The Unmuddled Mathematician

An Unusual Breaking Point
Chris Coray, The Unmuddled Mathematician

To quote Winston Churchill, “There are some things up with which I will not put”.  Churchill did not want to end a sentence with a preposition and neither do I, but I reached a breaking point “up with which I will not put” last week.

My wife and I were in our last week in Mexico, which is where we try to go each year to avoid the mud around our home.  Cold doesn’t bother us but the melting snow that turns dirt roads into slop is something we try to avoid.  Anyway, we had 3 glorious weeks of sun, ocean, whales, pools, flowers, and really good Mexican food. 

One evening, though, during our last 4 days there, I had an experience roughly equivalent (but worse) to a root canal without anesthetic.  I doubt you will feel as I did, but relating the experience may give you insight as to exactly what kind of weird person I am. 

We were at dinner, in a beautiful open air restaurant that is part of the resort where we stay, and enjoying a fantastic beef and shrimp fajita.  Our view of the ocean was spectacular.  The restaurant was not crowded, with just another pair of very nice couples sharing the next table.  They were talking as couples who have just met often do.  We were not eavesdropping but it was clear from the dominant speaker that he was a recently retired engineer (not from Boeing, Bob) and he was regaling his companions with stories.  Bobbie and I pretty just talked between ourselves and were content in the moment with our own thoughts.  

Then it happened.  Two inch fingernails drawn down a chalkboard could not have affected me more.  My hearing, which my wife says is more than selectively bad, does have some frequencies in which I hear perfectly.

Just as I was about to chomp down a shrimp in my fajita, the guy at the next table started talking about Pi.  The number Pi.  All of my antennae immediately focused on his words.  I could not help myself, my mathematician’s DNA would not allow it.  The pleasant fellow was telling his 3 dinner companions how essential this number was in understanding really important things.  Then he decided to tell his group what the first 6 digits of PI are.  He was wrong.  I repeat, he was wrong.  In one of my proudest moments of self control I just bit into the shrimp and said nothing.  The shrimp did not go down well, but I was barely holding on and, surprising myself, I succeeded in remaining silent.

But then, just as I finished swallowing some water to retain my composure, in response to a question from his new friends, the retired engineer went into a virtual repeat of his discussion, emphasizing the first six digits of Pi.  Again, he was wrong.  It was a Thelma and Louise moment for me, either I would hurl myself off the balcony or correct a man I had never met.  As gently as I could I identified myself as a mathematician and provided the correct first 6 digits of Pi.  There was sort of an awkward silence.  But then the guy’s wife turned to me, having believed the truth as I explained it, and told us that for 35 years he had been using those incorrect digits for their entire marriage.  For some reason I think she was glad to hear my words. 

We each returned to our own food and the discussion ended.  I told Bobbie that the fellow was certain to go look up the truth, hoping that the stranger (me) was in error.  The next day Bobbie saw him someplace on the resort and gently said, “You checked, didn’t you?”  The answer was yes.

I will quietly listen to many things and to different opinions about all kinds of things, but not to abuse of Pi (or for that matter, e).  This story is prima facie evidence of strangeness in my character but I will not be moved from absolute truth.  We made up the game that produced Pi, and nobody gets to tinker with its elegance.  Mozart, Beethoven, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and  Pi. 

Garden City Water Rates To Rise

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  April 10, 2014.  Zan Murray of JUB Engineers appeared before the City Council to request that the water rates be raised.  A public hearing was held last month about the water study. The study made it clear that water rates need to be raised in order for the City to plan for expansion up to the year 2020 when the City will need a new one million gallon storage tank.  In order to handle such an expense, rates need to be raised. 

It was suggested that the turn-on and turn-off fees be set at $150 each.  The ordinance dealing with the base monthly charge has been amended to show the increase.  The base charge is moving from $35 per month to $42.  The new rates will begin May 1, 2014.  There will be a yearly 3 percent increase each year beginning in January 2016.   It was suggested that a notice be sent to all water users informing them of the increase in rates.

Whenever people connect and disconnect, they shift the costs of the water system to all the other users.  It was determined that everyone will pay every month regardless of whether they are living here year round or only here in the summer.  It was found in the study that most water costs are fixed showing that the costs are actually about the same year around. 

The motion was made by the Council and passed agreeing to the increase in monthly water rates.

