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Saturday, August 24, 2013

2013 Parade of Homes in Bear Lake Valley


 


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AUG 23-25, AUG 30-SEP 2

Buy tickets for the 2013 Parade of Homes at Bear Lake Merchants, Parade Homes or by using the paypal link above.
Tickets are $10 at Bear Lake Merchants and Homes, $11 online ($1 processing fee added) (Bear Lake Convention and Tourism - http://bearlake.org/events
Children 5 and under may enter homes free of charge.

If you purchase online, bring your receipt to a parade home to exchange for a ticket.

2013 Sponsors


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LSB-sponsor
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Mountain Man Rendezvous In Meadowville

Don't miss this fun event next year!  Mountain men and women gathered from all over the intermountain west this last weekend to re enact the Bear Lake Rendezvous of 1827 and 1828 where there might have been thousands of Shoshone Indians and Mountain Men and pioneers trading goods and having a great time on the south side of Bear Lake near Meadowville and Laketown, Utah.  There were mountain crafts, ceremonial Indian dances and interesting mountain stories told by story tellers in authentic mountain man garb.
Old Time Sodas, Photo by Tammy Calder
Photo  by Tammy Calder

Photo by Tammy Calder
Photo by Tammy Calder

Beading, Photo by Tammy Calder
 

Friday, August 23, 2013

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program Position Available

The Senior Companion Program pairs healthy older adults with frail senior citizens or disabled adults to help them live independently in their homes.  Senior Companions provide companionship to isolated/lonely adults and support to overwhelmed caregivers through vital respite.  Without this support, many seniors and their families would be forced to consider early nursing care placement. Although there are home health agencies who provide skilled nursing care services to home-bound elderly adults, this program is designed for direct client contact to provide caring companionship to isolated adult. 

The eligibility requirements to be a Senior Companion Volunteer is 55 years and older and an annual income below $1,115 per month or 200% below poverty.  Upon acceptance to the program, the volunteer receives 40 hours of training which enables them to begin working 20-40 hours per week. 
 
A non-taxable stipend of $2.65/hour,.35 mileage reimbursement and $2.00 meal reimbursement are some of the benefits provided to the volunteer. The program was developed to assist low-income volunteers as well as clients who benefit from their services.  Senior Companions provide companionship to isolated/lonely adults and support to overwhelmed caregivers with respite.  The one on one interaction received from the volunteer is vital to a lonely individual and can only be addressed through a caring friend who visits on a weekly basis. They become part of a team of caregivers.  Isolation, especially in rural communities, is a major concern when working with frail, homebound seniors and disabled adults.
 
For more information about the position or for help for you or your loved ones contact Debra Smith at debras@brag.utah.gov

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Allan Earley Wahlstrom


Allan Earley Wahlstrom Obituary 

Our loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather Allan Earley Wahlstrom, 81, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 of cancer at his son’s home in Layton. 

He was born May 11, 1932 in Laketown, Utah the son of Benjamin Stanley and Lydia Mary Earley Wahlstrom.

He attended North Rich High School and Utah State University. 

Allan enlisted in the USAF and served three years in Germany 

He married Lorna Esterholdt on October 23, 1959 in Laketown, Utah and their marriage was solemnized in the Logan Temple.  He was a High Priest and served two LDS missions. 

He loved his family and enjoyed camping, boating and hunting. 

He is survived by his wife Lorna, six children, Kenneth (Marienne), Kevin (Anita), Lisa (Michael) Fiet, Curtis, Marcie (Brandon) Atkinson, Bryan (Nichole), 20 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held at the Laketown LDS Chapel Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the church.  Interment, Laketown Cemetery.   

Condolences may be shared at www.lindquistmortuary.com

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Heritage Days September 6 & 7

Now that Raspberry Days is over we are gearing up for Heritage Days, September 6 & 7.  We have a lot of fun events planned and a lot of great prizes.

We are looking for volunteers; we hope you are willing to help us out for a couple hours.
 
We need people to sit at the fishing pond on Friday.  We would like a few volunteers for a couple hours each so one person doesn't have to sit there all day.  The fishing derby goes from 9 am to 8 pm.  I think we have 5-8 covered so we need 2 hour shifts from 9 - 5.

We also need volunteers to help on Saturday.  It goes from 10 - 3 ish.  Let me know if are willing to help with an event or just help in general.  I attached a schedule of events and the times for you to look over.  Thanks in advance.  Let us know if you have suggestions of people that may like to help.

