utah, and we’ve only raised taxes once in the past 25 years.”


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Paris, Idaho - Architectural Treasures

Photo by Carmen Wimmer

In 1978, the Idaho Historical Society cataloged over 80 architecturally significant historic houses and commercial buildings in Paris, Idaho.  In this and future columns we will highlight one or two. The Paris Museum has information about this and other homes. 

John Tueller Home
165 East 1 South, Paris, Idaho

The former Tueller house, built in 1904, is a two-story buff brick residence built to an elaborated ell-plan. The roofs of both the lateral block and the cross wing are hipped. The cross wing, which extends toward the street, has in addition a gable emerging at left. To the right of the section surmounted by this gable, but still under the roof covering the front-facing wing, is a slightly inset enclosed foyer with an open corner balcony above it. To the right of the foyer, and filling the intersection proper is an open hip-roofed porch supported on Tuscan columns.

The great decorative interest of the house is in the masonry, particularly the brickwork.  Outset quoins articulate the corners. A pair of outset courses with a toothed band between them separates the two stories.  The first-floor windows are capped with double outset header courses, segmentally­ arched with side drops, except on the half-wide foyer window, which is flat-arched. Upstairs windows have plain segmental arches. First floor windows are further distinguished by heavy stone sills.  An unusually tall and completely intact corbelled brick interior chimney rises on the west side.  Wooden decoration is secondary but handsome: Tuscan porch columns; turned posts, brackets and balustrade on the balcony; shaped shingle and round-arched light in the gable.

The John Tueller house is architecturally significant as one of the most substantial and well-turned houses in Paris.  As the home of one of Paris' foremost masons, it is ample testimony to the local skill which produced most of the town's fine brickwork.  Built in 1904, this house exemplifies the turn-of-the­ century movement in late Queen Anne to a more regularized, simplified form with distinct classical overtones.  The other noticeable instance in Paris of this tendency is the J.W. Cook house (site 58). The Tueller house, however, also makes formal reference to the stone Tueller house of the late 1880's in its projecting quoins, segmental window caps and stone sills. The window caps and the toothed course of the mid-body are also allusive to the 1905 Bear Lake State Bank building (Browning Block, site 74), for which the Tuellers were responsible.   

With the use of relatively sedate turned woodwork and simple porch columns in addition to the ornamental brickwork, the Tueller house offers an assortment of materials which culminates in its shingled gable, indicating a continued allegiance to nineteenth-century surface variety.  John Tueller came to Paris with his family in 1885 and joined his father and brothers on the stonework of the Tabernacle.

Annual St. Charles Salmon BBQ July 23

Bear Lake County Alaskan Salmon BBQ & 5K July 23 in St. Charles, Idaho on Highway 89 by LDS Church.

The Salmon Run 5k is happening again this year in conjunction with our annual Alaskan Salmon Barbeque. The 5K kicks off at 8:00 a.m. starting from the St. Charles City Hall, you'll run (or stroll) along the Jericho Loop, returning to the City Park.

The barbeque is served from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. so pick your time and come enjoy some fresh Alaskan salmon cooked over hot applewood coals and served up with dutch-oven potatoes, salad, rolls, and a drink! Relax, savor the flavor, listen to the live entertainment and take in the fresh country air.

Cost is just $45.00 per person which includes registration, 5k t-shirt AND the barbeque.

Register for the run at www.active.com

Dinner only is $13.00 ages 12 on up and $7.00 for kids 5-11.

Make sure to spread the word, tell your friends, bring your family and help Search and Rescue earn money for new equipment, repairs and training... after all, the life we save might be YOURS!

Bear Lake Local Crafts At Raspberry Days

Green Sage Junction Music

Sandi Gunderson Warner, contributor

Rich Civic Times

Green Sage Junction is the music duo of Cordell and Shelly Green from Montpelier, ID. Between them they have many years of experience entertaining crowds with their guitars and singing. They belong to the Western Music Association and Cowboy Poets of Idaho. Cordell and Shelly perform at Cowboy Gatherings, fairs, Farmers Markets, restaurants, reunions, and other venues. Last year they got everyones toes tappin' and hands clappin' at the Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair with familiar tunes and songs especially for children. “We love to share the joy that music brings to others”.

They will be entertaining on Friday and Saturday at the Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair during Raspberry Days again this year on Aug. 4-6th. So join us at the Lakeview Bldg. on 300 West this to see what our local crafters have for sale, enjoy some incredible homemade chocolates, and cool down with Aggie ice cream served in handmade waffle cones while dancing to the sounds of Green Sage Junction.

Summer Sailing

Photo by Claudia Lopez

Garden City Council Deals With Controversial Issues

Anita Weston, reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  July 13, 2016. There will be a Public Hearing on July 17 and July 26 to get the public input concerning building a recreational center in Garden City.  A discussion concerning the financial side of this project will be an important part of this meeting.  

Zan Murray, City Engineer, reported that work is still moving forward on the Elk’s Ridge Water System Easement and Property Agreement project.  He noted that Lance Bourn is following up on getting the required signatures and documents required for getting this item finished up.

Steve Arnold was appointed to the Appeal’s Board and approved by the City Council. Bruce Warner resigned from the Council.  He is going to China for a period of time and will be teaching there.  He was thanked for the work he has done.  The Council wished him well in his new adventure. 

The trail from 350 South to the Boardwalk is done.  The City is currently putting up a privacy fence to keep young people from climbing on a lot of old equipment that is stored next to the path.

Pat Argyle, Council Member, noted that the flag ceremony will be held on July 23.  The pathway from 350 South to the Boardwalk and on to the beach will also be dedicated at that time.  The culverts that were near the flag and children’s play area at Heritage Park have all been put into the ground and covered over.  A water fountain is being put in place. 

She noted that the agreement on how the garbage trucks will pickup garbage in Buttercup and Heritage Park needs to be clarified.  Also, the big tree in the play area needs to be smoothed a bit and some of the bark removed so that the children won’t get hurt.  They love playing on the tree.

The property purchased by the City for a park actually is a big larger than was originally thought.  .  The amount of land contains 7.67 acres instead of 7.48.

The Raspberry Days Committee leaders indicated that they were not interested in working with Raspberry Days next year.  Since there won’t be anyone with experience, Pat Argyle asked for some suggestions for moving forward for next year.  Mayor Spuhler suggested that perhaps some event companies could be contacted and bid for this activity.  The Council Members accepted this suggestion. 

Mayor Spuhler reported that Buttercup has dissolved their HOA.  All of the common areas have been deeded to the City.  Fireworks are forbidden in Buttercup—there is too much tall, dry grass.   There is a fine of $1,000 for anyone setting off fireworks in this area.  Individuals who live there who want to use fireworks should go to the park, the Church parking lot, or the lakeshore.

There is a meeting in Logan, Thursday, July 14, concerning Bear Lake.  Mayor Spuhler will be attending the meeting along with Bear Lake Watch, Representative Webb, the Bear Lake Regional Commission, the State Parks, and other involved agencies.