A discussion concerning the Shundahi tank owned by Norman Mecham had been included in the water study.  The City requested that a different agreement with Mecham be made concerning water issues since the City will not be able to use the full capacity of that tank.  They would like to negotiate a new agreement.  They requested that the City be allowed to use Mecham’s tank. As he needs more water in his subdivision, the City would reduce the amount they pay to use the tank by the amount of water the City stores there until their own tank is in place.  The City would collect a connection fee from each new user that connects to the system which would pay for the usage of Mecham’s tank. 

Norm Mecham noted that he was willing to revisit the current agreement.  The agreements from the past were estimates of possible usage and costs. Mecham noted that as soon as he is able to know what he needs, he will be willing to work with the City on the sharing of the storage tank.

Currently the City needs storage of 500,000 gallons of water.  Shundahi needs approximately 230,000 gallons when the current phase of the development is built out.  Mecham needs approximately another 38,000 gallons for fire storage and emergency storage.  The City will have a deficiency in fire storage.  However, the State does allow an overlap.  With the sharing of the capacity of the tank, both groups would be in compliance with the needed fire and emergency storage along with the needed service water.  This would also assist in peak demand periods.

The city noted that they want Mecham to stay in business, and they want the City to also be successful.  A meeting needs to be held to work out the necessary agreement between these individuals.

Easter At the Lake

Photo by Janet Graham Lamping

Sweetwater Home Engulfed In Flames

Chris Coray, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.   April 17, 2014. A rapidly burning fire completely destroyed a new cabin on the South Sweetwater Parkway.  The cabin, owned by Wendy Williams of Brigham City, Utah, was engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes.  No one was in the cabin at the time of the fire, which started in daylight near evening.

The Garden City Fire Department and the Laketown Fire Department responded with speed and with multiple pieces of equipment and manpower.  After initially controlling the main blaze with large amounts of water the charred walls were still upright but bowed and tilted, threatening a collapse in subsequent hours so Garden City Fire Chief Mike Wahlberg decided to allow the fire to continue from the bottom in a controlled way (the cabin was already a complete loss) until the walls collapsed, removing the danger of further injury from such a collapse at a later time.   When danger from collapse was removed and the house was down, the department applied enough water to extinguish the fire completely.  Multiple units from Garden City Fire District and Laketown Fire District responded during the event.

Bob Stevens, Bear Lake Water Company, engaged a second pump on the hillside to assure adequate water flow to the hydrants which was entirely successful.

Bill and Barbara England of Bear Lake Pizza brought water and food to firefighters during the nearly five hour active fire fighting.

Andy Stokes, Tom Wahlberg, and Chief Mike Wahlberg took turns during the night staying on scene to make sure no further fire restarted, and in the morning equipment returned and again applied water to the debris.

In a strange coincidence the Garden City Fire Department had 4 times conducted training exercises on the house directly across the street so the firefighters were completely familiar with the terrain and water sources (hydrants and water on board the fire trucks).

Garden City Council Reports

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  April 10 2014. Council member Bess Huefner handed out a list to the Council Members of the events that have been scheduled for this coming summer.  She has ordered banners that can be hung from the new light poles that will include the names of the sponsors of the races. 

She noted that she had ordered porta potties for the Easter Party.  The budget for that party is $500, and $280 had been spent thus far. 

Raspberry Days plans are moving forward.  She indicated that she will suggest to the Raspberry Days Committee that they should probably post the meeting times and place so that the public could attend if they so desired.

There are some eagle projects that will be worked on this summer along with the Farmer’s Market and several service projects that will be carried out by visiting groups.

Darrin Pugmire noted that he is pleased that the roads on 150 South, 350 South and 75 North will be asphalted this summer.  He reported that the conditional use permit had been given so that the rodeo could be held this summer.  However, he feels that this activity must be added to the correct zone area for future such activities.  He also felt there needs more specific instructions for more true understanding of what is needed and required.

Chuck Stocking reported that the library rummage sale will be held June 12-14.  The evening of the 12 will be open from 7 – 9 p.m. for a $5 charge.  This will allow people who want first choice on items to be able to do so.  The sale will then be open on the 13-14 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the regular sale.   World Mark has donated some wonderful combination CD/Video players that are like new.  They have also donated some other items.  Everybody is encouraged to donate items to the sale to support and help the library.

The heater for the spa at the pool has been installed, and things there seem to be going smoothly.  The pool is being used more all of the time.

Bruce Warner asked if the Council Members could be provided monthly financial report.  He would like to see at least the cash balances and monthly spending information.