Thank you,
Kathy Hislop
Town Clerk, Garden City
435-946-2215

Sunday, August 18, 2013

The Muddled Male


Wife Two, Engineer Zero
By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male

 

         It has been a tough couple of weeks for your friend the Muddled Male.  Ann, my wife, has an insatiable curiosity about how things work and why certain things happen.  Because I was an engineer in my former life she thinks that I can answer any question about anything at any time and she expects an immediate answer when she asks.  Since I don’t want to lower her estimation of my ability by letting her know that sometimes I am clueless, I occasionally make up the answer to her question just to keep her from finding out that for that particular question I really don’t know the answer.  I always assume I won’t be caught since she wouldn’t have asked if she already knew.  Even when I don’t know the answer, if I sound authoritative enough, she will assume that I do, thus giving me extra credits that I may not deserve but really need.  Sadly she sometimes pins me down and finds that I am prevaricating and that causes mistrust to creep into our relationship. 

            My real problems began a few weeks back on Ann’s birthday when our kids surprised her with a birthday party and lots of Helium filled balloons.  After a few days some balloons began to deflate and sink.  When Ann asked if they were sinking because they were getting heavier I told her that actually they were getting lighter since some Helium had leaked out.  Then she asked why, if they were getting lighter, the balloons didn’t rise instead of sink.  I tried to explain that it wasn’t so much the weight of the balloon that mattered, it was the weight of the balloon and Helium compared to the weight of the air that the balloon displaced.  And that when the Helium leaked out the balloon collapsed so that it was smaller, and the smaller size meant that it displaced less air.  I further fortified my answer by reminding her that what I just said was consistent with Archimedes’ principle of buoyancy which he included as part of his treatise on floating bodies.  Archimedes principle states that any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.  So that means that if an object weighs less than the fluid that it displaces (air in this case) the object will float, but if the object weighs more than the fluid it displaces it will sink. 
 
           She responded by asking why she should take the word of a prevaricator backed up by a partner in crime who just happened to have died more than twenty two hundred years ago?  And for that reason, she informed me, she was going to stick with her first assumption and believe that the balloons were sinking because they were getting heavier.

            Then came the vacuum cleaner caper.  Ann has a bag-less, upright, cyclone type vacuum cleaner she uses to vacuum our upstairs carpets.  She can always tell when its performance begins to drop because the cyclone disappears and the dust bunnies in the cyclone tank stop swirling.  The normal fix is to remove the entire cyclone assembly, carefully disassemble everything, and clean each part carefully.  But this time cleaning did not fix the problem.  After a thorough analysis of flow paths, Ann’s resident engineer concluded that the problem was likely caused by dust being trapped on the upstream side of the Hepa Filter and blocking airflow.  But after multiple attempts I was not able to figure out how to remove the filter, even if I used the Mechanical Engineer’s beloved tool, the screwdriver pry bar.  Ann’s cutting remark was, “Did you read the owners’ manual?”  “No,” said I, “Engineers write manuals, they don’t have to read them.”  So Ann, in an attempt to shame me, followed me around reading from the manual.  When she came to the part about removing the Hepa Filter by grasping the tab and pulling, she thought she had me.  But I quickly explained that a tab would be obvious, moulded into the plastic ring that held the filter, and easy to spot.   And there was no such tab anywhere near this filter.  Then Ann said, and she refuses to let me forget it, “What is this loose piece of nylon material here on the edge of the filter?” as she reached out and easily lifted the filter out of the cyclone tank just as it said in the owners’ manual. 

            Now I am beginning to think that maybe Archimedes was wrong and the balloons are sinking because they are getting heavier.

 

Needles and Leaves

By Jennifer Huefner
Bear Lake Landscape, Inc.
Garden Center/Office Manager
 
Native Trees For Your Landscape:  Some Are Yum!
chokecherry
Chokecherries like this are plentiful on the Bear Lake Valley hillsides right now.
As the raspberry harvest comes to an end, other native fruits are just beginning.  Two of my favorites are the chokecherry and the elderberry.  These are two native trees found in the hills around Bear Lake.  Both berries are great for making jelly, syrup, and jam.  Elderberry jam tastes much like grape jam with a little more zing to it.  Chokecherry syrup has been a family favorite for a couple generations now.  Not only are these trees great for producing edible fruit, but they do well in your yard.  As native trees, they will have a greater chance of being healthy in our soils and with our weather.  Other native trees that do well here are the Rocky Mountain Maple (The one that turns a brilliant red in the fall.), aspen, spruce, fir, and pine.  Native shrubs that do well here are the Utah serviceberry, the ninebark, apache plume, compact Oregon grape, and curled leaf mountain mahogany.  Many of these trees and shrubs are drought tolerant once roots are established so you can lessen the amount of water you use in your landscape. 
 