Kathy Hislop, the City Clerk, noted that all water bills are reviewed to see if they are reasonable.  There have been some bills that indicate there are some leaks.  Individuals will leaks need to make sure they get repairs made within the month.  One bill was as high as $1100 which shouldn’t have occurred.  If repairs aren’t done in a timely manner, no discounts for the leak will be allowed.

Rich County School Board

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

RANDOLPH, Utah.  April 15, 2014.  The Board was informed that the new bus has been paid for.  It will be delivered the first week in May.

The request from the County to have the School Board work with the Redistricting Committee was considered.  It was decided that Pete Cornia and Tammy Calder serve on the Committee.  They determined two from the School Board would be sufficient.

The Legislature passed a bill that made it possible for parents to sign a form to have their students opt out of any state wide summative testing.  The term SAGE Testing had been used. However, a great many teachers select test questions from the SAGE data base.  By using that name on the form will probably confuse people into thinking that allowing their children to opt out of State and Federal exams is a good thing and make it impossible for teachers to use those questions.  This would hinder much of the teaching that is taking place, particularly with teachers who use the feedback from the SAGE data base to review and retest in order to check student progress. 

It was decided that the Opt Out Form use the term “state wide summative testing” in place of the word SAGE.  This would follow the state requirements and yet keep teaching materials available to teachers.

There have been two people who have applied for the position of Director of Food Services.  The application date ends this coming Thursday, and a decision will be made after that closing date.

All members of the Board will be at spring graduation.  However, Burdette Weston and Scott Sabey will be the two individuals from the board who will be handing out the diplomas.

There was a discussion of the summer maintenance projects.  It had been suggested that the monies currently held in the building reserve fund be used.  If they use this money, the public must be given 30-days notice by the Board of this decision.  However, most schools no longer maintain a building reserve fund—these monies are kept in the capital projects account.  If the board would transfer these funds into the capital projects account and use these monies first, there would be no need to give public notice.  The Board decided to use the money from the capital projects fund to do the summer maintenance projects and take the necessary steps to combine the building reserve fund and capital projects fund.

It was reported that bleachers for all three schools—the middle school, the high school new gym, and the old gym will be purchased.  The cost will be approximately $136,000.  These bleachers will be motorized and will meet all code requirements.  This averages out to about $90 to $110 per seat.

Some of the gym floors need to be redone.  The middle school floor was done a few years ago and is fine.  However, the floors in the other two buildings need to be done at about $15,000 each.  As a general rule of thumb, the floors should have about 3 – 4 seal coats before they are sanded and refinished.  One of the floors currently has over 10 coats of sealer.  It is definitely time to refinish these floors. 

There is a great deal of cement work that needs to be taken care of this summer.  Estimates of the amount of cement needed are difficult to determine.

Putting carbon monoxide detectors will be easy in the middle school.  However, it is going to be much more difficult in the Randolph Elementary school.  It was felt that the High School and the Randolph Elementary need to have separate systems for this.

The Board asked the maintenance supervisor to bring a list of the final figures for the possible projects to be undertaken this summer.  They would like to know numbers so that they can prioritize these items and make a more informed decision than is possible at the present time.

The request was made to buy a new drivers education vehicle.  There is enough money in the fund since no cars have been purchased during the past two years.  They would like to get a Tarus or a Chevey Impala.  The school has two cars that can be rotated out.  They are the same model and make.  One of the cars will require a new engine.  It was thought if someone wanted to buy one, they could perhaps purchase the second car for parts.  The Board decided that they would sell them separately, but make sure those purchasing the cars understand what the problem areas are.  Thus, the motion was made to purchase a new car and sell the two older cars to the public.

The Child Nutrition Policy will continue as in the past.  It has worked well.  If school lunches are not paid for by parents at a certain date, they can be informed that they will have to go to small claims court.  This has worked well in the past and certainly will not cause the district to run into the problems like occurred in Salt Lake where children’s’ lunches were taken away.

From the feedback received from the public, Calendar C has been selected for the next school year.  School will be starting on the 20^th.  Teachers will be at school on the 18^th and the 19^th.  There will be three school days that week—including having all the students attend that Friday.  There is only one other Friday that students will need to attend during the school year—the last day of school in the spring.  This calendar allows a good Christmas break and seemed to be the most desired by the public.

There was a Regional Meeting Conference held by the USBA Association.  Those Board Members who attended said the meetings were good.

There were four students from Rich County who were selected by the Utah High School Athletic Association to be All Stators.  Skyler Argyle and McKay Jarman were selected in Basketball.  Kami Lamborn was chosen in Girl’s Basketball.  Hackin Cornia was selected in Wrestling.

The Spring Wellness Social will be held in Laketown on the last Thursday before the last day of school.  Mrs. Jackson will also be honored at this time for the tremendous job she has done as the Food Services Director.

The May Board meeting will be held May 21, and the June Meeting will be held June 17.

The interest based facilitation team will be handled by Ralph Johnson and Scott Sabey.  The insurance program has been out to bid.  The results of the bidding process will be made known on the 24^th.

Bear Lake Landscape & Garden Center Ready For Summer

Rich Sheriff Report For March

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  March 2014.  There were 83 incidents handled by the Sheriff’s Department during the month of March.  There were 40 incidents in Garden City, 30 in Randolph, 9 in Laketown, and 4 in Woodruff.   Of these incidents, the most common were:7 medical assists, 6 alarms, 6 suspicious persons/circumstances, and 6 thefts.  There were five animal problems, 5 juvenile problems, and 5 traffic hazards.

All 7 medical assists occurred in Garden City.  There were also the following in Garden City: 4 alarms, 3 traffic hazards, 3 animal problems, 2 welfare checks, 2 traffic accidents with damage, 2 juvenile problems, 2 citizen assists, 2 attempts to locate, and 2 agency assists.  There was 1 each of the following:  burglary, child abuse or neglect, DUI alcohol or drugs, fire, fraud, official misconduct, missing person, suspicious person/circumstance, theft, trespassing, and a VIN serial number inspection.

Laketown had one each of the following:  alarm, civil process, dead body, juvenile problem, traffic accident with damage, suspicious person/circumstance, theft, traffic hazard and a VIN serial number inspection.

Randolph had 5 citizen assists, 4 criminal histories, 4 thefts, 3 civil processes, 3 suspicious person/circumstance, 2 animal problems, and 2 juvenile problems.  There was 1 each of the following:  alarm, assault, burglary, dead body, sex offense, transportation of person/property, and a VIN serial number inspection.

There was 1 each of the following in Woodruff:  suspicious person/circumstance, traffic hazard, vandalism, and VIN serial number inspection.

There were 27 traffic citations and traffic violations.  There were 13 in Garden City, 3 in Laketown, 7 in Randolph, and 4 in Woodruff.  Of these citations, 20 were speeding, 2 were no proof of insurance, and 1 each operating vehicle without insurance, operating vehicle without a license or registration, violation of learner’s permit, purchase or possession of tobacco, possession of tobacco by a minor.

There were 7 traffic warnings and 8 violations. There was 1 warning and 2 violations in Garden City, 3 warnings and 3 violations in Randolph and 3 warnings and 3 violations in Woodruff.

Bryan Stringham Earns Prestigious Award & Named Valedictorian

Chris Coray, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

Bryan Stringham
 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  April 18, 2014. Bryan Stringham, youngest son of Mark and Kathy Stringham of Garden City, has been named the 2014 valedictorian for the College of Engineering at Utah State University.  There are three departments in the college, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.  Bryan will graduate from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department in two weeks with a B.S. degree.  He entered Utah State with a Presidential Scholarship

Bryan also completed a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in England after his freshman year at USU.

In addition to the valedictorian award for academic excellence as an undergraduate, Bryan has just received a very significant $44,000 annual multi-year NSF (National Science Foundation) Fellowship to continue graduate engineering study at any university of his choice.  These scholarships are highly competitive and very hard to earn, which provides additional evidence of the Bryan’s exceptional academic achievement.   NSF received over 14,000 applications for the 2014 competition, and made 2,000 fellowship award offers according the National Science Foundation website http://www.nsfgrfp.org

From the website: “The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is the country's oldest fellowship program directly supporting graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Since 1952, NSF has funded more than 46,500 graduate research fellowships out of more than 500,000 applicants. Fellows receive an annual stipend, opportunities for international research and professional development, and have the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate research they choose.

The GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers. The reputations of GRFP follows its recipients and often helps them become lifelong leaders who contribute significantly to both scientific innovation and teaching.”