 

Rich County Rodeo & More Events



 
Rich County Rodeo, Photo by Tammy Calder


More Things To Do In Rich County!

  • 22th - 25th: Bear Lake Rendezvous! in Laketown, Utah. Native American dancers, black powder shoot, candy cannon, kids games, and more!
  • 23rd - 25th, 30th: Bear Lake Parade of Homes. Homes on display, sponsored by the Bear Lake Home Builders Association, for more info call 801-725-8941.
  • 24th: Bear Lake Valley Health Care Foundation Annual Golf "Fore" Health Golf Tournament. For more information, contact Bear Lake Memorial Hospital or Craig at 208-847-1630.
  • 24th: Live music by Two Week Notice at Cooper's at Bear Lake West Restaurant & Sports Bar in Fish Haven at 8pm.
  • 30th - 31st: Live music by The Kap Brothers at Cooper's at Bear Lake West Restaurant & Sports Bar in Fish Haven at 8pm.
  • 31st: Bear Lake Ranch Rodeo, Laketown Arena. Wild cow milking, saddle bronc riding, and events for the kids as well! Contact Bo for more info 435-757 3775.

  • 

    Search and Rescue at Rendezvous Beach

    Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
    Rich Civic Times


    GARDEN CITY, Utah. August 17, 2013.  State Parks boats combed Bear Lake for a father and teenaged son who were reported missing about 7 p.m.  They were on a jet ski rented from Rendezvous Beach when they were flipped off.  Unable to reach the jet ski, they began to swim for shore.  They were wearing life jackets.

    Searchers found the jet ski but did not see the men.  About 9:30 p.m. searchers decided to call the National Guard to use flares and night vision equipment in the Guard rescue helicopters to continue the search.  Before they could be called, the father was picked up walking at Rendezvous Beach and a few minutes later the son was found too.  He was suffering from hyperthermia.  An ambulance was called.  EMT personnel must have been waiting for a call,  as the ambulance sirens began only three minutes after being called and it was at the scene immediately.  The two are fine excepting for sores and blisters resulting from swimming in the life jackets.

    Negus To Leave Fire Board

    Chris S. Coray, Reporter
    Rich Civic Times

    GARDEN CITY, Utah.  August 15, 2013.  The Garden City Fire District Board met at 6 p.m., Aug. 15, 2013.  Present were Terry Allen, Randall Knight, and Ben Negus.  Absent were Travis Hobbs and Christina Gracey.  Ben Negus submitted his resignation from the board effective when a replacement is named.  Ben said that his job required him to be away more than would allow him, in his own judgment, to be an effective board member.   Chairman Terry Allen thanked him for his work on the Fire Board. 
    Information for those interested in the vacant board position is available at the post office.  The fire department has a new cell phone number, 435-994-2460, which should henceforth be used instead of Chief Kurek’s personal phone.
    Fire Chief Dan Kurek reported that the department had received a $14,900 DNR Wildland grant that will be used for turnouts and other equipment.  The past training of the firefighters can be counted as matching funds.  On another incident, the work done in the propane tank rollover resulted in a net financial benefit to the department of slightly more than $16,000, all of which will be used for new or replacement equipment and safety gear, such as new pumps for the tender, a 3,000 gallon water snap tank to be carried on the tender, plus new and additional hoses, and other items.

    The board discussed the issue of electronic meeting attendance by board members but did not reach specific conclusions about future policy on that issue.  The majority of those board members present were opposed to any board members attending electronically to be counted toward the number needed for a legal quorum (3).
    There will be a forthcoming policy for randomized fundamental drug testing for all fire department employees.  It is under development.  Further, the department will, in conjunction with the sewer district and Garden City, consider a plan to replace the worn out asphalt bordering the 3 buildings in the complex.  The project has been put off for the last 6 years.  The cooperative plan, if feasible, will be completed quickly as the season for asphalt work will end mid-fall.
    The Raspberry Days breakfast raised $4,100 for the department, a portion of which will be used to buy a tent for the young women of the 1st ward, who worked on the breakfast. The remainder, as promised, is to be used as decided by the firefighters themselves for additional firefighting and support gear. 
    Plans are under also under way to paint the tender to reflect its current ownership.