EFY Notice to Montpelier

	Continuing Education
Especially for Youth
Dear EFY Friend, We need your help to get the word out to youth in your area about this year's EFY session in Montpelier, Idaho, June 9-13. This session still has many open spots. We need to manage food, accommodations, and hire counselors well ahead of time so if this session doesn't fill up in the next month, we may be forced to cancel it. We cannot accommodate a large number of walk-on's just before a session is scheduled to begin. Please view our Facebook post about this session. Click "share" and write a little about your great EFY experience to encourage your friends and family to sign up. Thanks for taking the time to pass the word along! Sincerely, Your EFY Staff P.S. We know that you may already be enrolled in another EFY session, and we're excited for that! We're sending this to you to spread the word along to encourage others who are not yet enrolled. Thank you!

Easter Cantata

Easter Cantata

Saturday, April 19, 2014

7 p.m.

Paris LDS Tabernacle

Paris, Idaho

Everyone is welcome and there is no charge to attend

 

 

The Muddled Male

Growing Older

By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male

         I was thinking the other day about how our world changes from generation to generation.  My dad, who was born in 1908, told me that young boys in his time believed that if you took a strand of hair from a horse’s tail and left it in a bucket of water it would eventually turn into a snake.  He grew up in Park City and remembered when the first motorcar came to town.  He said that it resembled a surrey with a large brass radiator and brass kerosene lamps mounted on each side of the windshield to serve as headlights.  The horn was brass and formed in the shape of a large, expanding spiral with a rubber bulb on the small end which the driver would squeeze to give a warning honk or to attract the attention of crowds he wanted to impress with his new motor-car.  Milk was delivered to the home by a farmer who walked from house to house carrying an open bucket of milk from which he would dip milk and pour it into whatever container buyers held out to receive their portion.  My dad’s window into the world when he young was a small crystal radio, which had to be adjusted continually to be able to hear anything.  There were no phones, TV, internet, or computers in my dad’s life until he was well into his adult years.

            I was born in 1935 and grew up in the farming community of Croydon and the adjoining cement plant town of Devils Slide, Utah.  From my observation of the animals in the field as we drove back and forth to Church I postulated that cows were the moms and horses were the dads.  The cows, after all, seemed to be more feminine than horses, except for Cliff London’s angry bull who I assumed was just an aberration to my theory.  Luckily some of the farm boys in Croydon acquainted me with farming “facts of life” before I shared my theory and looked like a fool.  I got my first car when I was fifteen, a 1939 ford which I paid my uncle Hetz to make the hood and trunk smooth with lead, lower the rear end to provide the obligatory “underslung” appearance, install a “Smitty” muffler for that low rumbling sound, and install moon hub caps and rear fender skirts to provide me with the “cool look” of the day.

            Our milk was also delivered to our house, but by a milkman who delivered it pasteurized and in sealed bottles.  The top three inches were always thick cream that we would siphon off using a glass tube formed in the shape of a “U” with a rubber disk on one end.  As we pushed the rubber disk and tube down into the milk bottle it would force the thick cream through the other end of the tube and into a glass.  All through my teenage years I never ate hot cereal except that it was covered with thick, thick cream and lots of sugar.  Ann, my wife, claims that eating like that, it was only sheer luck that kept me from having a heart attack by the time I was thirteen.  It was during my youth that margarine was created as an option to butter.  The farmers’ organizations, however, were influential in seeing that a law was enacted to prevent anyone from being fooled into thinking that margarine was butter.  The law required margarine to be sold in its normal color of white.  The buyer would then have to mix in coloring to turn it yellow if they wanted it to look like butter.  Some manufacturers included a packet of yellow powder that the consumer would have to mix in with a spoon.  My favorite was the margarine that came in a sealed plastic bag and looked like a bag of Crisco.  Inside the corner of the bag was a small gelatin capsule of yellow food coloring that the consumer would have to pinch to pop and then knead the bag to mix it into the margarine and turn it yellow.

            My window on the world in my youth was the radio, mostly through such popular programs of the day as Inner Sanctum, Fibber McGee and Molly, Sky King and The Thin Man.  Occasionally we would go to a movie where, along with Bud Abbot and Lou Costello meet Frankenstein, we would get to see the latest chapter of the Green Hornet that played as a never ending serial during the matinee movie each Saturday afternoon.  We had a crank telephone bolted to the wall and shared a party line with twelve other families.  It was only in my late teens when we moved away from the mountains of Devils Slide that rabbit ears could pick up a signal and allow us to own one of those brand new black and white TV’s.

            Compare all that to the world into which our great grandchildren are being born.  Gigantic flat-screen or curved-screen color-HDTVs.  The ability to stream movies anywhere you happen to be so long as you have access to the internet and either a TV, laptop, iPad, or smart phone.  Then there is texting, Skype, and very soon a smart watch that is even better than the radio wristwatch envisioned almost seventy years ago in a Dick Tracy cartoon strip.  Over these last several years I have gone through several computers and a bunch of smart phones hoping to keep up with my grandkids.  I thought I was doing pretty well.  Then this past week I observed one of my great-granddaughters, whose age is one-plus, packing a new iPhone and playing a game while walking around the house.  She isn’t yet two and I am approaching eighty.  She and I are both going to grow older, but she is going to become faster and smarter as she grows older, and I am going to become slower and….well, you know.  I guess I will never be able to keep up, so I have decided to just lay down and take a nap.  Now where did I leave my iPhone.  I need it in case my great-granddaughter wants to send me a text.

Garden City Council Report

By Kathie B. Anderson, Reporter Rich Civic Times GARDEN CITY, Utah.  April 11, 2014.  The Garden City Town Council approved the following business licenses: Ellen/Mel Maynes Properties, LLC, for a nightly rental business at 30 East 2263 South in Garden City. Shane Johnson, Bear Lake Furniture Company, to conduct furniture and mattress retail store at 2332 Kimball Lane in Garden City. David Wiser, Wiser Ways, to conduct a shed sales and recreational rental business at 100 West Logan Road. The request was granted subject to Mr. Wiser leasing the property for a minimum of five months (May-September), and cleaning up the property on the west side of the building. He will be allowed to locate a trailer on that property. Laura Haddock, Inspiration Home, to conduct a home interior and full service interior decorating service at 2332 Kimball Lane in Garden City. Shane Johnson, Bear Lake Furniture Company, to conduct a furniture and mattress retail store at 2332 Kimball Lane in Garden City. Jason and Rett Hosman, Prisimmon Place, for an online retail business located at 140 West Persimmon Drive in Garden City. Ed Harris, Bear Lake Lodging, Alert Rentals, LLC, located at unit 207 Harbor Village Inn Building for a Short Term Rental License. Bruce Warner, Council Member, led a Business License Ordinance discussion. The issues will be revisited during the April Town Council meeting. WATER METERS The Garden City Town Council discussed a water connection at Recreation Realty and Bear Lake Physical Therapy. Since two separate businesses are located in the same building, each building is required to have it's own meter. The Variance Board will work with the business owners and then return to the City Council with the solution. VETERAN MONUMENT Sean House presented an Eagle Project to the Council. He would like to construct a Veterans' Memorial at the Garden City Park. The Memorial will include a memorial flag that will be lit 24 hours and a 36" x 12" rock with an engraved plaque (with the Veteran names) on the rock. The City approved the project. Anyone who would like to donate money towards this project please contact Sean House.

Turkeys Feel Spring Coming

Photo by Elvira Luzack

Mud Lake Symposium

Mud Lake Symposium When Thursday May 22, 2014 at 8:30 AM MDT -to- Friday May 23, 2014 at 4:00 PM MDT Add to Calendar Where Bear Lake / Mud Lake Area ID 83272 Registration is now OPEN! Space is limited - don't wait.                     Mud Lake Symposium 2014           The Phases, Facets and Functions of Dingle Marsh Illuminating the    Mystery of the Marsh Get more information Register Now! I can't make it If you care about Bear Lake, you should care and understand what goes on in Mud Lake. Join us, it's going to be informative and fun. Sincerely,  David & Claudia Claudia Cottle Bear Lake Watch blue@bearlakewatch.com 801 243 8980

Pat Argyle And Tom Weston To Run In Republican Primary

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

Current County Commissioner Tom Weston was challenged by Pat Argyle in the Rich Republican Convention held Friday night.  Neither got the required 70% to come out of the convention unchallenged.  There were 19 delegates at the convention. At the convention no one was told the exact vote count or who had the most delegates.

None of the other candidates were contested.  There was no Democratic caucus or convention so unless someone files as an independent, those office holders will continue in office as they will be uncontested in the General Election in November.

The primary will be held mid June.  Only registered Republicans will be allowed to vote in the primary election.

Start Collecting For The Library Rummage Sale

Garden City Library Rummage Sale coming in June!  Start collecting neat stuff to donate (no clothes) so that we can upgrade our lovely library every year.

World Mart has donated a lot of great things already.  If your business has items that haven't sold, consider donating it to the Library.  You can bring your things to the Library when it is open.